Euro Weekly News - Costa Blanca North 24 - 30 October 2013 Issue 1477

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Alicante squatters DOZENS of young foreigners have illegally occupied a building in the Alicante neighbourhood of Benalua. Neighbours are complaining of loud music, an increase in litter and of intimidation from the squatters.

Road death A MAN, aged 45, died when he lost control of his car and ran off the road on the N-332 through Gandia. An ambulance from the emergency service SAMUR was deployed to the area to assist the man, but to no avail.

Pizzeria fire TWO people were injured in a fire at a pizzeria in Alicante. It is believed the owners of the premises, located in Bulevar del Pla, were cleaning at the time and the chemicals used caused the blaze. Residents on the first floor of the building had to be evacuated due to the intense smoke.

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The low season hits Costa Blanca hotels TWENTY-SEVEN per cent of Costa Blanca hotels, holiday apartments and camp sites will close this winter. Government cutbacks which

reduced the Imserso programme of subsidised off-season holidays for Spanish pensioners plus reduced demand from Scandinavians, many of whom

continue to winter on the Costa Blanca but now have their own holiday homes, are thought to be partly to blame. This winter 41 Benidorm hotels, 28 per cent of the total, will put up the shutters until spring. The loss of 9,826 beds doubles the figures for 2008 when the economic crisis was first felt. Many hotels will also lay off workers on temporary redundancy schemes. The move comes despite many hotels recording big rises in occupancy levels. The Valencian Community welcomed 636,000 international tourists in September, 5.9 per cent more than the same month in 2012, NEW RADIOS: Javier Burrueco, La Nucia’s police according to the national chief and Mayor Bernabé Cano government. have a direct link with Police have entered the Overall Spain received other police forces and digital era. 48.8 million foreign “Communications will visitors between January all the services required now have 100 per cent and September, a rise of during emergencies. Mayor Bernabe Cano coverage and police 4.6 per cent. Leading said La Nucia’s police response will gain in the way were British have always been in the speed and immediacy, tourists. There was a 30 a better per cent rise in Russian forefront of cutting-edge providing technology: “The Local service for residents.” visitors.

Police enter digital age LA NUCIA’s Local Police force has been equipped with new, ultra-modern radios incorporating a GPS signal. Their old analogue models have been phased out and substituted with the trunked radio system, a new type of computercontrolled two-way communication. The La Nucia force is one of the first in the province to adopt the new system which ensures clear, defined communications throughout the town. The force is now linked to COMDES, the Valencian Community’s mobile emergency and rescue services. Confidentiality is guaranteed and officers

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Letters PARADE: Torrevieja Pipes and Drums march along the Levante beach.

Benidorm launch for Poppy Appeal

POPPY APPEAL 2013 was launched in Benidorm with a parade along the Levante seafront, headed by the Torrevieja Pipes and Drums. Fourteen squadrons were represented in the parade and joined by two Chelsea Pensioners. The procession ended at the Rincon de Loix, with speeches from Chris Wyatt, District North Chairman and Poppy Appeal co-ordinator Robin Hargrave. The British consul in Alicante, Paul Rodwell, said:

“Welfare is at the heart of The Royal British Legion and I am pleased as Consul and President of District North, that it continues to help brave men and women from our armed forces and their dependants.” The mayor of Benidorm, Agustin Navarro, said: “This is a town that maintains the best ties of friendship with the people from the UK. Your generosity is important to those who, in defence of the most important values of our society, stained many fields with blood.”

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NEWS Park pretty JAVEA Town Hall wants to clear the Granadella beach of cars. It will ask the central government for a 1,000-square-metre plot of public land for a car park. Taken unawares LOCAL POLICE arrested three men in Javea after finding stolen articles in their van, including a wallet. They contacted the owner who was still asleep, unaware that the robbery had taken place. Fair success MORE than 2,200 people visited the second Netherlands Trade Fair in La Nucia. There were 72 different stands, showcasing Dutch, Belgian and Spanish companies. Llama alert A LLAMA was found running loose on the Villamontes urbanisation in San Vicente, Alicante. Local Police traced it to a nearby horse breeder who also raises llamas. Fashion show A CHARITY fashion show takes place at the Sun Palace Hotel in Albir on Thursday November 7 at 6pm. Emaus children’s home will receive all proceeds. Tickets cost €5 including tapas and wine. Jams tomorrow A TRAFFIC study is required before Ikea can open in Alicante’s Rabasa district. Developer Enrique Ortiz Solutions must commission a survey with solutions for increased traffic flow. Taking care THE health department’s breast cancer prevention unit in Foietes (Benidorm) examined 6,302 Marina Baja women between January and September this year.

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Benidorm rents are dearest BENIDORM is the priciest place to rent accommodation in the Valencia Region. The average cost of renting property in the city is €7.09 per square metre. Alzira in Valencia was the cheapest with an average of €3.99 per square metre. On the whole,

rental prices have fallen by 0.7 per cent in the Valencia Region in the third quarter of the year. The average price is now €5.19 per square metre; 25.8 per cent less than the national average which in September was €6.99 per square metre. According to a report by the real

estate portal www.fotocasa.es and the IESE Business School, the Valencia Community is ranked the fourth cheapest place to rent property behind Murcia, Castilla La Mancha and Extremadura.

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Turning back time DO not forget that on Sunday at 3am the clocks go back by one hour.

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Exodus arrives

Film stars due to fly in to Almeria…

IT is now 1,000 years since Denia was declared a Moorish kingdom. The MARQ archaeological museum joined the millennium celebrations with a series of talks in Alicante and Denia.

Sentence set ALICANTE High Court has confirmed a young Moroccan’s 36-year prison term. The man, aged 22, was found guilty of murdering a woman and her son aged 11, in Polop in July 2011.

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XCITEMENT is mounting as filming of the latest Hollywood blockbuster to be shot in Spain was due to start this week. Sir Ridley Scott’s biblical epic Exodus is being shot in Almeria from now until mid-November. Several auditions have been held in the province to find thousands of people who will take part as extras. They will mainly be used for filming on the sets which have been built in Sierra Alhamilla and the Macael quarry, famous for its marble. A further 500 people have been hired in the province. Rumour has it that one of the stars of the show, Sigourney Weaver, will not be coming to Almeria, as the scenes she is in are going to be shot in London. Despite this, Almeria won’t miss out on seeing some famous faces including Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, John Turturro and Ben Kingsley. The film tells the

FILM SET: Becomes tourist attraction after filming.

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story of Moses and the liberation of the Jewish people in search of the Promised Land. Residents in the area hope that once filming is over, the sets will remain as a tourist attraction. Many of the hotels have already seen a rise in the number of bookings over the period the film will be shot. Sir Ridley Scott is said to be enamoured with Almeria, and will be living there while filming continues. Actors will be staying in apartments and the crew will stay in hotels. The Andalucian Film Office has said the film will leave some €23 million in the province.

GANDIA Town Hall has halted 13 evictions since 2012. Eightyseven families have been assisted in recent months and more than a dozen remain in their homes.

Dental hygiene TEETH in a 50,000-year-old skull found in Oliva’s Cova Forada cave had no cavities although they were worn down, archaeologists have revealed. They believe their owner also used toothpicks.

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CELLS in the National Police headquarters in Benidorm have been closed down for repairs with the SUP police union claiming they did not meet ‘even minimum hygiene conditions’.

STARS: Christian Bale, Sigourney Weaver and director Sir Ridley Scott.

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NOT using the word ‘crisis’ from the beginning was a clear mistake’

Former Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, when asked about his government’s management of the financial crisis.

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explosive devices, including fire-extinguishing bombs, ‘rain rockets’, mortar bombs and artillery shells have been made safe by the Guardia Civil Bomb Disposal Unit so far this year. Of them, 440 came from the Spanish Civil War.

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Councillor accused of noise pollution GANDIA TOWN HALL has fined its Tourism Councillor for flouting noise-abatement regulations. The councillor, Pepe Just, also owns a bar in the town’s Plaza del Prado. It is claimed that during the recent fiestas the manager disconnected the sound-

limiter that cuts off the power supply if noise rises above permitted levels. Residents said music was still playing at 6.30am, two hours later than legally allowed. Just faces a fine of up to €6,000.

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Natural gas for the Marina Alta MARINA ALTA residents can expect natural gas by 2014. The mayor of Teulada-Moraira, Antoni Joan Bertomeu, Regional Director General for Energy Antonio Cejalvo and representatives from Endesa Gas recently visited the site of the Teulada pipeline. The 21-kilometre Marina II project will cost an estimated €6.6 million and extend from Javea to Calpe. Teulada’s section of pipeline will also supply natural gas to Moraira, Benitachell and Benissa.

TEULADA GAS: Inspecting the site. If the regional government hits its targets, 83 per cent of the Valencian Community will have access to natural gas within two years. Natural gas will bring

benefits to private individuals and above all to businesses, the director general added, saying: “It is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than other fossil fuels.”

Madrid wary over rail link THE long-awaited ‘Costa Train’ will materialise only if it is cost-effective. Until the Spanish Government is convinced that a coastal rail link between Valencia and Alicante will pay its way, its future remains uncertain. A viability study must first determine whether or not to create the infrastructure necessary for the Tren de la Costa, that’s according to Jorge Ballesteros, a highranking official at the Ministry of Public Works. Ballesteros set out the government’s stance in a written reply to Juan Angel

Ferrer, a non-aligned councillor on Benidorm Council. “The line’s social and economic profitability would need careful analysis beforehand,” continued the ministry reply. The regional government is studying the technical and financial aspects of the proposed line. “Four variables have to be taken into consideration: construction, upkeep, operating costs and profitability,” wrote Ballesteros. Not only strictly economic questions had to be taken into account but also global social benefits, he stressed.

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€900,000 job scam A BUSINESSMAN has been arrested for allegedly defrauding €900,000 from the General Treasury of the Social Security through fictitious contracts to nearly 80 workers across Alicante and Murcia. The man was arrested, along with his advisor and 76 other people, believed to have been employed fraudulently. In exchange for payment, they were put on false contracts entitling them to residence permits.

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Ten members of human trafficking gang arrested TEN people have been arrested in Alicante for their alleged links with a network of human traffickers.

The gang was charging €7,000 to Moroccans offering them passage through Spain to France.

Traders caught out over fake garments ALMOST 3,000 counterfeit garments have been recovered from stores in Benidorm. The National Police operation to combat crimes against industrial property and the sale of

counterfeit goods has seen 10 store managers arrested. The five men and five women arrested were of Spanish, Chinese and Indian nationalities.

Arriving on the peninsular from Tangiers and Melilla the gang would put them up in a safe house in Alicante or Murcia province until the time was safe to transfer them on. The Alicante operation dates back to November 2012 when the National Police arrested six people at Alicante airport and the port of Melilla who were preparing to travel to the peninsula with falsified French documentation. The detainees are accused of alleged crimes of conspiracy against the rights of foreign citizens and forgery.

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Two held for forgery TWO men have been arrested in Alicante on suspicion of 13 counts of bank fraud and forgery. The pair set up a website advertising the sale of second-hand machinery, providing the name and address of a real company. However, the phone number was fake and after sending out an invoice, ‘customers’ were required to transfer money into a bank account with the goods never appearing.

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Pedal power MORE than 2,000 cyclists took part in Alicante's Bike Day. Participants paid €1, with funds raised going to the AECC cancer charity.

Fake arrests TEN store managers have been arrested in Benidorm after police seized 2,850 counterfeit garments which were on sale. Five men and five women from Spain, China and India were detained.

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‘Water war’ is averted ALICANTE PROVINCE will still receive water transfers from the Tajo (Tagus). The Valencian Community, Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura and Madrid depend on this water and disputes have arisen between them in the past. Agriculture Minister Miguel Arias Cañete has now averted conflict after thrashing out an

agreement between these five autonomous communities. Tajo water will be transferred to Alicante Province and the Canales del Taibilla water board, which provides the domestic supply for one million residents. An amendment to the Environment Evaluation Law removed the disliked ‘Narbona’ clause from the National Water

Plan created by the former minister, Cristina Narbona. This stipulated that Tajo transfers would decrease as more water became available from desalination plants. Narbona’s scheme was unpopular with the province’s agricultural industries as desalinated water, charged at €1 a cubic metre, costs considerably more than the Tajo water. The new agreement was described as ‘momentous’ by the Sindicato de Regantes and Riegos de Levante irrigation syndicates. “The Tagus is key to maintaining our agriculture and thousands of jobs in Alicante and Murcia,” a spokesman said.

Xavier Estupiña and a prospective Russian client.

Wooing Russia BENISSA’S Tourism Councillor Xavier Estupiña has visited the Travel Market trade fair in St Petersburg. This was the first time that Benissa was present at the event, prompted by the growing number of Russian tourists who have visited the town since 2012. Promising contacts have now been made with two Russian travel agencies based on the Costa Blanca. Both are keen to know more about Benissa as a tourist destination and for excursions, Estupiña said. During the two days that he spent in Russia, the councillor also met Joaquin Albadalejo, Head of the Alicante Provincial Government’s Tourism Department. During their meetings Albadalejo outlined his talks with Spain’s consul in St Petersburg and the director of Spain’s tourist office in Moscow. Strategies for increasing the flow of Russian tourists to Alicante Province include a direct St Petersburg-Alicante flight that will come into service next year.

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Benidorm crackdown on invalid scooters DRUNK in charge of a mobility scooter? This is not uncommon in Benidorm where the scooters are

less of an aid to those with impaired mobility, more a source of entertainment. It is debatable whether Madge in

Denia residents to decide projects DENIA residents will have a say in what to do with €8 million. This is the sum remaining from a regional government grant under the 2009 Plan Confianza scheme that was introduced to boost the local economy. Initially the town hall had intended to use the funds to build a theatre and spent €1 million on plans and surveys. This project has now been shelved and instead Denia residents themselves will decide how the money is spent. The 35 projects to choose from include a footbridge over the railway line at Avenida Juan Fuster, a new bus station, improvements at Denia Castle and turning the old Fish Market into a Tourist Office. Voting will be carried out online only, via the Agenda Local 21 web page www.agenda21denia.org.

the ‘Benidorm’ television series actually needed a mobility scooter but after the programme first aired everybody wanted one and around 500 are used each day on Benidorm streets, according to the town hall’s calculations. Officials say too many are being used for the wrong reasons, and some speed and run ‘improvised races’ oblivious to pedestrians and traffic. As a result, a by-law limiting their use is due to be approved in November, restricting them to those who genuinely need them. Once the new regulations go through, hire companies must register all scooters, which may be hired only to the over-55s or those with temporary or permanent disability. Fines await those found speeding in pedestrian zones or under the influence of drugs or alcohol. If users fail to pay these, they will be passed on to the hire firms themselves.

