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Insulin alert for diabetics ALICANTE Province’s pharmacies are running out of insulin. Diabetics affected by a chemists’ strike over unpaid regional bills have been advised to visit a local health centre or hospital for supplies.
It’s snowing! THE Valencia Community has had its first snow, with falls inland at Els Ports in the region’s third province of Castellon.
New HQ sunk ALICANTE’S Maritime Authority will not be building new headquarters, and plans a boat-shaped structure at the city’s Poniente Quay hit by cost cuts.
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Storm-hit parents in childcare call SOME parents want emergency childcare put in place when schools are forced to close. The call follows the closure of schools as storms raged locally, with 14,000 pupils affected.
Torrential rain saw 250 litres per square metre fall inland in Vall de Alcala and 200 in Vall de Laguar following earlier storms in La Marina Alta. Town halls were issued with a Yellow Alert storm warning and schools closed when it was raised to Red. Thirty-five state primary and secondary schools – including those of Denia, Javea, Benitachell and Teulada – failed to open their doors. A further 25 private schools and academies also shut. Welcomed by pupils, the unexpected time off was less popular with the youngest children’s parents. Some working mothers had to arrange emergency childcare, and others demanded that such emergency closures should lead to childcare being put in place as parents were taken unawares by the measure. With the schools closed, IT was party-time in Alfaz del Pi as the town chaos hit the roads with celebrated its local festival with a children’s some cut off, and the parade. The Festival Queen and First Maid emergency services called Rosabell Llobregat and Paula Romero along to remove fallen trees. with their maidens graced one of the floats. Turn to Page 4
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Mayors seek factory talks FAMOSA is moving its Ibi and Onil toy factories to Alicante City. The mayors of both towns have asked to meet management to discuss how the move will affect local employees.
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Unkindest cuts
EVICTIONS have built the first bridge between the PP and the PSOE since the 2011 elections. A police union will support officers who call in sick rather than eject mortgage defaulters from their homes. Now it remains for the villains of the piece to play their part and it looks as though the banks might do so. Not from shame, but to protect their reputation. Such as it is.
SPAIN’S regions face the biggest spending cuts they have yet experienced. Soon it will be apparent whether regional pride expressed as nationalism is genuine or opportunist. Local and regional politics have traditionally been regarded as permission to mint money but the big-spending days are over. Can all that regional pride and passion survive the new ordeal of penury? Or will it turn out to be cupboard love?
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Heart-throb bail FORMER heart-throb Spanish singer Francisco, 53, paid €6,000 bail to avoid remand while awaiting a postponed fraud trial in January. In May he failed to appear in Alicante to face the charges, claiming he had agoraphobia.
Fewer fly in
FLASHBACK: Christmas in full flow last year, but October has seen shops begin the 2012 festive build-up.
40 days left, and counting down
High-speed hope THE AVE high-speed train service is scheduled to reach Alicante next June, providing a boost to the city’s economy, said Minister of Public Works Ana Pastor.
EXAMINERS in the Valenciano dialect at Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University have not been paid for a year. Exams were held earlier this month but students were warned that further testing is unlikely until the regional government pays up.
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UST 40 days are left until Christmas. Shop shelves and window displays have been increasingly festive in recent weeks, and with the number of shopping days remaining now down to a mere 33 - plus perhaps the bonus of some Sundays by some stores - the countdown is clearly under way. Whether the big celebration is on December 25, or January 6 for the Spanish who tend to identify more with Three Kings, family budgets are always squeezed at this time of year. But on the plus side with the dire economic woes ongoing, many stores fighting for their
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DENIA CASTLE will reopen on Saturday, following a short closure for interior renovations, the town hall’s Culture department has announced.
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ALICANTE’S El Altet airport handled 834,999 passengers in October, 15.6 per cent fewer than the same month last year.
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SAN JUAN Council does not want the A-70 widened to three lanes, with the local tunnel, homes, a school and the sports stadium all affected, making the project too expensive, says a PP spokesman.
THE Bank of Valencia is to lay off 360 staff in late December, with unions satisfied over redundancy and early retirement conditions agreed.
ALICANTE rush-hour tram services were cut by 40 to 55 per cent as staff staged a one-day protest against redundancies.
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I can’t believe that banks bailed out by the government won’t even answer the phone. This is why we ordered the withdrawal of €1.5 million of City Hall funds from Bankia.’
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tills to ring continue to offer special discounts to attract extra business, with these set to remain in the festive build-up. “I will not have money to spend on many extras this Christmas with a tight family budget, and rising electricity and other costs following the VAT increases,” said local expatriate mother Lisa Stewart. “But by adding odd extras to the food cupboard over the next four or so weeks there will be some extra treats along with a few presents. Also I will save money this year by not sending as many cards, using the internet to greet friends back home in England,” added Lisa.
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Iberia airline staff members may be fired and pilots’ salaries could be cut by up to 47 per cent, according to plans submitted by the company to the trades unions.
EMPLOYEES were evacuated after workmen damaged a gas main near an Ondara shopping centre. They were allowed to return at midday.
Run for it CALPE is planning a road race on December 30, organised by the council, fiestas’ committee and the iRunCalp sports club.
Early start DENIA’S summer season is likely to begin earlier next year, with lifeguards on duty by June 1. The number of flags indicating sea conditions for swimmers is also to be increased.
and finally... A CANCER study conducted by the Barcelona Biomedical Research Institute has proved successful in preventing the spread of colon cancer in cases where a tumour had been previously detected.
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Skirt safety A GUST of wind in her skirts worked for Marilyn Monroe, but aides to Queen Elizabeth II take care to avoid any such incident for the monarch by sewing weights into her dresses. REASSURED: Isabel Bonig (third from left) tells local mayors the ‘trenet’ will continue.
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THE Alicante Line 9 TRAM service between Benidorm and Denia is to continue. A regional government decision to invest €3.75 million quashes rumours that the Benidorm to Denia service could be reduced or discontinued. Isabel Bonig, head of the Generalitat’s Infrastructure depart-
ment, revealed the investment plan at a meeting of the mayors of Benidorm, Altea, Calpe, Benissa, Teulada, Gata and Denia. There are 11 stations and seven halts on the Line 9 Benidorm-Denia route, which last year was used by 735,921 passengers. The line’s future was not in question, Bonig reassured the mayors. The narrow-gauge line and the train, called ‘el trenet’ by Spanish and foreign residents alike, serves two purposes.
Both the AlicanteBenidorm route – not under threat - and the Benidorm-Denia line provide workers and students with a cheap, fast means of getting from A to B. It is also widely used by Marina Baja outpatients. But the trenet is also a favourite with tourists and residents wanting a sightseeing or shopping day. The Benidorm and Denia route is scenic, with tall viaducts and some rustic and wild landscape.
Visitor thumbs up for Benissa NINE out of 10 visitors to Benissa want to
Storm-hit parents From Front Page In Oliva, a family of five needed medical attention after a wall in an adjoining building collapsed on their roof in the storms. Three adults were later discharged from hospital, although a three-year-old and a baby of five months were kept for observation. The storms, with gales of more than 90kms per hour, also kept Calpe, Javea and Denia fishing boats in port.
return. A tourism department survey has revealed that 89 per cent would like to revisit the town, giving the town an average score of 9.11 out of a possible 10 in ratings. The majority of summer tourists – 66.5 per cent - were from outside of Spain, principally the UK, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Spaniards visiting Benissa this summer came mainly from the areas of Madrid, Cataluña, the Basque Region, Castilla y Leon and the Valencian Community.
Feline felon A CAT in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, reported to police for fighting dogs and stealing neighbours’ food, has been slapped with the feline equivalent of an Asbo. He been placed on house arrest and will be given flower essences to keep him calm.
Cookie test BISCUITS have been scientifically proven to taste better when dunked in tea – according to TV chef Heston Blumenthal. The tea experiment features in the third episode of new Channel 4 series Heston’s Fantastical Food.
Alien ears BBC bosses told Professor Brian Cox that he could not attempt to listen to a newly-discovered planet on the TV show Stargazing Live in case aliens breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines.
Red faced TWO robbers faced an embarrassing wait to be rescued after they leapt 20ft down an embankment in a bid to avoid arrest, only to find themselves stranded on a riverbank. The pair had to wait half an hour until West Midlands Fire Service rescued them.
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Chemists continue rota strike action ALICANTE pharmacists’ indefinite strike entered its second week with two out of every three chemist’s shops closing in turn. Chemists in the Valencian Region’s three provinces - Valencia, Alicante and Castellon are owed a total of €450 million for Social Security medication supplied in the last five-
and-a-half months. The Alicante bill stands at €200 million and supplies are running low because they cannot restock. Minimum services are covered but the rota system will continue until they are paid, the pharmacists have vowed. Luis Rosado, head of the regional government’s Health department, is promising a more rapid
THERE WE GO: The peak at Puig Campana.
Scots scale peak SCOTTISH volunteers were monitored by members of Finestrat’s Special Mountain Police Unit (GAMO). The folk from Fort William did some climbing practice at Puig Campana peak, aid by the officers. “Knowing the landscape is crucial to guarantee safety in case of emergency,” the local Safety Councillor said.
School dinner shock PUPILS lunching in the dining room at Alicante’s Maristas school were horrified to find maggots in their soup.
An inspection of the stores later revealed dead maggots in a five-kilo pack of dry pasta which was quickly removed.
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32 jobs lost each day MARINA BAJA’S 18 municipalities accounted for 30 per cent of jobs lost in Alicante Province in October. An additional 981 people are now out of work in the Marina Baja, an area stretching from Altea to Villajoyosa on the coast, and inland to mountain villages like Tarbena, Guadalest and Confrides. Total unemployed reached 17,449 last month, 1,566 more than this time last year. Jobs are disappearing at the rate of 32 a day, claimed the CCOO trades union.
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German own goal with fake football shirts A GERMAN national aged 42 has been arrested in Teulada for allegedly selling counterfeit clothes. Guardia Civil seized goods valued at about €40,000 at the suspect’s apartment in Benissa and at Alicante Airport, including more than 500 football shirts and other items. The operation was ongoing at Press time and further arrests have not been ruled out. The counterfeit clothes are thought to have come from Bangkok and then sold through the internet and despatched to other European countries.
CRIME STOP: Counterfeit operation blocked by Guardia Civil.
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Red weevil peril hits Denia RED weevils, always a threat to Costa Blanca palms, are now threatening Denia’s trees. Efforts to eliminate the huge flying insects have failed and palms throughout the town are visibly affected. Particularly noticeable are the dying trees on the Paseo del Saladar, one of the Denia’s principal thoroughfares, where the council has removed 26 in recent months. It is no longer viable to continue to fight the
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and all the paseo’s remaining palm trees
are to be felled. Over the last two years the council has attended, free of charge, 850 requests from citizens for help and advice regarding infested palms. It also started proceedings in 150 cases against owners who failed to treat or remove affected trees. Removal and disposal of the infested trees is expensive and the 1,100 trunks taken away and shredded this year have cost the council more than €200,000.
Gas pipeline reveals old industry WORK on the Marina Alta gas pipeline has unearthed Roman remains in Gata. The discovery was not unexpected and its probable existence was cited in the council’s objections to the route planned by the construction
company, said Mayor Ana Maria Soler. Workmen uncovered the remains some days ago as they began to cut trenches for the pipeline near Gata’s La Rana archaeological site. They came up against a 50-centimetre
section of wall which Javea’s town architect Ximo Bolufer believes was built between the second and third centuries BC. The wall was probably a workshop where pottery jars were made for exporting wine produced in the area between Javea, Denia, Gata and Jesus Pobre, he said after visiting the site. The construction company, whose own archaeologist supervises excavations, has not halted work, as digging uncovered only an exterior wall side of the building. In the meantime, the regional department of Heritage Assets has been informed of the find, the mayor disclosed.
Lessons to be learned FRANCISCO CAMPS, former president of the Valencian Community, is now teaching at the Catholic University in Valencia City. Camps, who was acquitted in January of accepting bribes from corrupt businessmen, is ‘delighted’ to be teaching, he said. “I hope to be able to transmit the true value of bravery,” Camps added.
This service was formerly free but is charged now that the regional government has stopped subsidies to the publicly-owned Tragsa group. Denia Town Hall is to meet local residents, civic groups and business-owners to decide on which trees to plant in place of the palms. Substituting them will be slow, admitted Parks and Gardens Councillor Juan Carlos Signes owing to the high cost involved, and will begin in the worst-affected zones first.
Civil War shelters A TEAM of officials from Alicante has visited Almeria to learn from the city’s highly successful Civil War shelters tourist attraction. The shelters were discovered by accident during building work for an underground car park 11 years ago on the Rambla del Obispo. They have been restored and have become the city’s number one tourist attraction since opened to the public in December of 2006, with more visitors than the Moorish Alcazaba. Now, Alicante hopes to copy the successful format despite the fact that its shelters are just ‘small bunkers’. Nonetheless, the team of two councillors and a provincial deputy ‘took notes and asked for advice’ from their counterparts. They were guided around the shelters by Almeria Culture Councillor Ramón Fernández-Pacheco, who invited them to return to study them more closely.
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Top awards WITH a total of 255 restaurants, Germany has surpassed its top number of restaurants awarded Michelin stars.
Coffee tax STARBUCKS coffee chain has not paid federal income taxes since it started operating in the country back in 2002, a report by Reuters said, which was denied by the company.
Lucky slip A BANANA skin slip stopped a 39-year-old man from Bochum when he was about to stab his wife, court sources told Bild newspaper.
A believer CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel spoke publicly about her faith for the first time: “I believe in God and religion is my constant companion,” she said in a video blog.
So corrupt FORMER treasurer of the Brandenburg Green Party Christian Goetjes admitted in court he stole more than €200,000 from the party’s accounts and spent it on prostitutes.
Teen horror A YOUTH aged 19 was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he stabbed an elderly woman to death in Bielefeld, wearing a Halloween horror mask.
Bunny escape A RABBIT jumped out of a compost bin in Görlitz when it was opened. “It would have died a miserable death,” an animal rights centre told Die Welt.
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Guard sold arms A PRIVATE security guard faces a seven-year sentence for illegal possession of firearms and military weapons.
Police searching the man’s home in 2009 discovered the largest private weapons’ cache ever found in the province.
Bigger building plots for Bernia ALTEA council is increasing building plots in the Sierra de Altea from 800 to 1,600 square metres. The increase will mitigate the “feeling of disorder and a noticeable sense of overbuilding,” said Development councillor Carolina Punset of the Cipal party. The initiative is not new, as it was put forward by Cipal in 2010 and approved by the then PSOE council. Bernia’s remaining undeveloped land is classified as a special protection area for wildlife, Punset said. There are also official Sites of Community Importance (LICs) including the Bernia Fort and a 13th century tower as well as centuries’ old farmhouses, corrals and terracing. Modifying urban development regulations is “a long, hard job” whose short-term effects are not immediately visible, Punset admitted. “But it is essential to guarantee Altea’s future by tackling a task no-one has taken on until now,” she said.
It included 39 rifles, carbines and shotguns, 60 pistols and revolvers, 38 machetes, knives and daggers and more than 20,000 cartridges. All the weapons were in perfect condition and many ready for immediate use, according to a leaked Public Prosecution report. The guard legitimately bought old weapons, collectors’ items and nonfunctioning weapons, according to the Public Prosecution and restored them to working order. The Public Prosecutor’s report centred exclusively on illicit possession of weapons, although police are now investigating whether any of the restored weapons were sold to criminals for unlawful ends. Two others are also accused, with possible 18month sentences for making available and acquiring the weapons respectively.
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Organ strikes discordant note THE second day of Benidorm’s fiestas saw the formal blessing of a new €332,000 organ for the San Jaime church. The organ was paid for by popular subscription and many in the packed church on Saturday last week had hoped that parish priest Luis Lopez would refer to the ongoing debate surrounding the donation. An institution like the church, one of
whose principal missions is to help the poor, could put the money to better use during the crisis, claim many parishioners. Instead, Lopez skirted the issue. “This is a present for Benidorm that will last for centuries,” he said. Despite its many critics, the initiative is backed by hundreds of Benidorm churchgoers and the local town hall, controlled by the PSOE
socialists. Most councillors attended the blessing, headed by mayor Agustin Navarro, with the exception of councillors Natalia Guijarro and Juan Angel Ferrer. They are the authors of an open letter, condemning the purchase of the organ at a time when Benidorm was especially hit by the crisis and unemployment. Criticism also arrived from another quarter, in the shape of the local
senator for the PP conservatives, Agustin Almodobar, who was similarly absent from the blessing. Later in the afternoon last Saturday, following the Offering of Flowers, the mayor thanked Luis Lopez for all he had done for the parish over the last 10 years. Navarro made no direct reference to the €332,000 organ but commented that Benidorm now has “the best church in the diocese.”
Austerity measures for Benissa council
HERE’S THE SECRET: A visit to the wine cellar in Enrique Mendoza’s HQ.
Congratulations to winery LOCAL winery company Enrique Mendoza was congratulated by Alfaz del Pi Mayor, Vicente Arques for their international mention. The quality of their La Tremenda 2009 wine bottle edition was recently acknowledged by the New York Times.
“It has redefined its own ‘monastrell’ grape variety. It is a well-structured and complex wine, bringing black fruit, prune and mineral flavours to the palate,” NY Times gastronomy critic Eric Asimov said about La Tremenda 2009.
ANNOUNCING staff cuts, Benissa’s mayor Juan Bautista Rosello warned that this was only the beginning. Personal advisers are to be reduced from 10 to five in order to reduce costs and more costcutting exercises are planned for the future. Town hall workers also learnt that they will now work a 37.5-hour week, compared with the present 35. Savings made will be transferred to the town’s budget for social spending. Local householders had a more pleasant surprise.
Tight squeeze for Alicante police POLICE cars and motorcycles in Alicante city are lying idle because there is no money for urgent repairs. Around 30 are out of action owing to mechanical faults or accidents and some new vehicles have never been brought into service, said opposition councillor Manuel Marin. The 10 official cars allocated to city hall should be reduced, claimed opposition
councillor Manuel Marin, and the savings made used to repair the police vehicles. “While councillors are able to use their official cars, the Local Police can no longer patrol some outlying rural districts,” Marin said. Despite the city hall’s lack of funds, some councillors have up to three vehicles at their disposal, he added, while Local Police must sometimes travel four to a car.
The Campello rubbish treatment plant is increasing the €40 per ton now charged for every ton of rubbish it receives from local councils to €50. Nevertheless, Benissa
council will absorb the increase, the mayor said and rubbish collection would remain an annual €105 in the town centre and €150 in outlying areas.
ON THE ALERT: Safety and political authorities made sure to avoid any eventualities.
Safety indeed guaranteed
UP to 750 police officers safeguarded Benidorm during the local festival that ended yesterday, Wednesday 14. During the six days of festival, officers took shifts guaranteeing groups of 40 police in full operation. For the live concert by singer Melendi last Saturday, there was a special deployment of 45 local police officers, 40 national police officers, 40 members of private security, and several members of Civil Protection and the Red Cross, including an on-site hospital tent.
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month was not sewage, the council said. The PSOE opposition
Drugs financed Belgrade mafia SERBS living in the Marina Baja helped to finance paramilitary operations with marijuana grown in the Canary Islands. Last month police finally dismantled the Spanish connection headed by Luka Bojovic. The alleged mastermind of the murder of the Serbian prime minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003, Bojovic was detained in Valencia last February, along with three of his henchmen. These arrests were followed in October by those of Bojovic’s wife Barbara, then living with
their three children in La Cala de Finestrat, and his brother Nikola. Another eight people were arrested at the same time in Benidorm, La Nucia and Villajoyosa. Police searched 33 properties, a dozen of them located in Alicante province and included an estate agency and an administration agency. They also ordered two bank safety deposit boxes to be opened. They found €840,000 cash, 65 grams of cocaine, luxury watches and jewellery and many documents.
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Beach spillage ‘safe’ WATER that inundated Villajoyosa’s Centro beach during heavy rain last
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party demonstrated ‘ignorance’ with erroneous information regarding the Basseta de l’Oli drain, said Infrastructure and Water councillor Jeronimo Lloret. During intense rainfall the pipe diverting rainwater also carries sewage from the town’s overflowing drains, PSOE councillors claimed. The pipe channels only rainwater to the beach, Lloret announced recently. The opposition party should not be damaging Villajoyosa’s image with ‘totally false’ statements, he added. Paper found on the beach was not toilet tissue, he insisted. The company that supplies the town’s water had confirmed that spillage on the beach was rainwater. “It is not polluted or a health-risk,” Lloret declared.
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Brush up on your art knowledge FROM Saturday until December 15, Buenos Aires artist Gonzalo Núñez will be showcasing his latest artworks at Casa Sjengarden on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10.30am 2pm. Núñez’s works include water colours and acrylic paintings. Also, Fredy E. Wubben’s glass sculptures will also be on display. More information: 966 860 522.
Drivers choose old bangers over new FOUR second-hand cars were sold for every new vehicle last October. Ownership transfers were carried out for 170,757 used cars, a 29 per
cent increase. The year’s total rose to 1,322,980 and if second hand sales continue at this rate they could reach 1.6 million by the end of December.
Boozy browsing KICK start your Christmas shopping at the Charity Shop of Calpe’s annual event on Thursday November 22 between 4pm and 6pm. Enjoy a glass of Buck’s Fizz while you browse for gift ideas, cakes, jewellery and books.
In 2007, as the economic crisis began to make itself felt, sales were evenly split between new and used cars. The average age of a used car in Spain will reach 9.4 years by the end of the year although the number of cars over 10 years old is increasing, dealers said. Their sales grew by 39 per cent in October, but private transactions accounted for 57 per cent of the total, an increase of 28 per cent on last year.
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Madrid Arena admitted too many people TOO many people were admitted to the Madrid Arena mini-festival which claimed four lives in a crowd-surge last month, police confirmed. Only 9,600 entrance tickets were issued, organisers Diviertt later claimed. Investigators now believe 19,600 were sold for the Halloween electrohouse concert featuring American DJ Steve Aoki, sources revealed. A further 3,000 people gatecrashed the event and many jumped turnstiles.
Embassies to close GESTURE: Mayor Rhamses Ripolles thanked hotel representatives.
Villa Venecia Hotel’s new suite THE ‘Suite Morella’ has been opened by Villa Venecia Boutique Gourmet Hotel in Benidormin the presence of various
dignitaries. The luxury hotel room features an image of Morella’s castle and is named after the town.
NAVARRA, despite being one of Spain’s most prosperous regions, is to close its delegations in Madrid and Brussels. The Madrid delegation will close early next year, bringing savings of an annual €90,000 in staff wages and upkeep. It opened in 2001 to promote Navarra’s business interests and tourism while liaising with central government as well as other institutions in Madrid.
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…and the poor get poorer SOCIAL benefits in Spain do not reach the people who really need them, it was claimed last week. They help to reduce poverty by only 51 per cent, according to Jaime Lanaspa, managing director of the bank’s social Foundation. After two years on benefits, 54.6 per cent remain poor, he revealed. Around 30 per cent of Spaniards escape poverty by their own means, compared to the EU average of 20 per cent. “In other words, when things get bad they have ways of getting by,” said Lanaspa. Poverty has grown in Spain more than almost any other EU country and 2.4 million people now live below the poverty threshold of €3,700 a year, found the report. Families, which have acted as buffers during the crisis, are now stretched to the limit.
