Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 13-19 December 2018 Issue 1745

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NEWS EXTRA No dog leads THE investigation into the cases of poisoned dogs in Benissa has been officially closed as it’s not been possible to come up with any leads to anyone that may have been guilty of the crimes.

Police award THE Chief of TeuladaMoraira’s Local Police, Manuel Navarro Ribelles, has been awarded with a gold medal in honour of his long service. The event, attended by many local dignitaries, took place at the MARQ Museum in Alicante.

Best beaches ONE of the most popular beaches in the Alicante Province, the Ambolo in Javea, has been ranked among the top 50 in Europe.

It came out at Nº 47 on the list following a survey by Flightnetwork.

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Rubbish dump Alfaz wins “a fire hazard” population battle From Front page »

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DUMP: The plot in question from July 2017.

TONS of rubbish has built up to such a height in the La Florida district of Alicante that the patience of a number of neighbours has run out.

According to reports, the problem has got worse over a number of months since it was first noticed and reported back in 2016, and it’s now dominated by bad smells and regular sightings of rats and insects on the plot in question.

Originally, the area was cleaned and cleared and was fenced in, but then the lock was broken and the rubbish began to be

dumped over the wall once again.

A local resident has taken the matter into his own hands and has hired a solicitor to find a solution to the problem. The council has been contacted, and they said that they in turn have contacted the company which owns the site and asked them to clean it... but without success.

“It’s not only the smell and the vermin that is a problem,” said the resident. “It’s a fire hazard as a result of the build up of all the rubbish and could affect a number of local properties.”

ALFAZ DEL PI has won its battle with the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) and has more than 20,000 inhabitants officially registered.

The INE has accepted the appeal of the council who didn’t agree with the population figures of 18,394 when they were issued at the start of this year.

They failed to understand how it was possible to have lost around 15 per cent of the people living there (more than 3,000) in just one year after t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r ’s f i g u r e s

showed 21,494 registered.

With the cooperation of the Local Police, the Alfaz del Pi Council carried out a door-todoor campaign to check on the numbers of residents and encouraged those who hadn’t updated their Padron to do so.

The work has paid off as the official population of the muni ci pal i t y has now been am ended t o 20,053... 1,659 above the figure originally calculated.

The 20,000 barrier now means that the number of councillors can remain at 21 and also the potential loss of €1 million in subsidies avoided.

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THANKS to groups of volunteers in Javea, a total of 1,500 pairs of glasses have been taken to Senegal to improve the lives of more than 400 people of all ages. A total of 22 different opticians and other businesses in the municipality helped to collect the spectacles.

Roads reopen AFTER a number of months of disruption in the area due to redevelopment work, a number of roads in the centre of Denia have been reopened to traffic.

One of the most affected was Carrer de la Mar in the section between Carrer Carbonell and Carrer Carlos Senti.

Births down THE number of babies born in Spain in the first quarter of 2018 is at its lowest since records began in 1941. According to the National Institute of Statistics, there were only 179,794 births in the first half of this year, 5.8 per cent less than in 2017.

Teen migrants THREE migrants who arrived off the coast close to Campello were found by officers of the Guardia Civil after a boat was sighted, believed to be carrying between eight and 10 people.

The three detained are all Algerian nationals and aged between 16 and 17 years old.

RESCUED: Medina’s photograph won the Luis Valtueña award.

Life and death THIS photograph of people rescued off the coast of Spain has won an international photography competition which comes as the world marks International Migrants Day this Tuesday.

The image of migrants stood huddled in blankets aboard the NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat comes from Argentinian photographer Juan Medina’s Life and Death in the Mediterranean series.

It was chosen by a panel as the winner of the 22nd Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian

Photography Award, organised by the Doctors of the World global health NGO. Doctors of the World said in a statement the panel chose Medina’s photograph because of its ‘exceptional visual impact’ and ‘expressive force.’

The image was captured last August after the Open Arms vessel picked up the migrants in the central Mediterranean after they sailed from Libya. It was taken shortly before the ship arrived at the port of Algeciras in southern Spain.

The unveiling of the picture as

Doctor free THE Doctor at the centre of the death of a young woman follow ing a n a st h m a a t tac k in Benidorm has been acquitted after a court heard a postmortem was not carried out to specify the cause of her death in a local health centre back in 2011.

Water ghost FINGERS have been pointed at a thirsty ‘ghost’ in Javea’s municipal cemetery after a water bill covering two months came to €4,400. With just gardens being watered and vases filled, a leak detector is now being used to uncover the reason for the increased consumption.

‘Erotic’ goods crackdown LOCAL POLICE in Benidorm have seized more than 500 items from a handful of shops in the popular British area between Calle Gerona and the Avenida de Europa.

They have been confiscated from the mainly Asian stores as the t-shirts contain very obscene messages and phrases in English, as well as a number of phallic-shaped sweets and sets of plastic breasts.

The raids took place in response to a high number of complaints from

people as to the pornographic and erotic content of many of the products on sale, and on public display.

The shops concerned had made no attempt to hide these particular goods, even though they only had a supermarket licence.

Councillor Lorenzo Martinez explained that almost everything confiscated was aimed at the British population, especially the fluorescent coloured shirts and vests containing the offensive words.

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the winner of the award comes ahead of International Migrants Day. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said: “Migration has always been with us. Climate change, demographics, instability, growing inequality and aspirations for a better life mean it is here to stay.”

The winning photographs in Medicos del Mundo’s competition are set to be displayed at an exhibition at the Caixa Forum in Madrid. It opens on Tuesday January 29.

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Blaze deaths A MAJOR house fire in the municipality of San Juan de Alicante in which it’s reported the heat reached temperatures of 1,100ºC has killed an elderly couple.

The Italian nationals, both in their 70s, lost their lives in the blaze in the early hours of Saturd ay m or ni ng whi ch com pletely gutted their two-storey house in Carrer La Mar in the old town.

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being investigated but it’s understood to be an accident and nothing more sinister.

Three fire engines from San Vicente del Raspeig arrived at the scene with the house well alight. Two firefighters entered the building with the aim of rescuing the two residents but they had already died in the fire, with the main badly burned and the woman from the effects of smoke inhalation.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1744 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca North edition, including 142 local stories.

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European Arrest Warrant success A DUTCH national has been arrested in Benidorm during a routine check in connection with alleged drug crimes.

Members of the Local Police that patrol the beach areas on motorbikes stopped the 49-year-old as he was driving along in a topof-the-range Italian car. These checks are often made to control possible stolen cars from other European countries.

However, in this case the Local Police discovered that the car, containing two men and women, wasn’t stolen and if it wasn’t for the driver being quite nervous and acting suspiciously nothing further may well have transpired.

They then asked for his ID and once it was checked discovered that he was subject to a European

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NERVOUS: Suspicious behaviour resulted in further checks being made on the arrested man.

Arrest Warrant in Italy for alleged drug trafficking. He was immediately arrested and taken to the

T R E AT I N G t h e w h o l e t h i n g a s a game, three teenagers were reported as climbing aboard a moving train belonging to the TRAM service in Alicante.

The trio did it in broad daylight during Sunday afternoon as the TRAM made its way along tracks in Av e n i d a B a r o n i a d e P o l o p i n C i u dad Jardin and, according to reports, travelled along in the space where two sections of the train are joined.

It is understood that they left the

Benidorm National Police Station.

This latest arrest was part of a series of dedicated checks by

Danger tram ride train when it stopped at one of the stations along Line 2 as it approached San Vicente del Raspeig.

Benidorm Council in reinforcement of security services during November and December.

T h e T R A M d r i v e r w a s n ’t a w a r e of his extra illegal passengers, alt h o u g h a 11 2 e m e r g e n c y c a l l w a s made by someone who saw what was going on.

A spokesperson for the train ope r a t o r s , F G V, s a i d t h a t a f t e r t h e warning had been received the Local Police were contacted to try to catch the boys responsible.

The FGV also said that they will be looking at the CCTV images taken at the time in which they describe as ‘an isolated case.’

To vote, or not to vote ONE of the continuing uncertainties connected with the Brexit negotiations is the uncertainty of whether UK citizens will be able to cast their vote in the May 2019 municipal elections in Spain and indeed, to present themselves as candidates for councillors.

According to reports, the Spanish Electoral Census Office (OCE) has said once the UK leaves the EU on March 29, 2019, British residents would lose these rights to vote and stand. Those who have previously voted in Spanish local elections are already on the list and do not have to register their interest to vote.

The Director General of the External Action and Cooperation group of the European Union (EU), Manual Pleguezuelo, raised the issue at a recent plenary meeting at which chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier was present.

“We have expressed our concern about the uncertainty that the British registered in the region can exercise their right to vote and stand as candidates for municipal elections,” explained Pleguezuelo.

However, some positive news came in the form of a Policy Paper issued by the UK’s Department for Exiting the EU last week which stated that, “in a show of good faith, we can confirm EU citizens in the UK will continue to be able to vote.”

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Shortfall from police early retirement rule AS the New Year begins, it brings with it a problem which has been forecast for a number of years, and that is the number of Local Police available for duty due to early retirement rules.

With new regulations which allow officers who have either served for 37 years or have reached the age of 59 to retire, municipalities across the Alicante Province will be losing more than 200 in one go.

However, according to reports there has been no advanced planning for this, and local forces will have to operate with the shortfall until extra manpower can be recruited and subsequently trained.

It’s understood this could take up to two years or more to return to the current complement in cities such as Alicante, Elche and Benidorm, with the latter losing 50 from its present 229.

This equates in the high summer season, to one officer for every 2,000 people in the tourist capital.

In the case of Torrevieja, they will suffer a loss of nine officers from a force of 165 and, in Orihuela, 12 from 140.

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Airport security upgraded

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NEWS EXTRA Suspect detained A FORTY-FOUR-YEAROLD Colombian national has been detained by the Guardia Civil in Benissa after an international arrest warrant was issued by his home country. He was wanted in connection with at least six alleged murders.

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ACCESS: Extra passport checkpoints installed in the Alicante-Elche Airport.

PASSENGERS arriving and departing at Alicante-Elche Airport will quickly notice that it’s undergoing yet another programme of works.

On this occasion, the aim is to improve the overall flow of travellers - especially through security and passport checks - and to this extent there will be an extra seven points, taking the total to 24 checkpoints.

In addition, all X-ray machines will be renewed and there will be a special access point which will enable faster processing for families with children.

At a total cost of €7 million, the project will see around 1,300m2 of space dedicated to security at the airport, and will require some of the present shopping areas to be moved elsewhere.

It is expected there will be slight dis-

ruption while the work is carried out, but plans are already in place to reduce this to the absolute minimum.

There will also be a new 21st century state-of-the-art technology installed to monitor hand luggage which will be carried out automatically, using X-ray scanners to transfer it elsewhere if they need a more thorough check of the contents.

JAVEA Council has finished a programme of work aimed at preventing future forest fires. In addition to clearing away some of the burnt forest, they have planted some new species which are more fire resistant.

Almost there THE work to complete Line 9 of the TRAM between Benidorm and Denia is one stage closer following the installation of the new 168-metre-long Quisi Viaduct which crosses the Santa Anna ravine in Benissa.

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THE PSOE government of Pedro Sanchez can no longer guarantee to subsidise vehicles using the AP-7 motorway as it passes through the Marina Alta and Safor regions. This is despite Congress approving the measure in October.

According to reports, the reason given is the areas originally planned for potential ex-

AP-7 toll reductions delayed emptions ‘are subject to studies and establishing priorities’ and as such, no date has been given for when they are likely to come into force.

It was only two months ago that an initiative by the Lower House in Madrid explicitly en-

sured that both regions would benefit from the measure, which would have meant private cars making a return trip in a maximum of 24 hours wouldn’t pay any tolls. A similar scheme already operates in parts of Cataluña.

This decision shows the differences between the two houses of the Spanish Cortes. Socialist Senator Jose Luis Abalos, from the Ministry of Development, was questioned on the situation. As well as not being able to give a date for

when the proposal would be brought in, it now appears that the only vehicles to benefit would be lorries and trucks and not cars as originally planned.

Finally, he couldn’t even confirm that the Marina Alta or Safir would now benefit at all.

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The opposition party, Compromis, who questioned the minister, has said that the ministry is ‘mistreating’ the users of the AP-7 in the Valencian Community when compared with other parts of the country.

The situation has not been helped by a rise in the tolls on the AP-7 for two years in a row.

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DOUBT: No date given for toll proposals in the Marian Alta.

ALTEA Council has set the deadline (December 16) for local people to vote on the 10 finalists that will be considered for receiving money from the citizens’ participation budget. A total of 48 different ideas have been submitted.

Traffic hell CONTINUING road works taking place along the Avenida del Mediterraneo in Benidorm have resulted in a number of road closures and diversions that have taken many drivers by surprise, despite being signposted a few days earlier.

Off course A BURGLARY that took place at the CEIP La Torreta School in Villajoyosa has left teachers without the ability to work. A number of laptops with coursework were stolen and classes were cancelled as a result.

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Old town noise monitored THINK of noise in Benidorm and images of the clubs and bars in the new town are conjured up. But over the past couple of years, residents in the old town have had their fair share of increased disturbances which has resulted in the council taking action.

Councillor Lorenzo Martinez has an-

ON SONG: The U3A Choir in fine voice at the Christmas Fair.

Calpe U3A help and entertain THE Old Town of Calpe was the location for the annual Christmas Fair which took place over last Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

One of the many stalls was manned every day by members of the Calpe U3A, who as well as giving out lots of information about the activities and holidays that they undertake every year, they also had a Tombola with some great prizes.

For just €1-a-go, more than €300 was raised for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Mary Anderton’s U3A Choir entertained everyone with their ‘Sounds of Christmas’ on the steps of the church and then at a number of other locations around the Fair.

For more information on the Calpe U3A, go to the Facebook page or e-mail: membership@u3acalpe.org.

nounced that a total of four sound monitors will be installed among the narrow streets of the old town in an attempt to put an end to the noise and prevent further complaints.

The aim of the monitors is to exactly identify the origins of the noise pollution.

However, as the councillor said during the

announcement, all the entertainment venues in the area have sound limiters installed to prevent a set decibel level being exceeded. Therefore, the exercise will see if the issues are connected with the volume of music or the crowds of people gathering around bar doors or making noise in the streets as they make their way around.

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RELATING to a case that goes back to October 2011, the Prosecutor’s Office has asked for prison terms of 30 years for each of three British nationals accused of sexual assault in a flat in Benidorm. However, the defence team is seeking their acquittal.

The defendants in the case have all entered not guilty pleas and have said they have been subject to false accusations by the alleged victim. According to reports, she didn’t attend the hearing.

According to the prosecuting counsel, the women went with one of the defendants to his home where they had consensual sex and both fell asleep. It is then alleged that when his two friends arrived later on, they forced themselves on the woman and threatened to kill her if she subsequently reported them. In their defence, the men state she was angry as they had thrown some shoes out of a window. So far, the three defendants have only faced questions from the defence which has requested the suspension of the hearing due to the absence of not only the alleged victim, but also three witnesses. This has been agreed.

The three men have admitted they were drunk on the night in question but have insisted they never touched or abused her; in fact they simply wanted her to leave their apartment.

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NEWS EXTRA San Vicente numbers up ACCORDING to recent figures from the Spanish National Institute of Statistics, San Vicente de Raspeig has grown the most in the Alicante Province during the year, and has gained 610 new inhabitants to reach 57, 785 people.

WINTER SUN: Recent fine weather brings more to the Costa Blanca.

Making amends THE continuing good weather which the Costa Blanca has experienced

since the end of November and into December has continued to keep the popular tourism destinations busy.

According to data supp l i e d b y t h e Va l e n c i a n To u r i s t B o a r d , t h e s l i g h t drop in visitors from the UK (down 1.5 per cent) has been more than compensated by increases in tourists from Belgium and Holland.

This has meant the Valencian Community would have welcomed around eight million visitors by the

end of the year, an annual growth of 3 per cent.

The extra Belgian and Dutch visitors have been described as ‘spectacular ’ and has seen them rise by 19 per cent and 10.7 per cent respectively, providing a cushion to the small drop in British tourists.

Despite the small fall in UK visitors, they will still account for 2.9 million as the year closes and account for 50 per cent of foreign tourists to the area.

Still closed FOR the umpteenth time, the Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa has postponed the reopening of its specialist surgical unit. The centre was due to open last week after six months of work since its closure in July.

Debt down ALTEA Council has announced that, over the past two and a half years, they have been able to reduce the amount of debt in the municipality by €10.9 million after inheriting a debt of €21.5 million.

Future train AFTER close to a year without any talk of the planned Denia to Gandia train link, a promise has been made by the Ministry of Development to finally unblock the deadlock in the project.

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Big chill THE coldest temperature yet this winter has been felt in Puerto del Pico, Avila, in northwest Madrid.

At 6.50am the thermostat hit minus 5.3 degrees until 8am.

Temperatures have plunged across the country, with Moli-

brought to the country each year.

The suspect is one of 57 people arrested in socalled Operation Albarraxin, a sweeping investigation that has led to the seizure of 10 tons of drugs and recovered more than €3.3 million worth of goods.

Historic moment MADRID has celebrated 40 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in Spain.

At a conference to celebrate the landmark, researchers from various academic back-

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na de Aragon in Guadalajara reaching minus 5 degrees, and Robleda-Cervantes in Northwest Spain hitting minus 4.8.

Civil servant in drugs bust A SPANISH civil servant has been arrested for allegedly spearheading a major drugs ring in the Campo de Gibraltar.

The council worker is believed to have used his respectable day job as a cover for his nocturnal activities which saw up to 62,000 kilos of hashish

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grounds came together to speak about initiatives which will uncover LGTBI history.

In June 2017, Spain also celebrated the 40th anniversary of the country’s first Pride march.

WEAPONS SHIPMENTS: Saudi Arabia’s role in the Yemen Civil War has caused controversy.

THERE are currently 27 valid export licences covering shipments of weapons including bombs and ammunition from Spain to Saudi Arabia, the government has confirmed.

Spain’s Inter-ministerial Board of Foreign Trade in Defence Materials (JIMDDU) approved one in 2015, five in 2016, 17 in 2017 and four this year.

The clarification comes in response to a parliamentary question submitted by a member of the leftist pro-Catalan independence Esquerra Republicana de Cataluña (ERC).

One of the licences covered the shipment of some 400 laser-guided bombs which caused controversy earlier this year when Defence Minister Margarita Robles threatened to suspend it.

Robles mulled calling the sale off, over concerns they were being used in the Yemen Civil War which has claimed the lives of tens of thousands, including civilians.

The shipment went ahead after Riyadh said it would pull out of a €1.8 billion contract with the state-backed Navatia company to build five warships for the Saudi navy.

The news comes as Saudi Arabia continues to face international pressure over its involvement in the Yemen Civil War and the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Riyadh has refused to extradite suspects following a request from Turkish authorities who are investigating the killing and claim the Saudis had a hand in orchestrating it.

Riyadh denies any involvement.

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HANDS ON: Campaign to boost Madrid’s image.

Embracing initiative MADRID is being hailed as ‘the city of hug’ as part of a campaign to promote the capital’s hospitality and reception image.

The ‘Madrid embraces you’ initiative, which is being spread across Spain, as well as internationally in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Portugal, aims to highlight the lifestyle of the city

together with its tourist and cultural attractions.

In a statement, the City Council invites people ‘to discover the city and enjoy the spirit, which is more endearing, sociable and human.’

Taxis in London are promoting the campaign bearing advertisements which read ‘Madrid embraces you,’ as

are buses that run through the historic centre of Paris, urban buses in Frankfurt, while there is a circuit of digital displays on the Berlin subway.

In Spain, promotional material will be broadcast until December 31 in more than 450 screens in shopping centres, AVE train stations, and other public locations.

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Property prices Non starter THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) is calling on Spanish banks and authorities to take control over the cost of housing. According to its registry, the property prices have risen by 7.2 per cent in a year, and as a result the IMF wants ‘Spanish supervisors’ to be vigilant and ‘to tackle financial risks and control the granting of credit.’

THE general secretary of the General Union of Workers’ (UGT), Pepe Alvarez, has told Spanish press that Spain is not the ideal country to lead the implementation of the electric car since it is ‘a country that depends on the sector’s multinationals,’ which are overseas, and that ‘it exports 80 per cent of the cars it produces.’

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CESAR HINOSTROZA: Allegedly took part in organised crime.

by Sally Underwood A FORMER judge accused of committing crimes in Peru has lost his extradition case in Spain.

Cesar Hinostroza, who is accused of participating in organised crime in Peru at the same time as serving as a judge, had fled to Spain before applying for asylum here.

Spain’s central government has now denied his request for protection from an extradition request from Peru, taking Hinostroza a step

further towards facing justice in Peru.

Nestor Popolizio, the Peruvian Foreign Minister, said: “I think (this decision) is extremely important because this day commemorates the international fight against corruption and means that we are all united as countries.”

Hinostroza is accused of belonging to a criminal organisation within the Peruvian judiciary known as ‘Los CollosBlancos,’ (the white collars). The former judge arrived in Spain in midOctober having fled his own country.

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Airline action RYANAIR is set to face action from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) after refusing to pay passengers compensation for flight disruptions after employee strike action.

CAA alleged the budget airline rejected compensation claims after strikes led to several flights being cancelled or delayed.

A spokesperson for Ryanair said: “Courts in Germany, Spain and Italy have ruled that strikes are an extraordinary circumstance.

“We expect Britain’s CAA and Courts will follow this precedent.”

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TRAGIC DEATH: Teenager went to hospital in Barcelona, but did not survive.

Brit teen in club death AN inquest has found that a teenager died on holiday in Spain after finishing his A-Levels, having taken a ‘substance’ at a 16-hour rave in ‘unbearable heat.’

Alex Masterton, 19, from North Thoresby in Lincolnshire, died at the Elrow club in Barcelona in July 2017.

The inquest into his death last Thursday, concluded it was due to ‘misadventure’ after he took an unnamed substance.

Alex was a popular student who was just

weeks away from starting a biomedical science degree at Newcastle University, but became disorientated and distressed in the sweltering heat of the club.

According to his friends, Alex had taken ‘pills’ thought to be ecstasy, but Coroner Paul Kelly did not confirm this.

The Elrow club’s anniversary event ran for 16 hours and included three music stages, art installations and food stalls, but bottled water reportedly cost around €4.

Fighter plans SPAIN is to join forces with France and Germany to build a next-generation air combat system.

Last summer Paris and Berlin announced they would build an advanced ‘European’ fighter to replace Dassault’s Rafales and Germany’s Eurofighter Typhoons.

Spain was initially being considered for ‘observer’ status on the programme, but last week formally asked to be a fully-fledged partner, which will require certain financial outlays.

Spain is expected to be ‘welcomed’ to the team at the Paris Air Show in June.

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A HIGH-PROFILE Spanish terrorist has been arrested in Brazil after 24 years on the run.

Carlos Garcia Julia, one of the five men responsible for the 1997 Atocha massacre in Madrid, was arrested in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian Federal Police.

Garcia Julia, a former member of the far-right group Fuerza Nueva, was sentenced to 193 years in prison in 1980 for murdering three lawyers with links to the communist party at a labour office on January 24, 1977 at 55 Calle Atocha.

The terrorists also left four others seriously injured.

The fugitive served 14 years in prison in Spain until 1994 when he was granted temporary parole to apply for a job in Paraguay.

Garcia Julia then used a legal loophole to avoid returning to Spain, instead going on the run in South America where he received further convictions for other crimes, including drug trafficking.

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ATOCHA MASSACRE: Memorial in Madrid.

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Bridge safety report THERE are 66 ‘unsafe’ bridges in Spain, according to the Ministry of Development’s Bridge Management System.

The provinces of Malaga and Cadiz, with nine each, have the most bridges and buildings considered to be in ‘poor condition.’ Between 2014 and September of this year, around €116 million was spent on ‘emergency actions’ after infrastructures were deemed ‘a serious danger.’

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Sex work reform THE Spanish government has reportedly begun drawing up plans that would treat sex workers as victims and brothels shut down in a bid to stamp out prostitution.

The left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE), which governs Spain and came to power on an anti-prostitution platform, makes its proposals as sex work continues to have an unclear legal position. Prostitution is decriminalised meaning it is not outlawed, but that there is no legal framework governing how the industry operates. The pimping of prostitutes is considered a crime under Spanish law.

Government officials have drawn up a 50-page document which details its proposals and its reasoning for targeting the industry which is believed to be worth around €3.7 billion.

PSOE plans would see Spain adopt the so-called ‘Sweden model’ which would

PROPOSALS: PSOE wants to change prostitution laws. see prostitutes treated as victims and therefore not prosecuted while the purchasing of sex would be outlawed.

The government’s document stated it wanted to ‘eradicate’ prostitution because of how closely linked it is to human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

The document outlines

measures including the closing down of brothels with court orders. There are an estimated 1,500 ‘gentlemen’s clubs’ in Spain, around three times as many as hospitals.

Pro-prostitution groups including the OTRAS sex workers’ union have previously criticised the government’s stance.

The union argued it would prevent women who want to work in the industry by choice from doing so and it would make it harder to protect female sex workers.

Experts estimate the prostitution industry has a workforce of around 13,000 women, 80 per cent of which are being exploited.

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TH E fo r m e r p r e si d e n t o f Catalu ñ a h a s l a u n c h ed a new pro-independence organis a t i o n a t a n e v e n t in Belgium.

Carle s Pu i g d e m o n t, w ho re m a i n s i n B e l g iu m after last year ’s independence r e f e r e n d u m a n d declar a t i o n , sa i d th e Counc i l f o r t h e R e p u b lic w ould wo r k t o wa rd s Cataluña’s secession from Spain.

He wa s sp e a k i n g in Brusse l s a t a n e v e n t that wa s a t t e n d e d b y his s u c c e sso r, t h e p ro Catala n i n d e p e n d en ce politician Quim Torra last weekend.

