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Burglars arrested POLICE have arrested two men accused of burglary in Elche and Santa Pola and selling stolen goods on the black market.
Flying low LOW-COST airlines provided AlicanteElche Airport with 3.1 million passengers in the first 10 months of the year, up 5.6 per cent on the previous year.
Bus rescue FIRE crews and police had to come to the rescue of a four-yearold who got his finger stuck in a hole on the school bus on his way to the Habanera school in Torrevieja.
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A decade of caring for La Siesta’s elderly THE Age Concern Centre in La Siesta has been helping the local elderly community for a decade. To mark the 10th anniversary of the centre’s opening, the mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, paid a special visit to the centre which was ceded to the charity by the town hall in 2004. Mayor Dolon was accompanied by Councillor for Foreigners, Rosario Martinez Chazarra, and Councillor for Social Welfare, Thomas Ballester, who are pictured with Age Concern volunteers. The delegates were shown
around by Age Concern President Maureen Payne who highlighted the work done by the 150-strong
team of volunteers. The centre welcomes 75 regular visitors, with 25 British residents currently
Technology addiction on the rise EIGHT per cent of Spanish children and adolescents suffer from a serious addiction to new technologies. Elche expert Rosa Diaz, who was speaking at the Fourth National Symposium of Clinical Psychology and Health of Children and Adolescents, said the problem was growing at such a rate that further research into psychological treatment was needed. Experts warn that such serious
addictions, related to the use of phones and video games, are usually associated with previous problems. Diaz remarked: “Adolescents, when they present a serious disorder, often suffer another underlying problem such as attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity, autism or developmental problems. However, there are activities which gratify them so much that they end up having addictive components.”
receiving home visits. The volunteers accompany the elderly to medical appointments, take them shopping, prepare their food and offer support, care and assistance. Age Concern’s origins are linked to the upheaval of the Second World War, which made life more difficult for older people. In 1998, it was established in Torrevieja in Los Balcones before moving to La Torreta III and establishing the centre in La Siesta 10 years ago.
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AVE privatisation will not happen THE part privatisation of the AVE high speed train service from Alicante to Madrid will take longer than anticipated. The Ministry of Public Works had expected independent operators to be sharing the track with state-owned Renfe by early 2015, but it will now not happen until next autumn at the earliest, due to the “complex technical process,” the ministry said. High fees charged by track operator Adif to use the AVE infrastructure is also hindering negotiations. Independent operators, who will have to rent trains from Renfe and provide their own trained staff, want to negotiate a lower amount but reports say Adif is not prepared to give way on this point since public money is involved. Three known contenders for the seven-year contract are leading coach and bus company Alsa, the publishing group Planet and construction company Acciona. The Alicante services and transport group Vectalia AVE PRIVATISATION: Unlikely to happen until could also be in the running. the autumn of 2015.
12 years for fatal stabbing in Pilar de la Horadada A MOROCCAN man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of a man in a house in Pilar de la Horadada.
The court in Elche heard how the man, who was 23 at the time of the stabbing, used a kitchen knife and stabbed a 32-year-old man in the
chest during an argument in April 2013. The wound went through the heart and lung and caused the man’s death
within minutes. The killer hid in Elche for three weeks before finally surrendering himself to police.
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Kebab arrest A KEBAB shop owner has been arrested in San Javier for allegedly selling marihuana on the premises. Recycling for children ORIHUELA has joined a campaign to recycle electronic equipment for the benefit of the Children With Cancer charity.
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SIXTY-TWO new pharmacies are to open in the Valencia Region. Their opening will involve the creation of 120 new jobs with 26 pharmacies to open in Alicante Province, 25 in Valencia and 11 in Castellon. The Minister of Health, Manuel Llombart, said these new contracts “allow us to offer a greater and closer pharma-
ceutical care to the citizens of the Region.” He added: “Every year the Department of Health updates the pharmaceutical map based on the increase of the population and their needs, to ensure service to the citizens.” To allow the opening of new pharmacies, first, the planning process must establish the need
based on the population criteria. After determining the number of pharmacies required, pharmacists interested in obtaining a licence to open a pharmacy can apply and carry out an assessment and written test. Those who are awarded authorisation will have three months to open.
Palm deterioration BIGASTRO’S socialist party has denounced the abandonment of the palm weevil which is causing the progressive deterioration of palms in the town. They say legal protocols are not being met when the weevil is detected. OHIM anniversary THE Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) has celebrated its 20th anniversary in Alicante. In 20 years OHIM has received over 1.3 million applications for trade marks and design patents.
Murcia to Mu&cia MURCIA City spent €20,000 on rebranding its logo which sees the Murcia name changed to Mu&cia, a play on the words Murcia and Compañia, bringing people and businesses together as one.
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Ecoplaya awards TWO beaches in Mazarron have been given the ‘Ecoplaya’ flag awarded for waste management, urban cleanliness and the environment. Playa del Rihuete and El Castellar are on the 2015 list.
Tax evasion OVER 20 people have been arrested in Madrid, Alicante and Almeria for tax evasion. The gang are accused of importing goods from China without declaring the correct value to customs.
Airport liaisons TEN PER CENT of travellers bound for Spanish destinations admitted having sexual encounters at the airport according to a survey by www.jetcost.es.
Bed closure WORLD BEATER: Kinumi Cati, the Spanish videogamer.
Spain leading in gamers’ world
Wheelie fall POLICE arrested a motorcyclist for dangerous driving in Alicante City. He fell from his bike whilst doing a wheelie and suffered cuts and bruises. Pollution complaints RESIDENTS are convinced pollution from San Juan’s crematorium exceeds permitted levels. The Guardia Civil’s nature protection unit Seprona is now investigating.
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Best golf LA MANGA CLUB has been named the Best in Spain at the World Golf Awards, held in Portugal.
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Quote of the Week It’s necessary to explain to the banks that the most important thing is that a family don’t sleep on the streets,’ said Pablo Iglesias, leader of the fast-growing Podemos political party, when talking about the question of home evictions.
Twenty-seven-year-old Rodrigo Martin Santos, from Madrid, holds the record for the ‘Largest Collection of Tomb Raider Memorabilia,’ with a total of 2,383 game-related pieces from the popular videogame and movie series. And 16-year-old Hecaterina Kinumi Iglesias, from Vigo, holds not only one world record, but two. The gamer, model and singer is the world record holder for the ‘Longest Videogame Marathon on Final Fantasy’ (38 hours and 6 minutes), and ‘Longest Videogame Marathon on World of Warcraft (29 hours and 31 minutes). Known in the virtual world as ‘Kinumi Cati,’ Iglesias said she took on the marathon endurance sessions to be known as a “good gamer.”
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billion is the amount that will be paid out in prizes should all tickets for Spain’s national Christmas lottery known as ‘El Gordo’ - be sold before the draw on December 22.
SIXTY beds on two floors remain closed at the General Hospital of Alicante. Unions complain about patients waiting due to a lack of beds but management claim they are not currently needed.
Christmas appeal REACH OUT charity is collecting items for their Christmas appeal. Anyone able to donate toys, gifts or food call Karolina on 688 348 189 or drop them into Calle Bella Antonia 1, Torrevieja.
Fiesta time TORREVIEJA’S fiestas in honour of the Inmaculada Concepcion, begin tomorrow (Friday). The crowning of the festival Queens takes place tomorrow (Saturday) in the Municipal Theatre at 9pm.
And finally... Spanish clothing giant Zara has had to restrict the number of purchases at its stores in Venezuela to five items of clothing per person, per month, in order to cope with high demand. Low-cost clothing lines have resulted in massive queues at Zara stores in Venezuela and a rationing of stock.
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Mother was unaware of being pregnant THE Alicante woman accused of attempting to kill her newborn baby as she threw it away has appeared
in court saying she never suspected she was pregnant. Medical experts deny this and say she did know and
COCAINE LAB: Police operation uncovers and dismantles drugs lab.
Murcia coke lab found A LABORATORY for processing cocaine has been found and dismantled in Murcia. National Police carried out investigations which led them to carry out four houses searches, one in Alicante, one in Murcia City and two in Molina de Segura, where they seized various amounts of cocaine, hashish, marihuana and cash. Three men have been arrested and charged.
was trying to conceal it. “I did not know I was pregnant and felt like I was dying inside,” she sobbed as she took the stand to try and explain the events that happened in June 2013 after giving birth in the bathroom of her apartment in Calle Benissa in Alicante. She said she woke up with heavy bleeding and in the bathroom passed a large shapeless mass and blood clot: “There was nothing that made me think it was a creature, there was no form or crying,” she said through tears as she said she was unable to recall if she flushed it away. The infant is believed to have had the umbilical cord cut before being put in a bag and thrown into the courtyard where it was found by fire fighters alive nearly two days later after neighbours reported noises coming from inside a pipe. The prosecutor is asking for 12and-a-half years in prison for the crime of attempted murder with the defence calling for her acquittal.
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Tradition or torture? – Bull festival shocks world
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RIGHTENING images of one of Spain’s lesser known festivals made the pages of several European newspapers this week, showing a terrified young bull charging around a makeshift bullring with burning stakes strapped to his horns. Caked in mud, the pictures of the bull in the dark night illuminated only by the burning balls of tar attached to his head could have come straight from some hellish vision of the Apocalypse. Clashes between animal rights activists and police brought the Joy of the Bull festival - in Spain’s Soria region - to the attention of the world, with widespread condemnation from most quarters. The annual festival has been deemed a “cultural highlight” in the village of Medinaceli, but has also been called a “sadistic festival” by animal rights group PETA. There has long been debate about
Spain’s treatment of bulls, particularly due to the popularity of bullfighting in the country. Whatever your thoughts on this famous Spanish tradition, most people would share the opinion that the Joy of the Bull festival is no doubt cruel. The bull is taunted and jeered as flaming hot tar burns precariously close to its head. Once the bull is exhausted, he is removed from the ring to be slaughtered and eaten by festival participants. The debate about bullfighting in Spain will be waged for some time to come, but we think most people with a modicum of common sense would agree that events like the Joy of the Bull festival are in no way fair to the animal. Just because it’s an ancient tradition doesn’t make it okay to torture and frighten a creature in such a manner. Like the majority of outside observers, we think it should be stopped.
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Jewellery theft arrest POLICE have arrested a woman who allegedly stole jewellery from a shop where she worked in Santa Pola. The 33-year-old Spanish woman was a cleaner at the store in the town when it is alleged she stole numerous items. She was arrested after apparently trying to sell the items on to a store that buys and sells gold. The quick intervention by officers prevented the jewellery from being melted down and all the stolen items were recovered.
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Novelda man is acquitted on assault charges A MAN from Novelda has been acquitted of charges of sexual assault, abuse and threats against his former partner due to lack of evidence. His ex-partner exercised her right not to testify at the trial and the man was released. The alleged attack took place in April 2012 when the accused arrived home in the early hours of the morning after a night of drinking and
drug-taking. An argument followed and the woman left the family home with their children. Three days later the woman went to a medical centre with injuries but it was not established how they happened or who caused them. The judge said despite being able to establish the fact that a fight had taken place, there was not enough evidence to suggest a sexual assault had occurred.
Drugs raid in Alicante FIFTEEN people have been arrested in Alicante as part of a drugs operation carried out by National Police, to eradicate four sites where narcoticsdealing took place. The operation lasted three hours with
agents conducting two house searches in the Jose Antonio neighbourhood, which led to the seizure of marihuana plants, over 40g of cocaine and 370g of hashish, along with cash and equipment such as scales.
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Overtaking banned on N-332 SAFETY improvements on the N-332 through Torrevieja are underway. Double solid lines along the busy eight kilometre stretch of the road are being marked out in the centre of the road to prevent overtaking and vehicles crossing in to the other lane. The move comes following five fatalities in crashes along the N-332 this year.
Overtaking had been permitted in some stretches, including between Chiron Hospital and the Sports City, despite the high density of traffic and the number of accidents. But overtaking will now be banned along the whole section. An average of 30,000 vehicles use this stretch of N-332 daily.
Caritas supports 92,680 people CHARITY care centres within the OrihuelaAlicante Diocese are serving more than 92,000 people a year. In 2013, 92,680 people attended more than 160 Caritas centres, according to data released by the Bishop Jesus Murgui. He said Caritas remained “strong support” for needy families in the
province of Alicante, with more than €4 million spent on social work. The Diocese also made last year’s budgets public to “offer accounts in a clear and transparent way.” They spent nearly €4 million on staff in 2013, with around €1 million budgeted to help parishes, training seminars for future priests and newly-
built churches. Around €600,000 was devoted to pastoral activities. Revenue came from contributions from the parishes, priests and diocesan bodies to the Diocesan Common Fund and the Tax Allocation. The remaining revenue came from services, special collections and donations.