El Prado budget cuts not a pretty picture CASTELLON airport has not received one passenger since opening in March 2011 but receives better funding than El Prado. The Madrid art museum, which houses one of the world’s best
Children support soldiers THE children of Sierra Bernia School wore their poppies with pride in support of the British Legion. They learnt about the soldiers who have fought for their countries in wars, past and present, for the freedom we enjoy today.
collections, has been allocated only €11.2 million for 2013 compared with €17 million for the Valencian Community airport. He was shocked when El Prado’s allocation was slashed
by 30 per cent and he learnt it was 35 per cent less than the airport’s, admitted the director Miguel Zugaza. “We have reached a point where we have to question whether certain initiatives and projects like airports and auditoriums were timely or necessary,” said the director when asked to comment on the allocations. There should be more Administration support for the country’s heritage of art and history as both have an “enormous influence” on the Spanish economy, Zugaza maintained. “For this reason there should be no budget cuts in the area of culture or at least they should be considered more carefully,” he PROUD: The pupils of Sierra Bernia School. suggested.
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Official perks cut back THE government is to reduce its fleet of official cars, it was confirmed last week. Describing the decision as ‘emblematic,’ Mariano Rajoy’s second-incharge, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria did not reveal how many cars would go. Highranking officials would be particularly affected, the vice-president hinted. The government wants an efficient Administration that is close to the public and demonstrates it can respond in a time of crisis. “We have to do a lot more with a lot less,” she declared.
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Moving within Spain in search of a job SPANIARDS are beginning to migrate to different regions within the country in search of a job. This is a relatively new trend among Spanish people, which have traditionally been very close to their roots and refused to move out of their province, International Financial Analysts (AFI) expert Sara Baliña said.
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Obviously, there are ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in this new national migration trend. Thus, figures by the National Statistics Institute say that – from January to September, 2012 - more than 8,300 people moved away from Castilla-La Mancha, while some 7,400 moved away from the Castilla y Leon region. Both are the top
out-flow regions in Spain. In Andalucia, more than 5,800 had to pack their suitcase and try their chances elsewhere. Surprisingly, a traditionally incoming region like Catalonia also lost some 3,500 fellow compatriots. On the positive side, most migrants (13,650) have chosen Madrid as
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Charity benefit CAMEO Entertainers will perform ‘Vices and Virtues’ at Bar Mediterraneo on Saturday November 24. Tickets include a two-course meal and show, with proceeds raised going to the Alzheimer’s Association in Teulada. More information: 656 483 645.
CiU set to rule again in Catalonia, polls say THE electoral campaign started in Catalonia for a new regional Government to see the light on November 25. First polls run by the national Sociological Research Centre (CIS) and its equivalent in Catalonia (CEO) yielded similar conclusions.
CiU pro-autonomy rightwing party would win the elections again and socialist party PSC will notably decrease its number of congress representatives. But while CIS polls say CiU will not make enough Congress seats to be a majority, between 69 and 71, would be enough.
the favourite place to find employment, followed by the Balearics (nearly 5,550).
Suzuki to close factory SUZUKI are closing their motor-cycle factory in Spain with the loss of at least 170 jobs. The factory in Gijon, Asturias, will close next March, with the decision by the Japanese-owned company being “irreversible” said Graciano Torre, head of the regional government’s department of Economy and Labour. Javier Fernandez and Suzuki representatives unsuccessfully met in an attempt to negotiate an alternative to closure, which Torre described as “disastrous.” Suzuki pinned the decision to cease production on economic losses which have risen to €30 million over the past four years. It now remained to negotiate the closure with the Gijon employees, he said.
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Back to the ‘campo’, where the flavour is Get to know the Spanish way of life from Raul Candela, a Spaniard born and raised.
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RURAL PRIDE: It is not all sun, sea and siesta in Spain. Discover a different way of life in small towns.
FUNNY beverage advertisement on Spanish television proposes “bringing together countryside towns who need people, and people who need countryside towns.” The advert is very symptomatic of the new migration and cultural trends going on in Spain. Traditionally, living in the countryside - the ‘campo’ - was a synonym of being a country bumpkin (a ‘paleto’) with poor cultural skills, unsophisticated manners, weak patrimony and a bleak future. But especially since the present economic crisis first broke out, people
have started to build some sort of countryside rural pride. There is increasing nostalgia, especially among those born in towns who have then moved to cities, as well as among people raised in urban areas and who are now thinking outside the box. The fact is, for many, living in the city is not the life that appeared promised. Such a lifestyle can take a lot of time to go to work and back; petrol prices have significantly increased; and many find no time to educate the children, so hire a babysitter. This has led to some realising it may not be worth spending 12 hours a day away from home to hardly make it through the month because they have a mortgage to pay. Our grandparents sought life in the city because in Franco’s dictatorship, there were almost no public welfare services elsewhere. Life was miserable back then, but there have been huge improvements in the last 40 years, with good health, education and other services now widely available. Who would have thought that Spain would be able to boast availability of the internet to the middle-ofnowhere areas by this early in the Third Millennium? But with some salaries no longer balancing out with the extra expense of living in cities any more and with five million people unemployed, staff speak some English. some Spaniards are beginning to move back to certificate (or family book if born the countryside, where life is in Spain). If living with just one not only simpler, but parent, authorisation will also be also cheaper and healthier. Of course, owning a vehicle needed from the other parent. - If the parents are separated or is a must, but that is a small divorced, an agreement price to pay. My advice is that for people confirming custody of the child who have a Spanish friend must also be presented. With the correct documents to living in the countryside - or hand registration should be one who has relatives there completed within about 10 don’t miss the opportunity to minutes. Most expatriates will find spend a few days and try to that staff in the municipal register discover what the campo is offices - especially within areas really all about. Mix with the with a large foreign community - locals and you will get to meet ‘the real Spain’. usually speak English.
Signing on at the padron easier than many fear EXPATRIATES signing on the municipal register - despite many beliefs - do not face mounds of paperwork. It is now possible to be included in the municipal register - officially known as the padron - with only a passport or national ID card following changes earlier this year in the Spanish Immigration Law. Padrons are issued at the municipal register office (oficina del padrón), normally within local town halls. However, on occasions registration is at Tourist Offices and Foreign Resident Council departments. For this reason is it advisable to make phone or e-mail contact before setting off to register. Padron benefits - including sport and leisure activity discounts, bus passes and a number of other issues - can vary, according to locations. To register, the following
AYUNTAMIENTO DOS HERMANAS: Often registration department documents - originals plus a photocopy - are required: - Passport or national ID card (in force).
Q AND A: MY wife works and finds it difficult to go to the town hall to register. Can I sign her up on her behalf? Answer: You can register all relatives - including your children - as well as friends, but only with the full required documentation. It is not sufficient to merely present a signed authorisation on their behalf.
- The EU Certificate of Residence is not required by law, though some town halls may seek it for further confirmation. - Title deed (if a property owner), rental contract (if renting a home). - People living as guests (relatives or friends) in a property for more than three months should produce an authorisation signed by the owner or the tenant plus a copy of their ID card and the title deed. - People under the age of 18 should also produce their birth
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THREE people were caught ‘red handed’ by the Local Police in Archidona, as they were siphoning petrol from construction vehicles parked at a quarry.
TWO men were arrested by the Guardia Civil after a car chase on the A7 to Murcia. When their van was searched, officers found 12 stolen construction crane counterweights and discovered the vehicle had been started by hot-wiring it.
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MILK exported from Almeria is being made into Brie cheese in France, with sales worth €5.3 million, a 47 per cent increase.
Work death trial FOUR bosses at the Briseis toiletries factory in Benahadux have gone on trial accused of negligence, which led to an explosion that killed two workers five years ago. They face up to three years and three months in jail if found guilty.
Testing times MORE than 300 Almeria students aged 20 and over are sitting their Baccalaureate exams this month, with the vast majority taking humanities and social science papers.
Northern nosh ALMERIA’S fifth Spanish traditional cooking festival focusing on dishes from the northern provinces of Asturias, Avila, Navarre and Ourense - will end at the La Encina restaurant in the old town on December 2.
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Museum hope RENOVATION work on La Alcudia Museum in Elche should be finished so it can reopen in spring, with window and electrical fitting installation now under way. The work began in August 2010.
€300m down MUNICIPALITIES in Alicante, Benidorm, Denia, Elche, Elda, Orihuela, San Vicente, Torrevieja and Xàbia have seen their incomes
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SNOWY PEAKS: Sierra Nevada looks set for winter sport.
Snow drifts in for ski season
SNOW has fallen on the Sierra Nevada with two weeks to go before the skiing season opens. Between 10 and 15 centimetres of snow fell in the Borreguiles and Veleta districts. That is enough to let workers start preparing the pistes for the planned December 1 opening. Now local shops, businesses and hotels have started getting ready for what they hope will be a busy season. Pedro Rodriguez from the Kenia Nevada hotel said: “It is very good weather now. It is cold and we have had some snow, so we are in a good position for the opening. drop by more than €300 million in three years, though this is the lowest since the financial crisis began in 2007.
Bikes for disabled THE Rotary Club of Alicante has donated four bicycles adapted for wheelchair users to the Lucas Kosch Foundation, which is dedicated to children and youths with multiple disabilities.
€65,000 aid A €65,000 GRANT has been given to the APANEE charity which helps children with special needs by Torrevieja Town Hall.
Looking ahead ABOUT 200 trees and shrubs were planted as part of a reforestation campaign in Aigües d'Elx by parents and children from Elche, Santa Pola and Alicante.
“We need just a little more snow and then it will be perfect. “There is not yet enough snow to ski, but by the end of the month it should be very good.” He added: “It is definitely better than last year. We are looking forward to a good season.” Workers have also been clearing 10 centimetres of snow from the Andalucia and Pradollano squares and hauling it to the slopes for use. With more snow being collected from drifts in gulleys to prepare the hard base for the pistes, the slopes look set to open on time.
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Hikers rescued FOUR mountain hikers who got lost on a 1,900-metre-high peak in between the provinces of Granada and Malaga were rescued by the Guardia Civil and taken to Alhama in Granada.
Burnt at home A WOMAN aged 48 was injured after a fire broke out in her home in Antequera. She was stable, at Press time, but suffered 15 per cent burns.
Uni budget cut INVESTMENT on R&D grants will be cut by 20 per cent to €800,000 at Malaga University next year, due to government budget cuts.
Lunch sponsor BUSINESS lunches held every month at the Marbella Tourist Initiatives Centre (CIT) – gathering representatives from 450 member companies – will be sponsored by Unicaja Bank.
Bye sea centre THE Centre for Endangered Sea Species Care (CREMA) in Malaga may be closed by the Andalucian Government next year, due to budgetary cuts.
Tourist influx
ANDALUCIA has high expectations for British tourism next year. This follows their participation at the World Travel Market in London. British tourists are expected to stay more nights in 2013, according to Jose Carlos Escribano, President of the Costa del Sol Hoteliers Assocation.
GUARDIA Civil arrested a German man on suspicion of staging the theft of his car and then setting it on fire in an attempt to claim €15,000 insurance. The car was found burned out in Rincon de la Victoria.
Court move TORROX’S courts could be moved to premises in the Plaza de la Almedina. At the moment the court is based in the 19th century Palacio de la Hoya, which has numerous ‘architectural barriers’, according to the town’s mayor, Francisco Muñoz.
White peaks THE first snows of the season in Malaga Province were spotted on La Maroma peak. This is the highest spot - 2,068 metres - in the Sierra Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park.
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Doctors protest ABOUT 100 doctors at Son Espases Hospital held a demonstration to protest at the length of waiting lists for surgery and consultations.
Treasure island A PRIVATE bank has opened a branch in Palma with the aim of attracting as many of the 8,000 Mallorca residents it estimates are worth more than €300,000. Banca Madrid said tourism and expats were motivating factors in the move.
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THE Spanish Industrial Production General Index fell 11.7 per cent in September compared to the same period in 2011, the 13th consecutive month with negative numbers.
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Ringing up profits Latin America better for Telefonica than Europe TELEFONICA now earns more money in Latin America than Europe, where Spain continues to be the company’s weakest EU market. The multi-national Spanish company globally earned €3,455 million in the first three quarters of this year, reducing its debts by €5,500 million to ‘just’ €58,823 million.
Germany seeks Spanish workers By Linda Hall GERMANY needs workers, and is looking at Spain to provide them! The Hesse region in the heart of Germany has contacted Madrid Chamber of Commerce with job opportunities. There is nearly 50 per cent unemployment amongst Spain’s young but Hesse, with its six million population, has jobs available for 150,000 people. The region is looking for two different types of jobseekers. It needs young people combine to wanting vocational training with in experience work exchange for a salary of around €500 a month. Some programmes also offer training and include
board and lodging. Employers are also looking for students with technical qualifications, especially engineers and architects, as well as those with Spain’s equivalent of ‘A’ levels.. Additionally, companies want practising professionals ready to step into existing jobs, particularly architects and engineers. Spanish-trained engineers have a good reputation in Germany, hence the interest in engaging them, explained Bernd Haug, President of Hesse’s professional association of engineers. Many come from the construction industry, a sector where Germany wellrequires badly qualified workers, Haug added.
South America now brings in more money for Telefonica than its concerns on the other side of the Atlantic, generating 49 per cent of turnover, compared with 48 per cent in Europe. Telefonica had a total turnover of €46,519 million by the end of September - 0.3 per cent less than in 2011 of which Latin America accounted for €22,578 million.
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Law study WAYS to regulate mortgage contract clauses considered ‘abusive’ are being studied by government, Spain’s Deputy PM Soraya Saénz has said.
Energy loss SPANISH energy company Endesa reported €1,622 million in net benefits during the first nine months of the year, a year-toyear 16 per cent loss.
Vueling flying high with agreed merger A TAKEOVER bid has been made for Vueling, the Spanish low-cost airline company. IAG, the company resulting from the Iberia and British Airways merger, is offering €7 per share, which means a 28 per cent liquidity premium. Stakeholders have agreed the bid terms. IAG’s main stakeholder is Banco Financiero y de Ahorro (BFA), through its subsidiary Bankia bank, with a 12.05 per
RIGHT LINE: Telefonica is reducing its debts.
cent share. Investment corporations Blackrock, Schroeder and Templeton jointly own a 13 per cent share. Vueling shares in Madrid rose 51 per cent to €5.84 from the end of 2011 until trading in the stock was suspended. “This acquisition would be positive for Spain,” IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said. “We would retain Vueling’s Barcelona base and create new Spanish jobs.”
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I HAVE seen newspaper articles about obtaining access to the Spanish Social Security health service either by paying a modest monthly or yearly fee, or simply applying if from a country that has agreements with Spain. I am interested in this possibility because my ill health has forced me to retire early, so I am not yet of pensionable age. This means that I do not have a British pensioner’s access to Spanish healthcare, You and the and as I do not work in Spain, I do not pay Social Security Law in Spain By David Searl contributions. There are many exclusions and problems with pre-existing conditions which make a private medical insurance not suitable for me. We are here legally, with the Certificate of Registration for EU citizens resident in Spain. P C (Malaga)
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Taxman Osborne proves real-life nightmare THE taxman, it seems, is everyone’s worst fear, with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne the public figure who most often appears in British nightmares, a study has found.
£££ A FEAR of failure is holding back businesses as entrepreneurs play it safe, according to Barclays who in a survey of 1,000 small firms found they put off spending
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since 2007, after four years of crisis. Now another 13,000 staff are set to go in 2013 as vacancies also drop in Europe and Asia, studies indicate.
£££ SALES at Morrisons slipped 2.1 per cent from July to September as they battled fragile consumer confidence and big discounting from rivals including LIDL and Aldi who saw business grow.
Random thoughts from bailout for Spain to the world of drugs SO much seems to be going on, without resolution, that the news generally is difficult to follow. Rajoy, after insisting since mid-summer that Spain does not, and will not, require an European Union (EU) bailout, now admits that one might be necessary but that he won’t know until the end of the year. Well, circumstances do change, and it is rather refreshing to find a politician who admits to uncertainty. Not so Artur Mas, the Catalan president, who, being quite sure he is correct, bangs on about regaining Cataluña’s independence. However, having searched the web for information, I can find no reference to Cataluña having ever been an independent state. Perhaps an historian reader will put me right. Carme Chacón, herself Catalan, who was
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narrowly beaten by Alfredo Rubalcaba for the leadership of PSOE earlier this year, has come out in the national Press with a quite different point of view, rejecting any possibility of Cataluña breaking away from Spain. They cannot both be right, but if asked, I’d put my money on Chacón.
Getting away from that, I see the EU is asking for an increase in its budget, with a figure of some €8 billion being mooted. Perhaps instead of expecting the already cash-strapped citizens to fork out even more, the bureaucrats should make cuts, and - horror of horrors - inflict some austerity measures upon themselves. For instance, does the EU really need two European Parliament buildings, one in Brussels and another in
A juicy orange deal for Don Simon ALMOST 250 Huelva citrus fruit growers have agreed to supply 30 to 50 million kilos of small or skin-damaged oranges a year for Don Simon fruit juice. The fruit would otherwise be
rejected for EU sale. The agreement will make Garcia Carrion group’s Villanueva de los Castillejos plant Europe’s leading manufacturer of squeezed orange juice
Strasbourg, between which the overpaid and underworked MEPs migrate every two months? Additionally, does the EU need Baroness Ashton, the second-highest-salaried woman in the world? She has, after all, failed to attend two-thirds of the commission’s meetings over the past year, and has, apparently, voiced her dislike of Brussels, the city not the institution. Finally, a thought concerning the trade in narcotics. The ‘Narcos’ running their multi-billion dollar international businesses are evil people to be sure, but why are their customers not more severely castigated? Without buyers the drug trade would wither on the vine, and when you think about it, these self-absorbed users of ‘recreational’ drugs frequently cocaine - share responsibility for the thousands of murders committed worldwide by the ‘narcos’ fighting their turf wars and ‘adjusting’ their accounts. The users are, in my view, accomplices, plainly and simply, to murder before, during and after, the fact, and should be prosecuted and punished as such.
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Spanish Succession Tax In The Costa Blanca Besides considering your personal tax planning, for example if you are looking to lower taxation on your savings and investments, you may wish to consider the impact of Spanish succession tax on your heirs and how you can reduce this liability for them. Spanish succession tax (impuesto sobre sucesiones y donaciones) is charged on inheritances and gifts. This article mainly covers inheritances, so if you make a gift you should look into the specific rules for this. Succession tax becomes due in the following situations: 1) The asset/s being inherited is/are in Spain (Spanish property, local bank accounts etc). This applies whether or not the beneficiary lives in Spain. 2) If the person receiving an inheritance is resident in Spain, regardless of where the inheritance is coming from. Three key things to note are that each beneficiary pays tax on the amount they receive (it is not paid by the estate); there is no blanket exemption between spouses; there are both State and Regional rules, and where the regional rules apply, the reliefs, rates and allowances can vary across the regions. State rules The progressive tax rates range from
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7.65% for inheritances under €7,993 to 34% for inheritances over €797,555. The amount of tax payable is then subject to multipliers, depending on the relationship between the deceased and the inheritor and their net wealth. Spouses and descendants worth under €402,678 suffer no increase, but for everyone else the tax due is multiplied by between 1.05 and 2.4, making a top rate of almost 82%. There are personal allowances, but they are low. For spouses, children and other descendants the allowance is just €15,957. Siblings, cousins, nephews/ nieces, uncle/aunts and in laws receive €7,993. No allowances are available to anyone else, not even to unmarried partners registered as a pareja de hecho (unless eligible for a disability allowance).
There is also a 95% deduction against the main home, provided the inheritor is a spouse or child (or someone over 65 who has lived with you for the last two years) and provided they do not sell the property for at least 10 years. The maximum deduction per inheritor is €122,606. The Autonomous Communities (AC) can vary the State rules to lessen the impact and in Valenciana the rules are particularly beneficial, to the point where it can be virtually eliminated. Comunidad Valenciana (Valencia, Alicante, Castellón) Valenciana has slightly different tax bands and multipliers to the State rules. The main home relief remains the same as under the State rules but the personal allowance for spouses and descendants is increased to €40,000. Since January 2007 there is a 99% reduction in the tax payable on inheritances received by spouses, children and grandchildren who are habitually resident (see below) in the Valencian Comminity at the time of your death. Murcia Personal allowances are the same as the State ones, and descendants under 21 can receive a 99% deduction against the tax payable. Since 2007 this 99% deduction also applies to
spouses and children and grandchildren over 21 provided the taxable value of the inheritance received is less than €300,000 per beneficiary. State or regional rules? You can only benefit from the Valenciana or Murcia rules if you are “habitually resident” in that region, i.e. have been living there for five years at your death. If not, or your AC cannot be determined, the State rules apply. So if you own assets such as property and bank accounts in Valenciana or Murcia, but remain tax resident elsewhere, your family will suffer the more pernicious State rules. The same applies if you have been living here but not submitting a tax return locally. Spain has been referred to the European Commission for discriminatory treatment of residents and non-residents living in the EU and the Commission has asked Spain to end this discrimination. We will have to wait and see what Spain does about this. UK inheritance tax If you are a British expatriate you could easily be liable to UK inheritance tax as well as Spanish succession tax. Inheritance tax applies to the worldwide assets of British domiciles. There is no double tax
treaty between the two countries on inheritances, but if inheritance tax is paid in the UK, the amount is usually deductible against the Spanish liability. However, if the UK bill is higher than the Spanish one, the Spanish authorities will, of course, not refund the difference. It is important to understand the various Spanish succession tax rules and how they apply to your situation, as well as how they affect any UK inheritance tax liability. A wealth management firm like Blevins Franks will guide you through them and explain how you may be able to lower your succession and inheritance tax liabilities and potentially save your heirs a considerable amount of tax. You can often combine your estate planning with your personal tax planning. The tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual should take personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com
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Save the planet and then save those expensive material items WHEN disaster strikes suddenly people are worried about the world around them and their own possessions. A perfect recent example is Hurricane Sandy and the amount of concern people are showing over the devastation left in its wake. Some people lost their homes, cars, belongings or livelihoods. Compassion poured out to affected individuals via news A look channels and social at finance media sites, as for females sympathisers tried to imagine what it must Jane Plunkett be like to lose jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. everything in the blink com of an eye: savings, property, everything that financially supports people. STAY GROUNDED: Flying off for parties It’s hard to fathom. has an invisible cost! Yet the irony of all this is that the amount of concern people show about Sandy is directly proportional to the amount of time they add to distances or lighting up their property like a climate change by flying around the world for Christmas tree. bachelor or hen parties, driving cars short Experts have proven that climate change is
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driving extreme weather, which will only lead to more intense storms like Hurricane Sandy, as well as droughts, frequent flooding and wildfires. According to Greenpeace, the world’s oceans are on the brink of destruction. Tuna companies are killing thousands of sea birds, sea turtles and sharks and putting global food sources at risk through destructive fishing practices. Still, less than 1 per cent of the world’s oceans are set aside and protected as marine reserves. In Brazil last week, an agri-business lobby pushed through dangerous legislation which has weakened local forest laws, opening up a section of rainforest the size of Minnesota to deforestation. All the carbon emitting activities that we partake in cost us money, and the result of polluting our environment to such an extent is that in return it may some day cost us our belongings or even our lives. If we really are concerned about losing the material goods we paid so much to attain, maybe it is time to start thinking about how we can live more sustainably in this world. If not just to save the fish, at least to save that fancy flat screen TV!