Puig d e m o n t sa i d th e Counc i l wo u l d w o rk toward s a l t e r i n g Sp ain ’s Consti t u t i o n t o a l lo w for th e c r e a t i o n o f a de fact o C a t a l a n R e p u blic.

“The Sp a n i sh s ta te w on’t b e a b l e t o d o a n y thing,” he said in a Twitter post.

Puig d e m o n t r e main s wanted in Spain on charges of rebellion, sedition and the misuse of public funds in connection w ith las t ye a r ’s i n d e p e n d e n c e push.

A European ArrestWarrant issued by Spanish authorities was dropped earlier this year after a German court ruled out extraditing the f o r m e r h e a d o f Cataluña’s Generalitat to Spain.

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Independence group launch CREDIT: Carles Puigdemont, via Twitter

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INDEPENDENCE PUSH: Puigdemont launched the Council in Brussels.

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Drug raids ALMOST 600 pol i ce off i cer s ar e t aki ng par t i n an ant i - dr ug t r aff i cki ng oper at i on t hat i s cover i ng various areas of Cataluña including Barcelona, l’Hospitalet, Sant Adria and Granollers, and a helicopter is also involved.

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SIGNING UP: Sanchez made statement in Morocco.

Global migration pact SPA IN ’S Prime M inis te r tra ve lle d to M oroc c o on M onda y to a nnounc e the c ountry’s s igning of a UN global migration deal.

Pedro Sanchez announced in Marrakesh that the nation was joining the UN’s Global Compact on Migration.

The deal aims to provide countries with a framework through w hic h the move ment of people can be managed.

Sanchez said the deal was based on international cooperation, shared responsibility and solidarity.

“We fight those who use migration as an excuse for nationalism and xenopho-

bia ,” the Prime M inis te r said.

Government sources said Spain was among the best able to deal with migration.

The country has become the main entry point into Europe for migrants travelling from N orth A fric a , w ith te ns of thous a nds ha ving c ome to Spa in s o fa r this year.

Sa nc he z ’s forthc oming announcement will come after the US President Donald Trump ruled out signing up to the UN deal.

O ppos ition pa rtie s in France, Belgium and Canada have also criticised their governments for agreeing to the pact.

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Wage gap remains THE aver age m ont hl y salary in Spain grew by 0.6 per cent last year to r each €1,889 gr oss per month.

But the figures, released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), do not take into account the substantial wage gap that reportedly exists depending on the type of work, the region and the employee’s sex, claims the International Labour Organisation.

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cates that 30 per cent of people of working age, almost five million, do not earn €1,230 gross each month. In net terms this equat es t o l ess t han €1,000 a month.

Forty per cent gross bet ween €1,230 and €2,136, with the remaini ng 30 per cent ear ni ng more.

The I LO poi nt ed out t hat 40.3 per cent of woman had a salary below €1,230, compared to 20.6 per cent of men.

Air quality GRANADA is among Spain’s cities with the worst air quality, according to a report from the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

And the authorities have

been ordered to reduce emissions of pollutant gases and particles, caused by traffic and agricultural burning, by 16 per cent as soon as possible.

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Disaster prevention MADRID is the first region without a nuclear plant to draw up a contingency plan to deal with potential radioactive emergencies.

The plan will confront incidents such as a terrorist attack involving a dirty bomb, radioactive debris from a satellite or the theft of sensitive material.

Although the regional government has stressed that the ‘threat’ is nothing new and the plan is a preventative measure that is required by national legislation.

The document points out the importance of avoiding panic, isolating the source of the toxic material and acting to limit the radiation that specialists are exposed to.

It also ‘facilitates the or-

PLAN: A radioactive disaster prevention document has been devised in Madrid (file photo). ganisation of a response in the event of an accident,’ said Carmen Martín Curto, who leads the team responsible for the 200-page Civil Protection Plan.

She added that the risk now is the same as it has been in recent years, and that the authority ‘is working to meet state regulations.’

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Value of work A MEETING of Down Families Spain concluded that work allows ‘greater economic independence and more personal autonomy’ for those with the condition.

At the three-day gathering in Santiago last week,

Down Spain association members stressed employment offers the ‘opportunity to live new life experiences and leisure.’ They suggested people with Down Syndrome should play a ‘leading role’ in the field of health.

Xmas post dates BRITAIN’S Royal Mail has announced the final dates senders can post items on to arrive before Christmas Day. The courier said the cut off for first class and second class post sent in Britain was Saturday December 22 and Thursday December 20 respectively.

The deadline for post sent to and from Spain is this coming Monday.

Road safety SPAIN recorded an annual rate of 4.1 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, which makes it the fifth country in the EU and 11th in the world in terms of road safety.

In comparison with last year’s annual report on the ‘global situation of road safety’ by the World Health Organisation, Spain has advanced positions as, in 2015, it was ranked number 13.

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Republic gains support

by Joe Gerrard A N EW poll on the future of the monarchy saw almost half of Spa nia rds s a ying the y w ould be in favour of abolishing the crown and making Spain a republic.

The survey, conducted by YouGov with a Spanish news website, asked more than 1,000 people from across the country if they were in favour of the monarchy or a republic. Those surveyed were also asked if they were in favour of a referendum to settle the issue.

It comes as a leading leftist and prorepublican politician called for a ‘very healthy’ debate on making Spain a republic as the country marked the 40th anniversary of its Constitution.

The YouGov survey showed a total of 48 per cent of respondents said they were in favour of making Spain a republic.

Around 35 per cent said they were in favour of keeping the monarcy while 17 per cent were undecided.

Almost 60 per cent of 18 to 24-yearolds supported a republic, compared to about 45 per cent of people aged over 55.

People in each of Spain’s greater regions (Nordeste, Levante, Sur, Centro,

REPUBLIC: Almost half of respondents said they would want the republican flag to fly.

Noroeste and Norte) preferred a republic to the monarchy.

The exception was the eastern Levante area, where monarchists outnumbered republicans by 43 per cent to 40 per cent.

When asked if a referendum should be called on the monarchy, more than 67.3 per cent of respondents said they would be in favour. Almost 22 per cent were against and almost 11 per cent were undecided.

It comes as Pablo Iglesias, leader of the leftist Podemos, said Spain should abolish its monarchy.

“In 2018, modern Spain does not need a head of state that is chosen by birth and identified with corruption and privilege,” he said.

Spain’s King Felipe defended the role of the monarchy in a speech marking Constitution Day last Thursday. It was ‘united’ with democracy and freedom, he said.

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BREXIT BRIEF TWO Brexit court cases have made headlines this week, with one a ruling on how Britain could rejoin the EU, and another concerning a case launched by expatriates in Spain.

The European Court of Justice in Strasbourg (ECJ) ruled Britain could theoretically call off Brexit and rejoin the EU with the permission of its other member states.

Separately, the pro-remain Bremain in Spain group, said it was mulling an appeal against a British High Court ruling on the legality of the referendum.

The court ruled against the group’s appeal made on the grounds of alleged illegal campaign practices from the Vote Leave group.

Bremain in Spain chairperson Susan Wilson said: “For this court to let this matter pass indicates a shocking level of tolerance of illegal behaviour in our democratic process.”

BREXIT EXTRA Pound falls in value

Back to the table CREDIT: Mark Rutte, via Twitter

Up in court

By Joe Gerrard BRITAIN’S Prime Minister is set to travel to Brussels for talks with EU officials and member state leaders today (Thursday) after being forced to cancel Monday’s Brexit vote in parliament.

Theresa May met with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday to garner support for changes to the current Withdrawal Agreement agreed last month.

European Council President Donald Tusk said the EU would not renegotiate, including on the Northern Irish backstop, but was willing to find ways to help get the deal through parliament.

“We are willing to discuss how to facilitate British ratification. But as time is running out, we will also discuss our preparedness for a no-deal scenario,” Tusk said.

The Northern Irish backstop continues to be the main sticking point for the deal.

The backstop is designed to prevent a hard border or customs checks between Ulster and the Republic, in the event that future EU-Britain trade talks break down.

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THE value of the pound fell to €1.10 on Monday, its lowest level in almost two years, after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she would delay a vote in Parliament on her Brexit deal.

Bet-xit

TRYING AGAIN: May visited Rutte and other EU leaders this week.

A number of Conservative and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MPs are sceptical of the arrangement which they claim would leave Northern Ireland under different rules than mainland Britain.

DUP leader Arlene Foster said she had told the Prime Minister the backstop ‘must go’ if the deal is to get the party’s backing. DUP MPs prop up the Conservative minority government in Parliament.

The EU and Britain’s way around this

was to leave the whole of Britain in the EU customs union during the transition period which is set to end in 2020.

But this also drew criticism from Conservative Brexit hard-liners who said it would leave Britain in the EU in all but name.

That leaves May with little room for manoeuvre and with few options other than to secure change on the backstop, or face the deal being voted down.

TWO hedge funds part owned by Brexit supporters have reportedly taken ‘short positions’ on companies most at risk of uncertainty over EU withdrawal, meaning they expect their shares to fall in value.

No regrets FORMER British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he does not regret calling the 2016 EU referendum which led to Brexit but added he was ‘very concerned’ about current political uncertainty.

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Claim against your bank for abusive clauses YOU can claim against the bank; floor clause, expenses, multi-currency, etc. Even if the mortgage was paid or you gave the property in lieu of payment to the bank.

There are many people who were affected by abusive clauses in their mortgage loans, such as floor clauses, expenses, multi-currencies, abusive delay interest rates, etc. In many cases and for various reasons, sometimes because of these abusive clauses, mortgage holders could not pay their loan and ended up losing their house, or handing over their property to the bank in lieu of payment of the debt, which is also known as Dation in Payment.

There are also many people affected by these types of clauses who have already cancelled their mortgage loans.

It is possible that many of the people affected paid thousands of Euros, but they think that since the mortgage is over or they lost the property, they can no longer claim.

Carlos Baos We can help you.

We understand that this is not the case, and they can claim the nullity of these abusive clauses and request the return of the amounts unfairly paid as a consequence.

First of all, we must point out that the legal justification by which you can claim, even if the mortgage loan is finished or the property handed over in lieu of payment of the debt, is that these clauses are in most cases null and void because they are abusive or non-transparent.

They therefore, if null and void, cannot be validated, endowed with validity, or confirmed. Therefore, we understand that the termination of the loan does not affect the possibility of claiming for these concepts.

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Secondly, because being absolutely null clauses, the possibility of claiming a declaration of nullity is not subject to a statute of limitations, thus, it can be requested to be declared null and void at any time, without this request having a specific deadline.

This has been stated in repeated judgements by the Spanish Supreme Court, which has said ‘when it comes to absolute nullity, the action neither expires nor prescribes, among others, the Supreme Court decision of April 25, 2013.’ Thus, the court precedents from Spanish courts has declared that the cancellation of a mortgage loan either by payment, or by transferring the property in lieu of payment or dation in payment, does not prevent a posteriori discussion about the nullity of a null clause, either for lack of transparency, or for abusiveness, etc.

This conclusion is gathered in numerous jurisprudence, as for example the court decision of the Provincial Court of Cordoba, of 14/02/2018; court decision of the Provincial Court of Granada dated 24/04/2018, etc.

Thus, if you could not pay your mortgage and lost your home, it is very possible that your bank charged you abusive delayed interest, and perhaps you were affected by other abusive clauses which you do not know about.

Likewise, if you paid your mortgage off, it is possible that you were affected by a floor clause which forced you to pay all expenses, etc.

For all this, even if you have paid or cancelled your mortgage loan, or even if you lost your home when you could not pay it, you should be aware that you can claim for the abusive clauses.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.

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THE WEEK IN POLITICS

Catalan tensions

By Joe Gerrard TENSIONS over Cataluña appear to be developing once again after Quim Torra, the region’s pro-independence president, called for Cataluña to follow the ‘Slovenian way’ to secession.

It comes as the ongoing holding of pro-independence figures in prison in connection with last year’s secession push continues to draw ire from those sympathetic to their cause.

The independence issue more generally now appears firmly entangled with other political issues including the government’s budget proposals which also made headlines this week.

Torra said after visiting Slovenia, which gained independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991 following a 10-day war, that there was ‘no way back’ on the road to freedom.

“The Slovenians decided to push ahead with all the consequences. Let’s do the same as them and let’s be willing to do anything to live freely,” Torra said.

Torra’s comments with their allusions to violent means of gaining independence were criticised by politicians.

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez threatened to send police to the region if the

INDEPENDENCE PUSH: Catalan independence is divisive. local Mossos d’ Esquadra force could not maintain public order.

Towns across the region were rocked by pro-independence demonstrations against pro-Spanish unity rallies last week.

Government spokesperson Isabel Celaa said Madrid was drawing up plans to deal with any moves towards independence.

Celaa added officials would not rule out reinstating Article 155 in the region. The constitutional mechanism was last used after the failed independence declaration to suspend the region’s autonomy and impose direct rule on Cataluña.

Sanchez’s ruling left-leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE) faces a problem in handling

Torra because the support of pro-Catalan independence members of Spain’s parliament is needed to pass the government’s budget.

The extent to which the two issues have become intertwined was evident in comments from leftist Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, Sanchez’s ally in the Congress of Deputies.

He called for Torra to rethink his Slovenia remarks while also asking him to support the budget. “The budget is not a panacea but it will benefit many citizens in Cataluña and Spain,” Iglesias said.

Iglesias added the budget’s success would provide a ‘common roadmap’to work towards ‘pluri-nationality’ for Spain.

Pact for power PARTIDO POPULAR (PP) leader Pablo Casado has said a pact with the centrist Ciudadanos could lead the two parties to unseat the Partido Socialista (PSOE) at the next general election.

Casado said Ciudadanos, led by Albert Rivera, could siphon votes away from PSOE by appealing to supporters dissatisfied with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s government.

“The idea is to optimise our parties so we are able to govern with an absolute majority in six months or a year,” Casado said.

The PP leader added dialogue with Ciudadanos was his priority and negotiations between officials from both parties are currently ongoing.

Casado has probably taken note of Ciudadanos’ election results in Andalucia which saw the party go from nine to 21 seats in the region’s assembly.

The PP leader will be conscious that Ciudadanos likely took votes away from his own party as well as PSOE. Both parties saw their seat numbers fall after the vote which was an upset for PSOE, which has run the Andalucia’s Junta for almost four decades.

Casado is therefore keen to build a centre-right block which could take on PSOE at a national level to repeat the success.

Poll tracker: Partido Socialista (PSOE): 24.9 per cent, 101 seats Partido Popular (PP): 22.8 per cent, 100 seats Ciudadanos: 20.6 per cent, 66 seats Unidos Podemos: 17.2 per cent, 53 seats Result: PSOE largest party, no overall control.

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Bullfighter Franco bar fury PICTURES and footage of a Spanish bullfighter smiling and giving a thumbs up in front of memorabilia of former dictator Francisco Franco have led to a social media backlash.

Social media users took to Twitter to express their anger

after the video from Fran Rivera went viral online this week.

Footage appears to show Rivera, who received official honours for his bullfighting career, panning his camera around the Bar Casa Eladio in Alvia in the Castilla y Leon region.

OUTCRY: Rivera (inset) posed with Franco memorabilia.

He then smiles and gives a thumbs up in front of the Spanish flag from the Franco era.

B a r C a s a Ela dio a ls o posted pictures of Rivera posing with staff members on Facebook, but have now been removed.

Social media users criticised the bullfighter for the video in a series of tweets and posts.

Secretoy Verde said: “For me Fran Rivera symbolises everything old, dark, outdated, tacky and illiterate about this country.”

“Fran Rivera, a mobile with internet and a Franco Bar. What could go wrong?”

Gerado Tece said.

Bar Casa Eladio did not directly refer to the incident on its social media pages.

It said in a post after the incident it would always wel-

come members of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), the far-right Vox and Falangist Franco sympathisers.

Earlier posts showed patrons making fascist salutes which the bar described as a ‘great day with great patriots.’

Rivera was previously married to a Spanish duchess before they divorced in 2002 and he remarried in 2013. He retired from bullfighting in 2017.

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Benidorm NEWS Remodelling takes its toll TRAFFIC jams are more frequent as remodelling the Avenida del Mediterraneo gets underway.

Although the road closures were announced beforehand, many drivers reach the Plaza Tri-

angular before realising that is now closed.

Instead of continuing to Calle Puento, they are having to turn right onto Calle Esperanto, which is where holdups are occurring during the lunchtime and evening rush hours.

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NATIVITY SCENE: Some of the 600 pieces are more than 50 years old.

Keeping up the tradition JUNIOR Fiestas queen, Anna Calbo, recently switched on the illuminations for the La Barqueta Cultural Association’s Belen (Nativity scene).

Anna was accompanied

by Benidorm’s mayor, Toni Perez, the Fiestas councillor Jesus Carrobles, representatives from the local political

par t i es and t he Fi est as queen, Fatima Carrobles.

Also present was Paco Rosera, president of La Barqueta.

The association’s first Nativity scene, created in 1980, was initially installed in the Sant Jaume and Santa Ana parish church before m ovi ng t o t he Muni ci pal

Market. Since 2009 the Bel en has been set up i n La Barqueta’s centre in Calle Tomas Ortuño. Composed of m or e t han 600 pi eces, some are 50 years old, Rosera said, and there are m or e t han 20 di ff er ent scenes. It can be visited between 10am-1am and from 5pm-9pm until January 5.

Nature park’s founder dies TERRA NATURA’s creator Miguel Fernando Taberner Molinero has died aged 57 in Ontinyent (Valencia) after a long illness.

Married with three children, his own father founded the long-established Ontinyent textiles firm Colortex. Although he had a diverse and extensive business background and at one time occupied 19 executive positions, Taberner was best-known for creating Terra Natura in Benidorm. Taberner turned to other enterprises when the bottom began to fall out of the local textile industry that had been so buoyant during the 80’s.

The Benidorm nature park, a novelty at the time for immersing visitors in a wildlife environment, opened in the summer of 2004.

Taberner also created the Terra Natura Foundation and in June 2004, before the installation’s official inauguration, the park was visited

by Sting, who received an award from the regional government in recognition of his commitment towards wildlife.

Taberner sold his Terra Natura holding in 2008, when it was acquired by the El Pozo, the cold meats processing company based in Murcia.

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ALTEA Town Hall will provide better communications for the River Algar car park.

There is sufficient space for 350 cars but the car park is empty for most of the year, not least because motorists must go out of their way to reach it.

“Here we have a car park a few metres from the town centre which is absolutely underused except on market day, during the week that the fair is here or when it is used for fiestas or other activities,” said Urban Development councillor Imma Orozco.

“The car park needs a direct link with the Plaza de Los Fueros as well as a connection with the Camino del Instituto beneath the railway line,” Orozco continued.

“We have decided to separate the two projects because the solutions, while needing to be aesthetically consistent, are both very different technically. Unifying them would make them harder to carry out, owing to the size of the undertaking,” she said.

Although solutions involve overcoming the drop between the car park and Plaza de Los Fueros, overcoming the technical problems will ensure that it is better-used, Orozco pointed out.

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Car park link

DEAD END: Plans to link the plaza and River Algar car park.

Preparing for next year AT the usual pre-Christmas breakfast with the local media, Alfaz’s mayor Vicente Arques outlined municipal projects for next year.

The €10 million that the town received via the European Union’s Strategy for Sustainable Urban Development (EDUSI) scheme will play a large part in the town hall’s short and medium term plans, Arques explained.

Half of the EDUSI cash is coming from the EU’s European Development Fund (FEDER) via the Generalitat, and this will be used to finance further excavations at the Second and Fourth sectors of the Villa Romana open air museum in Albir.

Of Alfaz’s six remaining mills, only the Moli de Manec belongs to the municipality and this is due for restoration, while a footbridge over the N-332 will also feature in next year’s projects.

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Car parks on Google PUBLIC and private car parks in Altea and Altea la Vieja are now shown on Google Maps.

The maps also indicate the car parks’ capacity as well as their location, said Infrastructure councillor Roc Ferrer.

Traffic jams are common in Altea as drivers look for parking spaces in the main shopping areas or the Old Town, the councillor said.

“But usually there are numerous places to park free of charge nearby,” the councillor said, adding that the same information is also available at the bottom of the opening page on the town hall’s website www.altea.es.

VIP makes stopover

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AS usual, San Nicolas - aka Sinterklass - made a brief visit to Alfaz before continuing his annual journey to the Netherlands.

While thousands of boys and girls in Holland waited impatiently for his arrival, San Nicolas, who has been collaborating with the Alfaz Lions Club for the last 20 years, distributed 500 bags of mandarins and Christmas sweetmeats to Alfaz’s children.

Although sad to see him go, they await further important visitors on December 24 and January 5.

BRIEF VISIT: San Nicolas comes to town.

A slice of history AN exhibition at Alfaz’s Escoles Velles cultural centre focuses on the 40th anniversary of Spain’s first democratic elections.

Compiled by Alicante University, it shows the Spanish voting in June 1977 in the first democratic elections since before the 1936-1939 Civil War. The exhibition’s 13 panels show posters and photographs of the time ceded by leading photographers as well as the Archivo de la Democracia, the Alicante City municipal archive and the Informacion and La Verdad newspapers.

The panels with explanatory texts follow the evolution of the Transition, beginning with the tense summer of 1975 and Franco’s death that November, followed by the proclamation of Juan Carlos I, Adolfo Suarez’s first government and the legalisation of the Communist party culminating in the 1977 elections.

The exhibition the Escoles Velles centre is open between 9am and 2pm from Monday to Friday until January 5.

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Palau concert ADDA, the resident symphony orchestra at the Diputacion Auditorium, will be giving its first concert outside its Alicante City base this Sunday at 7pm in the Paul Altea. The orchestra’s 80 musicians, under the direction of Alteaborn Josep Vicent, will be offering Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth.

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ALTEA Town Hall reminded foreign residents of requirements for voting in next May’s municipal and European elections.

Foreign Residents councillor Maria Lavios explained that it is necessary to be registered on the municipal Padron and to have confirmed the wish to vote.

“All European Union residents and those from countries which signed a reciprocal agreement with Spain are eligible,” Lavios said.

There is a January 30 deadline for residents from EU countries to request inclusion on the electoral census and January 15 for those from outside the EU. Lavios advised residents who are unsure if they are on the census, they can reapply

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Getting election-ready

ELECTIONS: Make sure you have the right to vote. for inclusion.

Confirming the wish to vote can be carried out online at https://sede.ine.gob.es, at the town hall or by post via the Delegacion Provincial de la

Oficina del Censo Electoral (OCE).

“Any doubts can be cleared up at Altea Town Hall’s Foreign Residents department,” Lavios said.

Plans for marine reserve and park THE Sierra Helada Monitoring Committee recently met to review the situation of the national park during the summer months.

Present at the meeting were Alfaz and Altea’s respective Environment councillors Rocio Guijarro and Beatriu Nomdedeu, together with park director Jose Ramon Viejo, the manager of Altea’s Club Nautico Joaquim Such, and Daniel Gilabert, the marine reserve’s guard and also skipper of the park’s patrol boat.

As well as discussing last summer’s events, they also discussed next year’s plans for the park and the marine reserve.

These include an increase in the number of ecological mooring buoys and locating and marking out areas of sand where boats can safely anchor.

Both of the Environment councillors expressed their satisfaction with the joint surveillance carried out by Alfaz, Altea, Benidorm and the regional government which controls and manages the Sierra Helada’s park’s maritime zone.

As well as keeping watch along the national

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SIERRA HELADA: Protected on land and at sea. park’s coastline, Gilabert reminded those entering the zone of the regulations which should be observed in the protected area.

He was also involved in scientific research focusing on the reserve’s wildlife and flora while controlling and checking its well-being.

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Budget goes through CALPE Council approved the €39.086 municipal Budget for 2019. Only the Partido Popular backed the Budget, with the PSOE, Compromis and Si Se Puede Calpe parties voting against it. Calpe’s mayor Cesar Sanchez defended the Budget, describing it as ‘realistic, sensible and social’ since spending and income are balanced.

“Investment in projects begun in previous years will be continued and new needs will be answered,” Sanchez maintained.

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Calpe Found on Ifach THE body of a missing 25year-old from Madrid was discovered on the Peñon de Ifach in Calpe.

His family had reported his dis a ppe a ra nc e s ome days earlier and the Guardia Civil search the Peñon after his belongings were found near the Carabineros lookout.

O w ing to the s te e p a nd roc ky te rra in, G ua rdia C ivil dive rs , mounta in re s c ue s pe c ia lis ts a nd a he lic opte r joine d in the s e a rc h, loc a ting the young ma n’s body a da y later.

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AIRLIFTED: Body was brought down by a Guardia Civil helicopter (inset).

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Wonderful start to the New Year

FULL HOUSE: Last year’s New Year concert in Calpe.

CALPE Town Hall is again organising a New Year’s Day concert at 6pm in the Plaza Mayor.

As they did last year, thousands will throng the square for the free concert by ADDA, the resident orchestra at the Auditorium of the Diputacion Provincial Council in Alicante City.

Last year, the public were captivated by popular waltzes, polkas and familiar arias, although this year’s programme remains a secret so that the music will be a surprise for the audience.

Although ADDA has performed many times in

Cool welcome RESIDENTS are questioning a hotel being built by a Russian company on the site of two nowdemolished villas above Borumot beach.

The two-storey, 20-room hotel is out of keeping for a residential area, and the narrow roads are not able to cope with the inevitable increase in traffic, they maintain.

the province, it was not officially created as an orchestra until last September and its official presentation is scheduled for tomorrow (Friday).

ADDA has 43 members, selected from 1,500 musicians who auditioned for the orchestra.

The orchestra’s conductor Josep Vicent has been musical director for La Fura dels Baus since 2014 and was resident director of the Islas Baleares Symphony Orchestra.

Before that, he directed the World Orchestra, touring 15 times in four continents.