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Robbers arrested THREE people, two men and a woman, have been arrested in El Campello, Alicante, accused of crimes of robbery with violence and intimidation and belonging to a criminal group. The arrests were made as part of ‘Operation Medusa’ when police became aware of a robbery in the town last month in which a man had been injured
after being hit in the leg by a large bladed weapon and a carving knife. The gang targeted their victims via the internet, creating a fake profile on internet sex chat forums. Arranging to meet in remotely populated areas, the gang then assaulted the victims with extreme violence, forcing them to surrender their belongings.
Assessment Immigration of the coast illegal routes THE provincial coastal department has been assessing the Orihuela Costa, looking at concerns raised by the council. One area focused on was the access to the beach at Aquamarina. The truck which enters the beach to remove seaweed has been known to cause damage to the wall by the beach as there is restricted access for the truck. The wooden walkways cannot be removed so councillor for the Coast, Martina Scheurer is asking for permission to extend the concrete and provide a more secure and wider access point for the truck.
AS part of an operation carried out throughout the EU regarding illegal immigration routes in Europe, 42 foreign nationals have been arrested by police in Murcia. The Murcian operation consisted of police control and check points being set up mainly at the San Andres bus station and El Carmen railway station, where over 1,000 foreign nationals were identified. Check points were also established at motorway service stations. The 42 were arrested for infringement of regulations.
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‘ETA’ suspects to stand trial over professor’s death ALLEGED ETA members Juan Jesus Narvaez Goñi and Itziar Alberdi Uranga are to stand trial in Madrid for the killing of a Valencian professor in 1992. After disappearing for 22 years, they
have been arrested and charged with killing Manuel Broseta, a law professor at Valencia University. The couple, who now have two children aged 17 and 19, are alleged to have stolen a car, changed its number plates and packed it with with explosives, before parking it in front of the A BUS with 33 youngsters from Crevillente, heading to university on the morning the University of Alicante, crashed on the motorway of January 15, 1992. when the driver passed out. When the professor left The accident happened on the A-70, by the exit for his class, prosecuters say the Alicante-Elche airport. the accused approached The bus headed in to the middle of the motorway from behind and shot him and hit a trailer sideways on, but thanks to the in the back of the neck, intervention of two young men who quickly grabbed killing him instantly. the steering wheel, the bus was prevented from ETA claimed responsoverturning or running off the road. ibility for the killing the The driver regained consciousness moments later following day, but Narvaez and took the bus to the IFA exhibition centre, escorted and Alberdi disappeared by police, where two ambulance crews were waiting. without trace. Two teenagers were treated for whiplash injuries and They face 56 year prison the 25-year-old driver was taken for a check-up. sentences if convicted.
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Spain’s lowest wages in Murcia MURCIAN workers were the lowest-paid in the country last year. The national average salary was €1,869, with the average in the Murcia Region being €1,541.10, according to a
survey by the National Statistics Institute. The communities with the highest concentration of higher wage earners were in the Basque Country, where 42.4 per cent of employees received more than €2,159.4 per month, Navarra (40.2 per cent) THE head of the regional PSOE party has confirmed and Madrid (39.5 per that councillors or mayors accused of corruption will cent), similar to those be permitted to stand in the 2015 elections. They recorded in the previous say judgement will not be passed, or any PSOE year’s data. action taken, until a politician is actually charged and By contrast, the highest issued a date for trial. percentage of individuals The PSOE has a number of members currently with wages lower than €1,217 a month were accused, including the mayor of Los Montesinos who recorded in Murcia (43.6 is being investigated over planning irregularities per cent) and the Canary concerning 40 urban infraction records and 17 Islands (39.2 per cent). demolition orders without the correct paperwork. Nationally, reports show Former mayor of San Fulgencio, Trinidad Martinez, an increase in average is also currently on trial accused of corruption by wages by communities authorising the construction of residential housing in between 2012 and 2013, an area planned for sports facilities on urbanisation but the Canary Islands, La Marina. However, the PSOE said she had been Galicia and Murcia expelled from the party six years ago. registered slight drops.
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Orihuela Costa being cheated CLARO political party claim the Orihuela Costa is being cheated out of investments. The November issue of Orihuela Town Hall’s public relations glossy magazine, Orcelitania, has on its front page the announcement of €4.6 million investments for the municipality.
However, CLARO says the front page figure of €4.6 million is misleading with €900,000 being unaccounted for: “An inside article details investments in Orihuela City, surrounding villages and the coast for a total amount of €3.7 million (€1.4 million being the share of Orihuela Costa), €900,000 is missing.” Bob Houliston from CLARO said: “The article claims that the distribution of these investment funds resulting from the sale of municipal land on the coast, is 40 per cent for the coast, 30 per University of Malaga but cent for Orihuela City and the university had no 30 per cent for the records of any such surrounding villages. student. The principle may be According to the hospital, respected in relation to the woman had been in €3.7 million but it should various departments, but apply to 100 per cent of was always accompanied the proceeds from the by a senior doctor as is sale of land on the coast, standard for graduates still not 100 per cent minus undergoing medical €900,000. Orihuela Costa training. has been cheated.”
Fake doc sacked in San Javier AN unqualified doctor has been sacked from San Javier’s Los Arcos Hospital. The woman had been at the hospital for two years working as an intern until it was discovered that she was not a medical graduate and had provided false details to get the job. She claimed to have graduated form the
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The progress of health tourism in Torrevieja A ROUND TABLE discussion on health tourism has been held at Torrevieja’s private
Hospital Quiron. Mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolon, was
ENCARNACION: Received a bouquet of flowers.
Happy 100th TORREVIEJA resident, Encarnacion Jurada Espinosa has celebrated her 100th birthday. She was presented with a bouquet of flowers to mark the milestone year by Mayor Eduardo Dolon and councillor for the Third Age, Inmaculada Montesinos. Encarnacion was born in 1914 in Sevilla, but has spent the last 28 years living in Torrevieja.
present where he stressed the importance of holding such meetings to discuss the so-called ‘health tourism’ which must jointly involve the public and private sectors. He said already “good results” were being seen as a result of the promotion of health tourism in the city at the FITUR Tourism Fair in Madrid which they attended in January. The initiative has been promoted internationally, particularly in the Russian market and other European Union countries which have residents in Torrevieja. This initiative also has the support of the travel agency in El Corte Ingles, to offer hospitality to patients and their families after being discharged from hospital to complete their treatment or rehabilitation.
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In memory ORIHUELA honoured 17 victims executed in the city in 1939 under the Franco dictatorship. A monolith is installed in the cemetery in honour of those killed.
Diabetes race HUNDREDS took part in the ‘Race Against Diabetes’ in Orihuela. The race was organised by the Diabetic Association of Orihuela to mark World Diabetes Day.
Park graffiti VANDALS have sprayed graffiti on the walls around the Park of the Nations in Torrevieja. The city said they will take the appropriate action.
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British consulate asks for expat top tips at Iceland GETTING clear legal advice and learning some basic Spanish were the top tips from British shoppers in Iceland stores, when asked by the British Consulate what their advice would be for someone moving to Spain. A team from the British Consulate and overseas healthcare team spoke to more than 100 people at three Iceland stores on the Costa Blanca. As well as asking shoppers questions about their life in Spain, the team also gave advice on a range of issues, from access to healthcare to how to register as a resident. Part of a programme of events, it was an opportunity for customers
ADVICE: Consulate and healthcare team meet local expats at Iceland. who might not normally come into contact with the
British Consulate to share their knowledge and experience of life in Spain Vice-Consul Liz Bell who attended the Torrevieja store said: “It was great to meet so many people and
hear from them what helps make life a success in Spain. I was really encouraged to see that the top tips were around being properly registered as residents here in Spain,
getting on the padron and making sure healthcare is sorted.” Follow the Consulate on the ‘Brits living in Spain’ Facebook page or on Twitter @BritsliveSpain.
Elche creates dedicated new school for specialist hospitality training ELCHE’S first municipal School of Hospitality opens in January. Different industryapproved courses will be taught at the school,
which is on the top floor of the building where the headquarters of the Regional Police is located. Mayor Mercedes Alonso said the school is a
Campaign group halts eviction THE Platform of People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) in Torrevieja has prevented the eviction of a family with a toddler and a disabled woman. Around 40 members of PAH demonstrated in front of the building in Calle Ulpiano to halt the eviction.
“personal commitment” to the city in order to offer training and preparation for the unemployed to give them more work opportunities. With 15 semi-industrial gas cookers for students, the school will provide a basic kitchen operation course, consisting of 350 hours, as well as an 810hour cooking course, with industry recognised qualifications upon completion of the course. Specialist courses including restaurant and bar operations and sommelier skills will also be available.
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Hospital cuts A&E wait time THE waiting time at Cartagena’s Santa Lucia hospital in the Accident and Emergency department has been reduced. Since the new system
for assessing patients in triage was implemented almost two years ago, the head of the emergency department, Andres Conesa, said that the
Businesses demand Corvera opens soon BUSINESSES in Murcia are complaining that the long awaited Corvera airport is “costing money” rather than “creating wealth” in the Region. The Confederation of Regional Entrepreneurs and Organisations (CROEM) and Murcia’s Chamber of Commerce, said they wanted the new international airport to open “in the shortest possible time” because its lack of effectiveness “seriously impairs economic and business activity in the Region.” Both organisations said the airport was vital to the interests of the Region’s infrastructure and it would be a turning point for production and tourism as well as other business sectors. They added that the time elapsed since its structural completion had been “more than enough to have solved any questions.”
average waiting time had been reduced to five hours. Twenty-five of every 100 patients who vist A&E return home in less than two hours, compared to 20 in 2012, despite an increase in the number of users. Now, the hospital attends to an average of 205 emergency cases every day compared to 172 cases in 2012, an increase of 19 per cent. The new triage system is based on the so-called ‘Manchester System’ which determines the priority of patients’ treatment. The method is used in around half of Spain’s hospitals. Rosell hospital, which deals with mild emergencies, receives between 110-130 cases per day.
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Zero tolerance PLAYA FLAMENCA Town Hall held a minute’s silence in honour of domestic violence victims as a blue ribbon banner was unveiled.
Express bus IN the first 10 months of this year, a total of 74,393 passengers have used Torrevieja’s express bus service to Alicante-Elche airport, an increase of 17.4 per cent on 2013.
Strong winds ELCHE recorded winds reaching 67km an hour at the weekend, with gusts of 70km an hour in Utiel, Valencia.
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Orihuela Costa poppy appeal tops €30,000 MORE than €30,000 has been raised from this year’s Poppy Appeal on the Orihuela Costa. The figure tops the amount last year when almost €25,000 was raised within the branch, 15 per cent of the Spain District North total. Following Remembrance Day, the task of counting the cash began, with the poppy collection boxes distributed amongst 30 volunteers at the Olympia Restaurant in Mil Palmeras. Thanks to a recently purchased coin-counting machine, the job was a little easier. Chairman and local Poppy Coordinator Keith Carter said: “This was the first time that we had used it and we no longer had the arduous task of counting all that coinage. We were all delighted to be saved the trouble but it was still an enormous task, which has once again shown just how generous the Costa Blanca public can be for such a worthwhile cause. “And whilst I wouldn’t wish to pick out any specific contribution, I
POPPY APPEAL: The Orihuela Costa poppy fund counting team. would certainly like to mention Mick ‘the Grip’ Reeves and the local golfing fraternity who, including €6,483.11 brought in just last week, have now donated €9,077.74 to the appeal.” The total counted on the day was €16,679.15 which, added to that already collected by the branch
during the course of the year, brings the running total to €30,850.85. The Torrevieja branch has also been working hard and they too will be hoping to exceed previous years’ totals when they consolidate their collections on Sunday at the Casa Ventura Restaurant in San Luis.
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Disability centre to open 2015 TORREVIEJA’S Disability Centre should open next year. Mayor Eduardo Dolon has confirmed that the President of the Regional Government, Alberto Fabra, had said it would be operational in the near future and would be one of 22 social care centres to open in the Valencia Region in 2015. The mayor said he welcomed the announcement and the City was finalising all the paperwork while local associations were informed. The 5,000 square metre centre, situated on municipal land opposite the water park, close to the Habaneras shopping centre, will improve care for adults and children.
