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THE FRENCH CONNECTION

ALEX TRELINSKI

LOCAL LINK TO PARIS TERROR

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Torrevieja-based terror suspect who was caught returning from Syria had been sent to Spain by the ringleader of the Paris attacks, police have revealed. Abdeljail Aït ElKaïd, a Moroccan living in Torrevieja, left the area in 2014 to join the DAESH, or so-called Islamic State in Raqqa, Syria, the capital of the terrorist organisation's self-proclaimed caliphate, for combat training. During his week-long stay in the Middle Eastern country, he met Abdelhamid Abaaoud, thought to have been the brains behind the multiple massacres in Paris and who has since been shot dead by police.

Abaaoud ordered Aït ElKaïd's immediate return to Spain, and he was expected to be involved in the attacks in the French capital. But the Torrevieja resident was

arrested in the Polish capital of Warsaw, en route back from Syria via Serbia, thanks to a Guardia Civil tip off to their Polish counterparts.

This was in June 2014, and Aït El-Kaïd has been in prison in Spain ever since.

Spanish authorities are digging into his affairs for more information and other connections.

The Torrevieja-based Aït El-Kaïd was travelling with another Moroccan terrorist, Reda Hame, who had also

been ordered by Abaaoud to return to Europe. Hame had been instructed to carry out an attack in Paris but was arrested before he was even able to acquire the weapons he needed to do so. It was Aït El-Kaïd who confessed to the Guardia that he and his companion, whom he named, had been returning to Europe on Abaaoud's orders, and revealed Hame's intentions and the fact he was on his way to France. The Guardia Civil told French authorities,

who kept Hame under surveillance from a distance and arrested him upon arrival in the country.

Hame had travelled through Turkey, Poland, the Czech Republic and The Netherlands, but had separated from Aït El-Kaïd after Turkey since the latter entered Poland via Belgrade.

It transpired that Intelligence services did not have Reda Hame on record and it was not known he had travelled to Syria.

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The Valencian Regional Government appears to be mellowing on plans for a possible tourist tax being introduced in the region from 2017 after opposition from bodies like the Alicante Provincial Council.

The Courier reported last week that the administration was looking to introduce a levy similar to that in other parts of Spain like Catalunya, which be imposed on hotel and holi-

day accommodation with the money being ploughed into tourist projects.

Provincial Council tourism spokesman, Eduardo Dolon, said that the tax would have a negative impact on the tourist industry, and now Valencian president, Ximo Puig (pictured), has told journalists in Alicante that nothing will happen in regards to a tourist tax if the local tourist industry was against it.

November's Indian summer for Alicante Province came to an end last weekend with average day temperatures falling by some six

degrees Celsius, with higher drops at night, including the Pinoso area going below zero in the early hours of Monday morning.

Winter Draws On

Putting A Brake On

Torrevieja's nativity scene (Belen) figures have been discovered safe and well in a storage facility in Pilar de la Horadada after they were reported "missing" last week. Panic hit the council when the 250 statues were not found in on the fourth floor of the Teatro Municipal, with the local police being called in to investigate their disappearance as workers look-

ing to bring them down for their annual display at the Plaza de la Constitucion discovered that they were not there.

Fiestas councillor, Africa Celdran, said that she had made contact with the Belen association in Pilar which had handled the storing, safe-keeping and maintenance of the figures for 15 years at an annual cost of five thousand euros and claimed

that she was told by them that the statues had “gone missing”. Belenista representatives, whose contract with Torrevieja was not renewed this year in order to save money, disputed the “missing” claim saying the boxes containing the figures had got mixed up with similar containers at the association’s Pilar storage area where they were kept every year.

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A teenage car robber who worked his way down a San Javier street breaking into 15 vehicles over a fortnight period at the start of November has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 19-year old would get into the cars by break-

ing windows using a blunt object and it was soon clear to the authorities that one person was behind all the crimes. Increased surveillance as well as the help of local residents helped to catch the suspect to end his spree.

A 49-year-old man has been arrested in Murcia City and accused of sexual assault on six children (three boys and three girls) aged between nine and eleven. The man had been arrested ten years ago in Madrid for sexually abusing children that he had picked

up in a park and taken home with him.

The National Police moved in when the mother of an 11-year old girl made a complaint at San Andrés de Murcia police station after her daughter spent the night out with a friend.

Officers were led to an

abandoned house in Murcia City which the alleged predator would lure children to with gifts and access to computer games. The building was in a filthy state, with police finding toys, clothes, drawings, and a mattress in addition to four mobile phones and drugs.

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Mess Most Foul

Better Way Work on improving the Pozo Aledo roundabout in San Javier will start in February 2016, according to Murcia's regional minister for public works, Francisco Bernabé, after a meeting with the mayor, José Miguel Luengo, and other local officials. The work will eventu-

ally lead to direct access to the AP-7 Cartagena bound carriageway, with the minister also confirming that the AP-7 will also see some widening of the carriageways around San Javier in 2017 to reduce bottlenecks especially during the tourist season.

New Look Twenty

China military in talks for logistics 'facilities' in Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa.

German lawmakers to discuss support for France in IS fight.

Italian premier pledges to fight terrorism alongside France.

Torrevieja’s Mayor is getting his hands dirty by launching a new war against dog owners who let their pets foul local paths and streets and don’t pick up their mess afterwards. Mayor José Manuel Dolón has said that the municipality hasn’t dealt seriously enough with dog dirt for three decades and he’s threatening owners with fines of three thousand euros if they don’t bring

their pooches into line.

Dolon displayed Article 22 of the Ordinance for the Promotion of Urban Environment Quality to reporters on Monday and said that all animal droppings would fall foul under the letter of the law, though how this would exactly be policed wasn’t exactly made clear.

“Everybody knows now where the council stands on this issue”, said Dolon.

Fines will depend on the

“seriousness” of the matter, ranging between 750 euro and three thousand euro. An awareness campaign will also be launched.

“The behaviour of a tiny minority has led us to reinforce where we stand,” added the mayor. “We want to thank all the responsible animal owners who take away the droppings in a bag and who help to keep the city clean and safe”.

Sniffed Out

Operation in Syria kills person involved in Beirut attacks.

UK fines Barclays for financial crime oversight.

The new-style 20 euro note came into circulation in Spain on Wednesday and reflects the design of the recently-introduced five and ten euro banknotes. This includes a watermark, and a 'window' with a portrait in it

when held up to the light. The new 20 euro note is the third in the series and, gradually all the denominations will be replaced across the Eurozone, with the 50 euro note scheduled for the next change.

Trash And Recycling

Palestinian attacker with knife shot and killed in West Bank.

Venezuelan opposition candidate shot dead at campaign event.

Japan announces $10.6B in climate financing for 2020.

Australia's bushfires leave trail of death and destruction.

French soldier dies from injuries suffered in Mali.

Japan plans to deploy troops near disputed islands.

Turkey releases recording of warnings to Russian plane.

Fifteen killed in Russian helicopter crash in Siberia.

Thirteen people have appeared before a Dénia judge after the Guardia Civil and National Police seized over 400 kilos of cocaine that had been imported into the Valencia region from Ecuador.

Eleven of the gang were remanded into custody,

whilst the other two were granted bail of five thousand euros each. They are all charged with public health offences and drug trafficking.

The extensive operation involved cocaine arriving by ship into the port of Valencia, before being

transferred to the Alicante area and being stored in Villena, before a final journey to a Madrid warehouse for onward distribution across Spain. A number of the arrested are said to be well-known business and public figures in the Villena area.

A new "emergency" street cleaning plan for the rest of 2015 with a special focus on the Orihuela Costa has been announced by Orihuela councillor Noelia Grao. 32 additional containers have been placed around the area and that she wanted residents to keep her informed on any improvements that needed to be made in regard to collections. She emphasised a special phone line of 966 760 000, extension 29, from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm on

a weekday as well as an Email service, which is residentes@orihuela.es or costa@orihuela.es Meanwhile, a recycling exhibition will be based at the carpark of La Zenia commercial centre tomorrow (Saturday) called Gran Reciclada (Great Recycled).

Yellow and blue marquees will feature various exhibitors aimed at both adults and youngsters between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm.

Dutch court rules that migrants' right to food, shelter not unconditional.

Russia to help Cambodia build capacity for nuclear power.

German interior minister calls for European refugee cap.

MSF hospital strike was 'human error': US general.

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Friday 27th November 2015

Juicy Price Orange growers in the Vega Baja region say that they are getting better prices for the fruit compared to last year, with producers getting paid 22 cents a kilo, some four pence more than in 2014. The figures from the local young farmers group Asaja and the Ministry of Agriculture suggest there will not be an excess of oranges this year, with the dry summer being a strong factor in the numbers being harvested.

Two marathon blood donor sessions have been organised for Callosa de Segura tomorrow (Saturday).

There’ll be two shifts at the Primo de Rivera school, the first one being between 9.30 am and 1.30pm, and then the second between 4.30 pm and 9.00 pm.

Chopper Save

A 46-year-old walker had to be rescued by helicopter from the Sierra de Orihuela last Saturday after suffering a knee injury. The man was hiking around the La Aparecida area and called emergency services on his mobile phone.

The rescue operation lasted a couple of hours because the emergency services could not find his exact location.

It’s Double Trouble

A 40-year-old van driver who didn't have a driving license was arrested last Friday morning after knocking over two female pedestrians in Orihuela City.

The two women were on a pedestrian crossing on Avenida Teodomiro at around 9.30 am when they were hit and later taken by ambulance to the Vega Baja Hospital.

Sweet Teeth

The famous nougat (turron) making town of Xixona in Alicante Province is full steam ahead for the holiday season with the Antiu Xixona company that has Mercadona supermarkets on its customer list, predicting an overall ten percent

rise in the production of turron and chocolate. 10 and a half thousand tonnes of chocolate and nine thousand tonnes of Christmas turron is being manufactured with a peanut flavour turron amongst the new lines.

A Load Of Fakes

A gang that were trying to sell five fake Picasso paintings which could have fetched a total of 160 million euro has been smashed by the National Police. The profits would have been stashed away in a specially created company in Belize.

Arrests were made in Granada and Malaga, whilst three people were detained in Benidorm for trying to sell a fake for 30 million euro to a foreign investment group.

Picasso experts includ-

ing family members have confirmed to authorities that the pictures were not painted by the great Spanish artist.

The Benidorm "painting" was transported around in a van full of building materials and rubbish, with the police saying that it had been shown to a dozen potential clients at a local hotel.

The arrested men, all of whom are Spanish nationals, told the authorities that the painting called 'La vida y la

muerte' (Life and Death) is a genuine Picasso work which they had got hold of from a private collector who is no longer alive. All three men have police records as fraudsters with art experts now set to analyse the painting, with claims from other gang members that the other four Picasso works all came from a Picasso relative in Cuba. Those claims over the veracity of the paintings have now been proven to be a complete lie.

Terror Test

Fruitful Discovery The autumn fruit-rustling season is continuing, with Orihuela local police recovering 100 kilos of stolen lemons that were in five bin bags. Other spot checks last weekend uncovered a van

that had been stolen in Italy as well as arresting a man on four charges, including three of forgery as had a fake passport; driving license; and residencia card in his possession.

Day-light Robbery

It’s Bombs Away An unexploded bomb was taken away by an Alicante Guardia Civil bomb disposal team after being found lying in a field in Jacarilla. The artillery shell was made safe in a quarry in Alicante, with no indication of when it might have appeared.

Los Altos Call

The centre- right Ciudadamos party has called for major improvements in the Los Altos area of Torrevieja. Their spokeswoman, Pilar Gómez Magán, says that enhancements in street lighting were needed along with improved green areas.

A British woman, Vivienne Day, who carried on claiming a variety of UK benefits whilst living the high life in the Murcia region could face nine months behind bars if she doesn’t return the 41 thousand pounds that she ripped off from the authorities. Day, 70, from Basildon in Essex claimed housing benefit, council tax benefit, Disability Living Allowance and Pension Credit for eight years - yet failed to let her UK benefit office know she was actually living in Mazarrón.

In total she, falsely claimed over 41 thousand

pounds, but thanks to cooperation between British and Spanish authorities, her real circumstances were uncovered. Day hid the fact that she owned a home in Mazarrón, and had stashed away savings of 127 thousand pounds!

Day was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment suspended for two years and ordered to repay within three months the full 41 thousand pounds she falsely claimed, plus just over four thousand pounds in costs. If she doesn’t cough up, she will face a nine month stint in prison.

A terrorist leader was arrested in Alicante Province

by Spanish forces this week but it was all in the name of a special exercise featuring around 500 soldiers from the Special Operations Command. Their exercise took place at a military base in Agost, some 18 kilometres from Alicante City.

The unit of the Mando de Operaciones Especiales are on constant stand-by to

be deployed anywhere around the world. Although the teams were based in Agost, the exercise has taken place over a wider area, including across Alicante and Valencia, as well as south through Murcia and Almería.

In Wednesday´s exercise the suspected tribal leader was captured in the mock hostile territory in less than 20 minutes.

Although activities like this can sometimes cause alarm, the Spanish government are keen to point out that there has not been an increase in the threat level to Spain following the Paris attacks, and this exercise is just one of many that routinely take place in order to prepare troops, and the emergency services in case anything should happen, but there is no cause for alarm.

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Farewell Shusto

Spain's first-ever Indian rhinoceros born in captivity left Benidorm's Terra Natura theme park yesterday for a new life in Ireland. Shusto, who is four and already weighs a tonne, is off to the Fota Wildlife Park to take part in an endangered species reproduction programme, with a farewell party held for him at the park last Sunday.

This is the first time a wildlife centre in Spain has sent an Indian rhinoceros to another safari park, with plaque being unveiled in

his honour, marking his date of birth. A teenager in rhino years, Shusto's journey to Ireland started by road and then will switch to ship, in the company of

Whooping Rise

Health authorities are looking at their immunisation plans after the death of three babies from whooping cough within a month across Spain.

168 cases were reported in Alicante Province last year, almost treble the number logged in 2013. Spain has seen the number of whooping

cough cases soar this year, with 7,224 recorded so far in 2015 compared with 2,870 in the whole of 2014, Many health authorities have not been immunising pregnant women because of a dearth of global vaccinations against pertussis, which can cause pneumonia, seizures, brain damage, and death and is particularly dangerous for young babies.

Valencia is only one out of seven Spanish regions which currently include recommendations that pregnant women are vaccinated, although Andalucia, Aragon, the Balearic Islands and Murcia have all announced that they will introduce the scheme in 2016.

A new bus service to Torrevieja Hospital linking Pinar de Campoverde and CaĂąada de Praes has been launched by Pilar de la Horadada council.

The bus leaves Plaza

Florida in Pinar de Campoverde at 7.25 am, calling at Parque 30 de Julio before heading off to Torrevieja. The return service from the hospital leaves at 3.15 pm.

New Link

On The Up Spain's economic output picked up in October from the third quarter, when it posted one of the fastest growth rates in the euro zone, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said in a newspaper interview last weekend.

"Early indications tell us that at least for the month of October growth was stronger than the third quarter," he said in the interview in the ABC newspaper Economic output in Spain grew by nought point eight percent from the second

quarter to the third quarter of 2015, slowing slightly from the previous quarter but still posting stronger growth than most European neighbours due more consumer confidence. The ruling Partido Popular is banking on the economic recovery to win votes in December's general election. De Guindos said Spain's economy could grow more than the 3.0 percent forecast for 2016. He also said there was margin for tax cuts if the economy continued to grow.

specialist carers and vets, and has been trained for several weeks in advance to ensure he will go happily into a lorry and will not suffer stress whilst on board.

Belts Are Tightened The average wage in Spain has fallen to their lowest level since 2007, according to government figures. The survey is based on the tax returns of nearly 17 thousand workers in 2014, with the average annual wage now standing at 18,420 euro.

The highest salaries are found in the capital city of Madrid, where the average worker takes home 24,576 euro. The lowest salaries are recorded in the rural region of Extremadura, where people's annual income is as low as 13,559 euro.

Like Father, Like Son Four people have been arrested in Torrevieja for being involved in a drug operation that was masterminded by a prisoner at Alicante's Fontacalent jail.

Five kilos of MDMA powder known as the Molly drug were seized by the National Police, with three people in their twenties and a woman in her forties, who was the mother of one of them, being detained. Apparently the prisoner would give instructions to his son to pick up the drugs at Los AlcĂĄzares for onward distribution across the Torrevieja area.

Coastal Break

Coastal developments are to be put on the back-burner for a year in the Valencia region according to regional public works minister, Maria JosĂŠ Salvador. The one year pause will affect the approval of development plans involving redevelopment of land, undeveloped land and land being developed within 500 metres of the coast between Vinaroz in the north and Pilar de la Horadada in the south.

It has been brought in to protect the coastline and ensure that development projects enhance the coastal landscape of the 60 municipalities where two point seven million people live. The government says coastal areas have seen too much building over the last two decades, with construction within 10 kilometres of the sea being three and a half times higher than population growth. Salvador said: - "This fact is an obvious symptom of misguided policies that have been carried out in recent years. If nothing is done urgently, within 10 years the entire coastal strip that is unprotected by environmental legislation will make the area unattractive to both investors and tourists."

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Justice Call

Benidorm Blight

Santa Pola council is to analyse the state of eighteen-hundred palm trees in the municipality in the battle against red palm weevil. Parks councillor Francisco Soler says that an Elche-based company Baobad is to survey the palms and to come up with a recommended action plan to deal with any current or future problems.

Teenagers Nabbed A four-strong gang of young robbers, including three teenagers, who plundered at least 16 homes around the Mar Menor have been arrested by the The Guardia Civil.

Investigations started last month after reports of break-in’s around San Javier and Santiago de la Ribera with a variety of electrical and jewellery items being targeted.

Fag End Charlie

An armed robber has been arrested thanks to DNA found on a cigarette end in a stolen vehicle some two and a half years after the incident. Two vehicles, specialist machinery and other effects valued at over four thousand euros were stolen from a car dealership in Huelva, on the south-west coast, in March 2013, but the thief has only just been traced.

The cars were found the following day and a cigarette end from the ashtray was removed from the scene to be tested for DNA. A 30 year old man was arrested by a police foot patrol in the city a few days ago, and he is said to have been charged for criminal offences of a very varied nature on 16 occasions by the National Police and eight times by the Guardia Civil.

And One For The Road

A man’s set to appear before a Benidorm judge after the Guardia Civil caught him behind the wheel at six times over the drink-drive limit. The 57 year old was caught at a checkpoint that the Guardia had set up at three in the morning last Saturday on the N-332 through Alfaz del Pi.

More than a thousand people marched through the streets of Madrid on Sunday calling for official recognition of crimes committed during the era of dictator Francisco Franco, 40 years after his death. The protesters want to end an amnesty introduced after Franco died on November 20, 1975, since when no trials have been held over Spain's 1936-39 civil war or Franco's subsequent dictatorship -- seen as a particularly dark chapter of the country's recent history.

Descendants of those who were killed by Franco's Nationalists are still searching for the remains of their loved ones, while monuments honouring his regime are scattered across Spain.

Among the crowd in Madrid on Sunday were many elderly people holding placards bearing the name of a parent who was a victim of the Franco regime. In contrast, a few fascist supporters of Franco took to the streets as well saluting the former dictator.

Dune Deal

Around one hundred British residents in Benidorm staged a protest at the Town Hall last Monday wanting better protection for tourists visiting the area, especially around the Rincón de Loix in the centre of the town, just days after a British tourist was robbed and coshed. The organisers of the rally say that thieves, con artists and muggers operating in the town are giving it a bad image and handed in a two thousand signature petition to mayor, Toni Perez, calling for action The latest incident happened on Friday after the tourist had his wallet

stolen at a Benidorm bar.

A gang of five, included two minors, were confronted by the man after his wallet was taken in a distraction burglarly on Calle Mallorca de Benidorm. He followed them realising what had happened and asked for his wallet back, but only got hit for his troubles. The police though acted on his description and the gang were arrested and most of the contents, barring some euro notes, were recovered including his cards and sterling money.

Local British residents want the Benidorm council to do more to combat problem pickpockets

working with gangs called peamen who entice crowds by setting up games of chance in the street. They say offenders are often let off with fines and set free to commit the same crimes over and over again and want more restraining orders put in place to ban them from the area.

Karen Cowles, one of the protest organisers said: "We are asking the town hall to protect our tourism. Benidorm is a beautiful place and we don't want it to be destroyed by muggings, pickpockets, violent bouncers and prostitutes in our residential areas."

Undeliberate Act Two beaches are having work done on them to stop the erosion of their sand dunes. The project at the Arenales del Sol and El Carabassí beaches in the

Elche municipality includes erecting a fence to create new dunes as well as introducing plants as part of improving the local ecosystem.

Fishy Tapas

16 restaurants and bars will be taking part in Santa Pola’s seventh Tapeix which aims to promote the local seafood cuisine including octopus, monkfish, and oysters. The event will run between Friday December 4th and

Sunday December 20th, with basic dishes available at just two euro each with diners able to get hold of special cards that will be stamped with a chance to win a meal for two at the one of the participating establishments.

More Pive

The Spanish government is to extend the PIVE car purchase subsidy scheme that has massively boosted sales until next year, and seen sales grow for the past 26 months in a row, helping

contribute to an economic recovery after a prolonged slump. It was due finish next month but will be extended until July 31st, 2016, using leftover funds from the May package.

A mentally ill young man who tried to stab his mother in San Javier has been given three years’ probation by the Murcia Provincial court and will have to undertake a course of regular psychiatric treatment and assessments, after he was acquitted of

attempted homicide charges. As previously reported, the court heard that the man was suffering from an acute psychiatric disorder and heard voices in his head telling him to kill his mother "for the sake of humanity, since the end of the world was nigh". His

sister happened to arrive at the house and talked him out of doing anything else as he threatened to take his own life. In the meantime, his mother escaped from the home, whilst her daughter persuaded her brother to hand over the knife.

