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IN a statement given to the judge in charge of the case, Sergio Ruiz has emphatically denied his involvement in the murder of Dana Leonte. Sergio has been in police custody since September 28 after bone remains were found that belonged to the Romanian Dana. Evidence was also found at the home they shared together and phone records of Serg i o ’s s h o w i n c o n s t a n cies in his alibi. In the latest questioning from the prosecution, Sergio has been accused of hacking Dana’s phone after the incident to cover up the crime. “It’s a total lie,” Sergio defended, “Dana always had really long passwords that I had no idea how to access.” During the interview, the prosecuting officer also unearthed evidence that on the day of Dana’s disappearance, Sergio said that he was in Velez-Malaga, however phone records analysed by the police show that he was in Arenas, near the scene of the crime. Sergio responded by simply saying, “Well, I don’t know, I don’t understand.”
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THE trial against David Serrano, the owner of the well that claimed the life of t w o - y e a r- o l d Julen, has been set for January 21, 2020. The trial comes just days after the anniversary of the tragic events in the Axarquian town of Totalan which captured the world’s hearts. The owner of the farm, David Serrano will sit before the judge facing three years in prison for the crime of reckless homicide through negligence. Already facing mammoth fines which have led Serrano to declare voluntary bank-
TRIAL SET: A date has been set for the trial against David Serrano.
ruptcy, the family of Julen are pushing for the sentence to be extended by six months as they say that the circumstances surrounding the accident show ‘extreme negligence.’ The defence team of Serrano are asking for the sentence to be acquitted as they suggest that David warned the family on numerous occasions of the presence of the well and that he did not realise that the well was wide enough to fall into. The prosecution team argues that, ‘Serrano was the only one who knew about the well and with the lack of sufficient protection, he endangered lives.’
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The first batch of 15,000 tickets for next year’s Weekend Beach Festival sold out in a matter of hours. THE tickets for the three-day musical event were released on Sunday at 5pm, and within 23 minutes the first lot of 10,000 tickets had sold at an introductory price of €33 to €38. The following hour, the third instalment of tickets was sold at a special price of €42, meaning a total of 15,000 tickets were snapped up in apparently record time.
Last year, early allocations were 12,000, meaning this year the festival has already sold 3,000 more than 2018. As of this afternoon there is a fourth batch of tickets available for the price of €45, but these are sure to be snatched up soon. This year the ticket allocation has been increased as well to eight per person instead of four from last year due to increased demand.
SOLD OUT: The first batch of tickets for the Weekend Beach Festival sold out in less than two hours.
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SUPPORT: Rincon care workers are asking for improvements to working conditions. CARE workers in Rincon de la Victoria have stood together in asking for improvements in their working conditions and salaries. The care staff are concerned as some of the contracted workers are earning less than €200 per month and are sometimes required to work more than nine hours per day performing tasks that are not in their remit of care.
THE National Police have made an arrest in Almayate near Velez-Malaga this morning for the attempted theft of 200 kilograms of avocados. According to the police report released, the incident occurred on October 5 when a neighbour of the avocado farm noticed a suspicious
The home help service of Rincon de la Victoria are contracted to a company called Clece. Workers are pushing for fixed contracts and salaries to be implemented to take away the uncertainty of monthly incomes and to provide job security for their families in what is already a physically and mentally tough position. “We are care givers, not cleaners,” explains Mariela, a care worker in the area.
“We arrive at some locations, the care has already been given and we are made to do household work such as cleaning and ironing etc.” Long hours and low pay has led to low moral amongst the staff and tension with the company. Patricia, another worker at the centre explains, “Despite not receiving any emotional or physical support from the company, we support each other.”
Avocado robbery abandoned vehicle at the farm’s entrance. Also at the scene was a cache of nearly 200 kilograms of avocados, also abandoned by the robbers. By the time the police arrived, the men had fled the
scene on foot, leaving behind the avocados and their vehicle. It is thought that the men used the cover of darkness to cut the fence to enter the property, then when they heard the presence of a neighbour, they fled.
The neighbour called 091 at around 9am and officers arrived at the scene shortly after, identifying the vehicle’s owner and tracing his location, leading to an arrest a few hours later that morning. After he was apprehended, two other accomplices were identified and arrested, aged 21 and 36, the same day.
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Unauthorised works THE Junta de Andalucía has fined the Velez-Malaga Council €3,000 for the unauthorised construction works taking place at the Plaza de las Carmelitas. According to the Junta, the works have taken place without the relevant authorisation owing to the fact that they are located next to the protected convent of the Carmelitas. “The town hall only requested authorisation to carry out the archaeological tastings, but not for the intervention, which was carried out later. The resolution also includes the beginning of works without this authorisation from the Cultural Administration,” said Bonilla. Francisco Delgado Bonilla, leader of the PP in VelezMalaga has called out PSOE mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer for only applying for “authorisation to carry out the archaeological testings, but not for the construction work, which was carried out later.” The PSOE government has voluntarily paid the fine and has since remarked that the case is now closed but the PP is pushing for responsibility.
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OPPOSITION: Francisco Delgado Bonilla is urging the PSOE to publically acknowledge their mistake.
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THE Almáchar Yedra Women’s Association held a fundraising day last Friday October 25 in aid of breast cancer research initiative Association Hope. Deputy mayor, Mario Torres, explained that “Almáchar is a people of solidarity and they have shown their generosity today though this selfless act.”
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Stupa birthday THE Stupa of Kalachakra in Velez-Malaga celebrated its 25th anniversary last week to a crowd of well-wishers and worshippers. The Karma Guen Buddhist centre in the High Village area of Velez celebrated with a ceremony officiated by Ledo Rimpoche and the revealing of a statue of the Buddha.
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WORTH A VISIT: Poblenou cemetery in Barcelona.
TORROX municipal pool welcomed a new addition on Friday October 25. A lift operated chair to enable users with reduced mobility to enjoy the facilities. The chair, thanks to an investment of €6,800, has been welcomed by Torrox mayor, Oscar Medina who praised the possibility of ensuring a “facility without barriers.”
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Today (Thursday, October 31) marks the start of a three-day long Halloween celebration which kicks off with El Dia de las Brujas, or Day of the Witches.
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Musical display THE exhibition ‘The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones’ by La Térmica comes to Rincon de la Victoria. The collection of photographs and memorabilia will be on display until November 29 at the Casa Fuerte Bezmiliana with free admission. Artwork on display comes from renowned photographers Gered Mankowitz and Terry O’Neill.
Luxury yacht THE luxury five mast super yacht, Royal Clipper, has docked into Motril port for the second time this year. The world’s largest sailing yacht carries a crew of 110 staff and around 200 American passengers according to the yacht’s press release. Royal Clipper moored in Motril back in 2017 and again last April.
Health walk ALMACHAR will host the ‘Walking for a Challenge’ global sporting event to help fight obesity and promote healthy lifestyles. The walk will take place on November 12 and will start at the College of Almachar at 10.30am. Inscriptions are open now at the Alamachar Town Hall.
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THE day is associated with all things spooky and supernatural, and of course witches. This is the night to enjoy traditional Halloween debauchery, particularly in Barcelona’s haunted Gothic Quarter, where you will find people across the city in fancy dress and costumes. The celebration continues tomorrow, November 1, with Dia de Todos Los Santos, or All Saint’s Day, in Spain. The traditional holiday is observed throughout Spain as people gather in cemeteries with friends and family to
light candles and place tokens of affection such as ornate flower wreaths on the graves of loved ones. It’s well worth a visit to one of Barcelona’s cemeteries after dark when, those such as Poblenou, Les Corts, or Montjuïc, all have extended hours. Many of the cemeteries will have special tours, classic music concerts, and memorial masses. Or you can you can just join in the party that will be happening all around you as the Spanish locals are known to revel in this macabre fiesta. You can also take a
Hunt for arsonist TORRE DEL MAR Police are on the hunt for an ars o n i s t a f t e r f i v e b i n s w e re s e t a l i g h t i n t h e e a r l y hours of last Thursday morning. Fire officers from the Provincial Fire Consortium of the Provincial Council in Velez-Malaga were called after a large flames were spotted by neighbours at the collection of refuse containers on Avenida del Sol. The firefighters quickly put out the blaze which left five bins completely destroyed and severely damaged a third. Despite the presence of parked cars, none were damaged in the incident. The cause of the fire is yet unknown, but early reports suggest they were set deliberately.
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break from all that life and death by enjoying the Catalan autumn tradition of La Castanyada, or ‘chestnut time.’ Vendors around the city will offer warm snacks like castanyes (roasted chestnuts), moniatos (sweet potatoes), panellets (cakes), and muscatel (sweet wine). If you’re still in the party spirit, the festivities culminate on November 2 with Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. The Spanish honour this traditional Mexican holiday with Ruta de Altares, or Route of the Altars around the city.
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Local employment THE town of Almuñecar has hired 24 unemployed residents to help promote local employment. The local council of Almuñecar has employed the workers in administrative and maintenance areas as part of the Employment Programme, co-financed by the Andalucian Board of the European Social Fund. The councillor of Promotion, Employment and Maintenance, Beatriz González Orce, has been in charge of welcoming the personnel to their new roles in the town hall. The group consist of young starters and some over 45’s, groups typically associated with difficulties in finding work. Work will start for the new recruits over the next six or seven months. Through the programme, Almuñecar will aim to employ 104 workers with a Junta de Andalucía investment of €893,800 through the European Social Fund from the Operational Programme FSE Andalucía 2014-2020.
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AROUND 700 students from schools around Rincon de la Victoria have taken part in road safety courses throughout October. The courses have been organised by the Local Police force and are aimed at teaching children aged between eight and 10 the importance of road safety. The courses will be run three days a week in 10 schools in the municipality, with the first course being held at the CEIP Professor Tierno Galvan de Rincon de la Victoria. They are designed to give children a greater understanding of potential situations involved with road use, both as a pedestrian and as a future driver or bike rider.
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ROAD SAFETY: The courses have been organised by the Local Police.
Trip to Madrid THE mayor of VelezMalaga, Antonio Moreno Ferrer has travelled to Madrid to take part in the international Fruit Attraction trade fair. The industry event is a global benchmark event that aims to showcase the fruit and vegetable sector. Axarquia was represented at the fair by around 15 companies from the agri-food sector with the majority of them dealing in the subtropical fruit sector that Axarquia is renowned for. The fair was a great opportunity for the region to put its exports up against the produce from countries such as Mexico and Peru, where it was quickly realised that the Axarquian produce
set an incredibly high standard amongst the world’s best. A total of 1,800 companies were present at the event from all over the world, represented by over 90,000 professionals from 130 countries. Moreno Ferrer pointed out that “it is a source of pride, as a representative of the capital of Axarquia, to see how our agri-food and subtropical industry is a world benchmark in such an important meeting.” Among the companies represented in Axarquia are, Alcoaxarquia, Apaya Europe, Avomix, Axarfruit, Frunet, Frutas Montosa, Natural Tropic, Reyes Gutierrez, Tropical Millenium, Tropico Spain, Trops and Viveros Brocaw.
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PROUD: Mayor Antonio Moreno Ferrer is in Madrid to take part in the fruit trade fair.
THE Civil Protection of Rincon de la Victoria celebrated the opening of its new headquarters by launching free training programmes. The training programmes began on Friday October 18 and the Civil Protection of Rincon de la Victoria welcomed volunteers from Algarrobo, Velez-Malaga, Moclinejo, Torrox, Nerja and Rincon de la Victoria. The courses were the perfect opportunity for the Rincon group to showcase its brand new facilities to its fellow municipalities as well as improving the resources of the organisation in the region.
Remaining investments COUNCIL spokesman Juan Cassá visited Rincon de la Victoria last week to announce that the municipality will be receiving €205,793 of funds. The funding comes from the remnants of the Municipal Economic Assistance Plan that the town council implemented in 2018, which saw a total of €16 million invested in the province over the space of two years. Cassá explained that “Nerja has shown it has good economic management of the county council which allows us to meet our obligation, which is to serve all municipalities in the province.” Citizens spokeswoman Elena Aguilar said of the investment, “these are unconditional funds directly managed by the municipality, aimed at improving the lives of the people of the village.” Aguilar praised the visit of the Cs spokesman, “Juan Cassá has come assiduously to Rincon de la Victoria since he was a deputy and has told us that he will continue to do so.”
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DEDICATION: The councillor for Civil Protection, Josefa Carnero with members of the Rincon group. The councillor for Civil Protection, Josefa Carnero, opened the course by thanking all those who have made it all possible and for commending the dedication of
members of the region’s Civil Protection faculties for giving up their free time to aquire knowledge and develop skills to help in the fight for public safety.
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TODAY is the day our community comes together to make October 31 a night to remember! This year, Euro Weekly together with the WHOLE community, has organised a Spooktacular Bash and everyone is invited! All ages and nationalities have joined forces to accomplish something truly amazing, and we want everybody to take part! During a day when children dress up, have fun and eat sweets, we want to help vulnerable children that don’t always get to have careless fun. If you are looking for a night full of fun and frights, come and join us at the Feria ground in Fuengirola THIS EVENING. You won’t believe your eyes when you are greeted at our ghostly celebration. With your support we have created a Halloween Party to raise €8,280 for ‘Ciudad de los Niños’ orphanage in Malaga. So not only will you be enjoying a fantastic night, but you will be helping the children that need your help. Let’s dance our way to success and give back to our community! Frightening occurrences will begin to happen at Caseta CEPYME this afternoon at 5pm. Entrance is FREE so nobody has to miss out and ample parking is available. If you’re up for some skelefun, don’t miss out on this opportunity. You - our readers - have been AMAZING. Since we came up with this concept, people haven’t stopped giving and helping out. Our GoFundMe page https://www.go fundme.com/f/beunited-for-malaga-or phans has received wonderful support so far. But there is still time to KEEP GIVING! If you are unable to attend the scary event of the year, this is a fang-tastic way to contribute. Don’t think twice and give generously to the cause. As a COMMUNITY, you have been outstanding. You have embraced the cause and really put your hearts and souls into this fundraiser. Businesses, readers, social media gurus, local press, radio stations everybody has helped tirelessly and with a truly kind heart. There is still time to take part, so make sure to be at Caseta CEPYME tonight and support our cause. We want this community to witness what we have all accomplished TOGETHER. The orphanage gets a clothes and essentials allowance of €40 per child and this must last for three months. Could you imagine clothing your children or grandchildren on this amount? It’s hard! But we are going to help with this!
FANGTASTIC: Samantha Bayley’s spooky creations will be on display at Caseta Cepyme, Recinto Ferial, Fuengirola.