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First diabetes unit open in Torrevieja THE area’s first Diabetes Unit has been officially inaugurated. Based at Torrevieja’s Chiron Hospital, Mayor Eduardo Dolon was accompanied by the president of the Diabetic Association of
Torrevieja, Maria Dolores Fabregat and regional managing director of Hospital Group Chiron, Dr. Rafael Gimenez, in opening the unit, the first to be created in the Vega Baja. The mayor stressed that Torrevieja is once again a pioneer in the implementation of new health services, improving supply not only for the citizens of the city, but for all residents in the area. Dr Gimenez said: “The SEVENTEEN snowploughs and four salt-spreaders aim is to support patients will work on Alicante Province’s main roads this and their families so they winter to keep them operational and snow free. can maintain control of the They will be manned by a 144-strong unit disease as independently assigned to clear snow or treat and prevent ice in as possible.” inland districts. To mark World Diabetes The main problem areas when temperatures Day, the hospital and the plummet tend to be the A-31 Madrid motorway Diabetic Association of near Sax and Villena as well as the section of the ATorrevieja had an 7 that links Ibi, Alcoy, Cocentaina and Albaida. information table about the The Government’s Delegate to the Valencian importance of prevention Community, Serafin Castellano, recently met with of the disease and free regional and provincial authorities to finalise this blood glucose monitoring winter’s action plan and campaign which will remain along the Paseo Vista in place until April 2015. Alegre in Torrevieja.
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Catch Cinderella in Rojales THE Rojales Pantomime Group performs their version of Cinderella at The Music School in Los Montesinos on January 810, 2015. They promise plenty of laughs with the Ugly Sisters, played by Lynden B and Andy Jones, an appearance by ‘Ant and Dec,’ and the kids can join in with Gangnam Style. There are also the muchloved characters of Cinders, Buttons, Dandini and Prince Charming. The group only do one show a year and this is their seventh production since their formation. All proceeds from the show go to Caritas to help the needy of Los Montesinos and Rojales. Tickets cost €7 for adults, €5 for children, available from The Christmas Shop, San Luis, or visit: www. rojalespantomime.com.
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Community efforts raise cash for charity THE community of San Fulgencio and La Marina has raised €1,424 for the AECC cancer charity. President of the Orihuela Costa branch of the AECC, Maria Wilson, was joined by Vice-president Myriam Garcia in accepting the cheque from councillor Jeff Wiszniewski and Samantha Hull from the Office for the Urbanisations. The money was raised from the Local Hero Awards, recognising outstanding efforts and community spirit, and the Ice Bucket Challenge involving customers from The Final Whistle, Aloha and Palm Tree bars.
DONATION: Representatives of local bars with councillor Jeff Wiszniewski donating the cheque to AECC’s Maria Wilson.
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Are spas the future for tourism in Murcia region? DOCTORS and researchers have been discussing the medical benefits of therapeutic treatment in the Murcia Region. It is estimated that around eight million people in Spain suffer from rheumatic disease, of which only 300,000 have benefited from the opportunities offered by the thermal treatments. As part of a conference on health
tourism in the Region, this year’s meeting was focused on thermal medicine under the slogan: ‘SPA; a natural solution to rheumatism.’ The meeting highlighted the importance of spas in the tourism sector, as the Region offers several spaces for health facilities such as Murcia, Fortuna and the Mar Menor, with its mud treatments; a niche market they want to promote to the over 55’s in Europe, enticing them to holiday in Murcia and enjoy the natural benefits. “We must seek new channels in foreign markets to increase patronage of spas,” said Miguel Mirones, President of the National Association of Spas. THE Mediterranean Fashion Show Alicante Experts say healing hydro(MFSA), takes place November 28-30 in therapy has stalled in Europe, but Alicante. not in Spain, and it must receive Known for being one of the most greater marketing to raise important events in the province related to awareness. Mirones added: “The fashion, trends and glamour, the event will spa has a future challenge and take place in the cruise port terminal in the must attract the international city. market, since 98 per cent of The show will see the signature creations users are Spanish. Spas are a of new designers showcased and show natural match between tourism Alicante to be a world leader in international and health. Here we have a great fashion and glamour. niche for the future.”
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Road maintenance budget falls 45% INVESTMENT in road maintenance in Alicante Province has fallen by nearly 45 per cent in five years. The 2015 budget has allocated
€19.1 million for maintenance and conservation work, an increase from the 2014 budget of €16.14 million, but a drop from the €27.4 million allocated in 2010. Conservation works were awarded in September along various road sections, totalling €12.4 million. Improvement work on some of the province’s 11 known black spots, where 130 people were injured in CASES of gastrointestinal viruses in Alicante Province 2013, has also been increase at this time of year thanks to easy transmission approved. among children and adults through school. However, work has still Antonio Tosao, a paediatrician in the health centre of not been approved for the Cabo de las Huertas, Alicante, said there had been an overhaul of the A-7 increase in cases in the last few weeks, as was common between Elche and for that time of year, about a month after the start of Crevillente where the the school year: motorway is full of “Gastrointestinal problems are easily spread and one potholes and old markings. of the most common ways to do this is to contact via The 15 kilometre stretch the hands. So coexistence among students in class that was extended to three allows the disease to spread very fast.” lanes in 2007 has not been Viruses are usually mild, lasting less than three days. resurfaced, despite an Dr Tosao said basic hygiene and regular hand washing average of 53,000 vehicles was the best way to avoid transmission. using the road each day.
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BLACK & WHITE: AECC president Maria Wilson with Richie (rt) and Graham (left).
Black and white ball raises €1,355
BLACK and white was the theme for this year’s annual charity ball for the AECC at Campoamor Golf Club. Organised by Maria and the Pink Ladies to raise funds for the cancer charity’s research and screening programmes, around 120 people attended the event and danced the night away to an evening of soul and motown by Richie Alexander. During the meal, guests were amazed by Graham Mykel’s up close magic tricks. The Pink Ladies held their usual raffle with prizes donated by local businesses and
on the night a total of €1,355 was raised. The next AECC fundraising event is the annual Santa Fun Run on December 7 which this year will start and finish at the Zenia Boulevard, La Zenia. The registration fee is €5 with forms available to download via www.pinkladies.es or available from the AECC office in Playa Flamenca. Participants can also register on the day from 10am and are asked to donate an item of dried or tinned food to go in Santa’s sleigh which will be donated to Reach Out Torrevieja to help the needy.
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Donkey owner denounced THE Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre are denouncing the owner of a severely neglected donkey whose hooves were ignored and one completely bent back. The Rescue Centre, based in Rojales, was contacted by a concerned young lady informing them that she had woken up to find a donkey in her garden. Co-founder of the centre, Rod Weeding arrived at the premises almost at the same time as the Almoradi police. It was agreed that the donkey could go to the Rescue Centre as the owner was being denounced and investigated. Rod said: “It is going to be a big challenge for this little guy. This is complete neglect and there is no excuse for it. He is having x-rays to determine what can be done and these will be sent to Gaspar at Equihealth clinic in Barcelona as he will certainly need surgery. At the moment he is receiving good food and lots of TLC.� All money raised and donated to the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre goes
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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 went to the Ganaderia J. Cortes stud farm in Dolores... EMMA TYTHERLEIGH is an equestrian, an acrobat, a performer and choreographer and when they all combine, it makes an impressive show. As an equestrian artist, Emma has travelled the world with her beloved, four-legged companions doing a range of stunt rides and tricks and now, settled on the Costa Blanca, she is bringing her shows to a local audience, accompanied by the talents of Juan Cortes to produce Flamenco-themed shows. British-born Emma has been riding for over 20 years, since she was eight. “I was bred in to it,” she jokes, as her dad was a professional horseman and her parents went on to build up one of the UK’s largest residential riding schools. After finishing her GCSEs at 16
she went to watch a demonstration on how to train horses for films in Norfolk: “I was fascinated by it. There was a guy standing on two horses and I was totally taken by it and I asked them for lessons.” She persuaded them to move their horses to her parent’s stables and in exchange for her grooming skills, they trained her in trick riding. In 2005 she moved with her parents to Spain and, working as a riding instructor at Torrevieja’s Meson Villa Salada, she started putting together a few shows before being offered a once-in-alifetime job with Cavalia, the world’s largest horse show, often described as equestrian ballet, created by the founders of Cirque du Soleil. “It was an amazing time, I
travelled all over Canada and the USA and I had a wonderful instructor. It was a massive leap for me to another level.” In 2010 she returned to the Costa Blanca. Determinedly training up a new horse, Romero, after being told he would be nothing more than a “posh donkey,” Emma produced and performed shows for Casa La Pedrera before being introduced to Juan and forming a formidable team: “I moved to his stables in Dolores where we perform at local and national ferias. He covers the Spanish cultural side of the performance and I do more of the stunt riding with his daughter dancing flamenco.” For more information on Emma’s shows, visit www.emmatytherleigh.com
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Flying start to Keira campaign for funds THE campaign to raise €15,000 to send little Keira Alvarez Turner to the US for desperately needed treatment has got off to a flying start thanks to the kind-hearted Costa community. With a deadline of next August to raise the cash, €4,700 has already been raised within the two weeks of the campaign with a sponsored head shave featuring Keira’s mother, Debbie Turner, being the star event so far. Debbie, said: “We are just amazed with the amount raised, absolutely over the moon! The main donations so far have come from Original Charity Shop in Javea, the Shamrock netball team and Grant a Wish.” She added that other donations came from friends and family and a ‘bucket round’ in Levis Showboat bar in Benidorm where the headshave was held. Keira, who is six-and-a-half-years old and suffers from Cerebral Palsy, needs to travel to the US for the specialist care which makes a huge difference to the quality of her life. To make a donation or sponsor Debbie call 637 314 850 or email espanglish@hotmail.com. For more
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Crescendo’s concert in aid of Caritas CRESCENDO International Choir are hosting a free concert to be held at Benijofar church on November 30 at 7.30pm. The concert is being held to raise money for the local Caritas charity to support those in need. On December 7, at 4pm, there will be a sing-a-long concert at El Paraiso, near Carrefour, Torrevieja. Tickets cost €4. For more information visit website www.crescendochoir.com.
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Cinderella draws crowds THERE was just the right amount of thighslapping, singing, dancing and general panto fun at Studio 32’s performances of Cinderella at Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio. With a cast headed again by the talents of Stefanie Lohse as Cinderella and Susanne Sayer as Prince Charming, audiences old and young were entertained for nearly three hours as they were transported from Hardup Hall to the Woods, the Ugly Sister’s Boudoir and the Royal Palace. The Footwork Dance School students also joined the cast on stage for group numbers as the lively and colourful production helped raise money for local charity. This year, funds from the production will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association in San Fulgencio.
ON THE HUNT: The ugly sisters with some of the other members of the cast.
Get rocking and rolling at the Asturias A NEW Rock ‘n’ Roll/Jive club has started at Asturias Restaurant, Punta Prima. Founder of The Cadillacs dance club in Quesada, drummer Dave Diggle, felt there was a need for a place to the south of
Torrevieja where people could dance to the strict tempo required to do authentic jive, swing and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Along with guitarist Rae Daniel and bass player Nigel Legen, they formed
The Hound Dogs and have chosen what they feel is the most suitable venue, The Asturias Restaurant in Punta Prima on the N-332. They are there every Thursday between 2.454.30pm for an afternoon of
non-stop dancing to some classic Rock ‘n’ Roll music from the 50’s and 60’s. Entry is €5 at the door and today (Thursday) all proceeds to the Elche Children’s Care Home. Call Dave 615 607 278.
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Blaze destroys food factory ONE THOUSAND jobs are hanging in the balance following a massive fire at a food factory in northern Spain. A meat products factory owned by Spanish food company Campofrio was destroyed over the weekend by a blaze that investigators believe was
started by a short circuit. The fire started just after 6.30am on Saturday in the factory’s stew section, and nearby residents were evacuated from the area due to the toxic fumes. Firefighters at the blaze said the destruction of the factory was due to the presence of highly
flammable materials, particularly ammonia. Nobody was injured in the fire but the Campofrio factory employs 1,000 people in the area. A Campofrio spokesperson said they promised “to invest in Burgos to recover production capacity as soon as possible.”
