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British Ambassador speaks at Brexpats meeting in Mijas by John Smith APPROXIMATELY 100 people filled the Avanto Restaurant in La Cala de Mijas yesterday (Thursday) to attend a Brexpats in Spain meeting. Guest speakers were Juan Carlos Maldonado, mayor of Mijas, His Excellency Simon Manley, British Ambassador to Spain and Charmaine Arbouine British Consul for Andalucia. Guests and the audience were welcomed by Anne Hernández, President of Brexpats who explained that hers was a voluntary group with no political affiliation that was committed, now that Brexit was a reality, to ensuring that

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Charmaine Arbouine, Anne Hernández, Juan Carlos Maldonado and Simon Manley.

British citizens in Spain and their Spanish counterparts in the UK were treated fairly. The mayor confirmed his council’s continued support for

British expatriates in the area and that he and colleagues were not only committed to helping visitors and those living in the municipality but wanted to en-

sure that they were treated fairly and with respect. The Ambassador spoke briefly about the fact that there appeared to have been a signifi-

cant breakthrough in negotiations between the UK and the negotiators for the EU and the fact that many of the stumbling blocks had been resolved. He was pleased that those British passport holders living in Spain at the time of Brexit (and the subsequent transition period which will run from March 2019 to the end of 2020) would generally continue to enjoy the rights that they have now (subject to the 27 states accepting the proposed deal). When questioned however, he did accept that the government was disappointed that

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Youngsters discover the environment SOME 600 primary school pupils from San Roque have enjoyed free educational trips around the area during February and March.

These activities which have been arranged by the local council and Puerto Sotogrande and the municipal environment have seen the youngsters discover the flora

and fauna of the estuary and the lagoon. In addition they have seen the work of the marina and its facilities as well as enjoying sailboat rides.

INSIDE THIS WEEK ... BEACH RESCUE POINTS ARE A LIFESAVER

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VISIT OF MARIANO RAJOY COINCIDES WITH PROTESTS

P4 Spring Forward, Fall Back READERS are reminded (excuse the use of an Americanism) to put their clocks forward by one hour at 2am this Sunday March 25. Also, due to the Easter celebrations, next week’s edition of RTN will be available on Thursday rather than Friday.

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GAME ON: Estepona will represent Malaga Province with Mijas.

Town on the rise wins big on Monopoly THE hotly tested competition for towns and cities across Spain to get a spot on the next Monopoly Spain has a clear winner - Estepona. After two months of public voting , a total of 16.6 million votes were counted with Estepona storming to the top of contenders with 571,778. It will be joined on the

b o a rd b y fe l l o w M a l a g a Province bolter Mijas, and the new edition of the game will go on sale at Christmas. Despite not having more than 200 inhabitants between them, the v i l l a g e s o f Pe d ro s o a n d Arevalillo won their places with an incredible f i v e m i l l i o n vo te s c o m bined.

T he new board will contain 22 locations and among them will be Merida, Elche and Alicante. During the voting campaign each city and town carried out their own promotion on WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook to make people aware of the competition and to get their locality recognised.

Disabled daughter is drug dealer TH E Pro vi n ci a l C o u r t of M alaga has convicted a woman for usi n g h e r d a u g h t e r, w h o s u f f e r s f r o m a d i s a b i l i t y, t o h e l p s e l l narcotics at their home in Fuengirola. Also implicated in the court ruling are the woman’s husband and their four children. An investigation was started b y t h e N a t i o n a l P o l i c e ’s U n i t o f Specialised Crime (UDEV) in 2015, when they began a surveillance operation of the family’s house. It did not take long before

they started to see drugs transactions going on in the home, carried out not only by the mother, but by her husband and their disabled 17 year-old daughter. Officers then launched a raid of the premises, where they found quantities of heroin, cocaine, related equipment and €2,300 in cash. The mother has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail and fined €6,000, while the father has received four years and €6,000.

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Beach rescue points are a lifesaver Credit: Ayuntamiento de Marbella

by Tom Woods

MARBELLA Council has installed orange rescue points on three of its beaches to boost safety for the public. Beaches Councillor Manuel Cardena commented that the move is “in line with the action we are taking to keep the beaches in good condition throughout the year.” The new contact areas will provide a direct telephone line with emergency services and will be functioning all year round on the beaches of San Pedro Alcantara, La Venus (Marbella) and Cabopino. In addition, some beach bars and hotels will play their part by installing similar equipment on their premisBAYWATCHERS: The devices will provide invaluable assistance in a crisis. es. The orange contact centres also provide lifejackets and a “We also intend to re-examine our public tenders so that hours of safety coverage for the beaches will be extended,” said 320-metre safety line that enables people to pull those that they are rescuing to shore. Mr Cardena.

LETHAL WEAPONS: Police were quick to apprehend the dangerous individual.

Fake policeman arrested after highway robberies OFFICERS of the National Police have arrested a 33 year-old man in Marbella for committing three violent robberies while posing as a policeman. The police sprang to action as soon as they heard of the havoc that the Spanish suspect was wreaking on a public highway. In one of the incidents, a woman was forced to stop her car and produce her belongings while a torch shone in her face. The detainee, dressed as an officer, then threatened the woman with a butcher’s knife before making off with all the valuables. Officers managed to locate the defendant in the Las Albarizas area and arrested him before he could return to his car.

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Isco in the market for shopping complex Credit: Vlad 1988 Shutterstock

by Tom Woods

WHILST Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy visited Marbella last Saturday in order to support PP electoral candidates, there was quite a demonstration just a few kilometres down the road. As the current mayor of Marbella Ángeles Muñoz was delighted to meet up with Mr Rajoy and receive his unconditional backing at the Congress Palace in the centre of Marbella, an estimated 500 people demonstrated against the PP and their pension plans in San Pedro Alcantara. Former mayor from the PSOE Socialist party, Jose Bernal, was there demonstrating with the pensioners over the pension increase of just 0.25 per cent, although ironically it was the defection of the councillors from San Pedro which saw his coalition council in Marbella fall apart just seven months ago.

KICK START: Isco’s plans for the retail centre will help the local economy.

Pets not at risk MARBELLA Council is to review what many considered to be a controversial policy to slaughter certain abandoned animals 10 days after their collection. Mayor Angeles Muñoz clarified, after liaising with the Triple A animal charity, that it was already contracted to care for dogs, cats, ferrets, and Vietnamese pigs until their adoption. There has been some speculation that a review of contracts concerning other abandoned animals could be taken to assume that the Triple A arrangement could have changed. This however appears to be far from the case.

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REAL MADRID star Isco Alarcon has bought a sizeable chunk of the historic San Juan shopping centre in Arroyo de la Miel, where he grew up. The Benalmadena born player has purchased the upper floor and several lower floors of the building which is a symbol of his former neighbourhood. Although the business plan is not yet final, Isco is keen to reinvigorate the economy of the town where he first learned and played football. His representatives are in talks with Benalmadena Council and the Board of Andalucia to examine whether the height of the San Juan shopping centre can be extended. There are plans for a gourmet market and two retail areas, one which is yet to be built , and Isco has also shown interest in an adjoining car park. T he San Juan building , built in 1980 in the hear t of Ar royo de la Miel, houses some of the most popular restaurants in the town.

Visit coincides with protests

ÁNGELES MUÑOZ: With Mariano Rajoy.

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It’s a masterpiece HOLLYWOOD heavyweight Antonio Banderas has unveiled his new TV series on the Costa del Sol. The world premiere of the second season of Genius, which focuses on the life of Pablo Picasso, took place at the Cervantes Theatre in Malaga. Partially filmed in the city, the Zorro star plays the legendary painter in the 10-part National Geographic series. Both men were born in Malaga, and Antonio was keen to have the premiere take place in his home town after appearing at a photocall for the show a day earlier in Spanish capital Madrid. Filming only finished a week ago, and the heartthrob revealed how tiring the schedule has been.

“It was an exhausting job,” he told Spanish media. “Not only the filming, but because of all the documentation and research… the number of days and the speed at which we had to work. “I had to play the character at different stages in his life from 1927 until his death in 1973. “This meant five hour make-up sessions starting at 3am, with shooting from 8am to 8pm. “The biggest challenge for me was learning to wear the mask; I had to become a canvas on which we could paint Picasso.” The actor also revealed that he convinced the producers and director of the series to shoot scenes in the city where the artist grew up.

Antonio Banderas presents his new series.

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British Ambassador in Mijas continued there was no agreement yet on movement in pursuit of work for expatriates who wanted to leave Spain and work in another member State. He made it clear however that this had not been dropped by the British negotiation team and would be on the agenda alongside some of the more controversial areas such as the Irish border and Gibraltar. Overall, he believed that meetings such as this which

had been ongoing since the Brexit vote had helped him considerably in his personal role of feeding information back to the Foreign Office and he believed that the FCO understood the fears and expectations of expatriates in Spain more clearly than those expressed from other countries. The majority of the audience attending this meeting (as

for other meetings in the past) were generally nearing or past pension age but whether this could be considered as a lack interest from younger residents or simply reflected that many would be working. From Mijas, the Ambassador was due to travel to Manilva for a similar meeting and then on to Cadiz Province for a further meeting which is not connected with Brexit.

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STREET MENACE: The punishment will hopefully deter the man in future.

Prowler gropes three women in 15 minutes by Tom Woods IN a period of only a quarter of an hour, a young man approached and inappropriately touched three women on the streets of Torremolinos. The man, 22, is believed to have no teeth and this physical feature enabled Local Police to arrest him on a charge of sexual abuse. He has been fined €2,520 having been ‘guided by a libidinous spirit,’ according to

the court ruling. All the incidents involved the detainee following the women from behind before making a sudden groping attack. The first of the victims asked for help from a Local Police patrol and it did not take long for them to locate the man, who was in a bar, and who became visibly agitated when he saw them. As he did not have any documentation, the suspect was escorted to a police station where he was identified.

Man stabbed in horrific home attack OFFICERS of the National Police are investigating an assault on a 37-yearold Irishman who was stabbed and beaten in his own home in Benalmadena. Having suffered multiple stab wounds and a severe head injury, the man is now in a stable condition in Xanit hospital. The incident happened shortly before 10.30pm on Wednesday evening, in the basement of the victim’s house in Torremuelle. His wife arrived at the scene to find him in a pool of blood, and immediately sought the help of a female friend to help transfer him to hospital.

The man was urgently treated by physicians for his injuries, and the hospital activated a protocol to notify the Benalmadena police force to investigate the case. Officers visited the emergency room and interviewed the victim’s wife to learn more details of what happened. Although initial inquiries indicate it was a violent robbery, the Local Police are ruling no theories out at this stage. Some neighbours reportedly saw a white van moving away from the house in the corresponding timeframe of the attack.

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A COMPLET E remodelling of Calle Romeria del Rocio, near Fuengirola fairground, has begun this week. The project has a budget of €632,000 and involves a comprehensive replacement of infrastructure, covering drainage, drinking water, electricity, telephone lines, lighting and street furniture. The existing network does not comply with regulations and Infrastructure Councillor Jose Sanchez , said: “This restructuring, in addition to the expansion of pavements and the conversion of the road into a oneway street, will almost double parking capacity. “ We hope that within two months the entire area will be transformed.”

Credit: Ayuntamiento de Fuengirola

Credit: National Police

Council invests €632,000 in street makeover

WEEDED OUT: The suspect’s huge operation has been exposed.

Man arrested in marihuana crackdown

SURFACE AREA: The works will be welcomed by residents.

Twenty - six LED streetlamps will be installed and 17 mailboxes will be replaced, along with 12 litter bins. Fur ther more, Fueng irola is also investing €280,000 to renovate Calle Europa.

OFFICERS from the National Police have arrested a man in Estepona for growing and selling marihuana from his house. A raid on the house saw police seize 1,058 grams of marihuana buds of the ‘psychedelic’ and ‘widow’ variety, over €50,000 in cash and equipment related to the cultivation, collection and sale of the drug. An investigation and various inquiries led officers to the house in question, and the detainee has been charged with drug trafficking and the misuse of electric power.

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Growing calls to scale up Fish Alley FISH ALLEY, or Calle del Hambre (Hunger Street) to locals, has been offering up a wide variety of quality food for over 45 years. This area is a concentration of restaurants and narrow streets parallel to the seafront in the old town of Fuengirola, and its beloved status has led to calls for it to have a sign put up and to feature on town maps. Citizens party councillor, Javier Toro, met with restaurant owners recently to launch his campaign for the official recognition of Fish Alley. Mr Toro points out that many people have heard of it but have no way of finding it easily, and a glance at queries on TripAdvisor appears to prove him right.

