Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca South November 1-7 2018 Issue 1739

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ISSUE NO. 1739

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Mother and son fall to their death

by Thomas Thirkell

the two people lying on the pavement.

Ambulance, Local and National Police units attended the scene.

Emergency services declared that the woman died immediately from the fall.

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A 37-YEAR-OLD woman and her young son have died after plummeting from the sixth floor of her apartment in Murcia on Monday morning.

The tragic incident occurred in Calle Huerto Manu in the district of San Antonio de Murcia.

Sources from the emergency services in the region confirmed that neither the mother nor her child survived.

The 112 Emergency Services in Murcia were alerted to the incident at 6.07am by a neighbour who claimed to have heard a ‘thump’ in the street. The neighbour claims to have seen

INVESTIGATION: Woman cradling her four-year-old son plummets from sixth floor.

ing transferred to the Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital in Murcia.

The young boy’s injuries proved too severe and he was pronounced dead in the hospital.

An investigation has been launched to discover the circumstances of the incident.

Local sources say that the 37-year-old woman lived with her mother and her son in the home.

Earlier this month, in Malaga, a man and a young girl, six, died in a similar incident.

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NEWS EXTRA Robbery inquiry GUARDIA CIVIL officers have dismantled an alleged gang of robbers who operated throughout the north of Spain, the south of France and Portugal, with 27 arrests made and items worth around €230,000 seized in the probe.

Tax call US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has called on the Spanish government not to implement a planned levy on large technology firms, dubbed the ‘Google Tax’, claiming it unfairly targets companies in his country.

Olive foiled A NEW study by a Spanish consumer association has cast doubt over whether olive oil is being wrongfully labelled ‘extra virgin,’ having carried out thorough tests on 41 products, including a strict taste examination.

Seats soar AIRLINES operating in Spain over the winter season 2018/19 are offering a total of 115.3 million seats, representing an increase of 10.8 per cent over the same period last year.

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Catalan trial set Independence probe wraps up

By Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S Supreme Court is set to try 18 leading pro-Catalan independence figures early next year after announcing its investigation into last year’s secession referendum and declaration was now complete.

The court said last week 18 of the accused, including Cataluña’s former Vice President Oriol Junqueras, would stand trial on rebellion and disobedience charges in 2019.

They have also been charged with misappropriation of public money to stage the referendum.

The court’s announcement comes as both Spain’s Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister suggested last week the charge of rebellion was not appropriate for the case.

The 18 people set to go on trial include Junqueras and former Cataluña Generalitat officials Joaqium Forn, Jordi Turull and Raul Romeva.

The ex-speaker of the Catalan Parliament Carme Forcadell is also due to appear before the court. Nine of the 18 accused remain in custody ahead of the trial.

The court has ruled the 18 accused and seven others, in-

HEARING DUE: Junqueras (inset) is among those charged over last year’s vote. cluding former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, played an ‘essential’ role in staging the independence referendum and declaration in October 2017. Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled prior to the vote that holding it would be illegal.

Puigdemont and others remain abroad after arrest war-

rants were issued for them in the wake of the referendum.

Prosecution and defence teams are now set to make their submissions to the court, including requests for sentences. The charge of rebellion carries a jail sentence of up to 30 years.

The court said the trial would likely last for three

months, with a ruling not due until June.

The news comes as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his deputy Carmen Calvo both implied the charge of rebellion may not apply.

Both cited historic parliamentary proceedings and said rebellion charges should only be used in cases involving an

attempted overthrow of the state by armed force.

Their comments came after Pablo Casado, leader of the opposition conservative Partido Popular (PP), accused Sanchez of aiding a ‘coup d’etat’ by trying to negotiate with Cataluña’s current pro-independence administration.

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Milestone meeting FREEMASONS of Oliva La Safor Lodge celebrated their 100th meeting recently, a milestone made extra special by the attendance of two of the Lodge’s founding members, WBros John Mony and Derek Moseley. The Worshipful Master of the Lodge, WBro Malcolm Burt, was also present.

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Festive fun THE Orihuela Costa was expected to host a Halloween parade through the streets of La Florida yesterday (Wednesday), organised by Las Filipinas Residents Association, and led by group president, Francisco Morales. The line-up included music, song and dance activities, inflatables and face painting.

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PASSED ON: Cemeteries fill with flowers on All Saints’ Day PEOPLE from across Spain are marking All Saints’ Day today (Thursday), a holiday that sees many take time to honour and respect the dead.

Families traditionally gather in cemeteries and lay flowers at the graves of loved ones on All Saints’ Day (Dia de Todos los Santos in Spanish).

Cemeteries become filled with colour as a result of people placing the bouquets to help keep the memo-

ry of their deceased loved ones alive.

The festival is so prominent that November 1 continues to be the day when florists in Spain sell the most flowers. Scenes of flowers in cemeteries also feature in popular culture, such as in the 2006 film Volver.

Churches also hold special masses to mark the day in memory of all those who have passed away.

Spanish people take part in several other traditional activities to mark

the day. In the north of Spain there is the castañada which sees friends and families gather to eat castañas (chestnuts) and other traditional sweets.

Other treats include buñelos de viento. Folklore has it that the dough fritters, often filled with custard, chocolate and cream, release a soul from purgatory when eaten. The marzipan flavoured huesos de santo (saint’s bones) are also a popular snack.

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Smart call NINE bidders have submitted proposals to take over the MiMurcia project, worth €8 million, which aims to turn Murcia into a smart city. Initiatives include extending wi-fi connection into public squares and gardens and the control of traffic in ‘real time’ through the installation of 50 cameras.

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NOVELDA is staging its annual craft fair from November 9 to 11 in Glorieta square, organised

by Amata on behalf of the town hall. There will be earthenware and ceramics, leather bags, toys, lamps, paintings and more. Local artisans will be demonstrating pottery, basket and rush seating and blowlamp jewellery making.

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A MONTH of weekend fairs in Cartagena concluded at the weekend with a craft market and evening of DJs and music. The initiative ‘In October, Cartagena is fair,’ is organised by the City Council, whereby markets from different sectors are staged throughout the month.

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THE Cathedral of Murcia is in the quarter finals of a social network competition to find the most emblematic cathedral in Spain among users. The Twitter account of La Camara del Arte (The Chamber of Art) is using the initiative as a tool to publicise the country’s national heritage.

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Winter flight rise ALMOST 300,000 flights will reportedly be available to and from Murcia this winter until the end of March, a rise on 2017-2018.

But there continues to be speculation regarding the number of flights which will be operating next summer at the new Region of Murcia International Airport when it opens in January, with confirmations still to be made.

If all flights that are currently operational out of season at the air-

port in San Javier are transferred smoothly to Corvera, 294,000 could be offered for sale before spring.

Ryanair has not yet confirmed that its seven winter routes will fly from the new airport, though seats are being reportedly being sold.

In terms of San Javier’s last year of commercial flights, it looks to end on a successful note with the 2017 figure set to exceed 1.2 million, the highest figure since 2011.

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Work related deaths

THE region of Murcia registered 18 fatal work accidents between January and the end of August.

Of these, 13 were during a working shift of up to 13 hours, with five during ‘in itinere,’ while travelling to or from the place of employment.

Figures from the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Social Security, show there were a total of 12,723 work accidents with sick pay, of which 11,238 occurred during the working day and 1,485 were ‘in itinere.’

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Additionally, 557 cases of occupational diseases were reported (403 in 2017).

By comparison to last year, the number of deaths fell by 0.8 per cent. Accidents during working hours fell by 0.7 per cent, and those in transit decreased by 1.4 per cent.

In terms of sector, the services industry presented the highest number of accidents with sick leave (4,955), agriculture (2,595), industry (2,476) and construction (1,221).

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1738 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca South edition, including 99 local stories.

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POLL OF THE WEEK Should some hospitals be allowed to refuse women over 34 years old IVF treatment?

LAST WEEK’S POLL: Should Spain follow Canada and legalise marihuana for recreational use as some have proposed?

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HOTTING UP: Spain could be drier and warmer by 2050.

Climate forecast RISING heat, more forest fires, less rain and animal extinction could be in store for Spain by 2050 due to climate change, according to a new study.

The Observatory of Sustainability has released its forecasts for the years leading up to 2100. Their report claimed Spain could warm by 2.6 degrees by 2050 in the worst case scenario of the country failing to move away from fossil fuels and slash emissions.

The study, based on government data, found that in the worst case RCP8.5 scenario Spain would warm by 2.6 degrees 50 years before average global temperatures reach that level.

The forecast follows data last week which showed that emissions in Spain rose by 4.4 per cent from 2016 to 2017.

The authors of the report said that percentage showed the country had not moved away from fossil fuels, making their worst case scenario more likely.

The Observatory’s Climate Change in Spain report, which used the CCSM4 prediction model to produce its findings, claimed rainfall levels would drop if temperatures warmed by 2.6 degrees.

The effects would be seen across the coun-

try except in the western Canary Islands, Navarra and the Valencia region would see less rain.

Flooding would also be more likely in those areas because rainfall would not be distributed evenly throughout the year.

The report said rain would become ‘scarce’ in northwest Spain, a region which currently has a temperate climate compared to much of the country.

Galicia, Lugo and Ourense could see reductions of 500 millimetres per year, half their current levels of annual rainfall. They could come to resemble how southern Spain looks today rather than the current ‘Green Spain’ landscapes they are known for.

The report also found Spain would see temperatures rise well above two degrees by 2050, with the only exception being A Coruña, the Balearic and Canary Islands.

The regions of Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and parts of Andalucia would be hit hardest by rising temperatures.

More wildfires and the extinction of species could follow the rise, the Observatory said. It added temperatures last September had peaked at 1.4 degrees above average.

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WRITE-OFF: Officers looking into what caused the crash.

MURCIA police officers are investigating a traffic accident in which a car was ‘reduced to scrap’ on Saturday.

The crash took place in Avda Azacaya de Murcia, and teams from the motorcycle an d t r a ff i c d e p art-

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me nts w e re de ploye d, a s well as an ambulance.

It has not been revealed w he the r the re w e re a ny were injuries, but a police spokesman twittered that ‘the images speak for themselves.’

Fright night POLICE in Elche were forced to intervene when queues outside a popular nightclub spilled into the streets and caused a public safety risk.

Discoteca 22, on the Altabix industrial estate, has a capacity of 800. But sources claim

at least 1,000 were trying to get in to celebrate Halloween.

National and Local Police officers took the decision to ‘ensure maximum security’ in the area, and patrolled Sabadell Street to restore and maintain calm.

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Simply sexy Zara

LOVE ISLAND beauty Zara McDermott sizzled in a plunging white swimsuit during a relaxing break in Ibiza SIZZLING: The reality with co-star Ellie Brown. star set pulses racin g.

The former government advisor, 21, has been busy getting ready to move in with boyfriend Adam Collard, but took time off to soak up some sun.

Zara kept it simple but sexy, showing off her ample bust and long legs in the high-cut one piece, natural make-up and flowing honey-blonde hair.

Meanwhile, best friend Ellie, 20, frolicked on the beach in a stunning olive green, silk bikini, detailed with knots and a ruched ruffle to flatter her enviable figure.

The Geordie ex-business development manager gave her incredible appearance a striking contrast with fuchsia dangle earrings.

Ellie’s well-earned break comes following her split from millionaire heir beau, Charlie Brake, who announced their split on social media before going official with billionaire heiress Kimberley Owen.

Bi dating CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER UK winner and drag artist Courtney Act (Shane Jenek) is hosting a new E! reality dating show ‘The Bi Life,’ set in a mansion in Barcelona.

The series features single people who identify as bisexual, pansexual and sexually fluid, and like other shows of its kind, they share a house looking for love.

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Beauty and the buff REALITY star stunner Charlotte Dawson, 26, laid on the PDAs as she holidayed in sunny Spain with rugby player boyfriend Matt Sarsfield.

The Celebs Go Dating beauty, daughter of late comedian Les Dawson, sizzled in a bright orange bikini which showed off her incredible curves.

The TV personality from Blackpool, ensured all eyes were on her by complement-

ing her scanty two-piece with a wraparound micro-mini sarong and towering Louboutin heels.

She opted for large bejewelled sunglasses, blingy earrings and heavy make-up.

While her sportsman love interest, 27, showed off his athletic physique in powder blue board shorts.

The ex On The Beach and The Celebs on the Farm star was snapped cat walking around the pool and lounging on a lilo.

And the buxom brunette shared snaps on her Instagram account of the pair locking lips and arms.

CURVY: Reality star turns heads in Spain.

Xmas on-off plans Women only A CHRISTMAS special of Love Island is in the pipeline as bosses plan to reunite the show’s cast in the Mallorca villa.

Producers have reportedly been in touch with winners of this year’s dating show Dani Dyer and Jack Finchman, to get the lovebirds on board. It’s believed the reunion will include stars from all of the earlier series.

FAVE: Winner Dani Dyer.

LIONEL MESSI’S luxurious Art-Deco style hotel in Ibiza hosted a four-day lesbian party last weekend during which more than 100 women met up to ‘celebrate love, lust and sexual independence.’

The superstar footballer bought the 52-room resort in March, seeing off interest from onfield rival Cristiano Ronaldo, to clinch the deal.

Prices cost from €255 to a hefty €590 per night.

Owns luxury hotel in Ibiza.

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OUR VIEW End of austerity perhaps THE 2018 UK budget may or may not be to everyone’s taste but according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, repeating the statement made by the Prime Minister, the end of austerity is in sight.

Good news if true but one has to remember that just last Sunday he explained that if a no-deal Brexit goes ahead then he will have to produce a new emergency budget which will almost certainly be more stringent than the current one.

The good news for the government was that taxes collected have been higher than forecast which means that the Chancellor has more money to play with than expected but due to a possible worry about the future he has put £500 million (€560 million) to one side in case of Brexit problems.

The sad fact is that in reality, the Conservative government is not in control of the countries destiny as the Northern Irish DUP minority supporters could bring the government down almost at a stroke and although Mrs May says that the Brexit deal is 95 per cent there, it’s the 5 per cent that could cause a major problem.

At the end of the day, there are 27 countries who also have to agree the deal and that could also be more difficult than hoped for, especially as the Irish border is going to be a difficult problem to resolve to the satisfaction of all parties.

Despite more rhetoric from the new leader of the Partido Popular, Spain is unlikely to cause problems over Gibraltar but there is still a long way to go before any final agreement can be reached with the EU.

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Added line A PASSENGER bus line in Otos has been restored to offer an extended service twice a week to larger areas within the province, with a view to ‘improving the current transport services’ and contributing towards the ‘modernisation of the established network.’

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PATROL: Guardia Civil keeping watchful eye.

Fleet of migrant boats arrive THE Guardia Civil continue to intercept a number of migrant boats arriving on an almost daily basis on the Costa Blanca.

One of the latest contained 21 migrants that were taken to the Guardia Civil HQ in Torrevieja after they landed in Cabo Roig. According to reports, at least five of them claimed to be between 15 and 17 years old although this fact is still awaiting confirmation.

Another boat with 12 people on board, all of them men

between 19 and 33 years old and believed to be Algerian nationals, was intercepted around 40 miles off the Alicante coast and both motorboat and occupants were taken to the port in Alicante.

They were met by members of the Red Cross and said to be in a ‘reasonable’ state of health, although three of them were taken to the Alicante General Hospital suffering from a sprained ankle, breathing difficulties and stomach

Fatal crash A WOMAN died on the Costa Blanca after being run over by an alleged drunk driver.

The horrific incident happened near La Zenia roundabout on the N-332 to Villamartín, Orihuela Costa, according to Spanish media reports.

Emergency services were called to the scene after being notified a woman had been hit by a vehicle, ‘dragged 20 metres,’ and was unconscious.

An Urgent Medical Assistance Service (SAMU)

unit arrived at the scene and attempted to resuscitate the 42-year-old woman.

However, their attempts were unsuccessful and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the vehicle involved in the incident, a Belgian woman, 58, has since been detained.

A breathalyser test showed the woman was three times over the drink drive limit and has subsequently been charged with reckless homicide.

pains after swallowing fuel after falling into the water respectively.

A further boat with 15 migrants also arrived in Calpe, with seven of them still being searched for after escaping up the slopes of the iconic rock.

A number of other small boats were also reported arriving off the beaches of Benidorm, La Mata, Torrevieja and Guardamar del Segura.

See page 38: Mammoth migrant rescue mission.

NEWS EXTRA Dodgy bets A DOZEN people were arrested in the Valencia Province, among others, by the Guardia Civil as part of an operation against illegal sports betting, with an emphasis on bets on tennis matches within the ITF Futures and Challenger categories.

Cyber crime THERE are an average of 10 cyber attacks a day in the province of Alicante as digital crime grows by 15 per cent with 3,737 reported crimes so far this year, putting the regions in fourth place in national rankings.

Road safety MORE than 1,000 schoolchildren between eight and 12 years old in Cullera have been learning basic rules of the road after MAPFRE Foundation launched its Road Safety Caravan, in collaboration with the local council.

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Charity boss faces probe

by Tara Rippin A DOG charity chief in Spain is being investigated amid claims he benefited from almost a quarter of a million euros in donations from the UK.

Peter Singh of The Dog You Need has reportedly received at least €230,000 from Brits to save abused animals from miserable lives or death.

But UK activists say a refuge he claimed to be funding with

the cash was actually a house he owned in Pinoso near Alicante, where animals were kept in cramped conditions.

According to press reports, Spanish police ordered Singh and wife Jean Magill to move out for breaking animal care law, but he is said to have taken the dogs to a nearby scrubland where he was confronted by the activists.

They became suspicious over alleged claims by Singh that he had taken in two dogs who had apparently been ‘sexually abused’, because psychic ‘animal communicators’ had told him so.

The Charity Commission is reportedly investigating the charity chief after receiving concerns from the public, and a ‘regulatory compliance case’ is said to be open.

Singh told a UK national newspaper that ‘money we get is spent appropriately, for example 54,000 euros on vets’ fees in one year, adding that ‘these trolls have constantly made false complaints that I’m an animal hoarder’.

PROTEST: People took to the streets to demonstrate against the sentence.

Sex case soldier dismissed ONE of the members of the infamous La Manada (the wolf pack) gang who sexually abused a young woman has been kicked out of the Spanish army.

Alfonso Jesús Cabezuelo is one of a group of five friends who were convicted of abusing the woman at the 2016 Running of the Bulls fiestas in Pamplona.

The case has been a cause célèbre in Spain after they were convicted of the lesser c h a rg e o f s e x u a l a b u s e rather than sexual assault, which would have attracted lengthier sentences.

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cludes rape and the prosecutor had asked in the original trial for a sentence of 18 years for each of the gang.

Instead they were sentenced to nine years each a judgement that attracted c h a n t s o f ‘ i t ’s n o t a b u s e , it’s rape’ from crowds outside the courthouse.

The case has since moved on to the Supreme Court for a final ruling, with the members of the gang still free.

Cabezuelo, 30, had remained in the army and received his basic pay despite not being posted anywhere.

Now Spain’s Ministry of Defence has decided not to wait any longer for a final ruling and has cancelled his contract. He had signed up to serve until he was 45.

If the Supreme Court decides to acquit Cabezuelo, he could reapply for army service.

The 18-year-old woman had originally made a complaint of rape. But in their judgement the magistrates said the men had not used enough violence for it to be considered rape.

The case has led to calls f o r c h a n g e s t o S p a i n ’s criminal code.

Mum forgot toddler in car in Torremolinos NATIONAL POLICE officers have rescued a twoyear-old girl from inside a car in which she was locked after her mother forgot her.

An off-duty policeman spotted the little girl locked in the car in Calle Jamaica, Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain and called in help to

free the child.

According to a police inquiry, the girl’s mother, who has two other children, each in a different school, thought she had dropped off her daughter at nursey, parked up and left the child behind.

On seeing the child to be distressed, police smashed a

window to rescue her.

Police think a change from the mother’s normal route for the school run may have been the reason for her forgetting.

The child was taken to the police station from where she was later picked up by her parents.

RESCUE: National Police in Torremolinos freed the girl, aged two.

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Beach death A YOUNG man has drowned on a beach popular with holidaymakers and kite surfers in the south of Spain.

The emergency 112 Andalucia tweet states the 35-year-old died on the Valdevaqueros beach in the Punta Paloma

RACIAL ATTACK: In a London Overground carriage (File image).