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Cultural centre thumbs down SAGRA council has abandoned plans for a multi-purpose Cultural Centre. Opposition parties won the day when a PP councillor voted against the motion. By rejecting the project the town loses a

€691,000 grant from the Alicante Diputacion (similar to county council). Accepting the Diputacion grant would mortgage Sagra’s future until 2022, according to the Compromis party.

Young awards CARLOS ALMAZAN has been named best young entrepreneur. The businessman, aged 31, who set up Bit Marketing was awarded the title by President of the Valencia Community, Alberto Fabra at the Young Entrepreneur Awards 2013 in Denia, which attracted more than 300 people.

The PP councillor who voted with the Compromis and PSPV parties said the town’s PP Mayor had made a unilateral decision to build the centre near the sports stadium and said it was too expensive and would have

broken up the sports zone. Compromis said the chosen area was likely to be affected by a nearby watercourse during heavy rain and lacked sufficient access and infrastructure for the building required.

Getting ready for rain JAVEA Town Hall is clearing obstructed stream beds in the municipality. Special attention was paid to certain sections of Lluca watercourse. The stream is as much of a flood hazard as the River Gorgos after heavy rain, when both are prone to rise and overflow their banks. The Lluca’s river bed was blocked with vegetation which has now been totally cleared, along with the Barranco dels Castellans. Its banks were badly damaged during torrential rain in 1999 and its course through built-up areas of

CLEARED: Barranco de Lluca, Javea. the town had become barely visible. The Putxol and Cuesta de San Antonio streams were also cleared as well as the gullies that drain El Saladar. The work was carried out

by the municipal brigades. Newly-formed under the Urgent Employment programme they have spent the last two months clearing woodland, paths and streams to prevent flooding.

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Museum honours sportswomen VILAMUSEU, Villajoyosa’s archaeological museum, has named an exhibit

after a local sportswoman. A Roman drinking vessel discovered near the Creueta necropolis now bears the name of champion cyclist Elena Lloret. Elena wears the Vilamuseu logo on her competition jersey and adding her name to the label accompanying the first century AD ceramic cup is a mark of the

town’s appreciation, said Cultural Heritage Councillor Pepe Lloret. The vessel dates from the time when Villajoyosa was known as Allon. Elena follows in the footsteps of another local sportswoman, European taekwondo champion Nora Llinares. Nora also wears the Vilamuseu logo when competing and her name has been given to a Roman pottery oil lamp.

HONOUR: From left, Councillor Pepe Lloret, Elena Lloret and Mayor Jaime Lloret.

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Live for 10 years longer SCIENTISTS have identified the parameters that set the rate of aging, in a bid to try and reverse them and get up to 10 more years of life. Speaking at the University of Alicante, Dr Monica de la Fuente, Professor of Physiology at the University of Madrid, said: “It is not a magic formula and for various reasons having to do with our lifestyle, we can age faster inside compared to our chronological age.” During her talk ‘How to Have a Healthy Longevity’ she said a full laboratory analysis, which costs between €200 and €300, helps to determine biological age and life expectancy. “Chronological age cannot not be changed, but the biological, yes. Diet, exercise or the ability to control stressful situations are all influences on how someone ages.”

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Don’t lose out on UK pension and benefit payments EXPATRIATES who draw UK pensions and benefits may soon be contacted by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) to confirm their international bank details. From January 31, 2014, the DWP will need an International Bank Account Number (IBAN) and Bank Identification Code (BIC) in order to make payments to expatriates’ accounts in Spain and other Eurozone countries. This change is due to new European Union regulations which aim to make payments between EU countries faster and more secure. The DWP already holds IBAN and BIC details for most of its customers. But expatriates whose details are not yet held by the DWP will soon receive a letter asking for them. If you receive a letter, you should complete the attached form and return it to the DWP as soon as possible, says the British Embassy in Madrid.

Failure to do so may mean your payments will be stopped because after January 31, banks in Eurozone countries will not accept any DWP direct payments without these details. You can get the IBAN and BIC details from your bank account statement or directly from your bank. Expatriates only need to provide additional bank details if they receive payments into a Eurozone account outside the United Kingdom and have received a letter from the DWP. Pensioners who have changed address should contact the International Pension Centre on 0044 191 218 7777 to make sure their details are up to date. For more information about the change to European bank account numbers, visit the European Commission website at http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/ payments/sepa/index_en.htm

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Javea White Ribbon Day WHITE RIBBON DAY, working for the elimination of violence against women, is being marked on Sunday, November 24, at the Parador in Javea. The Women in Business

Club Spain, which has a mantra of Stop Domestic Violence, will be marking the event by holding its annual White Ribbon Day extravaganza with health and beauty treatments from €5 and a fashion show, arts and crafts and a range of stalls. Santa’s

Grotto will also be there for the little ones, making it a family event. A tombola and raffle will raise funds to aid victims of domestic violence in the four shelters around the Marina Alta area. The top prize in the raffle this year is a guitar made by a

local craftsman from Guitarras Francisco Bros of Jesus Pobre, who has made guitars for Tom Hanks, Amy Winehouse and many other stars of stage and screen. For more information or to book a stand email eventswibc@gmail.com

Heatwave at Christmas HEATWAVE, one of the most popular soul bands of the past few decades, are coming to Costa Blanca this December. Formed by the Wilder brothers, Johnnie and Keith, on their discharge from the US Army, an advert in a music paper found Hull, England-born songwriter and keyboard player Rod Temperton. With hits like ‘Mind Blowing Decisions’, ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Always and Forever’, Heatwave are no

70s’ SENSATION: Heatwave will play San Pedro. strangers to chart success. They will be appearing at The Clock House, San Pedro del Pinatar on

Monday, December 16. For tickets call 966 792 595 or visit www. heatwavepromotions.com

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Costa Blanca takes to the catwalk THE fourth annual Costa Blanca Fashion Week is now under way in La

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Educating Rita THE CulturArts 201314 theatre season has opened in Alicante with Valencian Saga Productions’ staging of Educating Rita.

Villajoyosa. The event starts today (Thursday) and runs until Saturday at the Hotel Eurotennis with a health, beauty and fashion fair from 10am-9pm. Each evening at 9.45pm a fashion show will take place featuring the latest collections of internationally recognised designers who are coming from as far afield as Colombia and Armenia to participate. On Saturday night there is the culmination of the

event with the 10th International Best Male and Female Model World Competition held in conjunction with Sukier Model International. Models from around the globe have flown to Alicante to participate in the event, with the show being recorded for transmission to various countries. For more information call Sukier on 686 440 880 or Jim on 633 424 364.

Classic cars THE first edition of the Classic Car and Vintage Auto and Moto Retro saw more than 20,000 collectors and enthusiasts from across Spain visit the Valencia Feria.

Port parking ALICANTE PORT is building a new car park for 500 vehicles to improve the facilities for cruise liners. Costa Blanca Port SL has been awarded the management contract for the port for the next 15 years.

Pedal aid A SOLIDARITY cycling event has seen hundreds of participating cyclists in Alicante collect a total of 1,153 kilos of food for the Caritas charity.

Autumn help A NUMBER of neighbourhood associations in Benidorm joined together to host a Solidarity Autumn fiesta to benefit people in the town with disabilities.

SHOW TIME: The English Choir perform this weekend.

The Best of British… THE English Choir of Teulada is preparing its ‘Best of British’ programme for the Autumn Concert being held on Sunday at Espai La Senieta, Moraira from 6pm. The set will be wide-ranging including numbers from classic musicals including Oliver, My Fair Lady and The Boyfriend. There will be an Old Time Music Hall selection and songs by Gilbert and Sullivan. As they journey through the world of classical music the choir will visit composers like Elgar, Holst and John Rutter as well as more modern classics by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elton John and the Beatles. Tickets, costing €5 are available by calling Janet Brown on 965 745 091 or email janetbrowncraft@gmail.com. Proceeds will go to The Alzheimer’s Day Centre in Teulada.

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Boots are made for walking

THE Costa Blanca Mountain Walkers latest walk schedule begins on Saturday with two walks available. The first is a moderate five hour walk with some rough terrain starting from Cabo San Antonio, Javea; call Alan on 965 583 783. The other is a moderately strenuous walk starting at Caballo

Verde Ridge, Benimaurell; call Ann on 646 716 303. Next Wednesday a three hour walks starts at 10.30am from Font Moli, Guadalest (call Geoff on 676 616 101) with another six hour walk from 10am in Pedreguer, call Ralph on 699 84 253. On Saturday November 2 the Calpe circular walk

starts at 10.30am ending at the beerfest, call Verity on 695 059 810. Boots, packed lunch and adequate drinking water are required and walkers participate at their own risk. For last minute changes or more information on the full November schedule visit www.cbmwalkers.org.

Rutherford trophy THE Benidoleig and District Branch of The Royal British Legion is hosting a golf tournament in honour of its President George Rutherford. The tournament will take place at Oliva Nova Golf Hotel on November 15. George is at present staying at the Bon Retire residential care home in Javea. When committee members visited him and his wife Juana, he was very pleased to have the tournament named after him and hopes to be able to attend to present the

TROPHY: George with wife Juana, Josie Creasey, Branch Treasurer and Patrick Scully, Branch Chairman. trophy to the winner. For details of the golf tournament contact Tony by emailing

tony@creasey.es or call 965 583 199 or email mike.dunn@gmail.com or call 966 495 760.

Growing demand ALLOTMENTS are becoming increasingly popular in Alfaz del Pi. So many apartmentdwellers wanted one that a draw was held to see who would get one of the six now available. There are 58 allotments in Alfaz’s Arabi area and a further 15 are being made ready nearby with more planned for Albir. Allotments are ceded for two years, with the proviso that only organic fertilisers and insecticides are used.

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Historic jewellery theft SEVENTEEN people were arrested in Madrid for their alleged involvement in a jewellery heist in which €23 million worth of items was stolen. The National Police report that amongst the

detainees, there is a known criminal known as the ‘troll’ who normally operated in Madrid’s Golden Mile and is believed to be the mastermind behind the heist in December 2012. The ‘troll’, said to be a

SWISS WATCHES: Stolen from a shop in Madrid. violent common thief, is believed to have planned what is one of the largest jewellery heists in the world. The thieves accessed the Diarsa watch shop in the Ciudad Lineal area of

Money in breakfast NEARLY 120 members and friends of the Church of England here in Spain sat down to a traditional cooked breakfast to raise much needed funds. The meal was cooked and served by volunteers and the team also ran a very successful tombola and bring and buy stall, in the garden of Chaplaincy Warden Andrew Johnson and his wife, Kathy.

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A total of more than €1,500 was raised for the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy, the Church of England in this part of Spain which holds Sunday and mid-week services up and down the coast in seven centres from El Campello to Gandia. For more information visit http://costablanca-anglicanchaplaincy. org/.

Madrid where they cracked the safes and stole more than 1,700 Swiss watches without raising any alarms. Police have recovered more than 300 watches, some of them worth almost €270,000, and thanks to the collaboration of Interpol, they have located more of them in Shanghai, where they were being sold on the black market. The mastermind contacted a Chinese criminal organisation which had several businesses open in Spain as a cover, and which received the stolen goods. Members of the organisation would take them to China in small quantities.

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Terrorist is freed by human rights court THE European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has revoked the so-called ‘Parot doctrine,’ which allowed the extension of prison sentences to terrorists. The ‘Parot doctrine’ said the time reduced off a prison sentence for good behaviour should be taken away from a prisoner’s total sentence, and not the 30year limit stated by the Spanish law.

The ECHR considers the doctrine, named after the first ETA terrorist prisoner it was applied to, Henry Parot, is a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights. The court’s decision comes after ETA terrorist group member Ines del Rio Prada lodged an application in 2009 complaining about an extension on her

Forced to work as prostitute TEN people were arrested in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, for allegedly forcing a girl of 15 to work as a prostitute. The Romanian girl left her country after being promised a job as an au-pair, and was initially taken to a brothel in Valladolid. She managed to escape and went to Santiago with several other people, but she was snatched by a group of people who allegedly beat her, insulted her and sexually exploited her. She was located when she was attempting to escape from them.

The detainees have been charged with white slave trade, sexual exploitation, corruption of minors, prostitution, document falsification and belonging to a criminal gang. They include the managers of the brothels where she was forced to work and members of the families who held her. Three of them had European arrest warrants against them. Police have seized forged documents, her original documents, travel documents, drugs and a vehicle.

prison sentence. Del Rio, who was serving a 3,800 year prison sentence linked to terrorist attacks carried out between 1982 and 1987, was due to be released in July 2008. However, her release was postponed nine years in application of the ‘Parot doctrine’ to June 2017. Now the Spanish Government has released Del Rio following the Strasbourg-based court’s ruling, which has also ordered her to be given €30,000 compensation. Members of the Spanish Government have claimed they respect the ECHR’s ruling, although they disagree with it. “It deeply hurt us,” said the Minister for Justice Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, who added the Government made all possible efforts to keep the ‘Parot doctrine.’ Meanwhile, Spain’s Terrorist Victims Association has asked the Government not to obey the ruling claiming it will bring insecurity to Spanish citizens. Several associations have warned this decision could open the door to the release of many other criminals.

LA NUCIA: Answer must be here somewhere.

‘Gymkhana’ without horses LA NUCIA’S ‘Tourist Gymkhana’ continues until October 28. The Gymkhana aims to introduce visitors to the Old Town with a series of questions whose answers they will find in the streets around them. Entry is free and language poses no barrier as the list is printed in Flemish, Dutch and German as well as English. Hundreds of people have already made their own shot at finding the Gymkhana answers and winning a prize. The project is organised by the ‘Vlamingen in de Wereld Costa Blanca’ association, in conjunction with La Nucia Town Hall and the AECNU business-owners’ association. Forty local businesses are providing the 40 prizes that range from a restaurant dinner for two to a paragliding excursion.

