RTN Newspaper - Costa Blanca North 10 - 16 November 2017 Issue 942

FREE! North edition

For daily news online

www.rtnnewspaper.com

Issue 942

10th - 16th November 2017

Reporting The News

Security levels soar for resort

Inside this week...

New routes for Valencia airport

P8

by Tahnee Wright The City Council of Benidorm held a meeting recently, where attendees agreed unanimously that security levels in the city continue to increase.

The meeting - held quarterly – was chaired by Benidorm Mayor Toni Perez who was delighted to welcome British Consul in Alicante Sarah-Jane Morris.

Also present was Councillor of Security - Lorenzo Martinez, National Police Commissioner - Alfredo Garrido, Local Police Chief - Juan Fuertes and General Secretary of hotel association HOSBEC Nuria Montes together with members of Benidorm’s British Business Association and representatives from tour operators Jet2, Saga Holidays and TUI. Attendees agreed that measures implemented have been hugely successful, especially the addition of two sniffer dogs to the Local Police team.

The inauguration of the Foreign Tourist Assistance Service (SATE) in the Rincon de Loix area of the city was discussed, with Mayor Perez confirming that it should be in operation before the end of the year.

Attendees also covered the fake food poisoning claim problem. The scam involves British tourists claiming poor quality hotel food has given them food poison-

Photo credit: Benidorm Ayuntamiento

ing in a bid to get their money refunded.

Hosbec has demanded that British tourists should have to produce a prescription in food poisoning cases “to provide evidence that the complaint is real and not a scam”.

New lines of collaboration with residents and Benidorm’s British Business Association were proposed to continue to increase security levels and the perception of the resort for both residents and visitors.

Karen Maling Cowles,of Benidorm’s British Business Association said ear-

ALTOGETHER NOW: Attendees agreed unanimously that Benidorm’s security levels continue to increase lier this year that the association “is continuing to work very hard to restore Benidorm into a family friendly resort.”

She continued: “We are a community that cares very much about its residents and visitors… We have an ideal of creating and maintaining a resort orientated at being family friendly but at the same time lots of fun. We want our elderly to feel safe. We want our children to enjoy the many activities and entertainment aimed at families, without being exposed to disorderly, violent or sexually explicit behaviour of which we do not condone.”

€4300 for children’s cancer charity

P16 all that glitters is not gold

by

Michael P22 Walsh

2

Calpe to welcome two new towering hotels “But we’re building you a golf course!”

Calpe Mayor Cesar Sanchez announced this week that the municipality is studying the potential build of a golf course, with the aim of de-seasonalising the city’s tourism trade and guaranteeing jobs all year round.

Sanchez said that the build of a golf course will allow Calpe to “continue in its strive for excellence” and that “the goal of local government, which is to promote employment, will be guaranteed throughout the year.”

But some residents in Calpe are less than impressed and are instead of the opinion that the mayor is trying to ‘sweeten them up’ after authorising the

build of two huge hotels – one on La Fossa beach that will reach up to 25 floors and another split across two 30-floor towers.

The authorisation comes just six weeks after a report revealed that up to 13 of the 30 floors in the new Suitopia - Sol y Mar Suites Hotel may be illegal.

The study, commissioned by the opposing Compromis party, blamed the consistory – who granted the license - for "a serious urban infraction and a fraud of law" that "disregards the coastline and the environment of the Penyal d'Ifac.”

Calpe council was asked to comment but did not respond by the time of going to print.

DE-SEASONALISING: Calpe Council wants to guarantee jobs all year round Photo credit calpe.es

Moving with the times

IN September, Benidorm City Council processed over 20 per cent of cases electronically. The figures were announced as part of a meeting earlier this week between the council and Lorca City Council (Murcia) as both administrations advocated the development of new technologies in public administration. The councils discussed the implementation of various platforms and procedures and what has and hasn’t worked for them. Of the 8,767 cases filed in Benidorm in September, the council processed 1,867 of them electronically and said doing so “helps to reduce costs and improve the service citizens receive.”

Check out what you can do online - https://sede.benidorm.org/

24 feb - 2 march 2017

EASY AS 1, 2, 3: Nine nurseries across the Marina Alta will benefit from the scheme

Free nursery places

by Tahnee Wright The Generalitat Valenciana ‘s Minister of Education Vicent Marza confirmed this week that nine nurseries across the Marina Alta will offer free places for children aged 2-3 next year.

Marza was in Pedreguer on Tuesday when he made the announcement, confirming that both municipal escoletes managed by the municipalities themselves and those managed by concessionary companies will benefit

from the scheme.

The nurseries that will offer free places in 2018/ 2019 are: • El Albergue in Benidoleig • Silene d’Ifac in Calpe • l’Escoleta in Denia • Mestra Vicenta Estela in La Xara • las guarderias in El Verger • las guarderias in Ondara • la Glorieta in Pedreguer • la Trilladora in Pego • l’Oroneta in Javea Denia’s Councillor of Education Rafa Carrio explained that once this

scheme is in place, the Generalitat will study the possibility of opening more state-funded nurseries for children aged 2 in public schools across the Marina Alta.

Denia is the busiest municipality for children aged 2-3 receiving statefunded nursery education, offered at the Cervantes, Llebeig and Vessanes schools.

The Generalitat’s Ministry of Education has increased its budget for the region to €42 million to be able to offer these free nursery places.

3

4

24 feb - 2 march 2017 Photo credit: Marisa Otero Sampedro

A wee-lly good idea Adios pee pee!

by Fabio Delucci Complaints from residents in Denia about the smells left lingering by dogs urinating in the street led Denia Council to launch a campaign - raising awareness among dog owners that not only should they pick up their pet's number twos, they should also splash the street with some water when they wee.

The town’s Department of Public Safety has been giving out free water bottles, fondly labelled ‘Brisa de la Marineta' and 'Rosada del Montgo’ for dog owners to fill

before they take their furry friend out for a walk, ready to wash down wherever their pet decides to do their business.

Over 2,000 water bottles were prepared, distributed by local businesses around the town.

The campaign has been well received, with many residents taking to social media to commend the council, in particular, Marisa Otero Sampedro who posted a photo of her six-month old Rottweiler Xena together with the water bottle to Facebook group La Ciudad de Denia with the caption: “I wanted to thank Denia Council

for this initiative… I am very happy with the water bottle for my dog Xena’s pipis! It is the perfect size. When I first used it, people gave me funny looks as if I were a gremlin cleaning the streets, but I would highly recommend the bottles to all who have hairy friends at home. Together, we can keep Denia clean and smelling great!”

Other members added: “It is comfortable to carry and it does not weigh a lot.”

“Very good initiative. the puppies are innocent of everything, if the owners do it well, everything is fine.”

To me, to you TRUCKS have been seen transporting sand from the ‘dog beach’ in Denia to Les Deveses this week.

Costas is attempting to rebuild the beach after it was lost to storms back in August. This stretch

of coastline is heavily regressed and the storms caused considerable damage to the seaside houses, some of which were built as long ago as 1928. Costas plan to move between 8,000 and 10,000 cubic

metres of excess sand from the manmade beach to Les Deveses. At first, the sand will be almost black in colour due to the oxidation of algae and Posidonia but the sea will soon clean it and lighten it.

SITTING PRETTY: Six-month old Xena with together with her water bottle

Water works AQUALIA will begin works on the drinking water supply in Els Poblets this month, replacing 3,311 metres of pipes in Barranquets and Sorts de la Mar. Afredo Madrid of Aqualia said the works "aim to optimise water resources and improve the service to citizens.” Next month, the water treatment plant itself will undergo improve-

ment works aimed at minimising outages caused by breakdowns, with a new system installed allowing the plant to be controlled remotely.

With a budget of almost €300,000 euros, these measures are included in the €6 million Investment Plan that Aqualia has executed over the last seven years.

5

Happy pills A 44-year-old Norwegian man was arrested in Benidorm for crimes against public health after he was found to be in possession of over 2,500 pills which he planned to sell.

The detainee was loitering in an area often frequented by drug addicts and known for drug trafficking.

Seeing police on patrol in the area, he attempted to escape unnoticed but officers gave chase and soon caught up with him.

They searched the him and found the pills, mostly anti-depressants, which he confessed he intended on profiting from.

Thief targets jewellery store THE ‘MONTENEGRO’ JEWELLERY STORE in Denia was targeted by a thief in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

At around 5.00am, the perpetrator smashed one of the stores’ windows with a manhole cover and proceeded to steal a variety of watches through the hole in the glass.

The alarm sounded and neighbours were quick to notify the police and the owners of the store.

The owners of the store – situated on the corner of Calle Marques de Campo and Calle Carlos Senti - provided the police with CCTV recordings and the shop remain closed until Wednesday afternoon when the window was repaired.

Facing prison for football piracy

by Tahnee Wright SEVEN PEOPLE have been arrested for illegally broadcasting LaLiga football matches in Alicante, Albacete, Antequera (Malaga), Gandia, Madrid and Xativa.

The content was offered via direct download, peer-to-peer (also known as P2P) and streaming and websites were hosted on servers located in Spain as well as in Canada, France and the United States to make it “difficult to locate” the

criminal organisation behind the piracy, the Interior Ministry reported.

The investigation began following a complaint filed by LaLiga in 2016.

The websites were traced which

resulted in the arrest of seven members of the criminal organisation and the blocking of seven domains and three bank accounts.

The investigation continues and the National Police have not ruled out further arrests.

6

Brit gets glassed in bar brawl

Have your Say!

A 41-YEAR-OLD Colombian man has been arrested for glassing a 36-year-old British man at a cocktail bar in Moraira.

A 41-year-old Dominican man also faces charges over his involvement in the brawl, which at least four more people joined in on.

The police investigation revealed that, earlier in the evening, the British man had a heated discussion with several people in the street about parking, including the Colombian and the Dominican.

Later in the evening, the three crossed paths again at the cocktail bar and got into an argument, which soon spiralled out of control.

A popular post this week

is “A bridge too far in

Ronda”

which has generated over 80 reactions with over 60 likes and over 160 post clicks.

Colin Rowe “A beautiful place ,yes!

However that bridge has a very dark episode in Spain´s history. During the Spanish civil war prisoners were thrown from it to their deaths.”

Punches and kicks were thrown before the Colombian man smashed a bottle of beer and stabbed the British man with it three times – twice in his torso and again in one of his legs.

The British man was rushed to Hospital Marina Salud de Denia, where he was admitted with serious injuries.

The Colombian detainee will face charges for serious injuries by stabbing.

The Dominican man will face minor injury charges for bruises inflicted upon two other participants in the brawl and the British man will also face minor injury charges for kicking the Dominican man and breaking his wrist.

Another post “Royal

Decree amends Spanish MOT (ITV) rules” has been shared

over 19 times and reached over 7,000 people with over 1,000 post clicks

@RTNNewspaper

Our most liked posts from this week

Guardia Civil in Alicante introduce agent Floki A bridge too far in Ronda

Royal Decree amends Spanish MOT rules

Deadly tree disease continues to spread RTN Recipes: Spanish Omelette, Paella, Spanish Flan

Photo credit: Guardia Civil

Behind bars

A man who sexually assaulted a woman in Benidorm last year was sentenced to six years in prison by the Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Communtiy (TSJCV) earlier this week. The court heard how the perpetrator

and the victim – who had known each other for about four months – spent the day together in the city before taking a taxi to their respective homes. The taxi dropped them off at the Aqualandia parking lot and he offered to walk

In Total 10,775 People reached 5,110 Post engagements

rtnnewspaper.com Major subsidy to encourage more British tourists

Carole Tully

“ Use the money to clean up Benidorm, repair the pavements and get rid of the thieving pea men ”

Reporting The News PART OF THE EWN MEDIA GROUP

News & Views from the North & South Costa Blanca & Costa de Sol

• General Enquiries 951 386 161

Deadlines Adverts: copy changes, classifieds and editorial Copy: Tuesday 5pm for following Friday’s edition.

her the short distance to her house. It was then that the perpetrator pushed the victim to the ground before sexually assaulting her.

She managed to escape his wrath and flag down police officers who were on patrol in the area.

All adverts must be prepaid whether they are placed at our offices, by email or fax, or via our sales team. The advertisers full name, address and ID number must be supplied (not for publication). RTN does not accept any responsibility for claims made by advertisers, either in advertisements or advertorials, nor can it be held responsible for any inaccuracies, errors, or the non-appearance of advertisements or advertorials. This publisher cannot accept responsibility for any errors as a result of poor quality artwork or logos supplied by advertisers and no responsibility is accepted for any loss or damage caused by any error or inaccuracy or non-appearance of an advertisement or advertorial.

Every effort will be made to ensure the authenticity and accuracy of articles and advertisements in this publication, however the publisher does not accept responsibility for claims or opinions in the same. The publisher does not accept responsibility for opinions expressed by readers in the ‘Mailbox’ section of this newspaper. Reproduction of any part of this newspaper without the consent of the publishers is prohibited.E:&O.E. All rights reserved/Todos los derechos reservados

Need for speed POLICE arrested a driver on Tuesday but not before he led them on high-speed chase some 20 kilometres from Altea to Benissa. The driver attempted to flee from the police, driving erratically along the N-332 and dodging various obstacles. He proceeded through the nar-

row streets of Benissa, causing pedestrians to jump out of the way to avoid being run over. The police finally cornered the driver just metres from Benissa police station and put him straight into handcuffs. It has not yet been revealed what the police originally attempted pull him over for.

• Enquiries Enquiries Sales@ewnmediagroup.com accounts@ewnmediagroup.com • Editorial Editorial newsdesk.rtn@ewnmediagroup.com • Internationalenquiries Enquiries International Marketing@ewnmediagroup.com • Distribution Distribution Distribution@ewnmediagroup.com • Complaints Complaints Complaints@ewnmediagroup.com

• Customerservice Service Customer If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of our service you can call us or write to: EURO WEEKLY NEWS MEDIA SA Avda Ramon y Cajal 54 - Edf River Playa, local 2 29640 Fuengirola - Málaga - 951 386 161 Edita : RTN Publishing and Media SL Deposito Legal : South A-853-1999 / North: A-134-2004 Costa del Sol MA-630-2017 Oficina Av de los Ejércitos Españoles, 42 03710 Calpe, Alicante 965 833 739 Distribution: iDs Logística. operativa@idssl.es

7

In memory: Mum and Dad

by Tahnee Wright

IN MEMORY: Juanita Kaiser talks of her parent’s trials and tribulations as brigadistas

The Benissan-born daughter of Austrian Brigadistas Dora Hait and Hans Kaiser returned to the Marina Alta last week as the municipality paid homage to the International Brigades.

The International Brigades were paramilitary units set up to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The organisation existed for two years, from 1936 until 1938.

It is estimated that during the entire war, between 32,000 and

Councillor in the dock Benidorm Councillor Leopoldo Bernabeu will appear in court in December over alleged non-payment of child maintenance.

