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

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ISSUE NO. 1745

13 - 19 December 2018

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Expat Brexit case

By Joe Gerrard A COSTA BLANCA-based group of British expatriates campaigning to remain in the EU have said they are considering appealing against a High Court ruling on the legality of the Brexit referendum.

Bremain in Spain, part of the UK in EU group, said it would appeal against the dismissal of their court appeal for judicial review after the judge called it ‘hopeless.’

Mr Justice Ouseley presided over the hearings which were launched after Britain’s Electoral Commission ruled the Vote Leave organisation had broken campaign spending laws.

Susan Wilson, lead claimant

MULLING APPEAL: Bremain in Spain regularly campaign against Brexit. in the case and head of Bremain in Spain, said she was disappointed with the ruling.

Jessica Simor QC, acting for UK in EU, told the court the case Vote Leave’s wrongdoing was of ‘grave’ importance.

Mr Justice Ouseley said the referendum result and British Prime Minister Theresa May’s notification of leaving the EU under Article 50 were legal.

For more on Brexit turn to page 22 for our Brexit Brief.

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NEWS EXTRA Rubbish dumped OPPOSITION Councillors on Dolores Council have presented a petition signed by residents against the plans by the PSOE to build a rubbish collection plant in the municipality. They say it ‘goes against the interests’ of the local people.

Hiking fall TWO helicopters were deployed to rescue a 69-yearold German national after he passed out suddenly while hiking with a group of friends in the hills between Rojales and Guardamar. He was airlifted to Torrevieja Hospital.

Phone charge GUARDAMAR DE SEGURA Council has announced it will be spending a total of €300,000 on telephone and data services over the next four years. The contract has been awarded to Telefonica and will save €20,000.

Festive drop FIREFIGHTERS in Elche were called to the Avenida de Novelda to repair a set of Christmas lights which had become loose. It was feared the live set of decorations could fall onto the busy road below.

Father and son arrested in Elche TWO Spanish nationals aged 24 and 46 have been arrested in connection with at least six robberies with violence which took place in the Elche countryside.

The pair is a father and son who were detained after a short investigation following a number of similar robberies carried out on a number of homes in the same area.

According to reports, the pair used to regularly monitor the roads which led to the properties, and as well as noting the habits of their future victims, could also plan their quick escape routes.

During the course of enquiries by the National Police and following collaboration from a number of local neighbours, a group of plainclothes officers began to follow a vehicle which raised their suspicions.

They saw it contained a number of tools and items which could well be those used and stolen in the robberies, and led to the subsequent arrests.

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Bicycle thieves held THREE Moroccan nationals a nd one Roma ni a n ha ve been arrested in connection with a number of robberies which specialised in stealing top-of-the-range bicycles.

The quartet, aged between 20 and 42 years old, were detained in Torrevieja after i nve st i ga t i ons by t he Guardia Civil. They were held after forcing their way into a total of 62 homes, garages, storage units and other buildings.

According to reports, the Guardia Civil have managed to recover a total of 79 bicycles, five frames, and three c yc l e he l me t s, va l ue d a t close to €40,000.

It appears the group’s modus operandi was the same. The two 20-year-olds used to climb over walls and fences to gain access to the

properties, where the other two then dismantled the bikes ready to sell them on.

In total, it’s believed more than 100 bicycles have been stolen by the gang.

The Guardia Civil were delighted with the outcome of their investigations which were made more difficult as

those involved regularly changed addresses in an attempt to throw them off the scent.

Further thefts of bicycles are expected to be uncovered when people return to their holiday homes over the coming months and find them missing.

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HIDDEN: One of the five cycle frames found during the recovery operation.

Confusion over hemp farm A BUSINESSMAN from Elche is trying to convince thieves in the area that what he’s producing is not marihuana.

In fact, the business which started five years ago by a young entrepreneur and his partner, produces industrial hemp in Callosa de Segura which is then distributed to a number of companies and laboratories across several countries. The hemp is used in the production of cosmetics and a number of other products.

However, and what has been blamed on a ‘lack of knowledge and confusion’ by the thieves and the police authorities, the plants are still being

targeted by thieves and the company has suffered a number of robberies.

There have even been a number of court cases brought against the totally legal business due to a number of misunderstandings.

Owner Luis Miguel Santos said that despite the similarity between industrial hemp and marihuana, it is simply not the same and doesn’t result in the same effects that people seek from taking the drug.

However, he’s still been the victim of more than a dozen robberies from alleged drug traffickers who steal it in error, or knowing it isn’t the ‘real thing’, sell it on to people as genuine marihuana.

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Bad vibrations in Orihuela

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TWO residents of Orihuela have made a formal complaint to the local council to say they are fed up with the amount of noise and vibrations allegedly caused by machinery in a neighbouring museum, which they say has been going on for 18 years.

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Family threat

THE Navantia shipyard based in Cartagena has announced plans to take on 1,650 workers with the aim of rejuvenating its workforce, as it faces around 2,200 retiring over the next four years. There is also a planned investment of €95 million each year between 2018 and 2022.

Above board?

TORREVIEJA Council has acted against 111 cases of illegal billboards being erected in the municipality. A total of €46,800 has been paid in fines mainly by one of the offending companies, collected with the help of SUMA. There are a further 43 cases pending.

Bells saved THE gothic bells contained in Orihuela, Catral and Callosa de Segura will be protected by the Valencian Community. They are located in Orihuela’s cathedral, San Martin in Callosa and Santos Juanes in Catral and declared as items of cultural interest. Those in Orihuela date back to 1450.

Better health RESIDENTS of Orihuela will see a new health centre opening before the end of the year, which will replace the existing facilities that have been used since 2008. It will be named after Dr Marcelino Mellado who worked in the municipality in the 1970’s.

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A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in the municipality of Torre Pacheco in connection with an alleged attack on his 34-yearold partner which took place on the street. Another man has been arrested in the same area after threatening to kill his ex-partner.

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A COURT in Murcia has dismissed an appeal against a twoyear sentence handed down last April to a man for threatening his mother. In addition to the sentence, he has been given a 200metre restraining order for a further period of four years.

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

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

Tabarca buoys plan AS a way of protecting the history and heritage around the island of Tabarca, a local political group has suggested placing a number of buoys around the increasingly popular tourist destination.

A similar project has been requested for areas like Playa El Portet in the municipality of Teulada-Moraira that are seen as being damaged by boats continuing to drop anchor in the bay.

Cristina Rodriguez, from the

Compromis party, has proposed a series of buoys to be installed around Tabarca which regularly hosts more than 100 boats on a daily basis during the peak summer season.

In addition, the authorities have been asked to undertake an urgent study into how these boats affect the area, taking into account the annual amount of close to 250,000 visitors to the island; with 63 per cent of those during the summer months.

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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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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 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

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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.

The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1744 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca South edition, including 135 local stories.

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Friends used in card fraud

by Darren Parmenter THREE people from the same family have been arrested in Torrevieja suspected of being behind a series of crimes connected with credit card fraud totalling €12,500.

The trio - two women aged 19 and 42 and a 26year-old man - allegedly befriended a number of people via social media and eventually took photographs of their credit cards and obtained passwords.

They then used the details to make a series of purchases online.

The investigations began when the Guardia Civil were contacted by a rich local man when he appeared to have been the victim of a number of scams, despite the fact that his credit card had never left his possession.

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966 713 596 darren@euroweeklynews.com CONNECTION: Credit cards were photographed for online purchases.

A pattern then developed when other male victims were discovered to have had similar experiences, and the connection was that they’d all met the same woman via social media.

According to reports, the

OFFICERS of the Guardia Civil operating out of Alicante have seized almost 500 kilos of fish deemed totally unsuitable for human consumption.

They were discovered on sale in ports located in Alicante and Santa Pola, and were made up of 333 kilos of swordfish - which was destroyed immediately - and a further 161 kilos of octopus that was below the minimum size required.

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woman was able to take pictures when she visited the men and was left on her own. She would immediately send them to her daughter and son-in-law so they could buy a range of items that included clothes, luxury

‘Unfit’ fish seized and destroyed fish and found in Alicante, lacked the necessary documentation and labelling to prove its origin. After the

cosmetics and even nights in a hotel.

To avoid detection, the trio used to arrange for the goods to be delivered to a number of different addresses and using a range of contact telephone numbers.

Guardia Civil reported their findings to the Alicante Public Health Inspection Authority, it was decided that it wasn’t fit for eating.

The second intervention in Santa Pola saw a van being stopped and searched as it left the fishing port.

