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Town to honour its elderly residents

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Paralympic sailor brings back bronze

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by Tahnee Wright To celebrate International Day of Older Persons, which falls on October 1, Denia has organised an event to honour two of the town’s oldest residents.

The “greats of life”, in the words of Councillor Elisabet Cardona - Francisca Serra Ferrandiz – who will celebrate her 99th birthday next month – and Juan Espi Martin, 98-years-old, will receive a commemorative diploma from the town at an event next Saturday (September 30) at the Centro Social.

The theme of the International Day of Older Persons 2017 is – ‘Stepping into

the Future: Tapping the Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older Persons in Society’ This year’s day is about enabling and expanding the contributions of older people in their families, communities and societies at large. It focuses on the pathways that support full and effective participation in old age, in accordance with old persons’ basic rights, needs and preferences.

Francisca Serra Ferrandiz was an important figure in Denia’s textile warehouses. She later emigrated to France and after spending some time in Paris, returned to Denia.

Juan Espi Martin was another important figure in Denia’s toy industry whilst practising his favourite hobby – walking on the Montgo. He used to be a tour guide and there is even a route through the park named after him.

Francisca and Juan’s stories and experienced will be presented in a video narrated by TVE journalist Marisa Aeropagita before they are presented with their diplomas and a gold badge each from the town hall.

Entertainment will be provided by the winners of the I Contest Denia Baila for over 60 years, Juan Frases and Josefa Palones and entry is free of charge.

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Javea renews €225k Red Cross agreement

Javea has renewed its collaboration agreement with the Red Cross.

The council will grant a total of €225,000 to the association in recognition of the help and support it provides citizens in the municipality.

Mayor Jose Chulvi signed the agreement alongside local Red Cross President Jose Luis Domenech, local technical director Maica Aranda and Councillor of Social

Services Pepa Gisbert.

The association has 1,115 members registered in Javea and more than 100 volunteers.

The mayor said: "for us, this is a priority - the social benefit generated is much greater than the cost of the grant. We will continue to collaborate with the Red Cross because we have always been clear that helping and supporting people who really need it is matters to Javea.

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Keeping young people off the streets

A year on

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A presentation is being held at Javea’s Soler Blasco Museum tonight since it has been just over a year since the Javea fires.

The presentation will start at 7.30pm and biologists and engineers will advise what measures have been implemented and what plans are in place to minimise future risk.

PRESENTING THE PROGRAMME: Marina Alta mayors

by Rose Holmes MAYORS of the Marina Alta from Calpe, Javea, Pego and Teulada-Moraira presented the ‘Xarxa Jove Comarcal’ programme this week, designed to keep young people off the streets.

The programme offers an array of activities from now through to next year.

First up is a trip to Port Aventura from October 6 – October 9 for €215. The price includes transport, half-board ac-

commodation, tickets to the park and insurance.

A Generalitat Jove -IVAJ accredited training course is offered to anyone interested in becoming a recreational coach. Classes will run every Saturday from October 28 – March 10, 2018 and the courses costs only €160.

An event will be held in Moraira on November 4 with music workshops from 10.30am – 2.00pm offering an insight into DJing, PodCasting, compos-

ing and drumming.

A talent contest for pop/ rock bands will follow from 4.30pm.

For the talent contest, all band members must be younger than 30 years of age and at least half of the band must be registered in a municipality on the Marina Alta.

Interested bands can register until September 29 by email - xarxajove@ macma.org or by visiting the nearest youth centre.

Junior minister arrested Spanish police arrested Catalonia’s junior economy minister on Wednesday in their first raid of government offices in the region ahead of an unauthorized referendum on independence, Catalan government sources said.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the offices of the regional government’s economy ministry in the centre

of Barcelona’s tourist district, chanting “They will not pass” and “We will vote”, a Reuters witness said.Police efforts to stop a planned October 1 vote on splitting from Spain have intensified in recent days as the wealthy north-eastern region shows no signs of halting a referendum which the central government says is illegal.

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Five years for man who attempted to kill his wife in front of children The man who tried to kill his wife in front of their children at their home in Denia was sentenced to five years in prison by the Provincial Court of Alicante this week.

The incident occurred in February last year and the man has been held in custody ever since.

The court heard how one afternoon, he approached his wife and in front of their three children told her: "I'm going to kill you today” and accused her of having an affair.

The woman and the children ran from the man and called the police, he then fled.

Terror suspect arrested

But the man returned hours later and seized a kitchen knife with which he tried to stab his wife.

Neighbours and one of the couple’s daughters intervened and managed to protect the woman and he fled again.

The man was captured by police and arrested a short while later and sent straight to prison.

He pleaded guilty to the offence and did not question the five-year sentence given for attempted murder.

The man will spend a further nine months in prison for the crime of ill-treatment of family members.

SPAIN'S Interior Ministry says police have arrested a Pakistani man suspected of promoting terrorism and spreading Islamic jihadi propaganda on social media networks.

A ministry statement reports that the 25-year-old resident of the northern Cata-

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SEND HIM DOWN: The man did not question the sentence

lan city of Lleida was part of a cell partially dismantled with the arrest of three Pakistani brothers in Lleida last year.

The ministry said the man detained on Tuesday had become more engrossed in radical activities in recent weeks.

16 people were killed in attacks in Barcelona and Cam-

brils last month. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Spain says its police have been involved in the arrests of 200 suspected jihadi activists since the country raised its security alert to one step below the maximum in June 2015.

Elderly couple in unprovoked attack

AN unprovoked attack on a zebra crossing on Benidorm’s Avenida Jaime I left an elderly couple with substantial injuries. According to the Information and Emergency Coordination Center (CICU), a 79-yearold man and a 75-year-old woman were attended to by ambulances and taken to Clinica Benidorm.

The man is said to have broken his hip and the woman is said to have suffered brain damage and a possible fracture in her back. More information regarding the attack is yet to be released.

Improvement required MEMBERS of Circulo Podemos visited Javea’s health centres to assess their disabled access.

Major deficiencies were found at the centre on the Plaza de la Constitucion – which opened in 1987 including lack of disabled parking spaces, high pavements and the fact there is only one lift.

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Adrian C Smith “I keep banging on to my parents never to respond to these calls. So far it’s worked. It’s easy to blame people for being stupid but sometimes these scams are very cleverly crafted”

A 37-YEAR-OLD man is in intensive care at Hospital de DeniaMarinaSalud after he was involved in an accident whilst at work in Pedreguer.

The worker was unloading glass on the Les Galgues industrial

estate when a sheet, weighing about 1,200 kilograms fell on him.

He suffered a blow to the stomach and chest and whilst at the time of print he remains stable, he is being treated for polytrauma and various fractures.

Where have the pigs gone?

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Our most discussed post this week is “Microsoft Scam” which has so far reached over 14,500 people and been shared over 75 times with more than 34 comments.

Accident at work

Never forgotten More than 800 athletes and 150 volunteers will gather in Javea this Sunday for the ‘Trixabia’ triathlon.

The event has been organised by Javea’s Department of Sports and the Llebeig athletics club, together with the Valencian Federation of Athletics.

President of the Llebeig athletics club Jaime Escortell expresses his greatest thanks to all involved in making the triathlon – which is held in memory of local sportsman Edu Montfort - happen.

Javea Mayor Jose Chulvi said: the members of the club have shown their dedication to Montfort - his enthusiasm, his joy and his commitment to sport will never be forgotten.”

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A MIRACULOUS DISAPPEARANCE: It is rumoured that the pigs have been rehomed in Madrid

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rtnnewspaper.com A popular article on our website is “There but for the Grace of God” with a comment complaining that the title is “crass”.

N Smith “ ...I think your title for this article is crass and is worthy of a Christian newspaper and not a publication that one feels should be secular in its approach especially as it is reaching out to a wide range of expats in Spain....”

Fatality in tree crash A 40-YEAR-OLD woman from El Verger died in a car crash on the road from Ondara to Denia.

The driver crashed her car into a tree near the Pont de Fusta, just

a few metres from the fire station.

Firefighters managed to free the woman from the car and medics tried to resuscitate her but without success.

A SECOND plague of Vietnamese pigs arrived in Javea’s Saladar last month and continued to breed in force, making their way down to the Muntanyar urbanisation.

Until last week, residents were still waiting for the problem to be addressed by the council but as of Wednesday this week, the pigs seem to have miraculously disappeared.

It is rumoured that the pigs have been rehomed in Ma-

drid but it has not transpired if they have been rehomed privately or by a refuge.

The plague of pigs grew exponentially as many people were feeding them.

Some of the pigs were even deformed caused by interbreeding.

Rachael Macdonald, who rescued the first lot of pigs that arrived in Javea earlier this year said that if the second lot of pigs are to return, people should refrain from feeding them, especially as it tempts the pigs closer to the

Booted out for being a bad singer Benidorm star Sherrie Hewson has revealed she was kicked out of a karaoke bar for her terrible singing during an alcohol-induced night in the city.

The 67-year-old actress, best known for roles in Coronation Street (1993– 1997, 2006), Crossroads (2001–2003), and Emmerdale (2004–2006) was partying with co-stars after filming the new series when she took to the stage to sing Carl Douglas’s 1974 No1 Kung Fu Fighting.

Sherrie told the English press: “Karaoke’s a big thing there but you have to be a good singer.

“All the singers in all the bars come at

the same time and they all compete.

“I was singing Kung Fu Fighting after about 15 gin and tonics, but they told me to ‘please leave’ and that I was embarrassing everybody and I was, but I didn’t care by that time. I was kicked out of a bar for being a bad singer.”

Sherrie – who plays hotel boss Joyce Temple-Savage – admitted she’s the last one standing when the cast go out and said her, Jake Canuso (who plays barman Mateo Castellanos) and Tony Maudsley (hairdresser Kenneth Du Beke) are “very dangerous together.”

The tenth series of the hit ITV sitcom airs next year.

NOT HITTING THE HIGH NOTES: Sherrie Hewson Photo credit Twitter

road where they are at risk of causing an accident.

Rachael and her daughter Hannah worked tirelessly to rehome the first lot of 24 pigs, which proved no mean feat.

14 of the first lot of pigs were rehomed by Dusty’s Home Stead Animal Rescue in Benidorm.

Dusty’s relies on donations to help care for its animals – for more information or to get in touch, check out ‘Dusty's Home Stead,farm Animal Rescue’ on Facebook.

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Denia market offers home-delivery

by Tahnee Wright Denia’s municipal market introduced a home-delivery scheme this week.

For only €2, shoppers can have their fresh, quality produce delivered to their doors thanks to the collaboration between the market itself, the Town Hall and ecomessajeria Rodando, who have provided a bike courier service in Denia for many years.

With the environment in mind, deliveries will be made by bike or electric van.

The initiative was presented by Councillor Javier Scotto and Director of ecomessajeria Rodando Sergio Laffitte.

30 or the 46 market stalls have joined the scheme – they are easily identified in the market with a delivery sign.

Scotto said that it was a good number of stalls to start with and that he hopes the initiative will grow. He also expressed his thanks to ecomessajeria Rodando for their commitment to the environment in "proposing a sustainable alternative to vehicular traffic" Deliveries will be made throughout Denia, les Rotes and up the Montgo and along the les Marines road as far

STRAIGHT TO YOUR DOOR: Home delivery scheme starts as Nova Denia.

Produce will be carried in refrigerated trailers, connected to a mobile app that informs the delivery driver of any changes in temperature.

Same-day delivery will be made until 7.00pm for all reservations made before 12.00pm. Reservations made after 12.00pm will be delivered the following day.

British dad severely injured on stag do in Spain A YOUNG British dad is fighting for his life after being found with horrific injuries while on his stag do in Magaluf.

26-year-old firefighter Alex Green, from Goldborne in Merseyside, travelled to Majorca with a group of 25 family members and friends last Friday.

Just hours later, he was discovered in the resort with severe injuries.

The rest of his group became concerned when Alex failed to return from the toilets of the bar that they were in.

They began frantically searching for him, before receiving a phone call from someone who had found him unconscious in the street.

It is unclear how Alex suffered his injuries.

The British Embassy is in contact with his family.

The dad-of-one was rushed to hospital where

he was found to have suffered a bleed on the brain, fractures to his eye sockets, cheeks and nose and a collapsed lung.

Alex was placed in an induced coma and has undergone surgery.

He remains in intensive care in Majorca, with his family and his fiancée who flew out to the island to be with him.