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Cyclist hurt A MAN of 54 was injured when his bicycle was involved in collision with a car on the old Teulada road at 11.30am.

A SAMU emergency ambulance was sent to the scene and once medics had stabilised the victim, he was taken to Denia Hospital with multiple injuries.

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Big smiles all-round

SMILE!: Carlos Linares and Daniel Ibanco announce Christmas programme.

TEULADA-MORAIRA’S Christmas programme, Ja es Nadal a Teulada-Moraira. Light up your smile! has commenced.

In other words, it’s Christmas in Teulada-Moraira. Put a smile on your face!

Local mayor Carlos Linares and the Youth and Citizens’ Participation councillor Daniel Ibanco explained that the programme has been planned with all age groups in mind.

“Teulada-Moraira has more than 80 associations and this programme is possible thanks to all of them,” Ibanco said.

“The related town hall departments had also made a great effort to offer a full Christmas programme,” Carlos Linares said.

“The best present is knowing that people are taking part,” the mayor added.

Teulada-Moraira Christmas programme DECEMBER 13: Piano recital at 7pm by students from the TeuladaMoraira Conservatoire in the Salon de Actos at Teulada Town Hall.

Talk at 8pm in Espai La Senieta (Moraira) by Jose Antonio Alejo, the first Alicantino to climb Everest.

Inauguration exhibition of photos by members of the Centro Excursionista de Muntanya Teulada-Moraira (Ceim Teumo) in Espai La Senieta (Moraira) at 9pm.

December 14: Christmas blood donation marathon in the Salon de Actos at Teulada Town Hall from 9.30am-1.30pm and 4.30-8.30pm. Collection point for Solinavidad donations of non-perishable food and toys.

From 5pm-8.30pm, Playmobil toy exhibition at Espai La Senieta until December 16.

December 15: Half-year Moors and Christians fiesta begins at 11am in the marquee set up in Plaza de la Iglesia, Moraira.

December 16: Christmas Market in Calle Alicante, Calle Maestre Mulet, Plaza de la Constitucion and Avenida Santa Catalina between 9am and 7pm in Teulada.

Friends and Family (Club Badminton Teulada) at the Municipal Sports stadium in Teulada.

Climb to the top of the Fort and the top of Bernia to celebrate International Mountain Day. More information from ceimteumo@gmail.com.

December 17: Trombone recital at 7pm by students from the TeuladaMoraira Conservatoire in the Salon de Actos at Teulada Town Hall.

December 19: Orchestra and Band concert at 7pm by students from the Teulada-Moraira Conservatoire in the Salon de Actos at Teulada Town Hall.

December 21: Christmas Concert at 10.30pm at Santa Catalina church, Teulada with the Teulada, Cant Jove and La Senieta choirs and Agrupacion Musical Cultural de Teulada-Moraira.

From 5pm-8.30pm Playmobil classic toy exhibition at Espai La Senieta until December 23.

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A WORKSHOP at the Teulada-Moraira Auditorium focused recently on reusing plastics.

Recycling artist Rosa Montesa showed the young and notso-young how these could be used for Christmas decorations.

“This Christmas, the Auditorium hall has a tree made from recycled plastic with more than 400 balls which took Rosa Montesa more than 50 hours to make,” the Auditorium’s director, Maite Serrat said.

The Navidad Responable campaign and the Christmas tree are the Auditorium’s own contribution to raising public awareness regarding the misuse of throwaway materials,

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Recycling the unusable

NAVIDAD RESPONABLE: Maite Serrat and Teulada-Moraira’s mayor Carlos Linares.

Serrat explained.

“Nothing is lovelier than na-

ture, so imitating it by using something that does it so much

harm was an enormous challenge,” she added.

Gold medal for police chief CHIEF INSPECTOR Manuel Navarro Ribelles has been decorated in recognition of his work as the chief of TeuladaMoraira’s Local Police.

He received a gold medal from the Association of Local Police Chiefs during an official function at Marq, Alicante City’s Archaeological Museum, attended by representatives from the province’s Local Police and other security forces.

The event, the 10th edition of the Rafael Bonet Police Science and Public Safety Award, was attended by Adrian Ballester, head of the provincial council’s department of Good Governance.

The Diputacion has collaborated for several years with the Rafael Bonet Award, an initiative of the Association of Local Police chiefs.

Teulada-Moraira’s councillor for Public Safety, Raul Llobell was also present to see Navarro Ribelles receive the gold medal.

The Rafael Bonet prize went to Alfonso Monfort Palacion for his paper on Proposals for Im-

provements in Police Prevention of Suicide.

The jury also gave a special

mention to David Buil Gil for the perception of disturbances in Manchester neighbourhoods.

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NEWS AS reported earlier in the Euro Weekly News, Ernestina Bru has been named Adopted Daughter of Teulada-Moraira.

She deserved to receive the Spanish version of the freedom of the town in recognition of her commitment to her neighbours and the local population, declared Teulada-Moraira’s mayor Carlos Linares.

Over the years Ernestina, best known as Tina, combined her community work with her newsagents, stationary, haberdashery and perfumery business.

She was active in the Cap d’Or residents association, the Cristo de Moraira Guild, the Moraira Housewives and Consumers’ Association and she sang in the La Senieta choir.

Tina also belonged to the local branch of the Red Cross and Caritas and looked after Moraira’s church-chapel.

Since she arrived in Moraira she had worked to build a better community and the values of respect were always key to

Leading by example

all of her actions, Carlos Linares said during the recent ceremony in Tina’s honour.

Speaking on behalf of her sister and her family, Concha Bru announced to the applause of all those present that naming Tina an Adopted Daughter of Teulada-Moraira was the stimulus which she needs to induce her to return to the front line.

“She is realising how much she is needed,” Concha said.

One of Tina’s wishes was for people to be committed and supportive, to be generous and to fight for social rights, for quality of life and unity, Concha said.

“In other words, people should be doing what Tina herself has been doing for so long. That’s the best message the family and our Tina can convey,” she added.

GRATITUDE: Carlos Linares with Ernestina Bru.

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Chance to be a shopping star THE ‘Be the star this Christmas’ campaign has returned to Teulada-Moraira this year.

The town hall, in co-operation with the Teulada-Moraira Shopkeepers and Business Owners Association (AECO) have joined forces to encour-

age local residents and visitors to do their Christmas shopping inside the town.

Throughout the year, the town hall organises events and activities designed to enhance the image of the local economy and counteract the

tendency of shopping out of town or in shopping centres.

Shoppers spending €30 or more in one of the AECO businesses have only to leave their name and telephone number on their bill and place it in the special container to participate in a draw with a first prize of €1,000, another of €500, two of €250 and one of €100.

The winners will be driven in a ‘spectacular’ vehicle on January 12 to spend their prize money in AECO establishments.

AECO also announced that on December 22, December 29 and January 5, local shops will be open all day.

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Romans, tunas and adaptations ON December 28, the Oceanografic Foundation is organising a free family outing focusing on Javea’s maritime tradition.

Entitled ‘A history of Romans, tunas and adaptations for survival’ it leaves the Parador at 10am, following a route from the Arenal beach to the Sequia de la Noria.

There will be special emphasis on the historic and cultural values of the different eras, taking in the Roman fish-farm, the Almadraba method of tuna-fishing and the salt beds, together with the extraction of Javea’s trademark Tosca Stone.

After the tour, participants can accompany a rescued turtle wh i c h wa s r e st o r e d to h ea lth at th e F u n d ac ion Oceanografic recuperation centre and will be returned to the sea at the Arenal beach.

The outing is free but places are limited and can be reserved at the tourist offices at Javea Centre (965 794 356) and Javea Port (965 790 736).

One of the best JAVEA’S Cala Ambolo beach was ranked 47th in a Flight Network poll to find the most beautiful beaches in the world.

A thousand experts chose Ambolo for its ‘crystalline waters, rocky cliffs and snorkelling,’ although the beach is closed to the public owing to rock falls.

First in the rankings was Grace Bay in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.

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Fire damage repaired JAVEA Town Hall announced that forestry work at fire-ravaged Granadella has now concluded.

The restoration has been carried out to protect the area from the forest fire which destroyed 711 hectares of public and privatelyowned land in 2016.

The â‚Ź170,000 cost has been met by the provincial council, and the Diputacion, explained Services councillor Kika Mata who supervised the project.

Trees have been thinned out on municipal land while burnt trunks and branches have been removed in Umbria de Les Canasaladas.

New species have been planted, including native trees like carobs and wild olives which are more resistant to forest fires than pines.

The drystone terracing typical of the area has been repaired and shored up by the trunks of burnt trees to halt the erosion which in-

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REHABILITATED: Kika Mata surveys the restored areas on Granadella. evitably occurs in fire-damaged areas during periods of torrential rain.

Improvements have also been made to a lime kiln, Mata revealed.

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Calle Loreto, Denia’s gastronomic heart THE Marina Alta enjoys a long and individual gastronomic tradition. The Mediterranean is the cradle of the area’s cuisine, a cuisine that has always benefited from the proximity of farms, vineyards, orchards and the shores of the Mediterranean.

What really characterises Marina Alta cuisine most is the quality of the product, its freshness. All ingredients must be fresh or seasonal, because only then can the nature of our dishes be duly appreciated.

The town of Denia is the capital of Marina Alta. In it’s gastronomic heartland, in the historic quarter, lies Calle Loreto. The street is a clear example of Marina Alta cuisine.

Whilst there may be restaurants of greater renown in other areas of the town, such as Las Marinas or Las Rotas, Calle Loreto has become in recent years one of the most effervescent areas at the gastronomic level. Its large number of bars and restaurants, its wide gastronomic offer, and the excellent level of service offered, have turned this street into one of the biggest tourist attractions of Denia.

One example restaurant that encompasses all of the aforementioned is restaurant Ca Pepa Teresa, on Calle Loreto 23, located in the heart of Calle Loreto. It is a perfect place to enjoy the culinary tradition of the Marina Alta. There you will find paellas, stews, meats, fish and a constant hallmark: the daily purchase of the best fresh produce in the traditional food markets of the area. Conditions that other similar restaurants like Els Tomassets (C/Loreto 35), share.

All have a wide selection of tapas and traditional dishes of the Marina Alta. Cocas, tapas, marinades and seasonings: a whole range of authentic and homemade starters. The Cocas de la Marina are sea-

soned with different ingredients, so you can try different aspects of our gastronomy. Always with products from the area, fresh and seasonal vegetables.

Restaurant La Seu is one of the Calle’s essentials. In addition to working with the freshest fish, and La Seu (C/Loreto 59) make their own salted fish themselves. What

clearly denotes a respect for their product and a love for work well done. La Seu could be characterised as recovering the traditional recipes of our gastronomy and reinventing them in a contemporary way.

The experiences proposed in La Seu pivot on concepts and designs based on the attachment to the land and the eternal learning,

which emerges from the admiration for other cultures and procedures: “The construction of our dishes has a harmonious order that reconciles tradition and innovation,” says Diana Cervera, its Chef and manager.

Mediterranean spaces, authentic and unique, configured diaphanously. The light and transparency are the main features, communicating kitchen and dining room, to establish a direct communication between the kitchen and the diner.

Its interior courtyards are fresh and cheerful, full of light and vegetation, one of the most outstanding spaces for its diners.

The fresh and local product, together with the influence of traditional cuisine, make a restaurant that combines the attractiveness of its different rooms, with the quality and presentation of its dishes. All an experience for the senses.

RESERVE YOUR TABLE: Ca Pepa Teresa www.calapepateresa.com info@calapepateresa.com facebook: @capepa.teresa instagram: @capepateresa C/Loreto, 23 Dénia Tel. 965 78 45 47 Els Tomassets Calle Loreto, 35 Denia, Valenciana, Spain @elstomassets.denia Tel: 966 43 25 60 Restaurante La Seu www.laseu.es Tel: 96 642 44 78 Calle Loreto, 59 (Dénia) Alicante restaurantesendenia@gmail.com

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FACELIFT: Calle La Mar seven months after roadworks began.

ARGUABLY the most long-drawn out roadworks in the centre of Denia have finally come to an end.

Calle La Mar between Calle Candida Carbonell and Carlos Senti has now reopened to traffic after seven months, although the section leading to Plaza del Consell has been pedestianised.

The direction of traffic in Calle Magallanes, Calle Carlos Senti and Pintor Victoria have

now reverted to the system used before the roadworks began. Vehicles may now enter the Les Roques neighbourhood and it is possible to access Calle Foramur via Carrer Nous, Calle Sant Cristofol, Calle Olivera, Calle Hospital and Calle Trinquet.

This has not been possible until now owing to work that was being carried out at the Fonteta roundabout in Calle La Mar and Calle Foramur.

Labour of love LUIS GAVILA CREUS, a 64-year-old born in Ondara, is repairing the drystone terracing at Denia Castle.

The terracing goes back to the mid-19th century when the thenowner built terraces and planted vines on the southern slopes.

The art of drystone walling was recently declared a UNESCO cultural heritage and Gavila admitted that it was tough work which required patience. “I’m 64 and I’ve been building and repairing walls for 40 years. You have to like it,” he said.

Opera for local hero THE Ciudadanos party has presented an amendment to the regional government’s 2019 Budget, r equest i ng a €40,000 allocation for an opera.

Performed in Valenciano, this relates the life of Pare Pere, one of Denia’s most relevant historic personages.

Pare Pere - Father Pedro Esteve - was born in Calle Loreto in Denia in 1583, t he t hi r d of si x children.

Aged 18 he decided to become a Franciscan friar, dedicating his life to the ideals of San Francisco and using a small stone house on Montgo for prayer and meditation.

The Santissima Sang Br ot her hood has been collaborating for more than two years on creating a work based on Pare Pere’s life.

Part of the opera was performed in the summer of 2016 and the association now hopes to stage the entire production in April next year.

Tony Woodwar d, a Denia-born MP for the Cs party in the regional parliament, Les Corts, explained that the opera will also highlight Valencian art and talent from the Marina Alta, The opera was an ambitious theatrical, musical and audiovisual project, Woodward said, but the €40,000 budget allocation would cover the entire production and direction costs.

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Night of light THOUSANDS of candles will light the streets of Denia in the Old Town on the night of December 15.

Lighting-up time is scheduled for 5.30pm and shops will remain open until 9.30pm in the Noche de Luz initiative organised by Denia Town Hall, the Municipal Market, Creama and the AFIC Commerce and Innovation Agency.

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OFFICIAL surveys linked to plans for regenerating Les Deveses beach found rising sea levels off Denia’s northern coastal area.

The Ministry for Ecological Transition the government department responsible for developing policies on the environment, energy and sustainable development included a study to gauge the effects of climate change on the beach.

Soundings obtained from equipment installed off Denia revealed an annual increase of 0.155 centimetres in the sea level, which by 2040 will presumablyamount to 6.5 centimetres.

According to the Ministry study, the Marina Alta is located between the sections of Spain’s coast most affected by climate change and a receding coastline. The area is also affected by changes in the longshore drift that brings sediment to the coast.

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A victim of climate change

LES DEVESES: A beach that appears and disappears.

Les Deveses is notoriously susceptible to erosion and despite continual replenishment, sand regularly disappears during stormy weather and seafront properties are affected by pounding waves.

Regarding this retrocession, which re-

quires continual replacement of the lost sand, the Ministry study found this could be affected by an increase in average sea depth or changes in marine circulation and flow patterns. Once again, this is likely to be caused by climate change, the Ministry said.

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JET SETTER: Mr Horton saved money by flying via Spain to the game.

Long way round A BRITISH football fan travelled to a league match in England last weekend via the Costa Blanca because it was cheaper than getting the train.

Wolves fan Steve Horton travelled to Newcastle this weekend to see his team in the Premier League.

The Wolves fan took to social media to document his budget journey to St James’ Park.

Mr Horton chose to fly with Ryanair to Alicante-Elche Airport and then to Newcastle because it was cheaper than rail tickets from his hometown of Wolverhampton to the Tyneside city.

Mr Horton said on Twitter: ‘En route to Newcastle via Benidorm courtesy of Ryanair.

Cheaper than the train.’

The distance from Wolverhampton to Newcastle is just over 320 kilometres. Mr Horton’s route saw him travel more than 4,820 kilometres.

A return train ticket from Wolverhampton to Newcastle would have cost the equivalent of about €126, according to train booking sites.

A flight from Birmingham to Alicante with Ryanair is estimated to have cost about €33, with almost €17 for return flights from the Costa Blanca to Britain.

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Constitution Day

by Joe Gerrard SPAIN’S King has told members of parliament that the country should be willing to move forward during a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution.

King Felipe, who was speaking before the Congress of Deputies to mark Constitution Day last Thursday, said democracy was ‘firmly and fully’ consolidated 40 years after its adoption.

Spain should have a will to adapt the Spanish way of life to the reality of each moment, the King added.

“The Constitution is a permanent mandate of concord among Spaniards. It is the will to understand through word and reason and right our differences and our diversity and it is the spirit of solidarity and generosity that unites the moral fibre of our society,” King Felipe said.

CREDIT: Royal Household, via Twitter

King calls for Spain to move forward

CONSTITUTION SPEECH: Spain’s King said the document was the ‘living soul’ of democracy.

“It has brought the greatest development in the history of Spain.

“But Spain today is very different from that of December 6, 1978,” the King added.

King Felipe went on to say

the monarchy was ‘indissolubly united’ with the Constitutional order and with democracy and freedom.

He also praised his father the King Emeritus Juan Carlos for his role in helping to draw up the Constitution and he also paid tribute to people who had lost their lives in Spain to ‘terrorist unreason.’

“The constitutional feeling, consciously or sometimes unconsciously, is deeply rooted in our attitudes because the Constitution is the living soul of our democracy,” the King said.

King Felipe was joined by Queen Letizia and their daughters Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia, as well as Juan Carlos and the Queen Emeritus Sofia.

Government officials including Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez were also on hand for the ceremony which was attended by members of parliament.

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Horse crazy…

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By Barry Duke WHEN Sammy Turner, manager of Benidorm Old Town’s Company Bar, celebrated her 50th birthday at the weekend, she and a large group of friends used the occasion to raise money for a planned horse rescue centre.

The venture is headed by one of Benidorm’s top drag queens and ‘crazy horse lover’ Miss Coco Chanel, who has set up a GoFundMe page to raise €85,000 to buy a piece of land to start up a centre for unwanted, abused or neglected horses on the Costa Blanca.

Sam and friends, led by Ricardo Bloks (aka Miss Bacardi Breezer), set out on Saturday afternoon on a tour of bars rattling collection tins. Later they announced that they had raised €186.17, two Turkish lira and 40 pence.

If you would like you to contribute to Coco’s noble cause, you can do so via https://www.gofundme.com/co cos-horse-rescue-centre.

RAISING FUNDS: Sammy Turner and Miss Bacardi Breezer outside Company Bar.

Coco Chanel pictured at Benidorm Pride 2018.

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by Joe Gerrard SPANISH government officials have said they remain committed to supporting and promoting human rights as the world marked 70 years since the adoption of the United Nations’ Human Rights Declaration.

The 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was marked on World Human Rights Day on Monday.

The document, adopted three years after the end of the Second World War, sets out fundamental rights for people across the world which UN member states are required to protect.

The anniversary also saw a human rights NGO claim that the world and Spain still had a long way to go to meet commitments required by the Declaration.

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a video message on Twitter, that democracy could not exist without a respect for human rights. “Today while some seek to retreat, we will defend and respect the Declaration. It is the only way to strengthen

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Human Rights Declaration at 70 CREDIT: Sindicato de Estudiantes Malaga, via Twitter

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Say women continue to suffer in Spain.

democracy, the welfare state and to develop our society,” Sanchez said.

Spain’s Foreign Affairs Ministry also released a statement highlighting the country’s commitment to the cause of human rights nationally.

“The existence of an effective democracy requires the construction and maintenance of a complex framework of rights and freedoms in which a person can develop freely,” Ministry Officials said.

The anniversary comes as Amnesty International said issues including gender violence and alleged sexist biases in Spain’s legal system meant it still fell short of the Declaration in some areas.

“It is undeniable that the situation for women has improved in Spain, but 70 years after the Declaration was signed, women continue to suffer discrimination and violence,” Amnesty International’s Ana Gomez Perez-Nievas said.

Article Two of the Declaration prevents people being discriminated due to their gender, race, religion, social status, opinions or nationality.

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Animal abuse claims AN animal rights group has claimed workers at a Castilla y Leon slaughterhouse have abused animals, before killing them.

The Equalia organisation said footage shot by hidden cameras showed staff kicking and throwing lambs and stopping them from returning to their pens.

The group launched a petition calling for rules requiring cameras in slaughterhouses in Spain.

Drugs haul GUARDIA CIVIL officers seized a total of 1,335 kilograms of hashish hidden among oranges from a lorry in Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, believed to be bound for Britain.

Police arrested a 31year-old Spanish suspect as part of Operation Portokall. Some of the oranges were also set to be given to families in need in the Salamanca area.

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EUROPEAN PRESS

SWEDEN DELEGATES representing the Yemini government and the country’s Houthi rebels arrived in Stockholm last week to begin peace talks aimed at ending a civil war which has raged since 2015, killed thousands and displaced millions.

Peace talks

No return IMMIGRATION authorities in Sweden have told Ali Omumi, who lived in the country with his family and had an application to renew his work permit turned down over administration errors, that he cannot return.

NEGOTIATIONS: The Yemeni Civil War began in 2015.

BELGIUM

Energy vote

Beer leader

BELGIUM’S Environment Minister MarieChristine Marghem has voted against EU proposals to improve energy efficiency days after attending a rally in Brussels where protesters called on the government to act on climate change.

BEER makers in Belgium led the way in European beer exports last year according to data from an industry body which showed 1.58 billion litres were shipped from the country, ahead of the second country Germany’s 1.57 billion.

FRANCE

NORWAY

Tax u-turn

Rocket launch

FRANCE’S government announced last week it would scrap a planned hike in fuel duty and was also considering re-imposing wealth taxes to try and appease protesters with the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protest movement following demonstrations and riots in Paris.

FOUR rockets from the US’s NASA space agency are now ready for launch in My-Alesund and Andoya, with the craft the first of a total of 12 set to be sent to investigate the upper part of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Levy plan

Rare visit

OFFICIALS with the French government have joined with those from Germany in seeking to keep up efforts to push for the EU to introduce a new tax on large international digital firms by changing proposals to make the proposed levy only cover advertising.

A NORWEGIAN photographer shared a picture of a rare white reindeer calf which was spotted while hiking with friends, with the animal’s appearance caused by a genetic condition that removes pigments from its fur.

NETHERLANDS

Mafia raids

Vote win

DUTCH police raided dozens of locations throughout the country last week as part of a European-wide operation targeting the ‘Ndrangheta mafia clan, from Calabria in Italy, following an investigation into the gang launched in 2016.

THE government of the Netherlands is set to remain in power after a no confidence motion lodged in parliament over a UN migration pact received support from only the eurosceptic Forum voor Democratie (VVD) and the anti-immigration Voor de Vrijheid (PVV).

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GERMANY

Climate leader

Nazis loose

DENMARK has been named alongside Britain and Canada as a world leader in implementing measures to combat climate change including by transforming its energy sector, according to researchers from the Imperial College in London.

GERMAN government officials have said there are currently 467 neo-Nazis subject to arrest warrants at large throughout the country in response to a parliamentary request from opposition groups in parliament and added the number wanted has nearly doubled in four years.

Refugee plan PARTIES making up Denmark’s ruling rightwing coalition have struck a deal that is set to see ‘unwanted’ refugees moved to Lindholm Island, where ill and contagious animals were once sent, which has been criticised by human right groups.

Eels free CUSTOMS officers released around 5,000 baby eels into the River Rhine near Mainz last week after the protected fish were confiscated from a passenger at Frankfurt Airport, with the animals ‘clearly enjoying’ going into the river they added.

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Expats Guide to

Spanish Life Sponsored by Blevins Franks For more information about the sponsors go to www.blevinsfranks.com

Ins and out of the Padron Living in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics.

IN simple words, the padron is a local certificate that you are given when you register at your town hall. In Spanish it is called ‘certificado de empadronamiento,’ and helps compile a list of those people who live in a municipality.

The padron is used by the government and local authorities to keep a ‘head count’ on how many people live in the area, and as such receive financial assistance in the form of subsidies and grants from provincial, regional and central authorities for the provision of services.

Anyone who lives for more than six months in Spain is required to register on the padron. However, the certificate itself only lasts for a limited period of time, and must be renewed. A handy website is: www.spanishsolutions.net/of ficial-documents-in-spain/padron To register on the padron you need: Your passport, Your NIE or residence certificate, The deeds to your house or a copy of your rental agreement, A recent utility bill in your name.

To add someone onto your padron, as it must contain all occupants, you will need: • Title deeds of the property, • The passports of both parties, and copies, • A utility bill, • Both certificates of residence, • Rental agreement (if renting and not residing with owner).

Since you need the padron certificate to become a Spanish resident, but you cannot give the padron office your residency until you apply for it, the padron offices usually give a set period to return and present your Spanish residency. In the Alicante Province, for example, it’s three months. To find out more, visit: www.gov.uk/guidance-requirements-in-spain.

Padron holders have the right to vote in local elections.

Residents who can demonstrate a specified time on the padron, can also receive benefits or a cash grant when getting married to another resident, or could qualify for financial assistance for any children born in Spain.

The traffic department of Spain, require a padron to register a car in your own name, to import a car from another country, to qualify for a Spanish driver’s licence, and in some cases to purchase mobile phones or electrical goods.

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NEWSDESK ALMERIA

With six editions on the Spanish Costas and Mallorca we cover the main expat areas of Spain - take a look at what is happening around our regions. to the mountains, and usually remain near Torrox’s river.

A spokesperson said; “With the rain in the countryside in the last few weeks there is a lot of fresh grass and food, so I do not think it’s because it was hungry, it would have been confused and ended up wandering into the streets in broad daylight.”

