Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South 23 - 29 August 2018 Issue 1729

Voted Best

ISSUE NO. 1729

23 - 29 August 2018

Newspaper in Spain 2017 & 2018

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

YOUR PAPER, YOUR VOICE, YOUR OPINION

Drugs gang busted

By Dilip Kuner A GANG who dressed up as Guardia Civil officers and armed themselves with an automatic weapon in order to rob fellow criminals has been arrested.

According to police sources the gang members were extremely dangerous.

Guardia Civil launched a special operation to break up the crime syndicate that specialised in stealing drugs from other gangs by impersonating police officers.

Dressed in official Guardia Civil high visibility vests complete with ID badges they would pretend to be carrying out official raids, particularly on marihuana plantations.

Once on the premises they would turn violent before disappearing with the illicit drugs.

Murcia Guardia Civil in a joint operation with the Team Against Organised Crime (ECO) of Levante, has now

STOLEN DRUGS: Firearms with ammunition were also recovered. broken up the crime ring.

Eight people have been arrested in five raids in Alguazas, Mazarron, El Esparragal-Murcia, San Isidro de Albatera and Orihuela.

They have been accused of drug dealing, robbery with violence and intimidation, illegal possession of firearms, impersonating police officers and belonging to a criminal organisation.

During the raids 5,500 ecstasy tablets, 100 cannabis plants, 17 kilos of marihuana buds, several doses of hashish and cocaine were seized along with three firearms with ammuni-

tion, two Taser guns, two vehicles and â‚Ź15,000 in cash.

Police also found Guardia Civil uniforms and badges.

The investigation started when a house in El EsparragalMurcia, was robbed by several armed individuals.

Witnesses pointed Local Police in the direction of a car in-

volved in the incident.

This was traced to Murcia and the driver - a 29-year-old Romanian - was arrested. Six kilos of marihuana buds were found in the car.

Further investigations led police on a series of raids where further arrests were made and more drugs found.

WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM

23 - 29 August 2018

Best holiday destinations

Terror threat THE terrorist threat is still very real in Madrid.

Since the attacks of 11-M, 2004, officers have arrested 770 people in Spain and police now focus on those radicalised in their own country.

Road deaths A TOTAL of 754 people have died on Spanish roads so far this year, according to Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) data. The figure is up by 12 fatalities, with 742 having died by this time last year.

Shop bid TOYS ‘R’ US is set to stay open in Spain after being bought out by Green Swan Group. The new CEO Paulo Marques is optimistic as the company makes plans to open more shops throughout the country.

NEWS

Rape data

NEWS EXTRA

SPAIN is apparently one of the most popular countries to visit, according to data obtained by analysing over two million hotel reservations in a study done by TravelgateX marketplace followed by France, Italy and the United Kingdom.

www.euroweeklynews.com

Attack ‘every six hours’ CREDIT: Carmen Calvo (inset), Coffee Meets Polished, both via Twitter

2 EWN

By Joe Gerrard ONE woman is raped somewhere in Spain every six hours on average, according to a report from the country’s Interior Ministry.

There were a total of 788 rapes in Spain from January to June this year. The Interior Ministry’s report showed the rate was a 28.5 per cent increase on levels seen at the same time last year.

The total number of complaints of sexual assaults more broadly stood at 5,731 for the first half of this year.

The same figure for January to June last year was 5,083, an increase of almost 13 per cent.

Yolanda Besteiro, Chairperson of the Federation of the Progressive Women of Spain, said Spanish society often blamed women for attacks rather than perpetrators.

“According to our culture if an attack occurs it is because the woman has not known how to defend herself, or has dressed in a certain way or gotten into the wrong area,” Besteiro said.

“Despite the increase in the number of complaints we barely know the tip of the

‘TRAGEDIES’: Calvo (inset) spoke out over gender violence and protests erupted previously. iceberg of the phenomenon of sexual assaults as only around 30 per cent of violations are reported,” she added.

Government statistics have also shown that a total of 950 women have been killed in gender violence-related incidents since records began in 2003. A total of 26 have died this year, the latest of which was in A Coruña.

Carmen Calvo, Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Equality Minister, said she condemned the A Coruña killing and all those that had taken place in Spain.

“Still some question the urgency of the State Pact against Gender Violence. Do not make politics out of tragedies,” Calvo said.

Calvo’s comments are partly in reference to criti-

cism from the leader of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) Pablo Casado over the State Pact.

He claimed it suffered from ‘serious legal defects’ and that it may be unconstitutional due to it having been passed without Parliamentary approval. Casado has threatened to take the matter to Spain’s Supreme Court.

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Three hurt in car smash

THE BIG PICTURE Nº 28

THREE people were injured, one seriously, when two cars and a van were involved in a collision on the N-340 in Orihuela, with hour-long traffic jams forming as firemen cut one of the victims free. It is thought that one of the vehicles had crossed the central white line.

Stay safe A CAMPAIGN has been launch e d b y t h e B l u e F lag Foundation aimed at stopping cases of drowning on Torrevieja’s beaches. A large marquee has bee n se t u p o n t he P lay a Los Locos with stands and workshops run by lifeguards educating bathers about safe swimming practices and what to do in an emergency.

Car dealer GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested a 32-year-old Spaniard from Archena for alleged drug trafficking from a San Javier car park. Seven doses of speed, seven ecstasy pills, €85 in cash and a mobile phone were seized in the operation that is part of a plan focusing on offences committed from parked cars.

Toddler freed A MUM who accidently locked her baby inside the car in the summer h e a t h a d t o c a ll Guardia Civil for help. Officers smashed a window to rescue the toddler who was still strapped in to her baby seat in the car park of a sh o p p i n g c en tre in Murcia.

FRUITY: La Tomatina takes place in Buñol every August.

Seeing red

THIS coming Wednesday sees the start of one of Spain’s best-known and most unusual fiestas, the La Tomatina in the Valencia region.

Revellers descend on the town of Buñol on the last Wednesday of August every year for the festival which involves throwing tomatoes at other participants.

It is now so popular that since 2013 it has been ticketed.

It was estimated that about 145,000 kilos of tomatoes were lobbed by attendees in 2015’s edition of the fiesta.

La Tomatina began in 1945 when young people at the Giants and Big-Heads figure parade in Buñol caused a musician to fall over.

The musician flew into a fit of rage and spectators soon joined in. There was a market stall with fruit and vegetables in the area and those nearby raided it and began pelting other festival goers before police broke them up.

The following year young people returned to the festival but this time they brought their own tomatoes from home.

Authorities tried to crack down and in the early 1950’s it was banned altogether. This did not deter spectators who risked being arrested by taking part.

Within years officials relented and the event has now become one of the best known events in Spain.

Coach arrested A FOOTBALL coach aged 26 has be e n a r r e st e d b y th e Guardia Civil for allegedly abusin g a c h i l d a t a p riv a te football camp which was taking place at a Murcia school. An investigation was launched several weeks ago after the child complained to his parents, who subsequently reported the matter to police.

Facing fine ORIHUELA Council is facing a fine of €3,000 for organising a concert when it failed to realise a chan g e i n t h e l a w m e a n t it had to g e t a l i c e n c e fro m the Valencian regional government. Previously the concert featuring singer Loquillo which had been held at the feria Los Huertos would not have needed a permit.

Cow festival returns THREE years after being banned by the previous local council administration for being cruel and abusive the Vaquillas de Moralet heifer festival in Alicante has restarted.

More than 1,500 people turned out to watch the first of seven events where cows between the ages of 18 months and two years are teased with capes, amongst other things.

Supporters of the festival say the animals are not harmed, while de-

tractors argue they are maltreated and suffer psychologically.

Three years ago the council banned the event from land it owns, but now the new Partido Popular (PP) administration has reinstated the festival.

Guardia Civil and Local Police mounted a large security operation in case of protests. Their presence dwarfed the two members of the Animal Dignity association who turned up to object to the event.

Do you have news for us?

Email: newsdesk@euroweeklynews.com or call 951 38 61 61 and ask for the EWN news team.

EWN

3

REGULARS INSIDE News 1 - 40 Finance 42 Leapy 46 Letters 64 Time Out 65 - 68 Health & Beauty 69 - 73 Social 74 - 78 Property 79 - 81 Services 85 - 88 Classifieds 89 - 91 Motoring 92 - 94 Sport 95 - 96

Sad return THE funeral of a Santa Pola man, aged 26 who died at the annual fair in Malaga has been held.

The body of the man was returned t o t he Cost a Bl anca shortly after an autopsy was he ld t o t r y t o f i nd out what caused his death.

According to local reports police and health workers were called after the man was found lying on the ground.

He appeared to be ‘out of his

168

mind,’ according to witnesses, and was violently and uncontrollably shaking.

Paramedics assisted at 5am and t hen t ook t he m an t o a nearby first aid station where he is believed to have suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest.

Medical staff were unable to revive him and he was later declared dead.

The results of a post-mortem exam i nat i on ar e st i l l not known.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1728 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca South edition, including 131 local stories.

4 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

NEWS

POLL OF THE WEEK Should there be a second referendum on Brexit?

LAST WEEK’S POLL: Do you think it’s important to speak Spanish, living or holidaying in Spain?

Yes 76%

No 24%

EWN online this week CONTROVERSIAL: The Valley of the Fallen divides Spanish opinion.

Visitors flock THE number of people who have visited the Valley of The Fallen mausoleum has soared following an announcement that former dictator Francisco Franco’s remains would be exhumed from it.

A total of 38,269 people went to the site last month, up from 23,135 in June this year and 25,532 in July 2017 according to Spain’s heritage authority.

Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s Prime Minister, announced the exhumation plans shortly after taking power in June.

“After 40 years this debate has led us to a very simple conclusion, Spain cannot allow symbols which divide the Spanish,” Sanchez said.

Supporters of the former dictator and his descendants have voiced opposition to the plans.

Franco’s family said they would not give their permission for the exhumation.

Several recent visitors to the site told Spanish media about their reasons for making the trip to the site near Madrid.

Antonio Nevado, a 22-year-old law student and critic of Franco’s regime, said “morbid curiosity” had driven him to go. He added he thought the dictator’s remains should stay at the mausoleum.

“This is the country’s heritage and it should be respected,” he said.

Miguel Pintor, 62, from Madrid, said he was angered by the government’s plans.

“I don’t think it hurts anyone. The dead should be left in peace,” Pintor said.

Others thought the government had made the right call.

Christian Espert, a 30-year-old soldier from Valencia, said the move should take place because the site hurt the feelings of many Spanish people.

Javier Botia, 40, from Murcia, said he did not sympathise with Franco and felt now was the time to make the move.

“I feel conflicting emotions, because on the one hand it is a place that symbolises much suffering, but it also has a lot of history.

“One must know the bad side of history so as not to repeat it,” he said.

General Francisco Franco took power in 1939 following the victory of his rebel nationalist forces in the Civil War. The Valley of the Fallen was built by Republican and other political prisoners as a mausoleum for those who died in the conflict.

147,490 Page views

TOP

5 stories 7,380 views

4,898 views

HEAVY RAIN: Bad weather has been forecast for a number of areas.

RAIN IN SPAIN: Met Office has issuedTHIRTY yellow weather alerts over nextTHREE DAYS Costa del Sol ‘kidnapping’ leaves one dead and another seriously injured

4,073

IN PICS AND VIDEO: The rain in Spain doesn’t go down the drains!

4,053

MEL WILLIAMS: Tributes pour in after Costa del Sol loses a ‘legend’

2,950

British survivor of Manchester Arena terror attack found dead in Ibiza hotel

views

views

views

*For week 14 – August 20 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com @euroweeklynews euroweeklynews +euroweeklynews

FOR COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE TURN TO LETTERS PAGE CORRECTIONS At the EWN, we pride ourselves that reports are accurate and fair. If we do slip up, we promise to set the record straight in a clear, nononsense manner. To ask for an inaccuracy to be corrected.

Email: editorial@euroweeklynews.com

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

Tourism ‘leading employer’

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN

5

Flight fatigue

by Tara Rippin

MORE than two million people in Spain are working in the tourism industry making it the s e c t o r w h i c h e m p l o y s t h e m o s t s t a ff i n t h e c o u n try, according to industry data.

A survey from the Spanish Institute of Tourism, Tu r e s p a ñ a , s h o w e d t h e r e w a s a t o t a l o f 2 . 6 5 m i l lion people working in the industry.

About 2.17 million of these were waged workers and a total of 482,861 were on private contracts.

The amount of people employed in the tourism sector is equivalent to about 13.7 per cent of Spain’s working population of 19.3 million.

Tu r e s p a ñ a ’s s u r v e y s h o w e d t h a t t h e n u m b e r o f workers in the sector has risen since 2014 when there was a total of 2.2 million employed.

The increase to the current figure of 2.65 million is a rise of about 20 per cent.

More than a third of those employed in the tourist sector were on temporary contracts due to it being a seasonal industry.

A total of 35.2 per cent were employed under such terms, 8.5 per cent higher than the average of Spanish industries.

Wo r k e r s i n t h e t o u r i s m s e c t o r e a r n e d a b o u t €9.32 an hour on average during the first half of t h i s y e a r, a c c o r d i n g t o t h e l a t e s t d a t a from Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE).

HOLIDAYMAKERS destined for Mallorca were devastated after their flight was cancelled because the ‘crew was too tired.’

The easyJet flight from Belfast to Palma was called off at the last minute, leaving 146 passengers home and dry.

Mother and daughter, Cornelia and Erin Dalipe, said people ‘were in tears’ after being told the plane was grounded.

Speaking to a radio station in Belfast, Cornelia said there was police presence when the news was broken, even though there was no aggressive behaviour, and the crew was led out of a separate door.

She said she ‘couldn’t believe what she was being told,’ pointing out that many people work 12-14 hour shifts and just get on with it.

The budget airline has since apologised for the inconvenience.

Apparently passengers had

APOLOGY: Transfer or refund offered to customers. to wait until 3am before they could get taxis to return home.

According to Cornelia, passengers had to queue to be booked onto alternative flights.

And while she was hoping to fly on Monday night, another woman ‘was in tears as the next available flight for her was Tuesday night, which is a big chunk out of a one-week holiday.’

A spokeswoman for easyJet

said the cancellation was ‘due to a crew issue.’ She added that every effort was made to minimise the impact of the cancellation to passengers.

A statement read: ‘Passengers due to travel on this flight were given the option of transferring their flight free of charge or obtaining a refund at www.easyjet.com and offered hotel accommodation where needed.

‘Customers who did not require a hotel were offered taxis to their home address.

‘Unfortunately, due to various events taking place in Belfast city centre on Saturday evening, it took some time for transfers to arrive at the airport.

‘The safety and well-being of our passengers and crew is always easyJet’s highest priority. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.’

6 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Cooped up ACTOR Dominic Cooper has sparked new rumours after he was spotted getting cosy with Gemma Chan during a night out in Spain.

Dominic.

He parted ways with actress Ruth Negga in April after eight years, with reports claiming the romance had simply run its course.

But the Mamma Mia! star was seen laughing and cuddling with Gemma as they strolled down the street.

along the seafront.

The ITV2 star kept her accessories to a minimum and simply donned a pair of gold framed shades for the dazzling outing.

Rosie was unceremoniously dumped out of Love Island in June, after her partner Adam Collard ditched her for Zara McDermott.

Despite her early departure, the brunette beauty is making far more money from modelling than from her previous career in law.

ROMANTIC: The loved up couple.

The bride princess

SHORE SIREN: Rosie Williams.

Kelly makes waves

Credit: iamkb/Instagram

SHE was cruelly dumped by hunky personal trainer Adam Collard on Love Island 2018.

But Rosie Williams, 26, proved she’s moved on from the heartache earlier this summer with an eye popping display on a sun-soaked Spanish holiday.

The reality star poured her incredible curves into a plunging leopard print swimsuit which accentuated her ample cleavage as she frolicked on the shore.

Making sure all eyes were on her, the reality star showcased her slender pins and pert posterior as she strolled

Credit: iCelebTV

No love lost

CELEB

BOAT BABE: Kelly Brook.

KELLY Brook put on a glamorous display as she sailed to a snorkelling hotspot in Barcelona with beau Jeremy Parisi.

The glamour model, 38, posed for sizzling snaps on Instagram and wore a blue two-piece that accentuated her gorgeous curves during her Mediterranean getaway.

Kelly also set tongues wagging that she’s set to wed Jeremy after being spotted wearing a huge diamond ring.

ROBIN WRIGHT and Clement Giraudet are still enjoying their romantic honeymoon after reportedly marrying in France.

The 52-year-old blonde beauty, best known for The Princess Bride and House of Cards, was seen kissing the French hunk on the beach in Ibiza.

She appeared thrilled with the attention as she showed off her enviable bikini body on the shore.

Robin was toned and tanned in the little pink two-piece that made the most of her toned figure.

Both wore yellow gold wedding bands that shone in the sunlight, and Clement donned dark swim trunks as he showed off a chiselled chest and arms.

The loved up couple apparently tied the knot in France in a small and secret ceremony earlier this month, and have since been hitting the beaches around the Mediterranean.

However, the Wonder Woman actress is yet to confirm the nuptials.

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

OUR VIEW

Photo booth

Welcome September

NATIONAL POLICE in Elche have arrested a 50year-old man for attempting to break into a photo booth directly outside Elche’s National Police station. He was trying to access the cash box of the machine but was quickly apprehended.

WE are now nearing the end of August madness where the streets of holiday destinations are clogged with visitors and many main roads look like the M25 on a very bad day.

There are two real options for expatriate residents in Spain and both seem quite popular, either pack up your bags and go back ‘home’ for a month or two or remain, moan a bit and put up with it.

There is however no doubt that the influx of visitors is good for the economy and certainly gives a number of people from all over Europe the chance to have some work in areas which otherwise would be bare of opportunities.

Whilst everyone enjoys the warm weather, this year has seen a number of very hot days and for those who are travelling, the stress factors at airports have gone up considerably and this has been made even worse by regular strikes of airline pilots, long queues at immigration and even the breakdown of electronic display boards.

What is important however is that despite all of the aggravation most people have got where they wanted to go eventually and more importantly in one piece.

Many of the charities that assist the elderly closed their coffee mornings for August, but they continued to raise funds and to assist those in real need, but come September the charity shops will reopen and people will meet up again to chat with new friends.

Loneliness can be a terrible thing especially in a foreign country, so congratulations to all those who have made it through August and are looking forward to a return to normality.

Now we want to hear your views.

YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION www.euroweeklynews.com

EWN

7

8 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

NEWS EXTRA Electric boost THE 144 electric cars registered in Alicante in the first seven months of the year is already more than in the whole of 2017, which saw a total of 135, according to the DGT traffic department.

Arab tourists ALICANTE is welcoming an influx of rich Algerians who have made the city a favoured destination according to local restaurateurs, who say the local cuisine featuring seafood, rice and vegetables is one of the main attractions.

Water safe THE beaches of El Postiguet and Albufereta have reopened to bathers after they were closed following an intense storm which stirred up mud, leading to unfounded fears the water may have been contaminated.

by Tara Rippin A TOUGH stance is being taken to tackle anti-social drunken behaviour on the Balaeric islands in the form of tightening the laws on serving free alcohol in all-inclusive complexes.

So is it only a matter of time before the trend takes hold on the Costas?

Time is being called on free alcohol in all-inclusive hotels in Mallorca.

As long awaited proposals by the Balaeric government near completion, the days of downing booze ‘gratis’ are numbered.

Tourism chiefs have been promising for months to crackdown on all-inclusive hotels in the holiday resorts which are being blamed for anti-social drunken behaviour and so-called ‘uncivic tourism.’

Now, the controversial proposals are in the final stages of drafting and, when implemented, will mean a tough new stance on all aspects of ‘everything in’ hotels, including free an d u n limited b o oz e a t the bars.

Guests who want a drink on any complex will have to be served by a waiter and, if it is outside the dining room at lunch or during evening meals, they will be required to pay.

The waiter-only service applies to the dining room and anywhere in the hotel complex at any time of the day.

NEWS

Booze ban

ALL-INCLUSIVE: A tough new stance will be taken on unlimited alcohol.

Guests will have to summon a waiter, place their order, wait for the drinks and then pay the bill (unless eating in the restaurant).

There will be no free access to beers or alcoholic drinks in fridges.

And the stance goes even further by

imposing extra rules on all-inclusive hotels.

According to sources, they will only get a licence if their restaurant is capable of dealing with 70 per cent of its clients at the same time when full.

This measure apparently aims to

avoid crowds and queues in restaurants.

The tourism department is also planning to prohibit single-use plastic plates, cutlery and cups which all-inclusive hotels use as a matter of course to avoid washing up, as well as for safety reasons around the pool and garden areas.

The Balearic government says this is not environmentally-friendly and is looking at alternative options.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism said ‘there are solutions in the market to avoid this.’

Official data suggests there are 270 all-inclusive establishments in the Balearics though that figure could be substantially more. The move will make it compulsory for such hotels to formally register with the government, rather than on a voluntary basis.

The new proposals have yet to be formally presented so no timescale is known for the booze crackdown, though it is unlikely to be this summer.

Time will tell whether authorities closer to home adopt similar measures.

10 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

THE case of a man who weighs 383 kilos and whose regular trips to hospital have become a running story in the Spanish press has put the spotlight on the waist lines of the Valencian population.

Two thirds of people in the region have problems with their weight, with 90,000 classified as morbidly obese and another 5,000 super obese.

But not many approach the weight of 34-year-old Teófilo Rodríguez who was recently sent home from hospital despite the protests of his family.

They pointed out they did not have the specialist equipment needed to care for a man of his size. In fact the health authorities do not even have a stretcher capable of taking his weight.

Upon his discharge from hospital they had to use a removal van to take him home.

However he never left the van as he was too heavy for his family to move him. Five

Credit: Wikipedia

Expanding waistlines

NEWS

EMERGENCY AMBULANCES: Used as taxis.

Health chiefs tell off doctors GETTING FAT: Obesity problem getting bigger. hours later he returned to hospital suffering from breathing problems and was re-admitted.

Doctors say they do not know how widespread the problem of extremely heavy people like Teófilo is. They point out that their scales only measure up to 250 kilos.

Doctors also want to en-

sure there are no more cases like his by emphasising prevention in the form of a better diet and more exercise. And they say parents have a big say in this, obese children will more often than not grow into obese adults. Doctors stress that children should be taught good habits when it comes to diet and exercise.

EMERGENCY ambulance bosses are at war with health centre doctors for what it calls inappropriate call outs.

In a letter sent to all health centres in the Valencia region the Emergency Health Service (SES) has complained that since a new transportation contract came into force at the start of August doctors have been using emergency ambulances as taxis.

The problem faced by health workers is that they now have no means of getting to outpatients who may call them for urgent care since day ambulances were withdrawn.

Doctors and nurses now have to make their own way to patients either in their private cars, by foot, or taxi.

But the SES and coordination centres (CICU) say that local health staff are now “transferring” their problems onto them.

SES and CICU say they are there specifically for emergencies, and not to take health workers on home visits.

For their part doctors have reacted to the letter by criticising its tone, saying it makes it sound like they just want to get to call outs easily. They point out that often they get an urgent call from an outpatient, who they have to assess on the phone as to whether or not it is an emergency.

Rather than taking time to get to the patient first, they call an ambulance straight away if the case sounds serious.

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Advertising Feature

Celebrity Reflection with Gandia Tours ONBOARD Celebrity Reflection, your journey becomes a destination in itself. Whether you choose to treat yourself to an indulgent treatment at the world-renowned Canyon Ranch Spa Club, or get competitive with some games at the Lawn Club (our very own half acre of real grass), there’s luxury on every level onboard Celebrity Reflection.

As night falls, head to the Martini Bar where you can enjoy a cocktail; our talented bartenders transform mixing your evening drink into jaw-dropping entertainment. Or, simply sit back and admire the night sky from the Sunset Bar on the top deck.

Food is one of life’s greatest pleasures, so delicious gourmet dining comes as standard on your Celebrity cruise.

Our celebrated restaurants and dining venues feature a variety of extraordinary ways to enjoy the best cuisine at sea. Varying from ship to ship, they offer a diverse range of foodie delights from innovative sushi to rustic Italian dishes. We have a variety of complimentary dining venues included in the cost of your cruise, or for a truly spectacular culinary experience try one of our speciality restaurants.

Looking for the perfect place for a predinner t i p p l e ? Ou r ran g e o f b a rs a n d lounges provide the perfect places to relax and enjoy a lively ambience.

From the moment you book, we go the extra mile to make your Celebrity Cruises holiday special. It’s the little things that make all the difference - whether that’s our helpful staff greeting you by name or your favourite dessert appearing after dinner. Our world is out of this world, and here’s why...

On your Celebrity cruise, luxury comes as standard. We offer a range of rooms, or staterooms as we call them, across our Solstice Class, Millennium Class, and Xpedi-

Departures 29 September 2019 from BARCELONA 14 days, full board onboard 1 night hotel before Mediterranean cruise From the exterior cabins the drink package is INCLUDED!

tion Class ships.

Your stateroom is your private sanctuary at sea and is as luxurious as any modern hotel room. The smart design is matched with stylish décor, not to mention that all of our accommodation has a dedicated 24-hour Stateroom Attendant. From our sprawling suites to our intimate Interior staterooms, Celebrity Cruises accommodation is the ultimate in modern luxury.

Concierge Class Staterooms Concierge Class Staterooms are all about attention to detail. It’s the perfect choice if you want to relax knowing everything is taken care of, and just how you like it. From p rio rity c he c k-in, to our pe rs ona lis e d Concierge service, all of your travel needs will be in hand.

Your stateroom includes all the luxury features you would expect from Celebrity Cruises - custom blended bath amenities, Hansgrohe® massaging showerheads and Celebrity tote bags. As a Concierge Class guest, you also receive a plush bathrobe, an extra hair dryer and a daily delivery of afternoon savouries in your room, as well as an expanded room service menu. We even offer a complimentary shoeshine.

Entertainment After a long day of exploring, kick back and enjoy the entertainment options onboard. Our shows are unique and diverse, so whatever you’re in the mood for, grab a drink, take a seat and let us entertain you.

Need a little magic in your life? Check out our jaw-dropping circus shows, created in collaboration with renowned international producers Poet Theatricals. If you’re lookin g to g et on your fe e t a nd da nc e , the n there’s nothing quite like Rock City - sing along to epic rock anthems in this stadiumstyle concert.

DAY

DATE

PORT

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

30/09/2019 01/10/2019 02/10/2019 03/10/2019 04/10/2019 05/10/2019 06/10/2019 07/10/2019 08/10/2019 09/10/2019 10/10/2019 11/10/2019 12/10/2019

BARCELONA, SPAIN PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN AT SEA SICILY (MESSINA), ITALY AT SEA MYKONOS, GREECE ATHENS (PIRAEUS), GREECE SANTORINI, GREECE RHODES, GREECE AT SEA VALLETTA, MALTA AT SEA BARCELONA, SPAIN

Arrival

Departure

07:00

17:00 17:00

09:00

20:00

07:00 06:00 07:00 07:00

18:00 18:00 18:00 17:00

08:00

16:00

06:00

D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Contact Gandia Tours for full details on 965 744 326 / info@gandiatours.com.

LIVE LIFE IN STYLE, TAKE A DREAM CRUISE WITH GANDIA TOURS!

EWN 11

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Car chase drugs bust POLICE who spotted a powerful BMW being driven erratically discovered marihuana and cocaine hidden in the vehicle.

Local Police officers had seen two men racing through the streets of Murcia. On seeing the police the car pulled up sharply and the occupants tried to make an escape on foot.

The chasing officers saw one of the men throw three wrappers to the ground, which later turned out to be marihuana.

On being caught, a body search revealed €1,065 in cash. In the car they found another five wrappers of marihuana and one of cocaine.

Both men, who are 23 and 18 years-old, were arrested on suspicion of drugs dealing and were taken to the National Police station for a full investigation.

NEWS

Brit’s unexpected Palma jaunt A BRITISH man has told media in the country about how he kept a night going by spontaneously travelling from Wales to Palma with a friend.

Alun Griffiths, 27, said he was out with work mates in his home town of Merthyr Tydfil when he had the idea of flying to the Spanish island of Mallorca.

“After work I went to the Gurnos Club and there was about 15 of us all talking about holidays. So I said ‘anyone want to go on holiday now? Let’s go to the airport and see where we can go,” he said.

Griffiths managed to talk friend Nigel Lewis into joining him and the two made for Cardiff airport. There they were told they could

CREDIT: Alun Griffiths, via Facebook (inset), Shutterstock (main)

12 EWN

SPONTAEOUS TRIP: Griffiths (inset) travelled to Palma. travel on a plane to Palma which was leaving that evening.

“There’s a Palma in Italy too so we didn’t know if we

were going there or Spain.

“We fell asleep on the plane and woke up in Spain, thank God,” he said.

Griffiths took a phone call

from his girlfriend shortly after arriving on the island and taking a taxi to the resort of Magaluf. She told him his dinner was ready and he told her he was now in Magaluf.

“I said ‘I’m not joking, I won’t be home for a few days.’ She wasn’t best pleased,” he said.

The pair stayed in Mallorca for two nights before returning to Wales last Thursday. Pictures shared by Griffiths on social media showed him and Lewis drinking from early in the morning until late at night.

“It cost us about €100 to get out there and €343 for the hotel and my Mrs booked for us to come back.

“It was almost €900 each altogether,” he said.

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Building booms

EWN 13

NEWS EXTRA Toxic river clean up SCIENTISTS from Miguel Hernandez University are analysing contaminated water samples in an attempt to eradicate toxic waste from the mouth of the rivers Segura and Vinalopo that flow through Alicante Province.

Ward open BUSY: Torrevieja’s beaches need more patrols.

SITES BUSY: Construction is on the up in Alicante.

ALICANTE City and Las Marinas are driving a new boom in construction, with growth rates approaching 50 per cent on last year ’s figures.

Between January and June 3,919 homes were built in the province, with Orihuela and Torrevieja maintaining the same rates of construction as last year. Baix Vinalopo, Crevillent and Santa Pola also experienced an increase in new builds.

Elche bucked the generally upwards trend, with a fall of 27 per cent in the numbers of homes built, according to the Official Association of Quantity Surveyors, Technical Architects and Building Engineers of Alicante (COAATIEA).

“The data clearly shows that a more uniform distribution of housing construction is taking place throughout the province,” said COAATIEA president Martín Pomares.