Suspected racial attack A SPANISH woman was left bleeding above the eye after being punched in the face in a suspected racist attack on a London train.

She was allegedly assaulted after her male assailant heard her speaking Spanish during a phone call on the packed Overground line.

According to British press, witnesses said he hurled abuse at the woman between Dalston Kingsland

and Canonbury during rush hour last week.

An engineer who was travelling on the train, reportedly saw the man approach his ‘victim’ violently before shouting and swearing at her to speak in English, screaming that because she is in England, she ‘shouldn’t speak other languages.’

The lady was apparently in so much shock she could-

n’t respond in English and continued talking in Spanish, before he allegedly punched her in the face.

Somebody else on the train is believed to have pressed the emergency stop, but the attacker just ‘walked off.’

A 56-year-old man was later arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated bodily harm by British Transport Police.

area in Tarifa in the province of Cadiz, Andalucia.

The coast is well-known for the strong winds which blow in from the Atlantic.

Investigations have been opened to discover the exact cause of death.

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CREDIT: Simon Manley, via Twitter (main), Hugh Elliot, via Twitter (inset)

ENVOY CHANGE: Elliot (inset) is set to take over from Manley next year.

BRITAIN has appointed a new ambassador to Spain after announcing that the current envoy will step down during summer next year.

Hugh Elliot, who has worked at the British government’s Department for Exiting the European Union, will take over from Simon Manley next year.

Elliot said on Twitter: “It will be a pleasure to represent

Britain in Spain and when I take over next summer.”

Manley said: “Elliot is a great friend and colleague who will be a great ambassador for our country.”

Elliot has previously worked for the Foreign Office in its Europe and Communications departments. He has also worked in Paris, Buenos Aires and for the Anglo American mining company.

Manley has served as Britain’s ambassador to Spain since October 2013. He joined the Foreign Office in 1990 and acted as an envoy for Britain at the United Nations from 1993 to 1998 and worked on Yugoslavia’s break up.

He was also posted to the Council of the EU from 1998 to 2002 and the European Commission in 2003.

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NEWS EXTRA Narco gang clampdown MORE than 800 Mossos d’Esquadra officers and 100 Guardia Civil counterparts stormed the streets of Ciutat Vella on Monday morning to ‘dismantle’ some of the most influential ‘narco groups’ in Barcelona, making a total of 55 arrests.

Close call AN investigation has been launched into how two Ryanair planes (Boeing 737-800), one flying from Santiago to Palma de Mallorca, the other from Sevilla to Toulouse, were close to colliding over Navarra’s airspace, east of Pamplona, earlier this month.

Gas leak SEVEN people were injured during a gas leak in Batea, Tarragona, at 10.30pm on Sunday night, including four health workers who arrived at Calvari de Batea Street, to attend to a person who had passed out.

Site boost A TOTAL of €23.5 million has been allocated by the regional parliament of Barcelona to a dozen county councils to preserve the architectural and archaeological heritage of 201 sites, including castles, churches, cultural centres.

Gig fraud THE National Police has arrested a man in Cuenca, accused of a ‘massive swindle’ in the sale of tickets for a U2 concert in Madrid, in which he is believed to have cheated €15,000 out of 60 people.

Search off RESCUE teams found alive on Monday two hikers from Sabadell who were reported lost two days earlier at the ‘crown’ of the Puigpedros, in the Cerdanya, as they were heading towards the Malniu refuge in Meranges.

AUTHORITIES in Spain are searching for the killers of a kitten that was found hanging with its head deformed and the mouth destroyed in a neighbourhood where eight more dead cats have been found.

The Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal (PACMA) and the Associa-

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Kitten killers ton of Citizen Investigator Researchers (IDIMA) have drawn attention to the sickening animal abuse cases in the Vallecas neighbourhood in Madrid, Spain.

PACMA said in the latest

case, a two-month-old stray cat was beaten and hung above a road on a public thoroughfare.

A 13-ye a r-old w itne s s c onta c te d the M unic ipa l Polic e a bout a group of

children who were beating and throwing a cat into the air.

When em ergency ser vices arrived firefighters had to climb a roof to remove the lifeless body of

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the animal.

PACMA has said in a statement: “We want a society educated in respect and solidarity, so we demand the inclusion of protection and welfare of animals in educational plans.

“If you have any knowledge of a case of animal abuse, report it.”

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NEWS EXTRA Heated protests BARCELONA firefighters set fire to uniforms during demonstrations against job insecurity and a ‘lack of personnel and equipment,’ outside the headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior and in the Plaza Sant Juame on Monday.

Growth data CATALUÑA has experienced solid growth since the region’s failed bid to break away from Spain last year, despite predictions the uncertainty sparked by the separate push would take its toll, according to economists at University of Barcelona.

Care cover PUBLIC sector employees in Spain will be able to accumulate up to 82 hours a year to care for children or dependants as part of an agreement reached between the government and public service unions.

IT’S the end of an era as the last ever Club 18-30 holidaymakers travelled from the UK to Spain.

Tra v el g ian t T h o ma s C o o k h as a x ed th e b rand with the final group of revellers enjoying a three-night all-inclusive holiday at the BH Mallorca Hotel in Magaluf.

T h e fin a l flig h t - a se ll out - left Manchester on October 27. Club 18-30 holidays once promised sun, sea and lots of booze away from the watchful eye of parents.

But in recent years sales have dwindled, even though the permitted age range was widened to 17 to 35.

The company was set up in 1968 by the Horizon Group to offer package holidays targeted at young singles and couples to travel without families or children.

In 1995, the company’s billboard advertising ruffled feathers with the Advertising Standards Agency, being the second most complained-about firm of that year.

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No more Club 18-30 holidays

CLUB AXED: Final holiday flight from UK to Spain left on October 27.

‘Beaver Espana,’ ‘Be up at the c ra c k of D a w n... or Julie... or...’ and ‘It’s not all sex, sex, sex. There’s a bit

of sun and sea as well.’

B ut tour ope ra tor c hie f Ingo Burmester said: “We are increasingly focused on

our core own-brand hotel portfolio and feel that the Club 18-30 brand no longer fits in with our wider pro-

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“Having taken the summer to explore our options we have, in the absence of a vi abl e al t er nat i ve t hat m akes sense f or Thom as Cook or the brand, decided that Club 18-30 will close at the end of this season.”

The tour operator now offers younger travellers the chance to ‘escape the ordinary’ with its more up-market Cook’s Club offering a ‘new generation of hotels f or a new gener at i on of travellers’ with ‘a melting pot of culture, textures and flavours that creates a casual l y cool par adi se wher e everyone is welcome.’

Thom as Cook say: “Times have changed. The m oder n- day wander er craves more, and we think it’s high time to offer something extraordinary.”

The com pany sai d t he small number of permanent Thomas Cook staff working on t he Cl ub 18- 30 br and would be offered alternative roles, while its reps were employed on seasonal contracts and could apply for other work next year.

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Tourists evacuated from hotel FIFTY tourists were evacuated and roads were closed after smoke billowed through a hotel in the centre of Benidorm on Saturday.

A maintenance worker was treated for smoke inhalation as a result of the incident, which is believed to have been caused by a kitchen fryer overheating at Bristol Park Hotel, at around 12.30pm. No other injuries have been reported.

Due to the rapid spread of smoke, Local and National Police and firefighters cleared the establishment, which is undergoing an expansion programme, into Doctor Fleming Square.

And Calle Herrerias was temporarily closed while firefighting teams dealt with the fire and made the area safe.

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Woman killed by cow

WARNING: “‘No-deal’ Brexit could see thousands, millions of passengers grounded”

Collapse of flights fears FLIGHTS between the UK and Spain could fall by 95 per cent if no Brexit deal is agreed, according to a major airline industry association.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents 290 airlines around the world, claims tourists and businesses could be significantly affected in a ‘no-deal’ scenario.

IATA fears flights between Spain and the UK in particular would suffer due to the size of both the tourism and trade markets shared between the two coun-

tries.

According to its statistics there are currently 5,052 flights every week between Spain and Britain.

The Director General and Chief Executive of IATA, Alexandre de Juniac, has warned a ‘no-deal’ could see ‘thousands, millions of passengers’ grounded without flights in the immediate aftermath of Brexit when the UK officially leaves on March 29, 2019.

Alexandre de Juniac has predicted that if no deal is reached: “It will be a

nightmare in the European and UK airports.”

This is due to the complex nature of the regulations framework surrounding air travel between nations.

This regulations framework considers safety, security and immigration controls.

However, the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority and the EU have negotiated a ‘bare bones’ agreement to ensure that a minimal level of service can be provided after March 29.

A 67-YEAR-OLD woman has died after being struck by a cow in a field in the north of Spain.

The tragic accident happened in Rodeiro in the Pontevedra region of Galicia.

The woman died from the injuries she suffered and was found later by family memb e r s w h e n s h e d i d n ’t return home.

Mayor of Rodeiro, Luis Lopez, said that as a result of the accident, the two council sessions which were scheduled for Monday of this week have been suspended.

The woman’s son is a prominent politician in the area.

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Arms bribery claims Court froze Swiss accounts in Saudi probe

CONTRACT PROBE: Spain’s National Court is investigating the claims.

by Joe Gerrard BANK accounts linked to a Spanish defence company’s alleged paying off of the Saudi Arabian government to secure weapons were frozen

by Swiss authorities last year after requests from investigators.

The National Court requested that four accounts, allegedly used by Defex to transfer money to Riyadh, be frozen as part of a long-running investigation into bribery claims. The request was made in 2017.

Details of the investigation were revealed last week in the wake of the fallout from the death of Jamal Khashoggi, a reporter critical of the Saudi regime, in Istanbul.

National Court Judge Jose de la Mata has been examining five sales agreed between Riyadh and Defex from 1992

to 2004. It is also looking into 11 contracts signed between 2005 and 2014, according to legal documents seen by Spanish media.

The defence company, partly owned by the Spanish government, obtained the 11 contracts through the paying of illegal commissions to officials with close ties to Saudi Arabia, investigators claimed.

One contract for the sale of military equipment was agreed for a price of €19.05 million.

Investigators claimed the actual value of the material sold was €14.55 million, with the roughly €7.6 million difference going to a Saudi company.

Guardia Civil officers probing the case claimed deals worth a total of €60.7 million were agreed in Saudi Arabia between Defex and a company named Peninsula

Inc Ltd. Police said documents linked to the deal included several invoices but no contracts with the company which is said to be based in the Cayman Islands.

Investigators also suspect a complex financial web was set up in order to channel funds between Defex and the Saudis. Judge de la Mata reportedly believes the system has been used since at least 1998.

Spain’s government, which had a 51 per cent stake in Defex, agreed to dissolve the company last year following revelations of its activities.

The company reportedly continues to operate to finish previously agreed contracts, with the SEPI holding firm refusing to clarify its current status.

The news comes as scrutiny of deals made between Spain, the United States and other Western countries with the Saudis continued this week.

Countries including Spain, Britain and the United States have faced pressure to halt weapons sales to the Saudis since the killing which some claim was ordered by Riyadh.

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MORE STRIKES: Unions claim a Christmas strike is ‘getting closer.’

Airline negotiations stalled once again THE latest meeting to discuss an ongoing contract dispute with Ryanair representatives and cabin crew unions, USO and SITCPLA, finished ‘again without agreement.’

In a press release, USO announced: ‘Ryanair has once again despised its crew, setting limits and obstacles to negotiation.’

Union SITCPLA has called the budget airline’s stance ‘nonsense’ and slammed the company’s decision ‘to reach an agreement with the pilots,’ and not with the cabin crew.

The groups have called upon Spain’s Minister of Labour, Magdalena Valerio, to ‘no longer consent to the challenging attitude with

which Ryanair comes to each mediation.’

They added that: ‘Minister Valerio must regain control and put an end to this serious and growing conflict.’

The union forewarned that industrial action may be used in the coming months: ‘The call for a strike at Christmas is getting closer.’

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Remembering the fallen

LEST WE FORGET: This centenary year is particularly poignant.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY falls on November 11 this year, exactly 100 years to the day since the Allies signed the Armistice with Germany and France at the ‘11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month” to end the First World War. The Royal British Legion has announced that one in six paper poppies will feature a ‘gold leaf ’ with the years ‘1918-2018’ printed on it to mark the special occasion.

This year’s Poppy Appeal is the biggest ever and the Legion hopes to raise £50 million (€56 million) for service men and women, veterans and their families.

The first Poppy Appeal was held in 1921, which was the founding year of The Royal British Legion.

Each year, the British community in Spain mark ‘Remembrancetide’ in many ways, often with a church service.

In the south of the Costa Blanca, members of the Orihuela Costa Branch of the Royal British Legion are holding a march past at Capilla de las Mil Palmers at 10.30am, led by the Torrevieja Pipes and Drums with the British Legion Band, MD David Last, and soloist Stevie Spit.

This will be followed by a wreath laying ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance.

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BREXIT BRIEF

Brexit checklist A CITIZENSHIP lawyer has created a checklist ahead of Britain leaving the European Union (EU).

Margaret Hauschild Rey, a Madrid-based lawyer who wrote the list for a national Spanish newspaper, said she had been receiving Brexit questions from expatriates ‘constantly.’

Hauschild Rey added the list could not cover everything at this stage, but said the following was recommended.

Expatriates should ensure that their residency cards say: ‘Residente comunitario con character permanente’ (permanent EU resident).

They should also register with their local town hall’s padron and ask for a Certificado de Empadronamiento to confirm their residency status.

Expatriates should register their property if they have not already done so. They should also make sure marriage and birth certificates are in order if they have a Spanish spouse and/or children.

Hauschild Rey said expatriates could ask any association or club they are a member of to provide proof of them joining. They should also request their Vida Laboral from Social Security if they have worked or are working.

British driving licences should be swapped as soon as possible. Wills should be drawn up according to whether inheritances should be handled under Spanish or British law, the lawyer said.

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Brexit progress worries

No deal budget

By Joe Gerrard

BRITISH Chancellor Phillip Hammond said Westminster would have to take a “different approach” to the budget unveiled last Monday in the event of a no deal Brexit which he thought was unlikely.

THE official date of Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) continues to loom while questions over Northern Ireland and the chances of securing a deal continue to dog politicians.

Officials from across the continent weighed in on the subject this and last week. The British government has also drawn up new measures to safeguard expatriates’ health care after March 2019.

Prime Minister Theresa May continued to face pressure over the scope of the final deal at home this week.

The Democratic Unionist Party and pro-Brexit Conservatives in Parliament have threatened to veto any deal that would keep Northern Ireland in the Single Market and Customs Union.

Remain supporting politicians, including London mayor Sadiq Khan, have also lobbied EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier to prepare for a Brexit being delayed. It came as calls for a referendum on the final deal

Bank plans

DISCUSSIONS ONGOING: Sanchez (right) met with May (left) last month. continued.

Barnier has said previously the majority of the deal has been agreed but arrangements for Northern Ireland are still outstanding.

It follows Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez dubbing Brexit was a ‘historic error.’

Sanchez added Spain would need to implement emergency measures to deal with the aftermath of a nodeal Brexit.

His comments come as the British

government announced it had introduced a bill into Parliament it claimed would safeguard healthcare for some 190,000 expatriates in the EU. The Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill would create the conditions for the European Health Insurance Card scheme to continue after 2020, subject to the EU’s assent. It would also cover expatriates in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the government said.

THE head of the European Central Bank has said the onus is on private financial firms for a no-deal Brexit scenario, with Mario Draghi adding officials were monitoring negotiations to identify potential financial risks.

Port call FRENCH officials have said ensuring shipping and trade continue between Britain and Calais is “essential” after the former’s Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said in Parliament port authorities may direct traffic elsewhere after the March 2019 leave date.

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Choosing the right financial adviser in Spain Development requirements. All of our advisers adhere to these strict standards and individual names of advisers based in Spain can be verified on the FCA register https://register.fca.org.uk/.

Ask your adviser where, how and for what services they are personally regulated and then independently confirm this; do not just take their word for it. For example, if a firm or an adviser says it is regulated by the FCA, you can look this up on the register which lists all the individuals for the firm.

Regulation is important to protect yourself should things go wrong, but it is also a necessity in some cases. For example, under the UK pension rules, if you want to transfer more than ÂŁ30,000 out of a defined benefit (final salary) scheme, you must first take advice from a UK FCA regulated firm.

This applies even if you are resident outside the UK.

By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks There are various reasons why people take financial advice: to choose suitable investments; improve income and returns; lower tax liabilities; maximise pension funds; establish an effective estate plan etc. In essence, most of us are looking for long-term financial security and peace of mind.

What many do not realise, however, is that their choice of adviser is possibly the most important financial decision they need to make, especially if you are trusting their recommendations for wealth and assets you’ve built up over your working life.

Whether you are looking for an adviser to provide long-term wealth management, buying a one-off investment or transferring pension funds, it is important to take the time to check their credentials.

Experience Where possible, we would recommend using a wealth management firm which has a solid history advising people in a similar situation to you. So, for example, a firm highly experienced at advising UK nationals living in Spain, ideally with advisers based here for some time. They will have a deep understanding of expatriates’ financial planning needs and can offer tried and tested solutions.

We are not the only advisers available in Spain, but at Blevins Franks we have been advising UK nationals in Europe for over 40 years, with advisers living in Spain since 1988.

A number of our Spain advisers have been with us for between 15 and 30 years.

Such longevity provides peace of mind, not only that the firm is very experienced, but also that it will be around for the long-term, to advise you and your family for however long you need them.

Regulation and professional qualifications Experience needs to be combined with qualifications and high professional standards.

Finance, investing, pensions, estate planning and taxation are very technical subjects which require specialist understanding. Ensure your advisory firm has professionals with officially recognised qualifications, and who

For the best results, not to mention to make life easier for yourself, use a firm which can provide holistic advice covering most of your financial requirements.

keep fully up-to-date with financial and regulatory changes.

For security and peace of mind, choose an advisory firm which abides by national and international regulations and is regulated by a reputable body.

When it comes to investing, you need to check that both your adviser, and the investment managers they are recommending, are regulated.

Blevins Franks Financial Management Limited is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the UK, which we feel gives our clients peace of mind as many are used to a UK regulator. Our Spanish office, which is a branch of Blevins Franks Financial Management Limited, carries out insurance and pension funds mediation activities which are supervised by the Direccion General de Seguros y Fondos de Pensiones (DGSFP) and additionally, investment activities which are supervised by the Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV).

The FCA also sets professional standards for financial advisers ranging from Statements of Professional Standing to Continuous Professional

Integrated advice Finally, for the best results, not to mention to make life easier for yourself, use a firm which can provide holistic advice covering most of your financial requirements. It should also ensure that your appetite for risk is fully assessed and any recommendations are carefully tailored appropriately to match your risk appetite, rather than simply stock-picking investments.

At Blevins Franks, we specialise in tax planning, investments, pensions and estate planning.

Therefore, for example, when we give investment advice we also take the tax and estate planning implications into account and recommend solutions to cover all three aspects. Likewise, when we advise on options for your pension funds, we can also advise on the tax implications and investment opportunities for the underlying funds.

Blevins Franks Financial Management Limited (BFFM) is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, reference number 179731. Where advice is provided outside the UK, via the Insurance Mediation Directive or the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, the applicable regulatory system differs in some respects from that of the UK. Blevins Franks Trustees Limited is authorised and regulated by the Malta Financial Services Authority for the administration of trusts and companies. Blevins Franks Tax Limited provides taxation advice; its advisers are fully qualified tax specialists. This promotion has been approved and issued by BFFM.

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VeriPol - Fake robbery test

FAKE CLAIMS: VeriPol was put to task on a real-life pilot study in Murcia and Malaga.

COMPUTER scientists in Wales and Spain have developed a computer tool that can spot if somebody has filed a fake police statement based purely on the text included in the document.

Using a combination of automatic text analysis and advanced machine learning techniques, the tool developed by experts in Madrid and Cardiff has been able to successfully identify false robbery reports with over 80 per cent accuracy.

VeriPol was put to task on a real-life pilot study in the urban areas of Murcia and Malaga in Spain in June 2017.

In just one week, 25 cases of false robbery reports were detected in Murcia, resulting in the cases being closed, and a further 39 were detected and closed in Malaga.

In comparison, over the

course of eight years between 2008 and 2016, the average number of false reports detected and cases closed by police officers in the month of June was 3.33 for Murcia and 12.14 for Malaga.