Flowering city makes plans for spring THE planting of 20,000 flowers Credit: Ayuntamiento de Marbella across 30 areas of Marbella is underway, thanks to the council’s Parks and Gardens department. Councillor with responsibility for the green areas, Javier Garcia, has announced the measure, which also includes 200 scrub plantations, 150 hanging pots in the Old Town, and another 50 street lamps. This action is part of the ‘Marbella greener’ programme which itself is par t of the ‘Marbella blooms in spring’ project. An overall investment of 48,000 has been allocated for the TORREMOLINOS is to close down its illegal rubbish tip beautification of the city, just in and spend €8 million converting it into a suburban park. The transformative project is expected to take two time for the tourist season. years to complete and has been approved by both the The main streets to benefit are council and the Junta de Andalucia regional governRicardo Soriano, Ramon y Cajal, ment. Severo Ochoa , Paseo de la The move comes on the back of recommendations Alameda, and Nueva Andalucia. from the European Court of Justice, which criticised Councillor Garcia said: “ The Spain for its management of 61 of its dumping sites. objective is to enhance the ornaAlthough it has not been used for years, the site mentation and beauty of our has not been sealed off or refurbished, posing an

green and landscaped areas, filling the city with lig ht and colour. “We want to pay tribute to the work of the Parks and Gardens staff who have doubled their efforts given the rain delays.” BLOOMING BRILLIANT: The plantations will transform the city this spring.

€8 million investment is not rubbish environmental hazard. The site was supposed to be closed in 2010 following a ruling by a Malaga court, but recent developments mean that a tender process for the works will begin this year. One million tonnes of waste will need to be moved to a new location, although the destination remains unclear. The positive plans for this area of Torremolinos were initially announced in 2017, and the recent confirmation on the investment is welcome news for residents.

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Derelict hotel to go to auction for €14.3 million TO R R E M O L I N O S Council is to auction off the Los Alamos Hotel and the adjoining land for €14.3 million. The process will involve the sale of an area of around 80,000 square metres, and will take place on April 18 at the local treasury office. An auction last November for the building was cancelled in order to provide more time for the entry of bidding documents. Los Alamos Hotel is located at the entrance of To r r e m o l i n o s from the east, a few metres from the beach, and has two sports fields, a warehouse and a parking lot. However, it has been in a state of disrepair since the company that managed it filed for bankruptcy in 2014. Residents have voiced their concerns over the safety of the building, due to the flammable material within and the proximity of a petrol station nearby.

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Beach bar breakthrough THE beach bars of Mijas are to be officially recognised after almost 40 years of waiting. Around 30 establishments will benefit from the legal changes, and Town Planning Councillor Andres Ruiz said: “ The process has been long but it had to be done thoroughly to provide guarantees to these coastal entrepreneurs. “In addition to generating employment, these businesses enrich

the environment of Mijas and attract tourists to our shores.” T he beach bars will now have legal protection from the council t h a n k s t o t h e a m e n d m e n t o f A r t i c l e 1 3 5 o f t h e G e n e ra l U r b a n Plan. T hey will also have the freedom to invest in and improve their premises without the need to jump through administrative hoops on an annual basis.

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Princess hotel bought for princely €150 million by Tom Woods THE Ikos Resorts chain has purchased the Costa del Sol Princess hotel in Estepona for €150 million, and will conver t it into a luxur y all-inclusive complex. Current plans have the opening of the new res o r t s c h e d u l e d for M ay 2020, and the project will also represent the i n a u g u ra l I ko s I n f i n i te Lifestyle experience. Ikos Andalucia will have more than 400 rooms and suites distributed in seven buildings, with 70,000 square metres of facilities and gardens for guests to relax in. It will feature eight restaurants as well as a theatre, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sports facilities, and a spa.

Credit: Ikos Resorts

LUXURY LIVING: The Ikos Dassia is a successful template for Ikos Andalucia.

Luis Herault, CEO of Ikos Iberia, said: “ E s te p o n a h a s a l w ay s been a destination of re ference for travellers who seek the per fect combination of sun, sea, culture and a unique lifestyle. “We are pleased to present in Spain our exclusive all-inclusive experience, and the promise of

an incredible Infinite Lifestyle.” It is estimated that recr uitment will focus on local workers for at least 70 per cent of the 650 jobs that will be created. The resort will become the company’s fifth after the opening of Ikos Dassia on Corfu in May 2018, and Ikos Aria on Kos in 2019.

Mijas walkway at risk of collapse THE dangerous deterioration of the pedestrian walkway on the A-7 in Mijas has caused consternation in the area. Mijas’ councillor for Infrastructure, Jose Carlos Martin, commissioned a report on the condition of the walkway a few months ago, but it was not a thorough study. “No one says that the walkway will collapse tomorrow, but if restoration work is not undertaken now, we do not know what will happen in the medium term,” said Mr Martin. He added that a pedestrian bridge in a tourist area needed to

be in a healthy condition, and that immediate action was therefore necessary. As a result, Mr Martin will be writing to the central government’s Ministry of Infrastructure to request the necessary funding. The walkway is located at the entrance to Fuengirola and the town’s C i t i z e n s C o u n c i l l o r, J a v i e r To r o , wrote to the State Highway Unit and said: “This overpass has the same deficiencies, which has worsened over time and may present a dangerous situation for locals.”

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“Holiday sickness scammers face £15,000 fine for fake claim.”

Costa del Sol link to Murcia drug find Photo credit: National Police

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NAT IONAL POLICE have dismantled a suspected international group of alleged drug traffickers in Malaga Province that are believed to have been operating between Spain and a number of other European countries. T here modus operandi was to use what has been described as the ‘Go Fast’ system of transporting the narcotics. T his involves the drugs being transported in a small convoy of vehicles, with one containing the illegal substances while the other escort car goes ahead to check for possible police patrols fur ther along their route. O n e o f t h e ve h i c l e s i n vo l ve d , a va n , w a s i n te r cepted along with two occup a n t s i n M u rc i a w h e n i t w a s fo u n d to b e l o a d e d with 1,710 kilos of hashish

and 20 kilos of marihuana. Overall, this dedicated operation against drug trafficking has so far seized 2,760 kilos of hashish, the 20 kilos of marihuana, and €17,000 in cash. Four vehicles have also been impounded. A total of eight Spanish and French men aged between 22 and 54 have been arrested, not only for suspected drug trafficking but possessing fake documents and for the offence of belonging to a criminal gang.

Dianne Sawyer Disgraceful. No wonder the Brits are thought so badly of in Europe. Make them pay everything back and apologise publically to the Hotel.

INTERCEPTED: Murcia National Police checkpoint nets drugs. (File image)

Adrian C Smith The real story is hidden here: “We believe the fact that medical evidence is being produced by the husband of a partner of AMS, the firm of solicitors representing Ms Devine and Mr Melling, raises serious and obvious ethical and legal questions.”

Watchtowers get €200,000 THE central government has approved an investment of €200,000 for the renovation of two 16th century watchtowers in Mijas. Both the Torrenueva and the Lighthouse towers have been earmarked for the works, as they form an important part of the town’s cultural heritage.

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Costa del Rain fills water reserves by Tom Woods MARBELL A will head into Holy Week, the first big tourist event in the calendar, with its water reser ves in rude health. The La Concepcion reservoir which serves 11 towns of the western coast including Marbella, Fuengirola and Torremolinos, is currently at 94 per cent of its capacity. Only a month ago emergency measures were being put in place in the event of a drought in the region. In what will be welcome news for all across the province, current water reserves are sufficient to cover the entire summer season regardless of future weather conditions. Springs, streams and rivers have been brought back to life, enriching parks and attracting visitors. Built in 1972, the La Concepcion reservoir has been earmarked to be expanded in size, but plans remain in their early stages.

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Tide of protest at Ocean Institute MORE than 300 workers from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (scientists, technicians and administration staff) have protested over its financial difficulties. The demonstration happened at the Fuengirola headquarters of this century-old institution, where staff publicly denounced the budget cuts that have been enacted in recent years.

DAM BUSTING: The La Concepcion reservoir is almost at maximum capacity.

Dealing with unregulated Spain-based Independent Financial Advisors THE collapse of Continental Wealth Management, an Alicantebased advisory firm, has left tens possibly hundreds - of investors worried sick. CWM was not regulated to provide investment advice in Spain and was loosely regulated to provide insurance advice, through German-based Trafalgar international (who also do not appear to be registered in Spain). In the world of the investment ‘smoke and mirrors’ expat business, where few things are what they appear to be and what’s real is often portrayed to be something else, clarifying concepts becomes a necessity. So, let’s get under the bonnet of these clandestine firms (this article does not allude to properly regulated advisory companies) to know what are the real chances of victims caught by the lack of scruples of runaway bogus consultants: • Most of the IFAs currently operating with the expat market in

Spain are not regulated. • Equally, some of insurance or pension providers have never been regulated to operate in Spain (Old Mutual Isle of Man, Premier Group Isle of Man, Generali Worldwide Insurance Guernsey, RL 360º etc.), thus falling foul of Spanish laws that declare all such policies in violation of national laws and consequently, null and void. • Very often, investments are carried out via ‘life-insurance/assurance companies’ that provided wrappers, whole-of-life or unitlinked policies. These policies are linked to an investment portfolio. • Whether offered validly in Spain or not, life insurance policies linked to an investment are being declared void by the Spanish Supreme Court because they do not consider them life insurance policies. The reasons? Well, the calculation of the premium and payout lack ‘actuarial’ methodology, there is no transfer of risk from

insured to insurer and it is irrelevant for the insurer if the insured party lives over a certain date, or dies. • Courts ruling on the nullity and voidness of a life insurance policy will order the company to reimburse the premium in full (minus any surrenders made), plus annual legal interest and without detraction of fees or commissions charged. • Financial or insurance mis-selling can be said to be automatic where the agents are not regulated (nobody can provide valid advice if not regulated). This violation of mandatory laws implies the responsibility of the principal (i.e. insurance or pension providers). • Claimants should aim for Insurers, Investment Funds and Pension Providers. • Lawyers should be able to identify the best way forward, always aiming for compensation (and not retribution).

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Caring for the vulnerable M A I T I N E PA L i s a n o n profit organisation in Katmandu, Nepal, founded by Anurada Koirala in 1993. The organisation's main objective is to provide a comprehensive prevention for children and young women being trafficked by awareness p ro g ra m m e s i n t h e v i l la ges and collaborat ion with police and authorities along with rescuing and rehabilitation as well as taking legal actions a ga i n s t t h e t ra f f i c k e r s . So far Maiti Nepal has rescued over 35,000 children and young women. It is estimated that between150,000 and 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 Ne p a l e s e c h i l dren and women are held as sex slaves in captivity i n I n d i a t o d a y. A g e s ra n g e f ro m s e v e n t o 2 4

and they are forced to ser ve up to 50 men each d a y. M o s t o f t h e m a r e kept in cages. Most popular are the young girls between nine and 12 years of age. Human trafficking is a fast growing industr y and c l o s e to o v e r t a k i n g t h e arms trade. Anuradha K oirala has w o n s e v e ra l aw a rd s fo r her heroic work: CNN Hero of the year 2010, M o t h e r Te r e s a A w a r d 2014, PADMA Shri award 2017 and she has just last week been elected governor of the third district which will give her a g re at p o s i t i o n to i n f l u ence. Her refuge in Katmandu is home to close to 500 children and young women today and if they had more funds and

space she would take in more. T he refuge provides more than just a home - medical care, rehabilitation, schooling and an HIV centre for those returned infected with the decease. Maiti Nepal also operate 12 border transit homes along the Indian Nepali border. The volunteer workers patrol the b o r d e r, where they manage to intercept approximately 120 people per month before getting trafficked out of Nepal. You can help by taking part in the Easter Fun Day at Los Arcos restaurant in Buenavista Estepona on Sund ay A pr il 1. Bring your children, have fun and help youngsters in danger in Nepal.

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by Michael Walsh

All medical and scientific reports and photographs of Dr Kelly’s body were classified for 70 years by Lord Hutton after the death, for reasons unspecified. In 1984, Hilda Murrell, a British anti-nuclear campaigner was abducted and found murdered five miles from her Shropshire home. She had planned to present a paper on radioactive waste management at the Sizewell B Inquiry, the first public planning inquiry into a new British nuclear power plant. Her car, in which she was kidnapped, was discovered in a country lane five miles away and her body was found in a field nearby. A police investigation failed. It was proposed she was killed by British Intelligence as part of a cover operation against nuclear protesters. Andrew George a 16-year-old local labourer was charged with her killing and sentenced to life imprisonment. His nephew, Robert Green, decided New Zealand might be a safer place to live. He said “George couldn’t drive

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keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com INSTEAD of the uproar over an attempted murder of a British spy, media might better refocus on Britain’s apparent record of state sponsored murder. Dr David Kelly was an expert in biological warfare and a UN weapons inspector in Iraq, who it is claimed committed suicide in July 2003. Kelly strongly disagreed with government spin that Iraq President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. After being pilloried by a parliamentary court the scientist told friends that ‘many dark actors are playing games.’ Later that day he was found dead with a cut to his wrist. At the time of his death, he was writing a book. Dr Kelly intended to reveal his warning to then Prime Minister Tony Blair, that such weapons didn’t exist, weeks before the Iraq War. His computers were later seized by police. An official inquest was started but suspended. Experts believe Kelly may have been murdered and demanded a full inquest into his death.