There was 161 kilos of octopus hidden in the back, which was discovered not to have gone through any official sale and therefore its health and safety record couldn’t be confirmed.

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

Belgians and Dutch make amends THE continuing good weather the Costa Blanca has experienced since the end of November and into December has kept the popular tourism destinations busy.

According to data supplied by the Valencian Tourist Board, the slight drop in visitors from the UK (down 1.5 per cent) has been more than

compensated by increases in tourist from Belgium and Holland. This has meant that 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.

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NEWS EXTRA Safer play for children BENEJUZAR Council has completed the renovation of the children’s playground in Plaza Alquibla, which has seen the installation of a safer rubber floor and the current equipment repaired at a cost of €25,000.

Airport security upgraded

Better health ALGORFA Council has announced that the initial steps are being taken to build a new Health Centre in the municipality, which will solve the lack of space currently experienced by patients and medical staff.

Home again AN elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s left her home in Orihuela and didn’t know how to get back. Luckily, she was spotted by a Local Police officer who contacted

relatives to collect her.

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.

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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.

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.

CO-EXIST: Plans to integrate pedestrians and cyclists.

By foot and wheel MURCIA Council has set up a working group tasked with looking at how different modes of transport can co-exist in the city.

I n p a r t i c u l a r, t h e y ’ r e looking at being able to guarantee the health and safety of all road users, improving both the flow of traffic and air quality, thus protecting the environment.

One of the initiatives will be to regulate the use of public spaces by pedestrians, bicycles, and the increasing use of mobility scooters.

Due to the amount of pedestrians using certain areas of the city centre, the use of bicycles may even be banned in some streets which may include Calles

Plateria and Traperia.

H o w e v e r, s k a t e b o a r d s and similar devices without motors will be able to use the pavements and designated pedestrian areas prov i d i n g t h e y d o n ’t e x c e e d five kilometres per hour.

There are also plans to allow cyclists to have a form of public liability insurance in case of accidents.

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Drink and drugs still kill drivers FIGURES just released by the Spanish Traffic Association (DGT) have shown that 3 per cent of people killed in road traffic accidents in the Murcia region during the first half of this year had both alcohol and drugs in their body at the time.

This comes as this year’s pre-Christmas campaign is taking place in the region and is due to end on Sund a y. T h e a i m i s t o c a r r y out 6,000 alcohol and drugs tests during that time.

Between January 1 and August 16 this year, 22 per cent of those killed in traffic accidents had drugs in the body and another 22 per cent alcohol. Those with both substances accounted for the 3 per cent.

During the period from January to November 2018,

a total of 195,463 alcohol tests were carried out of which 2,400 were positive (representing 1.23 per cent).

There were also 5,015 drugs tests with 2,093 returning positive and a high 41.73 per cent of the total.

The DGT were quick to point out that drug controls are only carried out among those drivers who, when stopped during a routine check point, show obvious symptoms of having taken drugs and thus contributing to the high positive returns.

A spokesperson said: “The only safe rate is 0.0 and the consumption of alcohol or drugs causes serious problems both mentally and p h y s i c a l l y, contributing to the worsening of the attention span

and coordination of the driver.”

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NEWS EXTRA Cycle start A MEETING has been held between Torrevieja Council and representatives of ‘La Vuelta’ to discuss the safety and security arrangements for next year’s Tour of Spain cycle race which is planned to start in Torrevieja.

Xmas starts CHRISTMAS has arrived in the municipality of Orihuela after the traditional Christmas lights were switched on in Plaza Ramon Sije. The mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, and others also enjoyed a performance from the Ana Belén Navarro dancers.

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Artichoke harvest delayed THIS year’s artichoke harvest in the Vega Baja has begun later than usua l d u e to th e h ig h e r s u mme r a nd early autumn temperatures which delayed the growth of the plant.

T h e h a rv es t is e s tima te d to be slightly lower than in previous years and thus will see the cost rise above €0.70 per kilo for the first batches on sale.

T h is w ill o n ly b e a t e mpora ry measure and as soon as the vegetables are ready, production will increase and the prices go the other way as a result.

Producers aim for the cost never falling below €0.65 per kilo - the price when the 2017 season ended -

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but i n May t hi s year t hey of t en barely received €0.58 due to increased competition from markets in Peru and Egypt.

It is expected that the current harvest will produce more than 25,000 t ons of ar t i chokes f r om 2,000 hectares of land across the Vega Baj a r egi on, m aki ng i t t he second highest producer across Spain behind Murcia.

DEARER: Vega Baja produces over 25,000 tons of artichokes.

Climbing holiday AN experienced mountaineer who lived in the Cartagena district of La Aljorra has died as a result of a fall when on a climbing holiday in the Sierra Nevada in Granada.

The man was named as 43year-old Julian G M and was a member of the Club de Excursionistas de Cartagena.

The accident happened just before 11am on Friday morning when the victim’s own companions called the 112

emergency number to report that he’d gone missing. They had lost sight of him and suggested that he may have fallen down a ravine.

Shortly after, they again contacted the emergency centre to inform them that they’d found the climber and that he’d suffered a severe head injury.

The Guardia Civil sent a helicopter to the area to rescue the injured man, but on

arrival all they could do was confirm that he had died.

According to reports in the Spanish media, the deceased was an expert mountaineer who had climbed peaks in Asia, North Africa and the Alps. Earlier this month, another climber lost his life while abseiling down a mountain in the same region after falling around 200 metres in an area known as the Corrales del Veleta.

Life saving lessons ORIHUELA’S Department of Health has launched a course of medical training for teachers working in the municipality’s schools. As well as teaching basic first-aid procedures, extra emphasis will be given to how to carry out CPR in the event of an emergency and how to correctly use defibrillators.

The training is under the expert guidance

of a number of medical professionals based at the Vega Baja Hospital and is part of a wider scheme to ensure that as many people as possible, across all walks of life, at least know the basics of how to react in such scenarios.

Primary Care Emergency Nurse, Maria Abdul-Jabbar Mora, said that the training is made up of “very simple manoeuvres that save lives.”

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Michelin dining for less THIS year’s Michelin guide contains three restaurants in Spain which diners can enjoy for just €10.

The guide’s Bib Gourmand awards, which recognise restaurants for their price-to-quality performance, has picked out the Casa Pedro restaurant in Cordoba, as well as two in Galicia, the Comei Bebei in La Coruña, and Xantar in Pontevedra.

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.

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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.”

Animal abuse 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.

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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.

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

Bar Casa Eladio also 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

OUTCRY: Rivera (inset) posed with Franco memorabilia.

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 welcome

members of the conservative Partido Popular (PP), the farright 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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Drugs haul

GUARDIA CIVIL officers have 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 31-year-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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Historic moment MADRID has celebrated 40 years since homosexuality was decriminalised in Spain.

At a conference to celebrate the landmark, researchers from various academic backgrounds 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.

Terrorist caught 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.

ATOCHA MASSACRE: Memorial in Madrid.

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A TWENTY-ONE-YEAROLD man from Las Palmas, has developed a microchip the size of a grain of rice, which can be implanted in humans.

Through his company, Overloadd, Juan Melo has configured and marketed the microchip, which costs almost €90.

In Spain there are around 100 people with microchip implants, while in Sweden the figure is about 3,000.

The chips can be used to store files, photos and other important information.

Melo has defended his invention from the criticism of those with dystopian concerns, saying that there is no danger and that he is ‘helping people.’

The microchips, implanted under the skin, are also believed to have the capacity to help with the forgetting of passwords, opening car doors and other everyday tasks.

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VANDALISED: The plaque was found defaced with a swastika.

Plaque attack A PLAQUE put up in memory of a murdered young woman has been restored after being found discarded in a bin and defaced with a swastika.

The memorial for 19-year-old Yolanda Gonzalez, who was kidnapped and shot in 1980, was found by locals in the La Latina neighbourhood of Madrid earlier this month.

Gonzalez was a left wing activist and was murdered by far-right extremists.

It was later replaced with a temporary tribute which was also defaced before being fully restored last week.

Carlos Sanchez Mato, a member of Madrid City Council, said: “The people who did this are cowards who are capable of little more than miserable acts such as tearing down a plaque in memory of a student murdered by fascists. It is despicable.”

Yolanda Gonzalez was a Socialist Workers Party member when members of the far-right New Force (FN) group abducted her from her Aluche home, shot her and dumped her body.

Her plaque stated that she fought for ‘democracy, justice and social and workers’ rights.’

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

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Saudi arms sales 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

WEAPONS SHIPMENTS: Saudi Arabia’s role in the Yemen Civil War has caused controversy. t h e Ye m e n C i v i l Wa r 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 com-

pany to build five warships for the Saudi navy.