Alex needs around €60,000 to fly him home in a specialist air ambulance and medical care in the Spanish hospital can cost up to €6,000 each day.

Early indications are that his travel insurance will not pay out because he had alcohol in his system, making any claim potentially void.

Now Alex’s friends have set up a JustGiving page to cover the cost of his care - more than €30,000 has been donated so far.

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Committed to Recycling figures sustainability tripled in just two years Photo credit Wikimedia

AS of next year, electric cars in Javea will qualify for a 75 per cent discount on road tax, Mayor Jose Chulvi and Councillor of Finance Toni Miragall reported.

Hybrid cars will also qualify for a discount at 50 per cent. The mayor said: "this measure is in tune with our commitment to sustainability.”

€120k not a waste

BENITACHELL has been awarded €120,000 from the Diputacion de Alicante towards the final phase of its sewerage network improvements.

The town continues

to take steps towards sustainability – the plan being for the entire municipality to eventually be connected to the network instead of having to use septic tanks.

A HOME FOR EVERYTHING: There are now more than 300 recycling stations across Calpe

Language barrier British Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn froze journalist and television personality Piers Morgan out of a conversation he was having with Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin by speaking in Spanish.

Morgan took to Twitter to express his outrage at Corbyn. Hector Bellerin has since tweeted telling Morgan not to "take it personally".

by Tahnee Wright Calpe has tripled its recycling figures for packaging and doubled the amount of cardboard collected since 2015.

During the first half of 2017, Acciona - the cleaning and waste management concessionary – collected 216 tonnes of packaging in comparison to 59.48 tonnes two years ago. 259.22 tonnes of cardboard were collected in comparison to 118.12 tonnes in 2015.

The city says the increase is down to the reorganisation of the service in 2015, which saw over 300 recycling stations installed across the municipality.

The increase has meant the city will receive triple the amount of money it receives for its waste, thanks to the agreement with Ecoembes.

It will receive €40,000 for packaging in comparison to €15,000 two years ago and €14,000 for cardboard in comparison to €5,000 in 2015.

The council expressed its greatest thanks to residents for their collaboration and reminded of the importance of recycling for sustainable development and its seven benefits: • Financial benefit • Conservation of resources • Energy saving • Community building • Jobs creation • Strong economy • Environmental protection

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Nothing to do with us A spokesman for Benitachell’s Compromis party denied the party’s involvement with a councillor who will go on trial for forgery and fraud.

Nieves Garcia will appear in court for allegedly forging the signature of the secretary in regard to payments to a construction company for more than half a million euros.

€10k to promote Valenciano JAVEA recently received a grant from the Generalitat to promote the use of the Valencian language.

In total, over €1 million was allocated to 228 municipalities. Javea received €9,679 – 11.4 per cent more than it received last year and the number of municipalities to benefit from the grants increased by 17 per cent.

Exhibition showcases integration of people with disabilities

by Fabio Delucci The exhibition ‘VI5IONES’ arrived in Denia this week, showcasing the integration of people with disabilities into the workplace.

Denia’s Councillor of Culture and Education Rafael Carrio and Councillor of Social Welfare Cristina Morera opened the exhibition in the Casa de Cultura.

The exhibition showcases a series of 15 photographs and aims to bring spectators closer to the day-to-day lives of people with disabilities by showing their capabilities in a variety of working environments.

Denia is the fourth stop for the exhibition created by Fundacion SIFU – after visiting Alicante, Elche and Valencia.

Photographers Quim Puig and Romuald Gallofre were commended by the town’s councillors for “perfectly capturing the protagonists, inviting the spectator to enter their daily life and to discover a disability that, in most cases, is invisible.”

VI5IONES began its tour in Mataro (Barcelona) in August 2015. Since then, the exhibition has passed successfully by a score of cities throughout the country, arriving in the Valencian Community last March.

In addition to breaking the prejudices associated with disability, V15IONES aims to perform an x-ray of the labour market of each of the communities through which it passes.

6 per cent of the population of Valencia

THROUGH THE EYES OF THE SPECTATOR: The exhibition aims to sensitise society has some kind of disability, that is, a total of 302,288 people, of whom 156,200 are of working age.

In this context, the unemployment rate is 34.3. In 2015, 21,873 contracts were registered for people with disabilities in the Valencian Community, with 60.72 per cent of contracts for men and 39.28 per cent for women.

By age groups, workers aged between 25 and

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45 took 55.04 per cent of contracts, those over 45 years old 39.12 per cent and those under 25 years old only 5.8 per cent.

Through actions such as the VI5IONES exhibition, Fundacion SIFU aims to sensitise society to achieve greater workplace integration and social inclusion of people with disabilities.

The exhibition closes on Sunday (September 24).

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by Tahnee Wright THE renowned Buddhist master Gongkar Dorje Dhenpa Rinpoche will give a presentation at the Centro Internacional de Estudios Budistas in La Sella tonight (Friday).

The presentation, entitled ‘The awakening of love and wisdom’ will start at 8.00pm and will focus on meditation related to Tara.

Tara is a female Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism who appears as a female Buddha in Vajrayana Buddhism. She is known as the "mother of liberation" and represents the virtues of success in work and achievements.

Tara is a tantric meditation deity whose practice is used by practitioners of the Tibetan branch of Vajrayana Buddhism to develop certain inner qualities and understand outer, inner and secret teachings about com-

passion and emptiness.

Gongkar Dorje Dhenpa Rinpoche is the present throne holder of Dzongpa, a branch of the Sakya tradition of Tibetan Buddhism in India.

He was enthroned in 2003 and since then, he has taken full responsibility for the running of the monastery and the revival of his lineage, supported by the monastery’s abbot, Khenpo Jampal Chodzin, and sixty-one resident monks.

All the monks have personally taken part in building the monastery, which sits deep in a forest in the district of Dehradun. The winding forest road that leads to the monastery and the small Tibetan community of Khera Goan was also made by them and they cultivate their own organic fruit and vegetables, as well as put out the occasional unfortunate forest fire!

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Buddhist master on the Marina Alta

RENOWNED MASTER: Gongkar Dorje Dhenpa Rinpoche

Paralympic sailor brings back bronze Paralympic sailor Rafa Andarias won the bronze medal in the Spanish Sailing Cup 2.4m recently.

Andarias longed to won the gold medal, as he did in 2012 and 2014 in the 12-boat competition that took place in Almerian waters.

The Javea born debutante is known as a great connoisseur of the Costa Blanca waters

where he has been sailing for more than 15 years.

Andarias, who suffers from a disability in his lower limbs, has two paralympic campaigns behind him and is currently No. 9 in the world.

The member of Club Nautico de Javea finished fourth in the first regatta that took place last Friday, and eighth, third and first in the following day’s regattas.

In Sunday’s definitive regattas, Andarias finished second twice and was awarded with the

WELL DONE: Rafa Andarias Photo credit Facebook

bronze medal at the ceremony later that day.

Speaking of his achievement he told the Spanish press: “I have competed to a good level, it was an unknown race course and to achieve a bronze here is a success.”

Speaking of the upcoming Spanish Championship in Cadiz, he said: "Now comes the important part of the season and achieving the gold medal in Caidz would be the best way to close the year.”

Under the sea The tenth edition of the Open FotoSub GEAS – V Copa FASCV underwater photography competition kicked off on the Marina Alta this week.

The competition has become a national event, welcoming photographers from all over Spain.

This year current European Champion Rafa Fernandez will go head to head against several photographers who are also set to represent their

regions at the Spanish National Championship in Tenerife next month.

Photographers have been getting acquainted with the waters this week and preparing for expeditions out of Club Nautico Moraira this weekend.

The award ceremony will be held in Benissa’s Salon de Actos on Sunday September 24 from 12.00pm where all the photographs will be exhibited before a winner is chosen.

New skate park BENIDORM’S Town Hall has acquired land in el Salto del Agua on which to build a skate park.

The land, within the Sequia Mare and next to the Palau d’Esports L’Illa has an area of around 14,000 square metres.

Councillor of Town Planning Lourdes Caselles said this is just one of the planned projects to improve the lesiure facilities within the Sequia Mare.

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Celebrating seventy-seven years

by Tahnee Wright Members of The Aircrew Association Costa Blanca and their guests celebrated the77th Anniversary of The Battle of Britain last Wednesday at Restaurante La Cumbre in Benitachell.

After a brief introduction and welcome from the Chairman, Max Maxwell, everyone present was invited to toast the memory of one of the Association’s stalwart and longest serving members, John McMullen, who passed away recently.

Amongst his many other achievements throughout his full and active life, John received the French Legion d’Honneur last year for his contributions to the Liberation of France during the Second World War as a Fleet Air Arm pilot.

He was a popular member and his passing brought back fond memories for many of those present.

Lunch then followed after an ap-

propriate Grace, given by The Association’s Honorary Chaplain, Father Marcus Ronchetti.

Peter Langley, a Life Vice President of The Association, gave an interesting talk about a Squadron Leader McLachlan who took part in the Battle of France (pre-Battle of Britain) and who was awarded the DSO and three DFCs. After lunch, Father Marcus then gave the Dedication to The Comradeship of Aircrew. This was followed by the two loyal toasts: His Majesty King Felipe, proposed

by Life Vice President Peter Langley and The Queen, proposed by Social Committee Member, Clive Rothwell.

The Association’s Guest Speaker was Squadron Leader David Tucker, a serving RAF Officer and member of the association, currently serving in a NATO HQ near Madrid having recently returned from operations in the Middle East.

David gave a fascinating talk en-

Photo credit The Aircrew Association Costa Blanca

ALTOGETHER NOW: Association members with their guests titled, The Battle of Britain – A Perspective. He also gave his audience a short but equally absorbing brief on his recent tour in the Middle East before proposing the toast: To Those Who Gave So Much.

The final toast, The Aircrew

Toast: To Absent Friends and Fellow Aircrew, was proposed by The Association’s President, Henry Horth. The Chairman then closed the proceeding with thanks to Peter Langley, Brian and June Nash, Peter Johnson and Jan Adams for

Keep those Bees busy!

After a hugely successful Gay Pride in Benidorm recently, a handsome donation was made on Wednesday to the Busy Bees Charity, run by Wayne and Des in aid of vulnerable woman and children in the area. Andrew Penfold, owner of the Brief Encounter Bar in Benidorm’s old town, donated 50 cents from every drink purchased over the Pride week to the popular local charity. Coming up just short of a thousand euros, Andy made up the difference “To make a nice round number”.

Thanks go to all the staff and customers at Brief Encounter for their hard work and support over the Pride period. Here’s looking forward to as successful a year next year.

their excellent contributions to the success of the occasion and to David Tucker for his talk.

For more information or to join The Aircrew Association, get in touch with the Secretary on 966 404 123.

Enrolment open THE adult school in Javea has opened enrolment for year 2017/ 2018.

Offerings include language classes, IT courses and vocational workshops. Enrolment is open until the end of this week, between 6.00pm – 9.00pm today (Thursday) and 10.00am – 1.00pm tomorrow (Friday).

For more information or to enrol, visit the school on Calle Ramon Llido or call 965 790 725.

Power to the parents Denia’s Department of Social Welfare will run an event next week consisting of two talks designed to educate parents. The ‘Educando’ event will take place in the Casa de Cultura next Wednesday from 8.00pm with a presentation on how to deal with a child’s transition from primary to secondary school and another presentation on preventing children from becoming addicted to online gaming.

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Rotary Fellowship supports the Franciscan Shelter

by Rose Holmes The Rotary Fellowship Costa Blanca North recently donated €500 to the Franciscan Shelter for Men at Palma de Gandia.

The shelter provides a home and nursing care for around 65 homeless men, many of whom suffer from mental or physical illness, some of whom are terminally ill.

These men would otherwise be on the streets and unlikely to survive without this special care.

Admission is solely on the basis of need and all nationalities and religions are accepted.

The hospice is funded entirely by charitable donations, with no state aid or official grants. Three Franciscan Brothers, (Hermano Guillermo, Hermano Pepe and Hermano Martin) assisted by local volunteers, care for the residents around the clock.

The Franciscans need money and donations on a regular basis to continue their work in the hospice. The needs are quite specific: Clothing (all sizes – new or secondhand): Track suits, particularly bottoms (preferably non-iron), t-shirts, underwear, soft pyjamas and socks (not white).