Longer hours for lifeguards call BATHERS in Torrevieja want lifeguards to patrol the beaches for longer hours.

At the moment the lifeguards are on duty from 11am to 7pm, and they will carry on with their patrols until the end of September.

But the recent heatwave has attracted thousands more people to the city’s beaches not just during the heat of the day, but also in the mornings and into the evenings.

With sunset at around 8.30pm the shore stays busy long after the lifeguards have gone home.

The increased popularity of the beaches can be seen by the fact that people have been reserving spots by sneaking out as early as 7.30am to put up sunshades before returning later.

This practice is frowned upon and the Local Police have started fining people

who do this.

The requests for the extension of lifeguard hours has in some way been prompted by several incidents this summer which took place before they came on duty and before the red flag had been raised to indicate dangerous sea conditions.

Councillor Javier Manzanares, says he would like to see the lifeguards on duty from 10am to 8.30pm.

THE Public Health Service in Alicante has been forced to reopen its ward for people with eating disorders after a group of patients who were previously discharged by the hospital arrived in poor condition, diagnosed with anorexia.

Heat escape ACCORDING to weather reports, people living on the coast of Alicante will avoid the worst of a heatwave passing through Spain that will see temperatures rise to a blistering 38C.

14 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

NEWS EXTRA Gender abuse

Abused woman and hurt three

MORE than 500 people attended ‘Violet Point’ stands in Elche in a campaign against violence towards women. The Department of Equality carried out a survey involving 221 women and 83 men regarding this matter.

Recycling up TORREVIEJA has increased the number of yellow containers by 25 per cent this year according to Urban Official, Fanny Serrano (PSOE) who says bins have already been placed outside primary and secondary schools.

Dogs allowed A COURT turned down requests to suspend the use of canine beaches in Alicante after ruling them to be of public interest and having found zero evidence of alleged damage caused to beaches by people’s pets.

CRIME SCENE: Aguilas incident injured youths.

A MAN allegedly grabbed a young woman by the buttocks and then attacked her boyfriend with an iron bar before reversing his car at a group of youths, injuring three.

Now a 26-year-old Romanian man has been remanded in custody while investigations continue.

Lorca court heard how Guardia Civil were called to reports of a fight on the Aguilas Esplanade.

Once there, they discovered three people had been hurt when a car driven recklessly had smashed into a metal gate at the side of a nightclub.

According to eyewitnesses the Ro-

manian had first grabbed hold of a young woman by the arm, touched her buttocks, and then attacked her boyfriend with an iron bar when he came to her defence.

Next he threatened the woman’s friends with a broken glass bottle.

At this point the club’s security staff stepped in, so the aggressor retreated to a car. He started driving recklessly then began reversing at speed towards a group of youths who were standing next to sliding gates at a private car park.

Quick thinking security staff opened the gate to let the youths in, before closing them again. The car smashed into the

gates injuring three people.

By the time police arrived the perpetrator had disappeared and officers quickly found that he was not the owner of the car.

Guardia Civil and Local Police began an investigation that led them to their chief suspect.

He has been charged with sexual abuse causing injuries and reckless driving.

Once the suspicion of his guilt was determined he was arrested as the alleged perpetrator for the crimes of sexual abuse, dangerous driving, causing injuries and damages.

NEWS

Cannabis farm found POLICE in Moratella have discovered a cannabis plantation hidden away in a remote plot of land.

The plantation was camouflaged by vegetation in the Benamor river environment that made it very difficult to spot.

A total of 30 plants up to two-and-a-half metres tall were found. They were starting to bloom and were ready for harvest, with a crop of 50 kilos expected.

Local Police made several arrests and confiscated tools used to grow and harvest the plants. They were surprised to find the plantation as it is more usual for criminals to cultivate the plants in illicit indoor farms, using a domestic setting to disguise their activities.

16 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

NEWS

by Joe Gerrard THE number of people who arrived in Spain by Mediterranean Sea migration routes stood at around than 18,200 from May 31 to August, breaking one observation body’s records.

The daily average of arrivals numbered almost 240 during the same period, according to data from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

The end of May to mid August period saw the largest amount of arrivals along that route since the

NGO began collecting statistics, it said.

There were some 7,554 arrivals recorded during the same period last year, including up to the end of August according to IOM data.

More than 22,000 people arrived in Spain in total.

The NGO said their statistics stated a total of 26,350 had reached Spain by Mediterranean routes since January. A total of 311 people have died in the Western Mediterranean while attempting to reach Spain.

That migration route is now proportionally the

CREDIT: Salvamento Maritimo, via Twitter

Migrant arrivals break records

THOUSANDS ARRIVED: Spain is the leading destination for migrants coming to Europe. deadliest in the world. One in every 29 people who at-

tempted to make the crossing to Spain died en route compared to the equivalent figure for Italy at one in 36.

The amount of migrants who arrived in Spain in July was more than three times the amount who arrived in Greece and five times the amount that arrived in Italy, the IOM said.

The figures come as several European Union (EU) countries agreed to share the 141 migrants aboard the

Aquarius rescue vessel after Spain, Italy and Malta refused docking requests last week.

Spain and France are set to take 60 of those on board each. Italy is due to take 20 of them despite the country’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini stating migrants would only see his country ‘on a postcard.’

Malta and Germany are also set to take a share of the migrants after the ship

docked in the former’s capital of Valletta last week.

Many of the migrants on board the Aquarius and those arriving in Spain and Europe are refugees fleeing war and persecution in sub Saharan Africa.

Maria Jesus Vega, the United Nation’s Refugee spokesperson in Madrid, said earlier this year problems in the home countries of the migrants were still unresolved.

“A much greater effort must be made to support integration that goes beyond exclusively providing shelter.

“The reality is that the number of persecuted people fleeing conflict continues to grow every day,” she said.

Politicians including Pablo Casado, the leader of the conservative Partido Popular (PP) and Salvini in Italy have argued the continent cannot cope with the number of arrivals.

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

Little houses of horror NEIGHBOURS in an Alicante street famous for its mushroom shaped ‘casitas’ or little houses are complaining that people are using them as toilets.

The playhouses in Calle San Francisco - a pedestrianised street popular with visitors are traditionally popular with children, but now they are being put off by the filth and stench.

It is also seen as bad for the city’s image, particularly this month as tourists throng the streets.

There have been reports that not only do people urinate in the houses, but that some dog owners have been letting their pets use them as dog loos, and even worse, human excrement has been found on more than one occasion.

The stench is particularly bad in the summer heat, despite the best efforts of the city’s cleaning contractors to deal with the problem.

Locals complain that they are having to call a cleaning hot-line almost non-stop so

MUSHROOMS: Children’s playhouses further down the street are filthy. prevalent has the problem become. Due to the busy summer months it can take several

hours for contractors to arrive to clean up the mess left by inconsiderate people.

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 19

20 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

NEWS

Sociable Spanish

SOCIAL MEDIA: Five different media platforms are used by 25.5 million Spaniards.

by Gabriella Elkhouri A TOTAL of 25.5 million Spaniards of all ages use the internet in an average of five different media platforms.

Facebook and WhatsApp are the most popular medias, accessed by 87 per cent of internet users, followed by YouTube with 69 per cent, Instagram accounting for 45 per cent, and Twitter preferred by 48 per cent of users.

The findings follow an annual Study of Social Net-

works in Spain 2018, prepared by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), an association that represents the country’s advertising and digital communication sector.

According to the analysis, 46 year olds and those under 30 represent 39 per cent of the total social media users.

Some 85 per cent of the internet users are aged between 16 and 65.

The level of satisfaction of Spanish internet users with

different social networks is not always proportional to the number of users.

On average internet users spend one hour a day on social platforms. The youngest users, the 16 year olds spending 10 minutes more.

WhatsApp is used for the most length of time at one hour and 33 minutes, followed by Spotify (one hour 27) and platforms for creating videos and listening to music (one hour 12).

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 21

22 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

NEWS CREDIT: Pedro Queiroz Pereira

Portuguese mogul dies Queriroz Pereira suffers heart attack in Ibiza

By Joe Gerrard PORTUGAL’S 5th richest man has died of a heart attack while holidaying on a

yacht moored in an Ibiza harbour.

National Police were called out to the Ibiza

Magna marina after Pedro Queiroz Pereira reportedly fell 30 metres down a stairwell on the vessel at about 2.30am last Sunday.

T h e 6 9 - y e a r- o l d ’s r e mains have since been transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine for a post-mortem examination.

P o l i c e o ff i c e r s h a v e since opened an investigation to determine the exact cause of death but they have said they believe it was due to a heart attack.

Mercelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Portugal, said in a statement he was sorry for the untimely loss of a “great Portuguese industrialist.”

Queiroz Pereira was the head of the Semapa holding company which itself owned The Navigator Company, a paper and pulp maker, and cement producer Secil. His family also

owns the Four Seasons Hotel Ritz in Lisbon.

Semepa took control of The Navigator Company in 2004 and it has since become Europe’s top producer of uncoated wood free paper.

Estimates of Queiroz Pereira’s fortune range as high as €1.1 billion according to Forbes magazine.

His family has a 71 per cent stake in Semapa.

Queiroz Pereira stood down from day-to-day operations with the firm and handed control to his three daughters Filipa, Mafalda and Lua last year.

Pedro Mendonca de Queiroz Pereira was born in Lisbon in 1949 where he later attended military college and the Higher Institute of Accounting and Administration.

He dropped out of both

DECEASED: The businessman died last Sunday. to pursue his business career which saw him move to Brazil in 1975 until 1987. His time there saw him do a brief stint in motor racing in the Formula 2 league.

He returned to the business world and held positions in several companies in the property, hospitality, agriculture, energy, industry and car sectors. His

family had stakes in many of them.

Queiroz Pereira was awarded the Portuguese Grand Cross of the Order of Business Merit honour in 2009. He was also known as being media shy but occasionally making controversial remarks such as describing parts of the banking industry as a ‘house of cards.’

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Between July 26 and August 2 a total of six minor tremors hit the Marina Alta.

None of these events caused any damage or injuries but they served as a reminder that the region’s towns are not prepared for a more major quake such as the one that badly damaged Lorca in Murcia in 2011.

Nine people died, 150 were injured and several buildings collapsed during the quake that registered 5.2 on the Richter scale.

That same year it was made a legal requirement for municipalities in ar-

eas of heightened seismic activity to draw up emergency plans for use in the event of an earthquake, something they have failed to do.

In the case of a catastrophe, these detailed plans would be used as a blueprint for the organisation of local town hall resources.

These localities have been assessed to be at risk of ‘seismic events’ on average, once every 500 years or more often; based on the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS).

In case of catastrophe, these detailed plans would serve to Credit: Diego Delso/Wikipedia

IT has been revealed that despite it being a legal requirement since 2011, 136 municipalities in Alicante Province have no contingency plans should a major earthquake hit the region.

Last week the largest earth tremor to hit the province in 58 years, measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale, provided a reminder that Alicante is one of the most at-risk parts of the country when it comes to seismic activity.

The tremor that had its epicentre between Crevillent and Albatera is not the only one to have hit the province this year.

SLOW: More staff needed at Alicante hospital says union.

Long wait for patients WAITING times at Alicante General Hospital are far higher on average than in the rest of the region according to the CCOO union.

Some 15,000 people need to wait between three months and a year to be treated at the hospital. In the rest of the Valencia region the average wait for surgery or specialist consultations is 73 days.

Now the CCOO says there

is only one solution. “If we want to reduce these bulky waiting lists, it is a priority to increase the workforce,” said a union delegate.

In total 11,189 people are waiting to see a specialist, 2,000 of them for rehabilitation.

Around 4,000 people are awaiting surgery. The union points out that although the vast majority of these are for minor surgery, the long wait

often leads to conditions deteriorating and a lower quality of life for patients.

The main problem is a lack of staff in the afternoon, according to the CCOO, which is calling for an increase of 30 per cent in staffing levels.

This would allow the hospital to run at about 50 per cent capacity in the afternoons compared to the present day 40 per cent.

Credit: Antonio Periago/Wikipedia

No quake plans

EWN 23

DESTROYED: Iglesia de Santiago was demolished by the 2011 earthquake in Lorca. establish the organisation and procedures of action of services and resources whose ownership belongs to the local administrations.

The five areas with greater

risk of seismic activity are concentrated in the Vega Baja: Torrevieja, Rojales, Los Montesinos, Benijofar and Formentera del Segura.

Also at risk are Orihuela,

Baix Vinalopo, Elche and Crevillent. As for the rest of the province, Alcoy, Alicante, Villena, Benidorm, Denia and Elda have also been identified as areas at risk.

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Abducted children found AN Algerian man has been arrested and charged with the alleged abduction of his two daughters.

The 49-year-old was stopped by police at Alicante port as he tried to board a ferry to his home country along with his five and 10-year-old children. They had been reported as missing to National Police in Zaragoza where the children’s mother lives.

Police took them to a local children’s home before they were transferred to Zaragoza where their mother picked them up.

NEWS

Puigdemont cross protest CREDIT: Twitter (main) Shutterstock (inset).

24 EWN

by Joe Gerrard CROSSES covered in the colours of the Spanish flag and pictures likening the former Catalan president to a pig have appeared on a lawn opposite his Belgian home.

Pictures of the crosses, posted by Twitter user Cabal Martinez Chris, show them stood facing the Waterloo home of Carles Puigdemont.

A video uploaded to the social network shows an unidentified man adorning three plain crosses with wrappings covered in the Spanish flag.

“There is a better view now in Waterloo and ‘Pigdemont’ knows that he can count on the Spaniards of Belgium,” the caption to the video said.

The flags are covered by the logo of the Malaga-based ham company Pig de Montes. The company was previously called Pig Demont until a complaint came in from the leader Catalan President’s lawyer and its logo was a cartoon of Puigdemont with pig-like features.

The crosses also featured Spanish flags crossed in the style of the yellow ribbons which have become a symbol of the pro Catalan independence movement.

The reason for the protest was not stated on Twitter but the account appears to be-

THE CROSSES: Appeared outside Puigdemont’s (inset) Waterloo home. long to a pro-Spanish unionist. Puigdemont had not responded to the protest on the social network earlier this week.

The former Catalan president remains in Belgium following Spain’s decision to drop a European and International warrant for his arrest after German courts ruled out his extradition on rebellion charges. The

charges are in connection with last year’s independence referendum and declaration.

It is unclear how long Puigdemont intends to stay in Spain. He previously said he would like to return to Cataluña but he would still face arrest if he sets foot on Spanish soil due to a national warrant still being active.

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

NEWS

Spiteful signs emerge BARCELONA protesters are urging tourists to jump off hotel balconies in a dark twist to the recent spate of accidents.

Posters and graffiti have emerged encouraging foreign visitors to throw themselves off the balconies in the latest campaign by radicals to drive them away from Spain.

A poster on one lamppost read: “Dear Tourist. Do you know balconing? Prevents gentrification, improves neighbours’ quality of life, reduces the risk of heart disease, is LOTS of fun.”

No one has claimed responsibility for the campaign, but local residents believe it is a protest against the high number of tourists making life unbearable and driving up property prices.

The posters include the hashtag #BalconingisFun, with Twitter users retweeting them and adding jokes or memes.

A spokeswoman for Barcelona City Council said: “We reject these incidents and

Credit: @69mib/Twitter

26 EWN

PUERILE POSTERS: The campaign is in bad taste. above all the message.

“They will be removed by the municipal cleaning services.”

The British Embassy and the Association of British Travel Agents have urged holidaymakers to avoid taking

any risks on balconies.

Anti-tourism campaigns in Spain are not new, and are often fought by young, anti-capitalist groups on Twitter, which critics say gives them more attention than they deserve.

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

School results day

La Zenia: next to Easy Cover Insurance & Mapfre Tel: 966 844 484 / 689 140 360 BENIJOFAR: Avda Federico Garcia Lorca 62 Tel: 865 752 227

EXCLUSIVE

New Web: www.whtravel.es

EGYPT

By Joe Gerrard A BRITISH-BASED Spanish institute has told Euro Weekly News it is encouraged by the number of expatriates’ children in Spain opting to learn the language.

The Cervantes Institute in London made the comments following A-Level and GCSE results day last week and the week before respectively.

Initial data suggests the gap between entries for Spanish and French A-Levels generally is continuing to narrow, with the latter currently the most popular foreign language studied by college students.

Igancio Peyro, the Director of the Cervantes Institute, told this newspaper that it was “really encouraging” to see British students in Spain making an effort to learn the language.

“Spanish continues to be an important language for young people today, particularly as it is set to become Britain’s most popular foreign lan-

EWN 27

4 nights Cairo B&B & 7 nights FB Nile Cruise & 3 nights Hurghada all Inclusive Incl flights & transfers

From 870€ pp Menorca 2018 ‘ENCOURAGING’: The number of A-Level students taking Spanish has grown. guage,” he said.

Peyro added there was a variety of benefits that come could from studying Spanish at GCSE and A-Level.

“Learning the language will help British students to integrate, meet new people and provide advantages later in life, certainly from a career perspective. By studying Spanish they are taking their first steps towards becoming bilingual,” Peyro said.

The comments come as data

showed Spanish looked set to overtake French as the most studied foreign language at ALevel.

French exam entries have declined since 1997 from 21,300 to around 8,300. Spanish entries have grown to about 7,600 during the same period.

Chinese overtook German for the first time this year in terms of exam entries, with the latter language having also declined to about 3,300.

June 18 March 19

7 nights

Menorca all Inclusive.

Direct flights Alicante including transfers Contact us for details.

From 510€ pp

May-Oct 2018

Playa Senator 4* 5 nights half board inc drinks at meals.

Local transport included from Costa Blanca

We arrange

Incl flights from Alicante Balcony Cabin & drinks & 2 nights Singapore Koh Samui, Bangkok Cambodia, Ho Chi Man, Nha Trang, Chan Mae & Halong Bay (Vietnam) Hong Kong

From 3,995€ pp

16 Sept 2018

20th Nov 2019

Mexico M i

14 nights, flights, Transfers & 5* All Inclusive

FFrom 1, 450€ pp

CABO DE GATA

From 235€ pp

Holland America 14 nights Asia Cruise

Oct 18 March 19

Rugby World Cup 2019 Flights, Hotels & Match Tickets England/Ireland/Scotland & Wales Quarter Finals, Semi Finals & Final on 2 Nov 2019

ON SALE NOW!

• Train & Hotel Packages ges • FFlights lights h &E Entry ntry V Visas isas • FForeign oreign i C Currency urrency • Package Holidays • Long Haul Destinations • Cruises Worldwide

28 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

NEWS

Advertising Feature

Crevillent holds 3rd rug fair

VARIETY: Local firms will display their wares.

VISITORS to Crevillent’s third rug fair are promised a magical ride as a huge array of colours and varieties are laid to bare.

Ten companies will be displaying their products at the event which celebrates the home furnishing industry.

The annual event has been organised by the town hall through the Department of Economic Development, Training and Trade and Local Development Agency, with the collaboration of the business organisation UNIFAM. A fair spokesman Juan Antonio Cebrian, said that the Local Development Agency has begun actions to promote the fair, edit-

CARPET FAIR: A variety of options available close to home.

ing brochures and posters that will be sent to local authorities and tourist offices in the province of Alicante and surrounding area, as well as hotels and restaurants with a great influx of tourists.

He added: “A campaign in schools and tour operators will also be carried out so that it can be visited by the greatest number of people and at the same time is attractive for the sale of carpets and promoting our products and local trade.”

Firms taking part include: Hispania SLU, Antonio Pérez Adsuar, SA (carpets and moquettes Imperial), Delta carpets SLU, Naturtex, SL, Sualfombra SA, Universal XXI SL , A + b Indoor,

ROLLS: An array of carpets will be rolled out.

spinning Textiles Crevillene, SAL, Picacarpets, SL and tapestries, carpets, Industrial preparation (TAPISA).

The fair, which is being held at the Jove Centre, takes place Monday to Saturday from September 6 to October 13, from 10am to 1pm and 4.30pm to 9pm. Doors open from 5pm to 9pm on Sundays.

There will be a permanent service of guided visits and groups are asked to apply in advance. For more information, call 965 401 526, ext. 305 and 306, or e-mail: infoturisme@crevillent.es.

30 EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

NEWS

Thrown out of pool COUNCIL bosses have apologised to a woman who was thrown out of the public swimming pool in Pilar de la Horadada for wearing a swim suit deemed too long.

Council employees decided to strictly enforce a dress code stipulating that women should wear a swimsuit or a bikini. They decided that Rakel Perez’ shorts - which she paired with a bikini top were not suitable attire.

Employees then told her and her 18-month daughter to leave the pool.

Now Rakel has told her story on Facebook and attached a picture of an official complaint she has made over the matter.

In her post she said: ‘A man can wear swimming shorts, yet a woman can’t?’ she questions. ‘We have to wear a bikini bottom yet men can swim in their boxer shorts... why?’

The Facebook post has been shared more than 1,500 times, and now council offi-

BANNED: The ‘shorts’ that Rakel was wearing. cials have sent an apology.

They explained that a dress code was brought in because people were swimming in

their street clothes. They have now decided to allow the type of shorts Rakel was wearing.

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

ELCHE’S City Council will allocate €4.3 million to improve access roads, street lighting and sports areas after the government relaxed spending rules.

Up until recently the council was not allowed to use any budget surplus for spending on improvements, but rather had to pay off debt to the national government.

But now under the socialis t gov e r n m e n t o f Pe d ro Sanchez local councils are being allowed to spend any s urplus o n i m p r o v e men t works.

Mayor Carlos Gonzalez said: “This has been a long battle within a number of municipalities and not just in Elche.

“We asked the previous PP administration led by Mariano Rajoy a number of times to make it possible to

Credit Moncloa

Spending cap lifted for Elche

SURPLUS BONUS: Pedro Sanchez allowed Elche to spend. spend any surplus in this way.”

According to a report in the Spanish media, over recent years, Elche has had to give central government up to €16 million from budget s u rp lu s es ra th er th an u s e

that cash on benefiting the local population.

“It’s a very positive decision for Elche, and it’s all thanks to the changes introduc e d by Pe dro Sa nc he z and the PSOE,” concluded Gonzalez.

EWN 31

32 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

NEWS

Brit group head: Expats ‘should integrate more’ CREDIT: Euro Weekly News (inset) Shutterstock (main)

EXCLUSIVE

By Joe Gerrard THE head of an association of British-owned businesses in Benidorm has told Euro Weekly News that more should be done to integrate expatriates into Spanish society.

Karen Maling Cowles, president of the Benidorm British Business Association, said the Costa Blanca resort was being portrayed as somewhere expatriates could go and live an easy life.

She added an image created by the hospitality industry,

KAREN MALING COWLES (inset): Spoke about British expats and holiday-makers in Benidorm. travel agents and in popular culture had caused drunken tourism to spike, harming its

reputation.

Her comments follow the recent case of an 81-year-old

woman who complained to her travel agent that her Spanish holiday was ruined

by there being ‘too many’ Spanish people.

“I’m proud to be British and I’m proud to be a part of the British expatriate community. But I feel that as a community we need to step up,” Ms Maling Cowles said.

The association head said many expatriates had come to Benidorm and not learnt Spanish, kept their documents in order or registered on padrons. This had led to problems for them, the expatriate community and their Spanish hosts.

“The problem comes when people end up in hospital and they can’t speak the language. Not registering with authorities also has an impact on police numbers and public services funding for our communities.

“It’s not simple to come and live and work here but there is an image being projected which gives that im-

pression,” Ms Maling Cowles said.

The head of the association, who has lived in Spain for 27 years, said the holiday industry helped build this image.

She added tour companies had created three-day packages after the financial crisis to make up for falling numbers of holidaymakers, leading to more drunken tourism.

“Or take the case of the 81year-old recently. She was sold this image which is portrayed in TV shows like Benidorm that the place is full of English people. She got there and found herself in a hotel where there were no English people so the holiday wasn’t for her.

“You talk to anyone now in Britain and mention Benidorm and they immediately have that image. It’s been fuelled by extreme commercialism. Benidorm is a paradise that has been ruined by greed,” she said.

Ms Maling Cowles said British expatriates needed to make their voices heard and speak to locals and Spanish officials to boost relations.

She added bars and nightlife venues should do more to improve the resort’s image.

“It’s about making sure local authorities know we’re here and them and us working together to try and resolve these problems,” she said.

COMMUNITY

www.euroweeklynews.com

Bootleg backy sweep

CONTRABAND: Four arrests made after dodgy tobacco haul.

By Tara Rippin TWO HUNDRED KILOS of contraband tobacco with a street value of â‚Ź33,000 has been seized in south-west Murcia.

Raids were carried out in Aguilas, Lorca, Puerto Lumbreras and Mazarron.

Thirty-four people were arrested and now face charges related to contraband.

An investigation was launched last month when

the Guardia Civil apparently became aware that the use of rolling tobacco had suddenly become more common in the area.

The bulk of the haul is said to have been contained in 70 sealed plastic packages, while in some instances packets of 20 hand-rolled cigarettes were confiscated, thought to have been prepared to order.

A survey of discarded packets, carried out by con-

sultancy firm Ipsos, suggests that tax has not been paid on as much as 9.6 per cent of all smoked in Murcia.

This equates to lost tax revenue last year of around â‚Ź25 million. This relates to cigarettes, and excludes rolling tobacco, so the figure is likely to be higher.

Last year, 1.2 tons and two tons of tobacco was confiscated during raids in Lorqui and Torre Pachecho respectively.

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 33

THE BED SPECIALISTS

34 EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

NEWS

PEAK PORK: The number of pigs in Spain has exceeded humans.

Pigs peak at 50 million ACCORDING to figures released by Spain’s environment ministry, the country’s pigs outnumber its human population for the first time.

There are now 50 million pigs, an increase of around nine million since 2013, while the number of people stands at 46.5 million.

Moreover, there are growing concerns about the environmental impact of a farming industry that produced more than four million tons of pork

products and generated €6 billion last year.

Livestock is the fourth largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions after transport, electricity generation and industry, and the soaring pig population is a key factor.

In a country like Spain which is frequently affected by drought, pig farming consumes huge quantities of water.

With each pig drinking 15

litres a day, the industry uses more water than the cities of Sevilla, Alicante and Zaragoza combined.

Environmentalists also say that nitrates from the animals’ waste products are beginning to contaminate ground water.

But with Spaniards consuming around 21kg of pork each year and the nation’s love of the meat dating back thousands of years, environmentalists face an uphill battle to bring about change.

COMMUNITY

www.euroweeklynews.com

Accused of killing husband of 15 days A WO MAN a n d a wh e e lchair-using man have been arrested accused of killing her husband of 15 days.

According to an off duty police officer who witnessed the scene the 45-year-old woman who has not been named - allegedly held her husband while her 58-year-old presumed accomplice stabbed her 69-yearold husband.

The victim had numerous stab wounds to his neck and chest a n d i s r e p o r t e d to have died on the spot.

According to police sources the crime occurred at about 10pm on Monday in a car park in the Albufereta neighbourhood, on the north coast of the city of Alicante.

An off-duty National Police officer saw events from the top of a nearby cliff. He called colleagues for help and shouted at the attackers to stop , b u t t h e y i g n o re d

CRIME SCENE: Fatal stabbing took place at Albufereta. h im, s o h e rac e d to the scene and tackled the duo single-handed.

He struggled with the assailants and managed to halt the stabbing - but by then it was too late.

M o r e o ff i c e r s s o o n a rrived and arrested the man and woman who at the time of going to press were being held in police cells while the investigation continued.

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 35

36 EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

Hookers mugging male tourists

by Tara Rippin YOUNG British men are being targeted and robbed by prostitutes who prowl a popular Spanish resort, with reports of similar attacks in the Costas.

According to bar owners and expatriates, ‘vicious’ working girls are making the streets of Magaluf a very dangerous place to be at night.

And a former Fuengirola restaurateur, claims ‘the attacks are rife in Coasta Del Sol, but many men are too embarrassed to report it.’

In a bid to raise awareness, residents, tourists and alleged victims are using a Facebook page dedicated to reporting crime and talk of incidents where lads have had everything, from passports to clothes, stolen.

One blogger from Newport, England, wrote on the Magaluf Forum: ‘When are the police going to do something about the prostitutes. It’s no good saying don’t go out by yourself in Magaluf any more because four mates of mine were walking

back to Guadalope Hotel and one still got attacked and robbed by four prostitutes.’

Simon from Rochdale, England, holidayed in the party resort with friends in June. He blogged that one of his mates had had a bit too much to drink, so four friends walked him back to his apartment.

“He was still approached by a prostitute/thief,” he said: “She quickly backed off when she realised he was part of our group. I personally would not go back there because of the incidents documented and our experiences.”

The manager of one of the resort’s largest bars, who wished to remain anonymous, told an international newspaper online that it’s a big problem that has been going on for years, but that ‘it’s worse now with the police just totally ignoring it.’

He warned that ‘It will come to a boiling point, a big event where someone is seriously hurt or killed by one of them.’

He went on to say that at around 2am, the women get ‘more pushy’ and start to pick out

COMMUNITY

PUSHY: Early hours of the morning see prostitutes becoming more pushy.

young men who are not capable of looking after themselves, either because they are drunk or have become separated from their mates.

Apparently, the women appear as though they’re on their own, but when they start to rob a victim and he tries to shake them off, a group of pimps pounce.

It is believed the prostitutes arrive in the resort by bus from Palma.

A Nigerian sex worker was charged with attempted murder in June after she attacked two tourists and two cops with a broken bottle.

DANGEROUS: Vulnerable young men are being targeted and robbed.

38 EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

COMMUNITY

DEVASTATION: Farmers’ crops destroyed.

Storms wreak havoc UP to2,500 hectares of crops - double the official estimate - may have been damaged by a sudden hailstorm last week.

Damage caused by last week’s deluge and surprise hailstorm focused mainly on the municipalties of Moratalla, Cehegin and Bullas.

Miguel Angel del Amor Saavedra, the local head of Water, Agriculture, Fisheries and Livestock, reported an estimate of 1,220 hectares of crops were affected, valued

at €1.5million.

But now he says a second assessment carried out on Friday could double that figure.

The counsellor claimed roughly 2,500 hectares were affected, much more than the original estimate, with an economic evaluation, today, of €3 milliom.

Farmers’ association Asaja’s secretary general, Alfonso Galvez Caravaca, stated on Monday, it’s still too early

to put zeros to the damage the storm left in crops around Murcia.