The complainant – Bernabeu’s ex-wife – claims that the pair had a civil agreement in place which he flouted, causing her to take steps to recover the sum through criminal proceedings.

Bernabeu is paid by the city on a pro-rata basis for his attendance at plenary sessions and other events. He also works at a local radio station.

This is not the first time Bernabeu has appeared in court in connection to debts, he was questioned over non-payment of social security for a local television station that he was the Director of many years ago.

35,000 members served in the International Brigades, including 15,000 who died in combat.

The International Brigades represented Communist International and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin’s commitment to provide assistance to the Spanish Republican cause, just as Italy, Portugal and Germany were providing assistance to the opposing Nationalist insurgency.

The largest number of volunteers came from France (where the French Communist Party had many members) and communist exiles from Italy and Germany.

A large number of Jews from the English-speaking world and Eastern Europe also participated Juanita Kaiser’s parents worked in the military hospital in Benissa between September 1937 and April 1938.

She took to the stage at SEU Unviersity in La Nucia as Renee Lugschitz presented ‘From Vienna to Benissa. International solidarity and anti-fascist commitment of the Brigadistas Hans Kaiser and Dora Haut’.

Benissa Mayor Abel Cardona dedicated the municipality’s new square to Juanita’s parents last Saturday before a day of remembrance held on Sunday.

Not our fault

JAVEA’S PP has condemned the council as properties in the old town deteriorate to dangerous levels.

The PP says it should be the responsibility of the council to enforce ITEs - a mandatory, periodic inspection that all buildings over 50

years old must pass in order to ensure their safety.

Councillor of Town Planning Isabel Bolufer says the council has requested data on buildings over 50 years old from the catastro but has received no response.

ITEs is the responsibility of

the owners of the property, who must then send the certificate to the council.

Bolufer said it is hard for the council to enforce ITEs and its especially further complicated “if it's an abandoned building or in the hands of banks.”

8

24 feb - 2 march 2017

Never mind the weather

Photo credit: Teulada-Moraira Ayuntamiento

Students in the Senillar

GETTING INVOLVED: The students assisted researchers

by Tahnee Wright 40 STUDENTS from Teulada - the 4th graders from ESO and the 1st graders from I.E.S – took a trip to the Senillar wetland recently, carrying out a series of activities together with teachers and one of the research teams from the University of Valencia, headed by biology profession and doctor Antonio Camacho Gonzalez.

Professor Camacho is currently work-

ing for the Teulada council, commissioned to analyse the main ecological characteristics of the Senillar including the water and the flora and fauna.

The students assisted researchers taking samples and the professor explained the ecological functioning of the wetland, interaction between microorganisms in the water and its role in the carbon cycle as well as the relation of those processes to climate change.

Professor Camacho also talked about the methodology used in the Senillar to measure greenhouse gas and how researchers ascertain the wetland’s carbon output.

The Senillar wetland is regarded as one of the most precious ecosystems on the Marina Alta coast and has been under protection since 2014 when it was declared as a wildlife reserve by the environmental protection office.

Calpe’s Councillor of Tourism Jan Van Parijs was in London this week representing the municipality at the World Travel Market (WTM) event.

WTM is a UK event for the global travel industry, launched at London's Olympia in 1980 before moving to Earl’s Court in 1992 and then to ExCeL London in 2002. Almost 46,000 senior travel industry professionals, government ministers and representatives of the international

media, converge on ExCeL London each year in November to attend WTM. Calpe aims to capitalise on the British tourists who already – followed by the German tourists – frequent the coastal city the most in the mid and low seasons.

Van Parijs said: “whilst the number of tourists visiting Calpe from other parts of Europe dwindles in the mid and low seasons, the number of British tourists continues to grow year-on-year.”

New routes from Valencia Airport VALENCIA AIRPORT in Manises - also known as Manises Airport – has introduced 18 new routes for the winter season. Holidaymakers can now travel to Barcelona, Budapest, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Krakow, Marrakech, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Nantes, Naples, Palma, Rotterdam, Santander and Seville.

See our editorial on Page 20

10

by Tahnee Wright BENITACHELL’S municipal library was recognised for its commitment to the promotion of reading recently as it was awarded the National ‘Maria Moliner 2017’ Prize.

Maria Moliner (30 March 1900 – 22 January 1981) was a Spanish librarian and lexicographer known for her famous Diccionario de uso del espanol, first published in 1966–1967 The library in Benitachell was one of only 10 libraries in the Alicante Province to be recognised with the prize and received a grant of €1,706 towards the purchase of new books.

Benitachell’s Councillor of Culture Manolo

Segarra said the council is "very grateful for the recognition, that rewards the ongoing work of the library to encourage reading among all audiences, regardless of their age and cultural tastes and innovative workshops adapted to different interests.”

The library has been open for 17 years and currently has 1,420 registered members – impressive given the population of Benitachell is only 4,104.

It made history earlier this year as it recorded its 10,000th book.

The library boasts 2,794 books aimed at children and young people – evidence of its commitment to the promotion of reading from an early age.

Seven new stores in Calpe shopping centre The CC Plaza Central shopping centre in Calpe recently added seven new stores to its offering.

The new stores mainly sell fashion and accessories: • Mango • Selected Homme

• Vives Shoes • Boboli • Only • Paco Perfumerías • Frama’z In addition to offering more choice in terms of shopping for Calpe resi-

dents, neighbours and visitors alike, 32 new jobs have been created.

The centre has also carried out modernisations over the past few months – installing an escalator to improve access and adding various seating areas.

Photo credit: Benitachell Ayuntamiento

Local library wins Maria Moliner award

START THEM YOUNG: The library often runs innovative workshops

Meet the mayor

Teulada-Moraira Council will host a series of open meetings with Mayor Carlos Linares next week.

The meetings will be held in Spanish, English and German as below: The open meetings will be held in the Auditori Teulada Moraira on Calle Orba in Teulada.

English Tuesday November 14 – 6.00pm German Wednesday November 15 – 6.00pm Spanish Wednesday November 16 – 8.00pm

11

Six months to go…

Rulo y La Contrabanda have been announced as headliners for 2018’s MontgoRock Festival in May. An urban rock group formed in 2010, Rulo y La Contrabanda are led by Raul Gutierrez, better known as Rulo.

Spaniard Rulo formed his first band – Suizidio - in 1992 aged 14 with friends from his hometown of Reinosa. In 1996, he founded his second band – La Fuga – with friend Adolfo Garmendia (Fito).

La Fuga played more than 500 concerts across Spain and in several countries around the world, releasing eight albums.

Rulo left La Fuga to form Rulo y La Contrabanda, who have since released 3 studio albums and 2 live albums, playing in 11 countries around the world.

Tickets are already on sale for the festival, available via www.montgorock.es/.

Javea residents can enjoy a discount of €5 when purchasing tickets via the municipal tourist office.

Sad but true

Jacinta Pastor from Javea’s Social Services Department will present her book ‘Muereme’ tonight Friday 10 November at the Casa de la Cultura on Placa de Baix.

The book includes 10 short stories illustrating some of the modern-day causes of suicide, written by Pastor – who lives in Benitachell – edited

by Circulo Rojo and illustrated by Antuan El8.

The presentation will take place from 8.00pm and residents, neighbours and visitors alike are all invited to attend.

Glass half full

The inaugaration of Benitachell’s ‘MoscaTXell’ event was held last weekend and the programme offers a variety of activities throughout the month of November as the municipality pays tribute to its “star product” – Moscatel.

The event aims to bring together local entrepreneurs including farmers and winegrowers, cultural entities and restaurateurs,

along with professors and experts from the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Members of the public can enjoy wine-tasting activities every Friday from 6.30pm at the municipal market: Tonight Friday November 10. Briga de Xoc and Uvas Cabrera.

Friday November 17 Joan de la Casa and Les Freses de Jesus Pobre

Friday November 24 Xalo, Antonio Llobell and the Biomoscatell On Monday November 20, a culinary workshop will be held, again in the municipal market, as local restaurateurs demonstrate how to cook creatively with Moscatel.

The workshop will be held from 1.00pm – 3.00pm.

12

24 feb - 2 march 2017

A to B: The cycle path will be 66 kilometres long

66 kilometre new cycle path

by Rose Holmes Valencia’s Provincial Council is studying the possibility of creating a cycle path connecting Carcaixent in Valencia with Gandia and Denia.

The Diuptacion has commissioned the Foundation of the Spanish Railways (FFE) to draft a report on the feasibility of running the path alongside the old Carcaixent-Gandia-Denia railway line.

The cycle path will be 66 kilometres

long and pass through the Valencian municipalities of Alzira, Benifairo de la Valldigna and Tavernes de la Valldigna before reaching the Safor region, serving as a link between Gandia and the capital of the Marina Alta.

The Diputacion’s Deputy of Environment JosepBort said that the path will be "a key transforming axis for the municipalities, which will facilitate the connection between the different rural nuclei.”

Bort said that, once implemented, "the axis will improve the quality of life in the municipalities through which it passes and new employment opportunities will be created thanks to the economic activities associated with the use of bicycles and the non-motorised development of the territory.”

Once the report has been drafted, the Provincial Council will use it to begin the design of the cycle path for works to begin in 2018.

13

Park life more pleasant ed, reinforced with new rubber tiles and varnished.

The play area for older children has completely changed, with new equipment and again, reinforced with new rubber tiles.

The water fountain is now back in order and the old benches have been replaced.

New bins have been distributed throughout the park and the old ones moved to the parking area.

Photo credit Oliva Ayuntamiento

by Fabio Delucci A 2-day open event is being held at award-winning eco-home Villa Moraira this weekend.

Villa Moraira - constructed by architects and builders of Valencian DICAM GROUP – is the only Passivhaus certified home in the Valencian community.

Passivhaus is a rigorous, voluntary standard for energy efficiency in a building, reducing its ecological footprint.

The villa occupies a 393 square metre plot and was designed with sustainability at heart. Polyurethane has been replaced with natural insulators such as cork and wood fiber and a large tank collects rainwater and turns it into drinking water.

The group managed to reduce the project’s carbon footprint by employing local tradesmen: “If suppliers are closer, carbon emissions are lower. It is the economy of proximity.”

As well as the being certified by PassivHaus, Villa Moraira was the only Spanish project shortlisted at the 2016 Breeam Awards in London. 40 projects from around the world were shortlisted, each one representing an example of high sustainability performance coupled with commitment and vision

Photo credit: DICAM Group

Municipal works to Oliva’s Manuel de Falla park have been completed and children and adolescents alike can now enjoy the new facilities.

The park was in desperate need of a facelift for some time and Councillor Blai Peiro was delighted to reopen it to the public earlier this week.

The wooden walkways have been replaced and the play area for children aged 0-3 has been paint-

Eco-home opens its doors to the public

SEE FOR YOURSELF: Villa Moraira to creating and maintaining healthy, productive places.

On its website, the villa is described as: “much more than a house, it is an integral project of bioconstruction, designed so that its inhabitants enjoy

an exclusive, high quality and healthy home.

The open event is being held today and tomorrow at 03724, Moraira.

For more information and/ or directions, call 963 510 907.

14

Social support JAVEA has renewed its collaboration agreement with two local associations.

The council will grant a total of €1,000 to both ADIMA (Association of Disabled Persons on the Marina Alta) and ACOMAD (Association of the Marina Alta District of Aid to Drug Addicts) to support social integration and reintegration projects for people with physical and mental disabilities or those who have suffered drug addiction.

Mayor Jose Chulvi signed the agreement this week alongside Councillor of Social Services Pepa Gisbert and representatives from ADIMA and ACOMAD.

ONCE, TWICE, SOLD: Generous Jenny with APAC volunteer Lois Ford and Andre La Masurier

A grand success

by Tahnee Wright THE GRAND OPENING of local artist Jenny Anne Morrison’s week-long exhibition at L’om Bar & Restaurant on Calle Ramon y Cajal in Pego took place last Saturday night.

A buzzing atmosphere filled the room as guests admired Jenny’s paintings – a specially chosen selection for the exhibition in

aid of APAC. After enjoying plenty of tapas, guests gathered out in L’om’s stunning courtyard as energetic Andre La Masurier entertained the crowd and auctioned off a print in aid of the horses.

The print was auctioned for €80 and Jenny will also generously donate 20 per cent of all sales of her paintings to APAC.

Snap happy

A COUPLE of months ago, AEMET launched a challenge on social media - asking followers to post photographs of the Montgo Massif taken from as far away as Valencia. First to wow the crowds was @CarlaxyS5, who regularly uploads photos of the mountain taken from Alboraya (20 minutes in the car from the centre of Valencia) and Massalfassar (10 minutes further north in the Horta Nord comarca). But @minervagra came out on top with a snap taken from Sagunt, more than 100 kilometres from the Montgo Massif as the crow flies and 146 kilometres on the AP-7 motorway.

16

Santa Faz Lodge donates €4,300 to children’s cancer charity

by Tahnee Wright Last Friday, Santa Faz Lodge No 48’s Worshipful Master, WBro Brian Duncan and his wife Beryl visited Alicante University General Hospital to present a cheque for €4,300 to Aspanion (Association of Parents of Children with Cancer).

The cheque was received by Aspanion’s Technical Director Alejandro Garcia Gea who gave Brian and Beryl an insight into the charity’s work and a short tour of its facilities.

Aspanion aims to ensure the best quality of life for the children and adolescents with cancer and their families, from diagnosis onwards.

It achieves this by working across five

THANK YOU: Brian and Beryl with Alejandro

key programmes providing psychological and financial support, recreational support, education and social integration, advocacy awareness and general information.

The funds were raised by Santa Faz Lodge No 48 from a variety of activities and events including a quiz, beach walk and BBQ, a Chinese meal, a Rastro, a Strawberry Fayre and a Valentine’s Day lunch.

The Worshipful Master expresses his greatest thanks to the many ex-pats for their generous support and assistance with this year's chosen charity.

Should you wish to donate find out more about freemasonry, please email prensa@glpvalencia.com.

Remembrance Day RTN reader Margaret Ellis from Albir has kindly sent us a poem for Remembrance Day.

The Uniform (RAF) I think of you! Wearing your suit of blue, So proud, so debonair, so strong, My heart would beat with so much pride, If then, I had you by my side.

But Alas! The years have come between, The tears they flow, for what might have been, But think of tomorrow, not of the past, Just remember, a love, that will always last.

Can you help?

THE FEDERACIO MARINA ALTA SOLIDARIA will participate again this year in the Gran Recogida de Alimentos (Great Food Collection), organised nationally every year around Christmas time by Banco de Alimentos (Food Bank).

The collection will take place on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 of December throughout supermarkets in Denia.

The Federacio is seeking volunteers to man the supermarket stalls across the two days – if you would like to get involved call 627 408 352 or email marinaaltasolidaria@gmail.com.

18

News from around Europe NETHERLANDS

Not improving ACCORDING TO The Global Gender Gap Report 2017, researched and published by the World Economic Forum, the gender gap in the Netherlands is not improving; in fact, it is worsening. The Netherlands dropped 16 places in this year’s annual report.