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Council backed animal rescue WORKS on a new Municipal Animal Shelter in Huercal-Overa should be completed within weeks and the centre ready to take in abandoned dogs at the beginning of next year, according to the council.

The centre is located on a 200sqm plot, and will have 26 kennels with patios for adult dogs and puppies. There will also be an office-clinic, storeroom, washing and disinfection clinic and an area for the dogs to play.

“This is a commitment by the government team to find a solution to the problem of abandoned dogs in our municipality,” said Huercal-Overa mayor, Domingo Fernandez.

He added: “We are very happy about how the facility has turned out and we will have everything up and running at the beginning of the year.”

The council is working in collaboration with animal associations like APA Nueva Vida, and is currently working on an agreement to carry out controls of feral cats.

COSTA BLANCA SOUTH

Knife threat raiders NATIONAL POLICE in Elche have arrested two Spanish nationals - aged 44 and 51 - in connection with allegedly stealing a car at knifepoint.

After taking the car, they drove to Murcia where they proceeded to rob two tobacconists... and then returned with the car to

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Mayor threat

MALLORCA

Stabbed over ‘confusion’

DEATH THREATS: Mula is mayor of Fuengirola.

A COSTA DEL SOL mayor has spoken out after she was threatened with death online by someone critical of the local council’s alleged double standards over street sellers.

Funegirola mayor Ana Mula said she thought the man, who made the threats using a false Facebook profile, did not grasp what he was doing. A suspect has since been arrested in connection with the comments.

“I feel a little sorry. But it is one thing to express an opinion and quite another to be insulting,” Mula said.

The mayor reported the comments to police after they appeared on a viral video in which police officers were questioned about allegedly racially discriminating in favour of black street sellers.

“Mula we know where you live. Either stop the fine for the man with the roses or we’re going to have to visit your house and you’re not going to like it,” the user said.

Elche where they dumped the vehicle and set fire to it.

It has taken since May to find the culprits after they approached a woman, who had just parked up her car, with a large knife. They demanded the keys before quickly fleeing the scene in the car.

When they arrived in Murcia, they intended to rob a business as it was about to open, but the owner became suspicious when they spotted the two men wearing gloves and balaclavas

in a car.

They then targeted another business but this time managed to get away with €3,000 in cash and around €2,000 of tobacco.

AXARQUIA

The whole hog LOCALS in Torrox, Axarquia, were left dumbfounded after a wild boar found its way into the quiet mountain town, roaming through the streets and even

making its way up and down steps.

The boar, which experts believe was around three years old, evaded capture for two hours, before a group of hunters and volunteers from the local Proteccion Civil were able to capture the animal.

The runaway was cornered in car park where experts tranquilised and lassoed it before returning it to the countryside.

Sources told one publication boars rarely travel so high up in-

PALMA Court heard that IoanCiotau allegedly killed his wife Lucia Patrascu after they ‘got their wires crossed.’

He reportedly insisted, however, that he was ‘unaware of what he had done,’ having suffered a temporary mental disorder.

Ciotau, 60, is accused of stabbing Lucia to death in Puerto Pollensa in May 2016. The court was told he had drunk around 15 beers and taken anti-anxiety pills.

When his wife entered the apartment on the Sunday morning of the stabbing, he had asked her where she had been all night, which led to an apparent ‘misunderstanding.’

The prosecution said there was a fierce argument and Ciotau dragged Lucia to the balcony, where he stabbed her several times with a 16cm blade.

The prosecution is seeking a sentence of 22 years while Ciotau’s lawyer called for him to be acquitted, claiming he was under the influence of alcohol and medication that had induced temporary paranoia.

The case continues.

COSTA DEL SOL I AXARQUIA I COSTA BLANCA NORTH I COSTA BLANCA SOUTH I ALMERIA I MALLORCA

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Dia dives T H E d i ff i c u l t r e c e n t f e w months for Dia Group, the Spanish supermarket chain, has led to its shares plummeting more than 80 per cent to under €0.70.

Dia has endured a stormy period which has seen the resignations of its Chairwoman and Chief Executive, its dividend slashed and its debt downgraded to junk.

However, some believe that the possible takeover of experienced Russian billionaire M i k h a i l F r i d m a n ’s h o l d i n g company, LetterOne, could revive the company’s fortunes.

€900 billion

13 - 19 December 2018 This is the amount of money a year that the European Green Party claims that the EU misses out on due to the corruption of large corporations.

FINANCE

business & legal

Payment tips

New capital key for ECB THE European Central Bank would have to reduce its holdings of Spanish, Italian and French government bonds by nearly €90 billion if it strictly follows its new shareholder base, recent data calculations reveal.

The ECB started to buy government debt in 2015 in a bid to revive inflation in the euro zone, with a pledge to divide up its holdings in proportion to how much capital each country had

paid into Frankfurt’s coffers.

Four years and €2 trillion later, the ECB has deviated significantly from this so-called capital key, with Greece and Cyprus being excluded from the programme and a scarcity of bonds to buy in other countries.

Italy, Spain and France, which have large stocks of public debt, picked up most of the slack, and ended up with some €36 billion, €28 billion and €24 billion worth of debt on the ECB books

respectively more than they should.

These figures are based on the E C B ’s n e w c a p i t a l k e y, w h i c h was updated to reflect changes to the relative size of each count r y ’s e c o n o m y a n d p o p u l a t i o n over the past five years.

Wi t h t h e p r o g r a m m e d r a w i n g to an end, some policymakers on t h e E C B ’s G o v e r n i n g C o u n c i l have called for the stock of bonds to be realigned to the capital key, albeit gradually.

THE European Central Bank has launched a new system aimed at letting banks settle payments instantly across Europe, helping them compete with PayPal and other global tech giants.

Developed in just over a year, the ECB’s TARGET Instant Payment Settlement (TIPS) system will let people and companies in Europe transfer euros to each other within seconds.

A spokesman for PayPal said the firm welcomed TIPS and called for ‘more collaboration across the payments industry.’

EU agrees reforms

» BUSINESS EXTRA

Bank bids SABADELL wants its British unit TSB to start buying other businesses once it has cleared up the fallout from an IT meltdown, the Chairman has announced, prompting speculation TSB could be sold.

Xmas spend FINANCE CHIEF: Mario Centeno is current President of the Eurogroup.

EUROPEAN UNION finance ministers have struck a deal on a major reform of banking rules, addressing some of the loopholes exposed by the global financial crisis.

The overhaul, proposed by the European Commission in November 2016, sets the level of buffer banks must raise to absorb losses, and introduces new capital requirements to strengthen financial stability.

Under the reform, European banks will have to abide by a

new set of standards aimed at keeping their lending in check and ensuring they have stable funding sources.

Some technical details need to be finalised by the end of the year, with talks ongoing.

The agreement comes after two years of discussions and adapts EU rules to deals reached at a global level with US and Japanese regulators, although the draft deal agreed includes tweaks to global standards and a number of waivers.

SPANIARDS will spend an average of €180 on toys and video games at Christmas, on popular platforms such as Amazon, eBay and AliExpress, according to a study carried out by digital marketing agency Elogia.

Phone focus THE Vietnemese retail giant Vingroup, the country’s biggest private-sector company, has acquired a 51 per cent stake in the Spanish handset manufacturer BQ, and Vingroup plans to produce some five million phones a year.

Renewing relations SPAIN’S Ambassador to Romania, Manuel Larrotcha Parrada, has met with Romania’s Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall with the aim of strengthening bilateral relations in a range of areas.

Birchall said: “We discussed the current state and prospects for the Romanian-Spanish relationships under the strategic partnership between the two countries, with emphasis on developing and deepening economic co-operation.”

She added that when holding the six-month rotating Presidency of the EU Council starting January 1, 2019, Romania will focus on promoting the principle of cohesion, with Spain one of the biggest beneficiaries of the approach.

“The Common Agricultural Policy and the Cohesion Policy are successful at EU level, and we count on Spain for support in the future financial framework,” said Birchall.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,592.80 -32.20 Associated British Foods 2,211.50 -182.50 Admiral Group 2,004.00 -3.00 Ashtead Group 1,637.00 -35.50 Antofagasta 769.50 -5.30 Aviva 377.90 -0.50 AstraZeneca 6,014.00 87.00 BAE Systems 450.15 0.55 Barclays 153.30 -1.06 British American Tobacco 2,665.25 1.75 Barratt Developments 451.90 -21.90 BHP GROUP PLC ORD $0.50 1,544.70 10.10 Berkeley Group Holdings 3,321.00 -35.00 British Land Co 556.20 -1.80 Bunzl 2,284.50 -16.50 BP 511.90 -2.90 Burberry Group 1,708.75 -61.25 BT Group 251.75 -0.75 Coca-Cola HBC 2,351.50 -16.50 Carnival 4,358.00 -15.00 Centrica 135.58 -4.02 Compass Group 1,676.25 7.75 Croda International 4,646.00 -158.00 CRH 2,027.00 -21.00 DCC 5,732.50 -82.50 Diageo 2,802.25 17.75 Direct Line Insurance Group 307.45 -1.05 Evraz 472.75 -8.85 Experian 1,854.50 -8.00 easyJet 1,100.00 -11.50 Ferguson 4,832.25 6.75 Fresnillo 803.50 2.90 Glencore 277.35 -8.15 GlaxoSmithKline 1,447.10 9.70 GVC Holdings 661.50 -7.50 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,830.25 -12.75 Halma 1,297.00 -45.00 HSBC Holdings 641.40 -2.40 International Consldtd Airs Grp 598.80 -8.00 InterContinental Hotels Grp 4,175.50 -5.50 3i Group 773.40 7.80 Imperial Brands 2,360.50 23.00 Informa 659.80 -16.60 Intertek Group 4,563.00 -29.00 ITV 128.95 -2.40 Just Eat 545.90 -5.50 Johnson Matthey 2,634.50 -47.50 Kingfisher 225.85 -2.55 Land Securities Group 823.40 1.00 Legal & General Group 228.70 -12.90

% CHG. NET VOL -1.98 21,865.91 -7.62 18,604.34 -0.15 5,794.08 -2.12 7,770.33 -0.68 7,492.51 -0.13 14,763.24 1.47 75,438.64 0.12 14,235.70 -0.69 26,265.65 0.07 61,484.49 -4.62 4,695.83 0.66 31,620.83 -1.04 4,289.85 -0.32 5,315.11 -0.72 7,761.00 -0.56 100,970.37 -3.46 7,053.01 -0.30 25,102.43 -0.70 8,597.15 -0.34 8,469.76 -2.88 7,747.07 0.46 25,977.03 -3.29 6,105.60 -1.03 16,293.23 -1.42 5,580.57 0.64 67,139.70 -0.34 4,270.75 -1.84 6,641.86 -0.43 16,783.71 -1.03 4,393.12 0.14 11,074.42 0.36 5,769.88 -2.85 38,079.19 0.67 70,349.75 -1.12 3,968.36 -0.69 8,623.11 -3.35 5,011.32 -0.37 127,497.54 -1.32 12,034.73 -0.13 7,760.27 1.02 7,423.69 0.98 22,427.12 -2.45 8,295.78 -0.63 7,277.22 -1.83 5,289.39 -1.00 3,643.30 -1.77 5,136.38 -1.12 4,902.71 0.12 5,979.15 -5.34 13,685.57

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

CHANGE(P)

Lloyds Banking Group ORD 53.55 London Stock Exchange Grp 3,883.50 Micro Focus International 1,458.00 Marks & Spencer Group 278.75 Mondi 1,622.25 Melrose 152.08 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 226.28 National Grid 824.30 NMC Health 3,195.00 Next 4,609.50 Ocado Group 791.80 Paddy Power Betfair 6,452.50 Prudential 1,420.75 Persimmon 1,908.75 Pearson 920.40 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,276.50 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 208.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,334.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,358.50 RELX 1,602.75 Rio Tinto 3,576.25 Royal Mail 296.60 Rightmove 439.73 Rolls-Royce Group 784.40 Randgold Resources 6,822.00 RSA Insurance Group 508.50 Rentokil Initial 319.80 Sainsbury (J) 298.95 Schroders 2,361.50 Sage Group (The) 577.00 Segro 608.80 Shire 4,523.50 Smurfit Kappa Group 1,954.50 Standard Life Aberdeen 233.65 Smith (DS) 305.35 Smiths Group 1,361.25 Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust469.98 Smith & Nephew 1,477.50 SSE 1,056.25 Standard Chartered 584.00 St James's Place 939.70 Severn Trent 1,844.25 Tesco 197.95 TUI AG 1,103.50 Taylor Wimpey 131.20 Unilever 4,240.00 United Utilities Group 757.30 Vodafone Group 160.65 John Wood Group 618.20 WPP Group 814.20 Whitbread 4,501.00

-2.65 10.50 -7.50 -3.45 -8.25 -2.42 -1.97 4.20 31.00 -67.50 -11.00 -2.50 -1.75 -37.25 8.20 3.50 -1.50 59.50 -52.50 -6.75 -8.25 -18.80 -13.92 -10.80 170.00 0.70 0.80 -7.55 -13.50 -3.00 12.80 -11.50 -42.50 -2.40 -3.75 -6.75 -4.22 2.50 -32.75 -18.20 -54.30 -9.25 -1.10 -10.00 -2.80 68.50 -5.50 -2.35 -9.80 -1.60 -19.00

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NET VOL

-4.72 0.27 -0.51 -1.22 -0.51 -1.57 -0.86 0.51 0.98 -1.44 -1.37 -0.04 -0.12 -1.91 0.90 0.06 -0.71 2.62 -2.18 -0.42 -0.23 -5.96 -3.07 -1.36 2.56 0.14 0.25 -2.46 -0.57 -0.52 2.15 -0.25 -2.13 -1.02 -1.21 -0.49 -0.89 0.17 -3.01 -3.02 -5.46 -0.50 -0.55 -0.90 -2.09 1.64 -0.72 -1.44 -1.56 -0.20 -0.42

38,914.80 13,473.72 6,257.03 4,598.51 5,997.04 7,603.17 5,427.48 27,872.71 6,492.01 6,565.22 5,521.94 5,255.17 36,547.18 6,137.75 7,185.86 43,962.46 25,542.84 102,420.27 86,202.38 31,216.30 45,385.85 3,047.00 3,972.06 14,993.51 6,189.99 5,214.76 5,823.09 6,605.09 5,327.35 6,207.71 6,040.48 42,222.44 4,628.02 6,055.12 4,208.25 5,351.10 6,740.38 12,422.79 11,004.48 19,361.82 5,034.95 4,395.80 18,974.90 6,396.37 4,357.97 48,745.26 5,131.89 42,874.25 4,098.78 10,276.27 8,250.82

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DOW JONES C LOSING P RICES D ECEMBER 10

COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M

PRICE 106,680 168,490 323,220 123,550 115,490 46,440 49,090 77,640 179,670 172,790 119,340 46,240 145,430 103,290 182,960 76,720 104,820 73,340 43,920 92,450 123,560 119,450 269,180 57,680 137,110 81,190 93,190 111,980 198,240

CHANGE% CHANGE -1,45 -1,57 -3,57 -6,23 -2,62 -8,68 -3,75 -4,82 -0,36 -0,42 0,00 0,00 -0,59 -0,29 -0,96 -0,75 -2,40 -4,42 -1,80 -3,17 -3,69 -4,57 0,00 0,00 -0,33 -0,48 -1,81 -1,90 -1,34 -2,49 -2,11 -1,65 0,00 0,00 -2,91 -2,20 -2,36 -1,06 -1,18 -1,10 -1,48 -1,85 -1,65 -2,00 -2,77 -7,67 -0,69 -0,40 -2,79 -3,94 0,00 0,00 -1,67 -1,58 -2,06 -2,35 -2,19 -4,44

VOLUME(M) 1.123.952 12.967.545 993.054 1.395.912 2.622.068 11.453.016 4.330.665 4.926.245 1.010.265 1.713.983 1.864.715 10.582.260 2.757.522 5.786.665 947.281 4.552.233 15.052.780 1.767.820 9.117.323 2.816.823 469.255 1.953.583 1.123.033 5.248.291 5.962.251 2.665.370 2.108.872 1.516.352 594.316

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COMPANY

PRICE

CHANGE NET / %

Most Advanced Domo, Inc. Uxin Limited Cronos Group Inc. Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. VIVUS, Inc. SI-BONE, Inc. American Outdoor Brands Corporation Credit Suisse AG Allied Motion Technologies, Inc. Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

$ 20.40 $ 4.68 $ 12.72 $ 14.25 $ 2.99 $ 20.29 $ 14.09 $ 53.07 $ 50.68 $ 28.44 $ 21.60

4.77 ▲ 30.52% 0.92 ▲ 24.47% 2.27 ▲ 21.72% 2.17 ▲ 17.96% 0.45 ▲ 17.72% 2.85 ▲ 16.34% 1.88 ▲ 15.40% 6.80 ▲ 14.70% 5.96 ▲ 13.33% 3.04 ▲ 11.97% 2.24 ▲ 11.57%

$ 14.88 $ 4.26 $ 48.73 $ 24.335 $ 8.28 $ 5.30 $ 9.14 $ 4.01 $ 3.11 $ 113.87 $ 254.47

4.85 ▼ 24.58% 1.33 ▼ 23.79% 12.59 ▼ 20.53% 6.03 ▼ 19.86% 1.71 ▼ 17.12% 1.05 ▼ 16.54% 1.67 ▼ 15.45% 0.70 ▼ 14.86% 0.54 ▼ 14.79% 17.57 ▼ 13.37% 38.45 ▼ 13.13%

Most Declined United Natural Foods, Inc. Akorn, Inc. Quidel Corporation Duluth Holdings Inc. Yangtze River Port and Logistics Limited electroCore, Inc. Evelo Biosciences, Inc. Apollo Endosurgery, Inc. Estre Ambiental, Inc. lululemon athletica inc.

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL SPANISH banking group Santander is planning to target the ultra-wealthy as part of a three-year expansion strategy.

The expansion will be led

by Santander Private Wealth, a new unit created to combine its private banking and asset management operations.

The bank plans organic growth instead of takeovers to meet its goals, and has hired 30 people for the unit this year.

Santander wealth management chief Victor Matarranz said: “The reason these clients are so important is that they are normally families who can make a great impact in their community.

“They are owners of companies, they create a lot of jobs and a lot of wealth. And they need a single point of contact where they have all these needs solved.”

The banks aims to lure the ultra-wealthy in Brazil and Mexico, leveraging its existing presence in Latin America.

In the UK and US, the super-rich will be served through the bank’s retail net-

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RICH PICKINGS: Santander Private Wealth oversaw €333 billion in assets at the end of September 2018. work and its Miami outpost.

Sitting under Santander wealth management, Private Wealth is a new unit to target clients with over €20 million in assets.

At present, the new unit has 1,500 clients and is targeting a double-digit growth annually for the next three years.

Private Wealth will pro-

vide higher value-added and customised services covering traditional and alternative investments including private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate.

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O2 offers customers credit TELEFONICA-OWNED mobile operator O2 has said it will compensate its customers following a day of disruption to its data networks.

Pay monthly customers will be credited with two days of monthly airtime subscription charges in January.

Pay As You Go customers will get 10 per cent credit on a top-up and Pay As You Go mobile broadband users will get 10 per cent off a Bolt On Purchase, in the new year.

O2 issued a joint apology with mobile network supplier Ericsson for the shutdown.

The compensation for Pay Monthly customers includes SMB business and mobile broadband users.

O2 has 25 million users and also pro-

vides services for the Sky, Tesco, Giffgaff and Lycamobile networks, which have another seven million users.

Many customers reported that they could neither make calls or send texts during the crisis.

Services such as bus timetable information were also affected, while many businesses faced disruption.

Ericsson is carrying out a ‘complete and comprehensive root cause analysis,’ of the problem.

O2 is owned by Spain’s Telefonica and has the UK’s largest mobile network after EE, which is part of BT.

O2: Is to compensate its clients.

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FEATURE

Times they are a-changing...

LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT AFTER living back in the ol’ country for the past few weeks, I can quite categorically assure you that the never-ending assault on the UK culture and traditions is alive, well and continues unabated to obliterate everything our ancestors fought, breathed and died for.

It’s not only the rising immigrant population (280,000 from outside the EU so far this year). It is the ‘snowflakes’ and PC brigade which I find most unacceptable.

Just recently an MP was taken to task for calling some of his staff ‘girls’. Apparently, to some PC bunch or another, this was considered ‘a frightening combination of sexism, ignorance and nepotism’ and decreed that the adult female gender should only be referred to as women!

According to another lot, ‘husband and wife’ should be replaced by ‘partner and spouse’. This of course would entail rewriting the history books, large chunks of the Bible, Shakespeare and our time-honoured sacred marriage vows.

The vegan lot are also predictably regaling in the indecisive and rudderless journey the UK is experiencing at this time. They want us all to eat lettuce

ATTACK: Veganism is an attack on our cultural values. and ban just about every reference to meat and carnivores, including such innocuous phrases as ‘bringing home the bacon.’ They also suggested that residents should change a village called ‘Wool’ to ‘Vegan Wool.’ You really couldn’t make it up.

If only some of these sad people would direct their energy into preserving the values and traditions of the country which nurtured them, we may stand more of a chance against those who would

seriously change it forever.

Those akin to the PC Lord Mayor of Bristol, who removed two Gainsboroughs from her office because it depicted links to the slave trade. One was replaced by the picture of a lion and the other, a portrait painted by a local artist, of a black woman Henrietta Lacks. (No, me neither!)

Or the mayor of London, who has banned all advertising hoardings on the London underground de-

picting bikini clad females. (What next, skirts around the legs of grand pianos?)

Our language is also under constant attack. ‘Th’ is rapidly becoming replaced by ‘f,’ and ‘g’ by the letter ‘k’. Nuffink and Somefink are prime examples.

But to me, the most telling example of the capitulation of those in authority to the less linguistic educated, was the decision to allow the voiceover presenter to leave out the letter ‘t’ in the recent I’m A Celebrity programme. This had to be a deliberate decision by the producers and ensured that, over the next few weeks, millions of viewers would constantly hear the word celebrity pronounced celebri’y. I dunno.

Perhaps it’s me! Bring back those wonderful old English words already lost in the mists of time.

Snollygoster. A man of intelligence but no principles. Ultracrepidarian. One who has many opinions on subjects they know nothing about. Grumbletonians. Those unhappy with government. Hugger Muggers. Those indulging in secret behaviour.

Cockalorium. Small man with a big opinion of himself. Callipygian. Having a beautiful well shaped butt.

Odd that. Apart from the last one, they all sound perfectly descriptive of me!

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

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

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FEATURE

PILGRIMAGE: People walk for days, weeks and months.

by Migel Jayasinghe SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA is a city in the province of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is where the world famous cathedral, Santiago de Compostela of the Roman Catholic faith, has stood for over a thousand years.

There are many interpretations of the word Compostela. It was presumed that the word meant ‘field of stars,’ but it is now discounted with a preference for an etymological explanation favouring either ‘burial ground’ or a ‘well composed’ site.

The origin of this cathedral is shrouded in myth, but unarguably it has been the favoured destination of Christian pilgrims from practically all over the world since mediaeval times. Pilgrims are known to have walked, cycled, ridden horses or donkeys, to arrive at the cathedral, which can take weeks, months or even longer, depending on the place of origin.

There are of course many paths to Santiago, depending on where one begins the pilgrimage (usually one’s home), but as one nears the destination, the most popular path is Via Regia, leading to the French Way, or Camino Frances. While the cathedral was declared one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 1985, the path was named the first European Cultural Route by the Council of Europe in 1987.

Although St James was martyred in Jerusalem, his body was said to have been shipped to the Iberian Peninsula by his disciples, since a large part of his missionary work was reportedly conducted there. It was not until AD 813 when a bright star guided a shepherd to the site that the bishop of Iria, Teodomiro, learned of the burial site.

The bishop declared the remains to

The mystery of Santiago de Compostela

HOLY: The cathedral in Santiago de Compostela. be that of the apostle James, notifying King Alfonso II (Asturias) of the find, who initiated the building of the cathedral on the spot. Many miraculous events are said to have occurred here which, it is believed, empowered the Spanish Catholics to fight off the Moors and maintain their hegemony over northern Spain.

The bishopric of Iria was within the Kingdom of Asturias and the remains were accepted as those of St James by the Pope and Charlemagne. However, it was the 1884 Bull of Pope Leo XIII Omnipotens Deus, which formally declared the authenticity of the relics.

From 10th century onwards the settlement at Santiago de Compostela, main-

ly following the patronage of bishop Diego Gelmirez, became one of the main centres of Christian pilgrimage, second only to Rome and Jerusalem.

However, during the Napoleonic Wars, the settlement was captured and sacked by the French and the apostolic remains were lost for nearly a century, until rediscovered hidden in a cist (stone cof-

fin) in the basement of the cathedral.

Pilgrims from beyond the Pyrenees began arriving during the middle of the 10th century, while the earliest records of pilgrims arriving from England dates from 1092 to 1105. In the 12th century, Calixtus II initiated the Compostelan Holy Years. Whenever St James’ Day (July 25) falls on a Sunday, the cathedral declares a Holy or Jubilee Year.

Holy Years fall in five, six and 11-year intervals. The most recent were in 2004 and 2010. The next will fall on 2021 and 2027. The official guide to the cathedral city was then the Codex Calixtinus. The fifth book of the Codex, published around AD 1140, is still regarded as the original source for most modern guidebooks.

It is customary for pilgrims to have with them a pilgrims’ staff, or walking stick. It usually is taller than the pilgrim and has a hook to suspend belongings (not too heavy). A souvenir which pilgrims often carry away with them after their pilgrimage is a scallop shell.

There are many explanations for the custom. It was believed that the ship carrying St James’ body capsized off the coast of Spain and was lost, but the body washed ashore undamaged, covered in scallops. Another explanation is that the scallop was of practical use as a drinking vessel or as a makeshift bowl for eating.