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Holiday ruined TWO people had to be taken to the Son Espases hospital by helicopter after they fell ill while holidaying on the Costa Fortuna cruise ship 65 miles off Mallorca.

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Clothes donations ALMOST 58 tonnes of clothes and shoes have been collected from clothes recycling containers in 48 towns of the province so far this year.

Bather drowns

Film talk

A BATHER, aged 50, drowned on the Trenc beach in the town of Campos. A doctor who was passing by spotted the man and tried to save his life, but to no avail.

FILM director Gracia Querejeta was in Almeria City to talk about and present her new film 15 Años y un dia (Fifteen years and one day) at the Cervantes Theatre.

Cancer cases

Tennis anyone?

AT LEAST 622 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed on the Balearic Islands every year, according to the Spanish Association Against Cancer. Five hundred of them are diagnosed in Mallorca.

Improved response EVERY car in the Sa Pobla Local Police pool now has an integrated global positioning system (GPS) device to improve the response time during emergencies.

Fruity fraud THE OWNER of a fruit shop in Palma has been charged with fraud after he reportedly set fire to his shop to claim the insurance money.

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Growing problem FIVE people, aged between 18 and 31, have been arrested in Motril charged with marihuana cultivation and possession for the purpose of trafficking. More than 40 marihuana plants were seized.

Advice wanted NEARLY 4,000 people, 35 per cent of them British, have asked for information at the new tourist offices at Nerja Cave and the town’s museum since they opened in March this year.

Officers injured FOUR police officers suffered minor injuries while trying to stop a man who was allegedly trying to set fire to the Fortaleza area in Velez-Malaga.

Angry owner A VELEZ-MALAGA man has been sentenced to pay a €180 fine after he insulted two Local Police officers when they asked him to put a muzzle on his dog.

Fishing losses SHELLFISHING boats from La Caleta port in Velez-Malaga have registered an 85 per cent fall in profits since a red tide, a large

Maria Wilson with her Pink Ladies. Inset: Around 1,600 balloons were released to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Day.

Breast cancer balloon release By Gemma Quinn AS a mass of pink balloons floated into the Mediterranean sky, tears were shed as many people remembered a loved one lost to breast cancer. As part of International Breast Cancer Awareness Day, around 1,600 helium-filled pink balloons were released at Zenia Boulevard. The day-long event, hosted by the shopping centre, was organised by the AECC cancer charity’s Torrevieja President Maria Wilson and her Pink Ladies. Maria said she was blown away by the support from all nationalities and she will never forget the sight of so many balloons being released: “It brought a tear to the eye of many in the audience and most dedicated their balloon to a loved one who lost the fight to this evil disease.” There was ongoing entertainment before the release of the balloons at 7pm to the sound of Nessun Dorma, sung by Paul Michael. A total of €4,163.50 was raised on the day from the sale of the balloons and donations. concentration of aquatic microorganisms, affected the area at the beginning of last summer.

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Treatment plant THE FCC and Urbaser consortium chosen to run the Antequera recycling plant will spend €7.6 million on enlarging the installation. Capacity will double to 15,000 tonnes a year.

Dance date SEVENTY local children auditioned for the Imperial Russian Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker. Thirty were chosen for the production on December 17 and 18 at Malaga’s Teatro Cervantes.

EL EJIDO Tennis Club is hosting the 84th Andalucian Tennis Championships this week. It features both singles and doubles, in categories for males and females.

Bikes burned A COLLECTION of up to 90 historic motorbikes has gone up in smoke. A man from Cuevas del Almanzora saw his lifetime’s collection destroyed when fire destroyed the motorbikes which were being stored inside a warehouse.

Death toll ALMERIA has registered the greatest number of work accidents resulting in death of all the provinces of Andalucia.

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Long run TORREVIEJA athletes will travel throughout the Valencian Community in five days in a bid to raise thousands of euros. The event will see several athletes travel around Valencia from December 10-14, covering around 85 miles a day.

Taking care

Rents down

AN early detection programme has increased Malaga Province’s breast cancer survival rate by 30 per cent. More than 1,700 breast tumours were diagnosed in women aged between 50 and 69.

MURCIA is the third cheapest place in Spain to rent housing. The average price is now €5.09 per square metre, with prices falling by 1 per cent.

Bollywood in Mijas

False contracts

MIJAS PUEBLO is one of the locations for a Bollywood film. Entitled ‘Heart attack’, the film stars two of India’s most famous stars, Nitin Reddy and Adah Sharmah.

A BUSINESSMAN has been arrested for allegedly defrauding €900,000 from the General Treasury of the Social Security through fictitious contracts to 78 workers across Alicante and Murcia.

Free visit

Housing fair

THE Picasso Museum celebrates its 10th anniversary with free entry this weekend. The entry charge will be waived from 8pm on Saturday until 8pm the following day.

MURCIA’S Housing Fair opened with 18 promoters offering 500 properties with 100 per cent bank financing from around the province.

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Airport looking for budget airline THE government believes that a low-cost airline will lift Barajas out of the doldrums. There was a 22 per cent drop in passengers using the Madrid airport in August compared with 2012. September saw an 11.5 per cent reduction. Nationwide passenger traffic fell by 5 per cent since January, but this rose to 14 per cent at Madrid-Barajas.

Minister of Public Works Ana Pastor believes that a Barajas-based low-cost airline could help to reverse this trend. “We are putting the finishing touches to an agreement,” Pastor recently confirmed in a radio interview. Asked to name the company, she declined to give more details. “We shall wait until the agreement is signed,” she said.

No more hidden Swiss accounts NO undeclared Spanish bank accounts remain in Switzerland. All were regularised during the Spanish government’s fiscal amnesty last year, claimed the Swiss Private Bankers Association (SPBA). Practically every Spanish account-holder accepted the amnesty in order to pay less than the usual penalty for undeclared assets, an SPBA spokesman told Spanish journalists recently. The Spanish government announced that the amnesty brought approximately €40 billion to the surface. Tax authority Hacienda received €1.2 billion, although this was less than half of the expected €2.5 billion.

At one stage Madrid was interested in the Rubik system where, in exchange for anonymity, Switzerland levies a withholding tax at source to discharge an accountholder’s tax liability. This would then have been forwarded to Spain. Despite initial interest, nothing more was done and Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro denied in parliament last December that Spain contemplated taking the Rubik route. Although Italy and Greece are considering the system, only Austria and the UK have so far signed up to it. Vienna is said to be satisfied with the results although London is allegedly “disappointed.”

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New rules for jobless WITH Spanish unemployment forecast by the IMF to stay above 25 per cent for five more years Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is trying to push people off benefits. New rules planned for next year are aimed at making it harder for claimants to reject job offers and to clamp down on benefits fraud.

Debt rises DESPITE the Spanish government’s austerity drive public debt keeps going up. It will peak at 101.13 per cent of gross domestic product in 2015, claims the government in documents sent to European Commission.

Easy come easy go... YOUNG Spaniards spend €8 billion a year but have little grasp of basic finance. Eighty per cent in the 14 to 24 age group do not know the difference between a debit and a credit card and 70 per cent admit doing nothing to earn their allowance. Although they receive an average €40 a month they spend €150.

These were amongst findings from Keepunto, an internet site that aims to show young people how to appreciate the value of money and use it responsibly. Spending habits are formed between the ages of 14 and 24 and this age group is now notable for creating tendencies and defining families’ consumer habits.

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STAT OF WEEK MOVISTAR and Vodafone lost 147,687 and 58,642 lines respectively last year. Mobile Virtual Network operators gained 159,056 new contracts, followed by Orange (44,274) and Yoigo (8,535).

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NET VOLUME 106.92 28.80 34.64 216.31 194.67 66.53 68.18 51.75 112.98 202.48 48.56 291.91 2,008.99 118.75 505.27 957.25 120.58 212.48

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PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE VOLUME 122.84 80.52 34.61 122.52 87.34 119.65 22.96 59.62 87.55 25.55 158.69 74.69 23.88 173.78 91.63 54.30 95.20 46.61 34.96 75.93 30.51 79.41 38.78 86.58 107.74 68.76 50.01 200.45

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$ 2.67 $ 2.87 $ 15.48 $ 7.83 $ 8.61 $ 10.51 $ 4.48 $ 5.17 $ 38.43 $ 2.48 $ 67.37

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C O M PA N Y PRICE(P) Croda International PLC 2532.50 Diageo PLC 1995.00 easyJet PLC 1360.00 Experian PLC 1210.00 Fresnillo PLC 983.00 G4S PLC 248.90 GKN PLC 369.80 GlaxoSmithKline PLC 1579.50 Glencore Xstrata PLC 337.23 Hammerson PLC 526.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1132.00 HSBC Holdings PLC 678.60 IMI PLC 1532.50 Imperial Tobacco Group 2272.50 InterContinental Hotels 1863.50 International Consldtd ... 360.75 Intertek Group PLC 3252.50 ITV PLC 195.45 Johnson Matthey PLC 2965.50 Kingfisher PLC 378.10 Land Securities Grp PLC 979.00 Legal & General Grp PLC 206.65 Lloyds Banking Grp PLC 76.50 London Stock Exchange 1646.50 Marks & Spencer Group 489.70 Meggitt PLC 550.25 Melrose Industries PLC 308.05 Mondi PLC 1094.00 National Grid PLC 764.00 Next PLC 5182.50 Old Mutual PLC 199.35 Pearson PLC 1343.00 Persimmon PLC 1233.50 Petrofac Ltd 1416.50 Prudential PLC 1254.00 Randgold Resources Ltd 4491.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group 4501.00 Reed Elsevier PLC 863.25 Resolution Ltd 346.05 REXAM PLC 496.20 Rio Tinto PLC 3240.00 Rolls-Royce Holdings 1099.50 Royal Bank of Scotland 360.35 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2167.50 RSA Insurance Group 120.90 SABMiller PLC 3132.25 Sage Group (The) PLC 330.85 Sainsbury (J) PLC 398.30 Schroders PLC 2610.00 Severn Trent PLC 1834.00 Shire PLC 2530.50 Smith & Nephew PLC 791.50 Smiths Group PLC 1413.50 Sports Direct Intrntnal... 712.25 SSE PLC 1454.00 Standard Chartered PLC 1491.50 Standard Life PLC 360.25 Tate & Lyle PLC 776.25 Tesco PLC 370.43 Travis Perkins PLC 1804.50 TUI Travel PLC 379.40 Tullow Oil PLC 989.00 Unilever PLC 2458.50 United Utilities Group 710.00 Vedanta Resources PLC 1052.50 Vodafone Group PLC 227.65 Weir Group PLC 2320.00 Whitbread PLC 3369.50 William Hill PLC 404.35 Wm Morrison Sprmarkets 279.20 Wolseley PLC 3282.50 WPP PLC 1292.00

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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL BUSINESS EXTRA

More car jobs NISSAN will increase production at its Barcelona plant by 80,000 when its new eNV200 is launched next year. It will create 1,000 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs.

Trains contract KAZAKHSTAN’S state railway service placed a €400 million order with Talgo to design, build and market ‘competitive and innovative’ suburban trains

Lost property YEAR-ON-YEAR property sales fell by 15 per cent in August for the fourth consecutive month. This was blamed on unemployment and few bank loans.

Refinery shifted REPSOL will spend more than €120 million to move its crude oil, coke and sulphur operations from La Coruña’s Inner port to its new Outer port.

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As my friends can prove, every cent certainly counts Loose change A look at finance for females Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com

SOMETIMES it’s the little things that do count. The other day a friend of mine, who has just moved into a new apartment with her husband, mentioned they have already kitted out their new pad with a sofa, dining room table, chairs and a brand new bed. All paid by cash. My jaw dropped. These days our lovely friends at the bank aren’t in the habit of giving out extra money on top of mortgages to help furnish a new house - so how did she manage to buy all these lovely new things?

KEEP SAVING: Put away loose change. Well, my pal began the process of purchasing this particular apartment off plan a couple of years ago, and, in what ended up being three years of waiting for the place to be built and finished,

herself and her husband managed to put away a tidy sum of savings in a piggy bank nonetheless. Every evening when the pair came home from work they

would empty any small change from their wallets into a piggy bank. Between the two of them on a daily basis they might have tipped in up to €8, but even at an average of €4 per day into a piggy bank, in one year that amounts to almost €1,500. So you can imagine that after three years they had saved up quite a lot of money. The best part of the whole thing, she told me, is that they never felt like they were saving. It wasn’t as painful as trying to put €100 away in one go. By putting a few loose coins into a savings jar each night, saving was easy. I think it’s a great idea - and while I don’t own a piggy bank, I have instead cut a coin slot into a used five-litre water bottle, which now serves as a savings device. It’s only day four of saving so far, but in 361 days from now I too hope to buy some fancy new furnishings for my home!

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BBVA sells stake in China bank SPANISH bank BBVA is strengthening its capital reserves and meeting new banking rules by selling a 5.1 per cent stake in China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited. Its partner CITIC Group has agreed to pay €944 million. The deal, carried out at market price, will free up capital and increase reserves by €2.4 billion. It retains a 9.9 per cent holding in the Chinese state owned bank, which brings it under the 10 per cent limit for stakes in other banks recently agreed.

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Shopping mall sold for €144.5m A BRITISH company has sold its stake in Spain’s biggest shopping mall for €144.5 million.

British Land announced it has sold its 50 per cent interest in Puerto Venecia Shopping

Centre and Retail Park in Zaragoza, to Orion European Real Estate III C.V. (a fund managed by

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JOB HUNTING: No time.

JUST 23 per cent of unemployed people spend a minimum of three hours a day looking for work. Madrid is the autonomous community where the jobless spend the most time looking for work - but even there just 27 per cent of people spend more than three hours a day on the job hunt.

Electrical appliances in trouble FAGOR, the Spanish electrical appliance maker has filed for bankruptcy. The company, which has 6,000 employees estimates sales have plunged 37 per cent

since 2007. The company, which says it is the fifth largest appliance maker in Europe now has four months to reach an agreement with creditors.

Human resources company Manpower interviewed 7,000 work seekers. By age, those between 35 and 44 spent the most hours looking for jobs, (29 per cent over three hours) whilst of those aged 16 to 24, just 84 per cent spent less than three hours a day seeking work.