I spy THE NETHERLANDS will hold a referendum on legislation giving law enforcement authorities far-reaching surveillance powers. Activists, politicians and media groups want to overturn the ‘tapping law’ passed in

July which allows agencies to gather data covertly from large groups of people at once.

Power hungry MICROSOFT recently signed a power purchase agreement with energy company Vattenfall to purchase all the electricity produced from a new 180-megawatt wind farm being built in the Netherlands. The farm will be located in the Wieringermeer polder, next to Microsoft’s data centre operations.

Closing down THE NETHERLANDS’ new government has an-

nounced plans to close all coal power plants by 2030. Closures will include three of the most efficient plants made in 2015, which should help the country achieve its goal of a 49 per cent reduction in emissions.

‘Extremists’ arrested AT LEAST 260 people were arrested while protesting against President Vladimir Putin in Moscow recently. The protesters are believed to be linked to nationalist politician Vyacheslav Maltsev’s Artillery Preparation movement.

It has been declared extremist and is banned in Russia.

Bottom of the pile MC SLOTERVAART in Amsterdam-Nieuw-West is at the very bottom of newspaper AD’s Top 100 hospital ranking for 2017.

The hospital dropped 36 places compared to last year’s 64th place on the list and scored poorly when it came to pain control, malnutrition and delirium.

Coming of age RUSSIA’S ELITE descended on London for their annual debutante ball last weekend. Held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, the Russian Debutante Ball, whose patron Princess Olga Andreevna Romanoff is a descendant of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, is now in its fifth year.

SCANDINAVIA Stockholm blaze injures two TWO people were injured due to smoke inhalation and taken to hospital after a fire broke out in central Stockholm on Tuesday morning.

Four others were evacuated from a building in the prestigious Stureplan district. Police cordoned off the area for three hours.

Wrap up warm!

ACCORDING to a weather forecaster’s prediction for the long-term, the biggest cities in Sweden are about to face their coldest winter for five years. It could get colder than usual in the south and larger areas are likely to be covered in snow.

Paradise becomes hell for some THE ‘Paradise Papers’ scandal has also reached Sweden as their tax authorities are investigating after a huge international leak exposed

some of the world’s top businesses and global figures who have stored their wealth in offshore funds and tax havens.

Scarf promotion for needy OSLO is witnessing the annual event that sees lots of sculptures around the city sporting orange scarves. The Church City Mission promote caring and inclusiveness while approaching winter and Christmas season. The scarves are left on the sculptures for those who need them.

Critical car shooting A 20-year-old man shot in the Tingbjerg area of Copenhagen has been left in a critical condition. An overturned car was found at the scene of the shooting and police say the wounded person was sitting in the vehicle between Åkandevej and Ruten.

Angela still Nº1 DESPITE all her recent problems, German Chancellor Angela Merkel still remains the most powerful woman in the world.

For the seventh year in a row, she has topped the

Forbes List for the top 100...beating Theresa May into second place.

Not so dark favourite FERRERO, the Italian firm that makes the famous chocolate and hazelnut spread Nutella, has admitted to a German consumer group that the formula has been adjusted. The Hamburg Consumer Protection Centre noticed that the product was lighter than previously.

Refugee incidents fall ATTACKS on the homes of refugees in Germany have

Hannibal Lecter ANATOLIY EZHKOV - the Russian ‘Hannibal Lecter’ – was arrested for leaving a date horrifically disfigured after biting off her ears, nose and fingertips. The 45-year-old plied his

victim with alcohol before beating her up, tying her up with a cord and sinking his teeth into her flesh.

“I lived on Mars” A RUSSIAN who has baffled scientists since birth has claimed he lived on Mars before being reborn on Earth. 20-yearold Boriska Kipriyanovich’s parents claim that he was able to speak months after he was born and would often discuss subjects they had never taught him.

Close call A RUSSIAN zookeeper is recovering in hospital after being mauled by a tiger.

The zoo, in Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave on the Baltic, said that safety rules had been broken and the zookeeper and the tiger should not have been in the enclosure together.

FINLAND No war, war...just exercise NORWAY’S President Sauli Niinistö distanced himself from comments made by his Minister of Defence that his country is about to organise their largest military exercise since the conclusion of the Cold War. He stated that the ‘possible exercise’ was nothing other than normal manoeuvres.

It’s a NO to NATO AN OPINION Poll in Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat showed that 59 per cent of Finns would oppose joining NATO. The figures were released as US Defence Secretary James

GERMANY Oh...what a beauty!

POLICE in the city of Karlsruhe were alerted by a worried resident after finding what he believed was a World War II bomb in his garden. Instead, what the 81-year-old man had stumbled across was...a very large courgette measuring 16 inches long.

RUSSIA

dropped sharply since the height of the crisis. A total of 226 have been recorded in 2017 so far, of which 213 are believed to have been caused by right-wing extremists.

Jobless staying stable GERMANY’S Federal Labour Agency has announced that unemployment in the country has stayed at historic lows during October, with a seasonally-adjusted figure of 5.6 per cent it’s the lowest level since the country’s reunification in 1990 at 2.4 million people.

Mattis arrived in Helsinki for meetings aimed at bringing NATO and the EU closer in defence cooperation.

‘McUnique’ burger on sale McDONALD’S is rolling out its new ‘McVegan’ burger in Finland, but it’s only available in one location...Tampere. Local vegans have shown their delight that they’ve been given a veganfriendly option, and proud that it’s the only place in the world to offer it.

Family grassers ALMOST 75 per cent of those that responded to a

traffic survey in the country said they wouldn’t hesitate in reporting a drunk driving relative to police.

Of the 1,000 people polled, 9 out of 10 said they would also report a stranger if they saw them drunk behind a wheel.

No more dads FATHER’S DAY in Finland this Sunday – November 12 – will instead be celebrated as a ‘relative’s day’ at the Yliskylä and Kulosaari day care centres in Helsinki.

Centre organisers say the move is intended to spare fatherless children from feeling of exclusion.

FRANCE Going under?

AUDITORS for Lanvin, France’s oldest fashion house, have filed a warning with a commercial court in Paris over financial troubles. The company’s provisional forecast for the year shows sales will fall 30 per cent in 2017 after a 23 per cent drop last year.

Strike against Scrooges PARIS MOTORWAYS were brought to a standstill by an army of workers after the city’s main Christmas market was banned for being too tacky. Angry stallholders blocked main roads with their lorries and vans after councillors said the market on the ChampsElysees was too “mediocre” in quality.

Dads need time too MORE THAN 58,000 people in France have signed a petition demanding men receive more paternity

leave following the birth of a child.

The petition has asked that the current 11 days leave awarded to new fathers should be extended to four weeks and made obligatory.

Never ending THE PARIS PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE opened an investigation on Monday of death threats against the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, over a cartoon of the Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan, who faces rape allegations.

Barbaric FRENCH HUNTERS with hounds have sparked widespread outrage after chasing a stag into someone’s front garden in a residential area on the outskirts of the forest of Compiegne - northeast of Paris - before finishing off the exhausted animal while police looked on.

20

Advertising feature

Your chance to get in at the start Amazing value Single and Double villas available in New 'Over 50s Retirement Village' in Murcia A Well Deserved Retirement An exclusive and secure complex with 24 hour security, designed with the rest of your life in mind. Set in the vicinity of Ramonete, and close to the historic town of Llorca, the retirement village will have stunning views and tranquil surroundings being between mountain ranges and close to the sea. The village is designed for those who, although independent now, appreciate the different stages of life yet to come, and wish to grow old in the caring environment of a small community.

At the hub of the village will be a Community Residence incorporating a number of buildings including a cafe, restaurant, hairdressers, indoor gym, craft shop, library, geriatric nurse and therapy rooms, and 24/7 assistance. There will be a swimming pool (covered in winter and open to the air in summer), vegetable gardens, an observatory to the sea, and activities such as walking, hiking, and golf will be available.

In short, this is a fantastic opportunity to plan for the future for a stress free and enjoyable older age.

For more details email contact@homes24seven.property or telephone (0044 7506606091) or office 0208 2141106.

PDFd

Pre-Christmas sale with up to 50% OFF selected display models Was €999

Was €2000

€759

set includes 3 & 2 seater sofa

large range of SOFA BEDs

€999

Available in fabric or leather

4 seater italian leather sofa

recliners and Rise recliners

Quality british brand names

Sofa Medico - Complete upholster y ser vice • Re-upholstery

• Boat interiors including covers and bimini´s

• Repairs and alterations

• Car interiors including head linings

• Tailor-made loose covers

• Pergola and parasol covers

• Foam and fill replacement

• Hot tub covers

• Fabric and leather cleaning

• Outdoor cushions and sun lounger pads

• Leather restoration and re-colouring

• Bespoke headboards and footstools

@HarrisFurnishings.SofaMedico

See our new website at www.HarrisFurnishings.com

Find us on the Poligono Ind. Les Galgues, in Pedreguer (site of the Sunday market), Calle de la Marroquineria nº 1, Pedreguer, 03750 Opening hours · Mon - Fri 09:00 - 18:00 · Sat Closed · Sun 10:00 - 13:00 · Ample Parking · FREE delivery between Altea & Oliva

Tel: 966 469 371 / 699 836 251 · sofamedico@yahoo.co.uk

22

All that glitters is not gold

by

Michael Walsh

keyboardcosmetics@ gmail.com

Would anyone be inspired to write books, compose music, or paint pictures if there was no one to enjoy them? Yes, I think they would. It is my belief that each of us is given a gift although many go through life without discovering their unknown ability; a great pity.

The talent to create something from nothing is a fountain of inspiration that simply cannot be turned off. It is a compulsion and with or without an audience, or hope of profit, we turn our abilities into realities.

Many people don’t believe in magic. Yet, I gaze at a blank sheet of paper. And then, by using my pen I turn it into something that enriches others more than a bank

The opinions published in Mike´s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors.

note can, I think of that as magic.

My taste is poetry, admittedly the poor man of the arts. Most people will agree that they didn’t abandon good music, art or poetry, these adornments abandoned them. I do think that verse, like music and pictures, has been debased by changes in fashion.

Following inspiration rather than fashion my pen scratches beyond the midnight hour. Did I become rich as a consequence? Yes, I did actually; I became so rich that the materially wealthy envied me and others like me.

My poem brought a wealth of sorts to those for whom coinage has no value. It brought me a wealth that money cannot buy.

ALZHEIMER’S

I think I just fell over, son, I really can’t be sure; Perhaps I just lay down awhile, I think I’m the floor.

I wish that I was younger, Less tired and bemused, Why is do I fall over, son, And why am I confused?

I think I’m close to home, son, The steeple is nearby, I’m just not sure what church it is, It’s like this when you die?

If I were only young again, And once again like you, I lived a life as full as yours, But, son, how those years flew.

I think I saw your mum today, You told me she was dead, But she helped to find my jacket, And her lips were blazing red; Perhaps you are mistaken, Or did my hearing fail, It’s hard to make much sense of things, When nearing end of trail.

I think I’m close to quitting, son, My God, the years have flown, Look at you, I shake my head, To see how much you’ve grown.

You look a lot as I once did, So I shall never die, I live in you, my dearest son, And you’re the reason why.

No cause for alarm by

Colin Bird The opinions published in Colin’s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors.

It’s happened. Something the script writers of Emmerdale will be able to empathise with: I have finally and comprehensively lost the plot.

My ‘office’, aka the landing at the top of the stairs, is close to our bedroom, and I had just logged in to my computer when the alarm on my bedside clock suddenly started a nerve grating bleep bleep bleeeeeep.

An alarm kicking off at 2.30 in the afternoon is ever so slightly puzzling, but even more puzzling, was the fact that I have never set or used the alarm on this bedside timepiece.

I tend to have a reliable internal clock that alerts me in plenty of time if we have to be at Alicante airport at half past stupid in the morning several hours too early most of the time, but hey it works.

But if I’m honest, I do not use this particular alarm mostly because the tiny lettering on the controls is so

faint that not even with the aid of binoculars can I decipher the instructions, which includes how to turn the thing off.

I switched all the switches and knobbed all the knobs.

I banged the top and turned

it upside down, but nothing I did silenced that infernal bleeping sound that was reminiscent of finger nails being dragged across a blackboard.

Then ker-ching! All I had to do was unplug it

from the wall and problem solved right?

Nope. The bleeping continued unabated. It must have a battery backup I thought, but having located the battery compartment and extracted the single

AAA, the damn thing still continued its caterwauling.

Was this some sort of unholy revenge for daring to write about black magic the week before? It simply defied the laws of physics.

So I did the logical thing; I went downstairs and made a pot of tea in the hope that after half an hour it would have exhausted itself into silence. But no such luck.

Then just as I was considering drowning the damn thing in the toilet, I put the contraption to my ear and only then did I realise that in fact the alarm was not from my clock at all, but the small travel one that my wife had been messing around with earlier, and was sitting on her bedside table opposite.

I’m much calmer now and the Princess says that the nice white van with the pretty coloured stripes down the side will be arriving shortly.

Sarcasm is so unattractive.

24

“They” and “we” verb forms We took a big step in our last lesson, because we found out how to form sentences in the third person singular, that is “he” or “she” forms, and found that this really wasn’t too painful! So we have “tiene” (he/she has), “vive” (he/she lives) “habla” (he/she speaks) and so on.

I can now tell you something else equally painless which I think will also have you jumping for joy. There is a tremendously simple way of making these same sentences refer to “they”. All you have to do is add one letter, this time the letter “n” to the singular form. So therefore we now have “tienen” (they have) “viven” (they live) “hablan” (they speak). As English speakers we naturally tend to think that an “s” should be involved in a plural, but with verbs, this is not the case.

We have actually dealt with four, out of the six, verb forms in the present tense. We haven’t explained all the whys and wherefores in a lot of detail, but we have made some big strides as far as getting the general gist is concerned. I find that many people at this stage are particularly keen to find out how to say “we”. Now this is slightly less straightforward in that we can’t always build it directly on to what we already know. On the other hand, it is what a lot of people need, so I’ve decided

Basic Spanish for everyday needs by

Jane Cronin

to take an overall look at it.

We refer to “we” as “first person plural”, in other words “we” really means more than one “I”. (I wouldn’t think about this too deeply if I were you, just accept it!)

Now let’s look at the actual word that translates “we”, in other words the plural of yo. This word is nosotros. It is a bit of a mouthful I’m afraid, so I do apologise on behalf of the Spanish language, but it isn’t actually difficult to pronounce or anything.

But that is not all! Nosotros has a feminine form which is nosotras.

We use nosotros when the “we” are all male or male and female mixed, whereas we use nosotras only when all the members of “we” are female. This means that men never use the word nosotras (just think about that one) and if you are heterosexual couple talking about yourselves you also will always use nosotros. So would all male gay couples – I’m not sure why I’m going down this road – let’s get back to the Spanish.