He did say, however, that the officials estimate is “fairly accurate.”

Caravaca revealed the crops most affected by the storm were the dry ones, such as olive groves, vineyards and almond trees.

The hail cloud swept in from Vega Segura to Guadalentin, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

40 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

F RANCE

N ORWAY

Loop tests

Six held

THE rural town of Droux has been selected by TransPod as the testing ground for its Hyperloop project which is seeking to develop public transport which could reach speeds of up to 1,200 kilometres an hour.

POLICE in Arendal have arrested six people in connection with pepper spray found on persons in the town and authorities have said they suspect the items could have been used to disrupt the Arendalsuk event.

New air boss AIR CANADA’S Ben Smith has been named the first non-French boss of Air France-KLM which has been branded ‘inconceivable’ in a statement from nine out of 10 of the trade unions which represent company employees.

Trump visit UNITED STATES President Donald Trump has announced that he plans to travel to Paris for a cere-

Cat convict FUTURE TRAVEL: The pods will be tested in France. mony to mark the end of the First World War on November 11 in a tweet in which he also attacked Washington politicians.

Case lost A TOULOUSE court has dismissed

a case which was lodged by Kevin Fermine, a disabled law student, against France’s rail operator SNCF on the grounds that he had no access to either toilets or train cafeterias during journeys which he made from the southern city to the capital Paris.

A YAZIDI woman aged 19 has left Germany with her family and filed a com-

EMISSIONS from road traffic in Norway fell from a total of 9.7 million tonnes in 2016 to 8.8 million in 2017, a decline of about 9.6 per cent according to the country’s public highway authority.

Man cleared A 55-YEAR-OLD who has repeatedly denied being responsible for killing a man in his 30’s found dead in Maridelan in Oslo last month has been cleared by police officers investigating the death.

Host ridicule

Road crash

Woman flees

Gas data

D ENMARK

G ERMANY A TOTAL of 16 people were injured, six of them seriously, after a bus they were travelling on from Stockholm to Berlin overturned in a ditch near Rostock on the A19 motorway while 63 passengers and two drivers were onboard.

A VESTFOLD woman convicted of breaching animal welfare laws by leavi ng t wo pet cat s i n a home she moved out of has been handed a suspended prison sentence of 26 days and two years of probation by Tonsberg District Court.

EUROPEAN PRESS

plaint with authorities after claiming she saw a member of the Islamic State who enslaved her for 10 weeks in Iraq in a town in Baden-Wurttemberg.

Migrant pact GERMAN diplomats have struck a deal with their Greek counterparts to return migrants to the latter country if they have already applied for asylum there within 48 hours according to an

Interior Ministry spokesperson.

Victim sues A BEAUTICIAN who was left with facial disfigurements after her exboyfriend attacked her with acid has lodged a compensation claim with Hanover’s Regional Court seeking damages of €250,000 to cover lost earnings which Vanessa Munstermann said left her ‘financially ruined.’

NETHERLANDS

S WEDEN

Faith ruling

Court win

THE Dutch Council of State has ruled that colanders cannot be classed as religious headdress after Mienke de Wilde, a Pastafarian from Nijmegen, had passport photos refused in which she posed wearing the utensil which she claimed was holy.

A LABOUR court has ruled that an Uppsala company should compensate a 24-year-old Muslim woman with €3,800 after lawyers successfully argued she had been discriminated against when she refused to shake hands at a job interview on religious grounds.

Drugs bust NAVAL personnel on a Dutch ship in the Caribbean have seized more than 400 kilograms of cocaine, later destroyed by authorities in Sint Maarten which they claimed was thrown overboard from a boat sailing under the Venezuelan flag.

Heat record THE Netherlands has seen its longest run of hot days since 2003 after temperatures of 20.1 degrees were recorded in De Bilt last week, marking 54 days in total of uninterrupted heat in the country.

Wolf call A GROUP of farmers in Gelderland has warned against granting wolves protected status after sightings of the animals which originate from Germany have become more common and several livestock deaths have been reported.

Drug figures THE number of Swedes who have taken cannabis during the past 12 months rose from 2.5 per cent to 3.6 per cent of the adult population between 2013 and 2017 according to the country’s drug and alcohol authority.

Car fires POLICE in Sweden probing the cause of around 150 vehicle blazes which erupted in Gothenburg, Uppsala, Trollhattan, Alafors and Akersberga last week have said they do not believe the strikes were politically motivated ahead of elections.

Bus first NORRTAKJE has become the first city in Sweden to have an all fully electric public bus fleet after the vehicles entered service on lines 651, 656, 657 and 658 last Saturday.

AN anchor on the United States network Fox News has faced a backlash after comparing Denmark with Venezuela after Trish Regan claimed no one wanted to work in either country due to both supposedly living under socialist economic systems.

Bird numbers

Gym attack

Girl leaves

OFFICERS were tracing a suspect last week in connection with an assault on a 38-year-old female gym worker at a shopping centre in Greve, which is believed to have happened following an argument over membership.

IMMIGRATION authorities have ordered the deportation of 13-year-old Thai girl Aphinya Pechmuang after refusing her application for a residence permit following her arrival in Farso in Denmark in 2017 to live with her mother and Danish stepfather.

THE population of red kite birds of prey in Denmark has risen by 20 per cent during 2017 with 371 specimens spotted in January this year according to statistics from the country’s Ornithological Society.

B ELGIUM

Bishop raid POLICE were tracing suspects last week in connection with a burglary which saw the Bishop of Liege locked in a bathroom in his official residence and around €20,000 in cash and several works of art stolen.

Spy funds TH E Mi ni st r y of Def ence of Belgium is set to spend almost €150 million to take part in a French spy satellite programme, according to sources familiar with Helios II which sees probes taking images of the Earth’s surface.

Terror study A REPORT has claimed there is a link between terrorist attacks and the health of Belgian citizens based on data which stated about 45 per cent of respondents reported experiencing mental problems after strikes in Brussels and Zaventem.

Name stats ALMOST 90 per cent of Belgian babies born in 2017, some 90,644 out of 101,071, were given their father ’s surname as opposed to 4.2 who received their mother’s and the rest who took both.

42

E W N www.euroweeklynews.com

STAT OF WEEK National job stats THERE are around 1.3 million less jobs in Spain than there were at the onset of the financial crisis in 2008, according to government figures.

There were about 49,500 less in Castellon and 25,800 less in Orense.

The number of those in work has grown in the Balearic Islands, Malaga Province, Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Guadalajara.

They saw increases of 45,700, 28,300, 18,000 and 12,200 respectively since the second quarter of 2008.

€70bn

23 - 29 August 2018 THE estimated amount not declared in tax returns and roughly the same amount as would be needed to cover the government’s health spending for one year, according to a study.

FINANCE

business & legal Bank’s home loans stats

Deficit talks begin SPANISH government ministers are set to meet tomorrow (Friday) in a bid to reach an agreement on spending and debt proposals for 2019 to 2021.

The Council of Ministers is attempting to chart a course of deficit reduction as part of a path to financial stability.

Their proposals will be tabled before the Congress of Deputies, Spain’s Parliament, once agreement between ministers has been reached.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government is expected to make similar proposals to those that were rejected in line with plans from Finance Minister Maria

by Joe Gerrard Jesus Montero, according to reports.

Ministers have set proposed deficit targets for Spain’s autonomous regions of 0.3 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2019. The figure falls to 0.1 per cent by 2020 and government is hoping regional books will be balanced by 2021, according to Spanish media.

Public debt targets for the autonomous communities are expected to be 23.7 per cent, 23 per cent and 22.2 per cent of GDP for 2019, 2020 and 2021 respectively.

The meeting comes as Deputies in

Congress voted down previous spending plans last month. A total of 88 Deputies, including those from the governing leftleaning Partido Socialista (PSOE), voted in favour.

There were 173 votes against from the conservative Partido Popular (PP), the centrist Ciudadanos and a handful of regionalist parties. The leftist anti-austerity Unidos Podemos group and some Catalan and Valencian parties abstained.

Tomorrow’s meeting will be the first Council of Ministers session since the last one on August 3 before the summer recess began.

SPANISH financial firm Bankia loaned around €180 million to house building projects in the country between January and June this year, according to company data.

The figure comes as the bank had been restricted in operating in markets such as property and development financing as part of bailout conditions from the recession.

Bankia said its development financing arm was one of the main parts of the business set to grow in the coming years due to home building picking up.

Construction growth slows

» BUSINESS EXTRA

Company earnings THE turnover of Spanish firms has risen by 4.9 per cent since last June in comparison to the same time last year according to the National Institute for Statistic’s (INE) Business Figures Index.

Age averages SLUMP: The sector is not growing as quickly.

OUTPUT in the construction sector grew by some 1.8 per cent in Spain in June compared to 2017, a fall from 4.6 per cent in year-onyear growth in May. The Eurostat figures come as data for the European Union (EU) showed a mixed picture for the industry in different member states.

Output fell in Spain by around 0.3 per cent in month-on-month terms from May to June, the second fall so far this year.

Activity in the sector across the

bloc grew by 0.6 per cent in month-on-month terms in June compared to May. There was a growth of 1.2 per cent in the EU in May compared to the previous April, meaning there has been three months of uninterrupted growth in construction.

Hungary saw the largest increase in construction activity in June compared to May at 7.2 per cent. Slovenia saw the largest fall at 5 per cent.

PROPERTIES in provincial capitals were aged 45 years on average if they were for sale and 44 for rent and the figure stood at 72 and 69 respectively in Barcelona, according to industry figures.

Web launch GERMAN supermarket chain Lidl has launched an online store to sell its own brand products in the Madrid region as part of a pilot scheme which could be rolled out throughout Spain if successful.

Boat rents make waves THE amount of people holidaying on rented boats in Spain was up 42 per cent during the first six months of this year compared to 2017, according to industry data.

A total of 3,256 recreational vessels were registered in Spain during the same period, with 1,049 for rental use.

The number is expected to be higher than

the total of 1,613 registered during the whole of 2017, according to forecasts from Spain’s General Directorate of the Merchant Navy.

Current trends showed the boat rental market had grown by between 15 and 20 per cent annually in recent years. Turnover is roughly around €320 million a year in Spain.

44 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

LONDON - FTSE 100

FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR MONEY WITH US See our advert on previous page

C LOSING P RICES A UGUST 20

PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,559.80 25.80 Associated British Foods 2,346.50 8.50 Admiral Group 2,040.00 3.00 Ashtead Group 2,344.00 22.00 Antofagasta 840.40 13.40 Aviva 487.10 2.30 AstraZeneca 5,919.00 -11.00 BAE Systems 626.60 2.00 Barclays 183.49 0.89 British American Tobacco 4,195.25 -7.75 Barratt Developments 533.00 -4.00 Berkeley Group Holdings (The)3,709.50 -27.50 British Land Co 640.80 1.60 BHP Billiton 1,666.10 36.70 Bunzl 2,343.00 5.00 BP 552.70 4.10 Burberry Group 2,230.50 -13.50 BT Group 225.95 0.10 Coca-Cola HBC 2,612.00 -1.00 Carnival 4,646.50 30.50 Centrica 146.10 0.20 Compass Group 1,703.50 6.00 Croda International 5,152.00 14.00 CRH 2,561.50 6.50 DCC 6,945.00 40.00 Diageo 2,789.50 -4.00 Direct Line Insurance Group 332.85 0.45 Evraz 481.75 15.15 Experian 1,898.50 -3.50 easyJet 1,576.00 1.50 Ferguson 6,079.00 8.00 Fresnillo 937.20 12.40 Glencore 311.25 6.25 GlaxoSmithKline 1,611.60 -5.40 GVC Holdings 1,099.00 0.94 Hargreaves Lansdown 2,193.50 21.50 Halma 1,414.00 4.00 HSBC Holdings 701.60 4.70 International Consldtd Airs Grp 692.20 3.60 InterContinental Hotels Group 4,773.50 23.50 3i Group 924.10 1.90 Imperial Brands 2,980.00 -7.50 Informa 781.50 2.90 Intertek Group 5,279.00 1.00 ITV 166.83 0.23 Just Eat 787.70 0.50 Johnson Matthey 3,585.00 19.00 Kingfisher 270.85 -2.45 Land Securities Group 923.75 0.25 Legal & General Group 254.25 0.35

% CHG. NET VOL 1.68 21,686.33 0.36 18,263.92 0.15 5,898.69 0.95 11,296.17 1.62 8,316.69 0.47 18,975.04 -0.19 75,195.84 0.32 19,979.67 0.49 31,174.01 -0.18 95,373.47 -0.74 5,447.78 -0.74 4,923.03 0.25 6,230.35 2.25 34,467.80 0.21 7,819.25 0.75 109,631.68 -0.60 9,362.28 0.04 22,398.70 -0.04 9,687.69 0.66 9,225.41 0.14 8,260.48 0.35 26,528.14 0.27 6,805.94 0.25 21,153.71 0.58 6,164.16 -0.14 68,580.73 0.14 4,615.88 3.25 6,606.06 -0.18 17,414.77 0.10 6,248.08 0.13 14,085.67 1.34 6,776.47 2.05 43,585.91 -0.33 79,856.06 0.09 6,338.60 0.99 10,212.08 0.28 5,330.22 0.67 139,932.50 0.52 13,856.93 0.49 9,016.78 0.21 9,009.41 -0.25 28,454.74 0.37 9,687.39 0.02 8,528.01 0.14 6,696.27 0.06 5,305.48 0.53 6,967.20 -0.90 5,850.38 0.03 6,843.67 0.14 15,191.98

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

Lloyds Banking Group ORD 60.44 London Stock Exchange Grp 4,426.50 Micro Focus International 1,243.00 Marks & Spencer Group 298.70 Mondi 2,122.00 Melrose 222.55 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 263.30 National Grid 833.00 NMC Health 4,190.00 Next 5,475.00 Ocado Group 1,054.50 Paddy Power Betfair 7,030.00 Prudential 1,721.50 Persimmon 2,426.00 Pearson 920.40 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,786.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 244.25 Royal Dutch Shell 2,486.75 Royal Dutch Shell 2,528.00 RELX 1,710.00 Rio Tinto 3,762.00 Royal Mail 467.70 Rightmove 4,909.50 Rolls-Royce Group 1,020.00 Randgold Resources 5,142.00 RSA Insurance Group 643.60 Rentokil Initial 337.10 Sainsbury (J) 334.15 Schroders 3,075.50 Sage Group (The) 621.80 Segro 657.40 Shire 4,443.25 Smurfit Kappa Group 3,218.00 Sky 1,531.50 Standard Life Aberdeen 318.40 Smith (DS) 493.55 Smiths Group 1,595.25 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 548.50 Smith & Nephew 1,373.75 SSE 1,262.50 Standard Chartered 648.45 St James's Place 1,130.50 Severn Trent 2,022.00 Tesco 256.55 TUI AG 1,479.75 Taylor Wimpey 169.45 Unilever 4,417.50 United Utilities Group 753.90 Vodafone Group 175.52 WPP Group 1,285.50 Whitbread 3,993.00

CHANGE(P) 0.28 18.50 -2.50 -0.30 23.00 1.45 0.00 3.60 130.00 15.00 8.50 75.00 2.50 -36.00 3.00 3.00 3.35 14.25 16.50 -4.00 56.00 3.30 -20.50 -3.50 104.00 2.80 -0.90 -0.45 9.50 -44.00 -0.20 0.75 28.00 -1.00 1.20 3.55 3.75 5.80 -5.25 -2.50 3.65 4.00 8.00 0.05 4.25 -1.45 2.50 1.70 -0.26 9.50 14.00

% CHG.

NET VOL

0.47 0.42 -0.20 -0.10 1.10 0.66 0.00 0.43 3.20 0.27 0.81 1.08 0.15 -1.46 0.33 0.04 1.39 0.58 0.66 -0.23 1.51 0.71 -0.42 -0.34 2.06 0.44 -0.27 -0.13 0.31 -6.61 -0.03 0.02 0.88 -0.07 0.38 0.72 0.24 1.07 -0.38 -0.20 0.57 0.36 0.40 0.02 0.29 -0.85 0.06 0.23 -0.15 0.74 0.35

42,928.26 15,304.46 5,425.41 4,897.14 7,671.66 10,673.59 6,223.10 28,020.52 8,457.52 7,716.22 7,374.78 5,715.06 44,943.24 7,726.96 7,154.48 47,857.23 28,987.15 113,501.11 94,142.81 17,825.42 48,598.29 4,617.00 4,475.13 18,976.35 4,748.67 6,477.04 6,212.03 7,441.94 6,898.20 7,199.94 6,630.38 40,626.75 7,595.52 26,300.96 9,403.57 6,715.18 6,270.84 7,897.20 11,965.48 12,832.19 21,514.18 5,968.01 4,737.67 25,082.38 8,690.39 5,578.53 52,661.26 5,103.25 47,285.66 16,169.57 7,280.87

0.89628

1.11565 Units per €

US dollar...............................................................1.14205 Japan yen ............................................................126.335 Switzerland franc ..............................................1.13637 Denmark kroner...............................................7.45842 Norway kroner .................................................9.65672

currenciesdirect.com/la-zenia • Tel: +34 965 994 830 THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER

DOW JONES C LOSING P RICES A UGUST 20

COMPANY 3M AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CO CATERPILLAR CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA DOWDUPONT EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACHS HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL CORP J.P.MORGAN CHASE JOHNSON & JOHNSON MC DONALD'S CORP MERCK AND CO. NEW MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER AND GAMBLE VERIZON COMMS VISA WAL-MART STORES WALGREENS BOOTS WALT DISNEY CO

PRICE 204,770 103,0300 217,580 346,400 139,340 45,870 46,60 67,79 78,26 233,38 195,5600 146,06 47,1000 114,7700 134,4700 161,1500 69,06 107,580 79,75 42,0900 83,690 54,79 141,33 97,8500 69,99 112,4800

CHANGE% +0,80% +0,37% +2,00% +0,12% +2,26% +1,57% +0,82% +1,06% +0,33% +0,16% +0,09% +0,50% -0,15% +0,00% +1,50% -0,36% +0,31% -0,06% -0,37% +1,62% +0,00% +0,96% +0,48% -0,80% +0,53% +0,00%

CHANGE 1,620 0,3800 4,260 0,420 3,080 0,710 0,38 0,71 0,26 0,38 0,1700 0,72 -0,0700 0,0000 1,9900 -0,5800 0,21 -0,060 -0,30 0,6700 0,000 0,52 0,68 -0,7900 0,37 0,0000

VOLUME(M) 120.109,11 88.714,42 1.050.895,30 199.009,68 82.813,30 215.721,20 198.186,19 156.417,08 331.338,00 88.114,07 225.586,99 133.318,92 219.486,00 385.728,67 360.750,21 125.020,24 183.653,52 826.558,44 102.118,98 246.677,57 208.271,43 226.388,75 251.183,96 288.740,12 69.458,90 167.285,05

M - MILLION DOLLARS

NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES A UGUST 20

COMPANY

PRICE

CHANGE NET / %

Most Advanced America's Car-Mart, Inc. LexinFintech Holdings Ltd. Ferroglobe PLC Dogness (International) Corporation Accuray Incorporated SMTC Corporation Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. TransAct Technologies Incorporated Cardtronics plc KemPharm, Inc. Hexindai Inc.

$ 81.55 $ 11.10 $8 $ 2.99 $ 3.875 $ 2.80 $ 13.82 $ 15.15 $ 37.17 $ 4.75 $ 8.58

14.55 ▲ 21.72% 1.10 ▲ 11.00% 0.79 ▲ 10.96% 0.28 ▲ 10.33% 0.35 ▲ 9.93% 0.25 ▲ 9.80% 1.13 ▲ 8.90% 1.235 ▲ 8.88% 3.02 ▲ 8.84% 0.35 ▲ 7.95% 0.60 ▲ 7.52%

$ 11.95 $ 6.555 $ 5.78 $ 4.82 $ 3.45 $ 15.82 $ 305.51 $ 43.77 $ 17.49 $ 3.95 $ 12.45

1.83 ▼ 13.28% 0.945 ▼ 12.60% 0.72 ▼ 11.08% 0.56 ▼ 10.41% 0.35 ▼ 9.21% 1.59 ▼ 9.13% 29.94 ▼ 8.93% 3.66 ▼ 7.72% 1.34 ▼ 7.12% 0.30 ▼ 7.06% 0.92 ▼ 6.88%

Most Declined Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Amyris, Inc. Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. Rimini Street, Inc. Marin Software Incorporated XOMA Corporation Tesla, Inc. Applied Materials, Inc. Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Maiden Holdings, Ltd. Evelo Biosciences, Inc.

FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 45

46 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

FEATURE

Are our values being threatened?

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT I THINK the so-called ‘snowflakes’ and ‘do gooders’ of our societies are falling hook, line, and naive sinker, into the hands of those whose sole aim is to provoke as much racial hatred and cultural discrimination as possible.

All their well-intentioned appeasement of ethnic minorities and promotion of so-called ‘diversity’ is actually having an opposite affect and is in fact managing to raise public resentment and social disharmony to unprecedented and dangerous levels. In my opinion the growth of reversed racism is becoming the biggest weapon the enemies of peaceful integration and social equality possess.

This past week we’ve seen some real goodies.

Comedian Jack Whitehall was chastised for being cast as the first gay Disney character, because he is in fact heterosexual! (He’s also an actor of course!).

Mazz Murray, talented daughter of a dear friend of mine, was barred from performing a song from Dreamgirls at the Albert Hall, because she is white and the song is from an ‘African American’ musical.

A while ago the BBC (who else) almost unbe-

WELL-INTENTIONED: But is having an opposite effect and is managing to raise public resentment and social disharmony. lievably specified that applicants for a trainee position in the company would only be considered if they were non-white! A recent lawsuit claimed that YouTube cancelled job interviews with people who were not female black or Hispanic.

Another example that caught my eye last week was the casting of a black girl in the role

of Joan of Arc in an upcoming movie. This did make me think what sort of an outcry there would be if it was decided to cast a white man in the leading role of a movie about Nelson Mandela!

These subversive agitators also level accusations of racism and Islamophobia at anyone who endeavours to speak out in the name of common

sense and will try to crush our rights to the freedom of speech at every opportunity. All this creates one result only. Anger and resentment.

It’s high time the snowflakes were brought to realise that they are being blatantly manipulated by these people, whose only ambition is to spread disruption and division. This small minority don’t want social harmony, they want victory and revenge, and are prepared to use any means available to achieve it; including the purloined assistance of those who naively think they are righting the wrongs of history and inequality. It’s high time the politicians pulled their heads out from the sands of denial and faced up to the problems these people are creating. If they carry on living in their bubbles of privilege and fantasy, and continue to show their appalling lack of courage, common sense and leadership in these matters, the man in the street will, out of pure frustration, decide to act themselves. And if that happens heaven help us all.

Thanks for all your letters. Keep ‘em coming.

And a great big thank you for all your kind thoughts and best wishes for my twins 18th birthday. Fair warmed the cockles. Have a good week, and whatever ya do. Always...

Keep the faith.

Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

Leapy Lee’s opinions are his own and are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or sponsors.

48 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

FEATURE

Advertising Feature Christina Sharp GLOBELINK INTERNATIONAL christina@globelink.co.uk.

AS temperatures gradually start to head south and the peak summer crowds dissipate, autumn is a great time to take a break. If you’ve opted to stay put over the summer, you’ll be treated to less tourists and lower prices in most places if you travel this autumn. Why not escape and enjoy the vista of a new destination without the hordes and peak season rip-off prices.

Here are some of Globelink’s favourite spots to enjoy the sites and some beautiful autumn colour: Florence, Italy In truth, Florence is busy all year round, but autumn is a perfect time to visit as you not only get to appreciate the very best of Renaissance art and architecture, but also some spectacular autumn foliage.

Enjoy the natural golds and russets in the Piazzale Michelangelo, or the Boboli landscaped gardens as well as the iconic Duomo, and world famous collections in the Uffiizi Gallary. Florence is home to the finest works by Botticelli, da Vinci, Giotto’s frescoes and Michelangelo’s David.

And to keep you cool during your visit, legend has it, that the gelato was invented

Leaf it to us…

TAKE A BREAK: Autumn is a great time to enjoy a new destination. in Renaissance Florence, by Bernardo Buontalenti, so what better place to try this irresistible Italian essential? And if you want to keep it authentic, look out for the word ‘artigianale’ when choosing your gelateria, as this means your gelato is made using traditional recipes and methods.

Lake Bled, Slovenia The Julian Alps provide a magnificent backdrop to the picture perfect Lake Bled that few other locations in the world can match. Its clear blue-green waters and steepled church nestling on a tiny islet at its centre, makes this a stunning spot in autumn. The glacial lake is surrounded by

lush forest foliage that transforms into a riot of oranges, reds and browns during autumn and the intense colours are mirrored in the lake to make the view twice as magical. If you’re feeling energetic, take a hike up the hill to the medieval Bled Castle perched on a craggy outcrop close by.

Finland Often associated with snow covered winter scenery, a trip to Finland in September offers the best of all it has to offer.

The Finnish for autumn colour is ‘ruska’ and Finland is a top destination for autumn walks. With the richest variety of broadleaf trees, silver birch, pine, blueberries, lingonberries and mosses, it’s a top destination for some world class ‘leaf peeping.’

And the further north you go the more vivid the colours become. And did you know that the Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis is most active during autumn and spring? So if you’re lucky, you will get the added bonus of a spectacular night sky display during your trip. See www.visitfin land.com for more information.

Finally, make sure you safeguard yourself from trips, slips and mishaps while you are out and about exploring our beautiful planet by visiting www.glob elink.co.uk, or call +44 1353 699 082. You can get covered wherever you live in the EU up to the age of 89yrs.

FEATURE

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Fake news, hype and plain old lies Nora Johnson

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

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

PRESIDENT Trump is a leader who has inspired renewed, worldwide respect for the US. He has demonstrated strong moral principles and diplomacy.

History will judge him to have been an astute and canny politician whose altruism (a distinctive Trump characteristic) helped rescue an economy in dire straits. His understanding of the sensitive and complex nature of international relations is nothing less than amazing.

His wisdom - likewise his economic vision of the future - is a guiding light to others. Future leaders will scrutinise his tweets attempting to comprehend that visionary, mercurial magnetism that is Trump. An outstanding statesman who is vastly undervalued in these benighted times.

Yes. Fake news! (I made this all up but you get the message.)

But what about Trump’s own fake news - all his fake promises? ‘I’m going to be working for you. I’m not go-

TRUMP: Will blame someone else. ing to have time to go play golf.’ Is there any statement Trump made in the run up to the US election which he’s not blithely gone back on? Reminds me of the old joke: ‘How can you tell when Donald Trump is lying?’- ‘His lips move’ ‘President Donald Trump told nearly six times more lies in the first 10 months of his presidency than former President Barack Obama did in his entire eight-year term,’ according to the New York Times. These figures were

verified by fact-checking organisations while Trump supporters invented the term ‘alternative facts.’

But Trump’s lies aren’t the only problem. It’s the millions who swallow them ‘bigly’ who really matter. One thing you can be certain of is that whatever goes wrong, Trump and his little Trumpflakes will always find someone else to blame. ‘It’s the media! It’s the Democrats! It’s Obama! It’s Hillary!

It’s my son-in-law! It’s the CIA! It’s the FBI! It’s Comey!’ Unbelievable! (Or, in other words: ‘Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it infamy!’).

Finally, on a really positive note, many thanks to all you readers out there who’ve left great comments on my website about my latest thriller ‘The Girl in the Woods’! Happy reading!

Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore.

All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

EWN 49

LEGALLY SPEAKING Will they pay capital gains?

Two years ago we sold our flat in Torrevieja, which was our main residence and bought a flat in Italy.

After a year we sold that flat and bought a small apartment in Torrevieja.

We are both over 80 and we now need to sell this flat and move to Cadiz to be near family. We have lived in this flat for less than a year. Will we have to pay capital gains tax or ‘plus valia’?

G C (Costa Blanca) There are three requirements to be David Searl exempt from Spanish cap- You and the Law in Spain ital gains tax. First, you must be an official tax resident in Spain, declaring for Spanish income tax.

Second, you must be selling a home which has been your main residence for three years. Third, you must be older than 65. You miss out the three-year requirement.

However, if you use all the proceeds from your sale to purchase a new main residence in Spain, you can also be exempt from capital gains tax. The ‘plus valia’ tax is a different tax, which is paid to the town hall and is based on how long you have owned the property.

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

50 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Animal Park Summer Special 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Thief Trackers 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Murder, Mystery and My Family 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Royal Recipes 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Impossible 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 10:00pm Keeping Faith 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm New Tricks

7:00am

9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:00pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:25pm ITV News London 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Shopping: End of the High Street?

Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Birds of a Feather 10:00pm Inside the Court of Appeal 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm David Walliams Presents...Return of Alright on the Night 12:45am Unforgotten 1:40am Give it a Year 2:05am Jackpot247 4:00am Shopping: End of the High Street?

Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen

7:00am

7:30am 8:15am 9:00am

10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:50pm 3:20pm 4:15pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:45pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:15am 1:15am

7:25am

7:45am 8:10am 9:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:20am 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:35pm 4:45pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:10pm 11:15pm 12:45am

The TV That Made Me Animal Park Summer Special Impossible Inventing the Impossible: The Big Life Fix Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live In Which We Serve Talking Pictures Sea Otters - A Million Dollar Baby Nature's Weirdest Events Great Bear Stakeout Antiques Road Trip Celebrity Eggheads The Repair Shop Great British Menu Saving Lives at Sea Searching for Mum Quacks Newsnight Hospital Who Do You Think You Are?

8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm

Beyond 100 Days Top of the Pops Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 10:00pm The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History 11:30pm Filthy Cities 12:30am The Mary Rose: A Timewatch Guide 1:30am Top of the Pops 2:00am Planet Oil First in a three-part documentary series in which Professor Iain Stewart explores the importance of oil and how the world has become so reliant on it in little over the span of a human lifetime 3:00am Kiri Te Kanawa at the BBC 4:00am Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 5:00am This is BBC Four

8:10am 8:35am

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You've Been Framed!

Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Bachelorette Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Dress to Impress You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Superstore Furious 7 FYI Daily Furious 7 Family Guy

7:00am Classic Coronation Street Audrey learns from Maurice Jones that he has not sold the shop to anyone.

7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:50am Heartbeat 8:50am The Royal Drama series set around a North Yorkshire hospital in the 1960s.