Orion Capital Managers). The centre was previously owned in a joint venture partnership with them. Puerto Venecia is an 82,600m2 retail park which opened in 2008 plus a 130,000m2 fashion and leisure phase which opened in October 2012. Charles Maudsley, Head of Retail for British Land, said: “I am pleased with the sale of Puerto Venecia which is in line with valuation. We have worked well with Orion to successfully complete and let the scheme and the disposal

is in line with our strategy of exiting our European business. It halves our European exposure to 1 per cent.” The deal comes hot on the heels of news that British mall owner Intu Properties is looking to expand in Spain. Earlier this month it bought a shopping centre in Oviedo, northern Spain, in partnership with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. British Land is one of Europe’s largest Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) with total assets, owned or managed, of £16.9 billion (€20 billion).

Surveillance cameras: who sees the images? Q. Readers have brought up more questions regarding surveillance cameras in Spain after our earlier piece. In particular, they want to know who sees the images, and how this works.

You and the Law in Spain By David Searl

A. When you apply to the Agencia de Protección de Datos, the APD, for a permit to install a video camera, you must identify the department or person who will administrate the recorded images. When you are granted a permit, you

will also receive an ‘official’ warning sign for the public to know that cameras are present. You have probably seen these small yellow notices in various establishments, such as your bank. If you approach the sign, you can read the small print, which identifies the person in charge of the images. If you have a complaint, you have the right, under the Law of Data Protection, to have your images erased from the data bank. These images can generally be kept for only one month. No use can be made of them except for security purposes. If there are break-ins in the community parking garage, the recorded video of that night will be carefully studied. Otherwise, as various users of security cameras have told me, it is quite likely that no one will ever look at them before they are thrown away. If, by unfortunate chance, the video cameras have caught Mr. Smith and Mrs. Jones in a compromising situation, and this later comes to light, the registered administrator of the images will be in serious trouble indeed, facing high fines and even possible criminal charges. These rules are the public’s protection against illegal use of the videos.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952-667090

OPINION & COMMENT

Unjust law for innocent homeowners REGARDING the homes demolished in Cantoria (Reduced to rubble, Issue 1476). These poor people, the judge agreed, had bought their homes in good faith, yet he ordered the demolition of their properties before they received a penny in compensation. Surely the most just outcome would have been to order the developer of the illegal homes to buy back the houses and then put a demolition order on them. As it is, the only people punished are the innocent house buyers who have lost their homes and money. The builders still have the cash, and the town council has washed its hands of the affair. But then the courts are about the law, not justice. Samantha Weston (By email) Editor’s note: the EWN reported how two illegal homes in Almeria Province were demolished on a judge’s orders, despite the owners having bought them in good faith.

Scrooge-like I DO not think I have ever read a more revolting letter than D Blanchette’s (Issue 1476). Was it not Ebenezer Scrooge who expressed the hope that paupers would go off and die right away, so as to reduce the surplus population? What right has your correspondent to decide that he has a better right to go on living, than children who are suffering privations which it is hard for us even to imagine? No one denies that population cannot grow indefinitely, but experience has shown that when medical and general living standards are good, birth rates fall, as has happened in Western Europe. Mind you, Mr Blanchette’s views look well in a paper which continues to indulge Leapy Lee’s paranoias. Now he tells us that because some taxi firms are staffed by immigrants, this proves that they practise racism. What evidence has he for such a wild

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On my travels around Carboneras, I saw these cacti taking over the rubble of an abandoned farm. By Robyn Boutilier, Turre (Almeria)

statement? Has he tried to get a job with such a firm and failed? Does he know anyone else who has? And his ranting about the burka is getting to be paranoiac, too. Is it really anyone’s business how other people dress? Leapy concludes that ‘The list goes on’. No, Leapy, it’s your paranoia that goes on, and we’re sick of it. Bill Campbell (By email)

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Editor’s note: D Blanchette stated that charities should concentrate only on sex education and contraception in Third World countries. Children saved now will otherwise have more children and perpetuate the problem of overpopulation.

Cover up I AM happy to see Palma Council (Cover up or be fined, Mallorca Issue 1476) is going to make it an offence to walk around the city semi-naked, punishable with €200 fines. I really do not understand why people, many of them obese, think it remotely appropriate to wander around town in just

bikinis or swimming costumes. What is OK on the seafront is most certainly not OK in shopping streets. It is not difficult to put a shirt on and spare the rest of us the sight of your bright red, sunburned rolls of flab. DB, Palma (Mallorca)

Feria rip-off MY visiting daughter and I went to the Nerja feria on Saturday, October 12. On the way home, we stopped for tapas at a bar called Sevillano. We had a glass of wine, a beer, two nice tapas, and the bill was just over €4. The following day, we decided

to go to another bar, which I praised, telling my daughter how much she’d like it. We had one glass of wine, one lemonade, two beers and four tapas. This should have amounted to under €10. Instead, my 22-year-old daughter was presented with a bill for €29.50. When we queried this, we were told “It’s the feria.” I was absolutely furious, and needless to say, will never go there again on principle! Others, beware! Kate Lee-Renwick, Nerja, (Malaga)

Open doors WHEN will the powers-that-be finally allow Sunday trading? I work hard through the week, and it is galling not to be able to do my shopping on a Sunday, the only day I have free. Living in a ‘tourism area’ the shops CAN stay open, but only in the summer months. But now they are back to being shut again. Surely the simple measure of Sunday opening would create more employment in these difficult times. And it would mean I would not have to do a late

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night supermarket dash before they shut! Justin Hunter, Mijas Costa (Malaga)

Seats please AIRPORTS never seem to have enough places to sit. It does not matter where you are in the world, if there are any delays many passengers must stand. The problem is worse late at night when people stretch out to sleep across three or four seats, never mind that it means three other people then have to stand. Sheer selfishness! Flying back to London, I encountered just this problem at Stansted Airport. I had four hours to wait for the first London train, and spent them on my feet whilst others happily slept. AB, Estepona (Malaga)

Paws for thought THE English language is rich in collective nouns to distinguish between different groups of animals: a herd of horses, cows or elephants; a school of fish, etc. Less known, even for many natives of Shakespeare’s language, are: an ‘exaltation’ of doves, and supposedly because they’re so wise, a ‘parliament’ of owls. However, until recently, I never knew the anthropomorphic term for a group of baboons. I knew that they are the noisiest, most stubborn, least intelligent and most dangerous of all the primates. And what is the collective noun in English for this group? Exactly! A ‘congress’ of baboons is what we Americans now have representing us in Washington DC! Richard M McBride, Benidorm (Alicante) PS: My deepest apologies to our less harmful and hairier ape cousins.

Any answer? HAS anyone successfully claimed Attendance Allowance while living in Spain? I don’t mean if you have had the benefit exported, just that you have claimed and got the benefit since you went to live in Spain. I would be grateful for any info melaniecastle1@aol.co.uk. Melanie Castle (By email)

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Listen to your elders... LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT

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grandad was 99 when I went to visit him, on what was sadly the last occasion. He lay in his hospital bed, looking extremely frail, but still bearing a wonderful head of hair. He was a very successful butcher and always maintained that greasy hands rubbed through his hair on a daily basis was responsible. (Gawd!) Mind you, that’s all Brylcreem was, scented grease!

T IS not only a national scandal, but also an almost inexplicable waste the way the British treat their elderly citizens. Cast aside like bundles of old, no longer fashionable, clothes, they are stuck out of sight by younger generations, who have no respect or time for them and often regard them as an embarrassment. All that wealth of experience with WISER: Ignore positively treasure troves of knowledge, completely discarded to the advice of the make way for new generations, older generation bristling with inexperience and for at your peril! the most part arrogant enough to believe they will not only make better life decisions, but will also stay young forever. Ha! Give us a break! This blatant disregard of human experience is slowing the progress of the West at an alarming rate. I don’t know of any life situation or business that has prospered by starting completely afresh every few years. I still vividly remember a wonderful example of elderly acumen when, despite an inability to keep up with modern technology, back in the mid-sixties I received truly sound advice from the voice of real experience. My dear old

He greeted me with a wide, beaming face and told me he had heard me singing on the ‘wireless’ that morning. “Bloody warz!” he exclaimed. “I heard you singing on the wireless at 6.30 this morning. I can remember the time you couldn’t even get out of bed till half past ten!” Lovely. Just before I left he gestured me to come closer. I bent down. Putting his mouth right next to my ear he then uttered words that, had I truly taken his advice, would have undoubtedly stood me in extremely good future stead. “Put yer money in bricks and mortar,” he whispered conspiratorially. Ah, Grandad, 99 years of experience and I didn’t take it. Take fair warning, all you youngsters; ignore the knowledge of those who manifested long before you at your peril. The successful Asian races don’t. Could you all do everyone a favour and give nothing at all to these East European beggars, who are multiplying like fleas on our streets and thoroughfares? They are a blight on the landscape, a filthy disgrace and a professionally organised racket. Personally, I find it extremely disconcerting to find the same grubby hand recently shoved out for coppers, later holding to a filthy ear, a mobile phone I couldn’t even afford myself! Keep the faith Love Leapy Leapylee2002@gmail.com

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LETTERS TO LEAPY

Glass-houses LEAPY said of UK immigrants: “Far from integrating with their generous hosts, they have gone out of their way to recreate their own societies, even to forming segregated areas where they endeavour to reproduce the culture and customs of the countries they have actually run away from!” That’s the best description I’ve read of foreigners here in Spain. After 13 years on the Costa, I’m the only foreigner I know who has bothered to learn Spanish and integrate with the locals. Nuff said. Q. What does Leapy have in common with Sean Connery? A. They both left their native countries decades ago, but are great admirers from afar. Mike Casey, Benalmadena (Malaga)

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A question of faith Few Spaniards actually attend church Cassandra Nash

A weekly look and not entirely impartial reaction - to the Spanish political scene

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HE Spanish regard themselves as Catholic but few go to church. Unless, that is, it involves dressing up for weddings, christenings and first communions, weeping at funerals and turning out for processions requiring little religious commitment. No-one denies the Church its right to honour the 522 priests, monks and nuns who died for their faith or the right to describe them as martyrs. But it should try not to politicise their path towards sainthood. Decades after the Constitution set it out in black and white, the Spanish hierarchy is still reluctant to accept that Spain no longer has a state

religion. And it is still reluctant to pay much heed to its silence regarding the thousands of Republicans who died after the war, persecuted for their own type of faith.

have hit every wage band and profession except the politicians. “We’re all in it together” is what voters hear. But they are in over their heads while their leaders splash happily in the shallows.

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Keeping abreast

SPAIN’S president Mariano Rajoy told an Austrian interviewer that the sacrifices asked of the population have been “fairly distributed.” For a certain type of politician and non-Keynesian economists this could be true. Possibly Rajoy is correct in saying that these sacrifices have served to restore confidence in the Spanish economy. The public see these sacrifices from a different perspective. Five years of crisis and austerity

THREE members of the global women’s movement Femen interrupted the Spanish parliament as Justice minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon addressed the chamber. They ripped off their tops, chanting “Abortion is sacred” in protest against Ruiz-Gallardon’s plans to restrict abortion. “Clear the public gallery with care,” ordered the Speaker, Jesus Posada. The bare-breasted girls put up a fight, clinging to columns and

FIRST COMMUNION: Reason to go to church.

balustrades, but were removed from the chamber and taken to the police station. They were released immediately, unlike Femen members in Arab countries where real courage is required and severe punishment awaits them. Ruiz-Gallardon shrugged off the episode as “lack of respect for public sovereignty” which is not

entirely accurate. When Spain voted overwhelmingly for Mariano Rajoy in 2011 they wanted economic recovery, not limitation of abortion. Instead they failed to get the first and will be saddled with the second. Some sovereignty.

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BBC3/ 8:00pm Total Wipeout 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Unsafe Sex in the City 11:00pm Staying in with Greg and Russell 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Unsafe Sex in the City 2:30am Staying in with Greg and Russell 3:00am Cherry Healey: Old Before My Time 4:00am Unsafe Sex in the City

Russell Howard's Good News (Comedy) BBC 3 from 11:30pm to 12:00am Topical comedy show hosted by Russell Howard, who offers his unique perspective on the big stories dominating the media across TV, online and in print, as well as picking up on those sometimes overlooked things that make him smile.

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5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Middle 7:00pm The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 10:00pm Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 11:00pm Strike Back: Shadow Warfare 12:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

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4:45am Shadowlands 7:00am The Constant Gardener 9:20am The Lucky One 11:15am Skyfall: Modern Day Bond 11:45am Gandhi 3:00pm Failure to Launch 4:45pm Argo: Sky Movies Special 5:05pm One Fine Day 7:05pm The Lucky One 9:00pm Failure to Launch 10:45pm The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener (Film, 2005) Justin Quale (Ralph Fiennes), a low-level British diplomat, has been given a new assignment in Kenya. Whilst serving his country, his wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz) who is the region's most dedicated activist is found brutally murdered. All evidence points to a crime of passion with her travelling companion, a local doctor, who has fled the scene. But Justin, spurned on by his devotion to his wife and her dedication, finds that there is a much larger and more sinister plot at hand.

1:00am 10 Years 2:50am The Lady 5:05am One Fine Day

TCM/ 4:50am First Blood 6:30am The Girl with the 7:00am The Darkest Hour 8:40am The Karate Kid, Part II 10:35am Gladiator 1:10pm Wrath of the Titans 2:55pm Taken 2 4:30pm The Karate Kid, Part II 6:25pm Gladiator 9:00pm Wrath of the Titans

10:45pm Taken 2 12:20am The Grey 2:20am Kingdom ofHeaven 4:50am Rambo: First Blood Part II

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An entertaining thought Many artistes entertain us simply because they enjoy doing so Mike Walsh Mike Walsh. Based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

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HROUGHOUT the Costas live some of the era’s greatest entertainers. Such artistes visit Mediterranean Spain whilst others choose to drop anchor in our safe haven harbours. Entertainers work tirelessly during the hours when the rest of us are taking a break. Most are paid far less than their true worth and the younger ones have tiring day jobs. I am reminded of a true story. As a social experiment, a newspaper invited Joshua Bell, one of the 20th century’s great violinists to perform as a busker in a Washington DC railway station. Few passers-by took notice as he played pieces that had earlier played to sell-out audiences. Many artistes entertain us simply because they enjoy doing so. It certainly isn’t for the pittance many receive. A bungling lawyer wouldn’t pick up the

ENTERTAINERS: Used to lure clients to tables. phone for that. Many think entertainers are free of charge, like the climate. We do not clap the sun either. As I browse the Costa communities’ media, I see advertised entertainers who have rocked the world. Some were cruise liner entertainers or once backed world famous bands. Many were household name stars who once saw their names in lights. Fans paid over the odds for tickets to see

idols who went on world tours and entertained the world’s elite. Time took its toll on these entertainers as it took its toll on us. No, stop right there! Not all are quite as equal as at first it appears. Practice makes perfect, like the best of wines many artistes improve with age. They become better at doing what they do best. Furthermore, without fanfares most perform free of charge for charities, many

of which are very profitable concerns. Where does the fault lie? Like Joshua Bell, these outstanding artistes play not to sell-out audiences but to a table or two populated by family, friends and passersby looking for a diversion. Such artistes have already proved their worth. Could the fault lie with local media? No. One cannot turn a page without seeing a galaxy of stars. Does the blame lie with venue managers? Many venues are good at using quality entertainers to lure clients to their dining tables. It is a rewarding experience. I know restaurants where even off-season booking a table is a necessity. It is not because they are cheap or in the right location as many are virtually inaccessible. It is because they give value for money and outstanding entertainment is on the menu, too. That is their art. If you experience a truly talented artiste or ensemble playing to empty tables the chances are it is due to sloppy or complacent management. Perhaps we too could shake off inertia. My wife and I are often tired but when we make the effort we are rarely disappointed. I will clap to that.