Toxic homes could be rented out PROPERTIES acquired by BARES - Spain’s ‘Bad Bank’ - from nationalised banks, could be rented out. The proposal has come from Jose Luis Centella, spokesman for leftwing Izquierda Plural, a threeparty alliance in the national parliament. There is nothing in the management model chosen for the bank that prevents this, conceded the government in a written reply. Economic reforms passed in February and August oblige a nationalised bank to transfer toxic assets consisting of loans for properties and land unlikely to be recouped. At least 5 per cent of these must be disposed of to a third entity unconnected to its group.
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THIRD quarter profits for Repsol subsidiary YPF, nationalised by the Argentinian Government last April, have halved compared with last year. Spanish-owned Repsol had invested too little in YPF, said President Cristina Fernandez, and made Argentina increasingly dependent on expensive fuel imports. But while Repsol has recovered from the loss with an adjusted net profit of €496 million, its former subsidiary earned €126 million - 51 per cent less - between June and September. This was the first quarter that the company was entirely in Argentinian hands.
MANY of Spain’s top politicians are to lose the use of their official cars with a 66 per cent cut from 307 to 103 vehicles. The Spanish Government’s planned austerity measure will affect both the state and regional governments with an expected €10.5 million saving from the public budget. This decision will leave general directors without an official car, while deputy officers will have to share their vehicle with other work colleagues.
Ship stops here... CRUISE LINERS are helping buck the recession in Malaga as more passengers visit the city. Dilip Kuner looks at the 2012 success story. With 700,000 passengers due to have landed at the new Malaga port by the end of the year, foreigners for the first time now outnumber Spanish tourists to the city. Cruise liner passengers are being credited with breathing new life into the city’s streets and businesses, boosting trade during the worst recession of a generation. Malaga is an increasingly popular port of call, with the city enjoying a 11.25 per cent rise in cruise ship passengers up to the end of August. In contrast the Balearic Islands saw passenger arrivals fall 25.2 per cent and Barcelona 14.3 per cent in the same period. While Barcelona remains mainland Spain’s busiest cruise port by far, Malaga is now second, with much of its success credited
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PORT OF CALL: Malaga is now the second busiest in Spain.
Malaga cruising up the Spanish port rankings to the new cruise passenger terminal opened earlier this year. As part of an extensive port redevelopment, a €21.3-million terminal capable of accommodating 200-metre-long ships and cruise liners - was built. A state-of-the-art, 900-squaremetre two-level pier at Quay Two has a mobile bridge to connect liners to the dock. Meanwhile,
Land ahoy CULTURAL and leisure attractions are Malaga City’s main draw, according to Councillor for Culture, Tourism and Sport Damian Caneda. The city now offers an increasing number of chic restaurants in the winding lanes of the old city, along with tapas bars frequented by tourists and locals alike, with Malagueños nicknamed ‘boquerones’ after the huge amounts of fried fish they consume. While some bars are cool and modern in design, others are more traditional tavernas. Art lovers can visit the Picasso or more recently opened Carmen Thyssen museums, and the Roman amphithetre is an increasingly popular tourist destination. The cathedral is ever-popular along with trips to the Gibralfaro, and there is also superb shopping with Calle Larios the top attraction.
Quay One offers passengers and city tourists alike shopping and leisure space along with restaurants and food outlets. Malaga’s tourist board representative, Antonio Montejo Romero, described the new cruise passenger terminal as an exciting addition to Malaga’s extensive offering for tourists during its opening.
Changing tides MALAGA has been a port for 3,000 years. Originally called Malaka and founded by the Phoenicians in 1,000BC, the city was once capital of the Islamic Kingdom of Granada. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries the port grew rapidly as an export base for cereals and goods, and in the 20th century was expanded, though following a decline in use in the second half parts were converted for residential use. Nowadays 10 wharfs are in use, including three for cruise liners and mega-yachts. In total as well as the arriving cruise liners, the port handles major imports including cement, cereals, grains, petrol and fertilisers. It also handles 39,000 vehicles a year and 450,000 containers.
“We now give a unique experience for arriving passengers in that they can be in the heart of the city in five minutes,” he said. Anxious for the city to cash in, since the opening Malaga City Hall has agreed to shops staying open on Sundays and bank holidays to provide cruise passengers the opportunity to shop and spend more during city visits. Meanwhile, the Malaga-Costa del Sol Cruise Tourism Forum has been set up to promote the city, and Malaga City Hall invested more than €61,000 in a campaign at the recent World Travel Market exhibition in London. Britain is one of Malaga’s main markets, with 36 per cent of arriving cruise liner passengers from the UK. October - traditionally one of the busiest for cruises - saw 45 liners dock, and November started well with 12 ships arriving between November 2-9. But it is not all plain sailing for the port, with reports indicating that Royal Caribbean and Costa Cruises are considering pulling out in 2013.
‘Pay up’ notaries are told CONSUMERS’ association OCU has called for Spain’s notaries and property registrars to return €400 million overcharged between 2007 and 2012. Last year OCU detected ‘excessive charges’ in 92 per cent of notaries and registrars’ fees for mortgage cancellations. The association lodged a formal complaint with the Public Prosecution Office, requesting an investigation into irregular conduct by both and reimbursement where overcharging occurred. Between December 2007 and May 2012, mortgages were cancelled on 1.6 million homes, according to national statistics’ office, INE. Notaries should have charged a fixed fee of €30.5 regardless of the value of the mortgage, OCU claims. Together with other expenses the total should in no case have exceeded around €70 but instead they charged an average of €260. Registrars were charging an average of €144 instead of OCU’S estimated €24. The Prosecution Department has finally concluded that OCU’s accusations are founded. The association now intends to write to Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon as well as the General Directorate of Notaries and Registrars, asking what steps they propose to take.
Solar wars THE heat is rising following a European Commission-launched probe into alleged illegal subsidies in the €21 billion import trade of solar panels from China.
Deadly dream THE Catholic Church has been angered by a Polish coffin-maker who produced a calendar featuring topless models next to his caskets in an effort to boost sales.
€6bn cuts GERMAN giant Siemens will cut €6 billion from its running costs by the end of 2014 as it fights to stay competitive during the global downturn.
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Spanish need a lesson on school books AS a former high school teacher in US public schools, American families do not pay one single dollar for student textbooks, unless the material is damaged due to borrower ‘negligence’. Students must ‘cover’ them adequately, but the taxpayer never has to pay for textbooks or other pupil school supplies. That is precisely why they’re called Public Schools: they are paid for via our federal (Washington DC) and state (Massachusetts) budgets. Quoting two recent Spanish Press complaints regarding textbook cost abuse: ‘Textbooks: €400 Heist’, El Mundo, and ‘Armed Robbery: €900 Euros: textbooks for 3 sons’, 20 Minutos, I have never understood why in crisis Spain it is obligatory to buy new textbooks annually in every school subject, with the exaggerated expense this entails for a struggling family of two or more school-aged children. The list of reusable textbooks for the following years and future student use is almost unending. Some privileged publishing companies and other fat cats are ‘making hay while the sun shines’ at the expense of many already downtrodden, down-and-out families in Spain. Richard M McBride, Benidorm, (Alicante)
Pricey Endesa WHAT does Endesa do with the money it extorts for an overpriced and unreliable service? On November 7 the electricity went off six or seven times in Mijas Pueblo. It’s getting to be a daily occurrence. We are now paying probably double the price that it was about five years ago. I’m certain the Endesa shareholders will be very happy with their dividends but what about the poor customers having an inadequate service? Each time the power fails we worry about what will be the next appliance ruined, not to mention the freezer food contents! I am a very disgruntled Endesa customer. Gerry N Hill, Mijas (Malaga)
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Snapped! By Celia Fernandez of Alora, Malaga
15 - 21 November 2012 Costa Blanca North unaware of the linguistic discrimination against the Castilian language currently enforced by the Generalitat government in Cataluña. I therefore would encourage you to travel there and speak to the many Catalonians whose mother tongue is not Catalan. They will reveal what doesn’t appear in the Press or on the news. Also check with some parties in Cataluña who are trying to fight this. The totalitarian adjective would have been better applied to the current government in Cataluña, which ironically is applying the same linguistic cleansing that Franco applied there after the Civil War. Tony Partida, Alhaurin de la Torre (Malaga)
Clean-up praise NORMALLY a 4x4 is the ideal vehicle for residents and visitors alike using a dry river bed to reach properties in Los Lagares, an outlying rural district of Alora. But following the recent heavy rains, this photograph by Alora based expatriate Celia Fernandez clearly shows a dinghy would be more useful.
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Cry for help WHEN will the Spanish government start to do something to help the tourist trade? Bar and restaurant owners have to pay huge amounts in social security and town hall rates, but get very little in return. Spain needs more of the golfing tourists who kept many restaurants profitable in out of summer months to return. What does the government do? Raises IVA from 8 to 21 per cent. Are they mad? Be prepared for a lot more bar and restaurant closures this winter. We have already been bled dry. J Evans, Fuengirola (Malaga)
Religious joke HOW can the Catholic Church be so insular spending half-a-million euros restoring the Nuestra Senora de Encarnacion Church in Torrox! What have they done it for, the people’s souls? What about the stomachs, shelter or education of the people? Such money could provide so much for homeless families in need. If ever anything was going to convince me to be an atheist, this has to be it. Catholicism is a joke! Norma by email, Competa (Malaga)
ALL the staff of Orihuela Town Hall should be thanked for the great improvement in service since the coalition has taken over. It is now a pleasure to attend the offices and meet the staff who are helpful, pleasant and co-operative. Veronica and the staff of the basura office after listening to concerns about the standard of service have made a great difference to our El Ghalan area. We have noticed there are lots of other clean-up procedures in place over Orihuela Costa which are appreciated by the community. Mill and Syd Bull, Orihuela Costa (Murcia)
Kind neighbours I DISAGREE with Jennifer Rogers’ letter ‘So anti-social unless family’ (Issue 1427). We have wonderful Spanish neighbours. My motto is you reap what you sow. Maureen Turner, Rambla de Oria (Almeria)
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YOUR editorial Totalitarian mind (Issue 1420), about the Spanish Education Minister J Wert is misinformed and misleading. While the minister’s choice of words were rather poor, you have to understand what he meant. He wants to try to enforce the current laws about protecting the linguistic rights of the Spanish speaking Catalonians, almost half of the population there, specifically in education. I must assume that you are
AFTER losing my cash card, my last hope was ExPats where I had been shopping. I called them and not only had they found my card, but had also put notices all over the shop asking me to contact the manager. In this day and age when one loses items like cash cards, one can normally kiss them goodbye. It is very refreshing that places like ExPats exist, and my thanks go to staff for being so honest. R Smith By email
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5:20am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Series about properties that have gone to auction. 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country
4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard 5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef Series looking for the country’s best young cook. 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children. 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Young Apprentice 10:00pm Hunted 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What's New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm Animal Park 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link
5:20am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. Sue Hill needs your help solving more crimes. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. Sue Hill needs your help solving more crimes. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories
5:30am Deal or No Deal 6:25am Countdown 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away The contrasting locations of Bournemouth and Sicily provide food for thought for Paul and Chris. 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not The superspending Earle family's weekly grocery bill comes in at a staggering £200. 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown
5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge 6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Best House in the Street 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami
4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series. 5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won. 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals Double Michelin starred Michel Roux Jr and MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace put on the pressure in their search for Britain’s next culinary superstar. The six best chefs from this week’s heats return for this week’s quarter final. This is where the battle really begins. First they must prove to Michel and Gregg they have what it takes with a dish of their own invention. 10:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide. 11:00pm Hebburn 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines, with Kirsty Wark.
4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal David and his team of David Ford, Ian Towning and Alison Chapman are in Watford today. 5:00pm Midsomer Murders Conclusion. 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale Desperate for answers, Debbie braces herself to visit Chas in prison. Kerry is on a mission to prove to Amy she can pull her weight. Gennie is fuming when she uncovers Nikhil's plan. Debbie's hard exterior finally cracks after visiting Chas. Kerry and Amy are annoyed to discover why Kerry did not get the factory job. Nikhil finds himself in big trouble with Gennie. 9:00pm Coronation Street Michelle is furious at Steve’s childish attempts to dupe Rob. 9:30pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The celebrity reality competition continues into day five. 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham with the latest headlines from around the world. 11:35pm Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands
4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show. 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks In the aftermath of the accident, Hollyoaks falls into disrepair. 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Kirstie’s Vintage Home 10:00pm Everyday 11:50pm 999: What’s Your Emergency?
4:15pm A Decent Proposal Thriller about a pregnant woman whose intrepid husband dies whilst on an assignment abroad. 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news. 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic 9:00pm The Big Dig Two-part documentary series. 10:00pm Hatfields and McCoys Star-studded drama series about two feuding families in post civil-war America. 11:00pm Valkyrie
Shirley Henderson.
CH4
10:00pm Everyday John Simm.
12:35am This Week 1:25am EastEnders Omnibus 2:50am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am Panorama A report from the weekly current affairs programme. 3:25am Countryfile 4:20am Antiques to the Rescue 5:20am BBC News
BBC3 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm The Premier League’s Most Amazing Moments 10:00pm Russell Howard’s Good News 10:30pm Impractical Jokers 11:00pm World’s Craziest Fools 11:30pm EastEnders Billy’s attempt to make Alexa drop the case against Lola backfires. 12:00am Family Guy When a bully harasses Chris, Peter goes to the bully’s house and ends up assaulting him. 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Russell Howard’s Good News 2:00am Impractical Jokers 2:30am Some Girls 3:00am Unzipped 3:45am The Premier League’s Most Amazing Moments
12:20am Dara O Briain’s Science Club 1:20am The Culture Show Andrew Graham-Dixon goes stateside to meet Tom Wolfe. 1:50am BBC News 5:00am Young Legal Eagles
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1977 9:00pm Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 10:00pm The Year the Town Hall Shrank 11:00pm The First Master Chef: Michel Roux on Escoffier 12:00am Heath v Wilson 1:30am Tales From the Wild Wood 2:00am Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 3:00am Top of the Pops: 1977 3:35am The Year the Town Hall Shrank Series telling the story of how Stokeon-Trent struggles to cope with the impact of huge government funding cuts. It’s summer 2011 and having just made the biggest budget cuts in a generation, the council is staring down the barrel once again, expecting to slash another £20m.
12:05am The Jonathan Ross Show 1:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show
12:50am Random Acts 12:55am Embarrassing Fat Bodies 1:55am Freaky Sleepers 2:50am Time Team Special 3:45am Unreported World 4:10am Dispatches 5:05am Deal or No Deal
1:25am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 5:00am HouseBusters 5:25am House Doctor 5:45am Michaela’s Wild Challenge Michaela Strachan undertakes a range of wildlife-related dares in exotic locations.
Satellite channels SKY1 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Raising Hope 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Middle 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Spy 10:30pm Trollied 11:00pm A League of Their Own 12:00am Road Wars 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am
Road Wars 3:55am Road Wars 4:50am Road Wars 5:20am Stargate SG-1
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:30am Dragnet 7:20am The Fighting Temptations 9:30am The Top Ten Show 2012 9:50am It's Kind of a Funny Story 11:40am Friends with Benefits 1:35pm Justin Timberlake 2:00pm Little Fockers 3:45pm The Stepford Wives 5:30pm Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 7:10pm It’s Kind of a Funny Story 9:00pm Friends with Benefits 11:00pm Little Fockers 12:40am The Stepford Wives 2:20am The Pool Boys 4:00am You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 5:40am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:10am The Age of Innocence 7:35am Henry’s Crime 9:30am The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 11:30am Lucky Christmas 1:05pm Life as We Know it 3:05pm The Top Ten Show 2012 3:20pm The Chateau Meroux 5:00pm That Thing You Do! 6:55pm Burlesque 9:00pm Life as We Know it 11:00pm Something Borrowed 1:00am 8 Mile 2:55am The Whistleblower 4:55am The Top Ten Show 2012 5:10am Prom
SKY MOVIES ACTION 6:05am Angel Flight Down 7:40am The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 9:30am Jaws 2 11:30am Batman Forever 1:35pm Transformers: Dark of the Moon
4:10pm Broken Arrow 6:00pm Shanghai Noon 7:55pm Batman Forever 10:00pm Transformers: Dark of the Moon 12:35am Broken Arrow 2:30am Rush Hour 4:15am 22 Bullets
TCM 9:15am Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 10:30am The Capture 12:15pm Thunder Over the Plains 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 5:15pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 6:55pm The Hallelujah Trail 10:00pm Passenger 57 11:35pm My Cousin Vinny 1:55am The Yakuza 4:00am My Cousin Vinny
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5:20am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Series about properties that have gone to auction. 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country
ITV
9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm Animal Park 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link 4:00pm Real Rescues
Channel 4
5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. 1:30pm Loose Women Steps join Andrea McLean, Sherrie Hewson, Carol McGiffin, Jane McDonald to chat and perform live. 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories
6:00am Countdown 6:45am Make Do and Mend DIY Jo faces a flat pack challenge, and Lucia tries her hand at charity shop chic. 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim Jim’s not pleased when he finds out that Andy's trying to sell a grill that he gave him. 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond Ally is constantly getting into bed with her parents, complaining of monsters in her room. 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Channel 4 Racing It’s day one of Cheltenham’s much coveted Open Meeting.
4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 4:05pm Deadly 60 Wildlife series. 4:35pm Lockie Leonard Live action comedy series following the adventures of 13-year-old Australian surf rat Lockie. 5:00pm Blue Peter 5:30pm Junior MasterChef 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children. 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Children in Need 2012
4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series. 5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won. 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Mastermind John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders. 9:30pm An Island Parish Series following the community on the tiny crown dependency of Sark in the Channel Islands. 10:00pm Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 11:00pm Children in Need 2012 11:40pm Newsnight
4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Midsomer Murders 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather James Mates and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 8:00pm Emmerdale Cain decides it is time to give Cameron a warning. 8:30pm Coronation Street A jealous Eva and Steve head to Sheffield to confront Michelle and Rob. 9:00pm Island Hospital 9:30pm Coronation Street Eva sets her sights on Nick after Rob’s betrayal. Is this the end for Michelle and Steve? 10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Another update from the jungle as contestants endure their sixth day. 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather James Mates and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 11:35pm Wanted Action-packed thriller.
4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show. 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks One resident hears life-changing news, but can they live with the consequences? 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 8:30pm Unreported World 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Come Dine with Me In this brand new episode Come Dine with Me visits the island of Jersey for the very first time. 10:00pm Derren Brown BAFTA-winning Derren Brown concludes his specials for 2012 with his customary inventive, intelligent mix of thought-provoking, compelling entertainment, stunts and suggestion, combined with tried and tested psychological tricks and experiments. 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man
11:00pm BBC News at Ten The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide. 11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 11:35pm Children in Need 2012 2:30am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:35am BBC News
12:10am The Review Show 12:45am The National Lottery Friday Night Draws The National Lottery Friday Night Draws presented by OJ Borg. 12:55am Later... with Jools Holland 2:00am Backstage 3:25am Battle Beyond the Stars Sci-fi adventure based on the ‘Seven Samurai’ theme.
1:35am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Enter the Dragon Martial arts action thriller. 5:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am Friday Night Dinner The boys come home to find the house in a real state. 12:35am 8 Out of 10 Cats 1:25am Random Acts 1:30am Full English 2:00am The Ricky Gervais Show The Ricky Gervais Show continues its third season. 2:25am My Name is Earl 2:50am My Name is Earl 3:10am Bob’s Burgers 3:35am Bob’s Burgers 3:55am Charlie's Angels 4:40am 90210 5:20am Deal or No Deal
4.00pm - midnight
BBC3 8:00pm Merlin 8:45pm Doctor Who 9:30pm Impractical Jokers 10:00pm Unzipped 10:45pm Russell Howard’s Good News Extra 11:30pm Some Girls 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy Animated comedy about family life. 1:30am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family. 1:55am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family. 2:15am American Dad! 2:35am American Dad! 2:55am Impractical Jokers 3:25am Russell Howard’s Good News Extra 4:10am Unzipped
BBC2
10:30am - Wibbly Pig
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. 8:30pm The Solti Centenary Concert 10:25pm Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 11:55pm Sound it Out Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days. 12:55am The Genius of David Bowie 1:55am Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 Documentary chronicling our everchanging love affair with the British singles chart on the occasion of its 60th anniversary. 3:25am Sound it Out Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days.
Channel 5 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Best House in the Street 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami
CH5
9:35am Roary the Racing Car
4:10pm The Perfect Marriage 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news. 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm The All New Gadget Show Entertainment show devoted to gadgets. 9:00pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan Dominic Monaghan travels in search of weird creatures. 10:00pm The Mentalist 11:00pm Castle Quirky US crime drama series about a bestselling author who teams up with a young New York detective to solve murders, gaining inspiration for his books along the way. 11:55pm Law and Order: Criminal Intent
12:55am Inside Hollywood Get your daily fix of the latest film and TV news from the USA. Presented by Mark Morris. 1:05am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am Motorsport Mundial The latest motor racing action from around the world. 5:25am House Doctor 5:45am Michaela’s Wild Challenge
Satellite channels SKY1 5:20am Stargate SG-1 6:10am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Raising Hope 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Spy 10:00pm Trollied 10:30pm Trollied: Behind the Scenes 11:00pm A League of Their Own
12:00am Don’t Sit in the Front Row 12:30am Road Wars 1:00am Ross Kemp: The Invisible Wounded 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am Road Wars 3:55am Road Wars 4:45am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 7:20am Dunston Checks In 8:50am Swingers 10:30am Ramona and Beezus 12:20pm Eurotrip 2:00pm Johnny English Reborn 3:45pm Swinging with the Finkels 5:15pm Ramona and Beezus 7:00pm White Men Can’t Jump 9:00pm Johnny English Reborn 10:45pm Eurotrip 12:25am Swinging with the Finkels 2:00am Jimmy Hollywood 4:00am White Men Can’t Jump
SKY MOVIES DRAMA
5:50pm Shanghai Knights 7:50pm Batman and Robin 10:00pm Green Lantern
5:10am Prom 7:00am Mask 9:05am Frankie and Johnny 11:05am Honey 2 1:00pm Black Swan 3:00pm The Help
12:00am Gone in 60 Seconds 2:00am The Chronicles of Riddick 4:00am Species
5:30pm The Art of Getting by 7:00pm Black Swan 9:00pm Water for Elephants 11:00pm The Help 1:30am Beautiful Wave 3:10am Conviction 5:00am Cherrybomb
SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:15am 22 Bullets 6:15am The Chaperone 8:05am The Top Ten Show 2012 8:20am Batman and Robin 10:30am Green Lantern 12:30pm Braveheart 3:30pm Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
TCM 6:00am Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 7:15am Gunsmoke 8:15am The High Chaparral 9:15am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:50am The Hallelujah Trail 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Spider Woman 5:10pm Sherlock Holmes in Washington 6:30pm Downhill Racer 8:30pm Wichita 10:00pm The Silence of the Lambs 12:15am Dead Calm 2:00am The Silence of the Lambs 4:10am Bad Company
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By Ric Polansky IN a not so surprising election victory, America has turned its back on an ‘independent thinking’, strictly business approach to running what has grown into a multifaceted government of gargantuan size and opted for reliance upon a ‘Big Brother’ arrangement. The choice between the two major parties couldn’t have been more distinct. In a US economy barely keeping afloat, radical changes should have had to be made to keep the ship of state afloat. Most likely, the choice was just too simple. Nevertheless, the voting populace gave the nod to sitting down and reaching for the weekly remuneration cheques, stamps and welfare cards posted to them. The populace has spoken and by no means with a majority voice. It is somewhat like a family of seven deciding to go on holiday. The patriarch and sons choose Pakistan as their ideal destination while the three remaining women are in fear of
their lives but are forced to pay allegiance to the over-whelming majority (of one) that then condemns them to make the trip. Worse yet, the contradicting closeness of the individual votes has created a disturbing and frightening polarity dividing the country, possibly irreparably. Maybe the Conservative Republican party will disappear forever. They are the ones that wanted to curb spending. The Democrats (Labour) of the next election could most likely be divided into differing groups depending upon what promises and gifts they are to bestow on the voter. The European ‘Big Brother’ system with the large helping hand has been stroking the consciousness of the American masses for some time. Its well established system of gifted reimbursements has kept Mediterranean EU countries full to the brim with refuse collectors, gardeners, and street sweepers all living well from their government remunerations.