THANK YOU: President Bob Oxley and members of the Rotary Fellowship with Stephen Carden from the Franciscan Shelter Bedding for 90cm beds: Plastic mattress protectors, flat sheets and fitted under sheets with (preferably) matching pillowcases (flannel or brushed cotton), blankets (warm and washable).

Toiletries, both opened and part used are accepted: Disposable razors, shaving foam, shampoo, shower gel and skin creams.

Household: Bath towels (not white), bleach, toi-

let paper, washing-up liquid and large bin-bags. The hospice can always use long life milk, pasta and a lot of cheese and olive oil.

The Rotary Fellowship donation will be used to purchase catering equipment.

To find out more about the work of the hospice and how to donate/ get involved, please contact Helen King – Helen.King.S@gmail.com / 608 751 933.

Poppy appeal coming soon The 2017 Poppy Appeal launch will take place in Benidorm on Friday October 27.

Playing an active part will be Mayor Toni Perez, Defence Attache Captain Mark Fieldsend RN and members of the British Consulate.

Representing The Royal British Legion will be National Vice Chairman Una Cleminson, The President of District North - Nigel HamiltonHails and District Chairman Don Cubbon.

The Parade of Standards, led by the Torrevieja Pipes and Drums starts at 12.00pm from calle Castello, proceeding along the Paseo of

Levante beach to the Dais at the Rincon de Loix.

The Royal British Legion is best known for the annual Poppy Appeal and its emblem, the red poppy.

The Poppy Appeal raises about half of the funds needed for The Royal British Legion’s welfare work every year. It is most visible from the last week in October, when the Legion's lapel poppies are available to the public.

Red poppies are worn proudly by the public from the launch date until Remembrance Sunday or 11 November, whichever is later.

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Occupation by deception

by

Michael Walsh

keyboardcosmetics@ gmail.com

Britons have long cherished the belief that they are a free people. Unlike their neighbours the British never experienced occupation. It is well then to remind ourselves of what happens after a country has been invaded and its truculent population repressed.

Government is subordinate not to the people but to unseen influences. The political elite touch their toes to accommodate the occupiers.

Pillage and plunder of the public purse by the replacement population proceeds.

Occupied peoples quickly discover that their status is relegated to that of second class citizen.

Whilst equality is the oft-repeated mantra some are considered more equal than are others, the newcomers for example.

Life´s routine appears normal but there is a sinister influence that one finds suffocating. It is not exactly forbidden to say this or that or the other, but it is not done. Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. One keeps strictly to the lines drawn in the sand.

It is now a punishable offence to express dissent or criticise the conquerors. The judiciary, police and security services become accomplices to the settlers. Press, Civil Service and police are subservient to the intruders. Courts are sympathetic towards those who now rule the roost.

Journalists become accomplices to treachery;

media is institutionally hostile to the host community, which finds their opinions are effectively silenced. Members of the occupied community are denied access to selected alienoccupied zones.

Civil servants and police are aware that their job security is dependent upon servile acquiescence to the whims of the newly arrived.

Employment, education and housing preference is given to the incomers. This is known as affirmative action or reverse racism.

Media and palace publishers rebuff poetry, art and literature considered to be of a dissenting nature. Job security is dependent upon compliance.

Major crimes committed by the newly arrived are treated as minor misdemeanours.

Minor misdemeanours committed by the host community are regarded as major crimes. A sentence is automatically doubled if the court considers there was an element of hostility towards an occupier. The interests of the incomers are sacrosanct and inviolable.

The host population finds their history demonised and culture mocked. The prevailing propaganda urges collaboration and defeat is said to be inevitable.

Media focuses on the failings of the host community whilst drooling over the history and culture of the invaders. Censorship and suppression is endemic. Members of the host community are under surveillance, considered suspects and considered potential criminals.

This is what it is like to live in an occupied country. Rule, Britannia, rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves. Perhaps Britannia no longer rules the waves washing along the English Channel.

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The way I see it…

by

Harvey Mann

A few days ago, ministers from the Gibraltarian government arrived in London, the reason to discuss several questions that need urgent replies? This included the most important one of all, Gibraltar after Brexit?

A week before their arrival Gibraltar celebrated something called National Gibraltar Day, the locals were joined as always by tourists, those who had crossed over from Spain, and those who had arrived by cruise ship for a day’s shopping.

The streets were bedecked with flags and bunting, kids with balloons smiling as they would do when enjoying the day, one balloon broke away from its young owner and floated gently in the light breeze over Trafalgar, not certain where it would end up. A bit like the question of Gibraltar as Brexit creeps on.

So, nothing is different there really, you could say every day is Gibraltar Day when the sun shines, except things could become rather awkward for Gibraltar and the Gibraltarians residents.

50 years ago, in 1967, the Rock voted by more than 90% to remain British it come as no surprise to all of us, however at the referendum in which Britain voted to leave the E.U. Gibraltar voted unequivocally to stay in the E.U. This is the conundrum that now faces Britain, Gibraltar and the European Union, so far to my knowledge the Gibraltar question has not come into play during the Brexit talks between David Davis Britain’s negotiator and Michel Barnier for the E.U, but when it does arrive it could hang over the talks like a storm cloud, or even upgrade to a hurricane?

What will happen? Will Britain write off Gibraltar as a lost cause, no they cannot afford to as Gibraltar has been Britain’s lynch pin in the Mediterranean for Centuries.

Will Gibraltar be forced into holding another referendum, almost certainly not likely after their last vote was so clear in staying. This is a dilemma for the government as it is almost an impossible task to resolve.

I spent around an hour trying to get some comments on the GIb/UK position, however I failed miserably, my call telephone call to Gibraltar Governments Press office failed to get a response, “If you look up our website, you may find something there that may help you” a spokesman said. In London the Gibraltar office suggested I called Gibraltar, maybe these are highly paid people to answer questions put to them by people like me, are they getting money for nothing? I think so.

During the National Day celebrations, the chief minister Mr Picardo, seems to reverse the early decision when he said that Brexit would pose an “existential threat” to Gibraltar owing to the border with Spain and asked Whitehall somehow to allow Gibraltar to stay in the E.U. “We will leave with the UK, Britain sticks with us and we stick with Britain, Gibraltar will prosper greatly”.

But what would Gibraltarians say after the referendum vote to remain in the E.U? A local business man told me, “The referendum was a joke, why go to all that trouble, and expense, I

am slightly relieved that Spain or the E.U. will not penalise us if we leave with Britain, that’s if they stand by their word”.

A young lady selling perfumes told me “I voted to remain, but on looking at what is happening in Europe, and the huge rise of immigration in Spain, and the way Britain looks as if it is going, then I would be happy to leave as well.”

A shop owner commented “we rely on the Brits that come shopping from the mainland and then cruise ships, they like to spend money, so whatever happens with remain or exit, as long as we can have shoppers”.

Mr Menez started his business 21 years ago as a small glass blowing work shop, he received funds from the E.U for his centre of town factory, he said that the biggest issue we are facing is a free flowing border for people visiting Gibraltar, and the goods we import, such as raw materials we buy is exclusively bought from the E.U. It has to travel through the European Union, to get to us, but if it faces a difficult Spanish

border then I will have a problem in the same way it affects us being able to export our goods to the world, so the uncertainly is very bad for me and others in the same position”.

Will it mean that many of the 96 per cent of the 32,000 residents on the Rock that voted to remain are changing their minds, it’s a possibility, as the signs of growth in Britain are looking more optimistic MPs were supposedly told by Mr Picardo at a private lunch that he had spoken to Gibraltar’s business bosses and told them “maybe we got it wrong, he was “hugely optimistic that we will be able to negotiate our way through this difficult moment, in a way that does not affect our prosperity”.

But after consulting the Rock’s nonplussed business bosses - who do 90 per cent of their trade with the UK mainland - MPs claim Fabian Picardo told them at a private lunch “maybe we got it wrong”.

So what will happen next for Gibraltar, now most of the threats are slowly evaporating, another referendum, no I don’t think so. I don’t think Picardo would gamble his position away, but if Gibraltar did leave without a final consultation with its 32,000 inhabitants what would the remainders say,.One remainder told me “ politics is like a bloody game of cards you place your bet on what you hope will be a king, and a joker turns up, they supposed to represent us, but as soon as the going gets tough the weak get going MPs are useless”.

We will have to wait and watch as the Brexit negotiations continue to creep on at a snail’s pace, there has been a lot of hand shaking and smiles between David Davis and Michel Barnier, however behind all that bon homme I still think that Barnier and the E.U. will try and pull a few fast ones on us.

As for the little girl watching her balloon slowly drifting aimlessly up into the air above Trafalgar not knowing where it is going, or where it will land, can the same be said for Gibraltar? Only time will tell.

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Through a glass darkly by

Colin Bird

History is a funny thing.

It is often proclaimed that history will be the final arbiter and have the ultimate say in the actions taken by individuals today. But there are famous figures from the past that still seem to be remembered for obscure and inaccurate reasons.

Take Alfred the Great. He was a great administrator, religious reformer and sponsor of literacy. He was also instrumental in starting a process that led to the unification of the many kingdoms into a single entity that later became England.

But how were we school kids taught to remember him? For burning a batch of scones in some peasant hut in the Somerset Levels. Hardly fair.

How about King Richard I, aka the Lion Heart, regaled by some as England’s greatest king because of his exploits during the bloody Third Crusade.

Don’t believe it, because throughout his ten year reign he spent just six months in England and probably didn’t even speak the language.

Moreover after failing to secure Jerusalem, he fell out with his European pals (sound’s familiar) and got himself captured and ransomed off for 150,000 marks. A staggering £2.3 billion in today’s money, taking into account inflation.

Here’s a good one: Wat Tyler, the leader of The Peasants Revolt and no doubt Diane Abbott’s pin up boy. No guesses what Wat did for a living by the way.

Trains were thin on the ground in 1381, so Wat marched his peasant army from Canterbury to London to demand better working conditions, a limit on overtime and a new productivity deal.

Having slaughtered a few conservatives on the way and scaring the living daylights out of the boy king Richard II when London itself was threatened, all of Wat’s demands were met.

But then he get’s cocky, swears at the King and spits water over his feet, at which point London’s Lord Mayor – a sort of Sadiq Khan with tights – draws his dagger and ends Wat’s tiling days forever.

The result? All bets were called off, and amid much muttering and flatulence, the peasants about turned and went back

to serfing, empty handed.

History is littered with other examples. Take Jethro Tull: recognised as a great hero of the Agricultural Revolution with his famous seed drill. But what about his prowess at playing the flute whilst standing on one leg? Hardly ever mentioned.

It makes me wonder how history will judge Anthony Blair Esq., but I am not optimistic.

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

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Comparisons Basic Spanish for everyday needs by

Jane Cronin

Well, we’re still on the subject of adjectives as there are a lot of things to say about them apart from how they agree with nouns as we have already seen.

Another thing we use adjectives for is to make comparisons. For example, in English we say “big” “bigger” “the biggest”; “nice, nicer, the nicest”; “beautiful, more beautiful, the most beautiful”.

We call these forms “comparative” and “superlative”.

The comparative compares two things - “My dad is bigger than your dad” whereas the superlative compares one thing in relation to all the rest “His dad is the biggest”.

This is very easy in Spanish as we simply place the word más in front of the adjective to form the comparative (comparing two) and el más (masc) or la más (feminine) to form the superlative (one in comparison to all the rest).

Mi papá es más grande que tu papá.

(Notice we use que to translate “than”).

Su papá es el más grande.

“His dad is the biggest”.

Now here is one more thing to learn about adjectives. Spanish has a very interesting way of using them to replace nouns. For example, we can say: el hombre viejo the old man - and this is perfectly correct - but usually it gets reduced to simply el viejo. (We could translate this as “the old man” or simply: “the old one”). This works in the same way in the feminine. La chica guapa – the pretty girl, or simply la guapa (the pretty one). All adjectives work in this way – el gordo (the fat one - masc), la tonta (the silly one – fem), el gracioso (the funny one – masc), la fea (the ugly one – fem). Of course in Spanish we can identify whether the person is masculine or feminine, whereas this meaning

is lost in English. We can also use this to refer to things, of course. ¿Cuál de las cajas quieres? La grande. (Which box do you want? – the big one).

