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A record-breaking August for airport
Price crash PRICES for the province’s agricultural produce have fallen by 37 per cent since Russia announced its veto on EU imports. Many reductions were unjustified speculation, the Asaja-Alicante co-operative has claimed.
Costly fare THE €13.50 charge for a 10-journey bus ticket in Benidorm is one of Spain’s dearest, the Compromis party has said. Madrid charges €12.20, Barcelona €10.30 and Alicante €8.70, it claimed.
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Alfaz to do its own thing ALFAZ DEL PI has allocated €30,000 of its budget to fire-fighting and prevention. The town hall is still waiting to hear from the Generalitat regional government after asking to be included in the Forestry Employment Plan. The Generalitat scheme is intended to kill two birds with one stone by providing work for the jobless while employing them to keep a fire watch, clear woodland and assist in extinguishing flames. Meanwhile, the town is setting up its
own programme as the ongoing drought shows no sign of relenting, leaving woodland and countryside tinder-dry. The environmentally-valuable Sierra Helada National Park is motive enough to have included Alfaz del Pi, the town mayor, Vicente Arques, reasoned. Nevertheless, Alfaz’s own fireprevention and extinction plans will not include conservation and clearing the park between Albir and Benidorm. Maintenance there is the Generalitat’s responsibility and neither town may intervene.
ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport has registered a new record in the number of passengers. According to AENA, the Spanish airports authority, more people than ever used the airport during the month of August. With more than 1.2 million passengers, it was the busiest month in the history of the airport, surpassing July and showing a 4 per cent increase compared to August 2013. There were 132,051 travellers who arrived or departed via domestic flights, an increase of over 22 per cent compared to August last year. International flights also rose by 1.8 per cent with 532,329 passengers from the UK and 90,213 from Germany. The airport handled a total of 8,169 flights during the month of August.
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Special treatment for Teulada palms THE palm trees lining Avenida Madrid in Teulada have been inspected for the deadly red weevil. Costa Blanca palms have been under attack by the voracious insects for some time now and many have succumbed. Following a close examination by technical staff from a specialist company assessed by Alicante University, several Teulada trees were found to harbour the dreaded ‘picudo rojo’. All of the Avenida Madrid palms are municipal property and nine were so badly affected that it was decided they should be felled in the interests of public safety. Others that the experts believe can be saved will receive treatment, which, if successful, should give them a certain degree of immunity from the weevil. These will be sprayed with authorised pesticides and receive injections of fungibased products directly through their trunks. Until now attention has generally been restricted to the trees known as Canary palms, but inspections have been extended to similar-looking date palms and washingtonia palms with their fan-shaped leaves.
PALMS: Getting a closer look.
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NEWS More jobs BENIDORM hotels took on 609 more workers in June and July, a 6 per cent increase on 2013. Overall, personnel employed by Costa Blanca hotels rose by 8 per cent. Inland poaching DESPITE an authorised cull of non-native Barbary sheep in inland Alicante, hunters are killing more than their licences allow. They face fines of up to €1,000, the regional environment department has warned.
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Big plans for Solgarden SOLGARDEN in Villajoyosa is finalising expansion plans with the local council’s legal department. Guidelines were suggested by the town hall following the Norwegian-run residence’s request to enlarge the existing installation. Accepting these will pave the way to tripling the residence’s current size, Villajoyosa Town Council explained.
La Vila’s links with Norway go back many years and the Solgarden complex, which opened in 1972, is now visited annually by 5,000 people who are disabled or have health problems. Another residence, Vistamar, receives an annual 1,000 clients a year while a further 2,000 Norwegian tourists visit the town annually independently of the centres.
The plan to enlarge Solgarden was one of the best pieces of news during the present legislation, said Villajoyosa’s mayor Jaime Lloret. “We are all aware of the sincerity and commitment of Norwegians when carrying out a project. We are also know what this means to the local economy and the number of jobs it will create,” he said.
Help at hand FREE counselling is available in Alfaz for women with breast cancer and their families. The scheme is the outcome of co-operation between the town hall and the Anenoma support group.
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FIRST seen in Spain in 2007, orange-winged dragonflies were discovered in Alicante for the first time last month. They were brought here by a succession of warm fronts, botanists believed.
STONE AGE cave paintings in Sarga, near Alcoy, have been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC). Adjoining land and paths are now also under official protection.
Closer look THE regional government has requested more details on emissions from the San Juan crematorium. Earlier analyses omitted naphthalene levels and these must now be measured, the Health Department said.
Streets ahead CAMPELLO plans to resurface and improve more than 30 roads in the town. The €1 million cost will be covered by last year’s budget surplus of more than €8 million.
Heavy loads ONCE rubbish arrives from Vall d’Albaid (Valencia) as planned Fontcalent’s landfill site will receive an annual 115,000 tons of refuse from outside the area, compared with 96,000 from Alicante City.
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Aqueduct facelift THE remains of Petrel’s San Rafael aqueduct, built between the 14th and 15th centuries, will be cleaned and graffiti removed. Alicante’s provincial government is providing €15,700 of the €22,700 cost.
Final warning STUDENTS at Alicante University are given seven ‘last chances’ to avoid being sent down for underperforming. Last year 350 students used all their options and were asked to leave.
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Toy story FLYING THE FLAG: Catalans celebrate their National Day.
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Celebrating all things Catalan
ODAY (Thursday) is the National Day of Catalonia. Traditionally a day to celebrate the region’s heroes, it has also become a focus point for many people to demonstrate for Catalan independence. All around the region, and particularly in the capital Barcelona, there will be events and demonstrations planned to mark the day, which is held on September 11 every year. Organisations and political parties will lay flowers and wreaths at monuments to local heroes throughout the region. There will be political demonstrations, many calling for independence, and meetings in memory of the solidiers who defended Barcelona during the war of the Spanish Succession.
Quote of the Week We do not rule out any scenarios.’ Josep Rull from Convergencia i Unio (CiU) talking to El Mundo about the Catalan referendum on independence to take place on November 9 when asked if CiU would unilaterally declare independence with Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya.
It is also a day for festivities with concerts featuring traditional Catalan music, plenty of private parties and huge paellas cooked for communal meals. The day marks the anniversary of the Bourbon forces’ recapture of Barcelona on September 11, 1714, after a siege. When the Autonomous Region of Catalonia was set up in 1979 one of its first acts was to declare September 11 the Day of Catalonia. It was to mark the painful memories of the defeat and loss of freedoms that happened in 1714. So in 1980, September 11 was officially a public holiday for the first time. Many shops and businesses in the region will be closed, but it is not a holiday in other parts of Spain.
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is the number of people in Spain who cannot read or write and 67 per cent of them (490,000) are women, according to data from the National Statistics Institute from 2011.
TOY exports rose 14 per cent to €181 million between January and July. Although Alicante factories accounted for €54 million of the total, their exports fell by 4 per cent.
Paperwork error RENOVATING La Jara’s Gual Villalbi school cannot begin until January following a bureaucratic mix-up. Pupils will be able to move in for the 2015-2016 academic year, the Education councillor has confirmed.
Lame excuse A SAN VICENTE woman faces prosecution after her two dogs died while she was away. She was let down by a friend who had promised to feed them, she told police.
And finally... Two women in Vitoria were brought up on charges for allegedly locking their sixyear-old daughters in a car before going for a drink. The minors called the 112 emergency service from inside the locked vehicle.
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More spaces THE new car-park at Alfaz’s sports complex opens at the end of this month. Five of the 150 spaces at the €300,000 installation will be reserved for disabled drivers.
Fair trade LA NUCIA will hold Exponucia, its first trade fair, from October 24-26 at the Camilo Cano sports stadium.
Savvy young NINETY-FIVE per cent of the region’s 10 to 15-year-olds connect to the internet and 65.8 per cent own a mobile phone. They are more technologically-inclined than the national average, Telefonica found.
GRAPE-PICKING: Then time to relax and exchange impressions afterwards.
A ‘grape’ time in Benitachell
FIFTEEN people joined Benitachell’s first ‘Atardecer entre viñedos’ grapepicking expedition. The scheme is important from the point of view of the town’s economy and tourism, said Manolo Segarra, the councillor responsible for economic
affairs. And it also provided an opportunity for visitors to discover the landscape and learn more about Benitachell’s roots, he explained. Participants, including a family from Holland and one from the US, learnt about the different growth
cycles of the grapes destined for wine as well as raisins. They also saw at first-hand the locally-grown organic grapes destined for the town’s own BioMoscatell wine. Afterwards they shared their thoughts on their experiences.
Ring-road going round in circles DENIA’S Ronda Norte orbital road is becoming a vicious circle. Following an Alicante court ruling, the town hall must return €5.817 million in guarantees deposited by the company Ronda Norte SL, which won the contract to construct the road. It must also pay the bank charges of €60,000 a year that have accumulated since 2013.
The Supreme Court annulled Denia’s 2012 Plan Transitorio development scheme which included the Ronda Norte road and the contractors want their three deposits back. Denia Town Hall argued that the contract to build the road had already been awarded and could not be halted. The impasse continues.
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Smoother ride THE national government will spend almost €6 million on resurfacing Valencian Community roads. Twenty-nine people died in regional traffic accidents in July and August, 107 per cent more than last year.
Gas explosion TWO adults were admitted to hospital with first degree burns after a gas explosion at their San Juan home.
Unsafe plot THE Compromis party in Gandia has criticised plans for a new British school on the site of the former municipal CSI-COM employment office. This is on a flood plain, the party warned.
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Bed closures were ‘not a problem’ MORE than 200 beds in Alicante Province hospitals were closed this summer to cover staff holidays. Despite the reductions, wards were only 70 per cent occupied in July and August, the regional government announced.
The closures did not clog the system or affect patient care, insisted Manuel Llombart who heads the Generalitat regional government’s health department. Beds were less necessary than in the past, he pointed out, owing to new surgical procedures and operations not requiring an overnight stay. The closures would reopen as the need arose. “No Alicantino will be refused admittance to hospital because of a bed shortage,” Llombart insisted. He also dismissed a damning report by the FADSP federation of public health defence associations. Its verdict that the Valencian Community had one of the worst health services in Spain was subjective, AS the high season draws to an end, Benissa Llombart claimed. Nine out totted up its August totals. of 10 users were ‘satisfied’ Figures revealed 75 per cent occupancy for or ‘very satisfied’ with the tourist apartments during the last fortnight of regional health service, he August, demand for rural accommodation rose to added. 67 per cent, and hotels were 60 per cent full.
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Swimmer dies from heart attack A 74-YEAR-OLD French tourist died after suffering a heart attack on the Arenal-Bol beach in Calpe. He had swum out to the buoys which set the limits of the area reserved for bathers some 200 metres distant from the shore, witnesses said later. A friend who was accompanying him helped him back to the shore when he complained of chest pains but despite their efforts, medics could not save his life.
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BENIARRES reservoir is only 19 per cent full, the lowest for 35 years, admitted the Confederacion Hidrografica del Jucar (CHJ) water board. Despite its depleted state, irrigation systems dependent on Beniarres
water are guaranteed, the CHJ said. The prolonged absence of rain is nevertheless taking its toll and the Polop and Molinar rivers, both tributaries of the Serpis which feed Beniarres, have run dry. But the province
will continue to receive irrigation water, the CHJ insisted. This applied not only to the Serpis basin but also the Amadorio dam in Villajoyosa, which is at 16 per cent capacity, and the Guadalest reservoir at 36 per cent.
FIESTAS: No fireworks but plenty of everything else.
No bang to end Loreto fiestas
JAVEA’S Virgen de Loreto fiestas are over for another year. As usual they featured all the events that residents and visitors look forward to, including the Bous a La Mar bull-baiting at the port with the bar serving drinks and tapas of freshly-caught fish. One thing was missing, however. The end-of-fiestas fireworks’ display, like all of the Loreto fiestas’ main events, should have been held at the port where it has taken place for more than four decades.
But this was vetoed by the regional government owing to stringent fireprevention regulations prompted by the severe drought. These stipulate that fireworks’ displays must be at least 500 metres distant from woodland and the customary site on the harbour breakwater is only 470 metres away from trees on Cabo de San Antonio. Next year, organisers and the town hall are considering installing the fireworks on floating pontoons.
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Head wound ‘not a case for urgent treatment’ SAN JUAN resident Massimiliano Licciardello went to A&E when he cut his head on a bathroom mirror. After the wound was examined and pronounced a non-urgent scratch by a Triage nurse at San Juan Hospital, he
was sent to the waiting room. Nearly three hours later and with the wound still bleeding, he left and went to Alicante General instead, Licciardello told the provincial Spanish press. There they were ‘shocked’ by the deep wound, Licciardello claimed. He was attended to straightaway and left 18 minutes later with four stitches, he said. When contacted, a STALLHOLDERS at Calpe’s weekly open-air San Juan spokesman market have told the regional ombudsman Jose confirmed the original Cholbi that they want a new site. diagnosis of a non-urgent Their principal concern is safety as the market lesion that was not an wound and is held in the narrow streets of the town centre. open that Once stalls are set up it would be impossible maintained for an ambulance or a fire engine to enter, the Licciardello was called traders said. There are no hydrants in the area two hours after arriving although these are required under health and but had left by then. A dissatisfied safety regulations and there is no evacuation Licciardello has now plan for an emergency, they added. a formal They have contacted the town hall and lodged requested a move to the outskirts of town, complaint about the stallholders said. The town hall previously treatment he received at confirmed that it intended to relocate the San Juan with the market in Avenida Europa, but no steps to do so regional government’s have been taken yet, Cholbi said. health department.
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Lost and found: one Harris’s hawk A DENIA resident sitting peacefully on his terrace was startled when a huge, squawking bird landed beside him. He prudently retreated from the 1.20-metre bird and shutting the terrace doors behind him, immediately went
Making a bad smell sweeter THE Les Canyades landfill site outside Campello is a perennial source of bad smells and residents’ complaints. The Consorcio de Basuras or Refuse Consortium, which oversees rubbish collections in the Alacanti and adjoining areas, is determined to track down the source of the smell. This has pervaded the area for five years and is a health risk, according to some independent reports. The consortium intends to contract an inspector to supervise the arrival of lorries and ensure that correct procedures are observed throughout Les Canyades plant, which is run by the multinational FCC. He or she will also try to track down irregular activities that could be causing the stench. The Generalitat regional government plans to halt work in the composting section and divert organic material to other sites, but the formalities are still being completed. The Generalitat stressed this is a temporary measure until FCC has found a way of eliminating the smell.
indoors. He rang the Local Police from his apartment in the Baix la Mar neighbourhood, nervously watching as the bird paced up and down on his terrace.
To his surprise and relief the policeman who took the call explained that they were already looking for the bird, an escaped pet named Pablo who had disappeared
two days earlier. He is one of a pair of Harris’s hawks owned by Miguel, a young man from Madrid, who spends long periods in Denia. He routinely takes the birds
to the port area so that they can spread their wings but this time they had just arrived from Madrid by road and a disorientated Pablo got lost. They pose no threat
to the public, as he handfeeds the hawks, Miguel explained. “If they were trained to hunt it would be another story and any small dog or cat would be at risk,” he admitted.