9:55am Judge Judy 10:20am Judge Judy 10:45am George and Mildred 11:20am Inspector Morse 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Inspector Morse 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Vera 11:00pm Law and Order: UK 12:00am Law and Order: UK 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

7:00am The Chase 7:50am Pawn Stars The guys enter fierce negotiations for a Civil War musket.

8:10am Pawn Stars 8:30am Kojak 9:30am Quincy, M.E. 10:30am Minder Drama series about a spiv and his reluctant sidekick.

11:40am The Sweeney 12:45pm The Avengers 1:50pm Kojak 2:55pm Quincy, M.E. 3:55pm Minder 5:00pm The Sweeney 6:05pm The Avengers 7:10pm Storage Wars 7:35pm Storage Wars 8:05pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm Casino Royale 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Casino Royale 12:45am 6 Bullets 1:45am FYI Daily 1:50am 6 Bullets 3:05am Minder 4:00am Teleshopping

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

King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Bang on Budget Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Sun, Sea and Selling Houses Come Dine with Me The Simpsons The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Location, Location, Location

9:25am 9:40am 9:55am

THURSDAY TV

Floogals Digby Dragon Nella the Princess Knight Mofy The Wright Stuff Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 5 News Lunchtime GPs: Behind Closed Doors Home and Away Neighbours Cagney and Lacey Til Death Do Us Part 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight World Rally Championship 2018 Highlights Big Week at the Zoo Celebrity Big Brother Nando's Saucy Secrets Celebrity Big

12:00pm How I Met Your Mother 12:30pm How I Met Your Mother 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Baby Daddy 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 Extreme Cake Makers 9:00pm Young Sheldon 9:30pm Young Sheldon 10:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:30pm The Big Bang Theory 11:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 11:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

6:00am 7:00am 8:00am

8:45am Jungle 10:45am The Green Hornet 1:00pm Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 3:00pm Assassin's Creed 5:00pm I-Spy 6:45pm The Green Hornet 9:00pm Jack Reacher: Never Go Back 11:00pm Assassin's Creed 1:00am Jungle 3:10am Flight of the

6:00am Anon: Special 6:30am Moana: Special 7:00am Mountains May Depart Award-winning drama about a beautiful young woman courted by two admirers. Who will she choose?

9:25am The Truth About Lies 11:20am Goodbye Christopher Robin 1:20pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 4:00pm Don't Hang Up Prank calls are a hoot for cocky teens Sam and Brady...

5:30pm The Jurassic Games 7:00pm Goodbye Christopher Robin 9:00pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi With the Resistance cornered, aspiring Jedi Rey must persuade the great Luke Skywalker to save the galaxy once more.

11:40pm Don't Hang Up 1:10am The Jurassic Games

12:15pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 2:00pm Football Years 2:30pm Football Countdowns 3:00pm Championship Season Review 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Football's Greatest 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 8:00pm EFL Matters 8:30pm Best Championship Goals 2017/18 9:00pm EFL Greatest Games 9:15pm EFL Greatest Games 9:30pm EFL Matters 10:00pm Championship Season Review 2017/18 11:00pm The Debate - Live 12:00am Championship Season Review

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

9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

11:20am How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 1:20pm Zombieland 3:00pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 3:20pm Think Like a Man Too 5:20pm Superbad 7:20pm Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping 9:00pm Zombieland 10:35pm Think Like a Man Too 12:30am National Lampoon's Animal House 2:30am The Heartbreak Kid 4:30am The Layover

Sky Sports News Total Goals Total Goals Enjoy all the goals from the Premier League and beyond 9:00am Total Goals 9:30am Live New Zealand NPC Rugby 11:20am Live European Tour Golf 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Live European Tour Golf Day one of the D+D Real Czech Masters, held at the Albatross Golf Club.

6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Live T20 Blast Quater Final 10:45pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News

The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.

FEATURE

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 51

Advertising Feature

Our house, our refuge, our castle...

In short, our home NOT everyone knows that taking out a home policy is not mandatory except when the house is mortgaged. That is the only situation that requires a person to have a policy which protects their home in Spain. However, it is worth saying that, although it is not mandatory, it is advisable and necessary to be prepared for any eventuality.

Our home is our most precious asset and if we want to avoid surprises and unforeseen events, it is important to get an insurance that gives us the peace of mind knowing that whatever happens in our home there will be someone who is responsible for solving it.

The first thing you should know is that you do not have to contract your home insurance with the entity that is granting you the mortgage,

but you can compare prices in the market and hire the product which provides the coverage that best suits your needs.

Until a couple of years ago, banking entities could condition their mortgage lending with an ‘obligation’ to contract some linked products, such as the Home insurance.

But now, with the approval by the European Parliament of the Mortgage Credit Directive, banks are prohibited by law from linking a mortgage to the purchase of insurance.

Your insurance company might include a clause in your policy registering your lending bank as mortgage beneficiary, to cope with the request of the bank.

Then, the key question is, what is the best insurance for my house? In this article we give you the keys so that you can make the best decision

when taking out your home policy insurance.

The value of the Building There are two criteria to assess a home insurance policy: the Building and Contents.

The ‘Building’ section of your policy refers to the costs of rebuilding your home, not to the market value or the cadastral value. However, it is of key importance to declare the whole size of the property, according to the cadastral property details.

The value of the Contents The ‘Contents’ section of your policy refers to economic valuation of all the household goods: furniture, including kitchen furniture, electronic devices, musical instruments, jewellery or other objects of special value.

Check that the imputed valued of the content can cover the value of all those things.

Although in many cases the sentimental value is higher than the economic one, the best advice is to add all the important items in the content to secure them.

Special features Besides worrying about the Building and the Contents, there are other very interesting and useful covers to consider that not all insurance companies offer. Liberty Seguros is offering among others the following great covers: • Up to €1,000 compensation for the additional water consumption costs due to water leakage when you take out their premium home policy.

• An unrivalled DIY Service, to avoid the hassle of assembling packed furniture, fitting curtain poles, hanging pictures, etc.

• Damage to your garden furniture, even if it has been

damaged by adverse weather conditions.

• Your goods will be insured on a ‘value as new basis.’

• Legal defence, claims for damages and IT assistance service.

• Home assistance, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with just a simple and FREE telephone call on 900 243 657, in English or German.

• A return ticket to your home in Spain, if you are abroad in your home country should an unforeseen claim happen.

Apart from all these advantages, Liberty Seguros has an extensive network of over 300 brokers and agents who are dedicated to providing unbiased, friendly and expert advice, because every home is different and such an important decision deserves a face

to face chat with a professional insurance advisor, in your own language, to discuss the most suitable cover for your home in the sun.

With insurance, not only for home, but also car, life, pet, business, commercial, leisure, public liability and personal injury, Liberty Seguros is considered by far, the expat’s number one choice in Spain today. To find out more visit www.lib ertyexpatriates.es or simply call 913 422 549.

52 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Animal Park Summer Special 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Thief Trackers 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Murder, Mystery and My Family 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Royal Recipes 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Impossible 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Celebrity MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Room 101 12:15am One Hot Summer 12:45am The Real Marigold Hotel 1:45am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:00am The TV That Made Me 7:30am Animal Park Summer Special 8:15am Impossible 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm On the Waterfront 2:45pm Talking Pictures 3:15pm Cheetahs 4:15pm Nature's Weirdest Events 5:15pm Great Bear Stakeout 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Celebrity Eggheads 7:45pm The Repair Shop 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Extraordinary Rituals 11:00pm The Big Asian StandUp 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Edinburgh Nights with Nish Kumar 12:35am Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience 1:05am Panorama 1:35am The Prosecutors 2:30am Picnic at Hanging Rock

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.

More daily from 7.00pm.

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm BBC Proms 2018 10:15pm TOTP2 11:00pm Pump up the Bhangra 12:00am TOTP 2 Presents the 90s 1:00am Nile Rodgers: How to Make it in the Music Business 2:00am Nile Rodgers: How to Make it in the Music Business 3:00am Nile Rodgers: How to Make it in the Music Business 4:00am TOTP2 4:45am This is BBC Four

4:25am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:00pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:20pm ITV News London 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 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 James Martin's American Adventure 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lewis 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Total Recall 1:50am Jackpot247 4:00am Who's Doing the Dishes?

8:10am 9:00am 9:30am 9:55am

3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:50am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 9:55am Judge Judy 10:20am Judge Judy 10:50am George and Mildred 11:20am Inspector Morse 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Inspector Morse 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 10:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 12:00am Princess Diana: A Life After Death 1:05am DCI Banks 2:10am DCI Banks 3:00am A Touch of Frost 4:40am A Touch of Frost

10:25am 11:20am 12:15pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:35pm 4:45pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:55am

Dress to Impress Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Bachelorette You've Been Framed!

Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Dress to Impress You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Superstore Spectre FYI Daily Spectre Family Guy

7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:00am 9:25am 9:55am 10:25am 10:55am 12:35pm 1:00pm 1:05pm 1:55pm 2:55pm 4:35pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

4:00am 7:00am 7:50am 8:10am 8:30am 9:30am 10:35am 11:35am 12:45pm 1:50pm 2:55pm 3:55pm 5:00pm 6:05pm 7:10pm 7:40pm 8:05pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:10am 1:10am 1:15am 2:45am 3:15am 4:00am

Countdown King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Formula 1 The Simpsons Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me Bang on Budget Formula 1 A Place in the Sun Sun, Sea and Selling Houses Come Dine with Me The Simpsons The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Crystal Maze 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Naked Attraction Peng Life

Teleshopping The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Avengers Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special A Fistful of Dollars FYI Daily A Fistful of Dollars The Missouri Breaks FYI Daily The Missouri Breaks The Protectors Lethal Weapon Teleshopping

9:05am 9:25am 9:40am 9:55am 10:05am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm

6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:35pm

12:35am

Paw Patrol Floogals Digby Dragon Nella the Princess Knight Mofy The Wright Stuff Rich House, Poor House 5 News Lunchtime GPs: Behind Closed Doors Home and Away Neighbours Cagney and Lacey Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Penguins of Cape Town Big Week at the Zoo Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Celebrity Big Brother

11:15am Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 1:45pm Thor: Ragnarok 4:10pm Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge 6:30pm Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 9:00pm Thor: Ragnarok 11:20pm Beverly Hills Cop 1:20am Beverly Hills Cop II 3:10am Beverly Hills Cop III

6:10am 8:20am 10:05am 11:55am

The Apartment High Anxiety Growing Up Smith Top Ten Show, the 2018 12:15pm American Pie 2:00pm Snatched 3:40pm Role Models 5:30pm Going in Style 7:15pm American Pie 9:00pm Snatched 10:35pm Role Models 12:25am Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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

4:40am 6:15am

Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Inbetweeners 2 Friday Night Dinner

Kill Order Top Ten Show, the 2018 6:30am The Hurricane Heist: The Eye of the Storm 7:00am The Jurassic Games 8:35am Don't Hang Up 10:10am Goodbye Christopher Robin 12:15pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2:20pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 5:00pm Patti Cake$ 7:00pm Goodbye Christopher Robin 9:00pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 11:00pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 1:40am Don't Hang Up 3:10am The Jurassic Games 4:40am The Truth About Lies

FRIDAY TV

6:00am 7:00am 7:30am 7:40am 9:30am 10:00am 11:00am 12:50pm 1:45pm 2:45pm 4:50pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 11:15pm 12:15am 12:30am 1:00am 2:00am 3:00am

Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Rugby Archive Live New Zealand NPC Rugby Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Live Belgian F1 GP: Practice Live Belgian F2: Practice To be Announced Live Belgian F1 GP: Practice Live European Tour Golf Live PGA Tour Featured Groups Football Info Not Available Info Not Available Barclays Premier League Preview Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Live Caribbean Premier League T20

12:00pm One2eleven 12:15pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 2:00pm EFL Matters 2:30pm One2eleven 2:45pm One2eleven 3:00pm Championship Season Review 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Football's Greatest 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm EFL Matters 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm SPFL Matters 7:30pm EFL Matters 8:00pm Football 11:15pm The Debate - Live 12:15am SPFL Matters 12:45am Championship Season Review

The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.

NEWS

www.euroweeklynews.com

Nick Horne The Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England NORMALITY persists. Despite Brexit, terrorism, disasters; life does go on. The usual panic measures in response to this or that usually come to nothing much more than an opportunity for the authorities to put out a statement to the effect of: ‘See, we have done something’ and the attention of the public moves on or simply subsides.

Banality, or more simply the ordinary needs of getting ready for work or just this day’s demands occupies us. Routine, a breakfast or the main meal of the day, friends, family and hobbies remain at the centre and core of most lives.

Heroic or ordinary, we all dress in much the same way. Fashionistas will of course claim otherwise. Their string shopping bag will be iridescent and will cost many times what you or I may be willing to pay for what is really just a bag for putting our shopping in. Their watches will be limited editions made of rare and precious materials. The cost of just servicing a high end mechanical watch can be as little as €2,000 each time.

A collection of such watches is not just a labour of love or an investment; this hobby will need a commitment of more than just time!

Even the most ordinary day may be punctuated with a heart stopping moment, when you really do feel the breath of your own

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 53

Back to school body and the beat of your own heart. I am thinking of an ordinary man going about his ordinary day driving his employer’s lorry through heavy rain when suddenly he stamps on the brakes and through the murk and just yards ahead sees that the bridge across the chasm stops suddenly with open space and a long drop beckoning him on.

Being an alert and lucky man he does not join the dozens of souls who met their doom falling through space as the bridge collapsed beneath them. I would like to believe that the next day he went about his ordinary business, picked up the threads and went on with his life. His family and his friends will, for a time look at him and believe him touched in some special way.

Everyone will ponder on what might have been; however then his wife will remind him that summer is coming to a close. School will be calling his children to attend to their studies, so off to the shops they will go for shoes and all the paraphernalia of ‘Back to School.’

LIFE CONTINUES: Despite everything that is thrown at it.

54 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm Nadiya's Family Favourites 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Rugby League Challenge Cup Final 6:30pm Shrek Forever After 7:55pm BBC News 8:05pm Regional News 8:10pm Weather 8:15pm Impossible Celebrities 9:05pm Pointless 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:50am Reasonable Doubt 2:10am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15am BBC News

7:50am Cut the Rope: Om Nom Stories 7:55am The Oddbods Show 8:05am Ninjago: Decoded 8:20am Ninjago: Decoded 8:30am Toonmarty 8:40am Toonmarty 8:55am Drop Dead Weird 9:25am ITV News 9:30am Zoe Ball on Saturday 10:25am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:20pm James Martin's American Adventure 12:50pm Love Your Garden 1:50pm £10k Holiday Home 2:20pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:30pm ITV Racing 5:00pm The Chase 6:00pm WOS Wrestling 7:00pm ITV Evening News 7:15pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm Japandemonium 8:00pm Big Star's Little Star 9:00pm Info not available 12:45am ITV News 1:05am WOS Wrestling 1:55am Jackpot247 4:00am Eternal Glory

9:10am The Dengineers 9:35am Deadly Dinosaurs with Steve Backshall 10:05am David Attenbrough's Natural Curiosities 10:30am Nature's Miracle Babies 11:30am Killer Whales 12:15pm Rugby League's Legendary Watersplash Final 1:00pm Nigel Slater: Eating Together 1:30pm Great British Menu 2:00pm Great British Menu 2:30pm Garden Rescue 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Scrappers 4:30pm Saving Lives at Sea 5:30pm Final Score 6:15pm Flog It! 6:50pm A Passage to Britain 7:50pm BBC Proms Extra 8:30pm Dad's Army 9:00pm Blitz 10:00pm QI XL 10:45pm Anita and Me.... And Me 10:55pm Anita and Me 12:20am Zindagi Na Milegi

4:45am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind. More daily from 7.00pm.

8:00pm Elsa the Lioness 8:30pm BBC Proms 2018 10:50pm West Side Stories The Making of a Classic 11:50pm Leonard Bernstein at the BBC 12:50am Top of the Pops Paul Jordan and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 27 February 1986.

1:20am Metal Britannia 2:50am Goth at the BBC 3:50am West Side Stories The Making of a Classic

7:35am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:05am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm Catchphrase 1:40pm You've Been Framed!

2:40pm The Flintstones 3:50pm FYI Daily 3:55pm The Flintstones 4:30pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 6:25pm Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back 9:00pm The Mask 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm The Mask 11:05pm Family Guy 11:35pm Family Guy 12:05am American Dad! 12:30am American Dad!

4:40am 6:20am 6:40am 7:00am

7:45am 8:40am 9:40am 11:25am

1:40pm 4:05pm 5:55pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am 3:30am

A Touch of Frost Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen Murder, She Wrote Classic US murder mystery drama series. Jessica Fletcher is in Japan and soon finds herself in the middle of a family dispute.

Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote On the Buses Inspector Morse Police drama based on the Colin Dexter novels Inspector Morse Carry on Cruising A Touch of Frost Midsomer Murders Endeavour Vera On the Buses On the Buses ITV3 Nightscreen aTeleshopping

5:20am French Collection 6:15am Village of the Year with Penelope Keith 7:10am Kirstie's Vintage Gems 7:15am Triathlon 8:10am Mobil 1 the Grid 8:35am Frasier 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am The Big Bang Theory 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Simpsons 11:25am The Simpsons 11:55am Formula 1 1:25pm F1: Grand Prix 1:55pm Formula 1 4:45pm Car S.O.S 5:45pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:15pm The People's Vet 7:10pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 8:05pm Channel 4 News 8:35pm Captain America: The First Avenger 11:00pm Pain and Gain 1:30am Regression 3:20am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:30am Village of the Year with Penelope Keith

6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 11:00am

7:50am 8:10am 8:35am 9:25am

7:00am 9:45am 12:00pm 2:00pm 4:20pm 6:55pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 1:30am 3:15am

10:30am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 12:55pm 1:20pm 1:50pm 2:15pm 2:40pm 3:05pm 3:35pm 4:05pm 5:05pm 5:10pm 6:10pm 7:10pm 7:15pm 8:45pm 9:45pm 9:50pm 11:00pm 12:00am

Storage Wars Storage Wars Motorsport UK British Superbike Championship Highlights ITV Racing: The Opening Show Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Storage Wars Cahill U.S. Marshal FYI Daily Cahill U.S. Marshal The Sting FYI Daily The Sting Cannonball Run II FYI Daily Cannonball Run II Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights Jaws

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

House Doctor HouseBusters Milkshake!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Make You Laugh Out Loud Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Rich House, Poor House Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

5 News Before They Were Stars Gino's Win Your Wish List Celebrity Big Brother Best of Bad TV: Live and Dangerous Super Casino

The Last Samurai Justice League Atomic Blonde Fast and Furious 8 The Last Samurai Justice League Atomic Blonde Fast and Furious 8 Rambo Underworld: Blood Wars 4:55am Death Warrant

9:50am Sweet Home Alabama 11:50am American Pie 2 1:40pm Rough Night 3:25pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 3:40pm 10 Things I Hate About You 5:25pm Bruce Almighty 7:10pm American Pie 2 9:00pm Rough Night 10:45pm 10 Things I Hate About You 12:30am This is the End

SATURDAY TV

7:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 8:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 9:00am Made in Chelsea: Croatia 10:00am The Goldbergs 10:30am The Goldbergs 11:00am The Goldbergs 11:30am The Goldbergs 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm Volcano 3:05pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 3:15pm The Big Bang Theory 3:45pm The Big Bang Theory 4:15pm The Big Bang Theory 4:45pm The Big Bang Theory 5:15pm The Big Bang Theory 5:45pm The Big Bang Theory 6:15pm The Big Bang Theory 6:45pm The Big Bang Theory 7:15pm The Big Bang Theory 7:45pm Super 8 10:00pm Prometheus 12:25am Gogglebox 1:30am Gogglebox 2:35am Tattoo Fixers 3:40am Rude Tube 4:35am Gogglebox

3:00am

4:40am The Truth About Lies 6:25am Top Ten Show, the 2018 6:40am Final Score: Behind the Scenes 7:00am Goodbye Christopher Robin 9:00am Top Ten Show, the 2018 9:20am The Jurassic Games 11:00am Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings 12:40pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2:45pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 5:25pm Goodbye Christopher Robin 7:25pm Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings 9:00pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 11:00pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 1:40am Patti Cake$ 3:30am Don't Hang Up 5:00am The Jurassic Games

6:30am Lord's Pavilion Portraits 6:35am Cricket 6:50am Great Ashes Catches Relive some of the finest moments in the history of The Ashes.

7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Live Rugby Championship 12:00pm Soccer Saturday PreMatch 12:30pm Football Wolves meet Manchester City at Molineux Stadium in the Premier League 4:15pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:15pm Football 9:00pm Rugby Union 11:30pm Live Caribbean Premier League T20 1:30am Live Caribbean Premier League T20 5:30am Cricket's Greatest Games

Live Caribbean Premier League T20 6:30am Lord's Pavilion Portraits 6:35am Cricket Relive some of the finest moments in the history of The Ashes.

6:50am Great Ashes Catches 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Live Rugby Championship 12:00pm Soccer Saturday PreMatch 12:30pm Football Wolves meet Manchester City at Molineux Stadium in the Premier League.

4:15pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:15pm Football 9:00pm Rugby Union 11:30pm Live Caribbean Premier League T20 1:30am Live Caribbean Premier League T20 5:30am Cricket's Greatest Games

The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.

FEATURE

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Only passing through

Cassandra Nash A weekly look

PEDRO SANCHEZ’S government allowed the Aquarius rescue boat with 629 immigrant passengers to dock in Spain.

Two months later it told the Aquarius, then located off the Libya coast with another 141 immigrants aboard, to look elsewhere. Spain was neither the nearest nor the safest port, the Spanish president Pedro Sanchez maintained.

The cynical and/or uncharitable could argue that he’s caught a whiff of the anti-immigrant miasma ramped up by Partido Popular leader Pablo Casado and wants to scoop up a few votes before they go to Farage emulators.

Spain has taken in 27,614 North Africans, sub-Saharans and an assortment of other nationalities since January but before populist politicos and their followers get their knickers in a twist regarding immigrants, it’s worth remembering that although all are happy to land in Spain, few want to stay.

Last June dozens of Aquarius adolescents staying in Alicante City tried to do a runner on their first night and admitted wanting to move on to France. Of those who stayed put, a fair number told social workers and psychologists that they left their countries to become footballers.

Benefits in Spain are exiguous - as the

CREDIT: Moncloa, Official photo

- and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

PEDRO SANCHEZ: Spanish president.

Spanish know to their cost - and most of the immigrants who reach Spain via the sea or by storming the Ceuta and Melilla borders, know that life will be hard if they stay here.

Many move on as soon as possible, off to less sunny climes and destinations with a better chance of finding work and a more relaxed and munificent benefits system.

Job done THE national daily El Mundo did a neat

hatchet job on Casado case judge Carmen Rodriguez-Medel while damning her faintly with praise.

The daughter and sister of two Guardia Civil colonels, Rodriguez-Medel has often handed out harsh sentences and is perceived as Right-leaning.

Already regarded as a workaholic she apparently worked 14 hours a day on instructing the case before referring it in record time to the Supreme Court which will decide whether the PP leader was given his Master’s Degree in Autonomos Law instead of working for it.

According to some, Rodriguez-Medel is doing her utmost to demonstrate that she is tough on corruption and not favouring the PP at Casado’s expense.

Others claim that she belongs to Soraya Saenz de Santamaria’s camp and wants to pull away the rug from under the feet of the man who snatched the PP leadership from her.

Few suggest that Rodriguez-Medel is simply doing her job to the best of her ability.

A degree of certainty AMONGST other things Pablo Iglesias, the Podemos supremo who once dreamed of a

EWN 55

Looking for trouble THE Partido Popular has always set itself up as the sole champion of ETA victims and Pablo Casado reacted predictably when two ETA prisoners were moved to the Basque region.

This was an insult to their victims, Casado protested.

ETA no longer exists, the prisoners in question expressed regret for what they did. They are serving their time and the victims’ associations COVITE and AVT, implacable in condemning any relaxation of ETA prisoners’ regimes, have no objection to the transfers.

But Casado continues to rant on, givi ng t he i m pr essi on t hat he does not want expiation or apologies, just revenge plus sackcloth and ashes. And trouble for trouble’s sake.

Bolivarian revolution, has a degree in Law, a degree in Economics, a Master’s Degree in Humanities, another in Communication and a doctorate in Political Science.

Say what you like about Iglesias, he has no need of a buckshee degree. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

Travel

Guadalupe - the Royal Monastery at the heart of Spanish history

by Dilip Kuner SET in the heart of the region of Extremadura about an hour’s drive from the historic Renaissance town of Caceres, the pretty village of Guadalupe is a remarkable destination in its own right.

While its cobbled streets are lined with striking buildings that show the evidence of many centuries of history, the reason people come from far and wide is to see the magnificent building right at its centre - the Sanctuary-Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Founded by King Alfonso XI of Castille in the 14th century, it is a truly exceptional edifice that has been added to and lavishly embellished down the years. In

ROYAL MONASTERY: At the heart of power. fact it is regarded so highly that it has been named as a UN World Heritage Site.

It became Spain’s Royal Monastery, where the great and good gathered amidst some of the most magnificent religious art and exquisite gold, and silverware.

This was not simply a religious house, for it was at the heart of power. It was

here that the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella and Ferdinand, granted Christopher Columbus an audience that would eventually lead to the discovery of the Americas.

Exceptional blend Architecturally, it is an exceptional blend of differing

styles. The 14th-15th century Mudejar church and cloister is particularly fine, with its intricate façade setting a striking tone.

The inte rior na ve a nd two side aisles are notable for their fine vaulting and feature richly ornamented altars and tombs.

The sacristy is renowned for a series of paintings by Zurbarán and magnificent wall paintings that seem to le a p out from the pla in canvas of the architecture itself. It was built between 1638 a nd 1647 a nd provides a contrast to the earlier periods.

Moving through the sacristy the Chapel of Santa Catalina of Alejandria is home to s ome impos ing tombs that date to the 17th

century. It is also packed wi t h r el i quar i es and exquisite works of art.

Ent er i ng i nt o t he Camarin de la Vigen you will f i nd an oct agonal r oom decorated in baroque style.

Head up the stairs and the star of the show awaits Guadalupe’s famous black Madonna.

Here a monk takes over

f r om t he usual gui de t o present the statue to and bless visitors.

The statuette is richly cl ot hed and i n her ar m s holds a baby Jesus - also black.

It is the most emblematic symbol of the monastery - and for many Catholics the most holy part of the visit.

GUADALUPE: A remarkable destination.

56 EWN

7:00am 10:00am 11:25am 12:25pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:05pm 6:05pm 7:05pm 7:35pm 7:50pm 7:55pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:20pm 11:25pm 11:30pm 12:30am

8:05am 8:20am 8:30am 8:40am 8:55am 9:25am 9:30am 10:25am 10:55am 11:55am 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 10:50pm 11:05pm 12:10am 1:05am 4:00am

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Breakfast Match of the Day Sunday Morning Live Homes Under the Hammer Bargain Hunt BBC News Weather for the Week Ahead Still Open All Hours Hold the Sunset Money for Nothing Escape to the Country Songs of Praise Fake or Fortune?

Eat Well for Less The Deer Stalker Our Lives BBC News Regional News Weather Countryfile Fake or Fortune?

The Bodyguard BBC News Regional News Weather Match of the Day 2 Supermarket Shopping Secrets

7:30am Around the World in 80 Gardens 8:30am Gardeners' World 9:30am Countryfile 10:30am The Beechgrove Garden 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Great British Menu 1:00pm Great British Menu 1:30pm Great British Menu 2:00pm The Hairy Bikers' Best of British 2:45pm Triathlon World 4:15pm Wastemen 5:10pm Saving Lives at Sea 6:10pm Tribes, Predators and Me 7:10pm Raiders of the Lost Ark 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Eight Go Rallying: The Road to Saigon 11:00pm Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational Live 12:00am Man Like Mobeen 12:20am Man Like Mobeen 12:45am Pump up the Bhangra 1:45am Countryfile

8:00pm Simon Rattle: The Making of a Maestro This documentary provides unique insights into the working life of one of the world's most acclaimed musicians, conductor Sir Simon Rattle.

9:00pm BBC Proms 2018 Rattle Conducts Ravel.

11:00pm Arena Profile of the Nobel Prize-winning Trinidadian-born British writer, VS Naipaul.

12:00am Chuck Berry in Concert 1:00am Sings Stevie Wonder 2:00am Sex, Chips and Poetry: 50 Years of the Mersey Sound 3:00am The Secret Life of Landfill: A Rubbish History

7:10am Motorsport 7:35am Motorsport 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Para Swimming: European Championships 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Peng Life 2:00pm Formula 1 2:40pm Formula 1 5:30pm Formula 1 6:35pm Car S.O.S 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Flying Across Britain with Arthur Williams 9:00pm Hidden Britain by Drone 10:00pm World War Z 12:15am 47 Ronin 2:30am The Crystal Maze 3:25am Mobil 1 the Grid 3:50am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 4:45am French Collection 5:40am Village of the Year with Penelope Keith

Ninjago: Decoded Ninjago: Decoded Toonmarty Toonmarty Drop Dead Weird ITV News Zoe Ball on Sunday Japandemonium Ninja Warrior UK WOS Wrestling Big Star's Little Star ITV Lunchtime News Info not available Paul O'grady's Little Heroes Catchphrase Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV Evening News Regional News and Weather The Chase: The Bloopers Info not abailable ITV News Info not available Info not available Jackpot247 Motorsport UK

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:35pm Ninja Warrior UK 2:35pm You've Been Framed!

3:40pm Smurfs 2 4:40pm FYI Daily 4:45pm Smurfs 2 5:50pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi 8:30pm Rock of Ages 9:30pm FYI Daily 9:35pm Rock of Ages 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am American Dad! 12:55am American Dad! 1:25am The Cleveland Show 1:50am Ghosted 2:15am Totally Bonkers

3:30am 7:00am 7:20am 8:05am 9:05am

4:00am 7:00am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:25am 9:55am 10:25am 11:00am

10:05am 11:05am 1:25pm 3:45pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 1:30am 2:30am

Teleshopping Judge Judy Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat When vandals target a local couple, Joe investigates and uncovers a dark history Heartbeat Inspector Morse Inspector Morse Inspector Morse Lewis Agatha Christie's Marple Midsomer Murders Wire in the Blood Princess Diana: A Life After Death A Touch of Frost Police drama series.