The news comes as Saudi Arabia continues to face international pressure over its involvement in the Ye m e n C i v i l Wa r a n d t h e 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.

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 t i c k e t s f r o m h i s h o m e t o w n o f Wo l v e r hampton 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 w i t h Ry a n a i r i s e s t i m a t e d t o h a v e c o s t about €33, with almost €17 for return flights from the Costa Blanca to Britain.

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Hybrid taxi TRAVELLERS in Barcelona will soon benefit from a hybrid taxi and bus service.

One company Shotl explained it will launch the flexible bus service, which

will function without a route or timetable, to carry around groups of travellers who make requests by telephone.

The service will use a computer programme to work out the shortest route.

PROTESTS: Police clashed with demonstrators in Cataluña.

Catalan clashes

POLICE were despatched to the streets of towns in Cataluña last week after clashes broke out between regional independence supporters and marchers rallying for Spanish unity on Constitution Day. Mossos d’Esquadra officers wearing riot gear and wielding truncheons charged against demonstrators who were attempting to block a pro-Spanish unity and Constitution rally.

Similar scenes played out in Terrassa where a local politician from the leftist pro-Catalan independence Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) was left wounded.

Members of the Catalan divi-

sions of national political parties including the conservative Partido Popular, the centrist Ciudadanos and the far-right Vox marched through Barcelona in a pro-Spanish union demonstration. Some 2,000 people took part, according to Guardia Urbana estimates.

Photos and videos posted online showed pro-independence protesters gathering in Girona and Terrassa where they were met by police. Several hundred people took part, according to reports.

One person was arrested in Girona and around 20 were injured, including 15 police officers, while Maria Sirvent, a CUP

politician, was wounded and two people were detained in Terrassa.

Pro-independence protesters were staging counter demonstrations against those organised by the anti-secession Borbonia group, which had the backing of the PP and Vox. Both the CUP and the leftist Esquerra Republicana de Cataluña (ERC) have called on Catalan Generalitat Interior spokesperson Miquel Buch to investigate the clashes.

Andreu Martinez, head of the Mossos d’ Esquadra, said the police response was ‘correct and adequate’ to defend against an ‘attack’ on pro-unity demonstrations.

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SOLUTION SOUGHT: Britain and Spain have a long-running dispute over Gibraltar.

UN Gibraltar call A UNITED NATIONS (UN) body has called on Spain and Britain to find a ‘definitive solution’ to the two countries’ ongoing dispute over Gibraltar’s sovereignty.

The UN General Assembly adopted its Decolonisation Committee’s recommendation for London and Madrid to reach a solution on the British enclave through ‘dialogue and co-operation’ last Friday.

The Assembly also stated that it took into account Britain’s wish to continue three-way

talks between itself, Spain and Gibraltar to resolve sovereignty disputes.

‘The UN welcomes the efforts made by all to solve problems and move forward in a spirit of trust and solidarity, in order to find commons solutions and make progress in areas of mutual interest,’ the Assembly stated.

Spain has long-standing sovereignty claims over Gibraltar. The territory was ceded to Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

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NO GOING ALONE: The Basque Country’s flag.

Independence rejected THE number of Basque Country residents who do not want independence has risen to 37 per cent.

A poll by the Basque Government revealed the number of people who do not want independence has risen by four points, the highest it has been since records began in 1998.

Meanwhile, the number of separatist supporters has remained mainly stable at 22 per cent.

The survey, carried out over 3,149 interviews between September 25 and October 6,

shows a marked decrease in support for an independent Basque Country compared to the last poll in May this year when only 33 per cent of people rejected the idea.

The number of separatists also rose slightly in the past six months from 21 per cent to 22. A further 29 per cent of respondents said they may or may not support independence, ‘according to the circumstances,’ while 13 per cent of Basques would not say either way.

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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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Up in court 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.”

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Back to the table

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.

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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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Case closed FOUL play has been ruled out by Spanish officers investigating the death of Irishman Michael Cumberton, who fell from the balcony of a highrise apartment in Marbella.

Michael ‘Mikey’ Cumberton, reportedly fled to Spain after receiving a Garda Information Message, warning his life was in danger.

His brother, convicted Kinahan killer Eamonn Cumberton, is serving life for the ‘feud-related slaying’ of dissident member Michael Barr in the Sunset House pub, Dublin.

Spanish believe the balcony death was an accident, and have closed the case.

SAHEL: Developing infrastructure plans.

Cash splashed to meet challenges SPAIN is providing €85 million for new projects in the Sahel, the area below the Sahara desert.

Foreign minister Josep Borrell announced during the G5-Sahel summit meeting between Mauritania, Niger, Mali, Chad and Burkina Faso that the cash will fund 35 new projects.

“These will help the Sahel countries to meet the huge challenges they face regarding development and security,” Borell said at the Nouakchott (Mau-

ritania) summit.

Both are regarded as European Union priorities owing to extreme poverty in the area and the growing presence of terrorism and people trafficking.

The €85 million will be used in the two key areas of ‘Resilience and development’ and ‘Governance and Infrastructure,’ Spain’s International Cooperation Agency for Development (AECID) explained.

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Human cost SPANISH police have arrested 37 people across Spain accused of human t r a ff i c k i n g , i n a c r a c k down on a criminal network worth millions, which had smuggled at

least 730 Vietnamese citizens into the country.

T h e g r o u p c h a rg e d €18,000 per person and then forced the trafficked victims to work in manicure centres upon arrival.

By Joe Gerrard ARTWORK featuring hands on the walls of Spanish Stone Age cave sites have been referenced in a new study which sought to find out the symbolism of the images.

Academics from Canada studied incomplete hand images with missing fingers, found at two sites in Spain along with others from across the world for their study on the art.

A Cross-cultural Perspective on Upper Palaeolithic Hand Images with Missing Phalanges, published in this month’s Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, claims the images came from hands where fingers were deliberately removed.

Academics Brea McCauley, David Maxwell and Mark Collard, of Simon Fraser University, said the reasons for amputation could have been religious or ritualistic. Previous studies claimed the images were made for counting and signalling purposes.

“The scenario which best fits the rock art hand images is removal of finger segments during life in order to appeal for supernatural assistance,” the researchers said.

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HAND CLAIMS: Researchers think the drawings had a religious significance.

“This has potentially interesting implications for social life in the Upper Palaolithic because traumatic religious rituals have been found to foster strong interpersonal bonds among group members and hostility towards members of other groups,” the academics added.

Researchers studied images of hands with missing fingers from the Fuente del Trucho site in Aragon and that of Maltravieso in Extremadura. They were among sites from across 121 prehistoric societies’ sites across the world.

The Upper Palaeolithic era

refers to the period between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago which is classed as the final part of the Stone Age. Art-making became increasingly popular as humans began to settle at more permanent sites, with the era ending after the onset of the farming.

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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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Human Rights Declaration at 70 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 democracy, the welfare state and to develop our society,” Sanchez said.

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Say women continue to suffer in Spain.

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 le-

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gal 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.

SIX provinces in Spain including Alicante and Malaga are set to be given new phone dialling codes to ensure communications officials do not run out of numbers.

The Economy Ministry announced the plans in the Official State Gazette (BOE).

The measures will see the provinces of Alicante, Bada-

joz, Burgos, Castellon, Guipuzcoa and Malaga get alternative dialling codes to issue alongside existing numbers.

Alicante will now have 865 as well as 965, Badajoz will have 824 and 923, Burgos 847 and 947, Castellon 864 and 964, Guipuzcoa 843 and 943 and Malaga 851 and 951.

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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Property prices 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.’

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Constitution Day King calls for Spain to move forward

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.

“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

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

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 Consti-

tution 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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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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by Joe Gerrard A NEW poll on the future of the monarchy saw almost half of Spaniards saying they would 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 24year-olds supported a republic, compared to about 45 per cent of people aged over 55.

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

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

INDEPENDENCE PUSH: Puigdemont launched the Council in Brussels.

Independence group launch THE former president of Cataluña has launched a new pro-independence organisation at an event in Belgium.

Carles Puigdemont, who remains in Belgium after last year’s independence referendum and declaration, said the Council for the Republic would work towards Cataluña’s secession from Spain.

He was speaking in Brussels at an event that was attended by his successor, the pro-Catalan independence politician Quim Torra last weekend.

Puigdemont said the Council would work to-

wards altering Spain’s Constitution to allow for the creation of a de facto Catalan Republic.

“The Spanish state won’t be able to do anything,” he said in a Twitter post.