Elche council and developers Princesol shook hands and signed a deal on Monday over the eight million euro redevelopment project of the deserted Arenales del Sol hotel which faces onto the local Arenales beach. Work was due to start at the end of last year to totally renovate the former Costa Blanca land-

mark which has been empty since 1979, but approval of licenses have been mired in delays in a process that has run for over a decade.

Elche’s planning councillor Jose Manuel Sanchez met with Princesol executives this week with work to start in a few weeks on the redevelopment which would see the derelict building

become a four-star resort complex with 100 bedrooms, as well as restaurants, bars, function rooms, and spas which will be open to non-residents. 40 people will be employed by the hotel with another 200 indirect jobs. The plan is for everything to ready for the first customers in the summer of 2017.

Hotel Green Light

Dave Silver

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Friday 27th November 2015

The Doctor Is Ready To See You All Now

I regret to inform you of the passing of a dear friend and former mentor -- none other than the man who graced our pub with his presence for many a moon until he fell asleep once too often.

I am, of course, referring to the smart, brilliant, gifted person we knew fondly as Ol' Red Eyes.

'Are you having a laugh?' queried Mrs S as she read the above tribute over my shoulder the other afternoon.

And then she went into full rant: 'This is the same Ol' Red Eyes whom you and your pub mates were always having a go at . . . ' . . . the very same guy who was bruised to beggary by idiots tripping over him while he lay semi-comatose

on the hostelry carpet, sleeping his day away . . . ' . . . the very, very same chap who used to be leader of your motley crew of miscreant and desperate delinquents and whom you dethroned when he outlived his usefulness.'

'Less of the dots!' I snapped. 'The poor fellow is finished, flat lined, gathered to his people, taken out of production and otherwise dead. Please show a little more respect.'

I returned to my computer keyboard to continue my obituary for our dear departed Ol' Red Eyes when the phone rang.

It was Dave the barman from the pub. 'It's Ol' Red Eyes!' he gasped. 'He's only gone and resurrected him-

self!'

Dammit, I thought. Now I would have to scrap the eulogy and start my Courier column all over again. How flaming inconvenient.

Anyway, it turned to be the old Ol' story. Carted off by ambulance for the umpteenth time, the old codger had been certified dead at the hospital and then minutes later declared alive again.

This latest episode had been his longest period in purgatory (for want of a better word) which had resulted in our assuming the poor guy had departed for the final time.

But now he had shuffled back onto the mortal coil and was ready to be dispatched from hospital to his home

(the pub).

In the absence of any known relatives, the pub regulars piled en masse into our leader Andromeda Arkwright's car and drove to the infirmary to pick up the patient.

Ol' Red Eyes had been moved out of the mortuary and was perched precariously on a chair in the hospital cafe while a puzzled-looking person in a white coat hovered anxiously nearby.

'What's going on, doc?'

Andromeda demanded.

'Almost every week now, our pal here is rushed to the infirmary where he dies and then comes back to life again. You must admit that the whole situation is incredibly odd.' ''It is indeed strange,' nodded the man. 'And by the way, I am not a doctor. I'm one of the cafe staff. But the medics would certainly agree with my opinion that your friend is a walking mystery, nay a walking miracle.'

'I'm afraid Ol' Red Eyes is not much of a walking anything these days,' sighed Andromeda.

At that moment another man in a white coat came over and said to the first man in a white coat: 'Better get back to the kitchens, Tommy.

Your pea & ham soup is about to boil over.'

The second man was indeed a doctor and he spelled out Ol' Red Eyes' sit-

uation to us. 'I'm afraid there is no explanation,' he explained, scratching his head. 'Your friend's vital signs are good and he shows no evidence of illness. We just don't understand it.'

We pubsters shook our own heads to demonstrate that we didn't understand it either. Or as Daft Barry succinctly put it: 'His vital signs are the only vital thing about him.' Daft Barry might be daft but sometimes he had a unique way of putting things.

Indeed, if we hadn't have been gathered in the hushed confines of a hospital we might have loudly cheered his comment.

The doctor scratched his head some more and went on: 'Why Mr Red Eyes regularly dies and then revives himself is a medical conundrum.

'Just take him home, make him comfortable and let us hope he doesn't pass away again. I must confess the paramedics are getting cheesed off with the constant emergency visits to your pub.'

Dave the barman shook his head. 'The ambulance crews are always welcome to have a drink while they're preparing Ol' Red Eyes for his trips to hospital,' he said.

'I wouldn't charge them, of course. But if they desired to make a donation . . .'

'I'm sure they would appre-

ciate your offer of hospitality,' said the doctor. 'But the crews are allowed only water to drink while on duty.'

Oh, how we pubsters laughed. 'What do you think would be served in the glasses? Alcohol?' we chorused.

'Come on,' Andromeda Arkwright rallied her chums.

'Let's get Ol' Red Eyes back to the pub. He needs to rest.

I've left Fag Ash Bill outside with my vehicle in the car park. I'll phone him to drive around to the main entrance to pick us up.'

Ol' Red Eyes slowly opened one peeper, fell from his chair and exclaimed: 'I bet Fag Ash Bill won't come for us until he's taken the last puff on his last dog-end. So I might as well stay where I am. It will save me having to be brought back into hospital on a future occasion.'

And with that, he closed the one eye he had just opened, assumed the foetal position and went back to sleep.

At which point Fag Ash Bill marched into view. 'How's the old boy doing?' he asked.

'Well, we all know what YOU'VE been doing!'

Andromeda admonished him. 'Your lips are all swollen and red from smoking too hard.'

'No way!' declared Fag Ash Bill. 'I've just partaken of a bowl of exceedingly hot pea & ham soup.'

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Heart Warming Tale

The story of a greyhound who refused to leave his blind sister has had a happy ending with residents at a Madrid area women’s shelter finding them and calling in animal welfare volunteers to make sure that they were looked after. The dogs were spotted by residents who noticed that one would not leave the side of the other and appeared to be guiding her through the fields. It emerged that the male dog, who is darker in colour, was permanently at the side of his lighter coloured sister as she took tentative steps through scrubland searching for food.

"On approaching the dogs it was possible to see that one of them had a cloudy veil covering the retina of the eyes," explained Nacho Paunero, the head of El Regugio, a local dog shelter charity. “The male dog seemed to be fully aware of the blindness of his sister and would not be separated from her for a single second, he was protecting and guiding her."

The dogs were given the names Pisper and Blinder and have now been taken in by the charity, which is hoping to rehome them together.

"The dogs have been seen by the vet and the blindness is most likely caused by an infection," said the charity. "With the right treatment we hope she will make a full recovery."

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Inside Info

Three men who are accused stealing 400 items of jewellery have been arrested by the National Police in Murcia, with the ring-leader being an owner of two jewellery stores and a couple of gold exchange outlets. The gang struck in Almeria on November 4th when they stole 200 thousand euro of items from a car making their escape in

a vehicle that had been stolen from Torrevieja at the end of October, and had Orihuela area numberplates put onto it. That vehicle was found abandoned in an underground car park.

The arrests were made last week with the ring-leader said to have expert knowledge of routes used by dealers to transport jewellery.

Slow Start For Legalising Homes 50 homes have been legalised so far after being built without approval on rural land in the Catral area. Registration and processing with the Land Registry has been taking a long time after a deal struck last year between the regional government and

Catral council over changes to the local General Plan. Another 700 properties are said to be in the waiting list with mayor, Pedro Zaplana saying that he was pleased with the pace of progress and that the threat of any demolitions had been removed.

Sort It Out 170 thousand euro of what Torrevieja council say are “unsupported” invoices to do with the suspended El Chaparral park project have been flung back at the Mediterraneo employment workshop. 48 people from the employment workshop had been involved with the 40 thousand square metre area development which was meant to have been completed by the end of this year, but the project was stopped when the new council took office in June. The area would

have featured skateboard facilities, a play area and water fountains as part of a major reinvigoration of a former piece of wasteland.

Before May’s local elections, the previous Partido Popular council claimed that the project was all running to schedule and would be finished before the end of 2015, but in June, the new coalition authority said invoices for materials amounting to 140 thousand euro were not produced and the project had run out of money.

Training and employment councillor, Victor Ferrández, said that decisions on building supply invoices did not have any proper documentation with them and that the council could be left legally liable if written evidence was not supplied.

Ferrández added that he understood the frustration of local residents about the current impasse and that when work does resume on the park, it would be done with everything properly budgeted and accounted for that makes economic sense.

New Cycle Routes Plans for two cycle tracks and walkways around the Mar Menor were formally launched by local politicians and officials at San Pedro del Pinatar’s Lo Pagan marina this week.

The Mar Menor has been given a regeneration budget of 45 million euro from the European Commission of which 600 thousand euro has been earmarked for the promenade development.

One route would link the Mar de Cristal through to the north of La Manga.

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Jeanette Erath - Learn Spanish

Constructing Your Spanish Sentences

This week I´m going back to basics and look at building a sentence. In English it is always the same

English: Julia reads and in Spanish: Julia lee. So far so good, however if we want to say Julia reads, she plays the piano too in Spanish we need to remember that and the subject pronoun in English is vital, ´she´ whereas in Spanish it´s not necessary because the verb conjugation tells us who is acting on ay to The best w ear the verb, Julia lee, y b t toca el piano también. learn is firs eye y In English we have to and then b say: we play football, quite but in Spanish it´s enough simple, to say: jugamos fútbol, however in because the conjugation of Spanish it is slightly more the verb jugar to jugamos complicated, however we tells us that we are talking will start with making a about the subject pronoun simple sentence in Spanish ´we´. which is done more or less The object of the senthe same as in English, that tence is what is related to is by using a subject and a the subject, for example in verb. So we can say in

LEARNING SPANISH? HELP?

the following sentence, ´books´ is the direct object: Julia reads books, it is made the same way in Spanish: Julia lee libros. There are also indirect objects and these come after the direct object : Julia gives food to the poor – Julia da comida a los pobres. The exception is when the object is replaced by an object pronoun, in this case it goes before the verb: Julia los lee, Julia se la da, unlike in English when it remains after the verb: Julia reads them, Julia gives it to them.

Another difference to English is the adjective + noun sequence, in Spanish they normally place the adjective after the noun, for example, a blue house becomes una casa azul.

You may see occasions when the adjective is placed

before the noun, usually when we do this it changes the meaning of the adjective somewhat. There are some adjectives which always go after a noun, such as colours and nationalities.

However there are others that can go after, a common one is bueno. When placed after we leave it as bueno as in ´él es un músico bueno´ he is a good musician.

When we place it after the noun we take off the ´o´ so it becomes ´él es un buen músico´ which means he´s a really good musician. It just takes it up a level and instead of saying a really good something we just put the adjective after the noun.

An adjective that changes meaning depending on where it is placed is ´grande´. If we put it after the noun it means big, if we put it before (and take off the –de) it means great. La fiesta grande – the big party,

la gran fiesta – the great party.

There are some types of adjectives that always go before the noun such as possessive adjectives; mi, tu, nuestro, etc. or determiners, such as pocos, muchos, algunos, cada, primero, segundo etc and cardinal numbers. This is normally easier to remember as we don´t always think of words like a few, a lot, some, and numbers as adjectives even though they are.

Next time we will be carrying on with making sentences in Spanish, remember wherever you are on this journey you need to tailor your learning to your needs, whether that means going right back to basics or trying to push a little bit harder.

Listen to or speak Spanish every day and make sure when you are listening that it is an active exercise rather than a passive one where

you can hear the words but aren´t really paying attention.

As we approach our 200th Spanish lesson next week, I thought I would ask you what you would like to improve? Is there something you want me to cover again or something you aren´t sure I´ve done? Over the course of the last four years, I´ve explained many parts of Spanish and if you´ve followed along I hope you now have a good grasp on the language.

Remember there is no better way to improve than by going out there and using the lingo with the locals. I now have a native Spanish teacher who comes once a week for my low intermediate students and I´m sure it is helping them improve not only their grammar but also their listening skills, as no matter how hard I try to sound Spanish, I will never be able to speak like a native! Not that I´m suggesting we have to sound Spanish to be able to speak it but trying to emulate the accent will help you to understand what is being said.

If you´re interested in coming along to my school in Almoradí and meeting Mila, my new teacher, drop me an email direct to: onevoicespain@gmail.com and I can let you know about times and prices.

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Friday 27th November 2015

Cruz Boost

The Cruz Roja in Santa Pola was recently given a donation from the Gran Alacant and Santa Pola Theatre Group, thanks to the proceeds of their last show.

GASP'S next production will

be in May 2016 which will be the three-act comedy play “Breath of Spring “ and new members of all ages will be made very welcome to join the group. Call Christine on 966 699 845.

Give Generously San Miguel de Salinas’ annual Christmas appeal for goods and items to help needy local families has kicked off, with the social services department looking for non-perishable foods and festive fare to make up food parcels. Thanks to generosity last year, there are enough toys already for the youngsters over the Christmas and Three Kings period.

The main collection point is located in the old town hall in San Miguel between Monday and Thursday in addition to some local businesses, which includes:Dolphin Properties; Captain Morgan's Bar & Restaurant; Cheers Bar & Restaurant; Euronics (El Galan); Mirador del Mediterraneo Bar & Restaurant; Nations Bar; and The Nook Bar.

Happy Cruiser

Patrons of Restaurante El Alto La Dolores, in Guardamar, raised a very generous 800 euro recently for the Elche Childrens' Home, with the money to be spent on winter clothing for the youngsters.

Entertainment was provided by Red Strokes, with the restaurant donating a Mediterranean Cruise as the main raffle prize, which was won by Bernard Banfield from Los Montesinos.

Richard’s Welcome The Anglican Chaplaincy of St. Peter and St. Paul, Torrevieja has a new chaplain in Father Richard Seabrook who was recently introduced to the congregation at a special service.

Los Balcones church was full to capacity with many clergy and representatives from across the various religious denominations and community groups in the area.

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Xmas Cheer

The Rascals showgroup are hitting local streets next month with a Christmas Sing Along raising money for the APANEE children’s charity as well as for youngsters in Los Montesinos.

They’ll be at Los Montesinos square on Sunday December 6th at 1.00pm, and then at San Luis square on Saturday December 12th at 1.00pm, with everybody welcome.

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Pets

Friday 27th November 2015

New Resident

The Finca de San Miguel Animal Sanctuary has their next Open Day tomorrow (Saturday November 28th) from 1.00pm as well as a special Christmas Open Day on Sunday December 13th which will feature music and a raffle. On both occasions you can bring can bring carrots; apples; stale bread; dogfood; and dog biscuits to feed the animals as well as having a drink and bite to eat yourselves!

The Finca is on the canal road between Villamartin and San Miguel, and the charity

has a collection of horses, chickens, goats, and dogs, with the latest arrival being Alma Blanca (pictured above) which translates as White Soul.

This beautiful horse is aged about 20 and is so skinny because her owner didn't give her enough food, and she also has a problem on her right back leg, which was checked out by the vet.

For more information, visit their website www.happyanimalesspan ien.com or become a member of the Facebook group by searching fincasanmigueldesalinas.

The Perfect Walk For Your Dog Taking the dog for a walk should be enjoyable and fun.

After all, it's a major part of having a dog. But for some people, their dog's behaviour makes walking a misery they dread doing it and are glad when it's over. The process of going for a walk then leads to stress for all involved - human and dog and a vicious cycle begins as the dog's behaviour gets worse due to the human's anxiety. That's not right and it doesn't need to be this way, as we will look at over the next few weeks.

So, if you have problems when walking your dog, you are not alone, and the first thing is: stop doing it! But don't panic, this doesn't mean you'll never take your dog for a walk ever again and it doesn't mean you have permission to stay in and watch TV or play computer games instead. Far from it.

As an alternative, spend the time you would normally waste on a miserable walk going back to some basic training, preparing to go back into the big wide world again.

This might take a few days or a few weeks and missing fulllength walks for this amount of time won't matter. Many people will be perturbed by the thought of not taking the dog for a full walk every day and will worry that their dog will be hyperactive or unsettled at not getting their daily exercise. This simply isn't true. Depending on how much time you want to spend on it, doing the training work below can give you plenty of exercise! And you'll be doing something positive for the future: a short-term sacrifice for long-term benefit for the

lifetime of your dog.

At all times, before you even leave the house, remember that you are the leader and the decision maker. This means that you decide when it's time to go for a walk. If you have a very set routine and your dog knows when it's walk time and starts demanding your attention when he thinks it's time to go, then it's time to break that pattern and change the routine. Start getting ready a little earlier, before he expects it, or ignore his demands until you are ready to go.

We'd expect any dog to be keen and interested in going for a walk but if your dog goes really crazy as you start to get ready (putting on your shoes or coat), picking up the lead or even when you say the magic word "walk", you can desensitise him to this.

Start to put your shoes or coat on, pick up the lead or say "walk" but pay no

attention to your dog's reaction and go and do something else for a few minutes. This is not teasing your dog but teaching him that these triggers don't actually mean anything anymore. When he sees there's no point in getting really hyped up, he won't bother. But if you continue to feed into a ritual by continuing to go ahead with the walk, you'll never break that cycle. So, carry on getting ready, stopping whenever the dog gets overexcited again and you'll find you can gradually get a bit further each time you try.

When you've had enough or are running out of time, you can finish the training and have some fuss or play with your dog, some quality time together and feel like you've achieved something, however small, towards enjoyable walks in the future.

The same applies when it comes to putting on the lead.

You shouldn't have to catch a moving target to do this. It doesn't matter whether your dog sits or stands while you put the lead on, as long as he restrains his excitement and isn't jumping up, whirling around etc.

Call your dog to you first and stop what you're doing as soon as he starts fidgeting, jumping etc. Don't say anything or look at him, just stand back and wait for him to work out what he needs to do. You might want to try a "3 strikes and you're out" approach. Stop and wait twice, then when he gets it wrong a third time, put the lead down, walk away and do something else for a few minutes, or until you're ready to try again. However, when he gets it right and lets you put the lead on calmly and smoothly, don't forget to praise him for that. Next week, we’ll look at what you should do as you walk out of the door!

Pets Corner: Can You take in a Homeless Dog or Cat?

BILLY Lovely brothers Billy and Bobby were rescued as small puppies, but now they are four years old and are still waiting for their chance at a loving home.

They are large dogs, but both have lovely, friendly natures and get on well with everyone.

To meet them, or give them a chance of a forever home, please telephone 630 422 563.

BLACKIE Blackie is aloving and loyal dog that will do anything to please. He is aged between two and three years and has had such a bad life that he truly deserves a kind loving owner that will appreciate how special he is. He is great with other dogs and has a lovely disposition. For more on Blackie phone PEPA on 650 304 746 or email p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail. com

CANDY APAH has lots of lovely cats and kittens being cared for in it's cattery like Candy.

Many of the cats arrived as kittens and have never known a loving home.

If you are looking to adopt a cat or kitten, please arrange to visit the cattery, there is bound to be one there that will steal your heart. For more information or to arrange a visit, please telephone 630 422 563.

DINO Dino is a two year old podenco cross and has been waiting in kennels for a home for over six months. This lovely and gentle boy is ready to move in with his new forever family and deserves a loving home. He currently weighs around 15 kilos, and is great with other dogs who will enjoy his company as much as you will.

Call: 645 469 253. www.petsinspain.com

PRISCILA Priscila is a seven month old small Podenco who was found running along a main road with a piece of string around her neck. She is a very affectionate, playful girl.

She will be fully vaccinated, micro chipped and sterilised.

If you think you could give this gentle girl a permanent home then please contact the kennels in Dolores on 966 710 047 or email info@satanimalrescue.com

ROSA Rosa is a beautiful eight month old female dog who was found with her sister in the campo. Small to medium size weighing in at 12kilos. They were quite nervous but have now settled well into their foster homes and are now ready to move on to a home of their own. Rosa loves to snuggle up to people. Call PEPA, 650 304 746 or Email: p.e.p.a.animalcharity@gmail.c om

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Friday 27th November 2015

Tony Mayes - About Life

Is The Doomsday Scenario Here?

The world is rightly worried sick about the wave of atrocities being conducted by the terrorists operating in the name of the so-called Islamic State, but bad as that is, there is something potentially worse, and that is the fact that we may be on the cusp of a post-antibiotic era. Scientists have been warning for years that they are running out of antibiotics to fight some diseases. That's because bacteria mutate quicker than new antibiotics can be discovered. And now the doomsday event has arrived - that scientists have now identified bacteria able to shrug off the drug of last resort - colistin - in patients and livestock in China. They warn that resistance would spread around the world and that’s raised the spectre of untreatable infections.

It is likely that resistance emerged after colistin was overused by vets in farm animals. Bacteria becoming completely resistant to treatment - also known as the antibiotic apocalypse could plunge medicine back

into the dark ages.

Common infections would kill once again, while surgery and cancer therapies, which are reliant on antibiotics, would be under threat. Chinese scientists identified a new mutation, dubbed the MCR-1 gene that prevented colistin from killing bacteria. A report in The Lancet magazine noted that infectious diseases showed resistance in a fifth of animals tested as well as fifteen percent of raw meat samples. The resistance was discovered in pigs, which are routinely given the drugs in China, and it had spread between a range of bacterial strains and species, including E. coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In China an attempt is now being made to stop the same antibiotics being given to animals as well as humans. The Lancet said: “Unless something significant changes, doctors would face increasing numbers of patients for whom we will need to say, 'Sorry, there is nothing I can do to

cure your infection.”

However, another field of research has been exploring bacteriocins that can kill a range of clinically important bacteria.

Many researchers did not believe these could be useful clinically because injecting a "foreign" bacterial protein into a patient was likely to induce a severe immune response that would make the antibiotic inactive. But this has not happened in several animal experiments, giving scientists fresh hope that bacteriocins may be the saviour.