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Love boat veers off course LIFESAVERS on Benidorm’s beach leapt into action as an 18-metre launch drifted into the swimming zone. It threatened to collide with a diving platform crowded with swimmers who were warned by the lifeguards to leave the water. One swam out to the launch and found the deck deserted although on calling out an elderly naked man appeared, followed by a much younger
woman wrapped in a towel. After learning that they were endangering swimmers the couple apologised and said the boat must have come adrift from its mooring while they were otherwise engaged. The man then manoeuvred the boat away from the platform, pulling away several of the diving platform’s buoys in the process. Minutes later the launch was seen off the Poniente beach entering the swimming zone at high speed. Lifesavers cherries were less plump approaching the boat than usual. The entire found the woman at the campaign brought in helm, sources said later. approximately €20 million, Her partner explained roughly the same as last that they came so close to the shore to photograph year’s less abundant crop. Cherries also provided the InTempo building employment, said Marcos where he had just bought Simon, President of the an apartment. The launch then made Cerezas de la Montaña cooperative, as picking its way into Altea harbour began in mid-April and where the owner was questioned by police. lasted well into July.
Bumper cherry crop DESPITE one of the worst droughts ever known, Alicante Province cherrygrowers had an ‘historically good’ season. A cold winter and no rain during harvesting produced eight million kilos of origin-designated Cerezas de la Montaña. Increased production was offset by low prices as the usually outsized
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NO means NO – Reaching out to women to join the campaign
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O MEANS NO, a phrase we may have been used to hearing as youngsters growing up when being disciplined by our family and loved ones. No to extra sweets and cakes, no to staying out late at night with friends, no to watching too much television and being told when chancing our luck: “I told you, No means No.” A phrase which is not new to us, it just isn’t used as often as when we were children. No means No is back in daily conversation, this time helping to promote equality for women and educate some men who may need it, to deliver a simple message that No really does mean No. A woman dresses up to go out for an evening with friends, spending time to pamper herself, fix her hair, make-up, selecting the clothing to fit the Yorkshire Linen’s Julie and Steph, Co occasion, taking care to sta del Sol Almeria ar, jac Mo in ies choose a perfume of lad e oic Ch ty er op Pr Spanish preference, feeling good and looking good. The overwhelming response from you. She rips off her bra or skirt attire may be revealing, may be equality. Arinc’s controversial women in Turkey, especially and runs out screaming that you sexy, may be suggestive, but speech has been seen by many those in high-profile positions. tried to assault her.” should that matter? as a clear blow against Further controversy over The mayor has since The woman has gone out for women’s rights in the Spanish political an evening looking good and Turkey. In it he said: A woman’s establishment’s feeling good; why shouldn’t she “Women spend too body is owned outdated views on be able to feel good and look much time on by no one but women and sexual good, because some men have telephones discussing assault has arisen narrow-minded thoughts that minor things such as the woman after comments made herself she ‘looks sexy, looks slutty, recipes and should in by a mayor to a radio dressed like that she asking for it’ future reserve these station that seemed to and so the comments and mind- conversations for when they denigrate women’s accusations set continue. It’s not all men, but (women) meet face-to-face.” of rape. Francisco Javier León some have this delusional and And as if that was not enough, de la Riva, the Partido Popular arrogant misogynous view of he added: “Where are our girls, (PP), mayor of Valladolid in women, showing little or no who slightly blush, lower their Central Spain, said he would respect let alone equality and heads and turn their eyes away think twice about getting into a fairness. when we look at their face, lift alone with a woman for fear Deputy Prime Minister of becoming the symbol of of false cries of rape. He went on Lush Salon’s Turkey Bulent Arinc declared his chastity?” Arinic’s speech to say: “Sometimes it’s the other Montanna and thoughts on women in Turkey on highlighting bigotry and anti- way around. Imagine you are in Julie, Torrevieja August 1, showing no fairness or feminine views has resulted in an a lift with a girl who is out to get
apologised and retracted his words, explaining that what he said had been taken out of context. Whilst current legislation is due for review and change by the Interior Ministry, Carmen Monton, the opposition PSOE Party’s Secretary for Equality, has said that the continued gaffes show how oldfashioned and inherently sexist the government’s attitude towards women and sexual assault remains. The words and actions of these two leaders alone have generated a response globally and locally. The inference is that women are not equal to men. The in-depth detail of their respective speeches suggesting that women are provocative in their attire, and their attitude generally are grossly undermining the women of today. To make a suggestion that a woman’s dress sense or travelling in a lift alone with a female may lead to allegations of sexual crimes is unacceptable. There have even been comments that women should be educated so as to ‘improve their behaviour’, so as to prevent sexual assaults and rape. Euro Weekly News (EWN) raises concerns over the misogynous views of elected officials whose opinions belong in the Stone Age. At the EWN group, we are concerned that the outdated views of men in high places, just like Mayor De la Riva, are contributing to the continued belittlement of women’s rights to be women. Until society is educated to the fact that a woman’s body is owned by no one but the woman herself, that a woman has the right to wear what she likes; has the right to go where she likes; and has the right to Send your photos and join in the do what she likes without campaign to fearing lewd stares and ewnnomeansno@euroweeklynews.com and sexual violence, Euro Weekly News keep an eye on our website will www.euroweeklynews.com/no-means-no continue to campaign for equality.
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Lest we forget CARELINE THEATRE is proud to present ‘Lest We Forget’ an evening of dance routines, sketches, monologues and foot-tapping old but familiar songs to commemorate the War Years. The show is on at Careline’s theatre in Alcalali on October 16-17. A donation from the opening night’s performance will be presented to the Royal British Legion Benidoleig Branch and RAFA. Tickets cost €12, call 652 294 750, or email carelineboxoffice@gmail. com
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Keep fans at hand ELECTRICITY consumption soared recently as Alicantinos switched on everything within reach to help them cool down. Air-conditioning and fans were permanently set to ‘high’ to cope with extraordinary humidity levels and temperatures reaching more than 35ºC. On the day when consumption was at its highest, the province used a record 29,534 megawatts
Longer summers ALICANTE is set to see the summer conditions continue well into October. Jorge Colcina from the Laboratory of Climatology said the situation is a typical scenario of climate change with the summers lasting longer. August saw average temperatures 0.7 degrees higher than normal with a mean of 26.7ºC. September has already seen temperatures regularly top 30ºC.
an hour (MWh), while output reached this year’s high of 1,497 megawatts at 2pm the same day. Despite increased consumption, demand had been met with ‘total normality’ and the quality of the supply was even better than in previous years, the regional government’s Department of Economy, Industry and Tourism said. According to the head of Aemet, Spain’s equivalent to the Met Office, an anticyclone located slap bang in the centre of the Iberian peninsula is to blame for the suffocating start to September. “And it does not appear to want to shift,” said Jose Angel Nuñez, Head of Climatology at Aemet’s Valencian Community office.
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Holiday On Ice celebrates 70th birthday in Benidorm ICE SKATING stars of all ages reunited in Benidorm for a weekend of nostalgia. Holiday On Ice has been thrilling audiences for more than 70 years with spectacular ice-skating skills performed by champions, glamorous showgirls and boys, comedians and gymnasts. The first ever show opened in the winter of 1943 in Toledo, Ohio, USA, and was such a success that it went on tour in 1945 using the world’s first portable ice rink. The official 70th Anniversary Show was performed this year in Paris and at the weekend, some of the skaters were in Benidorm for the 70th anniversary reunion. One of them was Sally Harrison who now lives in Spain and runs Axarquia Properties.
REUNION: Holiday On Ice stars reunite in Benidorm for the 70th anniversary.
She was in Holiday On Ice in 1970 when she was in her late teens. An actress also, she was spotted in Brighton at the age of just 15 and invited to skate on the first cabaret show in colour on BBC2. Then Holiday On Ice followed; a time of travel, experience and fun of which she has fond memories. “We had people on the show from all over the world and it was so family-
orientated,” she said. Sally added that it is the only industry she knows where people still keep in touch and have reunions. “We were touring and together for 50 weeks of the year so you formed close bonds,” she explained. David Cowen was with the company for 20 years and said: “We had quite a lively time. It was great and quite an education.” Jacquie Harbord, a
former Ladies Amateur British Champion and twice World Professional Champion, had an 18-year career in shows and did two Holiday On Ice tours with her first being to the Far East and Australia. “It was fantastic to see the world. I got to go to so many places,” she said.
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ALDI opens 53rd store in region MULTINATIONAL chain ALDI opens its latest supermarket in La Nucia on September 17. It brings the total number of stores in the Valencia Community to 53, with 32 in the province of Alicante. The 1,000-square-metre store has 150 parking spaces and will be open in Avenida de Sorolla Monday to Saturday
from 9am-9.30pm, offering customers more than 1,200 products. The opening is part of the development plan at ALDI and the La Nucia store has been funded with the company’s own resources. It is hoped it will contribute to the revitalisation of the economy of the city.
Moraira hosts U3A meeting Strongman ‘14 MARINA ALTA hosts Strongman ‘14 next weekend. The event will see 12 European competitors take part, including the UK’s strongest man, Graham Hicks, in the two-day competition at L’Ampolla beach, Moraira. Strongman ‘14 will help raise funds for the charity Marina Alta Sports, a non-profit organisation raising funds for Marina Alta schools, clubs and athletes to aid sports development across the region. For more information call 965 740 620 or email info@ma-sports.org
THE next monthly meeting of the U3A Moraira-Teulada takes place on October 6 at the Salon de Banquettes, Avenida Mediterraneo, Teulada. The speaker will be Judith Goodhall, President of HELP Denia and Marina Alta, who will be talking about the new activity centre in La Xara as well as the Care in the Community project. New members are welcome to join U3A before the meeting, which will commence at 10.30am. www.u3amoraira-teulada.org
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Are your child’s eyes prepared? DURING the first 12 years of our lives, as much as 80 per cent of learning is accomplished through our vision. Yet, one out of every four children has an undetected vision problem that may inhibit their progress. Once children go to school, good eye-sight is crucial to keep up with their studies. Experts believe that many learning disabilities could be vision related as they may not be able to read the blackboard or text books. Specsavers Opticas suggest that a child should have their first eye examination at around three-years-old, as the earlier things are detected,
the easier they are to rectify without delaying the child’s development. This September they are advising all parents to incorporate a thorough eye test into their back to school routine so they can be prepared if their child does need glasses. The process of taking an eye test for a child is simple. Firstly, the optometrist will ask the parent or guardian about any relevant family history and any problems their child may be experiencing. Then several child-friendly tests will be undertaken, using special charts and other materials to help children indicate what they can see and how clearly.
They will test the vision of each eye and will check whether they work properly together. They will also measure the child’s focusing ability and the health of the child’s eyes before discussing the results with the parents. If a child does need glasses, there are some great ranges which tick all the boxes of fashion and durability. Kids that wear glasses can now be the envy of all their friends with fun frames in bright colours sporting their favourite character or toy. Until end of November 2014 Specsavers Opticas are offering free eye tests for children and adults. Visit www.specsavers.es.
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Ashya King in Prague for cancer treatment ASHYA KING left Malaga’s Children’s Hospital on Monday at 8.20am after a stay of eight days. The Junta de Andalucía (regional government) gave the go-ahead for the five-year-old to be moved to Prague in the Czech Republic to receive Proton Beam Therapy. Ashya left the hospital in a special ambulance which took him to the airport. He was accompanied by police in an operation designed to maximise his comfort and privacy. Brett King, the boy’s father, followed the ambulance in a taxi with
the family’s lawyer, Juan Isidro Fernandez. The ambulance entered the airport through a restricted area whilst Mr King had to enter through the main entrance. Hospital authorities said the boy was able to travel as all the correct documentation was in place, and a medicallyequipped aeroplane was available. Ashya’s case hit the headlines when his parents removed the five-year-old cancer sufferer from hospital in the UK and travelled to Spain. An international arrest warrant was issued and his parents were taken
into custody when the family was discovered at a hostel in the Axarquia near Malaga. Ashya was admitted to hospital while his parents were taken to Madrid for an extradition hearing. Following public pressure, the UK authorities withdrew the arrest warrant, although Ashya remained a ward of court. The Junta de Andalucia pointed out that under regional law the wellbeing of children always outweighed any other legal considerations and it had worked to permit Ashya’s transfer to Prague for the therapy.
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N these days of tension between Russia and the West over Ukraine, it is good to see ordinary people doing what they can to improve understanding between different cultures. It is all too easy to demonise people from faraway lands and paint them in black and white. But living on the Spanish Costas it is far easier to get an understanding of different cultures simply because there are so many of them making up this cosmopolitan society. But that counts for nothing if they do not mingle and instead stick to their own. That is why events like the Russian Cultural Meeting Point in Marbella are so important. As people get to know each other and their points of view, distrust evaporates as understanding grows.
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Common sense ASHYA KING is in Prague to get treatment for his cancer. In the end, a mass breakout of common sense came to the fore. The UK authorities dropped the arrest warrant against his parents, Spanish authorities released them and the Junta de Andalucia regional government worked to ensure that Ashya could travel abroad. A shame that common sense could not have been shown a little earlier. We wish Ashya and his loving family all the best, and our prayers go with them.
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Culture with a Russian flavour
A TASTE of Russia came to Spain as the hand of friendship was held out between the two countries. A four-day programme of events was held in Marbella for the First Russian Cultural Meeting Point. It was a way for the Spanish, indeed all the nationalities represented on the Costa del Sol, to learn more about the cultural phenomenon that is Russia. Steeped in history, the nation has a unique artistic, cultural and spiritual heritage. The event was a spectacular affair which brought together the different cultures to
improve their understanding of each other. It took place mainly in the Centro Comercial Marina Banus in Marbella’s Puerto Banus. Linda Echeverria, who organised the event, said: “These days have served to create a cultural bridge between the two countries. We have provided an approach that has created a mutual understanding and very positive feeling for both communities, particularly those living in Andalucia.” She added that the four days of fashion, dance, art and music featuring artists including Maxim Rubtsov on flute, pianist Carmen Pérez Blanco, dancing
group Kalinka with Russian folk songs and dances, magic master Yuri Chuguyev with his vibraphone and artist Juan Anhelo with his threedimensional artwork, were a great success. The closing ceremony was held, which delighted the 200 attendees. Two fashion shows followed, by Russian designer Valeria Farafonova and Spanish designer Antonia García Galiano. Maik Alexandre of Canal Sur television and Yuliana Lobacy, Vice-President of the Russian Association Costa del Sol, presented the evening in a lighthearted and humorous fashion.
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Strong competition MALAGA CF striker Samuel Garcia said it would be difficult for him to get enough minutes on the pitch because of the strong competition he faces from other players. However, he said that competition was good for the team.
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Damaged square THE Plaza del Mercat in Sant Nicolau is becoming increasingly dangerous with missing and damaged cobblestones from the proliferation of bar and restaurant terraces.
Agreement signed
Back to work
MALAGA UNIVERSITY has signed a special framework agreement with Soroptimist International Club Costa del Sol. The local NGO will collaborate closely with the university on various projects in the future.
THE Balearic Parliament has resumed regular business after its summer break. Various topics being discussed include Magaluf scandals, educational conflict and oil exploration.
Networking group ON September 17, Shaw Marketing Services, in association with Costa Women and supported by Manilva Council, is to launch a new women’s networking group. The event will offer women a friendly environment to build their network.
Extracurricular activities BENAHAVIS Council has announced that the registration period for the extracurricular activities started on Monday and will continue until September 22. The council is offering language lessons, painting, handcrafts, sewing and music workshops.