Something else we can rely on (and let’s face it, you can’t rely on much in this world) is that in the present tense all “we” verb forms end in “-mos” Time for some examples which will hopefully put us all out of our misery.

We have – We want – We live – We can - We prefer - We go - We speak - We are -

tenemos queremos vivimos podemos preferimos vamos hablamos somos (who, what) estamos (how, where)

I know that these are just a few examples, but they give us a clue of the thousand more that exist, so I hope they are enough to be going on with.

So finally, just to get this back into focus and in the unlikely event that I might have confused you – how does this fit in with the word nosotros?

Nosotros and nosotras are what we call personal subject pronouns and behave in exactly the same way as yo, tú, él and ella (I, you, he and she), that is, they are basically optional. They are used to be emphatic or express a contrast, but otherwise are not essential to a sentence.

However, they are very useful words for language learners because on the spur of the moment you might remember the correct verb form, but you can always make sure they know who you mean by pointing to yourself and your companion and saying nosotros “we”!

Nosotros We are - estamos We live - vivimos We have - tenemos We can - podemos We prefer - preferimos

We want - queremos Nosotras

A world without wires? Dream on... by

Barry Duke The opinions published in barry’s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors.

The trouble began when my friend Ricardo used Facebook to ask whether anyone had a DVD player to spare.

I swivelled my office chair around to gaze at the enormous wall unit – 4 metres across – that occupies a sizeable part of our lounge. Somewhere, within its many nooks and crannies, I knew I had “plumbed in” a DVD player that became redundant when I bought a far better one that sits under the base of our TV. But where was it? Ten minutes later I found it buried beneath a collection of books and DVDs in a cubbyhole, and I tried to slide it out. It wouldn’t budge.

Exploring the area behind it with my fingers, I realised that four cables were making it immovable.

What were the cables attached to?

I hadn’t the foggiest notion. The only way to find out was to move the entire unit away from the wall – no mean feat as it weighs a ton and I was alone in the apartment at the time.

Common sense told me to wait for my husband Marcus’ return from a night on the tiles. But impatience – a characteristic of mine – insisted that I should attempt to shift it on my own.

This was at one o’clock in the morning.

By 1.15 am I had shifted it enough to expose a veritable bolognaise of wires

TIED UP: Barry tackles the wires and cables plugged into at least three extensions leads and four adapters. I could see that three of the cables of the old player led to the TV, but could not, for the life of me, see where the power cable led to.

The only thing to do, I decided, was to start yanking out all the power plugs I could lay my hands on.

Naturally, it was the very last plug I pulled that allowed me to slide the old DVD player out.

By the time I’d got all the wires untangled and plugged back in, it was 2.30 am and I was not in the best of moods.

The following day I messaged Ricardo to tell him that he could have the thing.

“Oh thanks,” he replied, “but someone’s already given me one.”

You’d think that that by now someone would have come up with a way of combining yards of separate wires into a single cable. But no. If you’re not connected via Bluetooth or Wifi, you’re

stuck with connections that go all the way back to the invention of electricity.

Ten years ago, in a bid to be free of at least one cable, I bought an early generation wireless printer, and spent hours trying to get it to "speak" to my iMac. I kept getting a “cannot find printer” message. Exasperated to the point of madness, I pointed the screen at the printer and screamed “There it is, you &%@£* moron!”

To my astonishment, a “found printer” message then popped up on my screen, so I typed an exceedingly rude limerick and hit the print button. Nothing happened.

I then bashed out a string of swear words that would make a fishwife turn crimson, and hit the print button again.

And again nothing happened. I gave up and went to bed seething.

The following morning I bumped into my next-door neighbour who was biting her lip and looking anxious. “I think I’ve got a poltergeist,” she said. I lifted a quizzical eyebrow.

“At around 2 am,” she explained, “I heard a noise and when I checked I saw that new my printer had come to life and spewed out a string of the filthiest words I’d ever read.”

“That’s weird,” I replied, adding, “Oh, is that the time? I’ve got a bus to catch.”

27

legal

Pellicer & Heredia - Making it possible How long in business?

Ignacio Pellicer & Pedro Heredia, are partners of the Law Firm, Pellicer & Heredia. The whole project started in 2007 just before the credit crunch. Both of them came from different Law Firms specializing in International Law.

What do you believe is your secret to success?

We offer true, honest, and independent advice for international clients with a personalized service.

We offer legal and fiscal advice to English speaking individuals (resident and non-residents in Spain) and companies.

What tips would you give to anyone thinking of starting up a business in Spain today?

Ignacio always says “Do what you´re passionate about, push as hard as you can. However expect unforeseen circumstances, be realistic and don´t expect big returns straight away.”

Have you learned a lot from the recession?

Of course, the recession has put everyone´s feet back on the ground. We have to adapt every day to existing circumstances and the current market.

everything will depend on the negotiations. That is down to the politicians. However the reasons to stay in Spain remain the same…. including the sunshine, quality and cost of living. We hope and expect more positivity for the remainder of the year and for the foreseeable future.

What for the future?

We remain dedicated to providing the ex-pat community in Spain with up to date information in changes in the law that affects them and committed to providing the best service as international lawyers and barristers.

Now we are seeing the end of Has the recession made you stronger as a company? the recession, have you got any plans of expansion for Definitely, you either adapt to the changing market your company for the future? or disappear. We need to adapt every day to the We always thought about expansion when we first started. When we opened our first office in Hondon, Pedro said that it was just a starting point. Ignacio however thought that he was being optimistic, because of the credit crunch, but we always believed in our work and providing customer satisfaction.

We cover from Denia (Alicante) to Mojacar (Almería) and even provide services throughout Spain. Customer satisfaction is our goal. We are International lawyers providing a personalized, local service -in your language.

market; we always need to be one step ahead. There was volatility for the short term, but believe there will be stability in the long run.

Now with Brexit what do you think might happen in the future?

We believe there could be a period of uncertainty and

IN HOUSE UK QUALIFIED LAWYER

JAVEA OFFICE OPENING SOON Avda. del Pla 125, L.7, Javea (next to Specsavers)

Moraira • Javea • Denia • Alicante Ciudad Quesada Hondon de las Nieves & Petrer

T. 965 480 737

info@pellicerheredia.com watch our videos at www.pellicerheredia.com

PEACE OF MIND INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS

28

money

You’re paying how much for your QROPS?? by

Sam Kelly

Managing Partner Chorus Financial

Many of you will have read my recent article regarding financial advisors in Spain charging substantially more than the equivalent service in the UK. In just the last few days I have had several people come to my office to see if I can help them reduce the fees they’re paying on their QROPS. I saw a lady on Tuesday, we’ll call her Sandra (as before, I’ve changed her name to protect her privacy).

The first thing Sandra explained was that every few months her advisor would hand her another wad of pages covered in numbers, charts etc., bamboozle her with complex terminology, and she’d leave the appointment none the wiser as to why her QROPS hadn’t grown over the last 4 years.

Well, finally she was sat in front of someone who would break it all down for her. The first thing I noticed was that she was paying over £1000 a year for the QROPS alone – this is more than double she would pay for a UK SIPP (a UK based, FCA regulated pension that would offer all the

major benefits of a QROPS and that she could easily move to).

I also questioned the fees on the funds she had been moved into, which were between 1.5%-2% per year – this is 3 to 4 times more than I’d expect a client to pay for a top performing UK fund, yet she was paying this for pretty average performing funds that I’d never even heard off (and that’s after 15 years of studying funds on a daily basis!).

In addition, she was paying another 1.5% per year in combined fees to her advisor and bond provider. When we broke it all down, her annual fees were over 4% of the total amount she had invested, and I calculated that around 3% of this was going to her financial advisor each year, most of which was in hidden fees which would be illegal in the UK. I was astounded by the combined level of fees here, and it’s safe to say, so was Sandra! The investment returns were barely covering her fees, which is why Sandra had seen no growth after 4 years.

My advice to Sandra was that we move her QROPS to a UK SIPP,

which offers all the freedoms and flexibility she needs for less than half the price of a QROPS, and we would then rebalance her portfolio with FCA regulated funds, at a fraction of the cost of the offshore funds she had been recommended. This would bring her annual costs down to less than half of her existing arrangement, which will have a positive effect on the growth of her plan.

The exact overall fees paid will depend on the specific situation so may vary, but Chorus pride ourselves on fair, transparent and above all, value for money fees.

Chorus may not be the oldest, or indeed the biggest company out here in Spain, but we firmly believe that our approach to UK style, truly independent advice, makes us the best.

If you would like me to demonstrate where I can help reduce costs and improve the returns on your existing portfolio, including QROPS and Spanish Bonds, please call me today to book a free, no obligation review on 664 398 702 or email s.kelly@chorusfinancial.es.

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.

BBVA partners with Telefonica

BBVA recently signed a global strategic agreement with Telefonica that will allow the bank to optimise its communications, increase the capacity of its technological network and facilitate operations in the “cloud.”

The move adds to the series of alliances that the Group is making with strategic partners, in order to become a more flexible and scalable digital bank. BBVA CEO Carlos Torres Vila and Telefonica COO Angel Vila Boix signed the agreement in Madrid.

“Communication and technology are key levers for BBVA as we progress in our transformation process, in order to offer our clients digital products and services that will help them reach their goals. This agreement with Telefonica reinforces our strategy of becoming the bank with the best solutions for making a positive impact on peoples’ lives,” said Vila.

Boix added: “BBVA is an international

benchmark in digital transformation in its sector and we are very pleased to collaborate in this process as a strategic partner. This agreement is another example of Telefonica’s objective of offering our customers the best solutions to optimise their communications and technological processes so that they can continuously adapt them to their needs.”

For BBVA, selecting a single partner for its global communications network provides advantages in terms of agility, simplicity and efficiency and allows the Group to take maximum advantage of the possibilities of cloud computing.

In this way, BBVA continues to strengthen its network of alliances with priority technological partners, which was initiated in 2016 and includes leading companies such as Cisco, Red Hat, Amazon Web Services and IBM.

Laid off BANCO SANTANDER plans to lay off more than 1,500 employees due to the integration of Banco Popular, which it acquired in June after EU authorities ordered its rescue, the Comisiones Obreras union said on Wednesday.

Santander, which took on more than 11,000 employees from Banco Popular, is expected to cut staff at both lenders’ corporate centres to lower costs, its chief executive Jose Antonio Alvarez said in October.

Comisiones Obreras wants the bank to find jobs for 575 of the employees at the company’s other units.

When Santander acquired Banco Popular, it said it expected restructuring costs of around €1.3 billion related to the deal.

In its third-quarter results last month, Santander took a €300 million hit due to one-off restructuring costs but said it was not expecting further charges this year.

Much like its competitors, Banco Santander is struggling to lift earnings from loans in Spain as interest rates hover at historic lows, while increasing competition consumes margins.

As a result, Spanish banks have been cutting costs,

including through branch closures, since the 2012 financial crisis which ate into earnings and pushed some into state bailouts.

Their profits have since recovered, but Spain still has the highest number of branches per person of any country in the European Union, according to recent data from the Bank of Spain.

Spain had 62 branches per 100,000 adults at the end of June 2017, data from the Bank of Spain showed.

Santander and Popular employ around 7,000 staff at its corporate centres in Madrid.

30 Friday 10th November - Thursday 16th November

Pick of the Day

FRIDAY 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 10:30pm 11:00pm 11:25pm

Breakfast Women at War Homes Under the Hammer Getting the Builders in Fugitives Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Flog It! Pointless BBC News BBC London News The One Show Sounds Like Friday Night EastEnders Porridge Have I Got News for You Tracey Breaks the News BBC News BBC London News

7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:45pm

3:45pm 4:15pm

5:15pm

6:15pm

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

11:00pm 11:30pm 12:05am

The Hairy Builder Women at War Getting the Builders in Gardeners’ World Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live On the Waterfront Permission Impossible: Britain’s Planners Family Finders Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath Hebrides: Islands on the Edge Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Strictly - It Takes Two Meet the Lords Mastermind Only Connect Extreme Wives with Kate Humble QI Newsnight Snowfall

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

11:15pm 11:50pm 12:05am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Dickinson’s Real Deal Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale International Football Live ITV News ITV News London International Football Highlights

7:45am 8:35am

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

7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:05am

King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Hotel Hell Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me My Kitchen Rules Countdown A Place in the Sun Coast v Country Four in a Bed Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Unreported World Food Unwrapped Travel Man Gogglebox The Last Leg First Dates

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

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

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

10:00pm

11:00pm 12:05am

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

Childrens TV The Wright Stuff Can’t Pay Special: Big Family Bust-Up 5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Home and Away Neighbours NCIS The March Sisters at Christmas 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Gadget Show The World’s Greatest Bridges Eight Days That Made Rome Conspiracy Babel: The Real Stairway to Heaven

Modern Family Monkey Life It’s Me or the Dog (UK) Send in the Dog The Dog Whisperer The Dog Whisperer Zoo Tales Zoo Tales Modern Family Modern Family NCIS Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Stargate SG-1 The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Modern Family Sing: Ultimate a Capella Aloto Us Road Trip The Simpsons The Simpsons

Saturday 7:00am 10:15am 11:45am 1:05pm 1:35pm 2:00pm 2:15pm

3:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm

6:35pm 6:45pm 6:55pm 7:45pm 9:10pm 10:00pm

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

Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Live Lord Mayor’s Show Football Focus Bargain Hunt BBC News Rugby League World Cup Highlights Rugby Union Escape to the Country Len Goodman’s Partners in Rhyme BBC News BBC London News Pointless Strictly Come Dancing Casualty Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2017 BBC News Mrs. Brown’s Boys The NFL Show

Sunday

7:00am 10:00am 11:20am

1:30pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:05pm 5:20pm 5:55pm 6:55pm 7:10pm 7:20pm 8:20pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:20pm 11:30pm

12:30am

Breakfast The Andrew Marr Show Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph Women at War BBC News Flog It! War Horse Songs of Praise Blue Planet II BBC News BBC London News Countryfile Strictly Come Dancing Blue Planet II Howards End BBC News BBC London News Alan Shearer: Football, Dementia and Me? The Women’s Football Show

7:00am

7:45am

8:30am

9:00am 9:30am

10:00am 12:00pm

1:00pm 1:30pm 2:30pm 3:30pm 4:15pm 4:45pm 5:45pm 8:30pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:40pm 12:25am

Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman Animal Park Summer Special Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature Deadly 60 Show Me What You’re Made of Saturday Mash-Up! Rick Stein’s Long Weekends Nigella: At My Table Italy Unpacked Wild Brazil Flog It! Mastermind Cycling Rugby Union Rugby Union Dad’s Army Effie Gray QI XL Private Peaceful

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

12:30pm

12:55pm 1:25pm 1:30pm 3:20pm 3:50pm 5:40pm 6:25pm 6:55pm

7:25pm 7:30pm 7:45pm 8:10pm 9:10pm 10:40pm 11:40pm 11:50pm

12:55am

Childrens TV ITV News Saturday Morning with James Martin Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape The Harbour ITV News The X Factor Thunderbirds are Go Midsomer Murders Catchphrase The Cruise Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs ITV News London ITV News You’ve Been Framed!