After VeriPol had assigned a high probability of falsehood to the reports and the claimants were further interrogated, around 83 per cent of cases were subsequently closed.

“Our study has given us a fascinating insight into how people lie to the police, and a tool that can be used to deter people from doing so in the future,” said Dr Camacho-Collados.

“Police officers across Spain are now using VeriPol and integrating it into their working practices. Ultimately we hope that by showing that automatic detection is possible it will de-

ter people from lying to the police in the first instance.”

The tool has now been rolled out across all of Spain to help support police officers and indicate where further investigations are necessary.

The tool is specific to reports of robbery and can recognise patterns that are more common with false claims, such as the types of items reported stolen, finer details of incidents and descriptions of a perpetrator.

The research team, which included computer science experts from Cardiff University and Charles III University of Madrid, believe the tool could save the police both time and effort by complementing traditional investigative techniques, whilst also deterring people from filing fake statements in the first place.

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HMS ECHO, a British Royal Navy survey ship, docked in Malaga marking the ship’s first visit to the Costa del Sol in many years.

She remained in Malaga over the weekend, departing the Costa del Sol on Monday.

The presence of HMS Echo coincides with the 30th

Navy steams in edition of the annual UKSpain Tertulias.

The Tertulias annual forum for debate is one of the highpoints of the bilateral rela-

tionship between both countries.

This year, UK Ministers attending include David Lidington, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Alan Duncan, Minister of State for

Europe and the Americas; Nick Gibb, Minister of State at the Department for Education; Baroness Williams, Minister of State at the Home Office and Earl Howe, Minister of State for Defence.

During the Tertulias programme a number of visitors, including Minister of State for Defence, Earl Howe and Her Majesty’s Ambassador Simon Manley will be given a tour of the vessel, to see her versatile surveying and marPhoto Credit: Ministry of Defence @DefenceHQ

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NAVY: Earl Howe (left) the UK’s Minister of Defence visited HMS Echo in Malaga.

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itime security capabilities.

Mr Manley said: “The arrival of HMS Echo in Malaga showcases the depth and breadth of our bilateral cooperation on defence and security, which is the crown jewel of the relationship between the UK and Spain. Our countries face common challenges and close collaboration helps keep our citizens safe. I am delighted that these are among the issues that we are debating in Malaga at the 30th British Spanish Tertulias, our most important bilateral forum.

“I am delighted to visit HMS Echo and meet her crew after their busy period of survey operations and training in the Mediterranean. The UK continues to work hand in hand with our European partners, and we want the closest possible relationship on security and defence after we leave the EU.” HMS Echo was launched at Appledore in Devon in 2002, and was designed to carry out a wide range of survey work, including support to submarine and amphibious operations.

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Whaler bust

‘NEUTRALISED’: The Castilla is operating off the Somali coast.

A SPANISH naval ship has stopped an illegal whaling ship off the coast of Somalia as part of ongoing efforts to tackle piracy off the Horn of Africa.

The Castilla assault vessel intercepted the whaler near to Somalia’s coast line last Saturday morning. A helicopter from the Spanish ship spotted the vessel, and after personnel confirmed it was a whaling ship the Castilla ‘neutralised’ it, the Ministry of Defence said.

The Castilla is currently taking part in Operation Atalanta, a European Union (EU) effort to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. The operation was launched in 2008 after a surge in attacks on commercial ships.

The Castilla is a Galicia class vessel. It weights some 13,000 tons, is 165 metres long and carries a crew of 190. It is armed with several machine guns and an anti-missile defence system.

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Ford factory shuts down CAR giant Ford is to halt production at its plant in Spain for a short period due to lower demand for its vehicles.

The Spanish plant normally builds just under 2,000 vehicles a day including the Kuga SUV, the S-Max and the Transit Connect van ranges.

The factory in Almussafes near Valencia, which employs 7,500 workers, will close for nine days in November.

A company spokesperson said engine production will also be stopped for 13 days.

The latest announcement comes after a threeday break in production earlier this month.

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Fascist ban call AN organisation that promotes former dictator Francisco Franco could soon be banned after a European Union (EU) body called on governments to outlaw groups that ‘glorify’ fascism.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) passed a motion last week which specifically referred to the Francisco Franco Foundation as an entity which ‘glorifies’ the former ruler and his ‘crimes.’

The reference came as part of a wider call to prohibit groups that ‘exalt and glorify’ fascism and Nazism across Europe.

Spanish MEPs including Ana Miranda, of the leftist Galician regionalist Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG), said the motion was part of efforts to ensure fascism was ‘never again’ repeated. MEPs with the conservative Partido Popular

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MOTION: The European Parliament referred to Franco (inset) and the Foundation.

(PP) asked for specific references to the Franco Foundation to be removed but they were kept in. PP members reportedly wanted it to be a general text that would be applicable across the bloc. The motion referred to Spain’s left-leaning Partido

Socialista (PSOE) governm e n t ’s e ff o r t s t o r e m o v e Franco’s remains from the Valley of the Fallen, which it said was a place of farright ‘pilgrimage.’

The Francisco Franco Foundation said in a statement the motion was sectar-

ian and anti-democratic.

It added its work to promote and spread information about Franco’s life and time in power was in the general interest.

The resolution, backed by 355 MEPs and voted against by 90 with 39 ab-

stentions, called on EU member states to take measures to curb the ‘normalisation’ of fascism and xenophobia.

The main groupings in the European Parliament, which are made of political parties from across the bloc, jointly agreed to condemn what they said was a ‘surge’ in neo-fascism.

The Parliament has called for a culture of common memory to combat what it claimed was a declining level of interest among younger people in Europe.

“Younger generations feel less and less interested in the history of fascism and therefore run the risk of bei n g i n d i ff e r e n t t o n e w threats,” the motion said.

It came after the Italian MEP Eleonora Forenza faced violence while attended an anti-fascist demonstration in Bari in her home country in September.

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Jailed royal questions KING FELIPE’S sister does not have to follow normal rules when visiting her imprisoned husband due to security reasons, it was revealed last week.

Princess Cristina de Borbon is allowed to take her private car to the door of Brieva jail, in Castilla y Leon.

She does not have to wait with other visitors when she arrives to see her husband Iñaki Urdangarin, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry.

Urdangarin was convicted of embezzlement, tax crimes and influence peddling as part of the ‘Noos’ case earlier this year.

The Interior Ministry was responding to a question from Senator Joan Comorera, of the leftist Podemos, who asked why Princess Cristina enjoyed the special privileges.

The Ministry said the arrangements were due to “security circumstances” such as keeping the King’s sister away from incidents which could occur if she came into contact with other visitors.

“Authorities have an obligation to guarantee the safety and privacy of inmates and visitors during the visits,” the Ministry said.

“The inmate alluded to, just like any other individual

serving a sentence at the Avila Penitentiary Centre (Brieva), enjoys the same ordinary and family communications as any other, and in the same conditions as established by penitentiary regulations,” the Ministry said.

Princess Cristina has visited Urdangarin twice since he was jailed on June 18 after losing an appeal against the sentence at Spain’s Supreme Court.

The first visit took place that month, while the second went ahead on July 8 with no further records of trips since, according to reports.

Urdangarin, a former Spanish handball champion from Guipuzcoa in the Basque Country, has been serving his sentence in a women’s prison at his own request.

He married Princess Cristina in 1997 and the couple have four children.

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DOING TIME: Urdangarin (left) is serving a five year 10 month sentence.

Man took selfie with bodies

By Dilip Kuner A MAN accused of killing his aunt, uncle and their children aged one and four, posed for a selfie with their dismembered bodies, a court has heard.

According to reports Brazilian Patrick Nogueira had chopped up the bodies and packed them into rubbish bags. A witness at his trial in Guadalajara, Madrid, said he saw gruesome images taken by the 19year-old on his mobile phone.

Prosecutors told the court that Nogueira stabbed the family to death before cutting up their bodies with tree pruning shears.

In an attempt to hide the crime he then put his victims in rubbish sacks.

It has been reported that he admits the

killings, but argues he is mentally disturbed and alcoholic.

Prosecutors maintain he knew exactly what he was doing, saying he is a psychopat h who pl anned t he gr uesom e events to such an extent that he took the rubbish bags with him.

They added that Nogueira had sent a friend in Brazil a series of WhatsApp messages about the killings along with photos of the bodies during and after the killings.

About a month later neighbours complained of a bad smell coming from the house, where authorities then found the bags with the bodies. Nogueira was arrested in 2016 and has been awaiting trial since.

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SPAIN’S deputy prime minister travelled to the Vatican on Monday in a possible bid to enlist the support of the Roman Catholic Church in its efforts to exhume and rebury the remains of dictator Francisco Franco.

Socialist government Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has pledged to remove Franco’s body from the Valley of the Fallen in Madrid, where he has lain since 1975.

The mass grave, partly built by captured republicans and political prisoners, contains the remains of more than 30,000 people who fought on both sides of the war.

But only two graves are marked, Franco’s and that of the founder of the Falangist party, Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera.

The move is aimed at closing wounds, but the dictator’s family deeply opposes the exhumation.

Although the government can have Franco’s remains moved, the family want his remains to be reinterned at the capital’s Almudena Cathedral, which is close to the royal palace.

The government fears this would make Franco’s grave

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Franco Pope plea more accessible and could turn the cathedral into a pilgrimage site for the far right.

Ministers would prefer a less

high-profile location.

The deputy prime minister, Carmen Calvo, said there will be many issues to discuss when

she meets the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

She added that while Franco

BURIAL: Franco’s remains may be buried at Almudena Cathedral.

was a dictator, ‘they are human remains and only his family can take charge of them or decide where they should go’.

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taken to exhume Franco to comply with both Spain’s historical memory law and with UN reports ‘so that Franco is not in a state tomb in a public place where he is glorified as a dictator’.

Thousands of people reportedly gathered outside the Almudena Cathedral last week to protest against Franco’s possible burial there.

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NEWS EXTRA Sardine alert SPAIN’S OCU consumer watchdog warned undeclared sulphites have been found in Angomar brand sardines made in Valencia and shipped to stores in Aragon, Cataluña, and Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Madrid and Murcia.

Mine plans TRADE UNIONS have praised a €250 million deal agreed with Spain’s Environment Ministry which is set to see the majority of Spain’s coal mines close while allowing workers to opt for early retirement and retraining.

Tech claim A BUSINESS academic has claimed Spain could miss out on a ‘technological revolution’ due to current education and industry policy, with Arturo Bris speaking ahead of the National Congress of Family Business in Valencia.

By Joe Gerrard A DETAINED pro-Catalan independence figure has said he will not be used as a ‘bargaining chip’ in ongoi n g e ff o r t s t o s e c u r e enough parliamentary votes to pass next year’s budget.

It comes as the leader of the centrist Ciudadanos accused the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) of ‘irresponsibility’ as it courts regionalist parties to get backing for the budget.

Jordi Sanchez, the former head of the Junts per Cataluña party (JxCat), said that he and other proindependence figures did not stage last year’s vote to help pass budgets.

Sanchez remains in pretrial custody in connection w i t h l a s t y e a r ’s i n d e p e n dence referendum and declaration attempt.

His comments come as Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera said the PSOE and the leftist Podemos party were acting irresponsibly by attempting to negotiate with regionalist and pro-independence groups.

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Budget wrangling ‘Bargaining chip’ and ‘irresponsible’ claims

COMMENTS: Sanchez, Rivera and Iglesias (left to right) have all made budget headlines.

Pablo Iglesias, leader of Podemos which is allied to the PSOE in Parliament, attempted to secure backing for the budget last week.

He has visited jailed proCatalan independence figures to secure support from parties including the Partit Democrata Europeu Catala

(PDeCAT) and the leftist Esquerra Republicana de Cataluña (ERC).

Rivera said the courting of such parties amounted to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez ‘cleansing’ the image of those who wanted to break up Spain.

“The budget and other

laws decide the future of t h i s c o u n t r y. T h e r e i s n o need to exaggerate what is already serious enough, negotiating budgets in jail is serious,” he said.

The Ciudadanos leader added the budget was a ‘blow’ to the self-employed and to drivers.

Maria Jesus Montero, Spain’s Finance Minister, said previously she ‘personally’ would not go to negotiate with jailed figures on behalf of the government. She added Iglesias was free to talk to who he pleased, but that he was not acting for the government.

“It is the government who has the responsibility for securing agreements for the 2019 budget,” she said.

Cracks have begun to appear in the budget pact agreed by PSOE and Podemos. Iglesias was set to press the government on planned fee hikes which could affect some self-employed workers.

Pablo Echenique, Podemos’ Secretary, said his party did not agree to the increases as wrangling over budget plans looks set to continue.

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Satellite launch A S PA N I S H - m a d e s a t e l lite is set to be launched into space next year for an observation mission, t h e c o u n t r y ’s S c i e n c e Minister has announced.

INGENIO is set to go into orbit around the Earth sometime in late 2019. It will join another S p a n i s h s a t e l l i t e , PA Z , which was launched last February.

The launch of INGENIO will make Spain the first European country to have a dual-system and dual-use observation system in orbit.

Science Minister Pedro Duque, who is also a former astronaut, was at the headquarters of the European Space Agency (ESA) in Madrid when the mission was unveiled.

“I am very happy to make this announcement,” Duque said.

Duque also took part in the signing of a deal between the French, German, Italian, Swiss and Spanish governments which backs the launches of a further two satellites.

INGENIO comes equipped with an optical camera that has a resolution of 2.5 metres per pixel, meaning it will be

able to identify any vehicle on Earth once in orbit.

It measures 1.5 metres in length, is 1.5 metres high and 1.5 metres wide and weighs 150 kilograms.

The satellite, built by the SENER aerospace firm, is set to be launched aboard the

BLAST OFF: The INGENIO satellite is set for launch next year.

ESA’s Vega C rocket.

I N G E N I O ’s c o u p l i n g with PAZ will give Spain both a radar and optical observation system. It will also have two uses, civilian and military.

Boat ban from Africa SPANISH government officials have drawn up plans to ban boats often used to traffic migrants and drugs between North Africa and the country’s southern coast.

Isabel Celaa, the government’s spokesperson, said last Friday officials were planning on banning the semi inflatable boats, also known as ‘narcoboats’ by decree rather than with legislation.

The boats are typically used by people

and drugs smugglers to cross the Strait of Gibraltar from Morocco to the coast of southern Spain.

They are capable of making the journey in less than an hour, with the Strait measuring 14 kilometres at its narrowest point.

The ban follows several steps taken by the current and previous Spanish government to tackle trafficking in the area this year.

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BLACK-OUT: Power was cut as a twister hit Menorca.

Water spout caused chaos A WATERSPOUT on the island of Menorca left a trail of destruction and 38,000 residents without electricity on Sunday.

Spain’s Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, confirmed the damage to numerous electricity infrastructures, telephone cables and homes which occurred around 10am.

Areas of the island particularly affected by the waterspout and downpours were in the municipalities of Ciutadella, Alaior, es

Migjorn, es Mercadal and a large part of Mahon.

Teresa Ribera took to social media to declare a plan for the ‘quick recovery of the electricity service’ was underway, adding the ‘government and the ministry itself ’ were ‘coordinating responses.’

Twenty-five new generators were installed on Monday on the Balearic Island as the operation to restore power to thousands of residents continued.

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A 26-YEAR-OLD woman has been arrested for allegedly biting her baby son and several police officers after skipping the security checkpoint at Malaga-Costa del Sol airport.

The events occurred when the woman, who was carrying her son in a baby carrier, crossed the security line and threatened security guards with scissors.

Guardia Civil officers managed to snatch the scissors from the woman, who was very upset and aggressive, ignoring the instructions of the police and shouting to attract the attention of other passengers in the terminal.

Despite warnings from the police that she should calm down, she became increasingly aggressive and hugged her baby very hard against her chest, threatening to kill him.

The officers saw that the baby was crying and breathing with difficulty, so they decided to intervene to remove the child.

But the mother - said to be Kenyan - was not about to give up easily, and began to

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Airport woman bit own baby

THREATS: Malaga airport was the scene of the drama (file photo). bite the baby’s hand to cause injuries. A struggle ensued in which six people intervened to try to immobilise the woman and prevent further injury to the child, eventually managing to unbutton the baby carrier and snatch the child to safety.

During the intervention a Guardia Civil officer and a

security guard were bitten, and after being arrested and brought to court, the woman was admitted to a hospital in the city of Malaga.

The baby, after being treated at the airport, was transferred to the Maternal Hospital of Malaga, and later put into the care of the Protection of Minors department.

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Mammoth migrant rescue mission THE bodies of two children were pulled from the Mediterranean as more than 450 migrants attempted to reach Spain from Morocco in less than 72 hours.

Spanish Maritime Service confirmed on Sunday that 465 people were rescued from eight boats between Friday morning and Sunday evening, the vast majority of whom were plucked from the coasts off the region of Murcia.

And a further 16 migrants were reported missing after one of the boats capsized off the coast of north Morocco, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).

The Caminando Fronteras NGO, which offers aid to migrants, confirmed the ‘lifeless’ bodies recovered were those of two seven-year-old children.

Some 45,976 migrants have arrived by sea in Spain since

MARITIME SERVICE: Carried out rescue. the beginning of the year, and another 547 have been killed making the perilous journey.

The IOM statistics show that Spain has received more migrants that crossed the Mediterranean in 2018 than in 2015, 2016 and 2017 combined.

And the death toll is already

reportedly three times higher than the figure for the whole of 2017.

In October alone, the country received an average of 360 people a day, which is almost 10 times more than those who arrived in Italy, and three times as many as in Greece.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

On the offensive

By Joe Gerrard THE leader of the opposition conservative Partido Popular (PP) marked his 100th day in office last Monday and continued to fire salvos in an apparent pitch for high office.

Pablo Casado, who was elected to the presidency of the PP in July, has accused the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) of being beholden to pro-independence parties.

He added the PSOE were focused on making gestures rather than policy and cited scandals including the resignation of two cabinet ministers as proof the party was unfit to govern.

Casado’s comments have marked a brake in relations between his party and the PSOE. His remarks in Congress accusing the government of being complicit in a pro-independence party ‘coup to break up Spain were brand-

FIGHTING TALK: Casado has been PP leader since July. ed ‘indecent’ by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

Sanchez and Casado have met in the Prime Minister ’s official residence of La Moncloa once since both took office.

Sanchez had attempted to make overtures to the opposition due to his party’s fragile

position in parliament.

The PP remains the single largest party in the lower house, the Congress of Deputies, with 134 seats to the PSOE’s 84 out of 350.

The PP controls the Senate outright with 148 seats to the PSOE’s 62 out of 266.

Sanchez’s attempts to build

bridges with the PP appear to have failed as the two parties appeared openly hostile to each other this week.

The PP is also seeking to set out its stall for upcoming elections in Andalucia. It will have to put distance between itself and its main rivals the centrist Ciudadanos and the far right Vox to woo potential voters for both parties.

Casado’s strategy has so far seen him tack to the right to strike out from Ciudadanos on social issues such as abortion and migration and to outmanoeuvre the fledgling Vox. He was chosen as PP leader on a platform which included tightening abortion rules and cracking down on migration.

The results of Andalucia’s regional elections on December 2 will indicate whether the gambit has paid off. The region has been dominated by the PSOE since Spain’s transition to democracy in the late 1970’s.

Monarchy debate EFFORTS to force an investigation into the finances of the former Spanish king have ignited a debate over keeping the country’s monarchy.

The leftist Podemos party has called on authorities to open a probe into King Emeritus Juan Carlos over claims he may have been involved in the Gurtel corruption scandal. The case brought down the previous conservative Partido Popular (PP) government last June.

Pablo Iglesias, the leader of Podemos, said the party did not understand why an investigation into the former head of state could not be opened.

Spanish monarchs are immune from prosecution under the country’s constitution.

The push comes as several regional assemblies and parliaments debated the monarchy last week.

Cataluña’s parliament called for the monarchy to be abolished and the government is now set to take the matter to Spain’s Constitutional Court.

The moves follow previous remarks from Podemos leader Iglesias following Spain’s National Day where he called for the abolition of the monarchy.

The Spanish King and Queen have remained consistently popular and polling has found support for them has stayed well above 50 per cent.

Other than open hostility to the monarchy in areas such as Cataluña, it does not appear there is an overwhelming appetite to establish a Third Republic.