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We want to raise €8,280, but the sky is the limit! With this money each child will get a €100 clothes voucher for three months. This money will make all the difference and they will be able to get a special Christmas outfit, some nice fluffy pyjamas or a pair of cosy slippers. But we aren’t stopping there! Things that we all take for granted aren’t so easy to come by for these children. We want to make sure they get home comforts for the colder months to come. We are aiming to also give each child a personalised toiletry bag filled with little luxuries: bubble bath, pretty hair slides for the girls, cologne, mouth wash, etc. Each of these bags will cost €30. And we can’t stop there! We want to
treat these children to a Xmas goodie basket with colouring pens and pencils and a special toy that will be their own. Each basket will cost another €50. This is why we need YOU! We are an amazing community and tonight we are going to prove that! Our special place on the Costa del Sol will show how COMPASSIONATE and GIVING we are. Please make sure you don’t miss out on this magical and MYSTERIOUS evening. The fabulous support we have received from businesses of all nationalities has been astounding. TODAY is shaping up to be a Spellbinding day to remember and the BIGGEST community event the Costa del Sol has ever seen. Our venue - Caseta CEPYME - has been transformed. You need to come down and check it out! It will feel like you are walking into another world, a wonderful party full
of witches and ghosts, tombstones and skeletons. And best of all, ENTRANCE IS FREE. We would like to give a massive THANK YOU to the whole Bayley family for making tonight possible. From granddad John to little Ella, you are all amazing! A special thank you to Samantha Bayley and her out of this world creations. All of these Spooktastic creations are going to be revealed today at our Halloween Party! From the Spanish to the English to the Scandinavian, everybody has pulled together. As individuals we are unique and as a COMMUNITY we are UNSTOPPABLE, we can do anything! A full bar is ready and waiting for you, as well as delicious food. Traditional dishes like pies and peas, beef bourguignon, chilli con carne, vegetable curry, jacket potatoes, pumpkin soup, Paella, Puchero, burgers and ribs, are already cooking and
bubbling! Not to forget the essential Halloween sweet treats. Old favourites like jellies, cupcakes, tiramisu, vegan sweets, chocolates and treats will be on offer for our lucky partygoers. BONE-APPETIT! Entertainment is also on the cards. We are incredibly lucky that a host of entertainers along the coast have given up their time free of charge, despite this traditionally being one of their busiest nights. Masquerade Duo, Frankie Valentine, Ronnie Howells and Danny Efford will all be there to showcase their talent! Many businesses have donated prizes for our raffle and auction. Two nights in a four-star hotel in Madrid, courtesy of Golden Leaves, is one of the startling prizes that you can win tonight! Associations all along the coast have got behind the event and have helped us decorate the venue for tonight. Children’s entertainers have done their part as well! Ponies, supercars, games including ducking for apples, children’s tattooist, are just a few of the activities we have planned for the little ones. This is a night for the children to have FUN! And they will love what we have planned. Our special guests are already getting ready to greet everybody, you might just get to meet Peppa Pig or Paw Patrol! Don’t forget about all the raffles, auctions and prizes for the best girls,’ boys’ and adults’ outfit. If you can’t resist a selfie don’t fret! Magic Mirror Costa Blanca have travelled down from Alicante, free of charge, bringing along their novel and fun selfie camera equipment especially decorated for your spooky photos! EWN CEO, Michel Euesden wants to give her thanks to all our helpers and said: “This is the coast that just keeps on giving and giving, and this time the orphans themselves, who will be there on the night with their carers, will see how much love there is in the world, because you, dear reader, are going to show it to them! “Not only will we raise the €8,280, but also a lifetime of memories which you can help create together on October 31. Let’s do this together!” Don’t forget we are at the Fuengirola Feria ground at Caseta CEPYME. Spirits will start to appear and skeletons will rise from the ground TODAY AT 5PM. No matter if Halloween is your thing or not, this is our night to ENJOY AS A COMMUNITY. Spend it with friends - old and new - and laugh ‘til you’re COFFIN.
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CAMPERVAN: The beautiful village of Canillas de Albaida has opened its doors to campervan tourists.
Campervans make progress A SMALL village nestled on the souther n edge of the Parque Natural de las Sierras Tejeda, Almijara y Alhama is leading the way in accepting campervans through its doors. Canillas de Albaida has allocated a specific area to enable campervans to park overnight without the fear of being fined or moved on. The space has been made possible by a €48,000 investment by the provincial council to help improve the tourist facilities of the small village.
The parking space, the first to be implemented in the area, will have room for 22 caravans or campervans and covers around 2,500 square metres of land. The plan is to have the area completely adapted in three months, allowing it to be ready for the upcoming summer season. The space has been designated as a ‘parking area’ however and not a ‘camping area’ so tables, chairs and other camping accessories cannot be placed outside the vehicle, but it will provide a secure and picturesque area to spend the night before a day out in the national park.
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THE Teatro del Carmen in Velez-Malaga has hosted more than 1,100 schoolchildren to view its ‘Acábate la sopa’ (Finish the Soup) productions. The productions were designed to educate the schoolchildren in the area about the town’s rich cultural heritage through the medium of performance art. The plays took place on October 21 and 22 with a total of four performances that, according to the councillor for Culture, Cynthia Garcia, were a resounding success. The councillor explained “from the area of culture of the local council we work to continually expand the cultural offerings and incorporate new content that can bring culture to all audiences, especially the youth, with the aim of instilling the value of culture and theatre, through activities of interest such as these educational concerts.”
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CULTURE: Cynthia Garcia alongside Mateo Lopez and fellow CaixaBank representative. Garcia added that the activities held at the theatre have tripled the footfall and brought the region’s culture to brand new audiences through plays, musicals, concerts, dance, poetry and flamenco. The event was sponsored by CaixaBank in Velez-Malaga.
The director of Business Area of CaixaBank, Mateo Lopez, said that it is always a pleasure to organise activities in the town. “ We a l w a y s h a v e t h e maximum availability and collaboration of the town council and we always aim to do our bit with social activities.”
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CAMPAIGN: Minister of Health and Families, Jesus Aguirre launches this year’s flu campaign.
FLU CAMPAIGN BEGINS THE 2019-2020 Influenza Vaccination Campaign started on Monday throughout Axarquia. The Ministry of Health and Families launched the campaign to protect the population that are most at risk throughout the winter months such as the elderly and the young. The campaign will last until March next year and will aim to raise awareness and vaccinate the most vulnerable groups, people aged 65 or over, pregnant women, people with chronic diseases from six months of age and health workers and belonging to essential professions such as State Security Forces and Corps, fire-
fighters etc. Minister of Health and Families, Jesus Aguirre launched the initiative last week at a meeting with the Andalucian Influenza Vaccination Group (GAVAG). “The objective of the Ministry for this campaign is to increase coverage of the main risk groups with the launch of a strong campaign to raise awareness among the population on the importance of strengthening immunity against this virus and in which we want health professionals to take a greater role in transferring these messages to the population,” explained Aguirre.
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Council support for riot victims IN the latest plenary session held last Friday, Velez-Malaga councillors showed their support for those affected in the Catalan riots. In a statement read out at the start of the meeting, Velez-Malaga Council wanted to declare its firm
condemnation of the violent acts carried out by radical extremists in Barcelona, whilst also praising the work done by the public services during the protests. The council also showed its support for any citizens that were af-
fected in the riots. During the meeting, the members also unanimously agreed on improvements to the Los Olivos School and an agreement to the decree law of urgent measures for the adequacy of irregular housing.
Assault trial begins THE trial against the man who attacked IU coordinator Alberto Garzón and his wife began on Tuesday. The defendant faces nine months imprisonment, a restraining order and inclusion into a psychiatric centre for assault and ill-treatment. The incident occurred in Rincon de la Victoria in August 2018, where the accused allegedly approached the man, shouting “I would take these and kill them, put all the immigrants in your house, you are destroying the unity of Spain.” According to police reports, Garzón was spending a few days on holi-
day with his heavily pregnant wife and his family in Rincon de la Victoria when a neighbour approached him and started shouting aggressively. The individual accused him of ‘breaking the unity of Spain’ and criticised the position of his political formation in relation to the arrival of immigrants in Spain and according to the crime report the accused cornered him in a corridor, pounced on Garzón and gave him a push. The accused was apparently suffering from a personality disorder emphasised by heavy drinking at the time.
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Star body builder RINCON re s i d e n t Guillermo Nogueras has taken victory in the ‘Classic Bodybuilder’ category in the Regional Championship of Andalucia. Nogueras took the victory in the competition held in Loja (G ra na da ) a fte r re c e ntly e me rging vic torious in the Provincial Championship of Sevilla, the season-opening competition of the national bodybuilding championships held in Moron de la Frontera. H is la te s t w in in Loja on Sunday October 13 has given him the opportunity to compete in the Andalucian Cup, which was held on Saturday 26 O c tobe r in A lja ra que , Huelva. Nogueras runs Olimpo Ngr Gym, a bodybuilding and fitness gym in Rincon de la Victoria along with his brother Antonio and has perused a career in bodybuilding since he was 18 years old.
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COMMITMENT: Rincon local Guillermo Nogueras takes on Spain at the National Bodybuilding Championships.
“I wanted to have the body just like the superheroes in comics that I used to read,” he explained. Under the watchful eye of local bodybuilding legend Pa-
co Mula, Nogueras toned and fine tuned his body in order to com pet e agai nst t he best bodybuilders in the country in Huelva last Saturday October 26.
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ADHD: Ignacio López and Victor Gonzalez announce the PSOE’s commitment to ADHD sufferers. Lopez explained. Victor Gonzalez, has warned that responding to those affected by ADHD “is a social and health challenge that is on the agenda of the PSOE and the government of Pedro Sanchez.” He went on to condemn the opposition
parties, PP, Cs and Vox in Andalucia, for putting stops of dependency laws which have but road blocks on residents affected by ADHD. “We need a progressive government in our country to get out of the institutional blockade,” Gonzalez concluded.
THE theatre show, La Granja de Zenón arrives in Axarquia for the first time as Torrox’s cultural programme is released. The mayor of Torrox, Oscar Medina, along with the councillor for Culture, Maria de los Angeles Ruiz, announced on Friday the cultural schedule for the remainder of 2019. The children’s show, La Granja de Zenón, arrives at the Teatro Villa de Torrox on December 14 at 6pm with tickets priced at €13.50. The La Carpa Theatre will hold two performances, one for the popular children’s novel Matilda on November 27, and another on December 15 with the Christmas Festival. Remedios Amaya will perform some of her classic flamenco during the third International Festival of Cajón Flamenco, Cajonea, to be held on November 16. The Raíces Association will complement the flamenco flavour of November with the show ‘Al compás del Tiempo’ on Saturday November 23. The elderly of Torrox will be invited to a New Year’s Eve Gala on December 27 hosted by the local council. Christmas celebrations will begin on N ovember 9 with theatrical representation of Bodas de Sangre, a classic Garcia Lorca production which has always proved popular with residents of Torrox.
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ADHD has been placed at the forefront of the socialist cand i d a t e f o r M a l a g a ’s a g e n d a a f t e r a v i s i t t o Ve l e z - M a l a g a last week. PSOE candidate Ignacio López attended the reading of the manifesto for the World Day of ADHD last Wednesday. He was accompanied by socialist councillor Victor Gonzalez at the event which shone light on the government’s commitment to the disorder which affects thousands of people in the region. The councillor is pushing for the condition to be added into the registry of National Mental Health Strategy so that it can be provided with proper funding and research. “There must also be social awareness and visibility of the situation suffered by these people, so in these upcoming elections to go to vote for our country to have an executive that focuses on these problems and works in a stable manner,”
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SPIRITED: Club Nerja Rugby put on a spirited performance to remain unbeaten.
Still at the top CLUB Nerja Rugby remain unbeaten as they cling onto a draw against a strong Malaga side. After narrow wins against Bahia 89 and Marbella, this was an opportunity to get revenge against the side that knocked them out of last season’s playoffs. Nerja dominated the opening session of the game. A penalty in the opposition half and subsequent lineout gave them the possession to move the ball out to
the left wing where Enrique Lopez Armijo went over for the opening try. This set-back spurred the opposition and their pressure resulted in Nerja being caught in possession in their in-goal area, giving Malaga a five-metre scrum. Although Nerja won possession, confusion at the rear of the scrum allowed Malaga to touch down for a try to tie the game. Two minutes into the second half Rogelio Armijo Lopez scored
Nerja’s second try to reduce Malaga’s lead to two points before regaining the lead with a Eugenio Diaz touch-down and a Rogelio conversion. Malaga scored again to retake the lead, but with possession firmly in the visitors’ favour, Nerja held on to the final whistle and the game ended as a 17-17 draw. Nerja now top the league table and their next game is at home on Sunday November 10 against CR Cadiz CF.
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Nerja Councillor beaches meeting summer, especially in the cleaning and safety aspects of Nerja’s beaches. Arce continued to reaffirm the government’s commitment to the beaches of the municipality. Once the Crash Cleaning Plan has taken place, “we will contin-
ue to work together with employers to address the needs of the sector and continue to improve the services offered by the beaches, taking into account the importance they have in the tourist and economic development of Nerja,” Arce concluded. Source: Facebook / Francisco Arce
THE councillor for Beaches, Francisco Arce, has met with business owners of the beach bars of Burriana to improve services. Arce held a working meeting on Friday October 5 with a group of chiringuito owners to discuss the impact of projects that have taken place throughout the summer, and also to learn what the local council has planned for over the winter period. During the meeting, the spokesman of the business group of chiringuitos of Burriana, Manuel Moreno, Moli, expressed his satisfaction of the municipal governments projects this past
BEACHES: Nerja councillor Francisco Arce discusses the council’s beach projects over the winter.
Benagalbon gets urbanisation guarantee BENAGALBON has received a commitment for the investment of nearly half a million euros to complete the Urbanisation La Candelaria. Rincon de la Victoria municipal council will proceed to the execution stage of the repair work that is needed to complete the Urbanisation La Candelaria. An investment of €463,279.40 has finally been
released after a long administrative procedure to focus on safety elements such as repairing the breakwater wall and wooden structure. It will also install a wooden protective fence on the green area by the VPO, repairs of the subsidence on the ditches and maintenance of the municipal green areas of Benagalbon.
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Rincon gives second phase cemetery works approval THE local council of Rincon de la Victoria has released the tenders for the second phase of works to expand the town’s cemetery. Work on the first phase is almost finished as councillor of the area of cemeteries and funeral services; Jose Maria Gomez (PMP) announced the second phase of work with a value of €124,000 has been released to prospective companies. The next phase will include the construction of 100 niches, 84 columbariums and 152 ossuaries. “In a first phase we have executed 71 per cent of the works. Now, the objective is that once the works of the first phase are finished, the works of the second phase will begin in order to complete the project as soon as possible,” under-
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EXPANSION: The Rincon de la Victoria Town Council tenders the second phase of cemetery expansion. lined the councillor. The mayor of Rincon de la Victoria, Francisco Salado (PP) added that the works are being carried out to “provide the facilities necessary for the conditioning of the funerary complex to ensure us enough space for the burials that occur in
the next five years.” As part of the Cemetery I m pr ovem ent Pl an, t he Ri ncon de l a Vi ct or i a Town Council has steadily improved the facilities at the cemetery, with the regeneration of the parking area, improved security and accessibility.