Ninja Warrior UK The X Factor The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News World Cup Qualifier Playoff Highlights Run, Fat Boy, Run

7:00am

8:15am 8:40am 9:05am 9:30am 9:55am 10:20am 10:50am 11:15am 11:45am 12:15pm 12:45pm 1:20pm 1:50pm 2:25pm 2:55pm 3:25pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 10:00pm 12:30am

Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me A Place in the Sun A Place in the Sun Best Laid Plans Grand Designs Channel 4 News Volatile Earth Formula 1 Terminator Genisys G.I. Joe: Retaliation

7:00am 11:35am 11:40am 12:40pm

1:40pm 3:25pm 5:05pm 6:05pm 6:10pm 7:10pm

8:10pm 8:15pm

8:50pm 9:45pm 10:40pm 10:45pm 12:30am

Childrens TV Access The Gadget Show Santa Makes You Laugh Out Loud Operation Christmas All I Want for Christmas Christmas Song 5 News Christmas Song The Nine Lives of Christmas 5 News The Nine Lives of Christmas NCIS: New Orleans NCIS: New Orleans 5 News Weekend Live Boxing Football on 5

7:00am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:30pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 2:55pm 3:20pm 3:45pm

6:30pm 7:00pm 8:05pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:45pm 12:45am

Wild Things Modern Family Modern Family Supergirl The Flash Soccer A.M. A League of Their Own Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Gillette Scoeer Saturday Modern Family Sing: Ultimate a Capella The Simpsons The Simpsons A League of Their Own Living the Dream Bounty Hunters The Russell Howard Hour A League of Their Own

7:05am 7:50am 8:35am

9:35am

10:30am

2:00pm 3:00pm 5:30pm 7:00pm

8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:45pm 12:15am

Coast A to Z of TV Gardening Great British Garden Revival Countryfile Autumn Special Rugby League World Cup Rugby Union Tennis Cycling Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph Big Life Fix Robot Wars Louis Theroux Snowfall Mock the Week Rugby League World Cup Highlights

7:00am 10:25am 10:30am 12:25pm 1:25pm 1:35pm 2:55pm 5:00pm

6:00pm 7:00pm 7:10pm 7:30pm

8:30pm 10:00pm

11:30pm 11:45pm

12:45am

Childrens TV ITV News Columbo Tipping Point ITV News The X Factor Midsomer Murders Prince Harry and Meghan: Truly, Madly, Deeply Sheridan ITV News London ITV News The Chase: Celebrity Special The X Factor Elton John: The Nation’s Favourite Song ITV News Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera Play to the Whistle

7:00am 8:15am 8:40am 9:05am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 1:30pm 1:55pm 2:25pm 2:55pm 3:20pm 3:50pm 4:20pm 4:50pm 5:15pm 5:45pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm

10:00pm 11:30pm 1:45am

Kevin Can Wait Frasier Frasier The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Sunday Brunch The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Men in Black Channel 4 News Britain’s Forgotten Army The Queen’s Favourite Animals Big Ben Formula 1 1: Life on the Limit

7:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:05pm 1:50pm 3:30pm

5:20pm 6:25pm 6:30pm 7:10pm 8:10pm 8:15pm 9:00pm

9:55pm 10:00pm 11:55pm 1:50am

Childrens TV Football on 5 5 News Special Let it Snow On Strike for Christmas Just in Time for Christmas Northpole 5 News Northpole Deck the Halls 5 News Deck the Halls Anglo-Welsh Cup Rugby 5 News Weekend London Before They Were Stars Lip Sync Battle UK

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

The Hour of Power Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons WWE Raw Supergirl The Flash Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Egg Drop Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Inhumans Strike Back The Force: North East Ross Kemp Ross Kemp

International Football Live, 8.30pm, ITV1

Royal British Legion Festival of Rememberance 2017, 10pm, BBC1

xxx

Elton John: The Nation's Favourite Song, 10pm, ITV1

this weeks weatherinbrief FRI Nov 10

18º 9ºC /

Partly sunny

sat Nov 11

20º 10ºC /

Full day of sunshine

sun Nov 12

23º 12ºC /

Mostly sunny and nice

mon Nov 13

18º 9ºC /

Sun and some cloud

tue Nov 14

19º 9ºC /

Partly sunny

wed Nov 15

14º 5ºC /

Cloudy and a little rain

thu Nov 16

14º 8ºC /

Partly sunny

31

Pick of the Day

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

11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm

12:30am

Breakfast The Housing Enforcers Homes Under the Hammer Getting the Builders in Fugitives Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country Royal Recipes Flog It! Pointless BBC News BBC London News The One Show Panorama EastEnders Children in Need Rocks the 80s BBC News BBC London News Have I Got a Bit More News for You The Graham Norton Show

7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am

10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm

3:00pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm

11:30pm 12:15am

The Hairy Builder Women at War Getting the Builders in The Big Family Cooking Showdown Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Permission Impossible: Britain’s Planners Tennis Talking Comedy Street Auction Eggheads Strictly - It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip University Challenge Nigella: At My Table The Boy with the Topknot Newsnight Exodus: Our Journey Continues

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 11:45pm

12:40am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Dickinson’s Real Deal Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street The Harbour Coronation Street Gone to Pot ITV News and Weather ITV News London The Murder of Becky Watts: Police Tapes The Jonathan Ross Show

7:45am 8:10am 8:35am

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 6:30pm

7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm

10:00pm

11:00pm 12:05am

King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Hotel Hell Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me My Kitchen Rules Countdown A Place in the Sun Coast v Country Four in a Bed Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Dispatches Tricks of the Restaurant Trade 999: What’s Your Emergency First Dates Naked Attraction

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

1:10pm 1:15pm 2:10pm 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 Gadget Show Access Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: New Orleans A Christmas Star 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight MotoGP All New Traffic Cops Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys Secrets of the Tube: Going Underground Kickboxer

7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am

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

Monkey Life Monkey Life Zoo Tales Zoo Tales David Attenborough’s Micro Monsters Send in the Dog The Dog Whisperer The Dog Whisperer Conquest of the Skies Modern Family Modern Family NCIS Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Stargate SG-1 The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Supergirl A League of Their Own Bounty Hunters Sick Note The Simpsons

7:00am 7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm

3:00pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm

9:00pm

10:00pm

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

The Hairy Builder The Housing Enforcers Getting the Builders in Great British Menu Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Permission Impossible: Britain’s Planners Tennis Talking Comedy Street Auction Eggheads Strictly - It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals Rick Stein’s Road to Mexico Motherland Newsnight NFL

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

11:15pm 11:45pm 12:00am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Dickinson’s Real Deal Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale International Football Live ITV News ITV News London World Cup Qualifier Playoff Highlights

7:45am 8:10am 8:35am

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 6:30pm

7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm

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

King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Hotel Hell Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me My Kitchen Rules Countdown A Place in the Sun Coast v Country Four in a Bed Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds Grand Designs Gogglebox 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

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

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

10:00pm

11:00pm

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

5 News Lunchtime The Hotel Inspector Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: New Orleans Naughty or Nice 5 News Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight All New Traffic Cops Jo Brand’s Cats and Kittens Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild When Magic Goes Horribly Wrong

7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am

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

Monkey Life Monkey Life Zoo Tales Zoo Tales David Attenborough’s Micro Monsters Send in the Dog The Dog Whisperer The Dog Whisperer Conquest of the Skies Modern Family Modern Family NCIS Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Stargate SG-1 The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Flash Strike Back Sick Note The Simpsons The Simpsons A League of Their Own

Nigella: At My Table, 9.30pm, BBC2

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 12:45am

Breakfast The Housing Enforcers Homes Under the Hammer Getting the Builders in Fugitives Bargain Hunt BBC News BBC London News Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country Royal Recipes Flog It! Pointless BBC News BBC London News The One Show EastEnders Holby City The A Word BBC News BBC London News Saying Goodbye Life and Death Row

Strike Back, 10pm, Sky 1

32

Pick of the Day

WEDNESDAY 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Getting the Builders in 12:45pm Fugitives 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Royal Recipes 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm DIY SOS 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm A Question of Sport 12:15am Junior Doctors

7:00am The Hairy Builder 7:30am The Housing Enforcers 8:15am Getting the Builders in 9:00am Nigella: At My Table 9:30am Caught Red Handed 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Permission Impossible:

Britain’s Planners 3:00pm Tennis 5:45pm Frankie Howerd 6:15pm Street Auction 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly - It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Peaky Blinders 11:00pm The Apprentice:

You’re Fired!

11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Ireland with

Simon Reeve

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 Dickinson’s Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Gone to Pot 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm On Assignment 12:15am Britain’s Busiest Airport

- Heathrow

7:20am King of Queens 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 12:00pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm My Kitchen Rules 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Coast v Country 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Steph and Dom’s

One Star to Five Star 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pm Lifers Behind Bars 11:00pm Man Down 11:30pm Greg Davies: The Back

of My Mum’s Head

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 2:05pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Christmas Confessions 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm 100% Hotter 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Big Family Values:

More Kids Than Cash 11:00pm Left for Dead:

The Moors Murderers 12:05am Murder on the Internet

7:00am Monkey Life 8:00am Zoo Tales 9:00am David Attenborough’s

Micro Monsters 9:30am Send in the Dog 10:00am The Dog Whisperer 10:30am The Dog Whisperer 11:00am Conquest of the Skies 12:00pm Modern Family 12:30pm Modern Family 1:00pm NCIS 2:00pm Hawaii Five-0 3:00pm Hawaii Five-0 4:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 10:00pm Inhumans 11:00pm Bounty Hunters 11:45pm The Simpsons 12:15am The Simpsons

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 Dickinson’s Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Acid Attacks: How Scared

Should We Be? Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Paul O’Grady:

For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm Serial Killer with Piers Morgan 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:40pm The Late Debate

7:20am King of Queens 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 12:00pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm My Kitchen Rules 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun 5:00pm Coast v Country 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Steph and Dom’s

One Star to Five Star 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Ugly House to Lovely

House with George Clarke 10:00pm Tru An American Dream 11:00pm British Workers Wanted 12:05am Gogglebox

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 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Angels and Ornaments 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm UK’s Strongest Man 2017 9:00pm Bargain Loving Brits

in Blackpool 10:00pm The King’s Cross Fire: Six

Hours That Shocked Britain 11:35pm The Murder of Tia Sharpe:

My Daughter

7:00am Monkey Life 7:30am Zoo Tales 9:00am David Attenborough’s

Micro Monsters 9:30am Send in the Dog 10:00am The Dog Whisperer 10:30am Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 11:00am David Attenborough’s

Natural History History

Museum Alive 12:00pm Modern Family 1:00pm NCIS 2:00pm Hawaii Five-0 4:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Living the Dream 11:00pm The Russell Howard Hour 12:00am The Simpsons

The Secret Life of the Zoo, 9pm, Channel 4

thursday 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The Housing Enforcers 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Getting the Builders in 12:45pm Fugitives 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Royal Recipes 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Room 101 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pm Love, Lies and Records 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm BBC London News

7:00am The Hairy Builder 7:30am The Housing Enforcers 8:15am Getting the Builders in 9:00am Council House Crackdown 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Permission Impossible:

Britain’s Planners 3:00pm Tennis 5:45pm Talking Comedy 6:15pm Street Auction 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly - It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef:

The Professionals 10:00pm Exodus:

Our Journey Continues 11:00pm Match of the Day 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Ireland with Simon Reeve

UK's Strongest Man 2017, 8pm, Channel 5

Lovely jubbly

From Del Boy to Granville, Pop Larkin to Frost, David Jason takes us behind the scenes and under the skins of some of the nation’s best loved characters.

Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging bombs and bullies, both with impish good timing. Giving up on an unloved career as an electrician, he turned his attention to acting and soon, through a natural talent for making people laugh, found himself

working with the leading lights of British comedy in the 1960s and '70s.

Among others, David worked alongside Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Bob Monkhouse and, of course, Ronnie Barker. Barker would become a mentor to David, leading to hugely successful stints in Porridge and Open All Hours.

It wasn’t until 1981, kitted out with a sheepskin jacket, a flat cap, and a clapped-out Reliant Regal, that David found the part that would capture the nation’s hearts: the beloved Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter in Only Fools and Horses.

Sponsored by Bookworld Puerto Banus info@bookworldpuertobanus.com

www@bookworldpuertobanus.com | 952 816 084

34

Puzzles Code Breaker

You will need some help if you are going to get just what it is that you want or need right now. With compromise not on the agenda you will rely on others to make your next move; though it will be a step in the right direction.

Planet Venus can be a source of power for you this week with an action with Saturn in sextile midweek!

Word Pyramid

4

Keep a beady eye on expenditure this week. It seems as if you have a reason, a plan and a purpose for recent extravagances, but you are forward planning. Clearing the decks will free you up to take a break next month, and then Mercury will retrograde and it will not be the best of times for you to splash that hard earned cash.

WORD fit

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

Mercury enables dialogue, and this is very much not the time to be silent; even if you are angry and feeling that people are ganging up on you. You are in line for a magical week, but you do need to smooth things over and listen to what others have to say. They are being objective, and they can see something that you can’t!

Once more a closer inspection of your partnership is more pertinent than ever, and more necessary than it ever was.

Though there have been some hey days the routine is the same old and nothing has changed for the better. You need to go with the flow and reward yourself or choose to stay as stuck as you are, so activate all you can.

C

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 19 represents C and 25 represents B. 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.

Look within to prioritise on your domestic affairs right now. You are experiencing strong emotions and will benefit from the blessings of the hearth and home. Use this quiet period to devise new projects to be enabled when the planets are more in your favour; because that is exactly when they will work best for you. Enjoy planning ahead!

Both Saturn and Uranus have gifts for you, but are waiting for the right moment to come along. You live by the rules you have made for yourself but above all, keep an open mind and play for time before you deliver your verdict on something you are undecided about. The tides are turning now for just what it is you value the best of all.

R

There is 1x9 letter word and 183 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!

Mars lingers, and the energy from this residence doesn’t often empower you, so make some hay while the Sun shines! Mars brings change coupled with drive, motivation and that boost of energy that you need right now.

Pluto supports the Full Moon in Taurus, lighting the eighth house of the outgoing of money. Check out bills!

Venus brings out the very best in Mars, but they will shortly go their own ways. There will be chances and opportunities out there if you can act promptly, and be sure of yourself. Be discerning, but it is important for you to be your true self in any eventuality. Happiness comes when all you have done recently for others brings results.

A

H

Word Wheel

The Full Moon should bring sensitivity, emotion and a touch of romantic gesture into the equation. Eliminate doubt and be open minded and non judgmental, even though you know that someone seems to be making mistakes you could very well help with. New information may cause you to change plans, which could be a blessing.