Health costs difficult MORE than 840,000 people in Spain suffer from ‘sanitary poverty.’ According to a report made by Spanish Red Cross, a staggering 35.1 per cent of people helped by the institution during last year cannot afford the cost of medicines that are not covered by the social security. Other necessary payments patients
claimed not to be able to face were dental or psychological treatment. This part of the population usually has an average monthly income of €555.3 per person, according to the Red Cross. Sixty five per cent do not receive any social aids and 75 per cent have been unemployed for more than a year.
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Madrid woman on hunger strike BELEN MARTIN began a hunger strike outside Ramon y Cajal hospital in Madrid demanding medicine for her husband, who has hepatitis C. Martin’s husband Saturnino Cobo, who is suffering the final stages of the illness, has been waiting for medicine he needs since October. “I look into my husband’s eyes and he seems sadder each day, it’s a desperate situation and nobody’s doing anything about it,” Martin said after explaining that the Health Ministry promised them treatment at the beginning of October. Yet a month and a half has passed and still no
formal authorisation has arrived. Martin stressed that her main aim is to get treatment for her husband before he is put on the transplant waiting list but that she was also fighting for others who suffer the same illness. “Eleven people die every day from Hepatitis C and nobody says a word, they need to realise they’re not just numbers on paper, they’re Satur, Belen, Elsa... real people with families who are suffering,” Martin said and mentioned that 300,000 people in Spain have been diagnosed with the illness. Martin explained that from her point of view,
the hunger strike is a way of representing the endless fight of sufferers. She said she did not know whether it would help but at least she would be able to look her husband in the eyes and tell him she had done everything she could do. If Cobo does not get the medicine doctors have ordered he will need a liver transplant within three months to survive. He explained although his treatment had been approved by the hospital a government authorisation is still needed. He ended by stressing that the hospital staff had done their best and he had no complaints about that part of the process.
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¿ Hablas ingles? Yes, I do! SPAIN has reached its highest ever level of English language proficiency, marking a change in attitude among Spaniards towards learning English. According to the annual English Language Proficiency Index by Education First, Spain ranks 20th out of 60 countries featured in the study, its highest position ever. Spain now sits ahead of both France and Italy in terms of Englishspeaking ability, and is only just outside the ‘high proficiency’ bracket that includes English-literate countries such as Denmark, Holland and Sweden. “Spain is seeing the results of a significant change in attitude toward English language education,” stated the report. “The Spanish government has defined English as one of seven basic skills, alongside Spanish and math.” The report shows that Spaniards between the ages of 35 and 44 have
the highest level of English proficiency, but that age group is expected to be lower in the future as young Spaniards learn more English at school and also pick up English from television and the internet. The study notes that due to an increase in bilingual schools in Spain, where children study in English for at least one third of the school day, English language skills are improving and are of vital importance in finding a job. “Although other economic factors are hampering Spain’s recovery, training young people in essential skills for a globalised economy is undoubtedly a wise investment,” said the report. Spanish women speak better English than men, and those in the Basque country speak the best English among Spaniards. The remote Extremadura region has the lowest proficiency.
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Market protected LA LINEA’S Mercado de la Concepcion dating from 1882 - has been registered by the Andalucian regional government as a historic building.
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MARBELLA and San Pedro National Lottery ticket holders had reason to celebrate five, when their number won second prize with a total payout of €1.2 million.
Fatal accident A 62-YEAR-OLD man died when the lorry he was driving towards Malaga fell down a five metre embankment from the A45 road near Antequera.
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Multipurpose centre HUERCAL DE ALMERIA is to get a new multipurpose centre with a cash injection of €330,316.59 from the province. The remaining €65,907.87 is funded by the town council.
New business HUERCAL DE ALMERIA now has 44 new businesses and 61 jobs through the support of CADE (Centre for Entrepreneurial Development). CADE provides services to 18,000 inhabitants.
Doggy rescue LOCAL POLICE and firefighters rescued a dog that had fallen into an eight metre hole in the Piedras Redondas district of Almeria City. The dog was taken to a vet to check for its microchip.
Playground refurbishment ALMERIA City’s council has approved the remodelling of the children’s playground in Plaza San Pedro. The work is expected to last approximately three months and has a budget of €239,498.64.
ELDA police rescued a ‘weak and disorientated’ eagle owl in an outlying rural neighbourhood. It is now being treated at the wildlife recuperation centre in Santa Faz outside Alicante City.
Better lighting MALAGA provincial government will spend €40,000 on improving the lighting around the area of La Torrecilla in Nerja. Traditional bulbs will be replaced with LED technology.
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MALAGA won a new Guinness World Record during the city’s Sports Festival when 339 people simultaneously held the ‘plank’ position for one minute.
TEN people were involved in a crash between two cars on Avenida Carlos Haya in Malaga. Six people, including a pregnant woman, were injured and taken to hospital for treatment.
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NATURAL SPACE: One of the best protected areas in the world.
Sierra Nevada is top of the world SIERRA NEVADA is officially one of the best preserved protected areas in the world. It has become the first natural space in Spain to make it onto the UICN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Green List. The announcement was made during the World Parks Congress held in Sydney, Australia. The Sierra Nevada, which stretches between Almeria and Granada, houses two national parks and is subject to protection as a green area. It is included in the initial list along with 23 natural parks in Spain, Australia, China, Colombia, France, Italy, Kenya and South Korea. The Green List includes natural areas considered essential for the survival of the planet, which scientists say is threatened by global warming. “The management of the national park of Sierra Nevada successfully balances
Child friendly VICAR has been given the title of ‘child friendly town’ by UNICEF for its continued work for the rights of children. The title is to be reviewed in 2018 when it may be given permanently.
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Fine situation GOVERNMENT income from Alicante Province traffic fines dropped €2.7 million to €47.8 million between 2011 and the end of 2013. Earnings from fines throughout Spain fell by €68 million during this period.
Equal rights ALCOY Council was asked to consider
the preservation of fragile mountain ecosystems and its rich cultural heritage with the dynamics of the tourism industry. It is a reference and example for other protected areas. Its managers have given us eyes to see the path to be followed,” according to a UICN statement. The first 23 additions to the Green List were selected from 50 candidates. Making it onto the list entails meeting a set of strict environmental requirements including the quality of protection of natural resources, as well as the cultural, social, economic and environmental benefits they provide. These areas must demonstrate that they share, in a fair and transparent manner, the costs and benefits of conservation, effective management and the results of long-term preservation. the legality of subsidising the town’s Moors and Christians fiestas. The organisers are hindering the full integration of women, warned the regional Ombudsman.
Free to choose PARENTS will vote in an internet poll on whether their children are taught in Spanish or Valenciano. The non-binding vote will apply only to state schools, the regional government said.
More start-ups APPLICATIONS to open new businesses in San Vicente rose 21 per cent between January and October. The authorities received 260 requests, compared with 214 during the same period in 2013.
Fruit confiscation LOCAL POLICE and Guardia Civil of Almuñecar confiscated 150 kilos of custard apples which were being illegally sold at a charity market. Only secondhand or manufactured items can be sold in the market.
Hiring locals A TOTAL of 32 unemployed residents of Almuñecar have been hired by the council for three months to carry out maintenance works such as gardening and renovations.
Well done TORROX Council has rewarded two local students with €1,200 for obtaining the best marks in the town. Their names are Marta Brescias and Pedro Bermudez from the Secondary School Jorge Guillen.
Missing girl NATIONAL POLICE are investigating the whereabouts of a Nigerian girl who lives in Motril. She is aged between 15 and 16, was living in a social home and was last seen around two weeks ago.
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Art exhibit MALLORCA artist Amparo Sard is currently displaying her pieces at the Convento de Santo Domingo in Pollensa. The exhibition can be visited from Tuesday to Sunday and entrance is free.
California artist ARTIST Dean Sameshima (California, 1971) is holding an exhibition at Casa Solleric in Palma. It can be visited from Tuesday to Sunday from 11am.
Bonsai damage A HAULER will have to pay a €20,000 fine for mishandling 80 bonsais in Llucmajor. Three of the trees were broken during the transfer and the rest damaged.
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Join us in purple against violence TUESDAY November25 is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a cause we at EWN feel strongly about and are sure our readers do too. We here at EWN are marking the occasion by printing the movement’s logo on the front cover of each of our six editions this week. According to Spain’s Ministry of Health, Social Security and Equality, so far this year 43 women have lost their lives at the hands of their partner or ex-partner. Only 13 had previously reported being victims of abuse.
The aim of the international campaign is to raise awareness of the fact that women around the world are subject to rape, domestic violence and other forms of violence on a daily basis, in fact it has been estimated that one in three women will suffer some form of violence or physical or psychological abuse during their lives. Recognised officially by the United Nations in 1999, November 25 was previously adopted to mark the assassination of three political activist sisters in the Dominican
Republic in 1960. While nobody really knows exactly why the colour was adopted to symbolise the day, purple ribbons and handprints have become the most widespread way to show support for the cause, which most towns in Spain acknowledge in some way. Therefore the EWN team will be going purple on Tuesday and invite readers to do the same in a stand against all forms of violence against women. Purple to tell abusers we will not look the other way while they get away with it. Purple to let victims know they are never alone.
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DENMARK - Four hundred public ashtrays are to be introduced in Copenhagen due to the fact that cigarette butts account for four-fifths of all the rubbish cleared from the Danish capital’s streets.
THE childhood home of famous author Charles Dickens has gone on sale for £760,000 (€960,000). The one-bedroom apartment in Bloomsbury, London, is situated next to a former workhouse that is said to have inspired the novel Oliver Twist.
Fluent English DENMARK - Danes are the world’s best nonnative English speakers according to a major report. Denmark topped the list of the 63 nonCommonwealth countries in the study.
Check mate NORWAY - Police alerted to screams coming from an apartment found they had come from a chess player angry with his performance while playing chess on his computer.
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WHIZZ-KID Ayan Qureshi from Coventry has become the world’s youngest qualified computer specialist, at the age of just five. Ayan passed the Microsoft IT exam usually taken by University students aiming to become IT technicians.
TELEVISION presenter Declan Donnelly - better known as Dec from the duo Ant and Dec - is to marry his manager. It’s understood that the presenter popped the question to Ali Astall in Australia before the new series of I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Green light FIFA has cleared future World Cup hosts Russia of all serious corruption charges in their bid to host the games. The findings mean the games will go ahead as planned and there will be no re-vote for where to host the 2018 World Cup.
Replica guns THREE companies importing toy replicas of the Kalashnikov AK-47 gun are being taken to court by relatives of the gun’s inventor, Mikhail
Online spying GERMAN Foreign Intelligence is to hire computer hackers to penetrate secure connection technologies used by banks and online shops to create an early warning system for cyber attacks. It’s believed it will cost €28 million.
Drugs swoop
RUSSIAN PRESS A COURT in central Russia has ordered a man to cover up his swastika tattoo as exhibiting Nazi symbols in public is an offence. The man from Galich displayed his tattoo in public and has been fined Photo by Mike Mozart 1,000 rubles (€17).
SWEDEN - A Swedish poker player has won $10 million (€7.9 million) at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Martin Jacobson from Stockholm outlasted more than 6,500 entrants to win.
DICKENS: Childhood home for sale.
Byte-sized genius
NORWAY - A Danish sex offender has been banned for life from entering Norway after posing as a company representative and offering jobs to women as an excuse to molest them.
Poker ace
THE Michael Schumacher website has reopened with a statement from his family saying they are “confident and hoping for the best” for the recovery of the seven-time F1 world champion.
Hygiene failure
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SWEDEN - A bus driver in northern Sweden has been sacked for refusing to pick up black passengers and for kicking black people off the bus.
Schumi’s back
FAST FOOD litter is at record levels in Britain and experts are blaming it on the wrong type of bins. Councils should use bins with wider hatches to discourage people throwing empty containers on the street, says a government-backed report.
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GERMANY has topped the list as the world’s favourite country in a poll by GfK. The USA has been replaced as people’s favourite country for the first time since 2009.
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AROUND 22,000 dental patients in the UK have been asked to report for testing after it was found a dentist in Nottinghamshire had ‘multiple failures’ in infection control. Former patients will be tested for blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C.
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Kalashnikov, for trademark infringement. The Russian companies are importers of the toy gun made in China.
Capello not paid THE Russian Football Union has admitted that it does not have the money to pay national team coach Fabio Capello’s salary. Capello has not been paid since the summer when Russia was knocked out at the group stage of the World Cup.