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Famous quote

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.’

This week

Moomins arrive in Benalmadena

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer.

in history

Women’s wit

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I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.’

1648: The Thirty Years’ War, a series of wars fought mainly in Central Europe, ends with the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia. 1881: Cubist painter Pablo Picasso is born in Malaga. 1886: Liberty Enlightening the World, otherwise known as the Statue of Liberty, is unveiled in New York. 1904: New York City’s subway opens with an inaugural run. 1929: The Wall Street Crash, also known as Black Tuesday, begins becoming the most devastating stock market crash in history. 1938: The broadcast of War of the Worlds by Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic in the United States. 1945: The United Nations is formally established after the ratification of the United Nations Charter. 1951: Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister for the second time. 1957: The House of Lords unveils plans to admit women for the first time. 1962: Russia dismantles its missiles based in Cuba putting an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis. 1970: Marxist Salvador Allende becomes president of Chile. 1975: Prince Juan Carlos takes over as provisional head of state for Spain. 1983: The United States Marines invade the Caribbean nation of Grenada. 1994: Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty putting an end to 46 years of war. 2003: Supersonic aircraft Concorde makes its last commercial passenger flight.

Audrey Hepburn (1929 - 1993) British actress and humanitarian.

World of English In a Bangkok temple:

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It is forbidden to enter a woman even a foreigner if dressed as a man.’

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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.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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UK THUNDERBALL

IRISH LOTTO

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LA PRIMITIVA

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A great feeling of joy comes over you more than once in the week ahead. Your inner child has been set free, and this is likely to be because of recent restrictions, which are now lifted. Do not feel guilty about this because it is a choice that will serve you well in the future. Right now, things may seem like a bit of an effort for small reward. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Travel arrangements may have to be changed at the last minute. Do not fret, however, because success is more likely later in the month. During a dream, or when reading a book, an idea comes to you. Can this really make a difference to your future? You may need to act quickly to start a new project but progress will require patience. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The need to plan ahead is frustrating when you know exactly what ought to be going on. Patience is something that you need to cultivate, or you risk upsetting someone close. Spending time with a colleague makes you realise how good things could be, but a lot of effort is involved. Pushing ahead does not guarantee results. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) It is difficult to avoid repeating mistakes made in the past. Your approach to certain situations has not changed and therein lies the problem. Someone who blames you for a mistake shows ignorance but that does not make it less upsetting. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Who is trying to push you into a corner? Maybe it is being done so subtly that you have not even noticed. Who wants a decision from you? Appear to take pressure lightly and not give in to an irritation. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A rather slow start to the week leads you to feel bored but be

H ex a g r a m

Mary Katherine has come to live with her dad in a ramshackle house in the middle of nowhere. Obsessed with proving the existence of a society of tiny guardians of the forest called Leafmen, Mary’s dad has little time for a daughter or realities of life. Mary lands right in the middle of the Leafmen's society, where she quickly develops an appreciation for her father's eccentricities.

ABRUPT

FORGOT

AROUND

INDEED

ASSORT

PETREL

BIRDIE

RENDER

DEBTOR

SLOUCH

DEMEAN

STROBE

DETEST

USABLE

DITHER

VERIFY

DUGOUT (10)

YEASTY

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Server, 2 Tweeds, 3 Desire, 4 Retain, 5 Advise, 6 Header, 7 Arenas, 8 Shells, 9 Singer, 10 Relief, 11 Cinder, 12 Fringe, 13 Detail, 14 Awaken, 15 Reason, 16 Chosen, 17 Remain, 18 Beasts, 19 Roared

IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK: Social life is important because friendships will be made that last a long time. Your popularity should not be taken for granted, but built on. As you need other people, they also need you.

October 25: Katy Perry, 29. American pop singer. October 26: Hillary Clinton, 66. US Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013. October 27: John Cleese, 74. British actor, former Monty Python member. October 28: Bill Gates, 58. Cofounder of computer assured that the weekend will be far from dull. A recent conversation or correspondence with an old friend leads to unexpected contact. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Everything on the home front is emphasised and there will be a flurry of activity. Get others involved in any changes. Work in the garden or painting is much more enjoyable and half the work if you enlist the help of someone you get on well with. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When discussing a holiday with others, be aware that agreement is not always easily met. Although you are not inclined to compromise, it is necessary to go with the majority decision.

Your Stars

software giant Microsoft.

October 24: 49. Rosana is a singer-songwriter from Lanzarote who has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. She started singing at an early age and wrote her first song when she was only eight years old. Rosana made her musical debut in 1996 with Lunas Rotas, which sold 1 million copies in Spain and gained her international recognition. So far she has released seven albums and a book of poems.

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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) After the 2nd it is much easier to see the path ahead. This is particularly true of a financial situation, so there's no sense in fussing until you understand what needs to be done. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Your attention is needed on more than one front, and some decisions are at odds with your personal thoughts and attitudes. Being reminded that 'business is business' does nothing to relieve your conscience. You may have to upset someone by telling the truth, which may affect your longerterm finances.

October 29: Winona Ryder, 42. American actress who made her debut aged 15. October 30: Diego Armando Maradona, 53. Argentine football manager and former player. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Are you willing to take a risk on someone who has let you down before? Looking into their recent past is likely to tip the balance. What you find shows clearly if there has been a change of heart on their part or if they are trying to pull the wool over your eyes. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) A disagreement with a friend upsets you but is short-lived. To avoid such a situation in the future, look at how you should have dealt with it. There is always something to know that guides us to a better position. It will make you smile someone has taken you for a fool as you have the last laugh.

8-Star Quiz

WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE (PART ONE) All the answers are people/events named in Billy Joel’s famous 1989 UK top 10 hit single. 1. Following the Algerian Crisis, who was elected the first president of the French Fifth Republic in 1958? 2. Launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, what was the name of the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth? Its name literally means fellow traveller? 3. Located in Gyeonggi Province, what is the name of the abandoned village on the de facto border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that paused the Korean War was signed? 4. What 11-letter word that originated during the 1960s, was used to describe the intense fan frenzy directed toward the Beatles during the early years of their success? 5. What papal name did Cardinal Giovanni Montini take when he was elected to the papacy in June 1963? 6. What was the name of the Marine Corps pilot who flew the first American manned orbital mission termed Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962? 7. Which actor, who starred in the films East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause (both 1955), died in a car accident on September 30, 1955 at the age of 24? 8. Which MLB baseball player who played all his career for the New York Yankees, was nicknamed Joltin’ Joe and the Yankee Clipper?

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

TARGET: Average: 6 Good: 7 Very good: 10 Excellent: 13

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION vbeer, bevy, bode, body, bore, bred, byre, obey, robe, verb, beery, bored, brede, breed, breve, derby, orbed, robed, obeyed, obeyer, EVERYBODY

Word Ladder JURY

MAST

Move from the start word (JURY) to the end word (MAST) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

JURY BURY BUSY BUST MUST MAST

Epic

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 (DUGOUT) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

1. CHARLES DE GAULLE, 2. SPUTNIK, 3. PANMUNJOM, 4. BEATLEMANIA, 5. PAUL VI, 6. JOHN GLENN, 7. JAMES DEAN, 8. JOE DIMAGGIO

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Unscramble the name of a famous English television presenter: BONN FRITTER

Across 7 Territory governed by the same chief (6) 8 In June Venetian weather is erratic (6) 9 Cain wounded Peruvian Indian (4) 10 Redesigning headgear made Pat a hero (5,3) 11 Compared to Barbieʼs partner in German song (7) 13 Prophetic but victorious leader at 99 (5) 15 Loud curl on woolly animals (5) 17 Relents frequently aboard ship (7) 20 Aimless Milo came for the plant (8) 21 Woman of American nationality (4) 23 Wish to reside in style (6) 24 Titaniaʼs husband developed Borneo (6)

Unscramble the name of a type of chocolate cake: ORCHESTRATE FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: FERN BRITTON, SACHERTORTE

Play on Words

Virginia and Dakota (6) 6 Connection with someone in the family (8) 12 Turned tail and fled, being doomed (3-5) 14 Tedium in the redesigned bedroom? (7)

16 Composerʼs phonic variation (6) 18 Possibly the tan is from somewhere in Kent (6) 19 Nasty rash obtained from national archives (5) 22 A chimney corner needs no approval (4)

Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 15 represents B and 3 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 15 appears and Z 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.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Across 1 Large marine mammal (6) 5 Exact (6) 8 Chief (4) 9 Habitually lazy (8) 10 Horse-drawn carriage with folding top (6) 11 Dreadful (6) 12 Persistent dull pain (4) 14 Each and every (3) 15 Look for (4) 16 Feel about blindly (6) 18 Menace (6) 20 Capital of Syria (8) 22 Tidily organised (4) 23 Improve (6)

24 Long pin for holding meat (6) Down 2 Fragrance (5) 3 Remainder (7) 4 Arouse (9) 5 Unhappy (3) 6 Monarch (5) 7 Brief but informative (7) 11 Bad breath (9) 13 Bravery (7) 15 Bizarre (7) 17 Show off (5) 19 Informed (5) 21 Inferior dog (3)

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

LOOHCS LOOHCS Answers: A bit of fun, Back to school

Down 1 Depressed plumage (4) 2 Taste dish containing asparagus head (6) 3 Person wandering round inside whoʼs nosy (7) 4 Copper-coloured - like kippers? (5) 5 State limits of New Hampshire,

Funagram

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 7 Donate, 8 Uproar, 9 Hers, 10 In camera, 11 Printed, 13 Habit, 15 Units, 17 Tipples, 20 Delegate, 21 Ohio, 23 Aussie, 24 Agents. Down: 1 Rote, 2 Raisin, 3 Merited, 4 Quack, 5 Crimea, 6 Hairline, 12 Runner-up, 14 Fireman, 16 Tsetse, 18 Phoney, 19 Cadet, 22 Iota. QUICK Across: 1 Melodic, 5 Bored, 8 Cruiser, 9 Sends, 10 Waste, 11 Sincere, 12 Scanty, 14 Biased, 17 Forward, 19 Niche, 22 Renal, 23 Betting, 24 Needs, 25 Ensnare. Down: 1 Macaw, 2 Lauds, 3 Dessert, 4 Caress, 5 Bison, 6 Runners, 7 Descend, 12 Saffron, 13 Arrange, 15 Ignites, 16 Edible, 18 Atlas, 20 China, 21 Eagle.

Across 1 Weak (person, limb, sun, signal, voice, smile, government) (5) 3 Boina (5) 7 Esfera (6) 9 Escribir a máquina (4) 10 Rake (tool) (9) 13 Useful (information, advice, tool) (4) 14 To support (6) 16 Jarabe (liquido) (5) 17 Dressing gowns (5)

Down 1 Polvo (en el aire) (4) 2 Hielo (3) 4 Realeza (7) 5 Árbol (4) 6 Theories (7) 8 Más pesado (7) 11 Pistolas (armas) (4) 12 Grey (in colour) (4) 15 Goose (domestic) (3)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Sepia, 4 Apple, 7 Temporada, 8 Mushrooms, 12 Edificios, 14 Tools, 15 Enero. Down: 1 Shed, 2 Pet, 3 Armchairs, 4 Apologise, 5 Psalm, 6 Edad, 9 Unico, 10 Meat, 11 Apio, 13 See.

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THROUGHOUT film history cars have often stolen the scene and played a huge part in influencing consumer culture and people’s desires.

What is reality?

1 1964 Aston Martin DB5

James Bond's legacy of famous cars and extraordinary gadgets can be traced back to one car, the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 007 driven in Goldfinger and Thunderball. The car featured a list of built in devices including; ram bumper, machine guns, ejector seat, smoke screen, oil-slick sprayer and more.

2 1976 Lotus Esprit Series1I

In The Spy Who Loved Me, 007 drove the white Series I Lotus Esprit, the unforgettable moment in terms of this car for viewers is when the car transforms into a submarine after Bond drives the car into the water.

3 1977 Pontiac Trans Am

When director Hal Needham, chose a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am to star in Smokey and the Bandit it had a huge impact on its American car sales. An additional 30,000 cars were sold as a result of the film from 1977 to 1978 and NO increased KNIFE: Butter it! 24,000 for 1979. sales by another

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George Lucas’ American Graffiti, created the most recognised Deuce Coupe in the world. The brash Canary yellow ‘32 Ford highboy was powered by a Chevy 327 V8 engine. The film’s drag race on Paradise Road sees the ‘32 Ford smoke the ‘55 Chevy off the line to later flip and blow-up in a stunning display of special effects.

reputation was cemented with the film Vanishing Point. The film includes plenty of great stunts, including dusting off a Jaguar XKE and launching a Challenger over a gully.

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especially not her new friends. Kate suffers nightmares where she is trapped in a burning house, and experiences strange happenings linked to another life and time. She visits Cordoba and has a paranormal experience involving Ana, the woman from the past, who resembles her. The relationship between Kate, Rosie and Steve mirrors Ana’s tragic situation in the 15th

sluggish V6 engine, although reportedly, the props department replaced the V6 with a V8 from the Porsche 928, which undoubtedly helped reach the 88 mph, fire up the Flux Capacitor and shoot back to 1955.