Research is progressing quickly and experiments have killed target bacteria, fungi and even tumour cells. Let's hope that scientists manage to perfect these bacteriocins and save the human race before it's too late!

The Church of England is fuming over a decision by Britain's largest cinema chains not to screen a religious "advert". The commercial involved Justin Welby (the Archbishop of Canterbury) and members

of the public reciting the Lord's Prayer before the start of the showing of Star Wars. Newspaper stories stated the reason for the ban was that it could be offensive to movie-goers and it has been dressed up by the media as yet another erosion of British values and the Church of England because of the danger of upsetting people of other faiths and, in particular, Muslims. This is utter nonsense. The real reason why the cinemas are refusing to screen the recital of the Lord's Prayer is that it would set a precedent. How could the cinemas later refuse a request to recite passages from the Koran or readings from the Hebrew Bible, or perhaps a recruitment advert for Jehovah's Witnesses for example.

There would be no end to it.

The majority of people at the cinema would, I am sure, have no objection to hearing the Lord's Prayer, but there would most certainly be complaints from cinema goers if it was open season for any religion to

try to recruit. That's why cinema companies have a rule that political and religious subjects should be excluded from screening, and quite rightly so, unless it is a biblical film or a film about a political event. Frankly, the Archbishop of Canterbury was naive if not foolish to even contemplate such recruitment in cinemas. The clash of religious beliefs is bringing death around the world and it is foolish in the extreme for anyone to try to pour oil on the fire.

The debate over a British exit from the European Union becomes more interesting and more on a knife edge every week. The latest twist is cabinet minister, the Business Secretary Sajid Javid, saying that the cost of remaining in the EU outweighs the benefits. He also suggested that if David Cameron's negotiations went badly, he could yet campaign to take the UK out. Meanwhile, while most of the business 'establishment' is behind staying in the EU, Eurosceptics received a major boost

when former Tory treasurer Peter Cruddas gave the Vote Leave campaign one million pounds. Millionaires have been pumping funds into both camps and the campaign is in danger of becoming a farce rather like the American elections when the side with the biggest bucks has the greater chance of winning.

One good piece of news to come from Britain was the promise of a pay rise for the UK's 13 million pensioners. The increase of two point nine percent – at a time when prices are falling – will be the equivalent to an extra £174.20 a year.

Good news for us pensioner ex-pats in Spain - lucky that we're getting "pay" rises well above the inflation rate, lucky in other ways too, with an exchange rate in our favour and fuel and alcohol costing so much less than the UK. And we've got better weather too. Win, win!

If you are a couple and have a double bed, which side of the bed do you sleep on? We know of the old saying "You have got out the wrong side of the bed" but sleep experts now believe there is a truth in the saying. They have found that people who sleep on the right side of the mattress are far more pessimistic than those who sleep on the left. Sleeping on the left hand side of the bed has proven to be ten per cent more likely to give you a positive outlook on life, providing an eight per cent surge in how likely it is going to be that you will love your job. In probing the sleeping patterns of a thousand adults, the research found loners who prefer their own company prefer sleeping on the right while those with a large circle of friends plump for the left.

Nearly 50 percent who do tend to usually share a duvet, head for the spare room to escape their other half's snoring and a quarter to get away from their restlessness. Then there's ten percent who get turfed out by pets and kids!

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Motoring

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James May: Our new motoring show won’t be cheap… and we still don’t have a name for it Top Gear is 'healthy' competition for new Amazon Prime show

James May has confirmed that his new motoring show will have a ‘big budget’ as it

can’t be made ‘cheaply’.

The presenter, who will be fronting the forthcoming

Amazon Prime show alongside former Top Gear stars Jeremy Clarkson and

Richard Hammond, has said that the trio are yet to come up with a title.

Speakin about the budget, he said: “It’s quite big, yes, but it does cost a lot of money to make high quality TV in exotic locations.

“I know everyone thinks we’ve been given a massive sack full of money and gone off and bought Lamborghini's and gone off for lunch but it isn’t actually like that.

“We don’t get all the money in one go and a huge, huge portion of it has to go on making the films.”

He added: “It can’t be done cheaply and they want it to look brilliant and we have to pay for an office and get a pencil sharpener.”

Revealing that the show is set to air in 2016, he said: “It will start roughly in the autumn of next year but we

haven’t got an exact date yet.

“We don’t know what it’s called yet, we’ve had a lot of brainstorming sessions on names.

“It’s actually very difficult to come up with a new name for something that hasn’t already been bagged by

someone else, unless you call your new show Shubbley-Doobley-Woobley or something like that! We genuinely haven’t got a name.”

“It’s actually very good that we now have a credible rival and the two can spur each other on,” said May.

The Driving Forces Behind Our Love for Luxury Sports Cars Many of us experience the love for speed, which reflected a boom in sports and luxury cars sales Sports cars are a fraction of the size of p i c k u p trucks and are not as accommodating as SUVs and crossovers, and yet, a lot of people still have such an intense fascination with these high performance vehicles.

In 2013, Porsche AG posted their highest US sales record, with a 21% jump in numbers and a record 42,323 vehicles sold. It reflected a boom in sports and luxury cars, which

is slowly becoming m o r e noticeable.

Despite the price tags, plenty of car enthusiasts would tell you the vehicles, their parts, and accessories are indeed worth the money.

But why do people fall in love with these not-soaffordable machines at all?

Here are some of the top reasons: The Exclusivity There’s a certain appeal

when you have something that not everyone can have.

This is arguably the number one reason sports cars are a hit—because very few people can afford them, making them seem exclusive.

Many sports cars only have a few thousand units made, making them even more interesting. These vehicles are also often hand-built and feature cutting-edge technology, top notch interior materials, and plenty of customization options.

The Craftsmanship Sports and luxury cars, as well as their parts, are not mass-produced to the standards of regular road cars.

There’s a great deal of pleasure knowing that a team of master craftsmen worked to

put together your super machine.

In Porsche units, for example, it’s not just the car and the engine, but the parts and accessories that follow strict standards.

Fuchsfelge USA explains

that even the wheels in sports and luxury cars have to meet stringent qualities and standards. This is one reason the “windmill” wheel is arguably the benchmark when it comes to quality wheels.

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Toyota ITS Connect system means cars can talk to each other Intelligent Transportation System Connect counts down at traffic lights to tell you when they will turn green

If you buy a Toyota in Japan you can now install the Intelligent Transportation System Connect.

Japanese automaker Toyota will be giving three of its models a new feature called Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), the brand’s new safety package.

ITS can be fitted to three domestic models at present.

This can do cool things, including counting down at a traffic light to tell you when it’s about to turn green. It can also talk to other cars so equipped so that they regulate their speeds to ensure they don’t get too close to each other.

It all works over a dedicated radio frequency which the government provides.

When a car gets within

100m of a junction controlled by traffic lights it gets into action. It can provide cautions, both visual and audio, for right-turn collision concerns, where a pedestrian starts to step out and other hazard scenarios. If the driver isn’t slowing down as they approach a red light, the car lets the driver know.

As well as the junction alerts, as more vehicles

become equipped, it should easy congestion by gently separating vehicles and keeping them a safe distance apart without any major changes of speed. At the moment the system is in its infancy, but Toyota hopes to keep on rolling the programme out.

The ITS Connect system only costs about £134, so price won’t be the issue.

Whether it finds wider favour, particularly outside congested cities, remains to be seen.

Friday 27th November to Thursday 3rd December 2015

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Spanish Travel - Whatson´s Choice

This Is Tottenham

Great Continental The Voice Railway Journeys Comes to ITV

Wednesday - BBC Two In the 30 years since the Broadwater Farm riots, Tottenham has seen more than its fair share of national headlines - from the missed child abuse scandals of Baby P and Victoria Climbie, to the shooting of Mark Duggan and the 2011 summer riots. Taking the temperature of one of Britain’s most vibrant, diverse and notoriously challenging constituencies, this candid film shines a spotlight on the lives of those who live in Tottenham today.

For the first time viewers are given a front-row seat to watch one of the country’s busiest MP surgeries in action, with cameras granted behind-the-scenes access to the fortnightly advice surgery run by Tottenham’s local MP David Lammy.

Tottenham-born Lammy spent much of his childhood on the Broadwater Farm Estate, and he is witness to the challenges that, 30 years on, exist in the wake of the riots. Today, his MP surgery deals with thousands of problems each year, and he never knows what or who will come through his door next.

There’s Ruth, a heartbroken mother desperate to find out what has happened to her missing son Ambrose. He disappeared in mysterious circumstances and it’s causing huge tensions between the local black community and the police. Then there’s Kofi, a hard-working immigrant from Ivory Coast whose entire family is packed into a one bedroom flat and whose wife is dying of liver cancer.

Another visitor to Lammy’s surgery is Shantel, a charismatic 22 year-old who wants to start university but her temporary residency status means she is not eligible for a student loan, even though she has lived here since she was nine. We also meet the unforgettable Koli, a funny and feisty young Muslim mum who is fighting for her son’s life-saving operation - and won’t take no for an answer.

From wrongful arrests to parking problems, immigration issues to regeneration backlashes, this one-off film showcases the extraordinary spirit of Tottenham’s ordinary residents. It’s a long, long way from Westminster.

We are just about to start the official Christmas countdown, when TV starts to become a little more festive and some of our regular shows take time off.

If you´re a fan of American TV you might already have noticed that “fall break” season has begun, with the likes of Gotham and The Blacklist keeping us on edge until the new year.

By the way, The Prey does return very soon. I promised I´d tell you more about it but you will have to wait until next week now, or I´ll get told off by the ITV execs, and I don´t like being told off if I´m honest.

I can tell you about The Voice though. Oh there was a lot of trouble over that show which used to be in BBC One you might remember and they accused ITV of pinching it

Saturday - BBC Two In the last in the current series, Michael Portillo is in Spain for his latest trainbound outing.

This week he traces the early 20th-century roots of the Spanish Civil War, which divided his family and sent his father into exile.

Michael’s father fled in 1939 and Michael talks to a historian whose mother left at roughly the same time: “We both have ghosts,” they agree.

Starting off in Barcelona, Michael is transfixed by the structure that is Gaudí’s Church of the Holy Family in Barcelona, and talks to the architect who has the job of finishing it off. He also gets trampled underfoot at the bottom of a Catalan `people steeple' and learns to make

from them when there was a whole load of trouble about buying the company and rights, it became a bit of a soap opera, but the end result being BBC One getting upset and ITV nabbing the prize.

T h i s w e e k though we take a trip through Spain on the train. Michael Portillo takes us on a journey from Barcelona to Mallorca.

With his Spanish roots he is rather qualified as our tour guide, looking at the history of Spain with his 100-year old Bradshaw´s Guide.

Sticking with Spain, on BBC Four on the 8th, Blood And Gold: The Making Of

the perfect paella.

It’s a pleasant cultural interlude after Portillo, who has donned a colourful combo of a blue jacket and mustard trousers, where he delights in speaking Spanish fluently, examining the impact of the Civil War on the city.

After arriving in Majorca from Barcelona, Michael spoils himself enjoying spectacular scenic views aboard a 1912 vintage railway and a 1913 tram. Naturally, he has a go at making paella, and tries to string (man-made) Majorica pearls.

Throughout the journey, he discovers a nation fractured at the time by social tensions and regional loyalties, which today offer a rich diversity of cultures to delight the tourist.

Spain With Simon Sebag Montefiore is a new threepart series promising to unlock 2,000 years of Spain’s history, so that is definitely one for your diary, although it is a couple of weeks away.

In the first episode S i m o n explores the early years of the country, when Iberia was a minor province of Carthage then the most coveted of R o m e ’ s colonies - through to the glories of Spain's Moslem age and the Córdoba Caliphate.

Simon travels to Cadiz with Spain’s first invaders and visits a sacred island where the Carthaginian

ITV has this week confirmed that award winning singing talent competition The Voice is coming to the network in 2017.

The UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster announced that a three-year deal for ITV’s main channel has been struck with Talpa Global for The Voice, together with a three-season commitment for an ITV2 spin-off show. ITV has also signed a two-series contract for The Voice Kids.

The Voice has become a global entertainment hit since its Dutch premiere in 2010, now counting close to 65 local versions airing in 180 countries, while The Voice Kids has almost 30 local adaptations.

The record-breaking show is currently being watched on

warrior Hannibal received the blessing of the Gods.

We learn how early Spain was a battleground for empires and visit Italica - a perfectly preserved Roman city with one of the finest amphitheatres outside Rome. From there this episode covers the early, brazen Christian Martyrs; the Visigoths and the Moslem conquest.

I almost forgot to mention my other pick of the week, our cover star, Fern Britton, who returns with her new talk show meeting some unusual guests to talk about different aspects of their lives. It starts this Sunday on BBC One. That´s my pick of the week, although it´s sad to see Gogglebox come to an end, there are some great shows to keep us glued to, well, ME. For now my friends, tatty bye, tatty bye.

every continent, attracting more than 300 million viewers, and has over 55 million Facebook fans and more than 10 million Twitter followers.

Peter Fincham, Director of Television at ITV, said: “ITV is the natural home of big entertainment so we are thrilled that The Voice and The Voice Kids are both joining our family alongside brilliant shows like The X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, Saturday Night Takeaway and I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here.”

John de Mol, Talpa founder and creator of The Voice, said: “We are delighted that The Voice has found a new home at ITV. With the addition of The Voice Kids we are excited about working with ITV in 2017”

Fern Britton Meets... Shane Lynch

Sunday - BBC One Fern Britton Meets….. is returning for its seventh series on BBC One in the run up to Christmas 2015.

In four hour-long pro-

grammes to mark this season of Advent, Fern Britton talks to different celebrity guests about their life, their career and the beliefs which have shaped them.

This year’s guests include: Lord Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, Karren Brady (Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge), Linford Christie, Olympic sprinter and Shane Lynch, founder member of Boyzone In this first episode Boyzone’s Shane Lynch talks to Fern about how faith in God saved him from the occult.

Shane is a member of one

of the most successful boy bands in history, with a career spanning 22 years.

Plucked from obscurity, the young car mechanic from Donaghmede was famous at 17. But music industry pressures led him down a dark path into the occult.

Shane tells Fern how he laid his demons to rest and how his Christian faith then helped him through the death of best friend and band member Stephen Gately.

Jonathan Ross Show Saturday - ITV This week, Jonathan invites actor Idris Elba to take a seat on the sofa, ahead of his return to TV in December in Luther.

In recent years, Elba has taken prominent roles in high-profile cinema releases such as Thor and Pacific Rim, but is once again teaming up with writer Neil Cross to bring the troubled East London detective back to the small screen.

Also appearing on the show are Celebrity Juice host Keith Lemon, Hollywood actress Liv Tyler, and veteran broadcaster David Attenborough, whose latest natural history documentary The Hunt focuses on the animal kingdom's most effective predators.

Gogglebox Ends Friday - Channel 4 The nation's favourite armchair critics switch off their remote controls this week as the latest series of Gogglebox comes to a close. Still sharing their opinions on what they have been watching during the week, the programme captures their instant reactions and lively - sometimes emotional discussions from the comfort of their own homes.

If you haven´t seen it yet, you have missed out on what has quickly become a firm favourite to the TV schedules, so make sure you tune in this week.

Friday 27th November 07:25 Homes Under the Hammer 08:25 Oxford Street Revealed 09:10 Len and Ainsley’s Big Food Adventure 09:55 F1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Practice 1 11:45 Coast 12:15 Planet Dinosaur 12:45 The Daily Politics 13:15 Tennis: Davis Cup Final - Belgium v Great Britain 19:00 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

Morning Good 07:00 Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 1000 Heartbeats 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News

20:00 Celebrity Antiques 20:30 A Question of Sport Road Trip Journalists Naga Sue Barker hosts the light- Munchetty Steph and hearted sports quiz McGovern embark on the cross-country treasure-huntIt’s 21:00 EastEnders ing challenge Linda’s hen party

20:30 Coronation Street Tyrone is left as deflated as Santa

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Oxford Street Revealed 12:45 Rip Off Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Coroner 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Len and Food Big Ainsley’s Adventure 17:30 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show

21:00 Mastermind Quiz 21:30 Citizen Khan Mrs show Khan decides she and Mr Khan should have more 21:30 An Island Parish: ‘together’ time, and invites Falklands The islanders Khan along to watch her receive an update on the oil tango class demonstration exploration going on offshore 22:00 Have I Got News for You Regular team captains 22:00 Great Continental Paul Merton and Ian Hislop Railway Journeys Steered are joined by guest host Jo by his 1913 Bradshaw’s Brand Guide, Michael Portillo 22:30 Peter Kay’s Car returns to Spain to trace the Share Two workers are early 20th-century roots of thrown together in a com- the Spanish Civil War, which divided his Spanish family pany car share scheme and sent his father into exile 23:00 News 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 00:20 Josh 00:50 Film - A Few Best Men (15) 02:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:30 News

SOAPS

In Emmerdale At the hospital, a doctor tells Doug there were complications with Diane’s surgery, leaving everyone worried.

23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 00:00 Artsnight 00:35 Film Moon (15) 02:05 Question Time 03:05 Imagine 04:25 This is BBC Two he’s going to get. David later decides to give his deli bar a trial run.

Later, a groggy Diane regains consciousness at the hospital and finds Doug by her side. Not long afterwards, there is some worrying news for Diane…

In Coronation Street, When Number 9’s TV subscription gets cancelled, Tyrone panics and assures Fiz that he paid it.

Convincing her there’s been a mix-up, Tyrone phones the TV provider and pays on another credit card.

Meanwhile, Nikhil invites David out for a drink to celebrate his birthday, pointing out it’s the best offer

A mate of Tyrone’s delivers an inflatable Santa.

Tyrone is perturbed when Baz says he’ll need paying

Emmerdale 20:00 Concern grows as Diane is given worrying news

Italian Gino’s 21:00 Escape: Islands in the Sun On Sardinia, chef Gino D’Acampo takes a fishing trip and learns how fishing in the deep blue waters runs a close run second in importance to farming on the island 21:30 Coronation Street Mary is left crushed by Brendan’s revelation 22:00 I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Ant and Dec present more celebrity jungle action live from Australia. As the celebrities battle for their jungle lives, are camp allegiances starting to form?

23:30 News 00:15 Film Raw Deal (18) 02:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle USA 04:40 ITV Nightscreen for it. Tyrone leaves Roy in charge of putting Santa on the roof while they take Hope to hospital.

However, when they arrive home, they find Santa totally deflated on the roof.

Tyrone is furious that Hope’s big surprise has been spoiled and confronts Roy. Roy is astonished by the onslaught.

Meanwhile, Steph is upset by messages from friends who have seen her naked photos and is distraught when Luke reveals their parents know. When some rowdy blokes in the Bistro snigger over their phones, paranoid Steph assumes they are looking at the photos of her and angrily confronts them.

After the break, A calmer Tyrone apologises to Roy

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07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News 20:30 Unreported World Seyi Rhodes and Mike Healy meet some of Brazil’s newest celebrities: child preachers who attract large crowds who believe the children are in direct contact with God and that some can even perform miracles 21:00 TFI Friday Tonight’s guests include Ellie Goulding, The Vamps, Wolf Alice and Jamie Lawson 22:00 Gogglebox Britain’s favourite opinionated TV viewers share their sharp, insightful, passionate and sometimes emotional critiques of the week’s biggest and best shows

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:30 Film Matchmaker Santa 14:10 News 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film The March Sisters at Christmas 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The UK’s Strongest Man 2015 The remaining six athletes face the Truck Pull, the Car Roll, the Bavarian Deadlift and the Titanic Load in the semifinal 21:00 Police Interceptors Featuring the highly trained police dog teams in the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, the dogs are observed in training and in action, hunting down people and sniffing out trouble, and the endearing bonds they form with their handlers are also explored 22:00 NCIS: New Orleans To send a message to Pride, the elusive Baitfish murders someone close to the NCIS team

23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:05 First Dates 01:10 Rude Tube 02:05 Film - Black Rock (15) 03:25 Four Rooms 04:20 You Deserve This House 05:15 Location, Location, Location

23:00 NCIS 23:55 NCIS: Los Angeles 00:55 Access 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 Britain’s Biggest Bank Jobs 05:00 A and E: When Patients Attack 05:45 House Doctor

for overreacting. Roy senses a deeper problem, but Tyrone insists there’s nothing else. Fiz then tells Tyrone that once Hope’s chemo is over, they can look forward to Christmas thanks to him. A guilty Tyrone bottles out of mentioning his debts.

lashes out at her - causing an injury to her ear.

Later, Roy calls at Number 9 and offers Tyrone money, guessing he may be struggling financially.

Will Tyrone open up to Roy and accept his help?

In Eastenders, A new day dawns on the Square, but Sharon still refuses to let Phil out of the room.

Becoming desperate, Phil finds a bottle wrapped up for Christmas and begins to drink it. When Sharon finds the bottle and confronts him, a drunken Phil

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:35 Psych 08:20 Emmerdale 09:20 Coronation Street 09:50 Dinner Date 10:50 Psych 11:45 I’m a Celebrity 12:45 You’ve Been Framed 13:10 Emmerdale 14:15 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 I’m a Celebrity 20:00 You’ve Been Framed and Famous 21:00 Film - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (12) 23:15 The Hot Desk 23:30 I’m a Celebrity 00:30 Celebrity Juice 01:20 Two and a Half Men ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 George and Mildred 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 Murder, She Wrote 09:35 Where the Heart is 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 A Touch of Frost 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 Wild at Heart 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor at Large 17:50 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Midsomer Murders 00:00 A Touch of Frost 02:05 Film - Death Becomes Her (PG) ITV4

Later, with Phil’s words playing on her mind, Sharon surprises Linda with a ‘90s-themed hen party at The Vic. Linda can see through Sharon’s act and demands to know the truth about what’s going on.

