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Torrevieja earthquake A QUAKE measuring 1.7 on the Richter Scale was recorded at sea to the east of Torrevieja early on Monday, October 27. It is the 14th earthquake to have occurred in the area so far this year.
Fire drama A BRITISH couple and their two children, aged four and five, had to be treated at Torrevieja Hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire at their home in El Galan, San Miguel de Salinas.
In ruins ONE hundred demonstrators gathered at Cartagena’s old Roman amphitheatre to protest about its state of disrepair. Improvement work has stalled due to the economic situation.
West End taster WEST END performers and teachers have been on the Costa Blanca for a week-long workshop. Three teachers and principal Maggie Paterson from Pineapple Performing Arts School in London’s Covent Garden, taught pupils from the European School in Alicante a range of disciplines including
ballet, street dance, acting and vocal training as part of the performing arts classes. The workshop culminated in a variety performance at the Finca Bon Any in Mutxamel, Alicante. The school has previously taken students to London, but this time the teachers came to Spain, with Maggie already
planning future workshops and commenting on how impressed she was with the pupils’ dedication and enthusiasm. Debbie Nicholson from the European School said: “For me as a teacher this is great and the students have loved it.” See Page 20 for interview with Maggie Paterson.
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US BOUND: Salt production is booming business.
Salt from Torrevieja flows to the USA
HALF of Torrevieja’s salt production is sent to America. Last week, 30,600 tonnes of salt was produced with half bound for the USA on board the freighter Mandarin. Almost 200 metres in length, the ship anchored outside the port as it waited for the arrival of a tug boat to collect the salt headed for the American port of Toledo in Ohio. Another cargo ship collected 7,000 tonnes headed for Scotland. The salt mines, a subsidiary of the
French multinational Salins du Midi, said there was a possibility of a new shipment of 18,000 tonnes of salt, also bound for the East Coast of the United States in the next fortnight. The salt from Torrevieja is mainly used for gritting roads and preventing layers of ice and snow forming. The production capacity at Torrevieja is one of the largest as, unlike other traditional sea salt, it can be extracted virtually all year round.
Drug trafficking gang arrested ARRESTS have been made across Alicante, Madrid, Cadiz and Valladolid as National Police targeted a network of drug traffickers.
Ten people were arrested as police recovered 100 kilos of cocaine from a gang who had set up a structure to launder hundreds of millions in financial
products with the help of lawyers and traders in tax havens like Switzerland and Panama. The gang's leader is said to
have contacts with a Colombian cartel and links with the Russian mafia. Through the raids, police also discovered â‚Ź140,000 in cash.
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NEWS Adult education COMPUTER classes and English are the most popular subjects for adults enrolling at adult education centres across Alicante Province. Illegal sellers A POLICE crackdown on illegal sellers targeted the Esplanade in Alicante with police recovering numerous bags being sold by vendors who ran to escape police.
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At the time, her and her husband had both worked in the construction sector “and things were pretty good,” she said until they both lost their jobs. Now having to survive on her husband’s unemployment benefit as she receives nothing being self-employed, the couple fell behind on their mortgage payments.
When their bank merged with Caja Madrid to become Bankia, the new manager went ahead with an eviction notice. The family now has to move into social housing paying €150 a month rent. Eva Maria said: “I took my clothes off to help our children but now feel completely naked.” Photo by Miquel Bohigas Costabella
Rotary donation THE Alicante Rotary Club has donated €10,000 to the Aspanion Association, a children’s cancer charity. Body found THE body of a man with dementia has been found in the Serra Grossa, Alicante. The man, in his 70’s had gone missing from his home a day earlier.
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LA CAIXA foundation is to donate €9,000 for Elche’s Food Bank project to help needy families in the municipality.
Fire rescue FIFTEEN people were evacuated as a fire broke out in a flat in Alicante centre. The owner was rescued from the building by a crane.
PROSECUTION has requested 23 years in prison for a man accused of sexually assaulting two minors in Cox.
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Stunning pyrotechnics at Sant Narcis festival
Winning tickets TICKETS for the National Lottery sold in Petrer and Sax have won prizes totalling €7.2 million.
Camino improvements ROJALES is to pave the roads around the camino de los Huertos to improve safety for farmers and the infrastructure. The work has an investment of €60,000; of which half will be funded by the town hall.
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Doctor awards TWO doctors at the University of Alicante have received an award for their thesis on ‘women, gender and advertising regulation’ and the ‘role of national parks in the renewal of established tourist destinations.’
Pest control REDOVAN has set aside €10,000 to treat and eradicate the Tomicus pest that is killing pine trees in the Vega Baja.
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Calendar mother evicted A VALENCIAN women who posed for a saucy calendar has been evicted from her home. Eva Maria Casas got together with other mothers in 2012 and produced the calendars to fund their own school bus after new regulations meant their children were no longer eligible for free school transport.
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NE of the most visually spectacular Spanish festivals of the year takes place in Girona this week. In a country renowned for its weird and wacky festivals - where people will do anything from pelt each other with tomatoes to build dangerously unstable 10-storey human towers - the Fires de Sant Narcis is probably the most striking, and loudest, festival on the Spanish holiday calendar. The highlight of the week’s festivities is the ‘correfoc’ - Catalan for ‘fire-run’ - a celebration featuring a cacophony of drum beats and exploding fireworks set off by revellers dressed as devils and demons. Fire crackers and stunning light
Quote of the Week ‘I know biting appals a lot of people, but it’s relatively harmless,’ says Barcelona player Luis Suarez in his new book ‘Crossing the Line: My Story’ which is published this week.
shows fill the Girona skies and streets all in the name of Sant Narcis, the patron saint of the city. Sant Narcis is celebrated each year with traditional Catalan customs, food, music and culture. Market stalls attract families, revellers and visitors keen to enjoy the biggest festival of the year in Girona. Malaga flamenco-electro band Chambao has already played as part of the Sant Narcis festivities this year, and more top name acts are pencilled in to keep the party going until Sunday. While some aspects of the festival are definitely not for those who enjoy their peace and quiet, it is nevertheless an unrivalled pyrotechnic spectacular.
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million is the sum involved in a mass corruption case involving local government construction contracts in Spain. Fifty one people have been arrested in the operation codenamed ‘Punica.’
HEALTH professionals across Alicante Province have created a new mobile phone App to encourage healthy habits in youngsters. ‘Esporti Revolution’ was presented at the Mustang Art Gallery of Elche.
Heat stress OCTOBER’S high temperatures, the highest in 145 years, are causing stress amongst residents according to a clinical psychologist who said irritability and aggressiveness have also increased.
Canary comp CANARIES have competed in a competition in San Vicente. Over 700 were judged on the beauty of their plumage and their colouring.
And finally... Nearly one in three flights from the UK to Spanish sun spots are delayed. So far this year a total of 8,826 flights from UK airports to Tenerife, Palma, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura have been delayed. UK passengers are eligible for compensation if their flight is delayed by more than three hours.
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E’D like to extend a warm Spanish welcome to the brave five-yearold cancer sufferer Ashya King and his parents, who arrived in Marbella this week. Little Ashya is undergoing further treatment at the HC Marbella Hospital in Andalucia, following an incredible story that has gripped both Spain and the UK. Brett and Naghemeh King triggered an international manhunt in August when they took their son from Southampton Hospital without the consent of his doctors, and brought him to Spain for treatment. Believing that proton beam treatment would be more effective than the radiotherapy offered in Britain, they came to Marbella but Brett and Naghemeh were arrested and held in a Madrid prison for three days, while Ashya was hospitalised
in Malaga. Thankfully, common sense prevailed and they were released without charge. His parents then took Ashya to Prague in the Czech Republic for proton beam treatment and he is now back in Spain where his condition is said to have improved. Cancer is a disease that affects so many families across the globe, and it is particularly upsetting when diagnosed in someone so young. Ashya has known little of a normal childhood to date and everyone following this heartbreaking tale can only hope that everything goes well for Ashya and the King family. Too afraid to return to the UK at the moment, they have decided to rest up in the quaint village of Casares where they have a home. We wish the Kings all the best during their stay – and beyond – and extend a genuine ‘bienvenidos to Andalucia’ once again.
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Soup kitchen user robbed in street AN elderly woman was attacked and robbed after leaving a soup kitchen in Elche.
The victim was heading to a bus stop in Calle Llimoner when two women attacked her
A lack of teachers forces parents to complain ELCHE does not have an adequate amount of substitute teachers. Parents of students at Jaime Balmes school have denounced the lack of a replacement teacher after a staff member was dismissed at the start of the term and pupils have had over a month without a proper substitute, with cover and assistance coming from other teachers in the school. Parents said: “A teacher should have been hired,” and added: “At this stage of the course they are already behind in the first quarter.”
with a spray stealing all she had. They then jumped into a waiting Audi. A police patrol car was passing by the area and began chase, stopping the vehicle moments later. Officers arrested the driver and the two women, one of which was his wife. Their daughter was also in the car. In their possession they found €3,000 although it is not clear if all of the money was taken from the elderly victim, as she was disoriented and could not tell police how much money she had, although she stated she had collected her monthly pay of €300 that morning.
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Farewell to oldest resident TORREVIEJA’S oldest resident has passed away aged 108. Josefina Blanco Diaz was born in Calle Caballero de Rodas in the city in May 1906, having lived all her life in the same street. She was one of the oldest residents in the Valencia region. On her birthday this year she was honoured by Mayor Eduardo Dolon and a special Havana was sung.
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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY: Church service will take place on November 9.
Lest we forget
THE second Sunday in November is Remembrance Sunday, the day traditionally put aside to remember those who died for peace and freedom. Here on the Orihuela Costa, the Royal British Legion (RBL) is commemorating Remembrance Sunday with a church service at the Capilla de las Mil Palmeras on November 9. Everyone is welcome so why not come and join the RBL as we pay our respects to our nation’s war veterans in the year that marks the centenary of the start of one of
the costliest conflicts in our history. There will also be a march-past led by the Torrevieja Pipes and Drums. The service will feature soloist Rebecca Holt and premier brass band, the Phoenix Concert band. Everybody is welcome to attend both the service and the wreath-laying ceremony in the Garden of Remembrance where you are also invited to lay your own wreath or poppy cross, which you can obtain on the day. Seating will be provided outside the church by the town hall. You are asked to be seated by 10.30am.
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Five years on and crane is removed A TOWER crane which had been abandoned for five years in Torrevieja has been removed. The town hall first instructed the crane in October 2013 after building work was abandoned in Avenida de La PurĂsima. Despite a 15 day action order being put in place, it has taken a year for it to be
removed. It posed a potential safety concern as its weight was breaking the pavement. The Urbanism Department has also instructed the owner of the site to clean and remove rubbish form the area which has been used as a shelter for homeless people.
Lorry and tram in a collision
A LORRY jumped a red light and crashed into a tram in Alicante. The accident occurred between the lorry and a tram on Line Two between Sant Vincente del Raspeig and Ciudad Jardin causing traffic to be stopped for nearly two hours. The driver of the lorry was unhurt as the tram had crashed into the trailer part of the vehicle, but the tram driver suffered from a mild concussion and had to be released by firefighters. A passenger onboard also had bruising to the chest and stomach with both being taken to Alicante’s General Hospital.
Students plan strike STUDENTS are planning a general strike for November. The planned action, at the end of the month, will coincide with the approval of future budgets with the strikes highlighting the continuing cuts that have been made in the education sector. The Union of Students said during their last action 2,000 students went on strike across the province and gathered at the Consell in Alicante.
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Nominated for top music award LOCAL singer and songwriter Shani Ormiston has been nominated for prizes in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2014. Known as the ‘Oscars of independent artists’ the awards recognise the best producers and composers of the world in distinct categories, such as music, films, television and video games. This is the third consecutive year that Shani, from Torrevieja, has received this Hollywood recognition, with a total of six separate nominations. This year the young composer aspires to two prizes in distinct categories. Her song ‘Once Upon a Time’ has been nominated as Best Pop Song of 2014 and ‘Brave’ in the
SHANI: Has been nominated in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
Contemporary Adult Category, two songs that form part of her latest musical work. The event is being held on Tuesday in Los Angeles and attracts artists from all over the world. A REMEMBRANCE service will be held at the Plaza de la Shani said: “I feel Constitucion in San Fulgencio village. The town hall will tremendously happy and be laying a wreath on the day and a free bus to excited as this is another transport people to the service will be available from step forward in my career, urbanisation La Marina. the simple fact of being Call in at the Office for the Urbanisations in Calle nominated is something Madrid to reserve your place. magical.”
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Work on new market delayed THE selection of a company to head up the final construction work for Torrevieja's new market area has been delayed once again. The project aims to move the traditional Friday market from the centre of the city to the area next to Avenida de Delfina Viudes close to the water park. It was tendered in 2010 and work began in
2011 and is now in its final stage of construction. However, more than €1million is required to complete the paving of the 88,000 square metre plot as only one layer of asphalt has been laid. Mayor Eduardo Dolon has admitted that work will not be completed by the end of the year, despite the initial November schedule. Plans to move the market have been met with mixed reaction. Some welcome the change, complaining about the accumulation of rubbish and disruption to to regions in Northern residents at its current Spain, some of which are location in the streets in beneficiaries of water the centre and the lack of access for transfers from the Ebro easy River, Asuncion Martinez emergency services. Others say the new said water usage in the province was considerate. location will isolate some Each uses an average users who will have to 100 litres of water a day, use private transport to half the country's average get to the market situated further out of the centre. consumption.
Residents praised for low water use RESIDENTS in Alicante province have been called “model consumers” of water. During the International Congress for the Right to Water, the director of the Aquae Foundation praised residents for recognising the need not to waste water. Comparing them
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Domestic abuse can hurt child’s schooling MORE than 80 per cent of children who witness abuse in their family home have poor performance at school. An investigation carried out by Alicante University (AU) has warned of the negative consequences of domestic
violence on children. Researchers said that as well as witnessing the abuse causing their own anxiety and depression, the lack of nurture from abused mothers is also a factor. “Those mothers who are emotionally upset, are not able to nurture and support their children, which is what you need as a child,” said Ana Rosser from AU. The study was started in 2011 to monitor the effects of abuse on youngsters and concluded that THE Valencian Paediatrics Foundation is calling for the only one in six chickenpox vaccination to be more freely available. children whose In a letter to the Minister of Health, Manuel Llombart, it mothers are victims wants the vaccine to be more accessible. Its pleas come of abuse get the following a decision by the Ministry of Health to block the appropriate school sale of the vaccine in pharmacies and include it in the results. category of hospital use, reserved for those drugs whose There are now calls characteristics and side-effects require extensive control. for the administration In its decision, the ministry cites chickenpox as a ‘mild’ to determine specific disease but the region’s paediatricians say the disease protocols for affects around 30,000 children each year with 5 per cent of intervention to help them developing complications that require hospitalisation. these children.
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Hoteliers call for ‘iconic’ landmark FOLLOWING the success of the launch of the Volvo Ocean Race in Alicante Port, hoteliers are calling for the area to be marked as a permanent tourist attraction. The Provincial Hotel
Association said that after more than 300,000 visitors in the area at the Race Village, the port had been left spookily empty. The organisation predicted it would remain so until the start of the
3D terror from Algorfa company A TECHNOLOGY company based in Algorfa has created a new 3D attraction for the Warner Park in Madrid. ‘West Horror; The Evil People’ is a pioneering attraction that combines special effects and virtual reality which the public perceives through 3D glasses, with the participation of actors portraying real ghostly beings in a new twist on the traditional house of horrors. The innovative feature has been developed by Atlantis Virtual Reality based in Algorfa.
next race in 2017. President of the hotel association Cristina Rodes is calling on the Ministry of Development, Alicante Port and the regional government to create a flagship icon that will draw in tourists all year round.
Registry cuts services DOWNSIZING of registry office staff in Torrevieja has restricted services. Appointments must be made for certain services on certain days: Mondays recording of marriages and births, Tuesdays and Thursdays nationalities and births, and Fridays faiths and subpoenas. It will be closed on Wednesdays.
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British consulate advice at Iceland THE British Consulate and the Alicante Healthcare team will be at various
Iceland stores this November to give shoppers the chance to find out how
Demolition is delayed THE demolition of six houses on Tabarca Island is postponed until the issue of compensation to owners can be resolved. Officials have not yet been able to access all properties, despite the permission of the Provincial Court to demolish them, although there is nothing in writing. Now, they have to wait until their claims for compensation have been answered. They are wanting between €1.2 - 2 million after buying their properties, which were issued all the correct licences and occupancy certificates at the time by Alicante Council. However, they were then declared illegal in 2003 by the High Court following a complaint by the Ministry of Environment stressing they were in violation of the Coastal Act. Except for one dwelling, which was emptied by the owner when it was thought that the demolition was imminent, the rest are still inhabited on Tabarca.
the Consulate can help and check that they are properly registered for healthcare. They will have a stand at the entrance to the stores in San Javier, Benidorm and Torrevieja with information about the padron, residencia, property and healthcare. The team will be at Iceland San Javier on Monday and Iceland Torrevieja on November 12 from 11am-3pm. British Vice Consul Lloyd Milen said: “I hope that as well as doing the weekly shop, Brits will have a chance to talk to us about what their concerns are and how we can help them. “It’s also a chance for shoppers to check that they are registered for healthcare and get answers to any questions they have about living in Spain.”
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Freemasons help to fund wheelchair WHEN the Provincial Grand Master of Murcia, Duncan Robert Mitchell, heard of a teenager in Albacete who required a special wheelchair, he charged the Provincial Almoner with raising money to subsidise half of the cost of it. Lodges in the province gave generously to the fund and the new chair was ordered from a specialist supplier in Madrid. The chair, which cost ₏5,000, was delivered to Christina’s
school last week where it was adjusted and checked by her physiotherapist. It replaces an outdated model, will suit Christina for some years to come and, it is hoped, will make her life much more enjoyable. Pictured are Graham Jackson Provincial Almoner, Ibeanyi Mora, Assistant Provincial Secretary, and Christina de la Cruz with her physiotherapist.