Britain’s state sponsored assassins?

TONY BLAIR: With bodyguards. and didn’t match the description of the driver of her car. Since the trial I have found evidence that would’ve acquitted him, and others were involved.” Labour MP Tam Dalyell announced in December 20, 1984 that British Intelligence had been involved in the killing. Anti-nuclear activist Scottish

lawyer William MacRae, was found on April 6, 1985 in his car, dying from a gunshot wound received 10 hours prior. A Smith & Wesson .45 calibre revolver was found around 18 metres from where the vehicle had been left. It had been fired twice. Medical reports and post-mortem data relating to the case haven't

been released and there has been no fatal accident inquiry. A Scottish Sunday Express frontpage article alleged he’d uncovered evidence of a paedophile ring in Westminster during the 1980’s, and he may have been murdered to prevent him going public. Airey Neave, MP died on March 30, 1979 when a magnetic car bomb exploded under his car as he drove out of the Palace of Westminster car park. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), a republican paramilitary group, dubiously claimed responsibility. Insider journalist Kevin Cahill suggested INLA did not kill Neave. It was instead an inside job carried out by MI6 agents working with the CIA. He cited Neave’s attempts to prosecute senior figures in the intelligence establishment for corruption as motivation. Ulster Unionist MP Enoch Powell claimed in a 1984 interview with The Guardian the American deep state had killed Neave.

Mike Walsh’s opinions are his own and do not necessarily represent the views of the publishers advertisers or sponsors. AGE CONCERN would like to thank everyone who has supported them by donating goods or purchasing items from their charity shop in Los Boliches. The shop is now one year old and its success is very much in the hands of their dedicated teams of volunteers. These groups of ladies work tirelessly to ensure

Happy Birthday Age Concern shop that only quality merchandise, which is always sold at low prices, finds its way on-

to the rails and shelves. Nothing is wasted. What they cannot sell is recycled

and given freely to other charitable organisations. The shop in Calle Francis-

co Cano 56 in Los Boliches is not just a source of good quality clothing and bric a brac, it is also a focal point for the whole English-speaking community providing information on their services to those seeking advice, help, support and friendship. They currently offer weekly social clubs in three locations. Every Thursday from 11am to 1pm they meet at the Pensionista club above Los Boliches train station. Also every Thursday they meet at the Oasis bar in Mijas Pueblo, located at the entrance to the village from 11am to 1pm and every Friday they meet at the La Cala Grill in La Cala de Mijas also from 11am to 1pm. The Age Concern ethos that they are an extended family - and family look out for each other. They have weekly get togethers where

you can meet old friends and make new ones, monthly lunch clubs, day trips and special events. Check their web page fym@ageconcern.org.es for more details of forthcoming events. For clients requiring personal advice and support they have an experienced Welfare team. All discussions are in the strictest confidence. Just call the LIFELINE on 652 537 615 from 10am to 5pm ever y weekday. If you would like to help them particularly as a volunteer driver please call the LIFELINE. Loneliness can often blight lives. When a life partner passes away or family return home things can seem pretty bleak. But with the extended family that is Age Concern you are always welcome.

FRIDAY 10:15am Holding Back the Years 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm A Place to Call Home 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm Sport Relief 2018 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Sport Relief 2018

9:00am 10:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:15pm

Back in Time for Tea Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Two Tribes Yes Chef Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape Planet Earth Spy in the Wild Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eggheads The Repair Shop Saving Lives at Sea David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities Gardeners' World Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago A Question of Sport Relief Newsnight The Assassination of Gianni Versace

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm International Football 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm Regional News and Weather 11:45pm International Football Highlights

9:00am How I Met Your Mother 9:30am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am New Girl 11:00am 2 Broke Girls 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm How I Met Your Mother 4:00pm New Girl 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm The Goldbergs 6:30pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 8:45pm School of Rock 11:00pm Five Star Hotel 12:05am The Big Bang Theory 12:35am The Big Bang Theory 1:00am First Dates

9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Mofy 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm The Gourmet Detective 3: Death Al Dente 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Sandringham: Holidaying with the Queen 10:00pm Jane Mcdonald and Friends 11:00pm Will and Grace

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The Great Wall: Special 7:00am The Land 8:50am Jasper Jones 10:40am Transformers: The Last Knight 1:20pm Going in Style 3:05pm My Feral Heart 4:40pm Eat Locals A team of Special Forces vampire killers stake out the British bloodsuckers gathered at a remote country farmhouse. 6:20pm Transformers: The Last Knight 9:00pm Going in Style 10:45pm It Comes at Night 12:25am The Land 2:20am Inconceivable 4:20am Eat Locals

10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 11:00am La Liga Show 11:30am EFL Matters 12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm La Liga Show 1:30pm EFL Matters 2:00pm La Liga Icons 2:30pm La Liga Icons 3:00pm La Liga Show 3:30pm EFL Matters 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm La Liga Preview 7:00pm La Liga Icons 7:15pm La Liga Icons 7:30pm EFL Matters 8:00pm Football's Greatest 8:30pm Football

8:30am Dengineers 9:00am Absolute Genius: Monster Builds 9:30am Beyond Bionic 10:00am Robot Wars 11:00am Elephant Family and Me 12:00pm Famously Unfit for Sport Relief 1:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:45pm Escape to the Country 2:30pm Planet Earth I 3:30pm Me and My Dog 4:30pm The Repair Shop 5:00pm The Secret Helpers 6:00pm Big Cats About the House 7:00pm Hugh's Wild West 8:00pm Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby 9:00pm David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:20pm Who's Doing the Dishes? 1:20pm ITV News and Weather 1:30pm Dancing on Ice 3:30pm Britain's Brightest Family 4:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News and Weather 7:20pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 9:30pm The Voice UK 11:30pm ITV News and Weather

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Don't Tell the Bride The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Dragonball Evolution Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer Extreme Cake Makers Extreme Cakemakers The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory 2 Guns

6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am The Gadget Show 12:30pm Police Interceptors 1:30pm Police Interceptors 2:30pm Police Interceptors 3:30pm Live Premiership Rugby 6:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 8:00pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 9:00pm Inside Windsor Castle 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm King Tut's Treasure Secrets 11:00pm King Tut's Tomb: The Hidden Chamber 11:55pm Secrets of the Valley of the Kings

6:30am Monster Family: Special 7:00am Jasper Jones 9:00am My Feral Heart 10:40am Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Special 11:10am Despicable Me 3 12:55pm Going in Style 2:45pm Transformers: The Last Knight 5:25pm Jasper Jones 7:25pm Despicable Me 3 9:00pm Going in Style 10:40pm Transformers: The Last Knight Blockbuster sci-fi action about an inventor tasked with saving humanity from impending doom 1:20am Inconceivable 4:10am The Land

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9:05am Gardeners' World 9:35am Countryfile 10:35am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:05pm Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge 12:50pm Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 1:20pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:20pm Bringing Up Baby 4:00pm Pilgrimage: The Road to Santiago 5:00pm The Ladykillers: Pest Detectives 6:00pm Real Steel 8:00pm Down the Mighty River with Steve Backshall 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Reggie Yates: Searching for Grenfell's Lost Lives

11:00am Peston on Sunday 12:00pm The Voice UK 1:50pm ITV News and Weather 2:00pm Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway 3:30pm You've Been Framed! 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 7:45pm Local News and Weather 8:00pm Celebrity Catchphrase 9:00pm The Durrells 10:00pm The Good Karma Hospital 11:00pm ITV News and Weather

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Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Don't Tell the Bride The Crystal Maze The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory Fantastic Four Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 11:00pm The Inbetweeners

10:50am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Football on 5 Goal Rush. 11:50am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:20pm Police Interceptors 1:20pm The Illusionist 3:25pm The Man in the Iron Mask 5:45pm A Knight's Tale 8:05pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 9:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 9:55pm 5 News 10:00pm The Bodyguard 12:35am Whitney Houston: A Tragic Love 2:20am Whitney Houston: Her Greatest Hits 3:10am Super Casino 4:10am Greatest Ever

6:30am Moana: Special 7:00am The Great Wall: Special 7:30am Jasper Jones 9:15am Transformers: The Last Knight 11:50am Despicable Me 3 1:25pm Going in Style 3:05pm The Beguiled 4:45pm Transformers: The Last Knight 7:25pm Despicable Me 3 Dismissed from the Anti-Villain League after botching a mission, Gru sets off to meet his long-lost twin brother. 9:00pm Going in Style 10:45pm The Beguiled 12:30am Eat Locals 2:15am It Comes at Night 4:00am Inconceivable

10:00am EFL Goals: League One and League Two 10:30am Sunday Supplement 12:00pm One2eleven 12:15pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football Countdowns 1:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 2:00pm Football 4:30pm Football 7:00pm Football's Greatest 7:30pm Football's Greatest 8:00pm Football's Greatest 8:30pm Football's Greatest 9:00pm Football's Greatest 9:30pm Football's Greatest 10:00pm Football's Greatest 10:30pm Football's Greatest 11:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two

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SATURDAY 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Classic Mary Berry 1:00pm Football Focus 1:30pm BBC News 1:40pm Weather 1:45pm Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists 3:05pm Gymnastics 4:50pm The Boat Race 7:15pm Doodlebugs 7:30pm BBC News 7:40pm Regional News 7:43pm Weather 7:45pm Pointless 8:40pm Who Dares Wins 9:20pm Casualty 10:10pm Troy: Fall of a City 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Guardians of the Galaxy 1:23am Weather for the Week Ahead

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EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Years Football Countdowns Football's Greatest Football's Greatest Teams Scottish Cup Greatest Games Scottish Cup Greatest Games Football Years Soccer A.M. Football Countdowns Gillette Soccer Saturday Football EFL Greatest Games MLS Greatest Games Football MLS Greatest Games Football Magical Messi One2eleven

SUNDAY 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm BBC News 1:25pm Weather for the Week Ahead 1:30pm MasterChef 2:30pm MasterChef 3:30pm MasterChef 4:00pm Money for Nothing 5:00pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Songs of Praise 6:05pm Sport Relief 2018 The Best Bits. 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm Countryfile 8:30pm Hold the Sunset 9:00pm MasterChef 9:30pm RAF at 100 with Ewan and Colin Mcgregor

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MONDAY 10:15am Holding Back the Years 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm A Place to Call Home 4:05pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm MasterChef 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Classic Mary Berry 10:00pm The Queen 11:00pm BBC News

8:15am The Sheriffs are Coming 9:00am Hugh's Wild West 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:30pm The Week in Parliament 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:10pm Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 3:40pm Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape 4:40pm Blitz Cities 5:10pm Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Repair Shop 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Hospital 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Kyle Files 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Marcella 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:50pm 100 Years Younger in 21 Days 12:50am 100 Year Old Driving School

9:00am How I Met Your Mother 10:00am New Girl 11:00am 2 Broke Girls 12:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:00pm The Goldbergs 1:30pm The Goldbergs 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm How I Met Your Mother 4:00pm New Girl 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm The Goldbergs 6:30pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm Young Sheldon 10:00pm Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Five Star Hotel 12:05am The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm The Gadget Show 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Kidnapped: Desperate Hours 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Aviva Premiership Rugby Highlights 9:00pm Paralysed: Britain's Worst Winter 10:00pm Paddington Station 24/7 11:00pm Armed and Deadly: Police UK 12:05am The X Files 1:05am The X Files

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7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm International Football: England v Italy Live 11:15pm ITV News 12:05am International Football Highlights: England v Italy

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10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Marriage of Lies 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Elizabeth: Our Queen 9:00pm Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh 10:00pm Britain's Wild Rivers 11:00pm Mr. & Mrs. Smith 1:15am A Walk Among the Tombstones 3:05am Super Casino

6:15am Top Ten Show, the 2018 6:30am The Great Wall: Special 7:00am Monster Family: Special 7:30am Gadget Gang in Outer Space 9:00am Going in Style 10:40am Despicable Me 3 12:20pm Whiskey Galore 2:10pm The Beguiled 3:55pm Gadget Gang in Outer Space 5:30pm Despicable Me 3 7:10pm Whiskey Galore 9:00pm Going in Style 10:45pm The Beguiled 12:30am Eat Locals 2:20am The Land 4:20am My Feral Heart