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The Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390, starred alongside Steve McQueen in Bullitt. The movie’s chase

century. Increasingly possessed by Ana, Kate can no longer distinguish between the two realities. Will Kate find her way out of the nightmare before her alter ego takes over completely?

scenes on the streets of San Francisco, tailing a 1968 Dodge Charger, are some of the best ever recorded on film.

7 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T

The 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T was one of the most impressive pony cars to come out of the muscle boom of the late 1960s and early 1970s. And its

In its third generation, the Falcon XB GT got its power from a 351-cid V8. But for the movie Mad Max, the filmmakers transformed the Falcon into the ‘Pursuit Special’ or ‘Interceptor.’ The crew plastered a new nose on the front end with a switchactivated supercharger, emblazoned the body with huge flares and tucked seriously fat tyres underneath them.

9 Batmobile/Tumbler

The Batmobile Tumbler that appeared in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins and The Dark Knight is the most visually and technically significant of them all. The 350cid Chevy V8 powers the Tumbler to 60 mph in around five seconds, even with 37-inch off-road tyres. And the body is made of more than 65 carbon-fibre panels.

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The Dodge Charger has appeared in many films throughout history. In 2000 it appeared as a menacing black street racing machine, complete with giant rear tyres and humongous engine complete with supercharger for Vin Diesel in The Fast and The Furious.

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DeLorean DMC12 John DeLorean’s DMC-12 gained its legendary status as a time 3 machine in Back to the Future. In reality the car carried a

App of the Week Tiny Tower Tiny Tower lets you build a tower and manage the businesses and citizens that inhabit it. Available for iOS and Android devices.

TOP CARS: James Bond’s Aston Martin (left) and the Mustang which featured in Bullitt (above).

Sudoku 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.

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

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TARGET: Average: 11

Just Joking An English teacher wrote the words, “Woman without her man is nothing” on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly. The men wrote: “Woman, without her man, is nothing.” The women wrote: “Woman. Without her, man is nothing.”

Good: 14 Very good: 20 Excellent: 24

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION teeth, teethe, teth, tether, tethered, theta, thee, their, that, these, there, third, toad, tete, other, oath, ether, eerie, eider, heir, hate, hair, haired, herd, here, hide, hider, hire, hired, aide, aired, adhere, date, diet, dies, dire, seethe, seer, sere, ride

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Spotting the signs of cancer CANCER is a disease that touches the lives of one in three people whether they suffer from it or know someone who has been affected by it. October has been Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. But do you think enough is being done to make people aware of all forms of cancer?

RETIRED Jenni Blair-Hipkin, aged 65, from Torrevieja, does believe there is enough publicity and awareness about breast cancer

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STREET TALK these days: “I’ve had breast cancer and got so much support from the hospital. They were all marvellous. I was given a lot of information.” She adds: “I think the information is out there but some people hide away from it and don’t want to listen, but the best thing to do is get checked out if you have any concerns, it is nothing to be scared of.” Lottie Williams, an 18 year-old student from Torrevieja agrees: “I think there is plenty of information out there. It is not something I am particularly worried about at my age, but I am aware of breast cancer and know what to look for. I don’t think there is any woman out

SURVIVOR: Jenni Blair-Hipkin

there that couldn’t say they don’t know some of the warnings signs of breast cancer.” Chris Greswold, who lives in Antas, Manageress of new Paws Shop in Las Buganvillas: “Yes I do, but whether people listen and follow it up by going to the doctors is another matter. “People need to make the effort to visit the doctor.” John Leyland, lives in Pueblo Laguna, retired: “I think it is more active in England than in Spain. I don’t think it is publicised as much as it should be. You never see collectors in the streets in Spain, like you do in the UK! John Leyland

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What do dreams say about your health? DREAMS could provide clues about our health and could give early warning signs of conditions before any physical symptoms start. So, what do the scientists say about your dreams? Nightmares: Having nightmares could be a result of being on pills like beta blockers, having heart conditions or suffering from sleep deprivation. Nightmares can also be a warning of an impending migraine. More dreams than usual: Getting too hot or cold in the night can lead us to having more dreams, according to Professor Jim Horne, a sleep expert from Loughborough University (UK). The fluctuation in a woman’s hormones can also cause result in more dreams and a few nights of poor sleep will lead to a night of vivid dreaming.

Dreams of being attacked: Acting out stressful dreams, such as when you’re being attacked or chased, can be an early sign of a brain or nerve disease like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s, according to Dr Nicholas Oscroft, a sleep expert from Papworth Hospital in Cambridge (UK). Dreams that wake you early: Eating a fatty meal, being overweight, stressed or depressed can all lead to you suddenly waking up from a dream. This usually occurs in the first few hours after falling asleep. Memorable or strange dreams: Often the result of drinking alcohol, a tipple or two can trigger memorable dreams, especially just before you wake up. Being on medication or under the weather can also cause a surreal half-sleep, half-awake state, triggering strange dreams.

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€7.3 million Fantasy Bra EVERY year the Victoria’s Secret fashion show features a showstopping garment, often shockingly expensive, known as the Fantasy Bra. This year’s Fantasy Bra is no different. The newest bra is reportedly worth more than €7 million, and will be worn by the Victoria’s Secret Angel, Candice Swanepoel. Swanepoel follows successful models Alessandra Ambrosio, Gisele Bundchen, and Heidi Klum as the bearer of the Fantasy Bra. The majestic undergarment comes with a matching belt and

features 4,200 precious gems, including several rubies, diamonds and yellow sapphires. The framework consists of an 18carat gold setting and from where the eye is drawn to a 52carat pear-shaped ruby that hangs from the centre of the bra. In a recent interview, Swanepoel told the press they had made a mould of her body in order to design the intricate piece. Due to the sheer value of the one-of-a-kind bra it also comes with not one, but two bodyguards.

BRA BEARER: Candice Swanepoel.

CBT help for hypochondriacs according to a research study published in The Lancet. CBT uses techniques which aim to change thought patterns and behaviour and has already proven to be an effective treatment for other anxiety disorders. It is estimated that between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of hospital patients are thought to worry obsessively about their health. The UK study saw 219 people with health anxiety receive an average of six sessions of CBT while 225 received HAND WASHING: At least 20 seconds needed to kill germs. reassurance and support, which is standard practice in most countries. The study found that 14 per cent of patients who received CBT THE British are a nation of soap dodgers, with one in five admitting regained normal levels of they don’t wash their hands after using the toilet, while 10 per cent of anxiety, against 7 per people just splash their fingers with water. cent who received the Research found that 40 per cent wash their hands for less than 10 standard care of basic seconds, half the time required to kill germs effectively. reassurance.

COGNITIVE behavioural therapy (CBT) is a more suitable treatment than standard care for people suffering from hypochondria or health anxiety,

UK soap dodgers

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A formula for pizza A MATHEMATICIAN has brought food and maths together as she claims she has developed a formula for the perfectly proportioned pizza. Senior lecturer at the University of Sheffield Dr Eugenia Cheng has calculated a ratio to ensure maximum flavour of topping to base. Using ‘d’ as the constant volume of dough and ‘t’ as the constant volume of topping, the formula provides the correct ratio of base to topping. Dr Cheng developed the formula in cooperation with restaurant chain Pizza Express to find out why some of their pizzas were more popular than others. According to the mathematician, the perfect pizza must be thin to ensure a crispy base and its toppings must be well-spread.

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So just what does Spain taste like?

SPAIN: What does it taste like?

promote the Spanish gastronomy on both national and international levels.

But it also aims at improving the economic situation of catering businesses, deeply

affected by the financial crisis and a decrease in internal tourism. During the presentation of the campaign, Marta Blanco, general manager of the Spanish Institute for No previous brewing Tourism pointed out the knowledge is required to Spanish gastronomy is use it, their creators claim. essential to the touristic A smartphone app experience in Spain. monitors temperature and Blanco said: “Gastrotime. Users only have to nomy is one of the best buy the ingredients, set up valued aspects by visitors in a recipe in the app and satisfaction surveys.” connect to Brewbot.

Brewbot: brewing beer at home made easy CARGO, a multidisciplinary team of designers based in Belfast, has developed an appliance for those considering taking their love for beer a bit further. Their creation, Brewbot, is a smart brewing appliance that can be

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GASTRONOMY is part of the Spanish way of life and now a new campaign aims to promote it online. Association Saborea España (Tasting Spain) and the Spanish Institute for Tourism have joined forces to promote Spanish gastronomy. They have invited people to take a picture or make a video telling what they think Spain tastes like. These testimonials will be uploaded to the different Saborea España social networking websites. Weekend trips to several culinary destinations in Spain will be given to the best responses. The starting point of this campaign is a series of testimonials by Spanish chefs including Pedro Subijana, Juan Mari Arzak and Pedro Larumbe. They all say what, in their opinion, Spain tastes like and invite people to do the same. The aim of this campaign is to

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users focus on recipes rather than on fixing a setup or looking at timers and thermometers. Brewbot is still a prototype, but it already looks promising. With a stainless steel design, it is intended to be in the kitchen.

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Burgers, go from fast food to gourmet dish HAMBURGERS have become a gourmet dish. Gone are the days in which the popular meat sandwich was a synonym for fast food. Fine dining restaurants have incorporated them onto their menus, while many others have opened specialising in them. A passing fad for some, gourmet burgers are made with the finest ingredients. From the classic bacon

and cheese one to more sophisticated options, they can satisfy the most demanding palates. According to chefs, a good gourmet burger has to be home-made. Everything from mincing meat to baking buns has to be made on the premises. This way, chefs make sure the ingredients are always the freshest and no sub-standard produce is used. At the same time, they are able to add some innovations to the burgers to appeal to customers.

GOURMET BURGER: To satisfy the most demanding palate. Knowing of this burger craze, managers at Blend restaurant in Paris have published a gourmet burger recipe book. The book contains 58

original recipes by French chef Victor Garnier. “Things have changed and burgers have become a gastronomic pleasure,� they said.

A nation of cheating cooks emerging from the kitchen ONE in six adults has never cooked a meal from scratch and use jars or

packets of ingredients at least four nights a week. According to a survey of

1,000 adults by Cooperative Food, two thirds admit they are more likely to go for ready made options than fresh ingredients and nearly half would use ready made sauces if cooking for friends or family, with a quarter pretending they had prepared everything themselves. The study also found 43 per cent said the most important thing was the taste .

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FOOD & DRINK PASTA: Consumption has decreased in Italy.

Less pasta for the Italians ITALIANS are gradually eating less pasta, the Wall Street Journal says. According to the American newspaper, pasta consumption in families dropped from 40 kilos to 31 kilos per year in the past decade. The Wall Street Journal points at international dishes, especially sushi, as the cause behind the Italians’ low appetite for pasta. Trying to keep fit may also be a reason for the decrease.

American global information and measurement company Nielsen claims the number of Italian women aged between 26 and 30 who believe pasta is fattening increased by 26 per cent between 2008 and 2012. Oddly enough, pasta consumption has increased outside the boundaries of Italy. In 1987 in the UK, £53 million (€62 million) worth of pasta was consumed, whereas in 2009 that figure rose to £282 million (€333 million).

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DAILY we read advertisements and articles persuading us to buy manufactured vitamin tablets to supplement vitamin deficient diets. But how much better to eat the vitamins as nature intended them by growing and eating fruit

BUDDHA’S HAND: A lemon tree with a difference. and vegetables that are known to contain the main vitamins we

apparently need for continuous good health or for recovery if ill.

Interestingly the labels on some bottles of vitamin pills include the note ‘Not intended as a substitute for a balanced diet.’ Further, health authorities worldwide now recommend that we eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day for their vitamin and mineral contents, others emphasise that these are best if fresh and grown ecologically/ organically without the use of chemical Turn to Page 60

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From Page 59 fertilisers, insecticides and fungicides and the Slow Food movement recommends that we should try and eat local produce to sustain the local economy. So let’s do it by growing our own in containers on apartment terraces, in raised beds in small gardens, in the garden or if convenient an allotment/orchard. The great advantages are that you can focus on growing those fruits and vegetables with the greatest beneficial vitamin and mineral contents and harvest each day what is required for each meal or day. To help you understand which vitamins minerals etc are of benefit to your wellness and which

Vegetables and fruit are listed in our book.

vegetables and fruits include them we include descriptive tables in our book ‘Living well from our garden - Mediterranean style’ which is available exclusively from Amazon Books or if you require autographed copies from handscombe2@hotmail. com. Whatever you select to grow, ensure you include

anti-oxidant and antiinflamatory vitamin/mineral rich foods. We ensure we grow and eat plenty of dark green acelga (chard) and spinach leaves, sprouting broccoli, tomatoes, nasturtium flowers and leaves, garlic, onions, tomatoes, radishes, beetroots and carrots. As for fruit we can harvest something on every day of the year to give seasonal diversity ranging from vitamin C packed mandarins and oranges from now to May and red raspberries from May to November.

Having planted a perpetually flowering and fruiting Lunar lemon tree, lemons can be harvested 365 days a year. After waiting six years we finally had a good harvest of vitamin packed kiwinos which are like mini kiwis but growing in small bunches a little like grapes and yesterday ate the first of this year’s crop of goji berries. By the way the plants were grown from a few berries taken from a bag of dried berries purchased in a local market. And remember that working in the garden, on the vegetable plot or in the orchard under the winter sun means that the sun stimulates natural vitamin D when we most need it during the shorter winter days. As a novelty plant a Citrus medica var.sarcodactylis lemon tree. The common name is Buddha’s hand as it resembles a half open fist - there is little if any juicy centre but the thick skins are excellent for grating © Dick Handscombe www.garden spain.com

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HUIS TEN BOSCH: A Dutch themed park in Japan.