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La gente AS part of our series La Gente, Euro Weekly News reporter Gemma Quinn has been out and about to see what skills, talent and inspirational people can be found on the Costa Blanca. This week she headed to Finca Bon Any in Mutxamel to meet the founder of the Pineapple Performing Arts School... ‘FAME costs and right here is where you start paying, in sweat.’ The immortal lines from the movie Fame and a lesson quickly learnt by students from the European School in Alicante who took part in a week-long musical theatre and performing arts workshop with teachers from the Pineapple Performing Arts School (PPAS) in London. There was plenty of sweat as students learnt dance, drama and singing, headed by principal of PPAS, Maggie Paterson. As a professional dancer herself, she knows full well the rigours and dedication involved to make it in the
industry: “It’s hard and is the most brutal of techniques as you are training like an athlete, it takes over.” But the rewards can be immense. Maggie has appeared in TV commercials, stage shows and pop videos and was even approached to choreograph The Full Monty, released in 1997. Having selected all the music and choreographing the dole queue dance, she had to pull out at the last minute due to an arm injury. Such is the industry. But as one door closes, another opens and after years teaching at the famous Pineapple Dance Studios in Covent Garden, she approached founder
MAGGIE: Principal at Pineapple Performing Arts School Debbie Moore about setting up a school and now, 17 years and 400 students later, PPAS is going from strength to strength. Whilst teaching youngsters lifelong skills and lessons that can lead them into the industry, with many having gone on to
enjoy success performing on stage and in television, it is about the fun with all children welcomed and no auditions to to through. Maggie and her talented professional teachers have given students a week to remember and hope to be back soon.
Game of Thrones boost for Spanish town HBO blockbuster TV series Game of Thrones is causing quite a stir at its latest location, the historic Andalucian town of Osuna. Hotels are fully booked until the end of this month (October) when filming is due to end, and the tourist information office has extended its opening hours to cope with the influx of visitors. With regional unemployment standing at 34.7 per cent, it is a welcome economic boost to the town, which saw a rise in visitor numbers months ahead of filming. In a sign of the huge popularity of the swords
and sex fantasy drama, visits to the town rose by 15 per cent back in June on the announcement that Game of Thrones was to be filmed there. It is an effect that has been seen in Northern Ireland, Malta and Croatia, where the TV series has also been filmed, but the interest in Spain has been even more marked. When a Malaga-based casting agency advertised for 500 extras, it was swamped with 86,000 applications and had to increase internet server space just to cope. Now Osuna Town Hall
is looking to capitalise on the raised interest in the town and is considering creating a museum with a Game of Thrones theme. And in the meantime, one local restaurant is making the most of it with a range of tapas inspired by the show’s characters, including The Joffrey. The dish of trout with bacon garnished with mulled wine is named after the character King Joffrey Baratheon. Filming moved on to Osuna after several scenes were shot in nearby Sevilla’s 15th century Alcazar.
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Second shop for Cruz Azul Murcia CRUZ AZUL Murcia has opened the doors of their second shop in San Pedro del Pinatar. The opening comes less than a year after their first charity shop opened in San Javier.
Val Latham from Cake Magic, who presented a cake for the team and visitors on the day, was invited to cut the ceremonial ribbon and declare the shop open. “The majority of our
Sample wine with shoes THE Office for the Urbanisations in urbanisation La Marina is planning on organising a trip to the Bodega Poveda in Monovar to watch how the wine is made as well as sample it. This will be followed by a visit to the Shoe Museum in Elda on November 22. The price will be approximately €10 per head but this is to be confirmed. To reserve your place drop into the office in Calle Madrid, urbanisation La Marina, or call 966 443 002.
fundraising is based upon our retail outlets,” commented Sue Thomason, Cruz Azul Vice President: “We always welcome donations of furniture, clothes, accessories, household items and we offer a free collection service for larger items.” The shop is on the main road into San Pedro del Pinatar opposite the Confiteria Alicia. It is open Monday to Saturday from 10am-2pm. All money from the shop goes to the Cruz Azul Murcia charity whose mission is to provide veterinary care for the sick and injured pets of people in need and to promote responsible pet ownership. For information visit www.cruzazulmurcia.es.
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Spain top for hen parties FOR a place to enjoy a last hurrah with the girls before getting hitched, UK bridesto-be can’t get enough of sunny Spain. Marbella, Mallorca and Barcelona have topped the list as the favourite destinations for hens to party the night away and let their hair down before walking down the aisle. The three Spanish destinations are renowned as party hotspots, and UK hens have named them as the best places to enjoy a hen do in a poll carried out by Red7, a hen and stag party company. In contrast, naughty UK stags prefer to hit the bars and clubs of Riga, Amsterdam and Prague, well-known for their strip clubs and red light districts. “Many brides-and-groomsto-be travel a considerable distance for their perfect hen or stag do,” said Viki Sanders
HEN PARTIES: Spain is the firm favourite for sun-seeking, party-loving hens. of Red7. In the search for the ‘perfect send-off,’ hens and stags are now prepared to travel further afield than
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England, she added. Brighton, London and Edinburgh are the top three UK destinations for pre-
wedding partying, but Spain is the firm favourite with sun-seeking, party-loving hens.
Spanish director to represent Europe in USA IGNACIO COSIDO - General Director of Spanish National Police - was chosen to represent European police forces at the 121 conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) in Orlando (USA) held on October 25-26. Cosido and representatives for South America, Asia-Pacific, Central America-Caribbean, North America, Middle East and Africa will collaborate to establish a fast, effective relationship to combat all types of crime. During his visit to the USA, the police director met American National Security, Border Authority, Immigration Department and FBI representatives to discuss illegal traffic of drugs, immigration, terrorism, fraud and other crimes that worldwide police forces work together to control. During the conference, Cosido also had the chance to examine the latest in security technology and police equipment.
€2 million inheritance for waiter A PALMA waiter has won a five-year battle to establish his identity and has inherited €2 million in the process. Esteban Marchena Garcia has claimed for years that he is the illegitimate son of a wealthy Sevilla landowner, and has now been awarded his slice of a multi-million euro inheritance.
The result of an affair between 17-yearold servant girl Encarnacion Marchena and wealthy aristocrat Juan Velez Utrera, the infant Esteban was not recognised by his father as he was illegitimate. Encarnacion was working on Utrera’s Sevilla estate when she gave birth to Esteban in 1955. His mother was forced to put Esteban up
for adoption because of lack of money, but later kept in contact and told him who his father was. When Utrera died in 2001 his estate was divided up among his three legitimate sons, and Esteban - seeking justice for his mother - started legal proceedings in 2009 for his share of his father’s fortune.
The 59-year-old waiter obtained a court order for the exhumation of Utrera’s body in order for DNA testing to be carried out, but the family had secretly dug up the corpse and had it cremated. Utrera’s three legitimate sons also refused to provide their DNA for testing to see if they were related to Esteban - who works as a waiter in Palma de Mallorca - or not. However a judge in Sevilla last week awarded Esteban his €2 million share biggest photography of Utrera’s fortune given competitions in the world. the ‘extraordinary obstrucAs patron of the Natural tion’ of the three brothers History Museum, Kate and the strong family Middleton attended the resemblance was enough prize-giving ceremony to prove Utrera is Esteban’s and posed with a smiling biological father. Carlos brandishing his Utrera, whose mother trophy. died two months ago, said Snap-happy Carlos has it was a great shame she his own website featuring had died not knowing. his stunning images of In 2006 Spain changed nature, plants and its inheritance laws to allow animals near his home in children born outside Teruel, as well as from marriage the same right to journeys with his parents inherit family fortunes as to India, Brazil and China legitimate children. Since among others. See his then dozens of cases have amazing photos at emerged involving illegitiwww.carlospereznaval.wo mate children claiming their rdpress.com. right to inheritance.
HE’S not yet 10-years-old but already little Carlos Perez Naval is an awardwinning international photographer. The 8-year-old camera buff from Teruel has won the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year award at a star-studded ceremony in London, where he posed for pictures with none other than the Duchess of Kent, Kate Middleton. Carlos’s photo entitled ‘Stinger in the Sun’ beautifully depicts a common yellow scorpion brandishing its stinger as a warning. With a glowing
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CAMERA SHY: Carlos Perez Naval receives his award from Kate Middleton. late afternoon sun as the backdrop, Carlos’s entry nabbed him the prestigious prize at the
50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards held by BBC Worldwide and the
Natural History Museum. His winning picture will now be showcased in an exhibition to be held at the museum. Despite his age, Carlos is no stranger to photography, or to winning. He took a serious interest in photography when he was just five-years-old and has already won prizes in Spanish, Italian and French competitions. His most recent prize, however, is without a doubt his most important, as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is one of the
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Daya Vieja is the deepest in debt DAYA VIEJA is the municipality in Alicante Province with the most debt. It heads a list of 10 municipalities in the province that are among the 500 with the largest amount of debt per capita in Spain. According to the latest
data released by the Ministry of Finance, municipalities that hold this dubious honour are Daya Vieja, Finestrat, Benidorm, Bigastro, El Castell de Guadalest, Calpe, Monovar, Monforte del Cid, Benillup and Novelda.
Nearly 300 open corruption cases THE Valencian Region has been named as the second worst in Spain for cases of corruption. According to the General Council of the Judiciary (GCJ), there are 280 open cases relating to charges such as tax fraud, forgery, bribery and embezzlement of public funds. Only Andalucia came ahead of Valencia with 656 cases currently being investigated. Cataluña has 215 cases; the Canarias has 197 open cases and Madrid 181.
Daya Vieja recorded a debt of €3.2million at the end of 2013. It means that each resident in the town would have to pay €4,262.97 each to pay it off. Finestrat's debt works out at €2,811.03 per resident with Benidorm's at €1,596.03. The provincial average debt is €562.69 per person. Mayor of Daya Vieja, Rafael Vives (PP), spoke to clarify the figures and said: “The Ministry of Finance does not recognise the money we are owed by different routes. We are waiting to enter money from grants and land development fees which when received would lower the debt.” He added that the town has made investments worth €7million in recent years.
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Charity shops are lifeline for horse rescue centre THE Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre’s Guardamar charity shop has now reopened in a new, modern and central premises that boasts access to plenty of nearby car parking. The rescue centre’s co-founders, Sue and Rod Weeding, are also planning to further expand their network of eight charity shops to include a second ‘euro shop’ in Dolores by the end of the year. “We now have 81 horses, ponies and donkeys at the centre and we need a minimum of €4,000 a week to keep us going and that doesn’t cover surgeries or hospitalisations,” Sue said: “We are now in our seventh year and police across much of the Costa Blanca are now on our side. It’s so important that we can always respond when they call us. That’s why the shops are vital, so we have the funds to continue our work, grow as an organisation and advocate for animal welfare in the Valencia region.”
GUARDAMAR: Now back open in a new location. Sue says more volunteers are needed at the relocated Guardamar shop, situated in Calle de la Puerta del Cairo and volunteers are also wanted for the forthcoming Dolores euro shop. Call 652 021 980 for more information or visit www.easyhorsecare.net.
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Multiple assets, m multiple frauds - ab THE Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has just released a new campaign in the UK targeting benefit thieves in their local areas and reinforcing an ongoing effort to get back the millions that are taken from the tax payer - 82 million for last year alone for abroad fraud cases. There is no one ‘type’ of benefit thief, but the one thing they have in common is that they are all taking advantage and abusing the system. For example, Peter Fischer claimed over £85,000 (€107,885) in benefits using multiple identities. Not only was Mr Fischer claiming benefits while living abroad, he was also working in both the UK and Spain, where he had tried to operate a business, without informing the DWP. He also owned undeclared property in Spain. In July of this year Mr Fischer’s case went to court and he was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and suspended for 15 months. In another recent case, 74-year-old Dennis Troubridge, who was living in Murcia while claiming benefits, was sentenced to 16 months in prison, in
BENEFIT FRAUD: New and improved metho September of this year. Mr Troubridge had been living in Spain from 2009, and had claimed over £135,000 (€171,347) in benefits with the assistance of his daughter, Poppy Bowling. Ms Bowling was
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ods are in place to target thieves. sentenced to a Community Order for 12 months after providing her address in Dagenham as a benefit claim address for her father. She also dealt with benefit mail at her address and had control of one of her
father’s bank accounts allowing her to withdraw cash from one account and transfer it to an account he had control over. In both cases, the benefit thieves had been claiming Income Support, Pension Credit, Disability Living Allowance and Housing Benefits, all of which are not exportable when living abroad. New and improved methods are in place to target benefit thieves wherever they are and government departments are working together to catch anyone abusing the system. This also includes the traditional benefit fraud hotline, where DWP receives allegations from the public. The Spanish hotline [900 55 44 40] is free and confidential, and members of the public can call to report suspected benefit thieves in Spain. The line is open from 8am-4pm Spanish time.
For further information on benefits you can receive while living abroad please visit https://www.gov.uk/living-inspain#state-pensions
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More than a mini break for the nosmo-king club THE nosmo-king club has been in existence for 13 years and the cause of many lasting friendships. It is inevitable that a likeminded group of ex-pats would choose a few days away together visiting other parts of their chosen land. On this occasion the destination was Roquetas de Mar, and Andalucia. The coach turned away from the rugged mountain scenery just beyond Almeria City to park at a hotel by a beautiful beach area with a pristine promenade. For four days the sun shone, the hotel earned its stars and the extras of side excursions to Almeria and Oasys mini-
OUTDOOR GYM: Members at Carboneras beach. Hollywood resulted in a trip to be remembered. On the return journey the coach driver from Rosa Tours dropped us at Carboneras beach for a few hours, and the photograph shows some club members testing out pensioners’ gym equipment.
If this club appeals to you then turn up at El Paraiso, near Carrefour on a Thursday morning at 10.45am and learn about the packed programme on offer. You can contact the club secretary on club. nosmoking@gmail.com.
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Ashya King doing well and is back in Spain BRAIN tumour patient Ashya King is back in Spain after receiving his final dose of proton beam therapy in Prague. The five-year-old had 30 irradiation treatments in a bid to cure his rare form of cancer. Doctors say he is doing well and will continue to be treated at a hospital in Marbella. His family have a home on the Costa del Sol.
Ashya’s case hit the headlines when his parents took him out of a hospital in Southampton, UK, and went to Spain. They had consistently said that they wanted to have him treated abroad as the UK did not offer the therapy they wanted on the NHS. Ashya was declared a ward of court and an international arrest
warrant was issued for his parents. The family was finally tracked down to a hostel in the Axarquia. His parents were arrested and taken to Madrid for an extradition hearing while Ashya was taken into hospital in Malaga. After a public outcry the warrant was withdrawn, Ashya’s parents Brett and Naghemeh King released and the family flew to the Czech Republic for the course of treatment. Iva Tatounova, Director of the PTC medical centre in the Czech capital, told the BBC: “Ashya has been very well. I don’t know if you remember the pictures when he was
transported here – just lying on his bed in the ambulance. “Now he can sit on his own, he can play with the toys and his motorics have improved dramatically. He can also react to his surroundings.” The advantage of proton therapy treatment over radiotherapy, according to the PTC, is that it limits the collateral damage. Vital organs, like the heart and liver suffer less damage, which has long-term advantages in restricting severe sideeffects. Although the treatment is not available on the UK’s health service, the NHS has since agreed to cover the cost of the therapy.
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Marbella winner A TICKET-HOLDER won €68,459.35 in the Bonoloto lottery drawn on Monday, October 27. The ticket was stamped at the Number 13 lottery office in Marbella and was one of three winning tickets.
Police training SAN ROQUE Local Police officers have completed a two-day training course to improve response times to the 112 emergency services.
Navy visit THE Castilla Spanish navy ship with capacity for up to six helicopters and a special operations unit including an extensive medical centre docked at Malaga Port on Monday, October 27, for a two-day visit after taking part in NATO operations in the Mediterranean.
Coin helps out LUNA NUEVA charity sent its sixth delivery of items including medical supplies, food, toys and an ambulance to Senegal on Tuesday, October 28, and will help to build installations for children in need.
Health education MIJAS secondary schools received visits from the Cancer Prevention Caravan on Monday, October 27, and Tuesday, October 28, with informative talks on healthy living and disease prevention.
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Car blaze A CAR burst into flames in Almuñecar as it was being driven along Calle Tenis. No one was hurt, but the blaze spread and affected 40 square metres of land.
Jaen Tourism Fair ALMUÑECAR’S tourist attractions were advertised at Tourism Fair ‘Tierra Adentro’ in Jaen. The fair, which closed last Sunday, October 26, attracted more than 400 exhibitors, and 10,000 visitors.
Swimmer rescued MARITIME Rescue saved a 27-year-old swimmer with hypothermia symptoms in Velez-Malaga.The man was taken to Hospital Comarcal and is reported to be in good health.
Traffic accident THREE women and two men were injured as a result of a collision between their cars on the A-356 at Velez-Malaga. The injured were taken to Hospital Comarcal in Axarquia.
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La Alfoquia community fair is a great success LA ALFOQUIA’S Renfe building was the venue for the town’s first annual Community Fair. Hundreds of people visited the fair on October 25, and a large number of them entered the competitions as an opportunity to show off their skills or their home-grown produce. Euro Weekly News (EWN) sponsored the paper craft section, and it was with pleasure that Ruth Reily from EWN’s Albox branch presented Gill Kelly with her trophy for that section. This really was a community event, with both English and Spanish residents and businesses coming together to support the day with prize donations for the tombola and raffle, as well as corporate sponsorship for various competitions. Neptune Insurance, Storage Solutions, Voss Homes, Cat Services and Avalon were among the many businesses keen to support the event with sponsorship and to show La Alfoquia how much they backed this event. There were other events and presentations in addition to the craft competitions. Four-legged pals pranced proudly with their owners during the dog show, and children loved getting their faces painted. Car enthusiasts were enthralled by the number of classic cars on display from Amigos Classic Car Club. There was
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Good payers DENIA Town Hall settles suppliers’ bills within 56 days instead of the obligatory 60, compared with 120 days in the past. It now intends to reduce this to 20 days.
Road rage A PETREL motorist needed hospital treatment after being confronted and attacked by the father of a boy he had almost hit. The father has a record, police sources later revealed.