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America votes for European socialism!
NEWLY RE-ELECTED: President Barack Obama. Since the Second World War, Europe has created a situation wherein those who know how to use the system can live for free while the less know-ledgeable, or more proud, work and are heavily taxed for their efforts. Europe is possessed by friendly governments not too necessarily
bothered by those extorting it or internal spending corruption. In both insider and outsider trading deals, few if any regulations are in control and no accounting done to arrive at possible checks and balances. Benefits are the awards for those clever enough to forcibly insist on their continued rainfalls
of manna from the heavens. Those workers not receiving the benefits will either soon learn how to do so or opt out for another country with just rewards and less taxes - a legalised ‘con within a con’ govern-ment recognised and approved. But as Europe is learning this, it creates a self-inflicted brain drain. What is left behind are the political wolves pledging to guard the sheep! The staunch personal individualism so preferred by America’s founding fathers, like Thomas Jefferson, has become rationalised away to the point of simplistic pragmatic ‘comfort for the masses’ at any expense. The opening line of newlyelected President Obama’s speech will in fact be the opposite of his words ‘better times are just ahead’. In any case, America got just what its pandering masses pleaded for, four more years of continued mediocrity flowered with colourful oratory and a united feeling of going down the bunghole together, embracing and waving those flags deliriously.
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2:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Baking Made Easy 1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 1:10pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 1:15pm Football Focus 2:00pm Cycling Jonathan Edwards presents highlights of cycling’s Track World Cup from Glasgow. 3:00pm Rugby Union
4.00pm - midnight 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 6:20pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 6:30pm Children in Need 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Merlin 9:45pm The National Lottery Saturday Night Draws 9:55pm Casualty 10:45pm Live at the Apollo The BAFTAnominated Live at the Apollo returns for an eighth series. 11:15pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 11:30pm Match of the Day
1:00am The Football League Show Manish Bhasin presents all the action from the Football League. 2:15am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:20am BBC News
BBC3 8:00pm Rugby Union 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Russell Howard’s Good News Extra 10:45pm Bruce Almighty 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family. 1:30am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family. 1:50am Impractical Jokers 2:20am Unzipped 3:05am Some Girls 3:35am Russell Howard’s Good News 4:05am Unsafe Sex in the City
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine Animation following the adventures of the vehicles of Friendlyville. 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Roar Rani Price and Johny Pitts present the show packed with wild animal action and creature fun. 8:30am Bear Behaving Badly Comedy series starring Barney Harwood and Nev the bear. 8:55am The Scooby-Doo Show 9:20am Dennis and Gnasher 9:30am Trapped: Ever After 10:00am Jedward's Big Adventure 10:30am Sorry, I’ve Got No Head 11:00am The Ministry of Curious Stuff 11:30am Deadly 60 Bites 11:35am Splatalot 12:00pm Prank Patrol 12:30pm Ooglies 12:45pm MOTD Kickabout 1:00pm That Darn Cat! 2:50pm Miracle
5:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 7:25am The Hive 7:35am The Hive 7:45am The Hive 7:50am Canimals 8:00am Canimals 8:05am The Avengers 8:25am Rated ‘A’ for Awesome 8:40am Rated ‘A’ for Awesome 8:50am Horrid Henry: The Movie 9:05am Horrid Henry 9:20am Horrid Henry 9:35am Shake it Up! 10:00am My Phone Genie 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 12:20pm Dinner Date Australia 1:15pm ITV News and Weather 1:25pm All Star Family Fortunes 2:10pm Holiday Home Sweet Home 3:10pm Holiday Home Sweet Home
5:20am Deal or No Deal 6:15am Countdown 7:00am The Treacle People Times are hard for the Treacle People. 7:10am The Hoobs Tula's got the hoobyhics. 7:35am The Hoobs It's not a good day for Tula. 8:00am Freesports on 4 HIghlights from Freeze 2012. Freeze is the UK's biggest après ski party. 8:55am The Morning Line Turf tips and news from the Channel 4 Racing team. 9:55am BT and Channel 4 Present... 10:00am Example at Itunes Festival 2012 Special 10:30am Made in Chelsea 11:35am Suburgatory 12:05pm The Big Bang Theory 12:40pm The Big Bang Theory 1:10pm The Simpsons 1:40pm Deal or No Deal 2:45pm Channel 4 Racing
7:50am Abby’s Flying Fairy School 8:00am Roobarb and Custard Too 8:05am Bananas in Pyjamas 8:20am Animal Antics 8:25am Noddy in Toyland 8:40am City of Friends 8:55am Little Princess 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Angelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:25am Roary the Racing Car 10:40am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35am ThunderCats 12:20pm Looney Tunes 12:25pm Highland Emergency 12:55pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 1:55pm The Train Robbers 3:45pm Brannigan
5:00pm Flog It! Members of the public are invited to try to make money out of their antiques by taking a risk at auction. 6:00pm Rugby Union Gabby Logan is joined by Keith Wood and Jeremy Guscott for live coverage as Ireland XV take on Fiji at Thomond Park in Limerick. Remarkably, this will be only the fourth time Ireland have played the Fijians. The previous encounters have all been emphatically won by the Irish, including a 41-6 victory the last time they met in Dublin in 2009. This match for Ireland is sandwiched in between the Test with South Africa and the visit of Argentina. The Irish will be desperate to end 2012 on a high after a disappointing year in which the senior side managed just two wins coming into the autumn internationals. The Fijians arrive in Ireland following their match at Twickenham against England. Eddie Butler is joined in the commentary box by Phillip Matthews. 8:30pm Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 9:30pm Dad's Army Classic wartime sitcom. 10:00pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying 11:15pm Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane
4:10pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton’s retelling of Roald Dahl's classic children’s story. 6:15pm London Tonight Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather. 6:30pm ITV News and Weather Lucy Meacock with the latest headlines from around the world. 6:45pm The Golden Rules of TV Comedian Robert Webb reveals more of TV’s best kept secrets. 7:15pm You’ve Been Framed! More surreal comedy from the mind of Harry Hill, inspired by viewers’ home videos. 7:45pm Take Me Out Paddy McGuinness presents another episode of the fun dating show. 9:00pm The X Factor 10:20pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush. 11:20pm ITV News and Weather Lucy Meacock with the latest headlines from around the world. 11:35pm Fast and Furious Fourth film in the wheel-squealing action series.
4:55pm Come Dine with Me 5:25pm Come Dine with Me 5:55pm Come Dine with Me Night three's host is shortorder cook Gerald Cox. 6:25pm Come Dine with Me 6:55pm Come Dine with Me 7:25pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Heston's Fantastical Food 9:00pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 11:50pm The Crazies
5:55pm 5 News Weekend National and international news. 6:00pm Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 8:40pm NCIS 9:35pm NCIS 10:25pm CSI: NY New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series. 11:25pm CSI: Miami Crime drama.
12:15am ... Sings The Rolling Stones TV tribute to the song writing skills of enduring 60s rockers The Rolling Stones. 1:15am The Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus 2:20am Later... with Jools Holland 3:25am Night of the Living Dead Low-budget horror classic in which radiation from a space probe reanimates the dead, who become ravenous for the flesh of the living.
1:30am The Store 3:35am In Plain Sight Drama series about US Marshals involved with a witness protection programme. 4:55am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
1:50am Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 3:40am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:45am Countdown
BBC4 8:00pm Metalworks! 9:00pm Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 10:00pm The Killing 11:00pm The Killing 12:00am Chateau Chunder: When Australian Wine Changed the World 1:00am Metalworks! 2:00am Top of the Pops: 1977 2:30am Duets at the BBC 3:30am Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. This series tells of dazzling leaps of imagination and extraordinary experiments - a story of maverick geniuses who used electricity to light our cities, to communicate across the seas and through the air, to create modern industry and to give us the digital revolution.
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BBC1
6:00pm Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. 12:20am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series. 5:25am The Great Artists Art historian Tim Marlow looks at some of the western world’s most famous artists. 5:50am County Secrets Series that throws a spotlight on some of the UK’s most scenic counties.
Satellite channels SKY1
5:00am Best of Oops TV
5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Top Ten Show 7:10am Stargate Continuum 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Futurama 1:30pm Futurama 2:00pm Futurama 2:30pm Futurama 3:00pm Modern Family 3:30pm Modern Family
SKY MOVIES COMEDY
4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Stargate: The Ark of Truth 7:30pm A League of Their Own 8:00pm Hawaii Five-0 9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm The One 11:40pm Road Wars 12:40am Night Cops 1:40am Inside Gatwick 2:40am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:40am Road Wars 4:10am Road Wars
6:00am Dunston Checks In 7:35am The Cat in the Hat 9:05am Snow Dogs 10:50am Chalet Girl 12:35pm Team America: World Police 2:20pm The Hangover Part II 4:10pm The Cat in the Hat 5:40pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 7:20pm Chalet Girl 9:00pm Team America: World Police 10:45pm The Hangover Part II 12:35am Little Nicky 2:10am Eddie Murphy: Raw 3:45am Wild Cherry 5:15am Snow Dogs
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:00am Cherrybomb 6:30am Listen to Your Heart 8:15am Prom 10:05am Africa United 11:35am Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 1:45pm Jane Eyre 3:50pm Beastly 5:20pm Sweet Home Alabama 7:15pm Going the Distance 9:00pm Jane Eyre 11:00pm My Week with Marilyn 12:45am The Bodyguard 3:00am Purple Rain 5:05am The 5th Quarter
SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:50am The Longest Day 8:50am Spy Kids 10:25am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 12:10pm Tron Legacy 2:20pm Haywire 4:00pm Killer Elite
6:00pm Twister 8:00pm Colombiana 10:00pm Haywire 11:45pm Killer Elite 1:45am Déjà Vu 4:00am Machete
TCM 6:00am Downhill Racer 7:50am Gunsmoke 8:55am Gunsmoke 9:55am The Spider Woman 11:10am Sherlock Holmes in Washington 12:30pm Wichita 2:05pm Escape from Fort Bravo 4:00pm Monte Walsh 5:55pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 8:10pm Legally Blonde 10:00pm When Harry Met Sally 11:55pm Two Days in the Valley 1:55am Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4:15am When Harry Met Sally
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2:20am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 8:25am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live Samira Ahmed hosts live interactive debates on the topical issues of the week. 12:00pm Sunday Politics Andrew Neil and Tim Donovan with the latest political news, interviews and debate. 1:25pm Countryfile 2:20pm Bargain Hunt 3:20pm Escape to the Country Series in which prospective buyers are helped to find their dream home.
4.00pm - midnight 4:20pm Nature’s Miracle Babies 5:20pm Lifeline 5:30pm Points of View 5:45pm Songs of Praise 6:20pm Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day 6:50pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team. 7:10pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 7:20pm Countryfile John Craven and Julia Bradbury head to rural Leicestershire. 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm The Secret of Crickley Hall Drama. When Eve Caleigh and her family arrive at Crickley Hall, they hope to escape the past. 11:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide. 11:15pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 11:25pm F1: Grand Prix 1:25am Hooper 3:00am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 3:05am Holby City Ric returns from holiday and is shocked to find Serena running the hospital in Hanssen's absence. 4:05am The Paradise Drama series. 5:05am Film 2012 with Claudia Winkleman 5:35am BBC News
BBC3 8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 9:00pm Gavin and Stacey 9:30pm Gavin and Stacey 10:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 11:00pm Him and Her 11:30pm Him and Her 12:00am American Dad! 12:25am American Dad! 12:45am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy Animated comedy series about family life. 1:30am Some Girls 2:00am Him and Her 2:30am Him and Her 2:55am Superstorm USA: Caught on Camera 3:55am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents
ITV
Channel 4
Channel 5
7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine Animation following the adventures of the vehicles of Friendlyville. 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Roar 8:30am Deadly Art 8:45am Copycats 9:15am The Scooby-Doo Show 9:40am Wingin’ It 10:00am 12 Again 10:30am Gastronuts 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 1:30pm Rugby Union 2:30pm Cycling
4:55am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Engie Benjy 7:10am Jungle Junction 7:25am Jungle Junction 7:35am Signed Stories 7:50am Canimals 7:55am Canimals 8:05am Matt Hatter Chronicles 8:25am Almost Naked Animals 8:35am Almost Naked Animals 8:50am Almost Naked Animals 9:00am Phineas and Ferb 9:15am Phineas and Ferb 9:30am Big Time Rush 10:00am Good Luck Charlie 10:25am ITV News 10:30am There’s No Taste Like Home 11:25am Dinner Date 12:25pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 1:25pm Countrywise 1:40pm ITV News and Weather 1:55pm Carry on Henry 3:40pm The X Factor
5:45am Countdown 6:30am Make Do and Mend 6:55am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:00am The Treacle People PC Pendle needs wheels. 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs Tula wants to write a poem. Will she ever be able to find a word that rhymes with ‘hoobacious’? 8:00am Extreme Sailing Series 8:30am Sailing Russell Coutts gives an update on the latest construction crisis within his team, Oracle Team USA. 8:55am BT and Channel 4 Present... 9:00am Will and Grace 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:25pm The Simpsons 1:55pm Channel 4 Racing
7:50am Abby’s Flying Fairy School 8:00am Roobarb and Custard Too 8:05am Bananas in Pyjamas 8:20am Animal Antics 8:25am Noddy in Toyland 8:40am City of Friends 8:55am Mio Mao 9:00am Little Princess 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Angelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:30am Roary the Racing Car 10:40am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35am Thunder Cats 12:10pm Looney Tunes 12:15pm Looney Tunes 12:20pm Meals in Moments 12:30pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic 1:35pm You’ve Got Mail 3:50pm Open Season
6:15pm Coast A look back at part of an episode of coast. Series exploring Britain's coastline. 6:30pm Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 7:30pm Fawlty Towers 8:00pm Operation Iceberg Chris Packham and Helen Czerski and a team of explorers and scientists investigate a massive tabular iceberg floating at sea 50 kilometres from the Canadian coast. Their aim is to discover the forces that gradually destroy an iceberg these stunning natural phenomenon. As they seek out these mysteries, the team confronts dangers including polar bears and a partial disintergration of the iceberg beneath their feet. 9:00pm Sandy: Anatomy of a Superstorm 10:00pm Dragons’ Den Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaires. 11:00pm Harry and Paul Harry and Paul re-invent themselves as Ricky Gervais, and the 1930s movie original of The King's Speech is unearthed along with ‘Sherlock On The Buses’. 11:30pm Match of the Day 2
5:00pm The Home of Fabulous Cakes In an episode devoted to everything chocolaty, Fiona Cairns creates a veritable feast. 6:00pm The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single 7:30pm London Tonight Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather. 7:45pm ITV News and Weather Steve Scott with the latest headlines from around the world. 8:00pm Surprise Surprise Holly Willoughby hosts another bumper night of surprises. 9:00pm The X Factor Results Show Dermot O’Leary returns with the second of this weekend’s shows. 10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush. 11:30pm ITV News and Weather Steve Scott with the latest headlines from around the world. 11:45pm Piers Morgan’s Life Stories
4:10pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things For the second week of the food competition the chefs turn their attention to meat. 4:40pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things 5:10pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things 5:40pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things 6:10pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things It's the final day of meat week and it's time for beef to take centre stage. 6:40pm Home Alone 8:40pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm How Britain Worked 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Watchmen
5:35pm Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Comedy action adventure. 7:40pm 5 News Weekend National and international news. 7:45pm Stealth Action thriller in the Top Gun mould, complete with jet plane heroics. 10:00pm Unforgiven Uncompromising western.
12:20am Hebburn 12:50am Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ed Sheeran and Caroline Flack also join the team for some pop-quiz antics. 1:20am My Year Without Sex 2:50am BBC News
12:45am Rugby Highlights Martin Bayfield presents the pick of the action from the AngloWelsh tournament which encourages the promotion of young rugby talent. Featured games include Northampton Saints’ trip to Newport Gwent Dragons. 1:40am The Store 3:40am Motorsport UK 4:35am ITV Nightscreen Textbased information service.
2:05am American Football Live Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers 5:45am Grudge Match Humorous tales of longstanding rivalry in the world of sport and competition. 5:55am Deal or No Deal
12:30am Hatfields and McCoys Star-studded drama series about two feuding families in post civil-war America. 1:30am How Do They Do It? 2:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 5:00am The F.B.I. Files 5:50am County Secrets Series that throws a spotlight on some of the UK's most scenic counties.
11:00pm Game of Thrones
3:40am How Do You Know
12:15am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:15am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:15am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:10am Night Cops 4:05am Road Wars 5:00am Best of Oops TV
SKY MOVIES DRAMA
Thunderbirds 8:40am Sanctum 10:40am Kingdom of Heaven 1:05pm I, Robot 3:00pm Independence Day
BBC4 8:00pm Time Shift Documentary which tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end. After the war, the largely destroyed railways of Europe were rebuilt to carry more modern diesel and electric trains. Britain, however, chose to build thousands of brand new steam locomotives. 9:00pm Michael Wood: The Story of India 10:00pm Storyville 11:15pm Undertow 12:50am Michael Wood: The Story of India 1:50am Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 3:20am Sound it Out Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days.
CH5
3:50pm Open Season
Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Best of Oops TV 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Lion Man 8:30am Lion Man 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am The Glee Project 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm WWE Presents: You Think You Know Me... 2:00pm Best of Oops TV 3:00pm Road Wars 3:30pm WWE Survivor Series Preview 4:00pm The Middle 4:30pm The Middle 5:00pm The Middle 5:30pm The Middle 6:00pm The Middle 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Raising Hope 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Ross Kemp: The Invisible Wounded
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:15am Snow Dogs 7:00am Blackball 8:40am Death Becomes Her 10:25am Take Me Home Tonight 12:10pm Beavis and Butt-head Do America 1:40pm Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son 3:30pm Bad Teacher 5:10pm Take Me Home Tonight 6:55pm How Do You Know 9:00pm Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son 11:00pm Bad Teacher 12:40am Stan Helsing 2:15am Beavis and Butt-head Do America
5:05am The 5th Quarter 6:45am The Top Ten Show 2012 7:00am Cupid, Inc 8:25am Beautiful Wave 10:05am Stepping Out 12:00pm Morning Glory 1:55pm I.Q. 3:35pm A Little Bit of Heaven 5:25pm You May Not Kiss the Bride 7:10pm Morning Glory 9:00pm A Little Bit of Heaven 11:00pm Just Go with it 1:00am Boys Don’t Cry 3:00am The Art of Getting by 4:25am Cherrybomb 5:55am I.Q.
SKY MOVIES ACTION 6:00am The Amazing Spiderman: Premiere Special 6:30am X-Men: First Class Special 7:00am
5:25pm Real Steel 7:35pm Kingdom of Heaven 10:00pm Independence Day 12:25am I, Robot 2:30am Circle of Pain 4:15am Jaws 3
TCM 6:00am Invasion Quartet 7:40am With a Song in My Heart 9:55am Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 12:10pm Escape from Fort Bravo 2:05pm Monte Walsh 4:00pm Trooper Hook 5:35pm The Horse Soldiers 7:55pm Bridge to the Sun 10:00pm Posse 12:05am Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever 1:50am The Boston Strangler
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5:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country
4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard 5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children. 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 11:35pm Four Born Every Second 12:35am Seraphim Falls 2:20am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:25am Question Time 3:25am The Choir The Semi-Final. 4:25am Wartime Farm 5:25am BBC News
8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 9:00pm Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands 10:00pm I Want to Change My Body Young body-obsessed Brits turn the cameras on themselves. 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy Animated comedy about family life. 12:45am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family. 1:10am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family. 1:30am I Want to Change My Body Young body-obsessed Brits turn the cameras on themselves. 3:00am Russell Howard’s Good News 3:30am Impractical Jokers 4:00am Unsafe Sex in the City
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Channel 5
7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What's New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Royal Upstairs Downstairs 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link
4:35am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories
5:55am Deal or No Deal 6:50am BT and Channel 4 Present... 6:55am The Treacle People 7:05am Sali Mali Sali Mali and Jackdaw make masks and play a trick on Thomas Carradog. 7:10am The Hoobs Roma has been asked to look after a squigglytiddlypeep while its mum and dad are out. 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown
6:40am Thomas and Friends 6:50am Roary the Racing Car 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Best House in the Street 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: NY
4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series. 5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won. 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain's next culinary superstar continues. 10:00pm The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader - fuelled by anger, incapable of forming normal human relationships and unwilling to debate political issues. Such was the depth of his hatred that he would become a war criminal arguably without precedent in history. Yet this strange character was once loved by millions. 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks Comedy pop quiz. 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Jeremy Paxman.
4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson is in Bedworth with Brenda Haller, James Layte and Mike Melody. 5:00pm Midsomer Murders Conclusion. 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 8:00pm Emmerdale Jimmy fights his emotions and comes to a decision about the business. 8:30pm Coronation Street Eva’s jealousy spirals out of control. Kirsty grows suspicious of Tyrone. 9:00pm Little England 9:30pm Coronation Street Nick falls into Eva and Kylie’s trap. Fiz’s concerns grow for Tyrone. Rob tries to make amends. 10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush. 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 11:35pm The Agenda
4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show. 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Stephen Fry: Gadget Man Stephen Fry, Britain’s favourite clever clogs, doesn’t live life like the rest of us. 10:00pm 999: What’s Your Emergency? 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:50pm Full English Meet the Johnson family in Channel 4’s brand new animated satirical sitcom.
4:15pm Angel in the Family 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 9:00pm The All New Gadget Show 10:00pm The Contract
CH5
12:05am A few Good Men Military drama. A young and impetuous naval lieutenant and a more experienced officer are given the job of defending two marines accused of murder. As the two officers come to terms with one another, their investigation uncovers some sinister secrets and collusion at the highest level.