A window of opportunity is open for you, but it would seem not to be a top priority at the moment. Other choices may be the easy way around to getting what it is you want, but future planning is in the frame and here you have a limited time to grasp something that could pan out for you. Keep your heart open and check out the innermost you!

E

Start at a letter and spell out a 10-letter word by moving to adjacent letters. Each letter will be used at least once, but no letter will be used twice in a row.

The Sun homes in on partnership issues, dealing with the solar seventh house. This is a time in which you need to take a walk in another person’s shoes; better understanding why there appear to be gaps forming in even recent relationships. Focus on reconciliation, and know, above all, the true source of love is understanding.

Social aspects feature this week, and these could be great news for you; as you balance family and career together with home projects. Your inner strengths are bolstered by absorbing much tension. The Full Moon in Taurus is a great time to relax away the tensions of the past weeks, together with the support from Pluto to boot!

S

5 letter words AISLE CARGO CRIME ENSUE EQUAL HELLO IGLOO NOISE SCENE STEEL VINYL YOUTH

6 letter words ASHORE HARASS LIKELY ORIOLE STEREO TACTIC TANDEM USEFUL

7 letter words ABSENCE AMNESTY ELEMENT FAILURE ICEBERG ITALICS OBELISK TEACHER

WORD FIT

Mystical Postbag Kenny, this will be a very different Christmas because there just isn't much money around for all the traditional tree, trimmings and presents. Is it wrong for me to ask for what I need to make the family happy?

Clare P. Hi Clare! You can bring home the true meaning of Christmas without having to splash out or denting the budget. If you give gifts, make them yourself, as a gift of your time is a gift of love. People will love the individuality of their gift.

Make cards or send

email cards. Recycle cards and make tree decorations rather than buy new ones. Blend cinnamon and orange oils together to fragrance your home. These tips maybe more dash then cash, but if you need cash in your pocket, no, it isn't wrong to ask for what you deserve for you and your family.

Love and happiness are the best gifts, however, anyone ever gave anybody!

For Birthday Celebrants Decisions and changes abound with the support and backing of the Universe right now. Be sure to see what you feel is behind an unexpected request, and you too can be a part of the magic now punctuating the Cosmos.

More Puzzles

Cryptic

ACROSS 1 Used on watch? (6,4) 7 Rain in ruin? (8) 8 Press for a golf club (4) 9 In Crete emeralds abound (4) 10 Emphatically less than 0.5? (3,4) 12 Collier’s broom found in warship? (11) 14 French currency is for animal loving saint (7) 16 A speculator, by the way, gets silver (4) 19 One orchestra, too (4) 20 Where lawyers drink? (2,3,3) 21 Formed bed in earth and wintered there? (10) DOWN 1 Small bird has to dash (5) 2 Worry about sailors recruiting in times past (7) 3 Cattle without water (4) 4 Hospital permitted to be consecrated (8) 5 Beastly noise made by broken hinge (5) 6 A hat for the cricketer (6) 11 Set a time apart for judge (8) 12 Just me to depend on? (6) 13 What you must be if you want to see a busy doctor (7) 15 The name of a woman I complain about (5) 17 Fine - a thousand pounds (5) 18 Crazy about shock (4)

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?

MOTOR

1 2 3 4 5 RACER Soduku

Quick

Futoshiki

The purpose of the game is to discover the digits hidden inside the board’s cells; each cell is filled with a digit between 1 and 6. On each row and column each digit appears exactly once; therefore, when revealed, the digits of the board form a so-called Latin square. The board may also contain some inequalities between the board cells; these inequalities must be respected and can be used as clues in order to discover the remaining hidden digits. ie > is greater than and < is less than.

35

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

Quiz 1 On a standard English QWERTY keyboard the % (percent) sign is above the number: 2; 5; 7; or 0?

2 What is a pullover, a New US state, a UK channel island and knitted fabric first produced there?

3 What once world-leading social networking website was bought by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation for $580m in 2005, and sold to Specific Media Group and Justin Timberlake for $35m in 2011?

4 Pranayama refers generally to what aspect of yoga: Praying; Breathing; Singing; or Pyjamas/Pajamas?

5 Rolls Royce famously makes (What?) for the aircraft industry: Fuselages; Engines; Electronics; or Leather seats?

6 The English-Greek prefix ‘peri’ means: Up/over; Round/about; Vision; or Hidden?

7 Which country occupying 47% of South America has states including Amazonas, Sao Paulo, Bahia and Para?

8 A ‘short corner’ or ‘penalty corner’ features in: Ice hockey; Field hockey; Australian Rules Football; or Table tennis?

9 An anaesthetist (US anesthesiologist) is a type of: Atomic scientist; Astronomer; Medical doctor; or Sheet metal-worker?

10 Swedish amateur jockey Helena Stahl controversially did what to her horse after it was put down due to injury in 2015: Stuffed/mounted it; Sent its ashes to Mars; Made jewellery from its bones; or Ate it?

ACROSS 1 Marionettes (7) 5 Canal boat (5) 8 Short-legged breed of dog (5) 9 Embarrassing mistake (7) 10 Uncertain (2,5) 11 Unclean, soiled (5) 12 Language of Israel (6) 14 Beginning (6) 18 Secret agents (5) 20 Blackberry bush (7) 22 Frenzied (7) 23 Ethical (5) 24 Assisted (5) 25 Calmed with drugs (7)

DOWN 1 Rather hungry (7) 2 Trimmed, peeled (5) 3 Gourmet (7) 4 Wooden shoes (6) 5 Wide (5) 6 Comments (7) 7 Before the expected time (5) 13 Bandit (7) 15 Without weapons (7) 16 Increased threefold (7) 17 Counting-frame (6) 18 Capital of Bulgaria (5) 19 Located (5) 21 Split asunder (5)

Last Weeks Solutions on page 45

36

whats on You’ve got to be in it, to win it!

Tickets are now on sale for The Original Charity Shop & Library Christmas Raffle.

Once again, local businesses and sponsors have been very generous and there are plenty of prizes to be won: • A 48-inch TV • A Christmas hamper • A tablet • Hair salon vouchers • Beauty salon vouchers • Restaurant vouchers • Wine • Chocolates and many more!

A strip of 5 tickets costs only €3, giving you the opportunity to pocket a prize

and at the same time support The Original Charity Shop & Library in providing Christmas gifts for the children attending the Raquel Paya School for children with special needs.

The raffle will be drawn on Friday December 22 at 12.00pm at the shop.

Tickets are available from the shop on Calle Nancy on the Arenal or from the library in Javea Park.

Both the shop and the library are open Monday to Saturday from 10.00am - 1.00pm.

For more information check out - www. charityshoplibrary.com or get in touch - info@ charityshoplibrary.com.

It’s only natural…

KATHRYN KERR will host a demonstration for The Marina Alta Floral Club – ‘It’s Only Natural’ - next Thursday November 16 at the Salon de Actos, La Senieta, Moraira.

Having studied veterinary medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 1977 where she graduated BVM & S, she now lives in Dumfries and has turned her hand to floral art.

Kathryn is a NAFAS (National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies) Demonstrator, Speaker and Judge, as well as being a freelance artist and is returning to demonstrate for The Marina Alta Floral Club by popular request.

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 members and €8 for visitors.

Tickets will be on sale at the demonstration for The Marina Alta Floral Club’s Christmas Charity Hamper Raffle, which will be drawn on Thursday December 7.

Tickets will also be on sale for Chelsea Flower Show winner Sean Murray’s demonstration in January.

For further information contact Lynn on 966 405 426 or visit the club’s website www.marinaaltafloralclub.com. You can ONE I MADE also follow Marina Alta Costa Blanca Floral EARLIER: Club on Facebook.

Kathryn Kerr

Celebrating turning six MABS CANCER SUPPORT COSTA BLANCA will host a fundraising party on Sunday November 26 at Heroes Bar, Cala Finestrat to celebrate its sixth anniversary.

The party will be rocking from 2.00pm – 5.00pm with entertainment from Benidorm’s finest including comedienne Jenny Renn, Shoewaddywaddy, ‘Tina Turner’ and Déjà vu.

MABS promises fun for all the family with a buffet, raffle and some special surprises.

Entrance costs only €5 and all funds raised will go towards caring for people with cancer in the local community.

37

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!

BENIDORM OLD TOWN C/Marav a

uay

Jaim e

Urug

TOWN HALL

ll

04 02

ALE-HOP

09

01

06

03

Nosh

01

Two palms

02

Calle la Biga

Kafee Klee

03

Life Guard Station Molly’s 04

Molly’s

04

O’Maras

05

White Bull

06

Thistle

07

Amigos

09

Calle Moli

Calle San Roque

05

Calle Ruzafa

07

02 2 Palms

Amigos 09

01 Nosh

38

community news

Charity News

A lifetime of art is being donated to local charities on the Costa Blanca

Race Night raises over €1,500 An impressive €1,567 was raised at Jalon Valley A.R.C.’s Charity Race Night at El Cid Bar, Restaurant & Bowls in Benidoleig last Friday.

The shelter expresses its greatest thanks to everyone who sponsored horses and races, purchased tickets and raffle tickets and bet on races: “The reaction from people following the Charity Race Night has been wonderful and all who came had a great evening, with many shouting themselves ‘horse’ (excuse the pun) trying to encourage their animal to romp home in first place.

Jayne, Matt and Sally worked so hard to make the evening such a great success and hopefully can make this an annual event.

Many thanks must go to the race sponsors - La Solana Kennels, David Kent Removals, Premier Properties, Renderking Builders, El Cid and Jalon Valley Real Estate.

Special thanks to El Cid for their hospitality and to all those who donated raffle prizes. Thank you also to the raffle prize winners who returned their prizes to be raffled again.”

Funds raised will go towards food and vet bills for all the animals in A.R.C.’s care.

On Golden Pond

Javea artist Billie Cook, now 86, is moving to an apartment equipped with the care service she may need in the future.

Unfortunately, even though the facility does have studios for the residents there is limited space for all her paintings and ceramics, so she is gifting many of them to raise money for local charities.

More than 100 of her paintings and ceramics will exhibited at Galería Marque, in Jávea’s historic centre. The inauguration will be November 27 at 7pm, to which all are invited.

Some selected works will be auctioned, but most will not be priced.

Instead, everyone attending will be invited to select a painting or ceramic and make a donation, however big or small, of whatever they think it may be

worth to themselves.

All money raised through the sale of the paintings and ceramics will be donated to local charities, including Grant a Wish that does wonderful work in injecting human kindness into the lives of the homeless, the very sick, those who are extremely poor and children or adults in great need on the Costa Blanca.

Two of Billie’s favourite sanctuaries for cats and dogs will also benefit.

The exhibition will then be open from 28th November until 9th December.

For more information, contact Rod Davis at Galería Marque.

Email roddavis@icloud.com or call 625 953 916.

Galería Marque, Carrer del Virgen 9, Jávea 03730.

About Billie

Over the course of her career Billie Cook has been an advertising art-buyer, prize-winning macramé artist, silver jewellerymaker, schoolteacher, celebrated ceramic artist, professional photographer and, now, a painter.

She took up work as a potter in the 1960’s winning much acclaim, being described as “one of the most promising amateur potters in years”. Her

work was selling up to the equivalent today of £400, and was shown in South London galleries.

Modelling stoneware clay over long hours in cold water exasperated the arthritis in her hands, forcing her to look to other means of creative expression.

After a short spell as an adult student at Putney Art School Billie decided to continue to paint, but in her own style.

She bought a house in Jávea in 1971 and started

to paint more seriously in 1972, influenced by the sunlight and sensations she found in Spain. Her work was first exhibited in 1984 at the Casa de Cultura in Jávea. She also continued with her photography, including as a photojournalist for the prestigious Lookout magazine and providing the photography for two major books about Jávea.

Further details of her life and work are on her website, http://www. billiecook.net

RTN enjoyed an evening out at Gata’s Union Musical on Tuesday for the opening night of the Javea Players’ production ‘On Golden Pond’.

On Golden Pond is a 1979 play by Ernest Thompson. The plot focuses on aging couple Ethel (Rosemary Brown) and Norman (Mike Martin) Thayer, who spend each summer at their home on a lake called Golden Pond in Maine, New England This year on Golden Pond, the Thayers were blessed with a visit from their adult daughter Chelsea (Leigh Patterson), whom they’d not seen for years together with her fiancé Billy Ray (Nigel Poole) and his son Billy Ray Jr. (Luke Holmes).

Chelsea and her entourage arrived partly to celebrate Norman’s birthday, but mainly so she and Billy Ray Snr. could leave the younger Billy on Golden Pond as they spent the summer sailing around Europe.

Norman is grumpy at the best of times, fearful he’s losing his faculties, so he was not best pleased at having his holiday disrupted, having to

Cantakerous Norman meets smart young Billy for the first time entertain a child.

The plot took an unexpected turn however as 13-year-old Billy gave Norman a new lease of life – when they weren’t fishing, they were playing tricks on unsuspecting Ethel!

Chelsea, returning to Golden Pond and finding Billy Ray Jr. had developed a special relationship with Norman, realised she wanted to have the same before it was too late…

The crowd roared as pedantic Chelsea pleaded “It just seems like we’ve been mad at each other for so long…” and Norman came back to say: “I didn’t think we were mad, I just thought we didn’t like each other!”

Even Charlie the postman (Michael O’Neill) and the telephone operator (Anne Skinner) played a part as the Players perfectly explored long-lost youth and facing one’s mortality.

Star of the show, 12year-old Luke Jones told of his excitement for the week of performances ahead and his relief to find out that although he still had to go to school each day, he’d been ‘let off’ having to do his homework.

Luke, arriving in Spain

only a year ago, was keen to seek-out an opportunity to get involved in the local amateur-dramatics scene and said that he’d “never have had the opportunity to play a part like Billy Ray Jr.” in England.

Director Ron Skinner told of his fondness for the play and said that “although the play avoids the sentimentality of the film, it instead brings out the humour of everyday human relationships.”

The Javea Players take their shows seriously, but ALWAYS with the emphasis on enjoyment and fun. They are a friendly bunch and would love to hear from anyone interested in taking part, whatever their skills and experience.

Apart from acting, there are a great many other skills that are needed in order to stage a play. Directing, stage management, constructing sets and props, making costumes, producing the music and sound effects, lighting, publicity – the list is long.

If you are interested, call Cherry on 865 528 551 for a chat or email her at membership.jp@gmail. com.

Ethel and Norman admiring the pond painted by local artist Mary-Louise

40

health

Beauty Tips

Three common winter beauty problems, solved!

Puffy and tired eyes Winter can also be harmful to the eyes, especially in the thin layer of skin just under the eyes. To help relieve dark, puffy and tired eyes, you can use natural eye cream. You also need to drink plenty of water and exercise regularly to boost blood circulation to brighten your eyes.