Port compromise ALTEA Town Hall and the regional
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Animal cruelty A GERMAN SHEPHERD dog was shot dead with a shotgun in Can Rullan, Soller. Councillor Joan Ruiz said the council would get to the bottom of the dog’s death.
Burnt-out vehicle A FIRE that broke out at around 2.30am on Sunday, October 26, on Calle Joan Burgues Zaforteza gutted a car and caused serious damage to another. Police suspect an arsonist could be behind the blaze.
Classical concert TEATRE PRINCIPAL in Palma is hosting a concert dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It is taking place on Saturday, November 1, at 7pm. Tickets are €55, €45, €30 and €20. More information at www.teatreprincipal.com.
Tapas route A TAPAS gastronomic route is taking place in Calvia every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between tomorrow, October 31, and November 16. Maps and more information at www.fundacioncalvia.com.
Passing out TOP ATTRACTION: Face painting. entertainment from Appassionata and Dave Sharp, a hog roast and a bar to help visitors keep cool in the heat. The Renfe building was perfect for the event, with stalls and displays adorning the historic building, inside and out. Aside from demonstrating the amazing community spirit so prevalent in La Alfoquia, the day was also about raising funds for local charities and community support. At the time of going to press, €800 had been counted, although the final figure is yet to be confirmed. government are discussing a future leisure centre at the port. This would suit those wanting entertainment activities and those preferring tranquillity, sources said.
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A HORSE passed out on Saturday afternoon, October 25, on Avenida Jaume III. A vet and members of the municipal services arrived on the scene to determine its condition.
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Stolen donations MACS (Mojacar Area Cancer Support) is asking that donations are not left outside the shops as they are being rifled through and stolen.
Airport shuttle ALICANTE Airport now receives shuttles from Mojacar and the surrounding areas. The service comes in addition to Exclusive Airport Shuttles’ provision for Almeria Airport.
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THE town hall in Benidorm has offered the regional government 15,000 square metres of land for the new Rincon de Loix health centre. This should help to avoid threatened delays, the mayor said.
THE First World War centenary is being marked with a performance by the Rose Singers at 7.30pm on Thursday, November 6, at the Living Water Church at Camping Los Gallardos. Tickets €8.
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VOLUNTEERS cleared one ton of rubbish from the River Serpis in Alcoy. Environment councillor Paco Agullo criticised residents lacking in public spirit who debased the area’s outstanding fauna.
IN La Redonda, El Ejido, a worker suffered serious injury after falling from a forklift cage. While he remains in hospital, the accident is being investigated.
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JOURNEY’S END: Cyclists reach EWN offices. Inset: Tomas with Paul and Steven.
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MY wife Jill and I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the Euro Weekly News owners, Michel and Steven Euesden, and all of your staff especially Dilip Kuner and Jenni Leighfield. We are so very grateful for all your support over the years and appreciate all that you have done for us in helping publicise and report on events in aid of Tomas Leighton Care, and keeping your readers up to date with Tomas’s ongoing challenges and progress.
Tomas could not have progressed so well and come so far without your help. It was very emotional for us all at the finish line in front of the Euro Weekly News offices on Friday October 17. It was a fabulous welcome for the cyclists finishing ‘From Rain to Spain’ and really wonderful to have everyone come out and greet Tomas and the cyclists. Once again, thank you to you all. With best regards, Jon and Jill Leighton
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STAT OF WEEK SPAIN’S Synthetic Index of Export Activity (ISAE) registered 7.6 points between July and September, 15.5 less than in the second quarter. Despite this setback short-term export prospects are still good, the government said.
SPAIN’S theme parks have never lived up to their promise. Only Port Aventura in Salou (Barcelona, 1995) has been a consistent success. It had a €164.5 million turnover last year and profits of €9.96 million in return for a total investment of €1 billion. Isla Magica (Sevilla 1996),
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Board agrees FCC rights issue FOMENTO DE CONSTRUCCIONES Y CONTRATAS (FCC) announced an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for November 20. The Barcelona construction and services company whose investors include Bill Gates and George Soros expects to raise €1 billion through a new rights issue. This will then be used to repay its debt and shore up the capital reserves of units outside Spain. The announcement hinged on an agreement between majority shareholder Esther Koplowitz and the banks regarding loans tied to her holding in FCC which has belonged to her family for more than 50 years.
Koplowitz will cut her 50 per cent controlling stake to around 25 per cent to refinance her own debt which is estimated at €1 billion, according to insiders who asked to remain anonymous. The company now seeks to cancel the €1.35 billion payment-in-kind loan that was introduced as a temporary measure earlier this year during restructuring amounting to almost €5 billion. Assets have been sold and jobs cut to counteract more than two years of losses. These stemmed from the economic crisis and the collapse of Spain’s property as well as the insolvency of FCC’s Austrian subsidiary, Alpine.
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Sure thing JUAN ROSELL, current president of Spain’s business confederation, CEOE, has sufficient backing to be re-elected in December. Opposition from the metallurgical and construction sectors cannot obstruct his re-election, sources said.
Unfair fine ANDALUCIA’S regional govenrment fined ‘bad bank’ Sareb €120,000 for obstructing the Junta’s anti-eviction measures. It will appeal against the fine, which Sareb’s chairwoman Belen Romana said was “unjustified.”
The customer is not always right BANKS in only five eurozone countries comply with the rulings of users’ protection agencies. Apart from Ireland, France, Slovenia, Greece and Lithuania, 13 EU countries including Spain ignore their conclusions. When a customer is dissatisfied with their Spanish bank’s handling of a complaint this is passed on to the Bank of Spain. Eight-two per
cent ignore the supervisor’s recommendations when these are in the client’s favour, found comparison website Kelisto.es. In 2012, Barclays in Spain made no rectifications at all while Citibank complied with 1.3 per cent and Cajasur 2.3 per cent. Deutsche Bank was more compliant, rectifying in 61.1 per cent cases, as was Sabadell (51.1 per cent).
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Some major variations on a theme costing the equivalent of €85 million, has been on the brink of closing on several occasions and last year’s €2.1 million profit was its first ever. Terra Mitica (Benidorm 2000) cost €425 million of public and private money when the Valencian Community was in the grip of
the mega-million building boom. Last year it had a turnover of €14.44 million but made just €790,000 and will have a ‘make or break’ 2015. Other regions refuse to be deterred by such mediocre results and Murcia optimistically plans to open a Paramount theme park in 2016.
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The secret art of a successful business SOME business owners see customers as sheep to be fleeced whilst others try to increase profits by maximising prices whilst minimising service. Balancing the books is essential to running a successful business. To get it right is an art form. We have all endured caferestaurants that have more in common with a workhouse canteen or dock road café. For some strange reason they think they can compete on price with restaurants offering real value for money. There is a Spanish saying; “Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” If customers don’t
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perceive the service as being equal to the bill they will not return. I once had the privilege of spending an hour or so with Pam Morgan, then the marketing head of Redrow Homes. Having started as a one-man business, she and her
husband, Steve, created Britain’s largest privately owned housebuilders. I asked Pam what she put down to the company’s success. “We built homes when others were building houses,” she told me. “These were basic budget designed and built with no thought for the woman or her family. Yet, ironically, the lady of the house is a far bigger influence than the husband when choosing their home.” “Those houses were boxes,” she told me. “I realised that minor changes to home fascias; a curved roof line, bay window, arched door, didn’t add to the building costs but added individuality.”
Pam went on to tell me that show homes of rivals had nightmare deeppile white carpets, anti-child tubular steel, and glass furniture. Electric sockets were at a minimum, no glory hole for toys and prams; “A coat rail? There wasn’t even a hook to hang an ironing board on,” she added. She then explained that she designed show homes that real people could identify with. “The expression I heard most often was from the young mum-to-be: “This is just the way I want my home to be.” Tip: Find out what your customer wants and then sell it to him.
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Don’t let cybercrime drag you down - change your passwords regularly Loose change A look at finance for females
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OCTOBER is Cyber Security Awareness Month and while most recently the press have been running numerous reports about how some celebrities have had private pictures of themselves hacked into, what’s a lot more important than their nudity is ensuring that your money is safe online. Cyber crime is big business and it doesn’t just affect the rich and famous, every single one of us, regardless of the amount of money we have in the bank, is a target. Cybercrime comes in many forms online identity theft, financial fraud, hacking, email spoofing, information
BIG BUSINESS: Cyber crime doesn’t just affect the rich and famous. forgery, and intellectual property crime. It can cause a lot of stress for a victim, while at its worst, cybercrime can even lead to financial ruin. In the UK it’s said that someone is ripped off by a fraudster or loses money to an online crime, every two minutes of
every day. Therefore learning how to prevent such crime is essential. Keep a clean machine. Whether it is a PC, mobile device or laptop, make sure security software is current and up-todate. How many times have you delayed security updates when they pop up on the
screen? Exactly. But remember that having the latest software on all devices can be one of the best defences against viruses, malware and other online threats. Change passwords regularly. When changing your password, make it complicated, with a mix of upper and lowercase letters, numbers and symbols. Don’t use the same password for many accounts. By keeping various passwords you lessen the risk of multiple accounts being compromised. Connect with care. Be cautious when connecting to public Wi-Fi hotspots and if you decide to purchase something online send personal information only to websites that are fully encrypted. Be aware of suspicious texts, emails and links. Unsolicited emails and pop-up ads can be full of computer viruses designed specifically to steal user names and passwords from your computer. Just for the sake of curiosity they are not worth opening. Close and delete dubious messages. Report it. If your identity has been stolen or compromised, contact your bank
Can husband be President? Q. Article 13 of the Law of Horizontal Property states that, ‘The President You and the shall be chosen from among the Law in Spain owners in the Community.’ In our list By David Searl the wife of the President is named as the owner. The Property Registry names the wife as owner and says: TITULARES ACTUALES: ‘Maria… Participación… Pleno Dominio para la sociedad conyugal, casada con Don Francisco…’ My question is whether a spouse can be classed as an owner and so be the President of our Community? J.P. (Costa Blanca)
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Oil find GENEL ENERGY has found oil off the Moroccan coast at Agadir, 200 kilometres from the Canary Islands. It is too early to make technical interpretations, the Anglo-Turkish consortium cautioned, and even if the quality and quantity of the oil were commercially viable, it would require up to six years to extract under good conditions.
Vice pays out A. The key to your question is ‘full ownership for the matrimonial entity,’ or ‘sociedad conyugal.’ If their partnership is ‘gananciales,’ they are co-owners. If their scheme is ‘separación de bienes,’ then only the wife owns. Most couples in Spain have property sharing. The husband’s name does appear. In the case of two or more owners, one of them must be named to exercise their Community rights. If they choose to name the
husband, then he can legally be President.
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
PROSTITUTION and drugs contributed 1.7 per cent of Spain’s GDP in 2010, compared to the EU average of 1.3 per cent. Cyprus benefited most from vice-generated money, with an 8.4 per cent contribution to the economy, followed by the Netherlands (5.9 per cent), Portugal (2 per cent) and Italy (1.9 per cent).
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Callous owners who abandon their dogs WE Brits can easily be misled when we see a stray dog wandering around with no collar, dirty, emaciated and unchipped. We assume it has been abandoned and out of the kindness of our hearts might be inclined to take it into our homes after having first taken it to the vet. Then we discover it belongs to someone who allows it to roam the streets in this condition and sees nothing wrong with that. This has happened to two friends of mine and indeed almost happened to me. I found a Labrador-type dog wandering in the middle of Turre a few months ago. It was terrified and emaciated, covered in mud and obviously pregnant. I bought a collar and lead for it and, as it was hungry and thirsty, gave it food and water. I waited until the vet was open and was about to walk it up there to be checked out when I was stopped by a Spanish chap who told me it was his and had escaped from his compound. He also said he wasn’t bothered about the dog and maybe I could have it after it had the pups. In the event both the dog and the pups ended up at Paws Patas. We now have another dog from Paws Patas and as she was left at their gates I suppose it’s safe to assume someone didn’t want her. Steve Clarke, Turre (Almeria)
Great treatment I WANT to share some good news with your readers! I have been admitted twice to Malaga University Hospital Clinico in the last few months and each time I have been treated so well by everyone in A & E and doctors, nurses and cleaners. My sheets, towels and nightgown were changed every day. Floors and bathroom cleaned twice a day. As we all know, this helps towards recovery. So special thanks to all in A & E, on Floors Four and Six and especially to Dr Carlos de la Cruz Cosme who listened to me and got my all tests completed so I could get home for my big party!
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Quieten down I HAVE to wonder at people like Mr Gregory who like noise. Some Spanish people and maybe Mr Gregory seem to have hearing difficulties and talk at a volume that in any other race would be called shouting. All through the summer months I had tourists from elsewhere in Spain walking past my apartment block on the ninth floor at gone 2am and talking loudly enough to be heard a few hundred yards away. And drunks talking equally loudly till gone 6am. What is pleasant about such people who don’t give a damn about others? Obviously even other Spanish people complain about them rather than just a few Brits, as some noisy late-night places were shut down in Velez-Malaga a while back.
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Fly away I WORK in a hotel near the promenade in Palma. Summer has just finished although it’s still hot, but in my opinion the regional or the central government could promote the islands better. Everybody on the mainland is wrong in thinking that Baleares
are only beaches. For example there are a lots of very beautiful small villages like Deia, Valldemossa, Fornalutx. An idea would be to reduce taxes when flying because it’s very expensive and tourists with three or four free days in winter could visit other places in Spain. Carlos Felix Carrascosa Medina, Palma de Mallorca.
Taken for a ride WE went to the port of Algeciras last week to take a ferry. On arrival no English signs were visible and we were pleased when a man waved us down. He told us to park at a lower level and charged us €50 for two days’ car parking. Then a police car stopped and told us long term parking was up the ramp and the man who previously helped us was a fraudster! Beware: these men disappear in seconds. What a racket! Linda (by email)
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Mobility bullies READING Street Talk on the state of driving on Spanish roads prompts me to make the following observation on the use of mobility scooters. I am happy that the quality of life for those with mobility issues has been improved by the invention of the mobility scooter. In Benidorm there seems to have been an explosion in their use, and not just by those less fortunate. It seems to have been forgotten that the users of these scooters are still pedestrians. They frequent pavements and pedestrian areas which are, especially in Benidorm, heavily trafficked by walkers. Pedestrians travel at different speeds and have to patiently negotiate their way around slower walkers at opportune moments. The same should apply to mobility scooters. In the past weeks I’ve witnessed users sounding their horns, whistling, shouting and even knocking into pedestrians in order to get past. What gives them the right to do this? I am sure if pedestrians barged through other walkers or shouted abuse to clear a path they would soon feel the wrath of the law. Maybe the issue could be alleviated by making these scooters use roads and banning them from the generally slowermoving pedestrian areas. Nigel Lewis-Davidson, Benidorm (Alicante)
No sale GOING back a few months there was division of opinion in Your Say regarding Looky Looky street vendors. I now know how I feel about them after recently refusing to buy a bracelet as I enjoyed my morning coffee and read the daily paper. “No, gracias,” I answered politely. The vendor thrust his face too near mine and fiercely demanded to know why not, to which I replied sharply and less politely, “I said no.” I’m sure some of these chaps are good sorts, but I can well imagine that others could be intimidating if given the chance. S McNamara (by email)
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Deals to protect the powerful? LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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T the start of the Pistorius trial I forecast he would get six to eight years for manslaughter. Not far out was I? Around that time I also wrote there was an extremely big name ‘waiting in the wings’ to be brought up on historical child abuse charges. I was of course referring to Rolf Harris. Well now I can tell you there is at this moment another bunch of names facing the dock. A group that will only escape child molestation charges if, as is highly possible, there is a cover up of Profumo proportions to get them all out of it. Will these people receive their just desserts? I’ve no idea. What I do suspect, however, is that, as we speak, there is a veritable hive of hierarchy, whirling like dervishes to protect their backsides. The phrase ‘if I go - you go’ is probably being more bandied about than ‘bring down the deficit’ in certain high places at the moment. Watch this space - but don’t hold yer breath.
OSCAR PISTORIUS: Sentenced to five years in prison. You know why the EU is never going to work? Because it’s communism, pure and simple. Why do you think Miliband and his bunch of lefties are so up for it? The £1.7 billion, demanded by the coffer keepers of Brussels, simply because Britain has been so successful in restoring the economy, shows up the whole rotten conspiracy with all its
devious left-wing intentions. Communism, which runs on the premise that all men and women (and countries) are equal, simply doesn’t work - unless its participants are brainwashed into the marionettes and robots that dwell in countries akin to North Korea and China. This being the case, there is no chance whatsoever that the citizens of
GB are going to fall into the EU line. I also cannot believe that Germany could actually fail to envisage such an obvious outcome to the whole ill-fated scheme. When you ‘even’ everyone up you don’t lift them up to your living standards and way of life, you get dragged down to theirs. The more participants in this whole grand EU scheme, the lower all our standards are going to end up. When we’ve finally sunk to the ‘every country is equal’ level, we’ll all be working for two bob an hour with the EU hierarchy driving their limos to work in special lanes. Give us a break. Let’s get out while we can and reap the benefits of our free enterprise and sacrifices. I dunno, sometimes I really do despair of it all. Delighted we’ve finally pulled out of our war in Afghanistan. Any idea who won? Finally, when are these terrorists going to get into their heads that the more atrocities they carry out the more resolved the West will be to wiping them out? Let the hostages go. We have been known to respect a little compassion. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Low interest rates here to stay for home buyers HOME buyers in Spain can take advantage of historically low mortgage interest rates. In the UK the property market recovery has been encouraged by the low interest rates, and mortgages in the Eurozone remain at historic lows with signs that foreign banks are opening up more to lending to foreign buyers in 2014. “In Spain, for example, banks realise that foreigners are vital to the revival of the property market in certain areas of the country and are
MORTGAGE RATES: Banks are offering up to 75%. willingly offering up to 75 per cent loan to value mortgages to qualifying applicants,” said Angelos Koutsoudes, Head of the Overseas Guides Company. “Right now, rates in Spain for a lower value mortgage are typically between 3 to 3.5 per cent, pegged to the Euribor rate and updated annually higher LTV purchases will get even better rates, as low as 2 per cent.