It also acts as a metaphor, since the grooves of the shell come together at a single point representing the various routes travelled by the pilgrims culminating in the burial place of St James.

The scallop is also a metaphor for the pilgrim. Just as the ocean washes up scallop shells on to the shores of Galicia, God’s hand guides pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela.

Today, Santiago de Compostela is a favoured destination, for not only the faithful, but also for many sightseers and tourists from around the globe.

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When the nagging starts Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction to the Spanish political scene

ON the last day of the election campaign in Andalucia, the national government’s vicepresident Carmen Calvo declared: “It’s important that the victory of Andalucia’s socialists should be a great message to the rest of Spain.”

But the socialists’ only victory in Andalucia was being the most-voted party with a snowball’s hope in hell of forming a government.

The only message was the galling reality that Susana Diaz lost Andalucia to Vox, not to the Partido Popular, which haemorrhaged votes and not even to Ciudadanos which absorbed them.

Vox, a PP breakaway approximate to the Tea Party in the US, was regarded nationally as an outsider which turned out to be a dark horse.

The party’s 12 seats in Andalucia’s parliament robbed Diaz of any chance of governing, unless she manages to rope in Ciudadanos while overcoming the personal hostility of Podemos leader Teresa Rodriguez.

Instead, the Partido Popular, Ciudadanos

tion, but if they do get into trouble, they are tried by the Supreme Court.

This means getting them into the dock takes longer, but since all court processes here move at a snail’s pace, what’s so great about aforamiento?

Oh Susana!

AFTER 36 years, Andalucia will not have a socialist government.

When Susana Diaz decided to call an early election, it was rightly assumed that the PSOE would be the most-voted party. It was wrongly assumed that she would form a government, probably after a great deal of argy-bargying and horsetrading.

Echoing Mariano Rajoy’s 2016 insistence that hers was the most-voted party and hers the right to form a government, Diaz does not want to go without a fight.

But with a half-hearted PSOE executive in her corner, it will be a lonely one.

and Vox are more likely to come to an agreement allowing the Centre and the Right with Far Right overtones, to govern.

Although this political menage-a-trois might excite the prurient, once the heady flush and rush of infatuation has worn off, that’s when the differences will emerge and the nagging starts. Just ask Nick Clegg and David Cameron.

A blow for Susanism

SUSANA DIAZ: Little prospect of forming a government.

Snail’s pace THE national government wants to do away with the aforamiento enjoyed by a ridiculous number of people in Spain, a status redolent of past privilege and immunity.

The 17,621 politicians and royals entitled to it are not immune from prosecu-

THE suppressed antipathy between Diaz and Pedro Sanchez who trounced her in the 2017 PSOE primaries, has risen again to the surface.

Diaz is felt to have squandered the legacy she inherited from Griñan in 2013, while she blames the way the government is handling the Catalan problem for the PSOE defeat.

Her Partido Popular, Ciudadanos and Vox rivals mentioned Cataluña whenever they stepped up to the hustings, a clever but unfair move divorced from Andalucia’s problems.

Instead of rebutting their arguments, Diaz relied too much on Susanism and her postdefeat insistence that she wanted to form a government indicates that she believes it still exists.

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FED up of reading about the Brexit mayhem? Well, fortunately we have Emile Ratelband, the Dutch motivational speaker, entrepreneur and former daytime TV presenter I wrote about here recently, to keep us amused.

Emile, who claimed age discrimination if he wasn’t allowed to knock 20 years off his registered date of birth, must remain 69, otherwise - according to a Dutch court ruling - there would be ‘undesirable legal and societal implications’.

Finally, a sensible judgement on a daft, self-serving issue. (If Emile looked 20 years younger, this might have been worth the bother. Sadly he looks his age, but he got himself worldwide publicity which was probably the goal.)

So, a correct decision here putting an end to all sorts of ghastly implications regarding age of consent, underage sex etc.

Now, can we get judges to decide on the veganism issue currently doing the rounds? Then, let them get their teeth into gender reassignment of very young children in particular. Interestingly, it’s perfectly legal to change one’s sex, which also has significant ramifications. I could go on and on...

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LEGALLY SPEAKING

Can they renew their residence?

Some years ago my wife and I went to Alicante and applied for the old style ID card ‘residencia’. This was only valid for five years and we let it lapse. We never applied for the EU citizen paper certificate. Now we have decided to stay, so we need to renew. Can we just swap the old card for the new paper type or do we need to go through the whole process again?

CA, (Costa Blanca)

AGE BID: Emile Ratelband lost his case to change his age. they were born or the way they are perceived, but rather in the way which some politicise it and demand that others validate them.

It’s the militancy that is damaging and alarming. Some people need validation because they are basically insecure about who they are. No change in the law would be able to help them with that anyway. I wonder what Darwin would make of it all?

Is self-help guru Emile Ratelband in the vanguard of a new social movement?

Only time will tell. But now, apparently, you can be whatever you say you are or want to be, right?

Take my toy poodle who’s petitioning the Kennel Club to be re-registered as a Great Dane because he’s fed up with all these sizeist ‘Isn’t he tiny’ comments (scratch scratch, woof woof!).

Is he barking, you ask? I couldn’t possibly comment!

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Yes, you will have to go through the David Searl entire process, and this You and the Law time it will be more com- in Spain plicated. Even though Brexit looms at the end of March 2019, you can still apply as an EU citizen if you act promptly. You will need to show proof of income and entitlement to UK social security medical care, which you then change to Spain. If you are UK pensioners this should cover your requirements. You usually make an appointment to do this on the National Police website. You should probably exchange your UK driving licence for a Spanish one while you can still do it easily.

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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TECH FOR THE TIMID A GYM teacher once baffled our class, saying we should line up alphabetically in order of height.

Here’s my related confession: my computer desktop is arranged with absolute OCD symmetry, pretty rather than practical.

The Home screen on my phone is a perfect balance of round and square icons with no colour clashes whatsoever. Trouble is, I can’t delete any app I don’t use because it upsets the aesthetics.

Like many of us these days, I have a congenital reluctance to delete. But if life is far too cluttered technologically, isn’t it time to do something about it?

‘Cyberhoarding’ is a new term for those of us drowning under the unmanageable weight of our data; an inability to get rid of stuff we accumulate online.

Let’s start with our apps. How many do you actually use? An old journalistic dictum says ‘When in doubt, leave it out’.

Holding onto that obscure Mongolian-Swahili dictionary, just in case?

Off with its head, uninstall, and if you

A clutter disgrace Can’t find your photos, documents or e-mails? You may be a cyberhoarder, warns Terence Kennedy

OVERLOAD: For clutter or for worse. ever do need it, just download it again.

The same applies to a computer desktop. When a friend in need asked me to fix his sludge-slow system, I had to throw in the digital towel when he wouldn’t let me uninstall any of his ‘vital’ 100-plus programs. Nobody needs 100 programs.

Outlook ground to a halt for a colleague a while back, and she berated Microsoft for designing such a clunky program. Quite right, until I found way over 1,000 e-mails in her Inbox.

Delete, or file, don’t just leave.

Time was when we took a few photos and saved just the best. Today we

keep them all, even the duddest of the duds. Be ruthless: weed out the best and zap the rest. At worst, move the bulk off your device and onto a harddrive, USB stick or into the cloud.

WhatsApp is a notorious data-hog.

If you really do still need to be reminded what your sweetheart ate for breakfast four Januaries ago, at least delete the Weetabix photo that went with it. The same goes for Twitter.

CDs and DVDs of programs you’ll never use again? Computer accessories once cutting-edge but now just metal and plastic flotsam?

Old phones desk-drawered five contracts ago? Head for the charity shop, the old-gadgets collection bins or back to the dealers who are supposed to know what to do with this stuff.

Finally, close those accounts you thought you just couldn’t live without.

Trust me, you can. In fact, one of these days I’m even going to close my own MySpace account. Promise.

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Drag and drop THERE’S a magic word for decluttering your digital life.

Folders. Or directories, for those of us still versed in earlier computing ways.

I’ve never known a computer storage mess which can’t be improved by simply creating folders and dragging stuff into them.

A thousand e-mails in the Inbox? Take time to create folders for their categories or senders, drag and drop till you, er, drop, and the unmanageable suddenly becomes manageable.

The same applies to photos, letters, documents, downloads and the rest of the digital detritus submerging us.

The Germans have a point, at least when it comes to cyberhoarding. ‘Ordnung muss sein’: there must be order.

Except perhaps on Amazon, where it’s excessive orders which got us into this mess in the first place.

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Richard Shanley IDRIS ELBA will return as DCI John Luther on New Year’s Day in the fifth series of the BBC One crime drama. Luther will air on successive nights, with the whole of the new four-part series showing between January 1 and 4 .

A recent trailer showed Elba’s Luther hunting down a masked killer and showcased new recruit DS Catherine Halliday, played by Wunmi Mosaku.

There was also a glimpse of Ruth Wilson’s Alice Morgan, despite her being apparently killed off previously. Fans will be delighted to see Elba don his tweed coat for the first time since the 2016 edition of Sport Relief. After the fourth series aired in 2015 there had been hopes it would spawn as a big-screen version, but a film never materialised.

Each episode of the new series will air at 22.00 CET on BBC One and iPlayer. The first episode will follow the festive edition of Doctor Who, which is being shown on January 1 instead of Christmas Day.

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HE’S BACK: Idris Elba reprises his role as DCI John Luther.

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8:20am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm A New Life in the Sun 2:05pm My Family Secrets Revealed 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am Ministry of Justice

8:15am Shane the Chef 8:35am Peppa Pig 8:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:05am Paw Patrol 9:25am Floogals 9:40am Digby Dragon 9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Rock and Roll Christmas 1:45pm Neighbours 2:20pm A Christmas to Remember 4:00pm A Very Country Christmas 5:45pm 5 News at 5 6:00pm Friends 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Britain by Boat 10:00pm Eamonn and Ruth Do Vegas 11:55pm When Magic Goes Horribly Wrong 12:50am Lip Sync Battle UK Xmas Special 1:15am Super Casino

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

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11:00am Flight of the Phoenix 1:00pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 3:05pm Charlie's Angels 4:50pm Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 6:45pm White House Down 9:00pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 11:00pm Fast and Furious 8 1:20am Resident Evil: Retribution

5:15am 7:00am

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

Teleshopping The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Protectors ITV Racing: Live from Cheltenham World of Sport The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside Pawn Stars Monster Carp The Specialist FYI Daily The Specialist American History X FYI Daily American History X Quincy, M.E. ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

9:45am 11:35am 1:20pm 3:05pm 4:50pm 6:40pm

Made of Honour Pitch Perfect 3 Bad Teacher Mean Girls Role Models Top Ten Show, the 2018 6:55pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 3 10:40pm Bad Teacher 12:25am Pineapple Express 2:20am Jackass: The Movie

Mike and Molly Hollyoaks Hollyoaks Mike and Molly Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory The World's End The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Naked Attraction Tattoo Fixers Gogglebox Rude Tube The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Mike and Molly

A Gift for Christmas The Christmas Contract 8:45am A Yeti Adventure 10:25am Maze Runner: The Death Cure 1:00pm The Shape of Water 3:10pm The Christmas Contract 4:50pm A Yeti Adventure 6:30pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 9:00pm The Shape of Water 11:10pm In Darkness 1:10am Katie Says Goodbye 2:55am The Blind Spot 4:55am Top Ten Show, the 2018 5:15am We Wish You a Marry Christmas

FRIDAY TV

6:00am 7:00am

Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Live Indonesian Masters The second day of the Indonesian Masters, played at the Royale Jakarta Golf Club.

11:30am Live European Tour Golf 1:30pm Live World Championship Darts Day two of the 2019 William Hill World Darts Championship from the famous Alexandra Palace.

5:30pm Football Centre 6:00pm Sports News 7:00pm Sports News 8:00pm Football 11:15pm Cricket 1:30am Live NBA: Indiana @ Philadelphia 4:00am Cricket

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

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Music - A Force For Good?

U N B E L I E VA B LY, i t w a s o n l y i n t h e l a t e 5 0 ’s a n d early 60’s that true music legends like Little Richard, Sam Cooke and Chuck Berry were not allowed to stay in the same hotels in certain states and towns when touring America as their white backing musicians. Parents would ban their children from seeing their Rock ‘n’ Roll idols because they thought the younger generation would be corrupted, yet somehow the music survived these tests and has always brought people together.

The early 60’s saw an ex-

plosion o f white, often well educated, middle class musicians in London playing the blues. John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers led the British blues movement and had many future superstars come and go from its line-up.

Eric Clapton, Peter Green, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood and many more all learned their trade playing the blues.

When I was at school in t h e l a t e 7 0 ’s t h e r e w a s a plethora of successful multi-racial bands. The Specials, UB40, The Beat and The Selecter to name but a few. We never gave it a second thought, to us it was just a bunch of blokes playing great music!

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Nigel Slater's 12 Tastes of Christmas 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Sports Personality 2018: A Great Sporting Year 3:15pm Christmas Shop Well for Less 4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Final Score 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm BBC London News 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 10:00pm Michael Mcintyre's Big Show 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Match of the Day 12:45am The NFL Show 1:15am The Apprentice 2:15am The Apprentice: You're Fired!

2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:50am BBC News

8:15am Wild and Weird 2 8:30am All Over the Workplace 9:00am The Dengineers Christmas Den 9:25am Danger Mouse 9:50am Bee Movie 11:10am Bears on Top of the World 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm A Cook Abroad 2:00pm Railways: The Making of a Nation 2:30pm Talking Pictures 3:20pm The Ipcress File 5:05pm Flog It! 6:00pm Swallows and Amazons 7:30pm Winter's Weirdest Events 8:30pm Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Big Short 12:00am All Girls Live at the Apollo 12:45am Alpha Papa 2:15am The British Guide to Showing Off 3:45am This is BBC Two

4:35am This is BBC Four 8:00pm Britain's Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country 9:00pm The Queen Mary: Greatest Ocean Liner 10:00pm The Sinner 10:40pm The Sinner 11:20pm Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World 12:50am Top of the Pops Gary Davies and Peter Powell present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 22 May 1986.

1:25am Top of the Pops 1:55am The Christmas Session 2:55am Britain's Lost Waterlands: Escape to Swallows and Amazons Country 3:55am The Queen Mary: Greatest Ocean Liner

9:30am 10:05am 10:25am 10:30am

7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:00am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 2:00pm You've Been Framed!

2:25pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas!

2:55pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 3:55pm FYI Daily 4:00pm Spy Kids 3: Game Over 4:40pm Jack Frost 5:40pm FYI Daily 5:45pm Jack Frost 6:45pm Yes Man 7:50pm FYI Daily 7:55pm Yes Man 8:55pm The Mask 9:55pm FYI Daily 10:00pm The Mask 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy

5:40am 6:30am 7:00am 7:55am 9:55am

12:40pm

1:40pm 2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:30pm 4:30pm 5:30pm 6:30pm 7:20pm 7:30pm 7:40pm

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

Robozuna Mighty Magiswords ITV News James Martin's Saturday Morning at Christmas The Specsavers National Book Awards 2018 Gino's Italian Coastal Escape ITV Lunchtime News The Martin Lewis Money Show Catchphrase Tenable Tipping Point The Chase Big Star's Bigger Star ITV Evening News ITV News London Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Happy Hour with Olly Murs The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News

11:35am 1:35pm

3:45pm 5:45pm 8:00pm

10:00pm 12:00am 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am 3:30am

Murder, She Wrote ITV3 Nightscreen Murder, She Wrote Goodbye Mr Chips Columbo: Forgotten Lady Agatha Christie's Marple Santa Claus Classic family Christmas adventure starring Dudley Moore, 1985.

Housewife 49 Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders Mysterious lights are seen in the sky over famous UFO hotspot Cooper Hill.

Midsomer Murders Vera On the Buses On the Buses ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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SATURDAY TV

Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons Heineken Champions Cup Rugby The Simpsons The Simpsons Heineken Champions Cup Rugby Miracle on 34th Street A Place in the Sun Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News The Mystery of the Crossrail Skulls Churchill's Secret Affair Ghostbusters Ender's Game Ministry of Justice Hollyoaks Omnibus Kirstie's Vintage Gems

9:30am Nella the Princess Knight 9:50am Shimmer and Shine 10:00am Pirata and Capitano 10:15am Rusty Rivets 10:35am Floogals 10:50am Paw Patrol 11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:00pm Maggie's Christmas Miracle 1:45pm Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!

3:55pm 101 Dalmatians 6:05pm Keep Dancing: 14 Years of Strictly Magic 7:25pm 5 News Weekend 7:30pm 2012 8:30pm 5 News 8:35pm 2012 10:25pm When Christmas Goes Horribly Wrong 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

6:00am Fifteen to One 7:00am Olive, the Other Reindeer 7:55am Baby Daddy 8:30am Baby Daddy 8:55am Baby Daddy 9:30am Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 9:55am Nanny for Christmas 11:40am Made in Chelsea 12:45pm Baby's Day Out 2:40pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 3:00pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm The Goldbergs 4:00pm The Goldbergs 4:30pm The Goldbergs 5:00pm Young Sheldon 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm 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 Taken 2 11:50pm Gogglebox 12:55am Gogglebox 1:55am Rude Tube

4:00am 6:30am 6:40am 6:50am 7:00am

World of Sport The Protectors Ironside Ironside Motorsport UK ITV Racing: The Opening Show Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars ITV Racing: Live from Cheltenham The Battle of Britain FYI Daily The Battle of Britain Hornblower World of Sport Rambo: First Blood Part II FYI Daily Rambo: First Blood Part II Tremors FYI Daily Tremors The Americans The Protectors

7:00am 9:25am 11:40am 2:00pm

5:15am We Wish You a Marry Christmas 7:00am The Christmas Contract 8:35am A Yeti Adventure To prove the existence of the elusive Yeti, private eye Nelly and research scientist Peter embark on an epic journey through the heart of the Himalayas. Animated adventure.

10:05am The Time Team 11:35am In Darkness 1:20pm The Shape of Water 3:30pm A Yeti Adventure 5:00pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 7:30pm The Time Team 9:00pm The Shape of Water 11:10pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 1:40am In Darkness 3:35am Katie Says Goodbye 5:20am We Wish You a Marry Christmas

1:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday: Build-Up 4:15pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:15pm Football 9:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 10:00pm EFL 11:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 12:00am EFL Greatest Games 12:15am EFL Greatest Games 12:30am EFL Greatest Games 12:45am EFL Greatest Games 1:00am EFL Goals: Championship 2:00am One2eleven 2:15am One2eleven 2:30am SPFL Greatest Games 2:45am SPFL Greatest Games 3:00am Football's Greatest 3:30am EFL Greatest Games 3:45am EFL Greatest Games 4:00am Football Years 4:30am Football Countdowns 5:00am EFL Greatest Games 5:15am EFL Greatest Games 5:30am SPFL Greatest Games 5:45am SPFL Greatest Games

4:25pm 6:45pm 9:00pm 11:15pm 1:40am

The Mask of Zorro Thor: Ragnarok Jack Reacher Marvel's Avengers Assemble Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 Thor: Ragnarok Jack Reacher Kingsman: The Golden Circle Deep Blue Sea

5:50am Roxanne 7:40am A Very Sordid Wedding 9:40am Better Watch Out 11:15am You've Got Mail 1:20pm Girls Trip 3:30pm Rough Night 5:15pm Little Nicky 6:55pm You've Got Mail 9:00pm Girls Trip 11:10pm Rough Night 1:00am This is the End 2:50am Bad Santa 4:40am The Dictator

9:00am 10:00am 10:30am 12:30pm 4:00pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 8:30pm 12:00am

2:00am

3:00am

Cricket Cricket Cricket Cricket Live Indonesian Masters Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Live European Tour Golf Football Live World Championship Darts Gillette Soccer Saturday Football Live World Championship Darts Live NFL A match from the NFL. Live NFL A match from the NFL. Live Fight Night International

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7:00am Breakfast 9:30am Match of the Day 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics 12:30pm My Faith and Me: Gavin Peacock 1:30pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Lifeline A charity appeal.

3:00pm Money for Nothing 3:30pm Escape to the Country 4:10pm Shrek Forever After 5:35pm Dynasties 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News 7:00pm Countryfile 8:00pm Sports Personality of the Year 2018 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:10pm The Apprentice: You're Hired 12:00am BBC News 12:20am BBC London News 12:30am Point Break 2:25am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:30am BBC News

8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am Ben 10 9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Spy School 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Doc Martin 11:25am Midsomer Murders 1:20pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:30pm Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs 2:00pm Big Star's Bigger Star 3:00pm Catchphrase 3:45pm The Chase 4:45pm Tenable 5:40pm ITV Evening News 5:50pm ITV News London 6:00pm Tipping Point 7:00pm Elf 9:00pm Celebrity Chase Christmas Special 10:00pm Best Christmas Ever with Alexander Armstrong 11:00pm ITV News 11:15pm The Royal Variety Performance 2018 1:40am Football Genius

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

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

This is BBC Two The Magic Box The Instant Gardener Countryfile Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Nigel Slater's 12 Tastes of Christmas Food and Drink Flog It! David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities Cycling Top Gear Inside the Christmas Factory Brooklyn QI Match of the Day 2 George Best: All by Himself Question Time Holby City This is BBC Two

7:25am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:55pm I'm a Celebrity Catchphrase Special 1:55pm I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

Coming Out 3:00pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 4:00pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 4:35pm The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol 5:00pm Despicable Me 6:05pm FYI Daily 6:10pm Despicable Me 6:50pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 9:00pm Iron Man 10:00pm FYI Daily 10:05pm Iron Man 11:25pm Family Guy 11:55pm Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy

SUNDAY TV

8:00pm A History of Christianity Diarmaid MacCulloch examines a distinctive feature about Western Christianity scepticism, the tendency to doubt.

9:00pm Concorde 10:00pm Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas 11:00pm A Christmas Carol Simon Callow provides the voice of Ebenezer Scrooge in this animated interpretation of Dickens' classic story, with Kate Winslet, Nicolas Cage, Jane Horrocks, Michael Gambon, Rhys Ifans and Juliet Stephenson, and songs from Charlotte Church.

12:15am Time Shift 1:15am Small Island 2:40am Small Island

7:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:20am Everybody Loves Raymond 7:45am The Big Bang Theory 8:10am The Big Bang Theory 8:35am The Big Bang Theory 9:00am The Simpsons 9:30am The Simpsons 10:00am The Simpsons 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 1:55pm The Simpsons 2:25pm The Simpsons 2:55pm The Borrowers 4:40pm Jingle All the Way 6:20pm Channel 4 News 6:45pm The Day After Tomorrow 9:00pm Escape to the Chateau 10:00pm A Very British Country House 11:00pm Tin Star 11:55pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1:00am Happy Christmas 2:25am The Last Leg 3:25am The People's Vet 4:20am Embarrassing Pets 4:45am Come Dine with Me

10:00am Pirata and Capitano 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am Friends 11:00am Friends 11:30am Friends 12:00pm Friends 12:25pm Friends 1:00pm Friends 1:25pm Friends 1:55pm Friends 2:25pm Friends 3:00pm Friends 3:30pm Christmas in the Air 5:05pm Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 6:05pm 5 News 6:10pm Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 7:00pm 5 News Weekend 7:05pm Agatha Christie's Crooked House 9:00pm Inside Hamleys at Christmas 10:00pm Armageddon 11:05pm 5 News 11:10pm Armageddon 12:55am Poseidon

5:35am Rude(Ish) Tube 7:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 9:15am Celebrity Couples Come Dine with Me 10:20am Made in Chelsea 11:25am Don't Tell the Bride 12:30pm Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 12:55pm Father Christmas 1:25pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Goldbergs 2:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 3:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 4:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm Young Sheldon 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 12:20am Dracula Untold 2:05am The Big Bang Theory

3:00am Live Fight Night International 7:00am Live Indonesian Masters Day four of the Indonesian Masters from the Royale Jakarta Golf Club in Indonesia.

9:00am Total Goals Enjoy all the goals from the Premier League and beyond.

10:00am Total Goals 10:30am Live European Tour Golf 1:30pm Live Renault Super Sunday 4:30pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:00pm Live World Championship Darts 12:00am Live NFL: Sunday A match from the NFL. 1:45am My Icon 2:00am My Icon 2:10am Live NFL: Sunday

3:30am 7:00am 7:20am 8:15am 9:20am 10:25am 12:35pm 2:40pm 4:40pm

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

5:20am 7:00am 9:20am 11:45am 2:25pm 4:25pm

7:00am Moana: Special 7:30am The Time Team 9:00am Maze Runner: The Death Cure 11:30am The Shape of Water A mute cleaning lady makes a lifechanging discovery while working at a top-secret government lab.

1:40pm The Exception 3:30pm A Yeti Adventure 5:00pm The Time Team 6:30pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 9:00pm The Shape of Water A mute cleaning lady makes a lifechanging discovery while working at a top-secret government lab.

11:10pm The Exception 1:00am In Darkness 3:00am Katie Says Goodbye 4:45am Aquaman: Special 5:15am We Wish You a Marry Christmas

10:30am 12:00pm 12:15pm 12:30pm 12:45pm 1:00pm

6:55pm 8:00pm 10:00pm 11:30pm

12:30am 1:35am 3:35am 4:25am 5:20am

Teleshopping Royal Stories Murder, She Wrote Heartbeat Heartbeat Santa Claus Columbo Death Becomes Her Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Poirot Agatha Christie's Marple Grantchester Joanna Lumley's Trans-Siberian Adventure Sunday Night at the Palladium A Touch of Frost Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea Murder, She Wrote Murder mystery series about a sleuthing writer.