Puigdemont remains wanted in Spain on charges of rebellion, sedition and the misuse of public funds in connection with last year’s independence push.

A European Arrest Warrant issued by Spanish authorities was dropped earlier this year after a German court ruled out extraditing the former head of Cataluña’s Generalitat to Spain.

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Housing market growth A REAL estate report predicts the ‘housing market boom’ will slow down from 2021.

Prepared by the Institut de Tecnologia de la Construccio de Cataluña (ITEC), the document suggests ‘housing promotion’ will have grown by 11 per cent by the end of this year, which is down on the 16.3 per cent growth experienced in 2017.

Researchers claim the ‘deceleration’ will continue until it drops by 3 per cent in 2021.

Josep Ramon Fontana, responsible for ITEC markets, said that at the moment there are no difficulties in the sector, which ‘enjoys a good flow of projects with the feeling of the companies very positive.’

But factors, such as a ‘slow down’ in the construction of property, the longevity of financial investors will have an impact.

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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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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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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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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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Brakes on motoring exams SOME 5,000 driving tests were suspended on Monday as 90 per cent of Spain’s examiners supported a national strike.

The protest, was called by the Association of Traffic Examiners (Asextra), with the support of the CSIF union, and could last until December 21.

The dispute centres round an

agreed salary increase which was reportedly included in the Law of General State Budgets for 2018, but has not been ‘reflected in the payroll.’

A year ago this week, examiners ended a six-month strike after an agreement was reached in Congress, signed by all parliamentary groups except the

Popular Party. The document introduced a ‘budget line’ to end ‘a salary discrimination’ that examiners had endured for 10 years.

Driving schools have appealed to the government to ‘comply with the demands of the examiners and to prevent the strike.’

Job seeker cash drive ONE in three adults under 30 is out of work in Spain, prompting an injection of €2 billion of government cash to tackle exceptionally high unemployment levels.

Labour minister Magdalena Valerio told Spanish press that many people in their 20’s are ‘dependent on their parents, and grandparents’ because of a lack of opportunities.

According to reports, overall unemployment levels in Spain have been slowly dropping since the economic crisis, but at 14.5 per cent, are still the second highest in Europe, after Greece.

Unemployment figures for the under 30’s stands at 33 per cent and Spain’s Socialist government wants to slash it to 23.5 per cent by 2021.

As such, it has announced €2 billion will be spent training this particular age group in languages and digital skills, with improved guidance.

It also aims to promote training programmes with the promise of work on completion, by working in conjunction with companies and potential employers.

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Jobs on track PUBLIC railway company, Renfe, has launched a programme of public employment to recruit 57 new professionals within 30 different technical fields.

The latest campaign is in addition to a drive to find 600 members of staff, instigated in

June. And represents the seventh the company has launched since 2015.

The ultimate goal is to reduce the average age of its 15,000 strong workforce from about 54, together with improving productivity, competitiveness and professional qualification.

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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 crimi-

CESAR HINOSTROZA: Allegedly took part in organised crime. nal 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.

Poverty rates MORE than half of the children of migrants in Spain are poor, according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The study shows that more than 50 per cent of the offspring of migrants live in relative poverty, compared to a quarter of the children of Spaniards.

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Wage gap remains TH E a v e r a g e m o n t h ly salary in Spain grew by 0.6 per cent last year to reach € 1 , 8 8 9 g r o ss p e r 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.

The I NE r e p o r t i n d i-

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 e q u a te s to les s th a n €1,000 a month.

Forty per cent gross betw ee n €1,230 and €2,136, with the remainin g 3 0 p er c e n t ea rn in g more.

T h e IL O p o in te d o u t th at 4 0 . 3 p er ce n t o f 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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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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SIGNING UP: Sanchez made statement in Morocco.

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COMMUNITY

Photo credit: Asociacion Unicos

Photo credit: Reach Out

Give these dogs a home

HELPING: Part of the Reach Out food bank in Torrevieja.

GREAT TEAM: The volunteers and some of the dogs at the inauguration of the new shop.

ASOCIACION UNICOS has opened their new fundraising shop on the Oasis Bulevar in Los Alcazares.

Headed up by Luisa Garcia Ramos, the Asociacion Unicos volunteers were out in full force for the inauguration, greeting customers, new and old. “Our shop is vital in our fundraising efforts to keep up our work with the abandoned dogs in our care,” commented Luisa.

“Without the generosity of the public with donations and purchases, we would struggle

to feed and care for our dogs, so we are very grateful for the support of our customers”.

Open Monday to Saturday from 10am until 2pm, it has a wide range of clothes, accessories, jewellery, household goods, furniture, bric-a-brac and more.

Why not pay them a visit or donate your unwanted clothes, furniture and items to show your support. Established in 2013, Asociacion Unicos currently care for 15 abandoned dogs at Paraje La Condesa, Nº3.

Los Infiernos, 30592, Torre Pacheco and is

constantly seeking loving and caring homes for them.

The volunteers do sterling work, making sure the dogs are walked and fed, but there is nothing like a comfy sofa in a loving home.

The charity has a great team of volunteers, but if you have a few hours to spare, they would love to hear from you.

Just give them a call on 608 239 333 or email: asociacionunicos@gmail.com. There is also a Facebook page: https://www.face book.com/asociacionunicos/.

Reaching out this Christmas THI S Sat ur day sees t he Reach Out Christmas Charity Market being held at the Domino Bar in Los Altos.

I t ’s on f r om 12 noon t o

5pm and features a number of st al l s such as Beever Hair Care, handmade cards, t om bol a, cosm et i cs and many others.

There will also be special appear ances f r om Sant a Claus, the Christmas Brass Band and the Vintage Cars.

Entirely funded by donations and volunteers, feeding, clothing and helping those in the most desperate positions, Reach Out gives food to people in crisis from their food bank centre.

The food bank is here to hel p peopl e out of cr i si s, and help them to move forward.

Reach Out is looking for more volunteers and there are many different ways to get involved. Whatever you choose, you will be making a real difference to the life of someone in a crisis.

For more details, visit the Reach Out centre on Calle Bella Antonia 1, in Torrevieja or call 965 713 063.

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The Wiz wows

STUDIO32’s recent production of The Wiz played to packed audiences, and what a sensation it was. The company has a reputation for staging high quality musical theatre and once again they delivered. From the moment the lights went up until the final curtain, the audience was treated to a fabulous professional-standard show.

Sarah Hopewell put in a truly powerful performance throughout the show in the lead role of Dorothy. She was totally believable in her character, with some wonderful facial expressions and mannerisms that drew the audience into the Land of Oz. Then in turn we were introduced in song to the three well-known companions who accompany Dorothy on her travels - the Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion. Firstly we met the Scarecrow, portrayed by Suzy Bradley with a great sense of comedy and physi-

cal dexterity. Next up was the Tin Man, played by Nick Morgan, whose saucy and sexy interpretation was both hilarious and entertaining.

Lastly we met the Cowardly Lion, played by Andy Kirkwood, who commanded the stage with an endearing performance that had the audience laughing and crying in their seats. At the end of the first half we finally got to meet the title role, the Wiz, played by experienced actor Bill Nicholson. A stunning entrance, accompanied by great lighting, sound and special effects, was followed up by a strong performance.

Not surprisingly audiences gave all of the performers a well-deserved and much-appreciated standing ovation at the end of the finale.

STUDIO32 productions have a reputation for professional staging, and this show was no exception, with an impressive technical performance from sound and stage

crew, and amazing lighting.

Director/choreographer Susan Zillah Wilson has delivered another superb show with the company, setting a high professional standard.

Chairman Philip Wilson commented: “It’s a great feeling knowing you’ve given audiences a show to remember, and we look forward to welcoming theatre-goers back to our summer show at the end of May next year. We’ve raised €3,500 for charities with this show, meaning in the five years since the company was formed we’ve raised well over €32,000. I’m very proud of everyone who has worked so hard to make this show such a success.”

So what next? They’ve just announced their summer 2019 show, the well-known Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. Tickets are already on pre-order and early booking is recommended. www.studiothirtytwo.org

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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.

DENMARK

EUROPEAN PRESS

BELGIUM

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.

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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

NEGOTIATIONS: The Yemeni Civil War began in 2015.

GERMANY

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.

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

Eels free

Mafia raids

Vote win

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.

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.

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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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. 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.”

COSTA DEL SOL

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 NORTH

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 70’s, lost their lives in the

NEWSDESK

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.

blaze in the early hours of Saturday morning which completely gutted their two-storey house in Carrer La Mar in the old town.