“Using a broker, rather than going direct to a foreign bank, often will save buyers money as well as time and stress. “Not only will a good,
English-speaking broker guide clients through the application process, they will also have good relationships with certain banks and frequently be able to offer foreign clients better deals than if they went direct to the lending bank. “Buyers should also consider how they will service a foreign mortgage, and if using sterling-based income to service it, speaking to a specialist currency firm to avoid financial losses here is highly advisable.”
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UK-Spain home loan enquiries rise UK ENQUIRIES into obtaining a mortgage in Spain rose by a whopping 95 per cent between January and September of this year. The strength of sterling against the euro has led to a 37 per cent increase on overseas mortgage enquiries year-on-year, and Spanish enquiries account for almost half of all, according to overseas mortgage specialists Conti. One pound currently buys €1.27 - the highest value for two years -
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and this means that UK money goes further when purchasing a Spanish property. “When you combine the strong pound with the low property prices to be found in many European property
markets together with historically low mortgage rates, affordability is better than it has been in years,” said Conti director Clare Nessling. “With buyers’ budgets stretching that much further, the purchase of that place in the sun could seem even more tempting, especially when you compare the cost with overheated parts of the UK market.” Conti went on to say that given the current exchange rate between the pound and the euro, a €200,000 property in Spain is now almost £18,000 (€23,000) cheaper.
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REDUCTION: Mediterranean house prices down.
House prices continue to fall especially on the coast THE average price of housing in Spain fell by 4.2 per cent during September, bringing the overall reduction in property prices since the height of the boom to 41.7 per cent. The Mediterranean coast however, remains the area of the country with the greatest price adjustment since the highs of 2007,
down by 47.3 per cent. In September, house prices on the Med fell by 2.9 per cent year-on-year, according to latest data from appraisal company Tinsa. Tinsa pointed out that since the summer there have been uncertainties that directly affect the Spanish property
market, including negative rates of inflation and stagnation in some countries receiving Spanish exports. It pointed out that figures for the next quarter must be analysed before putting the price adjustments down to temporary factors or a definite decline in the rate of stabilisation.
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JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB
Bridge articles by “NEVER play cards with strangers for money,” was the advice mothers gave to their sons as they set out to make their way in the world. Many ignored this counsel, as this hand, used by cardsharps on the riverboats, attests. Whist was played then but it works for bridge. Cover up all the hands except South’s, which is yours:
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lost that sum on this hand (at that time you could double and redouble ad infinitum.) You can see that a diamond lead holds South to six tricks in hearts, nine in spades or 10 in clubs. The Duke of Cumberland Hand:
♠J9876 ♥♦876 ♣109876
♠AKQ ♥AKQJ109 ♦♣AKQJ
How much would you bet that South cannot make a game in any contract? $10,000? An unsuspecting punter is reputed to have
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The Mississippi Heart Hand (and others):
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was dealer and became declarer after announcing that clubs (the last card was turned up) as trumps. The Duke (South) in accordance with the established precepts at the time, led the 7♣, in order to shorten the opponent’s trumps and stop them ruffing his high cards. West covered with the 8♣ and the card-sharps then bet him £20,000 (about £2 million now) he would not take a trick. Remember, in Whist no hand is exposed, so it should have been obvious that something was up! However, he accepted the bet. The play: having won with the 8♣, W leads a diamond, ruffed by E, who
returns a club, W covering whatever S plays. Another diamond is led back and ruffed by E, who leads his last club. W overtakes, cashes the last trump and runs his established diamonds for 13 tricks. In Ian Fleming’s book Moonraker, James Bond plays a similar hand against Sir Hugo Drax, who has been spotted cheating at bridge at M’s club. This is the club’s way of letting the villain know he’s been rumbled. Bond, pretending to be drunk, opens “7♣”. The unsuspecting Drax doubles and Bond redoubles, including the side bets. Drax loses £15,000
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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Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
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HE Western Powers are now engaged in perpetual war. Few Britons or Americans have known a month when their country was not directly or indirectly involved in conflict. Rudyard Kipling, Britain’s greatest poet, who lost his only son in World War One, was scathing: “If any question why we died, Tell them, because our fathers lied.” Disregard Orwellian mantras such as ‘The War on Terror’ and similar smokescreens. Conflict is fuelled, not by idealism, but by pursuit of market share, territory and raw material. Global war is the most profitable venture of all man’s pursuits. Western economies are largely based upon arms related investment, raw material acquisition and profits. Britain’s history of piracy and pillage is abysmal. Of the world’s 200 plus nations, Britain has invaded all but 22 of them. There is not enough room to list the number of conflicts Britain has been involved in since 1945.
CONFLICT: US economy depends on military. The piratical record of the United States is equally grim. Since 1776, a period spanning 238 years, the US has been at peace for only 21 years. Henry Labouchere, Liberal MP and journalist: “We are without exception the greatest robbers and marauders that ever existed on the face of the globe. We are worse than other countries because we are hypocrites also, for we plunder and always pretend to do so for other peoples’ good.” The United States has more than 1,000 bases spread over 153 countries. They are
not there to defend our freedoms. It is said that war and arms manufacture is not only America’s biggest industry, the entire US economy is based on it. The US spends more on arms than China, Russia, India, Saudi Arabia, France, UK, Japan and Germany combined. Most of us prefer the comfort of our illusions to the truth, which is, one supposes, understandable. The fact remains that we no longer have government of the people for the people but government by corporates
for corporates. During 2009 and 2010 household name oil, gas and coal companies spent $347 million (€274 million) on political campaigns and lobbying bribes. A profitable investment. Big oil gets a 5,800 per cent return on every dollar it spends on Congress. US senators who voted to attack Syria received 83 per cent more campaign money from military contractors than lawmakers voting no. Politician Dick Cheney has been cited as the most powerful Vice-President in American history. His arms manufacturing related companies made over $39.5 billion (€31.25 billion) US taxpayer funded dollars from the Iraq War alone. US taxpayers saw $2 trillion (€1.58 trillion) of their hard-earned cash spent on the War in Iraq. Ninety per cent of that money ended up in the bank accounts of 1 per cent of the population. You guess which 1 per cent. British parliament is every bit as corrupt. Only 0.7 per cent of Britons are millionaires yet 78 per cent of British parliamentarians and 50 per cent of Congressmen are millionaires. If you think such wealth is salary-based, you are likely to believe in fairies at the bottom of your garden.
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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 6:30pm Coach Trip 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 The Gadget Show
6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Autumnwatch 10:00pm Peaky Blinders 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Emmerdale 9:30pm Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs 10:00pm The Great Fire 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm My Grandfather Dylan
9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Scrotal Recall 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats
9:00pm Underground Britain 10:00pm The Sham Wedding Crashers 11:00pm Inside Holloway
9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Forever 11:00pm The Last Ship
9pm 9:00pm Watchdog 10:00pm Life Story 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Kirsty Wark.
12am 12:35am This Week 1:20am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 1:25am BBC News
12:20am Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar? 1:20am Rwanda's Untold Story International investigative documentary series. 2:20am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:15am Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears 12:45am River Monsters 1:15am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:20am The Sex Clinic 1:15am Embarrassing Bodies 2:15am One Born Every Minute 3:10am Shop Secrets: Tricks of the Trade 3:35am Dispatches 4:05am Unreported World 4:35am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
12:00am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Rome: The World's First Superpower 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am Freddy vs Jason 2:50am Hawaii Five-0 3:40am Hawaii Five-0 4:30am Parents 4:55am Parents 5:20am Stargate Atlantis
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8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid? 9:00pm Gavin and Stacey 9:30pm Gavin and Stacey 10:00pm Make Me a Muslim 11:00pm Drive 12:35am Family Guy 1:00am Family Guy 1:20am Family Guy 1:45am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 2:45am EastEnders 3:15am Life is Toff 3:45am In Deep 4:00am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 5:00am This is BBC Three
5:00am This is BBC Four 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Mars: A Horizon Guide 10:00pm Operation Jericho 11:00pm Detectorists 11:30pm The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour 12:30am Jet! When Britain Ruled the Skies 1:30am Top of the Pops 2:10am Sounds of the Eighties 2:40am Detectorists 3:10am World War I at Home 3:40am Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story 4:40am Pop Go the Sixties
11:15am Up All Night 11:45am Up All Night 12:10pm Royal Pains 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed! 6:30pm Royal Pains 7:25pm The Lost World 10:00pm Scorpion 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:50pm Plebs 12:15am Dapper Laughs: On the Pull
11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:20pm Second Thoughts 5:55pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm On the Buses 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey 11:00pm Blue Murder 12:00am The Vice
12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Minder 1:55pm The Professionals 3:00pm Cheers 3:30pm Cheers 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Kojak 6:00pm Magnum, P.I. 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Driven 11:20pm Death Race 1:30am The Professionals
4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Suburgatory 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 Melissa and Joey 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Drifters 10:30pm 2 Broke Girls 11:00pm New Girl 11:30pm The Inbetweeners 12:00am The IT Crowd
Comedy
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SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Cinderella Man 9:30am X-Men 9:50am Deep Blue Sea 11:50am Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 1:50pm The Jewel of the Nile 3:40pm Fury Special 4:10pm Fire with Fire 6:00pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 8:00pm Deep Blue Sea 10:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 12:00am 2 Fast 2 Furious
7:00am Monsters University Special 7:30am Liar Liar 9:10am Kindergarten Cop 11:15am We're the Millers 1:15pm Click 3:15pm Notting Hill 5:25pm Big Daddy 7:10pm Grown Ups 2 9:00pm Click 11:00pm We're the Millers 1:00am National Lampoon's Animal House
7:00am Cold Comes the Night 8:35am Big Nothing 10:05am Compulsion 11:40am Black Hawk Down 2:05pm Captain Phillips 4:20pm Big Nothing 5:50pm Cold Comes the Night 7:30pm Black Hawk Down 10:00pm Captain Phillips 12:20am Blow 2:35am A Man Apart
7:00am Under the Tuscan Sun 9:00am City Slacker 10:40am Battle of the Year 12:40pm Moonstruck 2:30pm Pitch Perfect 4:30pm Dangerous Minds 6:15pm Les Miserables 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:00pm John Tucker Must Die 12:40am Promised Land 2:35am Cherry
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7:00am Barefoot 8:45am Goodbye World 10:30am Contest 12:15pm Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy 1:45pm Walking with Dinosaurs 3:30pm August: Osage County 5:45pm Contest 7:30pm Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy 9:00pm Walking with Dinosaurs 10:30pm August: Osage County 12:45am Goodbye World
10:45am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 12:35pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 2:30pm Jack the Giant Slayer Special 2:50pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 4:35pm Hook 7:05pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 9:00pm Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 10:40pm Hook
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Call the Council 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Call the Council 8:50am Close Calls: On Camera 9:20am A Taste of Britain 10:05am ÂŁ100k House: Tricks of the Trade 11:05am Sea City 11:35am The Travel Show 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Cash in the Attic 2:30pm Ready, Steady, Cook
ITV 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 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Daily Brunch 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:10pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Come Dine with Me
CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 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 Underground Britain 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 6:10am Airline USA 6:35am Airline USA 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 9:00am Futurama 9:30am Futurama 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Hawaii Five-0 1:00pm Football's Funniest Moments 2:00pm Football's Funniest Moments
3pm 3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3:15pm The Rockford Files 4:00pm Cagney and Lacey 4:50pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:50pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Oliver's Ghost
6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Mastermind 8:30pm Autumnwatch Unsprung
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:35pm Unreported World
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm World War II in Colour
6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Modern Family 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Autumnwatch 10:00pm Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 10:30pm Gardeners' World 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Secrets From the Sky 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Lewis 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Job Lot
9:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man
9:00pm Rome: The World's First Superpower 10:00pm Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy 11:00pm Body of Proof 11:55pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9:00pm The Last Ship 10:00pm A League of Their Own 10:30pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm Freddy vs Jason
12:05am Later... with Jools Holland 1:05am Witchfinder General 2:30am The Devil's Backbone 4:10am Question Time 5:10am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:10am Paranormal Activity 1:45am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:45am ITV Nightscreen Textbased information service.
12:05am Scrotal Recall 12:40am Barclaycard Mercury Prize Awards Show 1:50am Changing Lanes 3:35am Boss 4:35am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 5:30am River Cottage Bites
12:55am Poltergeist 2:50am Super Casino 4:10am Burglars and Break-Ins: Caught on Camera 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
12:50am Modern Family 1:20am Futurama 1:50am Futurama 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am NCIS: Los Angeles
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8:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 9:00pm Traffic Cops 10:00pm Reggie Yates' Extreme South Africa 11:00pm Bad Education 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:30am Some Girls 2:00am Some Girls 2:30am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:00am Bad Education 3:30am Life is Toff
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Concerto at the BBC Proms 9:00pm Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century 10:00pm Classic Albums 11:00pm Goth at the BBC 12:00am Brothers in Arms 1:00am Alice Cooper: Brutally Live 2:30am Classic Albums 3:25am Goth at the BBC 4:25am Sounds of the Eighties 4:55am This is BBC Four
11:15am Up All Night 11:45am Up All Night 12:10pm Royal Pains 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed! 7:00pm Royal Pains 8:00pm Casper 10:00pm Educating Joey Essex 11:00pm Release the Hounds 12:00am Celebrity Juice
11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:20pm Second Thoughts 5:55pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm On the Buses 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Love Your Garden 11:00pm Blue Murder 12:05am The Vice
12:55pm Minder 1:55pm The Professionals 3:00pm Cheers 3:30pm Cheers 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Kojak 6:00pm Magnum, P.I. 7:00pm Minder 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Mercury Rising 12:20am The Howling
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Suburgatory 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 The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm Limitless 12:05am The Big Bang Theory
Crime
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Heartwarming family comedy.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Airline USA 4:30pm Greatest Little Britons 5:30pm Emergency with Angela Griffin
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Citizen Khan 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Not Going Out 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show
12am 12:20am The Secrets 12:50am EastEnders Omnibus 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:50am BBC News
BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Any Given Sunday 9:40am King Arthur 11:50am 47 Ronin An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.
1:55pm Star Trek Into Darkness 4:10pm Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome The third in the trilogy finds Max in savage Bartertown.
6:00pm The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 7:45pm Star Trek Into Darkness 10:00pm 47 Ronin 12:00am The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 1:50am King Arthur
Comedy 7:00am Why Stop Now? 8:45am Stand Up Guys 10:35am The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 12:30pm The World's End 2:30pm 13 Going on 30 4:20pm The Break-Up Gary and Brooke are blissfully happy together in their Chicago condo.
6:20pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 8:10pm The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 10:00pm The World's End 11:50pm Stand Up Guys 1:30am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa 3:15am Mallrats 4:55am Casting Couch
6:25am Malpractice 8:10am 96 Minutes 10:00am The Temp 11:50am Sleeping with the Enemy 1:40pm Closed Circuit 3:25pm John Q 5:25pm Derailed 7:20pm Zero Dark Thirty 10:00pm Closed Circuit 11:40pm Basic Instinct 2:00am The Washington Snipers 3:45am Cherry Falls 5:25am Loss of Faith Drama about an author drawn into a web of intrigue, murder and deception.
7:00am The Four Feathers 9:20am Hide Away 10:50am Vamps 12:30pm While You Were Sleeping A woman pretends to be the girlfriend of a man she is attracted to when he falls into a coma.
2:20pm One Chance 4:10pm The Great Gatsby 6:40pm Coach Carter 9:00pm One Chance 11:00pm Adore 1:00am The Sessions 2:45am Tootsie 4:45am Dead Poets Society
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7:00am The Good Witch's Wonder 8:45am Contest 10:15am Goodbye World 12:00pm The Good Witch's Wonder 1:45pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 3:30pm Contest 5:15pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 7:15pm The Good Witch's Wonder 9:00pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 11:00pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 12:45am American Mary
6:00am Curious George 7:30am Space Warriors 9:10am Corpse Bride 10:35am The Blue Umbrella 10:45am Spy Kids 3: Game Over 12:15pm Son of the Mask 2:00pm Monsters University Special 2:30pm Monster House 4:10pm Corpse Bride 5:35pm The Good Witch's Destiny 7:10pm Parental Guidance 9:00pm Monster House 10:35pm Beautiful Creatures 12:40am Parental Guidance 2:25am The Good Witch's Destiny 3:55am Beautiful Creatures
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Bargain Hunt
BBC TWO 7:00am Preview 7:15am Scarlet Thread 8:30am The Quick Gun 10:00am The Private Life of 10:50am The Private Life of Plants 11:40am The Private Life of, Plants, Living Together 12:30pm Map Man, Mrs P's A-Z 1:00pm The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo 1:30pm Puttin' on the Ritz 1:45pm That's Entertainment! 2
ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am The Hungry Sailors 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Storage Hoarders 1:25pm Surprise Surprise 2:25pm The Unforgettable...
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CH4 8:00am Cycling 8:55am The Morning Line 10:00am Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 12:55pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing
CH5 6:10am House Doctor 6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Access 11:50am The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 12:50pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:50pm Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy 2:50pm A Christmas Visitor
SATURDAY TV
SKY 1 7:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 8:00am Glee 9:00am The Fantasy Football Club 10:00am The F1 Show 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 2:00pm WWE SmackDown!
3pm 4:00pm Inside RAF Brize Norton
3:00pm Doc Martin 4:00pm Keep it in the Family 5:00pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
5:00pm Come Dine with Me 5:30pm Come Dine with Me
6:30pm Flog It! 7:30pm Gardeners' World 8:00pm Restoring England's Heritage 8:30pm William the Marshal
7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm The Chase
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:35pm Come Dine with Me 7:05pm Come Dine with Me 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:05pm Speed with Guy Martin
6:15pm The Town Christmas Forgot 8:00pm 5 News
9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night 11:00pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying
9:00pm The X Factor 11:00pm The Jonathan Ross Show
9:00pm Walking Through History 10:00pm Red
9:05pm World War II in Colour 10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm The New Daughter
9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Miracle on 34th Street
12:15am QI XL 1:00am TOTP2 2:00am Silkwood 4:05am Walkabout 5:30am Rugby League Four Nations Australia v England.
12:05am ITV News and Weather 12:20am Bloody Sunday 2:20am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show.