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BREXIT BRIEF
Credit: Twitter
No one died in a ditch T H E E U B re x i t l e a d n e g o t i a t o r G u y Ve r h o f s t a d t tweeted ‘Relieved that finally no one died in a ditch.’ This is because despite the fact that he didn’t want it, Boris Johnson’s government have been given a Brexit extension until January 31 and he has had to accept that there w i l l n o t b e a n o d e a l e x i t t o d a y, Thursday, October 31. There are escape clauses which would allow an earlier exit if Parliament approves the deal put to the EU which has been accepted in principle, but not agreed in fact. Now that it seems very likely that there will be a general election in December, any exit before then becomes increasingly unlikely. The Prime Minister has blamed Parliament for allowing the extension to occur, but as they passed a vote demanding it, MPs were probably not too surprised to be held liable.
EXTENSION: Guy Verhofstadt and Jean Claude Juncker
SOME would say it was a brave decision and others a complete waste of money to spend £100 million (€112 million) on a press and TV campaign in the UK urging the public to ‘Get Ready
Jeremy Corbyn has indicated that he will not now directly oppose a December election, although Conservatives want to see it on December 12, but pundits generally believe that there will be some difficulty in agreeing the date. The Liberal Democrats and SNP want to force a December 9 election which they believe would benefit those who want to Remain as this is just before universities break up and younger voters in the main are more in favour of remaining in the EU. Those who left Britain less than 15 years ago could also be eligible to vote.
Advertising pays for Brexit.’ It wasn’t just the concept that it would happen, but it specifically gave the date of October 31, so
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about a week ago the campaign was brought to an end with little fanfare. Not only did the date
appear highly unlikely to be met, but a report by the National Audit Office suggested that the campaign didn’t take off with the public and had ‘limited impact.’
Second referendum A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT councillor has written to the Independent newspaper saying that she believes that her party has misjudged the Brexit mood in the UK. She recommends that rather than stand on a platform opposed to Brexit that they should support a second referendum.
MP quits LABOUR MP John Mann has left the House of Commons because he believes that Parliament is not mature enough to cope with a minority government and Brexit. He will now take up a seat in the House of Lords.
DUP future NOW that the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland has withdrawn its support for the Conservative government it must consider its stance over Brexit. In order to protect the Union with the UK it could become a Remain party.
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Expats Guide to
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Organ donation 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. As of 2010, Spain has operated an ‘opt-out’ (or presumed consent) system for deceased organ donation. This addresses the rate or refusal of potential donors or their families in giving permission for the use of organs. The rate of family refusal in Spain is 13 per cent, compared to 37 per cent in England (according to the National Transplant Organisation figures - ONT). According to the ONT, Brits living in Spain are more likely to donate their organs than their countrymen back home. It’s not necessary to have a donor card. What is important is to let family members and loved ones know your wishes in terms of organ donation. Figures published by the Spanish ONT in 2017 put the country as world leader in donation and transplants, reaching a new record with 46.9 donors per million people and 5.261 transplants. Spain has been a global leader in organ donation and transplantation for the past 26 years. Broken down by organ, there were 3,269 kidney surgeries (up 9 per cent on 2016), 1,247 liver transplants (up 8 per cent), 304 heart procedures (8 per cent rise), 363 lung surgeries (up 18 per cent), 70 pancreas transplants (down 4 per cent) and eight bowel surgical procedures (up 100 per cent). According to the National Transplant Organisation (ONT), these surgeries are equivalent to six donors and 14 surgical procedures a day. In addition, Spain saw a new record in bone marrow donation last year, with 78,291 new donors and an increase of 196 per cent over the previous year. At this rate, the country could reach its target of 400,000 bone marrow donors well before the mid-2020 goal. In Spain the number of those on the waiting list was reduced to 4,896 in 2017, from 5,480, although the number of children waiting for organs increased to 74, from 48 a year earlier. Lung and heart are viable for 4-6 hours after death, liver and pancreas 24 hours, kidney 72 hours, corneas 14 days, bone and skin five years, and heart valves up to 10 years. Small intestines, veins, tendons and ligaments can also be donated. A single organ donor can save up to eight people and a single tissue donor may enhance the lives of up to 50 people. This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
JOB LIST: Nerja’s town hall has released the workers list for over the winter.
Nerja jobs list now revealed NERJA Local Council has revealed the residents that have been chosen to fill the job openings for the upcoming job exchange. As reported by the councillor for Human Resources, Angela Diaz, the list appears in the town hall of Nerja and lists the people that have been
shortlisted for the roles. The jobs are to ensure that the basic municipal services are met in the town, jobs such as painting, gardening, bricklaying, cleaning and concierges. The list is in order of importance and the councillor has informed that if anyone has any questions or disagreements re-
lating to the order in which they have been placed, they have until Monday November 4 to file their objection. Diaz has explained that after the objections have been recorded and the list amended, a final roster will be made public in the town hall notice board as well as on the municipal website.
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VOX POP Another Brexit delay - word on the street The saga of Brexit is still ongoing, and it seems this never-ending soap opera has just emitted a jam-packed episode. The European Union has agreed to yet another extension, giving the UK till January 31 to organise their exit. A new concept, the ‘flextension’ is causing uncertainty. Will Boris Johnson manage to deliver an exit before January? Or will the UK face general elections in December, that may very well change the complete course of Brexit. For British living abroad, the long and frustrating process has once again been prolonged. What would have finally been the end, is now just the start of further negotiations and many more questions. In light of all these new developments, Euro Weekly took to the streets to get the public’s opinion.
What is your opinion about the new extension on Brexit?
JULIE CAMPBELL: Need another referendum.
JULIE CAMPBELL, Manchester Julie and her husband live in Manchester but own a holiday home on the Costa del Sol. Julie expressed her concern: “What will this extension do? The Deal will still be the same, unless they can negotiate something better. But they haven’t been able to up till now. And again, the election won’t solve the problem either. A lot of information has come to light since the referendum, and people’s decisions could have changed. I think the only way to break the deadlock is another referendum. If people vote for Brexit again, then that’s it.” When asked about the Prime Minister, Julie was uncertain: “There is a lot of support for him. But I think he is a dubious character. Maybe it’s all fake news, who knows? He just seems like he is constantly a moment away from bursting into laughter.” Ian Campbell, Devon Ian has lived in the quaint village of Frigiliana with his wife for over 15 years. When asked about the new extension date he told EWN: “I guess the EU had no other option than to offer an extension. Will it be the last!” He went on to talk about the elections:
JONATHAN SCOTT: Brexit can only be bad.
“The UK elections are certainly going to be interesting, especially with the Brexit Party being represented. Personally, I feel December isn’t a good time to hold an election. But there is no choice! I fear a lot of MPs are going to lose their seats. We have to wait and see how various political parties present their cases. It could be interesting or we might be hearing the same old quotes. The UK people are just fed up with the way politicians have dealt with Brexit. Then again, with a 52/48 split, what would one expect!”
Jonathan Scott, a resident of Spain and originally from Wolverhampton, is not looking forward to a second referendum. “I have doubts as to what the Spanish government would do after a split and think they will introduce hidden costs for expats. I enjoy my life out here and feel that it was a lot more comfortable before the idea of Brexit began.” He also aired concerns about what would happen to the hundreds of thousands of Spanish people who live and work in the UK. Overall Jonathan believes that Brexit can only be bad and feels at the moment that it would be of no benefit.
LAURENCE WOOD: Fears for workers’ rights.
Laurence Wood, on holiday from the UK, has strong opinions about what is going on. He believes that the December election, unfortunately, will be seen as the vote on Brexit as it is what everyone will take into account when voting. Also that the extension will not mean anything as a delay will continue unless Boris Johnson gets in. It will also lead to a hung parliament where nothing will be decided and it will continue to drag on. Laurence thinks that “If the UK leave, they will lose worker’s rights and open the door to international competitive markets which will then lead to the privatisation of institutions like the NHS.” Paul, an expat who lives and works between Fuengirola and Gibraltar, thinks that the delay is a very good idea. He believes that they should take as much time as possible to get the best result. He believes that “Boris Johnson will triumph at the December election and forge a deal in January. The Spanish and UK government will end up working on a tit for tat basis and Spaniards in the UK will only benefit once expats have received some kind of benefits in Spain.”
SHEENA RICHARDS: Hopes the Brexit saga will be over soon.
Sheena Richards holidays on the coast at least twice a year. She is frustrated at the delay and believes that Brexit has been such a long, drawn-out affair that she hopes will be over with soon. She is disappointed at the announcement of a second referendum which will hold it back even further. Her main concerns are for her children, who live in Spain, and her grandchildren and what the future should hold for them after a split. When asked about December’s election Sheena stated that she thinks “It will favour the Conservative Party again, which I disapprove of, I would love for another party to have a chance.” *EWN found that many people were more reticent to give their opinions, apparently worn down by what has now been years of Brexit controversy. Worries about paperwork, driving licences, property, etc are endless and plague British living abroad. So much could change in what is currently a very comfortable system for expats, who hope for a smooth transition and minor inconveniences. However, the outcome of Brexit remains vague and neither the EU nor UK politicians have been able to answer people’s questions. In spite of everything, the Costa del Sol remains a wonderful place to live and spend time. Under the warm Andalucian sun, it’s not hard to just smile and sit back.
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NEW HQ: AGAMMA’s new headquarters includes a Montes de Malaga shop and visitors centre.
MILKING IT COLMENAR now houses Andalucia’s largest goat’s milk facility after AGAMMA relocates its headquarters to the Axarquian town. The Minister of Presidency, Public Administration and Interior, Elias Bendodo visited the new facility on Friday with the president of the Provincial Council, Francisco Salado, the mayor of Colmenar, Jose Martin Garcia, the president of the Association, Benjamin Pascual, and the manager of the cooperative, Juan Andres Marina. The firm has relocated to its 4,000 m2 facility thanks to the increase of production and demand for the company’s products, Montes de Malaga Cheese, which has won awards nationwide and is
a key component in the country’s supermarket chains. Annually the company produces a total of 1.5 million litres of milk, vastly more than only six years ago when the annual turnover was only 600,000 litres. Elias Bendodo has stressed that the agri-food sector in Axarquia is one of the “driving forces of the Axarquian economy” and is showing greatly against the national average thanks to policies implemented by the Andalucian government. One of the main examples of this has been the early release of the CAP to the tune of more than €800,000, 70 per cent of which has been injected into the livestock sector.
Billions-worth of military outsourcing S PA I N ’ S M i n i s t r y o f Defence spent €1.1 billion on outsourcing n o n - e s s e n t i a l s e rvices like gardening and catering between 2010 and 2018. Gardening cost €27.5 million while €91.6 million went on upkeep of Ministry building and €343.9 million on catering. Most cash, €654 million, went on vehicle maintenance. According to the Ministry of Defence’s secretary gener-
al for Economic Affairs, Jose Luis Ruiz Sumalla, this does not entirely reflect spending on these allocations, and could be even higher. “Only the figures for the last four years are reliable,” he said. “Information before 2014 was obtained by combining different computer systems, data bases and contracting procedures.” Nor do these figures include the total cost of outsourcing for logistics buildings and living quarters
between 2010 and 2018. “Most living quarters are inside barracks and it has been possible to calculate separate expenses for security, cleaning and upkeep as these are included in general spending on the military base where they are located,” Ruiz Sumalla said. The figures were made public following a request from a soldier on a temporary contract who asked for outsourcing details on the Transparency Website.
Street shooting settling scores THE fatal shooting of a man in a Bilbao street could have been a settling of scores. The victim was gunned down in the Bilbao La Vieja district of the city on Thursday afternoon. The authorities believe the killing could be related to a conflict sparked off by jealousy between two gypsy clans, according to Spanish press reports. It appears two couples who used
to be inseparable fell out after one of the men had an affair with the other man’s wife. Calls to the emergency services first alerted police to the incident. When patrols arrived at the scene they found the victim already dead on the ground. Basque police arrested two men found in a nearby property shortly afterwards and seized three shotguns.
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Empowering EMPOWERING women is the main objective of a free course running until May in l’Alfas del Pi. Around 50 participants have signed up for ‘Secrets of a happy woman,’ which is organised by the local council’s Equality department in collaboration with Essencial, the School of Empowerment for Gender Peace. Leadership and Feminine Empowerment coaches Yolanda Garcia and Concha Coves will over the months cover subjects like managing emotions, promoting self-esteem, motivation, personal ability and decision-taking. “To gain grand scale change the first step consists in starting with oneself, in believing in our abilities,” commented Equality councillor Rocio Guijarro at the opening session of the course. “From this point you have the importance of courses like this, on which men are also welcome, as they should take part in the process and help to overcome cultural practices which favour machismo and inequality.” The twice weekly morning sessions are being held on Thursdays and Saturdays in the Hogar del Pensionista multi-uses hall. Inscription will remain open throughout the year, the course being taught in modules and participants are able to attend once or twice a week, the councillor explained.
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Turtle released RELEASED: Loggerhead is back at sea.
A LOGGERHEAD turtle that was rescued when it was found floating listlessly entangled in the remains of a raffia bag has been released into the sea. The sea creature was found on October 1 by staff at the Marine Reserve of La MuelaCabo Tiñoso. The young turtle, which weighed 2.802kg and a shell 28cm long was then nursed back to health at Murcia’s Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Environment’s Wildlife Recovery Centre (Centro de Recuperación de Fauna Silvestre). This was the fifth Loggerhead to be rescued and then released into the environment by the centre so far this year. In 2017 and 2018 a total of eight turtles were rescued. Before being released turtles are ringed and micro-chipped as part of a study programme. They can be identified to see migration routes and breeding patterns. The Loggerhead turtle is classified as vulnerable on the List of Wild Species in Special Protection Regime and the Spanish Catalogue of Threatened Species, while the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers this species endangered. Among its main threats are the swallowing of plastics and different types of floating waste, their accidental capture in fishing nets, entanglement in remains of drifting lines and, to a lesser extent, collision with boats and the destruction and alteration of nesting beaches. The Wild Fauna Recovery Centre is financed under the Operational Programme of the European Regional Development Fund.
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SORTED: Good condition items are donated to NGOs for distribution to the needy.