Gardening World Cup PAUL HERVEY-BROOKES won the gold medal and walked away with the award for the best planting in the show at the 2013 Gardening World Cup. In receiving the title, judges described HerveyBrookes as ‘the young prince of British garden design.’ The event is in its fourth year and is held annually in the Dutch themed park of Huis Ten Bosch, located close to Japan’s southern tip, near Nagasaki. Huis Ten Bosch is a residential-style resort modelled on a mediaeval 17th century Dutch town. In English, Huis Ten Bosch means ‘house in the forest.’ True to its name the resort has canals running throughout and is surrounded by greenery and forests. The setting proved perfect for Lim In Chong from Malaysia’s Introspection garden, which also won gold and the top award for its category in the show. The garden took inspiration from the Japanese garden style called Hako Niwa, which takes a very small garden and turns it into an entire world, created to be looked at from several points. The Huis Ten Bosch resort is striving to become the top flower resort in the world and with flowers in full bloom in all seasons throughout the year, it’s quite a spectacular sight.

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Britons seeking winter warmth IT may only be 10 weeks until Christmas but it seems the sunshine holiday season remains in full flow with 1.15 million Britons predicted to take a break overseas in the next eight weeks. Spain in particular, just two hours flying time from the UK, looks set to be the favourite destination, continuing the trend seen over the summer where the Costas and Balearic Islands saw a massive return of British holidaymakers in 2013. Indeed, official figures from Spain’s Ministry of Tourism showed a 6.6 per cent leap in the number of British visitors to Spanish shores in August this year alone. Not only are tourists lured by the promise of year round sunshine, they

WINTER SUN: Spain looks set to be the favourite destination. will also enjoy lower off peak prices, fewer crowds and added spending power as the Pound hits a nine month high against the Euro. Marc Pritchard, Sales and Marketing Director of leading Spanish house builder Taylor Wimpey España said:

“In a year of major international political upheavals and fears of another financial crunch, the idea of a ‘safe Spain’ has come to the fore. With other traditional winter sun holiday destinations experiencing troubles, more people have turned to Spain.”

Rolling into town for holiday home ROLLING STONES guitarist Ronnie Wood has chosen the Catalan capital Barcelona to buy a holiday home. The musician has bought the entire floor of a listed building in the city centre. The 66-year-old attended a party marking the opening of the Lucas Fox Property Lounge at its central Barcelona Headquarters, along with his wife, 34-year-old theatre producer Sally Humphreys and his manager, Sherry Daly. Wood started househunting in Catalunya in March, 2013, with his

property advisor Marie Harrison and also looked at properties in Sitges and the Costa Brava The property is currently being gutted and will be renovated by renowned Barcelona interior designer Jaime Beristain, whose brief includes designing an artist studio for Wood who is rapidly becoming as famous for his art as for his music. Among the attendees at the launch were a number of prominent figures of Barcelona’s arts, business and social scene as well as Catalunya’s Minister for Housing, Carles Sala.

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AST week I said how after my dog Boy Boy (BB) recovered from the lifethreatening condition of bloat (twisted stomach) his eating habits changed. He started gulping his food down, which can be dangerous and even life-threatening. The faster they eat, the less they chew, which can cause them to choke. When they race through their food they are also swallowing a large amount of air. This can result in something relatively simple but unpleasant like burping or passing gas. This usually occurs with large, deep-chested breeds, but small dogs can suffer, too. It can cause a food bloat from the large

amount of air and how much they eat. With food bloat their stomachs have not twisted yet, but the chances of that happening while they are bloated with food/air is greatly increased. This is life-threatening and can cause serious damage to the stomach, or death. They MUST be seen immediately by your veterinarian, there is NO home remedy. Any time your dog looks bloated or suddenly ‘fatter’, they should be seen immediately by the vet, since x-rays are needed for diagnosis. Bloated belly, walking hunched over, attempting to vomit (unsuccessfully), listlessness and pacing are the common symptoms seen with bloat. I have now slowed BB down. A good idea is to use a metal nontip food/water bowl. Flip it upside down and spread the food in the ring around the centre. For BB to

BLOAT: Small dogs can suffer this lifethreatening condition too. get all the food he has to circle around the bowl as well as pick his head up to shift to the other side. Another idea is to place a large rock in their food bowl and spread the food around it. (only use large rocks because some dogs may eat the rocks if small enough).

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IT IS ILLEGAL TO SKIPPER BOATS WITHOUT A VALID LICENCE. If you are caught skippering a power boat without a licence, you WILL BE FINED. Possessing an (internationally recognised) RYA licence saves money. Contact us now with NO OBLIGATION. Richard Plaster 638 056 224 / enquiries@serenity sailing.com / http://serenity sailing.com/powerboating-lev el-2 (207534)

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VENDING BUSINESS, 8,995€. 28 Pringle machines, mostly sited, includes stock. Tel 680 501 404 (218905)

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FIREWOOD

RIB Predator 2005. Optimax 135 engine. Awesome power. Carries 8 people. Good condition with extras. British registered.10,950€ ono. Tel 661 028 039 Benissa area (217594)

FLOOR POLISHING

www.dragonreforms.com. Tel 966 807 098 Free quotes given. (217756)

MINI DIGGER, Dumper, Bobcat with operator for hire. Pedregeur based. Keith 639 620 448 (216682)

CARPENTER - All types of woodwork, floors, decks, doors, renovations, etc. 20 years of experience. Call Raul 657 434 369. Free quotes given. (219787)

¡¡¡HEMME’S ROOF & BUILDING SERVICE!!! Traditional and modern Mediterranean roofing. 10 years guaranteed. Call 608 330 544 (200372) VILLA Painting Northern Costa Blanca, Exterior, Interior, tidyup your property or 10 year guarantee work call Paul on 667427271 (209216) www.dragonreforms.com Tel 966 807 098. Free quotes given. (217756)

BUSINESS FOR SALE FANTASTIC opportunity to buy fully licensed, established and operational bicycle hire business. On beach front in Javea. Enquire for full details. 645 403 854 (209243)

AT MICHAEL’S Two beige high quality leather sofas in the Port shop. See: www.michaels-javea.com (219753) AT MICHAEL’S See over 45 d i f fe r e n t c o f fe e t a b l e s o n our website and lots more g r e a t q u a l i ty fu r n i t u r e ! www.michaels-javea .com (219753) AT MICHAEL’S High quality pre-owned furniture and New beds. Deliveries free. www. michaels-javea.com (219753) MICHAEL’S 30 YEARS IN JAVEA - ENSURES YOUR S A T I S F A C T I O N ! www.michaels-javea.com Tel 96-579 1328 (219753) I BUY RECORDS 50’s to the 90’s. Best prices for good records. Tel: 622 750 117 / 962 851 809 (217984)

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FLOOR POLISHING, all marble types. Excellent professional, excellent service. Free estimates. Tel: 627 103 412 (218949)

CARPENTRY

www.100percentplumbing. com Call for a free quotation 965 835 939 (87006)

QUICK RENOVATIONS. www.eurobuild.es. We build and refurbish fast, at the best price & quality. Call 677 671 713 (217896)

ELECTRICAL UPGRADES. Moving meter boxes to boundaries. Rewiring with all paperwork issued. Surge protectors. 20 yrs experience on the Costa Blanca. ELECTRICS GOODMANS. Follow us on Facebook. Mark tel. 608 669 165 / 965 831 082 (217967)

FIREWOOD. Stored one year under roof. Best prices. Carlos 607 470 223 (206683)

BUILDING SERVICES

BOATS

POOL TABLES, Snooker Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Darts Tel: 666 933 726 www.spainpool.com (218571)

CHARITIES 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 (216721)

CHIMNEY SWEEP DON CHIMENEA, chimney sweep. Denia to Calpe and beyond. Tel 647 897 710 www.donchimenea.com (217837) CHIMNEY sweep. Clean, efficient service.660 844 623 (206562)

CLEANING A1 SPECIALIST CLEANING. Carpets, upholstery, 15 years experience 965 058 177 / 697 511 071 marc@barnaclebills .co.uk www.britishbusinesspa gesinspain.es (208039)

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DAMP “RISING DAMP” can cure Rising Damp, Leaking Flat Roof or Terrace. WE can make your Underbuild Dry. Villa Re-painting Due! We can protect your villa and stop PENETRATING DAMP with a Protective coating. 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 (219819)

DRIVING SCHOOL ENGLISH speaking driving school in Benidorm - EUROVIAL - unbeatable special offers - flexible hours - intensive courses - refresher lessons - Benidorm, next Hotel Baly - 645 475 949 / www.au toescuelaeurovial.com (218112)

ELEC CIGARETTES NICMAXX. Very high quality electronic cigarettes delivered to your door. Easy order online or by phone. Quantity discounts and cash on delivery option. www.nicmaxx.eu or Tel 962 839 156 / 635 706 359 (217914)

ELECTRICIANS ALL washers/dryers/dishwashers/boilers/electrics in the house repaired. 626 828 974 (217992) www.dragonreforms.com Tel. 966 807 098. Free quotes given. (217756)

FIND LOVE IN THE SUN www.iwant2meetyou.com. Browse for free Spain’s No. 1 online dating site. Bringing expats together. (208478)

GENERATORS FOR SALE. Lister Petter water cooled diesel generator. 2/3 phase. 10/11 Kva. New 1998, only 700 hours use. Well maintained and in perfect working order. €2,995. Tel 965 973 370 / 616 031 986 or aitchennequin@gmail.com for more info and photos.(218906)

GARDENING TREE SPECIALIST, cut and removal of palm/pine trees. Size not a problem. Also dangerous & difficult work. Garden cleaning and gravelling. Free estimates. 627 103 412 (218949) THE TEAM Gardening Maintenance. Pool and Jet Cleaning. Quote Euro Weekly News for 10% discount. Call Stephen 650 984 348 (217949) ALL palm tree services. Please call Lee 618 146 228 or Thomas 699 524 934 (97547) LANDSCAPER - trained and registered. Do the right thing! Get the expert for quality and service. Call Andy 634 809 379 (219943)

GOLD WANTED ALEXANDERS Antique Jewellers pay top London prices. Est 2003, Open Mon-Sat 10am-2pm. Javea port seafront. 965 792 595 (217798)

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CLASSIFIEDS GOLD WANTED. English jeweller will buy broken, unwanted jewellery and coins. 664 890 990 (217530)

MOBILE HOMES WE BUY, Sell, Remove all 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 (207499)

HANDYMAN 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 (217916)

MORTGAGES GROUND CLAUSE: Paying too much mortgage interest due to Ground Clause? For more information and free calculation: www.Clausula-Sue lo.com (219595)

HEALTH & BEAUTY CHIROPODIST/PODIATRIST, Philip Mann, clinics in Benissa, Moraira, Javea, Calpe and Albir. 686 912 307 (217965)

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24 - 30 October 2013 / Costa Blanca Nor th WANTED Cars, vans, caravans, 4 X 4’s British Spanish 600 781 873 ibuyany car@hotmail.com (216711)

NEED YOUR PETS TAKEN CARE OF? Not kennels, just a friendly home. Large fenced area. 699 790 080 Altea (217753)

DISCOUNT TYRES, Call 966 875 600 (216579)

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 pawspettransport@gmail.com. Quote ewn1 (209004)

PAINTER/DECORATOR W. D GILMOUR. Painter & Decorator. Established 35 years in Moraira. Estimates FREE. Call William on 609 691 776 or 966 197 170. (217855) www.decorlux.es painting, decorating, renovation. Covering the Costa Blanca and inland since 1996. Estimates free. Tel 649 181 526 (217755) FOR the Perfect Finish and Fastest in Villa painting (average villa three days) speak to The Airless Paint Spraying and Machine Hire for a quotation for us to paint, or to hire you a machine. Instruction is free. 965 846 620 / ehohara @gmail.com. (208270) KITCHEN cupboards looking tired/outdated? Reface/repaint instead of replacing. See examples www.repaintit.es 678 179 346 (217935)

PEST CONTROL CHEAP, all insects and rodents. 648 057 091 (217992)

PETS

www.woofersandfriends. com. Your pets home from home while you are away. 663 540 300 (217879)

PET INSURANCE PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371. www.protectapet.eu (216721)

PET TRANSPORT INTERPAWS: 20 years’ licensed pet transportation. Competitive rates. Difficult dog? Effective behavioural training in your home. www.interpaws.com, janette@interpaws.com 689 742 289 (218076)

PIANO TUNING PIANO TUNING and repairs. PIANOMAN 607 346 658 + 608 191 616 pianoman@pianoman.es (217980)

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www.dragonreforms.com Tel. 966 807 098. Free quotes given (217756)

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 (200622)

LOCKSMITH LOCKSMITH/ELECTRICIAN/CARPENTER for emergency safe opening Altea area. Call Michael Rice 686 513 510 or Calpe area Sean Gannon 667 507 630 (218537)

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SOS INSURANCE. www.sosinsuranceinspain.com. Best prices available. CALL US FIRST for all your insurance needs, including best deals on funeral plans. Buildings and contents cover from just 98 euros per year. Tel: 966 787 123 / 686 116 297 (216735)

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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!