Russian doll ban A RUSSIAN lawmaker has asked the government to ban popular Monster High dolls because he has received numerous complaints from parents that the dolls cause ‘suicidal moods’ among children. He wants ‘all foreignproduced toys that could DOLL BAN: Monster High doll Freaky affect the mental health of children’ to be banned. Fusion.
POLICE have arrested 15 people and recovered 2.9 tonnes of the main chemical used to make crystal meth in operation between German and Czech officers to take down a drug ring operating between Leipzig and Prague.
Cap effect A RENT cap will come into effect in 2015, but the announcement has caused rental prices to increase before the cap is introduced. The new law will prevent landlords from setting rent more than 10 per cent higher than the average for the area.
Warhol sale NRW BANK has sold two classic Andy Warhol pictures of Elvis and Marlon Brando for €152 million.
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STAT OF WEEK PROPERTY sales rose year on year by 13.7 per cent to 27,024 operations last September, revealed Spain’s statistics institute INE. It was this year’s second-biggest increase following March’s 22.8 per cent year-on-year improvement.
Cars are stars for Spanish economy TURNOVER for Spain’s car manufacturers reached €40.52 billion by the end of last year. All told the industry produces 40 different models and contributes 10 per cent of the country’s GDP. Equally important, it provides jobs for 8.1 per cent of the working population. Six of Spain’s 10 most-bought cars are produced at home,
CAR SALES: Rose by 18.1 per cent.
Cataluña verdict from Fitch quick to arrive THE Fitch ratings agency’s reaction to Cataluña’s recent consultative vote on independence was quick to arrive. Fitch analysed the effects on both Spain and Cataluña of three possible scenarios. The most likely, according to the agency, is further devolution and tax-setting powers like those of the Basque Region and Navarra. In general terms this would have a ‘mildly positive’ effect on Spain’s sovereign credit. Full independence would, in contrast, have negative consequences
for Spain’s sovereign rating, as even an orderly breakup would present risks for the national economy. A disorderly separation would be still worse, Fitch said. The third scenario, a continuation of the protracted tension between Madrid and Barcelona, would be little better, and could trigger loss of short-term deposits that would particularly affect Catalan banks. This would increase the cost of funding and prompt a reduction in capital expenditure as a protective measure, Fitch warned.
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Land fall AGRICULTURAL land fell by 0.7 per cent last year to an average price of €9,633 a hectare. This was the sixth consecutive fall since 2007’s high of €11,070 per hectare.
Nice work BEATRIZ DE GUINDOS, niece of Spain’s Economy minister Luis de Guindos, is now working at World Bank in Washington. She earns €14,000 a month as an assistant director.
Profits down VODAFONE Spain’s turnover fell by 7.5 per cent to €2.171bn during the first six months of 2014.
Bigger cushions for biggest banks THE world’s 30 largest banks will be told to provide themselves with big loss-absorbing liability cushions. These banks, which include Spain’s Santander and BBVA are categorised as systemic because their failure would have a ‘cascade effect’ similar to the collapse of Lehman Brothers which triggered the 2008 economic crisis.
To avoid a repetition, these banks must be able to withstand losses of between 16 to 20 per cent of risk-weighted assets in equity and cancellable debt, recommended the Basle-based Financial Stability Board (FSB). This will protect taxpayers from having to fund bailouts for ‘too big to fail’ banks, the FSB said in plans drawn up for G-20 countries.
headed by the Megane built at the Renault plant in Palencia. The Seat Ibiza manufactured in Martorell (Barcelona) comes next, followed by the Citroen C4 from Vigo (Galicia). The Seat Leon, again from Martorell, is fourth with the Opel Corsa from Figueruelas (Zaragoza) and the Volkswagen Polo (Pamplona) fifth and sixth respectively.
Thanks to the government’s €2,000 Plan Pive grant when buying a vehicle straight from the factory, sales between January and October rose by 18.1 per cent, with 716,746 new registrations. Although next year’s Budget has yet to be approved, this will includes €175 million for Plan Pive 7 - and more sales.
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Clients are your best salesmen AS the best advert is the satisfied customer, it is wise to reflect on how you can turn goodwill to drive your business forward. We all appreciate a customer who, pleasantly surprised, offer their thanks. Small acts of kindness are remembered long after basic service is forgotten. Twenty-five years ago, a shopkeeper remarked on how lovely my young sons were. “Just a moment,” she smiled. Then, taking a couple of lollipops from a jar she handed each of my sons their treat. The cost to the lady was a cent or so; to my wife and I it was a priceless and
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never to be forgotten gesture. This lesson in business was not given by a successful entrepreneur or at a business seminar but by an elderly lady running a corner shop. You can put customer goodwill to
better use provided your approach is diplomatic and never pushy. An enterprising business friend in the home improvement trade constantly received expressions of thanks. Explaining that he was trying to build his business, he suggested to clients that a short note of recommendation would be truly well received. Most were delighted at the opportunity to express their thanks in a tangible way. On receiving the written tributes my friend placed each in his presenter. Then, when pitching to new customers he left his testimonials presenter with them before going on his way. The outcome
was that, whilst he was at home reading bedtime stories to his children, his past clients were doing his selling for him. I adopted a more sophisticated approach. Following an order taken I posted to my client a small note of thanks and a five customer satisfaction survey. Important: I included a stamped address reply envelope. As a consequence I was soon to receive an unimpressive number of customer recommendations. These I placed in an envelope when confirming appointments by post. My sales success was assured, thanks to conscripting my customers to do my selling for me.
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Make a few simple changes in your life for some extra spare change Loose change A look at finance for females
Jane Plunkett jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews.com
CHANGING a habit takes some getting used to. However, if your way of living is causing serious damage to your finances, then it’s time to take a step back and review how you might save a little. A recent survey in the UK just revealed that most full-time British workers have an extra £500 to spend after paying all their bills and debts each month. This seems a little excessive to me, but wouldn’t a bit more spare cash each month be an incredible thing? By taking a couple of frugal money-saving steps in your
day-to-day life there is a way to cut down on needless expenses and make your money go further - on things you actually want to spend it on. Meal Plan. Draw up a weekly menu to help cut back on the huge amount of waste that many households create. This system helps to identify areas where you can use up leftovers, finish half-eaten sauces, use fruit and vegetables before they turn bad and avoid grabbing expensive ready meals. And remember to never go shopping when you are hungry. DIY Cleaning. Shops are lined with rows of expensive cleaning products, but a quick look in your kitchen cupboards and chances are you already have all the cleaning products you need right there. A teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda on a damp cloth works just as well as expensive
KEEPING FIT: Incorporate exercise into your daily routine.
brand-name cleaners, while vinegar is a great smear-free window and mirror cleaner.
Be Energy Efficient. Think about how you use the appliances in your home.
Simple ways to cut energy bills include not leaving devices on standby, always turning off lights when you leave a room and draught-proofing windows and doors. Also, switch to energy-efficient light bulbs. Fit For Free. When it comes to keeping fit the world is your oyster. In Spain we are lucky enough to enjoy fabulous weather most of the year, so forget expensive gym memberships - incorporate exercise into your daily routine instead. Try to walk more and take the stairs instead of lifts. For the sportier among us, parks or beaches are perfect for exercising, while public benches are ideal for pressups and other strength building exercises.
Was Administrator at fault? Our Administrator runs Community meetings, counts votes, and announces You and the results. Change of use for a business Law in Spain premise, was accepted by the majority of By David Searl Owners. A small minority objected to some alterations to windows. These dissenters have now obtained a court ruling that a vote of 100 per cent was required to be legal. The judge also ordered the Community to pay costs for returning to the original fittings. Was the Administrator wrong to allow the works to proceed? L.A. (Costa Blanca) First, the Administrator is employed by the Community and he cannot ‘allow’ or ‘disallow’ its actions. Nevertheless, he should have warned the AGM that a unanimous vote was required for this change. This is a lapse but it does not constitute professional negligence. In his favour we can say that many Communities have carried out such votes and actions without any serious consequences. Secondly, it is normally the President who runs the AGM and has charge of the votes. If he had a copy of ‘You and the Law in Spain,’ he would know what
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Big business SPAIN has 3.25 million businesses, mostly small or medium-sized companies (Pymes). Only 0.12 per cent of the total have more than 250 staff but these companies employ 2.9 million employees, generating an annual turnover of €980 billion. Approximately 27 per cent are located in Madrid and 26.61 per cent in Cataluña.
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actions need a unanimous vote. Since July 2013, these minor changes need only a three-fifths majority to pass.
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TELEFONICA raised €687 million with the sale of 597.85 million of its China Unicom (Hong Kong) shares, following its strategy of reducing its debt . The Spanish multinational retains a 2.51 per cent stake in China Unicom, the country’s secondlargest mobile-phone company, which has a 1 per cent stake in Telefonica.
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Not wild about campers WE residents of El Pinet are fed up with ‘wild camping’ in the car park, sometimes for months on end. We have paid a lot of money to live here, not to overlook a gypsy encampment because that is what it is. We have sent petitions in the past to Elche Council and complained but they are not interested. If the mayor of Elche or any of her cronies lived here this would not be allowed to happen. Has anybody in the Environment department thought of where they empty their sewage? Well, we can tell them. They empty it here in green areas or even down the drains at our lovely walkway. We have seen them and photographed them and sent the photographs to Elche Council but, again, they are not interested. Surely this is a health hazard? If Santa Pola and San Fulgencio can get rid of them, why can’t Elche? There are lovely campsites nearby, why don’t they go there? No, they are too tight to pay. A Nosworthy, La Marina (Alicante)
Get it in writing JUST a short letter to advise your readers if they are moving items to the UK from Spain they should get each quote in writing. This is my second letter but it is of public interest, so please print it. Recently I used the services of a removal company, received a quote for €150 and then the company increased the quote to €250. When queried they made all sorts of excuses, none of which were valid. James McKeown (by email)
Fuel fury ON a recent round-trip to the UK my wife and I chose to drive back through France, as we have done many times before. On our return journey, having filled up with fuel several times each way, we were told at our last stop in Spain that our debit card was being refused, which rang alarm bells.