Tom Cruise.
12:10am Coogan’s Bluff Deputy Sheriff Walt Coogan, a tough Arizona cop, travels to New York to collect a wanted man. 1:45am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am ITV Nightscreen 5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show
12:20am Dragons’ Den Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaires. 1:20am BBC News 5:00am Make a Musical A bully and his victim find themselves lost in a fantasy world.
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Timothy Spall: All at Sea 9:00pm Nature’s Microworlds Series in which Steve Backshall looks at some of the world's most iconic ecosystems. 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Calf’s Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of English Food 11:00pm Storyville 12:25am The Killing 1:25am Timothy Spall: All at Sea 1:55am Nature’s Microworlds Series in which Steve Backshall looks at some of the world's most iconic ecosystems. 2:25am Only Connect 2:55am Calf's Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of English Food
12:20am Rory Peck Awards 2012 12:25am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1:30am Secret State 2:25am Derren Brown 3:20am The Good Wife 4:00am Moonfleet 5:30am Supernanny US
12:05am A Few Good Men Military drama. 2:30am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice. 5:45am Divine Designs
Satellite channels Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 10:30am Galaxy Quest 12:15pm Down to Earth 1:45pm Bridesmaids 3:50pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
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7:00am Airline
SKY1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Raising Hope 6:30pm Futurama
7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Road Wars 11:00pm Game of Thrones 12:15am Fringe 1:15am Road Wars 2:15am Miami SWAT 3:05am Road Wars 3:55am Road Wars 4:45am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am A Nanny for Christmas 7:10am Down to Earth 8:40am
5:40pm Galaxy Quest 7:25pm Cyrus 9:00pm Dragnet 11:00pm Bridesmaids 1:10am Swingers 2:55am Cyrus
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 9:30am Mean Girls 11:15am The Age of Innocence 1:35pm Just Married 3:15pm The Help 5:40pm Mean Girls 7:20pm Mean Girls 2 9:00pm The Help 11:30pm Just Married 1:10am Legends of the Fall 3:25am Henry’s Crime
SKY MOVIES ACTION 1:40pm Jaws 2 3:40pm Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 6:00pm Gone in 60 Seconds 8:00pm The Tourist 10:00pm The Delta Force 12:10am Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection 2:10am Missing in Action
TCM 10:05am Trooper Hook 11:45am The Horse Soldiers 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Vera Cruz 5:55pm The Last Challenge 7:45pm Red River 10:00pm Blown Away 12:20am City Heat
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money manipulators who provide the billions of dollars to place their own pet puppets in these positions of power? These people are the real schemers and shifters in this world we laughingly refer to as ‘ours’. Well, I’ve got news. It’s not ours. This planet is not a democracy. This is simply the illusion they create. It’s theirs. Each and every one of us who are outside their shadowy financial portals of power exists under their sufferance and is completely expendable. This small, faceless bunch of bandits are nothing more than gamblers dealing in inconceivable amounts of money and power stakes. The losers who backed Romney in this latest two-horse race saw untold billions wiped from their stock market ‘bookie shops’ when their man came second. Mind you, when your income is in the region of millions a minute, I doubt they’ll be crying in their beer for too long. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
A MAN who took his exgirlfriend’s pregnancy test for a joke discovered that he had testicular cancer after it was revealed as positive.
Croc alert A CROCODILE, on the loose for two years, has been recaptured by police in the Gaza Strip. It took an internet search, shark nets and two weeks of floating in a sewage pond before the reptile was rounded up.
Magic ink A ‘SORCERER’ tattooist has been arrested in Thailand after several brawls involving his disciples who believed his body art made them invincible.
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HOSE regular perusers of this blurb will know only too well my personal opinion of the BBC. For years now I have considered this alleged bastion of British free speech and integrity nothing more than a bunch of subversives, using the taxpayers’ EAPY EE money to maniSAYS IT pulate and distort news items and OTHERS THINK IT political reporting to further their own DEBACLE: The BBC have lost credibility. biased, left-wing preferences. I still recall watching an early morning interview with Tony Blair sounded utterly persuasive and them have been shown the door. during his New Labour totally positive. It was a blatant If I had my way I’d sack the lot of campaign.The whole thing was a manipulative disgrace (and the ‘em and start again. complete propaganda disaster. I wife’s wasted early call didn’t go Let’s all get back to the no longer remember the exact down too well either!). standards of the 40s and 50s, dialogue, but recall it was so bad This latest debacle is a typical which was about the last time I took my life in my hands and example of their complete distain you could truly believe in woke the wife specifically to listen for the viewing public. Well, anything they reported on at all. to it when it was re-aired later. I they’ve finally gone too far. At Did not the obscene amounts needn’t have bothered. Some long last the total arrogance of of money spent on the recent US half-an-hour later when ‘Slippery’ this whole despicable bunch has presidential campaign bring reappeared, the whole thing had backfired on them and I for one home once and for all that it is been chomped, chopped and hope that by the time this column not the elected politicians who edited to such an extent that it all goes out a great deal more of rule the world, but the faceless
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5:25am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Series about properties that have gone to auction. 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country
4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard 5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef The pressure is on for the final four cooks left in the competition. 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children. 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Last Tango in Halifax 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Imagine...
12:40am Hollywoodland 2:40am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:45am Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure 3:45am Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs Series about the real history of Britain’s servants. 4:45am Lorraine’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food Lorraine Pascale creates amazing food, completely from scratch, in super quick time. 5:15am BBC News
BBC3 8:00pm Total Wipeout 9:00pm Don’t Tell the Bride 10:00pm Transsexual Teen, Beauty Queen 11:00pm Some Girls 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Some Girls 2:00am Transsexual Teen, Beauty Queen 3:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 4:00am Russell Howard’s Good News 4:30am Some Girls Comedy series about the lives and loves of a group of quirky 16-year-old girls who play on the same school football team and live on the same inner city estate. Viva invites her friends to help babysit, but then struggles to keep control of the situation.
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7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What’s New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Royal Upstairs Downstairs 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link
5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories Documentary-style police drama series.
5:30am Supernanny US 6:10am Deal or No Deal 7:05am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:10am The Hoobs Tula is outside in the cold painting a picture of some penguins. 7:35am The Hoobs Tula has knocked over Groove’s tray of hooboblubbers. 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown
6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami
4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series. 5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won. 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two All the backstage gossip and behind-the-scenes action from the world of Strictly Come Dancing. 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV entertainers Neil Stuke and Penny Smith hit the road with £400 to invest in antiques. 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain’s next culinary superstar continues. 10:00pm Dara O Briain’s Science Club Experts and a lively audience join Dara O Briain to tackle the biggest ideas in science. 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Jeremy Paxman.
4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Midsomer Murders A glassware factory in Midsomer Magna faces ruin after the death of its co-owner Alan King. 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League Live 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm UEFA Champions League
4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show. 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me Second host in this brand new competition in the West Midlands is mortgage adviser Andrew Devey. 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Heston’s Fantastical Food 11:00pm Fresh Meat 11:50pm Rory Peck Awards 2012 Homs in Syria: a city under siege. 11:55pm Homeland
4:15pm Together Again for the First Time 5:55pm Looney Tunes Classic Warner Brothers animation. Tweety thwarts all of Sylvester’s ingenious plans to capture him. 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news. 6:30pm Neighbours Paul manages to put Ajay off the scent when he goes looking for Priya. 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm Highland Emergency Documentary series. RAF Rescue 137 responds to a massive car crash. 8:30pm Highland Emergency Documentary series. 9:00pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic Documentary series presented by Rolf Harris. 10:00pm Body of Proof US mystery series. 11:00pm CSI: NY New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series. 11:55pm CSI: NY New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series.
1:00am Pokerstars.co.uk European Poker Tour 2:00am BT and Channel 4 Present... 2:05am Sailing 2:35am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:00am Beach Volleyball 3:55am Bullrun 4:20am Freesports on 4 5:20am Extreme Sailing Series 5:50am Volkswagen Racing Cup
12:55am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:40am Forensic Files Documentary series examining the application of modern technological advances in crime-fighting. 2:05am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Divine Designs
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8:30pm UEFA Champions League Live 12:20am Storyville 1:45am BBC News 5:00am L8r Youngers 2 Short dramas in the Baftawinning series about the journey from primary to secondary school. 5:40am Seeking Refuge
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:30pm Britain on Film 10:00pm America on a Plate: The Story of the Diner 11:00pm Rick Stein Tastes the Blues 12:00am The Killing 1:00am Storyville 2:15am Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury 2:45am Britain on Film 3:15am Rick Stein Tastes the Blues
12:35am Take Me Out Paddy McGuinness presents another episode of the fun dating show. 1:45am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
Satellite channels SKY1 5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Raising Hope 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Last Resort 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm The One 12:40am Miami SWAT 1:40am Road Wars 2:40am Road Wars 3:40am
Road Wars 4:40am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 4:35am Swingers 6:20am Dragnet 8:10am High Anxiety 9:50am Harry Potter: The Magic Lives On 10:20am Diary of a Wimpy Kid 12:00pm Raising Arizona 1:40pm No Strings Attached 3:35pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 5:40pm The Stepford Wives 7:20pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid 9:00pm No Strings Attached 11:00pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 1:00am Best Defense 2:40am The Stepford Wives 4:20am Raising Arizona
SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:15am The Age of Innocence
7:35am The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 9:35am The Lake Effect 11:15am Deck the Halls 1:05pm The Top Ten Show 2012 1:20pm An Affair to Remember 3:20pm New York, I Love You 5:10pm All I Want for Christmas 6:50pm Burlesque 9:00pm The Bodyguard 11:15pm Morning Glory 1:05am Against the Ropes 3:00am Cherrybomb 4:30am Stay Cool
SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:35am Jaws 2 7:40am The Amazing Spiderman: Premiere Special 8:10am Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 10:10am Crimson Tide 12:15pm Déjà Vu 2:30pm Black Hawk Down 5:00pm Sucker Punch 7:00pm Shanghai Noon
9:00pm Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 11:00pm Black Hawk Down 1:30am Sucker Punch 3:25am American Ninja 2: The Confrontation 5:00am American Ninja 3: Bloodhunt
TCM 6:00am Vera Cruz 7:45am Gunsmoke 8:45am Gunsmoke 9:55am The Man From Snowy River 12:00pm The Last Challenge 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Valerie 5:40pm Elmer Gantry 8:30pm The Ride Back 10:00pm Ocean's Eleven 12:15am Body Heat 2:25am Ocean’s Eleven 4:20am Who’s That Girl?
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Surviving the whims of kings That Norfolk survived both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard after having been the architect of both their rise and subsequent fall must have caused their severed heads to spin wildly on Traitor’s Gate. The Tudor attitude towards women is well documented; they were ciphers used solely at the whim of the men who ‘owned’ them. The whims of men have steered us through the centuries. Ultimately, it is the people who indulge or not indulge the whims of great men, the people who allow tyrants to rule and leaders to commit genocide or to rise up
Suzanne Manners Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character). To comment on any of the issues raised in Suzanne Manners’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/suzanne-manners.
in dissent. In a democracy the people vote, or protest and stand against a failing leader. In dictatorships, brave souls work from within to topple the throne. Importantly, we women who once whispered in the darkness now lead. Elizabeth I was a great
HENRY VIII: How women have moved on since his times. monarch; she may have been vain and suspicious but at least she didn’t allow her whims to guide her. So as I sit knitting (yes knitting) I reflect on how far we women have grown and developed. No longer at the mercy of tyrant
kings or ambitious uncles, free to dissent and to vote and to make our voices heard above the din of male power; no longer forced to bow to the judgement of men. All men and women deserve to be free from tyranny... I must go now, my son wants his lunch.
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5:15am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt Tim Wonnacott presents the antiques contest from the Newark Antiques and Collectors Fair. 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country
4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard Live action comedy series following the adventures of 13-year-old Australian surf rat Lockie. 5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under Comedy prank series. 5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children. 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Supersized Earth 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws 11:45pm Crimewatch Update 11:55pm Would I Lie to You? 12:25am Film 2012 with Claudia Winkleman 12:55am Shank An action film for the youth generation, set in a decaying future London. 2:25am Weatherview 2:30am See Hear 3:00am Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip: An Emotional History of Britain 4:00am Paul Martin’s Handmade Revolution 4:45am Cash Britain 5:15am BBC News
BBC3 8:00pm Young Apprentice 9:00pm Gavin and Stacey 9:30pm Gavin and Stacey 10:00pm I Hate My Body: Skinny Boys and Muscle Men 11:00pm Unzipped 11:45pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guy Animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of American family life. 12:30am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family. 12:55am American Dad! 1:15am I Hate My Body: Skinny Boys and Muscle Men 2:15am Unzipped 3:00am Impractical Jokers 3:30am Russell Howard’s Good News 4:00am Him and Her 4:30am Him and Her
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7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What's New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm See Hear 2:30pm Lifeline 2:40pm Coast 2:45pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link
4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories Documentary-style police drama series.
5:50am Volkswagen Racing Cup 6:15am Deal or No Deal 7:10am The Hoobs Not only is ‘Brainbox Iver' full of bright ideas today, he’s boasting about them. 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim Jim is determined to sabotage his own surprise 50th birthday party. 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond Ray is shocked when Debra takes all their baby stuff to a garage sale. 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown
6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami
4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! 5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won. 6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain's next culinary superstar continues. 10:00pm The Hour 11:00pm The Culture Show 11:30pm Newsnight
4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Midsomer Murders Conclusion. 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh. 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Mark Austin and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 8:00pm Emmerdale Bernice creates waves, but holds her cards close to her chest. 8:30pm Coronation Street Fiz feels the full extent of Kirsty’s anger. Leanne makes a big decision. David drops a bombshell. 9:30pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush. 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham with the latest headlines from around the world. 11:35pm Exposure Update
4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Secret State
4:10pm Snowman’s Pass Adventure drama. 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news. 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Alf is concerned that Roo and Harvey are getting on too well, until a fresh row eases his fears. 7:30pm 5 News National and international news. 8:00pm Emergency Bikers Action-packed documentary series following the work of emergency bike crews. 9:00pm The Removal Men Observational documentary series following the Pickfords removal teams at work. 10:00pm The Transporter 11:55pm Attack Force Action thriller in which the leader of a strike team loses his men in a cold-blooded attack.
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12:20am Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide. 1:20am BBC News 5:00am Love Hurts 5:30am Coping Adolescence can be an emotional assault course, yet teenage mental health is rarely discussed.
BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Britain’s Best Drives Actor Richard Wilson follows routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago. 9:30pm Tales From the Wild Wood 10:00pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 11:00pm Getting On Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan, Ricky Grover, Sandro Kopp, Tilda Swinton. 11:30pm Frost on Satire 12:30am Metalworks! 1:30am Britain’s Best Drives Actor Richard Wilson follows routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago. 2:00am Tales From the Wild Wood 2:30am Getting On 3:00am Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
12:35am The First Great Train Robbery 1:30am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Columbo The dishevelled detective is called in to investigate when a popular actor is found murdered. 5:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
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12:05am Rory Peck Awards 2012 12:10am The Town That Caught Tourette’s 1:15am Abbey Road Studios: In Session with VW Beetle 1:45am Superstar DJs 2:10am Stooshe: Intro 2:25am Spotlight 2:40am Las Acacias 4:10am St. Elsewhere 4:55am Deal or No Deal 5:50am Countdown
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1:45am Ricky Hatton: The Comeback 2:35am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton. 5:45am Divine Designs
Satellite channels SKY1 5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Raising Hope 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Glee Project 10:00pm Last Resort 11:00pm Fringe 12:00am Trollied 12:30am Road Wars 1:00am A League of Their Own
2:00am Road Wars 2:55am Miami SWAT 3:55am Road Wars 4:45am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1
SKY MOVIES COMEDY 6:00am A Nanny for Christmas 7:30am Death Becomes Her 9:20am Snow Dogs 11:05am Orange County 12:35pm Marmaduke 2:10pm Johnny English Reborn 4:00pm The Hangover Part II 5:45pm Snow Dogs 7:30pm Marmaduke 9:00pm Johnny English Reborn 10:45pm The Hangover Part II 12:35am Orange County 2:05am Blackball 3:50am Vampire in Brooklyn 5:40am Death Becomes Her
SKY MOVIES DRAMA
Knights 11:15am Real Steel 1:30pm Rush Hour 3:20pm Paycheck
4:30am Stay Cool 6:10am Lucky Christmas 7:45am Henry’s Crime 9:35am You May Not Kiss the Bride 11:20am My Week with Marilyn 1:05pm War Horse Sky Movies Special 1:35pm Conviction 3:25pm Beautiful Wave
5:25pm Spy Kids 7:00pm Shanghai Knights 9:00pm Real Steel 11:10pm Rush Hour
5:10pm Like Dandelion Dust 7:00pm Shallow Hal 9:00pm My Week with Marilyn 10:45pm Just Go with it 12:45am Hardball 2:35am Mercy 4:05am Stolen Lives
SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:00am American Ninja 3: Bloodhunt 6:30am The Avengers Special 7:00am Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2: Special 7:30am Spy Kids 9:15am Shanghai
12:55am Machete 2:45am 22 Bullets 4:45am Braddock: Missing in Action 3
TCM 6:00am Valerie 7:30am Gunsmoke 8:30am Gunsmoke 9:35am Elmer Gantry 12:20pm The Ride Back 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Crossfire Trail 5:50pm Comanche 7:30pm Taras Bulba 10:00pm True Lies 12:45am Behind Enemy Lines 2:25am True Lies
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HAT a difference a few months make! Now you can hardly open a UK newspaper without reading about the latest example of corruption being laid bare or scandal uncovered somewhere or other. Take, for instance, the recent failure of a politically-motivated attempt to sue a Greek journalist for naming and shaming alleged Greek account holders in an offshore bank ‘safeguarded’ for two years from tax investigation. A Greek court acquitted Lagarde List magazine-editor Kostas Vaxevanis on all charges. This left Greek leaders at a loss to explain why Greece harbours so many super-rich tax evaders at a time of austerity, shortages and painful cuts for the rest of the country intermittently on strike and on the brink of running out of cash to pay its public servants and pensioners.
Breaking Views NORA JOHNSON Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in Nora’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/norajohnson
Meanwhile in Mexico, hundreds of police officers in Acapulco were fired after failing tests specially aimed at flushing out officials in a corruption scandal enveloping the country’s security services. Mexico, you’ll recall, is engaged in an ongoing battle against corruption with drugs gangs bribing low-paid police officers and state officials. And while we’re on the subject of scandal and corrupt practices, don’t let us forget Britain where even the former Europe Minister,
CORRUPTION: Scandals are being uncovered on a regular basis. Denis MacShane, was fiddling his expenses, where the richest escape tax by offshore deals and where it’s common for tradesmen to suggest VAT can be avoided by paying cash. In fact, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Boris Johnson have all admitted they’ve made cash-in-hand
payments in the past. Still in the UK, there’s additionally the ever-widening, unfolding story of the child abuse scandal at Welsh care homes in the ’70s and ’80s. While the focus is on the alleged involvement of a
former Conservative minister, it’s also claimed that MPs, police officers, lawyers and businessmen were implicated. Indeed, many are demanding an overarching public enquiry into child protection failings generally - by the BBC, NHS, police as well as care homes. Simply put, these past few months have fuelled those conspiracy theorists who question the fundamental integrity of the UK media, police, judiciary and politicians … I’m reminded of the time when Gandhi was asked by a Western journalist what he thought of Western civilization and he replied: “I think it would be a very good idea.” Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Soul Stealer’ & ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.77) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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Take a hike for health MORNING CUPPA: Avoid staining those pearly whites.
Keep your smile bright RED and white wine, fizzy drinks, tea, and coffee can all contribute to the yellowing of tooth enamel. If you just can’t give up your morning tea or latte, try to sip through a straw when possible to minimise contact with your tooth enamel.
WALKING for two-and-ahalf hours each week could increase your life span by seven years. A study, by experts from the US government’s medical research agency and Harvard University, found even half of that is beneficial, with 75 minutes of brisk walking a week enough to extend life by almost two years. The lives of more than 600,000 men and women aged 40 and over were analysed and it was found that people of a healthy weight who didn’t exercise could expect to die 3.1 years earlier than obese people who stayed active. But the biggest gains were seen in people of a healthy weight where weekly moderate exercise for two-and-a-half hours extended life by more than seven years.
WALKING TALL: Increase your life expectancy.
Popping pills out of fashion SPENDING on vitamins has dropped as more people are shunning the expensive health supplements to save money and going back to cheaper fruit and vegetables. According to market analysts Mintel, just 35 per cent of Britons still take vitamin supplements regularly, a fall from 41 per cent in 2008. RIGHT CHOICE: Fresh fruit instead of pills.
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Sick leave during pregnancy ACCORDING to a new study, three-quarters of pregnant women take sick leave from work, outside their normal maternity leave, citing tiredness and sleep problems as the main reasons. Researchers from the Stavanger University Hospital in Norway gathered information through a questionnaire conducted at weeks 17 and 32 of pregnancy from 3,000 hospital patients. Just over 75 per cent of them received sick leave at some point, with more women requiring time off as their pregnancy progressed. However, women who had flexible working hours took less time off.
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T was truly a night to remember. And it will have a lasting effect on the lives of 17 families in Almeria badly hit by the recent floods. The event was a charity dinner-dance followed by an auction and raffle at the El Mar La Mar in Villaricos, which raised an amazing €12,000 for the flood victims. Prizes at the big fund-raising event attended by around 100 people included a round of golf with English cricketer Ian Botham, a weekend for two at the fivestar Don Carlos Hotel in Marbella and a meal with James Hewitt at The Polo House restaurant, plus a flat screen television donated by Euro Weekly News (EWN). EWN Publishers Michel and Steven Euesden attended the function accompanied by key staff from the newspaper’s Costa del Sol headquarters, as well as representatives from the company’s local Almeria office in Mojacar. EWN was the only newspaper with represen-tatives at the charity evening. Michel Euesden said she has always believed that charity begins at home, and "this evening has proved this once again without any doubt. "I have always been fond of Almeria but sadly in recent times it has been hit by a catastrophic chain of events. "Between political decisions - which I am not equipped to comment on raging fires and then the recent floods, this small corner of enchantment was turned by unimaginable nightmares into a zone disintegrating before the eyes of residents,” she said. “However, the local families are not quitters and none more so than the dynamic Richard and Louise Shepherd of El Mar La Mar. “Involved in many charitable events over the years, they put their money where their mouth was, paying personally for all the food and wine. “This means that all - and I mean all the money raised
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through people buying tickets for tonight’s event will go straight to the Red Cross. “And the staff have even donated their tips. “The atmosphere tonight was incredible and credit must also go to Jessica and Richard Shanley, owners of the local Spectrum Radio station.
“Their attendance reflected their efforts in both the lead-up to, and the night itself,” added Michel. Richard Shanley was equally exuberant over the event. “I am thrilled with the funds raised. I can’t think of an event in the area that has
raised so much, and I can’t thank everyone involved enough.” Richard Shepherd, owner of El Mar La Mar, said: “The local community should be proud of what has been achieved. I will be happy sitting down to my Christmas dinner knowing that the families affected will be close to gaining normality in their lives again.”