Artisan bread AN artisan bread workshop is to be taught by Catalan master baker Josep Pascual in Alhaurin el Grande on September 19 and 20. The event is to take place at Jose Miguel Pasteleros. For more information: cursosjoseppascual@gmx.es
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Forest fire A FIRE that broke out in Rio Seco on Friday at 5.30pm scorched two hectares of scrubland and some holm oaks. The blaze was finally extinguished on Saturday at 8.30am. Two fire engines and several firefighting aircraft were deployed.
New workshops NERJA Council has organised a series of courses and workshops for young people, including Salsa, Tango, Accounting, Economics, Advanced Photography, Natural Cosmetics and Drug Addiction in Teens. For info call 952 526 916.
School renovation THE Junta is to invest €151,551 to
SPY FILM: Actor Tom Watt (far right) with crew on board the Delphin submarine.
Torrevieja actors hit lofty heights
ACTOR Tom Watt, who played Lofty in EastEnders, has been in Torrevieja filming for the Cucaracha Club, in which he plays the head of a British spy organisation operating on the Costa Blanca. Siesta Productions shot scenes around the city including at the Royal Club Nautical and on board the Delfin submarine. Tom said he was very impressed with the enthusiasm, dedication and organisation of everyone involved in the film. Like the other actors and crew members in the project, Tom is giving his time for free, making no money out of the community project. Siesta Productions is now pushing to raise the much-needed cash to complete the post production phase of the filming. Just €10 will get your name on the end credits of the film, and the money will pay for a professional editing team. The ladies from the film are asking people to sponsor them in a wet T-shirt Ice Bucket Challenge. For more information visit www.siesta.productions or call 965 020 263. renovate, improve and modernise the Alcalde Juan Garcia Rural Public School in Viñuela. The project includes installing a new heating, lighting and electricity system.
Teen found
MONICA MENDES, 15, returned home safely on Saturday after being reported missing by her parents on Wednesday last week. The Velez Malaga teenager had allegedly run away from home with her boyfriend and gone to Algeciras to stay at a friend’s house.
Ongoing investigation A 71-YEAR-OLD woman who was detained by Velez Malaga police following her sister’s death has been released with charges and banned from leaving the country. According to the post-mortem examination, the sister died a violent and unnatural death.
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National congress ORIHUELA and Elche have jointly hosted the 10th National Congress on Environmental Microbiology.
Plant protection
Airport arrest THE alleged perpetrator of the brutal beating of a young Irishman in Santa Ponsa has been arrested as he was about to board a flight to Ireland.
House price rise THE price of housing in the Balearics has risen by 0.4 per cent in the second quarter of the year compared to the same period last year.
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Body discovered THE body of a 51-year-old man has been discovered in an irrigation pond in Aguamarga, a short distance from the Cala de Promo. The man is thought to have drowned.
Former glory
FARMERS in the Orihuela municipality can apply for plant protection products against citrus fly until September 20. Applications can be made at the Department of Environment, Agriculture and Water.
SPECIALISTS are visiting Sierra de Gador inspecting 3,200 hectares of forest and scrubland destroyed by fire earlier this year. They are investigating the best way to restore the area.
Immigrant attempt
Al Arbuli festival
TEN immigrants from Libya and Algeria were intercepted as they reached the coast of Santa Pola. The small boat was towed to the port of Alicante with the immigrants treated by the Red Cross.
HEAD to Arboleas from September 12 to 14 for the Al Arbuli festival, a gastronomic extravaganza held every year in the town.
Rural arrests THIRTEEN people have been arrested for rural and agricultural thefts in Murcia by the Roca rual crime squad.
Phone snaps THE third Congress of Mobile Photography and Instagram (MOWO) is taking place in Torrevieja from tomorrow (Friday) until Sunday, offering workshops, lectures and discussions. Visit www.mowo.es for more information.
More information JULY and August saw El Ejido tourist information points receiving 3,040 enquiries. The board said if this continues until the end of September, it will be an increase of 25 per cent on 2013.
Lower taxes for Gador EUGENIO GONZALEZ, Mayor of Gador, has stuck to his promise of lower IBI for Gador residents. Gador is also not charging bars occupancy tax for terraces, chairs and tables.
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Shot dead
Multinational force
NORWAY - According to Norwegian authorities, the 14,000 foreigners living in the country who have either false or unknown identities represent a security problem. They have been ordered to leave the country, but many live in places unknown to the police. A large percentage of them are regular asylum applicants whose applications were denied.
POLICE in North London shot dead a man who reportedly broke into a house and started threatening a woman with a knife. The 40-year-old man was pronounced dead while he was being taken to the hospital. Fortunately the woman was not harmed but she was still treated for shock.
THE UK is to contribute 1,000 troops to a multinational spearhead force, said Prime Minister David Cameron at the NATO summit. Leaders were united in condemnation of the barbaric acts of Islamic State (IS), said the Prime Minister.
Late trains
Finger scan BARCLAYS is to introduce finger scans instead of PINs. A portable device will be used to read and verify customers’ vein patterns, giving them access to online banking systems without the need for passwords or PINs.
More welfare NORWAY - As many as 120,000 Norwegians receive welfare payments, 6,000 more than last year. Norwegian municipalities spent NOK 5.1 billion (€625.6 million) on social welfare last year - NOK 600 million (€73.5million) more than 2012. Approximately 50,000 people live primarily on welfare and 40 per cent of recipients are single men and only 23 per cent are women.
Sex joke SWEDEN - A gynaecologist in western Sweden avoided disciplinary action after being accused of making fun of one of his patients. The Health and Social Care Inspectorate looked into the matter to close it as the doctor was very close to retirement.
Goal record SWEDEN - Striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 32, became Sweden’s all-time record goal scorer in an international friendly against Estonia. His two goals broke Sven Rydell’s record of 49 goals, which had stood since 1932. After breaking the record, Ibrahimovic took off his shirt and revealed a message for his fans - ‘You made it all possible.’
FINGER SCAN: No need for PIN numbers.
A THIRD of trains on London’s busiest commuter lines ran late last year, said union leaders. Bottom of the punctuality league was Southern with just 54.2 per cent of trains on time.
GERMAN PRESS Animal rescue LOCAL officials in Osnabrück rescued 31 neglected animals from a house. City workers found 23 dogs, four cats and four rabbits at the house. The animals were transported to safety by workers of the federation against abuse of animals.
Bad landing
FIONA WOOLF, Lord Mayor of London, has replaced Lady Butler-Sloss as the head of the government inquiry into a historical child abuse case. Retired judge Baroness Butler-Sloss handed in her resignation as head of the inquiry two months ago saying she was not the right person for the job.
A LIGHT aircraft slammed into the side of the A43 motorway in North RhineWestphalia during an emergency landing. A sudden loss of power forced the pilot, 62, to abort landing at the Loemühle aerodrome. The aircraft reportedly went out of control plunging into the undergrowth beside the motorway. The pilot only sustained minor injuries.
Minimum wage
Production up
THE Green Party called for the minimum wage to be increased to £10 (€12) an hour by 2020. Green Party leader Natalie Bennett said people deserved a decent return on their labour.
FIGURES show industrial production rose 1.9 per cent in July, according to the Federal Statistics Office. The increase was driven by all sectors, with machine and machine tools manufacturers contributing the larger part of the production surge.
New chief
RUSSIAN PRESS Ebola vaccine
Food drive
HEALTH Minister Veronika Skvortsova said on Friday that a Russian experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus passed pre-clinical trials and is ready to be used. The Health Ministry is now waiting for the vaccine’s certification. As many as 1,900 people have died from Ebola since March, said the World Health Organisation.
RUSSIAN zoos are collecting fruit, vegetables and nuts from animal lovers. People have been asked to donate apples, carrots, pumpkins, elderberry, acorns and honey. The food is to be used to feed from birds to bears, which eat large amounts of apples before they hibernate. According to reports, the donations could total to several tons of food per zoo.
New fines
Pussy riot
FINES could soon be levied on Russian media outlets deemed to promote inappropriate content, including extremism, violence, terrorism or pornography, according to a draft bill. Journalists fear the move could plunge a large number of Russian publications into bankruptcy. The bill foresees fines between €8,390 and €20,976.
FEMINIST punk rock protest group Pussy Riot launched an Internet news agency financed by the band members themselves. Its goal is to cover the situation in Russian penal colonies and prisons focusing on human rights. MediaZona is part of Maria Alyokhina’s and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova’s Rights Zone movement which looks into the conditions of inmates serving sentences in Russian prisons.
ZLATAN: Record scorer.
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Ceasefire signed PRO-RUSSIAN rebels and the Ukrainian Government announced a ceasefire on Friday last week. Both parties broke the news on social media. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said human life is of the highest value and an effort must be made to end the bloodshed and the suffering.
Shariah law AUTHORITIES in Wuppertal are clamping down on conservative young Islamists. Eleven members of a group that was trying to enforce aspects of strict Islamic Sharia law were brought up on charges of unlawful assembly and use of uniform in public. They were reportedly wearing orange vests that read Shariah Police, which violates federal law.
Violent record THE Deutsche Bahn’s staff filed as many as 1,199 reports of violent behaviour in 2013, 200 more than in 2012. Some of the incidents included a passenger setting a dog on an employee in Cologne. Deutsche Bahn increased its security personnel to 3,700 in 2011.
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THE 45,355 new cars registered last month were a 13.7 per cent increase on August 2013 thanks to government incentives. The Dacia Sandero was the most-sold vehicle, followed by the Seat Ibiza.
Fiscal fraud clampdown ANTI-FRAUD measures earned the Spanish government €5.5 billion in the first six months of this year. It was the best half-year result ever, announced Cristobal Montoro, who heads the Finance ministry and Spain’s tax authority Hacienda. The government’s efforts to bring the submerged economy to the surface are getting results, Montoro said, and this was reflected in increased VAT (IVA) income. In the first six months of the year Hacienda’s revenue from VAT grew by 6.8 per cent although earnings from other taxes rose 5.3 per cent.
“More income from the consumer tax should signal increased spending but revenue is ahead of the way the economy is evolving,” Montoro pointed out. Hacienda is also receiving more corporation tax, the minister added. In 2011 Spain’s large companies paid 3.8 per cent, but a year later this rose to 5.3 per cent and owing to changes in the law is now expected to have reached 9 per cent in 2013. For the first time 134,000 Spaniards and residents had to declare assets and holdings outside Spain, Montoro explained, an innovation that earned another €88 billion for the government.
capacity by 15 per cent and laying off thousands of workers to embarking on a perceptible course of growth. “Today, Iberia is more competitive due to structural changes and a commitment to ensuring the future profitability and sustainability of the company,” Gallego declared.
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Scaling down PESCANOVA, which reported half-year net profits of €1.79 million, filed voluntary bankruptcy requests for five more subsidiaries. These follow earlier bankruptcy proceedings for four other subsidiaries last July.
Money-saver MINISTER of Industry Jose Manuel Soria defended hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to obtain gas and oil. Practised in Spain, this would save a daily €100 million on energy imports, Soria claimed.
Analysis of Canal+ purchase APPROVAL or rejection of Telefonica’s Canal+ purchase will rest with the Spanish government. The European Commission passed the buck by claiming that the operation is not an EU matter. Analysing the issue rested with Spain and the CNMC markets and monopolies commission, it said. Telefonica, which began its media offensive by acquiring
television rights for sporting events, now hopes to complete the operation by buying Canal+, Spain’s biggest pay-TV channel. Competitor Vodafone, whose profits during the last fiscal year fell by 70 per cent urged the CNMC to take a strong line with Telefonica. It needs to be “implacable” in its analysis, insisted Vodafone’s CEO Antonio Coimbra.
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commitment to Uruguay than ever,” said Iberia president Luis Gallego, who was aboard the first Montevideo flight. “Our return marks the end of an era and the start of another,” he said. “This is where Iberia’s new business strategy is focused.” In the last year Iberia has progressed from downscaling its
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Iberia back on track AFTER a 12-month interval, Iberia has resumed the Montevideo route. The Spanish airline began flying to Uruguay in September 1946 but despite full flights, the route was cancelled in April 2013 following Iberia’s integration with BA. The airline is returning with “more strength” and “more
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% C H G. VOLUME -0.19 311.52 -0.49 17.64 -0.05 73.36 -0.20 89.65 -0.28 665.87 -0.51 41.29 -0.65 42.49 0.46 39.61 -0.78 145.15 -0.19 63.48 -0.42 136.11 -0.06 480.67 -0.11 1,202.71 -1.06 51.97 -1.60 142.53 -0.14 1,817.00 0.08 34.42 -0.67 62.64 0.22 30.58 0.35 323.60 -0.14 12.51 -0.66 34.18 -0.63 253.27 0.31 12.36 -0.70 283.14 -0.65 27.50 -0.58 482.11 -2.93 39,122.86 0.29 17.58 -0.92 181.58 -0.26 58.10 -0.48 34.27 -1.34 1,224.24 -0.33 227.46 -0.83 11.81 -0.24 191.62 -0.36 69.18 -1.20 54.17 -1.18 47.89 -0.82 146.86 1.03 29.76 -0.23 51.83 -0.15 134.01 -0.04 58.17 -0.34 250.66 0.20 258.14 -2.74 3,217.32 0.22 219.03 -0.89 129.54 -0.91 97.00 0.13 170.66 -0.64 136.91 -0.48 378.73 -0.81 8.29 -0.55 14.85 0.32 247.48 0.15 83.48 -0.07 56.60 -0.75 37.12 -1.92 571.85 0.24 425.66 -2.88 868.61 -0.77 18.73 0.88 3,091.43 -0.88 42.61 -0.38 184.82 -0.82 163.83 0.00 204.66 -0.51 60.41 -0.49 2,733.96 -2.28 205.35 -0.83 9.16 -0.37 22.95 -0.15 221.64
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BUSINESS EXTRA
More out of jobs AFTER falling for six consecutive months, Spain’s unemployment figures rose once more in August. The number of jobless increased by 8,070, bringing a national total of 4,427,930 according to the latest Ministry of Labour figures. This is normal as unemployment figures have risen each August since 1990, the ministry said.
Layoffs loom CAIXABANK’S purchase of Barclays España will bring staff reductions, revealed sources close to the operation. Around 50 per cent of the 2,400 employees at 270 Barclays branches throughout Spain are likely to be made redundant, with restructuring costs borne by buyer and vendor, the same sources said.
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FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL
Young would-be mothers are a pain for the boss Loose change
A look at finance for females
Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
IT was in the 1970s when an Equal Pay Act was introduced in the UK, which outlawed favouring one sex over another in terms of pay and conditions in the workplace. Forty years on and it appears that female bosses are still earning only three-quarters as much as their male colleagues - meaning they would have to work until they were nearly 80 to catch up with men’s lifetime earnings, according to new figures. With such workplace sexism obviously still in full swing it should come as no
big surprise then to hear that 40 per cent of managers questioned in another recent study admit that they would avoid hiring younger women to try and not have to deal with maternity leave. More than 40 per cent also admitted that they would be wary of hiring a woman who has already had a child or hiring a mother for a senior role. While 25 per cent said they would rather hire a man to get around issues of child care when a woman does return to work, with 44 per cent saying the financial costs to their business because of maternity leave are a significant concern. Employment ministers in the UK have been quick
Who owns the water pipes? Are they my responsibility? Q. The water pipes were replaced in our six-floor apartment block. This was done externally and the meters were moved from each apartment to a By David Searl cupboard at the base of the buildings. The administrators say that the installation is communal, because it passes other apartments, even when the water pipes only go to each apartment. I believe that, as the water meter is now at the bottom of the building, it is my pipe and my responsibility. Who is right?
