Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South October October 25 - 31 2018 Issue 1738

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ISSUE NO. 1738

25 - 31 October 2018

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A CLIMBER from Crevillent has died in the Himalayan mountain range.

At the time of going to press it was not known exactly how Francisco Antonio Candela Pastor, known as Sipol, lost his life.

It has still to be determined if it was from natural causes, if he suffered a heart attack or died due to the demands and rigour of the Asian mountain peaks.

Sources claim that the wellknown sportsman, aged 69, and members of the expedition were waiting for a helicopter in an undisclosed point on the mountain range, but on arrival nothing could be done to save him.

Francisco Candela Pastor was vice president of the Crevillent Excursionist Centre, and was one of their ‘most international Crevillentinos’ having

CREDIT: Comparsa Moros Marroquies Crevillent Facebook

Explorer dies doing what he loved

TRAGEDY: Well-known climber Francisco Antonio Candela Pastor lost his life in the Himalayas.

completed the most challenges.

He hiked from Alaska to Aconcagua, and a few years ago attempted to climb Mount Everest.

Tributes and condolences have been posted on social networks following the tragic news.

A post from the Comparsa Moros Marroquies Crevillent, a non-profit making organisation of entertainers, read: ‘terrible news to start the week. Paco, today the mountain, your beloved mountain, has taken your life but at the same time it has made you eternal for all of us.’

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Fire rally ABOUT 5,000 firefighters from across Spain took to the streets of Madrid last Saturday to call for their profession to be nationall y re g u l a t e d a f t e r t h e death of one firefighter in 2016 resulted in complications for his surviving family.

Travel ban SPAIN’S National Court has banned businessman Juan Muñoz from leaving the country and has ordered him to appear before judges every 15 days in connection with the ‘Villarejo’ case of alleged blackmail, corruption, bribery and forgery.

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EU budget warning Officials dismiss debt concerns

By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S Finance Minister has said the European Union (EU) will likely approve the country’s budget plans amidst reports Brussels officials were preparing to warn Madrid over public debt concerns.

Maria Jesus Montero said a letter that EU finance officials were due to send Spain “endorsed” measures that will see higher government spending and tax increases if approved.

Montero’s comments follow speculation that the EU was preparing to warn Spain that the draft plans risked efforts to slash the country’s deficit.

The deficit, or negative difference between income and outgoings for the Treasury, stood at more than €36.2 billion at the end of last year according to government data.

“We understand that Brussels will give its endorsement to our budget plans,” Montero said after a Council of Ministers meeting last Friday.

Pablo Casado, leader of the conservative opposition Partido Popular (PP), said

NO WORRIES: Montero said the EU would approve Spain’s plans. the budget plans amounted to a two-year election campaign for the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE).

“The government wants to spend money on unnecessary promises at the expense of the future deficit and debt,” Casado said.

EU officials are concerned about whether planned

spending hikes can be covered by proposed increases in taxes, including the planned ‘digital’ levy on large technology firms.

The EU has the power to strike down Spain’s budget plans if it deems them too costly. Diplomatic sources said Brussels is not considering this.

The Spanish government has been preparing its response to Brussels this week.

All EU member states in the eurozone are required to submit their budget plans to officials in Brussels before enacting them into law.

The warning comes as the EU showed concerns over plans for Italy’s budget, an-

other country with a large deficit and national debt which also plans increases in spending.

EU budget measures were brought in following the Eurozone debt crisis during the recession, which saw countries such as Greece receive large bailouts to cover yawning gaps in their books.

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Storm aid rolled out GOVERNMENT president Ximo Puig, has announced that the authority will approve ‘an urgent decree’ tomorrow (Friday), to give aid to those affected by t h e f l a sh f l o o d s an d storms.

H e m a d e t h e a ss u ran ce during his trip to Vinaros, where he visited the hardest hit areas.

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THE BIG PICTURE Nº 37

Melting away

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A NEW nursery school in San Miguel de Salinas is to open in November, nine years after it was first built at a cost of more than €220,000.

Maestro Enrique is located in a building owned by the town council a n d wi l l h a v e th re e classes with a capacity for 40 school places.

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Honey fears

Social

CHINESE imports are threatening the v i a b i l i t y o f S p a n is h and EU h o n e y p r o d u c tio n , according to the national association of beekeepers in Murcia. Spain is the largest producer of honey in Europe and the 14th largest in the world with nearly 26,000 businesses and 2.5 million hives.

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Pay options SAN JAVIER residents can now pay their local taxes by credit and debit card at the Oficina Munici p a l d e R e c a u d ac io n or by online transfers after the co u n c i l i n t r o d u ce d a new sy st e m i n c o n j u n ctio n with C a i x a B a n k , wh ich re duces the time taken to make payments.

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IN RETREAT: Rising temperatures are melting the Monte Perdido Glacier.

THIS view may be gone within a matter of years.

The Monte Perdido Glacier, in the Pyrenees mountain range near the French border, is one of Spain’s last remaining glaciers.

The one-kilometre long and 500 metres high glacier lies near the summit of the Vignemale mountain, one of the highest in the Pyrenees.

The Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (CSIC) has been monitoring the

glacier since 2011 and data currently shows it is melting at an average rate of three centimetres a day.

Ignacio Lopez-Moreno, of the CSIC, told Spanish media the glacier and others in Southern Europe w ould like ly be the firs t in the world to disappear.

“Studying them is very important because we can learn about how glaciers behave in their final phases and to what extent melting can speed up or slow down,”

he said.

The glacier was once one complete mass of ice but it has to split into two parts in recent decades.

The upper area of it was almost flat in the 1950’s but now it slopes meaning snow is less likely to settle on its surface which speeds up the melting process.

Lopez-Moreno said large parts of the glacier will vanish if temperatures continue to warm at current rates.

Driver hurt A MOTORIST was stabilised at the scene before being rushed to Santa Lucia Hospital after he was involved in a collision with a l o r r y a s h e g o t o u t of his parked car in Los Molinos Marfagones, Cartagena.

The i n c i d e n t h a p p en ed a t 11am on Monday morning.

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Vital cash A DONATION of €2,200 was made to the AFA Torrevieja, (Association Alzheimer for family and friends), by the Local Freemason from Old Tower Lodge, t h e p r o c e e d s o f a Ladies ’ Ni g h t , wh ich h as enable d t h e g r o u p t o b u y 1 5 high back chairs and two new iPads.

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Skinny dipping TWO police officers rescued a drowning man in Campoamor beach in Orihuela after witnesses heard cries for help and saw the 44-year-old flip over and float face down.

According to sources, there were high winds on Sunday and the water was very rough with strong waves.

Faced with the urgency of the situation, the officers discarded their uniforms and ‘asked a waiter at a beach bar to guard their clothes and equipment.’

They then reportedly ‘threw themselves into the water in their underwear.’

The unconscious swimmer was pulled from the water and resuscitation manoeuvres were carried out until he regained consciousness.

The rescued male, born in Molina de Segura, Murcia, was taken to the University Hospital of Torrevieja.

According to sources, the officers bought new underwear and went back to work.

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Frenchman in Elche A MAN suffering from a mental disorder who disappeared several weeks ago from Montpellier, has been found in Elche.

The 37-year-old, travelled some 1,000 km, and was said to have been disorientated but in relatively good condition.

Local Police of Elche said several neighbours contacted them to say they had seen a male, who appeared to be lost and had a neglected appearance, in La Galia ilicitana.

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The individual said he didn’t have any documentation and had arrived in Elche at ‘the wheel of his car.’ but was unable to say whether he had since lost it or forgotten where he had left it.

Officers investigated and discovered that there has been an international ‘Schengen search’ in place since October 3, with a sign of ‘special personal situation.’

They contacted officers in Lunel, and on Sunday, his parents arrived to pick him up.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1737 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca South edition, including 99 local stories.

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POLL OF THE WEEK Should Spain follow Canada and legalise marihuana for recreational use as some have proposed?

LAST WEEK’S POLL: Do you think British tourists will be less likely to holiday in Spain after Brexit?

Yes 64%

BACKTRACK: The Public Safety law is controversial.

‘Gag law’ u-turn SPAIN’S ruling political party has reportedly watered down plans to reform laws which have seen protests banned after the Prime Minister previously said changes were urgently needed.

The left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) government has ruled out repealing measures in the Public Safety Law including ones to stop the filming of police officers and ‘express’ or ‘hot’ deportations.

The latter refers to immigration authorities being able to immediately send migrants back to Morocco instead of processing them in Spain first. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is currently hearing a case filed by two migrants who were deported under the rules.

Reports of backtracking on reform plans, based on internal government documents seen

by Spanish media, come as the PSOE laid out plans for changes they do support.

Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said it was “essential” that some elements of the law are repealed.

“Some parts of the law are a specific and effective violation of the right to assemble and associate freely and of the right to information,” the minister said.

Grande-Marlaska added the repeal of express deportations should be dealt with under the framework of immigration laws.

Politicians should wait until the case concerning the two sub-Saharan migrants being heard in the ECHR in Strasbourg is resolved, Grande-Marlaska added.

PSOE proposals to change the law, which are backed by their leftist Podemos allies in Parliament, include ending requirements to notify the authorities before staging protests.

The party also reportedly wants to curb police powers and make it easier for people to identify officers on duty.

Proposed changes include only allowing body searches if there is ‘concrete and verifiable’ evidence of wrongdoing and limiting the time detainees can be held without charge.

Plans to abolish fines for filming police officers have been toned down. The PSOE now wants to keep the restrictions in cases where it could endanger officers, their families or investigations.

The news comes as government data shows the Public Safety Law has resulted in the government collecting almost €270 million in fines from the law since it was introduced.

The figure excludes fines collected this year.

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A P O L I C E o ff i c e r w a s forced to use a tasar gun to avoid being assaulted by an ‘extremely aggressive and violent’ man on the streets of Orihuela.

T h e 5 1 - y e a r- o l d , w h o was bleeding from his head when police arrived on the scene, had allegedly caused damage to several vehicles and the door of a house, according to sources.

When they asked the man to calm down, he reportedly did the opposite, forcing t h e m t o b a c k o ff s e v e r a l metres to avoid being attacked.

In order to make the arr e s t , a n o ff i c e r d e p l o y e d the electro-shock weapon, which temporarily paralyses the aggressor without causing damage.

Only official officers, not interim police, can use tasar guns.

CREDIT: Policia Local Murcia@MurciaPolicia

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BLAZE: Patrols in Corvera take action against those responsible for prohibited fires

Waste blaze THE ecological unit of Murcia Police has denounced the person responsible for ‘yet another’ illegal fire on rural land.

Unauthorised domestic waste, such as plastic bottles, metal cans and treated wood was set alight on Saturday afternoon in Corvera. Two days earlier, officers were called to deal with fires ignited during the town’s fiestas.

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Big screen celebration

Instagram model shares all SOCIAL media star Demi Rose set pulses racing in Ibiza, RUNWAY: Demi Rose as she embraced scorching struts her stuff. temperatures in a series of skimpy bikinis.

The Instagram model put on a provocative display last week in a ripped neon yellow bikini that left little to the imagination, teaming it with a topless cap, aquamarine PVC boots and her poodle, Teddy.

Ibiza was the island of Demi’s choice for shooting the first in a series of modelling campaigns for her own swimwear line, and she turned heads as she transformed the streets into her own personal runway.

Sharing almost every minute of her life with her 7.7 million followers, it was no surprise that even her departure was turned into a photo opportunity.

Luxury liners moored in the idyllic harbour, surrounded by pools of sunshine, provided the perfect backdrop as the ex of American rapper Tyga, said goodbye to sunny Ibiza for another year.

Classy Cruz PENELOPE CRUZ’S lookalike sister Monica is the sensational face of luxury jewellery brand Majorica, launched last week in Spain.

The 41-year-old actress

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and dancer modelled a royal blue front zip dress and black ankle boots, while strategically showing off pieces of Rock Star merchandise from her collection.

THE glitzy seventh annual Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival is due to kick off today (Thursday) with a planned cocktail gala and glamorous red carpet arrival of celebrities.

Among the big screen and television hotshots hitting the island are Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen.

The Hollywood hunk starred in a string of blockbusters including sci-fi movie Doctor Strange (2016), Casino Royale (2006), and Amer-

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RED CARPET: Doctor Strange star Mads Mikkelsen will attend the Mallorca film festival.

Hip hop queen NICKI MINAJ is one of the first performers confirmed for the MTV Europe Music Awards in Bilbao on November 4.

The undisputed queen of hip hop released her platinum selling, highly-anticipated fourth studio album ‘Queen’ in August, her first in four years.

Ariana Grande and Camila Cabello are leading the gong nominations, with Drake, U2, Foo Fighters and David Guetta among others.

ican psychological horror-thriller television series, Hannibal (2013-2015).

The grande dame of Spanish film, actress Marisa Paredes, 72, will also make an appearance to receive an award for her contributions to the industry during a career spanning almost 60 years.

The festival, organised by actress and director Sandra Seeling Lipski, will see the unveiling of more than 100 films, documentaries and music videos, from 23 countries.

And the ever-growing Made In Baleares section will present a record-breaking 24 films produced and directed locally.

HEADLINER: Nicki Minaj.

Sheer style ISRAELI supermodel Bar Rafaeli suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the Cosmopolitan Awards 2018 in Madrid last week.

The 33-year-old, ex-girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio caused a stir as she flashed her bra underneath a sheer polo neck top.

But she still looked sensational in a leather wrap skirt with large gold belt and towering black heels.

MODEL: Chic Bar Rafaeli

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OUR VIEW

Camper ban

The rain in Spain

THE annual arrival of winter motorhome campers in La Azohia in the bay of Mazarron, west Cartegena, has prompted a meeting due to be held last Tuesday, involving political representatives, naturalist associations and residents calling for a ban on parking of the vehicles.

THE tail end of last week and the weekend saw torrential rain hitting the Costa del Sol with massive disruption and the sad death of one firefighter who was swept away when his vehicle got into difficulty.

Roads were closed, rivers flooded and some of the towns which are perched high in the mountains saw their steep stairways becoming waterfalls.

Parts of Malaga Province received as much as 70 per cent of their annual rainfall and one person had to be rescued by helicopter as the flood waters threatened her life.

Some pockets of habitation were untouched by floods although the rain was heavy and continuous thunder and lightning played havoc with pets which in the main are terrified by loud noises.

It would be easy to blame councils and the government for the fact that the infrastructure of drains and flood controls are insufficient but sudden heavy storms such as these can’t really be controlled and at the end of the day, sadly, one just has to live with the knowledge that as the climate changes, so this type of destructive weather is likely to continue.

At the end of the day we can only feel sympathy for those who have seen their houses flooded and grateful to those working in the emergency services for all that they do to try to ensure the safety of citizens wherever they may be.

Also spare a thought for the animal charities which have to try to cope with literally hundreds of terrified animals who run the risk of being flooded out.

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COMMITTED: Sue and Rod have spent 10 years saving abused and neglected equines.

A decade helping abused equines

by Tara Rippin SPAIN’S only officially registered horse rescue foundation is celebrating 10 years saving abused and neglected animals.

Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre was set up by British couple Sue and Rod Weeding in October 2008 after coming across a stallion, Luciero, locked in a filthy stable.

The two-year-old was in a terrible state, and was about to be sold for meat.