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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) For all of the things that you want to do, there are three others that you wish to do. Maybe they are waiting for their own time to come. During the course of this week you will be thinking of what the future could hold, even though dealing with practical issues.
HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When it isnʼt possible to change something, often it is just as effective to rearrange it. That is the solution which comes to you this week. Instead of being frustrated at a delay, try changing the conditions or times.
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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Rarely has your mind been as sharp as it is at the moment. There have been some awkward and downright bad periods in the recent past, but this week everything falls into place. Why, you wonder, have you worried so much about things which could not be changed?
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When we have long-standing friendships, these are often taken for granted and yet often we could make so much more of them.
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. Solution on website.
Just joking Did you hear about the guy who lost his left arm and leg in a car crash? He’s all right now. What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches? A nervous wreck. What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall? “Dam”. Have you got a funny joke? jokes@euroweeklynews.com Include full name and town you live in.
LEO (July 24 - August 23) Consider what is the most important thing to you at the moment? Is it wealth or social position? Your work, or how it may be possible to afford that new conservatory are minor considerations compared with your greatest asset which is your health. This week, then, is all about boosting this valuable commodity and building its future.
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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Pat yourself on the back for all of your efforts of recent weeks. Looking back just
TARGET: Average: 16 Good: 21
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aged, dang, drag, dreg, edge, edgy, egad, gale, gean, gear, geed, geld, gene, glad, glee, glen, grad, gran, gray, grey, gyre, rage, rang, yang, agley, agree, angel, anger, angle, angry, eager, eagle, eager, edger, elegy, gayer, genre, glade, gland, glare, glary, glean, gnarl, grade, grand, greed, green, gyral, lager, large, ledge, ledgy, leger, raged, range, rangy, regal, agreed, anergy, angled, angler, argyle, danger, dangle, energy, enrage, gander, garden, geared, gender, genera, glared, gnarly, grande, grayed, greedy, greeny, greyed, ledger, legend, ranged, regale, regnal, angered, dangler, derange, eagerly, enlarge, enraged, general, gleaned, gleaner, gnarled, grandee, grandly, greenly, grenade, regaled, enlarged, LEGENDARY
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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As the saying goes, ʻno one ever said it would be easyʼ. In the past few months you have found this to be true. Hard work is not alien to you, but there is a point where you want to shout ʻenoughʼ. It may be business or home life needs some rearranging, or that someone is moving job and the routine is severely disrupted. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) As a home-loving Libran, you are torn between making changes to your surroundings and getting some cash in on the business side. Apparently, it is not possible to do both because energy levels fluctuate.
Very good: 31 Excellent: 38
How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
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Move from the start word (CAME) to the end word (WITH) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When you are at home this week I would like you to consider how you
a few months, would you have thought so much progress could be made? Because of your efforts, home life is enhanced and you are more appreciated. Give yourself a break at the weekend and do something with a loved one that you have not done together for some time.
1. TINKY WINKY, DIPSY, LAA-LLA and PO, 2. IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA and IOWA,
view your surroundings. This is a good week to make changes and have discussions about future directions.
3. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (GWR), LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY
feelings about being at or near home this week, with thoughts of more progress possible elsewhere.
(LNER), LONDON, MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY (LMS) and SOUTHERN RAIL-
Expecting too much help from others has held you back in the recent past. It makes sense to be part of a team only when everyone is pulling their weight. Some things are best done alone for real progress.
Ines Sastre, Born on November 21, 1973, she is a Spanish actress and model. She has performed in more than 20 films, including ʻVidocqʼ and ʻThe Lost Cityʼ. She was the face of Lancômeʼs perfume Trésor.
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family and distinctly damaged life, aided by his best friend Harry Biscuit and definitely not aided by his cruel and ironically named guardian Mr Gently Benevolent and his accomplices, the fearsome Hardthrasher siblings. Add in grim circumstances, mistaken
(kneecap), TIBIA (shinbone) and FIBULA (calf bone), 6. GRYFFINDOR, HUF-
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The enthusiasm of your bright Capricorn mind is also capable of making you restless. There are mixed
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Is playing the waiting game really to your advantage? Your Sagittarian character naturally leads you to be optimistic, and why not? It wonʼt hurt to hurry someone along rather than having them go at their own pace.
Bleak Expectations began as a riotously funny Sony Award winning Radio 4 comedy but it was so amazing it has transformed itself into an equally splendid book. Featuring added jokes and lots of extra bits of story and additional dimensions to characters, it recounts the adventures of young Pip Bin as he tries to repair his destroyed
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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is so much in you that is determined and looking forward to a fresh start, but something that you are trying to get rid of, or give up, may be giving you more trouble than anticipated. Some things have to be done alone, or so you think, but others have gone through this before you so they are able to give support.
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(MENORCA), IBIZA (EIVISSA) and FORMENTERA, 9. MARGARET (MEG),
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Across 1 Like a bird slightly injured (6) 5 Dairy food for a dirty fighter (6) 8 Spanish painter involved in yoga (4) 9 Ignominious hoax leads to fuel spill (8) 10 War paint in defeat across one quiet street (8) 11 Streak without South African tramp (4) 12 The beloved compilerʼs expression of dismay (4,2) 14 Portray part of old epic tale (6) 16 Cold weather from the first of September, instantly (4) 18 False encouragement before debts (8) 20 Fashionable police force at hospital department event (8) 21 Female with hole in her footwear (4) 22 Weigh a female donkey (6) 23 Syʼs red, can look stylish (6) Down 2 Adore lookers (but not doers), we hear (7) 3 Flies the deer back north in (5) 4 Detest scruffy kidʼs lie (7) 5 Capital of Belgium has a dearth of ebony (5) 6 Move otter record to canopy (7) 7 Draw out end, but crew regularly
Funagram 1. Unscramble the name of a bestselling American author: BINS ROLL BY 2. Unscramble the name of a popular type of (sweet) biscuit (two words): ECOLOGISTS HID ACE VET
Across 1 En alguna parte (9) 5 Fechas (días precisos) (5) 7 Letter (mail) (5) 9 Pulgar (5) 10 Anillos (5) 11 Carreteras (5) 12 Italia (5) 14 Navajas (9)
Down 1 Triste (persona) (3) 2 Lavabo (9) 3 Scorpion (9) 4 Hierba (5) 6 Truffle (5) 8 Income (from property) (5) 9 Late (after usual time) (5) 13 Sí (3)
Co d e B r e a ke r missing (5) 13 War returning? Conceal television series (7) 14 Wasnʼt sure about party, but confused journalist (7) 15 Slips company up on
25 See 23 Down 1 Flower part (5) 2 Diluting agent (7) 3 Dreamy happiness (5) 4 Tremble (6) 5 Pilotʼs compartment (7) 6 Last letter of Greek alphabet (5) 7 Money matters (7) 12 Roosts (7) 13 Menacing (7) 15 Flags (7) 16 Worldʼs largest desert (6) 18 Bohemian dance (5) 19 Overly sentimental (5) 20 Terminated (5)
Play on Words
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Across 1/6 Postpone (3,3) 3 Fundamental (5) 6 See 1 8 Capital of Georgia (7) 9 Free from dirt (5) 10 Loans (5) 11 Make clear (7) 12 Forgive (6) 14 Balanced (6) 17 Duplicate (7) 19 Slightly burn (5) 21 Greeting (5) 22 Put to use (7) 23/25 Neptune, for example (3,3) 24 Frightening (5)
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents Q and 3 represents L, so fill in Q every time the figure 1 appears and L every time the figure 3 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.
Saturday (7) 17 No points on afternoon prayers (5) 18 A dialectic name for various ducks seems backward (5) 19 An edition for the children (5)
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Socks, 4 Random, 9 Trained, 10 Slaps, 11 Less, 12 Purpose, 13 Rat, 14 Fine, 16 Easy, 18 Pad, 20 Extreme, 21 Bait, 24 Ranks, 25 Chicane, 26 Spends, 27 Sings. Down: 1 Settle, 2 Chaps, 3 Song, 5 Absorbed, 6 Dragons, 7 Master, 8 Adept, 13 Released, 15 Intense, 17 Beards, 18 Peach, 19 Others, 22 Again, 23 Digs. QUICK - Across: 1 Decent, 4 Tennis, 9 Stature, 10 Tutor, 11 After, 12 Realise, 13 Ale, 14 Rebel, 16 Eager, 18 Son, 19 Gnocchi, 21 Focus, 23 Evict, 24 Narrate, 25 Seethe, 26 Defeat. Down: 1 Despair, 2 Chant, 3 Neutral, 5 Extra, 6 Nothing, 7 Serve, 8 Depressions, 15 Bromine, 16 Enforce, 17 Respect, 19 Guess, 20 Catch, 22 Chase. ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Ruta, 3 Obras, 6 Syrup, 8 Truth, 10 Rat, 11 Llave, 12 Ounce, 13 Nun, 14 Sound, 15 Steep, 16 Zorro, 17 Head. Down: 1 Results, 2 Tartamudo, 4 Buttons, 5 Aguanieve, 7 Prender, 9 Huesped.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (DANCED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
ACTING CINDER COURSE DANCED (10) DEALER DESIRE INLAND
Quote Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me
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Steve Jobs (1955-2011), American entrepreneur, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.
INTENT ISLAND MISERY NORMAL RENDER SENDER SEVERE
SLAYER STEEDS STENCH TASTES TINDER
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Estate, 2 Bitten, 3 Either, 4 Render, 5 Hearts, 6 Suited, 7 Header, 8 Tumble, 9 Neatly, 10 Halted, 11 Dreams, 12 Rioted, 13 Barest, 14 Floats, 15 Metres, 16 Barley, 17 Awaits, 18 Aflame, 19 Seared
FUNAGRAM SOLUTION 1. BILL BRYSON 2. CHOCOLATE DIGESTIVES
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T is a mystery to me why those most useless at communicating are those whose trade is communication. Many advances rival those of the Victorian age; only the postal service stays in the Penny Black era. The Victorians crossed the bridge from centuries-old horse dependency to air, motor, rail, mail, and telegram and telephone familiarity. Beat that, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates! Unable to keep up, we plebs find ourselves in the slipstream of emerging innovation. As a consequence many of us are clueless as to what new devices do and how we can best use them to benefit our lives. Coming from a sales background I can see a fortune to be made by explaining how gadgets work. This cannot be left to the geeks running the business. They may be iPod and Kindle tablet savvy but when it comes to communication they are knuckle-shuffling Neanderthals. What they’re doing is manufacturing pens for a largely illiterate market; doh!
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Why are geeks so thick? Mike Walsh vwww.michaelwalsh.es International Journalism Europe Broadcaster Commentator International Radio Awarded ‘Writer of the Year’ Mobile 0034 662 067 490 To comment on any of the issues raised in Mike’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/mikewalsh
I was delighted with my first digital camera. It was as far removed from traditional photography as the laptop and Word are from typewriters. Now digital cameras have passed their sell-by date; that is progress for you. I could hardly wait to use my first digital and downloaded the instruction manual. Yes, it is not a booklet, you download them. Imagine my dismay when having printed the guidebook I found it to be the size of a
may as well have been written in Egyptian hieroglyphics; a waste of space and rain forest. To their credit I did see an enterprising couple making pin money by holding two-day courses showing new users how to get the best from their digitals. They would probably make a fortune by showing those yet to buy these cameras their advantages then taking orders for them. Geeks don’t think that way. You see, that is how sales work: I was a very successful USER FRIENDLY? You have to be joking! salesman and sales manager. This was telephone directory. Its because I had the nous to content was so geek that it explain the benefits of my
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company’s products in a way that could be understood. Our philosophy was you’ll get what you want when you convince the customer he will get what he wants: ‘don’t sell the steak, sell the sizzle’. What happens when we visit a geek-gadget store? The behind-the-counter staff have their heads so far up their hard drives they can’t communicate except in a language we do not understand. User friendly; you have got to be joking. They speak geek and haven’t the patience of a fruit fly. If only an enterprising geekgadget entrepreneur with an engaging personality would set up short introduction courses. He could at the close take orders and trouser a fortune. Would someone please explain to me what an iPod, an app and e-book are in simple language, please? I might well buy one.
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OTELS are used to disappearing towels and cutlery, often disappearing with an unpaid bill. Those of us resident in Spain will know the feeling. How often do we have visitors who, after a week or so of wining, dining, sharing the good life and the bed and roof, then disappear By Mike Walsh with a cheery wave. www.michaelwalsh.es Most even get To comment on any of the issues free airport pickraised in Mike’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com ups and watch /columnists/mike-walsh whilst you empty the contents of your wallet into the supermarket check-out lady’s lap. I had a 12-month cuckoo in my nest. Not many leave a box of VISITORS: Not many express their gratitude for your generosity. chocolates on the coffee table to express their gratitude at such largesse. It comes with the territory.
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A record you don’t want to break HE was one very unlucky guy to make it into the record books.
For the first time on record there was only one fatality on Spanish roads over a recent weekend. The average is 10 accidents resulting in death. Traffic
accidents occur for many reasons but a new factor is reduced traffic and speeds due to the economic crisis. There have been 1.2 million fewer drivers on the road in 2012; a
10 per cent drop in traffic fatalities. The unfortunate victim was Damià Badia Serentill, a teacher from Raimat in Lleida. He had been out collecting mushrooms when the
WHEN after World War Two the United Nations (UN) imposed a trade embargo on Francoist Spain in an attempt to starve it into submission, Juan Peron’s Argentine government came to Spain’s aid. Vital foods and medicines got through; for this reason, Eva Peron is still a revered icon for many in Spain. Austerity measures, it is said, are plunging Hispaniola back into the severe shortages and endemic poverty of the Franco period. The Ministry of Health and Social Services concede that eight million people are now registered as being in need of state aid. Not good when this appalling figure is set against Spain’s small population. Spain is a country big enough to be a self-sufficient major exporter of foodstuffs. It could have taken over the Ukraine’s pre-Communist position as ‘bread basket of Europe’. What went wrong? Who will now come to Spain’s aid?
Remembering loved ones at Christmas THIS year, cancer charity MABS has decided to add a memory tree and card to their Christmas charity market as a unique way of remembering those who were close to us.
The principle is to remember our families and friends who are no longer with us at Christmas time, by hanging the card upon the Christmas tree which will be on display
High demand for concert DUE to an amazing response to the ‘Pink Floyd Experience’ concert, organisers have been forced to add a further night to accommodate the demand. The shows will take place in the Arts Centre, Benitachell on November 29 and 30 at 9pm. Tickets are €7.50, with all proceeds being donated to the Lions Club of Teulada– Moraira. For tickets, call 616 367 746.
from Saturday at Iron Art Factory Outlet in Gata. You also retain the other half to hang on your own tree and the donation of €5 goes directly to MABS. Stalls at the fayre include cakes, cosmetics, jewellery and collectables.
Safety first THIRTY students from Years 11, 12 and 13 from Xabia International College took part in a basic First Aid course to learn how to react in an emergency and to help an injured person. The course was given by members of the Red Cross in Javea.
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T the risk of finding a severed horse’s head in my bed, I thought I should address the perilous subject of organised crime. Being an optimist (naive, if you prefer) I actually thought that the realms of the Mafia in the developed world - apart from Russia - had pretty much faded into obscurity with the likes of Al Capone and John Gotti. But as recent events show, it has once again raised its ugly head: The Mafia is alive and very well, indeed. Well, were it not for some 80 of their Chinese contingent being arrested in Madrid and Barcelona in October and, not forgetting, the recent resignation of Japanese Justice Minister, Keishu Tanaka, amid revelations that he was buddies with some top honchos in the Yakuza. These incidents are, of course, the mere tip of the cement-booted iceberg; the UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that organised crime accounts for $870 billion (682 billion euros) in the many sordid and heinous activities they engage in. With such power, the real question is; why are they not more visible? At a time, when politicians and the police seem unable or unwilling to act against everyday crime like robberies, assaults and general hooliganism, isn’t this the
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exact time that the Mafia could gain both political power and public favour? These major league criminals do not wish their hunting ground to be disturbed by the seething masses of low-life crime; these people have ‘respectable’ fronts, and you may even find that your kids share the same school… Presumably, they, too, want to keep ‘their’ streets safe, regardless of the drugs shipment they just ordered. After a spate of robberies in her street, one friend asked the police what they were doing about it; any extra patrolling, intensified search for the perpetrators or anything at all, really… The answer was no. So she got together with some neighbours to see if they could hire a private security company to patrol the area. This turned out to be impossible or
SECRET SOCIETY: Do you really know your neighbours? prohibitively expensive (even when divided by some 100 property owners).
This friend lives here in Spain, but the same problem is echoed in most European countries. I am in no way condoning the Mafia, but it strikes me it may be in their interest to control the lawlessness of today, in the same way that the Yakuza in Japan has kept petty crime at bay in the past. As a civilian, you could walk the streets of the capital quite safely, (assuming you were not caught in any rival Yakuza gang crossfire) returning to find your home intact. Simple human rights we should be able to take for granted. Of course, the preferred method of regaining control would be to follow the lead of former New York mayor, Rudy Guiliani, who succeeded in turning the city from one of the most treacherous in the States to one of the safest in the 90s. He achieved this with hard hitting policies like zero tolerance, even for minor offences; this comes at a price, but I think we could all live without new government buildings or road extensions in favour of some basic safety and security. Do you feel safe? Let me know your thoughts (anonymously if you wish) on ulrica@euroweeklynews.com and I will follow up with a summary of responses in the next few weeks.
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Juicy fruit is a superfood MANGOES are the latest superfood. Rich in vitamins C and A as well as having traces of vitamins E, B and K, the juicy fruit packs a nutritional punch well above its weight. They are high in cancer fighting antioxidants, low in carbohydrates and, like other yellow or orange fruit such as pumpkin and carrot, they are an excellent source of betacarotene, according to
Foreign foods now popular cuisine for adventurous Brits
MANGOES: Rich in vitamins, they provide a nutritional punch. the Better Health blog. They also contain Vitamin E and selenium which help protect against heart disease and cancer. On top of that you can get 40 per cent of your daily fibre intake from just one mango. Research has shown that dietary fibre has a protective effect against degenerative diseases, especially with regards to the heart and may help prevent certain types of cancer, as well as lowering blood cholesterol levels. The nutritional value of mango makes it good for weight gain, eye disorders, hair loss, heat stroke, prickly heat, diabetes, bacterial infections,
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BRITS abroad are finally getting a little more adventurous with their food it seems and sampling more of the local cuisine. For many years British travellers had a reputation for turning their nose up at foreign food, with many even taking sinusitis, piles, indigestion, constipation, morning sickness, diarrhoea, dysentery, and scurvy. Mango, being high in calories and carbohydrates, is good for those who are trying to gain weight. Being high in iron, mango is said to be very good for pregnant women as well as for people suffering from anaemia. Mango is believed to be effective in relieving clogged pores of the skin.
their favourite food away with them on holiday, but researchers have found that we are now more likely to try new types of food when abroad. Those questioned also said that food markets were a ‘must visit’ on their trips with many stating that they have taken inspiration from celebrity chefs such as Rick Stein and The Hairy Bikers to pick up ideas and ingredients to take home. The poll of more than MOTHERS spend an average total of three 960 people by Viking years of their adult lives in the kitchen. River Cruises found the majority, 97 per cent, Researchers found home-makers spend are likely to be more nearly 18 whole days a year preparing food adventurous with their and cooking for their family and across the food when on holiday average woman's adult life time of 63 years, than when they are back that equates to 1,117 days of their lives. home with the top five The survey was carried out by B&Q of 1,000 food eaten being snails; mothers who also said they choose to spend frogs legs; crocodile; an extra 20 minutes a day in the kitchen kangaroo and even relaxing. snake.
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Restaurant Salamanca – The finest restaurant in Jalon for tasty food IT’S that time again when we have the opportunity to tell you why you should come and dine with us. Year on year we aim to continue giving you, our customers, value for money, priding ourselves on creating something to suit every palette and price range. Menus start at 15.95€ including wine and bread and ali oli, and the ‘A la Carte’ menu offers a selection of the finest steaks, fish and meat dishes too, so something for everybody. And as the cold winter nights set in, the log fire will soon be alight. Menus for the festivities are also ready, and bookings being taken, so four points for you to remember: Pre-Christmas menu available from December 1 to 23. Four-courses for 17,95€ including wine and Christmas crackers Christmas Day, 6-course lunch including bucks fizz or sherry on arrival, wine, coffee, bubbly and Christmas crackers for only
COME DINE WITH US: In a wonderful atmosphere. 57,50€ Boxing Day Bubble & Squeak lunch – a buffet lunch served at your table, only 16,95€ including wine New Years Eve 6-course gala dinner including a Salamanca cocktail on arrival, wine, cava and grapes and party bags for just 60,00€ So pop in and collect your festivity menu leaflet. We also remind all the clubs and societies of our tailor-made menus to suit your budget. We offer beautiful food in a wonderful atmosphere, with friendly, professional staff. If you are not already on our mailing list, then sign
up now. Each month we send out our newsletter with information of the special events taking place, plus we send our new menus too, an opportunity to see what is on offer to tickle those taste buds. So what else can we say, if you haven’t eaten with us before, come and try us now, and for our loyal customers, we look forward to seeing you soon. The restaurant Salamanca is open Wednesday to Sunday evening and Sunday lunches too. To book contact Helen on 966 480 430 or 628 538 323. Calle Salamanca, 59, Jalon.
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HANDS ON: Nikku (left) has vast experience. Advertising Feature
First class at Haweli Denia! THE Indian Haweli Restaurant in Denia with its owner Nikku, who previously ran the Haweli in Albir before moving, offers you the opportunity to sample the best of Indian cuisine. As a person from New Dehli itself, Nikku has vast on hand experience of running the best in Indian restaurants. Only last week, on Bonfire night, a great evening at HAWELI was attended by over 100 people who enjoyed the celebration evening in spectacular style with good food, bonfire, live music and karaoke to complete the entertainment. The food is first class! The menu del dia served Monday to Friday lunch includes four courses all for only €8.90. Or, served on an evening, a popular special, is dinner for two people, four different starters, four main dishes, rice and naan bread, traditional Indian dessert with fruit plus a free drink each only €36.95. Quality house wine at €7.90 and starters from only €1.80! As always the spices are fragrant and aromatic. In all the dishes you can pick out flavours: finely chopped ginger, crushed garlic, luscious tomatoes and fresh leaf coriander in abundance. The list is endless. There is even a real clay oven for truly
authentic Tandoori! Special menus can be cooked to order, and there is a huge sunny terrace seating 100 plus. Haweli can cater for parties and weddings etc, and can host events inside or out! Look out for Christmas festivities, special evening and menu for Boxing Day. Or, treat your staff to a great Christmas Luncheon or Dinner party. Indian Haweli aim to please all. Guaranteed you will find all your favourites. There are Bhunas with their mix of dried spices fried up with onions, ginger, garlic, tomatoes and coriander, creamy Kormas, Jalfrezis and Dopiazas, and Special Chef’s dishes (15 years experience). Try the Chicken with curry sauce infused with fresh mango, or maybe Chicken Pasanda with almonds and coconut. Delicious! The restaurant is easy to find. From the marina in Denia, come out of town on the coast road north for 2kms and you’ll see the familiar Haweli sign on your left. Or for those with GPS it’s Ctra las Marinas km 2. There’s private parking, and that large sunny terrace for outside dining. Open every day, 12.30 to 4.30 and 6.30 to midnight. Telephone 965 783 637, or 677 004 651.