False passports and murder draw Inspector Jack Frost and his new assistant into a tragic case of lust, greed and death.

12:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:15am 1:15am 1:20am 2:30am 3:30am 3:45am 4:00am

Teleshopping The Sweeney Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Mr. Bean Mr. Bean Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights MSA British Touring Car Championship Barcelona's European Glory Pawn Stars Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights River Monsters River Monsters The Specialist FYI Daily The Specialis Cannonball Run II FYI Daily Cannonball Run II Minder Football's Greatest ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

5:45am 6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 11:00am 11:35am 11:55am 12:50pm 1:50pm 2:50pm 4:55pm

7:55pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 1:40am 3:10am 4:10am 5:00am 5:45am

7:00am 9:15am 11:30am 2:00pm 4:30pm 6:45pm 9:00pm 11:30pm 2:00am

SUNDAY TV

Wildlife SOS House Doctor HouseBusters Milkshake!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors The Prince of Egypt Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 5 News Worst Celebrity Pop Songs Ever Celebrity Big Brother The Bodyguard Whitney Houston: A Tragic Love Super Casino Frozen: Cryonics My Mum's Hotter Than Me! Wildlife SOS

6:10am How I Met Your Mother 6:35am How I Met Your Mother 7:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 9:20am Made in Chelsea: Croatia 10:20am Don't Tell the Bride 11:25am Catch That Kid 1:15pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm Young Sheldon 3:30pm Young Sheldon 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:35pm The Day After Tomorrow 10:00pm Krypton 11:00pm Fear the Walking Dead 12:00am Gogglebox 1:10am The Big Bang Theory 1:40am The Big Bang Theory

6:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond 7:00am Sky Sports News 8:00am Total Goals 9:00am Total Goals 10:00am Total Goals 10:30am Sunday Supplement 12:00pm Goals on Sunday 1:30pm Live Renault Super Sunday 4:30pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:00pm Gary Neville's Soccerbox 8:30pm Gary Neville's Soccerbox 9:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am MLS Greatest Games 1:10am Football 3:15am MLS Greatest Games 3:30am To be Announced 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

Spider-Man Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man 3 Spider-Man: Homecoming Spider-Man Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man 3 Spider-Man: Homecoming The Punisher: War Zone

5:00am The Jurassic Games 6:30am Top Ten Show, the 2018 6:45am Final Score: Behind the Scenes 7:00am The Truth About Lies 8:40am Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings 10:15am Star Wars: The Last Jedi 12:55pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 3:00pm The Bachelors 4:45pm Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings 6:20pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 9:00pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 11:00pm The Bachelors 12:45am The Jurassic Games 2:15am Don't Hang Up 3:45am Mamma Mia - Here We Go Again: Special 4:15am Mountains May Depart

12:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 12:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 1:30pm EFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football 4:45pm Championship Season Review 5:45pm EFL Greatest Games 6:30pm EFL Greatest Games 6:45pm EFL Greatest Games 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 7:15pm EFL Greatest Games 7:30pm EFL Greatest Games 7:45pm EFL Greatest Games 8:00pm Championship Season Review 2017/18 9:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 9:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 10:30pm Best Championship Goals 2017/18 11:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 11:30pm One2eleven 11:45pm One2eleven 12:00am EFL Goals: Championship

8:15am Liar Liar 9:50am Uncle Buck 11:35am American Pie: The Wedding 1:20pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 1:40pm Bridget Jones's Baby 3:50pm My Blind Brother 5:30pm The Wilde Wedding 7:15pm American Pie: The Wedding 9:00pm Bridget Jones's Baby 11:10pm My Blind Brother 12:45am Pineapple Express

The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.

58 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

10:00am Countryfile Summer Diaries 10:45am Homes Under the Hammer 11:45am Wanted Down Under 12:30pm Thief Trackers 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:20pm Regional News 2:25pm Weather 2:30pm Murder, Mystery and My Family 3:15pm Escape to the Country 4:15pm Royal Recipes 5:00pm Money for Nothing 6:00pm Impossible 6:45pm Flog It! 7:15pm BBC News 7:45pm Regional News 8:00pm The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 9:00pm Would I Lie to You? 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pm The Bodyguard 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Cuckoo 12:00am One Hot Summer 12:30am Segregated America: A School in the South

7:40am Super 4 8:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:45pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Griff's Great Britain 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lewis 11:00pm ITV News 11:20pm Inside the Court of Appeal 12:20am Info not available 1:15am Long Lost Family

8:25am 9:10am 10:10am 11:10am 1:10pm 3:15pm

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

3:30am 4:30am

Impossible Fake or Fortune?

Coast Daddy Long Legs The Cruel Sea Triathlon World Series: Montreal Highlights Ocean Giants Lost Land of the Jaguar Antiques Road Trip Celebrity Eggheads The Repair Shop Great British Menu Nadiya's Family Favourites University Challenge Drinkers Like Me Adrian Chiles Riz Ahmed: Road to Englistan The Reluctant Fundamentalist Searching for Mum Lost Boys? What's Going Wrong for Asian Men Back to the Land with Kate Humble This is BBC Two

10:25am You've Been Framed!

11:25am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 12:25pm FYI Daily 12:30pm Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:30pm Coronation Street 3:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 4:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:15pm You've Been Framed!

7:45pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 8:45pm FYI Daily 8:50pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Ghosted 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am American Dad!

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage 9:00pm Art of Germany 10:00pm Rome's Invisible City Documentary investigating the invisible world of underground Rome.

11:00pm The Story of Ireland 12:00am Pavlopetri - The City Beneath the Waves 1:00am To Boldly Go 2:00am The Story of Scottish Art 3:00am Medieval Lives 4:00am Art of Germany Andrew GrahamDixon looks at how artists were at the forefront of Germany's drive to become a single nation during the 19th century

6:50am 7:00am 7:25am 7:55am 9:00am 10:00am 10:30am 10:55am 11:30am 1:30pm 2:35pm 3:40pm 4:15pm 4:40pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am 2:05am 3:00am 3:30am

ITV3 Nightscreen Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy George and Mildred Are You Being Served?

The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Inspector Morse Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie's Marple DCI Banks DCI Banks Scott and Bailey Scott and Bailey ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:35pm The Simpsons 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Bang on Budget 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Food Unwrapped 9:00pm How to Get Rich Quick 9:30pm Jamie Cooks Italy 10:00pm Speed with Guy Martin 11:30pm Who is America?

12:05am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

7:10am 8:00am 8:20am 8:45am 9:05am 9:35am 10:05am 10:30am 11:00am 11:25am 11:55am 12:20pm 12:50pm 1:50pm 2:55pm 3:55pm 4:55pm 5:00pm 6:05pm 7:05pm 7:10pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

Kojak Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights Kojak Quincy, M.E. Cahill U.S. Marshal FYI Daily Cahill U.S. Marshal The Train Robbers FYI Daily The Train Robbers Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights Mr. Bean Mr. Bean Benidorm Better Late Than Never 6 Bullets

5:45am 6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:10pm 4:10pm 6:25pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm

8:25pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

Wildlife SOS House Doctor HouseBusters Milkshake!

The Wright Stuff Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

5 News GPs: Behind Closed Doors Home and Away Neighbours Draining the Bermuda Triangle Major Dundee 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 30 Years of Home and Away: Endless Summer 5 News Criminals Caught on Camera Traffic Cops Celebrity Big Brother Meghan and Harry: 100 Days Married Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

11:15am Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 1:30pm Justice League 3:45pm White House Down 6:00pm Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 8:15pm Justice League 10:30pm White House Down 12:45am War for the Planet of the Apes 3:15am Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

9:00am The Longest Yard 11:00am American Pie: Reunion 1:00pm Ferris Bueller's Day Off 2:50pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 3:10pm Girls Trip 5:20pm The House 7:00pm American Pie: Reunion 9:00pm Girls Trip 11:10pm The House 12:45am Superbad

9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 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 11:00pm 11:35pm 12:05am

4:15am

Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Tooth Fairy 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 Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea: Croatia The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory

Mountains May Depart 6:30am Moana: Special 7:00am Anon: Special 7:30am Top Ten Show, the 2018 7:45am Final Score: Behind the Scenes 8:00am Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings 9:45am The Competition 11:35am Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2:20pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 4:25pm Goodbye Christopher Robin 6:20pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 9:00pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 11:00pm The Competition 12:50am The Bachelors 2:35am The Jurassic Games 4:05am Don't Hang Up 5:35am Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings

MONDAY TV

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

Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Football Centre Coaching Clinic: Women's Special Live Women's T20 Sl Semi Final Live Women's T20 Sl Final Live Monday Night Football Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Live WWE Late Night Raw WWE From the Vault WWE From the Vault WWE From the Vault

12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 2:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 3:00pm Championship Season Review 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Soccer Am Best Bits 7:30pm EFL Greatest Games 8:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 9:30pm Best Championship Goals 2017/18 10:00pm Efl Cup Highlights 10:30pm Efl Cup Highlights 11:00pm SPFL Round Up Show 11:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 11:30pm MLS Round Up Show 12:00am Championship Season Review

The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.

FEATURE

www.euroweeklynews.com

TECH FOR THE TIMID WHEN I make a cup of tea, my new internet kettle reports it to Reykjavik.

Neighbours were able to watch their house being burgled on their smartphone, and recent guests insisted we listen to their baby gurgling back home thanks to an online monitor. Oh what joy.

I haven’t yet succumbed to buying an internet-connected fridge which will let me know when the Nutella’s running low (horror of horrors), but it’s coming.

A new survey says the average Western home now has six connected devices, rising fast. What’s most worrying about this trend is not just that if the internet goes down, life as we know it is over, but how much stuff is connecting without us realising it.

Take that new kettle of mine (but preferably not given its outrageous price). Quite reasonably the manufacturer hopes to tap the usage data it sends to its Icelandic datacentre, to improve the product so that the next iteration will be even better.

Quite how simply boiling water can

23 - 29 August 2018

Online tea anyone?

Terence Kennedy worries about the Internet of (unnecessary?) Things

WI-FI KETTLE: Click for a cuppa. be improved might be a moot point, but never mind the detail.

Worryingly, do I know what information it is actually sending back every time I make a cuppa?

That’s not an unreasonable concern, given those notorious Samsung TVs which were collecting their viewers’ conversations a while back.

Amazon’s Alexa recently made the news by eavesdropping on an

owner and sending the recording to a contact in Seattle. And Google finally admitted last year that its Home Mini assistant had indeed been logging and sending recordings from some owners.

At the height of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a widelywatched interview with Mark Zuckerberg showed his personal laptop in the background - with its webcam covered by tape. And no,

it’s simply naïve to think that if anyone is snooping through your webcam, its light will come on. Real hackers just ain’t that incompetent.

The so-called Internet of Things (or IoT to we sad acronymphiles) is entering every facet of our existence, and with it come any number of benefits - and risks.

The world currently has three billion smartphones, but will have 20 billion internet-connected devices just two years from now.

Experts agree the security is not yet in place for this deluge of interconnectivity. Privacy is becoming quaintly old-fashioned, hackers are going into pizza-fuelled overdrive and security watchdogs are heading for the bunkers.

Bottom line: beware what you buy if it says it’s connectable. Are we ready for everything we own to create individual mini-surveillance states which would have made the Stasi proud?

I need a cup of tea to ponder it all. Standby Reykjavik.

EWN 59

Fatal flaw WHY would anyone want an internet-connected kettle?

Let me count the ways.

Imagine how much time you save not having to actually go to the kitchen to switch it on; the app is on your smartphone.

Tell it to boil from your commute, or while snoozing in bed. The app shows how much water it has, how many cups it will make, how much energy you’re using, and how long it will take to boil.

There’s a ‘Keep Warm’ feature which, you guessed it, keeps the water warm till you get there. The ‘Share’ feature lets you WhatsApp others to ask if they want a cuppa.

All done remotely, brilliant. Except for one fatal flaw: you still have to walk to the kettle to fill it.

60 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

2:50am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Countryfile Summer Diaries 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Thief Trackers 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Murder, Mystery and My Family 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Royal Recipes 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Impossible 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Age Before Beauty 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm The Truth About Looking Good 12:45am KKK: The Fight for White Supremacy 1:45am Weather for the Week Ahead

6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm £10k Holiday Home 9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:45pm The Frankenstein Chronicles 12:50am Lethal Weapon 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women

4:30am 7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 12:00pm 2:00pm 2:20pm 4:15pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:45pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:10am 12:15am 1:15am 2:15am 3:00am

7:25am

7:50am 8:15am 9:00am 9:30am 9:55am 10:25am 11:20am 12:45pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:35pm 4:45pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:10am 12:40am 1:10am

This is BBC Two The TV That Made Me Countryfile Summer Diaries Impossible Nadiya's Family Favourites The Farmers' Country Showdown Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Coast Odette Ocean Giants Lost Land of the Jaguar Antiques Road Trip Celebrity Eggheads The Repair Shop Great British Menu Saving Lives at Sea A Passage to Britain The Wedding Guru Newsnight Weather Dragons' Den The Real Marigold Hotel Heir Hunters with Michael Buerk This is BBC Two

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage Francesco da Mosto continues his journey, sailing from Venice to Istanbul.

9:00pm Andrew Marr's History of the World Documentary series charting the story of human civilisation.

10:00pm The Joy of Winning 11:00pm Horizon Horizon reveals a surprising truth about how we all see the world.

12:00am The Secret Life of Rockpools 1:00am To Boldly Go - Up 2:00am Bollywood and Beyond: A Century of Indian Cinema 3:30am The Joy of Winning

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You've Been Framed!

Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Bachelorette You've Been Framed!

Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Dress to Impress You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Superstore American Pie 2 FYI Daily American Pie 2 Family Guy Family Guy American Dad!

3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:50am Heartbeat 8:50am The Royal 9:55am Judge Judy 10:20am Judge Judy 10:45am George and Mildred 11:20am Inspector Morse 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street Percy has broken his ankle after the fall but still manages to take charge of the ward.

4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:40pm Inspector Morse 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Scott and Bailey 12:00am Scott and Bailey 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

6:35am 7:20am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:35am 11:05am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:05pm 2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:15pm 11:20pm 12:20am

4:00am 7:00am 7:50am 8:10am 8:30am 9:30am 10:30am 11:40am 12:45pm 1:50pm 2:50pm 3:55pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:45am 1:45am 1:50am 2:30am 3:00am 3:50am 4:00am

Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Bang on Budget Countdown A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Sun, Sea and Selling Houses Come Dine with Me The Simpsons The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Great British Bake Off First Dates Hotel Naked Attraction 24 Hours in A and E

Teleshopping The Chase Storage Wars Storage Wars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Avengers Storage Wars Storage Wars Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights River Monsters Casino Royale FYI Daily Casino Royale Crank FYI Daily Crank The Protectors Ax Men ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

5:45am 6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:15pm 11:45pm

12:45am 2:00am 4:10am 5:00am 5:45am

Wildlife SOS House Doctor HouseBusters Milkshake!

The Wright Stuff Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

5 News GPs: Behind Closed Doors Access Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Deadly B and B 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Moto GP Highlights The Yorkshire Vet Celebrity Big Brother Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side Celebrity Big Brother Super Casino GPs: Behind Closed Doors Witches: A Century of Murder Wildlife SOS

7:00am 9:00am 9:30am 12:15pm 2:15pm

Broken Arrow Anon: Special 2012 Sucker Punch Star Wars: The Last Jedi 5:00pm Broken Arrow 7:00pm Sucker Punch 9:00pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 11:45pm 2012 2:30am Desperado

4:35am Police Academy 6:15am Robin Hood: Men in Tights 8:05am Meatballs 9:45am School of Rock 11:40am Bruce Almighty 1:30pm Chips: Law and Disorder 3:15pm Gulliver's Travels 4:50pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 5:05pm Shallow Hal 7:05pm School of Rock 9:00pm Bruce Almighty 10:45pm Chips: Law and Disorder 12:35am Going in Style

TUESDAY TV

2 Broke Girls Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Young and Hungry Young and Hungry Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gotham Supernatural The Big Bang Theory

6:00am Sky Sports News 7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Sky Sports News 12:30pm Sportswomen 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm To be Announced 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Soccer Special PreMatch 8:30pm Live EFL Cup Round 11:00pm The Debate - Live 12:00am Live Caribbean Premier League T20 3:30am Cricket's Greatest Games 4:00am Sky Sports News 5:00am Sky Sports News

5:35am Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings 7:10am The Competition 8:55am Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings 10:35am Waiting for You 12:15pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2:20pm Don't Hang Up 3:50pm Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings 5:25pm The Bachelors 7:10pm The Competition 9:00pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 11:10pm Waiting for You 12:50am Final Score: Behind the Scenes 1:10am The Jurassic Games 2:50am The Bachelors 4:40am The Truth About Lies

12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 2:00pm SPFL Round Up Show 2:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:30pm MLS Round Up Show 3:00pm Championship Season Review 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 7:15pm EFL Greatest Games 7:30pm SPFL Round Up Show 7:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 8:00pm Phenoms - Dele Alli 8:30pm Live Carabao Cup Round 11:00pm The Debate - Live 12:00am SPFL Round Up Show

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

The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.

62 EWN

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Countryfile Summer Diaries 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Thief Trackers 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Murder, Mystery and My Family 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:30pm Royal Recipes 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Impossible 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Rip Off Britain 9:00pm Shop Well for Less 10:00pm Age Before Beauty 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm A Question of Sport 12:15am The Lenny Henry

7:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:30am 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:10am 1:10am 4:00am

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Regional News and Weather Judge Rinder Dickinson's Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase: Celebrity Special Regional News and Weather ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Paul O'grady's Little Heroes Coronation Street Info not available ITV News at Ten and Weather Regional News and Weather Bad Move Info not available Jackpot247 Paranoid

7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 12:00pm 2:00pm 2:20pm 4:15pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:45pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:10am 12:15am 1:15am

8:15am 9:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:20am 1:15pm 1:45pm 2:45pm 3:35pm 4:45pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:10pm 11:15pm 12:45am 1:15am 1:45am 2:15am 2:40am 3:05am

The TV That Made Me Countryfile Summer Diaries Impossible Snowdonia Shepherdess The Farmers' Country Showdown Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Coast A Town Like Alice Ocean Giants Lost Land of the Jaguar Antiques Road Trip Celebrity Eggheads The Repair Shop Great British Menu Great British Menu Upstart Crow Horizon Motherland Newsnight Weather Eight Go Rallying: The Road to Saigon Travels in Trumpland

8:00pm 8:30pm

Beyond 100 Days Francesco's Mediterranean Voyage 9:00pm Sacred Wonders of Britain 10:00pm Britain's Lost Masterpieces 11:00pm Holbein: Eye of the Tudors - A Culture Show Special 12:00am On Camera: Photographers at the BBC 1:00am Treasures of the Indus 2:00am Genius of the Ancient World Series in which historian Bettany Hughes investigates three giants of ancient philosophy.

3:00am Sacred Wonders of Britain 4:00am Britain's Lost Masterpieces

Dress to Impress Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Bachelorette Emmerdale You've Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Dress to Impress You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Superstore Furious 7 FYI Daily Furious 7 Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Two and a Half Men Superstore

3:30am 7:00am

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

7:25am 7:50am 8:50am 9:55am 10:20am 10:45am 11:20am 1:35pm 2:35pm 3:40pm 4:15pm 4:45pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:20am 1:35am 3:20am 3:30am

Teleshopping Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy George and Mildred Inspector Morse The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Inspector Morse Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis The Street The Street A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

4:00am 7:00am 7:50am 8:10am 8:30am 9:35am 10:35am 11:35am 12:45pm 1:45pm 2:45pm 3:50pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:05pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am 12:10am 1:10am 2:10am 3:10am 3:55am 4:00am

WEDNESDAY TV

King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me Bang on Budget Countdown A Place in the Sun Sun, Sea and Selling Houses Come Dine with Me The Simpsons The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Orangutan Jungle School 24 Hours in a and E

House Doctor HouseBusters Milkshake!

The Wright Stuff Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:10pm A Wife's Suspicion 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm Gps Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm The New Wife Moving in with the Ex. 12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side

11:30am Young and Hungry 12:00pm How I Met Your Mother 12:30pm How I Met Your Mother 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Baby Daddy 5:00pm Young and Hungry 5:30pm Young and Hungry 6:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 11:00pm Married at First Sight USA 12:00am The Big Bang Theory 12:30am The Big Bang Theory

Teleshopping The Chase Storage Wars Storage Wars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Avengers Storage Wars Storage Wars Cycling: La Vuelta a Espana Highlights Dirtquake VII TT Classic Highlights 2018 A Fistful of Dollars FYI Daily A Fistful of Dollars The Avengers Minder Lethal Weapon ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

9:00am Green Zone 11:00am Doctor Strange 1:00pm John Wick: Chapter Two 3:15pm The Dark Tower 5:00pm Green Zone 7:00pm Doctor Strange 9:00pm John Wick: Chapter Two 11:10pm The Dark Tower 12:50am Deep Blue Sea 2:40am Kiss of the Dragon

4:40am

6:10am 6:35am 7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm

6:30am 7:00am

8:35am 10:20am 11:50am 1:30pm 1:45pm

3:20pm 6:00am 8:00am

That Thing You Do! Top Ten Show, the 2018 8:15am The Object of My Affection 10:15am Made of Honour 12:05pm Fist Fight 1:45pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 2:05pm Rough Night 3:50pm The Nutty Professor 5:35pm Zombieland 7:15pm Fist Fight 9:00pm Rough Night 10:45pm Zombieland 12:25am Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

5:25pm 7:15pm 9:00pm 11:10pm 12:40am 2:20am 2:40am 4:30am

The Truth About Lies Moana: Special Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings The Bachelors Don't Hang Up Waiting for You Final Score: Behind the Scenes Tall Tales From the Magical Garden of Antoon Krings Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle The Competition The Bachelors Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Lost in Paris Waiting for You Final Score: Behind the Scenes The Competition Don't Hang Up

6:00am 7:00am 8:00am 9:00am 9:30am 11:20am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 1:10am 1:20am 1:30am 5:30am

Sky Sports News Total Goals Total Goals Total Goals Live New Zealand NPC Rugby Rugby Archive Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News To be Announced Sky Sports News at 5 Sky Sports News at 6 To be Announced Live EFL Cup Round The Debate - Live Sky Sports News Cricket Cricket Cricket Live Caribbean Premier League T20 Cricket's Greatest Games

10:00am EFL Greatest Games 10:30am Football Years 11:00am Championship Season Review 12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 2:00pm EFL Cup Highlights 2:30pm One2eleven 3:00pm Championship Season Review 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm EFL Cup Highlights 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 8:00pm EFL Cup Highlights 8:30pm Live Carabao Cup Round 11:00pm Phenoms - Dele Alli 11:30pm Football Countdowns 12:00am Championship

The schedules for the television programme pages are provided by an external company: we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of Euro Weekly News.

FEATURE

www.euroweeklynews.com

Would you like a receipt?

Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I READ this week, that after 23 school shootings in 2018, the US government has taken major steps to make some changes.

What are they, you may ask? Well, at last they have banned something. No, not guns they have banned plastic straws! Yeah I know the environment is suffering terribly from single use plastic products but come on, for goodness sake, do something about the killing of your kids.

I’m going to let you into a little secret about me. My answer to the question, ‘would you like a receipt’ is based on absolutely nothing and changes all the time.

Obviously if I’m buying some electrical good or an item of clothing the answer is going to be ‘yes’ but for everything else the answer depends on... Well, nothing really.

On the subject of buying stuff what is it with these new plastic pen and touch screen thingies in stores and banks? It’s impossible to get anything that remotely looks like my signature. It just doesn’t feel right when you try and sign your name. Why not just use pin numbers?

I had an interesting situation this week. I was on my way home and I got a one word message from Mrs S. All it said was ‘chocolate’ so I stopped at the nearest supermarket which just happened to be Iceland. I did a quick in and out and grabbed a few assorted bars of chocolate, paid and interesting enough, in this instance, I stuck the receipt in the bag. Anyway, we were sitting down watching TV and decided it was ‘chocolate o’clock’ so Mrs S went and got a bar.

She then asked me if I had eaten some on the way home. Her reason for asking was that it had been opened and a few squares were missing. Now what do you do? Definitely not eat it! Take it back? Well it only cost a euro but then again it’s not right so we decided to return it back to the supermarket. When we took it back the manager just said sorry and immediately changed it for us. He then offered up an amazing bit of information that this apparently happens all the time all round the store. Every day they find empty or opened and half eaten packets of products - sandwiches, crisps, sweets, drinks etc. But, it’s very hard to prove once someone has left the store as the evidence has been eaten. So my advice is have a good look at your stuff as you pick it up.

mikesenker@gmail.com

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 63

64 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

OPINION & COMMENT

YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to yoursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com I READ with interest the above article in the EWN (Issue 1721). If my mathematics are correct there is a minor error.

I agree that the xe.com site shows a GBP/EUR exchange rate low of 1.12014 and a high of 1.15801. The low figure of 1.12014 was on March 6/7 which could be considered outside the ‘last three months.’

However, a change from a low of 1.1204 to a high of 1.15801 is not 0.32 per cent, but rather 3.2 per cent. I trust whoever calculated the 0.32 per cent is not involved in currency exchange!

I also found it interesting that no mention was made of the possible impact of upcoming Brexit on the 100 per cent year-on-year purchase increase, as opposed to merely a (relatively) stable currency.

Eric A Ferrel, Geneva, Switzerland

The mind truly does boggle HI Leapy, I just wanted to say how your above article is probably what a large proportion of true British people are thinking and grasping what’s going on.

Myself and my family and friends

HAVE YOUR SAY

Views expressed and opinions given are not necessarily those of the EWN publishers.

No responsibility is accepted for accuracy of information, errors, omissions or statements.

Brits double their money The airlines need to stop allowing drunks on AS a follow up to Jenny’s letter on the above: We have just purchased a house in Torrevieja to be used as a second/holiday home, so I’d also like to comment on a Ryanair flight that I was recently on between Bournemouth and Alicante two months ago.

The flight was almost full, and amongst the passengers were several groups of stag and hen parties, but one group of stags were a nightmare from stepping aboard to stepping off. They were very drunk before they had even sat down, they were passing bottles of spirits between themselves, spilling it everywhere and they were swearing.

The stewards did nothing to stop this! I didn’t think you were allowed to drink ‘Duty Free’ alcohol on any plane, but I guess on Ryanair they are the exception to the rule.

I should feel safe on any form of public transport be in land, sea or air, but on this flight I didn’t.

All letters by email or post should carry the writer’s address, NIE and contact number though only the name and town will be published.

A visit to the theatre

PLANE DRUNK: Not an enjoyable experience.

I am also a recovering alcoholic, so having to sit amongst drink being spilt everywhere is not very good for my sobriety, I have no issue with people drinking, but I do not expect to be put in a position where I clearly have no option but to put up with it.

It will not put me off flying with Ryanair, but maybe they should do what they are meant to, protect all passengers, not turn a blind eye…

Thanks Paul Elliott, Torrevieja Readers who have missed correspondence can see all letters - which can be edited before publication - posted on: www.euroweeklynews.com.

KNIFE ATTACK: Man shot by police at station in Spain Is this the beginning????

Doreen Nichols

easyJet cancel flight to Spain because ‘crew were too tired’ My partner is a fireman and does long shifts every week even after fighting fires all night on overnights when he’s tired. Don’t see him complaining or leaving...

Debbie Tobin

Comments from EWN online legally claiming benefits from the UK This is the only good thing about Brexit... the spongers will suffer.

Jennifer Herrick-Weatherstone

sunbeds on the beach... anyone got his number please??

Ian Christopherson

Firefighters announce indefinite strike during peak wildfire season Oh no, they should be very well paid for their bravery, God bless and total respect to them all. Sincere thanks to you all x Janet Lawrenson

Flight from UK to Gibraltar British woman in ‘too many Baby girl left in hot car diverts to Portugal due to Spanish in Benidorm’ medies in Mallorca Oh My Word. That is tragic beyond words. RIP little ‘disruptive’ passenger dia storm hits back one Take credit card details and the airline already has their passport details, take them to Court for all costs incurred. Someone’s going to get seriously hurt soon by disruptive passengers, ground them for life, they endanger a whole plane load of people each time this happens. Enough is enough.

Chris Symington

Ten thousand Brits abroad fined or prosecuted for il-

What? British press being economical with the veracity?

Gill Kerry

Irishman pays ‘homeless’ Brit for inking his name on face in Ibiza I’m there in November... bit worried about my spending money, my bird loves them expensive

are a big fan of your column.

My wife said this morning, “should we just accept the inevitable and hand over the country to them and shorten the pain of watching it happen.”

My dad was in North Africa and Italy in the war and he (in common with many many more) would be sickened by what’s happened and what’s going on in our country.

Any bets for a Muslim Prime Minister and no Royal Family allowed?

Keep up your good work, lots of luck and my best wishes to you.

James, address withheld

Val Anderson

MEL WILLIAMS: Tributes pour in after Costa del Sol loses a ‘legend’ So many great times remembered with you at Banana Beach and The Navy. So sad to see this and sending love to Sally and the family.

Ann McConnell

THIS weekend I was fortunate enough to go to the Cardenal Belluga Theatre, one of our local theatres on the Costa Blanca to see ‘From a Jack to a King’

by The Stagestruck Theatre group.

On arrival at the theatre I was offered a complimentary drink, a programme and shown to my seat. Shortly after this the lights were dimmed and we were informed to sit back and enjoy.

Well in no time at all we were transformed back to an Eastend pub in London to the year 1967 as the actors performed their parts impeccably.

It seemed in no time at all the first half was over with an excellent story line consisting of good singing and laugh out loud gags galore.

Then came the announcement there would be short interval and the raffle would be drawn, I was unlucky and didn’t win but felt I was already a winner for enjoying the first half performance.

The lights again dimmed, opening up to a scene from the recently renovated pub, three years later, as the story unfolded, keeping me laughing with the gags and entertained with the story line.

The second half drew to a close with a standing ovation from the audience.

After the finale walk down the Director Leigh Humphries stepped forward to thank the audience, the actors, the back stage staff, the sound and lighting crew for their support and commitment to the group. She then called forward a representative from The Torrevieja Alzheimer’s Association and presented them with a cheque for €3,500.

I now cannot wait until the next performance, in November, a Pantomime ‘Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood.’

So for more information or to join the group email leigh.humphries58@ gmail.com.