The couple weren’t prepared to let that happen and raised the money to buy the horse, before taking it to their Rojales finca, the first of

more than 160 horses, ponies and donkeys that have since been saved.

“We now care for more than 90 horses, ponies and donkeys saved from abuse and neglect, plus a menagerie of other rescued animals, including dogs, cats, parrots, Ernie the turkey and Isadora the pig,” said Sue, on her website which outlines the work the couple do.

The centre attracted media attention after the daring and difficult rescue of Faith the pony, the first of its kind in Spain to be fitted with a prosthetic limb after her mutilated front leg had to be amputated.

The experience inspired

Sue to write a series of children’s books telling the stories of their rescued horses, to raise awareness about animal abuse while generating funds to cover the centre’s hefty running costs.

Sue added that she and her husband are determined to help push for the better treatment of animals in Spain and constantly lobby authorities to change laws and punish those who abuse animals.

She said the tipping point came in 2010 with the case of Captain and Hope, two skeletal horses left to die inside a pitch-black garage.

Their appalling condition was publicised and after ‘intense community lobbying,’ police took action.

“A man was later jailed in what is believed to be the first such prosecution in Spain, and authorities have been on our side ever since,” said Sue. The centre relies solely on donations to fund their work, and have charity shops across the Alicante Province.

To find out more visit: easyhorsecare.net.

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Mine scheme refusal PLANS to carry out geological research for the creation of a gypsum mine in San Miguel de Salinas have been rejected by the Department of the Environment in Valencia.

The refusal was based on the

‘irreparable and irreversible’ impact the Rio de Agua SL project could have in a protected environment.

The company had applied for permission to carry out the survey across an area of 1,450

hectares in the northwest, with a budget of €490,000.

But it was argued that the chosen site includes an area for the Special Protection of Birds (ZEPA) of the Sierra de Escalona and Dehesa de Campoamor as well as a site of Community Importance (SCI).

The area in question, mainly in San Miguel, but partly in Orihuela, is home to wild fauna and birds of prey.

And the Valencian authority found that while the three-year survey proposed by the Torralba Group, would not significantly affect the natural environment, exploitation would.

The report was signed by the conservative director of the Natural Parks of the South of Alicante, Jose Martínez García and the head of the Natural Spaces Management Service, Jose Antonio Hernandez.

It concluded noise caused by the future exploitation, movement of heavy vehicles and destruction of the habitat, makes the project incompatible with the protection of the natural area.

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APPEAL: Vulnerable Juan Miguel Cortes has been missing for more than three weeks.

A TEENAGER who needs ‘urgent medication’ has not been seen since September 30.

Orihuela police are calling on the public to help find Juan Miguel Cortes, 18, who is deaf in one ear and has little hearing in the other.

The missing boy is 1.60 metres tall, is dark skinned, with thin build and hair that is long at the front and short at the back.

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Flu campaign

By Tara Rippin THE health authority began its flu vaccination campaign in the Valencia region this week with a total of 750,000 people expected to receive a protective jab.

By provinces, 360,800 doses will be distributed in Valencia, 306,200 in Alicante and 83,000 in the province of Castellon.

A total of 1,700 vaccination points will be activated throughout the region and the Health Department recommends that, among other risk groups, people over 64 years of age, pregnant women, health workers, the chronically ill, cardiovascular or respiratory patients, kidney patients, diabetics or morbidly obese people should be vaccinated.

The Ministry of Health, which has invested â‚Ź2.16 million in the vaccination programme, also carries out an information campaign to raise awareness about the importance of vaccination against influenza.

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PROTECTION: Flu jab campaign is being rolled out in the Valencia region.

In 2017, the incidence rate reached an average of 294.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, and some 712,213 people included in risk groups were vaccinated.

Children under14 were most affected, reaching 693

cases per 100,000.

Health bosses are also recommending vaccinations to international travellers, and people who are involved in the treatment of those infected with the virus and poultry farm workers.

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Dead man not known THE Guardia Civil are appealing for information following a fatal hit and run in Cabo Roig which left the victim’s face ‘unrecognisable.’

The incident took place at around 4am on Friday on the N332 in front of the New Skala Club, and is being treated as suspicious.

It has been reported that the extent of the man’s injuries suggest the incident may have been about settling of scores. He has not yet been identified because his face is so badly damaged and he was not carrying identification.

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Call for Spain to legalise cannabis SPAIN should legalise cannabis according to the leader of the Podemos political party.

“It is absurd that you can buy tequila or gin from a supermarket, but marihuana is illegal,” said Pablo Iglesias, who has led the grass-roots anti austerity party since its inception.

Podemos had organised a forum on the drug with a view to following nine USA states and Canada into legalising the cultivation, sale and consumption of cannabis.

If their ideas come to fruition it would mean farmers would have a new cash crop. People would need a licence to grow, harvest and sell cannabis, with the political party aiming for controls which would favour private crops, small holdings and farming cooperatives in order to stop big business taking control.

At the moment the sale and cultivation of the drug is illegal, as is the public consumption of the drug, although smoking it in private spaces is not deemed against the law.

“The legalisation must be implemented mainly for medical use and research,” said Podemos. In a para-

MAKE IT LEGAL: Pablo Iglesias wants to relax cannabis laws.

dox, Spanish law permits the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes, but it is not classed as a medicine so can’t be prescribed for medical purposes - only cannabis derived products may be used on a doctor’s prescription.

Podemos said that legalising the drug would replace the black market, reduce crime and control the age of people buying it.

At the moment 90 per cent of young people say they have easy access to cannabis.

The political party added that tax revenues from the drug could be used to transform Spain’s public health care service.

However, the proposals have a long way to go before they are made into law as there is no political consensus on the matter.

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has avoided the debate on legalising the drug, saying when asked about the issue on a trip to Canada that he had enough problems as it is. Canada earlier this week partially legalised cannabis. People can now possess up to 30 grammes of the drug.

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ESSEX Police have opened an investigation into an incident caught on camera during a Ryanair flight to Spain.

The budget airline has faced criticism over its handling of the incident which occurred on a Barcelona flight to Stansted Airport on Friday.

The incident was posted to Facebook by a fellow passenger, David Lawrence, captioned ‘share and shame.’

During the footage, a man is filmed unleashing a tirade of abuse upon an elderly, disabled woman.

A row allegedly broke out between the passengers after the woman was reportedly unable to move out of the way as the man attempted to reach his window seat.

The man is seen shouting at the elderly woman to move whilst her daughter tries to explain that her mother is disabled.

He responded to the pleas of the daughter: “I don’t care whether she’s f******g disabled or not - if I tell her to get out she gets out.”

The abusive man used highly offensive language during the argument including racial insults.

He then proceeds to threaten using physical force on the woman in order to reach his seat: “If you don’t go to another seat, I’ll push you to another seat.”

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ABUSIVE: Man (inset) verbally attacked elderly woman on Ryanair flight.

The Ryanair cabin crew can be overheard attempting to diffuse the situation, offering an alternative seat to the elderly woman while another passenger verbally demanded

the man be removed from the flight.

One man, dressed in a black t-shirt steps in attempting to put an end to the argument, shouting: “Stop. There’s no need for that at

al l ” and “Just st op. Take i t easy. St op, please.”

At this point the elderly woman requests to be moved away from the man in order to sit with her daughter.

The man was allowed to remain on the flight, keeping his original window seat.

In the aftermath of the incident, Ryanair have been criticised for their handling of the situation.

Questions have been raised over the capability of Ryanair’s cabin crew to deal with situations involving abusive passengers.

Numerous British politicians have taken to Twitter to voice their thoughts on the video, which circled social media this weekend.

Karl Turner, Labour MP for East Hull, stated “He should have been removed from the flight and handed over to the police.”

Jeremy Vine commented on social media: “If this is Ryanair, they need to explain how this man’s disgusting racial abuse of the black lady in the seat next to him ends up with HER being asked to move. It is beyond belief.”

Ryanair have allegedly since seen the footage and have reported the incident to Essex Police. The airline commented: “As this is now a police matter, we cannot comment further.”

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CLEARED: Russian MP Vladislav Reznik was among those acquitted.

A SPANISH court has acquitted 17 Russian nationals suspected of mafia links of all charges, 10 years after the start of a high-profile criminal investigation.

Russian MP, Vladislav Reznik, was among those acquitted of large-scale moneylaundering, although nine other suspects remain at

large.

The trial came as a followup to the 2008 ‘Operation Troika’ investigation that led to the arrest of alleged mafia boss Gennady Petrov, and arrest warrants in 2016 for several high-ranking officials.

Spain’s National Criminal Court did not find sufficient evidence to prove that the

Russians’ investments in Spain involved the proceeds of organised crime.

Prosecutors had accused the group, based in St Petersburg, of channelling more than €50 million of cash from offshore bank accounts into Spanish property and businesses.

Antarctic wildlife backing SPAIN’S Ecology Minister has backed an international campaign pushing for animals in Antarctica to be protected which began meetings last Monday to discuss conservation plans.

Teresa Ribera appeared in a video in support of the Antarctic Ocean Commission which is made up of representatives from governments across the world.

The Commission is dis-

cussing whether to declare a 1.8 million square kilometre area of the Antarctic Ocean, known as the Weddell Sea, the largest protected natural area on Earth. The meeting is being held in Tasmania, Australia and runs until Friday November 2.

Ribera said protecting the Weddell Sea was “essential” to preserve a balanced ecosystem in the area.

“Resilience needs to be

built up to deal with the impact of climate change and to preserve biodiversity which is a source of wealth,” Ribera said.

Mario Rodriguez, the head of the environmental NGO Greenpeace in Spain, said the support of the Spanish government was “fundamental” to ensuring the waters were protected.

“The bottom of the ocean may seem far away, but what happens there is crucial for our future,” Rodriguez said.

The governments of Austria, Britain, Chile, France and Germany have all publicly backed efforts to protect the waters.

They are home to whales, penguins, seals and other animals. The area is more than three and half times bigger than Spain.

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A SPANISH judge who shelved the case against prime suspect Simon Corner in the case of a missing expat mum in April this year has been ordered to reopen the case.

Three judges at a higher provincial court in Cadiz have ordered the court in San Roque, which led the investigation into Lisa Brown’s disappearance in November 2015, to restart the inquiry.

Judge Garcia Ramila said earlier this year: “This court has serious doubts Simon Corner is the person responsible for the crimes of homicide or unlawful detention being investigated.”

In a 10-page written ruling, the judge insisted he was legally obliged to take into account the ‘lack of concrete proof ’ pointing towards Corner’s involvement in Lisa’s disappearance.

The ruling meant that 35-year-old Corner was not extradited to Spain and was set free from the London prison cell where he had been held since his arrest at Heathrow Airport on a European Arrest Warrant.

But now the judge has been told

he must rule on whether Simon Corner should be charged and prosecuted over Lisa’s disappearance following expert analysis of his mobile phone which was recovered from a harbour in Copenhagen in April 2016 after Corner’s arrest in the Danish capital.

Speaking exclusively to the Euro Weekly News Lisa’s sister, Helen Jordan, said: “We are very encouraged by the news and we have always thought one day we would have justice for Lisa.

“It’s coming up to three years that we have been fighting this and we have done everything and more than we ever thought possible.

“We have had a lot of help from many people and authorities, particularly Guardia Civil who have been with us every step of the way.”

She added: “We still need someone to speak up and tell us where Lisa is and what happened to her, this investigation is not going away and neither are we.”

Helen said she believes after Corner was set free from the London prison he returned to Spain

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MISSING: Lisa Brown’s case was ‘frozen’ by a Spanish judge in April.

and was released.

“Where he is now is anyone’s guess.”

Scottish mum-of-one Lisa, who was 32 when she vanished, was last seen at her home in Guadiaro near San Roque on November 4, 2015.

The alarm was raised when she failed to collect son Marco, then aged eight, from school.

Investigators have said they believed a ‘violent episode’ had taken place prior to her disappearance.

Originally from Alexandria in Dumbartonshire, Lisa worked in Gibraltar and detectives suspect that she was killed, but her body has never been found.

Liverpool-born yacht dealer Corner was held in Denmark on a European Arrest Warrant and extradited to Spain after leaving the country in the wake of Lisa’s disappearance.

Those with information can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 and 900 555 111 in Spain or via the web form at https://crimestoppersuk.org/give-information/give-infor mation-online/.

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Long live Spain BY 2040, Spain is set to overtake Japan as the country with the longest life expectancy, according to a study published in the journal Lancet.

With a predicted lifespan of 85.8 years, Spain will rise from fourth place to edge out Japan which will average 85.7 years.

In another development, the United States will drop from 43rd position in the world (79.8 years) to 64th, while China will rise from 68th to 39th (81.9 years).

The United Kingdom is likely to rise up the league table from 26th place to 23rd, with life expectancy increasing from 80.8 years in 2016 to 83.3 years in 2040.

Researchers based their study around five ‘drivers’ of average lifespans, which are all related to so-called ‘lifestyle’ diseases: high blood pressure, alcohol intake, tobacco use, being overweight, and high blood sugar.

LIVING WELL: The diet of Spaniards is set to be key to their long lives.

They also incorporated information about rates of cancer, di abet es, and HIV/AIDS. The World Economic Forum’s ‘Global Competitiveness Report’ recently listed Spain as one of the healthiest countries, and it also

ranks highly in its healthcare system.

With the exception of Afghanistan, the bottom 30 countries in 2040 - with projected lifespans between 57 and 69 - are either in sub-Saharan Africa or small island states in the Pacific.

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Floods strike Spain CARS were washed away and houses left underwater last weekend after flash floods ripped through parts of Spain one week after 13 people died following storms in Mallorca.

Red alerts were issued in parts of Andalucia and Malaga Province following some of the worst floods ever recorded. The Costa Blanca and north eastern parts of Spain were also struck by heavy rainfall.

King Felipe has spoken to both Junta de Andalucia President Susana Diaz and Diputacion de Malaga head Elias Bendodo about the situation.

Emergency services despatched helicopters to villages inland from the Costa del Sol to rescue several people trapped in their homes. Personnel were called out 621 times in Malaga Province alone, with a total of 924 incidents recorded across Andalucia.

Almost 400 litres of rainwater fell across Malaga Province in the space of 24 hours, the largest amount ever recorded, according to Spain’s AEMET Met Office.

One firefighter was found dead near Campillos on Sunday after his vehicle overturned and he was swept away by the torrent, according to emergency services.

The village of Jimera de Libar, in the Serrania de Ronda area of Malaga Province, was left underwater after a nearby river burst its banks.

Parts of Valencia Region, Cataluña’s Tarragona Province and Teruel Province in Aragon were also struck, with roads cut and several people left stranded.

The Valencian town of Tavernes de la Valldigna saw around 218 litres of water per square metre fall, 128 of which fell in one hour according to AEMET. Gandia and Simat were also badly hit.

The firefighter in Malaga Province was the 20th person to be killed in floods in Spain so far this year.

The storms are the fifth major downpour to strike the country in 2018. A total of 11 Spanish regions, including Murcia, the Balearic Islands

DOWNPOUR: Emergency services were called in across Spain. and Valencia, were put on alert in September.

Parts of Almeria Province including Albox and towns across the Almanzora Valley were also struck by storms last August.

DELUGE: Cars were washed away by floodwater.

SUBMERGED: Houses were left underwater in parts of Malaga Province.