12:10am Rude Tube 1:15am Psycho 3:10am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:15am Location, Location, Location
1:05am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heart-thumping casino experience every night. 4:10am The True Story 5:00am House Doctor
12:10am An Idiot Abroad: A Commentary 1:10am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:10am Road Wars 3:10am Road Wars 4:05am Nothing to Declare 4:35am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 5:30am Road Wars
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Sherlock 11:30pm Live at the Apollo 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:44am Family Guy 1:06am Family Guy 1:28am Family Guy 1:50am Family Guy 2:12am Family Guy 2:40am The Revolution Will be Televised 3:10am Bad Education 3:40am Bad Education 4:10am Bad Education
4:55am This is BBC Four
11:35pm Country at the BBC 1:05am Land of the Lost Wolves 2:05am Sounds of the Eighties 2:35am Top of the Pops 3:05am Classic Albums 3:55am Maps
2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm Honey 3:50pm FYI Daily 3:55pm Honey 4:45pm The Little Vampire 5:45pm FYI Daily 5:50pm The Little Vampire 6:40pm Casper 7:40pm FYI Daily 7:45pm Casper 8:35pm Back to the Future 9:35pm FYI Daily 9:40pm Back to the Future 11:00pm The Xtra Factor 12:00am Celebrity Juice
7:00am Wycliffe 7:25am Columbo 8:50am The Royal 9:55am The Royal 10:55am The Darling Buds of May 12:05pm The Darling Buds of May 1:10pm Wycliffe 2:20pm A Touch of Frost 4:35pm Inspector Morse 6:55pm Endeavour 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Bomb Girls 1:00am Another life 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen
8:05am Cheers 8:35am Cheers 9:05am Motorsport UK 10:05am Bundesliga 11:10am UEFA Champions League Weekly 11:40am The Professionals 12:45pm World Rally Championship Highlights 1:45pm Darts 6:00pm Storage Wars 6:25pm Storage Wars 7:00pm Storage Wars 7:25pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Darts 12:00am Death Race
1:30pm How I Met Your Mother 2:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:30pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas 4:40pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 5:00pm Made in Chelsea 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 The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Footloose 12:10am The Big Bang Theory
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3:00pm Homes Under the Hammer 4:00pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Final Score
3:45pm Show Boat 5:30pm Great Interior Design Challenge
4:35pm A Carol Christmas A highly spirited take on the classic Christmas novel by Charles Dickens. Carol Cartman is an egomaniacal TV talk show host who is determined to destroy the festive fun in the studio.
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5:00pm The Middle 5:30pm The Middle
6pm 6:25pm BBC News 6:35pm Regional News 6:38pm Weather 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing
The latest news coverage.
8:05pm Marilyn Monroe: The Missing Evidence
6:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9pm 9:15pm Doctor Who 10:00pm Casualty 10:50pm The National Lottery Live 11:00pm BBC News 11:15pm Weather 11:20pm Match of the Day
Jonathan Ross presents a chat show in which he will be meeting top guests from around the world and introducing performances from the biggest bands and solo artists.
When a retired CIA 'black-ops' agent is the victim of an assassination attempt, he recruits his former colleagues to help track down the culprit.
The late Richard Attenborough is the department store Santa who must convince a little girl - and a New York court - that he's real. Charming update of the evergreen tale.
12am 12:45am The Football League Show Highlights from the day's Football League games. 2:05am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:10am BBC News
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8:00pm Land of the Lost Wolves 9:00pm Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano Inspector Montalbano investigates cases in the town of Vigata in Sicily.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:30am The Saint 9:30am Fury Special 10:00am Pacific Rim 12:10pm xXx 2:25pm xXx2: The Next Level 4:20pm The Top Ten Show 2014 Which movies are doing the best business at home and across the pond?
4:40pm The Peacemaker 6:55pm The Saint Simon Templar is a debonair master thief with a talent for disguise.
9:00pm Pacific Rim 11:15pm xXx 1:25am xXx2: The Next Level 3:10am 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded
6:30am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:00am What Women Want 9:10am Best in Show 10:55am There's Something About Mary 1:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 3:05pm Little Shop of Horrors 4:50pm Anger Management Shy Dave ends up in court after an argument on an aeroplane.
6:45pm What Women Want 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:00pm There's Something About Mary 1:05am You, Me and Dupree 3:05am Notting Hill
7:10am Red Rock West 9:00am Ripley's Game 11:05am Murder by Numbers 1:20pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan A gang of football hooligans turn to bank robbery, with the police in hot pursuit.
2:55pm Runner Runner 4:40pm Plush 6:35pm Red Rock West Michael drives from Texas to remote Wyoming on the promise of a job.
8:25pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 10:00pm Runner Runner 11:40pm Plush 1:30am Jagged Edge 3:30am Traffic
7:00am The Judge Special 7:30am Trouble with the Curve 9:30am Barefoot 11:10am Some Kind of Wonderful A young man is caught in love triangle without even realising it.
12:50pm Jobs 3:00pm When Harry Met Sally 4:45pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Special 5:05pm Cruel Intentions 6:50pm Jobs 9:00pm When Harry Met Sally 10:45pm This is 40 1:05am Birth 2:50am Disconnect
Premiere
Family
7:00am The Good Witch's Wonder 8:45am Contest 10:25am Goodbye World 12:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 1:50pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 3:35pm Contest 5:10pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 7:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 9:00pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 11:00pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 12:45am American Mary
6:00am Son of the Mask 7:40am Young Sherlock Holmes 9:40am Planes: Fires and Rescue Special 10:10am Home Alone 12:05pm Night at the Museum 2:00pm The Muppets Take Manhattan 3:45pm Muppets from Space 5:20pm Baby's Day Out 7:10pm Night at the Museum 9:00pm Home Alone 10:50pm Liar Liar 12:20am Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 2:05am Baby's Day Out 3:45am Liar Liar 5:15am Young Sherlock Holmes
A talented but debt-ridden surgical student turns to the dark world of illegal body modification.
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Bargain Hunt
BBC TWO 8:30am Countryfile 9:30am Gardeners' World 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:20pm Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure 2:20pm Waterloo
ITV 7:00am CITV 10:25am Dickinson's Real Deal 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:40pm Carry on Jack Costume comedy with the Carry On team. 2:30pm All Star Family Fortunes
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CH4 6:10am Hugh's 3 Good Things 6:20am Win it Cook it 6:45am NFL 7:40am How I Met Your Mother 8:05am How I Met Your Mother 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm The Simpsons 2:55pm The Simpsons
CH5 7:00am Milkshake! 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Underground crime-fighting escapades with the heroes in a half-shell. 11:35am Chinese Food in Minutes Chinese cookery show with chef Ching-He Huang. 11:50am Police Interceptors 12:50pm Police Interceptors 1:50pm Police Interceptors 2:50pm The Ghost of Greville Lodge
SUNDAY TV
SKY 1 6:00am Nothing to Declare 6:30am Nothing to Declare 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Modern Family 10:30am Modern Family 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 2:00pm The Middle 2:30pm The Middle
3pm 3:00pm Holiday of My Lifetime 3:45pm Lost Treasures of the Sikh Kingdom 4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Points of View 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm Life Story
4:30pm Flog It! Antiques show which helps amateur auctioneers, collectors and bargain-hunters make a saving.
5:00pm Inside the Animal Mind
3:30pm The X Factor 5:30pm Downton Abbey Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville lead an all-star cast in Julian Fellowes' drama series.
3:25pm The Simpsons 3:55pm The Simpsons 4:25pm The Simpsons 5:20pm The Simpsons 5:50pm The Simpsons Movie
4:35pm The Canterville Ghost
7:35pm Channel 4 News
6:25pm The Witches 8:10pm 5 News
Adaptation of the Oscar Wilde story in which an American family move into a grand English estate.
3:00pm Bite Size Brainiac 3:10pm Futurama 3:20pm Miracle of 34th Street 5:30pm The Simpsons
6pm 6:50pm BBC News 7:10pm Regional News 7:15pm Weather 7:20pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing
6:00pm Rugby League Four Nations Highlights 7:00pm Britain's Classroom Heroes 8:00pm Human Universe Documentary questioning what it is to be human.
6:30pm Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham 7:30pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Keep it in the Family
Includes sport and weather.
8:00pm WW1's Forgotten Soldiers
The latest news coverage.
8:15pm Beetlejuice
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm Futurama 8:30pm The Flash
9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm Death in Paradise 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm F1: Grand Prix
9:00pm Wonders of the Monsoon 10:00pm Afghanistan: The Lion's Last Roar? 11:00pm Match of the Day 2 Highlights and reaction to all of the latest football action.
9:00pm The X Factor Results Show 10:00pm Downton Abbey 11:05pm ITV News and Weather 11:25pm Harry's Southpole Heroes
9:00pm Speed with Guy Martin 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Shame
10:00pm The Cabin in the Woods 11:50pm Piranha Comedy horror. It is the annual spring party at Lake Victoria and 50,000 young revellers have gathered for the occasion, unaware that the lake conceals a dark secret.
9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 The Five-0 track down three female thieves behind a robbery gone wrong.
11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
12am 1:00am The Apprentice 2:00am Girl From Rio 3:35am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 3:40am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
12:05am Russell Howard's Good News 12:35am The Fall 1:35am The Fall 2:35am Countryfile 3:30am Holby City 4:30am This is BBC Two
12:25am Rugby Highlights 1:15am The Store 3:20am Motorsport UK 4:10am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:55am Nightscreen
12:55am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1:50am The Simpsons 2:20am NFL 5:45am NFL
1:30am Campus P.D. 1:55am Super Casino Feeling lucky? Get the authentic, heartthumping casino experience every night. 4:10am The Gadget Show 5:00am House Doctor
12:00am Hawaii Five-0 1:00am Big Trouble in Thailand 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Road Wars 4:00am The Kumars 5:00am Nothing to Declare 5:30am Nothing to Declare
BBC THREE
BBC FOUR
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
E4
8:00pm World's Craziest Fools 8:30pm Doctor Who
8:00pm The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs That Got Britain Reading 9:00pm The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non Fiction 9:30pm The Secret Life of Books 10:00pm Storyville
9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:10pm The X Factor 2:05pm The Xtra Factor 3:20pm Totally You've Been Framed! 4:20pm You've Been Framed! 4:50pm Valiant 5:50pm FYI Daily 5:55pm Valiant 6:25pm The Lost World 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm The Lost World 9:00pm Scorpion 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:05pm Tricked 12:05am The 40 Year Old Virgin
10:00am The Secret of My Succe$s 11:00am Heartbeat 12:05pm Heartbeat 1:05pm Inspector Morse 3:25pm Wycliffe 4:30pm Columbo 6:05pm Lewis 8:00pm Foyle's War 10:00pm All New It'll be Alright on the Night 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 1:05am William and Mary 2:05am William and Mary 3:00am Judge Judy 3:25am Judge Judy
7:00am World of Sport 7:15am Cheers 7:40am Cheers 8:10am Cheers 8:40am Cheers 9:10am Cheers 9:40am Border Security USA 10:40am Minder 11:45am The Professionals 12:45pm Ax Men 1:45pm Darts 5:55pm BRDC Formula 4 Championship 6:55pm Sports Life Stories 8:00pm Darts 12:00am Driven
1:30pm Made in Chelsea 2:35pm New Girl 3:00pm Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who 4:45pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 5:00pm Troy 6:00pm Melissa and Joey 6:30pm Melissa and Joey 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm X-Men Origins: Wolverine 12:10am The Inbetweeners
Crime
Drama
Science fiction series about the adventures of an alien time-traveller, known as The Doctor.
9:15pm Shanghai Noon 11:00pm Family Guy 11:22pm Family Guy 11:45pm Life is Toff 12:15am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.
12:37am American Dad! 1:00am Drive 2:30am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:00am The Revolution Will be Televised
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.
11:25pm Come As You Are 1:10am Classic Albums 2:05am Goth at the BBC 3:05am John Denver at Wembley Arena 3:50am The Ladybird Books Story: The Bugs That Got Britain Reading
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Anaconda 8:40am Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 10:45am Die Hard 1:05pm Die Hard 2 3:15pm Dante's Peak 5:10pm Anaconda 6:50pm Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 9:00pm Die Hard 11:15pm Die Hard 2 1:25am Django Unchained Freed slave Django embarks on a quest to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.
4:10am Dante's Peak
Comedy 5:20am Little Shop of Horrors 7:00am Nature Calls 8:35am Dave 10:35am Bean 12:15pm The Internship 2:20pm Look Who's Talking 4:05pm Look Who's Talking Too 5:35pm Look Who's Talking Now! 7:20pm Fun with Dick and Jane 9:00pm The Internship 11:10pm American Pie 2 1:00am American Pie: The Wedding 2:40am Look Who's Talking 4:20am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
6:05am Ocean's Eleven 8:20am Gone Girl Special 8:50am The Good Doctor 10:35am Dead Calm 12:15pm Black Rain Cop Nick transfers a Japanese hitman from New York to Tokyo, then loses him.
2:25pm American Hustle 4:45pm Swordfish 6:30pm After the Sunset 8:15pm The Machinist 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am Harsh Times 2:25am American Psycho 4:20am Money Train
9:00am Under the Tuscan Sun 11:00am How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 1:00pm Austenland 2:45pm Sunshine on Leith 4:30pm West Side Story 7:10pm Austenland 9:00pm Sunshine on Leith 10:45pm How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days 12:45am Spike Island 2:40am Best Man Down Two newlyweds are forced to cancel their honeymoon when their best man passes away.
4:20am Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Special 4:40am All About Eve
Premiere
Family
8:45am Contest 10:25am Goodbye World 12:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 1:50pm Contest 3:25pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 5:10pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 7:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 9:00pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 11:00pm Paranormal Activity 12:45am American Mary 2:35am Goodbye World 4:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 5:00am Gone Girl Special 5:30am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine
5:15am Young Sherlock Holmes 7:05am Balto 8:30am The Prince of Egypt 10:15am Chimpanzee 11:45am Oz: The Great and Powerful 1:55pm Despicable Me 2 3:40pm The Prince of Egypt 5:25pm Ella Enchanted 7:10pm My Girl 9:00pm Despicable Me 2 10:40pm Oz: The Great and Powerful 12:55am Chimpanzee 2:20am Ella Enchanted 4:05am My Girl 5:50am Balto
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The People Remember 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Call the Council 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 8:45am Close Calls: On Camera 9:15am A Taste of Britain 10:00am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:00am Lorraine Pascale: How to be a Better Cook 11:30am World War I Beyond the Trenches 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 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 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Daily Brunch 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Small Animal Hospital
CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 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 The Sham Wedding Crashers 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
MONDAY TV
SKY 1 6:00am Nothing to Declare 6:30am Nothing to Declare 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 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 The Rockford Files 4:00pm Cagney and Lacey 4:50pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:50pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Good Witch, Bad Witch
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Greatest Little Britons 5:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin
6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 8:30pm Children's Hospital
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 6:30pm Coach Trip 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 Jake has plans for Brax - plans that will 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Intruders 10:45pm Some People Telling Jokes 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Grantchester 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Agenda
9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Sarah Beeny's How to Sell Your Home 10:00pm Make Leicester British 11:35pm Toast of London
9:00pm Conspiracy: The Missing Evidence 10:00pm Gotham 11:00pm Under the Dome 11:55pm Once Upon a Time in Mexico
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Trollied 10:00pm Micky Flanagan's Detour De France 11:00pm Arrow
12:10am Weather 12:15am Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 1:15am The Apprentice 2:15am This is BBC Two
12:20am The Jonathan Ross Show 1:25am Jackpot 247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:30am Nightscreen
12:05am The IT Crowd 12:40am NFL 1:35am Secret Millionaire USA 2:25am Kaksparsh 4:55am Location, Location, Location 5:50am Kirstie's Vintage Gems
1:50am Campus PD 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Bomber Boys 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Stargate Atlantis
BBC THREE
BBC FOUR
ITV2
ITV3
ITV4
E4
8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Junior Paramedics 10:00pm Hotel of Mum and Dad 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad!
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire 10:00pm The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour 11:00pm The Mummy 12:25am Detectorists 12:55am Architects of the Divine: The First Gothic Age 1:55am David Bowie and the Story of Ziggy Stardust 2:55am The Genius of David Bowie 3:55am The Art of Gothic: Britain's Midnight Hour
1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed! 6:30pm You've Been Framed! 7:00pm Royal Pains 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Tricked 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Dapper Laughs: On the Pull 12:00am Viral Tap
11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:20pm Second Thoughts 5:55pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Wycliffe 10:00pm The Secret Life of Dogs 11:00pm Collision 12:00am The Vice
9:00am The Professionals 10:00am Kojak 11:00am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm Minder 1:10pm Tommy Cooper 1:45pm Snooker 6:15pm Cheers 6:45pm Rugby Highlights 7:45pm Snooker 12:15am Bundesliga 1:15am Rugby Highlights 2:15am Motorsport UK 3:20am Cheers 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping
4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Suburgatory 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 Melissa and Joey 9:00pm New Girl 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Glue 12:05am The Big Bang Theory
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3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Holiday of My Lifetime 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The Passing Bells 8:30pm The One Show
Includes sport and weather.
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Gareth's All Star Choir 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You
The award-winning comedy, co-written by Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry, returns to Channel 4.
12am 12:20am Citizen Khan 12:50am The Graham Norton Show 1:35am Soul Men 3:10am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 3:15am BBC News
Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.
1:30am Hotel of Mum and Dad 2:30am People Like Us 3:30am Live at the Apollo 4:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad
SKY MOVIES Action 6:00am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers 7:35am Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 9:25am After Earth 11:20am Aliens 1:50pm Lethal Weapon 3 4:05pm Appaloosa 6:10pm Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 8:10pm After Earth 10:00pm Aliens 12:25am Lethal Weapon 2 2:30am Lethal Weapon 3 4:45am The Marine: Homefront
7:50am Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot 9:30am Caddyshack 11:15am The Top Ten Show 2014 11:30am Identity Thief 1:35pm Idiocracy 3:15pm Hyde Park on Hudson 5:05pm Notting Hill A self-effacing bookshop owner bumps into a major American movie star and falls instantly in love.