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Having arrived home we immediately checked our bank account to discover there was little left because three transactions totalling approximately €160 had not been processed. Instead random amounts totalling €310 were taken. Two sums of €90 have since been repaid and the correct amount charged and eventually the last ‘theft’ of €130 was refunded. However, they took the correct amount after four days but did not refund the €130 for 10 days, which is an even worse crime in my opinion. The companies concerned are Super U and E L’Eclerc, supermarket chains with unmanned petrol stations where you can only use a credit or debit card to pay for your fuel. The receipts are printed at the pump and they were all for the correct amount for the fuel that we purchased. I have got nowhere trying to report this to my bank, VISA and even consumer groups. Why is that, I wonder, because it is clearly theft? Charles Day (by email)
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Home alone THE mother who received a police caution for leaving her sixyear-old daughter alone for threequarters of an hour some years back has all my sympathy. She now has a criminal record that she wants erased and you’d have to belong to the pursed-lips brigade not to empathise. My daughter is grown-up now but my blood still runs cold when I think of what almost happened when she was two. We had moved to a sixth floor flat on the seafront and the balcony had a sturdy wall topped with a railing. Nobody leaves a two-year-old to her own devices and I certainly
didn’t but one day I was in the kitchen, getting the tea ready while my daughter napped. Hearing a noise I popped my head round the kitchen door and to my horror saw her standing on top of the balcony wall. The sitting room door to the terrace was open and she had pushed a wicker chair against the wall and clambered up. The little so-and-so had her arms stretched wide, crowing with delight at the view and to this day I don’t remember reaching and grabbing her. And to this day the palms of my hands still sweat when I think about what could have happened. It’s not just physical presence that counts: that UK mother’s 45 minutes of absence were probably less blameworthy and dangerous than my carelessness. Linda Gonzalez, Altea (Alicante)
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Now I would be the first to agree that there is nothing more satisfying than an outburst of outrage or an orgy of whinging but why waste Your Say column space with his questions? He should ask Benalmadena Town Hall or property owners’ community. Iain Dalton-Frith (by email)
Starting early SOMEONE interviewed for ‘Street Talk’ said he regarded drinking Anis at 7am as expenditure on something that isn’t needed. I’m assuming he is referring to the custom as still practised by Spanish workmen and navvies. Anis isn’t what you’d describe as a huge outlay and this is a timehonoured habit, meant to kickstart the working day. If memory serves me rightly, opening hours for the pubs round Covent Garden in London used not to correspond to the strict licensing regulations then in force. I can’t see the Covent Garden porters who had been working until the crack of dawn drinking glasses of Anis, but they were obviously knocking something back when they didn’t need to. Still on the subject of ‘Street Talk’ I was amazed that two women admitted to spending on shoes when they didn’t need to. I commented on this to my wife, who looked flabbergasted. “You don’t have to need shoes,” she informed me. “You just have to want them,” she explained patiently. “Even if they’re never worn?” I asked. “Even if they are never worn,” she answered in a firm tone of voice that brooked no argument. Who was I to argue? James Ingram (by email)
Hot stuff A CORRESPONDENT who was a lifelong socialist wrote last week that she felt betrayed by New Labour and was willing to give the UKIP party a chance. Another letter described Farage’s party as ‘upstart and ultra-rightwing’ and warned against the effects on expats of an ‘in-out’ referendum regarding Britain’s EU membership. Personally I believe that any expat giving UKIP a chance would be cooking their own goose. S Wilkinson, Murcia
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Life is no holiday at London’s alcohol and bacon-free hotel LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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F you thought the UK was cold, you should try Denmark! My God, all the reasons I moved to warmer climes keep flooding back. Well, at least the Danish people seem warm enough. Mind you it really is a strange language - lots of ‘erks’ and ‘choovs.’ Why is it that the first words I always learn in a new language are swear words? Anyway, tomorrow I’m off to Sweden for the day - even colder! Apparently it’s 20 minutes by ferry. Ah well, someone has to do it. Did you catch the report of the
RELIGIOUS STAY: Would all hotels welcome gay couples? new Sharia hotel that opened in London last week? No alcohol, no pork, and subsequently, a serious drop in clientele. To my mind the whole exercise is a gross error of judgement. Notwithstanding the local Muslim populace, many of whom
are, I’m sure, devout and sincere in their beliefs, in my personal experience, the tourists from many of these strictly religious parts of the world travel to cities like London simply to get a break from their suffocating restrictions back home - the
casinos are full of them. I would also be interested to observe the result should a gay couple endeavour to check into the hotel and request a single room for the night. If this should happen, would there be the same outcry from the law as there was when that poor Christian family were mathered from pillar to post and subsequently arrested? Wouldn’t ya just love to give it a try? Come on any samegender newlyweds out there; try and check into the honeymoon suite. And just for a bit of icing, carry a couple of bacon butties and a bottle of bubbly in yer bag. Anyone up for it? It also interested me to read the new proprietor’s statement that it was an offence under Islamic law to ‘make a profit
from alcohol.’ Does that mean its ok to give it away? Sounds like a wriggle up to me. I was given gallons in Saudi Arabia. Does that imply I wasn’t breaking the law at all? I dunno, they take the fun out of everything. I also have a word of advice to the Muslims who objected to hamburgers being sold in their local supermarket. Don’t buy ‘em. Not rocket science is it? I dunno, sometimes I really do despair of it all. Don’t forget the Flying Curry Circus Christmas Party on December 13. Just in case you happen to be in the vicinity of Mallorca or thereabouts. Have a good week. You know you love me really! Keep the faith. Love, Leapy. leapylee2002@gmail.com
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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 Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
THURSDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 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 Moving On 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Glorious Gardens From Above 5:30pm Flog It!
3:00pm The Great British Bake Off 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm The Rockford Files 5:35pm Cagney and Lacey
4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Trading Christmas
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 5:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie
6:20pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The Great Interior Design Challenge
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 8:55pm The Political Slot
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm The Fall 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 I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Spandau Ballet: True Gold
9:00pm George Clarke's Amazing Spaces 10:00pm 24 Hours in A and E 11:00pm Babylon
9:00pm Underground Britain 10:00pm Muggings and Mayhem: Caught on Camera 11:00pm Fred and Rose: The Last Betrayal
9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Forever 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders
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 by-Election Special 4:00am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 4:05am BBC News
12:20am The Mekong River with Sue Perkins 1:20am Panorama 2:05am This is BBC Two 5:00am Apprentice for a Day 5:40am Beneath the Lab Coat
12:40am The Late Debate 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Tonight 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:00am 8 Out of 10 Cats 12:50am 24 Hours in Police Custody 1:50am One Born Every Minute 2:45am Unreported World 3:10am Dispatches 3:40am The Real Mill with Tony Robinson 4:40am Phil: Secret Agent Down Under
12:00am Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Alex Polizzi's Secret Italy 5:00am Nick's Quest 5:25am Divine Designs 5:50am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Road Wars 5:00am Stargate Atlantis A young lieutenant with amnesia makes a shocking discovery about himself.
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8:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Prostitution: What's the Harm? 11:00pm World's Craziest Fools 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 2:30am Sweat the Small Stuff
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops 9:00pm Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War 10:00pm Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled 11:00pm Puppy Love 11:30pm Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Dance 12:30am The Old Grey Whistle Test 2:00am Top of the Pops 2:40am Sounds of the Eighties 3:10am Puppy Love 3:40am Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled 4:40am This is BBC Four
1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Scorpion 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:00am Celebrity Juice
9:20am Wycliffe 10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Judge Judy 11:50am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Wild at Heart 4:00pm Wycliffe 5:10pm Faith in the Future 5:45pm French Fields 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:50pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Endeavour 12:00am The Vice
12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:30pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 2:55pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Kojak 7:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm River Monsters 10:00pm River Monsters 11:05pm Runaway Train 1:25am River Monsters
4:00pm My Fair Wedding 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 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 11:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 12:00am The Big Bang Theory
Comedy
Crime
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Nick Grimshaw hosts the comedy panel show that makes a big deal about life's little annoyances.
3:00am People Like Us 4:00am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 9:00am X2 11:25am 47 Ronin An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.
1:30pm Hulk 3:55pm Bloodsport 5:40pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 7:40pm X2 10:00pm 47 Ronin An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.
12:00am Hulk 2:25am Bloodsport 4:00am The Man with the Iron Fists 5:40am The Karate Kid
7:00am 13 Going on 30 8:50am The World's End Special 9:20am The Way Way Back 11:15am We're the Millers 1:15pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 3:20pm Bean 5:00pm The Heat: Sky Movies Special 5:20pm 13 Going on 30 7:10pm The Way Way Back 9:00pm We're the Millers 11:00pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 1:05am The Dukes of Hazzard 2:55am Scary Movie 5 A couple are plagued by a mysterious demon after taking three children into their home.
4:25am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
7:05am Night Falls on Manhattan 9:05am The Washington Snipers 10:45am Swordfish 12:30pm Derailed 2:20pm American Hustle 4:40pm Nick of Time Gene Watson is a widowed accountant whose daughter is kidnapped by sinister Mr Smith.
6:15pm The East 8:15pm Swordfish 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am The Bone Collector A paralysed forensics expert teams up with a fresh-faced cop to hunt down a serial killer.
2:25am Nick of Time Gene Watson is a widowed accountant whose daughter is kidnapped by sinister Mr Smith.
7:50am Naughty or Nice 9:25am The Santa Clause 11:10am Die Hard 1:25pm Gremlins 3:15pm New Year's Eve Comedy following the adventures of a group of New Yorkers on New Year's Eve. Comedy/romance.
5:15pm The Santa Clause 7:00pm Miracle on 34th Street A department store Santa must convince one little girl - and a New York court - that he's real.
9:00pm Die Hard 11:15pm Gremlins 1:10am Miracle on 34th Street A department store Santa must convince one little girl - and a New York court - that he's real.
3:10am New Year's Eve
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7:00am Time Lapse 9:00am Saving Santa 10:30am Getaway 12:10pm Almost Christmas 2:00pm Time Lapse 4:00pm Getaway 5:35pm Grudge Match 7:30pm Saving Santa 9:00pm Grudge Match 11:00pm Almost Christmas 1:00am Time Lapse 3:00am Aftermath 4:45am The Judge Special
9:40am The Gun Hawk 11:25am The Castilian 1:50pm Gunsmoke
Robert Duvall and Robert Downey Jr chat about their new thriller The Judge.
5:15am Saving Santa
Illiterate Festus is hired by a new newspaper in town.
2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Double Man 6:00pm The Iron Sheriff 7:20pm Jungle Man-Eaters Jungle Jim battles with a diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
8:35pm Sherlock Holmes: Pursuit to Algiers 10:00pm The Specialist 12:05am 44 Inch Chest Crime drama with Ray Winstone as a successful car salesman who kidnaps his wife's lover.
1:55am The Specialist 3:50am 44 Inch Chest
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Call the Council 12:45pm Don't Get Done, Get Dom 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 7:10am Homes Under the Hammer 8:10am Call the Council 8:55am Don't Get Done, Get Dom 9:25am Children's Hospital 9:55am F1: Grand Prix Practice 11:35am The Travel Show 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm F1: Grand Prix Practice
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 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 Underground Britain 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 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 3:35pm Coast 4:00pm A Place to Call Home 4:45pm The Rockford Files 5:35pm Cagney and Lacey
3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:20pm NCIS 4:15pm A Grandpa for Christmas
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 5:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie
6:20pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The Home That Two Built
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
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Tigers About the House 10:30pm Mock the Week 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Secrets From the Sky 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:30pm ITV News and Weather
9:00pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man
9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 11:00pm Body of Proof
9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm Futurama 10:00pm Football's Funniest Moments 11:00pm Micky Flanagan's Detour De France
12:05am Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12:35am Soulboy 1:55am Question Time David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Birmingham. 2:55am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:15am Daylight 2:15am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am Toast of London 12:40am Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 2:25am Boss 3:25am King and Country 5:00am Phil: Secret Agent Down Under 5:55am Location, Location, Location
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am Super Casino 4:10am Jack the Ripper: The Missing Evidence 5:00am Nick's Quest 5:20am Divine Designs 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Stargate Atlantis 5:00am Hawaii Five-0
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8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 8:15pm Atlantis 9:00pm Motorway Cops 10:00pm Comedy Fest Live 11:00pm Bad Education 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Bad Education 2:00am Sweat the Small Stuff 2:30am Life is Toff 3:00am The Revolution Will be Televised 3:30am Some Girls
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Angelic Voices 10:00pm Kenny Rogers 11:00pm Country Kings at the BBC 12:00am Dolly Parton @ Glastonbury 2014 1:10am Glen Campbell 2:10am Kenny Rogers 3:10am Country Kings at the BBC 4:10am In Concert 5:00am This is BBC Four
11:15am The Chase 12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:00pm You've Been Framed and Famous! 9:00pm Ocean's Eleven 11:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:30am Celebrity Juice
10:35am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Judge Judy 11:50am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm Wild at Heart 4:00pm Wycliffe 5:10pm Faith in the Future 5:40pm French Fields 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:50pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Endeavour 12:00am The Vice
12:30pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 2:55pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Kojak 7:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Never Say Never Again 12:45am Memphis Belle
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm My Fair Wedding 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 Love and Other Drugs 12:15am The Big Bang Theory 12:45am The Big Bang Theory
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3:15pm Moving On 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Glorious Gardens From Above 5:30pm Flog It!
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Still Open All Hours
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
Alan is joined by the iconic Bette Midler.
12am 12:20am Cuckoo 12:55am EastEnders Omnibus 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:55am BBC News
BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind. More daily from 7.00pm.
SKY MOVIES Action 5:40am The Karate Kid 7:55am Cinderella Man 10:30am White House Down 12:55pm Predator 2:45pm R.I.P.D. 4:30pm Sahara 6:45pm White House Down 9:00pm Predator 11:00pm Romancing the Stone 12:50am The Jewel of the Nile 2:50am R.I.P.D. 4:40am The Top Ten Show 2014 4:55am The Karate Kid, Part II
Comedy 7:35am Saving Mr. Banks Special 8:05am Uncle Buck 9:55am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 11:30am The World's End 1:30pm There's Something About Mary 3:35pm Idiocracy 5:15pm Uncle Buck 7:05pm Admission 9:00pm The World's End 11:00pm There's Something About Mary 1:05am Idiocracy 2:35am Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 4:05am Our Idiot Brother 5:40am My Big Fat Greek Wedding Sick of being bullied by her overpowering Greek family, dowdy Toula signs up for college.
6:30am Point Last Seen 8:10am My Brother the Devil 10:15am Jennifer Eight 12:35pm Big Nothing 2:15pm Blood Work FBI profiler Terry McCaleb has retired after a heart transplant.