11:00pm 11:05pm 12:50am 1:50am 1:55am 2:55am 3:50am 4:00am

Ironside Ironside The Professionals The Professionals The Sweeney The Sweeney Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Battle of Britain FYI Daily The Battle of Britain The Green Berets FYI Daily The Green Berets Hornblower The Outlaw Josey Wales FYI Daily The Outlaw Josey Wales The Adjustment Bureau FYI Daily The Adjustment Bureau Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

Stone of Destiny The Legend of Zorro Black Panther Independence Day Ghost in the Shell Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge 6:40pm Black Panther 9:00pm Independence Day 11:35pm War for the Planet of the Apes

6:10am 8:00am 10:00am 12:00pm

Brewster's Millions Nine to Five How to be a Latin Lover National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1:45pm Father Figures 3:45pm The Other Guys 5:45pm Table 19 7:20pm The Little Hours 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm The Other Guys 1:00am 48 Hrs 2:45am Another 48 Hrs 4:30am Kingpin

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

Sunday Supplement One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Live Scottish Premiership SPFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: League One and League Two EFL Goals: Championship SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: League One and League Two EFL Goals: Championship Football's Greatest EFL EFL Goals: League One and League Two EFL Goals: Championship Football's Greatest EFL

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Matron, Medicine and Me 12:45pm A1: Britain's Longest Road 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Panorama 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Mary Berry's Christmas Party 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:30am The Graham Norton Show

9:30am The Week in Parliament 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Coast 2:30pm Canterbury Cathedral 3:30pm The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas 4:15pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:15pm Refugees of the Lost Rainforest 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm The Best Christmas Food Ever 8:00pm The Repair Shop at Christmas 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Inside the Christmas Factory 11:00pm People Just Do Nothing 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am The Millionaire's Gift Guide

8:00pm Christmas University Challenge 2017 8:30pm A Slow Odyssey: A Turtle's Journey 9:00pm Tudor Monastery Farm Presenters turn the clock back 500 years to the early Tudor period to become tenant farmers on monastery land.

10:00pm Eric, Ernie and Me 11:00pm Steptoe and Son, Christmas Special 11:45pm Storyville Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.

1:05am Mark Lawson Talks to...

Steptoe and Son creators Alan Galton and Ray Simpson in conversation with Mark Lawson.

2:05am Lisbon: Art Lovers' Guide 3:05am A Slow Odyssey: A Turtle's Journey

8:20am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's Ultimate Christmas 2:05pm My Family Secrets Revealed 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Food Unwrapped Does Christmas 10:00pm 24 Hours in A&E 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Micky Flanagan's Out Out Tour 1:10am Ramsay's Hotel Hell 2:00am Britain's Polar Bear Cub 2:55am Walks with My Dog

8:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:05am Paw Patrol 9:25am Floogals 9:40am Digby Dragon 9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:10am Pirata and Capitano 10:20am The Secret Life of Puppies 10:25am Maggie's Christmas Miracle 12:05pm Christmas Connection 1:45pm Neighbours 2:15pm A Majestic Christmas 4:00pm A Perfect Christmas 5:45pm 5 News Tonight 6:00pm Friends 6:30pm Friends 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm World's Strongest Man: Giants Live 2018 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Warship: Life at Sea 11:00pm Most Shocking TV Moments 1:05am Christmas with Britain's Biggest Family 2:00am Super Casino

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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 The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Naked Attraction Panorama Made in Chelsea

4:50am 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 Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Britain's Busiest Motorway 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:30pm ITV News 12:00am ITV News London 12:20am Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour 1:15am Jackpot247

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A Yeti Adventure The Time Team When a timetravelling mishap scatters his friends across the ages, Krash the rabbit must race to rescue them before it's too late.

The Christmas Contract The Shape of Water A Yeti Adventure In Darkness The Time Team The Exception The Shape of Water A mute cleaning lady makes a lifechanging discovery while working at a top-secret government lab.

How to Get Girls The Exception In Darkness Aquaman: Special We Wish You a Marry Christmas

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

Ninja Warrior UK Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Britain's Got Talent Celebrity Catchphrase Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out How the Grinch Stole Christmas FYI Daily How the Grinch Stole Christmas Love Island: The Christmas Reunion Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad!

7:25am 7:55am 8:55am 9:55am 10:25am 10:50am 11:20am 1:35pm 2:40pm 3:40pm 4:15pm 4:45pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am 3:00am 3:30am

Murder, She Wrote Judge Judy ITV3 Nightscreen Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Agatha Christie's Poirot Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie's Poirot Innocent Innocent A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

Teleshopping The Chase Pawn Stars The Protectors Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Motorbike Show Rambo III FYI Daily Rambo III On Deadly Ground FYI Daily On Deadly Ground Al Murray's Make Christmas Great Again 3:10am Tommy Cooper 3:40am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping

Robin Hood Walking Tall The Jurassic Games Rocky Balboa Captain America The Winter Soldier 2:30pm Kingdom of Heaven 5:00pm Assassin's Creed 7:00pm Thor 2 - The Dark World 9:00pm Captain America The Winter Soldier 11:20pm Die Hard

6:30am 8:15am

Fletch Fun with Dick and Jane 9:55am Social Animals 11:25am Here Comes the Boom 1:15pm Pretty Woman 3:20pm Hitch 5:25pm Bruce Almighty 7:15pm 10 Things I Hate About You 9:00pm Pretty Woman 11:05pm American Pie 12:50am American Pie 2

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Sky Sports News Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Football Centre Football Centre Football Centre Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News at 5 Sky Sports News at 6 Football Boxing Cricket Live NFL: New Orleans @ Carolina

11:00am Play-Off Final Highlights 12:00pm One2eleven 12:15pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm EFL Greatest Games 2:15pm EFL Greatest Games 2:30pm EFL Greatest Games 2:45pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm Play-Off Final Highlights 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 Soccer Am Best Bits 7:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:00pm Football 11:15pm The Debate - Live 12:15am SPFL Round Up Show 12:30am Soccer Am Best Bits 1:00am Football's Greatest

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Mike Senker In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I LOVE my TV. I enjoy movies, a few soaps, TV series - American and English - and I watch them through a little IPTV box which goes through the internet.

I also have apps on my phone which allow me to watch certain programmes. What confuses me is why I can’t do what I used to do and subscribe to Sky and watch everything I want like I used to.

I’d happily pay. I don’t want it for nothing. I’m paying now, so why don’t companies like BBC, ITV etc. allow us to watch their programmes here? It’s so annoying to be on my phone looking at some app like Twitter and when I go to watch a video clip, up comes a message saying ‘not available in your country.’ It’s a clip for goodness sake, and I’m going to watch it anyway because I have a VPN. Google it.

When will these geniuses realise that they can’t stop anybody watching anything they want? So instead of trying to block everything, make it all legitimate and charge a sensible fee, like Netflix do, make life easier and earn some money at the same time.

This week a group called PETA - an animal rights group - and, by the way, I have to say I love

animals and would never knowingly hurt one with the exception of the odd mozzy or fly, oh and cockroaches - have decided we can’t say things like ‘flogging a dead horse’, ‘take the bull by the horns’ or ‘kill two birds with one stone.’

Instead, the group advises we try saying, ‘feed two birds with one scone.’ I am officially calling bull**** on all this nonsense.

I may have mentioned this before, but how difficult is it, for a mega size company to just have someone answer the phone and ask how they can direct your call. It’s bad enough in England but here in Spain it’s a nightmare if, especially like me, you don’t speak that much Spanish.

My phone provider used to have a very easy system that worked fine. You dialled 123 and you were instantly offered the option to simply press two for an English-speaking operator. It was that easy, but not any more. They have changed the whole system and now it’s so complicated. Why change it? It was simple and it worked.

Now, I have to dial a different number and then get given countless other options which I don’t understand because they’re in Spanish and then there’s the dammed music. Listen guys, if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

Well that’s my rant this week. I’m off to the bar down the road to have a ploughpersons’ lunch.

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BBC News Breakfast Island Medics Homes Under the Hammer Matron, Medicine and Me A1: Britain's Longest Road Bargain Hunt BBC News at One BBC London News Doctors The Doctor Blake Mysteries Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show EastEnders Holby City The Long Song BBC News at Ten BBC London News Die Hard with a Vengeance Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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 Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 9:00pm How to Spend it Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield 10:00pm Weather From Hell 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Gordon, Gino and Fred's Great Christmas Roast 1:10am Through the Keyhole 2:00am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women

11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:30pm 4:15pm 5:15pm

5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm

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Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Coast Canterbury Cathedral The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas Who Do You Think You Are? David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities Eggheads Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites Nigella's Christmas Table Only Connect MasterChef: The Professionals Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me QI Newsnight NFL A Hotel for the Super Rich and Famous Babies: Their Wonderful World

8:00pm Christmas University Challenge 2017 8:30pm A Slow Odyssey: An Eagle's Flight 9:00pm The Truth About Christmas Carols 10:00pm Rise of the Clans 11:00pm Explorers: Conquest and Calamity: A Timewatch Guide 12:00am The Real Star of Bethlehem: A Sky at Night Christmas Special 1:00am Roof Racks and Hatchbacks: The Family Car 2:00am The Truth About Christmas Carols 3:00am A Slow Odyssey: An Eagle's Flight 3:30am Rise of the Clans

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Britain's Got Talent Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Britain's Got Talent Celebrity Catchphrase Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You've Been Framed!

You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas!

Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Love Actually FYI Daily Love Actually Family Guy

3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Heartbeat 8:55am The Royal 9:55am Judge Judy 10:25am Judge Judy 10:50am Judge Judy 11:20am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pm Innocent 12:00am Innocent 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

8:20am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:45am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Jamie's Cracking Christmas 2:05pm My Family Secrets Revealed 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Gogglesprogs Christmas Special 10:00pm The Undateables 11:00pm Gogglebox 12:00am First Dates 1:05am Obsessive Compulsive Country House Cleaners

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

Teleshopping The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Motorbike Show Out of Their Skin Out of Their Skin The Adjustment Bureau FYI Daily The Adjustment Bureau Hornblower Teleshopping

8:20am 8:35am 8:45am 8:55am 9:05am 9:25am 9:40am 9:55am 10:05am 10:20am 10:25am 12:05pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 4:00pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 1:05am

Shane the Chef Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Paw Patrol Floogals Digby Dragon Shimmer and Shine Pirata and Capitano The Secret Life of Puppies A Rose at Christmas 12 Days of Giving Neighbours A Song for Christmas Christmas Coincidence 5 News Tonight Friends Friends Neighbours 5 News Tonight World's Strongest Man: Giants Live 2018 Our Yorkshire Farm Things We Love About Christmas Tommy Cooper: In His Own Words The Funny Thing About Christmas

8:25am All About the Money 10:00am Once Upon a Time in Mexico 11:45am Jurassic Park 1:55pm The Lost World: Jurassic Park 4:05pm Hook 6:30pm Minority Report 9:00pm Jurassic Park 11:10pm Saving Private Ryan 2:05am Alien: Covenant 4:15am Domino

4:45am Surviving Christmas 6:25am Robin Hood: Men in Tights 8:15am The Wilde Wedding 10:00am The Grinch: Special 10:20am White Chicks 12:20pm Why Him? 2:20pm Pitch Perfect 4:20pm Police Academy 6:05pm Beetlejuice 7:45pm The Grinch: Special 8:00pm Why Him? 10:00pm Pitch Perfect 12:00am American Pie: The Wedding 1:45am American Pie: Reunion

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

Mike and Molly Mike and Molly Baby Daddy 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 The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Don't Tell the Bride The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Naked Attraction

5:15am We Wish You a Marry Christmas 7:00am The Christmas Contract 8:45am Katie Says Goodbye 10:30am The Time Team 12:00pm Christmas on Holly Lane Three childhood friends - each at a different crossroads - reunite for the holidays.

1:35pm The Shape of Water A mute cleaning lady makes a lifechanging discovery while working at a top-secret government lab 3:45pm The Exception 5:45pm The Time Team 7:15pm Christmas on Holly Lane 9:00pm The Shape of Water 11:10pm How to Get Girls 12:50am The Exception 2:45am In Darkness 4:45am Aquaman: Special 5:15am The Christmas Contract

TUESDAY TV

6:00am Sky Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond 7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Sky Sports News 12:30pm Sportswomen 1:00pm Sky Sports News 1:30pm Live World Championship Darts 5:30pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 8:30pm Live Carabao Cup 11:00pm Heavyweights: The New Era 11:30pm Boxing 12:00am Boxing 1:00am Cricket

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

Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Years Football Years Play-Off Final Highlights One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games Play-Off Final Highlights Football's Greatest Football Countdowns One2eleven Football Years Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games Soccer Am Best Bits SPFL Round Up Show SPFL Greatest Games Live Carabao Cup The Debate - Live SPFL Round Up Show EFL Greatest Games

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BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Lifeline Canterbury Cathedral The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas Who Do You Think You Are? Tiger Dynasty Eggheads Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites Inside the Christmas Factory Only Connect MasterChef: The Professionals Grizzly Bear Cubs and Me Insert Name Here Newsnight The 12 Drinks of Christmas

8:00pm

You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:15am Britain's Got Talent 12:15pm Celebrity Catchphrase 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Take Me Out: 10th Anniversary Special 8:00pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 8:30pm You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Fast and the Furious 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm The Fast and the Furious 12:10am Family Guy

3:30am 7:00am

7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Island Medics 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Matron, Medicine and Me 12:45pm A1: Britain's Longest Road 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Toy Story 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm DIY SOS the Big Build 10:00pm The Long Song 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Imagine...

1:00am Michael Mcintyre's Big Show

10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:15pm 2:00pm 2:10pm

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ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Dickinson's Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Paul O'Grady for the Love of Dogs Coronation Street World Cup: Summer of Love ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London The Jonathan Ross Show Bear's Mission with Anthony Joshua

3:10pm 3:55pm 4:55pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm

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Christmas University Challenge 2017 A Slow Odyssey: A Cheetah's Hunt Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb Digging for Britain 2018 Vic and Bobs Big Night Out Inside No 9 A second season of dark comedies by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. It is Andy's first day as a volunteer at the Comfort Support Line call centre, which offers the lonely and desperate a chance to talk about their problems.

All Aboard! The Sleigh Ride

Teleshopping Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Agatha Christie's Poirot The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Agatha Christie's Poirot Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie's Poirot Bancroft Bancroft A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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

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

Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA The Simpsons Channel 4 News Jamie's Night Before Christmas My Family Secrets Revealed Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Kirstie's Handmade Christmas The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Jamie's Quick and Easy Christmas The World's Most Extraordinary Christmas Dinners Celebrity Call Centre at Christmas 24 Hours in A&E Gogglebox

8:55am

Teleshopping The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Motorbike Show The Outlaw Josey Wales FYI Daily The Outlaw Josey Wales The Specialist FYI Daily The Specialist Quincy, M.E. ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

8:05am Braven 9:45am Babylon A.D. 11:20am Maze Runner: The Death Cure 1:45pm Troy 4:30pm Kong: Skull Island 6:30pm Transformers 9:00pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 11:30pm Bad Boys 1:30am Bad Boys II

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

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Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Paw Patrol Floogals Digby Dragon Shimmer and Shine Pirata and Capitano The Secret Life of Puppies A Dream of Christmas Let it Snow Neighbours Finding Santa Christmas Getaway 5 News Tonight Friends Neighbours 5 News Tonight World's Strongest Man: Giants Live 2018 Christmas with Mariah Carey Mariah: The Diva, the Demons, the Drama Mariah Carey's a Christmas Melody

All About Steve The Female Brain The Bachelors Sweet Home Alabama 2:45pm The House 4:20pm You've Got Mail 6:25pm Dumb and Dumber 8:20pm Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 10:00pm The House 11:35pm You've Got Mail 1:40am Pineapple Express 3:40am Stuck on You 5:45am Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

WEDNESDAY TV

Mike and Molly Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 12:20am The Big Bang Theory 12:50am The Big Bang Theory 1:15am Naked Attraction 2:20am Gogglebox

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When it comes to throwing wobblers, please don’t. It is so important this week to stay cool and unruffled.

Change nothing that you can avoid changing. Even having discussions about change can set your nerves jangling.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This month, there is much to be celebrated. So much has happened in the latter part of the year.

Certainly, congratulations are in order.

When you have made such an effort and are rewarded for it, the satisfaction level is high. .

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although you have the feeling that younger members of the family are not interested in your point of view, this is far off the mark.

They, in their inexperience, may not know how best to approach you in this regard.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The prospect of travel sets you thinking.

Have you been spending too much time considering others?

Should you take steps now to get time alone then these plans cannot be changed. This will save any discussions as to how or when.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) With the best will in the world it is only possible to spend money once.

We are all guilty of trying to get over this truth, but it never works. Have patience when looking to improve your possessions.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) Going over old ground is counter-productive. There is nothing to be gained from repeating methods that did not work in the past. If it is not possible to find a fresh approach then seek the opinions of others. You do not need experience of a situation to be able to come up with a useful idea.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Getting together with others to entertain is sure to be successful after the 26th.

Before that there may be some irritations, particularly with people who refuse to be positive and make decisions.

Those moving house or going on a journey need a lot of patience, and forward planning is essential.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) This is an important week for both your physical health and your mental well-being.

Because of things beyond your control, you may have let your diet or exercise slip.

Having sorted out any problems that side-tracked you, there is a need to be particularly strong.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This is a week to let yourself be heard. Be it writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls or making conversation, you must express yourself.

Being honest and outspoken need not mean upsetting people.

Think of the way that a child gets its point over.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Having problems with that new computer? Fallen foul of the new mobile phone? That wouldn’t be surprising this week.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) You are in for a bit of a bumpy ride this week. Some things will go well but other outcomes can be quirky.

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Cryptic Across 7 Eternal sea legs, maybe (7) 9 A byword for a commercial age (5) 10 The new rate of the play area (7) 11 Fruit begins another pleasant picnic, let's eat (5) 12 Container found in street is barely sufficient (5) 14 Ghosts' drinks (7) 16 The ICC step wrongfully on the doubting Thomas (7) 18 Watched son and daughter devour some food (5) 20 Wake up in wondrous excitement (5) 22 Sink U-boat team? (7) 24 Composure of model one's accepted (5) 25 Begin the French surprise (7) Down 1 Has a trying experience of stormy States (6) 2 Bats need ears for the evening air (8) 3 An amphibian went crazy (4) 4 Singing birds are able to sign (8) 5 A buzzer used to be quiet (4) 6 Prevents the desert crumbling (6) 8 Cooks turning west start to simmer (5)

13 Ragged volunteers, teetotal, with European socialist (8) 15 Start with what I did in the restaurant?

(8) 16 Fights for leftovers (6)

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17 Furtively surveys legal proceedings (5) 19 Fuel from Leeds I used (6) 21 Thing found in ammunition (4) 23 Magistrate also known as Bill (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents Q and 26 represents P, so fill in Q every time the figure 15 appears and P 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 Laugh nervously (6) 4 Worthless people (4) 8 In the middle of (5) 9 Departs from (5) 10 Gather together again (10) 13 Petticoat (10) 17 Feeling or showing extreme anger (5) 18 Very lucky (5) 19 Flat and smooth (4) 20 Test the limits of (6)

2 Hand-wear (5) 3 See 18 5 Go up (5) 6 Muzzle-loading, long barrelled, shoulder gun (6) 7 Short, high-pitched sound or cry (6) 11 Sharp piercing cry (6) 12 Ineffectual (6) 14 Adult male duck (5) 15 Cuban dance (5) 16 Song of praise to God (4) 18/3 Exhaustion caused by high-speed, long-distance, air travel (3,3)

Down 1 Bite or chew on with the teeth (4)

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Across 1 Paquete (grande) (6) 4 Al lado de (4,2) 9 Lizard (large) (7) 10 Sello (Correos) (5) 11 Desván (5) 12 Lever (7) 13 Outskirts (11) 18 De confianza (7) 20 Shandy (5) 22 To walk (5) 23 Diamante (7) 24 Oxígeno (6) 25 Language (6)

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

Down 1 Thumb (6) 2 Derecha (5) 3 Dolor de oídos (7) 5 Caballete (arte) (5) 6 Aprendiz (7) 7 Huérfano (6) 8 Surprised (11) 14 Lavandería (7) 15 Huerto (7) 16 Holdup (robbery) (6) 17 Watermelon (6) 19 Castle (chess) (5) 21 Nickname (5)

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AFFRAY AFLOAT AFRAID BEHEST BEYOND (10) BOUGHT CHORUS CURIUM EYEFUL INLAID LETTER NEARBY NEREID ODIOUS POGROM RODENT THOUGH TWEEDY WAYLAY

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Micron 2 Suffer 3 Hidden 4 Afford 5 School 6 Frayed 7 Cupful 8 Betony 9 Biopsy 10 Cotton 11 Verbal 12 Sunder 13 Center 14 Pyrite 15 Cordon 16 Pounce 17 Sierra 18 Ascent 19 Frosty.

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

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TARGET: • Average: 21 • Good: 30

• Very good: 43 • Excellent: 55

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

Average: 13 Good: 18 Very good: 26

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Excellent: 33

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abed aced acne bade bane bead bean beau bend cane cube cued dace dean duce dune nude baaed caned cubed dance dunce aubade banned canned duenna nuance unbend bandeau nuanced ABUNDANCE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

QUICK Across: 1 Fragrant, 8 Egret, 9 Agree, 10 Idle, 11 Glider, 13 Doctor, 15 Aria, 18 Cease, 19 Pause, 20 Minstrel.

CODE BREAKER

Down: 2 Rural, 3 Gate, 4 Arable, 5 Tired, 6 Inebriated, 7 Periodical, 12 Solemn, 14 Claim, 16 Route, 17 Spot.

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Across:

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7 Palace, 8 Iberia, 9 Peke, 10 Specimen, 11 Oarsmen, 13 Deter, 15 Incas, 17 Relapse, 20 Quarters, 21 Tent, 23 Eclair, 24 Carrot.

1 Warm, 3 Lollipop, 9 Riñones, 10 Clean, 11 Roast, 12 Eneldo, 14 Bubbly, 16 Amargo, 19 Crecer, 21 Mugre, 24 Bless, 25 Colmena, 26 As soon as, 27 Seda.

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1 Cape, 2 Papers, 3 Feasted, 4 Aided, 5 Decide, 6 Likeness, 12 Announce, 14 Versace, 16 Abroad, 18 Afters, 19 Beard, 22 Nook.

1 Wardrobe, 2 Renta, 4 Oyster, 5 Leche, 6 Prender, 7 Puño, 8 Inutil, 13 Bofetada, 15 Barrels, 17 Mumble, 18 Brocha, 20 Cesto, 22 Geese, 23 Obra.

App of the week Stay hydrated THE festive period can take a toll on our health. From overeating, a lack of exercise and too much alcohol, it is a time when we tend to overindulge and leave virtue for January. But one easy way to stay in top health over Christmas is remembering to keep hydrated. With app Drink water, a reminder will tell you to take a drink every 40 minutes, as well as providing simple tips to add more exercise into your routine.

QUIZ: OPENING LINES From which 10 films are these the opening lines? The character speaking the words and the year of release (in brackets) are given as clues.

1. “What do we care if we were expelled from college, Scarlett. The war is gonna start any day now, so we would’ve left college anyhow.” Brent Tarleton (1939)?

2. “All right, everyone! This is a stick-up. Don’t anybody move! Now empty that safe! Ooh, hoo hoo! Money, money, money!” Andy Davis (as Mr Potato Head) (1995)?

3. “Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family.” Renton (1996)?

4. “I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor. From now on you will speak only when spoken to, and the first and last words out of your filthy sewers will be sir.” Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (1987)?

5. “I believe in America. America has made my fortune. And I raised my daughter in the American fashion. I gave her freedom, but

I taught her never to dishonour her family.” Amerigo Bonasera (1972)?

6. “I had the craziest dream last night. I was dancing the White Swan. It was different choreography, though. It was more like the Bolshoi’s. It was the prologue when Rothbart casts his spell.” Nina Sayers (2010)?

7. “Let me tell you what ‘Like a Virgin’ is about...” Mr Brown (1992)?

8. “Norman. Come here. Come here, Norman. Hurry up. The loons! The loons! They’re welcoming us back.” Ethel Thayer (1981)?

9. “Wait a minute! Wait a minute! You ain’t heard nothin’ yet.” Jakie Rabinowitz/Jack Robin (1927)?

10. “You never did eat your lunch, did you?” Sam Loomis (1960)?

Not a lot of people know that... the opening line of Clint Eastwood’s iconic 1971 movie Dirty Harry is not “Do you feel lucky, punk?”, it is “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya punk?”

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TOY STORY, 3.

TRAINSPOTTING, 4. FULL METAL JACKET, 5. THE GODFATHER, 6. BLACK SWAN, 7. RESERVOIR DOGS, 8. ON GOLDEN POND, 9. THE JAZZ SINGER, 10. PSYCHO

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• Taylor Swift, Singer; December 12, 29 • Adam Brody, Actor; December 15, 39 America’s sweetheart Taylor Swift steps one Former teen heartthrob Adam Brody has been a year closer to the big 3-0. Known for her highly popular actor on American screens since his personal songs commentating on her personal breakout role as Seth Cohen on The OC. Since appearing in Mr & Mrs Smith, Thank You for life, Swift has held top positions in the charts since her self-titled debut album in 2006 spent Smoking, Scream 4, Lovelace, Life Partners, Taylor Swift. the most weeks in the charts that decade. and Start Up, Brody also writes, makes music • Michael Owen, Footballer; December 14, 39 and produces.

Former England footballer, Michael Owen has • Quentin Blake, Illustrator; December 16, 86 Possibly Britain’s favourite illustrator, Quentin Blake is successfully transitioned from in-demand footballer to racehorse breeder. The striker played for Liverpool, Real probably best-known for creating the drawings for Roald Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Dahl’s books. The artist is still going strong, and won the Stoke City. Since leaving the game, Owen has owned Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children’s books. • and bred racehorses.