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J.S. (e-mail) Your Administrator is right. The meters were changed and the pipes installed as a Community action. Further, even your own particular pipe is on the outside of the building, not in your apartment. You can only be held responsible for any pipe that is actually on your private property. Up to the meter, the water company is responsible. From the meter to your flat, the Community is responsible. Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
to call pregnancy discrimination illegal and unacceptable. Saying that, “there is no excuse for such attitudes from these employers, who
frankly are dinosaurs.” Where would these sexist managers be without women? Where do they think they came from? There are indeed challenges to face when a female employee needs to take maternity leave. Cover needs to be
YOUNG MOTHERS: Employers are wary.
organised and when she returns to work she needs to be brought up to speed. But this isn’t any different to what needs to be done if a man has a bad injury or illness that keeps him from his work for a time. Numerous successful businesses have a very progressive attitude towards maternity accommodating mothers. And they are successful because being forward thinking and humane wins over staff and makes them loyal and hard-working. Want more proof? Check out Germany’s paternity and maternity benefits - and they also have the strongest economy in the world!
Why emails are superior to the telephone Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.
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MODERN day technology has brought many benefits to businesses. One of the most important is the use of the internet to keep customers informed and make them feel part of the business. Below are some of the advantages of using email instead of more traditional means of communication. You know where your business is but do potential customers? Email or attach map directions. Your clients will appreciate your helpfulness. Emails can detail services and prices you offer. Menus can be emailed. Pre-ordered meals make life easier for kitchen staff whilst reducing costs. Whatever your service you can email price lists and offers. Invite customers to leave their email addresses. You can then better inform them of special offers, price reductions, entertainment engagements, holidays, opening and closing times.
If you hold events, move address, take on a new manager, book an entertainer, email can be used to inform customers. Email offers opportunity for you to place a signature; a permanent sales message on each e-memo sent. Invite customers to comment on your services of invite suggestions. It is a cost effective mystery shopping opportunity to give your business a vital edge over rivals. You have good news? Tell customers. Staff promotions, awards are key selling points that identify your business and staff as being perfect for their needs. If a member of a trade association or recipient of an award this information can be permanently included in your emails. When the phone rings you are obliged to answer it, even if it is inconvenient for you to do so. Equally you might get your timing wrong when calling clients. Unlike the telephone call emails can be sent and replied to the convenience of you and your customers. Email doesn’t cost anything to use. It avoids the costly and time inconvenience of postal deliveries. Email can effortlessly handle bulk information without bumping up the cost of sending it.
OPINION & COMMENT
Ashya’s rights trampled IT is possibly better not to put on paper one’s utter disgust and censure of the British oncologist who had been treating little Ashya King as well as the British police. Every single person on earth or in this case the parents of this young boy - has the total right to decide to change a physician if he or she so wishes, especially as it is obvious that the parents and the physician were no longer seeing eye to eye as regards the boy’s treatment. The actions of the parents, well thought-out and carefully planned, are more than commendable and should be applauded. It was not in anybody’s interest to have an international arrest warrant issued against them. I applaud them fully and fervently wish a complete recovery for little Ashya! My heart bleeds for the family who were so barbarously torn apart. Antonie Holtzhausen (by email)
Light relief HEAVEN bless the marching Guardsman outside Buckingham Palace, twirling with a rifle on his shoulder. He should be applauded for putting a smile on a million faces in such a week of dire visual news. British humour at its best! Peter Maddocks (by email)
Out of date I LIKE our Spanish hosts and their efforts to make expats feel at home but the Fuengirola Oktober Fest has me completely puzzled. Oktober Fest from August 22 to September 7? I can only assume that our German residents are too polite to point out the similarity between Oktober and Octubre! Michele and David Chown, Estepona (Malaga)
Using leftovers REGARDING left-over and in-date medicines, I contacted my pharmacy and they told me that these products are separated into their different categories and then destroyed.
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LAST week I saw this rather bizarre life sized crucifix on the beach at Los Boliches, fashioned in sand and spray-painted. Whatever happened to sandcastles? Colin Smyth, Fuengirola (Malaga)
She advised me to return tablets to the doctor who prescribed them so that they could then be given to another patient, free. In the past, I have actually been given free tablets from my doctor. In Portals Nous in Mallorca, Dr Stoma, (founder of the charity Mediterranea.org.) collects indate tablets and sends them through his organisation to his medical staff in Somalia. Olivia Qualtrough, Calvia (Mallorca)
Looking ahead WITH Eurosceptic MPs gathering against David Cameron and the growing threat from UKIP, the likelihood of Britain leaving the EU seems a distinct possibility. Considering the average Brit’s attitude to any kind of voting, come the referendum we can expect a low turnout of average voters. Most seem not to care either way whereas UKIP will make sure that all their supporters vote OUT.
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Are there any signs as to Spain’s likely feelings towards we expats? Would our residential status be honoured and would we still receive the current free health care? If the answer is ‘no’ then I foresee millions heading back to Blighty. Peter Stubbs, Mazarron (Murcia)
Rough remedy WITH worldwide rape atrocities by (mainly) men acting like animals, it is time they were treated like animals and neutered
- castrated - as animals are. But in a world run by men I can’t foresee any politician having the b--ls to bring this about, as all could lose theirs. It starts in the home and children of both sexes should be educated in a better understanding of each other. Laura, Turre (Almeria)
Spurious charges I AGREE 100 per cent with the ‘No means No’ headline in the Euro Weekly News regarding rape. I even agree that although a female wants to dress like a hooker this does not automatically mean that she is asking to be treated like one. At this point I would also like to digress and ask why hookers should not be afforded the same respect and consideration as other women. But back to the subject of rape: what about ‘victims’ who are too drunk to accurately recall what really happened? What about women who cry ‘Rape!’ simply for the hell of it or
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use the accusation as a lethal weapon to take revenge? While this happens, and while males can be named and shamed and dragged through courts on the whim of a resentful woman, ‘No means No’ will have a hollow ring to it for some people. L F Bartlett (by email)
Fenced in TWO stories in last week’s paper really got my blood to boiling point, the first about circuses. There was a circus in Torrevieja last week and there were three elephants in a small enclosed area, just swinging their heads back and forth. I passed on more than three occasions and each time it was the same. To me this was disgusting cruelty as an elephant needs 200 litres of water a day and I would bet my life they didn’t get it. It’s time circuses were banned. They may be entertainment to some but not the animals. The next was the story about immigrants being abused for trying to get into Spain. The fence is there to stop them so if they choose to climb over and disobey the law they have to expect repercussions. Surely they don’t think the police are going to say, “Hi, come in and welcome. We only put the fence there as a joke!” Coleen Bryan, Torrevieja (Alicante)
Credit crisis I AM non-resident in Spain but have a holiday home in Turre which I visit several times a year. Up until June I owned a car which I kept at Almeria airport for my use when visiting Spain. I reinsured the car for a 12-month period in March 2014. In June I decided to sell the car because I realised it was no longer financially viable for me to keep it and I will use hire cars in the future. Having rescinded the policy I was told there was credit of €186 or so on my file but only available to me as part-payment against any future motor policy taken out. The broker told me this is common practice among Spanish motor insurers but I have since established this is not the case. Moral: check carefully. David Metcalf, Turre (Almeria)
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CH5 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Dog Rescuers 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
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SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:00pm Cash in the Attic 3:30pm The Chef's Protege 4:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 4:45pm Nature's Weirdest Events 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?
6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Invictus Games
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Tonight
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
9:00pm Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath 10:00pm Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm Chasing Shadows 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Hot Tub Britain
9:00pm Location, Location, Location 10:00pm Educating the East End 11:00pm Cops and Robbers
12:20am Horizon 1:20am The War of the Tunnels 1:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 5:00am The Children of the Holocaust 5:45am WWI A-Z
12:40am Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears 1:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am First Time Farmers 1:05am Barclaycard Mercury Prize: Albums of the Year Launch 1:40am Worst Place to be a Pilot 2:35am Time Team Special 3:30am Don't Stop the Music
12:00am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Super Casino 4:05am Once Upon a Time 4:55am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:20am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am A League of Their Own 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate Atlantis
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8:30pm BBC Proms Masterworks 10:15pm A History of Britain by Simon Schama 11:15pm 10 Rillington Place 1:00am The Secret Life of Books 1:30am World War I at Home 2:00am The Russian Revolutionary: Zaha Hadid on Kazimir Malevich 2:30am The Rules of Abstraction with Matthew Collings 4:00am A History of Britain by Simon Schama
1:15pm Emmerdale 1:50pm Coronation Street 2:20pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pm Bad Bridesmaid 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Utterly Outrageous Celebrity Weddings 12:50am The Magaluf Weekender
11:40am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 12:55pm Wycliffe 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Royal 4:05pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 5:15pm Barbara 5:50pm Never the Twain 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Secrets From the Workhouse 11:00pm Blue Murder 12:35am Cracker
8:50am The Professionals 9:50am Kojak 10:50am Magnum, P.I. 11:55am Cycling 12:55pm Cycling 2:00pm Cycling 5:00pm The Professionals 5:55pm Magnum, P.I. 6:55pm The New Avengers 8:00pm Cycling 9:00pm Cycling 10:00pm U.S. Marshals 12:40am The Thing 2:50am Cycling 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen
4:00pm Melissa and Joey 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm The Tomorrow People 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Suburgatory 10:30pm 2 Broke Girls 11:00pm The Inbetweeners 11:35pm The IT Crowd 12:05am New Girl
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3:15pm Pressure Pad 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm A Taste of Britain 5:30pm Flog It!
Brian McFadden presents the dining challenge.
5:00pm Deal or No Deal Noel Edmonds presents the hit show in which players could win up to ÂŁ250,000 as they open 22 boxes and decide whether to do a deal or no deal when the Banker calls.
3:15pm NCIS US drama series following the navy's dedicated federal agency.
4:15pm Web of Desire
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Glee 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
Stalker thriller.
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders
Includes sport and weather.
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Railway: First Great Western
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Dallas
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Modern Family
9pm 9:00pm DIY SOS The Big Build 10:00pm Who Do You Think You Are? 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Scotland Decides: The Big, Big Debate
American drama series.
Nerves jangle as Luke and Manny face their first day at high school.
10:00pm Glee 11:00pm Stella
12am 12:35am This Week Andrew Neil, Michael Portillo and guests discuss the week's top political stories. 1:20am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 1:25am BBC News
The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
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6:30am Monsters University Special 7:00am Struck by Lightning 8:35am Our Idiot Brother 10:10am Stir Crazy 12:05pm Identity Thief 2:00pm Starsky and Hutch 3:45pm The to Do List A college bookworm sets out to gain the experience she needs to seduce her hunky lifeguard crush.
5:35pm Stand Up Guys 7:20pm Our Idiot Brother 9:00pm Identity Thief 11:00pm Starsky and Hutch 12:50am Stand Up Guys 2:35am The to Do List
7:35am Twilight 9:20am Liars All 11:00am Taken 2 12:40pm Breakdown 2:25pm Twilight 4:05pm My Brother the Devil 6:05pm Miami Vice Cops Crockett and Tubbs go undercover to take down drug baron Montoya.
8:20pm The Washington Snipers 10:00pm Taken 2 11:40pm Outlaw Paratrooper Bryant returns from Iraq to find a London ruled by thugs and gangsters.
1:30am A Man Apart 3:25am Jennifer Eight
7:00am A Star is Born 10:00am City Slacker 11:35am St Elmo's Fire 1:30pm The Break-Up Gary and Brooke are blissfully happy together in their Chicago condo.
3:20pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 5:20pm Flashdance 7:00pm Beyond the Sea 9:00pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 11:00pm The Bodyguard 1:20am Gorillas in the Mist 3:40am Giant Young rancher Jett strikes oil and grows rich but becomes lonely and embittered when the woman he loves marries his rival. Epic drama.
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7:00am Decoding Annie Parker 8:45am Wish You Were Here 10:30am Solo 12:15pm The Heat: Sky Movies Special 12:30pm The Truth About Emanuel 2:15pm Monsters University Special 2:45pm Decoding Annie Parker 4:30pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 6:45pm Monsters University Special 7:15pm Wish You Were Here 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:15pm The Truth About Emanuel 1:00am Solo 2:45am Magic Magic
7:30am Gunsmoke 8:30am Gunsmoke 9:30am Gold of the Seven Saints 11:10am The Green Berets 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Gunfight at Dodge City 5:35pm The Forty-Niners 7:00pm Savage Mutiny 8:25pm Canyon River 10:00pm Exit Wounds 11:55pm Wyatt Earp 3:20am Exit Wounds Violent action with Steven Seagal as a cop infamous for pushing the limits of the law.
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BBC TWO 9:20am Animal Saints and Sinners 10:05am Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals 11:05am First Time on the Front Line 11:35am The Travel Show 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Fred Dibnah Story 2:30pm Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone
ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world.
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CH5 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Dog Rescuers 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Celebrity Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five-0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:15pm Pressure Pad 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm A Taste of Britain 5:30pm Flog It! Antiques series.
3:00pm Cash in the Attic 3:30pm The Chef's Protege 4:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 4:45pm Wild Wales 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?
