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OURISM officials and businesspeople from the Costa del Sol were in London this week to present out the region’s holiday offering at an industry fair. The Costa del Sol delegation to the World Travel Market fair arrived with its own stall for the first time. It comes as part of an effort to woo British tourists to the region and to gain a footfall in the business travel market. The event ran from last Monday to Wednesday. Jose Carlos Escribano, president of the Tourism Forum Malaga Costa del Sol, said the fair gave the region the chance to show off its potential. “It was British operators themselves who asked us to show and to improve our tourism offering, particularly in winter,” Escribano said. The official added the tourism sector is “vital” for the Costa del Sol to pitch
HOLIDAY FAIR: The mayor of Marbella and officials were in London this week.
itself to British travellers as uncertainty over Britain’s departure from the European Union (EU) continues. Costa del Sol towns including Mijas and Torremolinos joined regional tourism officials at the fair
Child friendly award THE United Nations (UN) has granted Fuengirola the status of a ‘child friendly’ town as part of a global programme which recognises urban areas for their commitment to young people. The UN’s UNICEF children’s body grants the child friendly status to towns and cities which support young people’s welfare, defend their rights and encourage youth participation in local life. The status is set to be officially conferred on Fuengirola at an event in the Asturias capital Oviedo on Tuesday November 27. Francisco Jose Martin, Fuengirola Council’s social services spokesperson, said the UNICEF recognition was important for the town.
to show off their own holiday offerings. Mijas mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado said council officials wanted to highlight the importance of British tourism to the town. “British tourism trans-
lates into a direct investment into our economy,” the mayor said. Elias Bendodo, the head of Tourism Costa del Sol, said the fair gave the Costa del Sol the chance to show off its potential for tourists
and for businesspeople. The World Travel Market saw more than 5,000 exhibitors from 182 countries and regions across the world. Organisers said they hoped to top last year’s total of 87,700 visitors.
Hotel checks in THE Melia Group is planning a new hotel in the Intu shopping and leisure centre in Torremolinos. Chief Executive Gabriel Escarrer revealed some details of the plans during a presentation at the World Travel Market in London this week. “We are developing a new project for a four-star luxury hotel, equipped with the very latest technology,” said Mr Escarrer. He added that he was confident the hotel would provide quality and value, while integrating well into the area. Melia Group accounts for 20 per cent of the hotels in Torremolinos and Mr Escarrer praised the town’s character and powers of reinvention. Despite Brexit, he expressed his optimism about future British tourism in the area and said that there was no indication next summer would be worse than this year’s, as long as the exchange rate remained stable.
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Felines remating
WO leopards, a species in danger of extinction, have mated at the Bioparc Fuengirola for the first time in six years. Tissa and Toñi, subspecies of the Sri Lankan ‘panthera pardus kotiya’, already have offspring, having first mated in 2007 and again in 2012. Their previous litter no longer live at the park, having been transferred to other animal centres within the species’ conservation programme after the stipulated time with their mother. A park spokesperson said that the fact the felines are remating is a positive sign, demonstrating their well-being and contentment in their improved habitat, which is up to six times its original size following a reform. In addition, more branches have been incorporated at different heights, reaching up to 12 metres. The remodelling has also resulted in a new observation point for visitors to the park.
Film festival comes to town
ENDANGERED: Bioparc Fuengirola’s leopards have remated.
BENALMADENA is playing host to an international short film festival this week, with awardwinning actors set to attend. The International Festival of Short Film and Alternative Cinema of Benalmadena (FICCAB) opened yesterday (Thursday).
Victor Navas, mayor of Benalmadena, said the festival placed the town in the showcase of world cinema. The festival, in its third edition, is being held at Benalmadena’s Casa de la Cultura. It is set to continue until Sunday.
The event features a series of short film screenings, and exhibitions, with productions on themes such as immigration and gender violence. Nathalie Poza, who won a Goya award for her role in No Se Decir Adios is due to attend.
Licence to kill beach bars TWELVE beach bars (chiringuitos) in Marbella are facing uncertain times after a central government ordered that their licences cannot be renewed. The bars affected are all along the beaches in the eastern part of the city, including Alicante, Costabella, Real de Zaragoza, La Vibora, El Realejo, and Rio Verde. The government says that the beach bars and restaurants are on public coastal land and so cannot stay there long-term, and blames Marbella Council for the problem. Now, Marbella Council has said it will launch an official complaint to Madrid, to try and get the resolution overturned, while the opposition has complained that the ruling PP party on the council has been slow to react, since it found out about the order in August. At a meeting of the full council, the councillor for Beaches, Manuel Cardeña, promised to make an official appeal.
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ARBELLA’S council has unveiled plans costing tens of millions to convert a disused bullring into an arena for the city. The Plaza de Toros in Puerto Banus has not being used since 2010. The almost 3,000 square metre site, which has capacity for around 5,000 people, would be rebranded as the Marbella Arena under the plans. The Grupo Teatro Goya company has taken on the project and said it would spend some €30 million on converting the bullring. It is set to open as Marbella Arena in 2019, the company said. Cristobal Garre, Marbella Council’s employment spokesperson, said the conversion would mark the latest
Hospital funds ANDALUCIA regional o ff i c i a l s h a v e s a i d they will include money in budget plans for next year to pay for works to expand a hospital which are running eight years behind schedule. Junta de Andalucia o ff i c i a l s s a i d t h e y would spend the cash to help speed up the expansion of the Costa del Sol Regional Hospital. Jose Luis Ruiz Espejo, a regional election candidate with the left leaning Partido Socialista (PSOE), said Junta was committed to finishing works to the hospital. Previous funding for the construction of the health centre in San Pedro showed this was the case, Ruiz Espejo added.
chapter in the development of the Puerto Banus area and would help create jobs. Plans for the arena include dividing its almost 3,000 square metres of space between a leisure area, a shopping section and a covered outdoor space. A total of 25 commercial premises have been incorporated into current plans for the site. The Huerte Architects Studio has also been brought on board for the project. The company previously worked to convert the Vista Alegre Bullring in Bilbao, which is now a multi-purpose arena. Fernando Huerte, of the company, said the project was complicated at this stage but added carrying out the works would be ‘easy.’
Council joins equality fight BENALMADENA mayor Victor Navas has hosted a meeting with members of the Democratic Women’s Movement (MDM). The MDM works to raise awareness on issues such as gender-based violence and the group aired various concerns about the growing number of female victims of gender abuse. “We will analyse the measures taken by the different institutions to combat this problem,” said Mr Navas. One of the commitments of the meeting was to enhance collaboration between MDM and the municipal Centro de la Mujer in order to offer a network of support to abused women. The meeting also supported a motion to name some of the town’s streets after renowned women; the first will be Josefina Samper, a historical figure of political activism who died earlier this year. The grants are aimed at charity associations and non-profit organisations based in Benalmadena. The council is offering up to €20,000 for projects that promote equality in education; the prevention and intervention of gender-based violence; and women’s increased participation in all forms of public life.
CREDIT: Juan Torres, via Twitter
Bullring bid
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ARENA PLANS: The site is set to be turned into an arena.
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CREDIT: Blog Lux Mundi
Rubbish app is a success IN the first month of its operation, the mobile app ‘Marbella Limpia’ (Clean Marbella), has received well over 1,000 alerts from local residents who have used it to let the council know when parts of the city need cleaning. The aim is to alert street cleaners immediately to problems and so far an average of 45 messages a day are being received. The number of
downloads of the app to date is over 550, and the service runs from 8am to 10pm, but the app can be accessed around the clock. A rapid response team is in place which has five vehicles and 20 dedicated staff, and users can follow progress in real time. The council is hoping for 2,000 downloads by the end of the year.
Two arrested LOCAL POLICE officers arrested two people in Torremolinos last Wednesday in connection with the sale of drugs in the Plaza Goya area of the town. The arrest was carried out by two plainclothes and two uniformed officers. It comes as part of police efforts to crack down on illegal drugs.
TRIP: Previous Lux Mundi Fuengirola excursions included a visit to Murcia.
Hub of activity HE Lux Mundi Foundation Centre in Fuengirola has put together a series of fundraising events for the next few months, in addition to the activities and support services it offers on a daily basis. N e x t T h u r s d a y, f r o m 6.30pm to 8.30pm, there will be a fun quiz night with prizes. Tickets cost
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€4 which includes a drink and snacks. The following evening, Touch of Class will perform in aid of the help and charity centre at Casa de la Cultura in Fuengirola, at 7pm. Tickets cost €10. A Taize Prayer session will take place at the Parish Church of San Jose on November 29 at 8pm, and a Christmas
bazaar is being held at the centre itself on December 5, from 10am to 1pm. From December through to the first week in April, a series of trips are on offer, including a visit to Osuna and Madrid. To find out more about the centre and events, v i s i t : h t t p : / / w w w. l u x mundi.org/.
Joint business drive THE Council of Coin and the Andalucian Federation of Co-operative Labour Companies, FAECTA, have signed an agreement to help and promote co-operativism in Coin. Entrepreneurs who have a business idea will receive advice, information, mediation with administrators and necessary tools for the creation of their co-operative. FAECTA provides assistance to the economic development to co-operatives which they consider ‘more respectful with the environment, people, equality, participation and democracy, women and young people’ and new business ideas. In the 1970’s, Coin was a benchmark of Andalucian co-operativism, and today 60 per cent of work created in Andalucia is the result of co-operative work. The council is committed to the ‘recovery of co-operatives’, especially in the agrifood sector which is currently booming.
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TIMS Choir 30th Anniversary
TIMS CHOIR: Will be performing at the Avanto Restaurant in La Cala de Mijas. from Miss Saigon. ‘Curtain Up,’ in two parts with an interval starts at 8pm sharp, with the doors opening at 7.30 for those who need to collect their tickets. Entrance is €15 per person, this includes a tapa and drink. Reservations are recommended. Reserve your seats by either; texting your name, contact details and the number of tickets required to
Gilly Bareford on 654 891 790 or emailing aproject space@outlook.com, tickets can also be purchased beforehand from 9am and 2pm Monday to Friday at Woody’s in Los Boliches (Fuengirola) located behind the Ilunion Hotel in Los Boliches. For more information on TIMS visit their website www.timschoir.org. The Avanto Restaurant is easy to find on Calle Cara-
belas, 9, in La Cala de Mijas, (Mijas Costa). From Fuengirola, take the A7 (N340), past La Cala de Mijas getting off at Km 200, marked Torrenueva, go under the coast road and take first right. From Marbella, turn off at the next exit after Km 199 and turn right. The Avanto is nearly at the end of the road running parallel to the main coast road.