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Fertile future MALAGA is to become the home of the first overian tissue cryopreservation bank in Andalucia. It is estimated that every year a dozen women in the Andalucian community can preserve their fertility in this way before undergoing cancer treatment. The technique consists of removing a portion of one of the ovaries and preserving it at low temperatures for future reimplantation. After a meeting of the Spanish Group of Pediatric Oncology Surgery, the surgeon Rafael Parrado together with professionals at the Maternity hospital, realised a need for such a clinic in Andalucia as one of the side effects of cancer treatments is infertility. The target patients for such procedures are young girls who require cancer treatment that involves a high risk of ovarian failure which could lead to early menopause and infertility. The clinic is now able to accommodate their first cases and will be made available to patients post evaluation.
FROZEN: An Andalucian first in Malaga.
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Natural resources
Good recycling record RESIDENTS of Adra have recycled nearly 18 tonnes of textiles so far this year. The local council praised the public for doing their bit to care for the planet and to help the less fortunate by depositing unwanted clothes, footwear, blankets, sheets, towels and so on in the 15 green containers distributed around Adra town and in outlying districts, including La Caracola, Puente del Río and La Curva. The council explained a company provides a service free of charge to the municipality to sort through collected items. Anything in good condition is donated to NGOs for distribution to the needy. The remainder is recycled to be used for products such as construction insulation.
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RETURNS HOME: Victoria de Castro (centre) in front of her house.
Squatters forced to leave HUNDREDS of residents of Portugalete, a town west of Bilbao, have successfully evicted a family of squatters who moved into a 94-year-old woman’s home when she left to visit her sister for a few days. The plight of Victoria de Castro, who returned to find intruders living inside the home that she had lived in all her life, triggered a response by neighbours who congregated in front of the house. Faced with an increasingly angry crowd, the squatters ended up calling the police to say that they would leave the property if they were guaranteed protection, eventually walking out amid heavy security presence. Under Spanish law, regaining the possession back of a home involves lengthy procedures that could until recently take up to two years. In 2018, new legislation was passed to reduce that to 30 days through civil proceedings, however complicated paperwork pushes many homeowners to simply pay the squatters to leave.
THE Mancomunidad de Municipios de la Costa del Sol Axarquia, APTA and CEDER travelled to Jaen for the Tourism Fair ‘Tierra Adentro’ this month to promote its tourist activities. The fair took place between October 25 and 27 and representatives of Axarquia promoted the natural resources which the region has to offer tourists from all over Spain. The spokesman of the Commonwealth of Municipalities of Axarquia, Antonio Sanchez travelled with fellow government members, Juan Peñas, Aroa Palma and the manager of APTA, Elisa Paez to the fair entitled the 18th International Fair of Tourism, Sports and Adventures of Andalucia ‘Tierra Adentro.’ “It’s a very important fair for us because they are the main inland destinations in Spain and because it concentrates professionals in the sector looking for places that offer opportunities for sports tourism or adventure,” said Sanchez. During the visit they promoted areas of outstanding natural beauty such as the Cuevas de Nerja and Tesoro, the Almijara and Alhama Natural Park and the La Caleta marina by distributing leaflets, tourist maps and creating a tourist information point for all 31 municipalities. The delegates also pushed the region’s culinary and cultural offerings as well as highlighting the importance of the tropical fruit industry, specifically the muscatel grape.
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New business space
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T H E m a y o r o f Ve l e z Malaga has launched a brand new business space in the heart of the Axarquian capital. Entitled the ‘Building of Enterprise and Employment,’ the new space will be located in the Business and Employment building and aims to bring together entrepreneurs and social groups to help work on municipal issues and solutions. The m a y o r o f Vele z Malaga, Antonio Moreno Ferrer held the presentation on Tuesday and emphasised the importance of collaborations between administrations and businesses to help promote employment in the town. He said: “At the council, we work with a primary objective, the generation of employment and proof of this is that in the last four years we have achieved that there are about 4,000 fewer unemployed in the munici-
BUSINESS SPACE: Velez-Malaga launches new business space for entrepreneurs.
pality and we are convinced that, with programmes like this and others that we carry out throughout the year, that figure will continue to
decline.” Provincial leader, Francisco Salado, added: “Undoubtedly, Velez-Malaga will also be a municipality of excel-
Urban approvals in Velez-Malaga
THE Velez-Malaga Council has finally approved the completion of the ‘Las Canteras’ in Valle-Niza. The works were approved on Monday morning along with a number of other construction works due to be undertaken in the area. The Local Government Board has given the approval of the section of the A7 ‘Las Canteras’ Valle-Niza PGOU, in order to complete the urbanisation of that area and promote its development. Antonio Moreno Ferrer, mayor of VelezMalaga, has explained that now this approval has been given, the council will progress to obtain all the necessary licences needed to
conduct the work as soon as possible. The Board has given its assurances that it will pay the costs involved in the electrical connection to the area as well as approve the certification of proper installation, within a period of one month. The urban development of the ‘Cortijo del Conde’ area of Chilches has also been given the green light, with a plot of land that will include 74 family homes split into four areas, plus a community recreation area with all road systems and pedestrian areas. Finally, the Stadium Vivar Tellez, home to Velez-Malaga CF, has been given notification that it will receive new artificial grass, finally replacing the existing turf after 12 years.
Migrant boat A MIGRANT boat was intercepted on Tuesday afternoon between the Port of Caleta de Vélez and Torrox Costa. The Guardia Civil intercepted the boat which contained 11 migrants from North Africa, including two children. The National Police and the Red Cross travelled to the site to care for the migrants and ensuring their good health.
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lence for the generation of greater social impact, for the search for new opportunities from the alliance of different organisation.”
A FATHER has been arrested for the alleged mistreatment and beating of his eight-year-old daughter in Malaga City. Shocked witnesses reported seeing the man throw the young girl to the ground, kick her several times and pin her down by putting his foot on her chest. It is said the man had earlier entered the school looking to pick up his daughter and had been asked by staff if he could wait at the door with the rest of the parents until his daughter was ready. When the girl finally left the building he reportedly launched his assault. The attack only stopped when other alarmed parents stepped in and came to the aid of the child who ran to hide inside the school. The father then fled the scene.
Later, it is claimed that when the mother arrived to pick up her daughter she initially showed signs of surprise at her partner’s behaviour. However, further police investigation revealed that both she and her daughter had previously suffered mistreatment at the hands of the father and had not reported this for fear of reprisals. The eight-year-old was then taken to the Maternity and Children’s Hospital where after a medical examination she received treatment for swelling to her head and injuries to her arm. The 36-year-old Spanish father was arrested, charged and later released, but precautionary measures were put in place to protect his alleged victims.
FINANCE
Stricter regulations
THANKS to the financial crisis which saw the banks around the world saved by governments, the UK in par ticular saw a tremendous growth in payday loan providers which were not initially subject to strict control. Due to the large number of com plaints received about selling loans to people who couldn’t afford them and high interest rates and penalties, the government did act to introduce stricter regulations. Anyone with a loan will still need to make repayments or find them selves accruing financial penalties, but what is not clear is when com plainants will receive compensation.
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€9.71
billion was the amount allocated by the Spanish Social Security towards payment of pensions in October, an increase of 4.9 per cent over last year.
PepsiCo goes to new levels
AFTER working for the second largest food company in the world, PepsiCo, for 22 years, Barcelona born Ramón Laguarta was appointed CEO of the largest multinational to have a Spaniard at its helm. Since taking up his position, he has radically changed the impetus of the business which had been more reliant on cost cutting than increased business in order to maintain and increase profits. His theory of sustainability and continued expansion has seen the
By John Smith stock market value of the company rise by 30 per cent over the last year to a mammoth €171 billion and if the company was a country, it would rank 55 in the world just above Algeria and below Qatar. A lot has happened in just one year and his target now is to see a steady increase in profits year on year of between 4 and 6 per cent and this, he believes, can be achieved by rationalising some production and expanding mar kets.
In Spain for example, PepsiCo has outsourced two of its drinks centres to Spanish group Refresco, integrating production for the two groups to increase output and re duce costs, but without losing jobs. He now has his eyes on expand ing the market for Alvalle Gazpa cho which is selling well outside of Spain, but has not yet cracked the US market and this product in par ticular will be promoted heavily in America, where the Spanish speak ing population could well be a lu crative target.
LEGALLY SPEAKING To sell or not to sell? Recently I put my house up for sale and I had a buyer very quickly. I didn’t have a lawyer, as I know what is best for me. I have two small loans, not mortgages, and the lender has a charge against the house. He has been paid but he has to appear at the completion to sign on this. There are also outstanding community charges, some of which I paid from the deposit I received. The completion date was set and I was told I could pack up and leave the house. Then the completion date was put off because the mortgage funds had not arrived. I was given ONE day as notice. I have no confidence in another comple tion date now, which I am expected to go through again on what seems like half a sale. What are your thoughts? J R (Costa del Sol) You cer tainly have encountered set YOU AND THE backs, complica LAW IN SPAIN tions and delays too many to list here but you have signed a binding con tract of sale. I feel that instructing a lawyer would have helped you to obtain what is best for you with less worry.
DAVID SEARL
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
Profits soar SPANISH bank Sabadell has report ed profit to the end of September 2019 at €783 million which is more than double the amount it made in the last financial year. Not only has it not had to include extraordinary charges with regards to computerisation of its TSB sub sidiary in the UK or had to write down the value of properties owned which it did in 2018, but has also generated an additional €138 mil lion from the sale of estate agents Solvia. This income means that it can match last year’s dividend al though this time by way of shares in treasury stock rather than cash in order to strengthen its balance sheet and reduce outflow of money.
BUSINESS EXTRA Knicker grant THE Spanish Tax Office has noted that certain people involved in media and the world of celebrity are claiming tax deductions in respect of designer lingerie, sunglasses, clothes and even cosmetic surgery which they claim are legitimate business expenses.
Profits down SHARES in Amazon have fallen sharply after the company revealed that although turnover in the third quarter was up by 20 per cent, profits had dropped due to increased shipping costs following an offer of next day delivery to Prime customers.
Not-spots THE UK government and mobile phone companies are discussing investing £1 billion (€1.12 billion) in extending network coverage in areas of ‘notspots’ to increase quality 4G coverage to 95 per cent of the country.
Advising the rich ALWAYS on the look out to increase turnover and profits throughout its international opera tions, Santander is now offering much better in centives to high wealth individuals. In the last year, it has reviewed its structure and now offers customers a dedicated division which is able to recommend investment services which were previously restricted to companies. This has taken off in the USA and has increased
its customer base to 1,700 which may not appear enormous but to qualify, individuals have to prove a net worth of €20 million and have access to alternative investments including real estate in markets such as Brazil, Mexico and Portugal. Staffing has been increased so there are now 32 specialists offering a personal service which in cludes advice on the most appropriate university for a young person.
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% CHG. -0,01 -8,20 -3,40 -8,20 -2,98 -0,76 -6,00 -0,51 -3,60 -1,82 -2,20 -6,50 -16,00 -79,00 -11,70 -0,80 -26,00 -6,30 -4,58 -5,15 0,36 1,00 -1,00 -6,60 29,50 -1,40 -9,00 -13,79 -4,68 -3,11 -24,00 -3,24 3,60 -27,00 1,00 -7,50 -16,00 10,00 -12,50 -1,60 2,84 -2,55 -1,90 -6,50 2,00 -12,60 -0,66 -21,00 -5,40
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A most successful scam By John Smith ALTHOUGH many internet frauds prove to emanate from Nigeria, some major examples also come out of Spain and it is estimated that last year some 12 companies in 10 countries lost €10 million. This information has been revealed because the Guardia Civil has broken one gang and arrested three people in Spain who between them are alleged to have opened 83 fake companies with 185 bank accounts in order to launder the proceeds of their activities. Known as a Business Email Compro mise (BEC) scam senior management of different companies were imperson
THERE was a great deal of anger, particularly in rural areas of the UK where bank branches have been closed, when Barclays Bank announced that it would stop customers from withdrawing cash from post offices. Nowadays, the bulk of sub post offices are based in newsagent’s premises and the NFRN, the organisation which represents them de-
BEC: Companies have lost millions.
About face manded that the bank review its decision saying the decision “will hit tens of thousands of elderly and vulnerable people especially in rural areas.” Barclays can now claim to be a ‘listening bank’ as it quickly reversed the decision and will sup-
port what it calls a ‘full service proposition’ allowing customers to make cash withdrawals with their debit cards for at least the next three years. Whilst it is becoming more popular to make touch screen payments, many elderly people do prefer to have cash available and smaller businesses can’t always afford the latest technology.
ated and more junior employees were instructed to either transfer funds or supply information which would allow the scammers access to company ac counts. In this particular case, those involved were sophisticated enough to use company letterheads and branding to issue instructions to pay large amounts of money against fictitious proforma invoices. As this particular enquiry continues, investigating officers have so far recov ered €1,290,000 for victims who are believed to be in Bulgaria, Germany, Luxembourg, the UK and US. So successful have various criminal gangs been that many companies are now seriously considering taking spe cial insurance as BEC scams now ac count for more lost money than ran somware or hacked data breaches. International law enforcement agen cies including Europol, the FBI and In terpol have been working together since 2016 under the operational name of Lavanco and have so far ar rested more than 280 individuals from around the world who are believed to have been involved in these BEC scams which are known to have netted more than €150 million.
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Lower deficit THE UK Office for National Statistics has admitted that due to a statistical error, the British budget deficit (excluding money tied up in banks) could be as much as £1.5 billion (€1.7 billion) less than previously reported for this year so far.
Nissan woes WHETHER it is a reaction to the unrest in Barcelona or simply a result of the reduction in demand for its vehicles, Nissan Barcelona has reduced production by 20 per cent and may well cut the work force by 600.