6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Mastermind 8:30pm Invictus Games
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
9:30pm Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 10:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:30pm Gardeners' World 11:00pm The Perfect Morecambe and Wise 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Gino's Italian Escape
5:00pm Deal or No Deal
4:15pm Amish Grace
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DO get miffed when my blurb is misinterpreted and subsequently misquoted. At no stage in a previous column did I say that to counteract a possible uprising by militant Islamists, the UK needed an armed force of soldiers patrolling the streets - I saw enough of that in the dark days of Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’. What I did, however, suggest was that we needed large numbers of heavily armed special forces, some 5,000 or so per large city, on call and ready to go into action at a moment’s notice. I reiterate that by providing these forces they could nip any uprising attempt in the bud. If rioting extremists are allowed to increase in numbers because they are met with inadequate means, i.e. soft police lines arm-in-arm, subsequently upped to police carrying plastic shields, followed
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT possibly by water cannon (human rights allowing, of course!) and finally the army shooting rubber bullets, the mobs will, by then, be totally out of control and before you can say Allah akbar, involve the UK in unprecedented street conflict which could spread like wildfire. Get in early with a big stick and squash any mob uprising in the shortest possible time. This would also send out the message to other potential terrorists that their actions won’t be tolerated and if they do attempt to disrupt the country, they could be sampling their 72 virgins much earlier than they anticipated. In other words, don’t pussyfoot around! That is something our illustrious leaders still seem to be doing in the face of the so-called
IS. Even after admitting this renegade mob is one of the most dangerous adversaries in history, they still ponce around like indecisive pussycats. By the time they do set up a full-scale bombing campaign, these dangerous animals will have dug in so deep underground that nothing short of a nuke from the air will touch them. (Didn’t they learn anything from Vietnam?) They will then have no choice but to put ‘boots on the ground’ and here we all go again. Another war taking the lives and limbs of our precious young men and women in yet another Godforsaken Middle East hell-hole. The problem is that Cameron has no bottle, Clegg is mentally impaired and Obama, in my opinion, is a closet Islamist. Until they get their acts together, or are replaced, I’m afraid their cowardice will continue to put us in such peril that I fear the
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INADEQUATE: ‘Soft’ police lines against rioting extremists. Islamist flag could one day be flying over Downing Street and the White House So there you are. To those it may concern, in future please read my scribble properly before
making comments that are totally up a gum-tree. You know it makes sense. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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It’s enough to drive you crazy Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
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HEN proudly you turn your first car’s ignition key you do much more than switch on the engine. This is the key, if not to the universe, as close as you get to it. Like your first romance your first car is never forgotten and one has mixed memories about the experience. With trepidation in my heart and £50 in my damp fist I became the owner of an Isle of Man registered Ford Prefect. There was good reason why I kangaroo-jumped out of the car sales shop front doorway. Clutch? I had never before driven a car but knew the theory. To my undying shame I considered a driving licence and insurance as being surplus to requirements. The salesman was a retired policeman. Back then things were far more relaxed. Mid-shift bus drivers sank several pints. If you could wobble-walk a straight line you were sober. Seat belts were for pilots. What followed was an unfortunate start to a lifetime’s driving experiences few of
FORD PREFECT: Like romance, your first car is never forgotten. which were pedestrian. I was perplexed: having filled up I constantly stalled. The garage owner, putting his head through the window, suggested I take the handbrake off. Fur play: The shameful confessions of a Liverpool Cab Driver, the most memorable being the eccentric cat-loving lady client. Her instruction each Sunday was that her
moggy be hosted by a kindly cab driver. He would spend a few hours driving Kitty around the city’s highlights. No sooner had the office door shut behind the dear lady was the cat dropped into a lidded tea-chest and the hapless feline prisoner instructed to cat-nap. Upon the credulous lady’s return a then much embroidered odyssey of cat heaven
tourism was described in detail before she was relieved of the cat’s fare. Life and death on the by-ways of England was more relaxed, the police more understanding. I doubt very much if today I would receive a mere ticking off for overtaking a policeman’s car - especially when it was on a blue light emergency call. On a later occasion I was irked by a ‘boy racer’ provocatively gunning his engine. Rising to the challenge I led him and his passenger on a hair-raising chase through the city centre. Not my day; having caught up with me the two foxy cops flashed their warrant cards. They had a sense of humour back then. Having later crashed a milk float the attending officer drily remarked on the delightful glass verge. This cocky cad cockily flipped a coin through the open car’s window into the Mersey Tunnel’s toll basket. Having rebuked the tunnel policeman that the damned barrier had failed to rise, the policeman coolly picked the coin up from the road, handed it to me and then suggested I place it properly in the basket. Things were so much easier back then. Hopefully the long arm of the law is not too telescopic.
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Are Ronaldo and Messi worth their money?
who should be questioned about what they are paying. It is very much supply and demand. As long as the clubs are acting responsibly who are we to start dictating about what players can earn?” George Rae, of Complete Holiday Care, Mojacar Playa, thought the sort of wages paid now are too high. He said: “I just think it’s too much for them to earn. In this day and age so many are suffering so it’s not balanced. I think With the huge fees being paid for footballers, their wages have also gone you could pay through the roof, with both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo having net them a quarter annual salaries touching €20 million, plus endorsements and bonuses. Falcao of what they earn and they’d has just signed for Manchester United for a reported €350,479.78 a week. What still perform to do you think about how much footballers are paid? Obscene or justified? the same standard.”
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ALEX: Should look at clubs not the players.
ANNINA: Wages are ridiculous. George (left) and Sean.
Bridge articles by JUST about every duplicate player uses transfers over partner’s NT opening. In an uncontested auction, responder’s bid of 2♦ shows at least 5 hearts and his bid of 2♥ shows a similar hand with spades. The idea is to get the stronger hand to be concealed, so that the lead comes up to it. Such bids are made on hands from slam and game to part scores trying to find a better spot in which to play. But what do you do when you (as opener) have 4 card support for partner’s transfer? I suggest that a jump to 3 of the transfer suit is in order. The Principle of Total Trumps applies here. In a competitive auction, you bid to the number of trumps you hold between the two hands. Since you don’t know how strong partner is, it makes sense to tell him straightaway that you have four. He may be weak and you may talk the opponents out of their contract. This isn’t so important where your suit is spades, but consider the following auction:
JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB
Transfer Bids – Super Accept N E S W 1NT p 2♦ p 2♥ 2♠ p p 3♥ p p 3♠ Although you supported partner eventually, it’s too late! They’ve found their spade fit! If you had jumped to 3♥ originally, do you think East would them come in with his spades? Unlikely – he’s already passed once, so his bid wasn’t clear. Oh, by the way, if he does come in and you do ‘buy’ the contract, consider playing him for a singleton. But what if partner has a hand like a foot? OK, you may go down but you are unlikely to be doubled. Moreover, you are much more likely to be doubled following the ‘eventual’ rather than the ‘immediate’ auction. But you were always going to support him after interference anyway, weren’t you? So the occasional minus 200 is balanced where you may go for only 100 when they have 140 or even
game. Transfers also work well after
2NT openings. Here is a hand from the club recently:
Dealer South, both non-vul: I was S and opened 2NT, Partner bid 3♦ (transfer) and I jumped to 4♥. He asked for aces with 4NT and, on finding me with 3, bid 6♥. As you can see, the hearts behaved and the only trick lost was A♠. A very nice combined 29 point slam! Pard said afterwards that he wouldn’t have gone ‘looking’ if he hadn’t known about the 9 card trump fit. We were the only pair to bid the slam; well done Pard! ♠K75 ♥KJ654 ♦Q7 ♣643 ♠J1098 65 ♥103 ♦1064 ♣QJ
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♠Q4 ♥A982 ♦AK95 ♣AK9
♠A2 ♥Q2 ♦J83 ♣10875 2
♠♥ ♦♣ We play duplicate four days a week, starting at 15.00 (arrive by 14.45 please). Monday – no fear, Tuesday & Friday – open, Wednesday – host system, so you will be assured of a partner. On Thursday – lessons. We’d like our articles to be interactive so if you have bridge-related comments, problems, etc, send them to: questions@javea bridgeclub.com and we’ll do our best to answer.
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9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News & Weather 11:35pm Crimewatch 11:45pm Boomers
Round-up of the day's news.
11:40pm UEFA Champions League: Extra Time Highlights of all the Champions League matches.
Sandra Bullock returns in this high-octane sequel as a clumsy hero whose romantic cruise with lover Jason Patric is hijacked by terrorist Willem Dafoe. Contains violence.
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Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.
1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Bad Education 2:00am Don't Tell the Bride 3:00am Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular 2014
Despatches From Tyneside.
9:30pm The Secret Life of Books 10:00pm Billy Elliot 11:45pm Dancing in the Blitz: How WW2 Made British Ballet 12:45am Human Planet 1:45am A History of Britain by Simon Schama 2:45am World War I at Home Despatches From Tyneside.
SKY MOVIES Action 4:55am The Karate Kid 7:10am Hudson Hawk 9:05am Alex Cross 11:00am The Top Ten Show 2014 11:20am The Italian Job 1:20pm A Good Day to Die Hard 3:05pm The Saint 5:10pm The Karate Kid, Part II 7:10pm Alex Cross 9:00pm The Italian Job 11:00pm A Good Day to Die Hard 12:45am Mad Max 2:25am Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 4:05am Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome 5:55am The Karate Kid, Part II
6:30am Turbo: Sky Movies Special 7:00am Mr. Deeds 8:40am Best in Show 10:15am 10 Years 12:00pm Uncle Buck 1:50pm This is the End 3:45pm You, Me and Dupree 5:40pm The Campaign 7:15pm Mr. Deeds 9:00pm Uncle Buck 10:45pm This is the End 12:40am You, Me and Dupree Carl is in seventh heaven when he marries his gorgeous girlfriend Molly in Hawaii.
2:35am The Campaign 4:10am The World's End Special 4:40am Bad News Bears
6:15am Deep Family Secrets 8:00am Dead Again 10:00am 96 Minutes 11:40am Trance 1:30pm Miami Vice Cops Crockett and Tubbs go undercover to take down drug baron Montoya.
3:55pm Red Rock West 5:40pm Derailed 7:30pm The Pelican Brief 10:00pm Trance 11:50pm Kiss the Girls 1:55am Scream 3 4:00am Jagged Edge Newspaper man Jack is the prime suspect when his rich wife is murdered. Believing in his innocence, lawyer Teddy defends him, only to find out some troubling truths when they start a romance. Mystery thriller.
6:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 7:00am A Star is Born 10:00am The Right Stuff 1:15pm The Top Ten Show 2014 1:30pm The Sessions 3:15pm Pitch Perfect 5:15pm Niagara A newly-married woman plots to kill her husband as they honeymoon together at Niagara Falls.
6:50pm Girl, Interrupted 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:00pm The Sessions 12:45am The Great Gatsby 3:15am Hide Away 4:45am Zero Dark Thirty Special 5:05am Niagara A newly-married woman plots to kill her husband as they honeymoon together at Niagara Falls.
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10:30am The Mackintosh Man 12:25pm Bad Men of Tombstone 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Darby's Rangers 6:25pm The Command 8:15pm Crime in the Streets 10:00pm Point of No Return 12:00am Fearless 2:15am Point of No Return
A gang of football hooligans turn to bank robbery, with the police in hot pursuit.
2:45am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special 3:15am Solo 5:00am Gravity: Sky Movies Special
Drug addict Maggie faces the death sentence for killing a cop.
4:15am Rock N' Roll Forever: Ed Sullivan's Greatest Hits Featuring classic performances from some of the biggest music acts of the '60s and '70s.
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BBC TWO 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Street Patrol UK 8:45am Caught Red Handed 9:15am Animal Saints and Sinners 10:00am Coast 11:00am Horizon 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Fred Dibnah's World of Steam, Steel and Stone 2:30pm Cash in the Attic
ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
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CH4 8:10am King of Queens 8:35am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss 12:30pm Four in a Bed 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Four in a Bed 2:40pm Four in a Bed
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CH5 8:50am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:50am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm Cowboy Builders 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Ultimate Police Interceptors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Futurama 8:30am Futurama 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Hawaii Five0 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
3pm 3:15pm Pressure Pad 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm A Taste of Britain 5:30pm Flog It!
3:15pm Ready, Steady, Cook 4:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 4:45pm Snowdonia: A Year in the Wild 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Who's Doing the Dishes?
3:10pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Web of Desire
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Glee 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm Futurama
6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Two Tribes 7:30pm Eggheads 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Police Interceptors
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm UEFA Champions League Live
9:00pm Hotel India 10:00pm This World
9:00pm Celebrity Squares 10:00pm Scott and Bailey 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Through the Keyhole
9:00pm Sarah Beeny's Double Your House for Half the Money 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Cops and Robbers
9:00pm Britain's Deadliest Roads 10:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!
11:00pm Legends
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain
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9pm 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm Our Zoo 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm A Question of Sport
Current affairs documentary series exploring a variety of international issues.
11:00pm Some Dog Owners with Jokes 11:30pm Newsnight
Documentary series revealing the work of bailiffs and repossession agents.
11:00pm Wentworth
From the creators of 24 and Homeland comes a twist-filled thriller starring Sean Bean as an undercover FBI agent whose life is turned upside down.
Australian drama series set in a women's prison.
12am 12:20am Peaky Blinders 1:20am The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane 2:20am Who Do You Think You Are? 3:20am Doctor Who 4:05am This is BBC Two 5:00am Now's the Hour
12:40am The Undriveables Following the progress of two drivers who keep failing their tests. 1:10am Jackpot 247 3:30am British Touring Car Championship Highlights Steve Rider presents the best of the action from Donington Park.
12:05am 999: What's Your Emergency? 1:00am Bestival 2014 2:00am Michael 3:35am The Big Trees 5:10am Sarah Beeny's Selling Houses
12:00am Body of Proof 1:35am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Once Upon a Time 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge 5:20am HouseBusters 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00am Strike Back: Shadow Warfare 5:00am Stargate Atlantis
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:30pm The Wonder of Animals 10:00pm Oh You Pretty Things 11:00pm Grand Prix: The Killer Years 12:00am British Art at War 1:00am Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities 2:00am Britain on Film 2:30am Grand Prix: The Killer Years
2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm The Real Housewives of Atlanta 7:00pm Dinner Date 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 11:00pm FYI Daily
3:00pm The Royal 4:00pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 5:10pm Barbara 5:40pm Never the Twain 6:15pm On the Buses 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Long Lost Family
4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Kojak 5:55pm Magnum, P.I. 6:55pm The New Avengers 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm River Monsters 11:00pm Hell on Wheels
5:00pm The Tomorrow People 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm How I Met Your Mother 9:00pm Marley and Me 11:25pm Glue 12:30am The Big Bang Theory
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12:05am Room 101 12:50am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton Romantic comedy. Checkout girl Rosalee is dazzled after winning a date with a Hollywood star. 2:20am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:25am BBC News
SKY MOVIES Action 5:55am The Karate Kid, Part II 7:55am Thor: The Dark World Special 8:25am Assault on Precinct 13 10:30am Executive Decision 12:55pm Fire with Fire 2:45pm Appaloosa 4:55pm The Karate Kid, Part II Impetuous karate student Daniel leaves Mr Miyagi and signs up with Terry, a new coach.
7:00pm Assault on Precinct 13 9:00pm Fire with Fire 10:45pm Executive Decision 1:05am Crank 2:45am The Marine: Homefront 4:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 5:00am The Karate Kid, Part II Impetuous karate student Daniel leaves Mr Miyagi and signs up with Terry, a new coach.
4:40am Bad News Bears 6:30am Oz the Great and Powerful: Premiere Special 7:00am Turbo: Sky Movies Special 7:30am Look Who's Talking 9:20am Look Who's Talking Too 10:55am Look Who's Talking Now! 12:45pm The Heat 2:55pm Idiocracy 4:35pm As Good as It Gets Heartwarming comedy drama about a disgruntled, misanthropic novelist who falls for a waitress.
7:00pm Anger Management 9:00pm This is 40 11:25pm The Heat 1:30am Idiocracy 3:05am In a World... 4:50am Look Who's Talking
7:45am Liars All When a young woman is murdered a police detective tries to crack the case, but as she questions the victim's friends, their stories don't seem to add up. Mystery.
9:30am The Washington Snipers 11:15am Conspiracy Theory 1:35pm Hours 3:25pm Zero Dark Thirty Special 3:45pm Rules of Engagement 5:55pm Déjà Vu 8:05pm Swordfish 10:00pm The Green Mile 1:05am Speed 3:10am The Juror 5:20am Loss of Faith Drama about an author drawn into a web of intrigue, murder and deception.
7:00am Free Samples 8:25am All Good Things 10:15am Austenland 12:00pm Captain Corelli's Mandolin 2:15pm 42 4:30pm The Bodyguard 6:45pm Dead Poets Society 9:00pm Austenland 10:45pm Birth Ten years after the death of her husband Sean, Anna is about to remarry.
12:30am Best Man Down Two newlyweds are forced to cancel their honeymoon when their best man passes away.
2:10am Down the Shore 3:50am Giant
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8:45am Despicable Me 2 Special 9:15am Solo 11:00am Wish You Were Here 12:45pm Emperor 2:45pm The Lone Ranger Unmasked 3:15pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 4:45pm Monsters University Special 5:15pm The Call 7:00pm Emperor 9:00pm The Call 10:45pm The Counsellor 1:15am Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 2:45am Elysium: Sky Movies Special 3:15am Solo 5:00am Fast and Furious 6 Special 5:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special
8:15am Gunsmoke 9:15am Gunsmoke 10:15am The Command 12:05pm Crime in the Streets A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.