COUNCILLOR for Employment in Mijas, Laura Moreno, has said that the Andalucia Orienta employment programme is going full speed ahead. The Junta de Andalucia’s Ministry of Employment, Business and Commerce will make available more than 130 professional advisors throughout the province, to assist those looking for work. They will also try to help those who suffer from physical and mental disabilities, and those with behavioural problems. The employment programme has attracted more than €6 million in grants to Malaga Province, and Councillor Moreno said: “Thanks to the Andalucia Orienta pro-
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HE International Music Society (TIMS) will celebrate 30 tuneful years of concerts on the Costa del Sol on Thursday, November 22. Formed in July 1988, the choir is well-known for their fundraising events for churches, charities and other deserving causes on the coast, this particular musical evening ‘Curtain Up’ is just for TIMS. Hosted by the Avanto Restaurant in La Cala de Mijas, the event will be directed by Margaret Williams and presented by the humorous comperé Lars Roos. This enjoyable four-part harmony musical miscellany includes Mad about Mozart, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s You’ll never Walk Alone, The Rhythm of Life, The Prayer and You Raise Me Up, plus many more popular pieces, accompanied by Sylvia Griffiths on piano. The soloists for the evening are special guests, Juliet Williams and Ricky Lavazza, who later perform together to sing the popular duet Last Night of the World
Mijas employment gets €6m boost
JOB JUMPSTART: Councillor Moreno is committed to helping the unemployed. gramme, we have already helped 1,461 people and provided over 7,000 hours of expert advice. Due to the high competitiveness of the labour market, professional guidance and assistance is becoming increasingly important for those seeking employment.
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CREDIT: Miramar, via Twitter
Credit: Ayuntamiento de Estepona
Santa’s coming HEALTHY OUTLOOK: The large new hospital is on schedule.
Clean bill of health SANTA’S GROTTO: Father Christmas arrives in Miramar this week.
A SHOPPING centre in Fuengirola is set to kick off its Christmas display today (Friday), with lights due to be switched on and a special guest set to arrive. Father Christmas and his elves are set to roll into Miramar at 7pm for the opening of the shopping centre’s
festive season. They will arrive aboard Santa’s signature sleigh along with elves, Rudolf the reindeer with an orchestra providing the soundtrack. Miramar has unveiled a series of activities for this afternoon prior to the grand
opening. They include children’s workshops, a music show, entertainment and others which the shopping centre has kept under wraps. The night is due to culminate with the arrival of Santa and the switching on of Miramar’s Christmas lights.
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STEPONA Council has already paid €9 million towards the construction of the state-of-the-art hospital in the west of the town, which has a budget of €15 million. This week the council paid its latest instalment of €1.3 million, which will cover the purchase of sanitary equipment. So far, the foundation and structure of the building has been completed, and now the focus moves towards the exterior. This includes the car parks, landscaping, while the helipad is already finished. As part of the project, the council wants to create 10,000 sqm of green areas surrounding the hospital. Mayor of Estepona, Jose Maria Garcia Urbano, said: “The construction of this hospital is already a reality, which will mean a great leap in quality in the services that citi-
zens receive, and therefore, an improvement in their quality of life.” The works, which began in June 2017, are being fully funded by Estepona Council, while the Junta de Andalucia will assume the costs of the hospital’s ongoing maintenance. Once it is up and running, the hospital will have the capacity to cater for around 80 per cent of residents in the area, who currently rely on the Costa del Sol Hospital. This will amount to approximately 85,000 consultations, 91,000 emergency treatments and 4,000 operations every year. The modern and technologically advanced hospital is likely to be a benchmark for the province, improving healthcare in a range of areas, as well as reducing waiting times and hospital stays.
Giving plenty of thanks THE American Club of Estepona (ACE) is having a Thanksgiving party on Thursday, November 22, from 2pm. There is an entry fee of €10 which includes plenty of turkey and other traditional goodies, followed by pumpkin pie. The event will be held at ACE Club Estepona, in Calle San Roque. To find out more, call 952 793 059, or email the club president at: michaelvmoss@gmail.
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Trigger happy
Free glucose testing Credit: Liz Fouracre
Credit: Elizabeth Fouracre
MEANDERING: Casarabonela is a maze of wandering streets.
PICTURESQUE: A view from the Cactus Gardens.
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HUTTERBUGS’ monthly photo shoot was arranged to include a visit to the Botanical Cactus gardens in Casarabonela plus a guided tour of the town with Antonia who works for the town hall in the Tourist Office. The tour of the town included the church of the patron Saint of Casarabonela, Iglesia de Santiago, which was built above an old mosque. The inside of the Church is decorated in
a colourful baroque style. The belfry tower is square, topped with a pyramid shaped spire of glazed blue and white tiles. The photographers also visited the castle, the ancient olive oil mill and a meander through the narrow winding streets, which still retain evidence of the Islamic town that once was contained within the walls that surrounded the town. Throughout these picturesque streets there are 39 fresh water foun-
tains and areas decorated with plants. The Veracruz Hermitage is located in this part of the town - it also was built on the site of an ancient mosque. On the floor in front of the hermitage is a mosaic of the Los Rondeles Festival. This festival is celebrated every year on the evening of December 12 and dates back to the 18th century. For information of future ‘shoots,’ meetings and competition photographs, visit www.shutterbugs-spain.org.
LA CALA DE MIJAS Lions Club Diabetic Support Group is staging free glucose testing next week, with a number of dates and locations to make the service accessible to as many as possible. *Wednesday (November 14) - La Cala de Mijas, outside town hall, 11am to 2pm *Wednesday - Las Lagunas, outside Sports Centre, 4.30pm to 6.30pm *Thursday - Mijas Pueblo, outside Folk Museum, 11am to 2pm *Saturday - Over 50’s Show Hotel Beatrice, 11am to 5pm *Sunday - Over 50’s Show, Hotel Beatrice, 11am to 5pm *Sunday - Torreon, La Cala de Mijas, 10.30am to 2pm La Cala de Mijas Lions, the Sports Department and the Foreigners Department of Mijas Town Hall are also staging a fun run or walk to mark Action Against Di-
abetes on November 18, 11am. Entry is free and participants receive a tshirt. The Lions will have a stall by the Torreon from 10am, and donations are always appreciated. As is the support of sponsors Angels Emergency Response, Atlantis PMR, Avalon, Blevins Frank, Ibex Insurance, Danny, Inspired Fragrances and Herbal Life. The following Sunday, (November 25,) from 11.30am to 5pm, the Lions are staging their annual Christmas Fair which will be held at the Tamisa Golf Hotel. Attractions include a raffle and tombola as well as stalls selling cakes, cards, jewellery, gifts, toys, bric-a-brac and decorations. Visitors will also be treated to a fashion parade, with MC John Sharples, and entertainment by Touch of Class and Costa Soul Singers.
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The Mini International Tournament, organised b y Wa l k i n g F o o t b a l l Spain, has been created in memory of Gordon Powell. Gordon died of a heart attack while playing for the club in Portugal last year. Wa l k i n g F o o t b a l l Spain said in a statement the tournament would be split into seven-a-side teams. These will be the north and south of England, Scotland and the rest of the world. The tournament takes place on Saturday November 17 in Elviria. Brian Gregory, president of the club, said they had organised the tour-
CREDIT: Euro Weekly News (main), Walking Football Spain (inset)
COSTA DEL SOL Walking Football Club is set to honour one of its teammates who passed away last year with a charity tournament.
CHARITY MATCHES: The club is holding the tournament in memory of Gordon Powell (inset).
nament to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Gordon’s death in the Algarve. The club were in
Portugal for a tournament at the time. “Gordon was around 60 when he died. He was very popular with the others in the club and was
full of life,” Brian said. “We wanted to go back to Portugal for this tournament but we decided to hold it in Elviria because some of the club mem-
bers thought returning would be too emotional,” Brian added. B r i a n s a i d G o r d o n ’s death had led to the team buying a defibrillator to use in case something similar happened to one of their players in future. The tournament is set to see teams compete for the Gordon Powell Memorial Trophy. All proceeds are set to go to the British Heart Foundation. The matches kick off at the Santa Maria Stadium in the Las Chapas area of Elviria at 12pm. The club said spectators were welcome to come along and there would be a raffle and refreshments available. Walking Football Spain added Bodyworks Health Clinic would be on hand to help with any injuries. It comes as the club is set to host the England walking football team for training and matches in the new year.
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Courthouse plans MARBELLA’S council has given the go ahead for a building seized during a corruption probe to be used to house the city’s new Palace of Justice. The building, located next to the Costa del Sol hospital, is set to house all the city’s courts which currently occupy three separate buildings. The site was seized during the socalled ‘Malaya Operation.’ Angeles Muñoz, Marbella’s mayor, said the move of courtrooms to one building would end the situation of defendants, witnesses and legal officials having to travel between three courthouses. “It is great news and shows we are returning money and property to the city whose coffers have been depleted by corruption,” Muñoz said.
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OTH Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday fall on November 11 this year, a coincidental but moving piece of symmetry to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the Allies and Germany signed an agreement to terminate hostilities, and Armistice Day has been celebrated ever since. Remembrance Sunday falls on the second Sunday of November each year, and is a day to honour all those killed in the two world wars, as well as those in the armed forces who have been killed or injured since 1945. With the Royal British Legion hosting, on November 10 the Queen will attend a Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. She will attend a special service at Westminster Abbey the next day, in the company of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and of course will take her place at the Cenotaph commemoration at 11am, along with various other royals, politicians, and also members of the
Tower torches light the way
PAYING RESPECTS: This centenary year is particularly poignant.
They shall not grow old armed forces. In light of this particularly significant year, an extra 10,000 places for the annual march past the Cenotaph will be made available to those with an emotional connection to the Great
By John Redfern MY late Father was a sergeant in the Royal Marine Commando unit. This unit was formed by Winston Churchill and consisted of specially trained troops of the hunter class of men that were trained to butcher and bolt. My father kept a small, partially written diary which we only found after his death. The entries most of the time are just scribJune 6 1944 June 7 June 8 June 9 June 12 June 13 June 16 June 17 June 18 June 19 June 20 June 22 June 24 June 25 June 28 June 29 July 1 July 4 August 26 August 27 August 28 August 30 September 17 November 1 November 5
War (in addition to the usual number of 10,000 people). Inspired by the sight of poppies growing in battlescarred fields, in 1915 Canadian doctor Lieutenant Colonel John Mc-
Crae wrote the famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields.’ Before long, poppies made their way to the UK and became the symbol of the Royal British Legion when it was formed in 1921.