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Crisps given a hot makeover DO you remember ‘salt and shake’; the crisps with a little blue sachet of salt inside? They were launched in the 1920’s and were an instant hit allowing consumers to add as much or as little salt as they wanted, but now they have been revised and had a modern day makeover. Crisp lovers can now buy a bag of crisps with an added condiment bag – of scorching jalapeno chilli pepper seasoning. The crisps, made exclusively for Tesco have been launched at more than 400 branches of the supermarket chain.
Crisp buyer Lee Bannerman said, “Sweet chilli flavoured crisps have been around for more than 10 years, but we believe that customers are now ready for something hotter... you can completely control just how hot you want to make them, depending on how much you use.” HOT AND SHAKE: Now try something completely different.
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INFUSIONS: Can help you relax. local mountains we chewed the flowering tips of rosemary stems for the energy giving oil and romanesque and cauliflowers were often eaten as vegetables. Then within five years of living full time in Spain the village and valley lost its self-sufficiency as families moved off the land to work in the construction industry in the mad Spanish bank destroying boom. So we started to grow all we could ourselves to be
self sufficient. In 2002 we visited Cuba for a month. Not to visit tourist resorts but to wander around the countryside to study the communal allotments outside every town, village, school and factory. One day we visited the research department of the Havana Botanic Garden and were invited to lunch by the Director. Asked what we would like to eat, we said give us a garden speciality. This turned out to be a brightly coloured
hibiscus salad and we learned that the flowers were a relaxant, cooled one down and helped to control your blood pressure. Returning home we researched what other beneficial flowers we had in our garden and what others we should grow. The list soon grew and can be seen in our book ‘Living well from our Mediterranean garden’. (c) Dick Handscombe www.gardeninginspain. com November 2012
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BUNNIES: 10 year lives.
RABBITS have a lifespan of about eight to 10 years. But of course it depends on how well you take care of your rabbit. If you forget to feed it a lot, and if you only feed it pellets and don’t give it any hay, your rabbit will probably not live as long as someone who is consistent about feeding their rabbit. You also need to make sure you are brushing your rabbit frequently because when a rabbit licks itself clean, it will lick up all of the loose hair and then it will get into their systems, and that is not good for your rabbit.
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Saying hello to a new dog IF you have cats that are not used to dogs, you should think carefully before doing this. If you must, then make sure it is a puppy as young as possible. Chasing breeds like greyhounds or hounds, or terrier breeds, are more likely to go for small furry running things like cats than gundog breeds like Labs or spaniels. NEVER ever expect cats to live with a dog that hates cats or, worse still, has been trained to chase them. It is cruel. What is a joke to some humans is death or severe injury to the cat. In this case, either cat or dog must be rehomed. Cats that are chased will probably leave home eventually, if they are lucky enough to survive the attack. The best way to proceed is to start with the cat, and only when the cat is established in the family, add the dog. Both should be young, before six months of age in cats and before one year in dogs (though a dog this age should only be introduced if it has a known record of not being hostile to cats). They need to be young so that
BE CAUTIOUS: Cats and dogs. they can learn each other’s body language. The cat must be able to go towards and retreat from the dog without being chased or needing to run. Borrow a dog crate, where you can put the puppy with his bedding and bowls. When he comes out for walks, make sure he is on a lead.
Let the cats first see him when he is safely in the crate. Do not let the cats get scared in the first place. For them it is life or death. One snap of a big dog, and they’re dead. Speak to your vet. If you can’t get a crate, keep the puppy on a lead every single moment. Tie him to furniture, when you are not holding the other end. While he is tied, or in the crate, make a fuss of the cats so that he realises they are valued family members. Take this process carefully over several days. The aim is NEVER to let a chase occur in the first place. If things are going okay, let him out of the crate but with a houseline (made out of old rope) trailing from his collar, so that you can grab it if necessary. You can also mix their scents, by placing pieces of an old towel in the dog’s bed and in the cats’ beds, then swapping them round. Remember, at this point the cat’s welfare must take priority.
Consult ‘Introducing our cat to other cats and dogs’ on www.fabcats.org or send an s.a.e. and small donation for it to Feline Advisory Bureau, Taeselbury, High St, Tisbury, SP3 6LD.UK For your local radio frequency log on to www.talkradioeurope.com.
LEYLA
Hello there teddy! LOVING: I ‘lick’ you!
OUR two-year-old black cat Leyla is a loving little girl who is always licking people on the nose to greet them. Here she is saying hello to the teddy bear. June Arch, Alhaurin el Grande.
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I know a habit that’ll get on your nerves A British survey of men and women aged 17 to 77 has highlighted what most annoys and irritates them. Now Tony Matthews takes a look at his pet hates. Arrogant people: Those who think they are the cat’s whiskers. Know-alls: After sulking, they disappear when they cannot give the right answer. Quiz moaners: Contestants who complain ‘Oh, not sport, or not pop music.’ Why enter in the first place? What would they expect on Pointless, The Chase or The Weakest Link? Miserable shop assistants: It costs nothing to smile when serving a customer. Pushy parents: Fathers and mothers who without a please or may I,
guide a buggy down a shop aisle, over the footpath or into a crowd at a packed market, muttering ‘get out of the way.’ Bossiness: People who shout off their mouths in public. Be bossy at home any time, but don’t become an idiot and do it elsewhere. Singers who mime: This is embarrassing, along with those who sing out of tune. Directionless drivers: Those who don’t indicate when turning right or left, or do so only at the
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very last moment. Also drivers who cruise slowly in the fast lane, and motorists who tailgate. Mobile shouters: People who talk loudly in public or in company. They should move away. Messy walkers: Pet owners who fail to clean up the mess while out on walks. Litter louts: They are still around, and the authorities should impose more fines.
MOBILE SHOUTERS: People who talk loudly in public - they should move away.
All by myself M
Y one big desire this weekend is simple… to let my hair down and forget about the troubles from my drinkdrive episode! But there is now an even bigger problem to face up to. For last weekend was the final one in Marbella for one of my closest girlfriends. She left for pastures new on Monday. A fellow singleton, we have been like two olives in a Martini. Always after the same men, sharing clothes; you know the deal. Gal pals for four years; I will never forget the moment we met. In one of my favoured local Spanish watering holes, the bartender called out ‘free Jäger’. She and I were the only ones to bolt to the bar. I instantly knew we would get along. Anyone who sprints on the promise of free shots is a friend of mine.
As I see it... Ana JeffersonSmith takes an irreverent look at life as a singleton expat in Spain
The following week she celebrated her birthday. Invited to her party, we marked our new-found friendship, drinking and clinking glasses to the mischief we anticipated would come. Not covered during our first meeting, I asked what ripe old age she was turning. Only to find out it was in fact her 17th birthday. Oh, b…….! I’d just found a drinking buddy two years older than my little sister, and in reality, illegal trouble! However, even with a few
years between us, we’ve spent every weekend without fail in clubs – some the wrong side of nearseedy – flirting our way to free vodka and celebrating when one of us found a squeeze for the night!. I’ll always remember trying to sneak backstage at Peter Andre’s first concert on the coast. We tried to blag being members of the Press… I think the fact that we were, let’s say, a little more provocatively dressed than most reporters, is what gave us away. But my left-hand chica has now gone. How am I going to cope on the coast surrounded by couples? Hopefully, I won’t end up hanging out in bars alone. But if I am seen propping up a Puerto Banús bar, just quietly suggest I go home… because the chances are, I will have been there since lunch-time.
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SINCE launching her book ‘Simply Speak Spanish’ a year ago, Gwen Cookson has been surprised at how popular it has now become all over Spain and the UK. Gwen arrived in Spain in 1988 and struggled with the language for 23 years. When she first arrived, she did the same as many expats, she went to British-run bars and mixed with the Englishspeaking community. In this first year she learned two words ‘chicken’ and ‘beer’. Her children started Spanish school so she had to learn Spanish to help them. The next thing she learned was the six times table, very useful! She then bought a dictionary and a grammar filled textbook. Oh no! She didn’t know her own grammar and what’s more she didn’t want to learn
teaching them. It was during this time that she devised her own way of coming to grips with the language, and in turn taught it to her new friends. Pretty soon the word was out that there was a new teacher who taught Spanish but did not base it on grammar. The floodgates opened and she now teaches expats up and down the costas; it has become a fulltime job. The book or CD called ‘Simply Speak Spanish’ is on sale at the various outlets listed and would make a great Christmas present. It costs €12.50 plus P&P.
MAKING IT SIMPLE: Following years of frustration, Gwen Cookson devised her own straightforward method of learning to speak Spanish which is not grammar based. it! She couldn’t understand when Spaniards said ‘hola amigo’ to her husband and ‘hola amiga’ to her. She didn’t know the simple rules of masculine and feminine words, the books did not explain it in simple terms. She didn’t attend Spanish lessons as all the teachers taught the grammar-based way. She did not want to pass a GCSE, she just wanted to converse in Spanish. Four years later and still not speaking Spanish, she
returned to the UK with her family. She tried to carry on learning and bought more textbooks: grammar, grammar, grammar! Hence she gave up for 15 years.
In 2008, she returned to Spain and started work with a letting agency and her Spanish started to improve. She met a family who didn’t speak any Spanish. She set about
To order the book or for more info visit www.simply speakspanish.co.uk or ring Gwen on 633 154 323 to join in her lessons in many towns on the Costa Blanca.
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ASESORIA FISCAL is a firm of gestorias/lawyers established in Albir for 15 years, which specialises in companies, professionals and individuals. Property management and administration and also areas covered by our expertise. If you want to save taxes and own a property in Spain or you want to save on inheritance tax, why not set up a company (S.L.)? We can help you save money. We can also help you to understand inheritance tax implications. If you need to make a Will or take care of your inheritance, then you’re at the right place with us. Do you own a property in Spain but are not a resident? Then you will have to do your yearly nonresident tax return. We will provide you with the information you need about the options available so that you can decide which is most beneficial to you. The following may happen if you don’t pay your non-resident tax: the
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•AECC BOUTIQUE in San Isidro: Call 966 723 401. •AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP Benidorm – don’t suffer alone through another person drinking – Call 634 758 539.
Costa Blanca North’s best guide to local non-profit clubs, charities and societies Email whatson@euroweeklynews.com Fax 952 440 887 Post Euro Weekly News, Calle Moscatel 10, P-62, Poligono Industrial Arroyo de la Miel, 29631 Benalmadena, Malaga.
•ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY Sunday Services - Holy Communion in eight locations: See www.costablancaanglicanchaplaincy.org.
Church services
•BENITACHELL CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Benitachell: 966 494 036 or 966 470 303.
•DENIA RUGBY CLUB: Seniors meet at 8pm on beach outside Oasis Hotel.
•CALPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH Perlamar, Sundays 11am: 965 835 502 or www.calpechristian fellowship.org.
•HELP INTERNATIONAL Benidorm meetings. www.helpbenidorm.com.
•CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY CHURCH: Sundays 10.30am at the Europa Building, Avda del Pino.
•PIETER SWINNEN Painting Club in Calpe: Call 965 835 212. •RB L Benidorm and district branch covers from Polop to Villajoyosa at different locations for social meetings, day trips, excursions or meals. Membership: 695 605 129. Secretary: 966 860 735. •XABIA RUGBY CLUB: Juniors meet at 7pm Seniors at 8pm. Call 688 640 092. •TORMOS Orba Valley International Bridge and Social Club meet at Restaurant Tormos, 1.45pm. 966 404 533. •ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION meets for lunch on second Thursday of month at various restaraunts between Altea and Oliva and the Jalon Valley. Call 966 474 532. •THE Valleys International Bridge and Social Club – friendly and relaxed – meet Thursday 2pm at El Cid at Benidoleig. Call 966 408 296. •CREATIVE TEXTILES GROUP – crosstitch, embroidery, crochet, quilting, knitting – in Javea, 10am1pm. Call 966 472 049 or artcentrejavea@yahoo.com.
Useful numbers CONSULATES British 96 521 6022 Emergency consular assistance 902 109 356
ALICANTE Airport 96 691 9000 Guardia Civil 96 592 1100 Municipal Police 96 510 7200 Red Cross 96 525 2525
•AUCTIONS FOR AECC. Items for donation wanted. Call 965 319 929 or 688 238 879. •UFO and World Mysteries Discussion Group in Javea meet the first Friday of the month at The Social Club and Bar in Javea Old Town at 10am for 10.30am. Call Maria Buckingham on 966 459 976. •ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Costa Blanca North weekly lunch meeting at Los Leones restaurant 1.15pm. Call 965 795 421 the Wednesday before. Guests welcome. www.rotarycostablanca.wiki.dot.com . •TENNIS GROUP meets Tuesday and Friday mornings at Toscamar, Javea. Call 966 473 301. •JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs. 965 795 458.
•HOLY EUCHARIST at Nuestra Senora de la Merced Church, Calpe: Sundays 10.30am. 678 787 509 or bill.ingram@angliac3.demon. co.uk. •JAVEA EVANGELICAL CHURCH – Pastor Clive Read 669 386 702. •JAVEA INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Pastor John Hansford, Sundays 10.30am at Calle Favara 8, Javea Pueblo (near Plaza de la Constitucion Espanola) 965 794 624.
XABIA INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE Christmas Market. Saturday November 24 from 12.00 to 5pm. An afternoon of entertainment with refreshments, stalls and games at the Secondary site in Javea. Tel 966 472 121 / 966 471 785
ALFAZ DEL PI Municipal Police 96 588 7100
ALTEA Guardia Civil 96 584 0525 Municipal Police 96 584 5511
BENIDORM Guardia Civil 96 585 0330 Municipal Police 96 680 7766 Red Cross 96 680 8934 Bus Station 96 683 0014
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•ERMITA CHURCH, Javea – Warden Colin D Welch - 965 771 792.
Guardia Civil 96 573 0722 Municipal Police 96 573 0733
CALPE Guardia Civil 96 583 0080 Municipal Police 96 583 0812 Red Cross 96 583 1616
DENIA Guardia Civil 96 578 0036 Municipal Police 96 578 0190 Red Cross 96 578 1358
Call 616 977 639. •SATURDAY AUCTION 1.30pm at the Jacaranda Restaurant–Bar Moraira with our Auctioneer Mr Bob Gingell. First and third Saturday of each month. Phone to book your items in 965 743 292. To find Jacaranda Restaurant-Bar, from Moraira turn right at the new roundabout just before Mas y Mas 600 metres up the hill. • CHRISTMAS TABLE TOP SALE in Campello/San Juan. Doors open 10am. Table monies donated to MABS Cancer Support Group. Call 627 029 789.
SUNDAY • AECC BOUTIQUE in San Isidro: Call 966 723 401.
EL CAMPELLO Guardia Civil 96 563 0418 Municipal Police 96 563 7099
JAVEA Guardia Civil 062 Municipal Police 092 Red Cross 96 579 1961
MORAIRA Red Cross 96 574 0950 British Embassy: www.uk.inspain.fco.gov.uk Age Concern Spain: www.acespana.org Airport Information: www.aena.es Local News: www.euroweeklynews.com
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•EL VERGER MARKET at The Polygon from 9am to 1.30pm.
•COMPUTER CLUB in Alfaz del Pi: Call 965 889 187.
•GUARDIAN ANGELS Dropin/Coffee and Chat at Help Centre, La Jara from 10.30am –12.30pm.
MONDAY •COSTA BLANCA SAMARITANS: Visit the website: www.costablancasamaritans.com. •DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs Start 4pm. Call 965 785 387. •JALON VALLEY MUMS & TOTS CLUB at town hall 10.15am–12 noon. Call 676 441 758. •JAVEA STAMPS & POSTCARD CLUB meets second and fourth Monday of month at L’Ancora Tennis Club at 10am. All welcome. 965 795 499 or 608 765 245. •ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION in Pedreguer meets
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•MOSIAC COMMUNITY CHURCH Sunday 12pm Multicultural Service; Wednesday 8pm Intercessory Prayer; Last Thursday of month 1.30pm community lunch. 678 066 222. •SPIRITUALIST CHURCH Alfaz del Pi: Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30pm. Call 966 878 469. •THE KINGS CHURCH Benissa English Sunday service, 11am: www. thekingschurch.net. •VALLEY FELLOWSHIP, Jalon – Pastor Barbara Chadwick 966 481 108.
•SPIRITUAL FRIENDS (Moraira) meet at Los Leones Restaurant, Sol Park at 2.30pm to discuss all things holistic, spiritual etc. www.spiritualfriends.com •QUIZ NIGHT and buffet last Wednesday of month at Restaurant Paraiso in Parcent to raise funds for Emaus children’s home in Altea. Email davidreeley@hotmail.com. •FREE informal group that shares the understanding the three principles for innate well being every first and third Wednesday 78.30pm in Alfaz del Pi. Call Mark 616 762 131 or email Sheela@sheelamasand.com. •SKITTLES fun matches at Restaurant/Bar GranSol Calpe at 7.30pm. Call 600 837 054. www.kingpins-vpweb.co.uk.
OTHERS •CALPE ROTARY FELLOWSHIP La Fustera: www.calpe-rotary.org.uk •LA NUCIA SPARTANS American Football team welcomes new players for their sub 16, over 16s and female teams. www.lanuciaspartans.com.
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the second Monday of month: Call 966 430 215 or visit the website www.rafa-ncb.org. •U3A Marina Baixa meets fourth Monday of month at 10.30am at Alfaz del Pi Casa de Cultura. •JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB ‘No Fear’ pairs. 965 795 458.
•ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP Denia meets first and third Tuesday of month at 1.30pm. Call 965 748 909 by the Sunday prior to meeting to advice attendance.
•XABIA RUGBY CLUB (juniors and seniors): Call 688 640 092.
•COSTA BLANCA MOUNTAIN WALKERS – Saturdays and Wednesdays - different difficulty walks. www.cbmwalkers.org
•AUCTIONS FOR AECC (donations welcome): Call 965 319 929 / 688 238 879.
•JAVEA ASSOCIATION OF MODEL MAKERS meet second Tuesday of month. Contact gaw@wworkshop.net.
•CANCER CARE CENTRE Javea park: Call 965 796 846. •DENIA Rugby Club seniors training 8pm on beach outside the Oasis Hotel •MALE VOICE CHOIR (no experience required) Teulada: Call 965 744 577. •MONTGO RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION JAVEA meets for a Coffee Morning on the first Tuesday of the month, come and meet the neighbours, all welcome. For more details of events, news and information of interest visit www.montgoresidents.com •RAF Costa Blanca: Third Tuesday of month. Call 965 724 256 or email nwhancox@hotmail.com.
•STAMP CLUB, Javea: 965 795 499. •WALKING GROUP Castalla: 607 434 732 / 965 630 009.
•JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB competitive Duplicate. 965 795 458.
•BSAC Marina Alta SCUBA Diving Club: Call Steve 966 470 163, www.bsacmarinaalta.co.uk
•MORAIRA CHARITY SHOP on Avenida del Portet Road, opens Monday to Saturday 10am–1pm and Tuesday and Thursday 4pm–7pm. Call 666 625 856.
•WORDS OF LIGHT: Call 662 688 865.
TUESDAY •BERNIA BABIES international group meets 10.30am-12 noon at Sierra Bernia School, Alfaz del Pi: Call the school office 966 875 149.
•MASK FOR MABS children’s menu at El Paraiso Restaurant in Parcent. €1 donated to charity.
WEDNESDAY •41 CLUB, Javea meets the first Wednesday of the month. www.costablanca41club.org •ALICANTE BUSINESS CLUB meets the third Wednesday of month in San Juan. Call 650 489 625 or visit the website www.alicantebusinessclub.org
•GANDIA AREA ACTIVITIES: Thursday social club dinners and golf, Friday and Monday petanca 962 852 828; Saturday walking group – 962 808 601. •NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH: www.nhwinspain.com or 620 417 777. •U3A VALL DEL POP: See www.u3avalldelpop.com for events and activities to suit all tastes. •ARENAL School of Bridge and Social Club play duplicates Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 2.15pm at the Arenal Clubhouse in Javea. Tuesdays are for beginners. Call 965 770 509.
•BENIDORM INTERNATIONAL SINGLES CLUB: Call 690 300 166. •DENIA INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs Start 4pm. Call 965 785 387. •GARDENING CIRCLE: First Wed of month in Moraira. Call 966 498 681. •PERKY PENSIONERS Jalon, 2.30pm-4.30pm: 652 584 272. •RBL JAVEA: Second and fourth Tuesday of month. Call 965 790 123.
COMING UP •ANTIQUE AND COLLECTORS FAIR at Salones Canor, Teulada on December 6, 9am until 3pm. Enquiries 965 732 741. •CAFÉ PHILO (U3A) will meet at 11.30am on November 28 to continue discussing ‘morality and the markets’. Call Kate on 965 845 039.