7:20pm Our Idiot Brother 9:00pm Identity Thief 11:00pm Idiocracy 12:30am Caddyshack 2:10am In Security 3:50am Why Stop Now?
6:25am Deep Family Secrets 8:10am Children of Men 10:10am Dead Again 12:10pm Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2:50pm Conspiracy Theory 5:15pm Zero Dark Thirty 8:00pm Children of Men 10:00pm Oldboy 11:55pm The Island 2:20am Taxi Driver 4:25am Death Warrant A maverick detective poses as an armed robber and goes deep undercover in a high-security penitentiary in order to uncover a human organ trading plot.
8:35am Decoding Annie Parker 10:20am Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Special 10:40am Gorillas in the Mist 12:55pm 42 3:10pm The Judge Special 3:40pm Philomena 5:25pm The Devil Wears Prada 7:25pm Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 9:00pm Philomena 10:45pm The Devil Wears Prada 12:45am Before Midnight 2:45am Hide Away 4:15am Life of Pi 4:45am Girls! Girls! Girls!
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7:00am The Good Witch's Wonder 8:45am Contest 10:25am Goodbye World 12:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 1:50pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 3:35pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 5:35pm Contest 7:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 9:00pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 11:00pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 12:45am American Mary 2:35am Goodbye World 4:30am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special 5:00am Hugh Jackman.
5:50am Balto 7:10am Curious George 8:45am Big Top Pee-Wee 10:25am Sammy's Great Escape 12:10pm The Flintstones 1:55pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 3:40pm Peter Pan 5:45pm The Good Witch's Destiny 7:20pm The Flintstones 9:00pm The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 10:40pm Peter Pan 12:40am Big Top Pee-Wee 2:10am The Good Witch's Destiny 3:45am Sammy's Great Escape
OPINION & COMMENT
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HICH common courtesies have gone? A lot of them, according to Ilde Casanova from Park and Go airport parking at AlicanteElche Airport. He said: “When customers arrive we would open their doors, help carry their bags but that was not something the company had trained us or told us to do, it was just politeness and being helpful to people. But now the boss has installed it as policy and made all employees do the same thing; however, he shouldn’t have to, really, it should come naturally and I think that is a shame. Now, it is normal not to be necessarily polite or courteous.”
ILDE: Now it is more common not to be courteous
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Manners matter Good manners cost nothing; it is the little things that matter. What is a common courtesy that nowadays people seem to have forgotten about?
STREET TALK Claus van Mierlo from NICLA Casas in Almeria said: “I think some people have forgotten how to be up front and honest in their dealings. They feel the need to tell a different story to change a situation when they could just tell the truth. It is impolite.” Paul Mentessi from Gold Rush in La Zenia agrees that courtesy is a dying form. “Courtesy in general has gone and I think Claus van Mierlo
the most obvious one for me is respect for people’s jobs and profession. Some question their position and have no respect, and I find that really disrespectful.” Nick Holland with He added that Stephen Lloyd-Morgan one nationality in particular had no common courtesy, finding them ruder than any others he deals with. things that are Nick Holland, Manager for well- important, but it is nice to get a thank known tenor, Stephen Lloyd-Morgan, you for making the effort. If we are said: “Please and thank you. Steve and getting paid, or it is a reciprocal I were only talking about this the other agreement, then that is a different day. We do a lot of work for charity, we matter, but it is nice. Manners cost love to help and get involved with nothing!”
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The People Remember 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Call the Council 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 9:15am A Taste of Britain 10:00am Antiques Roadshow 11:00am Building Dream Homes 11:30am World War I Beyond the Trenches 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 2:30pm Cash in the Attic
ITV 9:30am Lorraine Join Lorraine Kelly and her celebrity friends for all the latest showbiz, news, style on ITV. 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 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Daily Brunch 12:00pm Come Dine with Me 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:10pm Come Dine with Me 2:40pm Small Animal Hospital
CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 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 Rome: The World's First Superpower 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 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 Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Holiday of My Lifetime 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
3:15pm The Rockford Files 4:00pm Cagney and Lacey 4:50pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:50pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Garage Sale Mystery
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Greatest Little Britons 5:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin
6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Great Interior Design Challenge
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Coach Trip 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 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Human Universe 11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight
11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather
9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm You Can't Get the Staff 11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:50pm Gogglebox
9:00pm Britain's Worst Crimes 10:00pm Miracle Babies 11:00pm NCIS 11:55pm NCIS
9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00pm Road Wars
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The Passing Bells 8:30pm EastEnders
9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Missing 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Imagine...
Round-up of the day's news.
11:40pm UEFA Champions League: Extra Time Highlights of all the Champions League matches.
Road Crime Unit officers are flagged down to help a member of the public, and dog handler Lee is called in to deal with two incidents involving men armed with knives.
12am 12:40am In the Valley of Elah 2:35am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:40am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
12:10am Weather The latest weather information. 12:15am Wonders of the Monsoon 1:15am Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath 2:15am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:40am The Cube Game show which tests contestants' skill, nerve and determination to win, hosted by Phillip Schofield. 1:30am Jackpot 247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am Nightscreen
12:50am Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage 1:50am Transworld Sport 2:45am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:10am Cycling 4:05am Helly Hansen Beauty and the Beast Marathon 5:00am Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 5:55am Hugh's 3 Good Things
12:55am NCIS 1:45am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:10am Super Casino 4:10am Underground Britain 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Legends 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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8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Free Speech 10:00pm Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 11:00pm Life is Toff 11:30pm The Revolution Will be Televised 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:07am American Dad! 1:30am Life is Toff 2:00am The Revolution Will be Televised 2:30am EastEnders
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:30pm National Treasures of Wales 10:00pm Doris Day - Virgin Territory 11:00pm The Life and Loves of a She Devil 12:00am Supernatural
1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed! 6:30pm You've Been Framed! 7:00pm Royal Pains 8:00pm Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm The Vampire Diaries 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 11:45pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 2:05am Two and a Half Men
10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:20pm Second Thoughts 5:50pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Collision 12:00am The Vice
9:00am The Professionals 10:00am Kojak 11:05am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm Minder 1:10pm Tommy Cooper 1:45pm Snooker 6:10pm Cheers 6:40pm Kojak 7:45pm Snooker 12:15am A Dangerous Man 1:15am FYI Daily 1:20am A Dangerous Man 2:15am BRDC Formula 4 Championship 3:20am Cheers 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen 4:00am Teleshopping
4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Suburgatory 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 Melissa and Joey 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm New Girl 10:30pm New Girl 11:00pm The Mindy Project 11:30pm Tattoos After Dark 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
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Another visit to the residents of Albert Square, for a regular dose of drama, excitement and tears.
Chilling anthology series where membership to the secret society, The Club of the Damned, is granted through telling horror stories. story of his escape from a female vampire in eastern Europe.
12:50am Spider House 2:20am National Treasures of Wales 2:50am Doris Day - Virgin Territory 3:50am Beautiful Thing.
SKY MOVIES Action 6:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:00am Cinderella Man 9:30am Men in Black 11:20am Bad Boys II 1:55pm Gangster Squad 4:00pm Alexander 7:05pm Alex Cross 9:00pm Men in Black A pair of secret agents battle to save the earth from an intergalactic terrorist. Scifi/comedy.
10:50pm Bad Boys II 1:25am Mad Max 3:10am Gangster Squad 5:15am Volcano: Fire on the Mountain The Angel Summit ski resort has been blessed with early snows.
Comedy 7:15am Vinyl 8:45am Top Secret 10:20am Mr. Deeds 12:00pm Uncle Buck 1:45pm The Hangover Part III 3:30pm Syrup 5:05pm What Women Want 7:15pm Mr. Deeds 9:00pm Uncle Buck 10:45pm The Hangover Part III When Doug is kidnapped, pals Alan, Phil and Stu become embroiled in a battle to save him.
12:30am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 2:00am Blazing Saddles 3:40am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 5:25am The Trail of the Pink Panther
6:10am Malpractice 8:00am Hours 9:50am Jennifer Eight 12:00pm Courage Under Fire 2:00pm Blood Work FBI profiler Terry McCaleb has retired after a heart transplant.
4:05pm The Mean Machine 6:10pm Cold Comes the Night A Polish gangster takes a motel manager captive when a bag of money goes missing.
7:45pm In the Line of Fire 10:00pm Blood Work 12:00am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:00am Kill Bill: Vol. 2 4:25am Big Nothing A frustrated teacher is forced to take a job in a call centre to support his family.
7:05am How to Steal a Million 9:15am City Slacker 10:55am She Wants Me 12:35pm Shirley Valentine 2:35pm Pitch Perfect 4:35pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 6:40pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Special A look at the fantastical comedy adventure starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig.
7:00pm Shirley Valentine 9:00pm Pitch Perfect 11:00pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 1:05am Dangerous Minds 2:50am Cold Mountain A wounded soldier escapes the American Civil War to go home to his sweetheart Ada.
5:30am Paradise, Hawaiian Style
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7:00am The Good Witch's Wonder 8:45am Contest 10:25am Goodbye World 12:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 1:50pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 3:35pm Contest 5:10pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 7:10pm The Good Witch's Wonder 9:00pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 11:00pm Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 12:45am American Mary
5:30am Curious George 7:00am Harriet the Spy 8:45am Doctor Dolittle 11:10am Corpse Bride 12:30pm Home Alone 2:20pm Doctor Dolittle 3:50pm Doctor Dolittle 2 5:20pm Doctor Dolittle 3 7:00pm Home Alone 9:00pm Liar Liar 10:30pm Corpse Bride 11:50pm Doctor Dolittle 2:15am Liar Liar 3:45am Harriet the Spy
A talented but debt-ridden surgical student turns to the dark world of illegal body modification.
2:35am Goodbye World 4:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 5:00am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special
11-year-old Harriet's only desire is to become a famous writer.
5:35am Doctor Dolittle A doctor discovers he has the incredible talent to talk to animals.
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UK Pension Reforms and Drawdown
THE new pension regime coming into effect on 6th April 2015 provides much more flexibility for drawdown pensions. Many people will want to take advantage of this, but it is important to consider all the implications to establish what will be most beneficial for you. Current rules You can start to take an income from your pension funds from age 55 under the “drawdown pensions” regime. The alternative is to buy an annuity. You have a choice of “capped” or “flexible” drawdown. With capped drawdown, your pension remains invested and you take an income. The amount of income is capped at 150% of an equivalent annuity. Under flexible drawdown, you can withdraw as much of your pension as you like, including the whole amount. To be eligible you must meet the “minimum income requirement”
By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks of £12,000 of secure pension income. UK residents receive the 25% tax free pension commencement lump sum, but the rest is taxable. For those living outside the UK, tax would be chargeable dependent on taxation in your country of residence. With capped drawdown, you can contribute up to £40,000 per year into a pension fund, tax free. With flexible drawdown you are no longer able to contribute.
British expatriates are able to continue to contribute to a UK pension and get tax relief, provided they had a suitable plan in force before they left the UK. The amount they get relief on is capped at £3,600 per annum for five years following departure, or 100% of net relevant earnings. However some providers will not accept contributions from overseas residents. When the balance of the fund is paid to your beneficiaries on death, there is a 55% tax charge if you are aged 75 or over, or if you have started taking benefits. New rules from 6th April 2015 The 55% death charge will be abolished. If you die under the age of 75 your pension pot will pass to your beneficiaries tax free, even if it is in drawdown. If you are over 75, your heirs will pay their marginal rate of tax. If they
take it as a lump sum, a 45% fixed rate will be charged (the government hopes to change this to their marginal rate from 2016). Both capped drawdown and flexible drawdown will be replaced by a new “flexiaccess drawdown,” which has no upper limit on how much members can take. It works similar to flexible drawdown, but with no minimum income requirement. As before, expatriates can continue to contribute to their existing UK pension. However, under this new regime you can only contribute up to £40,000 tax free a year if you have not taken any benefits from the fund. If you take anything, the allowance drops to £10,000. It is important not to rush into anything when the new rules come into effect. You need to carefully consider all
the options and how they affect you personally from a tax and long-term financial security point of view. Specialist, professional advice is essential to make sure you understand all the implications, including the Spanish tax ones, and make the best decision for you. For peace of mind, your adviser should be authorised by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.
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ITV 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 11:55am ITV News 12:00pm This Morning The popular morning lifestyle magazine show with advice, chat and competitions. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
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CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 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 Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 7:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 8:00am Emergency with Angela Griffin 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 The Rockford Files 4:00pm Cagney and Lacey 4:50pm Who Do You Think You Are? 5:50pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Dangerous Attraction
6:20pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Great Interior Design Challenge
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 6:30pm Coach Trip 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 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 11:00pm The Apprentice: You're Fired! 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Surprise Surprise 10:00pm Broadmoor 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Through the Keyhole
9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Grayson Perry: Who are You?
9:00pm Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 10:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 11:00pm Wentworth
9:00pm An Idiot Abroad 10:00pm A League of Their Own 10:30pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm Legends
12:10am Weather 12:15am Gunpowder 5/11: The Greatest Terror Plot 1:15am Intruders 1:55am See Hear 2:25am The Kitchen 3:25am Doctor Who 4:15am This is BBC Two
12:40am Fool Britannia 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his popular talk show. 4:40am Nightscreen
12:00am 24 Hours in A and E 1:00am Music Nation 1:30am Rude Tube 2:25am Ha Bharat Maza 4:35am Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 5:30am River Cottage Bites 5:40am Location, Location, Location
12:00am Inside Holloway 1:00am Dallas 1:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am The Sham Wedding Crashers 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am The Great Artists 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Forever 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Hawaii Five-0
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys
9:00pm The Truth About Meteors 10:00pm Secrets of the Universe 11:00pm What Do Artists Do All Day? 11:30pm Big in America 12:30am The Making of Elton John: Madman Across the Water 1:30am Otis Redding: Soul Ambassador 2:30am Britain on Film 3:00am The Secret Life of Books 3:30am What Do Artists Do All Day? 4:00am Secrets of the Universe
1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 2:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 3:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:05pm You've Been Framed! 6:30pm You've Been Framed! 7:00pm Royal Pains 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Freshers 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Happy Gilmore 1:25am Two and a Half Men
10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:25pm Second Thoughts 5:55pm Fresh Fields 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Judge Judy 8:30pm Judge Judy 9:00pm A Touch of Frost 11:00pm Collision 12:00am The Vice
7:00am Cheers 7:25am Cheers 8:00am Minder 9:00am The Professionals 10:00am Kojak 11:05am Magnum, P.I. 12:05pm Minder
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 4:30pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Suburgatory 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 Melissa and Joey 9:00pm St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold 11:10pm The Big Bang Theory 11:40pm The Big Bang Theory 12:10am Drifters
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3:15pm Perfection 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Holiday of My Lifetime 5:30pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Drama based on a true story.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Greatest Little Britons 5:00pm Emergency with Angela Griffin
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The Passing Bells 8:30pm The One Show
9pm 9:00pm Waterloo Road 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm England: What Next?
Graphic Australian drama series set in a women's prison.
12am 12:15am Film 2014 12:45am Away From Her 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather report. 2:35am BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather.
Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.
1:10am American Dad! 1:30am People Like Us 2:30am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:00am Hotel of Mum and Dad 4:00am People Like Us
Documentary series in which Michael Portillo travels the length and breadth of the country by train.
Comedy drama series about the shady dealings of a loveable rogue and his reluctant sidekick.
1:10pm Tommy Cooper 1:45pm Snooker 6:10pm Cheers 6:40pm Kojak 7:45pm Snooker 12:10am Mercury Rising
SKY MOVIES Action 5:15am Volcano: Fire on the Mountain 7:00am The Last Samurai 9:45am Men in Black II 11:25am Fury Special 11:55am K-19: The Widowmaker 2:25pm Thor: The Dark World 4:30pm Volcano 6:20pm The Last Samurai 9:00pm Men in Black II 10:40pm Thor: The Dark World 12:45am Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 2:35am The Man with the Iron Fists
7:10am Saving Mr. Banks Special 7:40am The Break-Up 9:30am Pleasantville 11:45am Grown Ups 2 1:30pm We're the Millers 3:25pm The Man with Two Brains 5:05pm Kindergarten Cop 7:00pm The Break-Up 9:00pm Grown Ups 2 10:45pm We're the Millers 12:45am Scary Movie 5 2:25am Notting Hill
6:05am Loss of Faith 7:50am In Their Skin 9:40am Witness 11:45am Sleeping with the Enemy 1:35pm Proof of Life 4:00pm Red Rock West 5:50pm Derailed 7:50pm Alive 10:00pm Proof of Life 12:20am Killing Them Softly 2:05am Jagged Edge
5:30am Paradise, Hawaiian Style 7:10am Romeo and Juliet 9:35am The Four Feathers 11:50am Barefoot 1:30pm Any Day Now 3:20pm 50 First Dates 5:10pm The Sessions 6:55pm Awakenings 9:00pm The Butler 11:15pm 50 First Dates 1:00am Adore 3:00am Being Flynn
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During a single day, the town of Silverton, Oklahoma is ravaged by tornadoes that cause unimaginable death and destruction. With the town facing complete annihilation, groups of terrified townspeople, professional storm chasers and amateur thrill-seekers must keep on the move in order to survive. Into the Storm is from the ‘found footage’ genre of movie making, with events depicted from camcorders and cameras as if they are real. Directed by Steven Quale. Stars Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies and Matt Walsh. Run time 89 mins. Rated 12A. SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) With a lot of pent-up energy and not a little determination the month is off to a strong start with you. Be aware, however, that treading on the toes of influential people is not to be advised. Your feeling that you are right is admirable, but be tactful. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) You of all people understand the importance of the spiritual side of life. Despite being successful in your own right there is the need to bring this to other people. In sharing your experiences this year you come to a better understanding yourself. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your practical streak is in full force. Over the next months you will bring much benefit to those around you, in financial terms perhaps, but also spiritually. This week, in itself, shows you how others value your presence and advice. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Your lot is to be optimistic and positive. Perhaps in the last few months there was the need to take on the problems of others. However, you absolutely must get a balance here. Concentrate this week on getting your body and mind in good shape. That means being a little self-centred to start with. A good routine is essential and the will to stick with it. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your very nature can lead to internal struggles. In the coming months, however, the truth becomes clear. What is outside of your experience now will become a part of your make-up. Any fear that you had of the unknown gradually diminishes. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There has been a very strong feeling through these last few weeks. This feeling has been one of spirituality. Your thoughts have been deeper than usual and the sense that there is more to life is acute. This, therefore, gives an impetus to everything that you do this week. The need to progress both on the home and business front has rarely been stronger.