T J Sawkins, Playa Flamenca

TIME OUT

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

EWN

65

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPONSOR GO TO WWW.LINEADIRECTA.COM

SPONSORED BY

YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Energy is low but your spirit seems to be getting power from somewhere. At times, it feels that it is almost outside of your own sphere. When tackling what is seen as a tedious task, you may not be aware that you are building something for the future, but there is much going on that will affect your future to a large extent.

WA-TER SIGHT: Lake Superior is one of North America’s Great Lakes.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20)

Trivia from around the world *** Italy has the most volcanoes of any country in Europe. The Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius volcanoes are all particularly active. *** There are more than 4,700 daily newspapers in India written in more than 300 languages. *** Argentines spend the most amount

of time on average listening to the radio in the world. The average Argentine spends 2.1 hours a week listening to the radio. *** Having twins is seen as a sign of bad luck in some traditional societies in Ethiopia. Some believe they are cursed or invite evil spirits.

*** The underground metro system of Haifa in Israel is the smallest in the world. It is made up of 1.8 kilometres of track and is served by four carriages. *** There is believed to be about €100,000 in treasure stashed by pirate Olivier Le Vasseur still hidden on a Seychelles island.

For some time, things on the romantic front have been confusing, to say the least.

There are decisions that someone has to make that affect you seriously. Romantically and emotionally, things come to a head but don’t let the wind of change blow away all that you have achieved.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)

DID YOU KNOW? There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire land mass of North and South America to a depth of 30 centimetres. The body of water, which lies in Canada’s Ontario Province and the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan in the United States, is the world’s third largest fresh water lake by volume. Its water volume is estimated to be 12,000 kilometres cubed.

You may well feel that your business life is not going as well as you would have hoped this week. They do say that you can’t have everything right at once.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)

Women’s wit

Famous quote

‘

LOTTERY

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Saturday August 18

1

2

‘

IRISH LOTTO

Saturday August 18

3

8

Tuesday August 14

1

12

12

18

Friday August 17

2

18

55

BONUS BALL

11

22

32

BONUS BALL

17

Thursday August 16

2

18

4

Saturday August 18

7

25

Sunday August 19

7 11

5

13

35

37

17

43

30

38

41

42

44

LUCKY STARS

LUCKY STARS

9

8

12

EL MILLON: GLS19533

36

REINTEGRO

35

2

JOKER: 7 539 920

REINTEGRO

15

1

JOKER: 4 002 586

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Because you are about to enter an active phase, it would be best to keep things as straightforward and organised as possible.

Those around you may be less than exciting at the moment, so keep the interest going with joint activities and accepting interesting invitations.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23)

24

31

11

EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA

15

25 13

‘

Albertopolis - A group of museums and other cultural sites and institutions in London’s South Kensington area named after Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert.

LA PRIMITIVA

EURO MILLIONS

15 6

World of English

Really, at the end of the day, the only thing you can control is yourself. The only person you can truly educate is yourself. You have to redefine what beauty is to you so you can’t be affected by what people are saying.” Rupi Kaur, Poet

We’d all like to be certain of what we know, but I think the most important question is to ask yourself: do you really know what you know?”

Marlon Brando, Actor

There is something of the rebel in you this week. Even you don’t fully understand the changes taking place. You will resist any attempt to stop from expressing yourself freely. Although you prefer a peaceful time, it may be necessary to remind someone of your rights.

REINTEGRO

6

Have you been a bit of a couch potato recently? Spend some of this week working towards a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Running yourself ragged should certainly be avoided. Seek expert advice now about a problem that just won’t go away.

It will, but only with a lot of effort.

Although you prefer to share your activities, this is one area that you need to concentrate on fully, so go for it alone to begin with.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Arm yourself with plenty of information about what is going on in your life at the moment.

Those close might expect you to lead the way on an important matter. You need to trust your instincts more and have confidence. Think in the long term. Those who are not considered important now could be so in the future. As you prefer being in charge, this should not seem unnatural to you.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Although you feel like going it alone at the moment, you would do well to involve someone close in your project or exercise. There is room for improvement in both your life and your health but it can be more enjoyable if shared.

Expect surprises in your love life and you will not be surprised.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It could be that you are feeling a little below par at the moment.

You may assume it is because of a recent emotional upset, but it is unlikely to be quite that simple.

Spend a bit of time and money on yourself for a change.

Develop your talents in the realms of writing, painting and music. This need not take a large amount of time. Start with one simple project.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Despite pulling out all the stops when it comes to a certain person or project, your charm may not be working as well as usual this week. It is still a fine time to beaver on quietly in the background. A few emotional fireworks make you sit up and take notice, but try to be openminded.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Get some rest and peace because, if you let yourself get too tired, your temper could suffer. When it comes to business get it over with so that you can spend extra time on your social life. Something important is round the corner.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Sometimes you shuffle things around to survive difficult times.

The energy that this uses means that realising a dream this week could mean difficult choices to be made. Your need to be settled makes you impatient.

66

E W N 23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPONSOR GO TO WWW.LINEADIRECTA.COM

SPONSORED BY

TIME

Quick

Cryptic Across 1 Ace lancer creates demolition (9) 8 Sensible points about article (4) 9 Lone rooks became spectators (9) 10 Speaker in search of good political theme for a Tory (6) 13 Be idle perhaps but ready to eat (6) 15 Knock down, we’re told, and build up (5) 16 A ringleader captured by police is bitter (5) 17 Starters for Tokyo lunch including uncooked fish (5) 18 Bird beheads the hound (5) 21 View Gerard as unusual (6) 22 Eager to have paintings around study (6) 25 Home I'd found amid exotic scenery (9) 26 Some of the stage directors were getting on a bit (4) 27 Compensated, with new clothes? (9) Down 2 Eye make-up from a ship? (5) 3 Concerning a boxing match (5) 4 In Pakistan, Karachi is an Asian capital (6) 5 Caught with strange ruses? Drat! (6) 6 Most important couple may get spliced (4,5) 7 Well-bred and a little gentleman - but a slippery customer too! (7) 11 Repealed design for Broadgate (9)

12 Rank the charge (5) 14 Prevent Ted returning to meet the Queen (5) 16 The appearance of a Republican rival (7) 19 Stick plug in this place (6)

Code Breaker

20 Window fitter not starting, being more of a layabout (6) 23 Fights led us astray (5) 24 Crane rearranged for part of a shell (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 8 represents T and 12 represents Z, so fill in T every time the figure 8 appears and Z every time the figure 12 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Group of singers (5) 4 Long-tailed brilliantly coloured parrot (5) 7/19 Nocturnal lemur from Madagascar (3,3) 8 Reference points to shoot at (7) 9 Mountain top (4) 10 Not agitated (6) 13 Relating to flowers (6) 14 Wagers (4) 17 Thin or narrow (7) 19 See 7 20 Long for (5) 21 Severe (5)

English - Spanish

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 1 Cubos (baldes) (7) 5 Priests (5) 8 Uva (5) 9 Lechuga (7) 10 Eyelash (7) 11 Alcanzar (5) 12 Salary (6) 14 To finish (doing something) (6) 17 Reloj (de pulsera) (5) 19 Receipts (7) 21 Realidad (7) 22 Noche (5) 24 Nevado (5) 25 Roundabout (7)

Down 1 Hold firmly and tightly (5) 2 Aromatic plant related to marjoram (7) 3 Assess (4) 4 Small quantity of anything (6) 5 Long stick used in snooker (3) 6 Squander (5) 11 Raise (7) 12 Forgive (6) 13 Finicky (5) 15 Large beer mug (5) 16 Weapons considered collectively (4) 18 Epoch (3)

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

Down 1 See 23 2 Cangrejos (de mar) (5) 3 Esmeralda (7) 4 To jump (leap) (6) 5 To make an appointment with (5) 6 Ruibarbo (7) 7 Pastores (9) 10 Contraseñas (9) 13 Strange (odd) (7) 15 Coco (7) 16 Oración (religión) (6) 18 Peludo (5) 20 Empezar (5) 23/1 Bolsita de té (3,3)

OUT

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

67

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPONSOR GO TO WWW.LINEADIRECTA.COM

SPONSORED BY

Hexagram

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

DESERT DETEST HARASS HEATER HITHER INLAID PETITE PIRATE RATTLE REPAIR RESORT RHESUS (10) SEETHE SODDEN STEREO STRAND SUITOR SYSTEM TOUSLE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Inbred 2 Sodden 3 Rotten 4 Strain 5 Denial 6 Bereft 7 Weasel 8 Relief 9 Nectar 10 Wallet 11 Arrear 12 Regret 13 Teller 14 Teeing 15 Laurel 16 Rental 17 Update 18 Fallen 19 Palate.

Nonagram

EWN

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

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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

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

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

Kakuro

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

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

TARGET: • Average: 25 • Good: 35

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

• Very good: 50 • Excellent: 65

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

Average: 10 Good: 14 Very good: 20

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 26

odds nates nags teas tease teases tees tasses tags etna etas ease eases cant cates cassis cash case cases cage cages ante antes aegis aegises asset asses assume ages egis egises dime scan scant scat sate sates sacs sash sage sages sags shies siege sieges seta setae seat seas gate gates gasses gash gases gean usage usages hussies humid hiss hisses hies hues issue quid quids middy muddy muds muscat muss musses mush emus uses sues

diet dirt edit retd rete rite teed tide tied tier tire tree vert deter evert retie revet rivet tired treed tried trier dieter divert retied retire revert tiered everted retired retiree retried riveted riveter diverter retrieve reverted RETRIEVED

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across: 1 Salad, 3 Catch, 6 Lei, 8 Sapling, 9 Asset, 10 Ache, 13 Same, 14 Eager, 17 Fritter, 18 Shy, 19 Lucky, 20 Share.

CODE BREAKER

Down: 1 Sell, 2 Dispel, 3 Caps, 4 Twitchers, 5 Higher, 7 Insomniac, 11 Useful, 12 Walrus, 15 Stay, 16 Byte.

CRYPTIC

ENGLISH-SPANISH

Across:

Across:

1 Berates, 5 Ample, 8 Sober, 9 Awesome, 10 Respite, 11 Taint, 12 Shades, 14 Speedy, 18 Mates, 20 Optimal, 22 Trailer, 23 Nouns, 24 Doted, 25 Spartan.

Down: 1 Bistros, 2 Rebus, 3 Turbine, 4 Spared, 5 Adept, 6 Profile, 7 Elect, 13 Attract, 15 Petunia, 16 Yeltsin, 17 Cobras, 18 Muted, 19 Solid, 21 Mount.

1 Cantante, 4 Vago, 8 Chest, 10 Treinta, 11 Ahorrar, 12 Toys, 14 Aceite, 16 Fences, 19 Algo, 21 Ausente, 24 Sincere, 25 Beans, 26 Rosa, 27 Lavender.

Down: 1 Cucharas, 2 After, 3 Tetera, 5 Annoy, 6 Orar, 7 Kettle, 9 Elope, 13 Ascensor, 15 Trofeo, 17 Cinta, 18 Cadena, 20 Links, 22 Sobre, 23 Asar.

App of the week LightX An app which provides users with an all-in-one free picture and video editor which has features including collage making, adding photo frames, stickers and making cut outs. Users can also blur their photos and create cartoons and caricatures of themselves as well as change their hair colour, merge photos, add splash effects and make their own memes.

QUIZ: EVERGREENS 1. According to the 1871 nonsense poem by Edward Lear, who ‘went to sea in a beautiful pea green boat’?

2. Barwick Green is the theme music to which long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera?

3. Brighton Rock (1938), The Power and the Glory (1940) and The Third Man (1949) are all works by which English novelist?

4. First published in August 1960, who was the author of the children’s book Green Eggs and Ham? 5. In snooker, what is the value of the green ball?

6. In which long-running television western series, did actor Lorne Green play the part of widowed patriarch Ben Cartwright?

7. Name any two of the three ‘green’ properties on a UK (London) Monopoly board?

8. Named after its long-time head coach, Lambeau Field is the home ground of which NFL football

team?

9. Which British children's television series, first broadcast in January 1966, features the characters: Mickey Murphy, Mrs Murphy, Mr Carraway, Peter Hazel, Mrs Dingle, Mr Crockett and Thomas Tripp the milkman?

10. Which non-governmental environmental organisation was founded by Irving Stowe and Dorothy Stowe, Canadian and US ex-pat environmental activists in 1971?

Not a lot of people know that… there is no such thing as a green mammal. Green is a perfectly common colour for birds, reptiles, fish and insects but there are no green mammals at all. Sloths have a greenish tinge but this is only because algae grows on their fur.

Answers: 1. THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT, 2. THE ARCHERS, 3. GRAHAM GREENE, 4. DR SEUSS (real name Theodor Seuss Geisel) - as of 2016, the book has sold eight million copies worldwide, 5. THREE POINTS, 6. BONANZA, 7. BOND STREET, OXFORD STREET and REGENT STREET, 8. GREEN BAY PACKERS, 9.

CAMBERWICK GREEN, 10.

GREENPEACE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

68

E W N 23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPONSOR GO TO WWW.LINEADIRECTA.COM

SPONSORED BY

BOOKS

weather

Costa Blanca

TOMORROW

TODAY

TIME OUT

DENIA

DENIA

JAVEA

JAVEA

CALPE

CALPE ALTEA

ALTEA

BENIDORM

BENIDORM

ALICANTE

ALICANTE

TORREVIEJA

TORREVIEJA

Malaga

Almeria

Bilbao

Madrid

TODAY: MAX 30, MIN 22-S

TODAY: MAX 29, MIN 23-S

TODAY: MAX 25, MIN 18-C

TODAY: MAX 34, MIN 18 - S

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

32 31 30 30 30 30

23 - S 22 - S 22 - S 22 - S 22 - S 22 - S

Alicante 31 29 28 29 29 29

S: Sun

29 29 31 31 30 29

23 - S 23 - S 23 - S 23 - S 23 - S 22 - S

Benidorm

TODAY: MAX 31, MIN 23-S

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

23 - S 23 - C 23 - C 22 - C 22 - S 22 - S

30 28 28 28 28 28

Cl: Clear

21 20 23 25 27 25

15 - Sh 14 - Sh 14 - C 15 - S 17 - S 16 - Th

Mallorca

TODAY: MAX 31, MIN 23-S

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

23 - S 23 - C 23 - C 23 - C 23 - S 24 - S

DENIA

16 - S 15 - S 16 - S 18 - S 18 - Cl 17 - S

JAVEA CALPE ALTEA BENIDORM

Barcelona

TODAY: MAX 27, MIN 20-S

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

33 31 32 34 34 32

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

SATURDAY

30 27 27 28 30 30

C: Cloudy

21 - Th 20 - Th 19 - Cl 19 - S 20 - S 21 - S

TODAY: MAX 31, MIN 22-S

Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues Wed -

28 23 25 26 28 28

ALICANTE

20 - Th 19 - Sh 19 - Sh 20 - Cl 20 - S 20 - S

ORIHUELA TORREVIEJA

Sh: Showers

Th: Thunder

Sn: Snow

Sudoku LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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

has also hosted a radio show and has acted and was named the Number One Gospel Artists of the decade by Billboard Magazine in 2009.

• Florence Welch, Singer; August 28, 32 Welch is known as being the lead singer with rock band Florence + The Machine which has had hits with Dog Days are Over and Drumming Song. Born in Camberwell in England, she pursued music after being encouraged by her grandmother and began singing from an early age.

• Chris Hadfield, Astronaut; August 29, 59 The Astronaut became the first person from Canada to walk in space and gained international renown after filming himself singing David Bowie’s Space Oddity aboard the International Space Station. Born in Sarnia in Canada, he graduated from the Royal Military College in 1982.

Word Ladder DAFT

WISE BACK

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

WARE WIRE WISE or DAFT DART DIRT DIRE WIRE WISE

books@euroweeklynews.com

• Julian Casablancas, Singer; August 23, 40 as Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice and The The frontman of rock band The Strokes met his Nightmare Before Christmas. Born in Burbank, bandmates while at Dwight School in his home California in the United States, he made stop town of New York City in the United States. He motion films and produced the short animated was previously introduced to The Doors by his film The Island of Doctor Agor aged 13. stepfather which would go on to influence his • Melissa McCarthy, Actor; August 26, 48 musical style.

The actor played the lead role in the female Rupert Grint.

• Rupert Grint, Actor; August 24, 30 reboot of Ghostbusters in 2016 and was Grint was born in Harlow in England and starred nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film franchise. He has Actress for her part in Bridesmaids. She began her career as also landed roles in the films Driving Lessons and a stand up comic with the Los Angeles-based comedy troop Cherrybomb and featured in the music video for Ed The Groundlings.

Sheeran’s song Lego House.

• Yolanda Adams, Singer; August 27, 57 Adams was born in Houston, Texas in the United States and • Tim Burton, Director; August 25, 60 was a teacher before leaving her job to pursue singing. She The director is known for making surreal, gothic films such

Solution DAFT RAFT RIFT RIFE WIFE WISE or DAFT WAFT WART

BIRTHDAYS

Euro Weekly News strives for accuracy, but cannot be held responsible for any errors in published forecasts

This week in history

Lovers’ bonds CONNELL and Marianne come from very different worlds despite both growing up in the same town in rural Ireland.

The two look set to continue their relationship after both gaining places at the prestigious Trinity College in Dublin.

They have had a connection that has lasted many a long time despite various social strains on their bond.

They now appear to have the chance to deepen their relationship for many years to come. They are deeply in love in an irony-laden world where it is often difficult to communicate sincerely and be taken at face value.

What Connell and Marianne discover is the power of meeting someone you love and its ability to change your life.

The simplicity of that realisation shines through cycles of domination, legitimacy and privilege in Sally Rooney’s Normal People.

ORIHUELA

ORIHUELA

476 - King proclaimed Soldiers fighting for the Germanic chieftain Odoacer proclaim their leader rex Italiae King of Italy after succeeding the Roman authorities in the peninsula.

1305 - Leader killed Sir William Wallace, a leading figure during the First War of Scottish independence, is executed for high treason at Smithfield in London.

1456 - Bible printed Printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed. The text is the first major work to be mass produced using the movable metal type technique which arrived with the invention of the printing press.

1756 - War begins Prussian King Frederick II attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years’ War. An alliance of Prussia, Great Britain and Portugal would go on to win the conflict.

1883 - Volcano erupts The Krakatoa volcano erupts in four massive explosions which destroys the island of the same name, causes years of climate change and sends shock waves round the world.

1920 - Vote gained Women get the right to vote across the whole United States after the 19th Amendment to the country’s Constitution is passed which prohibits denying suffrage on the basis of sex.

1963 - Speech delivered The March on Washington takes place in the United States capital where about 250,000 protestors rally in favour for civil rights for African Americans. Martin Luther King delivers his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.

2012 - Into deep space The Voyager 1 space probe becomes the first man-made object to enter interstellar space. It was launched in 1977.

DVD Getaway car

JOHN SPENCER (Donald Sutherland) and his wife Ella (Helen Mirren) once adventured across the United States in their faithful motor home named The Leisure Seeker.

The couple are now in their 80’s.

John has Alzheimer’s and Ella has chosen to stop her cancer treatment.

They decide to escape what they see as their controlling adult children and doctors to go on one last adventure from Boston to the Ernest Hemingway Home in Key West, Florida.

They explore a forgotten America in The Leisure Seeker.

HEALTH BEAUTY

&

COCONUT oil is one of the few foods that can be classed as ‘superfood’ offering a wealth of health benefits.

Its unique combination of fatty acids can have positive effects, including fat loss, better brain function to name a few.

The oil is high in healthy saturated fats which have different effects than most other fats in your diet.

These fats can boost fat burning and provide the body and brain with quick energy. They also raise the good cholesterol in your blood, which is linked to reduced heart disease risk.

Coconut oil is high in fats known as medium chain triglycerides which are metabolised differently than most other fats. These MCTs are responsible for a lot of the health benefits of the oil itself.

And studies have shown that the fats in coconut oil increase calories burned over 24 hours by as much as 5 per cent.

The fatty acids contained in the oil of the fruit have also been proven to kill harmful micro-organisms, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi, which could potentially help to prevent infections.

Surprisingly, research suggests the fatty acids in the oil can reduce appetite, which may lead to reduced

EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

TO READ MORE

69

V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E W W W. E U R O W E E K LY N E W S . C O M

Fruity favourite

body weight over the long term.

They have also been linked to a boost in the brain function in Alzheimer patients. This is because the MCTs can increase blood levels of ketones, supplying energy for the brain cells of patients and relieving symptoms.

But coconut oil has many uses that have nothing to do with eating.

Many people use it for cosmetic purposes and to improve the health and appearance of your skin and hair. It can also reduce symptoms of eczema.

Studies on individuals with dry skin show that the oil can improve the moisture content of the skin.

There is evidence to show that applying it to the hair blocks out 20 per cent of the sun’s UV rays.

And mixing it with water and using it as a mouthwash can apparently kill some of the harmful bacteria in the mouth, improving dental health and reducing bad breath.

In order to get the optimum benefits, it’s a good idea to choose organic, virgin coconut oil, available in most health food shops.

COCONUT OIL: The health benefits are endless.

70 EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Advertising Feature THE anus is a part of our body which we often try to hide and is not very elegant.

Perhaps in order to punish our rejection it can cause illnesses, although they are not serious illnesses, they can become very uncomfortable and make our lives unpleasant.

However, everybody knows that if these illnesses are painful, then the surgery is supposed to be even more painful.

There is also a risk that these operations lead to complications or have repercussions. For these reasons many try to ignore the situation or put it off for as long as possible.

Now in a day one organisation in particular is able to treat these problems without pain, without surgery, without hospitals and without having to take time off work, for all of those who suffer. To remove haemorrhoids, it is no longer necessary to operate or to support a long painful healing process. The new treatment methods achieve brilliant results.

This great progress is due to a change of strategy: If we eliminate them little by little instead of all at

DOGS really could be our best friends.

According to a Swedish study, canine ownership could reduce heart disease.

A total of 3.4 million people aged between 40 and 80 were surveyed, and it was found that having a dog was associated with a 23 per cent reduction in death from heart disease.

The 12-year study also revealed a

An embarrassing problem solved without surgery once, they can be removed without surgery, and also without having to take time off to recuperate.

Doing it this way, the treatment can be made in the clinic during as many sessions as necessary, without having to step foot in a hospital.

The methods that have proven to take them away ‘little by little’ are known as Banda Elastica, Esclerosis, and Electro-Fulguración. By managing them correctly, complete control is achieved, even in the more advanced cases. The pain from anal fissure can be controlled from the first session of treatment in the clinic with an infiltration method using neuromodulator agents.

The result is spectacular, it achieves an instant solution to the anal pain from the first session in the clinic. For the result to be per-

manent, the treatment must be repeated between three and five times over a three-month period, always in a way so as not to affect any normal activity.

The effectiveness to this treatment is similar to that of the surgery, however without the inconvenience and without the risk of causing incontinence.

In the first free informative consultation, QUPA will assess your case, confirm diagnostic, plan the treatment and give you a ‘fixed estimate’ to avoid later surprises.

Credit: Ann Patchanan Shutterstock

HELP IS AT HAND: For those uncomfortable moments.

Canine health boost 20 per cent lower risk of dying from any cause.

Previous studies have suggested that our furry friends can relieve social isolation and depression, both of which are linked to an increased risk of heart disease

and early death.

Apparently, dog owners show better responses to stress, because their blood pressure and pulse rates don’t soar, they have higher levels of physical activity and slightly lower cholesterol levels.

The American Heart Association was sufficiently convinced by a review of dozens of studies to release a statement five years ago saying that owning a dog ‘was probably’ associated with a reduced risk of heart disease.

Visit http://www.clinica mejorate.com for more information about the organisation which is based at Clinica Mejorate, Calle Via Augusta, 42, 03187 Los Montesinos, Alicante.

Their reluctance to more strongly endorse dog ownership is because most studies are what is called observational - researchers note an association, but can’t prove causation.

This means that other factors may explain why dog owners are healthier than hamster owners, for example.

Perhaps only people who are fit in the first place buy pets that need daily walks.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

www.euroweeklynews.com

Eye on the sun WE are constantly warned about the effects sun exposure has on our skin. But our eyes are also at risk, too. And not just during the summer.

Research shows that the risk of eye ailments such as cataracts can be diminished simply by wearing sunglasses when you’re outside.

A spokesman for the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) said: “I certainly think that the eyes need to be protected every bit as much as the skin from sun exposure,” And in light of record-setting heatwaves “it’s more important than ever to protect the eyes with a good pair of sunglasses.”

Research shows that the biggest risk of sun exposure to the eyes is the development of cataracts, a clouding of the lens in the eye that reduces vision.

Cataracts are a common ailment, particularly as people age. But wearing sunglasses can help limit a progression that can ultimately lead to blindness.

Ultraviolet (UV) exposure can also increase the risk of macu-

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 71

Berry good CHOICE: When selecting glasses it’s about the UV protection, not the price tag. lar degeneration, growths on the eye, and a rare form of eye cancer, according to the AAO advisory.

Wearing sunglasses is associated with summertime fun in the sun, but the AAO cautions that the risk of UV rays isn’t limited to one season.

The organisation says that anyone serious about protecting their eyes should wear sunglasses in the spring, winter, and autumn as well.

When shopping for a new pair of shades, prices can range from a few euros to hundreds.

And while higher-end sunglasses may have a higher build quality, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re the only ones that can effectively block UV rays.

But the advisory pointed out the main focus, for anyone

concerned about eye protection, is the UV rating - not the price tag.

It’s also important to note that darker lenses do not automatically translate into better UV protection.

When seeking new shades, it is recommended to look for UV protection of at least 400.

Another factor to consider is that sunglasses help protect the skin around the eyes - areas where it can be hard to apply sunscreen.

The AAO advisory recommends buying oversized shades to help protect these areas as well as to cut down on UV rays entering from the sides.

Wearers of contact lenses can easily wear a pair of nonprescription sunglasses to help protect their eyes. But it’s also worth noting that many brands of contact lenses also offer UV protection.

SHADE: Our eyes need to be protected every bit as much as our skin from sun exposure.

E AT I N G l e s s t h a n a cup of strawberries per day could improve the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease, according to new research.

This is because of its anti-inflammatory properties, revealed during a study of people with abdominal obesity.

There are two principal types: ulcerative colitis where inflammation is focused on the rectum and colon; and Crohn’s disease which can affect any part of the gastrointestinal tract.

Sufferers endure stomach pain and cramps, diarrhoea, weight loss, rectal bleeding, anaemia and ulcers.

Alongside inflammation of the bowel, people with IBD tend to have increased numbers of harmful gut bacteria and decreased levels of ‘good’ bacteria.

Chronic inflammation of the gut is also linked with an increased risk of bowel cancer in the long run.

Hang Xiao, PhD, who led the recent study, said sedentary lifestyle and dietary habits - sugar, high-animalfat, but low-fibre diets may promote colonic inflammation and increase the risk of IBD.

72 EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

Viral illness soars MEASLES has been sweeping Europe this year with more than 41,000 children and adults being infected in the first six months.

And according to European health advisors, at least 37 people have died so far this year.

Measles is a highly infectious viral illness which can lead to serious complications, such as diarrhoea and vomiting and an eye infection.

A new report has revealed the total number of cases for the first six months of the year has far exceeded the 12-month totals for every year this decade.

The highest annual total for cases between 2010 and 2017 was 23,927 for 2017 and the lowest was 5,273 for 2016.

www.euroweeklynews.com

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Bite back at the mosquito bite MOSQUITO bites are synonymous with the warmer weather, and while most bites are harmless, some can cause complications.

Mosquitoes can carry diseases, although the likelihood of being infected depends largely on where you live.

Another rare problem caused by a mosquito bite is a negative reaction to the bite itself.

If you are bitten and develop hives, difficulty breathing, or a swollen throat, contact a doctor immediately.

You may not notice when a mosquito bites you, but the bump the bite leaves behind comes with a persistent itch that can linger for days.

Creams and ointments can help, but you can also beat the itch with things that are probably already lying around your house.

Oatmeal is one remedy. It can relieve itching and swelling because it contains special compounds that have anti-irritant qualities.

Make a paste by mixing equal amounts of oatmeal and water in a bowl until you have a Polyfilla-like substance. Spoon some paste onto a washcloth and hold it, paste-side down, on the irritated skin for about 10 minutes. Then wipe the area clean.

ITCHY: There are natural remedies to help relief the effect of regular mosquito bites.

LITTLE SUCKERS: Mosquito bites can be harmful as well as uncomfortable.

Cold temperatures and ice can reduce inflammation and numb the skin.

Don’t leave the ice directly on your bite for more than five minutes as it can damage the skin. Use a flannel or tea towel.

Honey has many antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.

A small drop on an itchy bite can reduce the inflammation.

Aloe vera gel has been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties and

can help to heal minor wounds or calm infections. That’s why it may be a good bet for healing a bug bite, too.

Found in virtually every kitchen, baking soda can also provide relief from a mosquito bite.

Make a baking soda paste, and you can use it in a similar manner to oatmeal paste. Mix one tablespoon of baking soda with just enough water to create a paste. Apply it to the bug bite, and let it sit for 10 minutes before washing it away.

Alternatively, the juice of an onion can be applied, lemon balm essential oil or witch hazel.

Late night munching risks EATING before bed and midnight snacking disrupts the body’s internal clock and could increase the risk of cancer, according to a new study.

Spanish scientists have found that people who regularly ate their evening meal after 9pm, or less than two hours before going to sleep, had a 25 per cent raised risk of breast and prostate cancers.

The team, from the Institute for Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), said it could be a result of late dinners that force the body’s metabolism to speed up, at a time when it should be winding down for sleep.

It follows several major studies looking at the effects of shift work among nurses and manual workers, with these occupations apparently at higher risk of prostate and breast cancers.

These types of cancers are closely linked to hormonal cues and are often treated with testosterone or oestrogen-blocking therapies.

Hormones are chemical messengers that can make us sleepy, hungry and stressed and are therefore tightly linked to the body’s rhythms

- the internal clock set by the day-night cycle.

Researchers surveyed 1,800 Spanish breast or prostate cancer patients, and more than 2,000 people unaffected by the disease, about their eating and sleeping patterns, and any steps they take to keep healthy.

It found cancer patients were more likely to be late night snackers, even after taking into account other health habits and dietary or sleep patterns.

Currently international guidelines on the prevention of cancer don’t mention the potential impact of meal times on cancer, though the World Health Organisation does list shift working.