Damaged locks Hair can suffer from dullness, breakage and flaky and dry scalp in the winter.

Don’t shampoo your hair every day but do not miss using conditioner daily. This will allow natural oil to moisturise your hair. Also, let your hair dry naturally and do not go outside while your hair is wet.

Brush your hair just enough not to make it thin and fragile.

Chapped lips Make sure you always keep your lips hydrated with water. People will often lick their lips to hydrate them, which is actually a bad idea as it just makes the lips drier. Saliva contains amylase and maltase - digestive enzymes that can make the lips thin, making them susceptible to dry air and eventually leaving them dry and chapped.

Use lip balm or petroleum jelly to prevent this happening.

Do it yourself – nourishing hand cream

Ingredients • 1/4 cup coconut oil • 1/8 cup shea butter • 1/8 cup cocoa butter • 1 Tbsp aloe vera juice • 1 tbsp liquid oil of choice (like sweet almond, jojoba, etc.)

• 5-10 drops essential oils (optional)

Method 1. Heat the shea butter, coconut oil, and cocoa butter over low heat until melted.

2. Remove from heat.

3. Add the aloe vera juice, liquid oil and essential oils and stir to combine well.

4. Store in container of your choice.

How to get more REM sleep What is REM sleep?

Rapid Eye Movement (REM) is a stage of sleep where your brain is very active and prone to dreaming. During REM sleep, your eyes actually make rapid movements. The amount of REM sleep you get may depend upon age and other factors, with infants spending 50 per cent of time in REM and adults spending closer to 20 per cent/ Increased REM sleep has been shown to improve your memory recall and your overall mental abilities. You may also experience vivid dreams when you are in REM stage of your sleep cycle and may want to prolong your dreams at night.

How do I get more REM sleep?

1. Maintain a regular sleep schedule.

Create a sleep schedule where you wake up and go to sleep at the same time every day, even on weekends or days off. Sleep requirements vary from person to person, but on average, you should be getting between seven and nine hours of sleep.

Having a regular sleep schedule will allow you to experience REM sleep more often, as you will cycle between the stages of sleep several times throughout the night during a full seven to nine-hour sleep.

Some people think getting just one less hour of sleep won’t affect their daily functioning

Sarcoma - the unknown cancer

AFTER A summer of healthy eating and exercise, Janice was on the road to better health when she noticed a small lump in her lower left abdomen. She assumed it was scar tissue from a past surgery, but decided to see her doctor six months later after it had grown to the size of a baseball. Shortly after undergoing surgery to remove what her doctors thought was a hernia, Janice found out she had cancer. Specifically, it was a malignant solitary fibrous tumour, a form of soft tissue sarcoma.

Janice was 39-years-old when she was diagnosed.

“I had never heard of sarcoma before that day,” said Janice. “The word ‘cancer’ never came up as a possibility in any of my initial conversations with my doctors until I received the diagnosis. I was completely blindsided.”

Sarcoma remains an unknown cancer to many.

In fact, it is often known as “the forgotten cancer.”

Soft tissue sarcoma (STS) is among the most distinct and complex types of cancer. It has more than 50 histological subtypes that arise from connective tissues of the body, including muscle, tendons, fat, lymph vessels, blood vessels,

nerves and tissue around joints. The tumours form most often in the arms, legs, chest or abdomen, though they can be found anywhere in the body.

Sarcoma is considered a rare disease; it comprises approximately 1 per cent of all adult cancers diagnosed.

Given the rarity and complexity of this cancer, diagnosis can be especially challenging.

Due to her specific subtype of sarcoma, Janice’s doctors recommended radiation.

After seven weeks of treatment and months of recovery, Janice has been in remission since May 2015.

41

health

Did you know that aging spots will make your face look 10 years older?

or that they can make up for lack of sleep on the weekend or a day off, but unfortunately it doesn't work that way.

Any changes or shifts in your regular sleep schedule will only have a negative effect on your sleeping habits and could lead to less deep sleep or REM sleep.

2. Turn off all electronics and distractions a few hours before bed. Shut off your television, smartphone, tablet, and computer or, even better, keep all electronics out of your bedroom completely. The type of light these screens emit can stimulate your brain, suppress the production of melatonin

(which encourages REM sleep), and interfere with your body’s internal clock.

3. Keep your bedroom dark, cool, and quiet. Use heavy curtains or shades to block the light from windows. Cover any electronic displays, like TVs or computers so the light does not glow in the room. You can also use a sleep mask to cover your eyes and create a dark space that will help you sleep. If you have difficulty sleeping due to loud noises outside your window or a loud sleep partner, consider investing in good earplugs, or a noise machine.

4. Don’t consume caffeine or alcohol four to six hours before your bedtime. About

half the caffeine you consume at 7.00pm is still in your body at 11.00pm. Alcohol also prevents deep sleep and REM sleep. It will keep you in the lighter stages of sleep, causing you to possibly wake up easily and have a harder time falling back asleep.

5. Try to go to bed sleep 30 minutes earlier than usual. Your REM sleep stages are longer in the morning, so try to prolong your REM sleep by adding an extra 30 minutes of sleep. Adjust your bedtime so you go to sleep 30 minutes earlier than usual and then maintain this adjustment in your sleep schedule by doing this every night.

Midlife crisis or male menopause THE MALE midlife crisis is often made fun of, but for many men it is a distressing experience.

A midlife crisis can happen when men think they've reached life's halfway stage and feel time is running out.

It's not a medical condition but people going through a midlife crisis can experience anxiety and depression.

The age at which people experience a midlife crisis can vary. It can typically occur anywhere between the age of 35 and 50.

Dr Derek Milne, a clinical psychologist, says: "If I was giving advice on how to cope, I'd suggest telling your GP you're feeling depressed, because depression makes up a significant portion of the midlife crisis."

Depression can be triggered by a major life change, such as divorce, separation, long-term illness, bereavement or job loss. Sometimes there appears to be no obvious reason.

Symptoms of depression can include: low mood lasting two weeks or more, not getting any enjoyment out of life, feeling hopeless, feeling tired or lacking energy not being able to concentrate on everyday things like reading the paper or watching television, sleeping more than usual or being unable to sleep When they reach their late 40s to early 50s, some men experience loss of libido, erectile dysfunction, mood swings and other physical or emotional symptoms.

Is there such a thing as a 'male menopause'?

The ‘male menopause’ is an unhelpful term sometimes used in the media to explain some of the above symptoms.

This label is misleading because it suggests the symptoms are the result of a sudden drop in testosterone in middle age, similar to what occurs in the female menopause. This isn't true. Although testosterone levels fall as men age, the decline is steady – less than 2% a year from around the age of 30-40 – and this is unlikely to cause any problems in itself.

But most people have aging spots, or pigmentation in the skin, and it normally appears after the age of 35. A lot of products are promised to heal this skin condition, but it’s rarely it gives changing results.

The medical chemical peels are the solution for your problems of spots, but also for wrinkles, dehydration, lack of luminosity, and acne problems.

The chemical peeling in a simple technique used to improve the appearance of the skin through the accelerated renewal of the most superficial layers of the skin and the repair of the deep layers.

What results do we get from peeling?

• decrease the depth of wrinkles and firm the skin • remove stains and homogenize skin tone • Control the excess of fat and the own inflammation of acne prone skin, acne • reduce scars, acne marks and stretch marks • revitalize and moisturize the skin • lighten dark circles We have several types of peeling, depending on the depth of the problem.

• Superficial – we treat fine wrinkles, oily skin and dilated pores, non-uniform color, dehydration, lack of luminosity, dark circles • Middle- we treat wrinkles, spots, scars and stretch marks • Deep-flaccidity, severe spots, deep scars The best time to do peelings are in the winter, as sun exposure can be very damaging to the skin. At Derma Clinic Spain we always take our patients commands seriously, and we will treat your skin with the peeling that is most suitable for your skin. For any questions, please call, or make a free first consultation.

Derma Clinic Spain are located at Camino del Pincho 2, 1, 03580, L´Alfaz del Pi, Alicante.

For more information call 674 255 579 or email info@dermaclinicspain.com. Alternatively see their Facebook page facebook.com/DermaClinicSpain

42

home & garden

How to Repot Plants Step 1: Water Plant

Step 8: Water Plant

Lightly water your plant to help the root ball and soil slide more easily out of the pot.

Remove your plant from the pot by carefully turning it on its side, then support the main stem in one hand and use the other hand to gently pull the pot away.

Water your newly potted plant well until the water runs out the bottom. I like to sit the plant in the sink or bathtub and give it a good drink, making sure the soil gets evenly moist while the excess water drains away. This is also a good time to spritz or wipe down the foliage to remove dust and potting soil.

Step 3: Prune Roots

Step 9: Settling

Step 2: Remove Plant

When moving your plant to a larger pot, begin by inspecting the roots and soil. If the soil is in good shape, try to disturb it as little as possible. If it’s rotten or moldy, shake away some of the excess. If the roots are tightly coiled, use your fingers or a sharp knife to loosen or gently slice them so they can spread out, trimming away any really long ends. Cut away any rotten or dead roots. When repotting in the same pot, shake off the excess soil, then use scissors to prune back up to 25% of the roots. This will help rejuvenate your plant while keeping it small enough to stay in the same pot.

Step 4: Clean Pot

Clean the pot with hot soapy water to get rid of disease causing microorganisms and insect larvae. Pat dry.

Step 5: Add Soil

Make a small mound of soil in the pot for your plant to sit on. Measure the height and make sure the top of the root ball is at least 1/2″ below the rim of the pot, so that it won’t overflow when you water it.

Sometimes after watering, it’s necessary to add a little more soil to fill in low spots in the pot.

Step 10: Trim Plant

Cut off any dead or broken stems and leaves. If needed, lightly prune your plant to encourage branching.

Step 6: Position Plant

Place the plant in the pot and settle it on the soil. Look at it from all sides to make sure it’s centred and sitting up straight.

Step 7: Fill Pot

Add potting soil around the plant in layers, pressing it down with your fingers until firm. Don’t bury your plant deeper than it was before!

43

pets How to choose a good boarding kennel Trusting someone to look after your precious pets while you are away on holiday can be tough, so you’ll have peace of mind if you do your research first. Here are RTN’s top tips on what to look for when choosing the right boarding kennel for your dog…

Good places book up fast, so start your search in plenty of time Get a personal recommendation if possible and check the kennel is licensed by the local authority Drop in without an appointment and ask to look around – you’ll be able to tell a lot from an unannounced visit Check the living area is warm, secure, clean and dry, with plenty of comfortable areas Ensure the location is not prone to flooding Dogs who don’t know each other should not be able to make nose, paw or eye contact – other dogs staring at them can be stressful A good boarding kennel will ask lots of questions about your pet, including diet, to

help keep to their routine Where will your dog be exercised? Check the exercise area is safe and appropriate for your dog.

A good kennel will insist that dogs are up to date with vaccinations Ask about insurance cover and what the procedure is for contacting a vet and you in case of a veterinary emergency Find out how many staff there are per dog.

It’s a good idea to add the kennel’s name, address and number to your dog’s microchip along with the dates they are in their care, in case they go missing while you are away.

Check with your dog’s microchip database to see if this is possible.

As an alternative, you could consider employing a pet sitter who stays in your home while you are away, or find a home boarder who will look after your dog in their own home. Many dogs may find a home environment more comfortable and less stressful than a kennel environment.

Fynn

Pud sey

FYNN Miniature Pinscher - Born July 2016 - a fabulous little boy - full of fun, loves everybody, enjoys being with all other dogs . Microchipped fully vaccinated and negative of lishmania

Leil a

PUDSEY – is 12 months old. He is a beautiful boy, very affectionate and loving. He has been neutered, his blood testis negative and he’s had all his injections. Very healthy and playful and would make a super companion for anyone who gives him a forever home. Also many other dogs, cats & kittens needing homes.

Leila, approx one year old female medium size Labrador cross, she´s looking to share your Forever Home with a Forever sofa for a cuddle with you ! To meet Leila tel. Akira Benissa Dog Sanctuary

44

AIRPORT PARKING

DANCE MARCIA’S Dance Centre (Calpe) Special kids classes in all disciplines. Adult classes available. Private or group lessons. 607 290 896 for sale Alpine Jacuzzi Spa (used) 198 x198 x90 cm Good working order. Buyer transports. Offers around Euros 750 Tel: 637 982 871 Moraira (246795) gardening

252011

HEDGES & DESIGN. Professional Landscaper trims perfectly – Hedges/Columns/ Balls. Also designs and builds your garden. Andy 634 809 379 / 600 030 193.

(252160)

AIRPORT TRANSFERS

INSURANCE & INVESTMENTS

AIRPORT transfers Benidorm & surrounding areas. Tel Fred 646 699 014 fredzuide@hotmail.com

BENEFICAL INSURANCE SERVICES. Car, Home, Business, Travel, Life, Funeral, all insurances available.

Policies in English. BEST rates, covers & service. Immediate quotes. Tel 961 129 215 / 622 275 561, (whatsapp) info@beneficialinsurancein spain.com or visit www.beneficialinsurancein spain.com for online quote. (257880)

bathrooms For all bathroom conversions contact 698 320 434 BUILDING SERVICES www.dragonreforms.com Tel 966 807 098. Free quotes given.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

CARPENTRY

cleaning services PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICE with recommendations, Hardworking, trustworthy, efficient and professional.

English +33 644 031 115 Spanish 657 049 822

LOCKSMITH LOCKSMITH/ELECTRICIAN/ CARPENTER for emergency safe opening. Altea area, call Michael Rice: 686 513 510 or Calpe area Sean Gannon: 667 507 630 METAL WORKS mobile welding service Gates, rejas, railings etc Made to measure or repaired.

Free quotes. No job too small.

Calpe. Made to measure or repaired onsite. Call Dave 965 834 869 or 616 173 699 (252148) MOBILE MECHANIC MOBILE MECHANIC, region Denia - Javea. Call Autobastian. Tel 608 860 725 email autobastian@gmail.com

removal services UK - SPAIN - UK. Masses of experience. New clean

Need an extra income?

Earn 75€ to 400€ per week, flexible hours from home. We

vehicles running weekly. Fully

are a reputable British home

insured with RSA. Genuinely

retailer, new to Spain. No

CARING service. 1 CBM to

selling required or experience

ANY size move! ONLINE

needed as full training given.

QUOTE!!

Apply now at

www.bmceuropean.com

www.the-vista-group.com

Tel: 951 242 430 or UK 08456 443 784 please FIND US ON FACEBOOK! (253763) situations vacant SALES REPRESENTATIVE. Company with 15 years in the sector wants to add another sales representative to our team. Experience needed in the sector of publicity and marketing.