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Monster Family: Special Black Panther: Special My Feral Heart Jasper Jones Gadget Gang in Outer Space Despicable Me 3 Going in Style The Beguiled Gadget Gang in Outer Space Despicable Me 3 Going in Style The Beguiled The arrival of a wounded Civil War soldier brings jealousy and betrayal to a Southern girls' school. Starry remake. The Land Eat Locals Jasper Jones

10:00am Scottish Cup Greatest Games 10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 11:00am La Liga Files 12:30pm La Liga Files 2:00pm Magical Messi 3:00pm The Best La Liga Goals 2016/17 4:00pm 20 Years of El Clasico 4:45pm Ronaldo 5:15pm La Liga Greatest Games 5:45pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Rivalries 7:30pm EFL Rivalries 8:00pm Soccer A.M. 8:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 8:40pm Football 10:45pm La Liga Icons 11:00pm MLS Round Up Show

TUESDAY 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Sheriffs are Coming 12:45pm Claimed and Shamed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm A Place to Call Home 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Come Home

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Money for Nothing Bargain Hunt Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics The Super League Show Gunga Din Blitz Cities Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eggheads The Repair Shop Mountain Great Indian Railway Journeys Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby Mum

Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory How I Met Your Mother 3:30pm How I Met Your Mother 4:00pm New Girl 4:30pm New Girl 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm The Goldbergs 6:30pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Tattoo Fixers 11:00pm Five Star Hotel

1:00pm MLS Round Up Show 1:30pm Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 2:00pm La Liga Icons 2:30pm La Liga Icons: Zidane 2:45pm La Liga Icons 3:00pm MLS Round Up Show 3:30pm Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 5:45pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 7:30pm MLS Round Up Show 8:00pm Ronaldo

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Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Flog It! Pointless BBC News Regional News The One Show BBC News and Regional News DIY SOS the Big Build MasterChef BBC News Regional News Weather

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Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape 4:40pm Blitz Cities 5:15pm Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Repair Shop 8:00pm Mountain 9:00pm The Secret Helpers 10:00pm The Assassination of Gianni Versace 10:55pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Newsnight

Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Britain's Brightest Family 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm The Real Full Monty 11:30pm ITV News 12:20am easyJet: Inside the Cockpit 1:15am Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow

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How I Met Your Mother 4:00pm New Girl 4:30pm New Girl 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm The Goldbergs 6:30pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 9:00pm The Goldbergs 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 11:00pm Five Star Hotel

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My Daughter Must Live 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm King Tut's Treasure Secrets 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Minute by Minute 11:00pm Social Housing, Social Cleansing 12:05am Under Siege 2:05am Super Casino 4:10am Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh

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Monster Family: Special Moana: Special Gadget Gang in Outer Space Whiskey Galore My Feral Heart The Beguiled Despicable Me 3 Going in Style Gadget Gang in Outer Space Whiskey Galore Despicable Me 3 Going in Style An The Beguiled

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Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 5:45pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm La Liga World 7:30pm MLS Round Up Show 8:00pm EFL Rivalries 8:30pm EFL Rivalries 9:00pm Championship Season Review 11:00pm Championship Season Review

The Beguiled Whisky Galore! Despicable Me 3 Going in Style Chokeslam Gadget Gang in Outer Space Whisky Galore! Despicable Me 3 Going in Style Chokeslam The Beguiled Pawno Monster Family: Special An

4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Rivalries 8:30pm Football 11:00pm The Debate - Live 12:00am La Liga Show 12:30am La Liga Icons 12:45am La Liga Icons

THURSDAY 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm News 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm

Money for Nothing Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London

The One Show EastEnders MasterChef Not Going Out Still Game BBC News at Ten BBC London News 11:45pm Unsolved

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Blitz Cities Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Eggheads The Repair Shop Mountain Big Cats Civilisations Match of the Day Newsnight Top Gear MasterChef

The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Tonight Emmerdale Coronation Street The Real Full Monty ITV News at Ten and Weather 12:00am ITV News London 12:15am Kingpin 2:15am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon Brooklyn Nine-Nine Derry Girls Five Star Hotel The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory First Dates

5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Yorkshire Vet Casebook 9:00pm Goodbye BargainLoving Brits in the Sun 10:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 11:00pm Do the Right Thing with Eamonn and Ruth 12:05am Undercover Benefits Cheat

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Read on if you possess a graspable extremity Photo Credit: YouTube

by Barry Duke

YOU need to be of a certain age - practically a fossil, dare I say it - to remember comedian, musician and radio star Jimmy Edwards. His most outstanding feature was one of the most prodigious moustaches on the planet. His facial equivalent of Japanese knotweed went way past his ears and would have engulfed his friend’s faces if they remained motionless for long enough. His name came up during a recent conversation I had with a UK holidaymaker, who reckoned, given a year or so, I could be sporting a moustache every bit as luxuriant as Jimmy’s. “Possibly,” I replied, “but I’d much rather have one like Salvador Dali’s. And, as you can see, I’m almost halfway there already.” The next question was “what do you use to get your ‘tache to such perfect points?” I replied that there are so many products on the market that one is spoiled for choice. It’s difficult to keep up with the number of waxes, oils, balms and gels being produced to satisfy an escalating demand. This was confirmed by Alun Withey, a British academic and a self-styled beard historian who recently said that beard care toiletries are among the fastest selling products

BEARDS OF A FEATHER: Barry Duke with a Benidorm Pride reveller. in the UK and the US. And the trend, I have noticed, is fast gaining ground in Spain. Withey reckons this is part of a historical cycle, but the current incarnation is different from its predecessors. “In the 18th century they disappeared and around 1850 they were back with a vengeance,” Withey said. Victorian-era beards lasted five decades, and the current beard wave has been the longest for at least 30 years, he added. Many of the products on offer don’t come cheap. For example, there’s a fella who trades on eBay who is currently selling one ounce of Layrite Super Hold for £99.99, plus £8.00 postage. I think he might be having a laugh because I use this gunk, and, via other

eBayers, have never paid more than £16.00 (postage included) - and that’s for four-ounce tubs. But does one really need expensive waxes and gels to sculpt the perfect handlebar moustache? Certainly not. Members of the Handlebar Club, launched in London by Jimmy Edwards in April 1947 - two months after my birth - offer a variety of suggestions. One tells of a man who used - titter ye not! peanut butter! Another writes “I am a Canadian handlebar moustache sporter. Have not found moustache wax, but have been using toilet bowl seal wax. This wax has no odour, spreads colourless, and does not cause potty mouth. Best part about toilet bowl wax is the price, less than a Canadian looney [dollar]

JIMMY EDWARDS: Founder of the Handlebar Club.

and you get about half a pound.” Someone from Pennsylvania suggested bog standard soap, but a Brit responded: “The trouble with it, in England at least, is that it is completely useless if you have to go out in the rain. One of our members used just soap when he ran out of wax but when the rain came down it foamed up and made him look as though he was rabid!” When I discovered the existence of the Handlebar Club - cheekily created by the gay war hero Jimmy Edwards for men “with graspable extremities” - I immediately vowed to sign up as a member because the club is a charity that raises money mainly for ex-servicemen. Maybe I could even start a nest in Benidorm. (Yes, the club’s branches really are called nests.) Currently there are three: in the East Midlands, Sweden and Norway. These nests conduct their own activities whilst keeping a close contact with the main body in London. But then I discovered that ‘beards’, ‘chin strips’ and ‘soul patches’ are strictly prohibited. As I have spent years nurturing my pointy white goatee, I guess will have to make do and simply become a Friend of the Handlebar Club for an annual subscription of £10.00 (roughly the price of three jars or peanut butter or eight pounds of toilet bowl wax).

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by Colin Bird

I CANNOT help admiring athletes who through sacrifice and self-denial propel themselves to the top of their chosen sport. I’m not talking about professional footballers of course, who do little to justify their astronomical salaries; sulk like petulant children when an opponent as much as flicks a bogey at them, and often have little between their ears other than muscle and bone. No I’m talking about the genuine athletes who use the natural abilities they have been blessed with and hone them to perfection in order to become the best in their field. I also envy them greatly, because not having been born with any semblance of athletic prowess (my nickname at school was ‘galloping hairpin’) I never experienced the excitement of competing in any sporting event, and no matter what any of my football or rugby orientated ex-school chums think now; individuals like me were often sidelined and even picked on by certain teachers because of our failings.

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ALTERNATIVE SPORT: If only ‘Fly’ was an Olympic event.

I exaggerate slightly, because having been press-ganged into the interhouse cross country race one year, I came sixth. But that was the zenith of my sporting achievements, apart from wielding the winning conker in the 1957 playground championships.

In one instance, our rugby master, a We l s h b u l l y w h o w o u l d h a v e b e e n more suited working as a border guard in North Korea, gave me a hefty kick in my nether regions because I wasn’t positioned correctly in the scrum.

It hurt and these days he would have found himself in serious trouble and at the very least, looking for another job. But it was just another incident in the life of the galloping hairpin. However there was one schoolboy game that, for reasons I still cannot fathom, I found I was very good at. It was called ‘Fly’. ‘Fly’ was a sort of leapfrog with A levels. The ‘stool’, as the kid who had been nominated as bender was called, positioned himself accordingly and the combatants took turns to make the leap, and where each landed, the stool would reposition further away making the next jump more difficult. The winner was the lad who made the final successful jump without crashing into the stool, and marking a new position that made it impossible or undesirable for the other competitors to attempt. Built like a pencil and not caring about a bit of blood, the winner was usually me, and bearing in mind that the game was played either on a playground’s asphalt surface or the street, there were many bruises and scrapes. My only regret was that ‘Fly’ never became an Olympic event.

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food & drink This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook & Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala shows us how to make the perfect Beef Stroganoff

A fabulous Russian classic

Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella

www.thelittlegeranium.com ABOUT a decade ago I was patron of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds). I had to host a conference at one of the nature reserves in the UK and I was going to talk about my love of wildlife and about my new menu called Early Bird, which comes from the old English

proverb… the early bird catches the worm. True because when I go shopping for fish if I arrive early I get the best choice and prices. Arrive late and demand is greater, price is higher and choice is less. Anyway to get back to the story I was to announce my new Early Bird menu sponsored by the RSPB and talk about the beauty of natural wildlife. Two stories and only a few minutes to say both, so I started out by saying… let’s kill two birds with one stone, meaning to succeed in achieving two things in one single action. Well the room was full of older people and their mouths fell open. The atmosphere turned icy as I tried to explain it was a joke, making it even worse! The RSPB never contacted me again. So on the early bird theme, we have a menu at The Little Geranium in La Cala to encourage early diners to eat great food and save them money. In fact we

don’t promote it by offering it in the restaurant (you have to request it when reserving a table) but that’s because whilst it helps turnover it doesn’t help profit! It’s an offer to get people in early as otherwise a table might stay empty until say nine’ish. Most early birds have wine and drinks and so I’m happy with that. It’s a four-course menu with a breadboard selection, chef’s amuse, a choice of starter, a choice of main course and dessert for €35. At the moment one of the main course choices is beef Stroganoff. Stroganoff, or rather Stroganov, is a Russian recipe made with pieces of beef cooked in a sauce with sour cream (smetana), mustard and onions, originating from the mid 19th century (somewhere around the 1870’s.) Over the years it has had many variations, the original recipe serves it

with rice, but I have seen it served with pasta in New York and many recipes now include mushrooms, which mine does too. My wife (Michele) loves Stroganoff but she doesn’t eat a lot of meat. Last weekend we were out and it was on the menu so she chose it. The meat was chewy, the sauce was over-thick and flavourless and it cost nearly as much as our whole Early Bird menu, just for that one plate! We left the beachside restaurant and I promised to cook her my Stroganoff the next evening. “Why don’t you write about it” Michele said? “Maybe then other restaurants would read it and copy it and then I can eat it when I’m out!” “Good idea” I said, so here it is, classic Stroganoff with a little twist.

For the Stroganoff (ingredients for two) 75g unsalted butter 2tbsp light olive oil 1 white onion, finely sliced 1 red onion, finely sliced 2 cloves garlic, crushed 200g wild or field mushrooms, sliced 400g beef fillet, cut into small strips 1 flat tbsp smoked paprika, a little black pepper and Maldon salt 150ml approx of red wine sauce made from beef stock Juice and zest of half a lemon ½ tablespoon of Dijon mustard 100ml double cream 1 glass of cooking brandy

For the rice: 500g basmati rice Water to cover (see recipe) 25g butter or a little olive oil Chopped fresh green herbs Pinch of salt

Method • Finely grate the lemon zest and prepare the onions and the garlic, clean and slice the mushrooms. Chop the parsley. • Cut the trimmed beef fillet (ie no fat or sinew) into fingerwidth slices. • Mix the smoked paprika, lemon zest, and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper together, and use to season the beef,coating it totally and leave the beef raw on the board ready to cook.