This year ’s Poppy Appeal is unsurprisingly the biggest ever, and the Legion hopes to raise £50 million (€56 million) for service men and women, veterans and their families. Lest we forget.
We will remember them bled in pencil, which he wrote during odd moments between gunfire, bombs and great trauma. He was just 17 when he enlisted - a common fib about his age recruiting sergeants were all too willing to believe. By the time he stormed the beaches of Normandy he was 20 years of age and had fought in Sicily, Italy and Africa, and had ac-
cumulated 10 medals including a King’s Commendation for landing by parachute in occupied countries. Excerpts from my old man’s diary from the D-Day landings. He was in the first wave of troops to land on Sword Beach.
Hell is breaking loose. Landed on French coast, fighting very grim, too many casualties first day to carry on. Still trying to fight but need reinforcements badly. Took stronghold four miles inland with aid of tanks. Got a few more men but still below strength. Made breakthrough, more men lost, also officer. Jerry sniping O O sends me and another sniper to get them, easy shots. Same - kills mounting up but jerry keeps cautious. Could do with good night’s sleep and some grub. Am in a lot of pain from shrapnel so went to quack. Doc asked me if I could carry on, fool me said yes instead of going to Blighty. TROOPS: The Can’t leave trench for shells. Royal Marine Back in trench - made another attack on fort, third one but losing too many men through mines. Commando unit. More shelling and mortaring. Miracle happened. Took fort with one casualty - looted a shop and got drunk on cognac. Terrible night - dive bombed. Out sniping, day OK, but night was grim, more bombing. Men’s spirits very low, trenches flooded , just sitting in water, don’t think I can stand much more. Still standing, new and green officer gives us a pep talk. First rest since D-Day, everyone needed it badly. Promoted, got three stripes and I cease to be a sniper. First haircut since landing, worse than shearing sheep. Finished rest, in line again holding Dunkirk pocket. We don’t have enough men for the job. In Belgium getting ready for another landing. Landed on Waicheren, even worse than D-Day. Never forget today, Guy Fawkes night, lost two very good friends and several good mates, one officer out of four left.
THE Tower of London is glowing in the light of 10,000 torches in a tribute to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Four years after the enormous display of poppies filled the Tower’s dry moat, the illuminated tribute is a reference to the moment that the lights metaphorically came back on after November 11, 1918. Last Sunday’s opening night began with a Yeoman Warder bringing a flame down from the Tower into the moat, which had been submerged in smoke. Dozens of representatives from the armed forces and volunteers, then used the flame to ignite thousands of other torches staked into, or placed on the ground underneath the Tower, bathing the moat in light. Altogether, the flames take about 45 minutes to light and then will burn for about four hours. The ceremony was accompanied by a sound installation featuring choral music, words from the war poet Mary Borden’s Sonnets to a Soldier, and a minute’s silence. The success of the 2014 Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, which consisted of 888,246 ceramic poppies representing each British and colonial serviceman and woman killed in the war, meant that the Historic Royal Palaces were keen to mark the centenary of Armistice. The new installation, Beyond the Deepening Shadow: The Tower Remembers, has been designed by the same artist, Tom Piper. Members of the public are able to watch the ceremony free of charge every night, until the final showing on Remembrance Sunday.
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The Costa del Sol couldn’t let ‘Women’s Entrepreneurship Day’ go uncelebrated COSTA WOMEN and the EWN Media Group are inviting all female entrepreneurs to join them in a collaborative event at Our Space in Marbella. Thanks to the support of EWN Media Group this will be a free event, however, spaces are limited so please register for your free ticket early. Organiser Ali Meehan said: “From 6.30pm on Monday, November 19, this fun and relaxed evening of business networking will provide the opportunity for our local women entrepreneurs to come and share their businesses to a wider audience. “If you have a business on the coast or want to start one, come and join us. You don’t need to be a member of costawomen. com.” The EWN Media Group is proud to support Costa Women in marking
ORGANISER: Ali Meehan has set up the Women’s Entrepreneurship Day networking event. Women’s Entrepreneurship Day with this exciting networking event. The group, which publishes 10 newspapers the six-strong Euro Weekly News, three RTN and Sol Times titles - around Spain has always held the business community close
to its heart. Managing Director and owner Michel Euesden has, since the inception of the group, been keen to support business people, and in particular women entrepreneurs, in their challenge to make a success of their chosen pro-
fessions. She said: “The Spanish Costas have proven fertile if challenging ground for the expat business community. This has been based on the inspiration and drive of the individuals concerned. “They have realised that although the challenges of running a business in Spain can seem immense, with the right support and advice the path to success is very much achievable. “We are convinced that the aid of like-minded individuals who are willing to share their knowledge and ideas is key to this, which is why we are backing this event to the fullest. “It will give both established entrepreneurs and those wishing to follow in their footsteps the chance to meet up, make new contacts - and friends share ideas and join the expat community in Spain.
“We look forward to seeing you there!” To register for the event, please visit
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ wom ens-entrepreneur ship-day-networkingtickets-52044496490.
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Ban on deadly painkiller by Darren Parmenter
Photo credit: Guardia Civil
DETAILED work by a medical interpreter in the Alicante Province has resulted in warnings to doctors across Spain not to prescribe a specific painkiller to British tourists and others from northern Europe. Metamizole, also known and sold as Nolotil, is a popular painkiller regularly taken by the Spanish and there have never been any reports of any serious side-effects. However, the research found that certain nationalities are at risk of developing the fatal condition of sepsis. Despite the medication being banned in the UK, several British and Scandinavian patients have reported severe illnesses which have seen their white blood cell count plummet and thus the reduction in their immune
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POPULAR: Cristina García whose campaign has led to the Nolotil (inset) ban.
system. According to reports it was Cristina García from Javea, who works as an interpreter for residents and tourists who took the decision to investigate further after noticing a worrying link between non-Spanish patients af-
ter taking Metamizole. It has now reached the point where the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Healthcare Products (AEMPS) has advised doctors not to prescribe Nolotil to tourists of any nationality, especially if they are middle-aged or elderly.
UNSTABLE: The offending grenade found in San Vicente has been destroyed.
by Stephen Giovanni HE specialist Explosives Deactivation Team of Alicante’s Guardia Civil has destroyed a mortar shell which dates back to the Spanish Civil War. The artefact, an 81mm ECIA grenade and weighing more than four kilograms was found buried in the garden of a house in a residential area of San
Vicente del Raspeig. The owner immediately contacted the Guardia Civil who quickly made their way to the scene of the weapon’s discovery. After cordoning off the area, the specialist team managed to transfer it to the Ádidos Sabater quarry where it was later the subject of a controlled explosion. The Guardia Civil has stated that if any member of the public
should find one of these particular weapons or any similar artefacts, they should under no circumstances be touched or moved. The advice is to immediately notify the authorities by calling 062. Even though this, and other shells, have been around for more than 80 years they can still be loaded, unstable and may explode.
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by Barry Duke
‘SINCE that dreadful referendum, I’ve seen some vile things over the past two years. When I’ve objected, I’ve been called all sorts of names ... been accused of being anti-democratic, anti‘freedom of speech’. Well Britain, here we are …’ This message was posted on Facebook on Monday, by a woman called Gill Boomy. She was reacting with understandable fury to a report that a model of Grenfell Tower - complete with figures of terrified black children and adults - was consigned to a Guy Fawkes bonfire in London. The video of this sickening act, in which people were heard to cheer and laugh as the model went up in flames, went viral, and on Tuesday it was reported that five of the perpetrators had handed themselves over to the police. Two of them were Bobbi Connell, 19, and his father Cliff, 49 from South Norwood. How big of them to acknowledge that what they did went way past a joke. But what really angered me is
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Nastiness is the new norm
that the victim card is now being played. A close relative said: “We’re in so much danger now. They didn’t want it to go this far. They are not racist. It’s been blown out of proportion. It was horrible what they’ve done. Let them try and forget it.” Let them forget it? Absolutely not! The five, plus one arrested later, are being investigated for a public order offence, and it’s reported that detectives will consider whether they can also be prosecuted for hate crimes. Which raises this question: will criminal charges ever be brought against David Mesher, the Birmingham man who was filmed calling Delsie Gayle, 77, an ‘ugly black b** ***d’ on a Ryanair flight last month? So far, I have seen no reports of action being taken against Mesher, but I did watch this vile individual tell the London Evening Standard ‘I am not a racist by any means.’ Shortly afterwards the Metro newspaper posted a video of an unidentified white man, racially abusing black staff in a branch of Sainbury’s in London.
SICKENING: A model of Grenfell Tower was burned on a bonfire in London.
The burning of the Grenfell Tower model, and the two videos showing black people being abused - within the space of a month - tells me that nastiness is fast becoming the new norm in Britain, and it’s no coincidence that this sort of behaviour has escalated to alarming levels following the Brexit vote. It’s also no coincidence that racists and xenophobes in the UK now feel empowered to ape their counterparts in America, who interpreted Trump’s presidential victory as a signal to exhibit the very worst of human behaviour. Not a day goes by without reports coming from the US of dramatically increased levels of hate crimes perpetrated against blacks, Hispanics, homosexuals, transgender people and especially Jews. Since Trump’s election, antiSemitic incidents in the US surged by 57 per cent in 2017 in a single year. What measures can be taken to reverse this deeply troubling trend? I have absolutely no idea. All I can say, is that I am so pleased that I chose to leave the UK when I did, and that living in Spain shields me to a degree from this sort of disgusting savagery.
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by Michael Walsh
keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com A RECENT incident in which the Italian owned ferry, MV Excellent, swept into the quays at Barcelona harbour reminds me of an incident that could have had far worse consequences. Had it not been for the quick thinking of a Spanish skipper, several freighters moored at the Ivory’s Coast Port of Abidjan would have been devastated. Palm Line, a British-owned shipping company, plied 5,000 miles of West Africa’s seaboard. In the early 1960’s the company’s commodore was Spanish Captain Inés, whose hands-on character was legendary. He never suffered fools so I got on perfectly well with him, alas not the occasional stowaways, whom he treated very badly. Palm Line vessels were specially designed to negotiate the sand bars, excluding entry to liners that may otherwise bring trade to communities located far up Africa’s shallow creeks.
Spanish skipper who saved an armada
ENUGU PALM: Close to disaster. The Port of Abidjan on the Ivory Coast however is a modern port. Having picked up the pilot at the port’s approaches, Captain Inés, in accordance with protocol, surrendered control of the Enugu Palm to the pilot.