The cause of the fire is still 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 man badly burned and the woman from the effects of smoke inhalation.

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 into the mountains, and usually

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.

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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

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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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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

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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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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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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

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.

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?

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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Nora Johnson

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

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

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...

The problem is not so much that people want to be, or are, different from the way

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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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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-

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PILGRIMAGE: People walk for days, weeks and months. 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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Why not be sensible?

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.

Yup, seriously, that’s what they call it now… give me strength. mikesenker@gmail.com.

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12:00pm Britain's Secret Charity Cheats 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 4:15pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Best Christmas Food Ever 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 EastEnders 9:00pm This is My Song 10:00pm The Apprentice: Why I Fired Them 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Question Time 12:45am This Week

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 Meghan: The Story So Far - Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Gino's Italian Coastal Escape 10:00pm Billy Connolly's Ultimate World Tour 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Sir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private 12:45am Tonight at the London Palladium 1:40am Jackpot247 4:00am Meghan: The Story So Far - Tonight

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BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank Reel History of Britain Railways: The Making of a Nation Who Do You Think You Are? The Polar Bear Family and Me Eggheads Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals Amazing Hotels Christmas Special Live at the Apollo Newsnight Babies: Their Wonderful World

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Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Planet's Got Talent Planet's Got Talent Britain's Got Talent Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show You've Been Framed!

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Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Family Guy Family Guy Celebrity Juice Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show

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 Inspector Morse 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Inspector Morse 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Liar 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:10am Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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This is BBC Four Beyond 100 Days University Challenge Secret Life of Farm Animals Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones star in festive special about a family with a video camera Time Shift Mystery of the Moor Collateral Collateral Treasures of Ancient Rome This is BBC Four

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Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA The Simpsons Channel 4 News A New Life in the Sun My Family Secrets Revealed Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Kirstie's Handmade Christmas The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Amazing Spaces Winter Wonderland The First Naked Attraction Gogglebox First Dates Walks with My Dog The People's Vet Embarrassing Pets

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 Chase: Celebrity Special The Motorbike Show Source Code FYI Daily Source Code Hornblower The Americans ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Peppa Pig Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Paw Patrol Floogals Digby Dragon Shimmer and Shine The Secret Life of Puppies Jeremy Vine The Perfect Christmas Village Neighbours The Christmas Calendar Call Me Claus 5 News at 5 Friends Friends Neighbours 5 News Tonight Esther Rantzen's House Trap Shop Smart, Save Money Oxford Street 24/7 Edge of Tomorrow Super Casino

10:10am Behind Enemy Lines 12:00pm Walking Tall 1:30pm Captain America The Winter Soldier 3:50pm King Kong 7:00pm Thor 2 - The Dark World 9:00pm Captain America The Winter Soldier 11:20pm Troy 2:05am Resident Evil: Afterlife

8:40am Night Owls 10:20am Ali G Indahouse 12:00pm My Best Friend's Wedding 1:50pm Pitch Perfect 3:50pm Step Brothers 5:40pm Happy Gilmore 7:20pm Fist Fight 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:00pm Step Brothers 12:50am Tootsie 2:50am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 4:20am Get Him to the Greek

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Mike and Molly Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs The Goldbergs 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 Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon The Good Place Happy Together The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory

5:15am A Gift for Christmas 7:00am We Wish You a Marry Christmas 8:45am 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.

10:15am Katie Says Goodbye 11:50am The Christmas Contract 1:30pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 4:00pm In Darkness 5:45pm A Yeti Adventure 7:15pm The Christmas Contract 9:00pm Maze Runner: The Death Cure 11:30pm In Darkness 1:30am The Blind Spot 3:30am Katie Says Goodbye 5:15am A Gift for Christmas

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Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Live Indonesian Masters Day one of the Indonesian Masters, played at the Royale Jakarta Golf Club.

11:30am Live European Tour Golf 4:30pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 7:30pm Live World Darts Championship Preview 8:00pm Live World Championship Darts 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am NFL Gameday 1:30am Live NFL: La Chargers @ Kansas

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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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12:00pm Britain's Secret Charity Cheats 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 4:40pm The Best Christmas Food Ever 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 A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Not Going Out 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special 2016 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show

4:50am This is BBC Two 7:30am The Best Christmas Food Ever 8:15am Flog It! 9:00am Dynasties 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Think Tank 2:45pm Reel History of Britain 3:15pm Railways: The Making of a Nation 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm The Polar Bear Family and Me 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 8:30pm Mastermind 9:00pm Nadiya's Party Feasts 10:00pm Made in Great Britain 11:00pm Inside No 9 11:30pm Newsnight

4:25am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Imitation Game 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Through the Keyhole 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Take Me Out 12:45am Play to the Whistle 1:40am Jackpot247

9:00am Emmerdale 9:25am Emmerdale 9:55am You've Been Framed Gold at Christmas 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am Planet's Got Talent 11:50am Planet's Got Talent 12:15pm Britain's Got Talent 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed!

2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm You've Been Framed! Special 8:00pm You've Been Framed!

9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Fast and the Furious 12:05am Family Guy

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This is BBC Four This is BBC Four World News Today Christmas University Challenge 2017 A festive edition of the quiz, featuring distinguished university alumni.

Top of the Pops Top of the Pops The All Singing All Dancing Sound of Movie Musicals TOTP2 Xmas 2017 The Story of Fairytale of New York Top of the Pops Peter Powell and Steve Wright present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 6 November 1986. aTop of the Pops The All Singing All Dancing Sound of Movie Musicals Classic Cellists at the BBC This is BBC Four

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 Inspector Morse 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:45pm Inspector Morse 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:00pm Liar 12:00am Liar 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:00am Inspector Morse 4:50am Murder, She Wrote 5:40am Murder, She Wrote

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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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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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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Luther to return with a bang on New Year’s Day

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

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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

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 11:30pm 12:00am 1:05am 2:10am

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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7:00am 8:40am

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

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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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

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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

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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.

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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’.

Nick Horne, London, England

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ONE single word in Spanish conjures up only one image... and that word is Rioja.

And with Rioja comes the fine wines that are made in the region in Spain that bears its name.

The wine is produced from grapes harvested in both the autonomous communities of La Rioja and Navarre and the Basque province of Alava. Rioja itself is divided into three zones known as Rioja Alta, Rioja Baja and Rioja Alavesa, and a significant number of the famous wines from the region are blended from fruit grown in all three.

La Rioja is located south of the Cantabrian Mountains along the River Ebro, and benefits from a typical continental climate with the mountains helping to protect the many vineyards from the fierce winds.

The name Rioja is believed to have taken its name from the River Oja (Rio Oja), and most of the area is situated on a plateau around 460 metres (1,500 feet) above sea level.

Yes, wine is the dominating feature of La Rioja - not a surprise when you consider there are over 500 wineries - but as well as

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GRAPES: Rioja wine is also harvested using grapes from Navarra and the Basque Province. wine tasting (and buying the odd crate to sample at a later date) a visit to the region also offers a wide range of other activities.

The more adventurous can take part in horse-riding, hot-air ballooning and quad biking, whereas the more relaxed can investigate La Rioja’s links to the Saint James pilgrim route.

Declared as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, the Santo Domingo de la Calzada

and its cathedral, San Millán de la Cogolla, site of the Suso and Yuso monasteries, are known for being the birthplace of the first written words in Spanish.

The unbeatable combination of culture and wine makes the La Rioja region a place not to miss out on. Add to that the forest areas, lunar landscapes and mountainous areas there is every opportunity for some spectacular photography.

LA RIOJA: Spectacular view from the wine museum.

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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.

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Almost half of Spaniards want a republic Would that get rid of bull fighting?

Wyn

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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Crooks arrested on the Costa del Sol in 800 kilo cocaine raid WHERE’S THE STASH NOW THEN???

COMMENTS FROM EWN ONLINE Stay in your shed, David! Didn’t you do enough damage first time round?

Even more chilling is seeing Blair and Campbell on the TV the whole time, talking about a possible comeback! The present lot are bad enough, but at least we know who they are.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

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

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.

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

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TARGET: • 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:

Across:

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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Down:

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?”

Answers: 1. GONE WITH THE WIND, 2.

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.

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

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.

Word Ladder CITY

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Move from the start word (CITY) to the end word (LURK) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

Solution CITY CITE CUTE CURE LURE LURK

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 Farmington 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 T V 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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1577 - Drake off Sir Francis Drake, an English explorer, set out from Plymouth with five ships and 164 men on a mission to raid Spanish property on the Pacific coast of the New World.

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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Teamed with a group of deep-sea experts, can Statham save the day before the megalodon kills again?