And finally, also related to adjectives, we can now learn the fifth way of saying “the”. If you remember we have learnt so far that there are masculine, feminine, singular and plural forms – el, la, los and las. The missing form is “lo”. Now lo has several meanings in Spanish, but at the moment we are only looking at when it means “the”. This is how it works, using three examples.

Lo interesante - “the interesting thing” Lo difícil - “the difficult thing” Lo curioso - “the curious thing” What can we say about these expressions? Well, interesante, difícil and

curioso are all adjectives. However, they are not describing anything in particular. We are not saying “the interesting book”, “the difficult job”, “the curious idea”. These adjectives are really describing ideas or situations not words that are defined as masculine or feminine. In this case, the word for “the” cannot be el or la but is a neutral “the” – lo.

I’ll finish with a sentence for you to translate into English which hopefully illustrates some of what we’ve learnt.

Los dos hijos, el guapo y el feo, van a visitar a su familia este verano. Lo triste es que el guapo es más popular que el feo, aunque el feo es mucho más simpático, y es el más generoso de toda la familia. Lo más curioso de todo es que el guapo tiene muchos más amigos que el feo, pero el feo es el más feliz.

Mi papá es más grande que tu papá My dad is bigger than your dad

Lo interesante

superlative Lo curioso el gordo adjective This is the fourth of an eight-part mini-serialisation written by author James Hartley specially for RTN readers.

Costa del Sol, a lone shark swimming through the human seas in the south of Spain, has realised that not one but two people were involved in a recent high-profile mid-air robbery. by

James Hartley

BIO James Hartley is an author and teacher who spends his time between Torre del Mar and Madrid.

He was born near Liverpool in 1973 but has lived most of his life abroad, in Scotland, Singapore, Syria and Thailand, among other places. This year The Invisible Hand, the first novel in a new series for Young Adults about children who get mixed up in the plots of Shakespeare´s plays was published. The second book, Cold Fire, based on Romeo and Juliet, will be published soon. He has also just published a book about Napoleon´s exile and death on St Helena, The Napoleon Diaries. James lives in Madrid with his wife Ana and their children Carmen, 8, and Matthew, 6.

exclusive

Reporting The News

PART 4

The Costa del Sol Adventures

Jack Levy was sitting outside Malaga cathedral with his wife when his phone rang.

It was Mr Rabinovich. “Where are ya, ya big mutt?” Levy cried.

“Torre del Mar,” came the voice of his trusted bodyguard, reading a sign. Outside the call-box the beach was busy, children eating ice-cream under the blue-striped lighthouse as a plane trailing an advert droned downcoast.

“Tell me you´ve got the ring?”

“No, Mr Levy. I make a strong landing. I lose mind in landing for a few minutes.”

“You get that little…?” Levy cursed despite himself. He looked up at the bell-tower and rolled his eyes; waved at his worried wife and blew her a kiss. It´s fine, it´s fine.

“No, Mr Levy. They get away. But you don´t worry. I know this place. I work here many times. I find ring. I find ring, bring bad person back.”

“No! You find ring and you kill ´em. You hear me? You find my ring and you…”

As Mr Rabinovich held the receiver away from his ear, Costa del Sol steered his noisy moped around the roundabout behind the call-box, drawing to a halt at a kiosk whose plump owner was sitting outside on a deckchair.

“Looking for Michelangelo,” Costa tried, putting on his best Andalusian accent. It was the fifth time he´d asked the question in an hour.

“Si, si. Straight down there, past the fairground. It´s the last block on the right,” came the answer. Costa felt a surge of power light him up like Christmas.

“Jo´! ¿Que calor hace, eh?” said the big man, mopping his brow. My God, it´s hot, eh?

“Oh, yes,” Costa replied, snapping down his visor. “Hot indeed.”

Costa didn´t notice Mr Rabinovich staring at him as he drove off.

illustrations by Ben Hartley

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money

by

Sam Kelly

Managing Partner Chorus Financial

Would you like to save your loved ones that big inheritance tax bill?

IHT (Inheritance Tax) planning is certainly not as simple in Spain as the UK, but there are solutions if you get the right advice.

A typical scenario here in Spain is that of my clients, a husband and wife, who have been retired here in Spain for 12 years, and own a property here. They also have 2 investment properties in the UK and savings and investments totalling approximately £300k. When they both pass away, they want to leave their entire estate to their two grown up children, who both live in the UK. Their Worldwide assets will be subject to UK IHT, as they are seen as UK domiciled, and their Spanish based assets will also be subject to Spanish IHT (although with the double tax agreement, they can claim relief on this part of their UK bill).

As a couple, the first £650k will be free of UK inheritance tax. As their primary residence is not in the UK, they will not benefit from any primary residence tax

relief in terms of their UK properties. The total value of their 3 properties will use up all their £650k UK tax free relief.

This means that their savings and investments of £300,000 will be fully subject to UK IHT at 40%, which will leave a bill of approximately £120,000, potentially more if they hold some of these savings or investments in a Spanish bank or institution. The good news is, with proper planning, we can save their beneficiaries this entire £120,000 bill.

The key to Spanish IHT planning is that to avoid Spanish IHT both the beneficiary and the asset must be outside Spain. Once you’ve ticked this off, your remaining issue is the UK IHT allowance. This is where trust planning comes into play.

What we were able to do with this couple is to place their savings and investments into a Spanish compliant investment bond, a bond recognised by the Spanish tax authorities, but crucially based outside Spain, and then move this

bond into a trust for their children.

In terms of the Spanish bond, this is a tax efficient plan designed for Spanish residents, which allows my clients, cautious investors, to target investment returns of around 4-5% per year. Despite being in trust, they can still make regular withdrawals to supplement their pension incomes, pay for holidays, a new car etc. When they both pass away, the trust element will mean the proceeds of their investment bond will be paid in full to their children without being subject to Spanish or UK IHT, saving that £120,000 IHT bill.

Even more reassuring for my clients was the fact that the institution I recommended for this solution is a FTSE 100 company with nearly 20 million clients Worldwide.

Whether you’re looking to improve the returns on your savings or investments, explore your pension options, or come up with robust IHT planning solutions, a free consultation with Chorus is the best place to start.

Please call me direct on 664 398 702 or email s.kelly@chorusfinancial for more information.

Chorus Financial is a trading style of Tourbillon Limited, authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Commission (Gibraltar), Licence Number FSC1118B and registered with the UK FCA as an EEA Authorised firm, reference 539348.

How to check your property boundaries

by Gonzalo Blanco www.blancolawfirm.com available in all Costa Blanca and inland with offices in Denia and Xativa

Hello my name is Herr Müller and I have bought a second-hand property in Teulada.

I had a lot of discussions with my Spanish neighbour about the boundaries of my property and I want to know what the boundaries are.

What can I do?

The Catastro is where the “legal maps” are registered and will give you the boundaries, the exact location of the property (usually in a visual form), size and description of the property, usually with maps, location, and drawings and use of the property.

1. First of all you have to find out the Referencia catastral = Catastral reference number it is a very large number (around 14 numbers and 6 letters) that number appears in two places. a. On the Deeds of your property (as referencia catastral) b.-IBI (local tax) is a municipal tax which has to be paid every year by owners of homes, premises, garages or plots, ie, any urban property or buildings and also by owners of agricultural land or buildings.

2. Go to the web page https://www.sedecatastro.gob.es/ and click in Consulta de Datos Catastrales.

Referencia Catastral 3. Put the number with the letters of your house where is (*)Referencia catastral

4. Then click in Datos consulta descriptiva y grafica an will appear this :

5. If you click in Cartografia and then in Cartografia catastral you will see an official cartographic map of your property. In this map there is a menu at the top of the map.

6. And just at the right of the symbol “M” there is a ruler measure with red color click in and now you can mesure the boundaries of you property. You also have a 3D view.

7. In the menu of cartography also you can find photos of the property and other visual like goole earth for this you have to a. Click in Cartografia b. Gml croquis for plantas (fxcc) c. descarga klm 8. Compare the Deeds with the map and the real situation. If the boundaries or the size of the property are not like in the map contact us and we will help you. Please note that the information in this article has been given considering the details provided by the reader, please contact us for specfic information, our work requires study of the corresponding documentation to give you the best legal advice.

Gonzalo Blanco Legal Lawyers registered at Icaalmeria nº 2717 Marques de Campo 58, 5º Denia. Alicante Reina 21,1 Xàtiva. Valencia. www.blancolawfirm.com Website: http://lawyerblanco.blogspot.com.es/

legal

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IGNACIO PELLICER MOLLĂ & PEDRO HEREDIA ORTIZ

LAWYERS

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Getting married in Spain Q A My partner and I want to get married in Spain.

What paperwork do we need?

You will need to speak to the town hall where you want to have the wedding, however you must provide

Literal birth certificate - legalized by the Consulate and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Affidavit of civil status.

Original and photocopy of NIE and passport.

Application for the celebration for civil marriage from your local Town Hall.

A certificate from the Town Census with your address for the last two years.

All documentation must be legally translated into Spanish by a sworn translator.

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

Contact us today for further information.

If you have any further questions about this or any other legal matter, please do not hesitate to contact us; we have a team of experts standing by to assist you in any way we can. Call 965 480 737 or email info@pellicerheredia.com Videos at www.pellicerheredia.com

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Childrens TV The Wright Stuff Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Home and Away Neighbours The Mentalist Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh Celebrity Five Go Motorhoming Cruising with Jane McDonald Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story

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

Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Monkey Life Monkey Life The Dog Whisperer NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Stargate SG-1 Futurama Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Modern Family Modern Family Zoo The Force: North East Ross Kemp

saturday 7:00am

Breakfast

11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers’

Comfort Food

1:00pm

Football Focus

2:00pm

BBC News

2:15pm

Bargain Hunt

3:00pm

Cycling

5:00pm

Final Score

6:15pm

BBC News

6:25pm

BBC London News

6:35pm

Pointless

7:25pm

Strictly Come Dancing

9:45pm

Casualty

10:35pm Mrs. Brown’s Boys 11:05pm BBC News 11:25pm Match of the Day 12:55am People Just Do

Nothing

Channel 5, 11pm Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story

ITV1, 9pm

7:15am 7:45am 8:15am 9:45am 11:30am

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The NFL Show How We Won the War African Cats Kitty Foyle Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo Coast Rick Stein’s Long Weekends Natural World Flog It! Mastermind University Challenge Only Connect Cycling Gardeners’ World The Big Family Cooking Showdown Front Row Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Dad’s Army Later... with Jools Holland 25th Birthday Show Brighton Rock

7:10am

7:35am

8:00am 8:05am 8:10am 8:20am 8:30am 8:35am 8:50am 9:10am 9:30am

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

12:25pm 1:20pm 1:25pm 3:25pm 4:25pm 5:25pm 6:30pm 6:40pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:15pm 11:20pm 11:35pm

Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures Mission Employable Oddbods The Oddbods Show Super 4 Scrambled!

The Tom and Jerry Show Fangbone The Powerpuff Girls Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles Adventure Time ITV News Saturday Morning with James Martin The Hungry Sailors ITV News Midsomer Murders The Chase The X Factor Little Big Shots ITV News London ITV News Cannonball!

The Family Chase The X Factor Jonathan Ross Show ITV News Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

7:00am 7:25am 7:55am 8:20am 8:45am

9:35am 10:35am 11:05am 11:30am 11:55am 12:25pm 12:55pm 1:25pm 1:55pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:35pm 5:35pm 6:35pm

7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm 10:00pm 12:20am

Triathlon Mobil 1 The Grid Motorsport Motorsport Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Homes by the Sea A Place in the Sun A Place in the Sun Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson WWII’s Great Escapes Cowboys and Aliens Survivor

7:00am 11:40am

12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm

5:00pm

6:00pm

7:00pm

8:00pm

9:00pm

9:55pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm

1:00am

Childrens TV Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Police Interceptors Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

5 News Weekend Football on 5 Football on 5 NCIS La Movie: Race Again Super Casino

7:00am 8:00am

8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am

10:30am

11:00am 12:30pm 1:30pm 2:30pm 3:30pm 3:45pm

6:15pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm

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

Ashley Banjo Footballs Funniest Moments Futurama F1 Show Soccer Am Best Bits Premier League Prediction Show Premier League Preview Show Soccer A.M. The Next Jamie Vardy NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Barclays Premier League Gillette Soccer Saturday Barclays Premier League Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family A League of Their Own Stella Russell Howard Hour Wanted

7:05am

8:05am 9:05am 9:35am 10:30am

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12:30pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm

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

Great British Garden Revival Gardeners’ World The Beechgrove Garden Countryfile Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking My Life on a Plate MOTD2 Extra Cycling The Wonder of Animals Flog It! Tribes, Predators and Me Top Gear Astronauts: Do You Have What it Takes?