His knowledge of the port is essential for safe mooring. It became evident that all was not quite right with our temporary captain. In fact, the pilot was blind drunk and incapable of riding a bicycle, let alone a fast-moving
ocean liner in the narrow confines of a port. The Enugu Palm successfully negotiated the Vridi Canal without colliding with its palm-thronged banks. As an 18-year-old Ordinary Seaman standing at the ship’s
wheel, I was best placed to see the unfolding drama as the pilot perturbingly instructed the engine room to go full ahead. We were approaching a lengthy quay, along which several liners were secured. Riveted, I watched the expression of growing alarm on the face of Captain Inés. Racing at full speed, about 25 kilometres per hour, the Enugu Palm’s bows were now destined to cleave the nearest moored liner in two. I must have been the only British sailor ever to witness a port pilot being roughly cursed and shoved aside as a ship’s captain resumed control of his doomed laden ship. Rushing to the telegraph, the bells clanged alarmingly as Captain Inés swung the lever to Full Astern. Simultaneously, he ordered me to swing the wheel hard to port. The rest was down to fate. Unlike a car, a ship can travel a long way before it responds to a change of command. Never forgotten was the drama as the Enugu Palm, finally answering to the wheel as we held our breath, skimmed by a metre or two a row of ocean liners moored at the port’s quays. A second’s delay by Captain Inés would have led to one of the worst shipping disasters in African history.
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FRIDAY 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 Impossible 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Not Going Out 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Harbour 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London
9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm A Heavenly Christmas 1:55pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 2:05pm 5 News Lunchtime 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Merry Kissmas 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm The Great Model Railway Challenge 10:00pm Portillo's Hidden History of Britain 11:00pm The Hangover Part II 1:10am Super Casino
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A Christmas Cruise Honey: Rise Up and Dance 9:00am Mary and the Witch's Flower 11:00am Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Blackly comic drama about a grieving mother who sets out to shame the police into doing their job. 1:00pm Darkest Hour 3:20pm Waiting for You 5:05pm Honey: Rise Up and Dance 7:00pm Mary and the Witch's Flower 9:00pm Darkest Hour 11:10pm Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 1:10am Black Butterfly
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Frasier Frasier Find it, Fix it, Flog it Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back Channel 4 News Midday Summary 2018 Couples Come Dine with Me A New Life in the Sun Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Embarrassing Pets The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Unreported World Alone at Home Gogglebox The Last Leg Naked Attraction
8:00am All Over the Place 8:30am Wild and Weird 2 8:45am Show Me What You're Made of 9:15am Got What it Takes? 9:45am Bears 11:00am Andrea - Queen of Mantas 12:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul 2:00pm The Red Shoes 4:10pm Flog It! 5:00pm Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 6:00pm Rugby Union 8:30pm Rugby Union 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires 11:00pm QI XL
8:35am The Tom and Jerry Show 8:50am The Powerpuff Girls 9:10am Toonmarty 9:30am Robozuna 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm The X Factor 1:40pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:50pm You've Been Framed! 2:20pm Bean 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV Evening News 7:10pm ITV News London 7:20pm Iron Man 2 9:30pm The X Factor 11:05pm The Jonathan Ross Show
9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Big Bang Theory 11:25am The Big Bang Theory 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pm The Simpsons 12:50pm Come Dine with Me 1:50pm Four in a Bed 2:25pm Four in a Bed 2:55pm Four in a Bed 3:25pm Four in a Bed 3:55pm Four in a Bed 4:25pm A Place in the Sun 5:30pm Escape to the Chateau: DIY 6:30pm Channel 4 News 7:00pm Rugby Union 9:45pm Formula 1 11:15pm I, Robot 1:15am Mud
11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Cruising with Jane McDonald 11:50am Northpole 1:30pm A Star Crossed Christmas 3:20pm The Christmas Apprentice 5:05pm Just in Time for Christmas 7:00pm My Christmas Prince 7:55pm 5 News 8:00pm My Christmas Prince 8:40pm Shop Smart, Save Money for Christmas 9:25pm 5 News Weekend 9:30pm The Kennedys: A Fatal Attraction 10:30pm JFK's Secret Killer: The Evidence
5:10am A Christmas Cruise 7:00am Mary and the Witch's Flower 9:00am Waiting for You 10:50am Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 1:00pm Darkest Hour 3:10pm Better Watch Out 5:00pm The Grinch: Special 5:20pm Mary and the Witch's Flower 7:10pm Honey: Rise Up and Dance 9:00pm Darkest Hour 11:10pm Better Watch Out 12:45am Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2:55am Black Butterfly 4:45am First Man: Special 5:15am A Christmas Cruise
7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 11:00am 12:30pm 1:00pm
7:45am Great British Garden Revival 8:45am Carol Klein's Plant Odysseys 9:15am The Instant Gardener 10:00am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm Rugby Union 1:30pm FA Cup Final Score 4:00pm Rugby League 6:30pm Match of the Day: FA Cup Highlights 8:00pm World War One Remembered: Highlights From the Cenotaph 9:30pm Dragons' Den 10:30pm They Shall Not Grow Old 12:05am Testament of Youth 2:10am Inside Obama's White House
12:00pm ITV News 12:05pm Best Walks with a View with Julia Bradbury 12:40pm Doc Martin 1:40pm ITV Lunchtime News 1:55pm The X Factor 3:25pm Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs 3:55pm Harry and Meghan: The First Tour 5:00pm The Chase 6:00pm Tenable 7:00pm ITV Evening News 7:15pm ITV News London 7:30pm Tipping Point 8:30pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:30pm The X Factor 10:30pm Britain's Poppies: The First World War Remembered 11:35pm ITV News
9:00am 9:25am 9:55am 10:30am 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:25pm 2:55pm 3:25pm 3:55pm 4:25pm 4:55pm 5:25pm 5:55pm 6:25pm 8:05pm 8:30pm
10:45am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:00am Friends 11:30am Friends 12:00pm 5 News Special 12:05pm Friends 12:30pm Friends 1:00pm Friends 1:30pm Friends 1:55pm Friends 2:25pm Friends 2:55pm Friends 3:25pm Friends 3:55pm Free Willy 5:55pm A Cinderella Christmas 7:35pm Mrs. Miracle 8:35pm 5 News 8:40pm Mrs. Miracle 9:30pm Inside the Tower of London 10:25pm 5 News Weekend 10:30pm London Has Fallen
5:15am A Christmas Cruise 7:00am First Man: Special 7:30am Mary and the Witch's Flower 9:30am Darkest Hour Gripping historical drama following Winston Churchill during his turbulent early days as prime minister. 11:40am Better Watch Out 1:20pm Spinning Man 3:10pm Mary and the Witch's Flower 5:10pm Honey: Rise Up and Dance 7:00pm Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 9:00pm Darkest Hour 11:10pm Spinning Man 1:00am Better Watch Out
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Make Me a Dealer Shop Well for Less BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Think Tank Reel History of Britain Railways of the Great War with Michael Portillo I Was There: The Great War Interviews Blue Planet II Eggheads Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Strictly: It Takes Two Mastermind Match of the Day Live Haringey Borough v AFC Wimbledon The Mash Report
10:10am 10:40am 11:10am 12:05pm 1:00pm 1:05pm 2:05pm
Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Years Football Years EFL One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm EFL Greatest Games 2:15pm EFL Greatest Games 2:30pm EFL Greatest Games 2:45pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm EFL 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven
SATURDAY 1:45am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Saturday Kitchen Live 11:45am The Lord Mayor's Show 1:05pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Rugby Union 5:30pm Final Score 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm BBC London News 6:40pm The Time it Takes 7:10pm Pointless 8:00pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:30pm Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2018 11:10pm BBC News 11:30pm Match of the Day
4:15pm 5:15pm 6:15pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:30pm 10:45pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:30am 12:45am 1:00am
EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Soccer A.M. SPFL Matters Live Gillette Soccer Saturday Time of Our Lives Time of Our Lives Football EFL Goals: Championship EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship SPFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship
SUNDAY 8:35am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am World War One Remembered: The Cenotaph 2:30pm BBC News 2:45pm Songs of Praise 3:20pm Home Front Heroes 4:05pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Countryfile 5:45pm BBC News 6:00pm BBC London News 6:10pm World War One Remembered: Westminster Abbey 8:00pm Doctor Who 8:50pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:30pm Dynasties 10:30pm Little Drummer Girl 11:30pm BBC News
Frasier Frasier Jamie Cooks Italy Sunday Brunch The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Madagascar Channel 4 News Great Canal Journeys 9:30pm Escape to the Chateau 10:30pm Extreme Everest with Ant Middleton 11:30pm Formula 1
10:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 3:30pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 5:30pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:15pm 8:30pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:30pm 10:45pm
Sunday Supplement SPFL Greatest Games Football EFL Goals: Championship SPFL Greatest Games One2eleven One2eleven One2eleven One2eleven EFL Goals: Championship Football Countdowns Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship SPFL Greatest Games One2eleven One2eleven One2eleven One2eleven
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MONDAY 10:15am Island Medics 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Claimed and Shamed 12:45pm The Sheriffs are Coming 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Panorama 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Still Open All Hours 10:00pm Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle 10:30pm For Facts Sake
8:15am Make Me a Dealer 9:00am Family Cooking Showdown 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Countryfile 2:15pm Family Finders 3:00pm Tennis 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Match of the Day 8:30pm Yorkshire Wolds Way 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Wwi's Secret Shame: Shell Shock 11:00pm People Just Do Nothing 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am WWI: The Final Hours
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Britain's Busiest Motorway 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Running Wild with Bear Grylls 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Unbelievable
9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Find it, Fix it, Flog it 12:05pm Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Embarrassing Pets 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Liam Bakes 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm 24 Hours in A&E 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Emergency Helicopter Medics
9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm A Star Crossed Christmas 1:50pm Cruising with Jane McDonald 2:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Christmas Under Wraps 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Premiership Rugby Cup Highlights 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Paddington Station 24/7 11:00pm Manchester Narco King: Blood and Fear
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6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 9:00pm We are Most Amused and Amazed 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather
9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Find it, Fix it, Flog it 12:05pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Embarrassing Pets 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Lego Masters 10:00pm Celebrity Hunted 11:10pm Gogglebox 12:15am First Dates
9:40am Shimmer and Shine 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm A Cinderella Christmas 1:55pm Britain's Greatest Bridges 2:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm My Christmas Angel 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Dog Rescuers: Best in Show 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm Inside the Tower of London