• In a large frying pan over a medium heat, fry the onion and garlic in a little oil until soft, remove and reserve on a plate. Now in the same pan turn up the heat and add the mushrooms, sauteing until they are golden brown, then add the butter and season and tip onto a plate with the onions. • Clean the pan and add a little oil and heat the pan until very hot, fry the beef for two minutes, turning, until browned but still pink inside. Now remove from the pan and allow it to rest on a clean plate. • In a saucepan reduce the red wine sauce/stock until thickish and while it is reducing whip the cream and add the lemon juice to the cream. • Now add the mustard to the sauce and whisk in, taste and add the lemon cream mix, still reducing. • Get a clean frying pan hot, and put in the beef and add the onions, mushrooms and the butter and now pour in the brandy and flame if you have gas. Finally add the hot reduced sauce to the pan and serve. Do not leave the beef too long in the pan in the sauce or it will overcook. • Finish with the chopped parsley. • Note: I deconstruct my stroganoff by serving the wild mushrooms separately as part of a design on the plate with various purees and reduced sauce, but the method above is far simpler!

How to cook perfect rice This is the best way! Preheat your oven to 200C.

• Put the rice in a sieve and wash off the starch three or four times under cold running water. • Put rice in a saucepan and cover with water so that the water is the thickness of one finger above the rice. Stir in a little salt. • Heat the rice first on the stove for two to three minutes and now put a lid on the saucepan and cook in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. • Remove pan from oven carefully as it will be very hot. Stir in a little olive oil or butter and the chopped herbs and allow to rest with the lid on the saucepan for five minutes and serve.

You can email Steven your questions or enquiries to: steven@thelittlegeranium.com. Steven Saunders FMCGB - The Little Geranium, La Cala de Mijas & Marbella www.thelittlegeranium.com

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Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

IN the firm belief that at least a half a dozen people have attempted to translate my little text last week, here is my version in English. I say ‘my version’ because translating is never quite as hard and fast as people think and there can often be alternative ways of expressing the same idea. ‘Hello. How are you? What have you done since last week? I have rested a little, at last! I went to the city of Almeria for two days, including New Year’s Eve. It is a small, quiet city but it has some (its) interesting things. It has an enormous castle called La Alcazaba which dominates the city. It also has a subterranean refuge from the civil war which is unique in Spain. As I like history a lot I found it very interesting (it was very interesting for me). My daughters have rested as well. One has been (went) with a group of friends to a village near Albacete. She says it is a very pretty area. My other daughter has visited her friends in Asturias. She has travelled from Alicante

Translation and closed questions to Gijon by train and has seen (saw) a lot of snow along the way. My cat has rested a lot as well. Now we are all at home again to start what the Spanish call ‘the uphill struggle of January’. Time for a change of subject and I did promise a look at ‘closed’ and ‘open’ questions, so here it comes. There are basically two different kinds of questions in a language, and in Spanish we have to deal with them in two different ways. A closed question is one that leads to a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer. For example, if I asked you: “Are you English?” or “Do you like cheese?” you could make several comments in reply, but the most immediate and obvious response is simply ‘yes’ or ‘no’. This is in contrast with an ‘open’ question which requires us to give information, for example “Where are you from?” or

“What food do you like?” It is meaningless to answer these questions with a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’; to make sense we have to give some information as a response such as: ‘Ireland’ or ‘spaghetti bolognese’. In Spanish these two kinds of questions are formed very differently. The easiest type to construct is the closed or ‘yes/no’ question. To do this all we have to do is make a statement sound like a question by the change of tone in our voice. For example: “Tienes hijos” means “You have children”. To make this into a closed, question all we have to do is change our intonation, and when writing we place question marks on either side: “¿Tienes hijos?” “You have children?” or in correct English: “Do you have children?” The

initial answer to this is ‘yes’ or ‘no’, which we would say before we go on to give any more information. For those of us who are native English speakers, it is worth sparing a thought here for the difficulty foreigners have when learning such constructions in English as we add extra words, and we change our word order. First of all the word ‘do’ appears out of nowhere for no apparent reason – “Do you have any children?” not to mention the word ‘any’ – why is that there? Even worse is that we can ask exactly the same question in a completely different way: “Have you got any children?” instead of “Do you have… ” What’s all that about? Basically when we start questions with Do, Can, Will, Would, Have, Does, Did, Has and so on in English, we are forming closed questions. In Spanish, when we see something that looks like an ordinary sentence with the upside down question mark in front and, without a ‘question word’ such as ‘Dónde’ or ‘cuándo’ we are looking at a closed question.

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RTN Life Dedicated group donates 1,500 baby clothes to hospital

Pictured with staff from the Neonatal unit Materno Hospital Malaga, far left Monigue Mansfield and Helen Ulfseth second left. KNIT N NATTER groups from Los Boliches come new members to Gelato and Mare and Alhaurin presented 1,500 hand-made cafĂŠ on Promenade Los Boliches where President Helen Ulfseth and all of the ladies knitted and crochet baby items to The Neo Natal unit of Materno Hospital Malaga last are happy to provide yarn, needles and patweek. terns. Ladies from the associate group based at Knit n Natter Alhaurin under President Monigue Mansfield meet once a month at Alhaurin Golf Hotel, also joined the happy presentation, along with La Cala Lions repthe Alhaurin Golf Hotel and welcome new resentatives who continue to support the members. Los Boliches group with their generous doIf you would like to join them in Los nations. Boliches contact Knit-n-natter@outlook. com or in Alhaurin on themmansfield Knit n Natter Los Boliches meet Monday and Wednesday 11am to 1pm and wel2005@yahoo.co.uk.

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Puzzles Code Breaker Kenny Corris I For Readings, Consultations and Castings email: kennycorris@hotmailcom / www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 / Tel: 965 878 424

Play on Words

Answers: Around The World In Eighty Days. Buckle down.

Mars intensifies all actions after the midweek squaring on the Sun. You can see clearly now because you are highly psychic inner energies are activated, and it is clear that, right now, you have some work to do. Seize this moment in time and nudge yourself into touch, since nobody else could do things the way that you will now.

Word Wheel The goal of a word wheel puzzle is to create as many words possible with the letters in the word wheel. You can only use each letter once and every word must have the letter in the centre of the wheel. Can you find the 9 letter word?

In hindsight you would never have got involved but since you are implicated the only way to deal with current matters is to walk away, with your head held high. Venus, your trusty leader, brushes by Jupiter and conjuncts with Dwarf Planet Kora. Clearly you have been hurt by all this but the test is that, regardless, you carry on. You are stubbornly clinging onto a belief that all will be well because it has to be, but actions this week see you having to go against the grain; and you won’t like that! Putting up with second best is just a compromise too far from what you deserve right now. Be unafraid to say what you have to, because what comes now is vital. Someone has hurt you by abusing your trust and guidance. This is not one of those times when you can crawl into your shell, however good that feels, but neither do you want or need revenge. Mars intensifies your needs in a showdown with Ceres, who calls time on the past and bids that you pick yourself up, and dust yourself down! Pride comes before a fall, so ensure that in a current plan that you have a built in escape route to activate, should you need it! The Sun squares up to Saturn, who may very well slow things down all around you, so that you can speed up and face what you have to at a going pace. Take the route that offers you the very best forward challenge. Working towards an imminent conjunction with Mercury and the Sun, this week you get that feeling that something just isn’t right. As plans are scuppered and appointments cancelled it seems as if you are being very sorely tested. Allow that fate takes control, as you are about to meet someone who could become very special to you! The spurt of energy you currently experience is there to guide you and motivate you into pastures new. You appear to be on stepping stones, but determined to get to the other side any which way. Saturn in square with the Sun plays devil’s advocate with you, and this may be the impetus that you need to see things from another angle. Mars activates with Ceres and brings you back to a whiff of a nostalgic look of the past. Motivation is all you need right now, and this week someone needs your help, and gets it too. Never forget that you have significant skills and an informed way of seeing things, but this is not a time to hide your inventive light under a bushel. Calling out to you, loud and clear, is an ebullient Jupiter in action with Venus. Love comes and this time cannot just be shrugged away! You have to face facts and activate your innermost emotions, since you avoid looking within at matters of love; despite having such an open and caring heart, and a loving old soul to share. Just say yes! This is an offer that surely you cannot turn down, and it will bring you much happiness and joy to boot. Venus squares on Pluto, and it brings surprise and new beginnings, and not before time either! The future can now look very different, and meaningful change will allow you to make the appropriate plans. It is the quality of the work that you do that makes you stand out, and this week ring the changes and push the boat out. Everything is about to come together, and the injustices and traumas you have suffered, a thing of the past. You are waiting for news and your opposing sign of Leo sees Saturn entering to bring resolve and solution. Look to your opposing sign of Virgo this week, since balance comes from the qualities that the opposing sign lacks. Your creativity is your badge of honour, and you should be wearing yours, since your skills are needed desperately this week; and you need to be appreciated to set things in motion the way they should be.

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 2 represents C and 8 represents F, so fill in C every time the figure 2 appears and F every time the figure 8 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Kenny’s Postbag Kenny, my Auntie Rose used to read the teacups. We used to laugh at the time, but she was always working. Does anybody do this type of reading these days? Bill H. Yes, Bill. The very talented Medium Helen Grady works wonders with the tea leaves. I am sending you her contact numbers! I used to read the coffee cups, mainly because I had so many Lebanese clients when I lived in London. Any invitation to dinner was so that they could end up with strong Turkish style coffee and a reading from me!

Kenny Corris Don't forget to email or message me with your Postbag Questions!. Check out my new website: www.kennycorris.net

For Birthday Celebrants Unperturbed by recent actions, you have already started this Astrological year with a strong determination. Accurate timing and deft actions will be the portent for new hopes wishes and desires; as this is the wish of the Cosmos right now.

The 9 letter word is:

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

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More Puzzles Cryptic

Across 1 Father’s wise migration (7) 5 He sings a number at start of opera, right? (5) 8 Muskogee seafood recipe contains some birds (5) 9 Carelessly ran past ancient Greek (7) 10 Vehicle parked in juggernaut outside (4) 11 Demote soldiers in front of emissary (8) 13 Sweltering or surrounded by fresh dirt (6) 15 Static photographs of alcohol producers (6) 18 Gripped exotic-bred boas (8) 19 The story begins ‘You are relatively new’ (4) 22 Stir leg around, but you can’t eat it (7) 23 Group showing concern about diamonds (5) 24 ‘Arduous journeys take real energy’ King said, initially (5) 25 Set of steps for 50 snakes (7)

English - Spanish

Futoshiki

Down 1 Show part of a book to a worker (7) 2 Laid out, exhausted (5) 3 Lincoln seen by daughter possibly sleeping (4) 4 Christian celebration confused Teresa (6) 5 Endeavour to cover a waistcoat, it’s a sham (8) 6 Score goal in game (7) 7 Choice of kitchen appliance (5) 12 Same grit, different moves (8) 14 Priest turns to the Orient for a break (7) 16 Dicky sent son some poems (7) 17 Cancel Royal Engineer’s ding-dong (6) 18 Dame Margot Fonteyn demonstrates slang (5) 20 Join the French, become confused! (5) 21 Drug discovered by a police department (4)

Fill in the squares so that each digit from 1 to 6 occurs exactly once in each row and column. Greater-than and less-than signs indicate the relationship of the two adjacent squares. There is only one solution, and you can find it without guessing.

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Across 1 Jarabe (líquido) (5) 4 To cough (5) 7 Handball (game) (9) 8 Cocodrilo (9) 12 Con regularidad (9)

14 Behind (at the back) (5) 15 Estudio (5)

5 Pequeño (5) 6 Rivers (4) 9 To water (plants) (5) Down 10 Crane (machine) (4) 1 Nadar (4) 2 Costilla (3) 11 Rezar (4) 3 Films (movies) (9) 13 Usted (3) 4 Forks (cutlery) (9)

Quick

Across 1 Residential districts located on the outskirts of a city (7) 5 Arousing or provoking laughter (5) 8 Standing or situated alone (7) 9 Once more (5) 10 Not in accordance with the fact, reality or actuality (5) 11 Put or add together (7) 12 Annoy persistently (6) 14 Chuckles (6) 17 Farm vehicle (7) 19 Commence (5) 22 Additional (5) 23 Envious (7) 24 Revolves (5) 25 Convent (7) Down 1 Not moving or operating freely (5) 2 Aromatic spice (5) 3 Alleviate (7) 4 Exact (6) 5 Maintain (5) 6 Indicating pain, discomfort or displeasure (7) 7 Own up (7) 12 Person who requires medical care (7) 13 Disperse (7) 15 Restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something (7) 16 Native of ancient Troy (6) 18 Snares (5) 20 At a higher position than (5) 21 Savoury, appetising (5)

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

HAND 1 2 3 4

PIPE

Sudoku

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

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More Puzzles Irregular Soduku Wordsearch:

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

To Sir, With Love? 7. Which famous ancient Athenian philosopher (384-322 BC) was the pupil of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great? 8. Which Sanskrit word meaning 'weighty' or 'venerable' is now generally applied to any spiritual leader or teacher? 9. Which satirical cartoonist created the fictional boarding school for girls, St Trinians, where the teachers are sadists and the girls are juvenile delinquents? 10. ‘Young teacher, the subject of schoolgirl fantasy’ is the first line of which UK number one hit single by The Police?