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Franco spy files Papers shed new light on regime

by Joe Gerrard

SECRET PAPERS: The files relate to Franco’s (right) time in power.

PLANS to thwart a general strike, information about Basque terror groups and doubts about support from the Pope, are in documents from Francisco Franco’s dictatorship made public recently.

The files, which come from the archives of the Segunda Bis military intelligence agency, feature communications from regime operatives and senior Franco officials.

The documents, seen by Spanish media, also feature discussions on relations with the United States.

One of the files discusses plans for a General Strike in June 1951 which was believed to be orchestrated by the Spanish Communist Party in a bid to overthrow the regime.

The document said the government considered the

plot of little importance but ordered preventative measures to be taken in the event it went ahead.

The Minister of the Army at the time wrote in one of the documents: “Troops cannot be used without my authorisation.”

Another file, from January 1968, sought to warn the military of the emerging Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) group.

The document, drawn up five months before the Basque nationalist terror group killed its first target, speaks of the ETA’s supposed leftist tendencies and its development throughout the 1960’s.

The report recommended stepping up patrols on rural roads in the Basque Country in a bid to catch ETA members while they were on the move.

A note written by Army Minister Antonio Barroso in

1959 calling for the Pope’s view of the Franco regime to be investigated, also featured in the trove.

Barroso wrote: “There should be investigations regarding the fact that Pope John XXIII does not view the current regime with sympathy.”

The documents also contain details about the Franco regime’s efforts to court the US as a potential backer, in the 1950’s.

The US requested access to several army, navy and air bases in return for supporting Franco’s bid to get Spain accepted into the UN. Washington also stood to benefit by gaining another ally in the Cold War. Officials from both countries met throughout the 1950’s, with Spain joining the UN in 1955 and US President Dwight Eisenhower visiting Franco in 1959.

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By Joe Gerrard A SENIOR Flemish government official has criticised the Spanish Foreign Minister’s decision to revoke diplomatic status for a regional parliament representative in Madrid amidst a row over Cataluña.

The decision follows Flemish Parliament President Jan

Spain-Flanders row Spat erupts with Belgians over Cataluña Peumans’ comments on Spain’s handling of last year’s Catalan independence vote.

Peumans said: “Anyone who uses violence at the ballot box, burns democracy.”

He was referring to Madrid’s decision to deploy police in Cataluña to stop the referendum, which the Constitution Court ruled was illegal, from going ahead.

Geert Bourgeois, MinisterPresident of the Belgian region, said Josep Borrell’s decision to strip Andre Hebbelinck of his status at Spain’s parliament was a “very unfriendly” act. The Flanders leader added he would summon Spain’s ambassador to Belgium to explain the situation.

Borrell summoned Belgian Ambassador Marc Calcoen last week before revoking Hebbelinck’s diplomatic privileges over Peumans’ remarks.

Hebbelinck said the Span-

ish government had been “barking up the wrong tree” in its decision to remove his status.

“You cannot revoke consular or diplomatic licensces for a diplomat. You can only do that if the government that he represents has made a mistake,” he said.

The Foreign Ministry said Hebbelinck would now be considered a regular employee of the Belgian embassy and no one else who succeeded him would be granted his former status. “Peumans’ comments were unacceptable and inappropriate from a country which is a friend and ally, as Belgium is.”

Cataluña’s Generalitat said in a statement it regretted the

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Foreign Ministry’s decision.

“It is contrary to the principle of respect for the rights of citizens and their elected representatives to express their opinions freely,” the regional authority said.

Peuman had been speaking at the opening of a photography exhibition on the subject of Catalan independence.

He said using violence during votes was “out of the question”, as was imprisoning politicians. Several pro-Catalan independence politicians remain in prison or in exile abroad in connection with the referendum.

Belgium became involved in the Catalan independence issue after former Generalitat President Carles Puigdemont fled to the country when an arrest warrant was issued over his involvement in the push.

Flanders also has a pro-independence movement, with its supporters sympathetic towards Cataluña seceding from Spain.

RELATIONS STRAINED: Peuman’s (inset) comments on the Catalan vote sparked the row.

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Snow falls in south SNOW has covered the Sierra Nevada ski resort ahead of its opening for the winter season.

Yesterday the most southerly ski station in Europe tweeted a video with the tag: ‘It looks like Christmas.’

The Sierra Nevada, in Granada Province, Andalucia, is typically open from late November to early May for the ski season.

The resort lies 27 kilometres from Granada City and less than 100 kilometres from Motril.

The highest summit of the Sierra Nevada range is Mulhacén at 3,481 metres, the highest ski lift and piste goes to just below Veleta, which is at 3,398 metres.

There are a total of 128 runs with 19 green (very easy), 43 blue (easy), 52 red (difficult) and seven black (very difficult). Snowboard and ski teachers number 400 across 15 ski schools.

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Fan booze ban call MARK ROBERTS, Deputy Chief Constable, responsible for policing all football matters in Britain, has expressed a desire for foreign cities to limit alcohol sales to travelling England fans to help prevent hooliganism.

DCC Roberts has said: “There is too big an element who drink and behave obnoxiously.”

When England fans travelled to Sevilla for the Nations League clash with Spain, numerous incidents of antisocial behaviour were reported including clashes with Spanish police and damage to public property.

DCC Roberts attributes this ‘hooliganism’ to the consumption of alcohol: “There is a significant contingent of people who cannot behave because of alcohol.”

He did, however, acknowledge that those responsible for the trouble leading up to Monday’s game were a small number: “It is a minority, but there are far too many, and it would be wrong to try to minimise it as a small minority.”

DCC Roberts has vowed to find a solution to England fans “drinking to excess and becoming disorderly.”

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MAJORITY: Most fans are well behaved but a minority (inset) cause trouble.

According to the Deputy Chief Constable one possible solution would be to slam disorderly fans with ‘banning orders.’

However, DCC Roberts identified alcohol as the ‘root’ of the problem

which could be controlled through: “Licensing restrictions of host cities, whether that is the closure of places, or fans’ ability to buy alcohol from off-licences.”

The Football Association (FA) com-

mented on the reported incidents stating: “We condemn the unacceptable behaviour witnessed in Sevilla. We urge those following the team to respect our hosts and act in a responsible manner.”

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Concert sell out TICKETS for next summer ’s 10th Arenal Sound Festival sold out in just 14 hours.

The tickets went on sale at noon on Sunday, and by 2am the following morning, had been snapped up, despite the line-up of artists to take to the stage in Burriana not yet known.

The sale followed an exclusive one for residents who are given priority.

The Castellon festival takes place from July 30 to August 4, and has become one of the most important in Spain.

More than 100 international artists are yet to be unveiled, from genres electronic, fusion, indie, indie pop, indie rock, and rock.

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MAJOR EVENT: The line-up of more than 100 performers is expected to be revealed soon.

Mallorca hotel evacuated A FIRE forced the evacuation of 266 people from the Hotel Eurotel Punta Rotja in Costa de los Pinos, Mallorca on Monday morning.

According to Guardia Civil a hotel client suffered

from smoke inhalation and needed treatment from emergency personnel.

Evidence points to the fire breaking out in one of the hotel rooms, although an investigation will be car-

ried out to confirm the cause.

The fire was extinguished by several firefighters and customers were allowed to return to their rooms.

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NEWS EXTRA Family reforms A NEW Murcia regional government family law which views abortion as a ‘failure of the natural process of maternity, not a right’ has been accused of setting the cause of women’s rights back decades.

Drug claims NATIONAL POLICE have arrested a 31-year-old man in Valencia in connection with drug trafficking, sexual assault and threatening behaviour, after his partner accused him of violence and officers allegedly found narcotics prepared for sale at his home in Maritim.

Aerial aid THE Director General of Traffic has announced that five remote-controlled drones are ready to be deployed on Spanish roads and will initially be used in ‘special traffic operations motivated by sporting, recreational or festive events.’

Crime hike ACCORDING to figures released by the Catalan regional police force, reports of crimes, particularly thefts, have jumped by 19 per cent in Barcelona so far this year, a total of 146,446 incidents up until the end of August.

Mini tremor TORREMOLINOS suffered a minor earthquake on Monday at 1.12pm, and according to the National Geographic Institute it measured 3.4 on the Richter scale and originated 91 kilometres underground, no reports were made to emergency services.

Dodgy meat SIX members of a criminal organisation have been arrested in connection with distributing more than 1,000 tonnes of ‘bad meat’ to firms in Madrid and Valencia, with eight more under investigation.

A NEW study has honoured Spain with the world’s best beaches award 2018.

It has been named the country with the most Blue Flags, 696, than anywhere else in the world.

The findings were revealed by the Association of Environmental Education (ADEAC), the Spanish section Federation of Environment Education (FEE).

The award was set up in 1987, and Spain has dominated the competition

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Playas take top prize ever since, collecting more ‘quality beaches’ than Portugal, Greece, France and Turkey.

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and management.

The top three regions were Valencia which received 132 flags, Galicia with 109 and Cataluña which was awarded 101 flags.

Despite being 186 miles away from the nearest coast, Madrid was given its first flag for the Virgen de la Nueve, which is located on the banks of San Juan reservoir close to the town of San Martin de Valdeiglesia.

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Exotic insect arrives in Spain SCIENTISTS have warned of the arrival of a giant East Asian bee, after making the first sightings of the species in Europe.

The 2.5 cm long ‘resin bee’ from Japan and China was found in two houses, one in Barcelona and the other in Girona, the first time the exotic species has been found in a European country.

The bee is believed to have arrived last year

RESIN BEE: First time found in Europe.

through the timber trade, as they nest in holes found in trunks, and walls with resin, clay and small bits of wood.

Experts have stressed that the solitary insect can attack when it feels under threat, though cautiously, as its survival depends on reproduction.

They advised against having exotic ornamental plants in gardens and parks.

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Jailed for making Terror probe sex abuse complaint A WOMAN who accused two men of sexual abuse, saying they drugged her before assaulting her, has been jailed for two years after a judge decided she was lying.

Granada’s Criminal Court sentenced the woman after two men she had denounced were acquitted of using burundanga (Hyoscine, also known as scopolamine) to make her compliant.

The judge decided that Raquel G O had made a false accusation, which could have had serious consequences for the men. As well as the jail term she must pay the victims €3,000 each.

The facts date back to an early morning in December 2013 when the married woman, who has children, went to a disco with a friend after holding a business dinner.

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TWO alleged jihadists are in custody as part of a National Police operation in the provinces of Valencia and Alicante. Reportedly of Syrian nationality, the 55 and 58 year-old are being held for their suspected participation in a crime of integration into terrorist organisation, collaboration, indoctrination and glorification of terrorism.

JAILED: Judge at Granada Criminal Court sentenced the woman.

The woman then said that she had completely lost consciousness despite having had only two drinks, the last one bought by two strangers.

She declared that she only remembered having sexual relations with the two defendants, one next to the dis-

cotheque and the other in the town of Motril. She denounced both of them for a crime of sexual abuse for which the Attorney General’s Office requested eight years in prison.

The trial held in July 2016 saw the defendants aquitted.

The judge found no evidence

of drugs or any criminal activity. Now, having heard that a witness said Raquel was “very drunk”, the judge has sentenced her on the basis that she made the complaint despite knowing that the facts she presented “did not correspond in any way to reality.”

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Gib no barrier to Brexit

RESOLVED: PM Pedro Sanchez says Gibraltar is no problem.

SPAIN’S Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says the status of Gibraltar after Brexit has “been resolved” and will be no barrier for the UK’s plans to leave the EU. Speaking after an EU leaders’ summit in Brussels he said: “Gibraltar will no longer be a problem in arriving at a Brexit deal.”

Despite suggestions that there might be an extension to the deadline, as it stands Gibraltar will leave the EU at the same time as the UK on March 29 next year.

There had been worries that Spain could veto any deal between the UK and the EU over Brexit due to the Gibraltar issue, but such concerns have gradually receded since the more hawkish right wing gov-

ernment of Mariano Rajoy was replaced by the leftist PSOE party.

While Sanchez said the issue would not stand in the way of a Brexit deal, he said that bi-lateral talks on the British Overseas Territory were continuing, particularly with regards to worker ’s movements across the border, tax and environmental matters.

Recently mayors of towns in the Spanish Campo de Gibraltar area have complained that the national government was not doing anything to safeguard the rights and livelihoods of locals. Many Spanish cross the border daily to work, with Gibraltar a major part of the local economy.

Hotel base jump EXTREME sports enthusiasts launched themselves from the top of a Benidorm hotel last Friday despite tricky weather conditions that are affecting the east coast of Spain.

The base Jump Extreme World Championships were held at the four-star Gran Bali Hotel, the tallest in Europe.

The landing zone 170-metres below was marked between the hotel’s outdoor pools in an area roped off from spectators but with paramedics on standby in case of accidents.

Twenty-five expert jumpers from all over the world took part. Classification jumps were held on Friday with the semi-finals and

finals held on Saturday.

Base Jumping is an acronym that stands for the four categories of fixed objects from which atlhetes can jump: Buildings, Antennas, Spans (bridges) and Earth (cliffs).

Base jumpers have only seconds to deploy their parachute meaning there is little room for error.

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VATICAN: A commission to prevent child abuse, is to be set up before a meeting with the Pope.

Tackling sex abuse among clergy A SPANISH bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse is to lead a commission against paedophilia in the church.

Juan Antonio Menendez proposes to update its protocols for action against these crimes.

He is reported to say, ‘it is a matter of recovering and bringing back what the civil and canonical regulations have issued all these years’.

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Fatal crashes SEVEN people died on Spanish roads last weekend, bringing the total to 963 fatalities in traffic accidents so far this year.

A further three were injured in the seven separate incidents, according to the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT).

According to the figures released, 71 people were killed in the first 21 days of October.

Two of the seven who died during the weekend were motorcyclists and one was riding a bicycle when he was involved in a collision with a car in Leon.

Five of the accidents occurred on conventional roads, and two on motorways.

ference will outline its actions, currently governed by agreements between Spain and the Vatican in 1979, and the Protocol of Action Against Abuses, activated in 2010, before many cases became public.

It comes after Pope Francis declared he wants to open an ‘internal debate’ at the meeting in February 2019, where all presidents of the conference are expected to attend.

The new commission will be required to update current protocol, drafting new regulations for the prevention of child sex abuse and protection of crime.

At the meeting will be jurists of the Episcopal Board of Legal Affairs, representatives from the Civil Legal Service, the Court of the Rota of the Apostolic Nunciature, the Legal Service of Parliament and Deputy Secretary for General Affairs.

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Hotel is what women want

FEMALE FRIENDLY: The hotel in Porto Cristo is a novel concept and may prove popular.

MALLORCAN hotel chain Som Hotels will open next spring in the town of Porto Cristo, and it is the first holiday resort aimed exclusively at female customers.

The four-star hotel, located in Manacor, will offer 39 rooms that are ‘intricately designed for women looking for a rest in a natural and Mediterranean environment.’

President of Som Hotels, Joan Enric Capella, explained that the hotel is a reaction to market trends, and that “it is an innovative project that will help to keep Mallorca at the forefront of the tourism industry.” Capella added that the concept of setting up a women-only hotel arose when observing “an increasing trend of business focused on the female public.”

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Corpse found at block of flats THE decomposed body of a 45-year-old man who had not been seen since August has been found in a storage room in a residential apartment block.