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AntiSemitism rising

GUNNED DOWN: The attack took place at the Tree of Life synagogue.

US synagogue shooting PEOPLE across the United States (US) and the world mourned the deaths of 11 Jewish worshippers shot while observing Shabbat at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last Saturday.

Members of the New Life Congregation were gunned down in the Tree of Life Synagogue that morning in the deadliest attack on Jews in US history. It came amidst concerns that anti-Semitism is on the rise in the US and across the world.

Mourners have since placed flowers outside the synagogue and vigils have been held in memory of the victims in Pittsburgh and elsewhere.

Local police said Robert Bowers, 46, has been arrested in connection with the shooting. US prosecutors based in Pittsburgh are seeking the death penalty for the suspect who was due to appear before a court in the city last Monday on 29 charges.

Scott Brady, the US attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania which is handling the case, said

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Pittsburgh attack leaves 11 dead

MEMORIAL: An interfaith vigil was held in Pittsburgh.

COMING TOGETHER: Tributes were offered in Boston.

they were currently treating the attack as a hate crime.

Bill Peduto, the mayor of Pittsburgh, said the attack marked the “darkest day” in the city’s history.

Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers, of

the Tree of Life synagogue, said he and worshippers there would rebuild and be stronger and better than ever.

“You can cut some branches from our tree, but Tree of Life has

The victims Joyce Fienberg, 75, Richard Gottfried, 65, Rose Mallinger, 97, Jerry Rabinowitz, 66, Cecil Rosenthal, 59, David Rosenthal, 54, Bernice Simon, 84, Sylvan Simon, 86, Daniel Stein, 71, Melvin Wax, 88 and Irving Younger, 69.

been in Pittsburgh for 154 years.

We’re not going anywhere,” the Rabbi said in an interview on US television.

US President Donald Trump said the attack was an assault on humanity.

“It will take all of us working together to extract the poison of antiSemitism from our world. We must unite to conquer hate.”

The White House flew its flag at half mast in mourning for the victims.

Trump later claimed no one may have been killed if there had been armed guards posted at the synagogue.

The Spanish Embassy in Washington DC said: “We are deeply saddened by the news from Pittsburgh. The Embassy stands in solidarity with the victims, their families and the synagogue community.”

The alleged gunman’s motives are believed to stem from antiSemitism. He reportedly told police officers who arrested him at the scene that he wanted all Jews “to die.”

THE shooting comes as figures show the number of anti-Semitic-related incidents has increased in the US. The Anti-Defamation League (ADF) Jewish rights advocacy group said it had recorded a 57 per cent rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the US in 2017 compared to the previous year.

Earlier ADF figures showed attacks had declined for around a decade up to and including 2013. They then rose by 21 per cent in 2014.

The latest FBI statistics show that of the 1,538 religiously-motivated hate crimes committed during 2016, 54.2 per cent of them were anti-Semitic.

Incidents have included harassment, threats, and the vandalism of synagogues and other Jewish buildings with Nazi symbols including the swastika.

Deborah E Lipstadt, a Professor of Holocaust history at Atlanta’s Emory University, said anti-Semitism was now the worst it had ever been.

The increase in anti-Semitism has been linked to the rise of the farright more generally in the last decade.

Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the ADF, said anti-Semitism had was almost becoming normalised and claimed Trump himself had used rhetoric with anti-Jewish undertones.

“But it’s about more than what one man does. We are seeing an environment in which anti-Semitism has moved from the margins to the mainstream,” he said.

It also comes as the US has seen a spike in the number of mass shootings. There were 26 shootings documented in the US in October as of last Monday, with the Pittsburgh attack the second most recent and deadliest according to the Gun Violence Archive.

The attack is likely to see renewed calls for greater gun control measures, with efforts to restrict firearms ownership having struggled to gain traction in recent years.

The Republican Party, which controls both houses of Congress and the presidency with Trump, traditionally takes a pro-gun or ‘Second Amendment’ stance. It also has close ties to the National Rifle Association (NRA) gun owners and industry lobbying group.

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Stability pays ALLIANZ Real Estate, the real estate agency of the German insurance group Allianz, sees ‘opportunities’ for investment in the Spanish real estate market.

However, the CEO for Western Europe of the company, Alexander Gebauer, qualified this by emphasising that every investment requires ‘political stability.’

Mr Gebauer was speaking at a round table discussion at the Barcelona Meeting Point real estate conference.

Although he did not mention the crisis in Cataluña, he did cite countries such as Spain, the UK, and Italy as examples of political uncertainty.

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figure the Spanish government and several workers’ unions have agreed on, spread €250 million The over the next five years, to support sustainable development in the mining regions.

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Repentant Rato jailed FORMER Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and ex Vice-President of the Spanish government, Rodrigo Rato, has been jailed for embezzlement during his banking years.

Rato arrived on his own to the Madrid prison of Soto del Real last Thursday, where he must serve a sentence of four-and-a-half years for financial fraud between 2010 and 2012.

“I accept the mistakes I have made and I ask society to forgive me, in particular those who were

by Tom Woods deceived or affected,” he told reporters.

It is the first time that Rato, VicePresident during the administration of Jose Maria Aznar (1996-2004) of the Popular Party, has admitted guilt after being found complicit in the case known as ‘Black cards.’

The Supreme Court of Spain confirmed on October 3 the initial sentence imposed initially by the National Audience (AN) in February 2017 against the former Director

General of the IMF. Rato and 63 others were accused of transferring some €12 million from Caja Madrid and Bankia, through the use of credit cards not registered by the Treasury of personal expenses.

Rato was charged with continuing the ‘corrupt scheme’ of his predecessor, Miguel Blesa, who committed suicide in July 2017.

This is one of three legal cases opened against Rato, with two others involving money laundering and financial irregularities.

SPAIN’S unemployment rate fell to 14.6 per cent in the third quarter, official data has shown.

This is its lowest level since the last quarter of 2008 after a busy tourist season boosted employment in services.

Spanish unemployment has fallen steadily from its peak in early 2013, when it reached nearly 27 per cent.

Seasonal businesses like tourism and agriculture have helped to improve the picture over the past few years, and the total number of people employed is 19.5 million.

Start-up surge

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Orange rise TELECOMMUNICATIONS company Orange saw its revenues in Spain increase by 2.2 per cent over the first nine months of 2018, reaching a turnover of almost €4 billion, thanks to strong TV and internet sales.

High stakes TECH TITAN: Miguel Arias is Telefonica’s head of entrepreneurship.

INVESTMENT in tech startups in Spain grew 45 per cent in 2017 to €780 million, according to a study for the Mobile World Capital conference.

This compares to €207 million in 2013 and there are now 3,500 start-ups in the country, up a fifth from 2016.

Aspiring entrepreneurs have been encouraged by a growing number of big-ticket sales to larger companies, which have proved that people can make real money out of creating a new company.

There are also a number of

businesses that have reached the ‘unicorn’ status of being worth more than $1 billion (€880 million).

Maxi Mobility, the parent company of the taxi app Cabify, this year raised €140 million from investors.

Classified advertising app LetGo, which was started in Barcelona, also became worth more than $1 billion (€880 million) last year.

Entrepreneurs say they are attracted to Spain in part because of the high quality of life and low cost of living.

PRIME MINISTER Pedro Sanchez has committed to restricting online and illegal gambling, limiting their advertising capabilities and introducing anti-fraud measures like fining those who hide their IP addresses to access illegal gaming platforms.

Fizzling out COCA-COLA European Partners (CCEP) earned €358 million in the third quarter of the year, 18 per cent more than the same period last year, although falling tourism saw the Iberian peninsula with the lowest growth.

Sabadell weathers storm COSTS from IT problems at its British bank TSB hit Sabadell’s third quarter earnings on Friday, but shares in the Spanish banking group nevertheless rose as it exceeded forecasts.

Sabadell said its third-quarter net profit had fallen 37 per cent after a botched migration of TSB’s systems in April prompted a regulatory investigation and the exit of its CEO. Despite this, Sabadell reported net attributable profit for the quarter of €127 million, lifting its

shares by 4.9 per cent.

Spain itself has had a stronger than expected loan growth, particularly in the large corporate and retail mortgage sectors.

Sabadell said the extraordinary costs relating to the TSB outage included an increase in interest rates on its premium account, impacting on commissions and fraud losses.

Its rival Caixabank reported a decline of 27.6 per cent in third quarter net profit.

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Minister labour vow SPAIN’S Economy Minister has told representatives of the British banking industry that her government has no plans to make major reforms to labour laws in a London meeting last Monday.

Nadia Calviño told those at the meeting in the City of London, Britain’s financial centre, the ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) were seeking to make ‘adjustments’ to worker rules.

It comes after the government unveiled a budget which included the largest hike of the minimum wage in Spain’s democratic history.

Calviño said there had been ‘great confusion’ over whether the PSOE would overhaul labour laws enacted by the previous conservative Partido Popular (PP) which relaxed some labour rules.

“We are not going to change all the labour legislation, there are only going to be some adjustments,” Calviño said.

“A part of the PP reform had positives results, giving more flexibility to the labour market. Other effects have been negative, creat-

LAW PLEDGE: Calviño speaks in the City of London. ing great precariousness in some contracts and too much turnover,” the minister added.

Calviño said PP laws making it easier for firms to hire and fire had created a new class of workers unable to make long term decisions.

Companies were also reluctant to invest the minister added.

Calviño said during the talk organised by the Spanish Chamber

of Commerce and the Spanish Embassy that the minimum wage hike would have a ‘neutral’ effect on job creation.

The government plans to increase the minimum rate of pay to €900 a month.

Supporters of the PP’s previous labour laws argue it created a more business-friendly environment and encouraged firms to take on staff.

Opponents claim it allowed firms to take on and let go off staff at a whim and made it easier for companies to take advantage of workers.

Supporters of the proposed minimum wage hike argue it will lead to a positive knock on effect economically while detractors claim it would make it more expensive to hire staff.

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Bank bolsters security THE Bank of Spain has launched new security software on its website to make its systems more robust in the wake of the cyber-attack suffered at the end of August that blocked access to the agency’s home page.

The Spanish government has taken action after receiving severe criticism after the incident, but pointed out that ‘cyber security is an area of key concern for administrations around the world.’

Evidence has led the authorities to conclude that the hackers involved were largely based abroad, with only 10 per cent of the illegal activity being traced to Spanish territory.

The cyber attack has been linked to previous assaults on the websites of the PSOE, the National Police and the National Court, and is believed to be part of a campaign backing the independence of Cataluña.

Importantly, there is no evidence that the hackers gained access to sensitive information or that there were any leaks of confidential data.

Nevertheless, the Bank of Spain suffered reputational and operational damage at the time.

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FEATURE

An international laughing stock?

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WELL that’s just about it.

I think the British have finally managed to become the laughing stock of virtually the whole planet. From the bat infested cave hideouts of Daesh, to the plush corridors and well stocked bars of the European parliament, I can almost hear the sniggers and guffaws from here, and we only have ourselves to blame.

Slowly but surely, we have allowed the PC brigade, the lunatic left and the snowflakes, to influence our lives and make a mockery of our laws, our culture and our common sense.

We are persecuting our brave troops, pardoning our enemies and kowtowing to a whole host of foreigners and interlopers, many of whom wish us nothing but harm and treat everything we stand for with utter contempt.

The police have lost our respect. Not the least because they are almost afraid to arrest or question anyone of ethnic origin, in case they are accused of racism or prejudice. Many of our judges, who at one time we could rely on to make fair judgements, seem to have utterly lost the plot. We now seem to accept their often utterly nonsensical decisions purely as the ‘norm’.

The reason is actually quite simple. We’re all brainwashed. The oldest ploy in the book and we’ve been completely sucked in by it.

JUSTICE: Will a show trial mean Khashoggi’s family never see justice?

This latest example was a real humdinger.

In 2006, a Somalian born woman applied for UK asylum. She was accepted and became a British citizen in 2013. She also received passports for her children and her mother. She recently showed her ‘gratitude’ to the UK by travelling to Somalia and trying to smuggle in

a couple of distant relatives on two of the passports. She was caught red handed and last week hauled up before the courts.

Subsequently, the judge decided her acts were humanitarian and not criminal. Instead of a thoroughly deserved jail sentence, she was given community service and sent on her

way. The two relatives were granted full asylum. Well of course they were. What a wonderful deterrent to others of the same mind!

Oh, and by the way, there were no attempts at ‘integration’ here. Despite being in the country for 12 years, the woman spoke no English, can’t work, and receives benefits and NHS care for sciatica and depression, and you don’t think they are not all laughing at us?

Give us a break.

A quick prophecy here about the outcome of the Saudi-Khashoggi affair. The Saudis will declare the murder a rogue operation. They will parade all the suspects (assassination squad) in a lavish Riyadh show trial and hand down long sentences to each. I wouldn’t put it past them to throw in a low life they can behead, just to show they really mean business.

These men will then go to jail. After a reasonable time, when all the furore has died down, they will be quietly released, given millions of Riyals apiece and disappear into the Kingdom to live in luxury for the rest of their days (I also suggest they watch their backs!).

The money men will all give a sigh of relief, congratulate each other on a job well done and get back to their real purpose in life, manipulating the peasants. You and me that is!

Keep the faith Love, Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Perhaps you’re renting out your home or even staying in rented accommodation? In this case, a pay as you go internet service could be your best option, especially if you need it connected quickly but not all of the time.

There is nothing more irritating than reconnection charges, minimum yearly usage limits and the inability to allow tenants to pay for the internet directly, so PN TV Services pay as you go internet package offers an ideal solution.

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Currencies Direct offers EWN writer’s book to customers CURRENCIES DIRECT has teamed up with a Euro Weekly News legal expert to offer free copies of the latest edition of his book on Spanish law to customers who register.

The international money transfer company decided to give away David Searl’s new edition of You & the Law in Spain to help inform clients about the country’s legal system.

Searl currently writes the Legally Speaking column in Euro Weekly News, offering readers the chance to write in and ask questions about Spanish law.

Peter Loveday, the director of Currencies Direct’s Southern Europe operation, told Euro Weekly News he wanted to make the offer to help inform people about life under Spanish law.

“When I first moved to Spain 16 years ago I was fortunate to

BOOK OFFER: EWN’s David Searl (centre, right) with colleague Alex Radford (left) and Currencies Direct’s Ignacio Ortega (centre, left) and Peter Loveday (right). be given a copy of the 13th edition of You & the Law in Spain.

“I read whole chapters and have dipped into it since for reference. I was relieved to find David Searl’s tome remarkably

readable and informative,” Loveday said.

Currencies Direct said in a statement those interested in the offer could visit one of their 15 offices and register, with no

obligation to use their services.

Customers are welcome to make an appointment to visit or to drop in, the company added.

Searl, has lived in Spain for 53 years and written for the

Euro Weekly News for many of those years. He said the contact he had with readers of the newspaper helped to keep the book informed.

“Their questions are in-

formed and always remind me to double check my facts,” he said.

Searl added he looked forward to a great relationship with Currencies Direct following the launch of the offer.

Ignacio Ortega, Currency Direct’s regional sales manager for Southern Spain, said the company’s relationship with Euro Weekly News was very important to them.

“Potential clients are always calling and saying that they saw our advert in the Euro Weekly News. It’s important for us because the newspaper’s distribution is so broad,” Ortega said.

Currencies Direct was founded in 1996 and has been operating in Spain since the opening of its Torrevieja office in 1999.

It now has seven offices across the Costa Blanca region, in Javea, La Marina de San Fulgencio, La Zenia, Mazarron, Moraira, Quesada and Valencia.

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

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GOOD morning, class.

No talking at the back, please. I’d like to begin with a moan.

A study sponsored by Sainsbury’s and Oxfam last year, calculated that more than 235 million articles of clothing were sent to landfill annually.

Discarded clothing has been one of the fastest-growing sources of British waste over the past decade.

The fashion industry relies on our irresistible compulsion for fast, cheap, disposable clothes. Especially uncomfortable, daft-looking clothes (and stiletto heels) worn by a ‘celeb’. Wear once, throw away. If it looks bizarre, it must be great.

Well, I blame Brexit! It's obvious.

People can see that crashing out of the EU single market and customs union is going to result in delays to the import of skinny jeans, fashion-forward tops and shoes, and naturally, higher prices.

Just like car manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies, the fashionconscious ladies and gents of the UK have been compelled to stockpile in

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Has hyper-consumerism turned us into a throwaway society?

TASTELESS: Overflowing landfills can be the true price of fashion. advance of the impending doom and then as usual afterwards, throw away!

As if that wasn’t enough, we’re reading almost daily about the latest retailer forced to shut up shop on UK high streets, hit by online competition and rising costs, affecting thousands of jobs.

High-profile failures include Maplin and Toys‘R’Us, whilst high street chains Marks & Spencer, Carphone Warehouse, New Look and Carpetright have had to close dozens of outlets to remain profitable.

Incidentally looking ahead to Christmas, are you stumped for ideas for

gifts? The new ‘Get My Gifts’ service offered by John Lewis (another retailer under pressure) will let shoppers ‘book their very own John Lewis gift guru’ to help them find the perfect gifts.

Good grief! What’s the world come to when people need the services of a ‘gift guru’? A shocking manifestation of the hyper-consumerism that surrounds us. Shame on John Lewis for encouraging it.

A final thought about fashion. If you want to stand out in the crowd, wear the Emperor’s New Clothes. Cost: zero. ‘Look at me’ factor: 100 per cent.

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’and ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore.

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

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Can they take legal action?

Our community has some villas on plots and some attached row houses. All the houses have the same roofs with roof-tiles. One owner has created a new living area by enclosing and roofing his small garden. This was done with no permission from the neighbours or the Community. Another owner demolished his tile roof and replaced it with a flat terrace, altering the general appearance of the whole housing estate. The Community AGM was never informed of these constructions even though the town hall issued a building permit for the terrace. Can we take legal action against these constructions?

P V (Costa Blanca)

Yes you can. In the David Searl first case, construction of a You and the Law new covered area means in Spain that one owner now has a larger share of the entire property and should pay higher community fees. In the other case, one member of a community may not alter the external appearance without approval of the AGM. You should place the issue on the official Agenda for the next AGM. The community can seek a court order to have the new construction demolished and the original appearance restored.

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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4:50am This is BBC Two 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 Gymnastics 6:00pm Coast 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 House of Saud: A Family at War 1:05am Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' 2:05am Trust 2:50am A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad

4:30am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Top of the Pops Gary Davies and Bruno Brookes present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 21 August 1986.

9:00pm Indie and Beyond with Shaun Ryder and Alan Mcgee 10:00pm Marc Bolan: The Final Word 11:00pm Radio 2 in Concert: Paul Weller 12:00am Guitar Heroes at the BBC 1:00am Top of the Pops 1:30am Island at the BBC 2:30am Sound of Song 3:30am Indie and Beyond with Shaun Ryder and Alan Mcgee 4:30am This is BBC Four

8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Find it, Fix it, Flog it 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 Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am Naked Attraction 1:10am Kick-Ass 2

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!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm NCIS 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Christmas Bucket List 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm The Great Model Railway Challenge 10:00pm Portillo's Hidden History of Britain 11:00pm Big Brother 12:30am Big Brother's Bit on the Side

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

4:25am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Harbour 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Through the Keyhole 12:45am Take Me Out

9:25am Emmerdale 9:55am You've Been Framed!

10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:15am Who's Doing the Dishes?

12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:55pm You've Been Framed!

7:50pm Take Me Out 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm American Pie: Reunion 12:10am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy

3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 10:00am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:35pm The Royal 2:35pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Home Fires 10:00pm Grantchester 11:00pm Grantchester 12:00am Killer Women with Piers Morgan 1:00am DCI Banks 2:00am DCI Banks 2:50am Chocolat

4:00am 7:00am 7:50am 8:10am 9:10am

8:40am Miami Vice 10:55am Red Sonja 12:40pm Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 3:00pm Big Trouble in Little China 5:00pm U.S. Marshals 7:15pm Red Sonja 9:00pm Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 11:30pm Big Trouble in Little China

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11:25am 12:25pm 1:35pm 2:35pm 3:40pm 4:45pm 5:50pm 6:55pm 7:25pm 8:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 2:05am 3:05am 3:50am 4:00am

Teleshopping The Chase Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Another investigation for the California coroner Minder A video implicating two senior police officers is mistakenly returned to Daley Videos.