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By Sally Underwood WE all know exercise offers multiple benefits. From improving muscle tone, heart health, lung capacity, flexibility, a n d a id in g we i g h t los s , th e re a re v e ry f ew 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 w h ic h la st fo r d a y s ,’ m eanin g y o u c a n e n jo y 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 go o d wo rk o v e r t h e rest of the year.

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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 boosted brain activity associated with reduced appetite, lower blood sugar and greater calorie burning, at the same time reducing activity linked to hunger and lower metabolism.

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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Serums. Facial oils.

Peels. If you do choose to use any of these trendier ‘essentials,’ in which order do you even put them on?

L u c k i l y, t h e r e i s a quick trick to remembering what to apply first. After cleansing, simply apply products in order from thinnest to thickest consistency, taking a few moments in between each one to allow them to dry.

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My first booking was with a lovely lady, the family made me feel very welcome and I took to caring very easily. I enjoy making elderly people feel safe and cared for, and I like helping families who are having a difficult time and I can really make a difference.

I can honestly say that joining Consultus as a live-in carer was a great decision. I have created a great work/life balance for myself.

The best thing of all, is the fact I can now fund the many trips to visit my beautiful grandchildren and I get such pleasure spoiling them.

I am semi-retired, living the dream and enjoying being part of

my grandchildren’s life...

Priceless.

If you would like to become a Live-in Carer with Consultus contact Sandra Field today on +34 658 965 204 or email s.field@consultuscare.com.

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A company which cares about mobility TOTAL ACCESS is a fast-growing company, already covering from Alicante to Malaga.

Professionals who deal with all accessibility needs for those with arthritis, such as using a wheelchair, or, due to age or mobility reduction, lift solutions, when elevators, stairlifts and platforms may be the answer.

Even a simple ramp or adapted bath or shower could make life easier for young and old alike.

All of the material used by Total Access is imported from major manufacturers in Germany, UK and Holland and there is a team of skilled installers on hand to ensure a speedy and professional installation for your new equipment.

Total Access has recently become an Acorn stairlifts dealer, covering the areas of Costa Blanca and Costa del Sol. New fittings and repairs are available with this popular product in the UK. Reliability is the keyword to the company’s ethics, and installation of most units can be undertaken in a single day and with all work insured, the majority of the worries which may exist with such an important decision, will become things of the past.

Total Access will visit potential clients at home, review their needs and then prepare an immediate written proposal based on client wishes, taking into account any financial guidelines and in some cases financing can be arranged if necessary.

SOLUTION: Internal stairlift.

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Offering a range of different aids including stair lifts, platforms, internal lifts and even water lifts for swimming pools.

There is no doubt that Total Access can help make life much easier for those both young and old who are finding access and egress difficult.

Once an arrangement has been made and the work has been completed, so confident are the owners of Total Access in the quality of installation, that they encourage customers to retain 10 per cent of the purchase price for two weeks after completion in order to give them peace of mind that in the unlikely event of any malfunction, the problem will be addressed immediately.

Total Access is open Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm at C / Pau Casals 6, Local 2, 03581 El Albir (Alicante) and C/Ricardo Soriano 72, Edificio Golden Portal B 1ÂŞplanta, 29601 Marbella (Malaga) They can be contacted by calling their FREE number 900 525 920 or email at info@total-access.es.

For details of the services that the company offers and to see a range of the most up to date machinery on the market, visit www.total-access.es to view their website in English or Spanish.

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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

HUMDIFIER: Essential oils could ease sinus problems.

with dry skin and hair. This in turn can encourage our bodies to produce more oil to compensate, giving us skin or 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 al-

lergens, reducing the risk of infection during one of the most illness-prone 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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Extend the life of your blow dry

DRY SHAMPOO: Save time and money on hair styling. product and can be used in multiple ways.

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 individually 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 washand-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

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THE party season is here, and with it, an array of social events, photographs, and reunions which can leave even the least vain of us reaching for the hairdryer.

But the constant whirlwind of parties can leave anyone who styles their hair, faced with the choice between endless washing and blow drying or turning to dry shampoo to extend the life of their style.

While dry shampoo was once an emergency-only beauty product due to its chalky, white residue and unpleasant smell, today’s dry shampoos are a much more sophisticated

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 more 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.

Try Living Proof Perfect Hair Day, €11.95, lookfantas tic.es, for a silicone-free cleanse which promises to absorb oil, sweat and odour.

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CELEBRITIES

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.

Credit: @KarenDanczuk/Twitter

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.

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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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A drink or a meal the choice is yours

SOME of the best food and friendliest service can be found in restaurants in Belgium and this quality has been transferred to Torrevieja at the Bonanza Bar and Restaurant which has been open in the area for some 20 years.

This combined restaurant and bar which has two entrances but one heart is in a small commercial centre in the heart of the Urbanisation El Chaparral in Torrevieja and has a homely feel with large glass patio doors leading to a spacious terrace for when the weather is kind.

There are regular special meal offers including a three-course evening meal with a drink in the restaurant, but there is also a sensibly priced a la carte menu and given notice, the owners can make

special arrangements for celebrations and party groups.

It is not just Belgians who have made this a regular spot for a drink, an evening meal or lunch as well as a variety of reasonably priced tapas dishes in the bar as there is a very loyal British clientele.

Naturally, there is a wide range of Belgian beers on offer but that is only the tip of the ‘ice cube’ with plenty of other drinks to choose from.

The Bonanza Bar is open every Tu e s d a y t o S u n d a y f r o m 1 2 p m t o 3.30pm and then again from 6pm until late, whilst the restaurant o p e n s Tu e s d a y t o S u n d a y f r o m 7pm.

The bar also offers regular entertainment including quiz nights, mu-

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sic and cards so there is always something to do in either the bar or the restaurant.

If you like grilled meat, fish or have a taste for a Belgian speciality then the Bonanza Restaurant is an ideal option and once you have finished your meal, you can visit the bar to enjoy the rest of the evening.

Tr i p A d v i s o r i s a l w a y s a g o o d place to visit to see reviews and those for Bonanza are certainly glowing with nearly 80 per cent being four or five star.

Bonanza Bar & Restaurant Calle Rossetti 2 Urb El Chaparral Torrevieja Tel: 966 786 365

Enjoy a visit to the Bonanza Bar and Restaurant.

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Tribute to a movie music magician THE latest tour brought to you by the Film Symphony Orchestra (FSO) is the most ambitious tribute ever paid to the greatest composer of all time: John Williams.

This monumental tribute w ill be in Torre vie ja this Sa turda y a nd is pa rt of a grand tour across Spain that includes Jerez, Lleida, Gijon, Logroño and Albecete among others.

John Williams is regarded a s proba bly the gre a te s t film music composer of alltime, with five Oscars and four Golden Globes.

Singlehandedly, he’s responsible for so many people falling in love with mus ic from the movie s a nd a ppre c ia ting the s oundtra c ks a s w e ll a s jus t the main themes.

Willia ms ha s w orke d c los e ly w ith s ome of the biggest names in the film world who queue up to have him on their credits.

Steven Spielberg is a particular fan. He’s also made

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GREATEST COMPOSER: Many popular theme tunes come from John Williams. major musical contributions outside of cinema, composing for TV, and the Olympic Games.

It’s not the first time that the FSO is playing the music of John Williams. They originally performed a selection seven years ago and

this time they’re back with a double bill of some of the most recognisable film music in the history of cinem a... som e of whi ch you may not have even associated with the great man.

The programme in Torrevi ej a wi l l f eat ur e m usi c

f r om Jur assi c Par k, JFK, The Patriot, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Harry Potter, among many others.

The concert gets underway at 7.30pm and tickets are still available via the website at auditoriotorre vieja.com.

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Pantomime time? Oh yes it is!

TRADITION: The Rojales Pantomime Group all ready for the post-Christmas comedy fest.

CHRISTMAS is over, the New Year celebrations and hangovers have long since been forgotten but there’s still a very important event taking place in January, bringing the full traditions of the pantomime season.

It’s time to witness the good wizard Merlin doing battle with the very evil Morgan Le Fay and her band of Evil Sisters to see who wins the hand of Princess Guinevere.

Will it be Prince Arthur of Camelot or Valerin the Vicious, King of the Tangled Wood, who can’t bear to be parted from

his mother?

There are knights in tights galore and songs to be song, and all put together in the hilariously funny plot set in the castle of Camelot; not forgetting a very funny dancing bear called Teddy.

Will there be a happy ending? Come and see for yourselves... oh, and audience participation is compulsory - Oh yes it is!