4:20am Black Butterfly 6:10am Top Ten Show, the 2018 6:30am Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 7:00am Honey: Rise Up and Dance 8:50am A Bramble House Christmas 10:35am Darkest Hour 12:55pm The Grinch: Special 1:15pm Better Watch Out 3:00pm Waiting for You 4:50pm Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 5:20pm Spinning Man 7:15pm A Bramble House Christmas 9:00pm Darkest Hour 11:10pm Better Watch Out 12:50am Dark Crimes 2:40am Spinning Man 4:40am Black Butterfly
9:00am 10:50am 11:20am 1:15pm 3:35pm 5:20pm 7:10pm
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Waiting for You First Man: Special Mary and the Witch's Flower Honey: Rise Up and Dance Bohemian Rhapsody: Special Spinning Man Darkest Hour Better Watch Out Honey: Rise Up and Dance Spinning Man After a student disappears at a nearby lake, college professor Guy Pearce finds himself the prime suspect of tough detective Pierce Brosnan. Darkest Hour Dark Crimes Better Watch Out Waiting for You
12:00pm 12:15pm 12:30pm 12:45pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 5:30pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 11:00pm 11:15pm
One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns EFL Goals: Championship EFL Football's Greatest Football Countdowns One2eleven One2eleven One2eleven One2eleven Football Years Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns Soccer Am Best Bits Live Irish Premiership Football SPFL Round Up Show One2eleven
TUESDAY 12:45pm The Sheriffs are Coming 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Informer 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London
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Family Cooking Showdown BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Countryfile Family Finders Tennis Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals School I'll Get This Newsnight NFL Egon Schiele: Dangerous Desires
1:30pm 2:00pm 2:15pm 2:30pm 2:45pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:30am
Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games EFL Football's Greatest Football Countdowns One2eleven One2eleven Football Years Football Countdowns Soccer Am Best Bits Football Countdowns EFL Soccer Am Best Bits MLS Round Up Show The Football Show The Debate - Live MLS Round Up Show SPFL Greatest Games
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WEDNESDAY 3:15pm 4:00pm
Impossible I Escaped to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Watchdog Live 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News
7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:15am 1:15am 2:15am
Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals Trust The Apprentice: You're Fired! Newsnight Conviction: Murder at the Station Conviction: Murder at the Station The Fires That Foretold Grenfell
4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:35pm 11:45pm 12:45am
Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs Coronation Street Dark Heart ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Peston The Jonathan Ross Show
2:05pm 3:10pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:35pm 12:35am
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A New Life in the Sun Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Embarrassing Pets The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Secret Life of the Zoo Grand Designs The Bisexual 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24 Hours in A&E
4:40am 6:30am
Friends Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Great Model Railway Challenge 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm James Bulger: The New Revelations 11:00pm Operation Live 1:05am Restless Legs Syndrome: Can't Stop Twitching 2:00am Super Casino
Black Butterfly Solo: A Star Wars Story: Special 7:00am A Christmas Cruise 8:50am Waiting for You 10:40am Darkest Hour 1:00pm Let the Sunshine in 2:45pm Better Watch Out 4:25pm A Bramble House Christmas 6:00pm Spinning Man 7:50pm Darkest Hour 10:00pm Better Watch Out 11:35pm Let the Sunshine in 1:25am Dark Crimes 3:15am Spinning Man
3:15pm
3:05pm Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 3:35pm Stephanie 5:20pm Spinning Man After a student disappears at a nearby lake, college professor Guy Pearce finds himself the prime suspect of tough detective Pierce Brosnan. 7:20pm Better Watch Out 9:00pm Darkest Hour 11:10pm Stephanie 12:40am Spinning Man
3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 6:55pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:30pm 11:00pm 12:00am
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ANCY kicking your batter recipes up a notch? Why not try adding a little beer to give classics such as fish and chips and onion rings a bit of a kick. Beer batter pairs great with the tipple of the same name. It is easy to make and can be whipped up in no time. Choosing how to make batter comes down to a question of taste. It can be thin, thick, crispy or chewy. Adding beer to batter, along with a little baking powder, gives it the airy feel of a classic chippy fish. To make it you will need one cup of flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, one teaspoon of salt and one and a quarter cups of beer. Be sure to have s o m e s p a r e flour on hand for dredging. If chewy batter as opposed to the crispy variety is
more to your liking then throw in an egg. First put your flour, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl. Then pour in the beer and whisk until smooth. If you’re making fish you will need to dry it with a paper towel and dredge it in flour before battering and deep frying for five to eight minutes. Onion rings require thicker batter. Be sure to keep a little beer aside to enjoy with your chippy-style fish when it’s finished.
CLASSIC: Beer batter adds flavour to chippy classics.
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What’s On FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9 Age Concern meet every Friday from 11am to 1pm at El Gusto in the centre of La Cala de Mijas, (with free parking). From November 9, we will be meeting at Peña Flamenca del Sur (next to the Correos). Card bingo, raffle and friendship. Full social calendar. Just follow the sound of laughter. Age Concern offers advice, support, help and friendship, and look forward to seeing you. Helpline: 652 537 615. First Fuengirola Scout Group: every week from7pm to 9pm at St Anthony’s College in Fuengirola. The group is for all young people between six and 18 years old. Contact Robert Troost on 610 755 995 or email robert. troost@britishscoutingover seas.org.uk. Christian Basilica of San Pedro de Alcantara: free guided tour of one of the oldest Christian churches on the Iberian Peninsula from 11am to 1pm, Calle Vega del Mar, San Pedro de Alcantara. Royal British Legion’s Benejarafe Branch: every Friday from 12.30pm to 2.30pm at Restaurante Puerta Niza, Carretera Nacional N340, KM 263. RBL offer emotional and financial help to those who have served in the Armed Forces. American Club of Estepona (ACE): open Mon to Sat from 1pm to 4pm. Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or www.aces tepona.org. University of the Third Age Costa del Sol. Play Mah Jong: every week from 10am to 1pm at the PYR Hotel in Fuengirola. For more information contact 633 552 238 or visit www.u3afuengirola costadelsol.com. Cancer Support Group (English-speaking): last Friday of every month at 5pm in the Hospital Costa del Sol café, Marbella.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10 Flamenco show: free every week from noon to 1pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Organic market: every week from 10am to 1pm at Guadalhorce, Las Chapas. Puerto Banus street market: every week from 9am to 2pm near the bull ring in Nueva Andalucia. Triple A: every week volun-
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Wednesday from 11.30am at Huber Plataforme De Arte, Calle San Antonio, Estepona. €8 prepaid concession, €12 casually. Go to ‘Find Your Voice Vocal Studio’ on Facebook for details.
English theatre
THE International Theatre Studio is presenting a double bill of theatre at the El Paraiso Golf Club today (Friday) until Sunday with tickets costing €10 for members and €13 for non-members. The first performance is the comedy A Resounding Tinkle by N F Simpson which raises the questions what is an elephant doing in a suburban garden and why should an eagle need a teer dog walkers required between 10am and 3pm at Calle Carril de la Mina 33 in Marbella. For more information contact 952 771 586. American Club of Estepona (ACE): open Mon to Sat from 1pm to 4pm at Calle San Roque 65 (3 blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or visit www.aces tepona.org.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11 Benahavis second-hand market: every week from 9am to 2pm, located 1km before the village on the right hand side of the road. University of the Third Age: coffee morning every week from 11.30am to 1pm at the Primavera Bar, Paseo Maritimo, Los Boliches. For more information contact: 679 516 654 or visit www.u3afuen girolacostadelsol.com. Sunday market: every week over 200 stalls at La Trocha in Coin. All welcome. For more info call 618 826 852.
MONDAY NOVEMBER 12 Age Care Association: weekly coffee morning at Tangee’s Bar, Avda Bonanza, Benalmadena (near the church) from 11am to 12.30pm. Drop in for a coffee and a chat. For more information contact 635 407 255. American Club of Estepona (ACE): open from Mon to Sat, 1pm to 4pm at Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or www.acestepona. org. Walking Football: every week from 7.30pm at the El Retamar pitch by the Butterfly
parachute? So if you would like an evening of misunderstandings set in a suburban household, this is the play for you. The second performance is a monologue from the ‘Talking Heads’ series by Alan Bennett which casts Bobby Aaron in The Hand of God where she plays the role of a suburban antique dealer, Celia, a widow, sitting in her shop,
Park in Benalmadena. Walking Football is for men and women over 50 to play football without running or tackling and is a great way to meet new friends. Visit www.walk ingfootballspain.com for details. ‘Are you affected by someone's drinking?’ Alanon Family Groups hold a meeting at 8.30pm in the Divina Pastora church rooms (Calle Juan Breva 2), Marbella. Details at www.alanon spain.org. The RAF Association: first Monday of each month at Ollie’s Bar, Avenida Bonanza, Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmadena at 1pm for a social with a quiz and raffle. The association also meets every third Monday of each month at Hotel Molino, Saydo Park, Mollina at 12pm for a social with a quiz and raffle.
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13 Age Care Association: weekly coffee morning from 11am to 1pm at the International Baptist Church in Calahonda. Drop in for a chat and to share experiences. For more information contact 635 407 255. Arroyo Social and Welfare Club: every Tuesday at Agata Apartments, Arroyo de la Miel from 11.30am for noon start. There is a raffle, quiz and a game such as Play Your Cards Right, plus extras! For more information call Anthia on 634 157 042. Costa Women Business Group: every second Tuesday from 9.30am to 11.30am for business networking in La Cala. For more information contact Ali 677 251 058. Fuengirola Ukulele (known as Fuengulele) social, jamming and sing-along sessions: every Tuesday
There are even elephants on the beach in San Pedro. surrounded by her stock as she reflects on her career and life. Each presentation starts at 8pm except on Sunday when it is an hour earlier. To book tickets or to find out more about the group visit www.internationaltheatrestudio. org.
from 7pm until 9.30pm-ish at the Water’s Edge Bar, Fuengirola port - visitors and beginners welcome. For more information contact Ray on 605 791 150. Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30am to 11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Mijas village. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es. The Good Companions Club: every Tuesday in Manila Bar, Paseo Maritimo, Los Boliches noon to 1.30pm. For more information contact Tony White on 952 494 730. American Club of Estepona (ACE): open from Mon-Sat, 1-4pm at Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (Club Times) or www.aces tepona.org. Walking Football: every week from 8pm on the five-aside pitches at the Estadio de San Pedro in San Pedro de Alcantara. Walking Football is for men and women over 50 to play football without running or tackling and is a great way to meet new friends. Visit www.walkingfootballspain.co m for details. The Good Vibrations Singing Sessions: every Tuesday night at 7.30pm at Huber Plataforme De Arte, Calle San Antonio, Estepona. €10 prepaid concession, €15 casually. Go to ‘Find Your Voice Vocal Studio’ on Facebook for details. TAPAS Choir rehearsals: every Tuesday from 6pm to 8pm at El Porton de Piedra, Alhaurin El Grande. For everyone who likes to sing. No need to be able to read music. Contact info@tapasso ciety.com.