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October 31, Peter Jackson, 54, movie director New Zealand-born Peter Jackson is the awardwinning director of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy, and King Kong. He started out directing low-budget horror comedies before moving into more mainstream movie direction during the 1990’s. November 1, Jenny McCarthy, 42, model and actress A former Playboy model, Jenny McCarthy is today known for her television work. She
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) In the last few weeks there may have been a sense of being not quite in control. That is something to deal with this week. Real progress will only be made when you have faced what is not wanted. You will rid yourself of any negative emotions quickly by facing them. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You are a great charmer but it is possible to have too much of a good thing. Is there the possibility that your romantic life needs tidying up? Perhaps the number of irons that you have in the fire is causing problems? This week, make it a priority to simplify your life. Be strong and straight with others. A clean slate for the future means not letting small matters run away with you.
1. By what name is actor William Henry Pratt, best remembered for his roles in horror films and especially for his portrayal of the monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939), better known? 2. In the 1984 supernatural horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street, what is the name of the burnt serial killer who uses a glove armed with razors to kill his victims in their dreams, played by Robert Englund? 3. Salem’s Lot (1975), Pet Semetary (1982), Cujo (1981), Misery (1987) and Carrie (1974) were all novels by which American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy? 4. The 1978 American independent ‘slasher’ horror film Halloween was produced on a budget of $325,000 (£160,250) but grossed $47 million (£22.5 million) at the box office in the US and $70 million (£33.75 million) worldwide, true or false? 5. What was the nationality of Bram Stoker, the author of the famous 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula? 6. What was the title of the 1999 American found footage horror film that relates the story of three student filmmakers (Heather Donahue, Michael C Williams and Joshua Leonard) who disappear while hiking in the Black Hills near Burkittsville, Maryland in 1994 to film a documentary about a local legend? 7. What was the title of the American sciencefiction/fantasy anthology television series created by Rod Serling that ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964?
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October 30, Diego Maradona, 54, former footballer Maradona is considered one of the greatest football players of all time and was the hero of the World Cup-winning Argentina side. He scored two memorable goals in World Cup history, both against England in that match.
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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 D) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
starred in her own sitcom and later joined The View as a co-host. She made regular appearances in the hit comedy Two and a Half Men.
November 2, David Schwimmer, 48, actor Schwimmer is best known for his role as Ross Geller on the hit 1990’s sitcom Friends. The role won him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance. He also provided the voice for the giraffe, Melman, in the Madagascar movie franchise. November 3, Kendall Jenner, 19, reality star Kendall is the half-sister of Kim Kardashian and made her appearance on reality show Keeping up with the Kardashians when she was 11. She and her sister Kylie created their own clothing brand called Kendall & Kylie. At nearly six-feet tall she has become a successful model.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) The ever-inquisitive part of your brain is in high spirits. Clearly there is much to be known and enjoyed over the coming months. Begin at the beginning though. Before you throw yourself into a spiritual or business endeavour, get the facts. I don't mean what people tell you they think. What you need right now is proof that your interest in a certain area is justified. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Certainly there have been times that you felt crestfallen. Sometimes circumstances bring us down. Avoid believing in the myth of ‘what should have been’. What you are is not what others see but what you feel inside.
TARGET: Average: 16 Good: 20 November 4, Rosario Flores, singer and actress. Born in Madrid, Rosario is a two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning gypsy singer. She is the sister of singer Lolita Flores and singer-songwriter Antonio Flores. In late 2012 Rosario featured as a judge and coach on the hit Spanish television show La Voz, where judges sit with their backs to the singers during auditions and decide if they are good enough without looking at them.
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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) The changes that have already started in the way that you see your life have given pause for thought. You are sure that you could have done better but maybe it is not clear how. Take a step back now and see where you came from. Two years ago where were you heading? Do you still want to follow that path? A need to get back on track can start this week. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It becomes clear to you that some friends are drifting away. We all have to make changes as life itself is a constantly shifting event. You prefer to hold on to what is familiar and you are not alone in that. At the moment, however, there is much for you to experience, see and feel.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alar, alee, anal, earl, elan, lane, late, lean, leer, lent, rale, real, reel, tael, tala, tale, teal, alate, alert, altar, alter, anele, areal, elate, later, latte, leant, learn, natal, ratel, renal, altern, antler, antral, elater, lateen, latent, latten, latter, leaner, learnt, letter, nettle, rattle, relate, relent, rental, talent, enteral, eternal, ALTERNATE
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (TICKED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
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Unscramble the title of a 1992 legalsuspense thriller written by John Grisham (three words): RETAIN CHIEF PLEB
Across 1 Powerful goddess is buried in Teheran (4) 4 Cargo ship hired by a promiscuous woman (5) 9 Elsewhere in Dali biography (5) 10 Two items used in table tennis game (7) 11 Surprisingly tautest act (7) 12 Create nearly identical copies one hundred and fifty one (5) 13 Ken’s is funny, like Hank’s (6) 15 Playtime corner (6) 18 Rent easel in error (5) 20 Keep us confined in a bad spot (7) 23 English reason for showing a lot of feeling (7) 24 Map book can be found in that last cupboard (5) 25 Built laser for lords (5) 26 Attorney volunteers facts (4)
Unscramble the name of a British rock band, formed in 1978 (one word): HAS KEEN WIT FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: THE PELICAN BRIEF, WHITESNAKE
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MOOR BOYS 6 Philosopher began playing lute at two o’clock (5) 7 Mocks tabloid newspapers (4) 8 Tool’s unusual perils (6) 13 The supplier is in the basement we hear (6) 14 Poorer born, then pass on, right (7) 16 Eastern apostle and French
decoration (7) 17 Rushes funny looking guides (6) 19 An advance, we hear, on its own (5) 21 By the sound of it, remained very serious (5) 22 Bill returns in ‘For Your Eyes Only’ (4)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 7 represents Q and 11 represents M, so fill in Q every time the figure 7 appears and M every time the figure 11 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 1/23 Avoid humiliation (4,4) 3 Get in the way of (8) 9 Living room (7) 10 Happen or occur again (5) 11 Excessively fat (5) 12 Ornamental hanging tuft of threads (6) 14 Stir up (6) 16 Not according with the facts (6) 19 Terpsichorean (6) 21 Respond (5) 24 Following (5) 25 Set apart from the rest (7) 26 Income (8) 27 Charges (4)
Down 1 Mistakenly believed (8) 2 Region marking a boundary (5) 4 Censure severely or angrily (6) 5 Agreement details (5) 6 Poorly stated or described (7) 7 Ripped (4) 8 Secret or hidden (6) 13 Worried and uneasy (8) 15 Talk idly or rapidly (7) 17 Not wide (6) 18 Demanding attention (6) 20 Welsh breed of dog (5) 22 Conscious (5) 23 See 1 Across
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
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Answers: Back room boys, A bee in the bonnet
Down 2 State of being a measure angry (7) 3 So, long cube is surrounded by gold (5) 4 Vehicle used in Tibetan demonstration (6) 5 Account of claret I drunk (7)
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 4 Ancient, 8 Avocets, 9 Coterie, 10 Theatre, 11 Nervous, 12 Elated, 14 Career, 18 Assuage, 21 Timpani, 22 Elegant, 23 Lineage, 24 Austere. Down: 1 Lattice, 2 Moses, 3 Lecture, 4 Ascend, 5 Cater, 6 Earlobe, 7 Teems, 13 Answers, 15 Anemone, 16 Recited, 17 Settle, 18 Arena, 19 Agate, 20 Banal. QUICK Across: 1 Succeed, 5 Scrub, 8 Excites, 9 Rules, 10 Share, 11 Replace, 12 Career, 14 Access, 17 Reached, 19 Tasks, 22 Front, 23 Imagine, 24 Lasts, 25 Guesses. Down: 1 Seems, 2 Cocoa, 3 Extreme, 4 Desire, 5 Scrap, 6 Release, 7 Baskets, 12 Careful, 13 Reasons, 15 Cottage, 16 Adding, 18 Hates, 20 Skips, 21 Seeds.
Across 1 Langosta (insecto) (6) 4 Hatred (4) 8 Estrellas (5) 9 Ira (de persona) (5) 10 Emerald (stone) (9) 13 Guante (5) 15 Anchor (5) 16 Cerca (indicando proximidad) (4) 17 Penknife (6)
Down 1 Último (4) 2 Abrigos (5) 3 To hold (8) 5 See 13 6 Remo (pala) (3) 7 Pumpkin (8) 11 Shower (in bathroom) (5) 12 Cow (farm animal) (4) 13/5 Perro de caza (3,3) 14 Goose (domestic) (3)
ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Hailstorm, 8 Enero, 9 Saber, 10 Team, 11 Otro, 15 Snore, 17 Llave, 18 Strongest. Down: 2 Arena, 3 Leon, 4 Test, 5/16 Rub out, 6 Ventoso, 7 Arboles, 12 Tears, 13 Beso, 14 Flag.
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TOP 10 CLASSIC HALLOWEEN MOVIES Given the week that’s in it, here is a list of 10 of the best classic horror movies to watch during this spooky time of year. 1. Halloween (1978). A must-watch during the holiday that bears the same name and sparked a franchise of 10 movies in total. The original tells the story of Michael Myers, a psychotic murderer who escapes a psychiatric hospital and goes on a murderous rampage through the streets of a small American town. This slasher movie was the film debut for Jamie Lee Curtis. 2. The Shining (1980). Stanley Kubrick’s psychological horror film about a family who move into a remote hotel in the mountains to look after it during the winter. Jack Nicholson plays the father who develops cabin fever and starts to lose his mind. Viewed as not only one of the best horror films of all time, but also one of the greatest movies ever made. Creepy stuff. 3. Psycho (1960). One of the most shocking films of all time, this Alfred Hitchcock directed classic remains a firm favourite of horror movie buffs. Anthony Perkins plays motel manager Norman Bates, a strange young man with an unhealthy fixation on his mother. When a guest of the motel goes missing, Bates finds himself the subject of much unwanted attention. The shower scene is one of the most famous in movie history.
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Just Joking Just as she was celebrating her 80th birthday, our friend received a jury-duty notice. She called the clerk’s office to remind them that she was exempt because of her age. “You need to come in and fill out the exemption forms,” the clerk said. “But I filled them out last year,” she replied. “You have to fill them out every year.” “Why? Do you think I’m getting younger?”
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The king of horror, Stephen King, is back with a dark and electrifying novel about addiction and what might exist on the other side of life. When a charismatic new church minister - Charles Jacobs - arrives in town with his alluring wife, the whole town is mesmerised by this enigmatic couple. Jamie Morton strikes up a bond with the minister based on a
secret obsession but tragedy soon strikes the Morton family and when minister Jacobs curses God, he is banished from the town. Twenty year later, Jamie is playing in a rock band and addicted to heroin, stranded and desperate. He bumps into Jacobs once again and their bond becomes a pact beyond even the devil’s devising.
Spanning five decades, Revival is a must for Stephen King fans and fans of the horror genre.
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4. The Exorcist (1973). When a young girl is possessed by an evil entity, a local priest takes it upon himself to try and save her. Based on the book by William Peter Blatty, the movie is not only famous for its shocking scenes, but also for the unforgettable soundtrack by Mike Oldfield.
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5. The Omen (1976). An American ambassador in England discovers that his adopted son might possibly be the son of the Devil. Is Robert Thorn raising the anti-Christ? Full of memorable scenes and spooky music, The Omen is a firm favourite to be watched during the Halloween festivities.
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6. Night of the Living Dead (1968). The original zombie movie, George A Romero’s classic tells the tale of the dead coming back to life and eating the living. A small group of people barricade themselves in a house and have to fend off hordes of brain-hungry zombies during a long and tension-fraught night.
7. Carrie (1976). Based on the Stephen King novel, Carrie still to this day has one of the best ‘jump-out-of-yourseat’ moments that will have you cowering behind the sofa. Sissy Spacek plays a high-school girl bullied by her classmates. Carrie - who has a rare telekinetic ability - exacts bloody revenge when she is pushed too far on prom night. 8. The Blair Witch Project (1999). The movie that inspired the entire ‘found footage’ genre of horror films. Three film students go into the ominous Black Hill Forests to investigate the local legend of the Blair witch. They soon find themselves cold, lost, and hearing strange noises during the night. Disappearing without a trace, they leave only their footage behind. Many viewers thought they were watching actual real footage, adding to the infamy of The Blair Witch Project. 9. An American Werewolf in London (1981). The best werewolf movie ever made and featuring amazing special effects for its time. Directed by John Landis (who also directed Michael Jackson’s Thriller video), the story tells of two American backpackers who are attacked by a strange beast on an English moor. One of them survives, but soon finds himself feeling very strange indeed whenever there is a full moon. A great mix of comedy and horror. 10. The Thing (1982). John Carpenter’s stark and spooky tale about a group of scientists in the Antarctic who find themselves being stalked by a shape-shifting alien that can assume human form. Fraught with tension throughout, just who is real and who isn’t who they claim to be?
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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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION lutes, gismo, guise, smote, smite, smile, sheaf, shift, shaft, domes, dotes, mutes, motile, motif, mites, soppy, snout, spout, split, tomes, topple, times, notify, polyp, plods, plies, pylon, lotus, limes, lifer, flout, flops, floppy, felon, wafer, plops, yelps, elite, elites, refit
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Become a cougar to improve Pollution in pregnancy can chances of having a baby WOMEN wanting a baby at over 40 could improve their chances of conceiving if they are with a younger man. A study of women aged 40 and over found if her partner was aged 43 or above, her odds of giving birth plummeted as the combination of an older man’s sperm and an older woman’s eggs make it less likely to conceive. Canadian researchers believe one solution is for older women to choose toy boys, whose sperm will be in better condition. Michael Dahan, of McGill University in Montreal said:
“It actually gives a biological argument for the cougar phenomenon. “Younger women’s eggs can fix any defects of genetic material of the sperm. But once a woman hits 40, that’s no longer true.”
OVER 40: Easier to conceive if you are with a younger man.
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POLLUTION during pregnancy may have consequences on the health of an unborn child. Studies by the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona, found that the harmful effects of air pollutants affect the lungs of school-age children. For their work the centre carried out a study with 1,295 pregnant women, in which exposure to air pollution was analysed and the lung capacity of their children measured for four and a half years. The results showed that exposure to high levels of pollutants during pregnancy were associated with reduced lung function in children in respiratory tests.
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Ginkgo and magnesium A useful combination of active substances keeps us fitter for longer HOW fit you feel as you get older depends mostly on the condition of your heart, circulation and brain. Forgetfulness, concentration problems, higher irritability, aggressiveness, rapid tiring, nausea, tinnitus and a lowering of joy of living can all be caused by a narrowing of the blood vessels (e.g. arteriosclerosis) leading to the brain. The brain only makes up 3 per cent of the body’s weight and uses about 22 per cent of all the oxygen the body has at its disposal. Through a narrowing of the vessels the oxygen supply to the brain is often obstructed, which normally causes a decrease of brain function. Changes in the blood vessels already begin to appear at the age of 35, without the person noticing. Beside other factors, there might be also be a hereditary tendency towards this sort of disease. For that reason, prevention is very essential for people with such a tendency, as especially in the early stages the effect of natural remedies is most noticeable. In supplementing a health-conscious way of life with the regular intake of Ginkgo biloba extracts, one can
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COENZYME Q10 The vital way to old age COENZYME Q10 belongs to the vitamin E series and has two important functions in the human body: It helps to convert nutritious energy into kinetic energy, takes part in the building up of 95 per cent of the body’s energy and thus is a very important element in the energy supply to the heart muscle. Q10 acts furthermore as a ‘catcher of free radicals.’ Q10, just like vitamin C, vitamin E, the mineral selenium and beta-carotene, can bind free radicals (the aggressive waste products of the metabolism that damage cell membranes) and thus prevent the cells growing old. Coenzyme Q10 is partly taken in with food and partly produced by the body itself. The modern treatment and preservation of food reduces its nutritious value and consequently its Q10 content, which can lead to Q10 deficiency. Besides which the production
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Cash incentives may be way to lose weight THE UK’s NHS is considering plans to pay people to lose weight. The new scheme, which would only be available to workers, would see weight loss rewarded with cash or shopping vouchers in a bid to tackle the obesity crisis. The amounts given are unclear but firms could also receive tax breaks from the government and some funding to set up slimming or exercise classes,
following suit with other countries which run similar schemes. NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said workplace schemes to encourage weight loss have been largely ignored despite success abroad adding that he personally managed to lose nearly three stone thanks to an incentive scheme at his previous job with an American insurance firm. Dr Sally Norton, a weight loss surgeon,
LOSE WEIGHT: And be rewarded for your efforts. added that these schemes would also boost product-ivity amongst staff: “Employers lose over £20 billion a year due to absenteeism, but the costs of
reduced productivity due to ill-health may be three times higher. Being overweight increases the number of sickness days taken by 50 per cent.”
Men are feeling more and more pressure to remove body hair WHILST once it was the preserve of elite athletes including professional cyclists or swimmers, it seems that more men are plucking up the courage to
achieve a hair-free body. Half of all British men say there is more pressure for men to remove or groom body hair following the example of sports stars. For today’s modern man, hair removal has extended past a simple shave of the face. Over the last 12 months, some 55 per cent of men say they have removed hair from their head, this is followed by the pubic region at 29 per cent, chest at 13 per cent, underarms at 12 per cent, back at 9 per cent, bottom at 6 per cent, arms at 5 per cent, legs at 4 per cent and feet 2 per cent. Just 30 per cent of men say they have not removed hair from their body in the last year. Additionally, Mintel’s research highlights how a
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quarter (25 per cent) of British men admit to removing hair from their eyebrows. Charlotte Libby, Senior Beauty Analyst at market research firm Mintel said: “It is becoming increasingly commonplace for men, particularly under-30s, to remove hair from their body as behaviours once described as metrosexual are becoming increasingly mainstream. “Major sporting events such as the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the media attention given
to the swimming team and their hair-free bodies in particular, drew focus to male body hair removal.” Overall, one in five (19 per cent) men claim they feel expected to remove hair from their torso, while around the same number (18 per cent) say they feel the pressure to remove hair from their underarms and 13 per cent from their legs. Furthermore, it is younger men in particular who are feeling the pressure to achieve a hair free body, with some 58 per cent 16-24-year-old
men agreeing they feel pressure to remove or groom body hair, compared to 22 per cent of over-65s. And while 42 per cent of Brits believe it is fashionable for men to have beards, almost the same number (39 per cent) say they feel pressure from others to keep their facial hair neat and tidy. As many as 59 per cent of consumers believe it looks unprofessional for men to have an ungroomed face in the workplace.