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Damp I BUY RECORDS 50’s to the 90’s. Best prices for good records. Tel: 622 750 117 / 962 851 809 (99570)
“RISING DAMP” can cure Rising Damp, Leaking Flat Ro o f o r Te r ra c e . W E c a n make your Underbuild Dry. V i l l a Re - p a i n t i n g D u e ! We c a n p r o t e c t yo u r v i l l a a n d s t o p P E N E T R AT I N G D A M P w i t h a P r o t e c t i ve c o a t i n g . You can also pay in Sterling. Phone/email us for a free survey now. Tel 965 050 065 Mobile 634 322 672 www.dry zoneespana.com (101207)
POOL TABLES, Snooker Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Darts Tel: 666 933 726 www.spainpool.com (201992) AT MICHAEL´S Now 23 different quality dining sets. See photos: www.michaelsjavea.com (101009) AT MICHAEL´S Now 13 bed settees to choose from! 600 photos on: www.michaelsjavea.com (101009) AT MICHAEL’S High quality pre-owned furniture and New beds. Deliveries free. www.michaels-javea.com MICHAEL’S 28 YEARS IN JAVEA - ENSURES YOUR SATISFACTION! www. michaels-javea.com Tel 965 791 328 (101009)
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SOCIETY for the protection of Animals in Need (S.P.A.I.N). We buy, sell and exchange anything at CHARITY WAREHOUSE in Gata de Gorgos. House clearances, furniture, collectables, bankrupt stock etc. Collect / deliver 965 756 215 / 665 653 998 (95962)
MADE TO MEASURE loose covers. Choose from a wide range of materials in your own home. Javea area 686 453 827 (201876)
Chimney Sweep CHIMNEY Sweep. Clean, efficient service. 660 844 623
Cleaning A1 SPECIALIST CLEANING. Carpets, upholstery, 15 years experience 965 058 177 / 697 511 071 marc@bar naclebills.co.uk www.britishbusi nesspagesinspain.es (100314)
Electricians ELECTRICIAN WITH 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE on the Costa Blanca. Electrical upgrades, downgrades, meter boxes moved to boundaries. Rewiring with all paperwork issued. Installation of ICP switch and box for Iberdrola requirements. Tel: Mark 608 669 165 or 965 831 082 (97455) www.dragonreforms.com Tel. 966 807 098 .Free quotes given. (101023)
COSTA BLANCA Firewood. See our main ad in Homes and Gardens (99707)
Free TV SATELLITE TV. New Internet TV Service with Set Top Box, Sky Digiboxes, Sky Subscription Cards no UK address. Dish installation, fault findi n g s e r v i c e . Fo r t h e b e s t price and service contact Base Satellite on 962 800 807 or 667 427 271 www.basesatellite.com . Mail order service to the whole of Spain (204059)
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Gardening OASIS Garden Pool Maintenance, Calpe to Javea. Call Martin 669 261 868 (97473)
Gold Wanted ALEXANDERS Antique Jewellers pay top London prices. Est 2003, Open Mon-Sat 10am-2pm. Javea port seafront. 965 792 595 (101156) THE GOLD CENTRE ALTEA / ALBIR SELLING GOLD? Check your buyer is registered with the National Police. For your own security DO NOT sell in public places or to traders without premises or landlines and check around for the best prices. Come to us for a safe, confidential transaction. w w w. e u r o g o l d s p a i n . c o m (99575)
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www.euroweeklynews.com GOLD CENTRE ALTEA N332 - Albir. See the main ad on page 11. RETIRED jeweller will buy unwanted/broken gold jewellery, coins and silver items. Cash paid. 627 019 403 (99504) GOLD WANTED. English jeweller will buy broken, unwanted jewellery and coins. 664 890 990 (99704)
Costa Blanca North SOS INSURANCE. Best prices available. Call us first for all your insurance needs. Including funeral plans. Tel: 966 787 123 / 622 275 561 (101137)
JAVEA, Moraira, Christina, Eastern European lady massage and more. Older gentlemen welcome, also weekends. Tel: 667 817 407 or 661 034 261 (99619)
Motoring
BEAUTIFUL, Sexy, High Class German Lady, 27, Discreet Luxury Apartment Benidorm 697 648 395 (101021)
Internet
SWINGERSBENIDORM.COM. Regular parties in purposebuilt club. (97345)
Handyman
ALBIR; BENIDORM, Young beautiful lady, speaks English, offers massage & escort services. 626 096 866 (99691)
PURELY MAINTENANCE For all your maintenance needs - big or small, contact Carl on 965 878 866 or 669 218 928 email purelymaintenance@hot mail.com (101108)
Pets
Health & Beauty SIKKENS Elastomeric silicone coatings. This waterproofs /protects walls. Wooden Door Spraying. www. villapaint ing.es 678 179 346 (97340)
CHIROPODIST/PODIATRIST, Philip Mann, clinics in Benissa, Moraira, Javea, Calpe and Albir. 686 912 307 (99635) TANTRA WITH THE PROFESSIONALS, MASSAGES, ONE DAY SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AVAILABLE. SINGLES AND COUPLES. ALEGRALUZ DOT COM. MARIA 618 478 067 (97906) DEEP TISSUE Sculpting Massage Therapy. Denia to Altea area. Jose Manuel. CMT by McKinnon Inst. USA. Home service. 644 244 885 (99714)
Home Care HOMECARE COSTA BLANCA. From 1hr cleaning to 24hr nursing care. 619 216 270 / 965 878 028. jainemossaic@gmail.com www.homecarecostablanca.com
www.decorlux.es painting, decorating, renovation. Est. Costa Blanca 1995. Estimates free. Tel 649 181 526 (97279)
Personal
Locksmith LOCKSMITH/ELECTRIC I A N / C A R P E N T E R fo r emergency safe opening, Altea based. Call Michael Rice 686 513 510 or Sean Gannon 667 507 630 (101007)
Maintenance
PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best. Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or e-mail us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227. Email: info@pet- couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com NEED YOUR PETS TAKEN CARE OF? Not kennels, just a friendly home. Large fenced area. 699 790 080 Altea
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Metal Works MOBILE WELDING SERVICE, gates, rejas, railings etc. Made to measure or repaired. Free quotes. NO JOB TOO SMALL. Calpe. Dave: 616 173 699 / 965 834 869
Miscellaneous IT’S Christmas at Cathy’s Cards. Individual and packs of cards. Decorations, diaries, calendars etc. 649 665 620
Mobile Homes W E B U Y, S e l l , Re m ove a l l types of Mobile Homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzicaley@gmail.com (100120)
MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now! (95302) FORD FOCUS 2004 TDCI 1.8, 5 door, silver, one previous owner, 3,500€. 696 016 718 GOING HOME ? Want to swap my UK Reg, RHD, 07 plated, VW Crafter Sprinter (LWB, high top, diesel, tax, MOT) for Spanish car. 646 600 898 (94920)
Motorhomes MOTORHOMES & caravans for sale / wanted. www.hispa van.com. Tel Leo 687 845 730
Painter/Decorator W. D GILMOUR. Painter & Decorator. Established 35 years in Moraira. Estimates FREE. Call William on 609 691 776 or 966 197 170. (97457)
PAWS PET TRANSPORT SPAIN UK SPAIN every month. We treat all pets as if they belonged to us. Maybe the best rates in Spain. Please call JOE on 966 074 576 or 650 341 087 for a chat or email pawspet transport@hotmail.com. Quote ewn1 (97486) Readers of a sensitive disposition may find some of the advertisements in this section offensive. GENTLEMEN. A happy love life with the amazing blue pill. Guaranteed. Amazing (from 2€). Delivery North Costa Blanca. Call Keith 687 357 529 (99657) S E X C I N E M A ‘El Sofa’. (Straight, Gay and Bi rooms), Calle de la Parra 5, Benidorm www.SexCinemaBenidorm.co m (97998) BENIDORM C/ Kennedy. Young, gorgeous, English speaking, Spanish, brunette will fulfil all your fantasies. All erotic services. Home visits or in her apartment. 678 985 867 (101077) GENERIC Viagra, Cialis, Jellies. Trial packs. Same or next day delivery. www.costablues.com 680 878 735 Colin (99688)
QUALIFIED mobile dog groomer. At your house or mine. All breeds. References available. EVA 656 459 657 MINIATURE Yorkshire Terrier Puppies, from a friendly home, for sale. 699 790 080 (99734)
Pet Insurance PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371. info@protectapet.eu (95962)
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Pool Services TH.POOLS.sc. Maintenance, servicing and repairs. New pumps and filters, sand changes and regrouts. Pool equipment and one-off lessons available. Moraira Benidorm. CALL TRISTAN 627 008 158 (95844) www.instantpools.eu YES YOU CAN HAVE A POOL - We manufacture & install Wooden Above-Ground Pools. Pools from 8ft - 32ft. Remember, with above ground pools there is “No Planning Permission Required”. Phone or email for a FREE BROCHURE NOW. Email: info@instantpools.eu - Tel: 965 050 064 - Mobile: 634 322 672 (101207)
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JALON VALLEY Quality villas and apartments to let. Long and short term. All facilities. Tel Rod 605 231 331 (99566) CHEAP winter lets from £30, yes only £30 per week near Gandia. Rentals also available in Albir and near Mojacar. Email: oasisparks@yahoo.co.uk or 696 090 776 (101031) ALTEA sea front. Fully furnished, 2 bed, 1 bath apartment. A/C, pool, secure parking. Available 1st December. 500€/month. 965 847 697 ALFAZ DEL PI centre, apartment for long term let, 2 bedrooms, excellent views, ideal for couples, €450 negotiable. 670 330 084 (99573) WINTER LET Calpe, Furnished 3 Beds 2 Bath House. Shared Pool / Tennis. October – May. 400es plus Bills. Refs and Deposit please. 965 875 531 / 608 250 649 (99524) BENIDORM Rincon. One bedroom Apartment – 2 people, long let. 460€ per month. Tel 696 772 049 (99666)
Property for Sale SELL your property with Schaich Estate Agents. See our main ad on front page. CALPE, La Calalga, 75 metres to the beach and local amenities. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, swimming pool, only €265,000. Tel: 629 991 543 OLIVA, 500 metres from beach, 2000m2 plot with 98m2 prefab house, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, good quality kitchen, large living/dining area, pool and mobile home included in the price €75,000. 658 368 653
TV, ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT, satellite, amplifiers, mixers, keyboards, etc. BLUESKY REPAIRS 966 875 283/626 430 671 (99672) WASHING MACHINE and all domestic repairs, Calpe / Campello BLUESKY REPAIRS 966 875 283/626 430 671
Property for Rent APARTAMENTOS PLAYA ALBIR SL. Quality rental accommodation with reception, 2 beds, 2 bath. Washing machine, air con, sea views and swimming pool. Available for short or long term let. apartamen tos@playaalbir.es / Tel/fax 966 866 206 (100774) M100 - BENITACHELL, top floor apartment of a 2 storey block, 2 bedrooms, quiet location, stunning panoramic views. 420€ pcm - 965 745 969 (89468) M141 - Second floor, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment in the sought after Port Xabia complex, Javea, walking distance to beach and all amenities 600 € per month plus bills. 965 745 969 (89468)
M O B I L E H O M E w a l l a b y, G ra n a d a , 3 5 x 1 2 2 b e d , 2001, excellent condition, must be viewed, 16,000€. Telephone 669 089 054
Property Maintenance MADE IN SPAIN - Property & garden maintenance - Property management. 652 090 017 / 965 878 028 www. madeinspain.co madein_s@ ya hoo.co.uk (99546)
Property Management COMPLETE HOME SERVICES Villa changeovers, laundry, pool cleaning, gardening, and g e n e ra l m a i n t e n a n c e , e ve r y t h i n g you need. North Costa B lanca. denise bridger12 @gmail.com Denise 667 298 576 (99556)
EUROPEAN removals and transport with scheduled UK routes. UK Company, fully legal, taking loads from 5kg to 24,000kg. Lowest prices and the best service. 952 816 582 or www.focus-transport.com
VERY LONG TERM LET WANTED Javea area. Must h ave 4 b e d s & p o o l . U p t o €700 pcm paid. 648 065 224 P R O P E RTY w a n t e d : C a s h Buyer looking for Villa in Denia area, Quick Completion possible. Send details and price to houseinnorth costablanca@gmail.com
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SPAIN2UK2SPAIN man and van. Trips between UK/Spain twice a month. Excellent rates. en quiries@spain2uk2spain.com. Also local removals and deliveries. Christine 965 571 837 / 638 261 341
VAN SPAIN-UK-SPAIN leaving every 2 weeks. Great rates. Contact Joe on 966 074 576 or 650 341 087 or email civic1235@msn.com. Quote EWN1
Roller Shutters CORDS, slats, winding mechanisms, motors. Calpe + 40 kms. Tony Bowers 659 464 992 www.toldosalchemy.com
Scrap Vehicles SCRAP VEHICLES wanted for cash. Call 646 726 377
Sewing
Situations Vacant UK DATA Collection Agency require a team of on street server canvassers for Benidorm areas. Call 966 813 312 or e-mail info@sleepwellmarket ing.com ENGLISH Speaking? Opportunities part / full time Tel: 660 641 913 patroyspain@gmail.com
BENIDORM & SURROUNDING AREAS, 2 men removals, house clearances. Also regular trips to UK. 655 239 797
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FURNITURE VAN FOR HIRE with driver. Careful local moves, Costa Blanca & UK. Hourly rate or fixed price. Call 676 644 014
MADE TO MEASURE loose covers. Choose from a wide range of materials in your own home. Javea area 686 453 827
DENIA. Mongo. 3 bedroomed villa, 2 bathrooms. Pool 10m x 4m. Parking for 8 cars. Plot 800m2. 230,000€. 965 785 310 / 606 302 643 (99638)
Tax Affairs
MAN & VAN Costa Blanca North Removals / delivery, house & garden clearance. Competitive rates. UK fixed prices. Call Graham 965 730 382 / 644 114 876 (101069)
Property Wanted
NEW Ecological Villas under construction of 140m2 with sea views in Costa Benissa, show home available to view, prices from €349,000 fully inclusive of all taxes! Tel 695 831 044 (204952)
CALPE, La Fossa Beach. Large 2 bedroomed apartment. Fantastic front line views over Levante Beach, Port and Peñon. Fully furnished 169,000€. Also adjoining 1 bedroomed apartment, front line views over La Fossa Beach 150,000€. Sold together or separately. 634 341 383
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DUE to expansion of our Real Estate Company to the Costa Blanca, we urgently require experienced sales staff/agents/secretary from Belgium/Holland/England and Russia, with knowledge of the Spanish language. Must have good communication skills and be flexible. Immediate start and high earnings possible. Send CV with recent photograph to info@gogoestates.com
TELEMARKETERS - Closers Qualifiers. English, Dutch, German, French, Scandinavian. Info: 602 588 219 DATA Collection Agency requires street surveyors for holiday surveys in Benidorm. Earn 400€/week with licence to work. Contact Martin 629 293 042 (99696)
FED UP PAYING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR MOBILE PHONE CALLS? THEN CONTACT TELITEC TODAY. CALLS TO SPAIN 7C PER MINUTE INCLUDING MOBILES. CALLS TO UK 5.3C PER MINUTE. NO MONTHLY FEES, NO CONTRACT. WWW.TELITEC.COM TEL: 902 889 070 (0)
TV/Satellite
Skip Hire CONTENEDORES MATA - SKIP HIRE 3-5-10M3. Tel 965 790 172 / 679 440 046 (99501) JAVEA SKIP HIRE 626 670 038, Moraira, Benissa, Calpe, Denia from S & W TOOL HIRE & FERRETERIA MORAIRA
Soft Furnishings LOOSE COVERS, CURTAINS ETC. Made to Measure. Choose from a wide range of beautiful fabrics in your own home. Tel: 965 771 397 or 686 453 827 (97456)
UKTVSPAIN.COM. See our main ad in services (101037) SSSYSTEMS for all your British TV 606 139 591 / 628 029 088 / 965 878 028 Stuart _sssystems@ya hoo.co.uk / seabrightsatellites.com
Wanted
Solar Power SOLAR BEST DEAL IN SPAIN www.gosolarinspain.com
Structural Surveys MARK PADDON BSc Hons. Building surveying. MCIOB, CAAT. From 245€ + IVA. Insured and legally registered in Spain. Tel: 653 733 066 / 962 807 247 www.costablancasur veyors.com (101061)
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Wig Specialists WIGS-R-US EL CISNE MARKET BENIDORM. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 9.30 till 2pm. 690 378 844 (95294)
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Toyota celebrate the start of Auris TOYOTA’S record of manufacturing in the UK reached another landmark with the official start of production of the allnew Auris at its Burnaston factory. Toyota’s continued investment in its UK operations, will also see the new Auris Touring Sports estate car built there from next year. The decision to build the new Auris hatchback and Touring Sports estate car at TMUK has been supported by Toyota’s investment of around £185 million (€230 million), about £85 million (€105 million) of which was allocated to the supply chain. This takes Toyota’s UK investment total to more than £2.1 billion (or €2.6 billion) since it launched its operations in 1992. The project is also boosting employment and already 800 temporary workers have been recruited by TMUK. Notably all of these have been offered Toyota production apprenticeships. Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “I’m delighted to be here in Burnaston today to mark the start of production of the latest Auris.”
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Quartz sparkle in Javea THE SUN shone on Javea Quartz when they marched to an 89 to 63 shots victory against El Cid Spears giving them a 10 points bonus win in the Northern League. Linda Armstrong, Stan Staines and Clive Pearl fought back from a 0-7 deficit to record a comfortable 21-10 win. Carol Davey, Jonathan Barr and Morris Jones held off a fight back by the opposition to win 2215. Pat Pittaway, Sue Kent and John Pittaway had a tough game winning 23-19, as did Gary Kent with Shirley and Bryan Payne triumphing by the same score. In the Challengers League Bill and Maureen Barrie with Brian Taylor won 2411 and ended a good day for the Quartz. Javea Onyx travelled to Finca Guila to take on the Swallows and scored a narrow 65-63 win to come away with 8 points. Derek and Olive Lutz with Tony HeskethField recorded an 1813 win. Barry Jowett and Chris and Dennis Reeves had a real battle but came out on top by 16-15. Ken Ayling, Alan Hall and Onyx captain Diane Wynne recorded a 17-13 win. Unfortunately Jill Nobbs, Dave Gardiner and Jim Menzies could not complete a clean sheet, going down 14-22. In the Challenge Cup Ronnie Berry, Joy Jowett and Phil Woodhead won a close encounter 1715.
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Tasty win for cheese makers VRAC Cheese Entrepreneurs ended La Vila’s four match winning streak on Sunday when they showed why they are the current league and supercup champions in a 44-7 win. Alicante’s La Vila were overrun by the lethal attacking play of the home side. It was a fluid game reminiscent of the style the ‘Joneses’ employed in previous seasons. The cheese makers opened the scoring after just nine minutes with Javi Ortega’s try, followed by a penalty which was converted by Griffiths. La Vila fought hard on their 22 to make the home side work for their points. However breaks in the defensive wall were inevitable and resulted in tries for Fernandez and Molina. For La Vila, the skilful Sorribes tried to build up play for the away team using the three quarters
CHAMPIONS: VRAC Cheese Entrepreneurs looked tasty in attack. combination. Likewise Chivers encouraged the forwards at the ruck. However, VRAC defended very well, and managed to add two more tries before the break
through Muller and Merino, ending the first half 30-0. A comeback from the visitors was expected in the second half, but the powerful home defence, led by Gorosito, only faltered once. The players from Marina Baixa fought tooth and nail to the last breath, managing to get a try in the last minute through Gardonio.
HARDY PLAYERS: Orba Warblers battled through despite the rain.
Wading Warblers complete round DESPITE the rain the Orba Warblers managed to complete a full round of golf at La Sella. A hardy 22 players, including one member playing a full round in shorts, and two guests produced some quite reasonable scores in the stableford competition. Outstanding was Clive Kay, who demonstrated his
home course knowledge coming in with 42 points off 21.7 to top Division 2. In second place, on count back, was Peter Gibson with 33 points (23.3) and third Glynn Walters with 33 points (25.4). Clive can now enjoy his 2.4 handicap cut. Leading in Division 1 was Glynn Braidley with 35 points (15.8), second Ron
Steele with 34 points (14.5) and third Roger Vicars, 33 points (17). Next fixture is on Wednesday, November 21 at Alenda for a stableford competition, the first tee is at 10am so be there by 9.15am. Guests welcome subject to a current handicap certificate. To book call 634 351 950 or www.orbawarblers.com.
A day to remember IT may have been chilly damp weather but it was a day to remember for George Henri van Haastert when he shot a 44 point stableford score to win the El Plantio 2 GS competition. He was not alone in shooting good scores – in third place was Kenny Reddington (hcp 6) with 38 points, and
second went to Henry Mellor (hcp17) with 40 points Nearest the pin prizes went to Kenny Reddington at the 1st and to Ray Housley on the 5th hole. Visitors are always welcome, contact Ian Henderson, tel 966 716 616 or mobile 636 116 230.
Pedro Martin scored two out of the seven VRAC tries, giving the home side an offensive bonus point to add to their tally. La Vila will have three opportunities to avenge the defeat, as this was the first of four meetings between the two sides this season. It will be interesting to see the evolution of the two sides between February and April next year and two matches in the semifinal round of the Copa Del Rey.
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Defoe and Hernandez hat-trick heroes and Jess is Number One FOOTBALL Congratulations to Celtic who last week pulled off their greatest win for 45 years by beating Barcelona in the Champions League. Chelsea and Manchester United also won but Arsenal drew. In the Europa League, Jermain Defoe’s hat-trick helped Tottenham beat Maribor 3-1, Newcastle drew in Bruges but Liverpool lost to Anzil in Russia. Spurs need four points from their last two games to qualify for the knockout stage; Newcastle and Liverpool are both virtually through. Hot-shot Defoe is now Spurs’ second highest scorer in European competition with 15 goals, behind Martin Chivers on 22. There was another hat-trick hero on Saturday – Javier Hernandez for Premiership leaders Manchester United who came back from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2. There was a cracking 3-3 draw at The Emirates between Arsenal and Fulham. Gunners’ midfielder Mikel Arteta gave away a first-half
HOT-SHOT: Jermain Defoe nets three for Spurs in Europe.
SPORTS SCENE By Tony Matthews A former football player and the world’s most prolific author of football books (more than 100 published), Tony is also the sports reporter for Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera mountains.
penalty and then saw his 95th minute spot-kick saved by Mark Schwarzer. Fulham have never won on Arsenal territory in 108 years. Chelsea were held by Liverpool, Manchester City edged past Spurs, West Ham won at Newcastle, WBA likewise at Wigan and David Moyes celebrated his 400th PL game in charge
DID YOU KNOW? IN 2011-12, a total of 752 non-British professional footballers were engaged by Premiership/ Championship/League clubs. Almost 200 were based in London, with a record 40 at Arsenal, 38 at Chelsea, 32 at Fulham and 23 at Spurs. Manchester City had 37, Liverpool 31 and Manchester United 26. This season could see the number of ‘foreigners’ top 850! of Everton who pipped Sunderland 2-1. Unfortunately, Southampton can’t keep a
clean-sheet and QPR (beaten by Charlie Adam’s first goal for Stoke) and Reading can’t win. That’s why they’re all in the bottom three! Elsewhere, Crystal Palace lead the Championship; Tranmere and Gillingham are five points clear in League One and Two respectively, and Hibs are top the SPL, with Celtic second. This weekend it’s the North London derby between Arsenal and Spurs, Norwich welcome leaders Manchester United, neighbours City (second) take on Aston Villa, Everton (fourth) go to Reading, WBA (fifth) play Chelsea (third) and strugglers QPR and Southampton meet at Loftus Road. England manager Roy Hodgson named three ‘new’ players in his squad for last night’s friendly in Sweden, including Arsenal’s Carl Jenkinson who played for Finland at youth team level. This was the 24th international against the Swedes. Other friendlies played this week featured Luxembourg-Scotland, Panama-Spain, Republic of Ireland-Greece, ItalyFrance and HollandGermany. Northern Ireland met Azerbaijan in a WC qualifier. And the FA are still investigating referee Mark Clattenberg about remarks made to Chelsea players. Round-Up • Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic contested the APT World Tour final at the 02 Arena.
• Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott hit centuries in England’s last warm-up friendly ahead of the first Test against India which starts today. • Jessica Ennis is British Sports Woman of the Year for 2012, and deservedly so! • In the Autumn Rugby internationals, England (ranked fourth in the world) beat Fiji 5412, Five Nations champions Wales lost 26-12 to Argentina, Ireland succumbed 1612 to South Africa, New Zealand thrashed Scotland 51-22 and France thumped Australia 33-6. Meanwhile, the draw for the 2015 Rugby World Cup (in England) takes place
early next month. • England again whipped France 48-4 to win the Autumn Rugby League tournament. • GB’s Nathan Cleverly beat USA’s Shawn Hawk to retain his WBO lightheavyweight title in Los Angeles. • Spain’s Dani Pedrosa won the final MotoGP of the season in Valencia. • By finishing third in the Singapore Open, Rory McIlroy secured top spot in the European money list for 2012. • And I understand Lewis Hamilton has ‘regretted’ moving to Mercedes!
RIVALS: Federer and Djokovic contest the APT World Tour final.