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14 The Royal British LegionTorremolinos Branch: every Wednesday at 12.30pm at Vanilla Bar in Plaza la Nogalera, Torremolinos (opposite the railway station). Age Care Association: weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola. Drop in for a chat and to share experiences. For more information contact 635 407 255. Flamenco show: free every Wednesday from noon to 1pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Language exchange workshop: free every week from 9.30am to 11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in La Cala. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es. Malaga Picasso Museum: guided tours in English every Wednesday at 11.30am. Entry €8, children under 18 go free. Parent and baby coffee mornings: every week from 11am to 1pm at Mundo Mania, Cancelada. Entry €5 and includes coffee and two hours of play in the baby and toddler play frame. TIMS (The International Music Society) Choir: rehearsals every week from 7pm to 9.30pm in St Andrews Church, Los Boliches. A very friendly group of different nationalities. For more information contact 654 891 790. American Club of Estepona (ACE): Open Mon to Sat, 1pm to 4pm at Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). All nationalities welcome. For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or www.aces tepona.org. Sing Sing Sing!: every
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15 Age Concern meet every Thursday from 11am to 1pm at the Pensionista building in Los Boliches, above the indoor market and just around the corner from Los Boliches station. In Mijas Pueblo our NEW meeting place is bar Julios Bartolo opposite the doctor’s surgery. We meet every Thursday from 11am until 1pm. Easy to find with parking right outside, you are guaranteed a warm welcome. Nice terrace with large indoor facilities for those cooler days. Age Concern offers advice, support, help and friendship, and they look forward to seeing you. Lifeline: 652 537 615. The Age Concern Charity shop can be found in C/Francisco Cano in Los Boliches and is open every weekday from 10.30am to 2pm. If you’d like to join a fun loving Volunteer Team for a few hours a week in our shop or maybe help taking our clients to their hospital or doctor’s appointment then please pop into our shop for more details or call Steve on 686 289 904 weekdays from 10am - 5pm Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30am to 11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Las Lagunas. For more information contact 952 890 010 or send an email to frd@mijas.es. Los Jueves al Casco: every week from 8am to noon, enjoy special discounts, live music, free tastings and more in Marbella Old Town. Rotary Club: every Thursday at 2pm for lunch at Cortijo de Ramiro, Calle 11, Urb Guadalmina Baja, San Pedro de Alcantara. Please contact lizzie@mar riageweddingservices.com to book a place. San Pedro street market: every week 9am to 2pm, Calle Jorge Guillen. TAPAS Crazy Craft Club: every Thursday at El Cruce in Coin 1pm to 3pm. Come and join this lovely group to make crafts to sell or donate for charity. Contact in fo@tapassociety.com.
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This week Celebrity Chef from Ready Steady Cook & Master Chef Steven Saunders, proprietor of The Little Geranium in La Cala shows us a new way to eat…snails!?
And now for something totally different!! Steven Saunders FMCGB The Little Geranium La Cala de Mijas & Marbella
www.thelittlegeranium.com BEING a chef I love to create new dishes, experimenting is an exciting part of what I do. Recently I have been seeing snails in the shops for sale and have wanted to experiment with them rather than cook them traditionally. A snail is a gastropod (mollusc) from the land, sea or fresh water. There are millions of varieties. In France escargot (snails) are looked upon as a specialty food served with garlic, parsley and lemon. In Andalucia the snail (caracol) is often eaten with a salsa Mediterraneana piquante, made from fresh tomatoes, a
little chilli and garlic. I figure that most of us love mussels, clams, oysters and scallops and so why wouldn’t we eat a snail? So I bought a few portions truthfully expecting them not to be very popular. In my head I was imagining them steamed in an oriental dressing, a bit spicy with lemongrass and ginger etc and a bit different. I bought all the ingredients and went back to my kitchen to play around with the flavours. As I put my spoon in to taste the sauce it was just amazing! I sent a bowl to a Spanish friend who owns a nearby restaurant for his comments and he was delighted and simply said... wow! So off we start with lunch service and I brief my team to sell them, saying that they probably won’t sell but it’s great to have them on the menu. Ten
minutes later we had sold out! The response was quite overwhelming. People told me they were the best snails they had ever eaten and they asked for the recipe. I always try and write about the really popular dishes that I cook in my Little Geranium restaurant and never imagined snails would be amongst them! The secret of this dish is the Chinese flavours, I make my own spicy oriental sauces like chilli, ponzu, teriyaki etc but you can buy them ready-made from most stores over here. I love oriental flavours and when I used to travel I worked for a little while in Hong Kong and Bangkok. The memories of lime, lemongrass, ginger and chilli, brought together with either coconut milk or a teriyaki-style base are just fabulous.
We served them as a tapas dish for lunchtime only. I like to be experimental at lunchtimes with our artistic tapas and totally different from the rest. On the same day as the snails I had made a mini pizza (pizzetta) with truffles, wild mushrooms and foie gras and a creamy cassoulet of rabbit with homemade pasta, along with a slow-cooked pork burger with spiced apple relish. It seems that the more inventive and creative I am with the daily specials thefaster they sell! These snails are excellent as a tapas sharing dish, dip in with a toothpick and then cut into something else more normal like a tempura of prawns or our famous crispy duck salad and you get a real mix of flavours with a modern twist. Come and try our tapas lunch sometime, I am always around to cook for you!
Caracol (snails) Oriental If you are not keen on the idea of eating snails you could simply swap them for mussels or clams and cook in the exact same way.
Ingredients for two 300grm of fresh snails, soaked in cold water for 20 mins to remove any grit ½ onion 2 cloves garlic (1 chopped, the other crushed and minced) 3cm x 1cm (approx) of fresh root ginger chopped into small pieces ½ red mild Jalapeno style chilli deseeded and sliced ½ green mild Jalapeno chilli deseeded and sliced 1 stick of lemongrass chopped finely 1 tablespoon of ready-made teriyaki sauce ½ tablespoon of sweet chilli sauce ½ tablespoon of tomato frito (passata or puree) ½ tablespoon of oyster sauce Juice of 1 fresh lime 1 small teaspoon sesame oil A tablespoon of fresh coriander, roughly chopped
Method • In a frying pan sweat off the onion garlic, chilies, lemongrass and ginger on a medium heat
• Now add two handfuls of the pre-soaked snails (approx one large handful is a portion) • Add two tablespoons of water which helps steam the snails in the pan and allows the dried ingredients to create a bit of a sauce • Add all the oriental sauces like the teriyaki * the oyster and the chilli sauce and the tomato puree too • Allow to cook in the pan for about five minutes. It should look very ‘saucy’ and be bubbling away • Add the juice of the lime and the sesame oil and stir in • Taste and add seasoning if necessary • To finish add the chopped coriander leaves and serve immediately • Serve in a bowl with toothpicks and a spoon! *You can make your own teriyaki sauce easily by using a sweet soy sauce with a pinch of dried chilli flakes and some honey to taste. Cook together until it coats the back of your spoon and tastes great! The other sauces you should be able to find easily. The recipe for home-made chilli sauce I have done a few times in these articles. If you need that recipe email me.
SNAILS: Are a favourite with The Little Geranium customers.
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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Ask the Optician What is the connection between diabetes and eye sight? Nerea Galdos, Store Director from Specsavers Opticas Marbella THERE are 425 million diabetes sufferers worldwide and research suggests that the number will reach 642 million by 2040. To support this month’s World Diabetes Day, we wanted to share some useful information about diabetes and the eye. Q. How can diabetes affect my eyes? A. Diabetes affects the small blood vessels and capillaries of the body. The walls of these vessels can develop small bulges and become ‘leaky.’ These diabetic changes can occur in the blood vessels at the back of the eye and when that happens it is called diabetic retinopathy. Diabetes can also have other ocular pathological effects including cataracts and retinal detachments. Severe changes, if left untreated, can result in blindness. Q. How can these changes be identified? A. A symptom of diabetic retinopathy developing is blurry vision, which can often come and go throughout the day. If you experience this issue, get an eye test right away. Haemorrhages (blood leaking out of the vessels) and leaking fluid (oedema) can sometimes be detected by an eye examination. Q. How can I reduce my risk of suffering vision loss? A. The better the diabetes is controlled, the less likely vision issues will occur. However, the longer the patient has been diabetic, the greater the chances of eye disease. Q. Can the damage be treated? A. The sooner the problem is identified, the easier it can be treated, however even if it has progressed often the affected vessels can be cauterised by laser to reduce the damage.
There are Specsavers Opticas stores in Marbella and Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. To book an eye test or find your nearest store visit
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Making oil the difference IF you want to lower your blood pressure and improve your heart health, substituting foods full of ‘bad’ fats (saturated and trans) for healthier alternatives is a good way to start. An easy way to do this is to make a simple change in the kitchen and switch up your cooking methods. Using an oil high in ‘good’ fats instead of butter or margarine will help you cut down on your consumption of saturated fat and feel healthier in the process. There are many variations of healthy cooking oil on the market these days, but some of the most common include canola, olive and sunflower. Blends of these oils are often sold under the name
OLIVE OIL: A healthy alternative to butter.
‘vegetable oil.’ If you want to be sure you’re making the right choice, check that the oil contains no partially hy-
drogenated oils or trans fats and that it has less than four grams of saturated fat per tablespoon. Speciality oil such as
Do you have a perfume allergy? THROUGHOUT the year, it’s common to suffer from runny noses, watery eyes and relentless sneezing but many people put it down to a winter cold or pollen allergy. When the symptoms persist yearround; however, it may be worth considering that the trigger is not seasonal. There are a growing number of people who suffer from perfume allergies or sensitivities that can cause mild to severe symptoms - from the occasional sneezing fit to rashes, headaches and respiratory issues. As the world now smells sweeter than ever, the ability to escape from heavily scented scenarios is growing increasingly difficult. Many com-
ALLERGIES: Perfume products are loaded with extra chemicals.
panies realised that fragrance sells, so have inundated the market with perfumed products. According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), over 5,000 different scents are used across a wide range of goods today. As most fragrances
aren’t actually allergens - they’re irritants - it can be difficult to treat the problem. A good place to start is to use fragrance-free products and you can also get tested to see if a specific ingredient used in scented products is causing the reaction.
avocado, grape seed and rice bran are becoming increasingly popular but may be more expensive and harder to find.