Area: Costa Blanca south and/or north: info@spaniaposten.es / 601 324 656 (246808)

(260527) solar Small Solar System 2x140watt panels. 2 batteries, controller and inverter/charger 950€ call 675 878 601 or

TV SATELLITE Skyline Satellite Experts in repairs, service calls or advice on UK and International tv installations 965 838 225, info@skylinesat.com Specialist in community and apartment installations and Solutions, no dish, no problem. Satellite and TV accessories available 965 838 225 info@skylinesat.com (248218)

692 170 778 SOFT FURNISHINGS LOOSE COVERS, CURTAINS ETC. Made to Measure.

Choose from a wide range of beautiful fabrics in your own home. Tel: 965 771 397 or 686 453 827

painters & Decorators STEPHEN HILL PAINTER/DECORATOR, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE. 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE. www.hillspropertyservice.com.

646 112 981 (252202) IM Painting and decorating.

Established 15 years, fully legal using quality materials at affordable prices. Specialist in spray applied coatings. For a free no obligation quote call 696 708 567. (252183)

LOOKING for space to start your new holistic therapy business? Treatment rooms available for all therapies in bright, purpose built salon in the Orba Valley area.

Telephone 965 583 294

www.dragonreforms.com Tel 966 807 098. Free quotes given (256718)

F&P PUMPS: pressure, wells and pool pumps, service, sales and repairs Six Solid Rock Guarantees 952 931 558 (258952)

pest control irrigation F&P-IRRIGATION: professional new sprinkler systems and

BUGBUSTERS Fully legal Costa Blanca Pest Control Company. EST 1994. For all pest problems, commercial

repairs, 30 years’ experience.

and domestic. Call Lois Clark

14 days free trial, fixed price.

619 054 939/

Six Solid Rock Guarantees.

96 686 5204.

Free quotation. 952 931 558

bugbusterslois@hotmail.com.

(258952)

ROESB 0552 CV

248138

45

removals and transport

building services

VALERIA in Denia, clean and dis-

xxx RELAXATION

Readers of a sensitive disposition may find some of the advertisements in this section offensive.

Denia we are 2 friends from Spain 18 years old massage sex cum here 643 656 643 in/out calls available.

(246573) BENIDORM 2 sexy pretty affectionate girls, massage, kisses, hotel/private apartment.

Tel 671 431 214

situations vacant

MASSAGE in Benidorm. Relaxing, qualified private service in my positive home.

604 232 351 www.pridemassage.info BENIDORM Russian Blonde. Big boobs invites you for erotic massage/sexual pleasures.

632 422 799

plumbing

251549

per pes pet pia pie pis pit psi pst rap

rep rip sap sip spa tap tip aper apes apse

pair pare pars part pase past pate pats pear peas

Last weeks puzzle answers (Issue 941) peat peri pert pest pets pias pier pies pita pits

prat rape raps rapt rasp reap reps ripe rips sept

sipe spae spar spat spit step tape taps tarp tepa

tips trap trip apers apres apter asper aspie atrip pairs

paise pares paris parse parti parts paste pater pates pears

peart peats peris piers pieta piste pitas prase prate prats

presa prest pries prise rapes reaps ripes sepia septa spait

spare spate spear speir spier spire spirt spite sprat sprit

stipe stirp strap strep strip taper tapes tapir tapis tarps

tepas traps tripe trips aspire esprit paries paster pastie

paters persia petsai pietas pirate praise prates pratie priest

rapist repast ripest sitrep spirea sprite stripe tapers tapirs

trapes trapse tripes parties pastier piaster piastre pirates traipse

Word Pyramid PREFERENCE

686 094 328.

BENIDORM / ALBIR MATURE BLONDE

BRAZILIAN

LADY.

MASSAGE WITH HAPPY END – GOOD ENGLISH SPOKEN. MIRIAM 689 820 132 SEXY Noelia visits home and Hotels 24 Hours. Sex Toys, massage, sado and golden shower Tel 667 861 513 IN DENIA, VICTORIA Beautiful Brazilian escort, sexy body, affectionate, massage, outings and more. Discreet 632 257 503

Quick Solution

Word Ladder

SCARY SCARE SHARE SHIRE SHINE THINE

Codebreaker Solution

Cryptic Solution

sex, outings and more call

252273

Wordwheel Solution

pa pe pi ape apt asp par pas pat pea

creet, erotic massage, relaxing,

THING

Soduku Solution

Wordfit Solution

Quiz solutions 1 Terrible 2 Less than an ounce 3 Tree nut 4 Chocolate 5 Darkness and light 6 Batsman´s groin protector 7 Coastlines 8 Epi 9 One 10 Venice´s gondoliers

46

Tim Saunders Motoring journalist www.testdrives.biz

motoring

Is the V60 big enough for a family car?

“I delivered one of these the other day and the chap didn’t want to drive it,” says the delivery driver.

“Oh,” I reply, a little perplexed, admiring the finish of this particular model. “Couldn’t he drive?” I ask.

“He just sat and listened to the stereo.”

“Really? Was he all there?” I question.

“He worked for one of the hi-fi magazines and he was testing the £3,000 sound system, an added extra in the top of the range model. I stayed with him on his driveway for 40 minutes and he really cranked up the volume.”

“I better pay a bit more attention to stereos from now on then,” I replied.

My first impression is that this V60 stands taller than the standard model thanks to its raised height.

The fact that it is an all wheel drive model not only makes it super safe on the roads but it also means that it is at home in the countryside. lvo V60, What better place to Model Tested: Vo D, D4, 6 AW try un test this out than a trek Co s os Cr el down the motorway es Di , to Au speed to the market town of 70 3,8 €4 : Price From Andover. cs se 0-100km/h: 8.6 Traditionally Volvos have /h Top speed: 204 Km been associated with 0 CV manufacturing standard Engine power: 19 00km road going cars that Economy: 5.7 l/1 are supremely safe. I 2 Emissions: 149 g/km CO can see why they have ventured into the all

Facts at a glance

wheel drive market though; Sweden in winter is undoubtedly a treacherous place to drive. What really appeals about a four wheel drive Volvo is that it is extra safe because all wheels are talking to each other so to speak. This is a permanent thing so there’s no need to faff about engaging it.

The six-speed automatic gearbox coupled to the responsive 2.4-litre diesel engine makes for a car that is thoroughly enjoyable to drive. This does not feel like an estate car but much more of a sports car. If a little extra oomph is required then sports gear can be selected at a push of the gear stick.

That boot though is not as large as it needs to be for the Saunders family. You see little Heidi does like to take all sorts of luggage with her on an excursion, so much so that we have to remove the retracting parcel shelf to make space, which isn’t ideal. If everything is to be stored below the parcel shelf there really isn’t much space to play with. The raised ride height and the spare tyre eat into the available room.

Aside from this the black all leather interior is hard wearing and comfortable. It is pleasing to see an electric tilt/slide glass sunroof as well as air conditioning and all round electric windows. Power folding wing mirrors are always a distinct advantage for roadside parking. Being a Volvo it is fitted with

car of the week 9,750€

10,995€ FORD FIESTA 2015 1.25 LTR PETROL one owner 1800kms YES 1800kms

one owner FORD FIESTA 2014 1.2 LTR PETROL FSH

6,995€

9,995€

spanish

UK GOING HOME CARS 15,995€

HONDA CR-V 2015 1.6 LTR DIESEL FSH MOT

3,995€

3,995€

PEUGEOT 207 PROFESSIONAL 2012 1.4 HDI DIESEL FSH MOT

CITROEN BERLINGO VAN 2009 1.6 LTR DIESEL MOT FSH

7,750€

6,495€

automatics 13,995€

one owner HYUNDAI I10 2013 1.1 LTR PETROL FSH

intelligent cruise control that reads the traffic ahead and reacts accordingly in terms of speed by automatically braking or accelerating.

When reversing the wing mirrors automatically drop so that the driver can clearly see the sides of the road behind.

There is a useful reversing camera that appears in the centre console. However, this system is not infallible and the driver needs to be extremely alert, especially when reversing on my driveway. Why? Because as you can see in the video there is a brick pillar on the left hand side which can be easily forgotten about, making it an accident waiting to happen. To my surprise there are no warning beeps reminding me of this obstacle and the driver could miss it if they’re not looking at the camera carefully. If the wing mirrors did not automatically drop when reversing this issue could be overcome. Perhaps there is a way to override this setting but I have not discovered it.

Overall, I do like this Volvo and feel quite at home behind the wheel. The children like it too and that’s important for a family vehicle.

one owner TOYOTA RAV 4 2007 2.2 LTR DIESEL 4X4 FSH

GENUINE CARS AND CAMPERS WANTED INSTANT PAYMENT - ALL LEGAL PAPERWORK COMPLETED - PART EXCHANGES! - CALL NOW!

CITROEN DS3 2015 1.2 LTR PETROL FSH

SMART FORTWO COUPE MHD 2013 1 LTR PETROL FSH

HYUNDAI I10 2009 1.2 LTR PETROL FSH

motorhomes 32,500€

HYMER EXSIS I 522 2007 2.2 LTR DIESEL 3 BERTH

29,995€

LAIKA KREOS 3009 2005 2.8 LTR DIESEL 3 BERTH

25,995€

MILLER LAKES MANITOBA 2007 2.2 LTR DIESEL 3 BERTH

17,995€

COMPASS SUNTOR 120 2006 2 LTR DIESEL 4 BERTH FSH MOT UK RHD

47

sport A former player, Tony Matthews is now the world’s most prolific author of football books with 150 published since 1975. He has also been a PE teacher, policeman, radio correspondent and is now a quiz-organiser and fund–raiser, for various charities.

In FA Cup first round ties last weekend there were excellent wins for non-League clubs AFC Hereford, Boreham Wood, Maidstone and Oxford City.

Marseille have suspended ex-Manchester United player Patrice Evra who was redcard for ‘kicking’ a supporter of his own club in the head before a 1-0 Champions League defeat by Vitoria Guimaraes. In the same competition there were wins for Tottenham (3-1 v. Real Madrid), Liverpool (3-0 v Maribor), Manchester City (4-2 v. Napoli) and Manchester United (2-0 v. Benfica) but Chelsea lost (3-0 to Roma) while Celtic are out (beaten 2-1 by Bayern Munich). In the Europa League, Arsenal drew 0-0 with Red Star Belgrade but Everton were eliminated 3-0 by Lyon.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Salvador Vives, sponsors of the Vives-Pons Triples Classic, Janet Neale, Nick Cole and Annie Jones with their trophy

Bowled over The winners of the Vives Pons Triples Classic, played over 2 days with 28 teams competing for the title, were Janet Neale, Annie Jones both from Benitachell Bowls Club (BBC) and Nick Cole from Javea Green.

Runners-up were Derek and Lynn Eldon with Yvonne Briden (El Cid) and in third place, Maggie Lawley, Clive Langan and Yvonne Browne (BBC) BBC WINTER RINKS The first day of the BBC Winter Rinks sponsored by Hamiltons & Direkt Optiksaw some seriously tight games with Team GTX leading the way on shot difference

Northern League Monday November 6 BBC Tigers v Bonalba On a very windy morning, BBC welcomed Bonalba to the lawn.

After a very close match, the Tigers scored 4 points against Bonalba 6 points.

The overall shot difference was only 5 in Bonalbas favour and the BBC challenge team won 24-16.

BBC Lions v Javea Green Onyx Top of the league Lions away to Javea Green Onyx only managed to win 4 points to Javea 6 with a shot difference of -2 and the challenge team won 35-7.

On your marks…

Manchester City, 3-1 winners over Arsenal, lead the PL by eights points from Manchester United, 1-0 losers at Chelsea (4th). Spurs (3rd) defeated Crystal Palace (bottom) and Liverpool (5th) whipped West Ham 4-1. Wolves remain top of the Championship and Celtic (4-0 winners at St Johnstone) are now unbeaten in 63 domestic matches, breaking a 100 year-old British record. And Lionel Messi’s 600th game for Barcelona ended in a 2-1 win over Sevilla.

England manager Gareth Southgate has three uncapped players in his squad for friendlies against Germany (Friday) and Brazil (next Tuesday). They are Joey Gomez, Tammy Abraham and Ruben Loftus-Cheek. He’s also recalled Ashley Young. And Northern Ireland met Switzerland (Thursday) and the Republic of Ireland visit Denmark (Saturday) in WC qualifying play-offs.

In their second Rugby League WC group games, New Zealand (with 14 tries) crushed Scotland 74-6, England beat Lebanon 29-10, Australia whipped France 52-6, Ireland lost 14-6 to Papua New Guinea and Wales were blitzed 72-6 by Fiji.

It’s Scotland-Samoa (Saturday) and England-France and Ireland-Wales (Sunday).

And three Scotland players, deemed to be drunk, were not allowed to board the plane to the next venue (Cairns). Elsewhere, New Zealand beat the Barbarians 31-22 in a Union international at Twickenham.

On Sunday, Marc Marquez ‘will’ be crowned 2017 MotoGP champion in Valencia while F1 racing continues in Brazilian which will see Felipe Massa’s last drive on his home track before retiring. Meanwhile, Ferrari President Sergio Marchionne says that the team could quit F1 if they fail to agree on the directions implied by new owners Liberty Media.

Is Aidan O’Brien the greatest horse-race trainer ever? Last week he saddled his record-breaking 27th Group One winner of 2017 when Mendelssohn won the Juvenile Turf Trophy at California’s Breeder’s Cup meeting.

Photo credit: Benidorm Ayuntamiento

The '10K Love BeniDorm' race will take place on Sunday November 26. The event, organised by Benidorm City Council together with Grupo Brotons and the Club de Atletismo Benidorm, will take place from 9.30am, covering almost the entire city and the Levante beach promenade.

Presenting the race, Benidorm’s Councillor of Sports

Arturo Cabrillo said it will be a “sustainable event”, included in the ministry’s ‘Corre, Recicla y Respira’ (Run, Recycle, Breathe) campaign.

He continued to explain that over 20 recycling bins will be placed at the refreshment points, for people to dispose of their water bottles ecologically.

It is hoped that over 1,000 people will participate in

PRESENTING: Arturo Cabrillo, with representatives from Grupo Brotons and the Club de Atletismo Benidorm the race, with 800 already signed up - "56 per cent foreigners from 11 countries” said Jose Brotons.

A children’s race ‘Kids Run Love Benidorm’ will be held from 12.30pm for children aged 2-15.

To sign up, visit http://10klovebenidorm. com/inscripciones-10k/.

Registration is open until Thursday November 23.

In tennis, unseeded Serbian Filip Krajinovic lost to American Jack Sock in the Paris Masters final and Martin Del Potro has failed to qualify for the end-ofseason WTA finals in London.

Despite Alastair Cook’s second-ball duck, England’s cricketers began their Ashes Tour with a two-day ‘warm-up’ draw with a WACA XI in Perth. The first Test starts on 23 November. Meanwhile, England’s women are also in Ashes action down under.

Former Olympic sprinter Frankie Fredericks has been charged with money laundering and corruption by French authorities… GB golfer Justin Rose won backto-back tournaments by claiming the Turkish Airlines Open … and congratulations to Houston Astros on their first-ever baseball series win.