According to reports, the corpse was discovered at the property in Cabanyal in Valencia, next to a rolled up carpet, after police received reports of a bad smell.

On inspection, officers found a body in a ‘skeletonised state.’

It’s believed the deceased had not been reported missing as his mother expected him to get in touch. She needed medical treatment for shock and anxiety as the shocking discovery was made.

Spanish press reports claim the mother had told a neighbour that she had not seen her son since the summer, and

DEATH: The body was discovered in a store room. had looked in her mailbox in the hope of receiving a letter, as it was his birthday.

Another resident of the block said the smell coming from the storage room was unbearable, and that she had seen liquid coming from un-

der the door, but had no idea what it was.

National Police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of death, although foul play has not been suggested. An autopsy will be carried out.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

Weapons woes THE death of reporter Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul earlier this month has had global repercussions, with arms sales to Saudi Arabia once again called into question.

Many have blamed the Saudi regime and have called for weapons shipments to end.

The Saudis have denied any involvement and have vowed to investigate the death.

Germany has already halted arms shipments to Riyadh this week and Canada is considering doing the same.

Politicians in Spain have wrestled with the issue several times this year due to Riyadh’s intervention in the Yemen Civil War decried by human rights groups and others including Khashoggi.

The weapons sales are highly lucrative for Spain. Madrid sold the third-largest amount of arms to the Saudis out of all other suppliers from 2012 to 2016.

The country’s Navatia shipyard is also set to build five warships for the Saudis as part of a €1.8 billion contract. A trade union representing workers there is concerned that a diplomatic spat could risk thousands of jobs.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) is now

ARMS CONCERNS: Spain’s King Felipe with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. in a difficult position.

Pablo Echenique, of the leftist Podemos party, has called on the government to halt the sale of weapons to the Saudis.

The PSOE depends on the wider Unidos Podemos leftist coalition’s 67 members of parliament to pass legislation, including the budget. But the party cannot afford to be

seen putting thousands of workers out of a job if they cancel the Navatia deal and others.

Sanchez has so far erred on the side of keeping deals with the Saudis in place. In the wake of Khashoggi’s death, he may have to decide whether he wants to save those contracts or his delicate parliamentary alliance.

Call to vote BRITAIN’S ambassador to Spain has said a final vote on the country’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) is unlikely.

His comments come as an estimated 700,000 people marched through London to call for a ‘People’s Vote,’ or second referendum on Brexit.

Brexit remains as divisive as ever but recent polls suggest public opinion in Britain is turning away from leaving the EU. A total of 47 per cent of people surveyed in a recent YouGov poll said Britain took the wrong decision when it voted to leave the bloc in 2016. Around 40 per cent said it was right.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has already ruled out a second vote. If another ballot were to take place it would be unlikely to be put forward by Conservative MPs. Polling data suggests such a vote would likely be on a knife edge, making it unlikely that a second vote would settle matters once and for all.

Hardline Brexiteers would brand the move as evidence of an establishment conspiracy to upend the 2016 referendum result.

Remain supporters argue voters should be allowed a final say on what is arguably the biggest change in Britain’s constitutional arrangements since it joined the EU’s forerunner the EC in 1972.

Unless there are major personnel changes in Westminster between now and next March Ambassador Manley looks set to be proved right.

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Fence dash migrants expelled FIFTY-FIVE immigrants who scaled the fence between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Sunday, have already been expelled from Spain.

They were amongst a group of more than 200 who broke through police lines to enter Melilla in an attempt to gain entry to Spain.

One immigrant died in the incident, and police said they were subjected to violence including being on the receiving end of pepper sprays, thrown faeces, and quicklime.

Despite gaining entry to Spain, the immigrants were quickly rounded up by police, and 55 were sent back to Morocco on Monday.

The Spanish government used a controversial treaty between Spain and Morocco to return the migrants. In August they used the same agreement to return 116 people who had stormed the border at another Spanish enclave, Ceuta.

The Spanish government said it was justified to do so, due to the violence used by the migrants in getting on to Span-

ish territory. On Sunday, six Guardia Civil were hurt, although none required hospitalisation.

The Moroccan authorities say 12 soldiers were hurt and needed hospital treatment as a group of 300 sub-Saharan migrants made the crossing attempt, with 209 making it into Spain. They said ‘several’ of the soldiers were in a serious condition.

In total, 19 migrants were hurt in the crossing. It is thought the immigrant who died may have had a heart attack.

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RUSSIAN PRESS

SCHOOL STRIKE: Russians across the country mourned those killed in Kerch.

Putin’s college shooter claims PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has said a mass shooting at a Crimean college which left 21 people dead and dozens injured was sparked by similar attacks in the USA. “Everything started with well-known tragic events in schools in the United States. Young people with unstable minds create false heroes for themselves,” Putin said. Suspect Vladislav Roslyakov also died in the Kerch shooting.

Spain trial acquittal SPAIN’S National Court has found 17 defendants accused of alleged mafia links, including a State Duma deputy and other Russian nationals, not guilty. The court acquitted the defendants claiming there was not enough evidence to convict them on charges of money laundering and fraud in a 143-page ruling.

State-linked tweets TWITTER has said it has identified more than 3,840 accounts it claimed were linked to a Russian state-backed misinformation campaign staged during the United States’ 2016

presidential election. The social network published around 10 million tweets it said were linked to Russia’s Internet Research Agency which US officials claimed co-ordinated the campaign.

Trump ‘listens’ PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has said his opposite number in the United States Donald Trump listened to him and was keen to improve Moscow-Washington relations. Putin said he had a “completely normal and professional” dialogue with the US President and added though they had their disagreements that was normal between heads of state.

Ship ‘stuck’ in port A RUSSIAN container ship remains in eastern China due to port officials there fearing they would be hit by United States sanctions, its owners have claimed. The Neptun container ship, one of six subject to US sanctions, has spent four months in Nantong amidst claims it was transferring refined petroleum to North Korean vessels, Gudzon said.

Hot autumn MOSCOW locals took to social media la s t w e e k to s ha re p i ct ur es of themselves enjoying hotter than usual October weather in the capital.

Photos showed residents basking in w a rm s uns hine in pa rks and ot her spots in the city and taking part in outdoor activities while leaves brown and fall from the trees. It comes as weather officials said temperatures had topped 50-year records for the month.

SCORCHER: Locals enjoyed warm weather.

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Chain reacts CARREFOUR has announced that it is confident its overhaul plan is on track after its sales growth accelerated in the third quarter.

The international supermarket chain is in the midst of a fiveyear plan to cut costs and jobs and boost e-commerce investment to help it react to competition from Amazon.

Carrefour is reaping the benefits of price cuts and an expansion into convenience stores, and is on track to achieve cost savings of €2 billion by 2020.

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is the amount that Iberdrola SA has agreed to sell a solar power plant in €181 million This Spain to ENCE Energia y Celulosa SA for.

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Block boost

Finance overhaul agreed SPAIN’S political parties have delivered their conclusions to the Commission for the Investigation of the Financial Crisis, which has lasted a year and a half.

The PSOE, the PP, Ciudadanos, Podemos and the PNV agree that poor supervision has been a key factor, and are calling for radical changes.

They recommend that the Bank of Spain monitors the solvency of banks, insurers and securities firms, while the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) controls the

by Tom Woods markets, the behaviour of intermediaries and commercialisation.

After almost a hundred witnesses and hundreds of hours of debates and exhibitions, the political parties have produced a comprehensive review that will be presented at the full Congress in November.

Both PSOE and PP agree that insurers be under the stewardship of the Bank of Spain, leaving the remit of the Ministry of Economy, but the Spanish Union of Insurance and

Reinsurance Entities (UNESPA) is against it.

The PP said that banking and insurance companies must have a “binding resolution of disputes between all types of financial organisations and their customers,” something that has not happened up to now.

The PSOE said that the current roles of the Bank of Spain and the CNMV “generates many inefficiencies and conflicts,” which is why a reordering of responsibilities was necessary.

THE Bank of Spain has called for a thorough investigation into international payments carried out using Blockchain technology, as it believes that certain elements are capable of making transactions efficient, fast and transparent.

The bank particularly highlighted distributed ledger technology (DLT) as having great potential for the Spanish financial system.

However, it did add that in order for DLT to be practical and efficient within the European financial system, its implementation should be centralised.

Women’s glass ceiling

» BUSINESS EXTRA

Budget bid WITH an election looming, Pedro Sanchez’s socialist government has unveiled a draft budget for 2019 that moderately increases social spending, increases the minimum wage by 22 per cent, and raises some taxes.

Share shock STANDING OUT: Ana Botin is Chief Executive of Santander.

THE presence of women in the top management of Spanish listed companies remains a rarity.

According to data recently released by the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), only 14.8 per cent of high-level positions are held by females.

This is far from the target set for 2020 by the Code of Good Governance, which envisions women having 30 per cent of the share.

The 14.8 per cent figure corresponds to 156 women in senior management positions in

listed companies.

A gender gap is even higher among companies that have a turnover of less than €500 million, with the figure at only 19.9 per cent.

Acerinox, Merlin Properties and Siemens Gamesa all have no female representatives on their boards, while ACS, BBVA, Grifols, Naturgy and Sacyr have less than 10 per cent.

By contrast, Colonial and Red Electrica had the high proportion, at 50 per cent.

BANCO Santander is the latest big bank to become embroiled in a sprawling German fraud investigation into a shareswapping scheme that allegedly allowed investors to reclaim billions of euros of tax they never paid.

Bank blast THE National Court has ruled that Banco Financiero y de Ahorros (BFA), the parent company of Bankia should be held liable for the alleged irregularities that led to the bankruptcy of Banco de Valencia.

Riu to reap dividends THE company behind Dublin’s Gresham Hotel last year paid a €3 million dividend to new Spanish owners the Riu Group.

Accounts just filed for the business also show that the company behind the hotel made a €4.9 million operating profit in 2017 on revenue of €17.6 million.

The directors of the Gresham firm, who include Riu CEO Luis Guell, noted that while revenue and

profits at the iconic hotel on O’Connell Street fell last year, it is anticipated that the figures will improve.

The latest set of accounts show that the Gresham generated €13.6m in revenue from room sales last year, and €3.5m from food and bar sales.

The Riu group paid €92m for the Gresham, after the hotel had been put up for sale earlier that year by Nama.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,623.60 -39.60 Associated British Foods 2,323.00 1.00 Admiral Group 1,983.75 -18.25 Ashtead Group 1,847.50 -36.00 Antofagasta 753.10 -20.30 Aviva 414.95 -5.05 AstraZeneca 5,964.00 -11.00 BAE Systems 534.20 -4.20 Barclays 164.23 -1.09 British American Tobacco 3,381.75 19.75 Barratt Developments 494.25 -2.35 Berkeley GrHoldings (The) 3,277.00 -20.00 British Land Co 575.50 -8.90 BHP Billiton 1,536.50 -13.90 Bunzl 2,190.00 5.00 BP 543.50 -7.30 Burberry Group 1,679.75 -29.75 BT Group 242.33 -1.12 Coca-Cola HBC 2,358.50 -14.50 Carnival 4,237.00 -34.00 Centrica 147.95 0.70 Compass Group 1,476.50 -8.50 Croda International 4,662.50 -110.50 CRH 2,117.00 -19.00 DCC 6,622.50 -42.50 Diageo 2,667.25 -18.75 Direct Line Insurance Group 327.95 -0.15 Evraz 507.60 -7.00 Experian 1,779.00 -17.50 easyJet 1,097.00 -7.00 Ferguson 5,294.00 -41.00 Fresnillo 912.20 16.60 Glencore 305.53 -5.12 GlaxoSmithKline 1,535.40 -4.40 GVC Holdings 916.75 -20.75 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,782.50 -36.50 Halma 1,259.00 -29.00 HSBC Holdings 613.30 -10.80 International Co Airlines Group 555.90 -4.50 InterContinental H Group 3,967.00 -62.00 3i Group 849.60 -1.40 Imperial Brands 2,617.50 8.00 Informa 732.10 0.10 Intertek Group 4,493.50 20.50 ITV 152.30 -2.20 Just Eat 603.80 -7.80 Johnson Matthey 2,889.50 -47.50 Kingfisher 242.30 -1.00 Land Securities Group 831.40 -10.20 Legal & General Group 238.15 -1.65 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 56.34 -0.09

% CHG. NET VOL -2.38 23,007.40 0.04 18,208.51 -0.91 5,772.70 -1.91 9,179.81 -2.62 7,571.38 -1.20 16,327.30 -0.18 75,171.02 -0.78 17,245.65 -0.66 27,988.73 0.59 75,682.19 -0.47 4,985.13 -0.61 4,235.11 -1.52 5,693.83 -0.90 32,503.64 0.23 7,423.62 -1.33 111,851.68 -1.74 6,875.68 -0.46 24,457.49 -0.61 8,762.53 -0.80 8,552.64 0.48 8,419.12 -0.57 23,658.01 -2.32 6,216.18 -0.89 17,682.71 -0.64 6,552.62 -0.70 65,988.34 -0.05 4,444.00 -1.36 7,498.23 -0.97 16,347.00 -0.63 4,242.18 -0.77 12,348.01 1.85 6,540.67 -1.65 43,664.68 -0.29 77,264.43 -2.21 5,583.79 -2.01 8,535.36 -2.25 4,916.41 -1.73 123,632.01 -0.80 11,058.85 -1.54 7,760.27 -0.16 8,215.57 0.31 24,692.25 0.01 9,159.26 0.46 7,278.83 -1.42 6,174.98 -1.28 4,153.00 -1.62 5,639.56 -0.41 5,153.50 -1.21 6,228.28 -0.69 14,298.19 -0.16 39,930.56

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

London Stock Exchange G 4,324.50 Micro Focus International 1,327.75 Marks & Spencer Group 281.55 Mondi 1,739.50 Melrose 160.90 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 248.03 National Grid 835.55 NMC Health 3,158.00 Next 5,044.00 Ocado Group 840.80 Paddy Power Betfair 6,447.50 Prudential 1,492.50 Persimmon 2,188.00 Pearson 878.80 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,686.50 Royal Bank of Scotland G (The) 233.30 Royal Dutch Shell 2,470.75 Royal Dutch Shell 2,525.25 RELX 1,505.00 Rio Tinto 3,667.50 Royal Mail 354.00 Rightmove 429.85 Rolls-Royce Group 849.60 Randgold Resources 6,373.00 RSA Insurance Group 545.00 Rentokil Initial 287.60 Sainsbury (J) 302.15 Schroders 2,736.50 Sage Group (The) 539.10 Segro 622.70 Shire 4,534.25 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,484.00 Standard Life Aberdeen 257.68 Smith (DS) 372.25 Smiths Group 1,271.75 Scottish Mor In Trust 473.58 Smith & Nephew 1,264.50 SSE 1,143.00 Standard Chartered 535.00 St James's Place 1,005.00 Severn Trent 1,867.50 Tesco 213.60 TUI AG 1,293.25 Taylor Wimpey 151.55 Unilever 4,110.25 United Utilities Group 716.60 Vodafone Group 148.52 John Wood Group 707.70 WPP Group 1,044.25 Whitbread 4,394.00