4:15pm Syriana 6:35pm Cold Comes the Night 8:15pm After the Sunset 10:00pm Blood Work 11:55pm Training Day 2:05am Death Warrant 3:45am Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 5:50am Ocean's Eleven
7:00am Holiday Inn 8:45am The Santa Clause 2 10:35am Love Actually 12:55pm Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey Special 1:25pm Home Alone 3:10pm Die Hard 2 5:20pm The Santa Clause 2 7:10pm Home Alone 9:00pm Die Hard 2 11:10pm Love Actually Romcom following the interconnected lives of a group of loved-up, and lovelorn, Londoners.
1:30am Grumpy Old Men 3:25am Holiday Inn
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7:00am Reasonable Doubt 8:40am Time Lapse 10:35am Let it Snow 12:10pm Reasonable Doubt 1:50pm Saving Santa 3:30pm Time Lapse 5:25pm Lone Survivor 7:30pm Let it Snow 9:00pm Lone Survivor 11:05pm Reasonable Doubt 12:45am Shame the Devil 2:30am Time Lapse 4:25am Let it Snow
8:50am Gunsmoke 9:55am The Iron Sheriff 11:20am Jungle Man-Eaters 12:35pm Sherlock Holmes: Pursuit to Algiers 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Mackintosh Man 6:00pm Sierra Passage 7:35pm The Plunderers Four rowdy cowhands ride into a small town, creating trouble and mayhem.
9:25pm Escort West 11:00pm Death Proof 1:15am Romper Stomper 3:05am Death Proof
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live James Martin presents the weekly live cooking show with guest chefs Ken Hom and Brad McDonald. 12:30pm Football Focus 1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 1:10pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying
BBC TWO 7:10am Animal Park Ben Fogle and Kate Humble explore life behind the scenes at Longleat Estate and Safari Park. 7:40am F1: Grand Prix Practice 12:05pm Bargain Hunt Marlborough plays host to the antiques challenge. 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:15pm James Martin: Home Comforts 2:00pm Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey
ITV 8:20am Share a Story 8:25am Sooty 8:35am Mr. Bean 8:50am The Matt Hatter Chronicles 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am The Munch Box 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Hungry Sailors 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm Storage Hoarders 1:25pm Surprise Surprise 2:30pm All Star Family Fortunes
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CH4 7:15am Transworld Sport 8:10am Mobil 1 The Grid 8:35am Anglesey Sandman Triathlon 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 11:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 11:35am Frasier 12:05pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing
CH5 9:05am Wanda and the Alien 9:20am Zack and Quack 9:35am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:50am Jelly Jamm 10:05am LazyTown 10:35am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:10am Access 11:15am Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:15pm Trading Christmas
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 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 2:30pm Get on Up Movie Special
3pm 3:15pm Rugby Union 5:30pm Final Score 6:20pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:30pm BBC London News
3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:45pm The Red Shoes 5:55pm Rugby Union
3:15pm Doc Martin 4:15pm Keep it in the Family 5:15pm Scooby-Doo Live action version of the cartoon about a gang of teenage sleuths and their cowardly dog.
5:00pm Come Dine with Me In Darlington, first to host is perfectionist Clair Sherwood-Parkin who cooks up a Moroccaninspired feast.
3:00pm All I Want for Christmas 4:45pm My Santa Family drama. Single mother Jen begins to lose her faith in the magic of Christmas.
3:00pm Last Man Standing 3:30pm Last Man Standing 4:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 5:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains
5:25pm Come Dine with Me
6pm 6:40pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:50pm BBC News 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:10pm Pointless 8:00pm Strictly Come Dancing
8:30pm Flog it! Trade Secrets Antiques series. This edition explores when size does matter. We find the littlest and largest collectibles, and Paul Martin gets a peek at the Science Museum's incredible collection of oversized objects.
7:00pm ITV News London 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm You've Been Framed! Surreal comedy meets slapstick as Harry Hill welcomes us to his world of home videos.
8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:25pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Speed with Guy Martin
6:30pm Crazy for Christmas
9:00pm Walking Through History 10:00pm It Was Alright in the 1970's 11:00pm Lawless
9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm The Long Kiss Goodnight No-holds-barred action thriller about an amnesiac schoolteacher who discovers she was formerly a government assassin when she hires a low-rent private eye to help fill the gaps in her memory.
Ridley Scott's gripping tale of extraterrestial horror.
Festive drama.
8:15pm Christmas Wishes Heartwarming seasonal drama.
6:00pm Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 Artists in Scotland paint stars such as Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp.
7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9pm 9:15pm Atlantis 10:00pm Casualty 10:50pm The National Lottery Live Gaby Roslin hosts as the National Lottery Live celebrates 20 years!
11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Match of the Day
9:00pm Perry and Croft: Made in Britain 9:30pm Dad's Army Classic wartime sitcom. Mainwaring and the platoon take part in a Home Guard efficiency test.
10:00pm QI XL 10:45pm Tomorrow's World 11:45pm Intruders
9:00pm The X Factor 10:40pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Ant and Dec present the jungle survival challenge.
11:45pm The Jonathan Ross Show
9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Alien
12am 12:45am The Football League Show 2:05am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:10am BBC News
12:30am Minority Report 2:50am The Thing From Another World 4:10am This is BBC Two
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Penguins, fairies and Margaret Thatcher H
AVE you seen the Christmas TV adverts by Tesco, M&S and John Lewis - the annual battle to win the hearts and wallets of Christmas shoppers by UK companies spending over £1.5bn on advertising campaigns? Of the three, John Lewis’s about the little boy buying his penguin a wrapped-up penguin girlfriend stands head and, err, wings over the M&S fairies ad. And Tesco’s? Just looks tacky notwithstanding it’ll have cost the GNP of a small Latin American country. But really, if any business
Nora Johnson
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has got a few million quid to spend on extravagant advertising, shouldn’t it be using this to reduce prices all round instead of spending it on pointless TV ads? After all, Tesco’s sales are falling sharply as Britain’s ‘big four’ grocery retailers fight shifts in shopping habits caused by the downturn and the simultaneous unstoppable
XMAS ADVERTS: John Lewis and the little boy with his penguin is a winner. rise of discounters Aldi and Lidl. Likewise, M&S is increasingly losing its market share to budget clothing retailers like Primark. How the current CEOs of M&S and Tesco must look back enviously at the ‘luck’ of their predownturn predecessors! What strikes me about all this is the role of luck - not just in business but politics too. Some politicians seem to have it - like Margaret
Thatcher - while others don’t - like Ed Miliband. Whatever your personal feelings, Thatcher was an extremely lucky politician. First off, Jim Callaghan postponed an autumn election he probably would have won. Next came Argentina’s President Galtieri, newly-elected and keen to grab the Falklands. Against American advice, and despite the gamble of sending British forces 3,000 miles to recapture them, she pulled it off. In 1984 along came another helping hand,
Scargill, who couldn’t have played into her hands more conveniently. With government contingency plans in place, including high coal stocks, transport arrangements and less dependence on coal-fired power stations, he opted to call a strike without a ballot early in the spring of 1984 (the worst possible timing, with a long summer ahead). It wouldn’t be impossible to imagine Scargill as a closet Tory and Maggie’s secret ally! Without Callaghan,
Galtieri and Scargill, Thatcher wouldn’t have been the PM she became. And all this plus the windfall of North Sea oil. How Ed Miliband must be hankering after that Thatcher luck and M&S fairy dust… Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.79) and iBookstore. Profits to Cudeca.
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The Cold War is hot news Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.
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NE hardly needs to be a visionary to prophesy what historians will make of the European Union’s trade war against Russia. It is a foreign policy débâcle without peace time precedent. The power brokers concede that sanctions on Russia is an American initiative from which only the U.S. benefits. Modern Russia, as far as Washington DC and War (sic) Street banks are concerned, is the biggest threat to world order. This is American-speak for Russia being a threat to U.S. world domination. It is a mistake to think of recent events as a new Cold War. It is already a hot war that has been heating up since 1990. When Russian President Boris Yeltsin, an habitual drunkard, handed the reins of power to President Vladimir Putin, he would have little idea of the force of the genie released from the rubbed lamp. With little fanfare the new President set about transferring his country’s natural wealth from American to Russian interests.
From here on he was vilified by the Western Powers. Far worse was to come. Having rebuilt the Russian economy Putin then set his own agenda; Russian interests. The growing strength of the rouble and Russian self interest converged to form the next logical step. Russian trade, in the future, would be independent of the U.S. dollar and instead based more favourably on barter and trade between national currencies such as those of China, India and Iran. The effect was to do far more damage to the American economy than any hot war possibly could. American and British economies are war economies. The U.S. and UK became more powerful and prosperous as a consequence of wars. Modern Russia denies opportunity for profitable wars and simultaneously undermines the dollar as a trading currency. The U.S. is fighting back but cannot do so on its own. To carry out its aims the U.S. needed to increase EU dependency on Washington and Wall Street. Its top Goldman Sachs bankers were parachuted into the parliaments and banking houses of Western Europe. American subversion of Western media is on a scale that horrifies. If you want to
know who Western media’s string-pullers are, simply see whose interests they put the spin on. European Union defence policy is based entirely on American finance. Washington DC instructed France not to hand over two partly Russian built Mistral Class warship carriers. The suggestion was that the EU purchase them. The €3 billion cost is calculated to be nearly double the EU defence spending budget. This is small beer to the damage being done to the EU economy and indirectly the financial well-being and security PRESIDENT PUTIN: of us all. The EU Transferred his economy is predicted country’s natural to take a €50 billion wealth from hit in lost trade. American to Russia took Option B Russian interests. by transferring its trading interests elsewhere. Sadly, the EU does not have an Option B. Well, not the kind of option we want to trouble ourselves with. Sleep well.
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10:30am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Judge Judy 11:50am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:00pm The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 4:05pm Wycliffe 5:15pm Faith in the Future 5:50pm French Fields 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am The Vice
1:55pm Minder 3:00pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 6:00pm Kojak 7:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Storage Wars 10:30pm Storage Wars 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Bundesliga
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm My Fair Wedding 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 Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Rude Tube 12:10am The Big Bang Theory
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6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm New Tricks 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You
In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines with Evan Davis.
12am 12:20am Citizen Khan 12:50am The Graham Norton Show 1:35am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 1:40am BBC News
SKY MOVIES Action 6:15am Pain and Gain: Sky Movies Special 6:30am Hugh Jackman: Becoming Wolverine 7:00am Last Action Hero 9:15am The Patriot 12:00pm The Italian Job 1:55pm King Arthur 4:05pm Appaloosa Two lawmen are hired to bring a murderous rancher to justice. Western.
6:05pm The Karate Kid 8:15pm The Patriot 11:00pm The Italian Job 12:55am King Arthur 3:05am Last Action Hero
7:45am The Devil Wears Prada 9:50am Hyde Park on Hudson 11:40am Bruce Almighty 1:35pm American Pie: The Wedding 3:20pm Caddyshack 5:10pm Boat Trip 7:00pm The Devil Wears Prada 9:00pm Bruce Almighty 10:45pm American Pie 2 12:35am American Pie: The Wedding 2:15am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 3:50am Boat Trip 5:30am Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot
7:00am Harsh Times 9:00am The Suspect 10:50am Sleeping with the Enemy 12:40pm Murder at 1600 2:40pm Dead Calm 4:20pm John Q 6:20pm Harsh Times 8:20pm Deadfall 10:00pm The Green Mile 1:05am The Last Boy Scout 2:55am American Psycho 4:45am Fear 16-year-old Nicole falls in love with David, a good-looking guy she meets at a party.
7:00am Snowmen 8:30am Holiday Inn 10:15am Miracle on 34th Street 12:00pm Home Alone 1:50pm Almost Christmas 3:40pm The Santa Clause 5:25pm The Santa Clause 2 7:20pm The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 9:00pm Almost Christmas 11:00pm Home Alone 12:50am Ernest Saves Christmas 2:30am Miracle on 34th Street 4:15am Holiday Inn
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8:40am Time Lapse 10:35am Let it Snow 12:10pm Reasonable Doubt 1:50pm Saving Santa 3:30pm Time Lapse 5:25pm Lone Survivor 7:30pm Let it Snow 9:00pm Lone Survivor 11:05pm Reasonable Doubt 12:45am Shame the Devil 2:30am Time Lapse 4:25am Let it Snow
9:50am Man From Sonora 10:50am Man in the Saddle 12:25pm The Last Posse 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Wichita 5:30pm Man in the Wilderness 7:30pm Navy Bound 8:45pm The Nebraskan
Ambitious exec Stephanie is looking to renovate the ski lodge her company has just acquired, but sparks fly when she meets the previous owners' son.