1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Drum Beat 6:00pm The Gun Hawk 7:50pm Come Fill the Cup A newspaperman gets his job back after losing everything to alcoholism.
10:00pm Striking Distance 12:00am John Carpenter's Vampires 2:00am Striking Distance 3:50am John Carpenter's Vampires 5:40am Off Set TCM presents a special on the acclaimed English jazz-pop singer-songwriter.
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Planning a Christmas holiday? Start looking for Pet Sitters now By lamia Walker of HousesitMatch IT is never too early to start looking for petsitters if you’re planning a break away from home for Christmas or New Year. There is one thing you can be sure of, you are not alone in looking for the most experienced, and the most recommended pet sitters who live locally! Of course there will be competition for the popular sitters and what is more they too may be planning a little trip somewhere nice for the holidays. So what can you do? Here’s what one of our pet owners chose to do: Lynne from Alicante has five cats, and a lovely home in San Luis; she
also has a large family back in England and likes to go regularly to visit. Christmas is a good time to see everyone. To secure the best choice of pet sitters for her two week holiday she posted a housesitting advertisement online in July, specifically asking for a couple who love cats. She found a housesitting couple from England who wanted a seasonal break in Spain. As catsitters by profession they feel at home with a feline fur family like Lynne’s.
Download your Free Easy Guide to Housesitting from here www.bit.ly/eurown001 To find a petsitter go to www.HousesitMatch. com or call Lamia on +44 (0)1865 521508
How to give a pill to a cat David THE Dogman
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MANY people have asked me ‘How to give a cat a pill’ and with the help of Celia Haddon, here is the information you need. Getting pills into cats can be difficult. Always ask for spot-on products, palatable or nice tasting pills, or for products that can be mixed with food, if possible. There is now something called Easytabs, a meat flavoured cover for a pill made by Bayer. Another called Pill Pockets. You press the pill into the meat pellet. Clever stuff. Other medications may come in malt flavoured creams that can be wiped on to the cat’s mouth so that it
DIFFICULT TASK: Pills for cats. licks it off. If you have to give a pill, ask the vet for the smallest pill possible and the pill which will last longest. i.e. you want to give a pill once a day rather than four times a day if possible. If you must administer a pill, this is how to do it. Kneel and place your cat
facing away from you between your knees. With thumb and middle finger, pull the cat’s head back until it is facing straight up at the ceiling. It is crucial that the cat’s head must be facing upwards at 90 degrees. Use gentle pressure from thumb and middle finger on either side of the cat’s jaw, at rearmost crease of the lips, to open cat’s mouth. Pop tablet on the tongue as far back down the throat as possible. Close cat’s mouth and keep the head pointing up at the ceiling. Hey presto, the cat will swallow the pill. Other good methods are featured on YouTube and also on www.fabcats.org. For flea and worm treatments, ask for a spot-on rather than a pill. There are now spot-ons for both.
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Results at Campoverde Canine Club
CCC: Winners of the obedience courses and their pets.
THE latest results from the end of the Campoverde Canine Club obedience courses are now in and the winners have been presented with their certificates and trophies at the Polideportivo sports ground in Pinar de Campoverde. The CCC was formed in July 2000 and since then many owners have benefited from expert tuition, by a Home Office approved instructor, and are now proud of the way they are able to control their best friends. First place in the Basic Class went to Pat Frewin and her Lab/Belgian Shepherd Bailey with 108.4/110 marks. Second place went to Paul Eyre and his GSD Chico gaining a total
of 107.8 marks. Paul gained the second spot well ahead of the rest of the class In first place in the Intermediate class with a score of 130.8/140 was a poodle, Charlie, and his proud owner Chris Parkes. Second place in the Intermediate class was won at a canter by Dave Hook and his GSD Mata. New courses will be starting very soon. If you are interested in training your four legged friend:-
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Bad Neighbours Bad Neighbours is an entertaining American comedy about a couple who find themselves living next to a fraternity house. Kelly and Marc settle down in a quiet neighbourhood with their newborn baby, but their idyllic life is soon disrupted when a group of frat brothers move next door and start wrecking the neighbourhood. Things go downhill when they call the cops after a noholds-barred party at the frat house. Stars Seth Rogen and James Weaver, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Dave Franco and Seth Rogen. Run time 97 minutes, rated 15.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Brains, 2 Stripe, 3 Rested, 4 Assert, 5 Padded, 6 Tights, 7 Ceased, 8 Spades, 9 Feared, 10 Ceases, 11 Ghosts, 12 Barest, 13 Powers, 14 Dreams, 15 Asters, 16 Awhile, 17 Thumbs, 18 Averse, 19 Mortar
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) With so much energy around you, it will be hard to concentrate on business matters. Finances, however, do require your attention and a brief period of scrutiny will show you why. Someone close may be spending too much or undermining the situation by making big plans.
SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) This is a creative week and one in which you seek to find your talents. For some time now you have toyed with the idea of joining a club or group. This will enhance your social life and bring you laughter. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Life can get complicated at this time of the year and you may feel pulled in more than one direction. You are perfectly entitled to change your mind about an arrangement. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There are enough people in this world who will be willing to tell you what to do. Although it is in your nature to value your freedom, have you been compromising? Think of the time you have left to get to grips with a particular situation.
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September 11, Bashar Al-Assad, 49. President of Syria. Took power on the death of his father in 2000. Worked as a doctor in the army before ascending to power. September 13, Stella McCartney, 43. Fashion designer. Daughter of Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, she earned fame in her own right as a fashion designer. She designed her first jacket aged 13 and then went on to a stellar (ahem!) career. September 14, Sam Neill, 67. Actor. The Irish born actor has been in Jurassic Park, In the Mouth of Madness, and The Hunt for Red October. He founded a winery in New Zealand called Two Paddocks Winery.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your opinion of someone is in the process of changing. It is not through any particular action of theirs towards you, rather it is a feeling that you should not be involved with their business. Trusting our instincts is something that we do not do enough. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There is a lightness to this week that is welcome. After more than a little bit of aggravation and frustration of late it is overdue. Someone you believed had lost interest in you suddenly surfaces. You may be unsure of how to react, so save judgment.
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 G) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
September 15, Prince Harry, 30. Royal. Younger son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana he is fourth in line to the throne. Served in Afghanistan with the British Army for 77 days before being pulled out when the story was published by an Australian magazine.
TARGET: Average: 11 Good: 14 Very good: 20 Excellent: 24
September 15, Tommy Lee jones, 68. Actor. This Texan actor won an Oscar for his role as US Marshal Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive. September 17, Damon Hill, 54. Racing driver. Son of the late Graham Hill, he remains the only son of a former World Champion to also win the title. He won the F1 championship with Williams in 1996.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) A need to listen to your innermost feelings and needs has perhaps been overlooked. With the hustle and bustle of everyday life, philosophical thoughts are often pushed into a corner. Even so, you owe it to yourself to truly consider what you want as opposed to going along with what others want from you. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Someone you would not normally consider to be a friend shows an interest in you. Your immediate reaction may be joy or suspicion. In fact, you are not quite sure what to think. All the same, try to put aside preconceived ideas and give them a chance.
September 13: Soraya, Singer. The singer was born in Valencia de Alcantara and rose to fame after participating in Operacion Triunfo in 2005. She released her debut album Corazon de Fuego in 2005 and her second album Ochenta’s a year later. Soraya represented Spain in the Eurovision held in Moscow in 2009.
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Time is of the essence when pursuing a pet project this week. Having been given the opportunity to go ahead with a plan, do not waste time. Some opportunities do not come twice so be sure to show your enthusiasm. LEO (July 24 - August 23) A close relationship seems to be changing. You need to know why and maybe believe that you do. However, be sure to get all the facts. Asking outright questions of the person involved is your best chance of getting the right answers. Someone may urge you to ‘read between the lines’ but it is hardly necessary.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION acne, cafe, caff, cane, cant, cent, ciao, cite, coat, coif, coin, cone, cote, face, fact, foci, icon, nice, once, otic, taco, actin, antic, canoe, canto, cento, coati, conte, enact, facet, ocean, tonic, action, affect, atonic, cation, coffin, confit, enatic, infect, noetic, notice, octane, office, aconite, caffeine, faction, AFFECTION
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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) When you start to worry too much about things, it is time to take a step back. Senseless worrying is when you really cannot do anything to change the situation. Take into account how, in the past, worrying has affected your wellbeing. Maybe it is time to walk away and take another path entirely.
FAMOUS SCANDINAVIANS 1. Born in Reykjavík in 1965, which singer’s UK Top 20 hit singles include: It’s Oh So Quiet, Hyperballad and Possibly Maybe? 2. Gro Harlem Brundtland become Norway’s first female what, in 1981? 3. Mary’s Boy Child, Little Donkey and Sucu Sucu were all UK hit singles by which 1960s Danish folk duo? 4. The Piano Concerto in A minor (1869) and the incidental music to Ibsen’s play Peer Gynt (1876) were both composed by which Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist? 5. What was the name of the 16th century Danish nobleman who was known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations? His observations of the planets provided the basis for Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. 6. What was the name of the Danish-born comedian, conductor and pianist whose famous comedy routines included his Phonetic Punctuation and his Inflationary Language, where he incremented numbers embedded in words, whether they were visible or not, so ‘wonderful’ became ‘twoderful’ and ‘tennis’ became ‘elevennis’? 7. What was the name of the Norwegian explorer who, in 1911, was the first man to reach the South Pole? 8. What was the name of the Norwegian-born Expressionist artist whose best-known work is The Scream? 9. What was the name of the Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator and armaments manufacturer who, in 1867, invented dynamite? 1. BJÖRK, 2. PRIME MINISTER, 3. NINA AND FREDERICK, 4. Edward GRIEG, 5. Tycho BRAHE, 6. Victor BORGE, 7. Roald AMUNDSEN, 8. Edvard MUNCH, 9. Alfred NOBEL
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Nostalgia overtakes you and an urge to look back into the past is strong. Perhaps you are thinking of tracing your family tree. It may be that you have received a letter or phone call that aroused your curiosity.
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a reality television programme first broadcast in the UK in 2005 (two words): DONNED RAGS Unscramble the name of an English television presenter and radio DJ: NO KNAVERY FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: DRAGONS’ DEN, VERNON KAY
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member (9) 5 Observe odd characters in scene (3) 6 Cuts of meat from lions (5) 7 Hesitation before a certain deletion (7) 11 Traders lie about wrongful arrest (9)
13 Account about a long time land area (7) 15 The weather’s fine so put the amusements in place (3,4) 17 Not much results when school head isn’t able (5) 19 Religious figure is angry (5) 21 A card from a church (3)
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Each number in the CodBe Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 18 represents D and 24 represents B, so fill in D every time the figure 18 appears and B every time the figure 24 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.
Across 1 Slender (6) 4 Conceals (5) 8 Elevators (5) 9 Set free (7) 10 Weds (7) 11 Cook, in an oven (4) 12 End (3) 14 Largest continent (4) 15 Leisure (4) 18 Set afire (3) 21 Very light coloured (4) 23 Refuse (7) 25 Alternatively (7) 26 Invoices (5) 27 Arranges (5) 28 Repaired (6)
Down 1 Extremely earnest (6) 2 Tells (7) 3 Infirmary (8) 4 Fifty per cent (4) 5 Play (5) 6 Appeared to be (6) 7 Faith (5) 13 Likely to happen (8) 16 Experienced (7) 17 Breaks in pieces (6) 19 Commerce (5) 20 Pursued (6) 22 Optical maser (5) 24 Stinging insects (4)
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Across 1 Landowners died in beastly holes (6) 5 Vendor is in the basement, by the sound of it (6) 8 Captures suitcases (4) 9 In a tizzy? Call Eric, in a pen pushing capacity (8) 10 Small domesticated animal that is biting tenant (6) 11 Some humour is questionable, bordering on impropriety (6) 12 In scuba, sent to the bottom (4) 14 Fit in the laptop (3) 15 Slough is part of Standish/Edinburgh route (4) 16 Unwelcoming sort of reception for a snowman (6) 18 Whole in diplomacy (6) 20 Shell out for a vehicle that will go fast (8) 22 A giant highly excited (4) 23 Volkswagen car, one in drive, perhaps (6) 24 Emphasise second lock of hair (6) Down 2 A labyrinth to astound (5) 3 Is Peter about to have an interval of rest (7) 4 Hidden ray around cabinet
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Aesthete, 4 Brae, 7 Smart, 9 Roars, 11 Loans, 12 Erase, 13 Assist, 15 Caress, 19 Shame, 21 Amass, 23 Tries, 24 Evade, 25 Drop, 26 Crackers. Down: 1 Austria, 2 Stall, 3 Thrush, 5 Ensue, 6 Game, 8 Tears, 10 Snare, 14 Slant, 16 Adage, 17 Salvers, 18 Hawser, 19 Speed, 20 Edit, 22 Shave. QUICK Across: 7 Banana, 8 Borrow, 9 Fade, 10 Agencies, 11 Description, 14 Unnecessary, 18 Talented, 19 Sons, 20 Letter, 21 Singer.
Across 1 Income (from property) (5) 4 Fat (person) (5) 7 Sí (3) 8 Pareja (compañero) (7) 9 Emerald (9) 13 Fancy dress (7) 15 To be (3) 16 Baile (pieza, arte) (5) 17 Oveja (5)
Down 1 Stripe (line) (4) 2 Nidos (5) 3 Manzano (5,4) 4 Chickpeas (9) 5 Rum (3) 6 Another (4) 10 From (indicating starting place) (5) 11 Age (of person, animal, building) (4) 12 Trampa (para cazar) (4) 14 Hijo (3)
Down: 1 Damaged, 2 Wage, 3 Hawaii, 4 Absent, 5 Precious, 6 Model, 12 Connects, 13 Granted, 15 Enters, 16 Eldest, 17 Later, 19 Send. ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Cazar, 3 Salud, 5 Log, 7 Arrears, 9 Real, 10 Part, 14 Desmayo, 15 Arm, 16 Ancla, 17 Andar. Down: 1 Calor, 2 Read, 3 Sure, 4 Dos, 6 Grass, 8 Araña, 11 Tomar, 12 Baya, 13 Boca, 14 Día.