CHANGE(P) -30.50 -13.25 -0.15 -43.50 -3.55 -2.07 6.25 -42.00 -10.00 -15.20 -37.50 -12.50 -2.00 0.40 -23.50 -1.70 -27.25 -23.25 -7.00 -32.50 -4.90 -3.85 -10.80 77.00 -3.00 -7.90 -1.45 -28.50 -8.90 -9.50 28.75 -34.00 -4.62 -8.75 -16.25 -9.67 -5.00 4.50 -5.40 -29.50 11.00 0.60 -12.25 0.30 -5.25 5.20 -1.04 -2.30 1.25 -70.00

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-0.70 -0.99 -0.05 -2.44 -2.16 -0.83 0.75 -1.31 -0.20 -1.78 -0.58 -0.83 -0.09 0.05 -0.35 -0.72 -1.09 -0.91 -0.46 -0.88 -1.37 -0.89 -1.26 1.22 -0.55 -2.67 -0.48 -1.03 -1.62 -1.50 0.64 -1.35 -1.76 -2.30 -1.26 -2.00 -0.39 0.40 -1.00 -2.85 0.59 0.28 -0.94 0.20 -0.13 0.73 -0.70 -0.32 0.12 -1.57

15,287.62 5,753.42 4,624.39 6,650.73 7,986.97 5,922.88 28,133.35 6,308.78 7,112.78 5,910.92 5,482.53 38,865.46 6,830.60 6,832.75 47,470.75 28,361.54 114,520.98 96,221.55 29,903.37 47,913.32 3,444.00 3,794.26 16,441.29 5,918.07 5,627.05 5,600.05 6,694.73 6,319.59 5,946.15 6,423.58 41,234.96 5,882.88 7,604.56 5,273.56 5,127.15 7,011.50 11,096.57 11,805.08 18,054.73 5,481.25 4,468.39 21,016.81 7,704.45 4,960.88 48,467.16 4,897.32 40,731.79 4,951.56 13,040.84 8,327.91

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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

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COMPANY 3M AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CO CATERPILLAR CHEVRON 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 TRAVELERS CIES UNITED TECHNOLOGIE UNITEDHEALTH GROUP VERIZON COMMS VISA WAL-MART STORES WALGREENS BOOTS WALT DISNEY CO

PRICE 201,360 104,5100 220,650 355,980 128,710 117,21 45,760 45,97 56,07 81,15 221,60 178,7500 130,02 45,0100 106,3600 138,6800 166,6300 72,57 109,630 74,90 44,3700 86,600 124,07 126,40 262,19 54,98 140,64 97,1400 77,65 118,2700

CHANGE% +0,76% -2,08% +0,61% -0,08% -1,99% -0,79% +0,93% -0,78% -2,47% -1,00% -2,36% -0,61% +0,71% +2,30% -1,44% -0,27% -0,51% +0,30% +0,89% +0,93% -0,29% -0,80% -1,59% -1,77% -1,17% +0,15% +0,40% -0,01% +0,39% -0,53%

CHANGE VOLUME(M) 1,510 118.267,14 -2,2200 90.057,66 1,340 1.065.723,17 -0,280 204.593,90 -2,610 76.763,07 -0,93 224.591,60 0,420 215.203,88 -0,36 195.485,58 -1,42 129.478,45 -0,82 343.489,03 -5,36 83.677,79 -1,1000 204.480,38 0,92 118.696,38 1,0100 207.495,00 -1,5500 353.855,81 -0,3700 372.339,71 -0,8600 129.512,12 0,22 193.054,94 0,970 840.666,63 0,69 95.390,88 -0,1300 260.219,04 -0,700 215.561,19 -2,00 33.235,55 -2,28 101.211,80 -3,11 252.553,01 0,08 227.070,52 0,56 250.011,36 -0,0100 284.409,41 0,30 73.693,13 -0,6300 175.985,42 M - MILLION DOLLARS

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Most Advanced American Railcar Industries, Inc. GRAVITY Co., Ltd. Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. T2 Biosystems, Inc. Funko, Inc. PetMed Express, Inc. Scholar Rock Holding Corporation Yintech Investment Holdings Limited Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. Ceragon Networks Ltd. LexinFintech Holdings Ltd.

$ 70 $ 26.80 $ 6.06 $ 5.28 $ 20.08 $ 30.64 $ 22.83 $ 6.23 $ 5.31 $ 3.74 $ 10.29

23.71 ▲ 51.22% 4.40 ▲ 19.64% 0.70 ▲ 13.06% 0.54 ▲ 11.39% 1.86 ▲ 10.21% 2.65 ▲ 9.47% 1.97 ▲ 9.44% 0.52 ▲ 9.11% 0.43 ▲ 8.81% 0.30 ▲ 8.72% 0.82 ▲ 8.66%

$ 7.55 $ 4.43 $ 19.50 $ 21.12 $ 11.67 $ 3.08 $ 9.80 $ 5.51 $ 39.89 $ 6.24 $ 11.93

3.21 ▼ 29.83% 1.85 ▼ 29.46% 5.35 ▼ 21.53% 5.24 ▼ 19.88% 2.71 ▼ 18.85% 0.70 ▼ 18.52% 2.11 ▼ 17.72% 1.18 ▼ 17.64% 8.30 ▼ 17.22% 1.19 ▼ 16.02% 2.21 ▼ 15.63%

Most Declined Adaptimmune Therapeutics plc Aduro Biotech, Inc. Opus Bank Clovis Oncology, Inc. Kura Oncology, Inc. Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. Zions Bancorporation N.A. Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. Nektar Therapeutics ImmunoGen, Inc. Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

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FEATURE

Money rules the world

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT YET again we see a bunch of arrogant, socalled world leaders assassinate someone who disagrees with their policies.

I think this rather bears out my recent column on governments stopping at nothing to eliminate any individual or group that may threaten their positions or control.

However, what worries me about these two recent murders, is the almost unbelievable incompetence of those who organised these utterly despicable ‘hits.’ If their government’s level of intelligence is to be judged by these glaringly flawed acts of murder, it makes me extremely nervous regarding any decisions they may need to make on world issues.

Mind you, I was more surprised with Putin’s botched assassination efforts than the Saudis. I did credit the Russian hierarchy as having a bit more savvy than the arrogant bunch who reign supreme over the sandy wastelands of Saudi Arabia.

Having lived amongst them for some eight years, I can tell you that the only thing they have truly learned from the 21st century is that their money can buy virtually anything.

I do feel however, that with the recent atrocious act of cruelty, against an unfortunate journalist who wanted nothing more than legal papers for his upcoming marriage, they may have just underestimated the intelligence of

MURDERED: Will the truth about Jamal Khashoggi’s death ever come to light? even Donald Trump. What they failed to realise, in their barely disguised threats to disrupt world oil supplies should their explanations not be accepted, is that unlike Russia, heavy sanctions would have them on their knees within in months.

They manufacture nothing, grow nothing of

note and the heaviest work they are prepared to do is lift a pen to sign some lucrative deal or other. Without their imports, they would very soon be made to realise that you can’t eat oil or weapons of war.

Having said that, you can rest assured that it will all sort itself out sooner or later. Money

still rules the world and is far more important than the life of the occasional rogue journalist or alleged traitor (or the sacrifice of those they set up to do the job!).

In fact to these people, wealth is more important than millions of lives, as long as the results cement their positions of power. Mark my words, the faceless money-men who really run the planet, are burning the midnight oil and puffing frantically on their ‘Double Coronas’ as we speak!

I’m rather more worried about the America/Russia nuclear treaty situation. With two highly arrogant individuals of somewhat flaky intellect in charge of their respective big red buttons, I fear we could find ourselves back in the dangerous situation we experienced in the Cold War/Cuban crisis of the 60’s.

This time it is far more volatile. Iran, India, North Korea, Israel and Pakistan are now all nuclear powers. In the event of conflict between the East and West, any one of them, under the misapprehension that they could somehow be the last man standing, could bring down the apocalypse the Bible warns against.

If that happens, we can all put our heads between our legs and whistle up our Barcelona’s!

Keep the faith Love Leapy . leapylee2002@gmail.com

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ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Tonight Emmerdale Emmerdale 1918 Gordon, Gino and Fred: Road Trip ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Car Crash Britain Caught on Camera Judge Rinder's Crime Stories Jackpot247 Tonight

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Take Me Out Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Don't Hate the Playaz Celebrity Juice Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy

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Human Universe Professor Brian Cox explores our origins, place and destiny in the universe.

The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane Blackadder Goes Forth Classic comedy series set during the First World War. Blackadder Goes Forth Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners Top of the Pops Storyville

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Floogals Shimmer and Shine Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Jeremy Vine Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

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9:10am Roxy The Cyrano de Bergerac story gets a high-school spin as self-conscious teen Cyrus reluctantly helps a classmate woo the girl he's secretly in love with.

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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

LOVE him or loathe him, there’s no way you can ignore Donald Trump. Or what’s said or written about his presidency - especially the so-called Russia connection.

But why does he behave the way he does? If he’s innocent of any possible complicity, why does he keep acting as though he’s guilty? If he or his staff played absolutely no part in Russian election interference, why did he sack the FBI director James Comey, an own goal that led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller?

Then there are his business links to Russia and the millions of dollars that reportedly ended up in his property empire from Russian sources. There is, too, that notorious Trump Tower meeting at which Donald Trump Jr allegedly expected to come by some scandal about Hillary Clinton from Russian sources. And there’s Trump himself, who has criticised America’s closest allies and publicly humiliated his FBI, but only ever speaks warmly of Putin, America’s foremost adversary.

Was there genuine collusion between the Kremlin and the Trump election campaign

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From ‘fake news’ to rewriting history

VICTORIOUS: But were Russia involved in Trump’s election win? resulting in his surprise victory?

We’ll probably never know for sure. But one thing is for sure. To those who worship The Donald, he can do no wrong because he is The Donald. To suggest otherwise is worse than lying. It’s heresy. (As set in their ways and as uncompromising as an acquaintance when asked what he thought of the Renault 5. He unhesitatingly replied

they were definitely NOT guilty!)

Trumpflakes mimic Trump - any news they don’t like is dubbed ‘fake news’ or ‘alternative facts’. As for Trump himself, he’s built electoral success on the premise that truth is in the eye of the beholder.

For instance he was once addressing a rally in Kansas City and let slip something that sounded as though it had come straight out of George Orwell's apocalyptic novel, 1984. He said: “Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what's happening.”

Oh, but it is, Mr Trump! Forget your ‘alternative facts.’ This is rewriting history...

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.norajohnson.net) are available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits go to the Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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LEGALLY SPEAKING

How are the votes weighted?

Our community has 27 units of which 14 are villas on plots and 13 are attached row houses.

The community has voted that all homeowners pay an equal share of the costs. One of our owners has now stipulated that the community fees per unit should be ‘As the law says.’ In other words, they should be assigned to each unit according to the coefficient of ownership of the property. What are the voting rights when the fees are charged according to the coefficient?

P V (Costa Blanca) The Law of Horizontal Property David Searl establishes that each prop- You and the Law in Spain erty in a Community of Owners shall pay the yearly fees according to its share of ownership or ‘cuota.’ If some owners have larger apartments or plots, they will pay higher fees. This coefficient of ownership share is set in the original charter of the community not by vote. The law provides that votes are decided by a ‘double majority.’ This means that both individual owners and the weight of their shares must be considered. If your dissenting owner goes to court, the judge will surely order that this system be applied.

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

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Countryfile Autumn Diaries 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Claimed and Shamed 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Hardball 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Invictus Games 2018 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Not Going Out 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

7:00am Letterbox 7:30am Claimed and Shamed 8:15am Money for Nothing 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm The House That £100k Built 3:45pm Nature's Perfect Partners 4:45pm Wild Tales From the Village 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Family Cooking Showdown 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm The Lakes with Paul Rose 10:00pm Made in Great Britain 11:00pm The Mash Report 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Front Row Late 12:40am Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

4:35am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops Janice Long and Mike Read present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 31 July 1986.

9:00pm Blues and Beyond with Cerys Matthews and Val Wilmer 10:00pm Queen: Rock the World 11:00pm The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody 11:55pm Bowie at Glastonbury 2000 1:00am The People's History of Pop 2:00am Top of the Pops 2:30am Sound of Song 3:30am Blues and Beyond with Cerys Matthews and Val Wilmer 4:30am This is BBC Four

10:05am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Undercover Boss USA 12:05pm Ramsay's Hotel Hell 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Coast v Country 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Embarrassing Pets 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Stand Up to Cancer 2018 8:30pm The Muppets for SU2C 9:00pm Carpool Karaoke 9:30pm Stars of Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Liam Gallagher for SU2C 11:30pm More Celebrity Gogglebox 12:00am Aretha Franklin Tribute

8:45am Peppa Pig 8:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:05am Paw Patrol 9:25am Floogals 9:40am Shimmer and Shine 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

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4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am World Cup Rivalries: Brazil v Italy 7:20am The Chase 8:20am Kojak 9:20am Quincy, M.E. 10:25am Minder 11:30am The Saint 12:35pm The Avengers 1:45pm Darts It's a busy afternoon on day two in Dortmund with eight first round games taking place.

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I Do...Until I Don't Comedy about a filmmaker hoping to show that marriage is an archaic idea that needs a rethink.

Final Score: Special Roxy Coco I Do...Until I Don't The 15:17 to Paris Roxy I Do...Until I Don't Coco The 15:17 to Paris Fifty Shades Freed Angelica Hostile I Am Gangster The Wound

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Housewife 49 Sparkling Cyanide Agatha Christie's Poirot Lewis Midsomer Murders Endeavour Inspector Morse A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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6:10am The Big Bang Theory 7:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 7:55am Made in Chelsea 9:05am The Goldbergs 9:30am The Goldbergs 10:05am The Goldbergs 10:35am The Goldbergs 11:05am The Goldbergs 11:35am Young Sheldon 12:00pm Young Sheldon 12:30pm Young Sheldon 1:00pm Young Sheldon 1:30pm Young Sheldon 2:00pm Father of the Bride 4:05pm The Great British Bake Off 5:25pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 5:35pm The Big Bang Theory 6:05pm The Big Bang Theory 6:35pm The Big Bang Theory 7:05pm The Big Bang Theory 7:35pm The Big Bang Theory 8:05pm The Big Bang Theory 8:35pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Fast and Furious 6 12:35am Gogglebox 1:35am Gogglebox

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True democracy more complicated DEMOCRACY, well now we dream of that, all of us in our hearts, but the ruling on the case where Northern Irish bakers refused to bake a cake with a gay theme (Leapy Lee Issue 1737), was not democratic as I see it.

The bakery is in the business of baking cakes, what the required writing on the cake has to do with the cake making business is beyond my understanding, it was just a personal choice similar to Aunt Bridget’s birthday. Real democracy would not get involved with such nonsense. We are all in this life together, but when we side against ‘the other’ it leads to dreadful outcomes as what else is war?

If we continue to think with ideas of majorities versus minorities we will never understand democracy or what it is attempting to be - that simplification is just majority rules which in its truest sense is not actually what democracy means.

Maureen Comyn

HAVE YOUR SAY

WHILST I sympathise with ‘Kev’ whose wallet was stolen from his rucksack at Alicante airport, (Some editions Issue 1736) I’d love to be able to ask him, if at any stage of his journey, did he have that rucksack on his back? There are gangs operating around crowded areas such as airports, and they are so skilled, they could take that wallet in the blink of an eye, and you wouldn’t feel a thing.

Gang warning WATCH OUT: Thieves can strike in a flash.