THE DRAIN TEAM 24 hour services. No call out charge. All blockages, leak detection, pressure jetting. Quote Euro Weekly News for 10% discount. Call Stephen 650 984 348 www.thedrainteam.es (217949) PLUMBING SERVICES. From leaking tap to full bathroom/kitchen installation. 24 hour call out. 634 303 830. Moraira, Calpe, surrounding areas (217950)

POOL SERVICES YES YOU CAN HAVE A POOL - We design & install Wooden Above-Ground Pools. Pools installed from 1,185€. With above ground pools there is “No Planning Permission Required”. You can also pay in Sterling. Phone or email for a FREE BROCHURE NOW. info@piscinasmadera.com Tel: 965 050 064 / 634 322 672 www.piscinasmadera.com (219819)

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. apartments@playaal birsl.e.telefonica.net / Tel/fax 966 866 206 (209176)

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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) JALON VALLEY. Quality villas and apartments to let. Long and and short term. All facilities. Tel 605 231 331 (217907) AN INDEPENDENT Bungalow to rent in Urb San Rafael, private garage parking, ONLY FOR PENSIONERS. Tel 670 378 899 (218947) TO RENT, a spacious one bedroom apartment in excellent condition. Situated in Moraira, includes garden & swimming pool. 325€/pcm. Tel 672 541 728 (218943) BENIDORM, Paraiso-Centro, monthly/yearly. 649 959 93

PROPERTY FOR SALE NEW HOUSE. Benissa coast, 335m2 area, 2025m2 plot, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, pool, big garage, sea views, 415,000€. HOUSE FOR REFURBISHING. Gata de Gorgos, 160m2 area, 825m2 plot, 2.5km from Gata, 10kms from beach. 965 832 658 / 629 991 543 (217990) MORAIRA - €130,000, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, terraced bungalow, garage. Tel 965 744 641 or email gen neydawn@hotmail.com

PROPERTY UK LUXURY STUDIO APARTMENT FOR SALE ST ANNES ON SEA, UK. 10 mins from Blackpool airport. Ideal UK base. Large lounge/bedroom. Luxury kitchen and bathroom. Large attic room above. Double glazed. Parking. Near shops, beach and Royal Lytham Golf Course. Reduced to GBP54,000. Ring British owner 0044 1772 701 237 for details or email elisepeterson1 @live.co.uk (217564)

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FROM UK to SPAIN. EXTRA LONG wheel based van travelling to Spain from UK by owner/driver within next two weeks. Requires full load. Reasonable rates. Tel 0044 7583 761 636 or email rosiestu art@outlook.com (219578)

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CUSTOMER waiting for 3+ bedroom property in La Nucia. Must have a garden and ideally a private pool. Our family are wanting to rent on a long term basis and can make an immediate decision. 966 260 877 (209100)

REMOVAL/STORAGE 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 (201300) 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 (209004) UK - SPAIN Removals. Masses of experience. New clean vehicles. Insured with AXA. Genuinely CARING service. FULL and part moves. ONLINE QUOTES!! bmceuropean.com UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 (207584) BENIDORM AND SURROUNDING AREAS. REMOVALS. 655 239 797 (217937) MR SHIFTER House Removals and Clearance. Full or part loads. Spain and UK fortnightly. Fully insured. Spanish mobile: 722 218 087 (209207) FURNITURE VAN FOR HIRE with driver. Careful local moves, Costa Blanca & UK. Hourly rate or fixed price. Call 676 644 014 (217894)

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REPAIRS, cords, slats, winding mechanisms, motors. Calpe + 40 kms. Tony Bowers 659 464 992 www.toldosalchemy.com (219022)

SCRAP VEHICLES SCRAP VEHICLES wanted for cash. Call 646 726 377 (219836)

SERVICES BLUE SKY REPAIRS to all domestic appliances, also all TV and home audio. Entertainment equipment, professional audio & c ommercial appliances. Contact 626 430 671 or 966 875 283 (209232)

SEWING MADE TO MEASURE loose covers. Choose from a wide range of materials in your own home. Javea area 686 453 827 (219535)

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FREE accommodation in Spain this winter in return for handyman work. For further details email: oasisparks@ya hoo.co.uk or 696 090 776 (218521) LOOKING for hairdressers. Full time and part time. Call Elin 606 569 924 / 965 888 688 (97532) INTERNET and software company is looking for motivated people for our sales department. Call 627 154 639 (209248) EXPERIENCED CARERS REQUIRED! Join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from £868 - £1330 for 2 weeks. Good written/spoken English/ British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consultuscare.com. (99902) NUSKIN independent distributors wanted and party planners, stay at home mums, this is your extra income for Christmas and every Christmas thereafter. Call 629 293 042 or email ageloc.mk@gmail.com (218913) WANTED part-time experienced gardener for business in Javea area 606 049 550 (218952)

www.euroweeklynews.com DEDICATED and focused sales staff required for in-house sales position in Benidorm. No experience needed as full training given. Call Paul on 672 232 511 for first instance or email cv to lisa@benidor mallinclusive.com (218913)

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MARK PADDON BSc Hons. Building surveying. MCIOB, CAAT. From 245 EUROS + IVA. Insured and legally registered in Spain. Tel: 653 733 066 / 962 807 247 www.costablancasurveyors. com (219957)

SPANISH young woman, English speaker, offers to w ork with elderly: health care, housework and translations. Qualifications and experience working in UK. References available. Tel 617 653 406 (217559)

15 DAYS SWIMMING POOL. www.edenpool.net. We build your pool in 15 days, at the best price & quality. Pool experts. Call 677 671 713 (217896)

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CONTENEDORES MATA - SKIP HIRE 3-5-10m3. Tel 965 790 172 / 679 440 046 (217930) JAVEA SKIP HIRE 626 670 038, Moraira, Benissa, Calpe, Denia from S & W TOOL HIRE & FERRETERIA MORAIRA (217861)

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 (217958)

SOLAR POWER LOWEST PRICES IN SPAIN, www.solarmegas tore.es (217507) www.euroweeklynews.com

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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)

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CLASSIFIEDS TILING JUST TILING, all floors terracing, kitchens, bathrooms. No job too small. From Oliva to Altea. Contact Geoff 620 237 869 / 966 456 546 (217857)

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TV / SATELLITE FREESAT UK TV via satellite (non subscription) From 299€, Sky+HD, SkyCards (Without UK Address) BASE SATELLITE 962800807, 620255928, info@basesatellite.com, www.basesatellite.com (209216)

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WIG SPECIALISTS WIGS-R-US. Indoor Market Rincon de Loix, Benidorm. Monday - Saturday 10 - 3. Also outlet at Wel Cisne, Benidorm Thursday, Saturday, Sunday 10 - 2. Home visits. 690 378 844 (206621)

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24 - 30 October 2013 / Costa Blanca Nor th WIFE, HUSBAND OR BOTH available for your pleasure. Singles or couples. Benidorm 672 590 877. NO PRIVATE NUMBERS (209016)

BISEXUAL NATURIST COUPLE offer massage. Fun nude time together with discretion. B & B available, near Benidorm. 608 502 586 (217394)

GENTLEMEN the amazing chewable fast-acting Kamagra. Also blues and jellies. All guaranteed. Same day delivery. Ring Keith 687 357 529 (218888)

GENERIC Viagra extra strength 120mgs. Also Kamagra 100mgs and Weekenders (Cialis). www.costablues.com or phone Colin 680 878 735 (218929)

CAROLINE, 40 year old English rose. Easy to find in Benidorm. 602 507 625. NO PRIVATE NUMBERS (209016)

BENIDORM. Luxury German-Swiss girl, 28 years. Veronika. High class escort service. Independent and discreet. 697 648 395 (217968)

ALBIR, BENIDORM. Young beautiful lady, speaks English, offers massage and escort service. 626 096 866 (217944) DENIA, 2 females, very hard… Special services. Fendom. 666 139 928 appointmenht, English & German spoken (218945)

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SAN VICENTE DEL RASPEIG. 5 female masseurs. Tatami, Californian, stretcher and 4 hands. 637 128 329 (217996)

BRITISH Black Beauty in Benidorm, 40. Spoil yourself. Call 688 208 580 In and Out (206682) GAY, BI OR CURIOUS. www.H20sauna.com, 46 Tomas Ortuño, Benidorm Old Town. Every day from 2pm (209016)

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Glynn takes win ORBA Warblers Golf Society played at El Bosque, with 26 members taking part. Glynn Braidley won Division One with 36 points, second place went to Derek Gray (33) and third place to Fred Cooley (32). Division Two was won by Peter Gibson (35) followed by John Daniels (30) in second place, with Barbara Pollitt (29) in third.

Play golf and help children TWO Individual Stableford competitions will be held at Alicante Golf in order to raise money for The Friends of Children of EMAUS charity. They will take place on October 28 and 30 starting at 9.30am, with the style of play a Stableford off handicap plus slope. Entry is €45 per player, including a buggy, to play the 18-hole course. To enter email your name and handicap to noeleastwell@gmail.com The Friends of the Children of EMAUS is a voluntary group, based in the Northern Costa Blanca, whose purpose is to raise funds to improve the lives of children in the EMAUS children’s shelters. The charity said: “The EMAUS Children’s Homes are in desperate need of help. The monetary crisis has made the Valencian Government make severe cutbacks in its aid to EMAUS and means the children in our care are suffering even more than in the past. Apart from the enormous debt still owing the EMAUS association for over two years, all future funding from the regional government will be cut by 30 per cent.” More information visit: www.fcemaus.com

This weekend will see the Warblers Treasure Hunt at Benissa, which starts at 11am. The next Warblers meeting is on October 30 at the Villaitana Levante course, for a Stableford game sponsored by Spectrum IFA Group.

Guests are welcome, book in on www.orbawarblers.com.

IN GOOD SPIRITS: Warblers winners.

Vettel and Marquez getting near to the finishing line and Chesterfield-Bristol Germany, followed by matches with Denmark, Rovers (FL2). Tony Matthews FOOTBALL - England, the USA and two others in International Sports despite winning their final the New Year. A former football player two qualifying group Last weekend, PL and the world’s most prolific author of football matches, will NOT be leaders Arsenal beat books (more than 100 seeded when the draw is Norwich; Liverpool (now published), Tony is also the sports reporter for made for the 2014 World 3rd, with Steven Gerrard’s Spectrum Radio and lives in the Cabrera Cup on December 6. 100th top-flight goal) drew mountains. Therefore, they could at Newcastle; Chelsea Costa de Almeria initially meet Argentina, (2nd) defeated Cardiff; Everton (7th) pipped Hull; Brazil, even Spain. IT’S almost certain that And Roy Hodgson has Southampton (6th) drew in India on Sunday, arranged several friendlies at Manchester United; Sebastian Vettel WILL win before Rio, starting with Manchester City (4th) won Wembley at West Ham; Spurs (5th) the F1 world title for the back-to-back next beat Aston Villa and fourth successive year. And games Swansea belted either Marc Marquez (298 month Change Sunderland points) or Jorge Lorenzo against (bottom). (280) will be crowned Chile of coach The derbies MotoGP champion, with and between Marquez firm favourite LAURA ROBSON may ahead of Sunday’s choose Maria Sharapova’s Millwall-QPR (Championpenultimate race in Japan. former mentor ship) and The opening ceremony Thomas Hogstedt Wolvesof the Rugby League as her next Coventry (FL1) World Cup takes place in coach. ended in draws; Cardiff on Saturday. Plymouth, making Top football matches on football’s longest return Saturday/Sunday are: journey, a 754-mile round Villa-Everton, Chelseatrip to Hartlepool, lost, and Manchester City, Crystal Celtic and Rangers are Palace-Arsenal, Liverpoolrunning away with the SPL WBA, Manchester Unitedand SL1 respectively. Stoke, SunderlandRUGBY UNION - Last Newcastle (the Tyneside Friday, 61,418 fans at derby) and Spurs-Hull Wembley (a Heineken Cup (PL); Blackpool-Blackburn, pool game record) saw Burnley-QPR and DerbyToulouse beat Saracens; Birmingham (ChampionCardiff Blues, Glasgow, ship), unbeaten Leyton Leicester, Leinster, Orient-Rotherham (FL1) Munster, Northampton and Ulster also won the latest games. CRICKET - India’s ONLY four midfielders have scored 100 PL goals: Sachin Tendulkar (40) will Frank Lampard (166); Ryan Giggs (109); Paul retire next month. He’s Scholes (107); Steven Gerrard (100). already scored 83,502 runs

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in 950 matches - 15,837 in 198 Tests, 18,426 in ODIs, 2,334 in the IPL, 10 in one 20/20 game and 46,895 at club level. The only player to hit 100 centuries and score 200 in limited over competitions, he’s struck 241 hundreds (best knock 248) and 403 fifties in a brilliant career which began in 1987. Bangladeshi Sohag Gazi is the first cricketer to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same Test, doing so against Pakistan. Soon afterwards Pakistan ended South Africa’s 14 match unbeaten run with victory in Abu Dhabi. CYCLING - In the European indoor track championships in Holland, GB riders Jason Kenny, Jess Varnish, Laura Trott (two gold) and Joanna Rowsell have all won medals, with more to come!

IN MEMORIAM Before Leyton Orient’s home game with MK Dons earlier this month, a plaque was unveiled to commemorate the life of soccer legend Laurie Cunningham. He played for the Os (1974-77), WBA, Real Madrid, England and others before his tragic death in a car crash near Madrid in 1989, aged 33.

Denia on top DENIA RFC started this year’s Liga 2 campaign with a win against Rugby Club Alzira. Denia opened the scoring after five minutes with a 40metre run from Ariel to score a try near the posts. Alzira replied after 20 minutes with a penalty, closely followed by another penalty from Ricardo which took the score to 8-3. Just before halftime Alzira took the lead with a well worked try, following a scrum on the Denia line, making the score 8-10 at half-time. In the second half Denia scored a penalty which was soon cancelled out by another penalty for Alzira who stole an 11-13 lead. Denia then drove forward against the Alzira defence which gave Yovanni the chance to drive over from close range to regain the lead and make it 16-13. Soon after Ricardo extended the lead with another penalty and in the final minutes Denia scored with a try and conversion from Ricardo, to take the final score to 26-13.

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Double win for Ford-Dunn pair THE Ford-Dunn brothers were in dominant form at the fourth round of the Spanish Supermoto championship at Villena, Alicante. The British brothers, who live in Murcia, had been training hard over

the summer to make sure they were in top form for the final rounds of the season, and it showed with both brothers qualifying in second position in their respective classes. Anthony was the first to race in the prestigious SM Open class and secured the overall win for the day by taking a win and two second positions from his three races, beating the reigning Spanish champion Francesca Cucharera and former Spanish champion

Israel Escalera. Next out was older brother Mat who was racing in the SM Master 35 class. Mat finished a close second in his first race and knew that to take the overall win and maintain his championship lead then a win in the second race was the only option. The start of the race was delayed slightly whilst Mat was fed salt on the grid after he suffered leg and arm cramps. An outstanding effort saw him dive down the

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TOP CLASS: Anthony and Mat both qualified in second. inside of the leader to take the lead and the win on the last corner of the last lap. The 2-1 result gave him the overall win and both brothers stood on the top step of the podium at the end of the days racing. Team Sponsor Shane Stratton from Stratton

Motorsports had flown in to watch the days racing and was delighted with the double victory and the possibility of clinching the SM Master championship at the forthcoming Albaida race.

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CALPE Bowls Club, sponsored by Europa Network S.L. journeyed to Benitachell, where they played the Tigers and drew five points each. To make the scoring level, Alan Steed, Enid Duxbury and Ray Heath won 26 points to 16, whereas Stan Walmsley, Glenda Rowe and Barry Rowe lost 9 points to 19. Kate Sayers, Tony Sayers and Barry Stephens won 20 points to 17 and Paul Brown, Ernie Ritchie and Terry Street lost 17 points to 20. Geoff Hutchinson, Sheila Garnham and Vi Thomas (friendly) lost 6 points to 33.