Dragons’ Den Live at the Apollo Match of the Day 2 Boyz ‘n’ the Hood

7:00am 10:25am 10:30am

11:00am 12:00pm

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1:00pm 2:00pm 2:10pm 3:10pm 4:25pm

6:35pm 7:35pm 7:40pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:20pm 12:20am

Childrens TV ITV News James Martin’s French Adventure Peston on Sunday Amazing Animal Births Robson Green’s Coastal Lives Bigheads ITV News The Chase The X Factor Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang Victoria ITV News London ITV News Tipping Point The X Factor Victoria ITV News Peston on Sunday Liar

7:20am 7:45am 8:10am

8:35am

9:00am

9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 5:10pm 6:10pm

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12:05am

Last Man Standing Last Man Standing Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch The Simpsons The Simpsons Hulk The Crystal Maze The Great British Bake Off Channel 4 News Escape to the Chateau Egypt’s Great Pyramid: The New Evidence Electric Dreams 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown The Grand Budapest Hotel

7:00am 11:40am 12:30pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 3:05pm 4:15pm 5:10pm

6:10pm 7:10pm

8:00pm 9:00pm

9:55pm 10:00pm 11:05pm 11:10pm 12:15am

Childrens TV Football on 5 Football on 5 Police Interceptors Annie 5 News Annie Worst Weather Ever!

Inside the Mega Twister Killer Landslides Sinkholes: Buried Alive Cricket on 5 Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 5 News Weekend Olympus Has Fallen 5 News Olympus Has Fallen Enter the Dragon

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

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

The Hour of Power NCIS: Los Angeles Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama WWE Raw NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Duck Quacks Don’t Echo The Last Ship The Force: North East The Russell Howard Hour

The X Factor

SUNDAY 7:00am 8:30am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:15pm

3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:00pm 5:35pm 6:35pm 7:35pm 7:50pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:30pm 11:50pm 12:00am

12:30am

Breakfast Match of the Day The Andrew Marr Show Sunday Morning Live Sunday Politics Bargain Hunt BBC News Homes Under the Hammer Money for Nothing Escape to the Country Points of View Songs of Praise How to Stay Young Invictus Games 2017 BBC News BBC London News Countryfile Antiques Roadshow The Child in Time BBC News BBC London News Have I Got Old News for You The Women’s Football Show

Channel 5, 10pm Olympus Has Fallen

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monday 7:00am 10:15am 11:00am

12:00pm 12:45pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm

12:40am

Breakfast Fake Britain Homes Under the Hammer Neighbourhood Blues Thief Trackers Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Doctors The Boss Escape to the Country Garden Rescue Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News BBC London News The One Show Invictus Games 2017 EastEnders Invictus Games 2017 Rellik BBC News BBC London News Professor Green: Living in Poverty Live at the Apollo

Channel 5, 1.15pm 7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am

10:00am 12:00pm 12:30pm 2:00pm 2:45pm

3:45pm

4:45pm

5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:15am

Flog it! Trade Secrets Fake Britain Garden Rescue The Big Family Cooking Showdown Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics For What It’s Worth £100k House: Tricks of the Trade Who Do You Think You Are? Great American Railroad Journeys Earthflight Flog It! Eggheads Strictly - It Takes Two Antiques Road Trip University Challenge Upstart Crow The Human Body W1A Newsnight Today at Conference

7:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:30am 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:40pm

12:40am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Dickinson’s Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Countrywise Coronation Street Liar ITV News and Weather ITV News London 100 Year Old Driving School Jonathan Ross Show

7:00am 7:45am 9:00am

9:30am

10:00am 10:35am 11:05am

12:00pm 1:00pm 1:05pm

2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:55pm 9:00pm

9:30pm

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

Countdown King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Coast v Country Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me French Collection Countdown Find it, Fix it, Flog it My Kitchen Rules Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Political Slot Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food The Real StorySuperfoods: The Real Story The Undateables First Dates Gogglebox

7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm

1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:20pm 4:20pm

6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm

11:00pm

12:05am

Childrens TV The Wright Stuff Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Home and Away Neighbours The Mentalist Kidnapped: The Search for Tommy 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight MotoGP Police Interceptors Paddington Station 24/7 Draining the Bermuda Triangle The Last Stand

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

12:35am

Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Monkey Life Monkey Life The Dog Whisperer NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Stargate SG-1 Futurama Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons K-19: The Widowmaker Micky Flanagan

BBC2 11.30pm

TUESDAY 7:00am 10:15am 11:00am

12:00pm 12:45pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:00pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:40am

Breakfast Fake Britain Homes Under the Hammer Neighbourhood Blues Thief Trackers Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Doctors The Boss Escape to the Country Garden Rescue Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News BBC London News Invictus Games 2017 EastEnders Holby City Doctor Foster BBC News BBC London News The Insider Ambulance

The Hotel Inspector

Later Live with Jools 7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm

3:45pm

4:45pm

5:15pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

11:30pm 12:15am

Flog it! Trade Secrets Fake Britain Neighbourhood Blues Fake or Fortune?

Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Super League Show £100k House: Tricks of the Trade Who Do You Think You Are? Great American Railroad Journeys Earthflight Flog It! Eggheads Strictly - It Takes Two Antiques Road Trip Saving Lives at Sea Horizon Later Live ... with Jools Holland Newsnight Today at Conference

7:00am 9:30am 10:25am 11:30am 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm

9:30pm 10:00pm

11:00pm 11:30pm 11:40pm 12:40am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Dickinson’s Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Save Money Robson Green’s Coastal Lives Call the Cleaners 100 Year Old Driving School ITV News and Weather ITV News London Safe House Lethal Weapon

7:00am 7:45am 8:10am 8:35am 9:00am

9:30am

10:00am 10:35am 11:05am

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2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

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11:20pm

12:25am

Countdown King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Coast v Country Channel 4 News Couples Come Dine with Me French Collection Countdown Find it, Fix it, Flog it My Kitchen Rules Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Great British Bake Off Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls Surviving the Island with Bear Grylls Rich Kids Go Shopping

7:00am 10:15am 12:15pm

1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:20pm 4:20pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm

10:00pm

11:00pm

12:05am

Childrens TV The Wright Stuff Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Home and Away Neighbours The Mentalist Unwanted Guest 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Tony Robinson: Coast to Coast The Yorkshire Vet at the Great Yorkshire Show Alaska: A Year in the Wild Chris Tarrant’s Alaskan Railway Adventure Sinkholes: Buried Alive

7:00am

Hawaii Five-0

8:00am

Hawaii Five-0

9:00am

Monkey Life

9:30am

Monkey Life

10:00am The Dog Whisperer 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm

Hawaii Five-0

2:00pm

Hawaii Five-0

3:00pm

NCIS: Los Angeles

4:00pm

NCIS: Los Angeles

5:00pm

Stargate SG-1

6:00pm

Futurama

6:30pm

Modern Family

7:00pm

Modern Family

7:30pm

The Simpsons

8:00pm

The Simpsons

9:00pm

A League of Their Own

10:00pm Micky Flanagan 11:00pm Russell Howard Hour 12:00am The Last Ship 1:00am

A League of Their Own

Holland

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WEDNESDAY 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Neighbourhood Blues 12:45pm Thief Trackers 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Invictus Games 2017 10:00pm How to Stay Young 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm National Lottery Awards 2017 12:30am Without Limits: Vietnam

7:00am Flog it! Trade Secrets 7:30am Cake Britain 8:15am Neighbourhood Blues 9:00am World’s Busiest Cities 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:30pm Coast 2:45pm £100k House: Tricks of the Trade 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm Great American

Railroad Journeys 5:15pm Earthflight 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly - It Takes Two 8:00pm This Farming Life 9:00pm Billion Dollar Deals and How

They Changed Your World 10:00pm The Detectives 11:00pm The Pact 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Today at Conference

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:25pm Party Political Broadcast

by the Labour Party 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Bad Move 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm UEFA Champions League Highlights

7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay’s Kitchen

Nightmares USA 12:00pm Coast v Country 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm French Collection 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm My Kitchen Rules 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Back 11:35pm Jon Richardson: How to

Survive the End of the World

7:00am Childrens TV 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Hotel Inspector 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm The Mentalist 4:15pm Hidden Truth:

Lies Will Surface 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Nightmare Neighbour

Next Door 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

11:00pm Extraordinary People 12:05am Celebrity Botched Up Bodies

7:00am Hawaii Five-0 8:00am Hawaii Five-0 9:00am Monkey Life 9:30am Monkey Life 10:00am The Dog Whisperer 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm Hawaii Five-0 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Sport’s Funniest Moments 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm A League of Their Own:

US Road Trip 10:00pm Stella 11:00pm Colony 12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles

thursday 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Neighbourhood Blues 12:45pm Thief Trackers 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 1:38pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Boss 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Invictus Games 2017 10:00pm Ambulance 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm BBC London News

7:00am Flog it! Trade Secrets 7:30am Fake Britain 8:15am Neighbourhood Blues 9:00am Nadiya’s British Food Adventure 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm For What It’s Worth 2:45pm £100k House: Tricks of the Trade 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm Great American

Railroad Journeys 5:15pm Earthflight 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly - It Takes Two 8:00pm This Farming Life 9:00pm Big Family Cooking Showdown 10:00pm Russia with Simon Reeve 11:00pm The Premier League Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am The Detectives

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Work ‘till You Drop? Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Paul O’Grady:

For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm Safe House 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm UEFA Europa League Highlights 12:55am Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

7:00am Countdown 7:45am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay’s Kitchen

Nightmares USA 12:00pm Coast v Country 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm French Collection 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm My Kitchen Rules 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pm Educating Greater Manchester 11:00pm The Great British Bake Off:

An Extra Slice 11:50pm The Undateables

7:00am Childrens TV 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Hotel Inspector 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:20pm The Mentalist 4:15pm A Mother Betrayed 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors 9:00pm Nightmare Tenants,

Slum Landlords 10:00pm Gypsy Kids: Our Secret World 11:00pm Eamonn and Ruth’s 7 Year Itch 12:05am Celebrity Five Go

Motorhoming

7:00am Hawaii Five-0 8:00am Hawaii Five-0 9:00am Monkey Life 9:30am Monkey Life 10:00am The Dog Whisperer 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm Hawaii Five-0 3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Sport’s Funniest Moments 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Modern Family 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm The Russell Howard Hour 12:00am The Simpsons

Sky 1, 9pm A League of Their Own: US Road Trip

ITV1, 9.30pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs

A final farewell to a true biker babe

Photo credit Peter Emmett

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FAREWELL, NOELLE: (31 Jan 1961 – 27 May 2017) R.I.P Photo credit Peter Emmett

Last Sunday’s ‘Big Heart of Javea’ classic car and motorbike event was chosen by biker friends and family of Noelle Wyman as the perfect location to say a final farewell.

Noelle, (better known as Auntie Noelle to her listeners on Bay Radio) passed away in May this year having lost her fight with cancer.

With thanks to Telitec for their support, 100 blue balloons each carrying a message were released at the event.

“This was the first opportunity for the biking community and members of the public to show their love, respect and admiration for someone who always had a smile and kind word for everyone. She will indeed be sadly missed” said Peter Emmett.

Noelle’s husband Bob James was delighted to join the Free Spirits Harley Davidson enthusiast group on the ‘In Memory Ride’ earlier that day before they roared into Javea for the main event.

Noelle will be remembered for many things, not least helping Harley Davidson owners and riders on the Costa Blanca establish the Charity Biker Babe Appeal.

From June 2014 through to December 2016, the Charity Biker Babe Appeal raised an astonishing €54,000 for the Children of Emaus.

READY TO GO: Bob James with Peter Emmett and Nigel Webb on the ‘In Memory Ride’

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whats on Photo credit Oriole

Javea Players’ open day

ALTOGETHER NOW: The band crows Carsten Bernoth on the piano

A taste of 1920s New Orleans on the Costa Blanca TICKETS are now on sale for the Bourbon Street Stompers show at Teulada-Moraira Auditori on Friday October 27.

The concert - produced by Costa Blanca Concerts – will feature special guest James McCorkle on vocals, another hot ‘operatic’ tenor from New Orleans.