Seamus Neary Editor’s note: ‘Kev’ reported that he had his wallet stolen while going through airport security.

Radio times OUT of deference to the true pioneers of English Radio in the Balearics, I feel I must correct your columnist, Laura Penn, on

her recent claim to have been the instigator of the first Englishspeaking radio station on Mallorca.

In fact, English radio was first introduced to the Balearic Islands

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by Ricky ‘Lash’ Lazaar, an American cohort of the legendary Errol Flynn, from his club in Palma in the early 80’s. It then progressed to the studios of Antenna 3 in Palma where it continued to

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Surge in migrant arrivals to Spain despite recent storms Apart from a bit of Press censorship Algeria is a reasonable country. There is no reason for anyone to pretend they are ‘refugees’, or seeking asylum. Send them back.

PM

Record cruise numbers on the Costa Blanca Cruise ships harm not only passengers of the cruise but all those in the vicinity of the ship at 150 tons of fuel a day which releases as much particulate matter into the air as about one million automobiles each day… plus the entire industry dumps over one billion gallons of sewage yearly in our seas… not to mention the disruption of tourists in our ports… they don’t make residents happy in the places they visit…

Felipe And everyone is talking about cars and their emissions, so why are we getting so many cruise ships and other ships letting out so much rubbish. Why are they not paying more, because it is all about money, and the car drivers are easy pickings.

R Besomi

British Consulate to tour the Costa to give Brexit advice

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WATCH: Gang of drug smugglers turned migrant traffickers held in Spain

What about the hundreds and thousands who do not live on the Costas? We need information as well.

Alan Bowman

I don’t think we should let them drown, but they should be sent back where they came from. They are economic migrants not asylum seekers. The people bringing them in should be locked up.

Naimah

SHOCKING: More than one third of all people in Malaga Province are at risk of poverty

WATCH: ‘English hooligans’ trash the streets of Sevilla ahead of Nations League clash with Spain

They are bringing migrants in by the thousands and there are Spanish people living in poverty, there is something wrong here.

Edgar

Find ’em, arrest ’em, JAIL ’em.

This poor guy was never helped??

gloating) as if a dangerous fugitive when already dead… pathetic…

Felipe

Colin

Emu dies from ‘stress’ afPLASTIC TRAP: Distressing ter one-mile police chase deer stuck in bottle snap in Spain Oh how brave and courageous to chase a frightened goes viral in Spain bird with motorbikes and then pounce on it (and Michael

broadcast in English for a wide audience over the next 13 years.

It employed over a dozen DJs, one of the most popular being your own Leapy Lee. If only from a purely historical point of v i e w, I h o p e y o u c a n s e e y o u r way to correcting this extremely misleading, and to many ex ‘Lash’ fans, somewhat distressing report.

Sylvan Whittingham

Expensive move CAN anyone help with a problem that affects the residents of Canillas de Albaida (Axarquia). If you want to sell your property, you need a DAFO certificate issued by the town hall. The cost is €7,000.

C o m p e t a c h a rg e € 3 , 5 0 0 a n d Archez €2,500. Have you any suggestions as to why? It would be very interesting to know what other local authorities are charging to sell properties.

Dennis Haslam Editor ’s note: DAFO certificates were brought in by the Junta de Andalucia in response to the estimated 200,000 ‘illegally’ built homes in the region, and affect rural properties. These were often given building licences by local town halls, which were later declared invalid.

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The Goldbergs Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Don't Tell the Bride The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Happy Together New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Crocodile Dundee Celebs Go Dating Club Rep Wars The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory First Dates Celebs Go Dating Club Rep Wars Rude Tube Hollyoaks Omnibus

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Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas

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Letterbox Claimed and Shamed Money for Nothing Eat Well for Less Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live World Gymnastics Championships Coast Blue Planet II Eggheads Antiques Road Trip Letterbox Strictly it Takes Two Family Cooking Showdown Saving Lives at Sea The Fires That Foretold Grenfell Later Live... with Jools Holland Newsnight Weather NFL Mediterranean with Simon Reeve The Lakes with Paul Rose Heir Hunters with Michael Buerk This is BBC Two

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10:35am Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas 12:15pm Phantom Thread Daniel Day-Lewis stars as a celebrated British dressmaker who falls in love with shy but strongwilled waitress Vicky Krieps.

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Football Years Football Countdowns EFL One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns SPFL Round Up Show SPFL Greatest Games MLS Round Up Show EFL Football's Greatest Football Countdowns One2eleven One2eleven One2eleven One2eleven Football Years Football Countdowns Carabao Cup Highlights Carabao Cup Highlights MLS Round Up Show Football The Debate - Live The Football Show

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Man-size tissues at the ready TV COUCH CRITIC

by Adam Whalley-Lewis …OR should that be ‘non gender specific, large tissues at the ready,’ well, whatever you call them, we needed them on Sunday evening when BBC1’s drama The Cry came to an end. It seems to have been running for much longer than four weeks and what a journey Joanna and Alistair have been on.

Do you remember the scenes on the flight to Australia and the harrowing intrusion of the Press? I won’t give away the ending, just in case you were doing something else on Sunday, you know, like trying to save your finca from a Biblical storm, but enough to say Stella Gonet (Alistair’s Mum, Elizabeth) steals the show. You can binge watch The Cry on BBC iPlayer.

Whilst BBC1 were concluding things down under, ITV were ensuring that Monday’s chat at the water cooler wouldn’t be dull, by showing the second instalment of Butterfly. Max is now Maxine and all Hell is breaking out. Two scenes stood out on Sunday, the brilliant Alison Stead-

CRYING SHAME: BBC1’s The Cry came to an end on Sunday evening. man (granny) declaring that Maxine is no grandson of hers - quite right granny, Maxine is now your granddaughter and secondly, Dad Stephen calling out the school bullies by reminding them that knocking someone out in order to protect a loved one from a hate crime is all right in his book. This is hard hitting stuff, tackling a subject most of us know little about, whilst pushing some TV boundaries too.

Episodes one and two are available on the ITV Hub, episode three is on ITV next Sunday.

Strictly not mentioning THAT kiss, Come Dancing continued over the weekend. Bruno was off doing something else, so Alfonso Ribeiro joined the judges and made a big impression. As much as we love Bruno, Alfonso was a hit, so I hope that whatever Mr T was doing was worth it because the Fresh Prince star looked really comfortable in the fourth judge’s chair. Vicki and Graziano left the show on Sunday. Let’s hope Bruno is allowed back this weekend for the Halloween special.

I’m not much of a fan of breakfast shows on TV, Radio 4 does it for me, but ITV’s Good Morning Britain rattled a few cages last week and this time it wasn’t Piers Morgan who had the masses screaming at their TV over the cornflakes (or wheatgerm toast with honey, depending on your post code) no, this time it was Ben and Charlotte who ignited the blue touch paper and then failed to retire to a safe distance. Ben and Charlotte were discussing Disney movies being banned or rewritten to reflect ‘modern women’ with two experts (where do they find these people?) both of whom liked the sound of their own voices way too much. We didn’t reach a conclusion, Twitter went crazy and I have reported Prince Charming to the Guardia Civil for being a non-feminist. I know where I stand on this topic, but I don’t want to risk overloading the postal service by saying any more.

Looking ahead (I haven’t forgotten, Caroline) The Great Model Railway Challenge continues on Channel 5 on Friday - no more info needed really, Channel 4 is Standing up to Cancer, again on Friday and if you are in the mood for a late night movie, Deepwater Horizon is on CH4 on Sunday night.

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Letterbox Claimed and Shamed Money for Nothing Great British Menu Great British Menu Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live World Gymnastics Championships Coast Eggheads Antiques Road Trip Letterbox Strictly it Takes Two Family Cooking Showdown Inside the Factory Trust The Apprentice: You're Fired!

Newsnight Weather House of Saud: A Family at War Without Limits: Australia

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Beyond 100 Days Iceberg: Dangerous Earth 9:00pm Teenage Tommies History documentary paying a moving tribute to the teenage heroes of the Great War by unearthing the most powerful stories of Britain's boy soldiers.

10:00pm The Secret Story of Stuff: Materials of the Modern Age 11:00pm The Thirteenth Tale Psychological drama adapted from the novel by Diane Setterfield.

12:30am Fear Itself 2:00am Treasures of the Louvre 3:30am Carved with Love: The Genius of British Woodwork 4:30am Iceberg: Dangerous Earth

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Teleshopping Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Agatha Christie's Poirot The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Agatha Christie's Poirot Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie's Poirot Safe House Safe House Law and Order: UK Law and Order: UK ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Hollyoaks New Girl Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Made in Chelsea SU2C Charity Single 8:50pm Crocodile Dundee II 11:00pm Celebs Go Dating 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:35am The Big Bang Theory

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Cryptic Across 1 Anna taught here in Asia Minor (4) 3 Cause to lose weight? I came back and ate! (8) 9 Watches The Seekers (7) 10 This set of rooms sounds charming (5) 11 Stick out bent bugle (5) 12 Missing seaman dispatched (6) 14 Feel bitter about Sterne novel (6) 16 Some critic and leading light (6) 19 Clergyman beginning to prevent crime (6) 21 Tries different examination again (5) 24 Thin Egyptian finding slippery substance (5) 25 Fibre for number one gallery (7) 26 Fast athlete comes second to office worker (8) 27 Small county in which flowers are grown (4) Down 1 He composed Butchers' Dance (8) 2 Cancel year-book, it has a letter missing (5) 4 Accident caused by masthead on a ship at sea? (6) 5 Scots change prices (5) 6 After a shuffle, dealing is in order (7) 7 Constantly veer off (4) 8 Humiliate within the wide meaning of the word (6) 13 Ring leader is French and less

impatient (8) 15 Less salubrious fish I follow with a little ruler (7) 17 Contracted in meagre education (6) 18 Recruit an engineer with lots of time

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available (6) 20 Polish lady has a nurse (5) 22 Shiver when she drinks a cocktail (5) 23 Invites not to start tasks (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents R and 7 represents J, so fill in R every time the figure 3 appears and J every time the figure 7 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 Be upright (5) 4 Identify and correct computer errors (5) 7 Deadlock (9) 8 Deep, translucent red (4) 10 Holds up (6) 12 Parents and their children (6) 13 Fearless and daring (4) 16 Helper (9) 18 Edges (5) 19 Sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid (5)

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

Across 7 Folder (para papeles, documentos) (7) 9 Hasta (5) 10 Selfish (7) 11 Sentido (5) 12 Jarabe (líquido) (5) 14 Margaritas (7) 16 Sospechoso (comportamiento) (7) 18 Cuellos (5) 20 Con frecuencia (5) 22 Sobrinos (7) 24 Heel (5) 25 Patinete (7)

Down 1 Cut off from a whole (5) 2 Foolish person (3) 3 Unable to hear (4) 4 Type of fuel (6) 5 Swaggering show of courage (7) 6 Conjecture (5) 9 Bewildered (7) 11 Shuts (6) 12 Apartments (5) 14 Popular pub game (5) 15 Rod used by a magician (4) 17 Digit of the foot (3)

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

Down 1 Tornillos (6) 2 Rainbow (4,4) 3 Abejas (4) 4 Pregunta (8) 5 Tuna (4) 6 Alicates (6) 8 Coffin (5) 13 Embarazada (8) 15 Uncertain (8) 16 Pantalones cortos (6) 17 Melodías (5) 19 Tailor (6) 21 Cloth (fabric) (4) 23 Worse (4)

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

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You are likely to reveal information unintentionally. You’ll find it easy to charm members of the opposite sex this week. Have some fun, but draw the line if someone tries to fast talk their way into your heart.

You have to let go of your past if you wish to get out of any sentimental mood that might be hanging over your head. Your lucky day this week will be Saturday.

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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) New partnerships will develop if you join investment groups.

Property investments could be prosperous.

You can’t do everything on your own. Family responsibilities are escalating. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

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

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

Don’t give out any personal information that you don’t want spread around. You could lose a good friend because of it. Learn some new skills that will increase your income. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday

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1 Cama, 3 Pavement, 8 Soldado, 9 Matar, 10 Attic, 11 Cartera, 12 Ganado, 13 Mancha, 16 Soplete, 18 Cards, 20 Isles, 21 Chapels, 22 Survivor, 23 Tajo.

1 Lashes, 4 Hordes, 9 Snapper, 10 Curse, 11 Enter, 12 Service, 13 Overpowered, 18 Traitor, 20 Ticks, 22 Plume, 23 Concede, 24 Astral, 25 Hamlet.

Down: 1 Cesta, 2 Maletin, 4 At once, 5 Entre, 6 Terraza, 7 Fancy dress, 9 Mercancías, 12 Gossips, 14 Ciruela, 15 Tercio, 17 Pelar, 19 Susto.

Down: 1 Lasted, 2 Slant, 3 Emperor, 5 Oscar, 6 Dormice, 7 Seemed, 8 Aristocracy, 14 Viaduct, 15 Estonia, 16 Utopia, 17 Aspect, 19 Theta, 21 Creel.

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Down: 1 Lark, 2 Nectar, 3 Sell, 4 Permanent, 5 Annual, 7 Terminate, 11 Deacon, 12 Walrus, 15 Ages, 16 None.

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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You can’t make things better if you don’t know what to fix. You may interest people in a service you have to offer. Work quietly behind the scenes for best results. Don’t hesitate to look for alternatives that will enable you to raise the kind of donations you need to do the job right. Your lucky day this week will be Monday.

ers carefully. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Those you work with may have little consideration for the underdog.

You can raise your standard of living if you pick up some freelance work on the side.

Don’t jump into investments too quickly. Try not to overreact to the loss. Your lucky day this week will be Tuesday.

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

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) You can ferret out secret information if you just listen to what others have to say. Travel will be good if you are seeking knowledge.

Minor accidents may occur if you don’t concentrate on what you’re doing. Problems with financial investments could make you nervous. Your lucky day this week will be Wednesday.

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

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Arguments with children or friends may leave you steaming. You will have excellent ideas and you should be able to help your partner get ahead. Concern yourself with legal matters and formulating contracts rather than finalising your objectives.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20)

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Your ability to visualise will help you convince others of the possibilities. Insincere gestures of friendliness may be misleading.

Spend some time with people who can shed some light on your personal situation. Don’t be too quick to voice your opinion. Listen to oth-

You need to sit back and enjoy.

Things have been moving so quickly that you need to do something physical to release your tension. Unexpected changes in friendships could occur. Make creative changes to your living quarters.

QUIZ: REINVENTING THE QUIZ 1. In 1895, which pair of French brothers patented their Cinmatographe, a cine camera and projector in one?

They also invented the improved autochrome process of colour photography.

2. Thought to have originally been invented by the ancient Babylonians, what was a clepsydra?

3. What the name of the American inventor who took out the first of more than 1,000 patents at the age of 21? His inventions include the phonograph, the motion picture camera and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

4. What was the nationality of Ernő Rubik, the inventor of the 3-D combination puzzle the Rubik's Cube?

5. Which 19th century British scientist’s inventions of electromagnetic rotary devices formed the foundation of electric motor technology?

6. Which heat-resistant, strong synthetic fibre was invented by the Polish-American chemist Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965?