Mass exodus A REPORT from New Financial confirms that due to Brexit, 332 financial businesses have moved 5,000 members of staff and assets of nearly €900 million out of London to relocate within the European Union with the largest destination being Dublin.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT THIS week’s blizzard of utter codswallop truly has me once again losing the will to live. It really is quite frightening how, in a past life, opinions and laws we would have thought completely ludicrous and truly laughable, are now not only being put into practice, but can actually land you in jail. With the whole fabric of the nation being torn apart and monumental decisions being taken that will affect the futures of every one of us, these whining Wally’s still spend their time, and probably our money, huddled around their half pints of real ale, frantically trying to drag up ludicrous and utterly non sensical rules and regulations merely, in most cases, to give themselves a reason for their own existence. And this week has been no exception. The abolishment of handclapping has final ly reached Oxford University. Students (many of whom will no doubt become future politi cians!) have managed to ban applause on the grounds that it may be wait for it a ‘trig gering’ for people with a nervous disposition! Audiences will now be encouraged to re place clapping with ‘jazz hands,’ the waggling of hands in the fashion of Al Jolson, which will no doubt also need replacing after the
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Truly laughable
HAND CLAPPING: Audiences will now be encouraged to waggle their hands instead.
first snowflake realises this action is even more ‘offensive’ to some than the clapping it was intended to replace! Wolf whistling is now considered a misogy nist act and police are encouraging women who are victims of this heinous crime to dial 999 and report it. (I actually find it most odd
that most of the ladies I talk to, tell me they would in fact be somewhat disappointed if they didn’t receive the occasional purse lipped projection of appraisement). Somewhat more serious, but in much the same vein, I did think the ‘offence’ supposed ly perpetrated by young teenager Jamie
Griffis was a disgraceful miscarriage of jus tice as far as his sentencing was concerned. This bumbling, somewhat socially inept youngster was found guilty of two charges of sexual assault, after he fumblingly touched a young woman on the arm and waist while trying to talk to her in the street. He told the judge that he tried to talk, but the ‘words wouldn’t come out.’ The young lady said she was convinced that ‘had she not moved back he would have touched her breast’ (oh really!?). She said that the ‘assault’ left her unable to do school work; uncomfortable in her own home, had made her stressed and anxious and that the ‘attack’ had (somehow) hindered her appli cation to Oxford! Now I’m not condoning the actions of this young man, but do think that £250 in com pensation, a 12month community order with 200 hours of unpaid work and being or dered to sign the sex register for the next five years was a bit over the top and will probably affect this unfortunate young man for the rest of his days. Altogether now. Snowflakes are falln’ on my head… Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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18 Improved as a gambler (6) 20 A point to a story, kept too long (5) 22 Quick to note danger (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents Z and 23 represents B, so fill in Z every time the figure 15 appears and B every time the figure 23 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 Relaxed and unconcerned (6) 4 Lowest adult male singing voice (4) 8 Large carnivorous fish (5) 9 Be in accord (5) 10 Move more slowly (10) 13 Act in advance of (10) 17 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 18 Wrong (5) 19 Let for money (4) 20 Wet thoroughly (6)
English - Spanish
Across 1 Pavos (7) 5 Quiere (5) 8 Pillo (5) 9 Acostarse (3,4) 10 To praise (7) 11 Chair (5) 12 Sleeve (5) 14 Decline (5) 19 Alcanzar (5) 21 To stink (7) 23 Más sucio (7) 24 Contar (5) 25 Temprano (5) 26 Tostadora (7)
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Down 1 Utter obscenities or profanities (4) 2 Cause fear in (5) 3/18 Increase the likelihood of (3,3) 5 Main artery of the body (5) 6 Scandinavian kingdom (6) 7 Cosmetics (4-2) 11 Surfeit (6) 12 Hairdresser (6) 14 Retinue (5) 15 Sharp hooked claw (5) 16 Opening between the threads of a net (4) 18 See 3
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There are enough people in this world who will be willing to tell you what to do. Although it is in your nature to value your freedom, have you been compromising? Think of the time you have left to get to grips with a particular situation.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your opinion of someone is in the process of changing. It is not through any particular action of theirs towards you, rather it is a feeling that you should not be involved with their business. Trusting our instincts is something that we do not do enough.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There is a lightness to this week that is welcome. After more than a little bit of aggravation and frustration of late it is overdue. Someone you believed had lost interest in you suddenly surfaces. You may be unsure of how to react, so save judgment.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) A need to listen to your innermost feelings and needs has perhaps been overlooked. With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, philosophical thoughts are often pushed into a corner. Even so, you owe it to yourself to truly consider what you want as opposed to going along with what others want from you.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Someone you would not normally consider to be a friend shows an interest in you. Your immediate reaction may be joy or suspicion. In fact, you are not quite sure what to think. All the same, try to put aside preconceived ideas and give them a chance.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Time is of the essence when pursuing a pet project this week. Having been given the opportunity to go ahead with a plan, do not waste time. Some opportunities do not come twice so be sure to show your enthusiasm.
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LEO (July 24 - August 23) A close relationship seems to be changing. You need to know why and maybe believe that you do. However, be sure to get all the facts. Asking outright questions of the person involved is your best chance of getting the right answers. Someone may urge you to ‘read between the lines’ but it is hardly necessary.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) With so much energy around you, it will be hard to concentrate on business matters. Finances, however, do require your attention and a brief period of scrutiny will show you why. Someone close may be spending too much or undermining the situation by making big plans.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Nostalgia overtakes you and an urge to look back into the past is strong. Perhaps you are thinking of tracing your family tree. It may be that you have received a letter or phone call that aroused your curiosity.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) When you start to worry too much about things, it is time to take a step back. Senseless worrying is when you really cannot do anything to change the situation. Take into account how, in the past, worrying has affected your wellbeing. Maybe it is time to walk away and take another path entirely.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This is a creative week and one in which you seek to find your talents. For some time now you have toyed with the idea of joining a club or group. This will enhance your social life and bring you laughter.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Life can get complicated at this time of the year and you may feel pulled in more than one direction. You are perfectly entitled to change your mind about an arrangement.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
IRISH LOTTO Saturday October 26
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29
EURO MILLIONS Tuesday October 22
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32
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Friday October 25
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JOKER: 3 974 958 Saturday October 26
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JOKER: 6 929 806 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday October 27
25
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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.
Average: 9 Good: 12 Very good: 18
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alto ante date dent dolt dote etna gate gelt gent gnat goat late lent neat note tael tale tang teal teed teen tend toad toed toga told tole tone tong agent aglet anted atone dealt delta eaten elate enate gated genet gloat lated leant lento noted oaten talon tango tonal toned atoned denote dental donate dotage eaglet elated gentle goatee lateen legate legato negate tangle elegant gentled gloated goateed negated taloned tangelo tangled tangoed elongate ELONGATED
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across: 1 Mature, 4 Foal, 8 Implement, 9 Ewer, 10 Closed, 13 Search, 15 Data, 18 Jitterbug, 19 Bark, 20 Hybrid.
Down: LA PRIMITIVA
TARGET:
Excellent: 23
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.
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How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Sudoku
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
1 Mallets, 2 Twice, 3 Ripe, 5 Opens, 7 Reply, 11 Diamond, 12 Screw, 14 After, 16 Anger, 17 Obey, 18/6 Job lot.
CRYPTIC Across: 1 Deacons, 5 Cocoa, 8 Antwerp, 9 Inert, 10 Nicks, 11 Ragtime, 12 Cachet, 14 Ghosts, 17 Slipper, 19 Rifts, 22 Awake, 23 Grimace, 24 Keeps, 25 Testers.
Down: 1 Drain, 2 Antic, 3 Oversee, 4 Superb, 5 Cling, 6 Clerics, 7 Anthems, 12 Cossack, 13 Chicane, 15 Harpies, 16 Fright, 18 Poems, 20 Flame, 21 Sheds.
ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:
Across: 1 Rabo, 3 Además de, 8 Balloon, 9 About, 10 Obese, 11 Empresa, 12 Poetry, 13 Fresco, 16 Libreta, 18 Draws, 20 Latas, 21 Derrota, 22 Aprender, 23 Edge.
1 Rubio, 2 Billete, 4 Dancer, 5 Score, 6 Extraño, 7 More or less, 9 Aspiradora, 12 Polilla, 14 Seafood, 15 Handle, 17 Batir, 19 Shame.
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7:30am Money for Nothing 8:15am Countryfile Autumn Diaries 9:00am Antiques Roadshow 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pmBBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Yes Chef 2:45pm Best Bakes Ever 3:10pm Heir Hunters 3:55pm King Kong 5:30pm Celebrity Eggheads 6:15pm Make Me a Dealer 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm MOTDx 8:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 9:00pm Autumnwatch 10:00pmGiri/Haji 11:00pmLater - with Jools Holland 11:30pmNewsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am A Dangerous Dynasty: House of Assad
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1988 9:00pm Forces of Nature with Brian Cox 10:00pm The Secrets of Quantum Physics 11:00pm The Dead Room 11:30pm Mark Kermode's Oscar Winners: A Secrets of Cinema Special 12:30am Pain, Pus & Poison: The Search for Modern Medicines 1:30am Top of the Pops: 1988 2:00am Africa's Great Civilisations 2:55am Africa's Great Civilisations 3:45am Great Barrier Reef
8:20am King of Queens 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 12:05pmUndercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Your Room or Mine? 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pmThe Accident 11:00pm8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12:05am How Europe Stole My Mum
9:00am Paw Patrol 9:10am Floogals 9:25am Becca's Bunch 9:45am Little Princess 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pmGPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Tiny House of Terror 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm How the Victorians Built Britain 9:00pm The Big Con? 10:00pmRich House, Poor House 11:00pmUndercover Girlfriend 12:05am Poltergeist
1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Headhunters 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm Still Open All Hours 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pmHave I Got News for You 10:30pmWould I Lie to You? 11:00pmBBC News at Ten 11:25pmRegional News and Weather 11:30pmWeather 11:35pmThe Graham Norton Show 12:25am Fleabag
7:30am Money for Nothing 8:15am Countryfile Autumn Diaries 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Yes Chef 2:45pm Best Bakes Ever 3:15pm Heir Hunters 4:00pm Streetdance 5:30pm Celebrity Eggheads 6:15pm Make Me a Dealer 7:00pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 8:30pm Mastermind 9:00pm Autumnwatch 10:00pm The Name of the Rose 10:50pm Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Weather 12:05am Later - with Jools Holland
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1988 9:00pm Exotic Pop at the BBC 10:00pm Top of the Pops: 1988 10:30pm Get Rich or Try Dying: Music's Mega Legacies 11:30pm TOTP2 12:30am Rod Stewart at the BBC A tribute to the singer's career with a selection of his performances and interviews at the BBC. 1:30am Top of the Pops: 1988 2:00am Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock at the BBC 3:00am Exotic Pop at the BBC 4:00am Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism
9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Your Room or Mine? 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Last Leg 12:05am Harry Hill's H Bomb 1:10am Celebrity Hunted
10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Casualty 24/7 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Garage Sale Mystery: A Case of Murder 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm The World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys 10:00pm Caravanning with Shane Richie 11:00pm Undercover Girlfriend 12:05am The Best of Bad TV
9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Judge Rinder 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pmPrince Charles: Inside the Duchy Of Cornwall 11:00pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pmITV News London 11:45pmLong Lost Family: What Happened Next 12:45am Tenable 1:40am Ideal World
7:20am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:45am You've Been Framed! 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:00am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm Casper 9:00pm FYI Daily 9:05pm Casper 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy
7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:20am Classic Emmerdale 8:50am Heartbeat 9:55am On the Buses 10:30am On the Buses 11:00am Man About the House 11:35am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 10:00pmLewis 12:00am Law & Order: UK 1:05am Inspector Morse 3:10am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping
7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am The Saint 8:15am Kojak 9:10am Quincy, M.E. 10:10am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:25pmThe Professionals 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:40pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm World Superbike Highlights Action from the final round of the season at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar. 10:00pmJunk and Disorderly 11:00pm Ransom 12:05am FYI Daily 12:10am Ransom 1:30am Minder 2:35am The Sweeney 3:30am The Protectors 4:00am Teleshopping
7:00am Live World Golf Championships 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Match Centre 12:00pmMatch Centre 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 5:30pm Live PGA Tour Golf 9:30pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pmSky Sports Tonight 11:00pmSky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 1:30am Live NFL Arizona Cardinals v San Francisco 49ers (Kick-off TBA).
6:05am Judge Rinder 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Rugby World Cup 2019 Live 1:00pm Countrywise 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 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 9:30pm Vera 11:20pmITV News at Ten and Weather 11:50pmITV News London 12:05am Lethal Weapon 1:00am Take Me Out 1:55am Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 2:30am Ideal World
7:45am You've Been Framed! 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:55pm Take Me Out 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Supermarket Sweep 10:00pm The Hangover Part II 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Hangover Part II 12:10am Family Guy
7:00am Classic Coronation Street 7:25am Classic Coronation Street 7:55am Classic Emmerdale 8:20am Classic Emmerdale 8:50am Heartbeat 9:55am On the Buses 10:30am On the Buses 11:00am Man About the House 11:30am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Classic Emmerdale 3:15pm Classic Emmerdale 3:50pm Classic Coronation Street 4:20pm Classic Coronation Street 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Foyle's War 1:05am The Street 2:20am The Street
4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am The Saint 8:25am Kojak 9:30am Quincy, M.E. 10:35am Minder 11:35am The Sweeney 12:40pm The Professionals 1:40pm The Saint 2:45pm Kojak 3:50pm Quincy, M.E. 4:55pm Minder 5:55pm The Professionals 7:00pm Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 7:45pm Live World Series of Darts Finals 12:00am All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite 2:15am The Contender 3:15am The Protectors 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 4:00am Teleshopping Buying goods from the comfort of home.
6:00am Live World Golf Championships 7:00am Live World Golf Championships 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Live ICC World T20 Qualifiers 2:40pm Best of England v New Zealand Action from the Third Test in 1997 at Christchurch. 3:00pm Football Centre 4:00pm Football Centre 4:30pm Live ICC World T20 Qualifiers 8:00pm Live EFL 11:30pm Sky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Live Formula 1 12:30am Live NBA: Houston @ Brooklyn 2:30am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 3:30am Live World Golf Championships
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No thanks, I don’t use it! MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man CAN you imagine someone coming up to you at a gathering, where there are a few people you know, but many you don’t, and saying, “Hi nice to meet you, would you like some crack cocaine to go with your volauvent?” And then, when you say, “No thanks, I don’t use it” they then say, in a surprised tone, “Oh really, are you sure, not just a little bit?” It just wouldn’t happen would it? So why is it when I’m out people who don’t know me very well react so strangely when I tell them I don’t drink alcohol? Most them are absolutely fine and ask what soft drink I would like but then there are the odd few that feel they have the right to ask me why I’m not interested in partaking in their drug of choice in front of everybody. They wouldn’t do that if I refused any other addictive substance. “Not even a small one?” “No, I don’t drink thank you.” “Have you never drunk?” “Yes I used to.” “Oh so why did you stop?” I mean really!
Do I have to explain to you why I don’t drink any more? Can you not just accept I choose not to? I then say I stopped al most 25 years ago and try and leave it at that. Then I get, “Wow! So how do you enjoy yourself when you are out?” That’s when, if it’s someone that I real ly don’t know, they get the Grumpy treat ment and I say, “I get my entertainment from watching people like you getting so drunk that you either want to kiss or fight everyone.” That will usually stop the conversation and they shuffle off and leave me alone with my con gas con lima. Nearly all my friends drink and we have great nights out. They sometimes get pleasantly merry and I love watching them enjoy them selves and they know I can have just as much fun without a ‘drink’ drink. The thing is I know the damage alcohol can do and whilst I’d never preach about it, I do find it so strange that supermar kets discount it sometimes as a loss leader to get people in to buy it. Alcohol itself is not inherently evil. When used responsibly, alcohol can turn social gatherings into pleasant and enjoy able experiences. But when it is misused, alcohol can do more overall harm than any other drug in the world. Cheers!