DOWN 1. 4 down plus twice 5 down 2. 15 across minus 6 down 3. 22 down plus 6 down 4. Four times 14 down 5. 3 down minus 23 across 6. Three fifths of 22 down 7. 29 across minus 17 across 8. 13 across plus 17 across 11. 21 across squared 14. See 4 down 15. 10 across plus 14 down 17. Twice 15 down 19. Sum of digits is fourteen 20. 3 down plus 6 down 21. 29 across minus 18 across 22. 15 across minus 18 across 24. 15 across plus 2 down 26. Twice 8 down 28. 21 across minus 24 down

TEACHERS

Quiz

RONALD SEARLE, 10. DON'T STAND POITIER, 7. ARISTOTLE, 8. GURU, 9. 3. JEAN BRODIE, 4. DEAD POETS SO1. DAN BROWN, 2. JOYCE GRENFELL, Answers

Not a lot of people know that... Michael Morpurgo (War Horse), Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials), Joanne Harris (Chocolat), Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), J K Rowling (Harry Potter), Elizabeth George (Inspector Lynley), Roddy Doyle (The Commitments) and William Golding (Lord of the Flies) were all teachers before becoming successful

CIETY, 5. PLEASE SIR, 6. SIDNEY

October 5 is World Teachers’ Day 1. Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003) and The Lost Symbol (2009) were all written by which US author who was English and Spanish teacher at Lincoln Akerman School before taking up writing full time? 2. In her monologues as a harassed nursery teacher, which comedy actress often used the phrase, ‘George, don't do that’? 3. What is the name the Scottish schoolteacher played by Maggie Smith in the 1969 film adaptation of Muriel Spark's 1961 novel? 4. What is the title of the 1989 film in which English teacher John Keating (Robin Williams) inspires his students through his teaching of poetry? 5. What was the title of the ITV comedy series set in the fictional Fenn Street School, starring John Alderton as Bernard Hedges, a young teacher fresh out of training college? 6. Which celebrated American actor played the part of the West Indian teacher Mark Thackeray in the 1967 film

ACROSS 1. 29 across minus 23 across 3. Three times 17 across 5. 4 down plus 17 down 7. Its digits total 17 across plus one 9. Three times 13 across 10. 28 down plus 2 down 12. 28 down minus 2 down 13. 7 down minus one 15. Twice 23 across 16. 10 across squared 17. See 3 across 18. 7 down minus two 20. 29 across plus 23 across 21. 10 across plus 15 across 23. See 20 across 25. See 27 across 27. 25 across minus 17 down 29. Twice 6 down 30. Three times 5 down

SO CLOSE TO ME

Cross Figure

FRESH PRINCE BEL-AIR BANKS CARLTON HILLARY PHILIP ASHLEY VIVIAN GEOFFREY NICKY JAZZY JEFF WILL SMITH MANSION POOL HOUSE PLAYGROUND

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More Puzzles Giant Crossword ACROSS 1 Live online workshop 8 Public poster 15 Malcolm Warner ("The Cosby Show" actor) 20 14thcentury music style 21 Arrives leisurely 22 Belittle 23 Certain frat member receiving his diploma? 25 Sing sweetly 26 Cove 27 Assuage 28 Muddy mixture 29 Met melody 32 Took way too much, for short 34 Gyro bread with lots of extra hidden calories? 37 Heavenly food made from very hot peppers? 41 garde 42 Sauna stuff 43 Singer Acuff 44 Stew 45 Toon pic 48 San Francisco's Hill 50 Target number of coverage policies? 54 Download for an iDevice 57 Denmark's Islands 59 High trains 60 Detach, as a lapel mic 61 Randomly mixed stack of Bing Crosby and Bill Haley albums? 65 Folded a line into, say 67 With 24Down, reducedcost product 68 Glam rocker Brian 69 Lav 70 Aviary locale 71 Bridge, in France

72 Florida city 74 Fish dish that's a chef's specialty? 77 Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy" 78 Platform that runs on iDevices 79 Ran easily 80 La. neighbor 81 Brass instrument with a dental product smeared all over it? 86 "O Sole " 88 Sheepish 89 " well that ends well" 90 Alias initials 91 Idiot box 95 Provide 97 Hair dye produced in a county in southwest England? 101 Chatty bird with shiny gray plumage? 105 Pirate chant starter 106 Took a train, e.g. 107 Pilot a plane 108 Prefix with skeleton 111 Thin iPods 113 Swiss chocolate brand 114 Sitcom title woman living in a wasteland? 120 Actor Jason 121 Energize 122 Algebra rule 123 Totally love 124 Toronto Blue Jays' stadium, before 2005 125 Salzburg site DOWN 1 Joking sort 2 Be mistaken 3 Gp. with merit badges 4 Hoosier

5 Verb gowith 6 "Why" singer Frankie 7 Like a very clean film 8 Maven 9 Solitary 10 Seltzer 11 Toplevel 12 Fluttery tree 13 Tear 14 Stuff in the gene pool 15 "Charlie's Angels" costar Smith 16 Rudely brief 17 Native New Zealander 18 Of (somewhat) 19 Lotte of film 24 See 67Across 28 Glide (over) 29 Belly muscles 30 Groove 31 Fury 33 Mended, as a sock 35 Works to get 36 With, to Luc 38 "Toodles!" 39 Rebels' yells 40 Sch. in the Big Apple 44 FDR's terrier 45 Reneges 46 Aigner (fashion brand) 47 Realestate levy 49 Bundled up, as hay 50 Prefix for an element used in antiseptics 51 Mission to gather intel 52 " pasa?" 53 Not likely 54 Classifies 55 Ramses II, for one 56 Plaything dragged on a string

58 City in Nevada 62 Megameal 63 "F r " 64 Gear piece 65 Brilliant move 66 Composer Ned 70 Reverse alphabetical order 73 Japanese drama style 74 Tosspots 75 New York's capital 76 Singer Piaf 78 RandB's Brothers 82 San Diego ballplayer 83 One reuning 84 Asian "way" 85 Loc. of Kiev 87 Exceeded, as a target 92 Cat 93 Put a stop to 94 Bo 95 Dodging type 96 Irk 97 Forthright 98 Skye of film 99 California mountain 100 Japan's largest island 101 Zesty dip 102 Vinecovered 103 Group jargon 104 Nervous (worrywart) 109 "Whip It" rock band 110 City in Utah 112 Iron sources 114 Film director Craven 115 Ballpoint fill 116 La.toIll. dir. 117 Bruin Bobby 118 Agnus (Mass part) 119 Drs.' org.

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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

TARGET • Average: 23 • Good: 32 • Very good: 46 • Excellent: 60 SCORING 4 letters: 1 point 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points 7 letters: 5 points 8 or more letters: 11 points

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case C) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

• Average: 11 • Good: 15 • Very good: 22 • Excellent: 29

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The advantages of pure natural oils PEACEFUL SLEEP: Exercise and a healthy work-life balance is key.

A better night’s sleep THERE is nothing worse than lying in bed, feeling exhausted, but unable to sleep, tossing and turning for hours. Removing electronic devices from the bedroom and avoiding caffeine late at night are all popular recommendations to assist in a peaceful night’s sleep, but there are other things you can do: Get a routine: Try and manage your day so that you get into the routine of finishing everything within 16 hours so you can have the all-important eight hours sleep. The body clock thrives on regular habits so try to keep to the same bedtime. Limit stress: It can be easier said than done but try leaving your work or any big issues outside of the bedroom. Deal with the day’s problems in the daytime so you can forget them before you go to sleep.

Healthy lifestyle: Exercise and a healthy work-life balance is key to a restful night’s sleep but try and avoid exercise too close to bedtime as it can be stimulating. Don’t eat late: The Spanish are famous for late-night meals and eating late is preferable during the long hot summer months, but be careful what you eat. Big heavy meals do not aid the sleep pattern and can cause indigestion too close to bedtime. Bedroom: Reserve the bedroom for sleeping and marital affairs and avoid watching TV or using electronic devices. This will help programme the brain into knowing the bed is for sleep. Keep the room cool and dark for comfort and a better night’s sleep.

THERE are a range of natural oils that might be worth trying if you are looking to avoid chemical products. • Marula comes from the tree of the same name and is said to be good for dry skin as it is high in fatty acids. • Tea tree is better known and many find it helps with soothing skin inflammations such as acne. • Chamomile oil when used on skin can cut down on redness and irritation and is even said to reduce chances of infections. • Coconut is good for conditions like eczema which are characterised by rough skin.

• Rosehip oil is high in vitamin A. This retinoid product is said to help replace old skin cells and reduce the effects of scarring and stretch marks. • Rosemary oil is supposed to thicken your hair, as is castor oil. • Most larders have olive oil which is supposed to harden brittle nails. Apply last thing at night to allow them to soak. • Another oil in many kitchens is sesame seed which many say is good for teeth and gums, just slosh round like a mouthwash.

PURE ALTERNATIVES: That can help avoid the use of chemical products.

Textitis is a growing concern ‘TEXTITIS’ is a growing concern amongst a generation of phone and iPad users. Doctors say swollen and aching fingers are being caused by texting and excessive use of electronic devices and is leading to cases of arthritis in younger people. Arthritis, inflammation and joint stiffness usually affects only older people. While there are several causes for osteoarthritis, the degenerative form of the condition is often caused by general wear and tear. Rheumatology experts say gaming and texting can cause two problems in hands. There is the immediate problem of the overuse of tendons from the thumb to the forearm. Then there is the overuse of the carpometacarpal joint at the base of the thumb which can lead to a clicking or cracking sensation due

Sweeter cure

CONSTANT TEXTING: Can cause swollen, aching fingers. to ligament strain and can lead to osteoarthritis in later years. Several other ailments are already being linked to new technology such as texter’s neck

(pain in the neck caused by looking down at the screen for too long) and selfie elbow (caused by continually stretching your arm out to take a photo).

CRANBERRIES could form the basis of new antibiotics. Scientists say they have discovered that the flavonol compound in their juice could help block bacterial infections, and during tests were found to greatly reduce the ability of E. coli bacteria to trigger an infection. The team from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (USA) said that with the emergence of new super bugs that are resistant to current antibiotics, it is hoped this finding could form the basis for new antibiotic drugs.

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Not as much needed S H O RT a n d s t r e n u o u s b u r s t s o r l o n g e r m o r e moderate exercise? Experts vary in their advice on how you should exercise to reap the most benefits to lose weight but a new study has compared the effects of varying amounts of vigorous and moderate exercise. The results found the ‘lowest effec-

tive dose,’ the smallest amount of exercise to make a difference to health, was the equivalent of 105 minutes a week which is below NHS guidelines in the UK of 150 minutes of moderate activity per week. The scientists said a previous Harvard University study suggested people should undergo 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week, but another 15-year study found it made no difference. Their study showed short bouts of sweat-inducing activity amounting to just 35 minutes a week were found to reduce the risk of dying from heart disease. They said that whilst exercise was important and key to better health, people maybe did not need to do as much as they think to see benefits.

BE ACTIVE: An important aspect of staying healthy.

Ask the Optician – Contact lenses Amrik Sappal, Store Director, Specsavers Opticas Fuengirola AS an optician, I’m often asked about contact lenses and how they work. So I have put together a few questions and answers to help those thinking of using contact lenses for the first time. Q: I have relied on glasses for years and want to try contact lenses, what do you recommend? A: I would recommend soft contact lenses, as they are very pliable therefore easy to get used to and comfortable to wear. They cannot be dislodged easily from the eye and they give excellent all round vision. Q: What different types are available? A: There are a number of options to choose from; • Daily disposable lenses which you throw away every day and replace with a new pair • Monthly disposable lenses which last a month but need to be cleaned and stored in solution overnight • All day-all night lenses which you can sleep in during the night Which ones are best for you depend on your lifestyle and preferences, so check with your optician.

Ice baths for beauty boost SPORTS professionals use ice baths to heal and ease their muscles, but could taking a dip in a freezing cold bath also offer beauty benefits? Research shows that cold temperatures help to redistribute the blood flow, removing fluid and leads to less swelling around the muscle, ideal for athletes after training, but some claim that it can improve the appearance of skin, banish cellulite by improving blood flow and boost your mood. In the UK, the idea of this hot and cold contrast has started to catch on, with spas offering various ‘fire and ice’ treatments incorporating massages with chilled stones and facials using ice to reduce inflammation and puffy eyes. So next time you want a quick mood boost get the ice trays out the freezer and fill the bath!