The Bourbon Street Stompers, hailed ‘one of the hottest young New Orleans bands in Europe’ was founded in Essen in May 1993 when Rene Richter (banjo/ guitar), Carsten Bernoth (piano), Olaf Kalytta (trombone), Daniel Wehsarg (double bass/ vocals), Helge Sachs (clarinet, saxophone, vocals) Axel Stephan (drums/ washboard) and Gunnar Sachs (trumpet/ cornet) were

still at school.

Winning the school's music award that was instituted by the WDR - one of the biggest broadcasting companies in Western Germany - enabled for the Bourbon Street Stompers to record their first album ‘A Tribute to Dixie’.

Meanwhile a growing bunch of fans promoted the band as they performed at number of both private and public concerts.

Further CD productions followed with recordings to ‘Second Stomp’ in 1997, ‘Stompin' Milestones’ in 1999 and ‘Those Struttin' Syncopators’ in 2003.

When asked what differentiates the Bourbon Street Stompers from other bands, they said:

“Except for our often-noticed average height of 1.93 m - not scarcely reminding our audience of Prussian infantrymen? First, there is no doubt that a close friendship developed among the seven band members over the course of the years, which enabled us to stand our ground against professional bands in an increasingly commercialised environment.

Moreover, it is our strong wish and overall effort to let this vital and infectious music roll and carry away our audience whenever we join on stage.”

Tickets cost €20 and are available via www.instantticket.es or from the Teulada-Moraira Auditori box office, Teulada Ayuntamiento and the Espai La Senieta theatre.

Tea, coffee and cake for a good cause The Second Chance Charity Shop in Albir will host a coffee morning next Monday September 25 from 10.00am – 1.00pm.

Guests can enjoy tea and coffee with thanks to Dave and Dot at The Oasis Bar and of course, some delicious homemade cakes.

A raffle will be held offering some great prizes. Tickets are already on sale in the shop at only €1 for a strip of five.

The Second Chance Charity Shop primarily supports the UK registered, Mombassa based charity Education for Life.

Education for Life provides employment for local people; feeds and educates children; provides homes for orphaned and abandoned children and families in need of a helping hand.

The Second Chance Charity Shop also purchases fresh

food for local homeless people and the food bank in Alfaz del Pi on a weekly basis.

If you would like to donate to the event, either by providing a raffle prize or baking something special, please let the shop know on 966 865 342 / 642 154 426.

Javea Councillor of Culture Quico Moragues will join members at the Javea Players' open day on Sunday October 15.

The open day will be held at the Players' Studio Theatre on Calle Cronista Figueres Pacho as members present what they’ve been up to in recent months.

Since their 40th birthday last year, the Javea Players have made significant improvements to their facilities for staging high quality productions. Big improvements are being made to their workshop in Gata, affectionately known

as 'The Shed'.

Their much-loved Studio Theatre boasts new air conditioning, new emergency lighting, new curtain tracks, new back drops and backstage lights.

The open day promises fun for all the family, with guests invited to see for themselves the backstage tasks essential to staging successful productions – sound, lighting and makeup.

For more information, check out https:// javeaplayers.com/jp/ or get in touch with Bernard King on 966 462 385.

New floral year THE Marina Alta Flor� ral Club’s new floral year starts on Thursday September 28 at the Salon de Actos, La Senir eta, Moraira.

The club look forward to welcomr ing Lynn Picken to the club. A talented floral artist, Lynn comes from Cheshire and is also a member of NAFAS. Lynn will be presenting ‘Strictly Flowers’.

Flowers are supplied by the Paichi Garden Centre in Moraira and all exhibits will be raffled at the end of the afternoon.

Doors open at 2.00pm with everyone to be seated by 2.45pm.

Members and non-members alike are very much welcomed - entrance costs €5 for member and €8 for visitors.

Memberships will be due for renewal and are the same as last year.

For further information contact Lynn on 966 405 426 or visit the club’s website www.marinaaltafloralclub.com.

You can also follow Marina Alta Costa Blanca Floral Club on Facebook.

Painting for pleasure IF you love Art, head to the latest exhibition by the Painting for Pleasure Art Group in Denia’s Casa de Cultura, on Plaza Jaime 1. The show starts with a Preview Party with light refreshments on Thursday September 28 from 6.00pm – 9.00pm and entrance is free.

The exhibition is then open until October 14, Monday to Friday from 11.00am – 1.00pm and 6.00pm – 9.00pm and on Saturdays from 10.00am - 1.30pm and 6.00pm – 9.00pm.

Showcased will be many original paintings in all styles and subjects, as well as cards, prints and calendars.

The Painting for Pleasure Art Group was founded in 2008 and welcomes new members. Meetings are held on Monday afternoons in Rafol d’Almunia and membership is only €24 euros per year.

For more information check out www.artonoffer.com or get in touch with Jan on 617 955 998.

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Cancer Care coffee morning CANCER CARE JAVEA is holding a coffee morning next Friday September 29 outside the shops in Javea Park.

Everyone is invited to catch up over a cuppa, enjoy some gorgeous treats and help the charity make sure no one has to face cancer alone.

Refreshments are being provided by Clair and David at Mr Punch and cakes are being baked by volunteers and friends of Cancer Care Javea.

The charity was established in 1998 and since then has raised over €600.000.

Its mission is to raise money, provide help and advice for cancer sufferers and other related diseases, their families and friends and provide funding for its unique cancer research foundation.

For more information, get in touch on 965 790 129 or search Cancer Care Charity Centre on Facebook.

Rastro in Pinosol Park APASA (Asociacion Ptrotectora de Animales de San Antonio) will hold their much anticipated rastro in Pinosol Park next weekend. Taking place on Sunday September 30 from 11.00am, guests can browse the wide range of stalls and food and drink will be available from the bar.

Stalls can be booked until this Saturday at a cost of €10 each.

APASA rely greatly on volunteers, working in the shelter, walking dogs and at their many fund-raising events. All proceeds raised at the Spring Fair will directly fund the goal of making the lives of the dogs better and provide essential care for them.

For more information, please get in touch with Sue on 965 741 668 or Mandy on 639 603 880.

Just Us Girls The ladies of the U3A Vall del Pop have formed a new group – ‘Just Us Girls’ which will see them head out for the afternoon once a month for a chat, coffee and perhaps a piece of cake or two at the Animo in Alcalali.

The format will be informal and whenever possible demonstrations will be arranged.

The first meeting will be held on Friday September 22 between 2.00pm - 4.00pm.

For more information,

get in touch with Margaret Carney and Jennifer Beattie beattiesinspain@ gmail.com / 634 301 483 or just turn up for the first meeting.

For further information check out the U3A Vall del Pop website http://u3avalldelpop. com. For information regarding the U3A Vall del Pop groups and their meeting dates, get in touch with Groups Coordinator Marie Fitzgerald groups@u3avalldelpop. com.

New Box Office number

Please note that Careline Theatre has a new Box Office number - 605 181 726.

The theatre's autumn production is Nil By Mouth directed by Dennis Arthurs.

This hilarious farce, written by John Chapman (of Brian Rix and Whitehall Theatre fame), is set in a mixed ward at St Christopher's Hospital in North London.

A minor misunderstanding sets off a remarkable chain events and trolleys go through the ward like buses.

In the midst of this, a Government Inspector arrives and gets more than he bargained for.

Everyone finally gets treated – but not necessarily for what they came in with.

Show dates run from Thursday October 19 to Saturday October 21 at 8.00pm each evening at the Careline Theatre in Alcalali.

Tickets cost €12 (10 per cent discount for pre-paid groups of 20 or more). Book your tickets now by calling the Careline Box Office on their NEW number - 605 181 726 or email carelineboxoffice@gmail.com.

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Benidorm food & drink

Benidorm’s Old Town has an enormous amount to offer in terms of atmosphere and tradition.

Known for it’s huge array of Tapas Bars, there is also a huge expat community providing cosy bars and restaurants in the heart of Old Benidorm. From a tasty snack to a full blown A La Carte menu, cocktails and shots, English and local beers and wines, there is something for everyone!

All these venues are within a 5 minute walk of each other, so try them all...

Make sure you tell the owners you saw their advert in RTN! Check out our new Brunch Menu

Old Town Benidorm Calle la Palma 7

Last March, Nosh became Benidorm’s latest dining experience. Located just off the walking street, in the Old Town’s main dining destination, calle la Palma.

In addition to our delicious seasonal menu, we have weekly specials offering mouth watering specialties with influence from world cuisine, right here in Benidorm.

Our carefully selected wines change regularly to complement our menus.

Alongside these we provide cheese boards, with an average of 40 different cheeses to choose from… including some great vintage choices too!

You can book online via the link on Facebook, email us on reservations@noshrestaurant.es or call us on ES +34 965 02 02 71 or from the UK on +44 (0)20 3695 2440 We are looking forward to your visit!

Check out these venues on Trip Advisor All have between 4 & 5 Star Ratings!

Pulled chicken

This twist on the street-food favourite, pulled pork, is recreated using juicy chicken thighs to cut the calories for a healthy taco filling Ingredients 8 bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed and discarded and trimmed of any big bits of fat 2 tbsp chipotle paste 250ml passata 75g barbecue sauce 1 onion, chopped juice 3 limes, plus extra wedges to serve (optional) 2 x 400g cans black beans, drained and rinsed 215g can refried beans 1 small, ripe avocado, diced ½ small pack coriander, leaves only 3 Baby Gem lettuces 8-12 tacos, or cooked rice, to serve

200C/180C fan/gas 6 and bake for another 20 mins.

2. Meanwhile, mix the remaining onion with the lime juice and some salt, and set aside while the chicken cooks. Mix all the beans in a saucepan with 100ml water, ready to heat to serve.

3. When the chicken is really tender, use two forks to shred the meat into the sauce (discard the bones). Keep covered with the foil while you heat the beans for 5-10 mins until piping hot and not too wet, and warm the tacos following pack instructions. Stir the avocado and coriander leaves into the lime-onion mixture.

4. Serve the pulled chicken and beans with shredded lettuce and tacos, or rice and lime wedges to squeeze over, if you like. Top with a spoonful of the avocado salsa.

Method 1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Rub the chicken thighs with 1 tbsp of the chipotle paste and some seasoning. Mix the remaining chipotle paste with the passata, barbecue sauce, 100ml water and half the onion. Spoon the sauce into a roasting tin that will fit the chicken snugly in a single layer and add the chicken thighs. Cover tightly with foil and bake for 1 hr, then uncover, increase the oven to

Grilled salmon with ginger sauce One of the best things about salmon, other than its numerous health benefits, is that it cooks so quickly. If using a fish basket, you may turn the fish once, halfway through cooking time

INGREDIENTS 2 8 oz salmon fillets 3 tbsp dry sherry 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sesame oil 1 tbsp fresh ginger, finely minced 2 tbsp butter 1/4 tsp freshly ground pepper lemon slices

DIRECTIONS 1. In a shallow glass dish, combine the sherry, soy sauce, sesame oil, and ginger. Place the fish in the marinade for 30 minutes.

2.Preheat the grill, and brush the grids with vegetable oil. Dot the salmon with butter, and grill on MEDIUM - HIGH for 10 minutes.

The skin should easily separate from the fish when it is cooked. Place the salmon on a platter, garnish with fresh lemon slices and serve.

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Weekly Stars

Puzzles & More Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents R and 14 represents P, so fill in R every time the figure 10 appears and P every time the figure 14 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.

Kenny Corris | For Readings, Consultations and Castings email: kennycorris@hotmail.com / www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 / Tel: 965 878 424

Let go of worries this week! Mercury squares up to Saturn and this signifies that somebody is trying to dictate to you right now. Your anxiety is based on the anticipation of something to come, and you are fearing failure as a result.

Use your considerable gifts to steer you in another direction TAURUS because it is time to look all around.

GEMINI

Pluto is associated, always, with destiny and the forces of attraction. This week, actions with Mercury provide the backdrop for a positive and inspiring use of your resourcefulness and talents. A secret may have been told, but you embrace everything this week with a pinch of salt; especially since you, alone, know the absolute truth!