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SATURDAY - 2 NOVEMBER
7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Flour Power 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm International Rugby League 3:30pm Money for Nothing 4:00pm Seven Worlds, One Planet 5:00pm Final Score 6:20pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm BBC London News; Weather 7:05pm Weather 7:10pm Pointless 8:00pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:30pm The Wall 10:20pm Casualty 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:00am The NFL Show 1:30am Disturbia
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7:35am Thunderbirds are Go 8:00am Dare Master 8:05am Robozuna 8:30am You've Been Framed! 9:00am Rugby World Cup 2019 Live 12:45pm Riding a Dream 1:15pm The Mountain 1:45pm ITV News and Weather 1:49pm ITV London Weather 1:50pm Ninja Warrior UK 2:50pm You've Been Framed! 3:55pm Midsomer Murders 5:55pm Tipping Point 6:55pm ITV News and Weather 7:10pm ITV News London 7:15pm The Chase Celebrity Special 8:10pm Take Me Out 9:30pm The X Factor: Celebrity 11:20pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:25am ITV News and Weather
Top Class Mustangs FC Blue Peter The Amelia Gething Complex Strange Magic Robot Wars Celebrity Antiques Road Trip The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food Children in Need Best House in Town The World's Most Extraordinary Homes Queen of Katwe Britain's Biggest Warship Dad's Army Natural World Great Australian Railway Journeys QI XL Pose Pose Election The British Guide to Showing Off The Name of the Rose
7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale 10:35am Coronation Street 2:00pm Take Me Out 3:00pm The X Factor: Celebrity 4:55pm You've Been Framed! 5:55pm Hotel Transylvania 2 6:55pm FYI Daily 7:00pm Hotel Transylvania 2 7:40pm Jurassic World 8:45pm FYI Daily 8:50pm Jurassic World 10:00pm The Hangover Part III 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm The Hangover Part III 12:05am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad! 1:30am American Dad! 1:55am The Cleveland Show 2:25am The Cleveland Show 2:55am Don't Hate the Playaz
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SUNDAY - 3 NOVEMBER
8:00pm Nature's Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution 9:00pm Wild China 10:00pmSpiral Following the debacle resulting in Fouad's death, the team is taken off the investigation. 11:00pmSpiral 11:50pmBlackadder 12:20am Blackadder 12:50am Blackadder 1:20am Top of the Pops: 1988 1:50am Top of the Pops: 1988 2:20am Get Rich or Try Dying: Music's Mega Legacies 3:20am Franco Building with Jonathan Meades
6:10am Building the Dream 7:05am Cheers 7:35am Cheers 8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:25am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:50am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:15am Frasier 9:45am Frasier 10:15am King of Queens 10:45am King of Queens 11:10am The Big Bang Theory 11:40am The Big Bang Theory 12:05pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:35pm The Simpsons 4:05pm The Simpsons 4:35pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:35pm Four Rooms 6:35pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Britain's Most Historic Towns 9:00pm Great British Car Journeys 10:00pm Ghostbusters 12:40am Gogglebox
11:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Access 11:30am Friends 1:25pm Friends 1:50pm Christmas at Graceland 2:50pm Access 2:55pm Christmas at Graceland 3:35pm The Flight Before Christmas 4:35pm Access 4:40pm The Flight Before Christmas 5:20pm Goosebumps 6:20pm Access 6:25pm Goosebumps 7:00pm 5 News Weekend 7:05pm 10 Mistakes That Sunk the Titanic 8:35pm The River Thames: Then & Now 9:30pm Great British Ships 10:30pm Angels and Demons 11:30pm Access 11:35pm Angels and Demons
11:00am Sunday Politics London 11:30am Sunday Morning Live 12:30pm Wanted Down Under 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:50pm Points of View 3:05pm Escape to the Country 3:35pm War Horse 5:50pm BBC News 6:05pm BBC London News; Weather 6:10pm Weather 6:15pm Countryfile 7:15pm Seven Worlds, One Planet 8:15pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm His Dark Materials 10:00pm World on Fire 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News; Weather 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am Not Going Out
7:40am The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 8:40am Around the World in 80 Gardens 9:40am Countryfile 10:55am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:25pm Talking Pictures 1:05pm The Vikings 3:00pm NFL 7:00pm Africa with Ade Adepitan 8:00pm Dragons' Den 9:00pm Britain's Biggest Warship 10:00pm The Americas with Simon Reeve 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Silence 2:00am Question Time 3:00am Best House in Town 3:45am Holby City 4:45am This is BBC Two Preview of upcoming programmes from BBC Two.
8:00pm For Folks Sake! Morris Dancing and Me 9:00pm Britain's Nuclear Bomb: The Inside Story 10:00pm Imagine 11:05pm Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures 1:25am The Sinner 2:05am Pappano's Classical Voices 3:05am Natural World 3:55am For Folks Sake! Morris Dancing and Me Richard Macer infiltrates morris dancing's endangered world of bells, beer and beards, discovering that women may be the unlikely saviours of this ancient masculine tradition.
6:35am Extreme Cake Makers 6:50am Cheers 7:20am Cheers 7:50am King of Queens 8:15am King of Queens 8:40am Frasier 9:05am Frasier 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 Great British Bake Off 4:10pm The Dog House 5:10pm Mrs. Doubtfire 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Great Canal Journeys 9:00pm Escape to the Chateau 10:00pm Celebrity Hunted 11:00pm It's Grime, Up North 12:00am Formula 1 2:00am Rush 4:05am The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 5:00am Come Dine with Me
10:30am Shimmer and Shine 10:40am Digby Dragon 10:55am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Access 11:20am Friends 1:15pm Friends 1:45pm Dogs with Extraordinary Jobs 2:50pm My Christmas Prince 3:50pm Access 3:55pm My Christmas Prince 4:35pm A Gingerbread Romance 5:35pm Access 5:40pm A Gingerbread Romance 6:20pm A Christmas to Remember 7:55pm 5 News Weekend 8:00pm Ed Sheeran: In His Own Words 10:00pm Britney at Breaking Point 11:00pm The MTV Music Awards 2019
7:25am On the Buses 7:50am Agatha Christie's Marple 9:50am Inspector Morse 11:55am Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 4:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:00pm Foyle's War 8:00pm Lewis 10:00pm Endeavour 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:00am The Syndicate 3:00am On the Buses Stan indulges a whim and lifts Doreen off the ground, but strains his back in the process. 3:25am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping Buying goods from the comfort of home.
7:00am Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 7:20am The Professionals 8:20am The Big Fish Off 9:25am Monster Carp 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am The Car Chasers 11:55am Columbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder 2:00pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Made in Britain 6:00pm Junk and Disorderly 7:00pm Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 8:00pm Live World Series of Darts Finals 12:00am Hard to Kill 1:00am FYI Daily 1:05am Hard to Kill 2:05am Minder 3:00am The Sweeney 4:00am Teleshopping
7:00am Live World Golf Championships 9:00am LPGA Tour Golf 10:30am Saturday Social 11:30am Soccer A.M. John Fendley and Jimmy Bullard present the weekly collection of footballthemed competitions, comedy, phone-ins and guests. 1:00pm Live EFL 4:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:00pm Live Premier League 9:30pm Live Fight Night 12:00am Sky Sports News 1:00am Great Sporting Moments 1:15am Great Sporting Moments 1:30am Live International T20 Cricket
10:30am Beautiful Baking with Juliet Sear 11:30am John and Lisa's Weekend Kitchen 12:30pm Nadia's Family Feasts 1:30pm ITV News and Weather 1:39pm ITV London Weather 1:40pm About a Boy 3:40pm The X Factor: Celebrity 5:30pm Back to Mine 6:00pm ITV News and Weather 6:10pm ITV News London 6:20pm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 9:00pm Catchphrase 10:00pm David Walliams Presents Return of Alright on the Night 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:14pm ITV London Weather 11:15pm Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy Of Cornwall
3:50am Teleshopping 6:50am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:10am Emmerdale 10:10am Coronation Street 1:35pm The X Factor: Celebrity 3:25pm Corpse Bride 4:25pm FYI Daily 4:30pm Corpse Bride 5:00pm Casper 6:00pm FYI Daily 6:05pm Casper 6:55pm Space Jam 7:55pm FYI Daily 8:00pm Space Jam 8:40pm Godzilla 9:45pm FYI Daily 9:50pm Godzilla 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:50am American Dad! 1:15am Plebs 1:45am Don't Hate the Playaz 2:30am Release the Hounds 3:30am Teleshopping
3:30am Teleshopping 7:00am On the Buses 7:25am Agatha Christie's Poirot 8:25am Heartbeat 9:25am Heartbeat When an exarmy officer is found dead in his home, suspicion is cast on his moneyhungry wife. 10:25am Agatha Christie's Poirot 12:35pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 2:40pm Inspector Morse 4:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 6:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:05am Lewis 2:00am Scott & Bailey 2:55am Scott & Bailey 3:40am Lewis 5:15am Agatha Christie's Poirot
4:00am Teleshopping 7:00am The Protectors A popular singer fears for her sanity when she starts being terrorised by ghosts. 7:30am Motorsport UK 8:30am World Superbike Highlights 9:30am Minder 10:30am The Professionals 11:35am Columbo: Make Me a Perfect Murder 1:45pm Live World Series of Darts Finals 6:00pm The Big Fish Off 7:00pm Monster Carp 8:00pm Live World Series of Darts Finals 12:00am Eraser 1:10am FYI Daily 1:15am Eraser 2:20am Minder 3:20am The Protectors 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping
9:00am LPGA Tour Golf Day four of the Swinging Skirts Championship from Taiwan. 10:30am Total Goals A round-up of the latest football action. 11:00am The Sunday Supplement A selection of sports writers review the football stories that have hit the back pages this weekend, including all the fall-out from yesterday's matches and the latest gossip. 10:00pm F1 Cars Through 1000 Races A look back at some of F1's most memorable cars through the sport's 1000 races.
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CROWDED PROMENADE WE love Spain and the Spanish lifestyle, so we have already visited earlier in the year. When we walked along the crowded promenade of Fuengirola in April/May we were shocked at the speed of the two wheeled electric scooters, bikes etc ridden with no regard for pedestrians. We assumed it was just a phase and it would be sorted out. The promenade is less busy now, but despite the falling numbers of pedestrians, the menace of irresponsi ble riders of twowheeled vehicles still speed along footpaths and now roads. We have seen riders weaving in and out of pedestrians on paths and now using the roads, but with no regard to speed limits or even pedestrian cross ings. We assume they are not insured and many do not appear to have any expe rience of riding with other traffic. This is a menace which needs new legislation to incorporate all electric scooters within the normal motorcycle laws. Yours sincerely, Anne & John Cracknell
Take a seat DEAR Editor I know what Barry Duke means about rickety chairs (Issue 1789). Most Spanish chairs seem to be put together from light wood and being no lightweight, they creak when I move. There are furniture charity shops and I visited a local one and found the ideal solution. IRON chairs. There was six of them, for sale singularly (€12 each). I bought two as it is only for me, double parked outside (they are too heavy to car ry any distance) and put them both on the back seat where they fitted OK. They are as good and solid as they look. I looked in the shop next day and the other four were gone. Michael Hill
Multi-culturalism HI Leapy Great article (Issue 1789). The combi nation of PC and multiculturalism, where we are supposed to believe that all cultures are of equal value is destroy ing Europe. And throw in open doors im migration. God help us! Cheers, Ron Leach
Good luck! I JUST wanted to say I hope your communi ty Halloween party for Malaga’s orphanage is a huge success. Unfortunately, my wife and I can’t be there. We have a holiday home in Mijas but are in the UK at the mo ment. However, we have been able to of fer our support at the GoFundMe page. It’s a brilliant thing you are doing good luck. *The fangtastic BeUnited community party to raise money for the orphans of ‘Cuidad de los Niños’ takes place at the Fe ria in Fuengirola from 5pm this afternoon (Thursday, October 31).
MENACE: Riders of electric scooters using the footpath.
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I think caravans may have difficulty getting up to the site, campervans shouldn’t have a problem. Hopefully the campers will appre ciate the beauty of the area and leave it clean and tidy. Maggie Pepper
SINCE his appointment in July, Boris Johnson has made one thing clear: the UK would leave the EU by October 31. However, the deadline has inched closer and the PM hasn’t been able to deliver on his pledge. European leaders have now agreed to an extension, making the Halloween exit a thing of the past. EU Council President Donald Tusk, has announced a ‘flextension’ until January 31, 2020. This will allow Britain flexibility in their exit date. If Boris Johnson manages to get his Brexit deal approved by Parliament and ratified by the European Parliament, the UK could leave on December 1 or January 1. If the deal fails to receive support, the appointed deadline will provide time for a general election. Law requires the prime minister to accept the EU’s offer and it is probable that the UK will appoint a new European Commissioner for the extension. The PM will now campaign for an election on December 12, in the full knowledge that he has not delivered on his primary policy. However, if Parliament accepts the election Mr Johnson would restart the process for his Withdrawal Agreement Bill. Mr Corbyn has announced he will support a December election as the spectre of a No Deal Brexit has been ruled out. But now, the fun deciding the actual date will start. It is expected that the new developments will cause further confusion and discussion in Parliament.
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Positive as long as all campers leave the place as they find it we are good, happy campers and love exploring nontourist places and meeting locals and seeing the local traditions, so please don’t lose us. Maxine Jordan
Buckingham Palace issues warning to Harry
and Meghan She thought she could change centuries of royal protocol and traditions... so, if she don’t like the heat… get out of the kitchen. Murray Wasik She is LOVIN it, Princess Anne and her children opted for being out of the limelight, yet still privi leged. I’m afraid this is just the beginning, poor Harry. Irene Beverley
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Greta Slams Facebook Due To Key Board Warriors She’s a gutsy lass who is trying to champion what she believes in. It’s a shame so many adults seem to take offence. She and young people like her are the future of our earth. Edwina Allen Tovey She has people talking and thinking about the issue. Nothing wrong with that. Just a shame if adults try to manipulate her for their agendas. Tricia Gabbitas
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Cancer on the rise CASES of pancreatic and colon cancer have risen by 10 per cent in the last 30 years. The increase is believed to be in relation to obesity and diabetes. Investigators have studied the ill ness in 195 countries between 1990 and 2017. The high prevalence of these types of cancer could also be partly due to a larger population and longer life expectancy. The finalised study was presented at the European Congress for Gas troenterology in Barcelona. More than 14,000 specialists congregated to discuss their findings. It is the first investigation to provide a worldwide estimation of the burden this cancer entails on the health ser vices and the risk factors. Researchers have highlighted that the number of deaths due to pan creatic cancer have risen by 130 per cent, but they explain that consider ing current population it equates to PAIN - mild or unbearable - tends to start creeping up on you. Suddenly, you can’t take it any more and immediately reach for a painkiller. Even though this may prove an effective method, many doctors discourage the continued use of medication. If you find yourself taking anything from the common aspirin or maybe something stronger like prescription opioids, it could be time to reconsider. In many cases the use of pharmaceuticals is necessary. But taking into account the side effects that pills can have, it is recommended to try a non medication approach first. Alternative remedies can work for minor headaches and muscle tension. In cases of fur ther pain speaking with a doc tor about remedial approaches is encouraged. These pain man agement techniques have been advised by pain specialists and can sometimes substitute your medicine. 1. Go for a walk: Advocating for an active lifestyle is nothing
ON THE UP: Number of cases of pancreatic and colon cancer.