Q. What are the best contact lenses for people who play sport? A. It depends on the type of sport and your lifestyle, but it's worth bearing the following in mind: • Soft lenses tend to stay put better than gas-permeable lenses or spectacles, which is important when you're moving around a lot • Contact lenses aren't ideal for swimming as they can become dislodged. If you swim a lot, it's worth investing in prescription swimming goggles At Specsavers Opticas, you can try before you buy, with one pair of monthly lenses or five pairs of daily disposable lenses free. For more information and to find your nearest store visit www.specsavers.es

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AIR CONDITIONING AIRFLOW Air conditioning for cooling and heating units. Professional, fully guaranteed installations. Tel: 952 443 222 (256685) AIR CONDITIONING. Quality installations. Free quotations. All areas covered. EnviroCare, 21 years experience Heating and cooling products. 952 663 141 www.envirocarespain.com (257522) AIR CONDITIONING by Cool and Cosy. The family company that cares. Installation and repairs. Quality machines. EsoSense movement sensor supplied and fitted for 80 euros. Coin meters supplied and fitted from 260 euros. For other energy-saving products, visit www.coolandcosy.es Tel 952 935 513 (248173) ECONOCOOL – Top quality air-conditioning installed from €500. Service, Repairs & Re-Gas from €50. Top Quality Installations. All Areas Covered. Chris – 662 427 396 econocool@hotmail.es (258007)

AIR CONDITIONING

ADVANCED CLEANING ADVANCED CLEANING SERVICES. Professional Carpet, Upholstery Cleaning, 27 Years Experience, Wet/Dry Clean. Honest, Reliable Service. 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 Or Email acservs@outlook.com (252581)

AIRPORT TRANSFERS TRANSFER AIRPORT COSTA DEL SOL. Personal Chauffeur with Car. +34 648 503 909 (Whatsapp /Viber) (256479)

ANTIQUES WANTED! All types of antiques, paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition. Immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony's Antiques and Jewellers shops, extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Telephone 952 588 795. (201522) COLLECTOR buys watches, pocket watches & coins any kind. 651 187 549 (258449)

CAMPER/CARAVANS CAMPER VANS, CARAVANS, MOBILE HOMES, BOATS AND ALL PLANT, DIGGERS, DUMPERS, MOTORBIKE, CARS AND COMMERCIALS WANTED. BEST PRICE PAID CASH TODAY, ANY REGISTRATION WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837. (252581)

CLEANING SERVICES PROFESSIONAL Carpet And Upholstery Cleaning, 27 Years Experience, Wet/Dry Clean. Honest, Reliable. 678 808 837, 952 669 701, acservs@outlook.com (252581) RUGS FITTED CARPETS, Upholstery Including Leather Cleaned On Site 685 524 921 (252581)

ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICIAN All Areas covered - Richard on 687352358 or email richi@europe.com All instalations & maintanance. Surge Protection, Garden Lights, Upgrades, Boletins. (256206)

FURNITURE THE WAREHOUSE – We Buy A Single Item To A FULL House Clearance – 602 610 103 Furniture Wanted, Same Day Collection, Also House Clearance And Removals. 602 610 103 (252581)

ANIMALS / PETS

INSURANCE

GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@gardenprofessionals.com (259525) GARDEN & POOL MAINTENANCE – from €120 per month products included, from Benalmadena to Marbella. www.ricardogardens.es RICARDO 637 160 129. (257682) www.jardin-garden.es All types of garden & pool maintenance. Free estimates. 10 years professional service on the coast. T: 666 953 892. E: benalandrew@yahoo.es (257153)

GATES REPAIRS ELECTRIC GATE / GARAGE DOOR automation repaired. Free, no obligation quotation. Call Colin - 636 394 641

GLASS CURTAINS GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (258009)

GOLF LAS BRISAS Golf share. For Sale or Swap for anything valuable. Offers. Buy now, pay later. George 617 333 777.

HOUSE CLEARANCE THE WAREHOUSE – We Buy A Single Item To A Full House Clearance – 602 610 103 (252581)

INTERNET GET YOUR business noticed online! Make sure that expats in Spain can find your product, service, restaurant, bar or shop. Contact Spain’s newest and brightest online directory TODAY. Call 951 386 161 or email mark.w@ euroweeklynews.com for more details

IRRIGATION INSURANCE MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now!

F&P-IRRIGATION: professional new sprinkler systems and repairs, 30 years’ experience. 14 days free trial, fixed price. Six Solid Rock Guarantees. Free quotation. 952 931 558 (258952) F&P PUMPS: pressure and pool pumps, service, sales and repairs Six Solid Rock Guarantees 952 931 558 (258952)

LOCKSMITHS 24/7 LSM INSURANCE. No fat singing blokes or trumpeting telephones, just professional service at the best prices for all your insurance needs including car, household, commercial, life, health and travel. Tel 952 578 008 or www.lsminsurance.biz for a quotation (257690)

OBITUARY

LOCKSMITH EMERGENCY / APPOINTMENT. Doors Opened Without Damage, Locks Changed, Patio Doors And Windows Secured, 24 Hour Honest, Fast And Reliable Service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (T1) (251072)

23rd - 29th March MOBILITY SENIORWORLD MOBILITY scooters, wheelchairs, stairlifts, nursing beds, rise ´n´ recline chairs and a large range of daily living aids for sale or hire. Visit our showroom in Los Boliches - or call on 952 663 131 or 670 964 181 for advice & best prices. (257631) www.Mobility-Spain.com The Mobility Wizards S.L. For all your mobility needs: Repairs, Rentals, Sales and Insurance. Call: 633 127 901/ 622 832 954. (259038) PREMIER MOBILITY SPAIN – Sale or Hire of Mobility Scooters, Wheelchairs & Walking Aids. Batteries & Tyres supplied & fitted. All types of repairs carried out i.e. Stair-lifts, Electric Bikes, Pool Pumps & TV’s. Call 603 263 157/663 956 018 / 951 542 184 (256218)

MOSQUITO SCREENS MOSQUITO NICK NO1 SPECIALIST FOR MOSQUITO SCREENS for all types of windows and doors. PRICE PROMISE/NEVER BEATEN ON PRICE!!! All types of screens: sliding, pull-down, pleated, fixed and ARCHED available in all colours including wood grain. Call Nick at 647 072 861, www.mosquitonick.ws (257078) (T1)

ACE OF SHADES - Don’t let the bugs get you! Available in enrollable, slider and pleated. Large choice of colours including wood effect. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.de sign (101730)

MOTORING AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist. Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned. Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmatic2005 @yahoo.com. www.trans matic.es (258783)

SELLING YOUR SPANISH CAR? PHONE Bill Brady for the best cash price. Stay safe and phone Bill on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (257838)

SPANISH COURSES

MASSIVE SAVINGS AT BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbrady cars.com (257838)

SALE PRICE HONDA CIVIC (DIESEL) 1.6 IDTEC. 2015 (Face lift model) One private owner 34’000 Klm (21’000 Mls) Full service history from Honda Marbella and 5year warranty. Leaving Spain hence this fabulous car at new low price of only 13’995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbrady cars.com (257838)

SALE PRICE AUTOMATIC 4X4 NISSAN JUKE DIG-T 190 CV 2015 (Special order) 36’000 klm (22’000 mls) bought and serviced by Nissan. Cost 28’000 €, new to many extras to list see web page massive saving only WAS 17´995€ NOW16’995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbradycars.com (257838)

4X4 VW TOUAREG AUTOMATIC 3.2 Inj. Sept 2003 from private owner 135’000 klm (85’000 mls) Parking camera, DVD, sat navigation, Bluetooth, electric seats with leather. Full specification, only 7’995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com. (25 7838)

SALE PRICE KIA SPORTAGE (Diesel) 4X2 1.7 CRDI 2013 One private owner 58’000 Klm (36’000 Mls) Not a rental or lease Jeep Metallic gold, parking sensors, alloy wheels and much more great value for money WAS 14’995€ NOW ONLY 13’995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com (257838)

HYBRID TOYOTA AURIS Touring Sport Automatic 1.8 inj. 2016 only 4’000 Klm (2’500 Mls) One private owner, used only as holiday car, sat-navigation, parking camera, cruise control, Bluetooth, full electric pack and much more save a fortune at only 17’995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221, billbrady cars.com (257838)

IDEAL TOWN OR FIRST CAR SEAT MII 2014 5 Door with only 50'000 Klm (31'000 Klm) From private owner new ITV (MOT) till 2020 drives and looks great. Leaving Spain hence this great offer, well under list price at only 5'995€ 952 838 842 / 608950221 billbradycars.com (257838)

DIESEL RENAULT SCENIC 1.9 DCI 2006 from private owner 133’000 Klm (83’000 Mls) With full service history great MPV. For family or working and its only 3’995€ 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars .com (257838)

NEARLY NEW TOYOTA AYGO 2016 5 door one private owner 12’000 Klm (7’000 Mls) full service history and warranty from Toyota save a fortune its only 8’995€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbrady cars.com (257838)

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2004 CITROEN C5 2.0 DIESEL automatic new ITV in very good condition throughout, lots of extras including alloys climate control €2,995. Tel: 695559939. (252347)

2005 NISSAN PRIMERA new model, 2.2 diesel 6 speed, in excellent condition throughout alloy air con, Sat Nav Spanish car €2,995. Tel: 695559939. (252347)

CLASSIC CITROEN 2cd 1981 LHD Spanish Car, only 50,000 KLM, Runs and drives, but has been stood for a while and needs a little TLC. Would make a really nice car €2,250 Tel: 695559939. (252347)

CITROEN XSARA Picasso, 1.6 Hdi, diesel, excellent condition, 100,000km. Right hand drive on Spanish plates, air con, alloy sets, new ITV, great car. €3,450. Tel: 695559939. (252347)

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MOTORING CLASSIC BMW 520 ISE 1982, RHD on Spanish plates, in good condition throughout, drives perfect, been here 22 years, only €995 Tel: 695559939. (252347) 2004 RENAULT KANGO MULTISPACE 1.5 DCI, new ITV and tyres twin side doors, in excellent condition throughout, air con €2,495. Tel: 695559939. (252347)

2003 BMW 328.SE 4 door right hand drive, on Spanish plates. 1 owner from new, Full service History, silver with black leather, Alipina Alloys 3 sets of keys. Must be seen. €2,995 Tel: 695559939. (252347)

NEW SHAPE 2013 OPEL CORSA 1.2, 5 door, 61,000kms. (37,000miles) grey, electric windows locking, air condition, private teacher owner, top of the class condition, 7,250 euros. See photo web page. www.robertsoncarsspain.com SAMANTHA . 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 (259190)

STORAGE

190 E 2.0 Petrol, rare 4 speed manual 1991, Spanish car, in very good condition throughout. These cars are increasing in Value, only €2,995 Tel: 695559939. (252347)

ONLY 2,995 EUROS FORD FUSION 2006. 1.6. 5 DOOR HATCH BACK BIG BOOT ONLY 61,000KMS. ONLY USED AS HOLIDAY CAR, AIR CONDITION, CD PLAYER. CHEAPER THAN RENTING. See photo www.robertsoncarsspain.com SAMANTHA. 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 (259190)

CLASSIC MERCEDES Convertible 1993 SL 300, 5 speed Auto, 24V LHD on English Plates, one previous owner, good condition throughout. Excellent Runner. 90,000 KLM. Hard Top €5,995 Tel: 695559939. (252347)

REDUCED PRICE DIESEL RENAULT MEGANE SCENIC 2007 model 1.9 dci, one pilot owner, 5 door, champagne, ITV til oct.2018 WAS 4,995 NOW 3,995 euros www.robertsoncarsspain.com SAMANTHA 952 832 173/ 608 658 785 (259190)

2007 DIESEL AUTOMATIC Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Ghia, with all extras including climate control. 1 owner from new. 120,000kms, with Ford service history. Metallic light blue. €4,750. Tel: 695559939 (252347)

REDUCED PRICE ONLY 23,000 KILOMETERS FORD KA, 2013, tomato red, cd. Lady owner, Immaculate like new, WAS 5,995 NOW 5,750 euros. See photo www.robert soncars-spain.com SAMANTHA 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 (259190)

LANDROVER DISCOVERY 1998, 2.5 diesel Auto 5 door 7 seater, Air conditioning, Spanish car LHD, in very good condition for its year, new ITV. Excellent Runner €3,750 Tel: 695559939. (252347)

AUTOMATIC / DIESEL AUDI A7 2012 SPORTBACK ONLY 38,000KMS. FSH.SAT NAV, EVERY EXTRA, MONSOON GREY, COST NEW 66,000 EUROS GENUINE BARGAIN LADY OWNER LEAVING SPAIN 28,500 EUROS. SEE PHOTO www.robertsoncarsspain.com SAMANTHA 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 (259190)