Studies on the effects of meal disruption on animals have shown ‘profound effects on health’ and the Barcelona group says if more studies replicate their findings there could be a cause for guidelines to be updated.

Dr Dora Romaguera, who led the research, said further research in humans is needed in order to understand the reasons behind these findings, but everything seems to indicate that the timing of sleep affects our capacity to metabolise food.

HEALTH & BEAUTY

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 73

What’s lurking in our beds?

IT is so tempting to leave the chore of changing your bed sheets ‘until tomorrow.’

But as well as potentially spending the night with bed bugs, there’s a cocktail of more stomach-churning liquids lurking in your bedding that might make you think twice.

Laundry experts suggest we may be snoozing in a mixture of saliva, urine and genital fluids.

Apparently, over eight years our mattress can soak up enough liquid from our bodies to fill two bath tubs.

Warning that we need to wash our sheets more often, Mary Marlowe says that these vile liquids can quickly seep through into our mattresses.

During sleep, we continue to perspire, and body oils and soil are released. “It is possible to find saliva, urine, genital fluids, and other matter in the fibres,” she said.

And aside from smelling bad, there is a risk that if the sleeper has scratches or wounds, they can become infected.

She added that ‘athlete's foot and other fungi can be transferred from fabrics. Infrequent cleaning of sheets and pillowcases allows the fluids to seep into the pillows and mattresses, and those are much more difficult to clean than tossing sheets in the washer.’

Stand up straight THE perfect posture can change our appearance noticeably.

According to celebrity personal trainer, Nadya Fairweather, we should never underestimate its powers.

And she has devised a simple exercise which will help you to hold yourself properly and avoid back, neck and head aches.

Firstly, sit or stand up tall.

Start by rolling your shoulders backwards.

On the fifth roll, hold your shoulders back and down for a few seconds.

Repeat five more times.

Make sure you breathe normally throughout. If this feels easy, repeat again.

Nadya’s advice is to do this every day, to be aware of how you are sitting or standing, and always look ahead, shoulders back and down.

But it’s not just bodily fluids that pose a risk. Our sheets could be lined in layers of excess skin, and it could be as much as five kilograms over eight years.

The shedded cells create a visible barrier on your mattress over time, leading to unsightly stains and discolouration on your mattress.

This thick layer of cells helps to breed dust mites, which are known to aggravate sufferers of asthma and even eczema.

This can increase two-fold if you let your pet dog or cat sleep on your bed, as half of the population admit to doing.

Cleaning your linen properly, not a quick wash, is apparently essential to avoid the ‘slightly rancid and stale smell’ that is often found when pulling new sheets from the cupboard.

Ms Marlowe advises washing bed linen at the hottest temperature recommended on the sheet label, and more regularly when unwell or when the weather is hot.

Ventilating your bedroom helps to stop the growth of mould and investing in a mattress protector can help reduce the fluid that is absorbed.

Replace your mattress every eight years, or if you’re renting, ask your landlord to replace it.

KEEP IT CLEAN: Regularly wash bed linen at high temperatures.

74

E W N Costa Blanca South

TO READ MORE VISIT WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM

23 - 29 August 2018

Update on food, drink, entertainments, what’s on and weekly happenings

ONE of Spain’s more intriguing rock bands, Jarabe de Palo are touring for what could be the last time as singer Pau Donés is learning to live with cancer.

Formed 21 years ago, they spent 2017 recording a new album and touring all over the world, but now they are in the process of what is likely to be their final tour of Spain.

The singer has said that he isn’t retiring just because of the cancer but because he feels that having passed the age of 50 it is time to return to a normal life where he can get up in the morning in the same house and take his daughter to school.

Last year, the band released 50 Palos which contains 21 of the band’s best known numbers rerecorded for piano and voice, plus a new song Smoke and this is accompanied by a 300-page book written

by Donés where he expresses his thoughts and emotions about life in general and his two-year fight against cancer.

This latest tour which should see the band performing acoustic and electric

Credit: Twitter

Farewell tour for Spanish rock band

ON TOUR: Jarabe de Palo. versions of their catalogue will arrive at the Teatro Principal in Alicante on Friday October 5 with tickets costing from €27

to €40 and then later in the month they return to play the Sala REM in Murcia on Saturday October 20.

SCENE

OCIAL

Have a Ball with Age Concern ALTHOUGH their Drop in Centre is closed until Sept em ber 3, Age Concer n Costa Calida will be hosting their annual Black & White Ball on Wednesday September 5.

Ti cket s f or t he event which takes place at the Bar l a Sal i n Puer t o de Mazzaron cost €20 with a choice of either meat or fish and may be reserved by calling 634 336 484.

The same number will allow you to reserve your place for the Menu del Dia at t he La Cal et a on t he Paseo, Puerto de Mazarron at 1.30 for 2pm with tickets costing €11.

Looki ng f or war d t o New Year’s Day, everyone who wants to support this very worthy charity is invi t ed t o t ake par t i n a sponsored swim.

Sponsorship forms are now available for this fun event at 1pm on Bahi a Beach to start off the New Year with a splash and you only have water up to your knees for a minimum of one m i nut e whi ch m ost people and their families should find bearable.

You can sign up and obt ai n your sponsor shi p f or m f r om t he Dr op i n Centre Calle Valencia 12 Camposol ‘A.’

SOCIAL SCENE

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 75

Advertising Feature

Punjabi Palace restaurants just keep getting better WHEN you have three well-loved modern Punjabi Palace restaurants in La Murada, Los Montesinos and La Marquesa (Quesada) feed-back from customers is always important.

Just look at the reviews on TripAdvisor to see how good each restaurant in the group really is and the high ratings aren’t just for Indian restaurants but for all restaurants in the areas in which they operate.

There is currently a very reasonably priced menu del dia at €8.95 which is served between noon and 3pm and includes a lamb or chicken dish, rice or naan bread, poppadum plus a dessert or coffee as well as a complimentary drink.

All of the Punjabi Palace restaurants are family friendly and welcome younger diners who will have the chance to learn about the very special spices and flavours that go

into making the various curries on offer.

If the wide menu choice is a little daunting, the friendly, award-winning front of house staff are always on hand to advise and recommend dishes, which can be prepared to your taste and preference.

If you can’t spare the time to sit and eat, there is of course also the option of ordering a takeaway meal and if you spend more than €20 you will be offered a free bottle of wine to complement your delicious and tasty curry selection.

It is always worth checking the Facebook page to see what the next special night will be because, as well as such events as Valentine’s and anniversary parties, there is often a live singer on selected night.

As the weather gets warmer, don’t worry about the heat as the restaurants are fully air conditioned

and for those who can’t give up social media there is also free WiFi for all. Of course there are great terraces where you can enjoy the breeze, the food, the drink, the service and watch the world go by.

Each restaurant is open seven days a week from noon to midnight and the staff are always delighted to welcome new visitors as well as regular customers.

Keep an eye open as the La Marquesa Restaurant will be moving in September 20 metres away from their current location to the Ole Bull Flanagan site.

Punjabi Palace Los Montesinos Tel: 966 720 383 La Marquesa (Quesada) Tel: 966 714 963 La Murada Tel: 966 779 169

INDIAN CUISINE: Having a great time at Punjabi Palace.

Visit Facebook Punjabi-palace.

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

Credit: Wikimedia

76 EWN

MALÚ: Is always popular with audiences.

Award-winning singer comes from a musical THERE is a saying that the apple never falls far from the tree and this is very true for María Lucía Sánchez Benítez, better known as Malú.

This singer is the daughter of flamenco star Pepe de Lucia, niece of the late and great guitarist Paco de Lucia and she performs with her brother Jose de Lucia playing guitar in her band.

She released her first album at the age of 16 which sold more than 600,000 and based on that, she was signed by Walt Disney records to perform one of the songs on the Mulan soundtrack.

Although coming from a Fla-

menco background, she has opted for a more rock/pop feel which interprets the music from her background, but is still considered to be very modern and in keeping with current trends.

She is something of a household name in Spain, not just because of her singing but she has been a regular judge and mentor on La Voz and has also appeared on La Voz Kids.

Her latest tour sees her performing songs from her recently released 12th studio album Oxygen and she will be appearing at the Plaza de Toros in Murcia City on Saturday October 27 with tickets costing from €28 to €39.

SOCIAL SCENE

Advertising Feature

Can’t agree ta EVEN if only two of you are going out for a meal, it can sometimes be difficult to agree about the type of restaurant to visit, but newcomer, Sinfonia International has the perfect answer.

The menu in this recently opened restaurant offers a great selection of Italian, Indian and Mexican food so it will be almost impossible to be unable to find something to everyone’s taste and if someone wants curry and someone else a pizza, then there is no problem.

The majority of TripAdvisor reviews give the restaurant five stars with some glowing reviews about the food, the décor, the staff and the prices, so that in just a few months it has been recognised as one of the top 20 restaurants in the Rojales area.

The largest section of the menu offers Italian food with a great selection of pizzas and pasta (including a delicious chicken tikka pizza) as well as a good se-

THE PERFECT ANSWER: Inside lection of soups, salads and other dishes suitable for vegetarians.

Add to this a choice of grilled meat and fish (including sea bream, sea bass and sole) and this conveniently situated restaurant offers great service, fine food and prices that will please all pockets.

If you like things a little spicier then there is a good selection of traditional Indian starters, curries and accompaniments as well as a

SOCIAL SCENE

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

aste - visit Sinfonia

the newly decorated Sinfonia International. small selection of some really tasty Mexican dishes, whilst regular visitors to the Sinfonia International have posted some very complimentary observations about the specially priced daily offers for a three-course lunch and evening meal which start at â‚Ź9.90.

Summer opening hours are noon to 3.30pm and then 6pm to 11pm every day except Thursday when the restaurant is closed until 6pm. The management is happy to offer special set menus for birthday and other celebrations and from time to time invites professional musicians to entertain their guests.

There is always a lot going on at this exceptional new restaurant so it is worth following them on their Facebook page Restaurant Sinfonia International or by visiting their very informative website at http://sinfoniainternational.com/.

Booking isn’t always necessary but it is better to be safe than sorry and you can contact the restaurant by calling 865 750 777 or WhatsApp 612 469 886 to make reservations or discuss the availability of the takeaway service.

Whether you like your food spicy or mild,

Eat Well

to Live Well

Grilled tuna and prawns

by Andrew Harding THIS week I will discuss the remaining B Vitamins, where even more confusion reigns!

Vitamin B9: Folate This is converted to Vitamin B12 within the human body.

Vitamin B10: PABA Vitamin B10 was referred to as Vitamin R, but it has recently been renamed to PABA. Vitamin B11: Salicylic Acid This supposedly does not exist, but its deficiency can lead to anaemia, tiredness and a lack of appetite, some unexpected changes to the mucous membranes, and some changes in the small intestine. It is necessary for DNA and RNA synthesis.

All of the above can help the human body to synthesise this vitamin: Vitamin B12: Folic Acid Necessary for the production of red blood cells in the human body. Deficiency results in anaemia, producing extreme tiredness, lack of energy, a sore and red tongue, mouth ulcers and in some cases, psychological problems. It also helps form the neural tube in unborn babies, a deficiency during pregnancy may result

from the Indian sub-continent, Latin America (and the owners have roots in Argentina) or Europe there is a great choice for everyone and all (including children who have their own menu) are welcome to Sinfonia International (near Hotel la Laguna) Rojales where the food is great and parking is free and easy.

Serve with a lemon and saffron sauce. in Spina Bifida in the baby. Pregnant women should take B12 supplements or foods rich in this vitamin, (but not liver).

These foods include; liver, clams, sardines, beef, fortified breakfast cereals, trout, salmon and eggs.

Grilled Tuna and King Prawns with a Lemon and Saffron Sauce Serves 4 4 tuna steaks, skinned.

Juice from one large lemon.

2 teaspoons freshly ground black peppercorns.

1 tablespoon olive oil.

12 large prawns, shelled and deveined.

1 whole lemon, zested and juiced.

2 medium sized onions, sliced.

2 whole garlic cloves, chopped.

1 whole yellow pepper, seeded and chopped.

1 cup white vermouth.

2 cubes of fish stock, crumbled 1 pinch of saffron threads.

Salt, to taste.

4 dried lemon leaves.

4 teaspoons cornstarch mixed with 4 tablespoons water.

Marinate tuna and prawns with lemon juice and black pepper for 10 minutes in the fridge.

While the tuna is marinating, prepare the sauce: Fry garlic, onion and the yellow pepper for 3-4 minutes. Add juice and zest from the second lemon, the fish stock, vermouth, saffron, lemon leaves and salt.

Bring to simmer and thicken with the cornstarch and water mix.

Preheat grill and grill the tuna on high heat for five minutes each side until cooked to each diner’s personal preference. Barbecuing is a good, if not better option, but 4 teaspoons of olive oil need to be added to the lemon juice/olive oil mix, to prevent it sticking. Repeat the same process for the prawns.

Serve with sauce.

Tip: Prawns need to be well prepared, they need to be shelled, then, using a sharp knife remove the intestine.

Tip: The tuna can be pink or raw, the prawns must be cooked until opaque, to prevent food poisoning.

EWN 77

78 EWN

SOCIAL SCENE

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

JO HARAM: Supports Al di Meola on Wednesday November 14. the following day (November 7) at Auditorio El Batel is soul/jazz singer Zara McFarlane who has just released her third album. Support artists for the evening are Chano Domínguez (piano) and Niño Josele (guitar) who perform a style of jazz tinged with Flamenco

and tickets for this concert cost €15.

Snarky Puppy are the headliners at the Auditorio El Batel on Thursday November 8 and the Brooklyn-based improvisational collective which include up to 20 musicians are three times Grammy Award-winners and

with a band that size, you can expect a pretty exhilarating performance.

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis, also from the USA will be the support for this event where tickets cost €18.

There is a break in the music until Tuesday November 13 when the Brazilian Jaques Morelenbaum Cello Samba Trio with singer Paula Morelenbaum make a return appearance to the Festival at the Nuevo Teatro Cirque with tickets costing €15.

Arguably one of the main stars of the Festival is legendary guitarist Al di Meola who has been at the forefront of experimental jazz/rock for most of his career.

He worked with Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White in the celebrated Return To Forever, joined by John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucía to form an acoustic trio and with bassist Clarke and violinist Jean Luc Ponty to give life to the Rite of Strings Trio.

Last year he performed in St Michael’s Cave in Gibraltar and now he visits Auditorio El Batel on Wednesday November 14 with support from British blues chanteuse Jo Harman who has released two albums.

Tickets for this evening are priced at just €18.

Another British talent in the form of funk and soul singer Hannah Williams with The Tastemakers will be at Nuevo Teatro Cirque on Thursday November 15 with support from Cat Power (real name Chan Marshall) who will perform a solo set. Tickets are priced at €20.

Formed in 1981, British acid jazz group Incognito will be at the Nuevo Teatro Cirque on Wednesday November 21 where they will be pumping out their own brand of jazz funk garnered from their 17 albums, the latest being released in 2016.

With more than 10 members in the group, tickets at €15 seem good value for money.

The final show in the Festival will be held on the following day (Thursday November 22) at the Nuevo Teatro Cirque with performances from Belgian jazz singer Melanie de Biasio and Spanish singer Silvia Pérez Cruz whose music is described as a mixture of fado, jazz improvisation and flamenco.

Entry to this last show costs €18.

The Magic Flute, one of the most unusual of operas INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed musician and conductor, Martin Mázik is bringing his Opera 2001 collective to the Teatro Principal Alicante to perform their version of The Magic Flute by Mozart which was not published or performed until after his death.

Born in Prešov, Slovakia, Martin Mázik studied clarinet and piano, composition and conducting at the State Conservatory in Bratislava. He continued his study of conducting and composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and is now an American resident.

Whilst the music and libretto are true to the original, with the voices singing in German (with subtitles promised), the staging is very modern and according to costume designer and set director Alfredo Troisi, “This production of The Magic Flute is a pure fantasy. It is freely inspired by the Stargate series, with a setting that blends ancient

Credit: www.martinmazik.com

CONTEMORARY Jazz is increasingly popular in Spain and the 34th Cartagena Festival will be running during the month of November with a host of international and local performers appearing.

All of the events take place in either the Nuevo Teatro Cirque or the Auditorio El Batel and each of the nine concerts starts at 9.30pm.

The festival opens with a performance by gravel voiced Macy Gray who has been compared to Billie Holiday. Now having just released her 12th album, she has moved away from her original RnB roots and is presenting a much jazzier feel.

Tickets for the concert at Nuevo Teatro Cirque on Thursday November 1 cost €20.

Next, on Tuesday November 6 the Auditorio El Batel welcomes Jazz Grammy Award-winner Gregory Porter recognisable by his trademark hat that incorporates fabric that covers his ears and chin and in an interview he explained that he has had surgery on parts of his face and this protects the scars.

Tickets for this show are just €18.

Travelling from Britain to appear

Credit: www.joharman.com

More jazz to enjoy in Costa Blanca

IN SINGSPIEL STYLE: A scene from the opera.

Egypt with elements of science fiction.”

A beautiful princess is imprisoned by a powerful ruler. A brave prince with his Sancho Panza takes on an impossible quest, as a wicked queen uses her magic to lure the hero into evil. All of this includes comic interludes and a number of exceptional songs from a large cast of professional opera singers.

Unlike many operas, in which all dialogue is sung, The

Magic Flute alternates musical numbers with spoken dialogue, much like a contemporary Broadway musical. This style of opera is called a singspiel, and it makes The Magic Flute very accessible to first-time opera goers, especially since the opera’s also full of memorable melodies, fairy-tale adventures, and special effects.

The performance will be on Wednesday October 20 at 8pm with tickets from €26 to €48.

PROPERTY www.euroweeklynews.com

79

23 - 29 August 2018

TO READ MORE

A REPORT published by Spain’s National Commission on Markets and Competition has defended the operating model of Airbnb.

The watchdog had previously announced it would be challenging the decision of the cities of Madrid, Bilbao and San Sebastian to limit the activity of such accommodation websites.

Some of their positive aspects which have been identified by the Commission include: lower costs for those seeking short-term rentals; a chance to earn money for owners; a boost to the economy with increased competition; and the empowerment of the consumer.

Even problems highlighted by those railing against accommodation websites, eg noise and disturbance, are played down in the report.

It even defends Airbnb from the claim that it has pushed up the price of housing, saying ‘there is no conclusive evidence,’ and that ‘a confluence of economic factors’ are responsible.

In contrast to the Commission’s findings, three reports from the United States and Canada have found direct links with the Airbnb boom and the rise in house prices, as well as the expulsion of lowincome residents.

They warn of the ‘hotelisation’ of entire buildings, something that considerably reduces the traditional supply of residential housing.

Other research has highlighted the emergence of a rent gap in the expensive, densely populated and culturally desirable areas in which the accommodation companies base themselves, and the spread of gentrification.

V I S I T O U R W E B S I T E W W W . E U R O W E E K LY N E W S . C O M

Commission airs view FAIR BNB? The company’s global operating model divides opinion.

80 EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

PROPERTY

Thinking of buying a property in Spain? This is what you’ll need IT is important to start the research on a Spanish mortgage early, to avoid paying unnecessary fees.

It does not cost to start early. Planning in advance helps you to find the mortgage that best suits your requirements.

Fortunately, Spain encourages foreign investment in property which allows non-residents to get a mortgage for a property in Spain. Products on offer will have more restrictions than those available for residents. It is good to know in advance your residential status before choosing a mortgage home, to ensure access to best options applied.

Second home buyers can expect to pay a 30 - 40 per cent deposit to secure a mortgage. For those intending to reside in Spain, you should only need a deposit of around 20 per cent. For all, first and second home buyers will need to pay fees and taxes, which is an additional 12-15 per cent.

Mortgage approval is based on combined expenses of your lifestyle and any existing loan repayments. To do this banks typically operate an affordability quote based on your net income after tax. Debt repayments should not exceed 30 - 35 per cent of net earnings. Mortgages can be arranged going through a broker or a bank directly. Beware of fraudsters who claim to be brokers - this could usually be identified if they ask for any upfront fees.

MORTGAGE IN SPAIN: How it works.

PROPERTY

www.euroweeklynews.com

Schumacher not Mallorca bound REPORTS that Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher will be moved to a €30 million mansion bought by his wife last month in Mallorca, have been quashed by his manager.

Schumacher, 49, sustained severe head injuries in a skiing accident in France on December 29, 2013 and has been cared for at his home in Switzerland since September 2014.

There had been reports that Katia Rouarch, who became mayor of Andratx in June last year, confirmed that preparations had been made to welcome the German to the Spanish island.

However, Schumacher’s manager, Sabine Kehm, recently stated that the family had ‘no plans’ to move to Mallorca.

She accepted that earlier reports of the property purchase were true, but that it was to be used only as a holiday home by Schumacher’s wife Corinna, and their two adult children.

Schumacher’s wife Corinna reportedly bought the mansion last month from Florentino Perez, the Real Madrid president, for almost €30 million.

ISLAND LIVING: The Mallorca mansion is set in idyllic grounds.

She purchased the property near Andratx in the south west of the island in order to holiday there with her children and friends.

Schumacher used to spend holidays on the island in the past, while his brother Ralf has also spent time there.

The 15,000 square metre estate is said to boast two swimming pools, a helipad, a gym and a huge palm-tree fringed garden.

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 81

82

E W N 23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPONSOR GO TO WWW.LINEADIRECTA.COM

SPONSORED BY

CREATING a beautiful and individual garden does not have to cost a fortune. There are dozens of things lying around the home that are destined for the bin, but could be put to better use.

Recycling is a great way to save money and use your creativity.

With the following ideas, you can literally let your imagination go wild, the funkier and quirkier, the better.

And the brilliant thing is, at least one of the following ideas will bring colour to every outdoor space, from the tiniest balcony or courtyard to the largest, sprawling garden.

The features can be made from things you have lying around, waiting to be thrown out or picked up on your travels.

Even if you are a novice gardener or not too handy with the tools, here are some DIY garden decor ideas to add individuality to your garden.

Old wellies, trainers and boots can be transformed into plantpots. Pierce the soles with a knife or even a drill, to allow water to drain away and place your chosen plant inside.

These can be placed on the floor or strung with rope.

Small gardens can be made to look bigger by hanging mirrors on walls or

GROWING plants in Spain with success doesn’t have to mean hard work and a regular water supply.

It can be quite frustrating trying to maintain an oasis of colour and scent when the sun is at its zenith.

But there are plants that will thrive on very little water, and they’re perfect for gardening with satisfaction in sunny climates.

HOMES

&

GARDENS

Awesome on a budget

rope, tie them to a fence and fill them with cut flowers from other parts of your garden, or even plastic stalked versions.

If using real plants, the water will need to be topped up and changed occasionally.

Old wooden crates and boxes filled with a potted plant and even a couple of empty wine bottles looks attractive.

If you have a large, sturdy tree in your garden, and a wooden chair with arns, and three legs…why not make your own swing. Cut off the remaining three legs and tie a thick rope around the arms. Then tie the other end of the rope around a branch capable of holding your weight.

And old tree stumps could be transformed by placing large flower pots on top, or a table top.

The possibilities are endless.

FLORAL FEET: Old shoes make great plant pots. shed frames.

These can be super modern mirrors or a rustic battered version, depending

on the style of your space.

Clean out any clear glass jars or bottles, fill them with water, and using

BOXES: Make use of old boxes and crates.

Succulent solutions Just a ramble through the countryside will show you that plants can survive anywhere.

But when choosing for yourself, there are a few fast rules that are easy to remember.

PERMACULTURE EDUCATION SUSTAINABLE DESIGN Telephone: 666 33 33 35 info@permamed.org http://permamed.org/

Look at the leaves. Choose ones that feel like felt, are furry, waxy or silvery in colour.

The first are all tougher and less susceptible to damage by sunlight, the latter reflect light.

Plant according to what you’ve got, check out where the sunniest corner is on your patch, likewise the shadiest, and use these natural locations wisely.

Mulch is an option. A layer of bark will protect the roots from the drying effects of the sun, keep in any water, and look pretty and neat into the bargain.

See what the neighbours are up to. Have a peek over the fence and see what grows best before you splash out your hard earned cash at the garden centre.

Some plants to look out for are succulents and cacti.

They’re practically impossible to kill off, and can be ignored completely for lengthy periods. Some other succulents are Agave, Aloe, Echeveria, Euphorbia and Sedum.

Cycas are mostly stunning

VIBRANT: Red hibiscus add a burst of colour.

SUCCULENT: Colourful and hardy. trees that can be grown in pots and make great architectural features. They take a long time to grow, but you can pick them up in mature states very reasonably in Spain.

Hibiscus is a pretty plant.

The tropical trumpeting flower comes in all shades, from palest pink to vibrant sunny yellow. Used in hedges, along motorways, to decorate pedestrian shopping streets and balconies and courtyards all over Spain, it’s easy to look after and gives instant flowering results. It needs less

regular watering if it’s planted straight into the ground, rather than a pot.

Hypericum are squat and bushy ornamental plants with showy flowers that just keep on flowering. They’re a brilliant plant if you’re thinking rockery with some nice beach-like pebbles and stones.

And they handle the heat well, as they’re protective of themselves, owing to the squat and dense shape and structure.

Kalanchoe is another type of succulent, with fat rubbery leaves and tiny clusters

of showy flowers. Plant them small in pots for your balcony, into a rockery or t oget her i n cl um ps f or colour and low structure.

The leaves will soak up any water and dole it out accor di ngl y t o t he pl ant ’s needs. They’re really inexpensive too - so you can go to town on a lot of them if you like without breaking the bank.

A few other varieties to look out for include: Lavender, Passiflora, Osteopermum and Yucca.

84

23 - 29 August 2018

SPONSORED BY David THE Dogman columnists@ewnmediagroup.com

HELLO: This is the Magic Wand Dog Training Centre, we are unable to come to the phone but please press or enter the number for your request, we will return your call as soon as possible.

Press 01 to tell me your dog has been asked to leave the local obedience club because he won’t sit, wait, down or come when called (even when on lead) so you thought you would try agility.

Press 02 if your Labrador is morbidly obese and you thought you would try agility.

Press 03 if you want 30 minutes of advice and have no intention of paying for it.

Press 04 if you describe your dog as a ‘little bit naughty’ when what you really mean is that the b*st*rd bites ... hard.

Press 05 if you want puppy training classes but your Boxer is already 12 months old.

Press 06 if you believe that just by turning up to one puppy training class and doing no work whatsoever at

PETS PAGE

This made me chuckle for all my friends -who are dog trainers home, your puppy will grow up to be a well-adjusted companion.

Press 07 if your nervous, aggressive GSD has bitten and hospitalised Aunt Maud, the vet, and your child and you want me to rehome it.

Press 08 if you have three children under school age, an invalid parent living at your home, a partner who works away, are pregnant with twins and want your eight month old Dalmatian that never gets a walk to stop chewing everything in sight.

Press 09 if you want to tell me my advice has not worked even though you have not tried it yet.

Press 10 if you want to be dog trainer and behaviourist because you like animals better than people.

Press 11 if you are 15 years old and want to do work experience with me but would faint if I asked you to pick up dog poop.

Press 12 if your dog is aggressive with other dogs but you want to join one of my groups because it will be

SOCIALISING dogs can help prepare them for new encounters.

Pet sitters can find themselves caring for dogs who are not prepared to meet new dogs or go out in public. It can be a challenge. Last week David the Dogman discussed a method of early ‘socialisation’ of dogs as a good preparation for their behaviour when meeting new

nice for him to have some friends.

Press 13 if you cannot afford my private rates and want a discount because you only have one BMW. Press 14 if you are cancelling your lesson that is due to start in 30 minutes and have no intention of paying the cancellation fee.

Press 15 if you do not believe in rewarding a dog and know that clicker training does not work because your friend Beryl said so.

Press 16 if you think your dog knows he has done wrong when you tell him off and that he obeys you because he respects you and acknowledges you are a superior being.

Press 17 if you want me to wave my magic wand over your contacts/ weaves/start line waits in just one session and will then tell me it did not work when you go to a show just two days later with no training in the meantime.

Press 18 if you have 11 Jack Russell bitches in a small flat and you want me

WELL-TRAINED: Dogs can be happy animals. to teach them not to fight each other.

Press 19 if you already know everything about your breed because this is the fourth one you have had and I cannot tell you anything new.

Press 20 if you want me to pick up your dear departed dog’s ashes from the vets and keep them at my house because you are too upset to have them in your home (true!).

Press 21 if you could not use a Gentle Leader, indoor crate, or harness because they are cruel.

Press 22 if you will not put a muzzle on your deadly aggressive dog because you do not want people to think he is nasty.

Press 23 if you want to leave an increasingly angry message for the third time this week demanding an urgent

www.euroweeklynews.com call back and yet again forget to give your name or number.

Press 24 if, having ascertained I am out, you wish to ask my engineer husband for behavioural advice about your pet.

Press 25 if you wish to fill up my answering machine tape with an incoherent rambling message.

Press 26 if want your intact male adolescent dog to spend its days lying patiently on your front step on your unfenced property because dogs shouldn’t want to run away, should they?

Press 27 if you want me to teach your untrained border collie to play with sheep because you think he will like it.

Press 28 if your dog thinks its name is ‘NO’.

Press 29 if it is before 8am or after 10pm and you want to ask how to stop your 13-week-old puppy from biting your five, seven and nine-year-old boys when they play fight with it.

Press 30 if you have taken trouble to socialise and train your pet and want to make an appointment to learn even more fun stuff. No need to hold, I’ll put you right through!

Specialist in Canine Behaviour Commitment Firmness but Kindness www.thedogman.net

Socialisation of dogs dogs. As regular dog sitters will tell you, it can make all the difference if a dog is prepared through socialisation for new canine encounters.

As a dog owner ‘socialisation’ of your dog can help make your dog easier to look after and more importantly it makes them more comfortable and relaxed in public places. It is also easier for the dog and the owner if they understand the process of befriending other dogs.

If you have dogs to care for while you are away on holiday please get in touch. We can find you experienced pet sitters to help.

How we work All new members register to join our online HouseSitMatch network. On registration we ID check every new member to ensure we know who you are and in addition sitters are police checked by us. We charge for membership to ensure that there is a commitment from both parties and that we can afford to manage our network online professionally.

SOCIALISATION: Makes caring for your dogs easier.