07:00 Goals of the 90s 07:10 Tommy Cooper 07:35 The Sweeney 08:30 The Professionals 09:35 Alias Smith and Jones 10:40 Gunsmoke 11:50 The Professionals 12:50 Pawn Stars 13:45 Darts: Players Championship Live 18:00 Alias Smith and Jones 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Darts: Players Championship Live 00:00 Film - How I Spent My Summer Vacation (15)

Later, surrounded by happy couples, Sharon makes a phone call. Back home, Phil crumbles under the pressure of not having a drink.

08:00 Peter Hurst, 11:00 Dennis Christian, 13:00 Alex Trelinski, 16:00 Andy James, 18:00 Suzy G

Saturday 28th November

4 - The Courier TV Pull-out

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen 12:30 Football Focus 13:00 News 13:10 F1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Qualifying 15:05 Tennis: Davis Cup Final Belgium v Great Britain 18:10 Celebrity Mastermind 18:40 News 19:00 Pointless

07:10 Race to Super Bowl Film 07:55 50 Tennessee’s Partner (PG) 09:20 F1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Practice 2 10:55 F1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Practice 3 12:05 Formula 1 Rewind 13:05 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 13:35 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 14:05 UK Snooker: 19:50 Strictly Come Championship 2015 17:30 Dancing Tess and Claudia Final Score 18:10 Flog It 18:40 The Great Pottery present as the pro-celebrity Throw Down dancing contest returns home to the studio following 19:40 Great Continental the trip away to Blackpool’s Railway Journeys Michael Tower Ballroom Portillo returns to Spain to trace the early 20th-century 21:05 Doctor Who roots of the Spanish Civil Trapped in a world unlike War any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest 20:40 Japan: Earth’s Enchanted Island Michelle challenge of his many lives. Dockery narrates a docuOne final test. And he must mentary examining the face it alone. wildlife of the east Asian country 22:00 Casualty A young Army Dad’s couple have their wedding 21:40 torn apart by an unsupport- Mainwaring’s men are sent ive father, and Jacob to guard the local POW proves he can keep his cool camp with an impossible patient 22:10 QI XL Stephen Fry makes merry with marriage 22:50 The National Lottery and mating Live 23:00 News 23:20 Match of the Day 00:40 The 22:55 Film - Papadopoulos Apprentice 01:40 Weather and Sons (15) 00:40 for the Week Ahead 01:45 Snooker 03:30 This is BBC Two News

07:15 King of Queens 08:05 Race of Champions 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 The Morning Line 11:00 Frasier 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:55 The Simpsons 14:00 Racing: Newbury and Newcastle 17:00 Come Dine with Me 19:30 News

07:00 Milkshake 09:55 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30 The Saturday Show 12:40 Film - Annie Claus is Coming to Town (PG) 14:30 Film The Christmas Shepherd (U) 16:20 Film - Finding Mrs Claus (U) 18:10 Film Christmas in Conway (U) 20:00 News

20:00 The World’s Weirdest Weather Examining strange weather events from around the world, including cities buried in snow and plagues of locusts falling from the 20:00 The Chase: sky Celebrity Special Sally Phillips, Rick Wakeman, 21:00 Grand Designs In Jenny Jones and Alistair this final episode Kevin McGowan pit their wits McCloud reveals the winagainst one of the country’s ner of the Royal Institute of finest quiz brains British Architects House of the Year 2015 21:00 The X Factor The singing competition reach22:00 Film - 2 Guns (15) es the quarter-final stage Two undercover agents 22:45 I’m a Celebrity, Get working for different organMe Out of Here Ant and isations are planted in the criminal gang, Dec present more celebrity same jungle action live from unaware of each other’s true identity.

Australia

20:05 Police Interceptors Under Attack Special episode featuring footage of members of the unit coming under attack

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 08:00 Share a Story 08:05 Oddbods 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Super 4 08:40 Adventure Time 09:00 Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 09:30 Thunderbirds are Go 10:00 Jessie 10:25 News 10:30 Murder, She Wrote 11:25 Jeremy Kyle 13:30 News 13:40 Jeremy Kyle 14:45 Judge Rinder 15:45 Doc Martin 16:45 Midsomer Murders 18:45 News 19:15 Catchphrase

23:45 The Jonathan Ross Show 00:50 News 01:05 Jackpot247 04:00 Show Me the Telly 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

00:10 TFI Friday 01:15 Film - Easy A (15) 03:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 03:55 Fargo 04:50 Hollyoaks Omnibus

21:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away This week, the agents face a web of deceit in a delicatessen, a feisty eviction in London and a row over an unpaid business debt 22:00 Football League Tonight Highlights of Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough, Queens Park Rangers v Leeds United, Barnsley v Sheffield United and Plymouth Argyle v Leyton Orient 23:20 50 Greatest Magic Tricks 02:05 The Gadget Show 02:55 Super Casino 04:10 Sepp Blatter Exposed: The Fall of FIFA 05:00 Gypsies on Benefits and Proud 05:50 Make it Big

14:30 The Xtra Factor 15:30 The Hot Desk 15:45 Scorpion 16:40 You’ve Been Framed 17:10 I’m a Celebrity 18:40 Film - Hulk (12) 21:25 Film - Back to the Future (PG) 23:45 I’m a Celebrity 00:50 The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 01:50 Plebs ITV3 12:35 A Touch of Frost 16:45 Columbo 18:50 Wycliffe 19:55 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Film Colditz (15) 00:00 Lewis 02:00 Wycliffe ITV4 10:55 Pawn Stars 13:45 Darts: Players Championship Live 18:00 Storage Wars New York 19:00 Fifth Gear 20:00 Darts: Players Championship Live 00:00 Film - Midnight Run (18) 02:35 The Big Fish Off

09:00 Trev Massey, 12:00 Gordon Lack, 15:00 Keith Nicol

Sunday 29th November 07:30 Big Dreams Small Spaces 08:30 Countryfile 09:30 An Island Parish: Falklands 10:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30 Simply Nigella 12:00 My Life on a Plate 12:50 Tennis: Davis Cup Final Belgium v Great Britain 16:15 Women’s Football: England v Bosnia and 18:25 Herzegovina UK 20:20 Strictly Come Snooker: Dancing The two couples Championship 2015 with the lowest scores dance off against each 20:00 Robert Peston other, before seven couples Goes Shopping How the British high street has been become six hit hard in recent years by 21:00 Antiques the rise of online shopping Roadshow The Antiques Roadshow returns to Plas 21:00 Ireland with Simon Newydd on the Isle of Reeve The second leg of Simon’s journey begins at Anglesey in Wales the Giant’s Causeway 22:00 The Hunt Examining animals on the hunt in 22:00 Monty Don’s Secret deserts and grasslands, History of the British where prey has nowhere to Garden Monty explores the hide - but neither do preda- extraordinary transformators, making the element of tions that occurred throughsurprise difficult to come by out the 19th century

07:00 Breakfast 08:35 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Fern Britton Meets Shane Lynch 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:10 F1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 16:15 Escape to the Country 17:15 Songs of Praise 17:50 The Hunt 18:50 News 19:20 Countryfile

07:00 Bottom Knocker Street 07:35 Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures 08:00 Share a Story 08:05 Oddbods 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Super 4 08:40 The Matt Hatter Chronicles 09:00 Marvel’s Avengers Assemble 09:30 Fish Hooks 10:00 Jessie 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:20 Jeremy Kyle 13:25 News and Weather 13:30 Jeremy Kyle 14:35 The Chase 15:35 The X Factor 17:20 Film - The Mummy Returns (12) 19:35 News and Weather

07:00 Hugh’s 3 Good Things 07:05 King of Queens 07:45 Race of Champions 08:40 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Big Bang Theory 14:45 The Simpsons 15:20 Emergency Animal Hospital 16:20 Film Parental Guidance (U) 18:25 Film - Sister Act (PG) 20:15 News

20:30 Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber The mechanic joins a select crew of engi20:00 Jekyll and Hyde neers working to prepare Robert visits a distant the last Vulcan bomber that branch of his family in the is capable of flight for a country farewell tour of the UK

21:00 The X Factor 22:00 Homeland Carrie Results Show Who will be realises that she urgently going home tonight? needs Allison’s help.

Meanwhile, Quinn’s plans 22:00 I’m a Celebrity, Get undergo a significant Me Out of Here Ant and change Dec present more celebrity jungle action live from 23:05 Gogglebox 00:10 Australia Film - Bullet to the Head (15) 01:50 Grand Designs 23:00 News 23:30 Match of 23:00 Film - The Cider Obsessive the Day 2 00:50 Citizen House Rules (12) 01:00 23:30 News and Weather 02:45

07:00 Milkshake 11:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35 Football League Tonight 13:00 Access 13:05 Film - Road to Christmas (PG) 14:55 Film - The Heart of Christmas (U) 16:35 Film The Little Mermaid (U) 18:15 Film - Deck the Halls (PG) 19:55 News

13:10 The X Factor 14:55 I’m a Celebrity 15:55 Catchphrase 16:40 Film Happy Feet (U) 18:50 I’m a Celebrity 19:50 Film - Back to the Future Part II (PG) 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 You’ve Been Framed 23:30 I’m a Celebrity 00:35 Plebs

20:05 Police Interceptors This special showcases the vital role that the dogs play in collaring criminals

11:40 A Touch of Frost 13:50 Columbo 15:50 Midsomer Murders 19:55 Sunday Night at the Palladium 20:55 Rosemary and Thyme 22:00 Film Colditz (15) 00:00 Film Closing the Ring (12)

21:05 Impractical Jokers The jokers act as oddball apartment dwellers looking for roommates and cut in line for Broadway show tickets 22:00 Film - Gran Torino (15) Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his Hmong a neighbour, teenager who tried to steal Kowalski’s prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino 00:25 Film - Justice (15) 02:15 Super Casino 04:10

ITV3

ITV4 13:45 Darts: Players Championship Live 18:00 Storage Wars Texas 18:55 River Monsters 20:00 Darts: Players Championship Live 00:00 Film - Driven (PG)

09:00 Trev Massey, 12:00 Gordon Lack, 15:00 Tony De Love

Monday 30th November

6 - The Courier TV Pull-out

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Oxford Street Revealed 12:45 Rip Off Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 17:15 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Fake Britain Matt reveals the fake bike helmets on sale that fail crucial safety tests, plus the counterfeit pesticides heading for UK farms

07:00 Escape to the Country 07:45 Oxford Street Revealed 08:30 Len and Ainsley’s Big Food Adventure 09:15 Caught Red Handed 09:45 Thief Trackers 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics UK Snooker: 14:00 Championship 2015 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands

Paul Murton visits Islay, travelling from Finlaggan where the famous ruler 21:00 EastEnders Stacey Somerled once held court at concerned grows 20:30 Only Connect Quiz Shabnam’s behaviour and show later finds herself confiding in Linda University 21:00 Challenge Quiz show 21:30 British Bribery Exposed Reporter Richard 21:30 Simply Nigella Bilton uncovers evidence Nigella examines how difthat employees bribed civil ferent days require certain servants and politicians types of food, sharing her favourite menu to help get across Africa that balance right in the 22:00 Tomorrow’s Food kitchen Dara O Briain and the team of experts examine more of 22:00 London Spy Danny the science transforming is confronted with a side of how food is grown, bought his lover’s life that seems to undermine the foundation and eaten of their relationship

23:00 News 23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 00:20 Doctor in the House 01:20 Weather for the Week Ahead 01:25 News

23:00 Live at the Apollo 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 The 03:05 Snooker Apprentice 04:05 The Great Pottery Throw Down 05:05 This is BBC Two

SOAPS

wards, Aaron tells Cain that he thinks Chas’s stalker could be all in her head.

Meanwhile, Diane puts up a brave front when she’s given some upsetting news.

In Emmerdale, Aaron continues to worry that someone is after Chas, wondering if it could be the same person who shot Robert.

When Aaron quizzes Robert, he’s left with reason to suspect that Robert actually knows who his shooter was.

Later, Chas goes to see Diane at the hospital, but her appearance upsets Diane and Victoria kicks her out. Not long after-

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with 20:00 Emmerdale Aaron Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 searches for answers Channel 4 News 20:30 Coronation Street Sarah returns to 21:00 The World’s Most Famous Train This one-off Weatherfield with a bang Film - follows the stories of 21:00 The Martin Lewis the staff and passengers Money Show This edition on the Venice Simplonfeatures a look at how Orient-Express - who in a adding a bit extra to a world of budget, two-hour deposit up front could save flights, are still willing to thousands of pounds in the fork out £2000 for a 36journey across long run for first time buyers hour trying to get onto the prop- Europe, without Wi-Fi or erty ladder, as well all the showers 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 1000 Heartbeats 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News and Weather

news on the latest 22:00 The Murder Christmas shopping deals Detectives This dramatic new documentary series, 21:30 I’m a Celebrity, Get airing across three consecMe Out of Here Ant and utive nights, follows every Dec present more celebrity twist and turn of a police jungle action live from investigation into the horrifAustralia. Who is desperate ic murder of a teenager to get back to their life of luxury and who is adapting 23:15 Fargo 00:25 The to camp life?

World’s Most Expensive 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:40 Travel Guides 00:45 Murder, She Wrote 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 Jeremy Kyle 04:50 ITV Nightscreen at the pub and offers him the Streetcars flat. Aidan refuses, claiming it’s a dump. So when Johnny complains about the B&B he and Kate are staying in, Michelle offers to show him round the flat instead.

Also today, Pollard is still clearly in denial as he continues chatting to Val. His boiler is broken and David urges him to get it fixed, but Pollard ignores his advice and seems more interested in the trial.

In tonight’s only Coronation Street, An upbeat Sarah arrives at Number 8 bearing gifts from Italy, but David is unconvinced by her apparent breeziness.

Meanwhile, Michelle has had enough of Aidan living

As Michelle gives Johnny and Kate a tour, Aidan arrives having had a change of heart. Kate backs Johnny as he argues with Aidan over who gets the flat. When Carla arrives, she’s forced to referee a game of ‘rock, paper, scissors’ between

Food 01:25 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 02:10 The Undateables 03:05 Of Horses and Men 04:25 Four Rooms 05:15 Location, Location, Location Aidan and Johnny. Who will be victorious?

In Eastenders, Stacey becomes worried when she pays a visit to Shabnam and finds her on a supervised visit with Jade, which she didn’t tell her about. When Fiona leaves the room, Shabnam encourages Jade to tell the judge if she doesn’t feel safe with Buster, Shirley or Dean.

Stacey is shocked by Shabnam’s comments and the two friends clash.

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 News 12:25 Film - The Christmas Shepherd (U) 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: New Orleans 16:15 Film - A Christmas Visitor (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 The Gadget Show The team finds out if cleaning is still a chore, explores the future of shopping, and takes a look at Apple’s latest handset, the iPhone 6S 21:00 Ultimate Police Interceptors Highlights of the documentary following the work of a specialist pursuit team using an array of high-performance cars equipped with technology for catching lawbreakers 22:00 Dino Autopsy For the very first time, ssing cutting-edge special effects , the unimaginable will be accomplished-a full dinosaur autopsy 00:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 01:00 Law and Order 01:45 Criminals: Caught on Camera 02:00 Super Casino 04:10 Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:25 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor Later, Stacey visits The Vic to practise Linda’s hair for the wedding and accidentally lets slip that Shabnam took Jade to the park without permission.

Stacey pleads with Linda not to tell anyone in case it jeopardises Shabnam’s chances, but Mick overhears the conversation and forces Linda to tell him the whole story.

Mick tells Linda that he’ll keep it to himself, but can he really do that to Shirley?

Meanwhile, Mick comes up with an idea to distract Elaine from getting too involved with the wedding preparation. Babe also has a surprise for the Carters - a Christmas goose.

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:35 Psych 08:20 Emmerdale 08:50 Coronation Street 09:50 Dinner Date 10:50 Psych 11:40 I’m a Celebrity 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 I’m a Celebrity 20:30 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Plebs 23:00 I’m a Celebrity 00:05 Celebrity Juice 00:50 Safeword 01:35 Two and a Half Men ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 George and Mildred 07:35 Heartbeat 08:40 Murder, She Wrote 09:35 Where the Heart is 10:40 Judge Judy 12:00 A Touch of Frost 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 Wild at Heart 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor at Large 17:50 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Foyle’s War 00:00 A Touch of Frost 02:05 Where the Heart is ITV4 07:00 Football’s Greatest 07:05 Tommy Cooper 07:30 The Professionals 08:30 Minder 09:30 Alias Smith and Jones 10:35 Gunsmoke 11:40 The Professionals 12:40 The Sweeney 13:40 Minder 14:45 I Want That Car 15:50 Gunsmoke 16:55 Alias Smith and Jones 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Rugby Highlights 21:00 Storage Wars New York 22:00 An Audience with Billy Connolly 23:00 Benidorm 00:00 Bundesliga 01:05 Rugby Highlights 02:05 Motorsport UK

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Tuesday 1st December 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Oxford Street Revealed 12:45 Rip Off Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 17:15 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders As everyone prepares for the outcome of Jade’s hearing 21:00 Holby City Arthur pulls out all the stops to help a grieving patient and save his friendship with Morven 22:00 Capital As the `We Want What You Have’ campaign intensifies, the worried residents of Pepys Road demand greater action from the police.

However, while DI Mill looks for a breakthrough, other forces continue to transform the fortunes of the road’s inhabitants.

Returning home after her Christmas break, Arabella is concerned to find that Roger is refusing to fall into line 23:00 News 23:35 Imagine 00:50 Film - Possession (12) 02:25 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:30 News

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Chas runs terrified from the house, convinced that Robert is in pursuit. She ends up in the woods but after hearing a gunshot sound and voices, she trips and falls, knocking herself unconscious.

At the same time, Cain and Aaron are worried about Chas and start wondering if she is perhaps somehow doing all this to

07:00 Fake Britain 07:45 Oxford Street Revealed 08:30 Bargain Hunt 09:15 Great Continental Railway Journeys 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Snooker: UK Championship 2015 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Eggheads Barry Simmons and Lisa Thiel embark on the crosscountry treasure-hunting challenge 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals Marcus wants three chefs to fillet a whole plaice, steam a portion and serve it with a mushroom cream sauce, whilst Monica wants the remaining three to make the classic Crepe Suzette 22:00 The Great Pottery Throw Down The five remaining potters are faced with their most technically demanding challenge when they have to make a decorative chandelier in bone china 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Race to Super Bowl 50 01:00 Snooker 03:50 The Hunt 04:50 Don’t Panic How to End Extreme Poverty in 15 Years 05:50 This is BBC Two herself. Emma helpfully suggests that Chas could have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but Cain isn’t convinced.

Elsewhere, Robert warns Andy that Aaron is suspicious that Robert knows who the shooter was.

Andy fears it won’t take long for Aaron to figure out who Robert is protecting.

Also today, Gabby is frustrated when Bernice won’t let her borrow a necklace, explaining that she can’t as she lent it to Val. Pollard is furious when Gabby asks if she can have a look through Val’s jewellery to find Bernice’s necklace.

Lachlan is impressed when Gabby suggests

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 1000 Heartbeats 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale A terrified Chas is pushed to breaking point 20:30 Countrywise Paul Heiney is on a very special farm in Snowdonia where cutting edge technology and old fashioned farming methods are coming together to protect this precious environment. Liz Bonnin experiences the wonders of the South Wales coast in a rather extreme way, and Ben Fogle helps with the vaccination of badgers in the beautiful Peak District 21:00 You’ve Been Framed Harry Hill narrates a comical selection of mishaps filmed by viewers 21:30 I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Ant and Dec present more celebrity jungle action live from Australia 23:00 News and Weather 23:40 The Jonathan Ross Show 00:50 Benidorm 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 Loose Women 04:45 ITV Nightscreen they could both break into Pollard’s barn to retrieve it.

In Eastenders, It’s the day of Jade’s hearing and Mick accidentally lets slip to Buster and Shirley about how Shabnam previously took Jade without permission. This leaves Shirley feeling very smug and Stacey is worried when she hears that Shirley is planning to tell the judge.

Stacey decides to warn Shabnam about Shirley’s intentions, causing Shabnam to break down

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07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 News

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 News 12:25 Film - Finding Mrs Claus (U) 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film Dear Secret Santa 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News

20:00 Ultimate Police Interceptors Reality documentary series featuring highlights of the elite highspeed road policing units in 21:00 Kirstie’s Handmade Lincolnshire, Durham and Christmas Christmas is Cleveland as they crack coming and Kirstie Allsopp down on criminals is sprinkling a triple helping of glitter and gold over the 21:00 Loch Lomond: A festive period. In this three- Year in the Wild part series, Kirstie brings Documentary series about together the cleverest the wildlife of Loch Lomond crafters in the country and Trossachs National under one roof Park in Scotland, filmed across one year. The win22:00 The Murder ter is mild and wet, which is Detectives As the docugood news for some but mentary following the bad news for others investigation into Nicholas Robinson’s murder continues, Avon and Somerset 22:00 Eamonn and Ruth: Police have a prime sus- How the Other Half Lives pect, 19-year-old Luchiano Ruth and Eamonn meet the savvy entrepreneurs Barnes, who have become multimil23:00 Catastrophe 23:35 lionaires themselves by Tattoo Fixers 00:35 supplying the ultra-minted Revenge Porn 01:30 PokerstarsCom Shark 23:00 CSI: Cyber 23:55 Cage 02:30 KOTV Boxing Capital One Cup 01:25 Weekly 02:55 Gillette Law and Order 02:15 World Sport 03:25 Race of Super Casino 04:10 GPs: Champions 04:20 Race of Behind Closed Doors Champions 05:15 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:20 05:45 Location, Location, HouseBusters House Doctor Location and confront Shirley.

Despite an emotional plea from both Shabnam and Stacey, Buster forces them to leave.