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TOP TEN ELVIS PRESLEY SONGS
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Few would dispute that Elvis Presley is the King of Rock and Roll. Rising from humble circumstances, Presley would go on to launch a musical revolution with his charismatic stage presence, unique dancing and unequalled voice. Here is a list of 10 essential Presley songs every selfrespecting fan should know by heart. 1. That’s all right Written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup, ‘That’s all right’ was Presley’s first commercial single. Recorded on the evening of July 5, 1954 at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, the song features Presley on acoustic guitar and vocals, Bill Black on upright bass and Scotty Moore on electric guitar. 2. Mystery Train This song was originally recorded by American blues musician Junior Parker in 1953. Presley’s version was released two years later as a B-side to ‘I Forgot To Remember To Forget’ and was ranked the third most acclaimed song of 1955. It features Presley on rhythm guitar and vocals, Scotty Moore on lead guitar and Bill Black on bass. 3. Heartbreak Hotel Released as a single on January 27, 1956 under Presley’s new label RCA Victor, ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ was written by Tommy Durden and Mae Boren Axton and was the first of many recordings to top the Billboard’s Top 100 chart. Its lyrics were inspired by a newspaper article about the suicide of a man who jumped from a hotel window. 4. Don’t be Cruel This song became a sensation after its release in 1956 thanks to its backing vocals and highly contagious groove. It was written by Otis Blackwell, who also penned Jerry Lee Lewis’ ‘Great Balls of Fire,’ and recorded in New York on July 2,
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PUBLISHED in 2011, Before I go to sleep is the first novel by English writer S.J Watson. It tells the enthralling story of a woman who loses the ability to create new memories. With the help of a doctor who specialises in memory disorders, Christine Lucas, 47, learns she suffers from a condition commonly referred to as
anterograde amnesia and discovers she has a son and is married to a man she cannot remember meeting. With a diary she has been keeping, Christine embarks upon an engrossing journey to piece together her past and learn just how she ended up as she has. Before I go to sleep became a bestseller in
1956. ‘Don’t be cruel’ is ranked as the 92nd best song of all time. 5. Jailhouse rock ‘Jailhouse rock’ was recorded on April 30, 1957 and released on September 24 in that same year and it may come as a surprise to some fans that some of the characters named in the lyrics are real people. For instance, Shifty Henry was a famous L.A musician and The Purple Gang, also known as Sugar House Gang, was a mob of bootleggers and hijackers founded in Michigan in the 1910s. 6. Viva Las Vegas This song is the title track of the eponymous 1964 film starring Elvis Presley and SwedishAmerican actress Ann Margret. Ever since its release on April 28 1964, ‘Viva Las Vegas’ has become one of Presley’s most recognised songs, but he never performed it live. ‘Viva Las Vegas’ reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.
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France, Canada, Bulgaria and the Netherlands and has been translated into over 40 languages.
7. How Great Thou Art ‘How Great Thou Art’ is the title track of Presley’s second gospel album released in 1967. This Christian hymn is actually based on a poem written by Carl Gustav Boberg called ‘O Store Gud’ (O Great God). Presley recorded it in Nashville and it became a staple of his live shows throughout the 70s.
8. In the Ghetto The touching lyrics tell the story of a young boy’s life of poverty in the inner-city. Written by Mac Davis, the song was Presley’s major comeback hit in 1969. It has been performed by many other artists, including Dolly Parton, The Cranberries, Candi Staton and Bobbie Gentry. It was later recorded in 2007 by Presley’s only child, Lisa Marie Presley, to raise money for the Presley Foundation. 9. Suspicious Minds Written by American songwriter Mark James, ‘Suspicious Minds’ is one of Presley’s biggest hits. This beautiful ballad, that is more soul and R&B than rock and country, is powered by Presley’s bellowing voice and by a vibrant horn section and would become his last number-one single in the US. 10. Burning Love This song was recorded by country soul artist Arthur Alexander, but Presley’s cover from 1972 became much more popular than the original version. It is the B-Side of It’s A Matter of Time and would reach the Top 40 of the country charts in the US. It features boogie piano, choirstyle vocals and a horn-laden chorus. A little bit of trivia: Presley once stated he did not care for the song and that he did not feel comfortable performing it.
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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.
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Just Joking I never wanted to believe my dad was stealing from his job as a road worker, but when I got home all the signs were there. Pupil: Should I get in trouble for something I didn’t do? Teacher: No. Pupil: Good, because I didn’t do my homework.
Good: 36 Very good: 53 Excellent: 65
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION liar, lire, lira, leap, leapt, leaf, leafy, lepta, gear, gate, gait, gaiter, gape, tiara, teat, tear, tare, tarp, tape, taper, ilea, irate, agile, aria, area, apparel, afar, tater, appear, repay, rage, rate, rape, rapt, raft, rail, rappel, peat, pear, peril, page, pager, pate, patter, pariah, pare, para, prig, prate, pray, papa, fate, fatter, fare, hail, hair, hare, harp, harpy, happy, pail, pair, parapet, prep, prepay, paper, apatite
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Trichotillomania By Jonathan Gilchrist Costa Blanca’s top hypnotherapist
A LOT of people will be familiar with the expression ‘they were ready to pull their hair out.’ For most it is just an expression, but for a few, it is a very real condition with people actually pulling their hair out. Called Trichotillomania, compulsive hair pulling is a type of psychological condition that involves very strong urges to pull out hair. It is surprising that very few doctors have actually heard of this condition, but through Jonathan’s time as a hypnotherapist he has treated many people with this problem. People with Trichotillomania pull their hair out at the root from places such as the scalp, eyebrows,
eyelashes, or pubic area, in fact anywhere where there is hair on their body. Some people pull large handfuls of hair, which can leave bald patches on the scalp or eyebrows, while others tend to pull one strand at a time. Jonathan said: “Trichotillomania isn’t just an ordinary habit that a person can easily stop, it’s a type of compulsive behaviour giving an overwhelming urge to pull their hair. “People with Trichotillomania may have other compulsive habits, such as nail biting or skin picking, as well as possibly having depression or anxiety and they may feel embarrassment, frustration or shame about their condition.” Jonathan is able to help sufferers with his hypnotherapy: “My Fast
Track hypnosis helps to remove the habit and instil confidence once again into the client and the results are very good. “It normally takes approximately four sessions to achieve this (and it takes time for the hair to grow) as well as support and practical advice about how to reverse this powerful habit.” Jonathan holds his Fast Track Hypnosis sessions in Cabo Roig, Quesada and Benidorm. For an appointment, brochure or free of charge initial consultation, contact Jonathan now. Jonathan Gilchrist Tel: 691 784 954 www.jonathangil christinspain.com Email jonathangilchristbh @gmail.com
A, C and E. Antioxidants are great for anti-aging and prevent heart disease, cancer and strokes. 2. According to the American Cancel Society, they may prevent some types of cancer, including prostate, lung, stomach, cervix, breast, mouth, oesophagus, pancreas, colon and rectum, thanks to the anti-cancer agent lycopene. Cooked tomatoes have higher levels of lycopene that raw ones. 3. Boost the immune system, help maintain energy levels, aid wound healing and keep the skin and mucous membranes in good condition. They build strong bones and ward off osteoporosis, and they prevent macular degeneration. Sun dried tomatoes are considered a super
food for hay fever. 4. Can be used to cleanse and tone your skin to brighten up a dull complexion. Mash tomato, avocado and a drizzle of honey into a thick paste and apply to your face for 15 minutes. Rinse with tepid water. The tomato deep cleans, avocado moisturises and honey is antibacterial and moisturises skin without making it oily. Tomatoes are particularly beneficial for oily skin, large pores and acne. 5. Condition hair and relieve an itchy scalp. Shampoo your hair then pour on tomato juice. Leave for five minutes and rinse with cool water. This will remove build-up of products and hydrate your hair.
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R CHRIS JONES has been caring for the teeth of residents and holidaymakers in Alfaz del Pi for more than 16 years. Established in the same street for the entire time, the dedicated dentist has built up a strong reputation for offering honest, quality care and treatment at reasonable prices. Having trained in Sheffield he moved to Spain and set up his own clinic where he offers every service, except for orthodontics, where another specialist is available. Having worked in both the UK and now in Spain for a considerable time he has recognised the differences and tries to bring the British ethos to his Spanish and international clients, combined with local Spanish prices: “Dentistry is quite new to the country. Since 1991 you can train just as a dentist, before that you had to first become a doctor and then study dentistry so there weren’t too many around.” As a result, people were not used to regular visits and checkups and it was a new, and often intimidating thing for children. Dr Chris said: “Many are not geared up for children or dealing with tricky patients so we try and get
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BEFORE:... youngsters in from a very early age and do free check-ups for young children just to get them used to it.” He is also very honest with his advice: “In Spain it is not practice for children to receive gas when having treatment, although I can arrange for that to be done in hospital, but in many cases, especially for expat children, I do recommend they go back to the UK if they can and have the treatment there.”
AFTER: Just half an hour of treatment at Clinica Dental. Whilst the industry is relatively new, Spain also offers some of the latest innovation and treatment and Dr Chris has continually trained and updated his skills in Spain with his clinic walls adorned with certificates in everything from bridges, implants and root canals to surgery, aesthetics and cancer diagnosis. He is also fully qualified in botox but adhering to Spanish legislation which states only
doctors can perform it, he does not offer the treatment. In the surgery he offers check-ups for just €15 and a set of X-rays done on site is €25. Many people have also turned to Dr Chris for a second opinion when not happy with other treatment they have had elsewhere: “I had one woman who was told she needed implants on her top teeth costing thousands but she didn’t. I did a
good deep clean costing around €150 and she was happy.” So for professional and honest advice and treatment visit Clinica Dental now. Emergency appointments are always available.
Clinica Dental Avda. del Pais Valencia 9, local 3 Alfaz del Pi Tel: 965 889 032
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If you regret that tattoo, remove it A SURVEY in Spain has shown that 60 per cent of people who have a tattoo regret it five years down the line, but are unsure about tattoo removal. If you are thinking about getting one removed, here are some of the most frequently asked questions: How are they removed? In most cases tattoos can be removed by a type of laser generating pulses of energy with a specific wavelength, and it only acts on the ink pigment particles. They remove 85-90 per cent of colours. Pink, yellow and white are most resistant colours. Are the results visible? The results are visible after the first session but look better once past 20-25 days, which is the time required for the body to remove ink particles through the
lymphatic system. It can take between four to eight sessions to fully remove a tattoo. Is it painful? There is less pain in removing the tattoo than having the tattoo in the first place. However, you can apply anaesthetic cream 90 minutes before. Does it scar? The area should not scar but it’s important to protect the area from the sun and use a moisturising cream and follow any advice from the specialist remover. Can I have another tattoo on the area? Experts say there is no problem in having another tattoo on the area where one has been removed as long as the specialist’s tips are followed.
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FAMILY dinners could be good for teenagers. New research has shown that having regular family meals could be good for the mental health of youngsters and may combat the effects of cyberbullying. Canadian researchers suggest that the social contact, support and communication experienced during family meals could help shield teenagers from the effects of online bullying. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, surveyed more than 20,000 adolescents, measuring exposures to cyberbullying and traditional (face-to-face) bullying. It also asked teenagers about a wide range of other mental health issues including depression, anxiety and substance use.
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Family run Monroes carvery THE popular family run Monroes Carvery, has been established for 26 years. Launched with the restaurant in Moraira, Heidi Martinez then went on to open Monroes in Pedreguer 10 years ago, following in her father’s footsteps and then in Benidorm seven years ago. Whilst a new venture for the family in Spain, the business was not new with Heidi’s father running and owning restaurants for a number of years in the UK before they moved to Spain, and they still have Monroes in the UK which opened in 1984. One of the first carveries to open, Heidi believes the style works well and is easy to do, but adds: “It is also easy to do badly.” With beef and pork and a range of potatoes, Yorkshire puddings and a wide choice of vegetables, Monroes remains the best choice for a quality, value for money, Sunday roast, any day of the week. However, Monroes is much more than just a
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CARVERY: Fresh food is served daily at Monroes. carvery with pie nights, fish and chip specials, steaks, burgers, pizzas and salads also available across all three restaurants with each also having their own special offers and dishes. Full details and opening times can be found at www.monroescarvery.com. With three busy restaurants in Spain to run and four children to bring up, Heidi has little free time, but the time she has has been used widely and for the last year has been snatching precious moments of time to sit down and write her first novel: “I have
always liked writing and I remember when I was a teenager, a lady called Pat who worked for us wrote a short story, so after reading 50 Shades of Grey which I enjoyed and other general books which were boring, I thought I would give it a go and write one for Pat.” Set in a Spanish Hacienda, ‘If it’s wrong to love you’ tells the story of three generations of women from the same family and particularly about a young woman, the granddaughter who, after living in New York, returns to Spain where her mother
lived to find a whole world she knew nothing about. Heidi said it took determination to find the time to finish the book and even went to Andalucia last year on holiday to gain inspiration. The front cover photo is one she took whilst there as it was just as she pictured the setting to be. She wrote each chapter and pieced it all together with a twist at the end. “I had a lot of people read it and proof it and I worried the twist would be too obvious but they said it wasn’t which is great.” She added: “I am not a literary genius; I just wanted to write something easy to read, that could be picked up and put down whenever and something I’d want to read and I hope others would want to read too.” Heidi’s book is available at any Monroes’ restaurant and book stores in Denia and Benidorm or as an Ebook from Amazon. She is already thinking of a second book as a follow on story. Watch this space...
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The best of Indian cooking in Albir ESTABLISHED for over seven years in Albir, the Haweli Albir Indian Restaurant is a leading Indian restaurant in the area, run by a family with decades of experience in owning restaurants. The smell of exotic and seductive spices makes your imagination travel to India and transports you to far flung lands as soon as you walk in. Immediately, customers are greeted and welcomed by the attentive staff as you peruse the extensive menu and its wide range of dishes. If you think that Indian food is too hot or too spicy for you, worry no more as at Haweli you choose the intensity of the taste: soft, medium or hot. There is always a milder option, so children and delicate stomachs have no excuses not to go. For those struggling to choose between the baltis and bhunas, then why not try their buffet menu. The popular buffet is on every Sunday costing €12.90, available during lunchtime service and in the evening,
allowing you to sample a range of dishes. A special lunch menu is also available Monday to Friday from 12.30-4.30pm costing €7.90. All food is cooked freshly on site and includes a range of vegetarian dishes and all breads are cooked in a traditional clay oven over hot coal. The extensive restaurant can sit up to 200 people both inside and out on the pleasant terraced area meaning there is plenty of room for private parties and functions to be catered for. A takeaway service is also available. So try a truly special Indian restaurant, try the Haweli Albir which is open seven days a week from 12.30-4.30pm for lunch and from 6.30pm till late.
BUFFET: Available at Haweli every Sunday.
Haweli Albir Cami Vell d’Altea, Edif. La Rotunda, 40 (just passed Lidl) Call 966 866 864 or 652 316 644. www.hawelialbir.com
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HACKETT’S clothing store in L’Alfas del Pi offers styles and accessories for all your little one's needs. With kiddies’ clothes in stock ranging from ages 0-14 for girls and boys, Hackett’s offers a unique, boutique feel and experience, but without the costly price tags. “No item is ever over €18,” said owner Chris Hackett. Chris took over the store two years ago and as a trained seamstress was looking for the perfect business to base her sewing expertise, and a clothes store fitted right in. The combination works in tandem with Chris offering a range of free alterations for clothing bought in the store but any alterations are possible. A seamstress for 12 years in the UK, Chris can alter any item of clothing, carry out repairs and make soft furnishings, and she always aims for a next-day service where possible. Her clothing stock changes regularly with new items arriving fortnightly which she sources from the UK or from wholesalers. She also follows the
high street in L’Alfas del Pi. The store is open Monday to Friday from 10am-2pm and from 5pm-7.30pm and Saturdays 10am-2pm.
Hackett’s Avenida Valencia, 9, Locale 8 L’Alfas del Pi Tel: 965 888 959
BRIGHT & BEAUTIFUL: Colourful clothes and accessories. seasons more closely rather than the retailers so whilst, despite the blazing summer sun, many stores are already stocking autumn and winter lines, Chris still has plenty of shorts, t-shirts and swimwear on the rails. So for a browse for your little one or for a gift, try Hackett’s along the main
HACKETT’S: For all your kiddie clothing and seamstress needs.