The Saint The Avengers Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Saint The Avengers The Car Chasers The Car Chasers Darts Take the Tower River Monsters The Avengers Lethal Weapon ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

4:35am 6:20am 8:15am 10:05am 11:50am 2:05pm 3:40pm 5:30pm

Police Academy Splash Growing Up Smith Blue Streak Spanglish The House Rough Night A Little Something for Your Birthday 7:15pm The Ugly Truth 9:00pm The House 10:35pm Rough Night 12:25am Bad Santa 2:10am 48 Hrs

Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Fast and Furious 6 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory First Dates Tattoo Fixers Celebs Go Dating

Phantom Thread Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas 11:05am A Bad Idea Gone Wrong 12:40pm Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2:50pm Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 3:20pm Phantom Thread 5:45pm Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas 7:25pm A Bad Idea Gone Wrong 9:00pm Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 11:00pm Fifty Shades Freed: Unveiled Edition 1:00am It Came From the Desert 2:45am Angelica 4:40am Dean

FRIDAY TV

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

Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Live European Tour Golf Live ATP 1000: Paris Sky Sports News at 5 Sky Sports News at 6 Football The Debate - Live Barclays Premier League Preview Premier League Greatest Games Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Live NBA

9:00am 9:30am 9:45am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:15pm 12:30pm

Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Years Football Years EFL One2eleven One2eleven Live Chinese Super League 2:35pm One2eleven 2:45pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm EFL 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm SPFL Matters 7:30pm EFL Greatest Games 7:45pm One2eleven 8:00pm Football 11:15pm The Debate - Live 12:15am SPFL Matters 12:45am One2eleven

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SATURDAY TV

1:45am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Classic Mary Berry 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:15pm Rugby Union 5:40pm Final Score 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News 6:35pm Weather 6:40pm The Time it Takes 7:15pm Pointless 8:05pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:35pm Casualty 10:25pm Killing Eve 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 12:55am The NFL Show 1:25am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:30am BBC News

4:40am This is BBC Two 7:30am Top Class 8:00am All Over the Place:Europe 8:30am Wild and Weird 8:45am Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom 9:15am Got What it Takes?

9:45am Chimpanzee 11:00am Natural World 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul 2:00pm World Gymnastics Championships 5:45pm Antiques Road Trip 6:30pm Mediterranean with Simon Reeve 7:30pm Elizabeth I's Secret Agents 8:30pm Rugby Union 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Truly, Madly, Deeply 11:45pm QI XL 12:30am Snowfall 1:10am Later Weekend with Jools Holland 2:15am Robot and Frank 3:35am Trust 4:20am This is BBC Two

4:30am This is BBC Four 8:00pm A Bear with a Bounty 9:00pm The Man Who Discovered Egypt 10:00pm Beck: Flesh and Blood Swedish detective drama. Martin Beck is drawn into a case of a missing girl in Stockholm.

11:35pm There She Goes 12:05am Top of the Pops 12:35am Top of the Pops 1:05am More Dangerous Songs: And the Banned Played on 2:05am The Kacey Musgraves Country and Western Rhinestone Revue at Royal Albert Hall 3:05am Natural World 4:05am Thomas Chatterton: The Myth of the Doomed Poet 4:35am This is BBC Four

8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:05am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Big Bang Theory 11:25am The Big Bang Theory 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pm The Simpsons 12:50pm Come Dine with Me 1:55pm Four in a Bed 2:25pm Four in a Bed 2:55pm Four in a Bed 3:30pm Four in a Bed 4:00pm Four in a Bed 4:35pm A Place in the Sun 5:35pm A Place in the Sun 6:35pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Britain's Most Historic Towns 9:00pm Dunkirk 10:00pm The Huntsman: Winter's War 12:15am X-Men 2:10am The Last Leg 3:10am Hollyoaks Omnibus

9:50am Shimmer and Shine 10:00am Pirata and Capitano 10:20am Noddy: Toyland Detective 10:35am Floogals 10:50am Paw Patrol 11:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:40am Christmas Mail 1:25pm Christmas Festival of Ice 3:00pm Annie Claus is Coming to Town 4:45pm Journey Back to Christmas 6:25pm Becoming Santa 7:25pm 5 News 7:30pm Becoming Santa 8:10pm Shop Smart, Save Money for Christmas 9:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm The Curse of the Kennedys 11:00pm Challenger Disaster: The Lost Tapes 12:00am Waco Inferno: The Untold Story

6:10am New Girl 6:30am Rude(Ish) Tube 7:00am Couples Come Dine with Me 7:55am Couples Come Dine with Me 9:00am Made in Chelsea 10:00am The Goldbergs 10:35am The Goldbergs 11:05am The Goldbergs 11:35am The Goldbergs 12:05pm Rugrats the Movie 1:40pm The Great British Bake Off: The Final 3:00pm Young Sheldon 3:30pm Young Sheldon 4:00pm Young Sheldon 4:30pm Young Sheldon 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:55pm The Big Bang Theory 6:25pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Transporter 3 12:05am Gogglebox 1:05am Gogglebox

Live NBA NBA Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Live European Tour Golf 1:00pm Football St. Mirren take on Rangers at The Simple Digital Arena in the SPFL Ladbrokes Premiership.

3:30pm Rugby Union England host South Africa at Twickenham Stadium in the Quilter Internationals.

6:15pm Football 8:30pm Football 11:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf 12:30am Chronicles of a Champion Golfer 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News

8:15am Mr. Bean: The Animated Series 8:30am Scrambled!

8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am The Powerpuff Girls 9:10am Toonmarty 9:30am Robozuna 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm Gino's Italian Coastal Escape 1:10pm You've Been Framed!

1:40pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:55pm The X Factor 3:00pm Happy Feet 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV Evening News 7:15pm ITV News London 7:20pm Iron Man 9:35pm The X Factor 11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:35am ITV News 12:55am Play to the Whistle 1:30am Jackpot247

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:45pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 1:15pm Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule 1:45pm You've Been Framed!

2:50pm Beethoven's 2nd 3:55pm FYI Daily 4:00pm Beethoven's 2nd 4:35pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 5:40pm FYI Daily 5:45pm Babe 2: Pig in the City 6:25pm Step Up Revolution 7:30pm FYI Daily 7:35pm Step Up Revolution 8:25pm The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 9:25pm FYI Daily 9:30pm The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 11:35pm Celebrity Juice 12:25am Family Guy

4:50am Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:35am Judge Judy 6:55am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Murder, She Wrote 7:45am Columbo 9:15am A Touch of Frost 11:15am A Touch of Frost 1:15pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 3:20pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 5:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot A spate of petty thefts is followed by a series of brutal murders at a student hostel in London.

7:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Inspector Morse 2:15am On the Buses 2:45am On the Buses 3:10am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

8:25am Motorsport UK 9:30am World Superbike Highlights 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Pawn Stars 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:25pm The Big Fish Off 1:25pm The Motorbike Show 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live From Ascot 5:00pm When English Football Ruled Europe 6:00pm When English Football Ruled Europe 7:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 8:00pm World Series of Darts Finals Live 12:00am Senna 1:05am FYI Daily 1:10am Senna 2:10am The Americans 3:10am Tommy Cooper 3:35am World of Sport 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

9:30am Wild Wild West 11:30am Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2:15pm The Count of Monte Cristo 4:30pm Kingdom of Heaven 7:00pm Wild Wild West 9:00pm Star Wars: The Last Jedi 11:45pm Con Air 1:45am Desperado 3:35am Jungle

4:40am Dean 6:30am Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 7:00am A Bad Idea Gone Wrong 8:30am Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas 10:00am Mary and the Witch's Flower 11:50am Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 1:50pm It Came From the Desert 3:25pm Phantom Thread 5:40pm Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas 7:10pm Mary and the Witch's Flower 9:00pm Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 11:00pm Fifty Shades Freed 1:00am Terrifier 2:30am Dean 4:10am Phantom Thread

7:45am 11:00am 12:30pm 1:00pm 4:00pm

9:30am The Truth About Lies 11:20am Top Ten Show, the 2018 11:40am Clueless 1:30pm Bruce Almighty 3:20pm Role Models 5:10pm Chips: Law and Disorder 7:00pm Sweet Home Alabama 9:00pm Role Models 10:45pm Chips: Law and Disorder 12:35am Election

4:00am 6:30am 7:00am 8:00am

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

Football Live - Soccer Am SPFL Matters Football Live Gillette Soccer Saturday Football EFL Goals: Championship Football Countdowns Football Countdowns EFL Goals: Championship EFL EFL Goals: Championship One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Years Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games

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The facial tissues formerly known as mansize, will now be branded ‘extra large’. The parent company, Kimberly Clark, have succumbed to growing public demand to change the name, despite not itself believing that the branding suggests or endorses gender inequality.

Growing demand my a**e! It’s a bunch of raving nutters! What next? Get rid of Man United and Man City football clubs? How come I’ve never ever met a real person face to face that actually believes in all this nonsense? Have you?

Even more from the PC brigade. Manchester University (should it even still be called Manchester University?) student union want to ban clapping, whooping and cheering, in an attempt to be more inclusive towards those with anxiety or sensory issues, in favour of the British Sign Language jazz-hands version of appreciation.

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Many takeaways in England with a zero rating for hygiene, are among those listed on the Just Eat food app, a BBC investigation reports.

That’s right - zero as opposed to the four and five stars the app gave them.

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SUNDAY TV

7:00am Breakfast 9:30am Match of the Day 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics 12:30pm Sunday Morning Live 1:30pm BBC News 1:40pm Weather for the Week Ahead 1:45pm Bargain Hunt 2:30pm Points of View 2:45pm Songs of Praise 3:20pm War Horse 5:35pm BBC News 5:50pm Regional News 5:55pm Weather 6:00pm Countryfile 7:00pm Antiques Roadshow WW1 Special 8:00pm Doctor Who 8:50pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:30pm Still Open All Hours 10:00pm The Little Drummer Girl 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am The Women's Football Show

4:20am This is BBC Two 7:30am Around the World in 80 Gardens 8:30am Carol Klein's Plant Odysseys 9:00am The Instant Gardener 9:45am Countryfile Ramble for BBC Children in Need 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Hairy Bikers Asian Adventure 1:30pm Sweets Made Simple 2:00pm Rugby Union 3:00pm Rugby League 5:40pm Money for Nothing 6:25pm Saving Lives at Sea 7:25pm Bobby 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Louis Theroux's Altered States: Love Without Limits 11:00pm Maid in Hell: Why Slavery 12:00am The Mash Report 12:30am Inside Obama's White House 1:30am Question Time 2:30am Holby City 3:30am This is BBC Two

4:35am This is BBC Four 8:00pm Locomotion: Dan Snow's History of Railways 9:00pm We Will Remember Them with Huw Edwards 10:00pm The First World War From Above The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective.

11:00pm Arena: Make Me Up! 12:10am Arena 1:10am Dazzling Duets at the BBC Dazzling duets from four decades of BBC entertainment, from Parkinson to the Proms.

2:10am Ballrooms and Ballerinas: Dance at the BBC 3:10am We Will Remember Them with Huw Edwards 4:10am Secret Knowledge 4:40am This is BBC Four

5:15am Building the Dream 6:10am Kirstie's Fill Your House for Free 6:20am French Collection 7:15am King of Queens 7:40am King of Queens 8:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Jamie Cooks Italy 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:25pm The Simpsons 2:55pm The Great British Bake Off: The Final 4:15pm Ice Age 5:45pm Shrek 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Phil Spencer's Stately Homes 9:00pm Great Canal Journeys 10:00pm Guy Martin: The World's Fastest Van 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:30am Celebrity Hunted

9:35am Shimmer and Shine 9:55am Pirata and Capitano 10:25am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:40am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:00am Friends 11:30am Friends 12:00pm Friends 12:30pm Friends 1:00pm Friends 1:30pm Friends 1:55pm Friends 2:25pm Friends 2:55pm Friends 3:20pm Friends 3:50pm Northpole 5:35pm Last Chance for Christmas 6:35pm 5 News 6:40pm Last Chance for Christmas 7:15pm A Heavenly Christmas 9:00pm Inside the Tower of London 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm Big Brother 11:30pm MTV Europe Music Awards 2018 1:15am Lip Sync Battle

6:10am How I Met Your Mother 7:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 9:20am Made in Chelsea 10:25am Don't Spook the Bride 11:30am The Muppet Movie 1:20pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 1:40pm The Goldbergs 2:10pm The Goldbergs 2:40pm The Goldbergs 3:10pm The Goldbergs 3:40pm Happy Together 4:10pm New Girl 4:40pm The Big Bang Theory 5:10pm The Big Bang Theory 5:40pm The Big Bang Theory 6:10pm The Big Bang Theory 6:40pm The Big Bang Theory 7:15pm The Big Bang Theory 7:45pm Crocodile Dundee II 10:00pm Celebs Go Dating 11:00pm Club Rep Wars 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:35am The Big Bang Theory 1:00am First Dates 2:05am Celebs Go Dating 3:10am Tattoo Fixers at Halloween 4:05am Rude(Ish) Tube

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9:30am The Haunted Hathaways 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Love Your Garden 11:25am Doc Martin 12:25pm Countrywise 12:55pm Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 1:25pm Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs 1:55pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:05pm The X Factor 4:00pm Back to Mine 4:30pm Catchphrase 5:15pm The Chase 6:15pm Tenable 7:10pm ITV Evening News 7:25pm ITV News London 7:30pm Tipping Point 8:30pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:30pm The X Factor 10:30pm Sheridan Smith: Coming Home 11:35pm ITV News 11:50pm Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine 12:50am Strangers

7:25am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:50am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:30am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:25pm Celebrity Catchphrase 2:30pm You've Been Framed!

3:30pm You've Been Framed!

4:05pm Hotel Transylvania Preview 5:05pm FYI Daily 5:10pm Hotel Transylvania Preview 5:50pm Johnny English Reborn 6:50pm FYI Daily 6:55pm Johnny English Reborn 7:55pm The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 12:55am American Dad!

3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Murder, She Wrote 7:45am Heartbeat A boy's life hangs in the balance when he falls down a well.

8:50am Heartbeat 9:50am Agatha Christie's Poirot Drama series featuring the famous Belgian sleuth.

12:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 2:10pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:05pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:20pm Columbo 8:00pm Foyle's War 10:00pm Foyle's War 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:15am Neil Diamond: For One Night Only 3:20am Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 4:15am Road to Avonlea 5:10am Road to Avonlea

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6:30am Solo: A Star Wars Story: Special 7:00am Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas 8:35am Mary and the Witch's Flower 10:30am Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 12:30pm Honey: Rise Up and Dance 2:15pm Dean 3:55pm Tad the Lost Explorer and the Secret of King Midas 5:25pm Mary and the Witch's Flower 7:15pm Honey: Rise Up and Dance 9:00pm Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 11:00pm Fifty Shades Freed: Unveiled Edition 1:00am A Bad Idea Gone Wrong 2:35am Terrifier 4:20am It Came From the Desert

12:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 1:00pm One2eleven 1:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:00pm Football 5:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 5:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 6:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:15pm Football Countdowns 6:45pm EFL Greatest Games 7:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 7:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:00pm EFL 9:00pm Football Years 9:30pm Football Countdowns 10:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 10:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 11:00pm EFL Greatest Games 11:15pm EFL Greatest Games 11:30pm EFL Greatest Games 11:45pm EFL Greatest Games 12:00am EFL 1:00am Football Countdowns

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TECH FOR THE TIMID PITY the poor American TV couchpotato, who has to endure up to 20 minutes of commercials every hour.

They are often at peak volume, barking out excruciating exhortations to buy everything from haemorrhoid creams to legal assistance for problems you didn’t know you had.

Spain has ‘only’ 15 minutes of ads an hour, though the EU hopes to standardise commercial breaks to 12 minutes.

Happy days for the Brits, even disregarding the glorious ad-free environment of the public BBC, UK broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 show an average of just seven minutes of commercials an hour.

Advertising is the price we pay (increasingly) for getting stuff free.

When that nice philanthropist Jeff Bezos of Amazon offered to sell us Kindles at cost price if we’d put up with ads on the home screen, rivals thought we’d never buy it.

Amazon has since sold tens of millions of ad-subsidised ‘special

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Ad(s) infinitum, ad(s) nauseam

Zap with Put the brakes on ad breaks, suggests Terence Kennedy the doo-dah

COMMERCIALS: Americans are exposed to at least 4,000 a day. offer’ Kindles.

But are we heading for ‘peak ad’?

The willingness of increasing numbers of people to pay subscriptions for their ad-free ‘content’ suggests many of us have simply had enough.

As growing numbers of viewers desert the traditional commercial TV channels, is regulating how much time advertisers can spend trying to sell us stuff, a little like

shuffling those proverbial Titanic deckchairs?

Eyebrows went skywards last year when a survey insisted the average American is exposed to at least 4,000 adverts a day. A sceptical reporter decided to check. He gave up counting when he got to 487 and was barely past breakfast.

What do we do when an overwhelmance of ads gives us the

screaming habdabs? Of course we can switch off, or we can subscribe to on-demand TV without ads.

Here’s a more practical option for those of us who (still) love the so-called ‘free to air’ TV channels, and want to buck the trend which will see most folks in the developed world buying four monthly ‘content’ subscriptions by 2020, and younger folks supporting a 10-aday habit.

It’s simple: skip the ads.

No, that doesn’t mean heading into the kitchen four times an hour to make a cuppa, for bladder or for worse. Don’t watch live TV. Record it, and zap through the ads. Easypeasy.

Assuming you’re watching via a traditional antenna or a satellite dish, just replace your tuner or decoder with a TV recorder for somewhere between €100 and €200.

But good luck when the thing starts gaining on you. When you’re recording more TV than you can possibly watch, welcome to the club.

GROWING numbers of TVs now have built-in recorders, and a price-tag to match.

For those of us further down the food chain, standalone TV tuner-recorders range from analogue models for TV coming into our homes through a traditional antenna, to the newer ones for satellite.

Gone are the days when programming your VCR took a degree in electronics - or a passing six-year-old.

These days you just pull up the programme guide, find the show you want and press the big red button.

Even if the programme moves, technology will do the rest when it airs, and if it’s a series it will even record every subsequent episode.

Then sit back to prove my personal contention: that some commercials actually make more sense viewed at x8 or x16.

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I Escaped to the Country Make Me a Dealer Eat Well for Less BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank Reel History of Britain Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo Britain's Great War Blue Planet II Eggheads Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Letterbox Strictly it Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals School I'll Get This Newsnight Weather NFL 100 Days to Victory Mediterranean with Simon Reeve

Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Who's Doing the Dishes?

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This is BBC Four Beyond 100 Days Regimental Stories The Story of Wales WWI: The Last Tommies There She Goes The Silk Road In the final episode of his series tracing the story of the most famous trade route in history.

Lost Kingdoms of Central America Ireland's Treasures Uncovered Time Shift Documentary lifting the lid on the world of cinema censorship.

WWI: The Last Tommies This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.

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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 Journey Back to Christmas 1:50pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 2:05pm 5 News Lunchtime 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Flight Before Christmas 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Moto GP Highlights 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:15pm Inside the Tower of London 11:15pm Age Gap Love 12:15am My Obese Life 1:15am Murder in Paradise 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am The Mentalist

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Minder The Saint The Avengers Snooker The Avengers The Car Chasers US reality show. Jeff wants to buy a 1970 Camaro but is put off when it won't start.

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Was The Beast informing on Strictly?

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TV COUCH CRITIC

by Adam Whalley-Lewis

I AM guessing most of you (us) have had some sort of heating on since last week? Come on, be honest, and I hope anyone hit by the floods is at least starting to get back to something approaching normality - some of the TV footage was horrible. Just because you are close by, shout out to anyone affected in San Pedro and Estepona, stay safe.

The Chase made social media headlines over the last week and ITV have been surprisingly quiet about it all, me thinks too quiet maybe? Firstly, The Governess seems to have been given a much easier set of questions than contestants Sarah-Jane and Majorie. The ladies racked up an impressive 18 correct answers but were caught by Anne, thanks to, on the face of it, an easier set of questions. AND THEN Mark The Beast Labbett seemed to have been beaten by time only for

THE CHASE: This popular ITV show is an evening staple for many viewers. his final answer to be given by Dr Who side-kick Bradley, even though the clock clearly showed no time left before he completed his answer.

The Chase is a staple of early evening viewing and doesn’t need anything messy clouding the format.