12 per cent more. The experts link the numbers to international growth in cases of obesity and dia
betes. High levels of sugar in blood is considered a major risk factor. This type of cancer is one of the
deadliest with only a 5 per cent sur vival rate. However, causes of the condition can be widely avoided,
such as smoking, obesity and dia betes. On the other hand, colorectal cancer is also 10 per cent more ex tended but mortality rates have fall en 13.5 per cent. This is due to pro grammes aimed at early detection. Risk factors for men have been listed as alcohol consumption, smoking and diets that lack in fibre and calcium. In women it seems on ly diet aspects are of influence.
Pain Relief Now new in the world of health. Ex ercise strengthens muscles and is essential for living a long life. Physical activity should always be discussed with a doctor and planned out based on ability and pain symptoms. Many low impact exercises are great for relieving aches, especially back pain. It is also an easy activity to incorporate in daily routines, like walking your dog in the morning. 2. Hydration: Water may at tack discomfort at its source.
Keeping up with daily water in take is good for overall health. But it is also crucial for cushion ing between joints and protect ing internal tissue. Dehydration will also drain energy and can lead to exhaustion and worsen existing symptoms. Eight glasses per day should be the minimum intake to assure wellbeing. 3. Take a bath: Water is miraculous on the inside, but it also does wonders from the outside. A warm bath will help ease soreness and reduces
PAIN RELIEF: Doctors recommend trying a different approach.
pressure on the joints. The warm temperature will also get your circulation going and will stimulate blood, resulting in the loosening of stiff muscles. 4. At home massaging: Mak ing an appointment for a mas sage can be a nuisance and be bad for budgeting. A handheld athome massager could prove to be a useful investment if you are looking for much needed pain relief. Incorporating mas sage into pain management will enhance blood flow and reduce
muscle tension. As circulation activates, inflammation and swelling will naturally decrease. 5. Miracle ginger: A study published in journal Arthritis in 2013 claimed that ginger can be more effective for pain relief
than ibuprofen. The powerful antiinflammatory blocks the formation of compounds that produce inflammation. It also breaks down existing acidity and fluids between the joints. Ginger can be eaten raw in small doses, although it may prove too spicy for a lot of peo ple. Other alternatives are using it in aromatic teas, smoothies or cooking.
SOCIAL SCENE U p d a t e o n f o o d , d r i n k , e n t e r t a i n m e n t s , w h a t ’s o n a n d w e e k l y h a p p e n i n g s
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Letizia wows Japan KING FELIPE VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have embarked on a tour of Japan and South Korea. The royals attended the extravagant enthronement of Emperor Naruhito. The cere mony celebrated the Japanese emperor, who ascended to the throne in May this year. Several heads of state at tended the lavish event as well as members of royal families from Sweden, Netherlands, Bel gium and Luxembourg. Letizia
wore a very detailed floral number to the ceremony as she mingled with other guests. The Spanish queen couldn’t resist a second out fit change and wowed as she stepped out in her second outfit. All eyes were on Letizia as she dazzled in the bright pink gown. Although it isn’t an official state visit, the couple met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. After a brief stay in Japan,
MADE FOR A QUEEN: The spectacular gown was created by Carolina Herrera. Felipe and Letizia travelled to Seoul in a bid to form economic and trading alliances.
Concerns over celeb REALITY star James Argent headlined a gig at Stadium 63 in Mallorca after worrying headlines. The sudden return to work came as a surprise, after reports he collapsed in his Essex home ear lier in the week. According to reports, two police cars and two ambulance crews arrived after being called by girlfriend and TOWIE star, Gemma Collins. James admitted to the party goers that he’d had “a hell of a week,” following grave concerns
for his wellbeing. Ambulance crews turned up at his house, but were sent away by his parents who insisted on looking after him themselves. However, medics were called again after fur ther concerns for his health. Gemma Collins re portedly dialled 999 amid fears he had over dosed, when he didn’t reply to her calls or texts. James has dispersed these rumours and insists he was fine. but didn’t answer his phone be cause he wasn’t speaking to a certain person.
Animals are prowling TICKETS are now on sale for the Animals Greatest Hits Show which features past members of the famous Animals band. It’s a five-piece band playing the music of the Animals and Martin Bland (bass and vocals) and Steve
Hutchinson (keyboards) were the longest serving members of the Animals and are joined on stage by George Fearon (Animals), George Defty (Geordie) and Stevie Land (Tygers of Pan Tang). Music is in the blood of these accomplished rock musicians who have been playing professionally all of their working lives. There are two shows, one at the Jardines del Trapiche, Velez-Malaga on Friday November 22 and the other at the Teatro Carthima in Cartama the following evening where the band will perform all of their bestknown songs from the 60’s including House of the Rising Sun, We’ve gotta get out of this place, Bring it on home to me, Boom Boom plus many more. To find out details of the very reasonable ticket prices and to make a booking, be sure to visit http://www.ticketsource. eu/bigmpromotions.
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Ramos appeal FOOTBALL ace Sergio Ramos has joined fel low football stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and fallen foul of tax laws in Spain. The Real Madrid and Spanish international defender was fined €1 million, according to EL Mundo, and now intends to appeal. In a statement, he said that changes to the law were to blame, adding that he is ‘aware of all of my obligations to the Spanish Tax Agency.’ He claims the Tax Agency notified him of a different settlement amount for the 2012 2014 period, ‘after changing the criteria,’ which he says he paid in full. “It’s an administrative fine, not a criminal penalty,” he said, adding that “given my dis agreement with the change of criteria from the Tax Agency and, I reiterate, given my payment has been made, I have exercised my right to appeal the agency’s decision.” Messi and Ronaldo were both given prison sentences and were fined after be ing found guilty of tax evasions, though neither served any time after agreeing to deals under Spanish laws.
CELEBRITY COUPLE: Sergio Ramos with TV personality wife, Pilar Rubio.
Desperate to be heard THE combination of Fla menco and the concept of religion makes for an inter esting pairing and this will be presented on Saturday November 9 at the Teatro del Carmen in VelezMala ga. Maria Magdalena tells the story of a gypsy man and a woman who wants to have her voice heard and stars singer and dancer Macarena Giráldez and dancer Amador Rojas. The show is directed by Raúl G Figueroa with voiceover by Jesús Quintero and three musicians Ángel Vera, Elisa Prenda and Juan José Arriaza complete the troupe. Advance tickets for the show which starts at 8pm cost €12 or may be pur chased at the theatre box office on the night for €15.
Flamenco dancer Amador Rojas.
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Freelance correspondent, London, England BARELY a week goes by without announcements of electric this and eco that. That’s not to imagine that traditional fuels are going entirely out of style soon. Though the news flow and the moribund oil p r i c e p e r b a r re l o f c r u d e d o e s tend to support the idea that the future will see less in the way of hydrocarbons as fuel. Meanwhile at the globally significant air show the NBAA ABACE held this year [October 22-24, 2019] at the Las Vegas Convention Centre and Henderson Executive Airport there have been a flurry of announcements, one of the first to rush down the runway and take flight was one from Boeing. A VIP customer who wishes to remain uniden tified has bought not one but two ultra long range BBJ7879s, or to you and me they are Boe ing 7879 Dreamliners. The Dreamliner can fly 9,485 nautical miles. The world really is your oys ter when you fly this one, the cabin offers 257.8 m2 of space to roam about in. More than some villas on the Costa del Sol I suspect, no pool though yet. “The BBJ 7879 offers our most discerning cus
MUHAMMAD ALI is widely regarded as the greatest sportsman of a l l t i m e . H i s g re a t r i v a l Joe Frazier was close in achievement, but not as attractive to watch. Margins between the greatest and those regarded as second greatest vary considerably. Some of the greatest in their field had contemporaneous ri vals to that claim. These in clude Usain Bolt (Justin Gatlin), Rafael Nadal (Roger Federer) and Lionel Messi (Cristiano Ronaldo). Others are from dif ferent eras such as Don Brad man (Sachin Tendulkar), Steffi Graf (Serena Williams), Jack Nicklaus (Tiger Woods), Pele (Maradona) and Michael Schu macher (Lewis Hamilton). So how do we assess the ri val claims? The clock proves that Bolt has run the faster times more fre
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BBJ 787-9 with His and Hers sinks and a bathroom equipped with a shower. Future imagined - a Porsche Boeing takes flight from a downtown shopping centre roof.
tomers the ability to travel in ul timate comfort and fly directly to just about any city on earth. We’re talking about London to Sydney or Tokyo to Cape Town. Our newest BBJ 7879 customer can clearly see the possibilities and more,” so says Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of Commercial Sales and Marketing for the Boeing Company. “With a total of 16 orders to date, the BBJ 787 programme has won over other govern ment and private customers who want to work, rest, and arrive refresh and ready for a produc tive day.” The list price of these two aircraft
takes the combined value of the purchase into the region of US$564 million. So this customer at least does not think that aviation fuel is going ex oil any time soon. On the other hand or a straw in the wind? In July 2019 this column showcased the Air Speed
er programme; a flying racing car series that is starting in 2020. Essentially; vehicles powered by batteries will race each other as in a F1 Grand Prix, they even look a little like F1 cars though without the wheels and brakes. Flying, you hard ly need those essential pieces of kit of the ground based car. Meanwhile on October 11, just a few weeks ago, Porsche and Boeing signed off on a Memo randum of Understanding. The MOU signified the intention to embark on a joint programme to explore the ‘premium urban air mobility mar ket’ and the ‘extension of urban traffic into air space.’ “Porsche is looking to enhance its scope as a sports car manufacturer by becoming a leading brand for premium mobility. In the longer term, this could mean moving into the third dimension of travel,” says Detlev von Plat en, Member of the Executive Board for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG. “We are combining the strengths of two leading global companies to address a potential key market segment of the future.” From Boeing, Steve Nordlund contin ued, “This collaboration builds on our efforts to develop a safe and efficient new mobility ecosys tem, and provides an opportunity to investigate the development of a premium urban air mobili ty vehicle with a leading automotive brand.” What is being explored here is probably elec tric flying cars becoming mainstream by 2030. Nick Horne, London, England
Who’s the greatest? quently than Gatlin (8 2) and holds the world sprint records. Nadal leads Federer head to head (23 15) but, beset by injuries, has won fewer grand slams. Messi is a midfield genius and Cristiano is a striker. Despite being contempo raries, they are not easy to compare be cause their style and the roles they play are very different. But we can observe how each performs against the same op position. This is impos sible when comparing those from different eras. Bradman had the higher batting average; Lara had both the highest firstclass and test scores. Graf saw off three other alltime greats (Navratilova, Seles and
Williams) but, again beset by injuries, has won one fewer grand slams than Williams. When comparing sporting stars from different eras, we have to recognise advances in
equipment, training proce dures, medical treatment and the quality of the rivals or the opposition. I have often heard such comments as this: ‘If Rod Laver were playing today, he would be blown off the court by Novak Djokovic. Those heavy wooden rackets and faster balls and the primi tive training techniques would give him no chance.’ I never hear the equally irrelevant question: ‘What if Djokovic were playing in the 1960s with a wooden racket, lighter balls and with less advanced training facilities?
He wouldn’t have stood a chance against Laver.’ We know that Bolt runs faster than Carl Lewis ever did, but was he more dominant over the rest of the field? And what was the quality of the opposition? Sport is so competitive. Frac tions of seconds separate the winning sprinter from the run nerup and a few seconds the victorious Formula One driver from his rival in second place. Fractions of centimetres may decide the outcome of a tennis or boxing match. It is, there fore, rarely that one champion towers indisputably above all others. The greatest achiever in terms of statistical records may not be the greatest per former. Finally, does it really matter?
THE GREATS: Impossible to compare the greatest against their counterparts.
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INTRIGUE, BETRAYAL & POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS 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
INTRIGUE, betrayal and political assassinations. And that just describes events in the American TV version of House of Cards! The latest Brexit manoeuvres over Boris’s Brexit deal far surpassed all that and would make even Kevin Spacey’s Machiavellian character Frank Underwood blanch. For many barely able to disguise their horror at the spectacle of a nest of politi cal vipers more interested in backstab bing rivals than calming nerves, this Ja cobean tragedy fast descended into a Whitehall farce. Maybe not so much House of Cards then, more like St Trin ian’s? The highlight was billed, with no small degree of hubris, as ‘Super Saturday,’ and everyone in the country was invited to
watch. Against the backdrop of an ex hausted and frustrated nation, Parlia ment programmed a Saturday matinee for the first time in almost 40 years. And what a contrast it was between this ‘Super Saturday’ farce and the high calibre of debate it was when Parliament met on that Saturday all those years ago in the wake of the Falklands invasion. Basically, we would have had a much better deal if May had negotiated proper ly and hadn’t been constantly under mined by the Remainer faction. As it is, in the situation in which Boris has been placed by both May’s failed negotia tions and the Com mon’s shenanigans, his deal is probably the best we can hope for now (‘the least of the
evils’ according to one MP) to allow us to move on. A deal that is, according to another MP, a ‘House of Cards in a tornado’ with everyone hatching plots and tossing spanners in the already mangled Brexit works. Boris isn’t ‘dead in a ditch’ just yet but nor is he out of the hole and his op ponents are still busy digging. Wake me in 20 years (if I last that long) and hope we’ve moved on to the second phase of Brexit. Otherwise we’ll all be dead in a ditch from sheer exhaustion, frustration and the will to live. We’re in the Brexit departure lounge but who knows when the flight will take off?