All you need to know about Aloe Vera DUE to its many medicinal properties, Aloe Vera is a firm favourite among both health and beauty experts. The plant has been shown to produce significant improvements when used on skin, hair and even to help control body weight. It can also be used to treat injuries or minor health issues. So, if you have an overlooked aloe plant in the back garden, now is the time to start making the most of it. Aloe Vera is a common ingredient in beauty treatments, as it contains Vitamin C and E which have nourishing and antiageing effects on the skin. It is also widely used to treat sunburn and stretch marks, and it is often as effective to rub the plant directly onto the skin, as it is to use one of the high-street products. The spiky succulent plant also contains the ingredient aproteolyptic, which has been proven to work wonders for hair. It repairs the dead cells on the scalp and can be added to conditioner to make your locks look smoother and shiner. To reap the rewards of this incredible plant, break off a leaf as close to the stem as possible and slice off the ends. This should enable you to see the gel encased inside the tough skin. Carefully remove the skin with a knife until you’re left with just the gel, which you can then blend to make into a face or hair mask. You can also rub the moist side of the skin directly onto sunburn. Another great Aloe Vera remedy, is to boil the stems in hot water, and drink. As it contains many anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties, it improves digestion and helps to increase the body’s
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Having a perfect nights sleep SLEEP is essential for our mental and physical well-being, and struggling to drift off at night can be incredibly frustrating. Seven to eight hours of sleep is ideal for adults, although many people struggle to fit this much into their busy schedules. However, what do you do if you’ve set these hours aside and you still spend the night tossing and turning? There are several simple methods you can use which could make all the difference and help you get a good night’s rest. First things first, make sure you keep hydrated. Drinking lots of water keeps the body temperature down, which will help if you find yourself overheating between the sheets. Try to keep your water intake regular
throughout the day however, you don’t want a trip to the toilet to break your sleep cycle! It’s also wise not to eat anything too heavy in the hours before you go to sleep. Eating a meal heavy in carbohydrates, for example, will mean your stomach is going to be digesting them for hours afterwards, which may make it harder for you to go to sleep. Salads, fruit and soup are all good alternatives. Keep calm. If you feel yourself getting frustrated, this will only exacerbate the situation. Sprinkling a few drops of lavender oil on your pillow or making a cup of hot milk with honey will help you to unwind. Switch off all your devices at least 30 minutes before you tuck in, and keep
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them out of the bedroom. Phones, televisions and tablets emit an artificial light which inhibits the production of the sleep hormone melatonin. Your brain should associate the bedroom with sleep, so having a digital detox in the evening will help programme it to switch off as soon as you lie down.
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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?
Puzzles Page
GOLF 1 2 3 4
Cryptic
Down 1 Counterfoil delivered is inflexible (8) 2 Former international the French deport (5) 4 A forged tenner for curdled milk (6) 5 Capital I invested in settee (5) 6 Pele mentioned part of kettle (7) 7 One may win it by a head (4) 8 Ex producer (6) 13 Most serious Sherpas start on mountain (8) 15 Crush the star characters (7) 17 Evicted, but used to moving (6) 18 Protection for plants? That’s old hat (6) 20 Revolvers smuggled in somewhere else (5) 22 Making a comeback in White Horse Inn, a musical heroine (5) 23 Mouldiness is a requirement (4)
HERO Weekly Stars
Across 1 Lady before time produced fat (4) 3 Prepared props etc to search for gold (8) 9 Unusual icon in urn depicting legendary beast (7) 10 Escapes from parasites, one hears (5) 11 Amber cooked a fish (5) 12 Paint two women (6) 14 Arrange roster for holiday location (6) 16 Hate a hotel that’s disorganised (6) 19 Hardy companion in bush (6) 21 Discredit fake Earl (5) 24 Loosen international organisation's neckwear (5) 25 Can eels somehow purify? (7) 26 Being defeated must be a change for harsh Ted (8) 27 Before exercises we cried (4)
Kenny Corris For Readings, Consultations and Castings kennycorris@hotmailcom www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 / Tel: 965 878 424
Sun and Pluto the scene is set and the time is right for you to make a move. With camera, lights and action beckoning you on it’s now or never, but do you have the guts to see it through? You have to face up to facts and ask yourself why things ever got this complicated.
Libra. Couple together the power of mighty Mars and the wealth of balance achieved by your Libran equilibrium with the support of Venus this week; and something more could be made of that which is currently in danger of being swept under the carpet. Your wants and needs aren’t unrealistic, they’re inspiring!
Taurus. A skittish Venus sends you an instruction you would be foolish to ignore, particularly as the impetus is to trine Mars, dynamic planet of the development of inner strengths. You are not alone in needing clearance, but why not let things move on before you make any decision that you may live to regret?
Scorpio. Mars rubs shoulders with Venus in a midweek tryst. What you need, chiefly, is something to well and truly get your teeth into. As a hard worker and a born leader it is time to show that you too can pull out all the stops if necessary, and you may surprise yourself in a deal that shows your true capabilities.
Gemini. Venus dominates Mars midweek. It seems as if you could kill two birds with one stone; but take things in your stride and stall if you need to, until the time is right! This gives you a freedom to do your research, and it will allow you to see that which you need to, and, right now, that’s both sides of the coin.
Sagitarius. Finances take a boost as lucky Jupiter enters your sign. You should instruct your money to work for you, however, not you for it. Time to talk investment and savings and get the low down on all aspects of finance with a focus on attracting wealth into your life, so that you can reward both yourself and others.
Cancer. Nothing must rain on your parade this week. This is a time when you have to also practise what you preach. With a bet on the love stakes accept the attention of timely Ceres in opposition to Uranus, the wisdom of Pluto and the power of a fortunate Jupiter into making things more open and secure.
Capricorn. This is a time to care and share, and to organise yourself so that a swap or a change takes advantage of a current situation, and helps you all along the way. Review possibilities without putting a spoke in the wheel, and compromise, it will lead to a new way of living and better quality of life.
Leo. The Sun sextiles Pluto and elevates your mood somewhat! This bodes well for projects and schemes that will benefit from your direct actions and skilful interpretations of what is really needed right now. There is a strong need to communicate, and to conquer a period of silence brought about by doubt.
Aquarius. Love needs to enter your open and loving heart. However there are some complications that you are not fully taking into your conscience, and some excuses it would be better to make then hurting someone close to you. Ceres opposes Uranus midweek, and you have the chance to pull out all the stops!
Virgo. Put your foot down. Whilst you did not know exactly what you were taking on at the time, in hindsight there has been a shift that wasn’t expected. Put your cards on the table and rest assured that nobody could ever blame you for doing what you had to. Jupiter nudges Uranus to seek your true reward.
Pisces. The entry of the Sun into Pluto brings loving energy all around you. Someone needs to apologise to you for their over reaction about a recent problem you have been helping to solve. Remember that you have rights too, and that you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink.
Aries. With an incumbent sextile between the
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents P and 18 represents X, so fill in P every time the figure 4 appears and X every time the figure 18 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.
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Down 1 Counterfeit or pretence (4) 2 Plea in a criminal charge of having been elsewhere at the relevant time (5) 3/18 Become angry (3,3) 5 Japanese poetry form (5) 6 Steal in small quantities (6) 7 Allocate a task to a person (6) 11 Gardener's tool (6) 12 Suitable for use as food (6) 14 Complete duration of something (5) 15 Group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status (5) 16 Joint between the thigh and shin bones (4) 18 See 3 Across 1 Cubo (balde) (6) 4 Alicates (6) 9 To bet (gamble) (7) 10 Daughter-in-law (5) 11 Sábana (de cama) (5) 12 Witness (7) 13 Keys (typewriter/piano) (6) 15 Delantales (6) 18 Moth (7) 20 Parrots (5) 23 Granddaughter (5) 24 Limpiadora (persona) (7) 25 Asustado (6) 26 Teller (in a bank) (6)
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Kenny’s Postbag Kenny, you make it seem so easy to make contact with Spirit. I never know where to start, and I get conflicting ideas from spiritual people, when surely there should be some kind of unity?! Jaz K. Hi Jaz! Making contact with Spirit doesn’t have to be difficult or confusing but make a decision to not making it complicated. Talk to Spirit as if they were a friend. Be honest, open and don’t beg. You can ask to make a stronger connection, and when you get this then things will really happen. Still everyone is entitled to their way of connecting, and we are all working to connect in different ways. If it works for you then stick with it, if it doesn’t, get back to me and we can work together on this.
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For Birthday Celebrants 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.
Put trust into someone who seems to want to offer help and guidance. Though you have to make up your own mind on something, accept that others can help you through right away, but check out that they genuinely have your interests at heart! An inspiring astrological year awaits you.
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a popular British sitcom, originally broadcast on BBC One from October 1989 to December 1998 (four words): BOTH AREAS DIFFER Unscramble the name of a famous author of children’s books: TINY BLONDE
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Nuka and her ball Is your dog addicted to ball games? DOES your dog adore ball games? Nuka, one of our labradoodles, loves chasing tennis balls, running after them and keeping balls from whoever wants to chase her. This is the highlight of her walk. Twice a day she’ll run and chase and leap after any ball you throw, and these routines are very important for her. Her owners prefer to find house-sitters through HouseSitMatch, so she can maintain her routine of playing in the park and of course, chasing balls. How we work HouseSitMatch is a house-sitting network where new members register online. We ID check everyone to ensure we know who you are, and in addition, sitters are police checked. We charge for membership to ensure there is a commitment from both par-
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NUKA: Adores ball games.
NOW matter how old your dog may be, like humans, they do need regular exercise otherwise they can become overweight or find it difficult to move. Not every dog of a certain age will be running after a ball or be up for very long walks but there is no question that exercise is still vital as part of a regime to keep your pet healthy. Recently, little Julio who is now 14 and a half years old accompanied his owner Denise Brown of PetChauf feur.eu on the anti-Brexit march in London and managed to keep up and enjoy the four-hour walk which was set at a leisurely pace. Even so, Denise is proud of her little pal who she refers to as her sleeping partner as he enjoys a good kip whenever he can. Apart from sensible feeding and regular exercise, do
JULIO: None the worse for his four-hour walk. keep an eye out for any signs of change in your per, for example if it starts to get bad breath then there could be a problem with its teeth and a visit to the vet is recommended. Like humans, dogs can lose hearing and have eyesight problems be aware in case your dog bumps into
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Yoga - from Chaos to Beauty THERE are never enough kind people who are ready and able to raise funds for the Triple A Charity in Marbella but on December 16, Petra Lindros will be hosting a Yin/Nidra yoga class with all proceeds going to the charity. The intent of yoga is not only to increase strength and flexibility, but also to promote health and vitality. The next layer is to transform behaviour from rough to gracious and to transform even your very thoughts, from Chaos to Beauty. In this workshop which will run from 10.30am to 1pm attendees will be invited to look back at what 2018 has offered and through attention on 2019, breathe in their intention and breathe it out to the world. Cost of this event is €40 for a maximum of 20 people only (which must be paid 14 days in advance) and will take place at the Ananda Mandira Gong Yoga in the Centro Comercial Monte Biarritz, local 6A, Urb Monte Biarritz on the A7 just past the turnoff to Benahavis heading towards Estepona.