Just a final thought, what do the

contestants do all day? Win or not, they have all enjoyed their day and had a lovely time. If you know, let me know and if you fancy a bit of Come Dine With Me insight next week, let me know on that too? The Chase is on week days, ITV. Fans of box-sets might want to

search out Informer, via BBC iPlayer. This is a gritty and complex thriller about a counter-terrorism officer recruiting an East London lad to be, you guessed it, an informer.

The story is solid and nothing is off limits for the script writers.

Let’s quickly waltz through the latest episodes of Strictly. Seann Walsh and Katya Jones left on Sunday. I’m making no further comment on that. I will just mention the Halloween opening last week’s, themed apparently on the Mexican Day of the Dead Holiday. There is a lot of noise about the dancing having racist overtones. Now, I much prefer the All Saints Holiday to Halloween, but I’m not signing up to the racist complaints against Strictly.

Three lads who I suspect could turn their hands to anything continue their Road Trip on ITV, Thursday. Gordon, Gino and Fred are brilliantly flung together to cheekily complete a road trip and have some Carry-On fun along the way. Last week the lads were in Scotland, there were some obvious kilt jokes and lots of scallops, combined with

some stunning Celtic scenery. I’m a fan, I’m sure the guys will be thrilled!

Sunday evening brought us the start of a new BBC adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl. This is from the people who brought us The Night Manager, so that’s a good starting point? Well yes, a good start, but for anyone who knows John le Carre’s novel this is destined to be a much darker TV experience than Night Manager. The story is a spy drama set in the 1970’s following a bombing in East Germany.

There is an Israeli intelligence investigation which undercovers a link to assassination attempts against leading Jewish people across the globe. Michael Shannon and Florence Pugh are the stars of this slow burning story. Stick with it.

Dark Heat is a new detective drama from ITV, Wednesday evenings.

First episode this week, so I will catch up with you on this one next week.

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Appalling views bring shame I AM appalled at your newspaper for publishing a biased and homophobic column by Leapy Lee! Saying you aren’t ‘homophobic’ does not mean you aren’t. Referring to minorities as ‘The lunatics are taking over the asylum’ sums up this columnist’s true feelings.

I am all for freedom of speech but not this kind of attack on any minority!

Shame on him, but even more shame on your editorial team for allowing this to be published and distributed.

I appreciate that leaving the civility of the UK there will be some adjustment to my new life but I had no idea Spain was so far back in allowing the promotion of such views.

Absolutely disgusted!

Jamie Truby

True meaning MAUREEN COMYN unfortunately does not understand democracy. It is the right to say yes or no. The bakery was well within its rights to say no to the wording on the cake.

Pete

Chilly dip I HAVE been a regular user of the Albox pool since it opened. Now the mayor of Albox has not only had the gym closed down, but the pool is not open in the mornings any more except on Saturday.

There is only one lifeguard having to cover these hours (poor guy).

I have been to the town hall twice to complain, not just about the hours, but that the electric for hairdriers was turned off (now sorted, but it took two weeks). Now the heating for the pool has been turned off. It’s freezing and as nearly all the people who use it at 4pm are OAPs we need the pool heated.

It seems to me that the mayor is determined to have the community centre completely closed down.

Needless to say myself and many friends of all nationalities will not use it until the pool is at least 27 degrees C. Give us pensioners our warm pool back please!

Mrs T Turpie

Police no help I READ the article about fake gas inspectors with interest and I note the last part that says to phone the police if a stranger calls at your door without an appointment.

I think you should be aware that if anyone does call the police it is a waste of time. The police arrive and the first thing they ask you is ‘did you let them in?’ To which my answer was yes, as they told me they were

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BEWARE: Fake gas inspectors can be very plausible.

from the gas company and were here to carry out annual checks.

They were wearing uniforms and all looked very official.

They found old pipes and a gas leak and they charged a lot more than €100.

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should not have let them in and it was not a scam as they had completed work at the house and we had given them money without force.

The police told us it was our fault that we let them in and it was our fault we paid them

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more money than the job would normally cost and in Spain no checks take place without appointments and we were just too nice for trusting these people.

So phoning the police is a waste of time.

Angela

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Animal charity boss faces probe over donations from UK Scam of a rescue , after sending money and goods for years, I finally saw the light. Got blocked for asking after the animals, but was a very active member before.

Peter €54,000 spent in one year on vets bills… ermmmm the published accounts aren’t saying that for any year so what year exactly? Many people including registered successful rescues have offered help with some of his dogs, offered sanctuary and all expenses paid rehabilitation. Considering he was claiming to be down to his last few euros and desperate for food, he subsequently blocked everyone who offered these dogs a lifeline!

EWN User His lies have been shown time and time again, claiming to have rescued puppies when he in fact bought them from a breeder. Despicable living conditions and refusing help from rescuers in Spain but then publicly mocking them in his rants, yet strangely remains elusive despite requests from genuine rescuers to meet face to face? The truth will out, it always does.

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Clocks go BACK this weekend - and why it could be for the last time in Spain Anyone remember Double Summer time? 1970’s. Lovely long evenings, but darker mornings - when no one really cares. These days so many people go to work in the dark all year round anyway. Try commuting for an hour into London, to get to the office by 8!

PM Light evenings are a major benefit and makes living in Spain so much nicer. It is brilliant being able to enjoy the daylight until 6.00pm while gloomy Britain starts getting dark at 3.30pm in the middle of winter and everyone feels depressed. Making the evenings darker and having an extra hour of daylight when you are getting up in the morning or still asleep isn’t really an improvement. Keep things as they are!!

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Discover how to make the most of the month ahead with your November Astrology, Numerology and Tarot Forecast...

Sally Trotman www.sallytrotman.com Sally Trotman is a qualified Counsellor who works with Astrology, Numerology and the Tarot. Each month she will deliver the forecast as an intuitive tool to aid increased self awareness.

ASTROLOGY : what’s your passion?

Sun in Scorpio : This month the sun is ruled by the watery and sensitive sign of Scorpio. This deep thinking sign is helping you to do what you love and love what you do. Who and what lights your inner fire? Move towards those who inspire and uplift you. Spend time on projects that excite you. Start a new energising hobby. Whatever you do, make sure you do it with passion and commitment. Scorpio is in it for the long haul. What would you be happy doing for the rest of your days? A Scorpio mantra to consider - if it isn’t wow, it isn’t worth it!

Get in tune with the moon : make new connections On November 7 the new moon in

Scorpio starts the month off with a bang. As the fireworks rise up in the sky this year consider what you would like to launch into as we head towards the new year.

Scorpio’s ruling planets are Mars and Pluto. This explosive combination reminds you to keep your emotions in check although that might be difficult at times.

Long buried emotions may surface this month which will bring transformation to all your relationships. The full moon on November 23 is in the sign of Gemini. This airy sign brings some light relief as we move out of the depths of our emotions and into a more jovial mood. The sun moves into the sign of playful Sagittarius the day before the full moon. Accept all party invitations and enjoy the more outgoing planetary energy now.

of repeated number patterns, white feathers and penny coins in your path. The universe often sends visual confirmation to guide so keep an open mind.

Trust your intuition and know that your hunches, rather than your mind will help you this month.

Numerology : follow your heart Number 11 : This master number represents inspiration, illumination and spiritual enlightenment. Watch out for synchronicity this month.

Notice the signs being sent to you by the universe this month in the form

The Tarot : In the Tarot deck, the 11th card in the M a j o r Arcana picture deck is the card of Justice. The figure of Justice sits comfortably between two pillars and symbolises the need for balance, law and structure. The influence of this card indicates that the fairest decision will be made. Justice is the sword that cuts through a situation and will not be swayed by outer beauty when deciding what is fair and just. Do not be influenced by outer appearances this month.

Trust your inner wisdom and try to balance logic with intuition when

making decisions. Observe and be impartial when dealing with difficult or emotionally charged situations to make the best choices for you. Decisions made this month may have long lasting effects so take time to make clear choices from a place of peace.

Affirmation : I am living my joy and my truth Do you have questions about your relationships, career, home or health? By looking at the unique numbers in your date of birth, planetary influences and associated Tarot Cards, an Astrology, Numerology and Tarot Consultation can help you to become clearer, calmer and more confident about your current and future opportunities. Sally has over 15 years experience of intuitively counselling and guiding her clients to a place of peace and fulfilment. Consultations are held on Skype, Face time, and Facebook video and cost £25 for 30 mins, £40 for 45 mins or £50 for one hour. To book in contact at sally.trotman@btinternet.com or visit www.sallytrotman.com.

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There has been a very strong feeling through these last few weeks. This feeling has been one of spirituality. Your thoughts have been deeper than usual and the sense that there is more to life is acute. This, therefore, gives an impetus to everything that you do this week. The need to progress both on the home and business front has rarely been stronger.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) In the last few weeks there may have been a sense of being not quite in control. That is something to deal with this week. Real progress will only be made when you have faced what is not wanted. You will rid yourself of any negative emotions quickly by facing them.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You are a great charmer but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Is there the possibility that your romantic life needs tidying up? Perhaps the number of irons that you have in the fire is causing problems?

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The ever-inquisitive part of your brain is in high spirits. Clearly there is much to be known and enjoyed over the coming months. Begin at the beginning though. Before you throw yourself into a spiritual or business endeavour, get the facts. I don't mean what people tell you they think. What you

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Certainly there have been times that you felt crestfallen.

Sometimes circumstances bring us down. Avoid believing in the myth of ‘what should have been’. What you are is not what others see but what you feel inside. Success does not depend upon your bank balance but rather more your spiritual progress.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The changes that have already started in the way that you see your life have given pause for thought. You are sure that you could have done better but maybe it is not clear how. Take a step back now and see where you came from. Two years ago where were you heading? Do you still want to follow that path?

A need to get back on track can start this week.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It becomes clear to you that some friends are drifting away.

We all have to make changes as life itself is a constantly shifting event. You prefer to hold on to what is familiar and you are not alone in that. At the moment, however, there is much for you to experience, see and feel.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) With a lot of pent-up energy and not a little determination the month is off to a strong start with you. Be aware, however, that treading on the toes of influential people is not to be advised. Your feeling that you are right is admirable, but be tactful.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) You of all people understand the importance of the spiritual side of life. Despite being successful in your own right there is the need to bring this to other people.

In sharing your experiences this year you come to a better understanding yourself.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your practical streak is in full force. Over the next months you will bring much benefit to those around you, in financial terms perhaps, but also spiritually. This week, in itself, shows you how others value your presence and advice.

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Cryptic Across 1 Part confused, the cad! (6) 4 Services for the common people (6) 9 Piece of furniture that's chosen by PM (7) 10 A display of bad temper in the theatre? (5) 11 Irish county with the right civic head (5) 12 Acted improperly about. He defrauded (7) 13 Engineer met harassed senior school staff (11) 18 Sends back profits (7) 20 In French street, go back for rascal (5) 22 Measure broken china (5) 23 The Spanish man's a gent, strangely charming (7) 24 Very bad to rent out (6) 25 Builder's requisite, a bit of mustard or salt (6) Down 1 Leave bit of electronic equipment after last month (6) 2 Cat upset by bat (5) 3 Concentrated on giving money to Communist (7) 5 Part of a church in Paisley (5) 6 Curse about extremely threadbare pullover (7) 7 Stayed around stable (6) 8 Possibly rocks at news of prepared

response (5,6) 14 Take out former partner's piece of land (7) 15 Newly promoted male avoided underwater missile (7) 16 A degree of aggro, certainly, for the

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shopkeeper (6) 17 He ate rack of lamb, including a stove (6) 19 Hair treatment provided by barber in Seville (5) 21 Hard work produced by good right back (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 13 represents B and 26 represents R, so fill in B every time the figure 13 appears and R every time the figure 26 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 Cut off from a whole (5) 3 Japanese fish dish (5) 6 Beer (3) 8 Hide from view or knowledge (5,2) 9 Every day (5) 10 Piece of music (4) 13 From a particular thing, place or position (4) 14 Income received for work (5) 17 Three pronged spear (7) 18 Small green vegetable (3) 19 Indications (5) 20 Borders (5)

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Across 1 Musician (6) 4 Evangelio (6) 9 Swedish (f) (5) 10 Scorpion (7) 11 Surtido (8) 12 Nails (human) (4) 14 Golden (6) 16 Más profundo (6) 19 Elbow (4) 20 Portable (8) 23 Buitre (7) 24 Aceituna (5) 25 Asustado (6) 26 Traffic jam (6)

Down 1 Counterfeit (4) 2 Remember (6) 3 Rescue (4) 4 Pile of discarded metal (9) 5 Compel to behave in a certain way (6) 7 Proceeding or issuing forth, as from a source (9) 11 Desert plant (6) 12 Unnerve (6) 15 In smaller quantity (4) 16 Go across or through (4)

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

Down 1 Mostaza (7) 2 Pasos (5) 3 Square (shape) (8) 5 Buttonhole (of garment) (4) 6 Chirivía (7) 7 Monday (5) 8 To be born (5) 13 Remolacha (8) 15 Knee (7) 17 Filling (culinary) (7) 18 Dinero (5) 19 Cuevas (5) 21 Gemelos (5) 22 Grosero (maleducado) (4)

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

BONITO DAINTY ECHOES ENABLE FACTOR (10) FENNEL FERRIC HALLOW METEOR MOROSE SPEEDY SPOTTY STEREO TALLOW TEETHE TELLER TERROR THIRST ZENITH

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Sheave 2 Netted 3 Behest 4 Memory 5 Teethe 6 Sweaty 7 Tedium 8 Warmth 9 Odious 10 Demand 11 Assert 12 Upside 13 Tartar 14 Copter 15 Rental 16 Marrow 17 Mature 18 Marmot 19 Helmet.

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

• The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’.

They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally.

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

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

• No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

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

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

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TARGET:

TARGET: • Average: 16 • Good: 22

• Very good: 32 • Excellent: 42

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

Average: 11 Good: 15 Very good: 22

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Excellent: 29

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across: 1 Stand, 4 Debug, 7 Stalemate, 8 Ruby, 10 Delays, 12 Family, 13 Bold, 16 Assistant, 18 Sides, 19 Dregs.

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Down: 1 Sever, 2 Ass, 3 Deaf, 4 Diesel, 5 Bravado, 6 Guess, 9 Bemused, 11 Closes, 12 Flats, 14 Darts, 15 Wand, 17 Toe.

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Across:

Across:

1 Siam, 3 Emaciate, 9 Hunters, 10 Suite, 11 Bulge, 12 Absent, 14 Resent, 16 Candle, 19 Parson, 21 Resit, 24 Slime, 25 Acetate, 26 Sprinter, 27 Beds.

7 Carpeta, 9 Until, 10 Egoísta, 11 Sense, 12 Syrup, 14 Daisies, 16 Suspect, 18 Necks, 20 Often, 22 Nephews, 24 Talon, 25 Scooter.

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Down:

1 Schubert, 2 Annul, 4 Mishap, 5 Costs, 6 Aligned, 7 Ever, 8 Demean, 13 Restless, 15 Shadier, 17 Agreed, 18 Engage, 20 Sheen, 22 Shake, 23 Asks.

1 Screws, 2 Arco iris, 3 Bees, 4 Question, 5 Atún, 6 Pliers, 8 Ataud, 13 Pregnant, 15 Incierto, 16 Shorts, 17 Tunes, 19 Sastre, 21 Tela, 23 Peor.

App of the week Popemon Go CLEVER Catholics trying to get children interested in religion have devised a new game based on Pokemon Go, but rather than hunt down monsters, users search for and capture saints. The Follow Jesus Christ app was released in Rome by evangelical group Fundacion Ramon Pane. It’s believed the Pope was introduced to the game on its release and commended it for using technology as a tool to convert the masses. It uses virtual reality with geolocation or GPS.

QUIZ: BLACK IS BLACK 1. By what other name is Arrangement in Grey and Black No 1, a painting in oils on canvas created by the American-born painter James McNeill Whistler in 1871, better known?

2. Cilla Black’s version of which Bacharach and David song was the UK’s biggest-selling single by a female artist in the 1960s?

3. Featuring a profile of Queen Victoria, in which year was the Penny Black, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp used in a public postal system first issued in Great Britain?

4. Now owned by Nestlé, which English confectionery business based in York, originally created the British brand of boxed chocolates Black Magic in 1933?

5. What is the English name of the chocolate sponge cake with a rich cherry filling that is based on the German dessert Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte?

6. What name connects a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades and a

police vehicle for transporting prisoners?

7. What nickname was given to the force of temporary constables recruited to assist the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) during the Irish War of Independence, the Royal Irish Constabulary Special Reserve?

8. What was the real name of the English pirate, nicknamed Blackbeard, who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies between 1716 and 1718?

9. What was the title of Black Box’s first UK hit single, which reached number one in September 1989?

10. Which English professional football club, currently playing in League One, are nicknamed the Black Cats?

Not a lot of people know that... Vantablack is the world’s darkest material. It absorbs 99.965 per cent of light, making the surface it covers look like a void.

Answers: 1. WHISTLER’S MOTHER, 2. ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART, 3. 1840 (accept 1835 to 1845), 4. ROWNTREE’S, 5. BLACK FOREST GATEAUX, 6. BLACK MARIA, 7. BLACK AND TANS, 8. EDWARD TEACH or EDWARD THATCH, 9. RIDE ON TIME, 10.

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he travelled with his diplomat father and saved up money as a dishwasher to purchase a guitar as a young teenager. *Sally Field, Actress; November 6, 46 In American sitcom TVs Gidget, Sally Field won several Best Actress Oscars and portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. She played Sister Bertrille in The Flying Nun from 1967 to 1970. She also supported Hillary Clinton in her 2008 presidential campaign. *David de Gea, Goalkeeper; November 7, 90 Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea, joined Manchester United in 2011 after spending two seasons with La Liga club Atletico Madrid, where he led the team to a UEFA Europa League title and a UEFA Super Cup Championship eight years ago.

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FINE WINE WIND WEND WEED WEEK

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*David Schwimmer, Actor; November 2, 66 also worked as a stand-up comedian in Colorado Friends favourite David Schwimmer became clubs, which led to her appearance on America’s known as paleontologist Ross Geller on the cult The Tonight Show. sitcom, a role for which he won a Screen Actors *Sean Combs, Rapper; November 4, 69 Also known as Diddy, P Diddy and Puff Daddy, Guild Award for Outstanding Performance. In 2016, he portrayed Robert Kardashian on the FX Sean Combs is a Grammy Award-winning hipseries The People v OJ Simpson: American hop mogul whose debut album, No Way Out, Bryan Adams.

Crime Story. went seven times platinum. His song ‘I’ll Be *Roseanne Barr, TV Actress and Comedian; Missing You’ was a Number One Billboard hit. *Bryan Adams, Rock Singer; November 5, 59 November 3, 52 Award-winning actress Roseanne Barr, is famous for Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams is best known playing the title role in the sitcome Roseanne. Its 1993 for his songs ‘Everything I Do, I Do It For You’ and episode ‘A Stash from the Past’ was named the 21st ‘Summer of ‘69’. He has received 15 Juno Awards over the course of his lengthy career. Before he became famous century greatest episode of all time by TV Guide. She

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Euro Weekly News strives for accuracy, but cannot be held responsible for any errors in published forecasts

This week in history

Welcome to my world BECOMING is an intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama.

The wife of Barack Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era.

She is hailed as having helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in America and around the world.

In her book, a work of deep reflection and storytelling, Michelle invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her, from her childhood on the south side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, before moving into the world’s most famous address.

With honesty and wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it.

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1493 - Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New World.

1496 - The Jews are expelled from Syria.

1507 - Cesare Borgia dies while fighting alongside his brother, the king of Navarre, in Spain.

1609 - The Bermuda Islands became an English colony.

1702 - The Daily Courant, the first regular English newspaper is published.

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes first telephone call to Thomas Watson.

1879 - The British Zulu War begins.

1894 - Coca-Cola is sold in bottles for the first time.

1910 - Slavery is abolished in China.

1945 - American B29 bombers attack Tokyo, killing 100,000 1949 - Almost four years after the end of World War II, clothes rationing in Great Britain ends.

1969 - James Earl Ray pleads guilty of murdering Dr Martin Luther King and is sentenced to 99 years.

1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev is named the new Soviet leader.

1988 - The Prince of Wales narrowly avoids death in Switzerland in an avalanche which kills one of his closest friends.