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Historic harbour BOASTING one of the most strategic ports in the Mediterranean, the city of Cartagena was once the threshold for every empire that invad ed Spain and has inherit ed an impressive collec tion of cultural landmarks as a result. Located in the region of Murcia, this important naval city was founded in around 220 BC by the Carthaginians, but didn’t become the thriving me tropolis it is known as to d a y u n t i l i t w a s c o n quered by the Romans. It is still possible to see mosaics and murals that date back to this era in several of the city’s pro tected buildings. The city is home to an
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New Opel Corsa is ‘Company Car Of The Year’ THE market is awash with company car models. But which one is the best? Auto Bild asked this question and the magazine’s readers answered: the new Opel Corsa. The ‘little’ German has been voted ‘Company Car Of The Year’ in the small car category. This is the first mediaprize to be won by the sixthgeneration Corsa, which was presented at the IAA Frankfurt International Motor Show in September. “Along with the Astra, the Corsa
is our most important model in Europe,” said Harald Ham precht, Opel’s Vice Presi dent Communications at the ‘Company Car Of The Year’ prize giving in Berlin. “Opel has democ ratised mobility for 120 years. “We make pioneering technolo gies accessible for everyone. “That is what we stand for, that is what the new Corsa stands for, and our customers appreciate it especially in the company car
area.” Depending on the version, the Opel Corsa (which picked up 22 per cent of the votes for ‘Compa ny Car Of The Year’) is ideal for singles and couples, as well as company car drivers and families. Around 14 million units produced in 37 years provide the proof. The Corsa first joined the model range below the Kadett in 1982. The Corsa A, which was originally
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CORSA: Prize-winning. available for the first time. The Corsae is ideally equipped for the future as well as everyday driving. The readers of Auto Bild elected the company car of the year for the second time. They chose from vehicles in sev en categories, from small and compact cars to luxury automo biles and plugin hybrids.
Dacia Duster Comfort TCe ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher THE Dacia Duster is a family SUV with a price once described by the manufacturer as ‘shockingly cheap’ yet the remarkable aspect of the cleverlydesigned Duster is that it doesn’t look at all cheap! Prices start at just €12,350 (£10,995) and for that you do get a minimallyequipped version so many buyers aim for mid-range models which offer much more kit yet can still be as much as €5,600 (£5,000) cheaper than some comparable rivals. Dacia is part of the giant Renault Group and the Duster is built on a proven Renault platform and uses Renault engines, but there the similarities end. Duster has a distinctive and pleasing design which can equal that of many of its class rivals and
while admittedly equipment levels are not always as generous, the Duster can still shout about its great value for money. The entry version has a 1.0- litre petrol engine and there is a 1.3-litre petrol and a 1.5-litre diesel in the line up, with five trim levels which are priced up to around €22,000 (£20,000). The featured model is a Duster with a 128 hp 1.3-litre TCe turbo-petrol engine and six-speed manual gearbox. In mid-range Comfort trim it costs €16,844 (£14,995) and standard features include alloy wheels, air-conditioning, cruise control, four powered windows, LED daytime running lights, rear-view camera, touch-screeen infotainment, Bluetooth, connectivity features and sat-nav. Revised last year, Duster now has upgraded interior trim and revamped external styling which give it enhanced kerb appeal. Seating is more comfortable and the
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From Bath it Started - Again! R
EGULAR readers of this page may remember that, this time last year, I went to Bath, UK, to participate in the Lombard Bath Rally, a recreation of RAC rallies of the 1970s and 1980s. The event was a huge success and so the organisers decided to run it again this year with an improved format and better hotels and facilities. They didn’t disappoint and approximately 130 beautiful rally cars and their crews and entourages descended on Bath, in fact at Bath Racecourse, last Friday afternoon to go through scrutineering and signing on procedures. Once signing on was completed it was time to go to the Bar at Bath Racecourse and get coffees for driver and co-driver and our intrepid service crew. As a Spanish resident this came as something of a shock to pay £12 for four coffees!! Last year I was fortunate to have the use of my son, Jonathan’s, Group 4 Escort rally car and this year I had thought I would be driving a ‘proper’ Group 4 Triumph TR7 V8 as I used many years ago. Unfortunately, this did not materialise, but a good friend came up with the idea of using his ex-works, ex Russell Brookes Opel Manta 400. I was, needless to say, delighted to accept and it was this very famous motor car that arrived on its transporter at about the same time as I did at the Racecourse.
feeling the 30-odd years that had passed since I competed in earnest! The car was an absolute delight to drive and contributed much to me getting some confidence back. The hydraulic handbrake was used to great effect on the first tight hairpin bend on a slippery piece of tarmac and loose under the trees which the early morning sun had so far failed to dry out. See the photo below.
Hairpin tight, under the trees and good use of the hydraulic handbrake! The second stage was in Cirencester Park where some 15,000 spectators had turned out to see the cars and their heroes performing. It was slippery and fast with much of the stage covered by trees and so very damp. The Manta was surefooted and a joy to drive, and thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated by the huge spectator crowd. A coffee break in the Park was much needed as spectators and crews mixed and mingled, everyone enjoying the marvellous atmosphere created. The second run through the park was fast but slippery, and some care was needed to avoid over-enthusiastic spectators, but no problem were encountered and all enjoyed it.
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vice point at Aust, near the old Severn Bridge. It meant we would miss the afternoon stages in Wales, but our service crew were brilliant and most resourceful. They took the Manta back to its workshops in Weston-Super-Mare but were unable to effect repairs in time so, much to my surprise, they turned up later at the night-halt at Celtic Manor Resort, near Newport, with an ex-works, ex-Roger Clark Ford Escort RS1600 Mk.1 that has recently been restored and so we were able to complete the Welsh stages on the Sunday morning and enjoy yet another fabulous piece of motoring history. I stepped in to this car at the start of the first special stage that Sunday morning with a degree of trepidation as it was such a special car, but it was such a pleasure to drive and so quick, we just enjoyed it all before heading back to Celtic Manor resort and a fine roast Sunday lunch. It had been a marvellous event, I can’t believe how many old friends and faces were there and the dinner on Saturday night was most enjoyable. On my table was Stuart Pegg, a South African who had won the RAC Rally in 1976 co-driving Roger Clark in an Escort and he was fascinating to talk to. We partied the night away with Stig Blomqvist and many others, a fine way to finish things!
Driver Ian Giles, Co-Driver Bob Rutherford and Craig Evans, head of Service. When I participated in this event last year, it was the first time I had seen many of the other crews in about 30 years. This year was just the same but with different faces and cars, but all there to enjoy the occasion. Saturday morning dawned bright, clear and fresh. Perfect rallying weather as we set off at 8.30am to the first special stage at Badminton House. Some pre-stage nerves jangled a little but, as soon as the flag dropped, and so did the clutch, I was relaxed and away and not
The gorgeous ex Roger Clark Ford Escort RS1600. The Manta at speed in Cirencester Park. Unfortunately, the Manta’s clutch hydraulics cried enough as we set off for the ser-
There were many other faces and cars enjoying the weekend and here are just a few photos of some of these:
Further information on Classic Car Club of Andalucia events can be found on the Club’s website www.cccandalucia.com. Membership of this vibrant club is open to anyone owning a genuine classic car here in Spain. Saca tu coche clásico del garaje y diviértete con el.
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WALES took on South Africa in the Rugby World Cup semifinal in Yokohama after a moment’s si lence took place for the victims of Typhoon Hagibis. Game underway saw a good first take for Leigh Halfpenny in the air, but the Springboks did well to hold him up in the tackle and get the putin at the scrum. Physical first 15 minutes were played when South Africa got a penalty as Tipuric got caught the wrong side of a ruck Pollard lined up the shot at goal and nailed it 0 3. Great work though by Jon Davies straight after and North got Wales outside the Boks’ defence. They scrambled to stop Josh Adams but strayed offside. Biggar had his first shot at goal. It wasn’t an easy one, but he nailed it in Biggar style. 33 Twentyone minutes into the first half saw a big scrum by South Africa that earned a penalty. Pollard lined it up and stuck it through the up rights, 36. Wales were hanging on due to South African pressure, but the in tention was clear the Boks were trying to take the legs out of Wales with their physicality. It was paying off as Ken Owens gave away a soft penalty at the maul. Pollard nailed
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it 39. On 39 minutes it was all go ing on, Wales had a penalty advan tage for a cheap shot by Vermeulen off the ball on Wainwright but Big gar put it up aerially but North’s hamstring seemed to go chasing it. North went off, replaced by Watkin
as Biggar smacked the ball with full Welsh passion through the posts bringing the score to 69. Just after the whistle blew for half time. The teams came back out leaving 40 minutes for Wales to make his tory for themselves. Straight into
the second half saw a big error from Faf de Klerk. He dropped a Halfpenny kick into touch. Wales got a penalty from the lineout as Etzebeth jumped across the line out. Biggar lined up a shot at goal and scored, Wales were level 99.
South Africa started to put on the pressure in the 58th minute and Wales could not live with it. The penalty advantage was there but Damian de Allende went through the tackles of Tomos Williams and Biggar to force his way over the line. It was a massive try in such a tight scoring game. With the con version scored as well, the score drastically changed to 916. Wales were determined though and went through 21 phases but they couldn’t break through. Penal ty came but they went for the scrum. This was a bold move and the tactic paid off, it was ballsy, but they got it away. Moriarty. Williams. Davies then Adams over in the corner! Patchell then nailed the extras and the game was lev elled 1616. Ten minutes were left to decide who would make the final v Eng land but with just five minutes left of normal play, South Africa won a penalty and scored what looked like could shatter Welsh dreams as they went ahead 1619. The whistle shortly blew and the Welsh dream sadly was over.
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CHALLENGE: Over 1,200 competitors took part in the First Warrior Challenge of Rincon. RINCON DE LA VICTORIA held the first Annual Warrior Challenge on Sunday Octobr 27 with at least 1,200 com petitors taking on the 12 kilometre course. The event was launched by councillor of Sports and Tourism, Antonio José Martín (PP) with a packed crowd turning out to witness the
feats of strength and en durance. The event was or ganised by Desafío de Guer reros and consisted of a 12 kilometre obstacle course with a total of 25 obstacles for the entrants to navigate. The race began at 10am at the Tourist Office and took place over the course of the morning, with runners leaving
in batches of 150. Obstacles ranged from ‘Go liath’ which involved a six metre vertical wall to climb over to ‘Zombie Attack’ which took place in the tunnel of El Cantal. Medals were awarded to the winners of each cate gory and points towards the 2020 World Obstacle Racing Championship.
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Roger Federer claimed a historic 10th title at Swiss Indoors Basel. Federer is now 75-9 at Basel having won his last 24 matches at the event with this victory and secured his fourth title of the season.
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ho floated a nothing ball in to the area towards Firmi no, who went over after a little shove from Rose. While everyone was ap pealing for a penalty, Hen derson guided the bounc ing ball into the far corner with his left foot with an
excellent finish. Seventyfourth minute Serge Aurier did well to get back and dispossess Mane but then he kicked the back of Mane’s leg as he tried to clear. It was a clear penal ty, Salah smashed it into the back of the net to give the league leaders the lead for the first time in the game. The last 15 minutes Liv erpool just basically saw the game out in style main taining possession and hardly letting lacklustre Tottenham in the game, without Kane in their side they would have even larg er issues as they have now. As for Liverpool, not their greatest game but dug it out and played like champions. Final score, 21 Liverpool and remain six points clear at the top of the table.
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IT was a terrible start for the league leaders as Harry Kane scored from basically the kickoff on 47 seconds. Kane was onside and Spurs went ahead as Son came infield onto his right foot and whacked a 20 yard shot that took a de flection off Lovren and hit the post. It rebounded to Kane, who stooped to steer a header wide of Alisson from eight yards. Mane missed a great chance on 30 minutes flick ing a header wide from AlexanderArnold’s stun ning pass/ cross. It was a brilliant ball, lofted over the defence from a very narrow position as Liver pool started to show some of their more established form. The half saw Liverpool have 79 per cent of the possession but no real cut
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DEFIANCE: England’s World Cup side formed a V shape in front of the All Black’s Haka.
England fined THE England Rugby World Cup side have been fined £2,000 (€2,318) for crossing the halfway line during the All Blacks haka before their semifinal clash last Satur day. The fine comes after the side’s emphatic 197 victory at the Yokohama Stadium in the Rugby World Cup semifinals. An early try from Manu and the subsequent conversion from Ford gave the Lions an early 70 lead. A disallowed try and a penalty kick from Ford kept the pressure on New Zealand going into the second half. The next 45 minutes proved to be an England mas terclass with the side keeping the majority of the posses sion. A second disallowed try from Youngs was closely fol lowed by a Farrell try which did make the cut. The All Blacks came back briefly, but a couple of beauti fully converted penalties
sealed the victory for the Eng land side. After the match, the Eng land side were investigated for their response to the pre game haka. Rugby rules state that both teams must remain in their respective halves before the whistle, however referee Nigel Owens had to usher England players back several times as the New Zealand squad performed their ritual haka. New Zealand manager Steve Hansen seemed un phased by the haka reaction, claiming he thought their stance was “fantastic.” “If you understand the ha ka then it requires a response. It’s a challenge to you person ally and it requires you to have a response. I thought it was brilliant quite imagina tive too. “We didn’t just want to stand in a flat line and let them come at us,” said Farrell, who seemingly smiled during the haka.
Emphatic wins LEWIS HAMILTON: Next stop US.
Hamilton wins in Mexico IT was a hectic start to the race as Hamil ton went down into fifth and Verstappen to eighth Leclerc lead from Vettel Albon Sainz Hamilton. Off the grid, Vettel seemed to squeeze Hamilton, who had to let off the gas and then collided with Ver stappen who was driving like a man pos sessed after stewards the evening before
stripped him of his pole position for ig noring yellow flags in qualifying. Verstappen shortly afterwards had a puncture and had to box to receive fresh boots. He entered back on track in 20th at the back of the field. The race after that was pretty bland based more on strategic pit stops and variants of tyre use
at critical times. With seven laps to go, Hamilton was leading the race on worn tyres having onestopped Vettel and Bottas, as well as twostopping Leclerc all hunting Hamilton down. Last lap Hamilton had just a 1.7second ad vantage over closing Vettel but hung on to the chequered flag.
PREMIERSHIP front runners Manchester City and Leicester City took emphatic wins yesterday to help bolster their Premier League campaigns. Second place Manchester City took a dominant 31 victory over battle scarred Southampton in the League Cup last night. Argentinian Nicolas Otamendi opened the scoring for the blues in the 20th minute before a Sergio Agüero double put City firmly in the driving seat. Fresh off a crippling 90 defeat to Leicester last Friday, Southampton dug deep and managed to pull a consolation goal in the form of a Jack Stephens strike in the 75th minute. Fellow Premiership title contender Leicester City were also in action against Burton where they carried on their good form with a 13 victory over the League one side. Kelechi Iheanacho opened the scoring after only seven minutes followed by a strike by Youri Tielemans. Burton pulled back a goal shortly into the second half thanks to Liam Boyce, but Leicester sealed their place in the com petition with a third by James Maddison just before the final whis tle. All eyes will now turn to the EFL Carabao Cup tonight as Man chester United take on Chelsea, Aston Villa meet Wolverhampton and Liverpool meet with Arsenal.