Meanwhile, Jac has unleashed her wrath on the Darwin staff, but Zosia is quietly confident in her ability to impress her.

Later, as they prepare to leave for court, Kush and Shabnam have an honest conversation and come to a decision.

When Shabnam and Stacey make amends, Shabnam drops a bombshell by revealing that she thinks she’s pregnant.

In Holby City, Arthur and Morven struggle to rekindle their friendship after clashing over patient care.

Can Arthur win back Morven’s respect, or have his recent attempts to reinvent himself and impress her backfired?

Elsewhere, Dom should be dealing with the case of Trish, a nun who has lost her voice and is communicating via a whiteboard, but he can’t help but be distracted by Lee - a patient he’s fallen for.

When Lee asks Dom for a drink after work, he can’t help feeling flattered.

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:35 Psych 08:20 Emmerdale 08:50 Coronation Street 09:20 You’ve Been Framed 09:50 Dinner Date 10:50 Psych 11:40 I’m a Celebrity 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 I’m a Celebrity 20:30 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Tricked 23:00 I’m a Celebrity 00:05 Celebrity Juice 00:50 Safeword 01:35 Two and a Half Men ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 George and Mildred 07:35 Heartbeat 08:35 Murder, She Wrote 09:35 Where the Heart is 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 A Touch of Frost 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 Wild at Heart 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor at Large 17:50 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 20:55 Doc Martin 22:00 Foyle’s War 00:00 A Touch of Frost ITV4 07:00 Football’s Greatest 07:05 Tommy Cooper 07:30 The Sweeney 08:25 Minder 09:25 Alias Smith and Jones 10:30 Gunsmoke 11:35 The Professionals 12:40 The Sweeney 13:40 Minder14:45 The Big Fish Off 15:50 Gunsmoke 16:55 Alias Smith and Jones 17:55 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 The Chase: Celebrity Special 22:00 Film - Sudden Impact (18) 00:25 Film The Enforcer (18) 02:30 Ax Men

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Oxford Street Revealed 12:45 Rip Off Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 17:15 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News and Weather 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Cuffs Following revelations about his son, Ryan loses his temper, and Jake witnesses a darker side of his mentor. Carl’s chaotic personal life threatens a high-stakes case, and a runaway iguana plays cupid for Lino 22:00 The Apprentice Lord Sugar throws the teams into the London property market to sell midrange and high-end properties to the city’s most discerning buyers. The teams have two days to see who can sell the most properties and be rewarded the most commission 23:00 News and Weather 23:35 Live at the Apollo 00:05 Film - 2015 00:35 Film - The Road (15) 02:20 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:25 News

SOAPS

In Emmerdale, Robert wishes Chrissie luck, admitting that it was Lachlan who convinced him to speak up for her in court. David dreads to think what Pollard will do if Chrissie is cleared and is left worried when Leyla reveals that nobody has seen Pollard today.

Fearing he might have hurt himself, they break in and are horrified to find his

07:30 Homes Under the Hammer 08:30 Oxford Street Revealed 09:15 See Hear 09:45 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 12:30 The Daily Politics 14:00 Snooker: UK Championship 2015 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 1000 Heartbeats 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News and Weather

22:00 This is Tottenham Documentary showcasing the extraordinary spirit of ordinary residents living in one of Britain’s most vibrant and challenging constituencies

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with 20:00 Emmerdale Robert Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 wishes Chrissie luck News 20:30 Coronation Street The Supervet Sarah gets the shock of her 21:00 Senior Neurologist Dr life Colin Driver comes up with 21:30 I’m a Celebrity, Get an unconventional solution Me Out of Here Ant to treat a nurse’s cat, who McPartlin and Dec has been rushed into the Donnelly present more surgery after being poicelebrity jungle action live soned from the Australian jungle.

The Murder The celebrities are hungry 22:00 Detectives The custody and missing home, but they still need to win food for clock ticks as detectives camp in the Bushtucker question Luchiano Barnes Trial. Now in its’ 15th series about the killing of Nicholas Robinson, howwho will be crowned king or ever police are yet to find queen of the jungle, who’ll anything concrete to link take the title from last him to the crime scene years’ winner World Superbike racing champion 23:00 Peep Show 23:30 Carl “Foggy” Fogarty?

Toast of London 00:05 8

23:00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Snooker 03:05 See Hear 03:35 Earth’s Wildest Waters 04:35 Simply Nigella 05:05 This is BBC Two

23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:40 Sports Life Stories 00:40 River Monsters 01:10 Jackpot247 04:00 Ejector Seat 04:50 ITV Nightscreen

20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip It is a battle of the gardeners as Christine Walkden and Matthew Biggs hit the road 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals Monica’s skills test challenges three of them to prepare langoustines and serve them with a Marie Rose sauce, and Marcus’s tests the other three on their ability to make a burger in 20 minutes

shrine to Val.

Aaron accept?

When Pollard orders him to leave, David handcuffs himself to the bannister in protest. Pollard insists that if Chrissie doesn’t get justice tomorrow, he’ll serve her his own punishment.

Unable to get free, David is left in a panic.

Meanwhile, Chas is finally given a diagnosis - she does have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Diane is shocked, but wonders if it’s a Dingle scam to get her off the hook. Later, Doug publicly airs his doubts over Chas’s diagnosis at the pub, but Aaron snaps and goes for him.

Robert uses this to his advantage and offers Aaron a deal, but will

In tonight’s hour long Coronation Street, David confides in Kylie that he’s worried about Sarah’s date with Aidan and fears she might blurt something out. As Sarah leaves the salon looking like a million dollars, David hurries after her and warns her not to drink too much and not to mention Callum.

Dressed to kill, Sarah arrives in The Rovers for

Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 01:05 Best Before 01:35 Film - What Maisie Knew (15) 03:10 Film - Santa Fe (PG) 04:40 Food Unwrapped 05:10 Location, Location, Location her date. Aidan is bowled over, but when he realises Sarah is horribly drunk, he calls an abrupt end to the evening.

Later, David finds Sarah clearly upset and pouring her heart out to Billy. After a row with David, Sarah heads unsteadily towards Victoria Court but is knocked down by Tim.

Gail, Nick, David and Kylie rush to the hospital. As they wait to discover

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 News 12:15 Film - Christmas in Conway (U) 14:15 Home 14:45 Away and Neighbours 15:15 NCIS: Los Angeles 16:15 Film Lost Letter Mysteries for Christmas 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Secrets of Rome’s Colosseum Documentary in which a team of scientists and historians travel to Rome to uncover some of the engineering mysteries of the Colosseum Behind GPs: 21:00 Closed Doors The victim of a road traffic accident staggers into the surgery intent on getting a doctor’s letter, oblivious to the possibility that he has a broken neck 22:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away This week the agents face irate travellers, angry mums, distraught tenants and desperate debtors 23:00 Suspects 00:00 Capital One Cup 01:00 Criminals: Caught on Camera 01:30 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit 02:15 Super Casino 04:10 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:20 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:35 Psych 08:20 Emmerdale 08:50 You’ve Been Framed and Famous 09:50 Dinner Date 10:50 Psych 11:40 I’m a Celebrity 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 19:00 I’m a Celebrity 20:30 You’ve Been Framed 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Tricked 23:00 I’m a Celebrity 00:05 The Vampire Diaries 01:00 Two and a Half Men 01:55 Viral Tap ITV3 07:00 Judge Judy 07:20 George and Mildred 07:45 Heartbeat 08:50 Murder, She Wrote 09:50 Where the Heart is 10:50 Judge Judy 12:05 A Touch of Frost 14:05 Heartbeat 15:05 Wild at Heart 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor at Large 17:50 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 20:00 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Foyle’s War 00:00 A Touch of Frost 02:05 Judge Judy 02:25 Wycliffe ITV4

Meanwhile, realising Nick is short-staffed, Carla insists that she’ll waitress for the evening. Sally is bemused to find Carla serving her and enjoys giving her a hard time.

Clearly loved up, Carla later proposes to Nick but she’s interrupted when Michelle bursts in and breaks the news that Sarah has been run over.

Will Nick give Carla an answer to her question?

07:00 Gunsmoke 07:50 The Sweeney 08:50 Minder 09:50 Alias Smith and Jones 10:55 Gunsmoke 12:00 The Professionals 13:00 The Sweeney 14:00 Minder 15:00 Pawn Stars 15:55 Gunsmoke 17:00 Alias Smith and Jones 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Fifth Gear 22:00 River Monsters 23:00 Film - We Were Soldiers (15) 01:50 Chris Eubank: Sports Life Stories

Elsewhere, Michael is mortified as he reveals to Eileen how Dee has nominated him for the Weatherfield Good Samaritan Award.

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Sarah’s injuries, Sarah is stunned when the doctor tells her she’s pregnant!

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Thursday 3rd December 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Fake Britain 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Oxford Street Revealed 12:45 Rip Off Britain 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 16:10 Escape to the Country 17:15 Flog It 18:15 Pointless 19:00 News 20:00The One Show 20:30 EastEnders Sharon tries her hardest to bring her family back together 21:00 Watchdog Sophie Raworth, Matt Allwright, Chris Hollins and Michelle Ackerley present the consumer show, including an undercover investigation into what is preventing some people enjoying their Christmas party 22:00 Doctor in the House Dr Rangan Chatterjee spends time with the D’Arcys from Shropshire to give them a health MOT. The family has a love of fast food, but when mum Dotti discovers she has Type 2 diabetes, the GP sets out to improve her diet 23:00 News 23:35 Question Time 00:35 This Week by-Election Special 03:00 Weather for the Week Ahead 03:05 News

SOAPS

07:00 Fake Britain 07:45 Oxford Street Revealed 08:30 Bargain Hunt 09:15 MasterChef: The Professionals 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 News 13:00 The Daily Politics 14:00 Snooker: UK Championship 2015 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 20:00 Snooker:UK Championship 2015 With two quarter-final places still up for grabs, there is everything to play for as the remaining fourth-round matches start 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals The six best chefs from the week’s heats come together to compete in two challenges set by judges Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti 22:00 The Last Kingdom The Danes invade Wessex and Uhtred is driven to hiding in the marshlands with King Alfred. With the life of Alfred’s child hanging in the balance, a bond is finally struck between the pagan warrior and his pious king 23:00 Russell Howard’s Good News 23:30 Newsnight 00:15 Snooker 03:05 British Bribery Exposed 03:35 Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You 04:35 Doctor Who 05:30 This is BBC Two tells Gabby they’re breaking in tonight. Once inside, he steals Val’s wedding ring and Gabby takes Bernice’s necklace, but Lachlan is not finished there....

Also, Doug and Zak’s animosity builds following yesterday’s tension over Chas and Diane.

In Emmerdale, As a new day dawns in the village, David is still padlocked to the radiator. Pollard heads to court as Nikhil arrives and frees David. Soon afterwards, Chrissie is found not guilty, so a furious Pollard does his best to wreak his revenge.

David arrives just as Pollard is arrested, but how much trouble is he in?

Lachlan is furious over Pollard’s behaviour and

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 News 15:00 Judge Rinder 16:00 1000 Heartbeats 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 News 20:00 Emmerdale Chrissie waits for the verdict 20:30 Tonight Fiona Foster investigates claims in a recent World Health Organisation report that suggests consuming processed meat can cause cancer and eating red meat can also be associated with the deadly disease. According to the report, eating just 50 grams of meat a day roughly a slice and a half of bacon - can increase the risk of getting bowel cancer by 18 per cent 21:00 Emmerdale Jai is unfazed by Nikhil’s accusations 21:30 I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Ant and Dec present more celebrity jungle action live from Australia 23:00 News and Weather 23:40 Travel Guides 00:40 The Chase 01:35 Jackpot247 04:00 Tonight 04:25 ITV Nightscreen David is heartbroken as Pollard boards up his house, vowing that nobody will touch anything of Val’s ever again.

21:00 The Secret Life of 6 Year Olds Kash and Elvin are keen to become group leader, but chaos ensues when the others cannot decide how to choose - by vote or by arm wrestle 22:00 24 Hours in A and E Mechanic Grant, who’s 34, is rushed to A&E, having been crushed against a brick wall by his own car while he was working on it, doctors are concerned he has a serious pelvic injury and other internal wounds and work quickly to establish how severe they are 23:00 First Dates 00:10 Gogglebox 01:10 Embarrassing Bodies 02:05 Liberty of London 03:00 Unreported World 03:25 Four Rooms 04:20 Location, Location, Location 05:15 You Deserve This House shocked Doug that Chas does have PTSD. Doug is grateful as Zak accepts his apology.

Later, Gabby challenges Lachlan over Val’s engagement ring and threatens to tell the police, but can he tempt her to keep quiet?

Elsewhere, despite feeling guilty for sleeping with Tess again, Paddy is saddened when she suggests it can’t happen anymore.

Unable to get Tess out of his mind, he texts her but is left wondering if he’s done the right thing.

In part two, Pollard is horrified to see his shrine to Val wrecked. He also discovers that her engagement ring has been stolen.

Pollard rages at David, thinking he’s responsible.

07:00 Countdown 07:45 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:30 Undercover Boss USA 12:30 Come Dine with Me 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 15:10 Deal or No Deal 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Posh Pawnbrokers 18:00 Couples Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News

Also, Amelia and Dan put on eye patches in sympathy for Kerry.

Finally, Robert is pleased when Emma confirms to a

In Eastenders, Shabnam takes a pregnancy test and is supported by Stacey. They both have mixed feelings when the result comes back negative, but the moment is interrupted when Jean surprises Stacey and offers to take her shopping.

Later, Kush continues to worry about Shabnam’s behaviour, forcing her to

07:00 Milkshake 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 News 12:30 Film - The Heart of Christmas (U) 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Film - A Christmas Promise (PG) 18:00 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 News 20:00 Secrets of Great British Castles With the aid of location filming, aerial shots and dramatic reconstructions, Dan Jones examines the history of Sterling Castle 21:00 Alex Polizzi’s Italian Islands Alex visits the stunning smaller islands of southern Italy, from Capri and Ischia in the Bay of Naples to the remote Aeolian islands of Salina and Filicudi, which holds a special place in her heart 22:00 Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK Simon and Debbie swapped city life for a hidden valley small-holding in Exmoor National Park 23:00 Homeless at Christmas 00:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away 01:00 Super Casino 04:10 Police Interceptors 05:00 Wildlife SOS 05:20 HouseBusters 05:45 House Doctor reveal that she thought she was pregnant. Not long afterwards, Kush clashes with Stacey for not telling him about the test. Carmel witnesses the row and pays Stacey a visit, coming to a shocking realisation in the process...

Meanwhile, Ben and Abi spark new tensions at the Mitchell house by revealing that they’re looking for somewhere else to live, but Kathy soon confronts Phil over his treatment of Ben. Sharon tries to bring the family back from the brink by offering Phil help to stop drinking. She also organises a family photoshoot, which Phil reluctantly agrees to.

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:35 Psych 08:20 Emmerdale 08:50 Coronation Street 09:50 Dinner Date 10:50 Psych 11:40 I’m a Celebrity 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Jeremy Kyle 18:00 You’ve Been Framed 18:30 I’m a Celebrity 20:00 The Xtra Factor 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Scorpion 23:00 I’m a Celebrity 00:05 Celebrity Juice 00:50 Two and a Half Men 01:45 Reality Bites 02:30 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records ITV3 07:00 Movies Now 07:10 George and Mildred 07:35 Heartbeat 08:35 Murder, She Wrote 09:30 Where the Heart is 10:35 Judge Judy 11:55 A Touch of Frost 14:00 Heartbeat 15:05 Wild at Heart 16:10 Where the Heart is 17:15 Doctor at Large 17:50 On the Buses 18:20 George and Mildred 18:55 Heartbeat 19:55 Murder, She Wrote 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Foyle’s War 00:00 A Touch of Frost ITV4 07:00 Gunsmoke 07:55 08:50 The Sweeney Minder 09:50 Alias Smith and Jones 10:50 Gunsmoke 11:55 The Professionals 13:00 The Sweeney 14:00 Minder 15:00 Pawn Stars 15:55 Gunsmoke 17:00 Alias Smith and Jones 18:00 The Professionals 19:00 The Sweeney 20:00 Pawn Stars 21:00 Deals, Wheels and Steals 22:00 Fifth Gear 23:00 Film - Year of the Dragon (18) 01:50 Film - Death Wish 2 (18)

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CODE CRACKER Code Cracker is a crossword puzzle with no clues; instead, every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number, the same number representing the same letter throughout the puzzle. All you have to do is decide which letter is represented by which number. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents T and 21 represents Z, when these letters have been entered throughout the puzzle, you should have enough information to start guessing words and discovering other letters.

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25 Cul de sac (4,3)

1 Writ issued by authority of law (7) 4 Subject (5) 7 Injure with hot liquid (5) 9 Keeps (7) 10 Pardon (7) 11 White lily (5) 12 US five-cent piece (6) 14 Former name of Chennai (6) 18 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 20 Rubeola (7) 22 Female thespian (7) 23 Solid (5) 24 Wander (5)

Down 1 Maintain (7) 2 Methods (5) 3 Scream (6) 4 Sum (5) 5 Artist (7) 6 Prices (5) 8 Burrow (5) 13 Main division of a book (7) 15 Prize (5) 16 Hang (7) 17 Entertained (6) 18 Wild pigs (5) 19 Shabby (5) 21 Sudden thrust (5)

Last weeks Solution

Across: 1 Batch, 4 Cursed, 9 Arrange, 10 Spree, 11 Dust, 12 Zealous, 13 Bee, 14 Rogue, 16 Lusty, 18 Lie, 19 Sincere, 20 Cite, 23 Aorta, 24 Steward, 25 Pulled, 26 Spend.

Down: 1 Boarder, 2 Terms, 3 Hint, 5 Unstable, 6 Serious, 7 Dregs, 8 Seize, 13 Beverage, 15 General, 17 Yielded, 18 Least, 19 Scalp, 21 Irate, 22 Mess.

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DOUBLE CROSS-WORD Solve the Double Cross-Word puzzle using either the standard or cryptic clues, the answers are exactly the same.

CRYTPIC CLUES 23 Flogs cooked sprats (6) Across Down 1 Grab something from the 2 Continuing the French car (6) con trick (7) 5 Greek character leading 3 Bridge support rusts very small rebellion (6) badly (5) 8 Use a converted Old 4 Stolen food offered to Testament character (4) Gods on their return (7) 9 Look at the next page for 5 Combine some summer value of total sales (8) gear (5) 10 It sharpens art quality 6 Hate our eccentric US (8) writer (7) 11 Besides it’s included in 7 The French son moves chapel service (4) for the holidays (5) 12 Logos I designed for 13 Great musician makes these cold dwellings (6) her soup (7) 14 Fools could start lifts (6) 14 Politician cares about 16 Gather about a piano transient holidaymakers (4) 18 Serious or only a big (7) 15 Badly nips ARP plant hat (8) 20 Classy ferries go off (7) and are sure to succeed 17 Avoid the Spanish with due preparation (5) (4-4) 21 An element of jazz in 18 The dean’s very fast (5) 19 ‘Abracadabra’, classical music (4) 22 Senior journalists in lit- Zoroastrian exposes blade (5) tle apartment (6) 23 Thongs (6) STANDARD CLUES Down Across 2 Enduring (7) 1 Take hold of (6) 3 Bridge support (5) 5 Open rebellion (6) 4 Frankfurters (7) 8 Biblical twin (4) 5 Combine (5) 9 Apple pastry (8) 6 US writer and social critic 10 Blade sharpener (8) (1817-1862) (7) 11 Other than (4) 7 Christmas seasons (5) 12 Eskimo homes (6) 13 Mythical Greek musician 14 Blockheads (6) (7) 16 Harvest (4) 14 Motor homes (7) 18 Mexican hat (8) 20 Certain to be successful 15 Root vegetable (7) 17 Avoid captivity (5) (4-4) 18 Fast (5) 21 Blue-white element (4) 19 Shaving implement (5) 22 Furnished room (6) Last weeks Solution Across: 1 Appro, 4 Ailing, 9 Demesne, 10 Thora, 11 Real, 12 Virgins, 13 Cry, 14 Newer, 16 Oread, 18 Ell, 19 Genesis, 20 Cuff, 23 Adobe, 24 Exempla, 25 Treats, 26 Aegis.

Down: 1 Andiron, 2 Pampa, 3 Oast, 5 Interpol, 6 Idolise, 7 Goats, 8 Heavy, 13 Crescent, 15 Winsome, 17 Defrays, 18 Ester, 19 Giant, 21 Unpeg, 22 Hera.

Complete the crossword grid by using the given words:

2 letter words Am Do 3 letter words Ask Ate Ear Map Nor Opt Tee Use 4 letter words Ally Area Cube Data

Dice Eery Elms Ergo Have Icon Idol Inky Iron Lake Lave Leak Lent Oboe Ores Oval Over Para Pole Prim

Rams Rare Said Sane Sloe Teds Undo Vain 5 letter words Alien Alloy Bases Bible Boots Broke Dares Dense Dines Dolly

Dried Duchy Elate Erase Handy Harem Inane Laity Lavas Naked Never Noted Opera Runny Saner Silky Silly Theta

6 letter words Bakery Icicle Learns Sachet Samosa Secede Shekel Thanks 8 letter words Baseline Sensible 9 letter words Manoeuvre Rearrange

SPANISH-ENGLISH CROSSWORD

Improve your Spanish - clues in Spanish, answers in English or vice versa.