So, don’t miss out and get your tickets early for an evening of fun and laughter with the Rojales Pantomime Group at the

Esculela De Musica Y Cultura in Los Montesinos on January 17 and 18 at 7.30pm.

There is also a Saturday Matinee on January 19 at 2.30pm.

Tickets are priced at €7 for adults and €5 for children and can be purchased at the following outlets, with all proceeds going to local charities.

Card Place, Benimar - Post Box, Dona Pepa - Post Room, Benijofar - Quentins, Algorfa - Redz, Quesada - Cards and More, La Marina. Ticket Hotline 678 212 034.

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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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The Jacksons - Never Can Say Goodbye AMAZINGLY, the Jackson Brothers (Jackie, Jermaine, Marlon and Tito) have announced a sensational world tour to celebrate 50 years since the formation of the Jackson 5 and will be appearing at the Eras de la Sal in Torrevieja on Friday August 9, 2019.

The Jacksons put on an amazing show that includes all their mega-hits made famous with their brother Michael as they grew up before the eyes of the world as one of the very first boy bands to gain international stardom.

The Jackson 5 had so many No 1 hits that their repertoire is enormous and this could well be the last chance that many of us will get to see the four legendary brothers in a live concert performing all of the dance moves and costume changes for which they are so well-known.

GET IT TOGETHER: The Jacksons will be there to entertain.

WORLD TOUR: To celebrate 50 years.

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The well-respected Heatwave Promotions are

responsible for bringing this fantastic concert to Torrevieja and there are a range of different priced tickets available to buy now online.

GOLD VIP: €150 gives you an allocated seat in the first five rows in front of the stage, priority separate entrance, Cava on arrival, private VIP drinks bar, entry to after show party, photo booth and free canapes VIP: €100 gives all of the above, but with a seat further

back from the stage.

Rear Silver Seating Tickets cost €65 whilst general standing tickets cost €50.

An added €5 booking fee applies to all tickets sold.

There is a ticket hotline on (0034) 629 056 720 and an English/Spanish number (0034) 663 385 757 as well as online booking at www.heat wavepromotions.com, El Cortes Ingles and Ticketmaster.

This could be the gig of the year in Costa Blanca and the promoters are able to assist with coaches to and from a number of different destinations, so if you want to enjoy an evening of great entertainment with such unforgettable numbers as ABC, The Love You Save, I'll Be There, I Want You Back, Blame it on the Boogie and many more make sure that you book your tickets sooner rather than later.

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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.

“Obviously with central heating the main obstacle is the high installation cost. Also, there is quite a high ongoing maintenance cost. Gas estufas are effective, but quite unhealthy, and give

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“This brings us to electric. Until we started Neater Heater the options were awful. You either bought gel-filled heaters which were as expensive as a central heating system to buy, or cheap but mostly inefficient heaters which made your electric meter wheel spin like a helicopter.

“There was nothing affordable, economical, and effective available in Spain. We know, believe us, we looked.”

But sometimes in life, luck plays a strange hand. It was while Tony was looking for a heater for his son’s bedroom that, by chance, he saw a heater in a house he was doing some maintenance jobs in and it fit the bill perfectly.

It was a neat and very efficient wall mounted Norwegian convector heater.

It could be used as an individual room heater, or as part of a complete inte-

grated system. The rest, as they say, is history and 10 years down the road, he and Richard, are making ‘Neater Heaters’ available to us all.

Two years ago we added to our range the Turkish made Vigo heater.

These heaters share the design technology and ethos of the current Neater Heaters, but there are two differences: The Vigos come with a carrying handle, wall bracket, and feet included in the price. They also have a digital display which indicates the reduced wattage which the heater regulates once the room has reached desired temperature, thus saving more money through reduced running costs. Vigo also produce heated towel rails for the bathroom, in white and chrome.

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Heaters also available for purchase at our online shop with free home delivery WWW.NEATERHEATER.ES or Tel. 634 312 171.

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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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House prices rise

HOUSE prices in Spain increased by an average of 7.2 per cent between July and September compared to the same three months in 2017, according to official figures.

Data from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed prices jumped by 2.2 per cent compared to the three months prior to

July this year.

The year-on-year increase of 7.2 per cent marks the largest quarterly growth in prices since October to December 2017. That month also saw increases of 7.2 per cent.

The price of new builds rose by 6.1 per cent year-on-year, while that of used homes also rose by 6.1

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RISING: Prices increased by 7.2 per cent year-on-year. per cent.

The greatest regional quarter-onquarter increases were in the Balearic Islands, CataluĂąa and Madrid with rises of 3.7 per cent, 2.7 per cent and 3.3 per cent respectively.

The lowest increases were in the regions of the Canary Islands and

Cantabria, each with 0.4 per cent and Extremadura, with 0.5 per cent.

The figures mark another quarter of year-on-year price increases, with quarterly rises having taken place since at least 2015.

The rate of increase has also climbed steadily over the last three years, with figures for the first and

second quarter of this year standing at 6.2 per cent and 6.8 per cent respectively.

There have also been consistent quarter-on-quarter increases in house prices during the last three years, with the only drops taking place in the first and fourth quarters of 2015.

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ELDERLY Spanish property owners are selling their houses for half the market value, on the condition they can live out their final days in their homes.

The concept of bare ownership, perfectly legal, allows the seller to continue living in the property after the purchase goes through and until they pass away.

Speaking to a Spanish daily newspaper, 92-year-old Carmen Segovia, said she “wants to die in her own house.”

The pensioner, who’s planning on selling her 100sqm flat for just under €200,000, added that she has all her “family memories there,” and “would like to live well” until she dies.

But some people find the practice a bit macabre, as the handover is dependent on somebody’s death.

A Spanish Twitter user was disturbed to the point that he shared an advertisement he had seen for an apartment in Madrid.

It read: “The current owner, over 70 years old, will continue to live in this property as a usufructuary until the end of his days.”

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Bizarre conditions of property trend This prompted fellow users to question the practice, “isn’t it disturbing? You could actually wish someone else’s death to have access to their homes? I wouldn’t sleep well,” wrote one.

Another added: “I also couldn’t believe it when I first saw it. It’s one of those things you don’t even think about until you search for a home. Then you realise it happens every day and it’s quite sad,” another commentator wrote.

But for the pensioners making use of Spain’s ownership laws, which gives them the usufruct rights to use and enjoy a property belonging to someone else, it’s a no brainer.

An 88-year-old homeowner told the Spanish newspaper that his daughters were doing

BARGAINS: Spanish properties are being snapped up at almost half the market value.

Increase your property income

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.

well for themselves and wouldn’t need the house, so by selling it “we’re going to have some more money to live more comfortably with.”

The conditions attached to this type of property sale don’t seem to be putting off buyers, with agencies seeming capable of selling the cheaper homes very quickly to anyone who sees the medium to long term appeal of the offer.

French website bareowner ship.com, which underlines that this practice is common in Spain, France and Belgium, states ‘under this type of purchase you can maximise your investment capacity and buy properties with an immediate reduction of 40 to 50 per cent of the value of full ownership, with no risk of sacrificing quality.”

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Steady returns MADRID will be one of the best cities to invest in next year, according to experts.

A report compiled by the world’s second largest consultancy firm PwC and the research organisation Urban Land, claims Madrid will be one of the 20 best European ci t i es t o i nvest i n dur i ng 2019.

The study says the European real estate sector will cont i nue t o be one of t he best bets for large investors next year, with some cities faring better than others.

The survey of investment funds, financial bodies, professional investors and real estate firms revealed Madrid will be the fourth best city for investors, behind Lisbon, Berlin and Dublin.

Barcelona did not make the top 20 but still poses a sound option for investors, com i ng i n at 27t h i n Europe.

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Using a middle man

IF YOU are one of the many people deciding to buy in Spain, it may be that you are also applying for a mortgage.

And while the process is in many ways similar to that in the United Kingdom, like many administrative affairs in Spain, the reality here can be a little more compicated.

Depending on what a buyer’s individual needs are, they may choose to use a mortgage broker instead of applying directly to a bank themselves. This may cut out of some of the hassle involved but can also come with its own drawbacks.

According to website HelpMyCash.com, the cost of employing a mortgage broker might outweigh the benefits depending on your circumstances. The site points out that by law Spanish brokers cannot charge more than 5 per cent of the worth of the mortgage to help you.

They say this sees many firms charge around 3 per cent, which could turn into a significant sum of

MORTGAGE BROKERS: Could take the hassle out of finding a loan.

money depending on the figures involved.