7. Which influential American musician formed the avant-garde rock group the Mothers of Invention in California in 1964?

8. Which of the following toys was invented first: Crayola Crayons, Etch-a-Sketch or Mr Potato Head?

9. Which pop group took their name from an 18th century English agriculturist who invented the seed drill?

10. Which type of waterproof raincoat made out of rubberised fabric that was first sold in 1824, is named after its Scottish inventor?

Not a lot of people know that… Mikhail Kalishnikov, inventor of the AK-47, greatly regretted having invented the weapon, and is quoted as saying “I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work, for example a lawnmower.”

Answers: 1. LUMIÈRE BROTHERS (Auguste and Louis), 2. AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING TIME

BY THE TRICKLING OF WATER (WATER CLOCK), 3. THOMAS EDISON, 4.

HUNGARIAN (born in Budapest), 5.

MICHAEL FARADAY, 6. KEVLAR, 7. FRANK ZAPPA, 8. CRAYOLA CRAYONS (1903), Etch-A-Sketch (1960), Mr Potato Head (1949), 9. JETHRO TULL, 10. MACKINTOSH (named after Charles Macintosh)

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Throughout autumn, Medcare is releasing an array of dazzling treatment packages and skincare products with great prices, for men and women. Many patients want to take care of themselves and their appearance, but also, they would like to treat a special friend or partner.

What better way to do this than with a fabulous treatment or bespoke package? If you are unsure what your friend requires but still want to get them a thoughtful gift, Medcare sells gift cards. These are the ideal gift for birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas or weddings!

One of the secrets to Medcare’s success is that it is a ‘Polyclinic’. It has numerous different departments for health and well-being all under one roof, and as such can offer patients treatments from two or more areas in one package.

One of the most recent examples of this is the Complete Beautiful Smile package. This not only gives the patient the opportunity to enhance their smile with professional teeth whitening, but looks after the smile as a whole by incorporating lip fillers and two chemical skin peels as well! This package displays true synergy between the dental and aesthetics department, and

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Get glowing THE recent trend towards healthy, glowing complexions has also seen a move away from traditional ‘scrub’ type exfoliators to their slightly more sophisticated chemical cousins.

Although the words ‘acid peel’ may bring to mind horror stories of red, angry skin, many new formulas created using natural plant or sugar acids can be gently effective.

What’s more, because acids ‘gobble’ up dead skin cells rather than simply sloughing them off, they can provide a multitude of additional benefits, including higher cell PIXI: Suitable for all skin types.

turnover, increased collagen production, reduction in hyperpigmentation from sun damage (definitely a plus in Spain) and improvement in skin tone.

Skin peels use one or more acids and come in a variety of forms, from toners to masks and skin pads to serums. The chemicals used range from glycolic acid derived from sugar, to malic acid from apples, and citric acid from fruit.

There is also salicylic acid, a very strong and drying form of acid derived from plants. This is generally only advised for topical use, for example on a blemish rather than all over the face.

In contrast, one of the gentlest acids, lactic acid, is derived from milk and provides a very light exfoliation. In fact, for an all-over gentle body exfoliation you can simply add a small amount of powdered milk to your

bath (just don’t mind the slight dairy smell!).

So are acid peels for you?

Unless you suffer from eczema or another skin condition, or have particularly sensitive skin, you can generally find a peel gentle enough to work for you. The less sensitive your skin is and the longer you have been using acids - the stronger the formula you will be able to use.

Sensitive and normal skin will benefit from the gentlest of peels in the form of a toner or serum, such as Pixi Glow Tonic which offers a mixture of gentle acids from €12 and promises to ‘reveal a brighter, glowing complexion.’

Oily, acne-prone or mature skins may be able to take slightly stronger formulas such as the Dr Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Universal Daily Peel pads, from €16.50, which claims to lessen,

‘depth of lines,’ and reduce, ‘visibility of pores,’ as well as getting to work on sun damage.

The main thing to remember, whatever your skin type,

is that acids make your skin more sensitive to sun burn and hyperpigmentation, and so you should regularly use an SPF 30 to 50 for at least two weeks afterwards.

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BLOW DRYING. Straightening. Curling. There are plenty of ways to damage our hair in the name of styling.

Whilst we can limit the damage by using lower heat, heat protectors and hydrating products, is there a way of limiting the harm at the source?

Dyson certainly seem to think so.

Perhaps better known for its hoovers than its haircare, the brand has sought to make in-roads in the beauty market,

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Heat without the hurt? first launching a hairdryer two years ago and now a hair multi-tool.

The Dyson Airwrap Hair Styler comes with a hefty price tag (€499.99) but promises to take the hassle and damage out of styling. Designed to be used on wet hair, the tool also comes

with six attachments, using a mixture of warm air and suction to draw hair in before drying and styling.

Using less heat than straighteners, a maximum 150 degrees Celsius compared to a typical straightener at 185 degrees, the tool promises less break-

age and shorter styling times.

The Airwrap works by ‘gripping’ the hair using innovative technology, eliminating the need for clips or barrels and creates large or small curls. Other attachments include a dryer and heated brush to straighten and dry hair.

HEALTH & BEAUTY If spending almost €500 on a hair product doesn’t appeal to you, there are other multi-tools designed to reduce the stress and time of styling.

At around a 10th of the price is the Babybliss Airstyler Big Hair (€46.45).

This heated brush can style hair from wet using a spinning ceramic barrel to recreate the effect of a professional blow dry, either curling hair or drying it straight..

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Back in matte MAYBELLINE NEW YORK: Has launched a new range. ness and creasing, but despair not. Gone are the cakey, dehydrating formulas of yesteryear, and in are moisturising products offering a blurred, perfecting look. The even better news? Matte formulas tend to stay on the lip longer than glossier ones and leave fewer marks on cups and glasses.

So if you want to be ‘on trend’ just in time for party season, why not try out either of this week’s newest releases including Chanel’s Rouge Liquid Powder lipstick, €35, or MAC’s Powder Kiss, €19.50. Both formulas offer full coverage with a matte, soft-focus finish, which promises to even out imperfections.

Chanel’s launch offers a range of six shades from nudes to bright reds, while MAC offers slightly more se-

lection with 15 shades, including some deeper berry colours and beiges.

For a more budget-friendly option, earlier this month, L’Oreal Paris launched a limited edition collection in collaboration with French fashion designer, Isabel Marant.

Labelled L’Oreal Paris X Isabel Marant Color Riche Lipstick, the collection of seven shades is enriched with camellia oil, ‘for enhanced comfort,’ and is available from €8.34.

Last month, Maybelline New York also launched its Super Stay Matte Ink City Collection, with five shades of hydrating matte colour from €6.50.

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FOR more than a year now the hottest beauty trend has been for glowing, youthful looking skin.

The look saw major cosmetics companies move away from powder finish foundations, primers and moisturisers to lighter formulas promising the dewy glow of a teenager.

Even blushers and eyeshadows got in on the act with powders replaced by creams, gels and glosses.

Highlighters - formerly the preserve of the 1980’s - also came back on trend with subtle cream and liquid formulas used to gently add glow to cheekbones and brow bones.

While the ‘lit from within’ trend shows no signs of abating, a raft of new products released this week show the look has evolved for autumn and winter, pairing a naturally glowing face with a sophisticated matte lip.

This may not seem like good news for those of us who equate matte with dry-

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Update on food, drink, entertainments, what’s on and weekly happenings

THE annual ‘Gladrags and Cava’ event, staged by the Associacion Protectora Animales Horadada (APAH) is back by public demand.

It’s one of two fundraisers being staged by the group of volunteers next month.

Taking place on Tuesday, November 6, it’s an evening in Bar Las Rosas near to the association’s shop in San Miguel.

Everybody is invited to join the group for a glass of cava and browse through a selection of clothes for sale, many of them still with the original tags, blingy shoes and handbags, the majority of which are suitable for Christmas cruising and partying.

APAH held two of these events at the end of last year, which according to organisers were a great success - so much so they have been asked to stage another.

APAH became a registered association in 2000, and receives no official funding. It carries out its rescue work with cats and dogs through money raised in its two shops

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Glitsy event for animals in need

PRINCE: This Galgo is one of the dogs rescued by APAH. in Pilar de la Horadada and San Miguel de Salinas, as well as donations and fundraising events.

APAH’s second Dog Show of 2018, will be held on Sunday, November 18.

Further details will be released very shortly.

To find out more, call 616 210 850 or 630 422 563. Alternatively, email: apahres cue@hotmail.co.uk.

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Ancient world exhibit THIS week is the final chance to see a photography exhibition featuring pictures themed on ancient civilisation being held in Mula in the Murcia region.

The El Latido de las Piedreas (The Heartbeat of Stones) winds up next Wednesday and it was launched on Thursday September 27. It is being held at the El Cigarralejo Museum of Iberian Art. It features more than 20 photographs of archaeological finds including a terracotta mask, a relief from Pirgi which is housed in a Rome museum and the Victory of Samotracia from the Louvre in Pariso.

The exhibit also includes a film by Nestor Giuliodoro and Isabel Martinez themed on the Ancient World.

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PICTURE PERFECT: The exhibit features pictures of ancient artefacts. the Western Mediterranean.

The organisers said the display was designed to show different schools of thought that have influenced and shaped Western culture.

The display also includes famous phrases from classical writers including Cato,

Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Plautus, Terence, Seneca and Sallust.

The exhibition is open until next Wednesday between the hours of 10am and 2pm during week days and 11am to 2pm at the weekend. It is not open on Monday.

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A Festival of Fiesta

Halloween happening THE town of Rojales is having fun with Halloween this year, with a special fiesta on the scariest of nights, October 31.

There will be plenty going on at both the Capitol Theatre and the Malecon del Soto, and from 5pm to 8pm at the Theatre, youngsters can enjoy the ‘Tunnel of Terror’ before the adults’ turn from 9pm with entry costing just €4.

From 6.30pm, activities in the Malecon del Soto include learning how to paint terrifying images on paper and faces, get pumpkin bags for your goodies, a spooky appearance by the local dance school and lots of hot chocolate.

At 8pm the Somnis Teatro of Elche will perform a special Halloween musical ‘Ser Monstruo’ (Becoming a Monster), promising to be a fun packed performance with the opportunity for the youngsters to join in.

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Do you believe in fairies?

A NEW musical for children, produced in Spain and based on JM Barrie’s immortal tale of Peter Pan, will be presented at the Capitol Theatre in Rojales this Saturday, starting at 6pm.

The show, Peter Pan’s Adventures in Neverland,

follows the basic story closely but each scene is full of choreography, comedy, drama and song, and if your child doesn’t speak Spanish, the story is so well-known that they are bound to enjoy the entire evening.

Tickets for this show,

which takes you to a fantasy world of fairies, pirates and lost children has been created by the Animagic Group of Algeciras which specialises in children’s entertainment.

Tickets cost €10 online from http://www.taquillean do.com.

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IF there is one thing that Spanish like to do, that is to party.

If the party season is over then no problem, as the 25th National Fair of Popular Festivals, Expofiesta, takes place on the weekend of November 2 to 4.

The event brings together festival associations from all over, as well as companies involved in making fiestas so much fun, and they will be on view at the Alicante IFA (Trade Fair Centre).

There will be a wide selection of different stalls with costumes, lighting and sound, dance groups, suppliers of floats, bands and in fact anything or anybody who might be involved in helping to make any fiesta a great success.

The fair serves as a meeting point for people to understand the reason for the success of popular festivals, to learn about new traditions, interact, to discover new shows and just to get everyone ready to party!

As well as the chance to chat with those involved, a number of groups will be per-

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EXPOFIESTA: This group knows how to party. forming their specialities, and although perhaps more of a trade fair, with admission costing just €3 for adults and accompanied children under 12 admitted free of charge, this is bound to be a fun event for all of the family.

It is open from 10.30am to 9pm each day.

PETER PAN: A musical show full of fun and magic for all the family.

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Dorothy revealed THE latest release from STUDIO32 introduces prospective audiences to Sarah Hopewell, who will be playing Dorothy in their version of the super soul and gospel musical ‘The Wiz’.

When a tornado sweeps up Dorothy’s house and deposits her in the Land of Oz, she doesn’t know how she is going to get back to Kansas.

She meets lots of strange characters who tell her the only person who can help is The Wiz, who lives in Denim City.

So, Dorothy sets off along the yellow brick road, singing the ballad ‘As Soon As I Get Home’.

Sarah joined STUDIO32 last year, taking part in the chorus of their winter production White Christmas.

She then successfully auditioned

for the lead role of Roxie Hart in the company’s sell-out production of Chicago.

Once again, the company which has already raised nearly €30,000, will be supporting charities from the proceeds, most notably the San Fulgencio Alzheimer’s Society.

Show dates are from Wednesday November 28 to Saturday December 1 at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio, and all performances will start at 7.30pm Reserved seating tickets are now on sale, and are priced at €10. These can be obtained by calling 744 484 933 or reserving by email on tick ets@studiothirtytwo.org and visiting Cards & More, La Marina or The Card Place, Benijofar.

SARAH HOPEWELL: Playing the role of Dorothy.

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Holiday camp hijinks THE Smile Charity Group, is a collective of amateur actors, presenting unique productions in Costa Blanca South, with profits from the performances being shared amongst local charities.

Their latest show ‘Escape from Butlitz’ was written especially for them by the late John Wallace, is described as a hilarious adult comedy set in post-war Britain, and tells of Lenny’s attempts to persuade his wife Lena to stay in a holiday camp, which has more secrets than they expected. Tickets are €10 and include a meal, at the venues and dates as follows; This Friday, Casa Ventura, San Luis. Saturday, Marjal Camping, Guardamar.

Wednesday, November 14, The Club Quesada.

Thursday, November 15, Marjal Camping Guardamar, and Friday, November 16 at The Club Quesada.

Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets can be obtainedfrom The Postroom Benijofar, Oasis Bar Bistro Benijofar or call 665 222 974.

ESCAPE FROM BUTLITZ: Lenny and Lena.

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Dawn of the dead JUST a few days before Halloween, graves will open and zombies will walk the streets of Guardamar del Segura for one night, starting at 11pm on Saturday.

This increasingly popular night sees a mixture of local people and actors taking part in a series of adventures throughout the town for six-and-a-half hours, with prizes being offered to those who manage to stay alive and unaffected until the morning.

There are a number of rules in place for everyone’s safety and anyone aged between 10 and 14 must be accompanied by an adult aged 18 or over at all times.

Under 18’s must have written permission from a parent to take part.

Zombies can’t run, but have to stay in character at all times.

The living may not touch or attack a zombie, or they will be disqualified immediately.

The event takes place in the town with the approval of the

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ZOMBIES: Night of the living dead. council, but participants are reminded that not everyone who lives in Guardamar is taking part and are asked to be respectful to local people and not

make too much noise.

Tickets cost €15 if you want to take part as a zombie, or between €29 (online or from the Correos) or €35 on the night if

you want to try to be a survivor and there are a limited number of tickets for five Survivors costing €95.To find out more, visit www.eventoszombies.com.

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CCORDING to a study by Vía Célere, a property developer specialising in building and managing residential assets, 74 per cent of Spaniards own their own home, with Andalucia (85 per cent), Aragon (76 per cent) and Asturias (75 per cent) leading the way.

In contrast, the data show that 21 per cent of Spaniards live in rented accommodation. By age range, young people between 25 and 34 years old are those who opt to rent to a greater extent, while the Canary Islands (37 per cent), Cataluña (29 per cent) and Galicia (26 per cent), are the autonomous communities with the highest proportion of renters.