Across 7 Duchas (7) 9 Paz (tranquilidad, no guerra) (5) 10 Year (12 months) (3) 11 Forward (in position) (9) 12 Silla (asiento) (5) 14 Respuestas (a preguntas, en examen, test) (7) 16 Wardrobe (7) 18 Alubias (5) 19 Carpintero (9) 20 Ver (persona, objeto) (3) 21 Flood (5)

22 Almacenamiento (7) Down 1 Frost (substance) (8) 2 Elbow (4) 3 Líder (6) 4 Hardly (6) 5 Wastepaper bin (8) 6 Kiss (4) 8 Grasshopper (11) 13 To have lunch (8) 15 To hold up (support) (8) 17 Wheels (6) 18 Donkeys (6) 19 Zero (4) 20 Jabón (para lavar) (4)

The Courier TV Pull-out - 11 Across 8 Long or roundabout route that is taken to avoid something or to visit somewhere along the way (6) 9 Playing field on which American football is played (8) 10 Large coloured handkerchief, typically with white spots, worn tied around the head or neck (8) 11 Game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court (6) 12 Edible Mediterranean plant, the bitter leaves of which may be used in salads (6) 13 American psychedelic rock band formed in San Francisco in 1965: Jefferson -------- (8) 15 Fourth studio album from the progressive rock band Yes, released in November 1971 on Atlantic Records. It was their first

album recorded with keyboard player Rick Wakeman (7) 17 Cushion for kneeling on in church, while at prayer (7) 20 Irish dramatist whose plays are comedies of manners, including The Rivals (1775) and The School for Scandal (1777): Richard Brinsley -------- (8) 22 Small room or cupboard in which food, crockery and cutlery are kept (6) 23 Town in Salford that shares its name with a comedy character, created and performed by Spike Milligan, from the Goon Show (6) 25 Queen of Castile whose marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469 marked the beginning of the modern state of Spain (8) 26 Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the American Southwest as

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Quiz Word

resistance to being confined to a reservation (18291909) (8) 27 Greek mythological sea nymph, mother of

Achilles (6) Down 1 Servant, especially one who has worked for a per-

son or family for a long time (8) 2 Woman who forms relationships with men purely to obtain money or gifts from them (4,6) 3 American singer-songwriter born in Minneapolis in 1958, whose UK hit singles include: Little Red Corvette, When Doves Cry and Purple Rain (6) 4 Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the backs (7) 5 State in the south-east of Australia whose capital and largest city is Melbourne (8) 6 Furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks (4) 7 Of or pertaining to or characteristic of or resembling the planet Jupiter (6) 14 Most populous city of California and second largest in the United States

(3,7) 16 Title used to address any peeress except a duchess (8) 18 Alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages) (8) 19 Narrow-edged tooth at the front of the mouth, adapted for cutting (7) 21 Programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal, change or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism (6) 22 Hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair (6) 24 Mountainous landlocked communist state in south-eastern Asia that achieved independence from France in 1949 (4)

SALLY’S SIMPLE SPANISH LA COPA DEL MUNDO

Match these words with their Spanish translations then find them in the wordsearch.

(Answers below)

sports QUIZ

ANSEWRS 1. 19th 2. Frank Bruno 3. Tennis 4. Daley Thompson 5. Fred Perry 6. Mike Tyson 7. Archery 8. blue 9. David Seaman 10.

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Last Week’s Solutions Code Cracker Last weeks Quiz Word Solution Across: 1/24 Paper Moon, 4 Hit parade, 9/10 Pen pal, 11 Red flag, 12 Loin, 13 Belladonna, 15 Corgi, 16 Desecrate, 17 Stood fast, 21 Moses, 23 Astronomer, 27 Embassy, 28 Aga, 29 Pod, 30 Strasberg, 31 Putty.

Down: 1 Pupil, 2 Pannier, 3 Ripe, 4 Halberd, 5 Turtles, 6 Aidede-camp, 7 Atlanta, 8 Engravers, 14 Wild Horses, 15 Castanets, 18 October, 19 Acolyte, 20 Trepang, 22 Shot put, 25 Noddy, 26 Rasp.

jugar bien

el delantero

jugar mal

el empate

la alineación

el equipo

la red

el jugador

tarjeta roja

el portero

tiempo extra

el primer tiempo

un golazo

esquina

un partidazo

fuera de lugar

un tiro libre

Empareja estas palabras - Match the Spanish and English words You will find the answers at the bottom of the quiz.

1.el arbitro, 2.el delantero,

15.tiempo extra, 16.un golazo,

k.to play well, l.the goal keeper,

3.el empate, 4.el equipo,

17.un partidazo, 18.un tiro libre.

m.corner, n.the line up,

5.el jugador, 6.el portero,

a.the draw, b.the player,

o.the net, p.a free kick,

7.el primer tiempo, 8.esquina,

c.a great game, d.off side,

q.red card, r.the team

9.fuera de lugar, 10.jugar bien,

e.extra time, f.the first half,

11.jugar mal, 12.la alineación,

g.the referee, h.to play badly,

13.la red, 14.tarjeta roja,

i.a great goal, j.the forward,

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Quizword

Answers: 1g, 2j, 3a, 4r, 5b, 6l, 7f, 8m, 9d, 10k, 11h, 12n, 13o, 14q, 15e, 16i, 17c, 18p.

1. Was The Oxford And Cambridge Boat Race First Contested In The 18th, 19th Or 20th Century?

2. In Boxing Who Suffered Defeats To Tim Witherspoon, Mike Tyson & Lennox Lewis?

3. Which Sport Was Inroduced Into The Olympic Games In 1988?

4. How is British sportsman Francis Thompson more usually known?

5. Who died in 1995 and was the last Brit to win the Wimbledon Mens Singles Title?

6. Name The Youngest Ever World Heavyweight Boxing Champion?

7. From which sport does the expression "To keep tabs on" come?

8. what colour cap is worn by an english cricketer capped for his country?

9. Who In The World Of Sport Has The Nickname "Safe Hands"?

10. In baseball, how many innings does each team have?

el arbitro

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Friday 27th November 2015

Tko Teddy On His Travels Hi everybody from TKO Teddy and I’ve had another busy week getting up close with the CD Torrevieja fans, including members of the Torry Army Supporters Club.

I think they enjoy giving me a nice cuddle as well because I keep them nice and warm in this colder weather, and I have no problems with that at all! I love meeting the youngsters because they tell me that they’ve never met a bear before and especially once

that understands English and Spanish, which I think makes me rather unique!

By the way, if you want to know more about the Torry Army, their chairperson Pat Stewart has put a letter into my paw with details of how to get involved and I’ve got the nice people at The Courier to print it below for you. The supporters are great and I’ve loved meeting them over the last few days and I’ve brought some photos to show

y o u what I mean, and there are loads more on my Facebook page which is getting busier and busier.

Have a look for yourself:- I’m the one with the big head and ears!

You’ll be able to see me again at the next match which is against Rayo Ibense on Sunday December 13th at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, whilst the hard-

working groundsman is reseeding the Torry home at the Vicente Garcia.

Don’t forget that if you are a local business or involved with a charity and you want me to pay you a visit, then contact me via Facebook and my special page, TKO Teddy.

My phone number is 664 315 470 or via e-mail tkoteddy@tko.media.

90.8fm & 91.9fm The Torry Army has been Club Deportivo (CD) Torrevieja’s Supporters Club since 2003. It was formed to encourage fans to the ground and to help in many ways.

We are aiming to double the

membership this season and are well on the way to achieving this. We have a very good social scene with functions and day trips most months of the year! We take a coach to away matches mainly to the

nearest away venues and we will continue to do so.

We have also just started a Walking Football team based at the grounds adjacent to the swimming pool, and it will hopefully increase member-

ship and get home fans on the terraces.

We will always support CD Torrevieja through the good and bad days. Come on Torry!

Pat Stewart, >> Wynne & Richardson supporting the Torry Army Chairperson, Torry Army .

>> Fans gather around TKO Teddy a recent Home game. >> Smiles all round for a family photo

>> A quick dance to Saturday night fever

TRELI ON THE TELLY WITH ALEX TRELINSKI

A decade ago, the only subtitled programmes would have been for the hard-of-hearing, but then BBC Four came along with a raft of high quality Scandinavian dramas for a Saturday night that have changed the way we watch and accept non-English language TV. Gone are the dreadful days of badly dubbed programmes (mainly for children), and we now have continental treats across a variety of channels in their original language. One of the very best returned last weekend with series three of The Bridge and a wonderful character in the shape of Saga Noren, the detective who has Asperger´s syndrome. It's totally engrossing with a new case that's brought us a couple of bodies already, in addition to Noren's boss being kidnapped over a different case, plus we learn something about her disconnected life with her parents. It

Not a bridge too far

just reels you in as you try to guess who's done what with performances and atmosphere to match. The only shame is that I do miss Saga’s old partner(and provider of light relief), Martin, who she shopped for killing his son’s murderer in series two, with the actor Kim Bodnia, refusing to return for another run as he said(quite rightly) that his character wouldn’t be

released from jail that soon. Otherwise, it’s all quite brilliant.

Over on Sky Atlantic, we've subtitled French and Serbian, plus good old English for a European coproduction called The Last Panthers about a diamond heist that goes wrong. The locations are great and it's an interesting enough tale, with some graphic violence to boot. It's not bad at all, but it doesn't have the lov-

ing story crafting and subtlety of a Scandi-drama.

Jenna Coleman's departure as Clara in last Saturday's Doctor Who was a sad but brilliantly done bit of business. Not many of the Time Lord's companions have met their maker over the 50-odd years of the show, and it was a fine emotion drainer, yet we still have two more episodes left of the series.

So what's next and will the

Doctor get his revenge, despite Clara pleading with him in her final words not to go down that road?

Historical analysis can often be down to opinion and for me (as a history graduate), I've found that to be the case in Dominic Sandbrook's series on contemporary British culture, Let Us Entertain You, which finished on BBC 2 this week. I enjoyed the clips (some of them rarely seen) but some of Sandbrook's interpretation and over-analysis of music, TV, arts, and culture coming out of the UK was just a load of mumbojumbo that I just didn't agree with. But that's historians for you Wasn't Adele at the BBC just a simple but brilliant hour of good old fashioned entertaining TV for a Friday night? She's a great singer-songwriter, but with huge likeability and honest and true to her roots. Her new songs were spot on,

and her sense of fun with Graham Norton, including the tribute act routine was a joy to watch. It really was the best of British and the BBC have a possible format to showcase quality artists like this three or four times a year in primetime.

Staying with Norton, Tom Hanks on his chat show later that evening was an absolute hoot which confirms his status as one of the most liked actors on the planet. And a mention for Jonathan Ross over on ITV who despite having lost all the Hollywood A-listers to Norton, produced a hilarious hour with Michael McIntyre and One Direction, including some fabulous ribbing over departed group member, Zayn.

Is it just me but for the first time ever, I don't think anybody is up to scratch in being a potential winner of The Apprentice. It doesn't half make for some good viewing though!

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Friday 27th November 2015

Drink Drive Message Still Being Ignored

The stark realities of the impact of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is still failing to reach far too many drivers who are putting their own lives, and the lives of many innocent bystanders at risk.

So far this year, officers from the Guardia Civil traffic department have found 83,978 drivers who have tested positive for excessive alcohol or drugs. This shocking figure doesn´t include those detected by various local and regional police forces across the country.

Out of this figure, 6,171 are recent reoffenders, in other words, drivers who have already been caught and penalised in the previous year, who have now received a 1,000 euro fine and the deduction of 6 points from their licences.

In addition, 30,000 drivers have been reported in the last year having produced positive tests with more than double the maximum permitted amount of alcohol in their body.

During this year, 2,975 drugs tests were carried out

following an incident on the roads, from which 611 drivers tested positive, 21% of the total. There were 2,678 drugs tests following a road traffic infraction, resulting in 1,542 drivers being found over the limit, a staggering 57.6%. A total of 59,653 drugs tests were at checkpoints, where 18,868 drivers failed, a total of 32%.

When we look at alcohol test figures, we find that 81,681 tests were carried out following an incident or collision, resulting in 3,615 positive tests, 4.42% of the total.

There were 510,131 alcohol tests following an infraction with 3,893 drivers testing positive, 0.76% of the total, and at checkpoints there were 3,787,746 alcohol tests conducted, which 55,450 positive results, 1.46% of the total.

As a result of these findings, the DGT has announced an intensified campaign to increase the number of controls monitoring for alcohol and drugs with road users expected to undergo tests on any roads and at any time of day.

However, special emphasis will be placed on those groups and people who get behind the wheel and regu-

larly consuming alcohol and or drugs. The latest study of prevalence of psychoactive substances produced by the DGT in 2013 concluded that driving after consuming psychoactive substances is frequent in Spain, reaching twelve hundred drivers.

The presentation of these statistics is not just aimed at raising the awareness of the increased controls, but rather the impact that alcohol and drug use by road users has on the lives of those who so easily become their victims.

In 2014, 39.09% of the drivers who died in road traffic incidents produced positive blood results revealing alcohol or drugs, or both, in their system. Similarly, 40% of all pedestrians killed last year tested positive for alcohol or drugs, highlighting that the problem is not exclusive to drivers.

It is worth remembering that the maximum permitted alcohol limit in Spain is much lower than that in the UK and other countries, however the only recognised safe limit is zero alcohol or drugs when driving.

This week, the DGT published the latest list of black posts where particular attention is required when driving

due to a history of incidents at the locations.

In total, 1,314 dangerous sections have been identified, including curves, crossings, blind-spots and straight stretches of road, covering a distance of some 150,000 kilometres.

The majority of these stretches are on conventional roads, with a single lane in each direction and no separation, where over 900 people lose their lives each year.

These locations will also be where intensified checks will be carried out all this week, up until Sunday, with the aim of reducing incidents on these roads and, subsequently, saving lives.

Inappropriate speed, the use of mobile phones and headsets and improper overtaking will be the initial factor being monitored in the locations, which will then also lead to checks for alcohol and drugs, driver and vehicle documentation and other breaches or risks to road safety.

Because of their high incident rates, conventional roads are one of the primary objective of the DGT. This summer alone, 1 in 3 road fatalities occurred on this type of road.

Last year, 957 people were killed on conventional roads, representing 74% of the 1,247 fatalities that occurred on interurban roads. In addition, 3,813 people were injured and required hospitalization following incidents on these roads.

Such roads account for over 90% of the total kilometres of the road network which are the most dangerous in terms of a higher incident rate, although traffic density is less than that on motorways.

There is no escaping the fines and sanctions for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or for any of the other issues that contribute to dangerous driving.

For alcohol and the worst offences, the matter is so serious that it becomes a criminal offence resulting in a prison sentence. However, fines, sanctions and imprisonment are nothing compared with knowing that you have caused death or serious injury to somebody you never met before, or somebody you claim to love or care for, because the reality is precisely that, dangerous driving or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs wrecks lives.

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The first-ever BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Golf SV which can only manage 65.7mpg and 112g/km of CO2, with an engine of exactly the same power and displacement.

The lighter and smoother 1.5-litre Turbo engine from the new MINI could also be a genuine alternative to the diesel, as economy figures don’t fall too far behind.

BMW claims 57.6mpg and 115g/km of CO2, which is highly impressive for a petrol engine powering a car of this size.

Another incentive for the 218i model would be the

The BMW 2 Series Active Tourer marks a huge change for the German manufacturer. Not only is it the marque’s first MPV but it is also front-wheel drive.

Never before has BMW developed a front-wheel drive car but the success of MINI has given it the perfect opportunity to explore new markets.

The 2 Series Active Tourer uses the same UKL1 front-wheel drive architecture as the new MINI but has been stretched to increase passenger space inside.

From launch, engines available in the 2 Series Active Tourer have also been carried over from the MINI, so there’s the 218i which uses the new 138bhp three-cylinder 1.5-lire turbo as well as the 218d powered by the 148bhp 2.0-litre diesel from the Cooper D. BMW predicts the latter will make up the bulk of sales but later this year four other variants including the 220i, 216d, 220d and 220d xDrive will be made available to buyers.

The new BMW arrives in a market, which is seeing

ever decreasing sales as buyers continue to shun boxy MPV’s and move into chunky crossovers such as the Nissan Qashqai and Peugeot 2008. However, the 2 Series Active Tourer won’t get an easy ride, having to fend off MPV opposition in the shape of the Mercedes B-Class, VW Golf SV and Ford C-Max. Efficiency is also a strong point for the 2 Series Active Tourer. The 2.0-litre diesel we tested returns 68.9mpg on the combined cycle with CO2 emissions at 109g/km.

That’s better than the new

saving you make on the purchase price. Although slightly less economical, the petrol variant costs almost £2,000 less than the 218d.

Although badged as a BMW, the 2 Series Active Tourer shares little in common with the rest of the BMW lineup. It’s based on a stretched version of the MINI platform and is frontwheel drive, so it’s not a combination we’ve seen before from the German manufacturer.

However, the 2.0-litre

diesel engine is a little more familiar as it is shared with MINI, so it should be reliable.

Yet to be Euro NCAP crash tested, the 2 Series Active Tourer should score well as it comes fitted with pedestrian warning with city braking function as standard. These features significantly improve pedestrian safety in busy urban environments by automatically applying the brakes if a driver fails to respond to an obstacle in front of the car.

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Friday 27th November 2015

Time is Running Out for Foreign Driving Licence Renewals

Friday the 27th of November marks just 4 weeks until Christmas day. It may be a time that many people are looking forward to, but it also marks 5 weeks until January 1st, when some drivers holding foreign licences can once again be fined.

The rules had already come into force last year, but on account of the number of foreign drivers living in Spain, the DGT issued an amnesty in March of this year, allowing those drivers who would be liable to a fine until the 1st of January to sort out their documentation. That amnesty will expire on New Year´s day.

In brief, firstly, if your license has an indefinite date, or more than 15 years validity and you were legally resident in Spain before January 19, 2013, you should have already renewed your driving license. If you only became resident after that date, you have until 2 years from your date of residency to renew.

Secondly, if your license has expired or is due to expire, you must renew it in your country of residence, in other words, if you are a resident in Spain, your current license, once it expires, must be renewed in Spain.

The directive explains in more detail how instruction 15/S-136, of the 9th of March, 2015, refers to infringements of Article 15 of the Reglamento General de Conductores, which are the regulations for drivers, and the obligation to renew the driving license for residents in Spain. Directive 2006/126 /CE of the European Parliament of 2006 and Royal Decree 818/2009, amends the regulations which came into force on January 19, 2013, and the unification of driving licenses across European Union member states.

Referring to the period of validity of driving licenses, set out in Article 2 paragraph 2 of the Directive, where the holder of a valid license

without the administrative validity period specified in paragraph 2 of article 7, sets habitual residence in a Member State that issued your driving license, the host Member State may apply to permit administrative validity periods provided for in the Directive, by the renewal of driving licenses, from two years the date on which the holder established habitual residence in its territory.

According to this principle, Article 15 paragraph 4 of the Reglamento General de Conductores makes it compulsory for those driving licenses which carry an indefinite date, or more than 15 years validity for Group 1 drivers (AM, A1, A2, A , B and BE), or five years for group 2 (BTP, C1, C1E, C, CE D1, D1E, D, DE), and held by drivers who are resident in Spain for more than two years time, to renew their licenses.

Thus, two cases are distinguished: The holder of a European driving license with an indefinite duration or greater than 15 (or five years in the case of group permissions 2) with legal residence in Spain acquired on January 19, 2013 or before that date – You must renew your driving license from January 19, 2015.

The holder of a European driving license with an indefinite duration or greater than 15 (or five years in the case of group permissions 2) with legal residence in Spain obtained dated after January 19, 2013 – You must renew your driving license from the moment two years of residence in Spain has been met.

Moreover, they must also renew your driving license holders legal residents having their community permits expired or soon to expire permission.

The directive also details procedure in the case of violations in the event of a driver not renewing a license in the country of residence.

Article 15, paragraph 4,

option 5A of the Reglamento General de Conductores details how the rules relating to driving with a European license once residency has been achieved would come effective and enforceable from January 19, 2015, throughout the European territory.

The EC (European Commission) asked Member States to show flexibility in implementing this new regulation, since the main objective is to regularize the administrative situation of driving licenses for EU citizens. As Spain has a considerable number of citizens who must renew their licenses flexibility will be accompanied by communication and an outreach campaign to inform all European citizens living in the country.

Consequently, filing complaints and sanctions for drivers who have not renewed their license once the two year residency period has been reached cannot be carried out automatically, but would see drivers advised in the initial period of the need to change their licenses, whilst allowing a reasonable amount of time for the change and renewal of driving licenses to be made.

For these reasons, it is necessary to establish a transitional period during which drivers who have not yet complied with the law have ample time to become aware of the change.

Therefore, the date of January 1, 2016, is the date when the law would become enforceable by fines, and sanctions must not be levied before that date.

The directive also points out that, as a general rule, all European driving licenses are valid for driving in Spain, having assumed that it has been issued or renewed by the relevant authorities of a member state, as well as other considerations relating to residence and compliance with the other requirements.

Principally, the directive

also requires law enforcement officers to check the reverse of the driving license for validity, not just the front. This is to ensure not only that the permit has not expired, but also to check for an indefinite validity or if it exceeds 15 years of validity for AM, A1, A2, A, B and BE, or indefinite or more than 5 year validity for BTP, C1, C1E, C permits, CE D1, D1E, D, DE. Remeber though, tThe rules only apply to foreigners who are resident in Spain but please don´t think that simply denying you live here will mean you can get away with it. If there are doubts about the driver’s residence in Spain, the details must still be recorded by the officer and forwarded to the Provincial Traffic

Department, which is responsible for conducting the relevant preliminary investigation in order to investigate the residency of the driver. In other words, you will still be fined and it would be up to you to appeal through a long and complex process. That said, there are also a number of benefits to changing your licence to a Spanish one. The Spanish issued licence is linked to your NIE, and so officers at a roadside check can see all of your relevant

information immediately, thus speeding up that process. You will also not be liable to on the spot cash fines as is the case for foreign licenced drivers, you will be given a ticket with a qualifying period in which to pay at a reduced rate.

Time really is running out.

Please, make the change today as there really will be no excuse after January 1st, especially given the extension granted to renew the licence, the deadline is just weeks away.