1994 - The Church of England ordains women priests.

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FOUR armed robbers are killed in a failed heist attempt, only to have their widows step up to finish the job in this modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption.

Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by the dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar winner Viola Davis), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo), take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

The 20th Century Fox film which is directed by Steve McQueen, also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, and Robert Duvall. To be released in November.

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THE 28-day non-smoking challenge, Stoptober, has come to an end, which apparently makes those of you who took part five times more likely to quit for good.

You are now carbon monoxide free, can breathe easier, and reap the benefits of improvements to lung function and circulation. Unfortunately, aesthetic improvements are more difficult to naturally recover. Smokers are more susceptible to premature ageing, sagging skin, stained teeth and hair loss. So why not reward your smoke-free body with a new healthier look.

As a consequence of smoking, teeth yellow, discolour and stain due to the tar and nicotine contained within cigarettes.

The porous properties of teeth mean these products are easily absorbed, often penetrating stains deep into the tooth enamel making them stubborn to remove.

Using an activated charcoal toothpaste such as White Glo’s Charcoal Deep Stain Remover Toothpaste easily eradicates pestering tooth stains. This specialist formula uses high absorbent charcoal technology to instantly trap coloured particles, bad breath and

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DAZZLE: Enhance your smile while fighting the fags. whiten teeth. Whilst activated charcoal particles remove stubborn stains and detoxify the

mouth. Suitable for everyday use, this toothpaste has a low abrasion formula which protects teeth

against cavities.

Smoking exposes your skin to 4,000 chemicals making it even

more damaging than sunbathing.

Premature ageing is one of the main reasons smokers look 1.4 years older than their actual age.

Nicotine contained within cigarettes causes vasoconstriction, the narrowing of arteries which limits the blood supply to smaller blood vessels.

This suboptimal blood supply deprives the skin of anti-oxidants, moisture, oxygen and vitamin C which help to keep skin looking healthy, young and supple.

A smoker’s skin is also subject to sagging and wrinkles due to a high exposure to free radicals which break down collagen and elastin.

Rejuvenate your skin by consuming foods with a high concentration of antioxidants such as spinach, almonds and oranges to support collagen production and improve skin elasticity.

Moisturise daily and drink plenty of water to quench the thirst of your dehydrated skin.

Helpline calls on the rise GROWING: Online gambling is becoming more and more popular.

A GAMBLING addiction hotline has seen a 30 per cent increase in the number of calls over the last five years.

Half of the 30,000 calls a year to the National Gambling Addiction Helpline are concerned about mental health, and two thirds claim it is

causing them serious money problems.

A spokesman for the Gambling Commission said it is important that anybody with issues of this kind has access to support when they need it.

He added “A focus on preventing harm in the first place is equally important”, which is why

the commission is taking action, requiring gambling companies to look out for those detrimentally affected, and to step in and protect them.

The growing popularity online and on smartphones has led to gambling now being a €15.7 billion industry.

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Tasty fat burning fruits WHAT you eat is just as important as what you don’t eat,when it comes to reducing body weight.

Fortunately, eating fruit is a great way to burn fat and keep cravings for sweet stuff at bay.

Research carried out by the World Health Organisation, American Heart Association and Dietry Guidelines for Americans among others, has confirmed that fruit intake is positively related to weight loss.

Fruits contain very few calories, whilst also being crammed with vital nutrients to keep stomachs full for longer. Fruits can be enjoyed during breakfast, lunch, dinner, or as a snack for in-between meal munchies.

Studies have also shown that eating specific fruits help burn fat more efficiently. Here are some of the more effective fatburning fruits.

Apples are the most fibrerich sources found in nature.

Studies show that fibre is an integral part of reducing visceral

fy hunger. They are also packed with medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) which can boost the metabolism efficiency by up to 30 per cent.

Commonly referred to as melon, honeydew is rich in a number of vitamins and nutrients. It contains heaps of vitamin C which boosts the immune system and fights against fat build up.

WONDER FOODS: Honeydew Fruit intake is is also a great positively related source of vitto weight loss. amin B complex which breaks fat fat (belly fat), and that down and a higher soluble fibre converts it inintake every day can to energy. reduce tummy fat by FAT-BUSTING: Up to 30 fruits are great at helping Lemons are 3.7 per cent over a to reduce body weight. also great for five-year period. detoxifying Avocados are wellthe liver, and having a healthy ing body fat. They keep the known for being high in fat, but liver aids the ability to digest stomach fuller for longer, are they also help to burn fat, too. food and burn fat. high in magnesium and potassiThe high amounts of omegaLemons also prevent the acum and can help with digestion 9 fatty acids, known as monocumulation of fat in the body. problems and bloating. saturated fats, help the metaOther great fruits include Coconuts are naturally sweet bolic processes of converting grapefruit, apricots, blueberries, in flavour, and even small fat into energy. pomegranates and watermelon. quantities of the flesh can satisBananas are great at lower-

HEALTH & BEAUTY

Excess heat can cause halitosis THE long, hot summer days are almost behind us, but have you ever wondered what happens to the body in extreme heat?

Some people love the sultry conditions and overload of vitamin D, but for others it can wreak havoc with the body.

Hot weather can cause some painful chafing, unavoidable sweaty armpits and sleepless nights of relentless tossing and turning. Then there’s the hayfever.

But it can also give you bad breath. Excessive heat can cause you to dehydrate, which has been proven to have the unsexy side effect of halitosis.When the mouth becomes dry, bacteria accumulates due to a lack of saliva to wash it away.

During summer months, the body loses more water naturally through sweating. This coupled with an increase in the use of hayfever medications, fad summer dieting, and increase in outdoor exercising and over exposure to the sun, can also make the problem worse.

It is advisable to drink plenty of water, not just to combat bad breath, but to keep other body organs functioning well.

On a positive note, a healthy amount of sun can actually strengthen bones, as vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium, commonly linked to strong bones.

BAD BREATH: Caused by dehydration.

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Look after your diet at work STRESSING about issues at work can often lead to a poor diet and irregular eating patterns.

The normal working day can start off well with a healthy breakfast, but by lunchtime and mid-afternoon, a hectic environment can lead to unplanned snacks or nothing to eat at all.

Tight deadlines, overlapping meetings and other work commitment make us delay what we eat or opt for the wrong sort of things.

According to experts, stress -eating is a big point of concern among office goers, and stress and anxiety-induced hunger can have long-term effect on the waistline.

Doctors from SL Raheja Hospital in Delhi, claim that making simple and smart food choices throughout the working day can help boost creativity and productivity, while keeping fatigue and stress to a minimum.

Tips to help make the most of your day include, having a

AVOID JUNK: Healthier options help improve productivity and reduce stress levels. good breakfast, banning sugary snacks from the workplace and drinking plenty of water.

It’s advisable to steer clear of sugary, caffeine laden drinks, and always eat a home-made lunch.

Healthy snacks such as nuts, almonds and raisins, tubs of raw or roasted vegetables and fruit smoothies are also a good idea.

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

ALTHOUGH much classical ballet was first produced for the stage two centuries ago, it continues to be an art form which simply doesn’t go out of fashion.

Two of Tchaikovsky’s most loved and re-enacted ballets will be performed at the Auditorio in Torrevieja each staged by a different company.

The first presentation will be The Nutcracker which is based on a short story, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and is perhaps the best known of his ballets thanks to The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and The Waltz of the Flowers.

Much-loved as a Christmas treat, this ballet is performed by the Russian National Ballet of Sergey Radchenko, which was the first private company to emerge in that country following the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

Tickets for The Nutcrack-

Credit: Russian National Ballet of Sergey Radchenko

Ballet continues to be very popular

THE NUTCRACKER: The leaping doll. er which will be presented next Thursday November 8 cost between €18 and €30.

Once you have seen the ballet, you can also think about taking the children to see the brand new Disney

movie The Nutcracker and the Four Realms which tells a similar story and has a huge cast of top stars including Keira Knightley and Dame Helen Mirren.

Then, just a few days be-

fore Christmas, the Imperial Russian Ballet comes to the Auditorio on Friday December 21 with their interpretation of Swan Lake, another of the great Tchaikovsky compositions which tells the story of good and evil with the battle between the White Swan and the Black Swan which signifies the two major opposites in life.

Originally some of the music in Swan Lake was first written for a lesser known piece The Lake of the Swans which was mainly performed for the composer’s family and is was their praise for the piece that encouraged him to go onto compose the longer and now famous version.

One of the best known and most performed of all of the Tchaikovsky ballets, tickets for this show cost from €20 to €35 and seats for either ballet may be reserved via the Auditorio Torrevieja website.

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THREE KINGS: Alicante appointment announced.

LOOKING forward to the festive season, the mayor of Alicante City has announced the names of the three prominent citizens of Alicante who will portray the Three Kings on January 5.

Juan Cabello, director of El Corte Inglés in Alicante; Luis Miguel Papí, Commercial Manager of the Heineken Group; and David Olivares, commercial director of Grupo Sorell will play respectively Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar.

In a special ceremony the Three Wise Men were given statues of the characters that they are due to portray and also their helpers, the Royal Mail Carriers were appointed.

The mayor also confirmed that there will be some changes to the Christmas celebrations in the city generally, especially with the return of the traditional nativity scenes to the appropriate sites.

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AMATA (the association promoting modern and traditional arts and crafts) is organising a Craft Fair in the town of Novelda just 30 kilometres inland from Alicante City on November 9, 10 and 11.

There will be a wide and varied choice of genuine craftwork and will include pottery and ceramics in a variety of styles, wooden utensils and decorative pieces, leather bags and belts, jewellery in silver, wood, glass, dried seeds and enamel, handwoven shawls and clothes, wooden toys and games, dolls and puppets, lamps, macramé, paintings and more.

There will also be some interesting stalls displaying traditional crafts with demonstrations as Antonio will be making baskets and rush seating (bring an old chair along to get it repaired), Francisco uses a blowtorch to make colourful beads for his jewellery, and Nieves will bring two potter’s wheels to give children and adults a chance to turn their own bowl or cup.

Children of every age can enjoy themselves in the Ludoteca, an area with lots of table games. They can also make their own masterpieces in several craft workshops - participation is free but there are only a limited number of

Credit: AMATA

Discover local handicrafts places available.

On Saturday morning a DJ will liven up the fair, whilst in the afternoon at 6pm a Big Band will give a concert, followed by the traditional Valencian music of dulçaina i tabalet (a member of the oboe family and drum). Then on Sunday the local Asociación de Belenistas will display a beautiful Nativity scene.

Watch out for bargains and perhaps you can have your own custom crafted piece made to order at the fair itself which is open from 6pm on Friday November 9 and 11am to 2pm and 5pm to 9pm on the Saturday and Sunday in the Plaza Glorieta in the middle of Novelda.

As the town is a major centre of grape production, especially those eaten at midnight on New Year’s Eve, the council uses events such as this craft fair to promote the grapes and some of the wines made from them.

One word of caution, parts of the centre of the town are closed at weekends but there is plenty parking in the surrounding areas with just a short walk to where it will be happening.

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Special offer TOMORROW, Friday as part of the Last Minute promotion offered by the Murcia City Council, those aged between 14 and 25 can purchase tickets at the Circus Theatre of Murcia, two hours before the performance for just €3.

The show La Machine de Cirque is set 15 years after the apocalypse and concentrates on five male survivors who are trying to find others who have escaped the devastation.

Armed with their talent to fly high and t h e i r i n g e n u i t y, t h e story sees them evolve in a universe devoid of women and computers.

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Another six great Jazz concerts THE town of Cartagena just can’t get enough Jazz and during the month of November there will be a number of free concerts around the town as well as another six special nights shared between the El Batel Auditorium and the Nuevo Teatro Cirque.

To d a y ( F r i d a y ) F r e n c h Jazz/Scat vocalist Camille Bertault and Madeleine Peyroux will appear at the Nuevo Teatro Cirque.

The following day, Satu r d a y, i t ’s t h e t u r n o f Spanish band Marlango who perform a mix of Jazz and Blues, influenced by Tom Waits and American s i n g e r J o a n Wa s s e r w h o performs as Joan as Police Wo m a n a l s o a t N u e v o Teatro Cirque Friday November 9 sees trumpeter Randy Brecker and saxophonist Bill Evans with their band and Lisa Simone at the El Batel.

On Saturday November 10 two hugely popular

musicians with their bands appear at El Batel, drummer Billy Cobham who has played with such greats as Miles Davis and John McLaughlin and bassist Stanley Clarke who has worked with Chic Corea and many rock bands.

The last weekend of the festival welcomes Scott Matthew alongside guitar legend Al Di Meola and Opus Tour 2018 at Nuevo Te a t r o C i r q u e o n F r i d a y November 16.

Closing the event, also at t h e N u e v o Te a t r o C i r q u e on Saturday November 24 is the Richard Bona Group featuring the Cameroonian bass player and Nigerian saxophonist Femi Kuti, son of the late Fela Kuti.

All events start at 9.30pm and each cost €20 entry with tickets available at https://jazz.cartagena.es/ 2018/.

CAMILLE BERTAULT: Appearing this Friday.

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Skin art is all the rage They will rock you LOVERS of body art will want to visit the First International Tattoo convention to be held at Alicante Trade Fair Institution (IFA) from November 23 to 25.

There will be at least 150 artists taking place and visitors will be able to see displays by Polynesian dancers, musicians, body painting, parades and tattoo contests.

The IFA I strategically located between the two largest urban centres of the province, Alicante and Elche and its modern facilities and its excellent location make it an ideal choice for this event.

The show will open at noon on Friday November 23 with the tattoo contest starting at 7.30pm and will close at 10pm.

On the following day, it will open at 11am with the contest starting at 10pm and it closes at midnight.

On the last day, it also opens at 11am but because of a 10pm closing time, the contest will start at 7.30pm.

Halloween is still happening IF the events of the previous week leading up to Halloween were not enough, the Council in the town of Algorfa has decided that to keep things going on Saturday November 3.

With money raised being passed to local charities, there will be a children’s Passage of Terror from 6pm to 9pm with entry costing €1 and then the stakes are raised with the adult version, costing €2 and remaining open from 9pm to 1am.

This takes place in the Paraje de la Ermita and each visit will last between10 and 15 minutes but tickets should be obtained in advance from the town hall.

Then starting at 8.30pm there will be a Halloween Zumbaton whilst the Youth Department is also arranging for a number games and workshops to take place to entertain the children.

ONE of the most professional and committed tribute bands, Unrisen Queen are currently taking their Temptation Tour across Spain and will be appearing at the Teatro Municipal Capitol in Rojales on Saturday November 17.

Arguably, this Spanish band has a singer with a voice most like that of Freddie Mercury and although they don’t try to look like the original band, their sound and performance has seen them play around Europe including special Queen celebrations to much acclaim.

Formed in Murcia in 2008 they are now in much demand around the world and prior to this performance in Rojales they have been in Israel performing at the Jerusalem Pop and Rock Festival.

It is particularly appropriate that Queen songs should be performed this month as the brand new Freddie Mercury Biopic Bohemian Rhapsody was premiered in London just a few weeks earlier.

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The event promises to be a fun three days with exceptional tattoo artists showing off their skill and with the

chance to see live models and walking canvasses showing off the art that they carry around on their bodies.

THE Cirque de Soleil is returning to Costa Blanca for five days in the New Ye a r w i t h a s h o w t h a t i s tailored for a small venue.

Their touring production OVO will be presented at the Palacio Municipal de Deportes in Murcia City from January 16 to 20 with a total of just eight perfor-

ON TOUR: Unrisen Queen will rock Rojales.

Find out more about the band and see them play at www.unrisenqueen.com.

Tickets for this concert which starts at 9pm and is expected to last around two hours cost €17.65 online from Ticketmaster.

Prepare to be amazed mances (two each on Frid a y, S a t u r d a y a n d S u n day).

This show tells the story of life in the insect world with 12 acts flying, leaping, bounding, and crawling to a Brazilian inspired musical score which is full of music from the jungle and of course Samba.

Ti c k e t s a r e n o w a v a i l able online costing from €35 to €97.50.

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Protect your investment HOME security is about the onion effect, where burglars must peel away at layers to get past the security measures.

There is an old saying: ‘you don’t have to out run the bear, just the other person’.

This means, if your home has more security measures in place than your neighbours, they are more likely to be targeted.

If you want to protect your investment and make your home more saleable, security measures are increasingly important.

In recent times, the advent of the more ruthless ‘creeper burglar’ has increased due to technological advances in vehicle designs.

Most vehicles are becoming harder to break into. The average thief using crude or sophisticated methods are failing, so they are motivated to search for the owner’s unlocking device, and thus the need to break into the house.

Creeper burglars are not only after your vehicle, some are there for your valuables too. Some people make it too easy to enter their homes which entices the opportunist thief.

High walls and fences may stop the neighbours from gawping at you around the pool, but they are a haven for burglars who only have to get over the wall to be out of sight.

This is so obvious, but people still do it. Lock your doors and windows! Deter thieves from targeting your house by ensuring a clear line of

ALARM: Add another layer of defence to your home. sight from the street. Cut back trees and bushes that obscure your front door.

A solid core door with a deadlock is harder to force, and grilles and shutters prevent burglars from breaking in through windows.

Garages and garden sheds are often targeted by burglars who can use your tools or ladders to gain access to the house. Lights with motion sensors should be fitted.

Ask friends to collect your mail and to stop junk mail from building up in your letterbox if you’re away from home. A neighbour parking in your driveway can also help signal the house is not unoccupied.

Other measures include internal lights, a radio set on a timer and organising for someone to mow your lawn.

Installing a safe in your home is a relatively

low-cost way to protect jewellery and cash.

Break up packaging for expensive new gear before tucking it into the bin they are watching.

Add another layer of defence. Fit an alarm system and CCTV cameras with remote viewing, choose wired over wireless.

A barking dog provides effective security.

Even having a ‘Beware of the dog’ sign can make thieves pause before targeting your home.

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CONOR MCGREGOR is recovering from his emphatic defeat at the hands of Russian rival Khabib Nurmagomedov in Las Vegas, by holing up in his luxury Marbella villa.

The Dublin-born fighter, 30, known for his left hook and motor mouth, bought the dream home a few months ago.

The stylish bolthole is part of a €17 million development for the super-rich called The Heights, which is based on the La Resina country club estate which is proving popular with sports stars.

McGregor’s gated home enjoys views over the Mediterranean, and is set among what has become known as the ‘Superstars Cul de Sac.’ Neighbours include former Danish national goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen and ex-Tottenham star Steven Carr.

Photos reveal that the villa is a lap of luxury, with a spacious lounge overlooking the water and a billiards room to cater for his competitiveness.

The swanky pad boasts a wine cellar, pool access from

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McGregor’s luxury villa

LUXURY LIVING: Conor McGregor’s villa packs a punch. all rooms, and lifts covering all floors.Villas are situated on the fourth, fifth and ninth holes of the La Resina Golf Course between the old town of Estepona and the port of Puerto Banus.

McGregor can also enjoy evenings around sunken fire pits and outdoor relaxation areas alongside the infinity pool.

The smart home has an automation system throughout, to control features such as light-

ing, air conditioning and entertainment systems.

Rising Tottenham and England star Harry Winks, 22, also has a home on the estate.

McGregor was able to turn his boxing loss to Floyd Mayweather into an €87 million payday, and is set to pocket €57 million from his UFC defeat to Nurmagomedov, in view of his canny business deals.

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Express eviction laws YOU’VE booked your flights, hired the car and driven from the airport looking forward to the first night of a long-awaited holiday.

But on arrival at your second home, squatters have taken siege of your house. What do you do?

Home owners used to be advised against taking matters into their own hands or going to the police, as often the squatters were part of professional gangs hoping to extort money by holding the property to ransom.

Home owners were told to speak to an experienced lawyer to file a civil lawsuit because the process was faster and more effective, but at a cost of €2,000 just for the solicitors.

Penal law took up to 18 months, and trying to get the name of the squatters in order to prosecute created further delays.

But now the government has approved specific measures against squatters taking over private property under the express eviction law.

Squatters will be served an eviction notice and told to justify ownership of the property by producing the title deed. If they fail to do this

NEW LAWS: Fast track eviction measures allow home owners to get rid of squatters in weeks. the courts will order immediate repossession of the home with no chance of appeals.

The fast-track procedure allows owners to get squatters out in weeks.