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Day of the operation - time to get my compression socks on Erica Russell Watson: My journey – and I’m driving
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September: operation day. I was booked in for the second slot of the morning which gave me time to have a shower, get my compression socks on and to look longingly at my room-mate’s breakfast. No food for me! Then I was wheeled down to the radiology section where they inserted a metal wire or ‘harpoon’ as the Spanish refer to it, into the tumour in my breast as it was difficult to find and the surgeon wanted to have it perfectly located in order to operate. Then I had a mammogram with said harpoon in, which was not the most pleasant experience I have ever had but was over quickly and made much better by the fabulous medical team. By the end of the experience I had given an English lesson to one of them, promised to have
tea with another’s children and told them about my life abroad to encourage them to travel and told them how lucky I was to have the doctor that I had… because in his own words he was much easier on the eye than the other specialist! Just the Spanish way of relaxing you. I was then whisked back up to my room and shortly after, they came for me to transport me down to surgery. It felt like the films, lights flashed above my head and the nurse complained that whoever had designed the bed had given little thought to dimensions as we scraped through doorways and into lifts. She was an expert and manoeuvred me around well until I was in a holding area where I was wished luck by my loved one. Once inside I was asked all the pertinent questions by my anaesthetist and then wheeled into surgery. After a few deep breaths with the mask on I was under. The operation lasted about three hours. Seventeen lymph nodes were removed from my right armpit, the tumour in my
breast and additional micro tumours that had not shown up on the mammogram, but were regarded as suspicious by my surgeon. If you have any procedures in Spain, remember that their timetable is different.
I came to, felt cold but in quite good shape and was given an update by my surgeon and then taken back to my room. The rest of the day was spent feeling ravenous, but after having some tea and biscuits and holding that down well, I was given lunch. Some people react badly to the anaesthetic and are very ill when they first eat. Not me, if they hadn’t given me lunch I was going to nip down to the hospital café and grab a sandwich… either that or start eating my bed sheets. Thirty six
hours without food is not ideal! The ensuing days were spent looking forward to visitors, lots of cakes, chocolates and flowers, meal times and general updates on my progress. The nurses changed my dressings and controlled the two drainage globes to check the levels were dropping. The drains were the most awkward things as it made it difficult to shower, as the bandages had to be kept dry and I had to be careful that the drains did not come out. I wasn’t in a great deal of pain, but the staples in my armpit were uncomfortable. Being bored and in need of a pen to do a crossword I went down to the hospital shop. I was shooed back upstairs as I really shouldn’t have been down there, but I was a little fed up with the circuit on my ward. I think it essential to carry on as normally as possible. It’s what the Brits do, isn’t it? Keep calm and carry on. I insisted they took my drip out the day after my operation and didn’t take any more painkillers. I got up and moving about as soon as possible. I got to know the staff well
and we enjoyed joking with them and they even kept my surplus of cakes in their fridge. I can’t speak highly enough of the care I received. People often complain about the service in general in Spain, but if you are respectful and polite, they are the kindest and most helpful people you could ever wish to meet. The most amusing thing for me was being woken up in the middle of a blissful sleep and being asked if I wanted a sleeping tablet at 11:30 at night. If you have any procedures in Spain remember that their timetable is different. They come round with tea at 11pm! Finally one drain was removed and the other was left in. I had had enough of hospital and opted to go home. The doctor gave me the ‘alta’ or permission to go home. This gave me a huge boost, I was desperate to see my children and basically be in my own home. I was given various instructions to follow and then had to wait for the results of the operation to see what the next step would be.
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HE UK’s less than a year from a General Election but just look at the choice offered by the main parties! Is there anyone near the top in any party that you’d want running the country, let alone trust? Politicians these days regard their ‘job’ as an all-expenses paid hobby, with a few tedious interludes when they gather to barrack whoever’s speaking in Westminster that day and even more tedious surgeries when they have to pretend to listen to the plebs. There may be some honest, decent, conscientious
WESTMINSTER: Modern politicians lack real-world experience and can never say it as it is!
ones amongst them, but they soon learn what the party line is! Basically, modern politicians many lacking real-world experience - can never say it as it is, never use common sense and hedge everything (except possibly for UKIP’s Nigel Farage, which maybe accounts for his popularity?). Not to mention their peculiar way of talking (usually
‘down’ to the plebs) whilst trying to appear sincere - is there some elocution school they’re forced to attend? If so, Ofsted should shut it down immediately. Obsessing over focus groups, they’re forever promising something - anything - so long as they’re re-elected. How about proper governance in the first place, eh? All people want,
generally speaking, is a safe environment to live in, clean water, decent food and enough money to live comfortably. But so many politicians today simply don’t tell the truth or deliver what the people, who elected them, want. They have their own agenda, very often increasing their own self-worth at the expense of those they’re
supposedly ‘representing’ whilst simultaneously forcing ridiculous PC values on them. And in this age of political correctness, nobody wants to hear the truth and so politicians are only too happy to oblige by failing to address it - either by ignoring it or being ‘economical’ with it. End result: voter apathy and so we end up not with the politicians we really need but those we deserve. Speaking about truth, many thanks to all who purchased my recently published thriller, Landscape of Lies, following my piece about it here recently. Thanks also for helping my other novels, Retribution, Soul Stealer and The De Clerambault Code (available from Amazon) sell so well, too! And keep those great comments coming to my website and donations to Cudeca! (www.nora-johnson.com)
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MANY readers will have one or two olive trees and a few will be lucky enough to have healthy high yielding olive groves. But not everyone makes maximum use of their benefits, so I review them in this week’s column. Brainstorming I could think of 15. They are described below. 1. They are interesting evergreen trees especially if pruned annually in January or February to keep their shape and open up the centre to let the air in to prevent olives from rotting. 2. Hundred, 1,000 and 2,000 year old trees add majesty and special interest to any garden. If
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you have several do keep them and don’t be tempted to sell them abroad as the millennium plus ones are part of Spain’s dwindling heritage. 3. If you have just one or two you can harvest the olives each autumn and pickle them for eating as described in ‘Growing healthy fruit in Spain.’ The most popular process is as follows. a. Soak olives in cold
OLIVE GROVE: Olive trees are part of Spain’s dwindling heritage. water for five to six weeks changing the water every few days. This extracts the bitter taste of raw olives. b. Then collect a bunch
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water, then adding salt tablespoon by tablespoon and whisking to dissolve it until a fresh egg floats towards the surface rather than lying on the bottom. d. Then fill jars with olives with a few thyme leaves between every two or three layers. Fill the packed jars with brine and float two or three carob leaves on the surface. Seal the jars and place in a cool dark place for three to six months. e. When you want to try your olives, open a jar and remove some olives into a bowl and rinse them with cold water to remove excess salt. You can then eat them raw or improve the flavour by adding a selection of rosemary and thyme leaves, oregano leaves, anise seeds, sesame seeds, chopped garlic, slivers of orange and lemon rind, or honey and then just covering with olive oil. Stir the mixture, cover the bowl with kitchen paper and set to one side for a couple of days. 4. If you can harvest 200 kilos or more, or add to a neighbour’s larger harvest, you can take your olives to an olive mill to have them processed
into olive oil. 5. The shape and leaf cover is attractive to nesting birds such as blackbirds. 6. Pruned thick suckers and strong thin branches can be used to repair old wicker baskets. 7. Remove long thick branches when doing a major pruning. 8. Dried twigs are useful when lighting a log fire or log burning stove due to the oil in the woods. 9. Likewise olive logs are excellent to establish a good strong fire. 10. Thick logs are also excellent for wood turning if that is your hobby. 11. A line of olive trees or a thick grove makes a good privacy and security screen. 12. Being evergreen olive trees make good wind and rain breaks. 13. A mature tree can offer deep shade. 14. Young seedlings/ saplings can be trained into interesting bonsais. 15. To help you enjoy your olive trees for many a year, add a few olive leaves to your morning herbal infusion. The ingredients in olive leaves are said to have antiaging, antibiotic, antioxidant, anticancerous properties. I started to add leaves to herbal infusions a few days a week after my cancer scare 20 years ago. This was the stimulus to writing the book ‘Living well from our garden Mediterranean style’. Incidentally this book will be published in Spanish before Christmas and will join the English version on the bookshelves of Amazon Books. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com October 2014
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Audi shows off piloted driving WHO needs a driver? Audi demonstrated its latest ‘piloted driving’ car, the Audi RS 7, with a lap on the Grand Prix track in Hockenheim at racing speed, without a driver. It took the car just slightly more than two minutes to complete a lap on the Grand Prix track - piloted with high precision and accuracy to within centimetres in the finale of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) meeting. “The top performance by the Audi RS 7 today
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substantiates the skills of our development team with regard to piloted driving at Audi,” said Professor Dr Ulrich Hackenberg, Board Member for Technical Development at AUDI AG. The technology uses specially corrected GPS signals to see where the car is on the track. This GPS data is transmitted to the vehicle via WiFi according to the automotive standard and redundantly via high-frequency radio. In parallel to this, 3D cameras in the car film the track, and a computer program compares the camera’s image information against a data set stored on board. This is what makes it possible for the technology pioneer to orient itself on the track.
FORD MONDEO: Will feature the ground-breaking Inflatable Rear Seatbelt.
Inflatable rear seatbelt to make debut on Mondeo FORD Motor Company’s groundbreaking Inflatable Rear Seatbelt which combines attributes of an airbag and a conventional seatbelt will make its European debut on the all-new Mondeo later this year. Ford’s Inflatable Rear Seatbelt is designed to reduce head, neck and chest injuries for rear-seat passengers,
often children and older passengers who can be more vulnerable to such injuries. In the event of an accident, the belt rapidly expands to disperse crash forces across a body area five times greater than that achieved by a conventional seatbelt. “We’ve tested the system extensively using our entire crash test
dummy family and it offers extra protection over the standard rear seatbelt system,” said Joerg Doering, core engineering seatbelts engineer, Ford of Europe. “Bringing together the attributes of an airbag and a seatbelt is a significant development.” The inflatable belts operate like conventional seatbelts in everyday use and, in Ford’s research, more than 90 per cent of those who tested the inflatable seatbelts found them to be similar to or more comfortable than a conventional belt because power:of 160 kW/218 PS. they feel padded and softer. For the first time in the The technology was first Passat is the City offered on the 2011 Ford Emergency Braking Explorer in the US and function with Pedestrian proved immediately Monitoring, Trailer Assist, popular, with 40 per cent of Traffic Assist and buyers choosing the option. Emergency Assist. As with an airbag, Ford’s The new Passat is the Inflatable Rear Seatbelt is first Volkswagen with an activated when crash Active Info Display and sensors detect an accident. head-up display. This forces compressed gas Prices in Spain start at out of a cylinder housed €26,510 up to €46,950 for below the rear seat, the diesel powered Variant through the buckle and into SPORT 2.0 TDI. the belt and is deployed in It is the 8th generation less than 40 milliseconds. of the model, which has It will also be available sold 22 million units since on the new Ford Edge 1973, and is the Group's which makes its European number one seller. debut in 2015.
New Volkswagen Passat launched onto the Spanish marketplace VOLKSWAGEN’s new Passat is available to order in Spain. Unveiled in Potsdam in July, it has since been officially launched in Germany and now Spain, amongst other European countries. The new Passat comes with an array of driver assistance systems previously only available in more expensive cars. Its 240-PS diesel flagship with DSG and allwheel drive consumes just 5.3.ltrs of fuel per 100km. Helping that fuel consumption figure is that the new Passat is lighter than its predecessor. Its
lightweight design has meant VW managed to shave up to 85 kilos off the car, meaning better performance and economy. Combined with engines new to the model range which are up to 20 per cent more fuel efficient, significant savings in fuel costs can be made by owners. The most powerful diesel in the Passat is a new fourcylinder TDI delivering 176 kW/240 PS. Fuel consumption: 5.3 l/100 km. And from 2015 the vehicle will be offered as the Passat GTE with a plug-in hybrid drive with
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Minerva warning went unheeded
Lions on a roll at ten-pin bowling
MINERVA gave a very early warning of why they are second in the league. Within two minutes they had two attempts on the Mazarron goal, a shot and a header going just over the bar. Mazarron did manage to get a corner in the fourth minute with the resultant shot just over the Minerva bar, but this turned out to be a fairly rare incident. Mazarron’s first meaningful attack came in the 35th minute from a free kick which came in low and Manu nearly found the net. However, this was followed by a sustained Minerva attack and in the 38th minute they scored and Mazarron went into halftime a goal down. In the second half Minerva increased their lead following the award of a controversial free kick for a back pass by a Mazarron defender. Although the initial free kick was cleared the ball fell invitingly for a Minerva forward to hammer into the net. Tolo and Alfonso came close to reducing the arrears for Mazarron but, in the end, Minerva ran out deserved winners 0-2.
MEMBERS of Torrevieja Lions gathered at Quesada Bowling for an evening of ten-pin bowling. The event was won by Andy Colquhoun, not a Lions member but a friend of the president who immediately claimed him as ‘His Champion’. If you would like to become a member of Lions Clubs International and more specifically Torrevieja Costa Lions Club you can contact the Membership Director Phil on philip.buckman@ btinternet.com or Lions President Iain on idsbennett@hotmail. co.uk Telephone 966 731 495. For more information on your local Lions Club go to www.torreviejacosta lions.org
CHEERS! Quesada GS winning line-up.
Alan takes the honours QUESADA GS played an individual Stableford competition at Vistatabella. The winner of the Gold Division was recently-joined member and low handicapper Alan Slack with 33 points followed by Peter Ogden (31)
and another new member Bob Jones (30). In the Silver Division the winner on 29 points was Terry Smith followed by Tony Patterson (27) and Pat Ogden (25). Nearest the Pins winners were
Bob Jones, Mike Thomas and Ronnie Spiers. The day’s sponsors were David and Anita of the Quesada Country Club. More information: Les Pancott on 966 716 723
Good scoring for TMGS THE condition of the course coupled with extremely nice weather suited the 28 golfers from TMGS at Villamartin where the scores were very impressive. All four NTPs were won and a bottle of wine, donated by Arne Hansson, was the prize for this feat. A bottle went to Dave Lethaby, Alex Goslan, Mick Moore and John Eyre. It needed 37 points for
Per Skarnes to take fourth spot in the Silver Division, and 39 points saw the reigning Eclectic champion Olga Haubner take third spot. Ian Parkinson scored 40 points for second place with 41 from Colin Marsden’s taking first. In the Gold Division 37 points saw Arne Hansson take fourth spot, beaten by Dave Lethaby on countback. John Eyre’s (38) gave him second
A solid performance MONTE continued their impressive away form with a solid performance against a stubborn Benijofar side who refused to lay down, even when down to nine men in the last five minutes. Early exchanges were even and it was Monte’s Lopez who had to make the first save. But it was Monte’s Macan, making his first Monte appearance for two years, who got the travelling support cheering as he played Vaz through on goal, where he was awarded a very dubious spot kick which for the second week running he missed. Monte continued to press and near chances by Macan and Vaz were wasted before Benijofar’s first serious attack ended with a goal. Monte plugged away and got their rewards on the stroke of half-time as Fernando fed a glorious pass to Vaz who smashed the ball into the net to go
into half-time at 1-1. Benijofar’s hard tackling tactics began to take their toll as the official started to dish out yellow cards. Vaz went close again as did Rubio from distance but all credit must go to young improving Orouker, who was a makeshift defender in place of Angel. He gave a solid, no-nonsense mature performance and never put a foot wrong and it was his pass to M&A which set up Vaz to score his and Monte’s second with a deft finish. Yonhi was subbed for Marcos and this had an immediate impact as a foul on him was punished with a second yellow and Benijofar were reduced to 10 men. Seconds later a free kick by Marcos saw Monte increase their lead 1-3. The home side then scored on the 80th minute, then were reduced to nine men after a rash challenge by their Number 6.
place. A fine knock of 40 points from Steve McGuinness earned him top slot.
More information: www.tmgs.org or call the match secretary on 966 719 604.
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Tackling the league TORREVIEJA hosted the first league competition for the younger swimmers in the region. Eight clubs entered 193 young swimmers in the 100m breaststroke, 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke and 4x50m freestyle events. Many of the swimmers were tackling these races for the first time. TO READ MORE SPORT VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Café Uno at Alenda
ALL WELCOME: New club has begun training in Guardamar.
New rugby club THE newest rugby club on the Costa Blanca, DS Barbarians RFC, is, for the time being, training on Monday and Wednesday night from 8pm on Guardamar beach until a training ground is found.
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Juniors, ladies, seniors and vet players have already turned out and people of all ages, gender and nationalities are welcome as well as beginners and experienced players.
For more information about the club contact Saul on 634 042 913 or Dutch on 692 767 242 or visit the Zoco market on Sunday, where you can find branded rugby clothing and gear.
TWENTY-FOUR members of the Café Uno GS played a Stableford competition at Alenda Golf Cub. The course was in good condition and some good golf was played. Afterwards the prize-giving took place at Café Uno in Catral. Gold Category winner was R Rogers on 37 points. Second was A Newbold with 36 on countback. Best front nine was scored by L Leitch (18) and best back by G Hoy (19). In the Silver Category first was G Pope with 32 points on countback from P Bowditch on 32. Best front nine was scored by G Butterworth (18) and best back by S Taylor (19).