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Milla Jovovich, Model; December 17, 43 Once the highest-paid model in the world, Ukrainian born Jovovich emigrated to London when she was five, then Sacramento, California, before settling in Los Angeles and beginning modelling aged 12. The beauty proved she had acting talent too, appearing in film The Night Train to Kathmandu in 1988.

• Brad Pitt, Actor; December 18, 55 One of the world’s most famous actors, Pitt first found fame in 1991’s Thelma & Louise, before going from strength to strength with Interview with the Vampire and many more. The star has since been nominated for multiple awards, including an Academy Award, and is also now a successful producer.

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Moving on ON E for the wint e r months, Danielle Steel’s latest novel, Beauchamp Hall is an ‘uplifting, inspiring story about taking control of your life.’

W hile Winona F arm ington feels her life in a small town in Michigan is less than exhilarating, she is able to escape the dreariness of everyday reality with her favourite TV show, English period drama, Beauchamp Hall.

A s hock dis cove r y makes Winona up sticks and head to the pic turesque English village where the programme is set.

Written by best-selling author Danielle Steel, one of the world’s most popular authors with nearly a bi l l i on books s old , B e a uchamp Hall is ju s t t he book to keep y o u warm on the cold winter nights.

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1773 - Tea party A group of colonists from Massachusetts disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three British tea ships and threw 342 chests of the staple into the harbour.

1791 - Rights ratified The American Bill of Rights - the first 10 amendments to the country’s Constitutionis ratified, becoming the first law in the United States.

1900 - Quantum theory The theory of quantum physics is born when German physicist Max Planck publishes a study into the effects of radiation.

1911 - South Pole A Norwegian man, Roald Amundsen, became the first explorer to reach the South Pole, beating his British rival, Robert Falcon Scott.

2000 - Concession speech American Vice President Al Gore made a reluctant concession of defeat to George W Bush following weeks of legal wrangling over vote recounting in Florida, United States.

2001 - Monument reopens Italy’s Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened to the public after a team of experts spent 11 years and €23 million strengthening the structure without correcting its lean.

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YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION Letters should be emailed to oursay@euroweeklynews.com or make your comments on our website: www.euroweeklynews.com

I READ with interest your coverage of the 40th anniversary of Spain’s Constitution and I felt compelled to write to you about democracy and its value.

As a man in my later years I still remember when General Franco ruled Spain. The country was poor and its people trampled upon while Franco and his cronies got rich and powerful at their own citizens’ expense.

On a slight aside, I was also particularly disturbed at Leapy Lee’s idea of sending so-called snowflakes to ‘bootcamps,’ which sounds suspiciously like another kind of camp that Franco was fond of sending his opponents to.

Spanish democracy has its problems but many people here will tell you they feel immensely lucky to have a Constitution that legally protects their rights.

Those who grumble about the often cumbersome nature of Spanish politics ought to remember the days when the Franco regime was ruthlessly efficient at suppressing the freedom of its people.

Michael Faulkner

A pop at Vox I AM a retired British expat on the Costa del Sol and the sudden emergence of the far-right Vox party is another worrying sign of the times.

I knew hardline right-wing parties had been making ground in many other European countries, but for some reason I thought Spain was happily immune to it.

The future seems so uncertain and Vox needs to be put in its place before things get out of hand.

At least there are plenty of progressive, open-minded people here who will speak out and go on anti-fascist marches to let these people know that racism and prejudice have no place in the 21st century.

Beryl Parker

Shocked by slaughter HAVING read the EWN online was so shocked by the report on lamb slaughtering.

However you do not make it clear whether this is religion-based slaughtering for Jews and Muslims or a normal abbatoir. If normal, it is completely wrong but so is the Al Halal slaughter method, which is unfortunately allowed on religious grounds.

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A real democracy fan Bin’s a nuisance RUBBISH BIN: Lid slammed at all hours.

I HAVE asked the town hall several times to do something about this bin under our bedroom window.

Rubbish is constantly dumped. Any left outside the bins on a Friday will stay there at least until Monday. When we had heavy rain recently it travelled down the road until it rested against our car and dented it. People slam the lid at all hours as they drive past and drop their rubbish.

The new bins on the paseo maritimo are far quieter, why can’t we have similar ones in our street?

Catherine Capper

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BRITAIN’S Prime Minister chose to put off the crunch parliamentary vote on Brexit this week and has admitted it would not have passed.

Theresa May told MPs on Monday she had decided to delay the vote on the EU Withdrawal Agreement to give her time to get more concessions.

But with EU officials saying they will not change the deal agreed only weeks ago, it seems unlikely May will get anything substantial out of yet another round of talks.

Opposition MPs, the Speaker of the House of Commons and even the Prime Minister’s Conservative colleagues did not take kindly to May’s decision. It has probably not won her many friends across the channel either.

The Prime Minister’s decision shows the Brexit deal is a compromise which pleases neither remainers nor leavers.

Given May’s red lines on free movement and other areas it is hard to see how she could have done much better.

Brussels’ priority in negotiations is not to pander to anti-immigration sentiments in Britain but to protect the EU, of which free movement is a cornerstone.

But ultimately the decision shows that May has either reached her nemesis moment or is at least on thin ice.

It seems as though there is no scenario that could please enough MPs to get parliamentary backing. This could be the twilight of May’s premiership.

Now we want to hear your views.

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Almost half of Spaniards want a republic Would that get rid of bull fighting?

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DISTRESSING IMAGES: Costa Blanca animal shelter horrified to find nine cats bludgeoned to death Horrendous, poor cats had found sanctuary and weren’t harming or bothering anyone. Some sort of sick revenge?

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Study based on Spanish cave art upends previous theories on hand paintings They may be right. But in the Stone Age severe injury to the fingers must have been fairly common, without having to invoke a ritual aspect to it. I still tend to view that this was a marriage certificate, done in the presence of the Holy man, in the cave, and when they came out they could both hold up their ochre coloured hands and everyone knew they were now a couple. If anyone wanted to challenge it, the print could be pointed out to them by the Shaman. We still do it, with signatures in the Register and a ring. Nothing changes very much. !

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REVEALED: Location in the south of Spain joins select ‘prettiest village’ list Not a good choice of photo, methinks, including as it does - a gas flue, a sewage pipe, a TV aerial, an electricity meter and box, some random Spanish electrical cable dangling over the road, and a broken wall hastily painted over so no-one will notice ! I can think of better ones.

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‘INVASION’: Britain will complain over Spanish naval ship sailing in Gibraltar waters Gibraltar will be Spanish within five years. 1,000 per cent

and the so-called Falklands will be Argentinian.

Ian

High-profile fugitive, responsible for the Atocha massacre, captured after 24 years on the run Why give him parole when you know he is going to live in South America - and then complain when he does ?

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Tall stories that just aren’t true They must be living on a different planet! The event was well talked about. Wrong place, wrong time not all evidence given. Leapy is just an ordinary guy born with nothing... worked blinking hard for what he’s got. I would be livid!!!! Keep The Faith.

Gordon

Capitalist through and through Many years ago my the owner of the firm I worked for bought a new Mercedes, it was £67,000. We never saw it parked in the yard and I found out that he felt guilty to show it as things were not going that well and some redundancies occurred. I recall thinking why? The car is a symbol of past success and employment. I would say to people I hope he gets two Mercedes, or a Rolls Royce. The better he did, the better the company was doing. Do we want the rich to take their money abroad? What you say here echoes my thoughts for many years. Thank you.

Graham

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Rescued for Christmas Colin Bird I WILL always remember the 1957/58 school year as the longest and most miserable year of my life.

It was my first year in the ‘big’ school - Ashmead Secondary Modern - and I remember vividly Christmas 1957.

Having worked my way through junior school quite happily, Ashmead was a different proposition.

It was undoubtedly a good school, but I had suddenly been separated from all the friends I had grown up with over the previous four years.

Then, having just missed out on a grammar school place, I was put into a special stream with a grammar syllabus, along with boys from other schools.

Not a problem for most kids, but as a shy and nervous individual with very little self-confidence, it became a nightmare very quickly. I was seen as the easy target for some of the

RESPITE: Christmas represented a two-week break from problems at school. others and I had not made a single friend of any of my 30 classmates.

It was therefore a huge relief to be able to escape for the two glorious Christmas holiday weeks.

The end of term assembly - where we all sang the school song backed

by the students brass band; along with ‘Nunc Dimittis’ sung by four senior members of the choir and a self-congratulatory speech from the headmaster on what a ripping school it was - had finally come to an end, I rushed home, the last three

months temporarily forgotten because tonight my Dad would be coming home with the Christmas tree.

I knew he would arrive later than usual, because with the tree balanced between the saddle and handlebars of

his bike, it meant a two-mile walk.

But it was worth the wait, because as always my father had selected a six-foot beauty. At least that’s how it appeared to my young eyes.

No sooner had he gulped down his dinner, than we set to work decorating it.

The galvanised bucket of garden earth had been put aside and we soon had the tree ‘planted.’ Red crepe paper was wrapped around the bucket and we began dressing the magnificent fir.

Our one and only set of 12 lights with their large tear-drop shaped multi-coloured bulbs were hastily draped over the branches. Then a dozen glass baubles and candle holders with real candles and a few odd plastic snow flake ornaments were hung, all of which we kept from one year to the next. And finally, a blizzard of tinsel to fill the many gaps.

Surely the best tree ever!

Christmas has always been a special time, but none more so than the one 61 years ago, when for me it meant a brief and magical respite from a 12-month ordeal.

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Why didn’t he just email them?

JOHN ALLEN CHAU: The 26-year-old Christian missionary’s actions led to his demise.

Barry Duke THERE are five irreversible routes out of this world; going to sleep in perfectly good health then waking up dead, having a fatal accident, being dispatched by a deadly disease, getting murdered or committing suicide.

Given a choice, I would opt for the first, as would most people.

But again, like most folks, those who survive me would be absolutely mortified if my death were ever to qualify for a Darwin Award.

If you’re not familiar with this scheme, let me explain that it was set up some years ago to ‘commemorate those who improve our gene pool’, by removing themselves from it!

The biggest bother I ever landed myself in, happened in 2005 after I wrote of having nominated an American pastor for the award.

Rev Kyle Lake, 33, stepped into

a baptismal font at University Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, reached for a microphone, bellowed ‘surprise me God’, and was electrocuted.

I suggested that taking an electronic gadget into water was one of the dumbest things anyone could

possibly do, and that Kyle was fully deserving of a Darwin Award.

That report sparked a lot of hate mail. I was described as callous, cold-hearted and mindless of the feelings of his family.

But what made me truly regret publishing the piece was the fact

that I later discovered the microphone wasn’t the cause of his death. What killed him, was the font’s faulty heating system.

A lawsuit was brought against the company which installed the baptistry heaters. It was found to have been negligent in their design and installation, and his family was awarded undisclosed damages.

This November I again suggested a Darwin Award for another godly geezer. But this time I took no flak from readers who were all of one mind: Christian missionary John Allen Chau, 26, had absolutely no business illegally trespassing on the protected Indian-owned North Sentinel Island.

On his first attempt to introduce Jesus to the islanders, an arrow was shot at him (the Sentinelese don’t react well to strangers). The arrow pierced his Bible and he legged it, but foolishly he returned to yell at the inhabitants, and throw fish at them.

This time a volley of arrows sent him into the hereafter.

Before his fatal body-piercing, Chau left no doubt that he was not only stupid, but arrogant to boot.

In his diary he wrote ‘Lord, is this island Satan’s last stronghold, where none have heard or even had the chance to hear your name?’

This is the trouble with missionaries. They automatically assume that anyone who doesn’t share their superstitious beliefs must be ‘Satanic’ and in need of ‘saving.’

It’s a mindset which has led to the ethnocide of millions who were doing pretty darn well until they were introduced to Christianity.

When I posted my report on Facebook, one of many pithy responses came from a fella called Frank O’Callaghan, who wrote: ‘Condolences to his loved ones.

An unnecessary, violent and sad death of a deluded but presumably well-meaning young man.

‘He could have brought devastating disease to such an isolated group. This was just what most ‘missionary’ activity is; self-indulgence, arrogance and ignorance.’

Amen to that, I say.

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Nick Horne The Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England TREASURE is always fascinating, and treasures of the rich and famous even more so.

What happens when the famous person is Marie Antoinette, one-time Queen of France.

She was a royal lady renowned for suggesting that the poor ought to eat brioche, if bread were in short supply. Queen Marie Antoinette also owned famous jewels, famous now and also famous back in her own day more than two centuries ago.

A selection of these jewels long held by the Bourbon Parma family, came to market in November in Geneva, Switzerland in association with a total of 100 treasures and exercised an irresistible magnetic allure for collectors.

In these modern times, most did not travel to Sotheby’s Geneva, though bidders from 43 countries took part, with most registering their participation online.

Fully 25 per cent of the bidders were new to Sotheby’s, a further demonstration of the regal fascination of Marie Antoinette and jewellery with a Royal provenance or history.

These jewels have an extraordinary story. Before her arrest and subsequent execution, Marie Antoinette wrapped her pearls, diamonds and rubies, placed them in a chest and sent them to Brussels.

From there they were taken to Vienna, and in to the safekeeping of the Austrian Emperor, her nephew. The jewels were restored to Marie Antoinette’s daughter Madame Royal following her release.

The jewels in time passed on to the Bourbon Parma family with whom they remained for the next two centuries.

LETTERS FROM CANARIES

By Barbara Belt barbarabelt@gmail.com HELLO from the Canary Islands, where this year we’re stepping very cautiously into the festive season after receiving sobering news.

‘Canaries, the place in Spain with the longest wait for surgery; five months!’ was the Diario de Avisos cheery headline on the last day of November.

This paper often provides the most objective Canarian news, being less restrained by ‘complex political considerations,’ or funding as it was previously called.

The worrying information did appear in other papers, cosily tucked away inside with articles on dog grooming and other non-news.

The Canarian press practices layout censorship. But there it was, the result of Ministry of Health national waiting list times, published the day before, blazoned in bold 100-point on the front page.

Spare a thought then for us during the festivities. Send us cautionary thoughts, reminding us to be careful, because should we hurt ourselves, or suffer internal mal-

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A white glove sale

MARIE ANTOINETTE: Her jewels outlasted her.

A ‘white glove sale’ is an auction where every lot or item in the sale is actually sold. A ‘white glove sale’ is not common. The sale at Sotheby’s Geneva was one such, every lot sold.

Bidders entered into a competition with a disregard for pre-sale estimates driving 90 per cent of prices in the sale beyond expectations.

The star lot was a natural pearl and diamond pen-

dant from Marie Antoinette’s personal collection.

Pre-sale estimates were US$1-2 million. In fact such was the competition, that a new auction record for a natural pearl was reached, with the final bid at US$36,165,090, leaving the initial estimate far behind.

The pendant was among 10 exquisite pieces which were once owned by Marie Antoinette, all of which attracted fierce competitive bidding. Together they realised US$42.7 million against a pre-sale estimate of US$1.6 million to US$2.9 million.

One of the most personal and intimate Lots in the sale, was a monogrammed diamond ring bearing the initial MA, for Marie Antoinette, and containing a lock of her hair. This precious ring was also the object of a fierce bidding competition selling for more than 50 times the pre-sale estimate of US$8,000 to US$10,000, finally realising US$447,000.

Meanwhile an exquisite diamond brooch supporting a yellow diamond also captured the attention of jewellery lovers and achieved an astounding US$2,099,793 against an estimate of US$50,000 to US$80,000.

What’s in a name? More than only a name, a reputation adds enormously to the appeal of treasure to all who are fascinated by jewels.

A jewel’s history, provenance and associations captures the heart, stirs the emotions and drives the impulse to acquire and collect. The perfect conditions for a ‘white glove sale’.

Beat the waiting lists…

NO WAITING: Alternative ways to beat the waiting times. functions and need a touch of tweaking, it’ll be five months before anybody gets involved in fixing us.

Gracious, we’ll have to hobble, crawl or clutch the defective part through till May. To be fair, the report said 147 days, which is marginally less, plus we’ll be the lucky recipients of loads of pharmaceuticals for pain relief, along with complementary

pharmaceuticals to minimise any side effects.

Nevertheless, I personally will be restraining myself from the usual wild, mid-winter dancing on the edge of precipices and brandy fortified Christmas immersions where enormous waves bash rocks.

I’ll resist all temptation to take part in New Year’s Eve bareback gallops along aforementioned precipices.

Gaffer taping a broken tibia long-term is unappealing and precipices are legion in these parts, affording many opportunities for accidents to those inclined and, curiously, it seems that many of our visitors are.

Despite advice to the contrary (not much), and common sense (none) they do drop off edges with alarming regularity, often managing to seriously injure themselves

Nick Horne, London, England

and, the holiday to end all holidays, sometimes to kill themselves.

But investigations reveal no five month backlog of injured walkers, groaning in German, in Canarian hospital corridors.

Is their nationality relevant? I hear you ask. Well, possibly.

In Germany, as I’m sure you know, dangers are properly advertised. Large warning signs like ‘Danger! Precipice!’ tell you there’s a precipice. But what are you doing up there if you can’t see that for yourself?

Is it the absence of signs here which causes problems? Whatever it is, there are injuries and surgery is obviously alive, well and immediately available if they happen in a certain way. Bad backs and hernias don’t count, for example.

So here’s an alternative to waiting five months, which in festive mood I pass on to all: should you be here and have the misfortune to need surgery, local bearers must immediately carry you up a rockface and then abandon you. A helicopter will soon arrive and within an hour you’ll be in the operating theatre.

A Merry Christmas to us all and may we keep our wits about us!

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By Sally Underwood WE all know exercise offers multiple benefits. From improving muscle tone, heart health, lung capacity, flexibility, and aiding weight loss, there are very few health concerns which exercise cannot assist.

While it can sometimes feel difficult to fit exercise in - especially as the days become shorter and cooler - it seems scientists have now found a new incentive sure to motivate even the most exercise-averse.

One study has found that exercising, ‘semi-intensely’ on one day, can ‘reap benefits which last for days,’ meaning you can enjoy a relatively relaxed weekend following just one bout of physical activity on a Friday.

This news bodes well for anyone concerned that a few days’ rest over the Christmas period will throw off their good work over the rest of the year.

Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern conducted studies on rats, which showed their metabolism was boosted for 48 hours after exercise.

Results also showed blood sugar levels and appetite remained stable after activity.

Metabolism dictates the rate at which a person burns calories, and in turn has a huge impact on weight gain or loss.

This latest research found a single bout of exercise boost-

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Exercise benefits ‘last days’ ed brain activity associated with reduced appetite, lower blood sugar and greater calorie burning, at the same time reducing activity linked to hunger and lower metabo-

lism. In the study, rats carried out three 20-minute treadmill runs before being tested.

Researchers said they believe the benefits discovered may last longer, the more a

person trains. Dr Kevin Williams, who led the study, claimed the results may explain ‘why many people don’t feel hungry after exercise.’

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Health for your feet: come and visit our podiatrist Stefanie Aarnes in Clinica Britannia

Preparing your skin before the Xmas holidays CHRISTMAS is the most anticipated time of the year and now that you’re only a few weeks away from the day when you will be reunited with loved ones, have you taken the time to assess if your beauty routine is able to keep up with your needs?

Although Christmas is a lovely season, there are also changes in the weather that can be detrimental to your skin, and much worse, affect your overall look.

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OBVIOUSLY the foot plays a crucial part in the process of walking, and often suffers as a result of poor function.

This inefficient function can result in foot conditions such as corns and calluses, painful toe nails, pain in the ball of the foot, the arch, the ankle, or in the heel.

Less obvious, but very important, is the fact that inefficient foot function has an influence on other parts of the body. A small structural or functional imbalance in the foot may often cause no foot pain at all.

It may however have an effect that can cause problems in the ankles, knees, hips and back, essentially all parts of the body which are connected to the feet by the skeleton.

This may show itself as pain, instability, restricted movement, or in some cases just fatigue.

Podiatrists can also often detect serious health problems which may otherwise go unnoticed, because a number of diseases manifest first through symptoms of the lower extremities (ie diabetes, arthritis, neurological disorders, heart disease, kidney disease and

PODIATRIST: Mrs Stefanie Aarnes. liver disease).

Regular foot care can make sure your feet stay healthy. With proper detec-

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Hydration station WHILE the weather gets colder and wetter, it may seem counter-intuitive to bring more moisture into your home, but investing in a humidifier may offer multiple benefits to our health, beauty and homes.

Humidifiers work by infusing moisture into the air and come in different sizes, allowing you to choose a model which will create enough vapour to fill your chosen room. There are three types of humidifier to choose from, each with its own benefits.

Ultrasonic models move water at a frequency which converts it into a cold vapour. These humidifiers are among the cheapest and most energy -efficient but can produce a dust which could exacerbate some lung conditions.

Evaporative models use a fan to blow water into the air and are very quiet, while steam based humidifiers are a highly hygienic option but should always be used away from children as they use hot water.

All machines must also be disinfected regularly to avoid bacteria building up and being disseminated around the room.

Used properly, the benefits of these machines are wide-ranging however, assisting with a range of issues.

Central heating, open fires and air conditioning can all suck moisture out of the air, leaving us with dry skin and hair. This in turn can encourage our bodies to produce more oil to compensate, giving us skin or

HUMDIFIER: Essential oils could ease sinus problems. hair that is dry in some places and greasy in others. Humidifiers increase moisture levels, providing our bodies with hydration and improving skin and hair quality.

This same effect can also benefit our health and help treat any sinus problems caused by dryness. The benefits of any sinus-clearing actions may also be assisted by adding aromatherapy to your machine in the form of mint, eucalyptus or tea tree.

Increased moisture levels in your home

can also lower the concentrations of dust, germs, and allergens, reducing the risk of infection during one of the most illnessprone times of the year.

Finally, as if the health and beauty benefits of added moisture aren’t enough, humidifiers can even help raise a room’s temperature slightly, meaning you can ease off the heating, while added moisture will help maintain wooden furniture, reducing the need for waxing.

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These new formulas can benefit the hair and scalp and are no longer limited simply to spray cans, now coming in foams, wipes, and pastes, offering variety for those put off by the spray-and-rub application.

What’s more, far from simply degreasing oily hair - which in itself can help extend an expensive blow dry by a day or two newer formulas can provide other styling benefits.

So if the thought of restyling your hair every other day over

the festive season is a hassle too far, why not consider investing in one of the newer generation of dry shampoos to offer a hand.

Wipes, such as those offered by brands including Ouai, IGK and Essential Effects, come in-

dividually wrapped, fitting discreetly into your handbag, and degrease as well as smoothing down static and flyaway hair, and making them ideal for anyone prone to frizz.

Dry shampoo foams (€11.95

by Ouai from look fantastic.es) offer a nice compromise between a full wash-and-go shampoo, and a dry version.

This product is applied wet much like a hair mousse - and is rubbed in until dry, providing the hair with a thorough clean without altering your style.

This is ideal for anyone concerned about maintaining squeaky-clean hair while extending a blow dry.

Finally, the traditional aerosol formula can help all hair styles, from shorter locks to bouncy curls, by providing volume and texture.

Spray onto roots and massage in to create natural volume, or through lengths to separate curls for a natural look.

These new formulas use natural ingredients to absorb oil and leave less residue, while their scents often offer subtle aromas to rival your favourite perfume.

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KAREN DANCZUK treated herself to a winter escape as she soaked up the sun on the Costa del Sol at the weekend.

‘Selfie queen’ Karen, 35, exwife of Simon Danczuk, the former MP for Rochdale, oozed confidence as she strolled along the beach.

Dressed in a red bikini printed with white hearts, the brideto-be looked carefree as she strolled along the shore and relaxed by the water.

Karen, who became engaged

to her fiancé, a Spanish waiter named David in July, appeared to be making the most of some alone time in the sun.

The prolific social media user was not wearing her engagement ring to the beach.

She split from the Rochdale MP in 2015, and at the time blamed her husband’s ‘jealousy’ of her lifestyle for their marriage breakdown.

Former Labour Councillor Karen was also spotted on a Spanish beach last month.

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Karen sizzles on the beach

LADY IN RED: Karen Danczuk is known for her eye-catching selfies.

A royal celebration QUEEN LETIZIA of Spain donned a stylish navy frock as she joined husband King Felipe for a concert in Madrid to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution.

Letizia, 46, looked radiant in the bold cocktail dress which featured dramatic lace detailing and a plunging neckline that cut down to her waist.

Her demure pleated satin A-line skirt balanced out the daring top to create a playful yet elegant look.

This marks an important year for Spain in celebrating four decades since the constitution was written and has seen the royals marking the milestone with a number of events.

Shakira to face the music seek the closure of the criminal case POP songstress Shakira is to be forb e f o re d e c i d i n g w h e t h e r t o t r y t o mally accused by Spanish state prosereach a pre-trial settlement if the recutors of a multi-million pound tax quest is rejected. fraud in the Shakira, previously a tax next few days. resident in the Bahamas, The Colombian, only registered as a full 41, will have to tax resident in Spain in defend herself 2015. against claims she O f f i c i a l re s i d e n t s i n defrauded the Spain pay Spanish Spanish taxman out taxes on their of nearly €15 million worldwide income, over three years. while people who State prosecutors have s p e n d m o re t h a n spent the last year probing 183 days of the year Shakira and have now coni n t h e c o u n t r y a re cluded that €14.5 million is considered Spanish the amount they believe she re s i d e n t s f o r t a x dodged between 2012 and purposes.

2014.

Lawyers acting for the s i n g e r a re e x p e c t e d t o MONEY MESS: Shakira denies any wrongdoing.

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PACKED: The walking street in Benidorm contains a number of children’s favourites.

EVERY Christmas, the streets of Benidorm are not only full of British tourists bumping into people they know as they enjoy the festive season, but also jam packed with events and activities for all the family. All the Christmas lights are now fully illuminating the area with the brightest of colours and they’re worth a visit alone.