On the day of the eviction social services will be present in case of

eviction of children, elderly or people with disabilities.

The new laws will only affect privately owned properties, nonprofits and public agencies that own social housing. Real estate held by banks and investment funds are not included.

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How to avoid time-wasters IT is a sad fact that there are a lot of time-wasters or voyeurs out there who want to come and look around people’s houses when they have no intention of buying.

To sort out the buyers from the spiers, pre-qualify them by asking a few questions before arranging a viewing.

Explain that there is a lot of interest in the property, and as you’ve had some people who were complete time wasters, you need to make sure that potential buyers are serious.

Go over the details of your property like how many bathrooms, bedrooms etc.

Listen for buying signals. People who ask a lot of questions, or people visualising themselves in the room. Asking about the property’s utility bills, taxes, community fees, rubbish collections and requesting a second viewing are also good signs.

Voyeurs look at photos and ask questions about you and your family, being over friendly. They are only interested in you, not the property.

Over-complimenting the decor

could mean a guilty conscience and subsequently no offer.

Ask questions like: ‘Are you selling too? What stage are you at? Who is selling it?’ This information can then be checked.

‘Are you in a chain? Is this going to be a holiday home or are you moving here?’ are good questions to ask.

‘It doesn't have enough bedrooms’, means they never looked at the property description and are maybe just being nosy.

Depending on their answers, you can assess their level of seriousness and decide if you want them in your house. If you’re not sure, say you’ll have to refer to your partner and will call them back.

Try to get some background about why they’re interested in your property. Working locally or having family nearby re-inforces their reasoning for buying.

These are all good reasons for having a selling agent.

The best ones will ask all the right questions and hopefully only bring people serious about buying.

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Let the worms do the job AS autumn sets in and the leaves turn, most gardeners tend to follow traditional advice and get out the spade to dig over the garden.

It’s a long held belief that this aerates the soil, reduces weeds and boosts fertility, an unquestioned annual tradition.

But apparently, when tested scientifically, the backbreaking job has often failed to deliver such benefits, and in some cases may have had the exact opposite effect.

Digging, in particular the practice of ‘double digging’, is one of the most timeconsuming and physically demanding jobs in horticulture.

Though on very heavily compacted soils (such as those that have been trodden on when wet) it can improve the crumblike structure and introduce beneficial air pockets, but studies have shown that in most cases this practice does more harm than good.

Helpfully, the natural action of earthworms in soil create the perfect structure and fill it with little, air-filled channels, which digging apparently destroys.

Rather than keeping weeds at bay, digging brings seeds to the surface, stimulating their germination.

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MULCH: Spreading compost is more effective than digging.

Digging can break the long roots of bindweed, which actually helps cultivate them by turning them into root cuttings that can then spread.

As experts learn more about the importance of beneficial microbes to soil fertility, they are discovering that a lot are killed by digging, particularly by exposure to sunlight when the soil is turned.

So, what’s the alternative? Studies

show that applying a layer of organic matter such as a mulch over the top of the soil, about 10cm thick, gives good results.

This can be anything from home-made compost to leaf mould or wood chippings.

Friendly bacteria apparently breaks down the mulch, which is then drawn down into the soil by worms, increasing the population of these organisms that in turn do the digging.

MORE than a third of house viewers would walk away from an untidy property which is crammed with personal items, according to a new study.

Other unattractive characteristics that can ruin a sale include patterned or bright wallpaper, vinyl flooring, chandeliers and unbelievably, toilet seats.

The research, carried out

by Privilege Home Insurance, also revealed that cleanliness was the overall

winner when home buyers were asked what would prompt a second viewing and perhaps a sale.

This was followed by outdoor space, a walk-in wardrobe and kitchen storage.

Surprisingly, the findings suggest that women are 10 per cent more likely to point out structural issues, damp, bad lighting, a lack of natural light, storage and outdoor issues, as well as bad DIY jobs.

Mood enhancing and visual EVERY home should have a piece of art, and there are reasons why.

Affordable, quick and easy, it can transform the style of a room and make it feel more elegant, luxurious or quirky, while adding personality to a bland space.

It doesn’t have to cost the earth, and a canvas, art print or vintage painting can make a huge difference.

Art creates a focal point, like a fireplace, which is a design rule when it comes to interiors.

The aim is to draw the eye to something attractive, preferably in the centre of the room.

A balance between colour,

texture and depth is another good interior design concept, and hanging art on the wall adds an extra visual layer to the scheme.

It can also help create a mood. Red or orange colours work well when trying to create a lively or energetic feel, while greens and blues have a relaxing, calming effect, and warm colours can make a room feel welcoming.

Many modern homes can be full of neutral colours, and a piece of art is a subtle, fast way to inject colour. It can form a guide for picking rugs, cushions and other accessories.

The added benefit is the

FOCAL POINT: A piece of art draws the eye and can create the mood. whole scheme can be changed affordably by buying a new canvas or painting and a few other complementary items.

In this way, personal style and statements can also be in-

corporated, particularly if the property is rented.

One strategically placed piece of art can say just as much as lots of personal items and home-wares.

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AT one time fish was thought to be a major cause of skin disease in cats.

Now we have all come to realise that the flea is the main culprit when it comes to skin irritation in cats and dogs.

However not many pet owners are aware that out pets suffer food allergies which can cause dermatological discomfort. In fact according to Nigel Taylor the Express vet, 1 per cent of all skin problems in cats and dogs are caused by dietary allergies.

Allergen reactions may be triggered in minutes, hours or days. Once an allergy to a protein is established, sensitivity is often lifelong.

Dogs are mostly sensitive to beef and milk, while cats often do not get on with beef, milk or fish. Some dogs can digest the lactose in cow’s milk.

Give a pet dog or cat milk and the undigested lactose provokes an upset stomach in no time. This is not a true allergy but demonstrates how sensitive to certain food pets can be. Stop the milk and your pet’s life will look up immediately.

BAD IDEA: Steer away from feeding your dog milk.

“CATS don’t like change without their consent” - Roger Caras Cats miss us when we go away, it’s true!

It’s hard to imagine cats growing sentimental or getting attached, however, our pet owners tell us they do.

One cat owner we know swears that the minute the suit-

Most pets will react in some way by incorrect feeding and apart from allergic reactions one can expect flatulence and inconsistent stool quality and large smelly motions. Incorrect feeding can cause failure to put on weight and certainly if the balance of the food is not correct a display of hyperactivity or indeed low activity can result.

Most animals can be assessed by their coat and skin vitality. There is always a possibility that the protein is being utilised for energy with a subsequent loss of health and vitality. Many owners give far too many vitamins and one should remember that a well-balanced diet should not have to be supplemented.

Ritualistic scratching and licking could well indicate that there is an allergic reaction to the food and the eating of grass, twigs and roots sometimes is an indication that the food is not being digested properly. Tissue stealing and fibre based destruction could be another indication that there is a craving for fibre to help the digestive process in some way. It is a good idea to speak to your vet about feeding pets and to make things easy for you there are many good commercial dried pet foods with selected proteins like lamb and chicken that are unlikely to cause allergy already in them.

Cats at Christmas Does your cat miss you if you’re away for the holidays? case appears on the bed her cat starts dragging its leg and whining for attention.

Perhaps you are going away for Christmas and New Year to visit family and friends? What do you do with your pets? Have you tried house-sitters from HouseSitMatch to look after them in their own home? They’ll have their own sitters to care for and cherish them in your absence.

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LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking church. We hold services each Sunday and everyone is welcome. Our 11.15am Services are held every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month (and 11.15 am on the 5th Sunday, if this applies.) On the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s our Services are at 9.30am. Our choir sings at our 11.15am Services and there is also a Sunday school, called Stepping Stones, on these Sundays.

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

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you.

English-speaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence.

AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aacostablanca.org (93323) FREEMASONRY. Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee. Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesa da@yahoo.co.uk (95477)

ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two.

Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric-a-brac.

There is usually something there for everyone - but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left

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THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Paul Edwards, Chairman 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegaba ja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at of fice@helpvegabaja.com. We also have a 24-hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and non-members on 966 723 733

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THE BAKER FOUNDATION SPIRITUALIST CENTRE. Find us on the Saturday market road opposite the Chinese Restaurant. Playa Flamenca. Different International and local mediums every Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday, divine service with clairvoyance 11 am start. Tuesday, evening of clairvoyance doors open 7 o’clock for 7.30 start. Spiritual Healing is available on Sundays after service and on Thursday mornings from 10. 30 until 12. We have a development group on Tuesdays 5 until 6.30 for those interested in meditation and advancing your knowledge of spirit. Private readings are available on request. Please join us and make new friends, a warm welcome awaits you all. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available. You can join us on Facebook at, The Baker Foundation spiritual centre. Hall is available for hire. For more information please contact Linda on 606 990 665. Email, schu gy54@gmail.com (95458) STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) meet every Wednesday and Friday 2.30pm until 5.00pm. Our new address is Casa de Cultura, Calle Francisco Ribera Perez Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their careras.

With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group.

For info please contact 654 801 260 or email stroke supportgroup@hotmail.com, website: torreviejastroke support.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support our groups and activities.

(95473) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No 10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information.

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Robert McNamara was President of Ford for 10 weeks in 1960, before taking up the role of J F Kennedy’s Secretary of Defence in January 1961.

BMW 8-Series Brawn and beauty BMW has set out the 8-series as a piece of high-performance automotive art - with the emphasis on performance.

It debuted at the Villa d’Este classic car gathering in Italy, followed in quick succession by appearances at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Pebble Beach concours d’elegance.

This is actually BMW’s second attempt at the idea. The previous E31 8-series was sold between 1989 and 1999.

Styled by Klaus Kapitza, it was one of the first cars to be designed with Computer Aided Design (CAD).

While he defends a big diesel for environmental long journeys, Pieter Nota, BMW’s sales and marketing director, admits that in

Europe big capacity internal combustion engines may be time-limited.

Two engines are available when the 8-series goes on sale next March, the first being a 316bhp six-cylinder turbo-diesel costing €86,000 and reaching 155mph.

The piece de resistance however, is the M850i xDrive, which will cost €112,000 but boasts a 523 bhp, 4.4 litre, biturbo V8, driving all four wheels through a specially adapted eight-speed automatic transmission.

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Driving the debate PEOPLE believe self-driving cars should spare young people over the elderly, a study has found.

Research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, published in the journal Nature, found that respondents were most likely to want an autonomous car heading for a crash, to prioritise humans over pets, and to spare young people and large groups where possible.

The university’s Moral Machine test involved asking millions of respondents across 233 countries what their ethical preferences were.

In the exercise, users were shown unavoidable accident simulations and had asked to choose the morally preferable outcome by deciding whether the vehicle should swerve or stay on course.

However, programming driverless cars with preferences based on age, gender, physical or mental constitution would go against rules drawn up last year by the German ethics commission.

It concluded that ‘any distinction between individuals based on personal features is impermissible.’

But the research warned that manufacturers who do not programme cars to save

SENSORY PERCEPTION: A Velodyne LiDAR. sensor mounted on a self-driving vehicle. children over older people should prepare themselves for the ‘strong backlash that will inevitably occur the day an autonomous vehicle sacrifices children in a dilemma situation.’

A pram was most likely to be spared, with a girl second, followed by a boy and a pregnant woman.

Those least likely to be spared were cats, criminals and dogs.

There is even potential for a backlash from owners who want their car to prioritise their life over all others.

Although companies like Google, Uber and Tesla have all begun testing the technology, fully self-driving cars are still in development and not yet available to own.

One thing is for certain, the philosophical and ethical debates around this will continue.

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been awarded five-stars in Euro NCAP testing, winning praise from crash testers and earning a top spot among alternative-fuel vehicles.

Experts at Thatcham Research, a British safety organisation which conducts Euro NCAP, commended the Nexo’s occupant protection score of 94 per cent - the highest of any zero-emission vehicle - and autonomous emergency braking systems (AEB).

Matthew Avery, Director of Research at Thatcham said: “With the NEXO, Hyundai have successfully demonstrated that alternative fuelled vehicles need not pose a risk to car safey.”

Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV’s) turn hydrogen into electricity, which is used to turn the wheels.

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sion is pure, drinkable water and the hydrogen can be generated using renewable energy such as wind or solar.

Advantages over conventional battery-electric vehicles include enhanced range (the Nexo will travel over 400 miles on a single charge) and recharging times of only a few minutes rather than hours.

Nevertheless, the cost of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is high, and refuelling infrastructure in the UK is still fairly weak.

Michiel van Ratingen, secretary general of Euro NCAP said: “The fuel cell NEXO and hybrid (Lexus) ES point the way for future powertrains and Euro NCAP will work to ensure that safet performance as well as energy efficiency remains at the top of the manufacturer’s agenda.”

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La Liga Preview

LUIS SUAREZ scored a hat-trick as Barcelona outclassed Real Madrid to seal a rampant 5-1 El Clasico victory, piling further pressure on embattled manager Julen Lopetegui.

It was a memorable Barca performance, with other goals coming from Coutinho and Vidal.

In a brief period of resistance in the second half, Real pulled a goal back through Marcelo, but this was an otherwise abject display from a side that has lost its aura.

Real now trail Barca by seven points and find themselves ninth in the table after 10 matches.

Barca will next travel to Rayo Vallecano, while Real will host Real Valladolid.

Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid beat Real Sociedad to briefly go top of the La Liga table.

Diego Godin smashed them into the lead from close range, and half-time substitute Filipe Luis curled home from the edge of the box.

However, results that followed after meant that Atletico slip back to fourth, but are very much in the title race at this stage.

They will next travel to Leganes, while Real Sociedad will host Sevilla.

Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas scored a hattrick against Eibar in a 4-0 win over Eibar, after spending the night in hospital following

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Barca blow Real away

SIZZLING SUAREZ: The star striker led Barca to a dominant El Clasico win. the birth of his daughter.

The Spain international opened the scoring from the edge of the box, and doubled his side’s lead with an audacious 25-yard chip.

Brais Mendez increased Celta’s lead and the former Liverpool striker then took advantage of a defensive mistake to round off his perfect week.

Celta Vigo will next travel to Real Betis, while Eibar will entertain Alaves.

Other fixtures this weekend will see Villareal host Levante, Huesca entertain Getafe and Valencia take on Girona.

scored a scrappy goal, ending Liverpool’s hopes of extending their run of clean sheets at home to 10 matches.

Having also drawn two matches, Liverpool’s current total of 26 points matches their tally from the 2008-9 campaign, when they finished second.

The free-scoring Merseyside club have a testing tie at Arsenal on Saturday, while Cardiff will travel to Leicester City.

Crystal Palace captain Luka Milivojevic scored twice from the penalty spot to earn his side a dramatic 2-2 draw and end Arsenal’s 11 game winning run.

Granit Xhaka’s sublime free-kick had drawn Arsenal level at 1-1, but late in the game he brought down Wilfred Zaha in the box and Milivojevic made no mistake again.

Arsenal had earlier taken the lead when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang poked home off the inside of the post, with the ball going over the line but just 9mm.

Manchester United edged past Everton 2-1 to move within five points of the Premier League’s top four.

A Gylfi Sigurdsson penalty late on proved in vain for the Toffees, after earlier strikes from Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial.

It was a crucial win for United who cannot afford to drop points in their pursuit of Champions League football next season.

The Red Devils will next travel to Bournemouth on Saturday, while Everton will host Brighton.

Other fixtures this weekend will see Newcastle face Watford, Wolves entertain Tottenham and Southampton travel to Man City.

Leicester mourns helicopter crash THE helicopter crash outside Leicester City’s stadium on Saturday killed the club’s owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, two members of his staff, the pilot, and a passenger, it has been confirmed.

The aircraft had just cleared the King Power Stadium when it spiralled out of control and crashed into a fireball at 20.30 BST. Leicestershire Police said it believed the other people killed in the accident to be Nursara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, pilot Eric Swaffer and his partner Izabela Roza Lechowicz.

Mr Swaffer had more than

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ROSS BARKLEY inspired Chelsea to a comfortable 4-0 victory at Burnley, and was then described as a ‘complete’ player by manager Maurizio Sarri.

The England midfielder scored a goal himself and set up two more for Morata and Willian, as the Blues made light work of their struggling opponents.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who scored a mid-week hat-trick in the Europa League, added a fourth in injury time to seal the win.

Chelsea will next host Crystal Palace, while Burnley will travel to West Ham. Sadio Mane’s brace, plus Mohamed Salah’s strike and substitute Xherdan Shaqiri’s first goal for the club, sealed a 4-1 victory for Liverpool against Cardiff City.

The only blemish for the Reds came when Cardiff striker Callum Paterson

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Free-scoring Blues down Clarets

TOUCHING TRIBUTE: A sea of flowers lines the stadium grounds.

20 years’ flying experience as a private jet and helicopter pilot, and has been labelled a hero for steering the helicopter away from the crowds as it fell.

Hundreds of people queued up on Monday morning to lay their flowers, soft toys and scarves, and the Srivaddhanaprabha fami-

ly took time to look over them as they laid their own wreathes.

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch have released a statement which confirms that inspectors have recovered the helicopter’s digital flight data recorder, which will now be analysed.

Schauffele seals Shanghai XANDER SCHAUFFELE beat Tony Finau in a play-off to win the WGC-WSBC Champions in Shanghai.

Finau, one of the few stars for the United States team at the Ryder Cup, took a threeshot lead into the final day but Schauffele birdied the final two holes to force a play-off.

The 25-year-old went on to birdie the sudden-death par five 18th to claim his third PGA title. Britain’s defending champion Justin Rose was third after a final-round 72.

Meanwhile, television viewers in the United States will be charged a ‘suggested’ price of $19.99 (€17.50) to watch the pay-per-view exhibition between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in Las Vegas on November 23.

The two Americans will meet at Shadow Creek Golf Course in an 18-hole, winnertakes-all $9 million (€8 million) event, which was first announced in August.

A pay-per-view price for viewers outside the US has not been announced.

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OLIVER GILDART scored a match-winning try as England’s three-match series against New Zealand got off to a thrilling start in an 18-16 win.

St Helens wing Tommy Makinson brilliantly beat Jordan Rapana to take George Williams’ high bomb before offloading to Jonny Lomax, who found stand-off

Sam Tomkins, and the Wigan star dived over for the opening score.

Shaun Johnson’s flair was key in pulling his side level when he glided through the defence and gave an inside ball to Esan Marsters whose smart angle ensured he was in for the equalising try.

It was then 12-6 to the Kiwis when Kodi Nikorima’s slick draw and pass sent fullback Dallin Watene-Zelezniak sprinting into the corner.

Jake Connor was held up over the line wide out, but was deemed to have been fouled in the act of scoring, so England were awarded a penalty try to level matters at a tense 12-12.

Johnson and Connor traded penalties in the third quarter before the former edged New Zealand back in front after Tom Burgess was caught offside.

However, the key moment came five minutes later when England’s John Bateman somehow offloaded through heavy traffic to Gildart on the half-way line, and the centre made a 40metre dash to the line, beating the full-back with an arcing run.

The brilliant effort lifted both the crowd and the England players as they held on for a hard-fought victory that puts them 1-0 up in the series.

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Hamilton wins fifth F1 title LEWIS HAMILTON has won his fifth F1 World Championship, making him the joint second most successful driver of all time.

The 33-year-old becomes only the third man in history to win five world titles and draws level with Argentinian legend Juan Manuel Fangio.

Only the peerless Michael Schumacher stands ahead of him with seven titles, and that total will be the Briton’s next target.

Hamilton needed only to finish seventh at Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix to become champion, even if Sebastian Vettel had won.

However, the German Ferrari driver could only manage second place behind the dominant Max Verstappen, despite a strong and determined race.

Hamilton battled tyre problems throughout a difficult race, but his finishing position of fourth was more than enough to reach his memorable milestone.

At the end of the race, Hamilton celebrated in the traditional way with a series of ‘doughnut’ spins in the track’s stadium section before waving to the capacity 135,000 crowd.

“To complete this, when Fangio has done it with Mercedes, it is an incredible moment,” Hamilton said.

“It was a horrible race, I was just trying to bring the car home.”

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FAMOUS FIVE: Hamilton celebrates his superb fifth title.

Vettel broke off from his post-race interview to congratulate his rival, as the two men showed their respect for each other after another intense battle.

Vettel said: “They did a superb job all year - we need to stand there and accept that.”