How do you benefit as a home and pet owner?

Our membership offers you a secure network to help you find suitable sitters. You post an advertisement ahead of your travel dates, which we publish and housesitters can then apply.

You can view their profiles and chat with them before you accept your choice of applicant.

If you join as a Premium member, we help you at each stage of the process to get you started and to manage your account.

How you do join?

Please register online via our website www.housesit match.com • Choose a membership plan • Standard (DIY option) = £49 pa • Premium (with support at each step) = £79 pa

Do you need a house- or pet-sitter? Get in touch.

House-sitting can be a win-win for both parties, free house- and pet-sitting, and the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation!

Register as either house-sitter or homeowner with a 20 per cent discount using coupon code P2020 - an exclusive offer for readers.

To find a house pet-sitter go to www.HousesitMatch.com

To find a house- or pet-sitter go to www.HouseSitMatch.com call Lamia on 00 44 (0) 777 214 2742 or email admin@housesitmatch.com

SERVICES www.euroweeklynews.com

ACCOUNTANTS

SPONSORED BY

AIR CONDITIONING

BUILDERS

AIRPORT PARKING

BOILERS

APPLIANCE REPAIRS

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

85

FOR BEST RATES IN MOTOR INSURANCE CALL: 952 89 33 80

ALARMS

AIRPORT TRANSFERS

CAR HIRE

EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

BLINDS

BREAKERS YARD

DRAINS

GRILLS

86 EWN

23 - 29 August 2018

www.euroweeklynews.com

LOCKSMITHS

MOTORING

GATES

REMOVALS & STORAGE

PLUMBERS

SERVICES

Like us on fb euroweeklynews

REMOVALS & STORAGE

www.euroweeklynews.com

SERVICES

www.euroweeklynews.com

REMOVALS & STORAGE

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 87

88 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

MOSQUITO SCREENS

PAINTERS/DECORATORS

TV & SATELLITE

VAN HIRE

WINDOW TINTING

POOLS

Like us on fb euroweeklynews POOLS

SERVICES

CLASSIFIEDS www.euroweeklynews.com

BUILDING SERVICES J & J PAINTERS. Inside - outside - clean - fast low cost. Torrevieja Orihuela Costa and surrounding areas.

Tel: 650 363 159 (278314)

CHARITIES/CHURCHES LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking church. We hold services each Sunday and everyone is welcome. Our 11.15am Services are held every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month (and 11.15 am on the 5th Sunday, if this applies.) On the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s our Services are at 9.30am. Our choir sings at our 11.15am Services and there is also a Sunday school, called Stepping Stones, on these Sundays.

We welcome residents, visitors and children. For more information see our website www.lasiestaevan gelicalchurch.org or telephone Pastor Keith on 666 180 108.

THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188. (95461) ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Is alcohol costing you more than money?

Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or

BUY & SELL

23 - 29 August 2018

Costa Blanca South

EWN

89

SPONSORED BY

Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence.

AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www. aa-costablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric-a-brac. There is usually something there for everyone - but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc.

Please keep them coming in! We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop.

93325) THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja.

Contact Paul Edwards, Chairman 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996.

(95455) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm.

More info can be found on branch website www. orihuelacostarbl.co.uk (95457)

HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282).

Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegabaja. com and also on Facebook.

You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com.

We also have a 24-hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and nonmembers on 966 723 733 (95456) THE BAKER FOUNDATION SPIRITUALIST CENTRE. Find us on the Saturday market road opposite the Chinese Restaurant. Playa Flamenca. Different International and local mediums every Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday, divine service with clairvoyance 11 am start. Tuesday, evening of clairvoyance doors open 7 o’clock for 7.30 start. Spiritual Healing is available on Sundays after service and on Thursday mornings from 10. 30 until 12. We have a development group on Tuesdays 5 until 6.30 for those interested in meditation and advancing your knowledge of spirit. Private readings are available on request.

Please join us and make new friends, a warm welcome awaits you all. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available. You can join us on Facebook at, The Baker Foundation spiritual cen-

CHARITY

tre. Hall is available for hire. For more information please contact Linda on 606 990 665.

Email, schugy54@gmail. com (95458) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar.

Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information.

CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday at 6.00pm. For further information see our website www.tcf-Spain.org or tel

966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) meet every Wednesday and Friday 2.30pm until 5.00pm. Our new address is Casa de Cultura, Calle Francisco Ribera Perez Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their careras.

With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group.

For info please contact 654 801 260 or email stroke supportgroup@hotmail. com, website: torreviejas trokesupport.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support our groups and activities.

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meets 1st Monday of every month (except July and August) at Bar Sioux , Avda Escandinavia GA at 7pm for 7.30pm prompt. For further info contact Brian, Branch Secretary on 639 917 971 / email secretary br3606@gmail.com CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc., and we will arrange collection of large items.

We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921

413 e-mail aecc_campe llo@hotmail.com (95475) INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. All nationalities welcome. Sunday service 11.00 a.m.; Sunday school; Prayer meetings; craft and computer clubs. Ladies Bible Study: Thursday 11.00 a.m. Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m.

House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia Contact 966 752 543 / 617 215 463. For other church matters phone: 966 799 273 / 966 752 543 / 617 215 463 www.icatorre vieja.org (95476) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664 FREEMASONRY. Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee.

Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesada@yahoo.co .uk (95477) ROYAL AIR FORCES Association Branch #1359 Costa Blanca. The Branch meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the El Paraiso Restaurant located close to the Carrefour Supermarket in Torrevieja.

The meeting starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association, which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends. For further information about the Association and its activities please contact the Chairman on 692 508 916 or the Welfare Officer on 615 048 892 or visit our website: www.rafa.org.uk/costa -blanca

90 EWN

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

CHARITIES/CHURCHES THE PATIENCE LODGE No 2177 of the R.A.O.B meets every Sunday morning at the Sacko´s Bar, El Limonar near Las Siesta at 10am. We are always looking for new and lapsed members to join us.

Please call Secretary Dave Tonge on 688 704 091 for further information.

(253807)

HOME IMPROVEMENTS BATHROOM and Kitchen Conversions Costa Blanca, contact 698 320 434.

INSURANCE

CHURCH SERVICE IN ENGLISH EVERY SUNDAY AT 10.30am. Everyone welcome at Turre Evangelical Church next to Muebles Nuñez just across form the vet. Tea, coffee and fellowship after every service.

Transport can be arranged. Tel: 950 617 549 www.givinglight.com.

BENEFICIAL INSURANCE SERVICES . Car, Home, Business, Travel, Life, Funeral, all insurances available. Policies in English. BEST rates, covers & service. Immediate quotes. Tel 961 129 215 / 622 275 561, (WhatsApp) info@beneficialinsuran ceinspain.com or visit www.beneficialinsurancein spain.com for o n l i n e quote. (279147)

INTERNET GET YOUR business noticed online! Make sure that expats in Spain can find your product, service, restaurant, bar or shop. Contact Spain’s newest and brightest online directory TODAY. Call 951 386 161 or email mark.w@euroweek lynews.com for more details.

ELECTRICIAN MR FIXIT. For all your electrical, plumbing, general & appliance & boiler repairs. No call out charge.

698 320 434 (257492)

MOTORING

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. (200726)

MUSIC TUITION PIANO, Keyboard, Organ, Qualified Teacher. Please call 606 984 535 (257913)

PET CHARITIES P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepaspain.com EURO WEEKLY NEWS CLASSIFAX AGENT GATAMI ORGANISATION, to help kittens and cats, looking for good homes, also spaying wild cats in the community. Kittens require adoption, fully vaccinated, de-wormed, de-fleed. We also need volunteers to help Car boot sale in Polop on Sundays Tel Anna: 966 806 976 / 654 729 977 (95709)

PET TRANSPORT PERGOLA COVERS

METALWORK

FOR SALE

MOBILE Metal work. Any welding work carried out.

For a free quote call 693 490 697 (280931)

8kw log burner for sale, virtually new plus 200€ worth of logs. Not wanted by new owners, 400€.

Contact 602 510 977, Quesada área (280959)

MOBILE HOME

FOR SALE/WANTED

For daily news visit www.euroweeklynews.com

INSURANCE

SOS INSURANCE. Stop and look! We can offer you the BEST policies with the BEST premiums on ALL your insurances, even inheritance TAX! Policies in your OWN language, 24hour claims assistance in your OWN language.

Call Tracey 966 787 123/686 11 6297 WhatsApp, www.sosinsuranceinspain.com or t racey@sosinsurancein spain.com (276167)

INSURANCE

966 719 951

quesada@ibexinsure.com

LUXURY MOBILE home for sale on a small family run park. Contact 630 055 418 for details. El syd7@hotmail.com

MOTORING UK MOT. All legal and online. Arrangements made for collection and delivery £400. Email. carsin spain@hotmail.com Tel. 0044 7553367285

MOTORING

TAILOR made, durable canvas, sails, umbrella, spa and BBQ covers.

Mazarron based, and at Procomobel Market, Guardamar Saturday mornings. 667 879 399 krugercanopies@ yahoo.co.uk (258416)

PET CHARITIES EASYHORSE CARE RESCUE CENTRE. We aim to rescue HORSES. If you would like to DONATE please call 965 967 033 or sales@easyhorsecare.net www.easyhorsecare.net or call Sue 652 021 980 (95706) SPAMA GANDIA SHELTER. Dog and cat rescue registered charity, La Safor area. 500 animals awaiting re-homing. Shelter open 7 days a week 12noon - 2.00pm & 3.30pm - 7.00pm. (Spanish speaking staff) or phone Gail 962 896 118.

Visit our website for directions. www.spama.org and view our new blog at w w w . s p a m a -safor.blog.com.es PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM

CLASSIFIEDS REMOVALS & STORAGE MAN AND VAN UK - Spain.

2 vans travelling twice a month, Murcia - North / South UK. Storage in Spain. Telephone 610 846 260 or 0044 751 918 6355 email van.man@hotmail.co.uk www.ukspainuk.com We’ve 18+ years’ experience.

New Clean Vehicles running 2/3 times monthly. ONLINE QUOTES. Insured with RSA. ANY size move.

Worried who to use?

We’ll look after you. Call BMC European free on Spain 900 984 960 or UK 0800 612 4677 (WhatsApp +34 622 588 222) SPANISH MOVES, small removals and deliveries.

Spain/UK budget prices.

Last minute jobs undertaken www.spanishmoves.net Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Tel: UK 01209 630604 or Spain 960 130 537 (280293)

SEWING

PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettraveluk. co.uk Removals also arranged in other vehicles Tel: UK 01209 630604 or Spain 960 130 537

PLUMBING MR FIXIT. For all your electrical, plumbing, general & appliance & boiler repairs. No call out charge. 698 320 434 (257492)

POOL MAINTENANCE POOL MAINTENANCE Repairs, Spares and Leak Testing. Call 965 725 565 / 676 945 360 www.pooltechspain.com

QUALIFIED SEAMSTRESS 40 years’ experience, turn-ups to tailoring patterns taken from your favourite cloths, reasonable prices. Torrevieja, Sandra: 966 799 188 / 680 486 336 (257074)

SITUATIONS VACANT WORK FROM HOME! WE ARE LOOKING FOR LADIES AGED 20 TO 65 TO TAKE CALLS FROM AN ADULT-HOTLINE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH OR SWEDISH. PLEASE EMAIL YOUR INFO: work@kkhotline.com 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.

Applications by email with full CV should be sent to recruit ment@euroweek lynews.com

CLASSIFIEDS SITUATIONS VACANT

www.euroweeklynews.com SPAS & JACUZZI

ING MOBILES. CALLS TO UK 5.3C PER MINUTE. NO MONTHLY FEES, NO CONTRACT. WWW.TELITEC.COM TEL: 902 889 070 (0)

WANTED

TELECOMS FED UP PAYING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR MOBILE PHONE CALLS? THEN CONTACT TELITEC TODAY. CALLS TO SPAIN 7C PER MINUTE INCLUD-

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

DIESEL car LHD and motorhome right or LHD wanted. Cash waiting. Tel 650 722 905 (260886) WANTED Quad Bike and Jet Ski. Call 650 722 905 (260885) RECORDS & CDs WANTED. Pop, Rock, Jazz, Blues.

Top cash paid. Henry 630 665 363 (260051)

23 - 29 August 2018 XXX RELAXATION Please note that in Spain there is NO legislation banning adverts in this section. Neither regional nor national governments are able to pass such a law due to rules governing freedom of publication and printing.

Readers of a sensitive disposition may find some of the advertisements in this section offensive.

EWN 91

FEMALE SOPHIE. Escort, sexy, slim, élégante, naughty lady, home or hotel. 3 languages spoken. 693 357 526 (257343) BEAUTIFUL Dutch girl, 36, slim, blonde hair, big breasts, all fantasies.

Campoamor, 676 067 381.

EXPERIENCE the best with a 1hr unique massage with Veronica. For appointments call 679 292 678 (280378)

SITUATIONS VACANT TORREVIEJA-Brazilian Lovely mature woman. I do Massages Relax, Tantra, To Cure, Wax, Barber, Silky Hands. You will come back to me! Homes/Hotel/Outings. 687 131 005 (280967) KAMAGRA Gold 100mg plus Kamagra Jellies. Collection or Delivery. Roy 602 579 481 (280978) CASA ANGELA, TORREVIEJA. Luxury Private Chalet, parking. Drinks invitation. Feeling alone?

Just want some company? Exotic girls from South America. Call us, come and enjoy! Also, Escort Service. Full discretion. Street: Avenida Asociacion Vistimas del Terrorismo. 609 573 468 or 639 832 118 (280445) SPANISH lady - classic.

Playa Flamenca, private house, 35 years, attractive. All erotic services, massage, sexy lingerie.

From €40. Ana 657 603 495 (280979) SEXY NOELIA VISITS home and hotels 24 hours. Toys, massage, all fantasies. Tel: 667 861 513. HTTPS:/TWITTER.COM/sexynohelia (279878)

VARIOUS Male/Female viagra, cialis, kamagra all areas mail order. 604 385 476. viagra4you19@gmail.com (276611)

92

E W N 23 - 29 August 2018

SPONSORED BY

FOR BEST RATES IN MOTOR INSURANCE CALL: 952 89 33 80

MOTORING FACT

“

MOTORING

Costa Blanca South

www.euroweeklynews.com

The most expensive street-legal car in the world is the Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita, at $4.8 million (€4.16 million). It is coated in diamonds and there are just three in existence.

THE next generation of the BMW 3 Series Limousine is just completing the crucial stages on the way to serial production maturity.

There was only one possible setting when it came to driving dynamics testing and set-up runs: The legendary Nordschleife at N ü r b u r g r i n g . Te s t r u n s a t t h e ‘Green Hell’ traditionally serve as an endurance test for the drive and suspension technology of newly developed BMW models.

A particularly extensive testing programme was developed for the camouflaged prototypes of the new BMW 3 Saloon.

After all, the comprehensive renewal of the wheel/suspension, steering, damping/suspension and brakes provided the developers with a broad range of opportunities to optimise ride comfort and dynamic performance, enabling the ultimate sports saloon, for the mid-range, premium segment, to

Photo credit: BMW Press room

BMW 3 Series given a thorough test

DEVELOPMENT: A saloon with a sporty flair. mature lap by lap.

The underlying concept of the four-door model shows just how

much the development process for the new BMW 3 Series Saloon was geared towards enhanced,

sporty flair. The car ’s agility and steering precision benefit from much expanded track width, while

increased wheel camber levels offer additional potential for maximum transverse dynamics.

In terms of the engine portfolio, one particularly striking feature is a thoroughly revised four-cylinder petrol engine. It is the most powerful four-cylinder engine ever to be fitted in a BMW series production model. Yet its fuel consumption figures are still some 5 per cent below those of the predecessor engine: One contributing factor here is the further developed eight-speed Steptronic transmission.

A particulate filter optimises the emissions response of the new engine, enabling it to meet the Euro 6d-TEMP exhaust standard.

Not only is the body lighter and more rigid in design than that of the predecessor model, the same is also true of the front and rear axle in the new BMW 3 Series saloon.

Money can buy my Mini A 1965 MINI COOPER S DeVille by Radford is shortly to be auctioned in the USA, and is the second of the four ‘Beatle Minis’ to be put up for sale during the past year.

Each of the four members of the ‘Fab Four ’ were given a ‘fab car ’ of their own as a special thank you from their manager Brian Epstein. Despite the fact that they’d owned almost every iconic car imaginable during the early part of the 1960s, Epstein bought John, Paul, George and Ringo their own customised Mini.

Probably the most well-known of the Beatles Minis was the George Harrison version with its very 1960s graphics (and which inspired a modern MINI special), although Ringo’s Mini hit the headlines last year when it sold for over £100k, to a Spice Girl.

The latest to come on the auction market is Sir Paul McCartney’s 1965

Mini Cooper S DeVille that is on the books of Worldwide Auctioneers. Even though there is no reserve on it, it’s expected to cost more than the £102,000 that Ginger Spice paid for the Ringo version.

P a u l ’s R a d f o r d M i n i i s a t o p s p e c 1275 Cooper S finished in California Sage Green with Webasto roof, Aston Martin tail lights, electric windows, driving lights, wood interior and leather trim, all put together by Harold Radford.

For Beatle’s fans and fans of the Mini, this may well be the last opportunity to pick up one of these four iconic cars.

Gerri Halliwell is unlikely to be parting with hers, John Lennon’s is nowhere to be found, and George Harrison’s is still owned by his family.

The auction is on September 1, 2018 at the National Auto & Truck Museum in Auburn, Illinois.

www.euroweeklynews.com

HYUNDAI Motor Company has revealed for the first time its next-generation Separated Sound Zone (SSZ) technology that allows each passenger of a vehicle to experience an audio stream tailored to their individual needs, including music, hands-free phone calls and vehicle alerts while maintaining a headphonefree social space where passengers can converse freely.

SSZ technology creates and controls the acoustic fields of the car, allowing the driver and each passenger to hear isolated sounds.

The many speakers installed in the vehicle feature technology that uses scientific principles to reduce or increase audio levels of sound waves.

This negates the overlap of sounds being heard in each seat, creating the same effect as current noise cancellation systems, but without the need for headphones.

Customers in the autonomous navigation era will demand increasingly customisable entertainmenop-tions within their ve-

23 - 29 August 2018

Photo credit: Hyundai Press room

MOTORING

INDEPENDENT: Privacy for music choices and ‘phone calls.

New technology sounds superb hicles, which include technological innovations such as the Separated Sound Sys-

tem.

They hope that by providing drivers and passengers

with tailored, independent audio spaces, they will experience a more comfortable

and entertaining transportation environment.

P e o p l e ’s m u s i c a l t a s t e s

EWN 93

vary so some passengers choose to use headphones during a journey to isolate their audio stream. However, this also creates an unnecessary social barrier when interacting with other passengers.

When travelling in a vehicle equipped with next-gene r a t i o n S S Z t e c h n o l o g y, each passenger can connect their smartphone via Bluetooth and listen to their own music without interference from, or interfering with o t h e r p a s s e n g e r ’s a u d i o streams.

When the SSZ is utilised, hands-free phone calls can also be isolated to individual passengers, ensuring privacy when having important phone conversations on the move. Furthermore, this ground-breaking technology can eliminate unnecessary s o u n d s f o r t h e p a s s e n g e r, but provide them for the driver.

SSZ technology has been in development since 2014, and the mass productionfacility is expected to be ready for installation in vehicles within one to two years.

Sales of Jeep Renegade on the move THE Jeep Renegade may be a Fiat 500X under the skin, but it has certainly helped Jeep’s sales as enough buyers ‘get’ that Jeep Renegade is a proper little retro-inspired urban warrior, capable of doing all you need it to do, and stand out in a competitive marketplace too.

Almost four years on from its arrival in the UK in 2014, the Renegade has been given a slight makeover with a tinkered nose, updated interior, new wheels (16”-19”), improved safety and new petrol and diesel engines.

The new engines include a 1.0 litre with 118bhp and a 1.3

litre with 148bhp or 177bhp, as well as updated versions of the 1.6 and 2.0 litre diesels, with manual, DCT or ninespeed auto depending on engine choice.

Available in two versions with two or four-wheel drive, with Jeep Active Drive and Jeep Active Drive Low for

4WD, the Jeep Select Terrain comes with four modes for different surfaces and there’s safety stuff like Lane Depar-

RE-PLATE MATE Miles Better Don´t take a chance!

Don´t break the law!

Call David 695 045 780 or Alan 662 249 159 Take the hassle out of Re-registering your vehicle onto Spanish plates

COMPETITIVE: Renegade gets a slight new look for 2018.

info@replatematecostablanca.com

ture and Speed Assist too.

The range starts with the Sport 1.0 GSE T3 FWD and goes up through Longitude,

Limited and Trailhawk specs up to the top of the range Trailhawk 2.0 170 E6d ATX 4WD Low.

23 - 29 August 2018

ROAD TEST

by Nick Fletcher WHEN you follow a new Porsche 911 into a car park and people rush past the Porsche to admire what you are driving, you know you are in something special.

The car that created a crowd was the new Lexus LC500, a stunning sports coupe with futuristic styling and a 5.0 litre V8 engine. It has such potent road presence that when I asked people to guess its price, everyone guessed up to TWICE the €85,711 (£76,595) it actually costs.

The car’s designers clearly concentrated on giving the LC500 a visual impact that would put rivals such as the 911, Mercedes SL and BMW 6 Series in the shade and with impressive performance and laden with equipment, this Lexus becomes irresistable.

The crouched, swooping styling cloaks a 471 hp V8 engine mated to a 10-speed auto gearbox. The 0-100 kph time is 4.4 seconds, top speed 270 kph (168 mph). Fuel economy is better than you might expect at

www.euroweeklynews.com

Lexus LC500 FASTER: Refined, but still furious.

STATS PANEL

94 EWN

Model: Lexus LC500 Engine: 5.0 litre V8 petrol Transmission: 10-speed automatic Performance: 0-100 kph 4.4 seconds, top speed 270 kph (168 mph) Economy: 8.6 kpl (24.4 mpg) Emissions: 267 g/km

Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

8.6 kpl (24.4 mpg) and emissions are 267 g/km. (There is also a 3.5 litre V6 hybrid version).

While prices start at €85,711 (£76,595), my Sport Plus model was €96,118 (£85,895) and included 26cm (10.3 inch) screen infotainment and navigation system, digital instruments, panoramic glass roof, LED headlights, powered, heated and ventilated leather seats and a

MOTORING

12-speaker premium audio system. You also get features such as variably-geared steering system, plus a rear-wheel steering system that improves handling, and a limited-slip rear differential.

On the road, the car is fast and very smooth, with a suitably growling exhaust note and beautifully, composed handling.

There are six driving modes to suit different situations from motorway cruising to city centre crawls. The suspension set-up and the standard run-flat tyres do make the ride very firm but not too uncomfortable.

The LC500 is a 2+2 GT, with two small rear seats which most will use for extra luggage as the boot holds only 197 litres.

The cabin is driver-focused rather like a racing cockpit, with low seats and enveloping instrumentation, but there is still a luxury look with sculpted doors, a two-tier dashboard and quality materials. At first glance the wealth of buttons and switches may appear confusing but they are logically placed and you quickly get used to them.

There is so much to say about the LC500 that it is hard to sum up.

I’ll use just one word. Wow!

SPORT

www.euroweeklynews.com

23 - 29 August 2018

EWN 95

Premier League Preview

City slickers march on Credit: @aguerosergiokun/Twitter

MANCHESTER CITY boss Pep Guardiola said Sergio Aguero is in the best condition he has seen him in, after the striker scored a superb hat-trick in a thumping 6-1 win over Huddersfield.

Aguero opened the scoring in the first half before adding two goals after the break to complete his 13th career hat-trick and ninth in the Premier League.

Victory for the defending champions never looked in doubt against a Huddersfield team that have lost their opening two games.

City will travel to face Wolves on Saturday, while Huddersfield will host Cardiff.

Marcos Alonso’s late strike settled a classic in favour of Chelsea, after Arsenal fought back from two goals down.

The Blues went two goals ahead thanks to early strikes from Pedro and Morata, before Mkhitaryan and Iwobi hauled Arsenal back into contention in a thrilling first half.

Chelsea seized control of the second half, with Alonso sweeping in Hazard’s cross nine minutes from time to make it successive wins for

SERGIO SURGE: Aguero has made a blistering start to the season.

new manager Maurizio Sarri.

The Blues will head to the Toon to face Newcastle on Sunday, while Arsenal host West Ham on Saturday.

Harry Kane finally scored his first Premier League goal in August as Tottenham continued their positive start with a 3-1 home win over Fulham.

Lucas Moura’s curling effort was his first Premier League goal and got Spurs on the board, but a Mitrovic header levelled matters for Fulham.

Spurs and England revelation Kieran Trippier then struck a trademark freekick into the top corner, before Kane turned his man and placed the ball into the far corner to seal the win.

Tottenham will travel to struggling Manchester United on Monday, while Fulham will host Burnley on Sunday.

Other fixtures this Saturday will see Everton travel to Bournemouth, Southampton host Leicester on Saturday, and Arsenal entertain West Ham.

Credit: @Carlossainz55/Twitter

La Liga Preview

Credit: @GarethBale11/Twitter

Bale shows Real class

HANDING OVER: Sainz (right) will replace his hero Alonso (left).

BALE BRILLIANCE: Real Madrid will hope the Welsh star can carry their hopes.

GARETH Bale scored as Real Madrid started La Liga life without Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane with a comfortable win over Getafe.

Dani Carvajal headed in Real’s opening league goal under Julen Lopetegui after Bale’s cross was punched to him by goalkeeper David Soria.

Bale hit the bar with a diving header before turning home Marco Asensio’s cross to wrap up the win.

Real will turn their attention to Girona on Sunday, who drew

0-0 at home to Real Valladolid.

Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona got their La Liga title defence off to a flyer with a 3-0 victory over Alaves.

Messi fired a fantastic freekick to open the scoring, while Philip Coutinho cut inside to curl home a second.

Then to add insult to injury time, Messi controlled a pass with his chest, beat two defenders and steered a low shot into the bottom corner of the net.

Barca will travel to face Real Valladolid on Saturday, and fel-

low contenders Sevilla won comfortably at Rayo Vallecano.

Portugal international Andre Silva, 22, scored a hat-trick on his La Liga debut in a 4-1 victory.

Sevilla are top of the league and host Villarreal on Sunday full of confidence about mounting a sustained title challenge.

Other fixtures this weekend will see Levante host Celta Vigo on Monday, Espanyol entertain Valencia on Sunday, and Huesca travel to Athletic Bilbao on Monday.

Sainz overtakes Alonso CARLOS SAINZ has signed a multi-year deal to replace Fernando Alonso at McLaren from the 2019 season, the team have confirmed.

Alonso, twice world champion, announced that he will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the year.

Fellow Spaniard Sainz, 23, is currently on loan at Renault from Red Bull and said it was a “childhood dream” to join McLaren.

“It’s a great name in the sport with an incredible heritage, and the list of drivers who have raced for McLaren over the years are among the heroes of Formula 1,” said Sainz.

“Fernando is of course one of them, so it’s

particularly special that I’ll be taking his seat as part of the next generation of Spanish racing drivers behind the wheel of a McLaren.”

McLaren Racing chief executive Zak Brown said Sainz, who began his F1 career with Toro, Rosso, provided “the perfect blend of youth and experience.”

After the Hungarian Grand Priz, Sainz sits 11th in the drivers’ championship standings with 30 points, with his best race finish fourth in Singapore while racing for Toro Rosso in 2017.

McLaren’s other driver is Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne.

06

23 - 29 August 2018 FOUR-TIME Olympic gold medallist and six-time world champion Mo Farah has announced he will be heading up to the north east in a bid to make Great North Run history by winning for a fifth time on September 9.

TO READ MORE

SPORT www.euroweeklynews.com

FIELDING QUESTIONS: Cipriani had only recently returned to the England squad.

charge came despite ‘personal assurances’ that none would be brought before Gloucester had completed its own discussions.

Cipriani’s disciplinary hearing will take place next week, with the date, time, and members of the independent RFU panel yet to be confirmed.

Vaughan believes the

RFU’s decision to charge Cipriani so quickly was prompted by the high profile nature of the case.

“We feel that this disciplinary process has been influenced by the significant media coverage of this week’s events and other external factors,” he said.

Cipriani was fined €2,230 after he pleaded guilty, and was also ordered to pay €280 compensation to a female police officer.

Three other charges - assault on police, larceny and being disorderly on licensed premises - were dropped.

The maverick fly-half said on Twitter he was “truly sorry… most importantly to the police” and was “mortified” by his actions.

He was recalled by England for the Test series against South Africa in June, after three years out of the squad.

the master FORMER world number one Novak Djokovic became the first player ever to win all nine Masters 1,000 tournaments, with victory over Roger Federer in Cincinnati.

The 31-year-old Serb, a five-time runner-up at the event, beat seven-time champion Federer 6-4 6-4.

Wimbledon champion Djokovic had lost the Cincinnati final to the Swiss on three previous occasions.

Victory for world number two Federer would have brought him his 99th career trophy, as well as levelling the long-time rivals’ head-tohead record at 23-23.

Djokovic will now look to take his form into the US Open, which starts on August 27, having previously won two titles at Flushing Meadows.

World number 10 Djokovic eventually broke

Credit: @DjokovicUK/Twitter

ENGLAND and Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has been charged with ‘conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game’ by the Rugby Football Union, after a nightclub incident in Jersey.

Cipriani, 30, was fined after pleading guilty to assault and resisting arrest.

RFU head of discipline David Barnes said: “We have high standards that we expect across the game,” but Gloucester chief executive Stephen Vaughan has criticised the timing of the charge.

Vaughan claimed the

Credit: Watersun555/Twitter

Cipriani in trouble Djokovic

SENSATIONAL SERB: Djokovic has made history by winning all nine Masters tournaments. his opponent’s serve for 4-3 before holding to win the opening set.

But Federer started the second set the strongest, racing into a 2-0 lead before Djokovic fought back fiercely with two breaks of serve in a row.

The Serb served for victory on his first championship point in one hour and 24 minutes to complete a career ‘Golden Masters.’

“It’s a very special moment,” he said. “It’s the first time I get to stand with a winning trophy in Cincinnati.”

Federer was magnanimous in defeat and said: “Congratulations to Novak for your amazing effort not just this week, but throughout your whole career, it is an amazing achievement.”