The study also shows that 73 per cent of those who live on rent have thought about buying a home. Even so, they acknowledge that they encounter barriers that prevent them from buying, such as lack of money (25 per cent), an

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HOME DREAM: Spanish want to own their property.

unstable work life (24 per cent), a reluctance to sign a mortgage (18 per cent) and the impossibility of obtaining financing (17 per cent).

Thirty-eight per cent of homes owned were bought between 2000 and 2009,

while 37 per cent were purchased before 2000. In addition, six out of 10 Spaniards indicate that the purchase price of their current home was less than €150,000.

Some 84 per cent of Spaniards say they feel quite or very satisfied with their

current home, with Madrid and Andalucia being the best-positioned communities in this regard (91 per cent). Location (68 per cent) and price (64 per cent) appear to be the most important factors when choosing a home, although environmental services and construction quality also play a very important role.

Flats (68 per cent), followed by villas or houses (22 per cent) are the most demanded type of residence in Spain.

In terms of the size and typology of Spanish households, 46 per cent live in dwellings between 81 and 120 m2 and 50 per cent say they live in a newly built dwelling.

The possibility of personalising the dwelling is the characteristic for which 74 per cent of Spaniards would be willing to pay a higher price, followed by an energy rating A (73 per cent) and a large kitchen (70 per cent). Common areas are also very attractive when it comes to choosing a residence. Having a park, a dog area and a bar nearby is highly valued by buyers.

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Ruling on loan tax postponed

By Tara Rippin THE Supreme Court has suspended a decision to make banks responsible for mortgage tax as opposed to buyers, just 24 hours after it was made.

Contrary to an earlier decision made in February, the court last week ruled that lenders should pay the Impuesto sobre Actos Juridicos Documentados (AJD), a tax paid by the borrower at the time of closing, when a notary officially certifies the sale and the loan.

Judges had determined that the bank is the only party with a vested interest in having the loan documented by a notary, as it allows the lender to start foreclosure proceedings if the payments are not made. Because this privilege through public deed is given to the lender, judges deemed they should pay the fee, an announcement that led to heavy falls of the banks on the stock market. It had been suggested that if the estimated eight million mortg a g e h o l d e r s i n S p a i n w e r e t o de m a n d t h e ta x back, it could represent around €24 billion.

But last Friday it was announced that in the coming weeks, a panel of 31 magistrates will decide if it accepts that the bank or the client should pay the tax.

€12.2 million house sale HOUSE in the Madrid region has being sold for €12.2 million in one of the most expensive sales carried out this year, according to a property website.

The property, in the La Moraleja area, is three floors high and covers an area of 2,100 sqm on a plot of around 11,000 square metres, Idealista said.

The sale was carried out through the Everyprop luxury estate agent. Spanish businessman Trinitario Casanova bought the property, according to reports.

Architects Javier de Hita and Javier Lopez Sanchez designed the house in collaboration with Gustavo Ortiz.

The house contains a 220 sqm master suite with two bathrooms.

There are four other suites and two bedrooms in the property, all with en suites.

The first floor houses a gym and an adjoining spa. The garden features a small pond complete with its own waterfall.

SOLD: The house covers 2,100 sqm.

It also features a paddle tennis and mini tennis court and a swimming pool.

The house’s entrance consists of four metre automatic doors that open out onto a 70 sqm foyer.

A staircase and panoramic lift connect the three floors, one of which houses a 140 sqm private cinema with a four-metre wide screen.

The second floor houses living areas, a kitchen, dining rooms and small office cover-

ing a space of 400 sqm.

The third floor features several terraces along with the master suite, its bathrooms and a dressing room which covers 80 sqm on its own.

The property’s modernist design allows for expansive views across its plot of land. It has a garage with room for six cars.

The house has an energy efficiency rating of ‘A’ due to its geothermal air conditioning system, insulation, lighting and treated glass.

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Penthouses remain at top of the market THE penthouse remains the undisputed jewel in the Spanish housing market. Although the value of ground floor apartments has also rebounded, the top floors have increased the pricing gap.

According to real estate portal www.pisos. com the typical penthouse in Spain costs

€275,735 compared to €258,876 in 2017, meaning a year-on-year price increase of 6.51 per cent.

As for ground floor flats, the current average price stands at €143,891 for 85 sqm. In 2017, the price was €139,058, an increase of 3.48 per cent.

The buyer who wants to enjoy good views must

spend 92 per cent more than one who is happy to keep at ground floor level - that is six points higher than last year.

However the figures are to some extent comparing apples to pears as they do not take account of floor areas. The average penthouse sold this year has been 118 sqm.

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House hunters home in onSpain ROPERTY buyers looking for a retreat overseas are understandably turning to Spain, one of the most popular European countries among retirees and young people alike.

Spain is reportedly more affordable for expatriates at the moment than it has been in decades, with day-to-day expenses said to be lower than in the UK. Alicante, on Spain’s eastern Mediterranean coast, is home to about 334,000 people, and not surprisingly so as the city offers all the modern conveniences, including an international airport.

According to real estate agents, apartments can be snapped up in the centre for under €100,000.

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CAPITAL: Madrid combines everything. from convenient air and rail connections, major hospitals, universities, parks, museums and historic centres.

But the cost of living and real estate in Valencia is still cheaper than in Barcelona and Madrid.

Rents for one and two bedroom apartments in decent neighbourhoods start at around €550 a month, while sales start at about €110,000.

Malaga is another at-

tractive location with its pedestrian only city centre and revamped harbour. Apartments start at under €175,000, and around €450 a month to rent.

Stylish Barcelona is popular for retirees because of its climate, culture, infrastructure, public services, accessibility and cost of living.

Around €220,000 will buy a modern apartment for two.

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Warming tips for the home THE winter is almost upon us. The days are getting shorter and temperatures have dropped both outside and inside the house.

Keeping warm is expensive and apparently accounts for more than 70 per cent of household energy consumption at this time of year.

But there are ways to reduce heat consumption, which in turn cuts bills while helping the environment, too.

It sounds obvious, but opening curtains and blinds during the day and closing them at night is a great way to heat your home.

During the daytime, keeping them open lets the sunlight and warmth in.

In the evenings, they act as a layer of insulation to keep heat in the rooms.

If you have radiators, a good idea is to place tinfoil behind them. It helps insulate from the cold and retain warmth in the home. The idea is that the heat is reflected back into the rooms, meaning they warm up faster and stay that way longer.

Setting your central heating boiler to turn on the heat 30 minutes before you get out of bed in the morning, but at a lower temperature, is cheaper than turning it on when you get up at a higher temperature. The same applies to pellet burners.

Rather than leaving the

SOFA: Don’t block heat by placing settee in front of radiators.

heat generators on all day, set the timers to come on for when you return. Pipe-lagging with foam tubes keeps the water inside hotter for longer and protects against the cold.

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WARM HOMES: Opening curtains in the day lets heat in. placing your sofa close to the heating prevents warmth from circulating in the living room as well as damaging your settees.

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don’t allow them to walk your dog alone. They may be able to manage your well behaved pet, but would they cope if attacked by a large stray?

Show children the correct way to befriend other people’s dogs - ask the owner first, then offer a hand for the dog to sniff from below his nose before you pat him. Not all dogs are friendly.

Your child should not approach strays and must never go with strangers to see ‘the puppies at home’!

With visits from other people’s children the general rules apply, but however much he loves them your dog’s ‘level of tolerance’ will be lower if he does not live with children all the time.

Children and dogs must learn together from you, how to get along. If it all gets too much, he may appreciate some time in his indoor kennel or another room. Most dogs need space.

THE same rules apply, especially the ones about mutual respect and supervision.

Dogs are not living toys, especially when bringing a puppy into a family where children already live.

Don’t allow children (or anyone else!) to feed your dog from the table; suitable leftovers can be mixed into his meal afterwards.

It is particularly important to ‘clear up’ after your dog in the garden when your child becomes old enough to play there.

Keep your dog out of the way when your children have friends round or are playing energetic games.

It’s fun for your child to fuss and play with your dog, but teach games where you keep control, and always supervise.

Older children should help feed, groom and train your pet so that they learn about the responsibilities as well as the fun of pets. Make sure your child always washes their hands afterwards.

Children love to hold the lead, but

CAUTION: Dogs are not toys and your child has to be aware of the dangers.

The cat who adopted humans Simo was deposited on the doorstep as a kitten by an adult female - he wasn’t her own

SAVED: Simo is now a picture of health.

SIMO was just a kitten when he was left on a stranger ’s doorstep.

Last year, a mature stray cat deposited Simo, a Siamese kitten, on the doorstep of a home in Mojacar. The stray cat had been fed on that same doorstep from time to time.

She didn’t belong to the

house, but must have recognised the kindness of the owners, and so delivered Simo the abandoned kitten to the kind couple who would feed him.

But he wasn’t the only one!

Within the same month, the female cat delivered four other abandoned kittens to the

same home, then promptly disappeared.

One year later, the five nurtured kittens are fully grown and healthy, and now the homeowners need cat-sitters to care for these friendly rescued felines. Can you help?

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We welcome residents, visitors and children. For more information see our website www.lasiestaevangeli calchurch.org or telephone Pastor Keith on 666 180 108.

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.

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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.

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This full-fat version is now in its fourth incarnation and is still regarded as the pinnacle of luxury SUVs. Bentley, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce have fashioned expensive rivals but the Range Rover has lost none of its cachet.

Even populating the brand with new models such as the Velar, Sport and Evoque, hasn’t dented the desirability of the biggest Range Rover of them all. It’s one of the best luxury cars money can buy.

The entry level TDV6 version is powered by a 258bhp diesel engine which blasts 060mph in 7.5 seconds, and the official fuel economy

now tops 40mpg.

If you demand more diesel grunt, the cheapest 4.4 litre V8 is another €19,000, roughly the same as the allnew, super-economical P400epetrol-electric PHEV version.

The crazy 5.0 litre V8 petrol starts at €133,000 and is somewhat be-

hind the times in the new, environmentally-friendly Land Rover fleet.

An eight-speed automatic gearbox is now standard on the Rangey, with a raft of adaptive driving aids for every type of condition on and off the road.

These include the now ubiquitous Hill Descent Control and modes for snow, rock, or any off-road terrain you can think of.

IN VOGUE: Range Rovers are still the SUV market leaders.

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25 - 31 October 2018 EILISH MCCOLGAN followed in her mother’s footsteps to win the Great South Run on her debut in the event, clocking a time of 54:43 to take victory over Steph Twell and reigning champion Gemma Steel.

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Premier League Preview

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Barkley gives Mourinho the blues MANCHESTER UNITED manager Jose Mourinho was involved in a furious touchline melee after Ross Barkley’s 96th minute equaliser for Chelsea saw a thrilling game end 2-2.

Mourinho’s side looked on course for an outstanding win over his former club after two goals from Anthony Martial overturned the first-half lead given to the hosts by Antonio Rudiger’s 21stminute header.

But when Chelsea technical assistant Marco Ianni celebrated Barkley’s late goal in front of him, the Portuguese jumped up and was held back by a mixture of stewards and staff as he tried to get to Ianni.

The incident put a dampener on an impressive performance from Mourinho’s men, although Ianni was largely to blame and apologised afterwards.

Man United will next host Everton on Saturday, while Chelsea will travel to Burnley on Sunday.

Manchester City remained at the

ROSS THE BOSS: Barkley’s good form continued with a last-gasp winner.

Koepka becomes best in business BROOKS KOEPKA is set to become world number one for the first time after winning the CJ Cup in South Korea.

Koepka, who was named the PGA Tour’s player of the year earlier this month, carded an eight-under-par 64 on Sunday to finish on 21 under, four shots clear of fellow American Gary Woodland.

The 28-year-old replaced his Ryder Cup teammate

top of the Premier League with a thumping 5-0 home win over Burnley.

The Clarets’ Joe Hart, a former Man City favourite, made smart first-half saves to deny Sergio Aguero and David Silva, but was powerless to stop Aguero rounding off a slick passing move inside the box.

Burnley looked out of their depth and their hopes vanished when City added two more goals in two minutes shortly before the hour mark, through Bernardo Silva and Fernandinho.

Salt was firmly rubbed in the wounds when Riyad Mahrez curled home a superb fourth goal, and Leroy Sane converted a Benjamin Mendy cross.

City will next face Tottenham on Monday, while Burnley will host Chelsea on Sunday.

Dustin Johnson at the top of the rankings on Monday.

“To be world number one is something I dreamed of as a kid,” said Koepka.

“Everything I’ve done this year has been working, so I don’t want to change anything - just keep improving.”

Three-time major champion Koepka, who won the US Open and US PGA Championship earlier this year,

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the third player in 2018 to reach number one for the first time, after Justin Roase and Justin Thomas.

His final round in South Korea included chipping in for a birdie from the greenside rough at the par-four 16th.

AMERICAN DREAM: Koepka has achieved his goal of becoming world number one.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he is “winning average games” for the first time in his life after Mohamed Salah sealed a hard fought 1-0 victory at Huddersfield.

Salah’s 50th goal in English football came with a clinical low finish into the far corner after he ran onto Xherdan Shaqiri’s incisive 24th minute through ball.

Huddersfield missed a number of presentable chances in a game that they were very much in until the final whistle.

Liverpool rise to second in the table and remain level on points with league leaders Man City, while Huddersfield continue the search for their first win of the season.

The Reds will next face Cardiff on Saturday while Huddersfield will take on Watford.

Other fixtures this weekend will see Fulham host Bournemouth, Brighton entertain Wolves and Leicester take on West Ham.

La Liga Preview

Alaves’ season kicks on ALAVES briefly surged to the top of La Liga following Tomas Pina’s second-half winner in a 1-0 victory over Celta Vigo.

Midfielder Pina smashed home from close range in the 58th minute at Balaidos after the ball was laid back to him by Victor Laguardia.

The Basque side, having rocketed from sixth in the league, moved a point clear of secondplaced Sevilla, although they have played a game more.

Alaves have never won a major trophy and were in the third tier as recently as 2013.

They will host Villareal on Sunday, while Celta Vigo will face Eibar on Saturday.

However, their reign at the summit of Spanish football was short-lived as Barcelona claimed an impressive 4-2 home win over Sevilla.

It was not all rosy for the Catalan side though, as Lionel Messi was ruled out for three weeks with a fractured arm.

The Argentine star left the field in agony in the 26th minute, after colliding with Franco Vazquez, and will miss important ties against Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

Despite the setback, Barca’s other marquee players Coutinho, Suarez and Rakitic ensured that Barca returned to the top of the league, by one point.

SURPRISE PACKAGE: Tomas Pina’s goal gave Alaves their fifth win of the season.

Real Madrid suffered their fourth loss in five games in a 2-1 defeat against Levante at the Bernabeu, piling more pressure on coach Julen Lopetegui.

Los Blancos were stung twice inside 13 minutes when first Jose Luis Morales and then Roger Marti, from the spot, scored for Levante.

Marcelo pulled one back with a thumping strike in the 72nd minute ending the team’s goal drought of 482 minutes.

Real tried their utmost to find a second, bringing on Bale and Benzema, but Levante’s impressive defence held out.

Lopetegui’s side’s next assignment is El Classico at Barcelona on Sunday, while Levante will entertain Leganes on Saturday.