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YOGA: Benefits all. There will be a raffle where you can win massages, dinners, gift certificates, cinema tickets and the Grand Prize is one night for two at the Shanti Som Centre in Monda to include breakfast.
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The new BMW Z4 in Lisbon BMW has long had an affinity with roadsters, designed with pure driving pleasure at heart. Now another has joined join the hall of fame in the shape of the new BMW Z4 a premium open-top sports car boasting a classic fabric soft-top, a sporty body design and a driver-focused interior. In keeping with its predecessors, the two-seater has been designed with drivability firmly in mind. This means, says BMW, it is agile, dynamic and responds to the driver instantaneously with precise steering and excellent throttle response and braking. The Z4 combines its sporty on-road prowess with a wealth of highly advanced, top-class equipment features
on the driver assistance, operation and connectivity fronts. The car’s proportions provide the most striking evidence of how the classic roadster concept has been reinterpreted. Compared to its predecessor, the new BMW Z4 has grown in length by 85 millimetres to 4,324 millimetres, is 74 millimetres wider (now 1,864 millimetres) and 13 millimetres taller (1,304 millimetres). Shortening the wheelbase by 26 millimetres to 2,470 millimetres serves to sharpen agility, as do the notably wider tracks, 1,609 millimetres at the front (+ 98 mm)
THE BMW Z4: The larger, sportier roadster.
and 1,616 millimetres at the rear (+ 57 mm). The body structure and
chassis mountings both have remarkably high rigidity, while the new design of the front and rear axles gives the car a far sportier edge at the same time as guaranteeing high levels of comfort. The central seating position, low centre of gravity, minimised weight and ideal
50:50 weight distribution are further contributory factors in the intoxicating dynamism of the new BMW Z4. While the car was launched at the Paris Motor show in October, new pictures have emerged from the international media launch of the BMW Z4, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal last week. They show the striking new styling of the car that has caused some controver-
sy on social media - it would seem people either love it or hate it. The car is a collaboration with Toyota with much of the technology being shared with the latest Supra. It seems that BMW has provided the majority of the technology for the project. Both companies say they would not have produced their respective cars without the collaboration agreement, a sign of the massive costs of designing a new model.
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Prepositions - time and place Basic Spanish for everyday needs
by Jane Cronin
Today it’s the turn of prepositions yet another member of that large family of words. As usual, it is quite clear what these are by their name. They are to do with the position of something. There are prepositions of place, words like ‘near, under, next to, opposite’, and there are also prepositions of time, for example ‘before’ and ‘after. In all cases, we are positioning something, in place or time, in relation to something else ‘under the table’, ‘before 2 o’clock’ . In Spanish, most but not all prepositions place the word ‘de’ between themselves, and the thing they are expressing a relationship with. I will explain. The word for ‘near ’ is ‘cerca’. We can use this on its own, for example
‘Está cerca’ means ‘It is near’ (obviously we already know what it is near, we are just not stating it). The complete sentence would be ‘Está cerca de la ventana’ (It is near the window). In your own mind you might think this is like ‘it is near to the window’, but putting little English words in, doesn’t work in all cases, so it is best to avoid it. The word of under is ‘debajo’, so ‘under the table’ is ‘debajo de la mesa’. ‘Next to’ is ‘al lado’ (literally meaning ‘at the side’). We might say ‘vivo al lado’ which would translate into English as ‘I live next door’. ‘Vivo al lado del a y u n tamiento’ ‘I live next to (or next door to) the town hall’. This example shows up another small point to take on board here, which is very simple. When the word ‘de’ is followed by the word ‘el’ (the), they join together to form one word, ‘del’. We know this of course because of ‘menu del día’ (set meal of the day).
The last of our four examples is ‘opposite’. Remember this means ‘opposite’ in position, not something like an opposite point of view which is ‘contrario’. ‘The bank is opposite the church’. ‘El banco está enfrente de la iglesia’. I hope you have noticed and remembered as well, that we express position with the verb ‘estar’. The same principle occurs with prepositions of time. ‘I’ll call you after (afterwards)’ ‘Te llamo después’. ‘I’ll call you after the appoint-
ment’ ‘Te llamo después de la cita’. ‘Let’s have a drink before lunch’ ‘Vamos a tomar algo antes de comer’. This second example leads us to a very useful point about prepositions of time, which is that they can go before nouns (names of things like ‘the appointment’) and they can also go before verbs in the infinitive ‘comer’ (to have lunch). ‘I have a coffee after swimming’ ‘Tomo un café después de nadar’. Now, there are a few prepositions which are not followed by the magic word ‘de’, but I think at this stage we can live with that! Here are three common ones ‘en’ (on, in) ‘sobre’, (on, over, about), ‘entre’ (between). I n t e r e s t i n g l y, a l l three can be used as prepositions of place and time. For example: ‘Mi perro está en el salón’. ‘Mi cumpleaños es en septiembre’. ‘Mi casa está entre el banco y la farmacia’. ‘Te llamaré entre lunes y jueves’. ‘El florero está sobre la mesa’. ‘La actuación termina sobre las 10’. See you next week!
Sweet dreams are made of this by Colin Bird The opinions published in Colin’s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors. HAVE you ever been sound asleep only to find on waking that it has not been hours, but merely minutes since you closed your eyes? It happened to me the other night. I had been watching ‘News at 10’ for 15 minutes, before drifting into the land of nod. The next thing I knew, the princess was shaking me and suggesting I go to bed. I thought I must have been out for an hour or so, but there was Mary Nightingale winding up the news with the last story of the night, indicating that my snooze had lasted no more than a few minutes. It brought back a distant memory of one particular night, and the day before we were due to depart for our annual fortnight at the seaside. We were going to Margate, and my parents had kindly offered to take along my
SNOOZE: 40 winks can seem like 40 hours… best mate Tommy, who lived with his struggling widowed mum and three siblings, none of whom had ever seen the sea before. This was in the days when poverty truly meant poverty. Because we had an early start the next
morning and needed to catch the trolley bus into town at some stupid hour, we were sent to bed at eight. We were both very much awake to start with, and we chatted in hushed tones about the days ahead. But soon, Tommy
closed his eyes and was gone. What! Here was I, a seasoned traveller who had seen it all before, unable to even think about closing my eyes, and Tommy the vacation virgin softly snoring next to me as if tomorrow was just another day. Next to Christmas, this was the most stupendous day of the year and the culmination of weeks of feverish anticipation, but there was Tommy buzz-sawing it away, dead to the world. After a few minutes of this, I decided enough was enough, so shaking him vigorously I announced that it was 6am and my mum had called us to go downstairs for a wash before we got dressed. He had no idea that he had been sleeping for less than half an hour, and as I crept on to the landing I had to stifle my giggles as I heard the surprised exclamations from my parents as Wee Willy Winkie presented himself in the living room. My erstwhile friend is now a peer of the realm and for obvious reasons, I cannot name him. But although we keep a tenuous link through the exchange of Christmas cards each year - mine with cute little robins, and his always depicting the Houses of Parliament - I wonder if he remembers that night so many years ago, and the people who gave him his first glimpse of the sea.
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FANGTASTIC: Everyone was in the Halloween spirit.
Mijas barbecue bowls members over DESPITE the changeable weather conditions recently, the Mijas Lawn Bowls Club members and their guests enjoyed a post-bowling BBQ prepared by Bob Baker. The members then enjoyed a couple of songs and poems from Raffles Edgington and Alan Bloom to end what was a memorable day spent in wonderful company. Most of the club members entered into the spirit of the annual Halloween theme with some stunning costumes. Pat Baker rode her broom stick into first place in the fancy dress competition as a wicked witch, despite a spell-binding performance from a youthful Harry Potter (Jeff Turner). The ghosts, wizards, witches, wizards and assorted characters then enjoyed a curry, lasagne, a selection of sweets and a special witches’ brew prepared by the club’s committee members. Pauline Ward provided catering support with the salads and
were undefeated throughout, so it all came down to shot difference. Only three shots separated third, fourth and fifth and the winning pair of Ron Clough and Paula had a stunning score of +27. There were prizes of wine during the three games and a bottle of cava for the winner of the spider. The overall winners received a bottle of wine each and there were also prizes of wine for the best dressed couples which were won by Ron and Anne Clough, and Rod and Lisa Heard. Finally, the Miraflores Open starts on Saturday, and is on every day through to the finals on Sunday November 18. As always, spectators are welcome to visit one of the highlights of the bowling calendar, while enjoying refreshments from the fully stocked bar.
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T has long been a tradition at Miraflores Bowls Club in Mijas to hold a fun day on Halloween. Around 30 people turned up to join in the festivities, including members, visitors and some new bowlers. Instead of playing with their usual partners, a draw was held to decide who played together, which resulted in many interesting pairings. Cloudless skies greeted the morning, but then the cloud and wind built during the day, although the bowling luckily finished before the heavy rain arrived. The format for the event was three short games of six ends, with the winners moving on to play the losers on a nearby rink after each game. The overall winner was decided by games won and then shot difference, and unusually five teams
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MALAGA FOREVER: Miguel Zambrana is honoured for his dedication to the club.
WICKED COSTUMES: Pat Baker and Jeff Turner caught the eye.
desserts for the events, and all those involved received a warm round of thanks from the satisfied diners.
THE Peña Malaguista, (the die-hard supporters club of Malaga CF football team) based in San Pedro de Alcántara, have honoured kit man Miguel Zambrana. Miguel Zambrana was a Málaga CF player, and has been with the club for more than 30 years. He has been honoured by the Peña Malaguista on his 15th anniversary as kit man, for all he has done at the Club. Zambrana continues to work at the club, and Francisco Martín Aguilar along with ex-Málaga CF player Juan Almagro honoured the veteran kitman in San Pedro.