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Dessert

How to pimp your Christmas pudding Glitter and molten middles have become popular among retailers in recent years

Plum clafoutis

Ingredients 125ml/4½fl oz milk, 125ml/4½fl oz double cream 2-3 drops vanilla essence, 4 free-range eggs, 170g/6oz caster sugar, 1 tbsp plain flour, 30g/1oz butter 500g/1lb 2oz plums, cut in half, stones removed, 2 tbsp brown sugar, 30g/1oz flaked almonds, icing sugar, for dusting, double cream, to serve Directions Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

Pour the milk, cream and vanilla into a pan and boil for a minute. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.

Tip the eggs and sugar into a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Fold the flour into the mixture, a little at a time.

Pour the cooled milk and cream onto the egg and sugar mixture, whisking lightly. Set aside. Place a little butter into an ovenproof dish and heat in the oven until foaming. Add the plums and brown sugar and bake for 5 minutes, then pour the batter into the dish and scatter with flaked almonds, if using. Cook in the oven for about 30 minutes, until golden-brown.

Dust with icing sugar and serve immediately with cream.

Karl Berrie, of award-winning Isle of Man-based pudding makers Berries, says:

“It’s very simple to tweak the traditional recipe – just as long as whatever you’re put-

ting in goes well with fruit.

You can use a different spirit, like port or orange liqueur, or try new fruits like figs or cherries.” Swapping the traditional brandy for another alcohol is the easiest way to give your pud a festive facelift.

Many chefs use beer: We recommend a Christmassyflavoured bottle (with sweet, candied fruit nuts and spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg), while chef Michel Roux Jr splashes in “lots of Guinness”. Food writer Johanna Derry pours in home-made sloe gin alongside all the steeped berries, for a rich, sweet flavour. And chef Atul Kochhar of Michelin-starred restaurant Benares in London, recommends adding Pernod Ricard “for a subtle anise kick”.

When it comes to fruit, you can take your pick of the orchard.

Diana Henry prefers to use sharp dried fruits, such as dried sour cherries and cranberries, instead of the traditional sultanas and raisins, but also adds a rather more curious ingredient – mashed bananas (“That is what makes my pudding incredibly moist”).

Food & Drink Potato cakes with crispy kale INGREDIENTS: 750g floury potatoes, peeled and quartered, 1½ tbsp butter, 4 handfuls cherry tomatoes, Olive oil, for frying, plus extra for brushing and drizzling, 4 large handfuls curly kale, stalks discarded, torn into large bite-size pieces, 3 smoked garlic cloves or regular garlic, 100g smoked cheddar cheese, grated ,2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and grated, 4 tbsp capers, rinsed, patted dry and roughly chopped, 1 large handful chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves, Flour, for dusting. For the caper mayonnaise: 6 tbsp mayonnaise, Juice of ½ lemon, 1 tbsp drained capers, rinsed, patted dry and finely chopped ,1 tbsp nori flakes or 2 tbsp finely chopped flat‑leaf parsley leaves METHOD: Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/gas mark 5. Cook the potatoes in plenty of boiling salted water for 12-15 minutes, or until tender. Drain. Leave in the pan until cool enough to handle, then grate into a large mixing bowl.

Mix in the butter.While the potatoes are cooking, brush the tomatoes with oil, place in a roasting tin, season and roast for 20 minutes, or until softened and starting

to blacken, then leave to one side. Reduce the oven to 150C gas mark 2. Toss the kale in a little oil, season and place in the roasting pan in an even layer.

Roast the kale for 10-15 minutes, turning once, until crisp. Keep an eye on it as it can easily burn.

Meanwhile, blanch the garlic in a small pan of simmering water for two minutes until softened.

Drain and roughly chop, then gently fold into the potatoes with the cheddar, eggs, capers and parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Cover a plate with flour and form the potato mixture into eight thick cakes, about 8cm in diameter.

Lightly dust each potato cake in flour. Heat enough oil to generously cover the base of a large non‑stick frying pan and fry the potato cakes in two batches for three minutes on each side until crisp and golden.

Drain on paper towels and keep warm in the bottom of the oven with the tomatoes. While the potato cakes are cooking, mix together all the ingredients for the caper mayonnaise.

Serve the potato cakes with the roasted tomatoes and crispy kale and with the caper mayo on the side.

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Sauteed Potatoes And Tomatoes Recipe Crisp-fried potatoes and crushed, caramelised tomatoes combine in a deliciously sweet-and-sour midweek meal Vegetarians and Christmas used not to be a perfect marriage. While everyone else was being offered goose, turkey or capon, the poor non-meateaters could be made to feel left out. Nowadays, however, most tastes are willingly catered for by the cook, especially at Christmas.

Roasted onion squash and cep with sage, soft parmesan polenta and mascarpone Serves 6.

Small to medium onion squash 2, olive oil 60ml, sage 1 tbsp, chopped, plus a few large leaves, garlic 2 cloves, crushed to a paste, cep, portobello or field mushrooms For the polenta: Milk 500ml, water 250ml, bay leaves 4, garlic 2 cloves, crushed to a cream, sage 1 tsp, chopped, coarse polenta 500g, butter 50g, parmesan 100g, freshly grated, plus extra for serving at the table, mascarpone 200g.

Preheat the oven to 170C/gas mark 3½. Wash the squash and remove the skin carefully with a sharp knife. Cut the flesh into even sized wedges (discarding the seeds) and place in a bowl. Drizzle generously with olive oil, season with sea salt and pepper and the chopped

sage and creamed garlic.

Jumble the wedges together so that all surfaces are well coated in the marinade. Arrange the squash in an ovenproof dish that is large enough to hold all the vegetables. (Retain the remaining marinade in the bowl.) Roast the squash in the oven for 20-30 minutes, or until they start to colour at the edges and soften a little.

Trim the mushrooms , toss them gently in the bowl with the remaining marinade until well coated.

Remove the dish from the oven and arrange the mushrooms in and around the squash. Scatter with the whole sage leaves. Return to the oven and roast for a further 20 minutes, or until all the vegetables are soft.

Meanwhile, for the polenta, bring the milk, water, bay leaves, garlic and chopped sage to a gentle simmer. Using a whisk, add the polenta to the liquid little by little. Once it has all been incorporated and is smooth, continue stirring with a wooden spoon as it thickens. This may take up to 15 minutes, depending on the type of polenta, but it is important that the polenta loses its graininess as it cooks. Remove the bay leaves.

Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the butter and half the grated parmesan. Season to taste with sea salt and black pepper.

Pour the polenta into a serving dish, scraping the pan clean with a plastic spatula. Scatter the remaining parmesan over the surface and dot with generous dollops of mascarpone.

Cover and leave in a warm oven until ready to serve.

Serve the roasted vegetables with a scoop of the soft polenta on the side, a drizzle of good olive oil, and a bowl of freshly grated parmesan at the table.

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Health

Friday 27th November 2015

One in ten on transplant waiting list dies before organ is found According to new NHS figures, nearly 49,000 people have waited for an organ transplant in the last decade One in ten people on the organ transplant waiting list are dying before an organ is found despite a surge in the number of donors as their families put the brakes on transplants.

In 2006, there were 13.1 million signatures on the organ donor register and today there are approximately 21.1 million.

And while the number of people dying while waiting for an organ transplant has decreased from 614 in 2011 to 469 in 2014, there have still been 195 individuals’ deaths this year after patients failed to find a donation in time. According to new NHS figures, nearly 49,000 people have waited for an organ transplant in the last decade and there are about 7,000 currently “in

limbo” on the list.

Of those, almost one third have been waiting for more than two years and about 500 have been waiting for longer than five years.

NHS blood and transplant spokeswoman Sally Johnson said: "Statistically, more than one in 10 people on the waiting list will die before they get the transplant they need."

And the resistance is often in the families of those who pass away.

“The first step is of course signing up to the register,” said an NHS spokesperson.

“That is very encouraging and shows a wonderful commitment from people across the UK. “But even if your name is on the list, in the circumstance of a death, the family

of the deceased has to agree to the organ donation.

If they say no, then their wishes are honoured, regardless of whether or not their loved one’s name is on the organ donor register."

• Britain's youngest organ donor saved a stranger's life just moments after being born Launching a campaign to raise awareness, the NHS plans to screen a 14-hour film, which shows a day in the life of patient Simon Howell, 41, who was born with a serious kidney condition and requires a life-saving transplant. Mr Howell, who has been on the waiting list for six years already, said: "Dialysis keeps me alive whilst I wait for a transplant; but that's all it does.

I'm in limbo."

He described the process as "an endless wait with no ETA", because those at the top of the list change based on factors such as who is best matched to an available organ.

Ms Johnson said: "I'd ask you to imagine how you'd feel if someone close to you was waiting for a transplant; their whole life on hold, hoping someone will donate to save them." Rugby legend Jonah Lomu, who died on Wednesday morning aged 40, was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome in 1995.

He suffered with the rare kidney disease for most of the twenty years that followed, undergoing his first kidney transplant in 2004, the year after he played his final game for the All Blacks.

The organ, donated by

Wellington radio presenter Grant Kereama, served Lomu for seven and a half years.

But in 2011, Lomu’s body rejected the replacement kidney and the disease took

over once again.

The NHS's figures show the largest waiting list as of October was for kidneys with 5,400 patients - followed by livers, lungs and hearts.

Children believe everything they read online The number of children believing everything they read on Google and social media sites has doubled, according to an Ofcom study which has found ‘digital natives’ are too trusting of what they find online.

Eight to 15-year-olds are spending twice as much time on the internet than they

were ten years ago, Ofcom's report into media attitudes among children and parents found.

And these so-called ‘digital natives’ - children who have grown up with the internet - often lack "online nous" to decide if what they see is true or impartial, the regulator concluded.

Almost one in 10 children who go online believe information from social media websites or apps is "all true" - doubling from last year and most 12 to 15-year-olds are unaware that "vloggers", or video bloggers, can be paid to endorse the products they promote.

Almost a fifth of online 12

to 15-year-olds believe information returned by a search engine such as Google or Bing must be true, but only a third are able to identify paidfor adverts.

The study found children are increasingly turning to YouTube for "true and accurate" information about what is going on in the world, with

8 per cent of online youngsters naming the video sharing site as their preferred choice for this type of information - up from 3 per cent last year.

But just half of 12 to 15year-olds who watch YouTube are aware that advertising is the main source of funding on the site,

and less than half are aware vloggers are often paid to favourably mention products or services.

Children aged 12 to 15 were split on whether being online helped them be themselves, with 34 per cent agreeing and 35 per cent disagreeing, while 31 per cent were unsure.

Bilingual people are twice as likely to recover from a stroke

Bilingual people are twice as likely to recover from a stroke than those who speak just one language, a study has found.

Although the ability to converse in a second language may seem irrelevant to physical health, it appears to protect the brain against devastating damage to mental functions.

The University of Edinburgh found that 40 per cent of bilingual patients regained normal function following a stroke, compared with just 20 per cent of those who spoke only one language.

The team previously discovered that people who speak more than one language develop dementia several years than monolinguists.

Co-author, Thomas Bak, of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language

Sciences said: “Bilingualism makes people to switch from one language to another, so while they inhibit one language, they have to activate another to communicate.

“This switching offers practically constant brain training which may be a factor in helping stroke patients recover.”

The study, which was published in the journal Stroke, used data from 608 stroke patients, who were assessed, on attention skills and the ability to retrieve and organise information.

Researchers chose Hyderabad because it is a multicultural city in which many languages are commonly spoken. Even when allowing for health factors such as smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure and age, there was a clear benefit for people who could speak at least two languages.

Researchers say these stud-

ies suggest the mental challenge of speaking more than one language can boost cognitive reserve – an improved ability of the brain to cope with damaging influences such as stroke or dementia. It

suggests that other activities which boost brain power such as taking part in night classes, playing chess, doing crosswords, learning an instrument could also prevent the mental decline.

Health Dr M. Mannu

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Friday 27th November 2015

Vasectomies facing snip under NHS plan to save money Contact@medb.es

Website: www.medb.es

NHS managers are planning to axe vasectomies

NHS managers are planning to axe GP physiotherapy services, hearing aids and vasectomies - instead telling patients to go private, a document reveals.

The Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, which already severely restricts access to IVF, is planning to save £15.7 million through drastic cuts to NHS services.

It is holding a consulta-

tion on ways to save cash, including stopping prescriptions for gluten-free foods, axing hearing aids for people with mild hearing loss and stopping female sterilisation.

It says patients can go private instead or buy items on the "high street", while women wanting sterilisation should opt for other "low risk" forms of contraception.

The CCG looks after the health of 389,000 NHS patients in Maldon, Braintree and Chelmsford.

It is proposing the rationing as it "needs to make savings".

It proposes cutting the £1.16 million it spends on hearing aids for mild hearing loss by £335,000, saying they are available for patients to buy for £500 to £2,800 in places such as

Specsavers.

It said many people are prescribed hearing aids but do not wear them, adding they are widely available on the "high street".

When it comes to vasectomies, the CCG said it spends £356,600 a year but argues people can get them privately for a cost of £295 to £1,167.

It said "at least three" private clinics in Essex offer vasectomies, saying it wants to stop routinely funding them and female sterilisation.

It said: "Vasectomies can be accessed privately and relatively cheaply" and "effective low-risk alternative methods of NHS-funded contraception is available for women".

The CCG also wants to restrict GP-accessed physiotherapy services for musculoskeletal problems, and suggests three options.

Option one is to tell patients to go private instead, saving £1 million, giving people "telephone advice only", saving

£825,000, or limiting the service to one assessment and one follow-up appointment, saving £600,000.

It argues waiting times would be cut by the last two options, that evidence shows not all patients benefit from physiotherapy and that there would be fewer "unnecessary" follow-up appointments.

It also said evidence shows that "early advice on self-management is an effective intervention".

In another area, the consultation document says the CCG spends £100 million on gluten-free foods for

people with gluten intolerance and coeliac disease where people can have a severe reaction to gluten.

The group said these foods are available "online at Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's Waitrose, Ocado" and all major supermarkets, and is planning on stopping prescriptions for these items altogether.

It argues that it costs the NHS more to buy glutenfree products than in supermarkets, and that other patients, such as those with lactose intolerance or diabetes, do not get access to free foods on prescription.

Do You Have Circulation Problems?

Circulation disorders are a common occurrence today and typically predis-

pose to heart diseases such as heart failure, heart attack and stroke. The

heart, arteries and veins make-up the circulation system. The arteries carry

blood rich in oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the tissues and organs, and the used up blood returns to the heart through the veins.

While problems with the arteries and veins can affect circulation, it is the veins that are noticeably affected. The arteries are buried deep in the muscles and are not visible to the eyes. Most of the problems diagnosed as circulation disorders usually affect the veins. The commonest disorder of arteries is the hardening of arteries or atherosclerosis that gives rise to blocked arteries causing heart attacks or strokes.

The veins are also affected by hardening and block-

ages as well as varicosities and inflammation, to cause symptoms that include leg cramps, pain, swelling, itching, discoloration and ulcers. Nevertheless, these symptoms are mostly a result of inflammation of the veins or thrombophlebitis.

Inflammation of the veins will cause fluid to leak into the surrounding tissues, and it is this that gives rise to the common symptoms associated with circulation problems - swelling, pain, itching and discoloration.

An understanding of the factors that encourage or cause circulation disorders will go a long way to help prevent and even reverse the problem. Sedentary lifestyles or jobs can cause problems with circulation,

and exercising for at least 30 minutes every day helps stimulate the muscles to improve blood flow.

The main cause of inflammation is toxins known as free radicals that damage the lining of the blood vessels. Antioxidants are an effective remedy for neutralising toxic free radicals and they widely occur in fruits and vegetables, especially bluish-red fruits such as strawberries, blackberries and blueberries.

A healthy diet rich in fresh fruits and vegetables is always a good way to prevent many diseases.

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RICHARD CAVENDER

Bluemoon Solutions www.bluemoonsolutions.es

BlueMoon Solutions is the computer and IT services company on the Costa Blanca, they provide quality computer services at realistic prices and specialise in working with home users and small businesses.

Richard moved to Spain eight years ago having left his management background behind in the UK and decided to use his IT skills to help home users and small businesses with their PC problems. Now a relaxed 'computer man' he is out and about in the Spanish sun every day, making house and shop calls and using his vast experience and qualifications to (usually) sort out the problem there and then. Computers are his hobby as well as his work so don’t be surprised to get an answer to your email in the early hours!

ADVICE: Chris was having issues with his Yahoo email ADVICE: John wanted to know why his new battery only charged to 80 percent coming up in Spanish Hi There. Hope you can find time to answer this query. For the past couple of weeks when I go to sign in to my yahoo mail it is all coming up in Spanish. My yahoo address is .co.uk and my web address is Google.ie so i am at a loss to know why this is happening. I have done full security scans and got the all clear and by the way my laptop is an Acer with windows 7. So I am hoping you may be able to tell me what the problem might be. Thank you so much.

Q A

Hi Charles, you can set your preferred language settings from within the options screen, just login to your email and then click on the “cog” icon in the top right hand of the screen and choose “account info” then choose “Set Language, site and time zone” and from here you can choose your default language.

Hope that helps.

ADVICE: Gail had a problem sending email whilst here on holiday.

Q

A

I am on holiday here in Spain, have my laptop with me which is windows 7. I can receive emails but not send or reply, can you help me? Gail

Hi Gail, this is likely caused by your Internet Service Provider (back at home) not allowing email to be sent from anywhere other than their network. So because you are not connected to your own ADSL Internet you cannot send email.

Usually most email providers allow you to use some type of webmail service, if you try that they you should be able to send email.

Q

Hi Richard. I have just bought a new battery for my laptop and I´ve left it plugged in, charging for 24 hours as the instructions say, however the maximum charge that Windows is reporting is 80% is this normal?very helpful.

Thanks, Pat K

A

Hi John, I´ve done a bit of research for you and I wasn’t actually aware of this myself but it seems some laptops have a “Battery Life Extender” service that purposely sets the maximum battery charge level to 80 percent, you can view this setting by clicking on the option in the Power Management section of the Windows Control Panel.

ADVICE: Val wanted to know whether she should install anti-virus software on her Kindle Fire

Q

Hi Richard. My kindle is working fine, and I have my books etc. downloaded, I also have a game which I think may have caused a virus - as I have a pop up which says there is a virus on the kindle. What sort of security can I download? There does appear to be an AVG for a Kindle. Val

A

Hi Val, the Kindle is essentially an Andriod device so I would say you should install either AVG or Avast mobile.

Having done a bit of research it’s not clear whether you need antivirus as it’s a Kindle and is slightly ‘different’, however I would always err on the side of caution, you can read more about the subject here… http://tinyurl.com/pajggge

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Friday 27th November 2015 Friday 30th October 2015

Can Tyson Stun Klitschko?

Carl Froch says Tyson Fury can stun Wladimir Klitschko if he makes their world heavyweight showdown in Dusseldorf an allout brawl.

Klitschko, the WBA, WBO and IBF title holder, has dominated the heavyweight division for the past ten years and is the heavy

favourite to triumph in his adoptive homeland of Germany on Saturday night.

Froch admits the 39-yearold has the edge over his younger opponent, but insists victory is not a foregone conclusion for the veteran champion and rates Fury as a highly dangerous opponent.

The retired four-time super middleweight world champion said: "The general consensus is that Klitschko is going to do the business, probably on points. But Fury brings something different to the table because he is big, he is tall, he is heavy, he is physically strong and Klitschko has not been in with anybody as big and heavy as him of late.

"He has been able to bully and lean on people and push people around and have it all his own way. Fury can make him fight for his title, make him work for it, and that is exciting because you don't know how Klitschko will respond, espe-

cially at 39 years old.

"I don't think Fury can stand and stick to the Queensberry rules and jab and throw a textbook onetwo hook and beat Klitschko at his own game.

“Klitschko doesn’t like get-

Rugby Round Up In last weekend’s Murcia Federation action, the Cadete league meeting at the Nelson Mandela Stadium produced a comfortable 40 points to nil victory for the Torrevieja Tigers over ITV Orihuela Vega Baja (pictured in yellow). The Tigers tore through Orihuela in the first half, running in with five tries (three of those from Miguel del Aguila), though the visitors toughened up their defence after the break and were a different

proposition with the Tigers only going over once.

Elsewhere amongst the seniors, in the second round of the Cup, the San Javier Squalos (squad pictured) lost 48-nil at home to the University of Cartagena “B” side, with the visitors scoring eight tries, four of which were converted.

This weekend, the ITV Orihuela Vega Baja juvenils play XV Rugby Murcia, whilst in the Cadete league, the Torrevieja Tigers travel to Totana.

ting hit so if he can employ the jab and grab tactics all night and bore people to death, he will do. He is only interested in winning. He is trained to win.

"Fury needs to rip up the script, get in his face, lean

on him and let him know how much he wants it. He is over ten years younger than him, so he has got youth on his side. Klitschko is 39 years old and, if he is made to work, he may just fall apart.”

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Ivie Davies on Golf

Friday 27th November 2015

Rory Is The Tops RORY MCILROY WON THE WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN DUBAI TO FINISH THE SEASON AS EUROPE'S NUMBER ONE GOLFER. Former world number one, Rory McIlroy shot a six-under-par final round of 66 to finish on 21 under, one clear of England's Andy Sullivan, to win the World Tour Championship in Dubai to finish the season as Europe’s number

one golfer.

Victory means 26-yearold McIlroy retained his Race to Dubai title, the third time he has won it in four years. Banking a £822,828 bonus for winning the Race to Dubai to the £934,599 he banked

for his World Tour Championship victory.