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RAY GARDNER: For all your heating and plumbing requirements. there are a number of advantages. They are very small units and don’t take up a lot of room in your garden. Electric can be used in areas where a gas supply isn’t available and is suitable for aboveground pools and inground pools. Heating can also be set on a timer. However, it can have high running costs depending on your electricity tariff. Solar is an alternative and environmentally friendly way of heating your pool and once installed there are few running costs. For help and advice on
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per cent). On the other hand, the sharpest declines were witnessed in Castellon (-1.8 per cent), Caceres (-1.5 per cent) and Avila (-1.4 per cent). The most expensive provinces are Guipuzcoa and Vizcaya (Basque Country) with €3,158 and €2,828 per square metre respectively. They are followed by Madrid with €2,607 and Barcelona with €2,213. The cheapest provinces are Cuenca, Toledo and Ciudad Real with €901, €942 and €947 per square metre respectively. Property prices increased in August in 16 Spanish capitals, with the largest increment being witnessed in Huesca (+2.9 per cent). In contrast, the sharpest drops were registered in Castellon (-3.9 per cent), Huelva (-2.4 per cent) and Logroño (-2.3 per cent). Ever since the housing bubble burst, prices in three Spanish capitals have decreased by more than 50 per cent. The most substantial decreases were witnessed in Lleida and Zaragoza, where prices dropped by as much as 56.2 and 52 per cent respectively. They are followed by Castellon (50 per cent) and Huesca (-49.4 per cent). In contrast, the slightest decreases were registered in Ourense (-17.5 per cent), San Sebastian (-20.6 per cent) and Coruña (-23.3 per cent).
Housing reform grants awarded THE Spanish Government is to provide grants for housing reforms. Through a housing plan approved in July, the Spanish Government is to allocate €2 million to promote rental housing, restoration and energy efficiency. According to the Ministry of Development, restoration activities create three times as many jobs as the construction of new buildings. Therefore, in an effort to support this activity and fight unemployment, Madrid has decided to award a series of subsidies, grants and loans to people who wish to renovate their homes. To gain access to the aids, homeowners must fulfil a number of conditions, according to idealista.com. The building cannot have been built after 1981 and at least 70 per cent of its total area must be designated for residential use only. In the case of housing, the grants are to only be awarded to applicants wishing to restore their home addresses. The Government also requires that funds be used to improve the gas, electricity, ventilation and insulation facilities or to build extensions that cannot exceed 120 square metres. The grants can also be invested to reinforce the structure of the building.
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CHALET in ORIHUELA, NEW. 4 bedrooms, 2 bath, pool, 1,500 plot, 154m2 construction built, 145,000€. 965 832 658 / 629 991 543 (220097)
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PROPERTY WANTED WANTED: 2 Bedroom Apartment in Moraira town for long term rent. For more information contact info@spanishcoastvillas.com WANTED: Long term rentals all areas from Denia to Calpe and inland! For more information contact: info@spanishcoastvillas.com WANTED:Large villa in Javea for long term rent. For more information contact: info@spanish coastvillas.com (224888) WANTED: 3 Bedroom Townhouse. Benissa/Javea/Denia. Max 250,000€ for Mr Fitz. Contact: in fo@spanishcoastvillas.com WANTED: 3 bedroom apartment in Javea for long term rent. For more information contact: info@spanishcoastvillas.com WANTED: 3 Bedroom 2 Bathroom Villa. Benitachell/Cumbre del Sol. Max 300.000€ for Mr and Mrs O’Conor. Contact info@span ishcoastvillas.com (224888) WANTED: Min 5 Bedroom Villa. Moraira/Benissa coast/Calpe. Max 600,000€ for Mr. Schur. Contact info@spanishcoastvillas.com WANTED: 3 Bedroom Finca. Benitachell/Javea. Max 250,000€. For Mrs Fontaine. Contact info@spanishcoastvillas.com (224888) WANTED: 2 Bedroom Bungalow .Moraira/Benissa and Benissa coast. Max 150,000€ For Mr. Vandekerckhove . Contact info@span ishcoastvillas.com (224888) WANTED: 3 Bedroom min Villa in Moraira for long term rent. For more information contact info@spanishcoastvillas.com (224888)
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ROLLER SHUTTERS REPAIRS, cords, slats, winding mechanisms, motors. Calpe + 40 kms. Tony Bowers 659 464 992 www.toldosalchemy.com (222307)
SCRAP VEHICLES SCRAP VEHICLES wanted for cash. Call 646 726 377 (229234)
SEWING MADE TO MEASURE loose covers. Choose from a wide range of materials in your own home. Javea area 686 453 827 (224778)
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REQUIRED: Professional waiter for busy bar in La Cala de Finestrat. Immediate start for the right person. 610 957 466 (229822) DO YOU CARE? If so, why not join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from £910 - £1372 for 2 weeks. Good written/spoken English/ British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consul tuscare.com. (221355)
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SWIMMING POOLS TOTAL POOL CARE. Specialists in regrouts, leak detectio and structural repairs, replacement pumps and filters etc, also warranty service available for pipework, pumps, lights etc. Tel 654 687 536 (229062)
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Mazda unveils the all-new MX-5
MAZDA revealed the allnew Mazda MX-5 to an exclusive audience in Barcelona and simultaneously around the world at two similar events in Japan and the US. The fourth-generation
design, received a very warm reception from around 250 media in attendance. It will go on sale in Europe in 2015. The all-new MX-5 comes with SKYACTIV Technology, including specially tuned
model, which features a distinctive adaptation of the KODO - Soul of Motion
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SKYACTIV-Chassis. Weighing 100 kilos less than the outgoing model and with the lowest-ever centre of gravity, the new edition of Mazda’s iconic roadster enhances the Jinba Ittai ‘rider-and-horseas one’ responsiveness and agility that has made the MX-5 a fun car to drive. The weight reduction also puts the new MX-5 at a level comparable to the original model, which revived and revolutionised the market for affordable lightweight sports cars when launched back in 1989. More than 947,000 have been produced over the past 25 years, and the MX-5 holds the Guinness World Record as the all-
time bestselling two-seater sports car. ‘Long live the roadster’ was the motto of the unveiling, which also marked the debut of Mazda Space, the company’s brand-new European event hub in Barcelona. The event was streamed live to the MX-5 25th anniversary website. “Mazda’s current win streak is driven by our highly acclaimed new models, and the all-new MX-5 should only add fuel to the growth engine,” said Mazda Motor Europe President and CEO Jeff Guyton, who added: “Built for the love of driving, this car underscores what Mazda is all about.”
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Fresh power for an established winner - the new Audi A6 and A6 Avant
AUDI has thoroughly updated the A6 family. New engines, transmissions and headlights, plus a new infotainment system make the Sedan and Avant more efficient, more powerful, more attractive and more sophisticated than ever. The versatile A6 allroad quattro and the S6, S6 Avant and RS6 sport models are also packed with numerous new features. “With the new Audi A6, we are writing the next chapter in an excellent success story. It represents innovative technology and Audi’s premium claim,” said Professor Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg, Board Member for Technical Development at AUDI AG. “The Audi A6 sets new standards in many technical fields: the
lightweight body containing many aluminum components, the powerful and highly efficient engines, the sporty chassis and advanced assistance and multimedia systems.” Thanks to its intelligent composite construction concept, the body is extremely rigid and safe. Numerous components of aluminum and hot-shaped steel form the backbone of a systematic lightweight construction concept. The new A6 1.8 TFSI has a kerb weight of just 1,535 kilos. Vibrational comfort is excellent; cabin noise is extremely low. The front seats are available with optional ventilation and massage functions; the controls are simple. The MMI radio operating system and deluxe automatic air
AUDI A6: More efficient, powerful and attractive. conditioning are standard. The luggage compartment of the Audi A6 Avant offers between 565 and 1,680 litres of space and many practical features. The range of driver assistance systems is also extremely attractive, topped by adaptive cruise control with stop and go function. Audi side assist, which uses radar to check behind the car when
changing lanes, works closely together with Audi active lane assist, which prevents unintended lane changes. The night vision assistant now includes even more functions, and the Audi pre sense basic safety system is standard. Important information can be called up via the optional head-up display. The engine lineup for the new A6 and A6 Avant
includes three TFSI units with output ranging between 140kW (190hp) and 245kW (333hp) and five TDI units ranging from 110kW (150hp) to 240kW (326hp). All engines comply with the limits of the Euro 6 emission standard, and their CO2 emissions have been reduced by as much as 22 per cent. At Audi, the most efficient petrol and diesel engines bear the ‘ultra’ label. Combined with the all-new S tronic transmission, the 1.8 TFSI ultra consumes just 5.7 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres corresponding to 133 grams CO2 per kilometre (214g/mi). The 2.0 TDI ultra with 110kW (150hp) achieves the extremely low consumption figure - with no restrictions with respect
to equipment - of 4.2 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres corresponding to 109 grams CO2 per kilometre (175.4g/mi). The top gasoline engine, the 3.0 TFSI, has been comprehensively revised. The engine developers have also completely redesigned numerous aspects of the 3.0 TDI clean diesel, which is available with either 160kW (218hp) or 200KW (272hp). The 3.0 TDI clean diesel biturbo produces 235kW (320hp). Another version with 240kW (326hp), which can be boosted briefly to 255kW (346hp), powers the A6 3.0 TDI competition and A6 Avant 3.0 TDI competition special-edition models, with which Audi is celebrating 25 years of TDI technology.
The four rings keep growing worldwide AUDI has maintained its path of growth worldwide in August: sales rose 5.6 per cent to around 125,300 cars. This brings the total number of customers who have chosen an Audi since the start of the year to around 1,138,700, an increase of 10.5 per cent. The four rings grew particularly strongly in North America in August, increasing sales by 22.6 per cent year on year. “Worldwide demand for our automobiles continues to develop positively even if the economic environment in certain markets remains challenging. Regarding our deliveries total, we are confident of selling 1.7 million cars by the end of the year,” remarked Luca de Meo, Member of the Board of Management for Sales at AUDI AG. “As well as the A3 family, the popular A6 derivatives in
particular and also the successful Q models are providing steady growth rates.” In August, most notably the Audi Q3 lifted the sales total with an increase of 40 per cent compared with the same month of the previous year. There was lively demand for the compact SUV in the UK (+25.3 per cent) and China, where sales of this model more than doubled. The Q3 has also been available in the US market since the end of August and will further strengthen sales of Audi’s family of SUV models there. With 17,101 deliveries (+22.1 per cent) in the US, Audi maintained its successful track record on the North American continent in August. Since the start of this year, Audi has therefore handed some 139,850 North American customers the keys to their new car and more than doubled its sales in the region since 2009.
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BENITACHELL BOWLERS: Peter Hoyles (centre) from the UK said this had been his best visit ever.
A warm welcome to visitors - BBC style
A CURRENT visitor and holidaymaker in Javea has received a very warm welcome from members of Benitachell Bowls Club, with his response being that this has been the best visit ever to the Costa Blanca. Peter Hoyles from Boston Bowls Club in Lincolnshire, and on holiday
with family in Javea, has been a regular guest bowler at the BBC over the past few weeks, so much so that his new friends at the club felt it appropriate to make a special presentation to him to document his summer of 2014. The photo shows club day players at the BBC in the background, with
front of photo from left, Ruth Meadows (Press Officer for BBC), Peter Hoyles holding a BBC Club Pennant with badges and Brian Doggett (President of BBC). Everyone is guaranteed a friendly reception at the BBC and for further information, go to www.benitachellbowlsclub.com.
The La Vila rugby season is starting RUGBY La Vila first team will play the first league game at Division Honor B level, at noon on Sunday September 14, at the Villajoyosa Rugby Stadium. Tickets for the game against Hospitalet Barcelona will be as usual €5 euros for adults, with under 12s free.
If you prefer to collaborate more with the club, be a full member, for €120 which will give you a booked seat in the central stand, plus a complimentary aperitif with Champagne at half time in the VIP area. The first team plays in Division Honor level B
Stableford for Montgo MONTGO Golf Society played a stableford competition sponsored by Ed Wallace at Alenda where they found the course in pretty good condition although the greens were a bit on the woolly side. The winner was Gordon Gleeson who scored a level par 36 points from his 15.4 handicap. In second place was the ever consistent Shaun O’Gorman who was just one point back from 4.7 with John Day (12.2) taking third spot. Celia Cronin picked up the prize for the best placed lady with 29 points from a handicap of 11.2. Nearest the pin on hole 13 went to Penny Barden and Gordon added to his prizes by winning the 16th. There were twos for Penny and Shaun.
(Spanish level 2), and they are hoping for a return to the top flight. The club also run a second team to play at Alicante level with short trips to play in Denia, Alicante, Elche, and Torrevieja. New players are welcome The Club also run women’s rugby and U18, U16, U14, U12, U10 and U8 teams. Anyone wishing to come along will find La Vila Rugby Club on Carretera Pantano, Villajoyosa. Just take the motorway AP-7 exit Nº 66 (Villajoyosa). At the first roundabout head for the mountain. It is about 1km from motorway exit nº 66. Please contact Jason Craig on 659 674 768 or Ignacio Davila 608 068 208.
LEVANTE C.C were the visitors to the Woodbridge Oval this weekend, for the final match of the league campaign. Sporting Alfas CC had already wrapped up the title, but were looking to finish on a high. Levante upheld the traditions of the league impeccably and offered a guard of honour at the start of the game. Levante C.C won the toss and decided to bat, and were in deep trouble early. Their captain appeared to have promoted a couple of late order sloggers to open, a plan which backfired almost immediately as Laundon and Roper caused havoc with the new ball. At 23-4 after eight overs Levante were staring down the barrel, and left Senhouse and Hunt a huge job trying to rebuild an innings in tatters. With both the batsmen having to be very watchful, Pennick took advantage and slipped in a few miserly overs. Both young bowlers, Perman and Wallington-Smith, proved once again that they can hold their own in first division cricket, bowling six economical overs each and taking a further four wickets between them. Basharat came in and quickly mopped up the tail. Laundon finished with 3-12 and Wallington-Smith 328, leaving Levante with a below par 130 all out. Senhouse made an enterprising 60. The result was never in doubt as the Levante attack was flayed to all corners and they sealed a nine wicket win with more than 25 overs to spare.
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Good scoring by Warblers
SOME good scores were posted by Orba Warblers at Villaitana, due mainly to some
really good front nines, division two faired slightly better than division one with a top score of 40 points from the ever improving Colin Harris, 39 points was the score of second and third with Jorgen Mortensen beating Arthur Sullivan on count-back. Division one saw Mickey Badain take the top spot with 39 and in second place was Roy Booth with Simon Elvery in third on 36. The nearest the pin winners were, Glyn Braidley, Steve Cliffe, Mickey Badain and Roy Booth with Warbler
balls for two’s for Roy, David Rogers, Steve Cliffe and Paddy Kenmore. There were two knock-out matches played today and Colin Harris beat Sheila Dindar 5 and 4 and Derek Gray with David Edwards beat Steve Cliffe paired with Ken Robinson 4 and 3. David Corcoran celebrated his 70th birthday and awarded prizes to Sylvia Mortensen and John Daniels. Guests are always welcome and can book in by phone on 639 242 896.
ORBA WARBLERS: The winners at Villaitana.