MERCEDES ML270, 12/2002, Automatic, 148,000kms, 2 Owners, FSH, Silver, Leather, Sunroof, etc. €6,500 685 318 018 (259315)

FORD FIESTA Van, 2008, immaculate inside & out. ITV Dec. €2,695 part–ex poss. 687 474 407 (259428)

2 WHEELED small Smart trailer, excellent condition as new. New Jockey Wheel, Spare Wheel, Brakes, Lights & Ramps. Cost over £1,000 in the UK. Open to reasonable offers. 660 559 481 / martinsim11@gmail.com (245068)

DACIA SANNDERO 2010 1.5 diesel white, 202,000kms all extras €3,750 including transfer 634 029 878 (276250)

AUTOMATIC HONDA CRV, Sun Roof, Air-Con. Immaculate condition. €3,295 or Possible PartEx. 687 474 407 (245069)

MOTORING WANTED CARS, VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE / EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 685 524 921. (252581)

CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN/UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701. (252581)

CARAVANS, MOBILE HOMES, BOATS AND ALL PLANT, DIGGERS, DUMPERS, MOTORBIKE, CARS AND COMMERCIALS WANTED. BEST PRICE PAID CASH TODAY, ANY REGISTRATION WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837. (252581)

MOTORS FOR SALE MERCEDES ML270, 12/2002, Automatic, 148,000kms, 2 Owners, FSH, Silver, Leather, Sunroof, etc €6,500 685 318 018 (258486)

PETS WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 685 524 921. (252581) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH/WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837. (252581)

REMOVALS & STORAGE

TOYOTA HIACE 2007. Pa nel Van 2.4. English plates RHD, In very good condition throughout. Tax and MOT. Ideal for Return Trip €1,995 Tel: 695559939. (252347) CLASSIC MERCEDES

REMOVALS & STORAGE CAMPER VANS,

ACE CHARITY “El Refugio” in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.ace-charity. org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call 952 113 467, available from 10.00am until 14.00pm. (93319)

23rd - 29th March EURODOG Boarding Kennels & Cattery. Under new ownership by animal loving family. Large kennels and exercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anyt ime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog.es (242538) PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Heated/Air conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcare spain.com. Find us on Facebook at Pet care Spain. (248877) LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. lagunakennels@hot mail.com. Tel 952 112 021 606 838 983. (257625)

PET TRANSPORT ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauf feur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauf feur.eu (258752)

USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (257093)

PLUMBERS SEMI-RETIRED PLUMBER will undertake small installations & repairs. Mijas Costa. 691 117 090 (258023)

LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (257093)

PROPERTY WANTED

www.moveit-storeit.com Tel david 696 810 618 (252306)

SELLING UP?? Why not give us a call and let us give you an honest and realistic valuation of your property. List with us and let us take the stress out of selling your home. No sale no fee!! English agent on the ball with clients waiting. Please, call 685 524 921. (252581)

REMOVAL SERVICES 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 30th March. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090

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Casino Admiral Trophy worth a bet Credtit: Ayuntamiento de Marbella

THE inaugural entrance of the Marbella Casino Admiral Trophy on the ATP Challenger Tour has attracted the attention of top class players from around the world. The competition will begin on Saturday at the Puerto Romano, and the tournament director, Donald Leitgeb, has revealed that a stellar cast will take part. Names that will draw in tennis fans include: Adrian Menendez, Alejandro Davidovich, Tommy Robredo and Dustin Brown. Both Adrian Menendez and Alejandro Davidovich are ambassadors for the tournament, and the former said: “For the tournament’s first year, it’s an incredible list. “We can already say that locals

HOT PROSPECTS: Adrian Menendez and Alejandro Davidovich promote the event.

Santa Maria Club competitions

Spain not suffering from Low esteem Credit: Wikimedia, Steindy

Photo Credit: Jenny and Garry Aldridge.

THE Ladies’ 4 wood singles final was between Sandra Lewis and Joyce Whitt, Joyce took an early lead, Sandra managed to pull back but Joyce found the green really well, to come out winning 21-10. She now goes on to play in the champion of champions. GARRY: Men’s 4 wood The Men’s 4 wood singles winner. singles final was between Tom Rogers and Garry Aldridge, they both battled it out trading shot for shot, Garry came out the winner in the end 21-16. He now goes on to play in the champion of champions It was a good Mixed 4 wood singles final with fine bowling from Tom Rogers and Jenny Aldridge. Tom got off to a flying start but Jenny pegged him back bit by bit only to lose three on one end and see Tom come out the winner 21-16. The Drawn Triples final was played between Brig Gunn, Susan Walker and John Winslow, against Garry Aldridge, Susan Garnet and Arthur Lees. Garry’s team started off on top of their game, but Brig’s team battled back to take the lead for a short while, Garry’s team picked up a five, which put them back into the lead. Brig’s team came back strongly towards the end picking up eight shots in the last three ends, but were unable to catch up. The final score was 19-16 to Garry’s team. Anyone wishing to have a roll up at the club please contact Susan Walker on 664 068 020. Tuition is available for new bowlers. Club days are Tuesday, Thursday 2pm afternoons and Sunday morning 10.30am.

JOACHIM LOW, manager of defending champions Germany, thinks Spain are one of the ‘top favourites’ to win this year’s World Cup. Spain’s sole win in the ultimate tournament came in 2010, and they will face four-time winners Germany in a friendly in Dusseldorf on Friday. Germany won all 10 of their qualifiers for the World Cup, while Spain had nine wins and a draw. “It will be a game in which both teams will want to show what they can do,” said Mr Low. “You have Atletico’s pressing game, Real’s high speed and quick counter-attack, and Barca’s possession. That unites the national team and for me, they are one of the top favourites.” World Cup winners Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and Thomas Muller of Bayern Munich, Real Madrid general Toni

do not have to go to the Masters 1,000 in Madrid or the Masters 500 in Barcelona to enjoy high level tennis,” he said. Jamaican-born German, Dustin Brown, is known for his eccentric style on court and is bound to provide entertainment, while Alexei Popyrin is a promising young Australian who was junior champion at Roland Garros last year. The fact that the Puerto Romano courts are clay will provide ideal preparation for players in view of coming tournaments in Madrid and Paris. There will also be activities available for children including Easter egg hunts, painting workshops, and face painting.

HIGH PRAISE: Joachim Low will be hoping Spain don’t play like favourites this week.

Kroos and Arsenal magician Mesut Ozil will all start on Friday.

Chelsea trio Alvaro Morata, Cesc Fabregas and Pedro have not

made the squad, casting doubt on their World Cup hopes.

Costa Blanca boxer aiming high AFTER spending many years involved in kickboxing, 39-year-old Eva Naranjo became a boxer and has just defeated Angelique Hernández in Norway. She defeated her Swedish opponent second round of their fight

by a technical KO in Oslo and the win brought her into the world rankings. She is now hoping to fight for an international belt and then progress to aim for a world championship title.

With 11 victories from 11 fights this five times martial arts champion still trains four hours a day and manages to balance her sporting ambitions with her role as a councillor in her home town of La Nucia.

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Flying car concept unveiled CREDIT: AeroMobil

A SLOVAKIAN company has announced a concept flying car capable of taking off directly from the road. The AeroMobil 5.0 VTOL, developed by the company of the same name, is a four-door vehicle that is able to take off and land vertically, like a helicopter. The firm said it would be equipped for all weather conditions and have a range of 700 kilometres for a single journey. The vertical take off and landing feature (VTOL) means drivers of the car would be able to switch smoothly between flight and driving mode, AeroMobil added. CEO and co-founder of AeroMobil, Juraj Vaculik, said the 5.0 model, along with the 4.0 short take off and LIFT-OFF: AeroMobil’s 5.0 VTOL concept is capable of taking off and landing directly from the road. landing version, would offer urban and inner city travel. The company added the car would be capable of “Our strategy solves the limitations of alternative seating four passengers with each having access to a VTOL concepts which are tied to dedicated landing personalised in-flight experience. pods rather than using the existing road infrastrucDouglas MacAndrew, AeroMobil’s Chief Technical ture,” he said. Officer (CTO), said the company planned to deliver The 5.0 VTOL concept is powered by two electricthe vehicles for a wide range of needs, including flying driven rotary blades to ensure safe vertical take off, taxi operators. according to AeroMobil. A rear mounted propeller pro“We see flying cars as versatile vehicles that both vides the horizontal thrust for when the car is airfly and drive, which is what we will be able to offer borne. with the concept,” he said. THE Porsche 911 GT3 has been around since 1999, continuing Stuttgart’s habit of unleashing high performance iterations of its iconic sports cars. Back after a three-year hiatus, the new model offers considerably more power and perks than its predecessor. Blasting from 0-60 in only 3.2 seconds and with a top speed of 194 mph, the stylish GT3 has a runninggear setup that features recalibrated rear axle steering designed for maximum dynamics and precision. Aerodynamics have influenced the design of the wide, weight-optimised body with its classic rigid rear wing. The racing styling continues into the interior with full bucket seats made of carbon to provide lateral support in response to high-level driving dynamics. Lightweight door panels with storage nets, opening loops, reduced sound absorption and the new lightweight rear lid further emphasise the consistency of the materials used. A four-litre, six cylinder naturally aspirated engine pushes this sports car to new limits, delivering 20hp more than the engine in the previous model. Featuring technology straight from the motorsport industry, the chassis offers an exceptionally smooth driving experience, while ball joints on all arms provide even greater precision than elastokinematic bearings. The 20-inch lightweight wheels on the front axle enhance agility and steering

BMW M5 is a sight for sore eyes THE new BMW M5 is the result of 30 years of evolution to become the most powerful and technologically advanced model yet. Previously existing sedately as a company car, this pumped up 5 Series has performance levels to frighten any Aston Martin. The 4.4 litre twin-turbo V8 reaches a full 592 bhp and clocks 0-62 mph in 3.4 seconds and a limited 155 mph top speed. This sixth generation M5 is priced at €103,000 for base models, but a varied extras list can take the final cost to €115,000. The M5 is good-looking, practical, comfortable, has four-wheel drive and is full to the brim with tech gadgets. Head-up display, 10-inch touchscreen and gesture control all come as standard, along with safety systems like park assistance and lane departure. An xDrive system produces a primeval roar from the quad exhaust pipes, and the eight-speed auto gearbox is slick and smooth. The M5 is ultimately a very impressive saloon and has been awarded a five-star rating by Euro NCAP.

New and improved Porsche 911 GT3 to storm the market and 21-inch wheels with 325/30 tyres at the rear axle improve traction. The Clubsport package is available at no extra cost and includes a rollover bar, manual fire extinguisher and a battery disconnect switch. This new 911 GT3 RS is available to order now and will be launched from mid-April 2018.

GREEN MACHINE: The Porsche 911 GT3 series is back with a bang.

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SPANISH car giants SEAT have announced plans to launch a brand new car every six months until 2020. SEAT president, Luca de Meo, made the announcement at the company’s annual results presentation in Madrid while also telling media how the company had had it’s best year on record in 2017. The first two vehicles to be released as part of the plan will be this year’s SEAT Tarraco and the CUPRA Ateca, both set to go on sale before the end of 2018, while next year the new generation SEAT Leon will be available in dealerships with two variants, the five-door model and the ST family sized version. In 2020 we will see SEAT’s first fully electric vehicle, built on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform and featuring a range of 500 kilometres and, for the first

Big plans! SEAT aiming to release a new car ‘ every six months’ time, the addition of a CUV (Crossover Utility Vehicle) in the SEAT model line-up. De Meo said: “We can be happy with the 2017 results, but we shouldn’t be satisfied. “Together, we’ve closed a period of consolidation and now it’s time to look to the future with the ambition to grow.” After achieving its best results in history

in 2016, SEAT’S profit after tax in 2017 reportedly grew to €281 million, which is 21.3 per cent more than the previous year’s €232 million. In addition, SEAT’s turnover reached a record figure of €9.552 billion last year, an 11.1 per cent increase on the previous year. This amount was driven by the com-

pany’s sales momentum, posting the highest volume since 2001 with 468,400 vehicle deliveries, making SEAT one of the fastest growing brands in Europe. SEAT Vice-President for Finance, IT and Organisation, Holger Kintscher, said: “In 2017 we improved all our main financial indicators. SEAT continues to invest in its future and this is generating excellent results. “We completed the largest investment in 25 years, and thanks to this effort in renewing and extending our product range, we have established all-time records for net sales, profit after tax before extraordinary effects and operating cash flow. “SEAT’s strategy is working and we have reached our goal of profitability. We are a sustainable company and are ready to face future challenges and finance our growth plans.”