Unsure whether you should be out there doing some, long overdue, crafty nipping, or retreating within the confines of your protective shell! Under the circumstances make no decisions until Jupiter opposes Uranus at the very end of the week. Resentment may make you a very cruel enemy, but CANCER then, if you start something you see it through

LEO

As the Sun enters into Libra, it is time to establish balance and timbre over a situation which begs to veer totally out of control. Your strong leadership provides all the answers, though in this current case it may put the cat amongst the pigeons too. Time things were sorted! You have a reckless courage, but you never do fight unfairly!

VIRGO

Famous for hard work and inspiring energies, both should be hand in hand this week. However, you have to separate the essential from the trivial to allow you to tune into some constructive criticism. Nothing remotely shoddy for you!

Mercury sets a time for something that will allow you to remind others that you are not to be messed with!

LIBRA

The entry of the Sun brings some stability to the overt Cosmic workings right now. It is the direct and sheer love power of Venus that brings you the charm and the grace you need; but this week actions with Neptune allow you to see that you are a little off track. This opposition begs you not to give in to your unconscious desires.

Code Breaker

ARIES

Mercury brushes by Uranus and the combined weight of these mighty planets sees you through a week of challenges and changes. This time around, however, you seem to have made it clear that your opinion will be a part of the process.

Let others do the running around this time, and be there when you have to, to pick up the pieces!

WORD fit

Using just logic, can you make all the words fit correctly into the grid?

ry of the accident which killed him. I do not know

what to do to pass him a message that I miss him so much!

Betty K. Betty, I am sorry for

your loss. It never seems

Ever hopeful, you always seem to get the very best results when you deal with people. They are attracted to your honesty and straight forward attitude; but you are no fool either! Take time this week to make a decision that cuts both ways. Give and take means just that, so cut some slack right sagittarius now, and see what dividends this will bring you

The Jupiter opposition to Uranus sees you turning your back on something. You knew that one day you would have to walk away, but you had no idea that this was imminent.

Make no promises that you are unable to fulfil, but be practical and keep all options open; since now is not the AQUARIUS best time to make decisions, just sit tight!

PISCES

Mars opposes Neptune, and the immediate danger of this opposition is on an emotional level. Mentally empowered planets such as Mercury, Uranus or Saturn are not able to support either Mars or Neptune on this occasion; and your true desires and highly psychic powers are not able to be checked by any conscious reasonings.

Kenny, I lost my Son

last year, and I am

dreading the anniversa-

Having joint rulers such as Mars and Pluto bring you powerful energies. However, Uranus, known for the sudden release of energy when needed, is exalted in Scorpio. Focus comes down to money as Mars opposes Neptune midweek.

Take stock of all financial matters before the Uranus SCORPIO opposition to Jupiter, whatever you do!

Mercury squares on Saturn midweek, and this is the opportunity that you cannot afford to miss. With much needed channels of communication open and ready for action, the only input needed is your permission. You will never take a step backwards, but just sometimes you run CAPRICORN before you walk, and this just isn’t possible right now!

Mystical Postbag

right to have a parent

bury their child, what-

ever the circumstances are. As the day you

are dreading comes, 4 letter words ARIA TREK 5 letter words BASIL BROKE ENDED EQUAL IGLOO LITHE LIVID OLIVE

PAUSE RAVEN 6 letter words ASPIRE ELDEST RARELY SHAPES SHERRY SLEIGH 7 letter words ADDRESS

INSIPID LOCATED PROSPER SCIENCE STUDENT UMPIRES VACCINE 8 letter words DECLARED INVOLVED

take the opportunity to

remember all those good times that you had to-

gether. Since the Spirit

World to Earth is a two way street do not show your Son anything but

your strength and your love for him. That will

allow him to see that you are moving on, getting

on with life. He will not

want to see you in tears or in great distress,

over something that he

is powerless to intervene with. When I pass I do

not want any memori-

als or any tears please!

Death is the beginning of life, not the end of

it. Have a quiet cry to yourself and smile to

help your Son on this his greatest journey.

For Birthday Celebrants See how determination and strength have empowered you. Indeed the Cosmos rewards best those who are exploring their own inner energies. The Astrological year ahead is set to work with you, not for you!

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Crosswords & More

Cryptic

ACROSS 1 White rose cultivated differently (9) 8 A mostly dreary time — but not for children (5) 9 Forgetting a name is unusual (7) 10 Steal an elevator (4) 11 Shopped, yet bread has been ordered! (8) 13 The fat of the land, say? (6) 14 Stay with mother in control (6) 17 Satisfies silly sausages (8) 19 The language of Monsieur Dumas? (4) 21 Card game making some American a star (7) 22 So far Yeats is read in translation (2,3) 23 New deal with China to supply spicy food (9) DOWN 2 Fungus in chocolate (7) 3 Grub found in lettuce at supermarket (4) 4 See law being broken by a beast (6) 5 Former nurse attempts to find guards (8) 6 Observe opening for estate agent (4) 7 Man united, somehow, with a single relative (6,4) 8 Loyalty, for example, in union (10) 12 Fool repeatedly at home for killer (8) 15 Dressed for a military operation, we hear (7) 16 Extremely simple harp designed for an angel (6) 18 Was a vocalist in Los Angeles? (4) 20 Don’t succeed in making female suffer (4)

Word Wheel

There is 1x8 letter word and 36 others!

Make as many 3 or more letter words as you can using any letter combination just once and you must use the central letter in every word!

Word Ladder

Can you by changing 1 letter at a time, get from the first word to the last word in the given number of moves?

WORD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

QUIZ Soduku

Quick

Fill the grid so every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9

Golf Quiz 01

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10

What is the surname of double US Open winner Andy? North, South, East, West What was awarded to the winners of the Open Championship between 1860-1870? Red Belt, Yellow Tie, Green Hat, Blue Jacket At which course do the World Matchplay Championships take place? St Andrews, Wentworth, Muirfield, The Belfry How many times did Spaniard Seve Ballesteros win The Open?

3, 1, 4, 2 The Claret Jug is famously awarded to the winner of which golf major? US Open, US Masters, US PGA, The Open Which course has hosted The Open more times than any other?

St Andrews, Muirfield, Prestwick, Royal Troon First given in 1949, who is given a Silver Medal at The Open?

Leading Amateur, Last Place, Leading British Player, Runner Up How many years were there between Gary Player’s first and final triumphs at The Open? 15, 5, 10, 20 How many points are available in each Ryder Cup tournament?

26, 24, 20, 28 Who was the first player from outside the British Isles to captain a European Ryder Cup Team? Sergo Garcia, Bernhard Langer, Jose Maria Olazabal, Seve Ballesteros

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DOWN

1 Diffident (7)

1 Furthermore (7)

5 Game on a green (5)

2 Frown angrily (5)

8 Feed a furnace (5)

3 Cargo (7)

9 Square-rigged sailing-

4 Illuminations (6)

ship (7)

5 Wood for model

10 Great pleasure (7)

makers (5)

11 Invited (5)

6 Destroyed (7)

12 Sailors’ song (6)

7 Church council (5)

14 Promise (6)

13 Refrain from voting

18 Given medicine (5)

(7)

20 Able to be read (7)

15 Cases (7)

22 Renegade (7)

16 Everlasting (7)

23 Completely foreign

17 Two-shilling coin (6)

(5)

18 Outmoded (5)

24 Fop (5)

19 Barmy (5)

25 Necessary (7)

21 Short (5)

Last Weeks Solutions on page 44

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health How to whiten teeth with coconut oil Oil pulling with the likes of coconut oil has been quite a trend with celebrities such as Gywneth Paltrow leading the wagon.

1. Start with a teaspoon of coconut oil. Place it in your mouth and allow it to warm until it liquefies.

2. Swish the oil in your mouth for 15-20 minutes making sure it covers all the areas of your teeth and gums. DO NOT gargle.

3. Spit out the oil in the toilet or bin, not in the sinkit can clog drains.

4. Rinse out your mouth with warm water and brush as usual.

Parkinson’s and skin cancer link Photo credit: Twitter

Beauty tips

Do this every day or a few times a week.

Alternatively, you can add coconut oil to your toothbrush and use it to brush or use a clean cloth to rub it on your teeth.

Note that coconut oil is solid at room temperature and you may have to chew on it for a while to allow it to liquify.

Pulling with coconut oil to whiten teeth is best done in the morning preferably while in the shower.

Castor oil for naturally thick eyebrows Castor oil is one of the most effective remedies to boost the growth of your eyebrows. It contains protein, vitamins, fatty acids and antioxidants that nourish the hair follicles and promote hair growth.

Plus, it is helpful in resisting any microorganisms that hamper eyebrow hair growth.

1. Soak a cotton swab in pure castor oil and apply it on each eyebrow.

2. Massage gently with your fingertips for 2 to 3 minutes.

3. Leave it on for at least 30 minutes or overnight.

4. Wash it off with lukewarm water and a mild cleanser.

5. Repeat once daily for a few weeks until you notice improvement.

Note: Stop using castor oil if it causes any irritation or burning.

STRONG CONNECTION: Parkinson’s disease in close up People with Parkinson's disease are about four times more likely to develop melanoma skin cancer, and conversely, people with melanoma have a fourfold higher risk of getting Parkinson's, researchers report.

Although doctors have known about the connection between these diseases, they still don't know why having one increases the risk of the other.

"Future research should focus on identifying common genes, immune responses and environmental exposures that may link these two diseases," said study first author Dr. Lauren Dalvin, who's with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

"If we can pinpoint the cause of the

association between Parkinson's disease and melanoma, we will be better able to counsel patients and families about their risk of developing one disease in the setting of the other," she said.

Parkinson's disease is a progressive brain disorder. Symptoms of the disease include tremors, stiffness and difficulty walking.

Melanoma is a form of skin cancer.

It occurs much less often than other forms of skin cancer, but causes a large majority of skin cancer deaths.

Melanoma starts as a new spot on the skin, or when a mole changes in size, shape or colour.

Previous studies has suggested that the Parkinson's drug levodopa

may play a role in melanoma, but the findings from this new study and others don't support that theory, the researchers said.

The new study included nearly 1,000 people with Parkinson's disease and compared them to almost 3,000 people without the movement disorder. The study also included more than 1,500 with melanoma.

The researchers said since there is such a strong connection between these diseases, doctors treating patients for either disease should watch for signs of the other. The researchers also recommended that doctors counsel patients about their risk of the other condition.

The secret to the perfect shave Does your morning shave seem more like a chore than a pleasure? For many men, staving off stubble is just another step in a.m. drudgery, not to mention a source of skin irritation and razor burn.

Once upon a time, though, shaving was an art form, and barbers were the purveyors of the perfect shave. With the right tools, tips, and techniques, that perfect shave can be yours every morning.

1. Use a gel You can use fancier, more expensive products, but the shaving gels sold in the supermarket will give you just what you need.

2. Pick a razor with multiple blades and some heft A straight razor works best, but there’s a trialand-error learning curve involved that could lead to nicks and cuts. For the next best thing, try a razor with at least two parallel blades in a disposable head.

3. Shave in the direction of your natural growth Never shave against the hair, especially in the neck area - it’s a big no-no to go against the hair. Always shave with the hair.

4. Shave more than once The first time is to get rid of the hair.

The second time is to get a closer cut, and the third time is to give a light exfoliation over the skin.

5. Consider electric for sensitive skin If skin irritation and razor burn are consistent problems, an electric razor might be a good choice. If you want to stay with traditional wet shaving, consider shaving on alternate days and be sure to shave only with the grain of the hair.

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home & garden

Get ants out – and keep them out!

Don’t wait until ants have overrun your kitchen to find out how to get rid of them. To get them out - and keep them out, follow the nine simple steps below.

1. First, understand the ant colony and its queen.

To solve an ant problem, you need to first eliminate the ones you don’t see to get rid of the ones you do see.

The queen - the one who lays all the eggs - never leaves her nest.

She just stays there, being fed by the workers (the ones you see) and continuing to reproduce more ants. So, you can spray and spray the ants you see and she'll just keep making more to take their place.

2. Watch the trailing ants.

The first step in controlling ants is simply watching the ones that enter your home to see where they are coming from and going to. An ant will seek food, but once it finds food, the ant will return to its nest with the crumb, leaving a scent trail behind it. By doing so, the ant leaves a trail for its fellow worker ants to help in gathering the food.

3. Don't spray the ants!

As discussed in point 1, the ants that you see are worker ants. Their job is to find food and take it back to feed the queen and her young, who are being groomed as the next generation of worker ants.