England's Danny Willett finished tied for fourth in Dubai, and second to McIlroy in the season-long standings. Don’t dare mention to McIlroy, though, that his sign-off win for 2015

was a shot across the bows of world number one Jordan Spieth, or the world number two, Jason Day. “I’m not sending a message to anyone,” McIlroy said. “I’m just going out there to play my best. I had goals and objectives which

had nothing to do with Jordan Spieth or Jason Day. “I wanted to win the Race to Dubai, I wanted to beat Danny Willett over the week and I wanted to beat Andy Sullivan. Whether it’s Jordan Spieth or Jason

Gender-Free Tees

No sex please, we’re golfers! Golf is going genderfree as a growing number of clubs in the UK are abandoning ladies’ and men’s tees.

Now I thought about this. As it is here in Spain there are a

for both genders and apply the difference in SSS to the handicap of the gender with the higher SSS. (Medal Play) EXAMPLE ONE: Men and Women playing from the yellow tee – Men’s SSS – 68

considerable number of expats of both sexes that would benefit from this as well. So how does it work?

In order to use the gender free tee principle all tees must be allocated an SSS for both genders. Once this is done then we compare the SSS for the tee being used

Ladies SSS - 72.

In this case all ladies would receive 4 additional strokes to their handicap to allow them to compete alongside the men.

Stablefords are calculated differently, they look at what it takes for each gender to play to handicap.

EXAMPLE TWO: Men’s SSS – 68 Par 68 (to play to handicap must score 36 pts) Ladies SSS – 72 Par 72 (to play to handicap must score 36Pts) As both genders must score 36 points to play to handicap, no adjustments are made.

The golf course can now have three sets of tees, all rated for men and women: from blue, the shortest, through to yellow and white.

Abandoning the tee colours traditionally associated with the men’s and women’s game. Now a club can have for example a black course (7200 meters), blue (6788 meters), green (5855 meters). Each of the four courses will be measured and rated for both men and women, who now have new scorecards, new tee furniture (pictured) and new signage.

It can give longevity to the ageing player who might have left the game because

they were losing length and didn’t feel competitive. The complete beginner, who feels embarrassed teeing off in front of the clubhouse, can use the forward tee. As players improve and want a greater challenge they can move back.

So having considered this positive move I thought how this could be instituted here in Spain, bearing in mind that golf managers may be reluctant to change the traditional tee colours and markings.

The best person to ask was the person who is the EGA Handicap Research Group Chairman at the Real Federacion Española de Golf (RFEG) José Eduardo Berge, and to my surprise there is something similar in place.

He told me that last year they rated all blue and red tees for men in order to allow qualifying rounds from those tees for men. It's designed for beginners, children or

senior golfers in order to allow them to enjoy the game. While all tees are rated, not all courses have those ratings activated in their Handicap Central Database (SCH). They only upload those ratings if the club asks for them. They will upload all those ratings next year as the experience has been very positive. Although not quire gender free and it does not change the colour of the tee, what it does do, is to allow men to play off the red tees and ladies play from the yellow. However, there has to be changes in the playing handicap to let men play from the red’s or the blue, and to do this you have to consult the RFEG web site for the course that you are playing. For example, if you were playing Bonalba Golf then go to the card of the course section and select male or female. Then to calculate your playing handicap

Day or anyone else, I have certain objectives throughout the year and it doesn’t matter who it is, I just want to play the best golf possible. I know if I do play to my best or close to my best then I am able to win big tournaments.”

(Calcula Tu Handicap de Juego), select the tee (Selecciona una barra) and now the colour. Insert the exact handicap (EHC) and click calculate.

EXAMPLE: Male EHC of 19.8.

Playing from the red tee = PHC 18. From the yellow tee PHC 25.or blue tee PHC 21.

Lady EHC 11.4 Playing from the red tee = PHC 9. From the blue tee PHC 14.

So there you have it, the gender free tee facility is here in Spain, but you do have to do some ground work first and it will allow for some equalisation and provide additional incentive if you feel that you game is losing distance because of the ageing process and not as competitive as it was.

Conversely it works the other way if you game is getting better and you want more competition.

TITTER ON THE TEE

Little Johnny went to see his grandad and asked, "Grandad, could you please do a frog impression?"

Grandad says, "You what?"

Little Johnny says, "Can you make the sound of a frog?"

Granddad says, "Of course I can, but why?"

Little Johnny says, "Good, because mummy said that, when you croak, we can all go to Disneyland!”

KNOW YOUR RULES

QUESTION

Colin’s ball lands in the rough. There is a large tuft of grass just behind her ball so she presses it down with her foot.

The ball does not move. What is the penalty?

A: There is no penalty.

B: One stroke.

C: Two strokes.

ANSWER C: Two strokes.

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Same Old Story

Barclays Premier League Saturday 28 November

16:00 Aston Villa v Watford 16:00 Bournemouth v Everton 16:00 Crystal Palace v Newcastle United 16:00 Manchester City v Southampton 16:00 Sunderland v Stoke City 18:30 Leicester City v Manchester United

Sunday 29 November

13:00 Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea 15:05 West Ham United v West Bromwich Albion 17:15 Liverpool v Swansea City 17:15 Norwich City v Arsenal

Sky Bet Championship Friday 27 November 20:45 Hull City v Derby County

Saturday 28 November

CD TORREVIEJA 0 PATERNA CF 1 Temperatures dropped last weekend and the cold harsh reality of a relegation dog fight loomed large over Torry after this home defeat to Paterna at the Nelson Mandela stadium.

It only took a single goal, a quite magnificent strike from Davil Gil in the 43rd minute to decide the outcome, whilst Torry created a bagful of chances but just couldn’t score. It means that sit just one

point above Jove outside the bottom three and their final game of 2015 is at… …Jove! They travel to Recambios Colon this Saturday (5.00pm kick-off) in search of something, then after a break over the fiesta weekend, return to the Nelson Mandela to host Ray Ibense on Sunday December 13th with a 5pm kick off.

As for the Paterna match, their former player

Higón made his home debut and was the most robust and likely scorer for Torry. His aggressive runs down both flanks created constant worry for Paterna but invariably there was no one in the centre looking to exploit his industry. Once more Suarez dominated the midfield and he had two 35 yard free kicks which were explosive, but Nacho in the visitor’s goal produced some great

saves.

Torry fans scratched their heads as to how so many chances could go begging, whilst manager Pedreño exited the stadium a thoroughly frustrated individual. He has played attractive football, secured talented and creative professionals, but he has been unable to help them locate the goal scoring touch to complete their build up play.

Rivals Down Monte

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Monday 30 November 20:45 Bolton Wanderers v Brentford

Thursday 3 December 21:00 Reading v Queens Park Rangers

Scottish Premiership Friday 27 November 20:45 St. Johnstone v Dundee

Saturday 28 November 16:00 Aberdeen v Ross County 16:00 Dundee United v Hamilton Academical 16:00 Kilmarnock v Partick Thistle 16:00 Motherwell v Heart of Midlothian

Sunday 29 November 13:15 Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Celtic

RACING SAN MIGUEL 3 CD MONTESINOS 0 The home side had it all signed, sealed, and delivered just after the hour mark when they got their third of the match, with San Miguel being good value for their victory against their neighbours from Montesinos on a cold Sunday afternoon.

The visitors initially played well seeking out Carlos on several occasions and seemingly exposing the Racing keeper Hector’s lack of being able to hold the ball, preferring to knock it out of harm’s way!

The game was fairly fluid

until the 27th minute when after a Dimitry foul, a free kick saw the ball moved around the ground until Peke found the Monte net, though they appeared to be unlucky on the stroke of half-time when they had a perfectly good equaliser disallowed for what was adjudged to be offside.

Racing’s passing and ball skills improved the longer match went on, and in the second half, a poor bit of Monte defending saw the Racing forward Javi involved with a one on one with Monte keeper Lopez, who managed to

save.

But the home side doubled their advantage in the 55th minute when Javi was needlessly nudged in the penalty area, with Dani C converting the spot kick.

The contest was then killed off ten minutes later as a great right foot strike from Peke left Lopez nothing to do in goal but to watch the ball hit the back of the net.

Monte didn’t play badly and actually had more shots on the Racing goal and had more pressure, yet the home side just looked like a better organised team, and that was the telling difference.

CD Montesinos entertain San Isidro CF this Sunday.

Brian Remembered

There was great sadness around the Nelson Mandela stadium before Torrevieja’s match with Paterna on Sunday with the news that long-time supporter and exgeneral secretary of the Torry Army, Brian Philips, had passed away in hospital the day before. A minute’s silence was held in memory of Brian who had many friends at the club and was on the Torry Army committee for many years. His funeral took place in Rojales yesterday 26th November.

Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town Blackburn Rovers v Sheffield Wednesday Brighton and Hove Albion v Birmingham City Cardiff City v Burnley Fulham v Preston North End Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough Nottingham Forest v Reading Queens Park Rangers v Leeds United Rotherham United v Bristol City Wolverhampton Wanderers v MK Dons

Spanish La Liga Friday 27 November 20:30 Levante v Real Betis

Saturday 28 November 16:00 Barcelona v Real Sociedad 18:15 Atlético de Madrid v Espanyol 20:30 Málaga v Granada CF 22:00 Las Palmas v Deportivo de La Coruña 22:05 Celta de Vigo v Sporting de Gijón

Sunday 29 November 12:00 16:00 18:15 20:30

Getafe v Villarreal Eibar v Real Madrid Rayo Vallecano v Athletic Club Sevilla v Valencia CF

Torry Army Dates

The Torry Army is the long-established international supporters club that follow CD Torrevieja and organise a variety of social events as well as cheering on the players.

The Torry Army Christmas Lunch will take place at the Marina Bar, Toretta 2, Torrevieja on Friday December 11th at 1.00pm, with a three-course meal costing 15 euros per person.

The Christmas Dance featuring music from the group, Timeless, will be at

Casa Ventura in San Luis, Torrevieja on Wednesday December 16th, from 9.00pm. There’ll be a buffet besides the entertainment with the cost being 12 euros for members and 14 euros for non-members.

If you are interested in learning more about the Torry Army and coming along to the events, then just put your name down at the Torry Army office in San Luis, or ring the office on 966 784 111 or call Pat Stewart on 966 786 352.

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Friday 27th November 2015

A Real Thrashing REAL MADRID 0 BARCELONA 4

Real Madrid boss Rafael Benitez has been given the dreaded vote of confidence by his board following their four-nil home mauling by Barcelona last Saturday.

Barcelona moved four points clear at the top of La Liga as Luis Suarez scored twice in an El Clasico encounter that they totally controlled. They opened the scoring early on when Luis Suarez struck from 16 yards, before Neymar side footed home. Andres Iniesta finished off a fine team move to add a third after the break. Suarez's cool finish wrapped up the win before Isco was sent off for a rash challenge to complete Real's misery.

Real fans chanted for the sacking of Rafa Benitez as manager after he was only appointed in the summer, but after a Monday board meeting, club president Florentino Perez said: "He has all our support and confidence. "Rafa has only just started his job here. Let him keep working and he will achieve his objectives."

Perez added he could "only talk about this moment".

He added: "I cannot say what will happen in the future. No-one can say what will happen in six months." The 68-year-old rejected suggestions striker Cristiano Ronaldo, the club's record goal scorer, had told him he is unhappy playing under Benitez.

The leaders Barcelona are at home to Real Sociedad tomorrow afternoon, whilst third-in-the table Real Madrid are away to Eibar on Sunday.

Ilicitanos Stifled ELCHE 0 ALAVES 1

An evenly balanced match last Saturday was decided by a well-struck Raul Garcia free kick in the 76th minute that secured all the points for Alavés, whilst the home supporters were left frustrated once again, especially as a minute later the visitors were down to ten men after defender Carpio was sent off for a second yellow card.

Alavés stifled Elche’s attacking intentions and there was scant opportunity for them in the first half though the visitors nearly took advantage of an Armando defensive error and a Toquero shot was intercepted by Hugo Alvarez. The second half entertainment wasn’t that much better before the excellent Garcia free kick. The dismissal of Carpio saw the Ilicitanos spring into action with Sergio León having a volley saved by keeper Pacheco, and then León went wide with a header.

Elche occupy 12th spot in the table, and are away to 17th placed Albacete this Sunday with a 5.00 pm kick-off at the Estadio Carlos Belmonte.

Nail-biting Finish SHAKHTAR DONETSK 3 REAL MADRID 4

Real survived a stunning fightback by Shakhtar to edge victory and finish top of Group A in the Champions League on Wednesday. Ronaldo's two goals, Modric's powerful drive and Carvajal's neat finish put Real in control with 15 minutes to go.

However, Alex Teixeira pulled one back from the penalty spot for Shakhtar, before Dentinho headed in a second. Teixeira's low finish set up a tense finish, but Real held on.

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Barcelona underlined their status as one of the favourites to win the competition with another convincing performance. Messi scored twice in his first start in two months, as the trio of Neymar, Suarez and Messi mesmerised Roma's defence at the Nou Camp. The three were heavily involved in three of Barcelona's six goals on a night when coach Luis Enrique's side could have had a lot more.

Meanwhile Barcelona have moved to put an end to speculation surrounding Neymar's future by insisting he will sign a new contract at the club.

Doubts about the Brazilian star's future resurfaced last week when his father Neymar Snr stated tax issues could force the forward to leave Spain.

Fifa Seeking Life Ban

Fifa vice-president Michel Platini could be facing a life ban from football, according to his lawyer.

The suspended Uefa chief is serving a 90-day suspension on corruption charges alongside outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter, while Fifa's adjudicatory committee considers its verdict.

Platini's lawyer Thibaud d'Ales said the ethics investigators' "excessive" recommendations are a "scandal".

The adjudicatory committee intends to announce its verdict next month.

The Frenchman is facing sanctions over a "disloyal payment" that saw Platini, 60, receive £1.35m from Blatter, 79, in 2011 for consultation work done nine years earlier.

The pair, who are serving 90-day provisional bans, have denied any wrongdoing, but admitted there was no written contract.

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The Netherlands captain was reacting to recent criticism of his compatriot from both club manager Louis van Gaal and national team coach Danny Blind, which resulted in his omission from both teams.

The 31-year-old himself experienced the highs and lows of being a precocious talent in the English top flight.

At the age of 22, the coveted winger joined Chelsea from PSV Eindhoven - and in three years won two league titles, an FA Cup and three League Cups. He was a huge success at Stamford Bridge, however he also garnered the reputation for being a diver, an accusation that resurfaced at the 2014 World Cup. .

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Depay also arrived in England from PSV. United paid £31m for the 21-year-old, who had helped the Dutch giants win last season's Eredivisie, finishing as the league's top scorer. But he also came with the 'baggage' of a questionable attitude...

This reported attitude problem, in part, led to Van Gaal dropping him in October, while Blind initially left the forward out of the Netherlands squad in November stating that he was not yet a "team player".

PSV's academy director Art Langeler says "He's a focused player and does everything for his career," the 45-year-old told BBC Sport.

"The image portrayed of him is not the real image of Memphis.

"He's still young, so he sometimes plays well and sometimes has difficulties. "He's grown to a good level in Holland, but not the level of required at United, so he has to adjust to that and living in England."

Defence-dominated Man United couldn’t score at Old Trafford in the Champions League against PSV Eindoven on Wednesday – which is worrying because Wolfsburg lead group B by one point from United, with Eindoven in third place just one point behind United. A Reds win would have seen them through, but the draw now threatens survival.

United’s lack of fire power is worrying, as since his sensational arrival Anthony Martial has struggled to score regularly, and neither is Rooney, Depay, Lingard or anyone else. There’s too many making sure the opposition don’t score. Result?

Boring, boring, van Gaal style, not entertaining, and definitely not in United’s DNA. The Reds’ last group game is away to Wolfsburg and they need to win. There won’t be much sympathy for lofty Louis if United don’t make it to the final stages after previously leading the group.

Man City fans have really got the Blues this week.

Slaughtered on Saturday

by Klopp’s kids and losing top spot to Leicester, Pellegrini’s players splut-

tered in Italy on Wednesday losing 1 – 0 and top place to Juventus in their Champions League group. City should still qualify for the final stages, but second place in any of the groups is a dangerous place to be as you might meet the likes of Barcelona or Bayern Munich.

All true Arsenal fans have been there, seen it, done that – many times.

The great club blowing it, once again, just when it matters, this time at West Brom when a win would have put them top, with their main rivals (Man City) about to flounder against someone serious (Liverpool).

But the Gunners blew it after taking the lead, much to Wenger’s well observed fury, although there was some respite as they beat Dynamo Zagreb to keep their slender European hopes alive. Now victory at second placed Olympiakos would put them through. But this is Arsenal, remember… A trip to nervy Norwich comes late on Sunday, where the Canaries badly need the points – but which Arsenal will turn up?

Spurs versus Chelsea

on Sunday has got everything. Tottenham are at last getting it right with good results that have propelled Pochettino’s players into fifth, only four points behind the leaders.

Sunday’s demolition of wavering-lately West Ham served notice to the rest that the Lillywhites are back, and might do again to Chelsea what they did last season when the Blues were on their way to the title: 5 – 1 wasn’t it? In the Prem, Mourinho’s men managed an unconvincing win at last against fellow strugglers Norwich, and that was boosted midweek by a 4 – 0 Champions League win at bottom of the group M’bi Tel-Aviv - who are going nowhere. That sets up the final group games nicely in two weeks’ time as joint leaders Porto visit Stamford Bridge, with Dynamo Kiev hovering just, behind taking on the Israelis. But Chelsea need the Prem points for respectability and so a good performance is necessary to convince everyone that the worst is over at Stamford Bridge. Is it?

We’ll soon find out… don’t miss Sunday’s all London clash - that’s definitely the Match of the Day!

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Arise, Sir Jamie of Leicester – the new heir to the Prem goalscoring records. The Vardyman did it, yet again, scoring his 10th consecutive goal in 10 matches at Newcastle. England striker Vardy equalled the record Van Nistelrooy set in 2003 by scoring at St James' Park last weekend. Now the former non-League striker has the opportunity to make history when table-topping Leicester host United at teatime on Saturday.

What a record, enabling the Foxes to run right up to the top of the Prem – albeit helped by their competitors slipping up again. Does anyone remember the 5 – 3 tanking the Foxes gave lofty Louis’ lads early in his reign last season? Given United’s miserly defensive performances of late, it will be fascinating to see if Vardy, Mahrez and the rest of Ranieri’s raiders can break down United’s

defences that have only conceded a dodgy penalty in five games.

Last Saturday, Leicester tore lowly Newcastle apart 3 – 0 to heap ever more pressure on manager McClaren, the Magpies just one point above the Dreaded Drop Department. This weekend’s visit to the Palace makes it Crystal clear Newcastle must improve, although strangely on Monday night at Selhurst Park, nasty neighbours Sunderland somehow stole all three points. A breakaway Defoe goal ten minutes from the end won it, Robin Hood style as the Black Cats were dressed all in green, and now face four-wins-in-six Stoke at the Stadium of Light.

Big Sam has given Sunderland supporters some hope with the defence now vastly improved since conceding six at Goodison Park.

'BIG DRUGS BRITAIN READY FINAL PROBLEM' Great Britain must grab their chance when they take on Belgium in their first Davis Cup final for 37 years, says Andy Murray.

Britain will try to win the competition for the first time since 1936 when they face Belgium in Ghent from Friday. "It means a lot to everyone to be in this position," the British number said.

British heavyweight Tyson Fury says boxing has a "big problem" with doping. Fury, 27, will fight for the world title against Wladimir Klitschko in Germany on Saturday.

Fury said: "I can look at a man and tell you if he's full of drugs by one glance at his body with his top off.

"Boxing has got a big problem with drugs. But it doesn't bother me.

E R I F N O Everton are storming along, as last Saturday the Rom-Ross show put away sad, clueless Villa 4 - 0 with Lukaku and

Barkley grabbing two each. Battling Bournemouth are next for the Toffees at Dean Court, Eddie Howe’s side were pegged back last week with a point against Swansea after leading 2 – 0, but the Swans surged back to grab a valuable point and stop their slide.

Hold your breath for the Cherries against Everton who are now seventh and looking good with new young blood boding well for the Blue corner of Merseyside.

Who scored the only goal against Man U in the Reds’ last five Prem games? (clue, penalty) Answer: It was scored last week by Watford’s Troy Deeney, an 87th minute equaliser but he then put through his own goal in the last minute for the Hornets to cruelly go down 2 – 1 to the Red Devils.

This week vacillating Villa provide the opposition for Watford – is Remi already regretting his responsibilities at Villa Park, where bottom place with only five points looks doomed, Cap’n Mainwaring….

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L A H LET The way Klopp’s kids impertinently tore oncemighty Man City apart in their own back yard last Saturday was bold, rude and cruel. The boys from Brazil, Coutinho and Firmano combined with Can, Lallana and Milner to embarrass Pellegrini’s players, despite the return of goalscorer supreme Aguero.

The little Argentinian obliged as usual, but one against four doesn’t go, especially at home. Now City have to face an up and down wounded Southampton, the Saints losing at home 1 – 0 to Stoke on Saturday, and will be wanting to redress that result. As for Liverpool, the jubilant Reds have a home fixture against beleaguered Swansea which looks a likely three points – and Daniel Sturridge may be back, that’s a good problem for Jurgen to consider. But Gary Monk’s men are manfully massing to support their young manager - surely the club will give their player-turned-manager more time to turn the Swans round and paddle back up the Prem river?

This Sunday, slipping-but-still-sixth West Ham entertain Arsenal-conquerors West Brom in twelfth, but Tony Pulis is proving, once again how he can turn a pig’s ear into a silk purse as the Baggies are slowly climbing the table again after a poor start. In sharp contrast, the Hammers knocked over some biggies early doors to raise some eyebrows, but were well beaten on Sunday against spirited Spurs. Manager Slaven Bilic has done a great job but now needs to settle the ship in the absence of playmaker Dimitri Payet, now out for three months. West Brom will provide a stern test for the Hammers : game on.

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