HelpMyCash.com says there are two circumstances in which it could pay to use a broker, however; if you are applying for a mortgage of more than 80 per cent of a property’s value, or if you simply don’t have time to do the legwork yourself.

The site explains mortgage brokers may be able to negotiate larger-than-normal loans for those needing more funding due to their relationships with banks. These relationships could also save you time as your broker contacts multiple banks at once, finding you the best deal rather than you having to go through multiple applications in person.

The company also warns that a broker will not charge commission until the deal is signed, incentivising them to find you a deal you are happy with but also to try a few hard-sell tactics and advises you always take time to think over any offer before you finalise anything.

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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 this is undeniably true, it is just one of many reasons why dogs are such a popular choice for first-time pet owners.

Apart from being relatively easy to care for, having a long lifespan, and being highly intelligent, dogs will also bring immeasurable love and joy into any home.

Which dog is best for your family?

LOVELY Lola is looking for a home on the Costa Blanca.

This is Lola, she is approximately one-year-old.

She appears to have some labrador looks and tendencies.

Lola is a very energetic dog and would be suitable for a young family, or someone who would like company whilst out jogging. She was recently found, walking the streets of La Marina and trying to enter many properties looking for food and shelter.

Lola is a charming, warm and friendly dog. She just loves to play and shows a healthy interest in other dogs.

She walks very well on a lead and is very clean. She is now fully vaccinated, wormed, microchipped, has her passport and is ready to go.

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There are a number of factors you need to consider before deciding which dog will be the best addition to your family.

The ideal size, age, and energy level of your new dog, together with your family’s current lifestyle will all determine whether you choose a dachshund or poodle over a German Shepherd or bulldog, for instance.

If you have children, it is of course of vital importance to ensure that they are ready to interact w i t h a d o g , a n d a l s o s o y o u c a n make sure you adopt a dog which is inherently good with children.

Bulldogs, golden retrievers, and poodles are all popular dog breeds in the Costa Blanca and are also all known to be very good with children.

TAKE CARE: consideration needed when picking a dog.

Lola is at K9Club in Alicante on the Costa Blanca.

For more information call: 600 845 420

Take special care of your new family member.

Your new dog will require a lot of attention to make him feel at home. Apart from being showered with love and attention, it is important to supply him with sufficient amounts of good-quality dog food and fresh water to drink.

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.

Don’t forget to get your dog a comfortable doggy bed, toys to play with, and some healthy treats to reward his good behaviour.

There are countless superb dogrelated products like these on the market which can make caring for your pup a lot easier and more fun.

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For more information see our website www.lasiestae vangelicalchurch.org or telephone Pastor Keith on 666 180 108.

THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188. (95461)

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CHARITIES/CHURCHES LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking church.

We hold services each Sunday and everyone is welcome. Our 11.15am Services are held every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month (and 11.15 am on the 5th Sunday, if this applies.) On the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s our Services are at 9.30am. Our choir sings at our 11.15am Services and there is also a Sunday school, called Stepping Stones, on these Sundays. We welcome resi-

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aa-costablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two.

Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric-a-brac.

There is usually something there for everyone - but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left

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(93325) THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 15.00 on the first Wednesday of each month

at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Paul Edwards, Chairman 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996.

(95455) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co.uk (95457) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegaba ja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com.

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Different International and local mediums every Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday, divine service with clairvoyance 11 am start. Tuesday, evening of clairvoyance doors open 7 o’clock for 7.30 start. Spiritual Healing is available on Sundays after service and on Thursday mornings from 10.

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Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none.

For further information, www.pilarchurch.org Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183.

Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday

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at 6.00pm. For further information see our website www.tcf-Spain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) STROKE ASSOCIATION Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) meet every Wednesday and Friday 2.30pm until 5.00pm.

Our new address is Casa de Cultura, Calle Francisco Ribera Perez Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their careras. With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group. For info please contact 654 801 260 or email strokesupportgroup@hot mail.com, website: torrevie jastrokesupport.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support our groups and activities.

(95473) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meet the 1st Monday of every month at Lounge D, Calle Holanda, Plaza Mayor, Gran Alacant at 6pm. For further info, contact the branch Secretary at granalacant.secretary@rbl.c ommunity CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc., and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes

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Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m.

House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia - Contact 966 752 543 / 617 215 463.

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Huntington’s Disease Association - Costa Blanca. We are a non profit organisation that helps and supports sufferers of Huntingtons and their families. For details visit www.hda.org.es .We have a social gathering every Friday 2 - 4 at O’Brien’s Bar in El Raso, Guardamar. As a social group, we welcome anyone with a neurological disease, such as Parkinsons, Motor Neurone and their partners and collectively we call ourselves “The Movers and Shakers”. If you would like to attend, please contact Marion Smith on 651 043 681.

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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.

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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 €1 1 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.

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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.

Peugeot 508 SW:

Looks and intelligence THE Peugeot 508 SW has made the shortlist of the Car of the Year at the expense of more fancied candidates.

But the 508 is both a goodlooking car and a pleasing ride.

The estate is 40mm longer than the saloon and 17mm h i g h e r, a n d t h e f r a m e l e s s windows on the side doors lend a glassy feel.

While its 530-litre and seats down load space isn’t class-leading, it is big enough for a family.

There is a new eightspeed, torque-converter automatic gearbox, with a sixspeed manual in the lowest powered, 129bhp turbodiesel.

Drive is to the front wheels and will remain so, even with the arrival of the plug-in hybrid version next year.

The facia takes its design cues from the Exalt, with radical curves and matt-finished materials.

On a long journey, this car is a comfortable and effortless drive, and it is only a shame that the trademark Peugeot branding, just under the bonnet, has been dropped.

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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-

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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.

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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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Chelsea take City scalp ting 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

YES WE KANTE: N’Golo Kante produced a man of the match performance. into his path, which he duly tucked away.

But his second involved no luck at all as he drove at the Bournemouth defence before slot-

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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

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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Barca show rolls on

Armstrong hails Uber dividends LANCE ARMSTRONG has said an early investment in Uber ‘saved’ his family after paying out €97 million in legal fees and settlements.

The American, 47, was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from cycling for life in 2012 before admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs.

He revealed he gave €87,000 to a venture capital fund that invested in the ridehailing app in 2010.

In April, Armstrong agreed to pay €4.35 million to the

US government to settle a long-running lawsuit that could have cost him €86 million in damages.

However, he said he felt he did not “get off scot free” as other settlements and legal fees meant he had to pay €97 million in total.

Armstrong, who has five children, did not say how much he had earned from his Uber investment but added it was “too good to be true.”

He explained that Uber, which was founded in 2009, was valued at €3.2 million

when he invested.

The company was valued at €62.4 billion this year and is targeting a valuation of €104 billion in 2019.

He added that he did not know he was investing in Uber when he gave the money to associate and entrepreneur Chris Sacca, who started Lowercase Capital in 2010.

Armstrong retired after winning seven straight Tour titles from 1999 to 2005, finishing third in his comeback in 2009 before retiring again in 2011.

while Juan Camilo Hernandez fired over as Real clung on.

Los Blancos will next play Real Valladolid, while Huesca will face Villarreal.

Sevilla had missed the chance to leapfrog Ernesto Valverde’s side earlier on Saturday as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Valencia.

That allowed Atletico Madrid, who recorded a comfortable 3-0 victory over fourth-placed Alaves, to briefly move level on points with the top two.

Other fixtures will see Getafe host Real Sociedad, Celta Vigo entertain Leganes, and Valencia will travel to Eibar.

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RIDING HIGH: Lance Armstrong has made a fortune through his Uber investment.

LIONEL MESSI scored two direct free kicks in a single La Liga game for the first time, as Barcelona beat Espanyol to move three points clear at the top.

Messi first found the top corner from the edge of the penalty area to put the visitors ahead.

Ousmane Dembele doubled Barca’s lead with a curling finish before Luis Suarez made it 3-0 from a tight angle.

Another sensational Messi set-piece this time from further out - completed the victory.

Barca next travel to Levante while Espanyol host Real Betis.

Gareth Bale scored the winner as Real Madrid moved back into La Liga’s top four with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at bottom side Huesca.

Bale ended a run of 10 matches without a league goal with a sublime side-footed volley.

Huesca should have equalised after the break, but Gonzalo Melero headed horribly wide from close range.

Bale saw a chipped effort diverted just wide,

MESSI MAGIC: Lionel Messi was yet again at the heart of Barca’s attack.

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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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Oosthuizen wins SA Open geyed 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 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.

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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 bo-

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KING LOUIS: Oosthuizen became the sixth player to win the Open and the SA Open.

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.”