Because of this, these worker ants are your ticket into the colony. If you spray and kill these

ants, the colony will simply send out more workers and you'll never reach the queen. So, what do you do? See point 4: 4. Set out ant bait.

Instead of eliminating the worker ants, use them! Following all label directions, place ant bait stations along the trail you identified in point 2.

The workers will find the bait, carry it back to the nest and feed the queen, eventually killing her and eliminating future populations.

5. Hold off on cleaning Although it is good to eliminate other food sources, you don't want to mop away the ant's odour trail yet. The trail will now lead the workers to your bait instead.

6. Be patient.

The ants will carry the insecticide bait back to the nest, but it can take several days to eliminate the colony, or even a few weeks if the colony is very large or it has several queens. (Some ant species do.) You may even need

Filthy fridge hell Appliance repair company GoAssist.co.uk recently conducted a national fridge cleanliness study, involving 2,000 UK adults, and the findings were pretty grim.

According to the research, the average British fridge hasn’t been properly cleaned for 87 days. That’s more than three times longer than the recommended length of time between cleans. Shockingly, almost one in ten Britons can’t even remember the last time they cleaned their fridge.

Brighton is the UK’s dirty fridge capital.

17 per cent of the city’s residents can’t remember the last time they cleaned their fridge and among those who do remember, the average time since the last clean is 138 days.

Glasgow has the dirtiest fridges, with more residents than anywhere else in the UK leaving their fridge without a clean for more than a year.

The research also

looked at workplace fridges as part of the study and if you’re thinking of taking yesterday’s Spaghetti Bolognese into work today, you might want to think again.

Four in ten (38 per cent) respondents who regularly kept their lunch in an office fridge said they had no idea when the fridge was last cleaned out.

Equally, if not more alarming than fridge cleanliness, was the lack of understanding around how the appliances actually work. Just over 10 percent of study participants wrongly believe that - because they’re temperature controlled - fridges require no cleaning at all.

James Holden, spokesperson for GoAssist.co.uk, believes misconceptions about how fridges actually work are behind the problem.

“According to our research, a worrying amount of people wrongly believe they don’t need to regularly clean their fridge. But even in a cool environment, food can go off and bacteria can rapidly contaminate other items. It’s really important for hygiene and maintenance reasons to regularly clean your fridge.

“We recommend doing a deep clean of your fridge every four weeks. To make life a little bit easier, schedule your next clean the day before you do your food shopping. This way, there will be fewer items to remove from the fridge before cleaning.”

BE GONE: Putting an end to that aggravation is worth the effort! to replace the bait station if they empty the food or liquid bait.

7. Know when to spray.

If the trailing ants have led you to an outdoor, below-ground nest -- now can be the time to spray. Drenching the nest with an approved insecticide spray (following all label directions) can be effective.

8. Keep it clean.

Sanitation is critical for the prevention and control of any pest.

Like all living creatures, ants need water, food and shelter for survival.

Ants will leave the shelter of their colony to seek food and water.

Don't make it easy for them! Keep foods sealed, floors swept and all surfaces cleaned.

9. Keep ants out.

Ants are tiny creatures and can enter homes and buildings through minute cracks and crevices. To minimise this, seal around windows and doors and all cable, pipe and wire entry points.

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pets

Creating the perfect How to home for your hamster tell if your Looking to buy a hamster, but not sure how to dog is set up the perfect home for him? Keep reading to overweight learn how to set up the ideal hamster cage.

Photo credit Pixabay

The cage For your hamster to be comfortable, his cage will need to be at least 20” by 10” or larger. The cage will also need to be escape proof (hamsters are amateur escape artists) and easy to clean. When you’re choosing your cage, keep in mind that hamsters can easily squeeze through small places and chew through plastic.

Bedding Get a good aspen bedding for your hamster’s cage. Avoid cedar and pine bedding, however, you can also use newspaper or fibre-based bedding if they better suit your hamster’s needs.

For nesting materials, tissue or toilet paper should do the trick. Avoid cotton nesting material frequently found at pet stores, it’s unnecessary and it can cause health problems for your hamster if eaten.

Exercise Hamsters love to run and need plenty of exercise to stay healthy. To keep

You should be able to feel your dog’s ribs fairly easily with just a bit of ‘padding’ (muscle and fat) on them. If you can’t find them without pushing through layers of pudge – your dog is probably overweight.

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HAPPY HAMSTER, HAPPY OWNER: Hamsters are easy and fun pets to have your hamster exercised in his cage, buy a nice exercise wheel and choose the largest one you can find. The wheel will need a solid surface and no cross supports that can catch your hamsters leg and cause injury. The best wheel will run quietly and attach to the side of your hamster’s cage.

Your hamster will also need a variety of toys and things to chew and climb on.

Chewing sticks like will help with this.

Also consider adding tubing and levels for your hamster to run and climb on.

Hideaway Your hamster will want a private place to sleep, so consider putting a small home or hideaway in his cage. You can use a cardboard or plastic box, or a coconut shell for this purpose.

If you’re not a ‘do it yourself’ type of person, you could always buy a small hamster house to do the trick.

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While all breeds have different body shapes, every dog should have some amount of definition. They should have a chest, a stomach and a ‘waist.’ If you can’t see these because your dog looks like a sausage with legs, it’s diet time.

(Yes, this includes breeds like the Dachshund that are actually sausage shaped).

3. Can’t groom himself

Does your dog struggle to reach around to groom or scratch himself? Barring other medical or physical constrains, your dog should be able to do this with ease. If he can’t, it’s time to hit the gym!

stress). Notice how long your dog can walk until he starts panting hard. A dog that gets out of breath quick is out of shape (and probably a bit chubby too!).

5. Trouble getting around

A dog should be able to get up and down easily and move quickly – as they are a naturally athletic species. Again, barring any medical issues, if your dog is having trouble getting up after lying down, or can’t jump on the couch, he has too much weight on his body.

6. Constipation

Dogs that are overweight also tend to have gas and other digestive issues, including constipation.

If your dog has tummy issues, he may need to lose some weight and you should talk to your vet to make sure he is on the right type of diet for his age, health, and activity levels.

4. Trouble breathing If your dog seems to pant a lot – even when it’s not hot, it could be due to excessive weight. (As long as you have already ruled out

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Porsche unveils the 911 GT3 The 911 GT3 with Touring Package will be unveiled at the 67th International Motor Show (IAA), which is taking place until September 24, in Frankfurt. Instead of the fixed rear wing, when equipped with the optional Touring Package, the GT3 will have an adaptive rear spoiler similar to that of the 911 Carrera models. Beneath its understated exterior is pure motorsport-derived technology: The four-litre naturally aspirated flatsix engine develops 500 horsepower and generates 339 lb.-ft. of torque. The 911 GT3 with Touring Package sprints from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.8 seconds and reaches a top track speed of 196 miles per hour.

The Touring Package will be available exclusively in combination with the sixspeed manual transmission.

The name “Touring Package” harkens back to a variant of the 911 Carrera RS from 1973. The very pure 911 design and classic interior features were key elements of this model. The new 911 GT3 when equipped with the Touring Package follows the same concept, and retains the two-seater arrangement of the 911 GT3. Apart from certain Alcantara-covered interior fittings, almost all 911 GT3 options are also available in combination with the

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Car sales down... but the future looks encouraging Photo credit: Wikimedia

The UK new car market reported its fifth consecutive month of decline in August, according to figures published by Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Registrations fell by 6.4 per cent, after a record August in 2016.

However, with more than 76,000 new cars registered, the performance still represents the third biggest August in 10 years. Year to date, the market remained broadly in line with expectations, down 2.4 per cent, with 1,640,241 new cars joining British roads in the first eight months.

Superminis and small family cars remained the most popular types in August, accounting for more than half (58.3 per cent) of registrations. However, SUVs, larger family cars and executives were the only segments to grow, up 7.9 per cent, 2.2 per cent and 1.1 per cent respectively.

Meanwhile, more people chose to get behind the wheel of an alternatively fuelled vehicle (AFV) than ever before in the month, accounting for a 5.2 per cent

NEW PLATES: High demand continues share of the market. Demand for petrol hybrid and pure electric battery powered cars increased substantially, up 74.9 per cent and 62.5 per cent, while plug-in hybrid registrations rose 38.5 per cent. Conventional petrol

cars grew 3.8 per cent and diesels fell by 21.3 per cent.

Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said: “August is typically a quiet month for the new car market as consumers and businesses delay

purchases until the arrival of the new number plate in September. With the new 67-plate now available and a range of new models in showrooms, we anticipate the continuation of what are historically high levels of demand.”

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Valldigna Golf Society back on the green

Subbuteo success

Photo credit Valldigna Golf Society

32 Valldigna Golf Society players lined up on the green at La Galiana Campo de Golf recently for a home match.

The order of the day was four ball match play with two, 2-person teams facing off. In fact, that is where the name “four ball” comes from: In a four ball match, there are four golf balls in play on each hole.

There are several big team tournaments in professional golf that use four ball match play as one of their competition formats: the Ryder

Cup, Presidents Cup and Solheim Cup. Players were split into two teams – the ‘Bears’ and the ‘Bulls’.

The Bulls came out on top, winning 5.1/2 to 2.1/2.

Lorraine Murphy said: “We had a few talent scouts planted amongst us obviously trying to get a heads up on our team for the 28th but, as with all teams with big matches coming up, we didn’t show our full hand. Sorry Edetania lads, you’ll just have to wait for the big day.”

Nearest the pin winners were:

THE PERFECT DAY FOR IT: The weather was slightly cooler with a gentle breeze

Hole 3 - Mike Zucker Hole 5 - Peter Nunn Hole 14 - Rob Spray Hole 15 - Keith White Hole 16 - Tigger Hole 17 - Steve Arnold

JAVEA´S NEWLY-FORMED Subbuteo club has experienced remarkable success and recently announced its first tournament as a member of W.A.S.P.A (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association) will be held this Saturday.

The MontGoal tournament will be the first of many to be held on a monthly basis at the Palau Municipal D’Esport.

The World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association is an alternative circuit of tournaments for Subbuteo

table football players and clubs from around the world – with 44 countries already having joined.

The tournament will be held from 10.00am – 2.00pm and the club meets every Saturday at the same time.

Novices are welcomed along with seasoned Subbuteo players of all nationalities.

For more information, head down to the Palau Municipal D’Esport on Saturday or get in touch with Pascual – 654 887 301 / subbuteo.marina@gmail.com

The Longest Drive in 2 on the 11th went to Ralph Borthwick and The Longest Drive on the 12th went to Dick Cresswell.

This month’s lucky winner of the Lost Balls competition was leader Peter Nunn, who guessed that La Galiana would claim back 129 balls from the society.

Javea Green Bowls Club hosts 20th Iberian Open

Padel teacher training Last weekend, seven padel fans took part in a padel teacher training course at La Nucia’s Ciutat Esportiva Camilo Cano.

All players received an official diploma endorsed by the A.P.A (Argentine Padel Association).

The course was organised by Padelpoint together with the Department of Sports and taught by Jorge Nicolini, who boasts over 30 years’ experience training great Argentinian and Brazilian teachers.

In 25 hours over three days, players took theoretical and practical classes concentrating on both the game itself and teaching methodologies.

SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT: Some of the competition winners

Photo credit Javea Green Bowls Club

Each year the Iberian Open competition heralds the start of the winter bowling season.

112 competitors from Javea and surrounding clubs battled it out over 8 days for the chance to lift the prestigious trophies and pocket generous prize monies.

1,500 ´ends´ were played and in excess of 5,000 woods delivered.

1,260 bottles of water along with 400 litres of beer were consumed.

Monday was finals day and after several nail-biting matches the

winners were announced.

The mens rinks was won by Paul Brown, Stewart Beattie, Brian Manser and Derek Eldon.

Ladies rinks winners were Wendy Symonds, Lynda Warnes, Yvonne Brown and Chris Evans.

Aussie Pairs champions were Chris Evans and Clive English.

The main event as always was saved till last and Yvonne Brown and Maggie Lawley had a nip and tuck game before Maggie emerged triumphant with a

score of 21-18.

The mens final, also a close run affair, was won 21-18 by Paul Trunchion against last years winner Alan Phillips. Paul was also declared Player of the Tournament.

The bowls club President Alan Travers expressed his greatest thanks to sponsors Avalon Europe, Telitec and Scottsdale overseas for their generous and continuous support before competitors enjoyed a meal and disco courtesy of Matt and Brian Taylor.