The Three Kings will be in the Town Hall Square and are also there from 11am to 2pm right throughout the Christmas period, and there are a number of Bouncy

Castles open from 12 noon to 2pm every day as well.

Situated in Calle de Tomas Ortuño, Nº62 is the famous Benidorm ‘Belen’ or Nativity scene. This one covers an area of 16m2 and contains over 600 figures.

Friday, December 21 sees two Christmas Concerts and both begin at 8pm.

One is in the Church of St James, with the other featuring the Benidorm Choir at the Church of Nuestra Señora del Carmen.

If you’re still in the mood to party after

the excesses of Christmas, then be prepared for the BIG Benidorm New Year’s Eve Party. After the success of last year’s event on the Levante Beach the venue for the 2018/2019 event will be the same.

Beginning at 6pm until 2.30am, there will be a number of stages featuring a number of DJs right along the beach from the KU Lounge to the Daytona. The midnight bells will ring out once again at 1am for all the British to allow them to think of family and friends in the UK as they welcome in 2019.

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TRADITION: A previous Nativity scene in Alicante.

Christmas in Alicante City AS always during the Christmas season, there is a wealth of exciting things to do and see in Alicante. In addition to visiting Santa Claus in his Grotto, you can enjoy ice skating on the special temporary rink installed, try your skills on the toboggan run, visit the Nativity scene or have a stroll around and make your purchases at the Christmas market.

The Christmas Craft Market is found in Plaza de San Nicolas beside the cathedral. Stalls will remain open every day until January 5 - except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day - and will be selling a selection of items... but mainly traditional figurines

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TEMPORARY: Ice skating comes to the city centre. for use in nativity displays.

The market is open from 10am to 3pm and from 5pm to 11pm every day.

The Christmas Nativity Market features a number of very creative stalls with some unique designs for sale in the Edificio Seneca in the Plaza

Seneca. They are open from tomorrow (Friday) until Sunday, December 23 between 11am and 7pm.

The Alicante Municipal Belen (Nativity) has been built alongside the town hall and open to visitors - free admission - until Sunday, January 6... the Spanish Three Kings’ Day. It’s open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm; Saturday 9am to 1pm and 6pm to 8pm; Sunday 9am to 1pm.

Santa Claus’s Grotto is in the Panteo de Quijano where it’s guaranteed to snow all the time! It’s open to visitors every day until Monday, December 24 from 10am to 2pm and 5pm to 10pm.

For those of you feeling a little more adventurous, the temporary ice skating ring and toboggan run is in the Plaza del Toros in the northern part of Alicante City until Sunday, January 6. They are both open 10am to 10pm every day.

And if all these Christmas festivities and activities aren’t enough, don’t forget the major New Year’s Eve Party in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento from 11pm to 4am.

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Dinosaurs in town WALKING OR WATCHING: Alicante will take you back millions of years.

IF you fancy going back in time, and we mean right back to prehistoric times, then you mustn’t miss the experience to walk with dinosaurs and visit Alicante’s very own Jurassic Park every weekend during the Christmas season.

Located on the first floor of the Puerta de Alicante Shopping Centre, you’ll be greeted by an amazing collection of 50 dinosaurs ranging from the popular Tyrannosaurus Rex to the not so well-known creatures of millions of years ago.

The spectacular display is open every Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 2pm and from 5pm to 9pm with admission costing €5.90. Children under three years old get in for free, and tickets can be purchased from the box office in the commercial centre.

If you’ve got a busy pre-Christmas season planned, then don’t worry. You can still visit the dinosaur experience for all the family afterwards as its remaining open until Sunday, January 6.

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Luis Cepeda live in Alicante DON’T miss this fabulous opportunity to s e e Luis Cepeda live at the Auditorio de la D iputa c ión de A lic a nte , Pa s e o de C a mpoamor. Yes that is right...

Luis C e pe da is touring again.

Luis Cepeda will be performing the newest tracks from his la te s t a lbum on Frida y, D e c e mbe r 21 a t 9pm.

One of the most popular singers in Spain, Luis first came to the notice of a wider audience when he auditioned for the third series of La Voz de Telecinco talent show back in 2015.

The Spanish equivalent of ‘The Voice,’ he sang his version of Wherever You Will Go by The Calling which resulted in three of the four judges turning around in the famous chairs. Two of them were Spanish singing stars Alejandro Sanz and Laura Pausini. He continued to make progress in the series until being eliminated at the ‘fighting duets’ stage of the competition.

Two years later, in 2017, he appeared on the equally popular TV show ‘Operacion Triunfo’ as it returned to the screens after a two-year break.

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THE VOICE: Luis Cepeda impressed some of Spain’s greatest performers.

Throughout his time on the show, he was the viewers’ favourite on two occasions and nominated five times as the best singer by the judging panel.

However, after then being saved by the public vote in four other programmes, he woul d f i nal l y l eave t he show and technically fin-

ished in ninth position in the series eventually won by Amaia Romero.

The 29- year- ol d Lui s Cepeda then joined the Operation Triunfo tour where he sang in front of 60,000 people at the iconic Bernabeu Stadium in Barcelona on the same bill as David Bustamente and Raphael.

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This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook & Fellow Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala shares a special Christmas baked ham recipe.

Honey baked Ham with Cumberland sauce Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella

www.thelittlegeranium.com BEFORE we moved to Spain we lived in Hertfordshire in a modern barn conversion on a farm.

At Christmas time I put lights on the many trees we had at the front of the house and I always put up a huge Christmas tree by the front door.

Inside I had a long banquet style dining table that seated about 20 people, so as you can imagine this was the Christmas house! All my family from Suffolk, London and New York would be there on Boxing Day to celebrate Christmas.

One Christmas I had forgotten the ham on Boxing Day and my niece Scarlet Saunders (who is now an actress in the TV series Casualty) told me off, although I had a whole sirloin of beef, the turkey, venison, shellfish etc, but no ham! But she

INGREDIENTS Serves 8 - 10 • Approx 3kg unsmoked boneless gammon joint • 3 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped • 1 leek, cleaned and roughly chopped • 1 onion, peeled and roughly chopped • 1 tsp black peppercorns •1 tsp coriander seeds •1 cinnamon stick, broken in half • 3 bay leaves • A handful of cloves For the honey glaze: • 100g demerara sugar • 50ml sweet sherry • 25ml wine vinegar • 150g honey • 1 tablespoon of soft English mustard Method Note: Always cook the gammon in advance as you don’t want to be doing this on Christmas Day or Boxing Day! Put the gammon into a large

FAMILY XMAS: Time to gather round. had a point. Christmas is about family and friends and all getting together, but it’s also about the food and of course the traditional turkey, but on Boxing Day we want to see a

baked ham, some pickles and condiments, maybe some bubble and squeak using up the Christmas Day veggies and it’s nice to see a Christmas cake and loads of cheeses.

The extravagant person I am, I always went to the extreme and we had a BBQ with sausages and venison on the bone cooking outside as well as lobsters, crabs, smoked salmon, usually a goose, as well as the turkey and a sirloin of beef and of course the centre piece… the baked ham!

The Boxing Day table was always set up in the kitchen taking over the whole space and family and friends went into the kitchen, piled their plates high and then returned for more. One year I had been so busy at the restaurant I asked one of my junior chefs to cook the lobsters, the crab, the ham and other things for me. He delivered it all to my home on Boxing Day morning.

One of our friends, Jill, went up to the table and within minutes screamed out loud. The chef in charge of preparing the food had assumed the crab had been cooked as it didn’t move. Jill had attempted to pull off some meat and the crab struck back at her with its giant claws! It was so funny but we all felt sorry for the crab so we kept it alive in salt water for days after.

I’ll never forget Jill saying, I’m off shellfish, I’ll just have some ham!

Honey Baked Ham MUST HAVE: Don’t forget the ham!

saucepan and pour on enough cold water to cover.

Allow the gammon to soak for about five to 10 minutes then drain the water off and wash again. Apart from cleaning it this helps remove some of the salt which was used to cure the ham.

Now cover again with cold water and add the carrots, leek, onion, peppercorns, coriander seeds, cinnamon stick and bay leaves. Bring to the boil, turn down to a simmer and cook for about three hours to

3.5 hours on a low heat, topping up with more water if necessary. Skim off any impurities that rise to the surface. Allow to rest in its own cooking liquor until cool. Remove from the cooking liquor and refrigerate the ham until needed. Save the cooking liquor for stock or soup.

Now on Boxing Day make the glaze. Put the sugar, sherry, vinegar and honey into a pan and stir over a low heat, simmer for 3-4 minutes, until you have a shiny syrup.

Preheat the oven to 190°C/Gas 5.

Lift the ham onto a board. Remove any string and then cut away the thick skin from the ham, leaving behind an even layer of white fat.

Lightly score this fat all over in a criss-cross, diamond pattern, taking care not to cut into the meat.

Spread over the English mustard and stud the centre of each diamond with a clove.

Put the ham into a roasting tin and pour half of the glaze over the surface. Roast in a pre-heated oven 180c for about 15 minutes.

Now pour on the rest of the glaze and return to the oven for another 30 minutes until the ham is golden brown, basting with the pan juices frequently to get an even colour.

Remove from the oven and leave to rest for 15 minutes before carving. Serve with Cumberland sauce - see below.

• Cumberland Sauce INGREDIENTS 1 lemon 1 orange 4 tablespoons port 4 heaped tablespoons of redcurrant jelly

1 teaspoon of mustard powder Method Zest both the lemon and the orange, using a potato peeler or zester then cut them into small strips approx 2cm long and as thin as possible (julienne).

Boil them in water for five minutes to extract any bitterness, then drain well. Now put the redcurrant jelly in a saucepan with the port and melt, whisking together over a low heat for about five minutes.

Mix the mustard with the juice of the lemon and orange until smooth, then add this to the redcurrant jelly sauce above boil and stir well and finally the strips of lemon and orange zest, heat through until thickish.

You can email Steven any queries or questions on steven@thelittle geranium.com.

You can email Steven your questions or enquiries to: steven@thelittlegeranium.com.

Steven Saunders FMCGB - The Little Geranium, La Cala de Mijas & Marbella. www.thelittlegeranium.com

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Neater Heater: Top design and build quality NOW in their 10th year of trading as Neater Heater, Richard and Tony are still being asked the same questions.

What makes Neater Heaters special?

Why should you choose them over other electric heaters? The simple answer is design and build quality.

Many families throughout the Costa Blanca are already enjoying the soft warmth given off by these cleverly designed and unobtrusive convector heaters.

A good discreet central heating system has never been so affordable as Richard and Tony explain: “The basic choices for heating your home are either a full central heating system with water-filled radiators and pipes, gas heaters, or electric heaters. Or a combination.

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Construction jobs boost HOUSE building in Spain has created around 85,600 new jobs over the last year, according to Employment Ministry data.

The Ministry’s and Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) Survey of Active Population (EPA) showed the construction industry was among the biggest sectors driving job growth. It came second to the services sector.

The EPA also showed that last year ended with a total of 1.1 million workers employed in construction, 6 per cent of all Spanish employees. The sector took on 8,364 new staff members last month, according to the survey.

The Association of Real Estate Developers in Madrid (ASPRIMA) said they estimated around 90,000 new jobs will have been created in the industry by the end of this year.

“We estimate a further 100,000 jobs will be created between

2 0 1 9 a n d 2 0 2 0 , ” A S P R I M A’s Daniel Cuervo said.

The body also estimates that around 100,000 new homes will have been built by the end of this year.

Juan Antonio Gomez-Pintado, head of ASPRIMA, said at a Spanish Chamber of Commerce meeting in Zaragoza recently: “Having more cranes on our streets is synonymous with higher employer activity.”

The figures come as job numbers in construction continue to recover following the property crash at the onset of the last recession in 2008.

A total of 1.5 million jobs are estimated to have been lost after the housing market crashed and the industry continued to struggle until around 2013.

MORE WORKERS: The construction sector saw the second highest rise in the Spanish economy.

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by Sally Underwood A TRADE union has offered tips on increasing any profit made on property.

The Trade Union of Tax Technicias (Gestha), has said home-owners could free up around €4,600 by taking advantage of a series of tax incentives offered by the Spanish treasury.

One such incentive applies to anyone who bought a property used as their habitual residence before January 1, 2013. According to idealista.com, taxpayers are entitled to retain the equivalent of 15 per cent of any mortgage payments as a tax-free allowance. The percentage applies to any mortgage payments up to €9,040 a year, the equivalent of a tax allowance of €1,356.

Another tax incentive involves reducing

any capital gains tax requirements after selling a property. Anyone under 65 must declare tax on profits derived from a house sale, with the Spanish tax authorities taking between 19 and 23 per cent, although this changes to between 20 and 25 per cent in the Basque Country, and between 20 and 26 per cent in Navarra. Gestha claim a proportion of this tax is deductible, however, if the money is reinvested.

For those aged over 65, the outlook is even brighter with anyone selling their house in 2018 exempt from paying capital gains tax, according to Gestha. If the property sold is a second home, over 65’s may be able to obtain a 100 per cent tax rebate on any capital gains if they reinvest their profits in a retirement fund, with a maximum limit of €240,000.

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By Cassie Steele CHOOSING your first pet takes careful consideration and while there is no shortage of different pet options in the Costa Blanca, dogs remain the most popular choice for animal lovers in the country.

At present it is believed there are approximately 5.2 million dogs living in Spanish homes, equating to roughly 22 per cent of the Spanish pet population.

There is an old saying which states that dogs repay the love you give them tenfold. While

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Take special care of your new family member.

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Regular check-ups by one of the dedicated vets in the region together with regular exercise will help keep your canine companion in tip-top shape.

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GERMAN carmaker Audi is set to invest €11 billion over the next five years in electric mobility and self-driving cars, as it plans to prepare its business for the technologies shaping the future of the automotive industry.

The Volkswagen Group-owned manufacturer will boost its spending from the start of 2019 to make advances in digitalisation and autonomous driving, as well as the electrification of new cars.

Investments will also be made in

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If a car is hit by lightning its occupants will generally be safe, as The Faraday Effect (discovered by Michael Faraday in 1845) causes the electricity to dissipate around the car’s metal frame.

ELECTRIFYING: Audi will launch its first all-electric property, Audi shortly. plants and equipment, as the company plans to increase its research and development spending.

Bram Schot, temporary chairman of Audi’s management board, said:

Audi in €11 billion electricity switch

“This planning round, bears a clear signature: we are taking a very systematic approach to electric mobility and will be much more focused in future.

“We are consistently prioritising our resources for future-oriented products and services which are highly attractive

and relevant to the market.”

Audi will launch a number of electric vehicles in the coming years, following the launch of its first all-electric sport utility vehicle, the Audi e-tron, at the start of 2019.

It says the brand will offer approximately 20 different models of electric cars by 2025.

The company will be competing against the likes of Tesla, which has been making progress in the production of its lower-tier Model 3 vehicle, after reports the company produced 1000 vehicles in a day.

Tesla’s stated aim is to produce 5,000 Model 3 vehicles per week.

Traditional car makers are making similar moves, with the likes of BMW, Jaguar and Mercedes all drawing up plans to shift to electric vehicles.

Audi expects its total spend for the period up to 2023, to amount to €40 billion.

The plans follow a ‘dieselgate’ scandal surrounding parent company Volkswagen which led to the arrest of Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler in June.

Audi was fined €787 million in the emissions furore in October.

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Mazda3: Blazing a trail THE all-new Mazda3 has made its world premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

The fully redesigned model will be rolled out to global markets, beginning with North America, in early 2019.

It adopts a mature Kodo design that embodies the essence of Japanese aesthetics.

While the overall design presents a simple, single form, subtle undulations bring the styling to life through shifting light and reflections which glide over the body surface.

The result is a richer and more powerful model with a distinct personality.

New SKYACTIV-Vehicle Architecture adorns the Mazda3, designed to enable people to relax in a natural sense of balance.

This is also a response to lingering complaints surrounding older models of NVH - industry jargon for Noise, Vibration and Harshness.

Based on its key philosophy of designing the car around the humans inside, Mazda has dramatically enhanced the car’s fundamental driving

attributes eg acceleration, turning and braking.

Having sold over six million since its 2003 debut, (Mazda’s best-selling vehicle ever), the Mazda3 is a global success which has driven the company’s success both as a business and as a brand.

“The all-new Mazda3 begins a new era for Mazda,” said Akira Marumoto, Mazda’s President and CEO. “Through it, we will further raise Mazda’s brand value and work towards our goal of building ever-

MARQUEE MAZDA: The Mazda3 is the company’s best-selling model. stronger bonds with customers all over the world.”

Marumoto added that Mazda’s autonomous capabilities would serve to bring the car to a safe halt in the case of an incapacitated driver, instead of doing the driving itself.

He said that Mazda will never build a car without a steering wheel, and that he ‘prefers the smell of gasoline to full electric power.’

He also stated that Mazda would rather establish itself as a genuine premium carmaker comparable to its European rivals, emphasising this would be achievable through quality, comfort and improvements in the existing models rather than expanding into others.

The 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show ends on Sunday.

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ROAD TEST

by Nick Fletcher ALL the major manufacturers want a slice of the compact SUV market and the contender from MercedesBenz is the GLA, which is based on its A-Class hatchback.

The GLA is 50mm taller than the A-Class and has styling revisions to give it a much more muscular appearance.

The swooping sculpted lines, gaping front grille with large Mercedes threepointed star badge and its potent-looking twin exhausts all add to its image and help it stand out from some of the more restrained designs in this SUV class.

GLA prices start from €28,281 (£25,105), and there are petrol and diesel o p t i o n s , 4 M AT I C a l l wheel-drive versions and sporty AMG models.

My featured model is the 200 SE with a 156hp 1.6litre turbo-petrol engine and six-speed manual gearbox and is priced at €30,624 (£27,185).

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Mercedes-Benz GLA

Standard equipment includes touch-screen infotainment centre with radio and CD player, Bluetooth with phone connection and music streaming, cruise control, auto lights, alloy wheels and roof rails, but to get sat-nav you have to move up the range.

The 1.6-litre engine is p u n c h y, w i t h a q u i c k 0 -

STATS PANEL Model: Mercedes-Benz GLA SE Engine: 1.6-litre turbo-petrol Transmission: 6-speed manual Performance: top speed 201kph (125mph), 0-100kph 8.4 seconds Economy: 15.1kpl (42.8mpg) Emissions: 151g/km

Model tested is UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.

100kph time of 8.4 seconds and top speed of 201kph (125mph). Emissions are 151g/km and the average fuel figure is 15.1kpl (42.8 mpg).

U n d e r w a y, t h e G L A proves poised on the corners and while the suspension is quite firm, it doesn’t really impair the ride comfort.

The GLA looks impressive from the outside and the cabin has a classy ambiance with eye-catching aircraft-style vents and a touch-screen sited high on the dashboard for better vision.

Tr i m m a t e r i a l s - i n cluding synthetic leather - are good quality and appear durable and the seating is comfortable and supportive.

Occupants front and rear get reasonable space, and the boot is a good size at 481 litres, though there is a high loading lip. While t h e r e a r s e a t s d o n ’t s l i d e forward to increase the boot capacity, they do fold down.

Competitors in this crowded sector include formidable rivals such as the BMW X1 and the Audi Q3 but such is the status and kudos of the MercedesBenz badge, the GLA earns its place on the shortlist of any potential SUV buyer.

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FAMILY FRIENDLY: The Citroen C5 Aircross SUV is likely to make its mark.

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Citroen C5 Aircross SUV: Driving into new territory THE new Citroen C5 Aircross SUV is reassuringly versatile and will act as a flagship for the company.

The mid-range SUV market is a jungle of competing brands which seem to have less and less emotional connection with the buying public.

Citroen is only just entering into a saturated SUV scene which includes Mini, Fiat, Rolls-Royce and Aston Martin.

Ask people what Citroen stands for and they are likely to say brittle dashboards, temperamental electrics and maybe some nostalgia for classics like the 2CV. However, despite the daunting field, the C5 acquits itself very well and as a cousin to the Peugot 3008 (part of the same PSA group), it has inherited an extremely well-engineered chassis.

Group PSA has striven hard to put the quality back into its

products, and the C5 certainly feels more durable and solid than many previous efforts.

It is refined and quiet, especially in the petrol version, but whichever you choose from the four engine options you will have an award-winning unit driving the front wheels, economical and powerful.

Despite the lack of a fourwheel drive option, electronics like ‘Grip Control’ and ‘Hill Descent Assist’ help with tricky terrains, as does the good ground clearance.

To add comfort, extra hydraulic stops have been added to the shock absorbers, while the nappa leather seats let you sink into them blissfully.

There are some impressively big and clear touchscreens for the sat-nav, audio and connectivity features too.

Only the controls for the adaptive cruise control seem old-fashioned now, rather than the now usual steering wheel

buttons there is a separate pod behind the wheel, which is a little awkward.

Otherwise, the C5 is a more than agreeable place to spend time; it enjoys the typical high driving position and ease of access for people with mobility issues, and has the biggest boot in its class.

This model appears to have had some substantial engineering invested in it, and the styling is smart and classy.

Citroen has also given its flagship car what it calls ‘fair pricin’ and the base model is available for only €26,000.

The more powerful ‘PureTech180’ petrol model has an excellent eight-speed automatic gearbox, and is worth the extra money.

Next year, Citroen celebrates its 100th birthday, and while it has a chequered history, the C5 Aircross shows shows there’s life in the old dog yet.

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Premier League Preview

Chelsea take City scalp CHELSEA bounced back from the disappointment of losing at Wolves a few days earlier to end City’s 21 game unbeaten league run stretching back to April, in a 2-0 win.

The defending champions paid for a lack of ruthlessness as they dominated the first half, only to be struck by a smash-and-grab right on halftime as N’Golo Kante put the home side ahead with their first shot of the match.

The Blues gained confidence and momentum after the break, securing the win with 12 minutes left when David Luiz’s glancing header from a corner went in off the far post.

They closed out the win to give Maurizio Sarri his first triumph over Guardiola, although the latter said his side had been ‘fantastic.’

Chelsea next face Brighton while Man City will host Everton.

Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick against Bournemouth to send Liverpool top of the table in a 4-0 away win.

Salah was just offside when Firmino struck the shot that spilled into his path, which he duly tucked away.

But his second involved no luck at all as he drove at the Bournemouth defence before slotting in a composed finish.

Steve Cook then backheeled the ball into his own net before Salah’s coup de grace, taking the ball around keeper Begovic twice before poking the ball past the scrambling Nathan Ake. Liverpool next entertain Man United in what is likely to be another feisty affair between the two old rivals, while the Cherries will travel to Wolves.

Manchester United recorded their biggest Premier

League win of the season as they swept aside Fulham 4-1.

The hosts took the lead after 13 minutes when Ashley Young bustled his way into the penalty area and curled the ball into the far corner.

Marcus Rashford set up Juan Mata for United’s second, before Romelu Lukaku finished from close range from Mata’s low cross.

Substitute Aboubakar Kamara pulled one back with a penalty after

he had been fouled by Ander Herrera, but Rashford sealed United’s victory with a powerful strike from a tight angle to beat Sergio Rico at his near post.

While United will next take on league leaders Liverpool, Fulham will face West Ham. Other fixtures this weekend will see Crystal Palace host Leicester, Watford entertain Cardiff and Huddersfield take on Newcastle.

HAIR WE GO: Davi Luiz was also on the scoresheet.

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13 - 19 December 2018 RONNIE O’SULLIVAN, 43, won a record seventh UK Championship title in York with a 10-6 victory over Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen and said he “did not think” we would be winning titles 25 years after his first.

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KING LOUIS: Oosthuizen became the sixth player to win the Open and the SA Open. finish with a 66 which earned him outright second

on 12 under to book one of the three places on offer at

the 148th Open next July, with Charl Schwartzel and

Oliver Wilson also qualifying for the field at Royal

Portrush.

But it was the 2018 Open champion who dominated the tournament thanks to a sensational recovery from his nervy start to the final day.

Oosthuizen remained untroubled after the turn, although Langasque applied some pressure when he followed birdies at 12 and 13 with an eagle at the 14th to get him within three shots.

But Oosthuizen replied with a stunning second to the long 14th which set up at tap-in for eagle, and victory on home soil was a formality when Langasque bogeyed the 16th.

“This feels very special, this is perfect,” said the champion.

“I wish the family was here, but the crowd was great this whole week, it was nice to do it for them.”

Sterling hits out NEWSPAPERS are helping to ‘fuel racism’ by the ways in which they portray young black footballers, Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling has said.

Sterling, 24, posted on social media a day after suffering alleged racist abuse from Chelsea fans during City’s 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea and the Metropolitan police are investigating the allegations.

“All I have to say is have a second thought about fair publicity and give all players an equal chance,” said Sterling.

In a post on Instagram, Sterling said he “had to laugh” when he heard the alleged racist remarks during the

game, because he expects “no better.”

The England International cited newspaper headlines about teammates Tosin Adarabioyo and Phil Foden buying houses for their mothers, with a more positive angle for Foden whereas Adarabioyo was revealed to have ‘never started

a Premier League match.’

Many players and pundits have been on social media to condemn the alleged racist abuse aimed at Sterling, with Match of the Day host Gary Linekar calling it ‘despicable.’

The Football Association said on Sunday that it would support the investigations.

Credit: @sterling7/Twitter

LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN lifted his first South African Open title after he cruised to a commanding six-shot victory in Johannesburg.

Oosthuizen’s overnight three-shot lead was whittled down to one when he bogeyed two of the first three holes on the final day, but he fought back in style with an eagle and five birdies in a four-under 67 to win on 18 under.

The South African’s sizzling form meant he was able to enjoy a procession down the stretch and secure his first European Tour win for almost three years.

England’s Matt Wallace began the final round in joint second, three shots adrift of the lead, but dropped away with a threeover 74.

France’s Romain Langasque produced a rousing

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Oosthuizen wins SA Open

SPEAKING OUT: Raheem Sterling believes racism is still a problem in football.