Phil Carey stars as a frontier scout trying to make peace between settlers and the Nebraska Sioux.
10:00pm No Way Out 12:05am St Elmo's Fire 2:05am No Way Out 4:05am St Elmo's Fire
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What is the most unexpected thing that has happened to you this week?
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ILES BIRCH, owner of the British Ski Center in Granada, says that the most unexpected thing that NEIL: Caramelised potatoes were an unexpected request.
Lisa.
STREET TALK has happened to him this week is… “in light of preparations for a busy ski season starting in just over two weeks, my knee decided to pack up two days ago just to add to all the apprehension we battle on regardless ;-) !” Jenni Rock, Gladrags, Albox “My biggest surprise was getting a beautiful bouquet
Jenni Rock.
of flowers from my husband for my shop’s first birthday. He’s not a publicly romantic man normally, but he had the flowers delivered to the shop and had also made sure my favourite flowers (lilies) were included. I was over the moon and yes, I cried.” Name and job title: Lisa, Client relations and office security, Velasco Lawyers, Axarquia “Hi, I’m Lisa, yesterday, I was in the car with my boss, Luca, and the Guardia Civil fined us. Guess what? Spanish driving licence and car documents were all OK, but I must be tied or in a cage while he is driving. OUTRAGEOUS!” For Unni Warpe from L’Alfaz del Pi, who has recently lost a lot of weight through healthy shakes, the most unexpected thing to have happened this week was running from Albir to Benidorm over the Sierra Helada: “For me that used to be a day
UNNI: New levels of fitness shocked her.
excursion and I completed it in two hours five minutes and that was really unexpected and something I am really proud of.” Neil Lloyd, Head chef at Restaurante Christopher in Torrevieja said the most unexpected thing was to be asked for caramelised potatoes and duck breast and cabbage: “We had some Scandinavian diners in and they wanted caramelised potatoes, it is not something we do or something I’ve particularly heard of, but we did it for them.”
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Don't Mess with Me 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Claimed and Shamed 12:30pm Channel Patrol 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 8:05am Channel Patrol 8:50am Claimed and Shamed 9:20am Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 10:05am Antiques Roadshow 11:05am Building Dream Homes 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:15pm Life in the Undergrowth
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
www.euroweeklynews.com
CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Daily Brunch 12:00pm Jamie's Comfort Food 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 Come Dine with Me
CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:10am Milkshake Monkey 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 Police Interceptors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
TUESDAY TV SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 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 Great British Bake Off 4:10pm A Place to Call Home 4:55pm The Rockford Files 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Christmas Wishes
6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The Great Interior Design Challenge
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League Live
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm Turner Prize at 30
6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!
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 Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom 11:00pm The Walshes 11:30pm Newsnight
11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather
9:00pm Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 10:00pm The Paedophile Next Door 11:00pm Gogglebox
9:00pm The Body in the Lake: Countdown to Murder 10:00pm Miracle Babies 11:00pm NCIS
9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
1:20am The Shooting Party 2:50am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am BBC News
12:20am World's Greatest Food Markets 1:20am Film 2014 1:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 4:55am I Never Said Yes 5:45am Ask Lara
12:40am The Cube 1:40am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:00am Skint 1:05am Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage 2:10am Cage Warriors 3:00am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:25am Transworld Sport 4:25am Mobil 1 The Grid 4:55am Anglesey Sandman Triathlon 5:20am Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not
12:00am NCIS 1:00am NCIS 1:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Underground Britain 5:00am Nick's Quest 5:25am Wildlife SOS 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am Legends 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Stargate Atlantis The Atlantis' crew desperately tries to stop two Wraith hive ships from reaching Earth.
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8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Barely Legal Drivers 10:00pm Stacey Dooley Investigates 11:00pm Life is Toff 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Life is Toff 2:00am Some Girls 2:30am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:00am Stacey Dooley Investigates 4:00am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 5:00am This is BBC Three
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 The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar 11:30pm When the Circus Comes to Town 12:30am Neil Diamond 1:30am The Riviera: A History in Pictures 2:30am Sounds of the 70s 3:00am National Treasures of Wales 3:30am The Real Tom Thumb: History's Smallest Superstar 5:00am This is BBC Four
1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:50pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:00pm Best of 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 I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:00am Celebrity Juice
9:25am Wycliffe 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:50am A Touch of Frost 1:55pm Heartbeat 2:55pm The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 4:00pm Wycliffe 5:10pm Faith in the Future 5:40pm French Fields 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am The Vice
12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 3:00pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Kojak 7:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 10:00pm Road Rage Britain: Caught on Camera 11:00pm A View to a Kill 1:45am River Monsters
3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm My Fair Wedding 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 Rude Tube 11:00pm Bad Robots 11:35pm Tattoos After Dark 12:05am The Big Bang Theory
Crime
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3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:40pm Glorious Gardens From Above 5:25pm Flog It!
Heartwarming seasonal drama.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 5:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders
9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Missing 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Imagine...
Mark Austin and Charlene White with the latest headlines from around the world.
11:40pm UEFA Champions League: Extra Time
A Navy SEAL is found dead under mysterious circumstances on the eve of a top secret mission.
Shockwaves ripple through the team when Sam is arrested for a murder he swears he didn't commit.
11:00pm Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets
12am
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SKY MOVIES Action 7:30am Gravity: Sky Movies Special 8:00am Jaws 10:15am X-Men 12:10pm X2 2:30pm The Top Ten Show 2014 2:50pm Bullitt 4:50pm The Karate Kid, Part II 6:50pm Jaws Steven Spielberg's scary chiller about a coastal community plagued by a killer shark.
9:00pm X-Men Adaptation of the long-running Marvel comic book series.
10:50pm X2 1:10am Crank 2:50am Bullitt 4:55am The Karate Kid, Part II
Comedy 7:00am Top Secret 8:35am Weird Science 10:10am Liar Liar 11:40am Click 1:35pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 3:40pm The Pink Panther 5:40pm My Best Friend's Wedding 7:30pm Liar Liar Fletcher Reede didn't become a top lawyer by telling the truth.
9:00pm Click 11:00pm Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 1:10am You, Me and Dupree 3:10am Feels So Good 4:50am The Pink Panther
8:15am Zero Dark Thirty Special 8:30am LUV 10:20am Red Rock West 12:10pm Children of Men 2:10pm The Washington Snipers 3:55pm Ripley's Game 6:00pm Closed Circuit 7:50pm S.W.A.T. 10:00pm Oldboy 11:55pm A Man Apart 1:55am The Fast and the Furious 3:50am Jagged Edge Newspaper man Jack is the prime suspect when his rich wife is murdered.
5:50am Point Last Seen After her violent husband disappears with custody of their children, Rachel moves to the desert and trains as a tracker.
7:30am Snow Day 9:10am Christmas in Wonderland 10:55am Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey A look at Christopher Nolan's new sci-fi epic starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.
11:25am Holy Night! 1:05pm Love Actually 3:25pm Jingle All the Way 5:00pm Grumpy Old Men 6:50pm New Year's Eve Comedy following the adventures of a group of New Yorkers on New Year's Eve. Comedy/romance.
9:00pm Love Actually 11:20pm Jingle All the Way 1:00am Jack Frost 2:50am Home Alone 4 4:20am Christmas in Wonderland
Premiere
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6:00am Pacific Rim: Sky Movies Special 6:30am The Judge Special 7:00am Reasonable Doubt 8:40am Time Lapse 10:35am Let it Snow 12:10pm Reasonable Doubt 1:50pm Time Lapse 3:45pm Saving Santa 5:25pm Lone Survivor 7:30pm Let it Snow 9:00pm Lone Survivor 11:05pm Reasonable Doubt 12:45am Shame the Devil 2:30am Time Lapse 4:25am Let it Snow
7:30am Gunsmoke 8:30am Gunsmoke 9:30am Man in the Wilderness 11:25am Navy Bound 12:40pm The Nebraskan
Ambitious exec Stephanie is looking to renovate the ski lodge her company has just acquired, but sparks fly when she meets the previous owners' son. Sweet festive romance.
Phil Carey stars as a frontier scout trying to make peace between settlers and the Nebraska Sioux.
1:50pm Gunsmoke While Matt is on vacation, a group of gold thieves ride into Dodge with a cunning plan.
2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Fort Dobbs 5:45pm On the Beach 8:25pm Cripple Creek Government agents infiltrate a gold smuggling ring who are preying on miners.
10:00pm Eraser 12:10am John Carpenter's Vampires 2:10am Eraser
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Don't Mess with Me 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Claimed and Shamed 12:30pm Channel Patrol 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors
BBC TWO 7:00am Homes Under the Hammer 8:00am Channel Patrol 8:45am Claimed and Shamed 9:15am Holiday of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 10:00am Human Universe 11:00am Building Dream Homes 11:30am See Hear 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm A to Z of TV Gardening 2:10pm Life in the Undergrowth
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
www.euroweeklynews.com
CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Daily Brunch 12:00pm Jamie's Comfort Food 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 Come Dine with Me
WEDNESDAY TV
CH5 9:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:10am Milkshake Monkey 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 Police Interceptors 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours
SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 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 3:10pm The Great British Bake Off 4:10pm A Place to Call Home 4:55pm The Rockford Files 5:45pm Great British Railway Journeys
3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:15pm NCIS 4:10pm Crazy for Christmas
6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The Great Interior Design Challenge
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 8:55pm Turner Prize at 30
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 UEFA Champions League
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 I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:30pm ITV News and Weather
9:00pm Posh Pawn 10:00pm Liberty of London 11:00pm Confessions of a GP
9:00pm Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 10:00pm Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 11:00pm Ten Years Old and Living in Poverty
11:00pm Football's Funniest Moments
12:20am Russia's Lost Princesses 1:20am Intruders 2:05am See Hear 2:35am Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 3:35am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 5:00am Save Your Energy 5:30am Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies
12:10am On Assignment 12:50am Perspectives 1:50am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am It Was Alright in the 1970's 1:00am Music Nation 1:35am 24 Hours in A and E 2:30am Waitress 4:15am The Desert Rats 5:45am Location, Location, Location
12:00am Conned, Fleeced and Left for Broke 1:00am Dallas 1:50am True Crimes: The First 72 Hours 2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Fred and Rose: The Last Betrayal 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:25am Divine Designs 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 Road Wars
BBC THREE
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8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Gavin and Stacey 10:00pm Growing Up Poor 11:00pm Sweat the Small Stuff 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad!
8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm The Final Frontier? A Horizon Guide to the Universe 10:00pm The Killing Fields 12:15am The Heart of Country: How Nashville Became Music City USA 1:45am Country Queens at the BBC 2:45am Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled 3:45am Legends: Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
1:45pm You've Been Framed! 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm Royal Pains 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:00pm You've Been Framed and Famous! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Freshers 11:00pm You've Been Framed! 11:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:30am Celebrity Juice
9:25am Wycliffe 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:50am A Touch of Frost 1:55pm Heartbeat 2:55pm The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 4:00pm Wycliffe 5:10pm Faith in the Future 5:40pm French Fields 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Midsomer Murders 12:00am Cracker
12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:50pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 2:55pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:30pm Pawn Stars 4:55pm Magnum, P.I. 5:55pm Kojak 7:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm GT Academy 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm River Monsters 11:00pm Rambo: First Blood Part II 1:05am River Monsters
2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm My Fair Wedding 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 Chalet Girl 11:00pm The Big Bang Theory 11:30pm The Big Bang Theory 12:00am The Inbetweeners
Crime
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3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:40pm Glorious Gardens From Above 5:25pm Flog It!
Festive drama.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA 5:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show
9pm 9:00pm Waterloo Road 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Live at the Apollo
A selection of famous footie fans single out hilarious highlights from the beautiful game.
Stand-up comedy from the Hammersmith Apollo.
12am 12:05am Film 2014 12:35am New Town Killers 2:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:20am BBC News
Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.
1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Sweat the Small Stuff 2:00am Gavin and Stacey 3:00am Growing Up Poor 4:00am Snow, Sex and Suspicious Parents 5:00am This is BBC Three
Affectionate but honest portrait of Irish rockers Thin Lizzy.
4:45am This is BBC Four
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Tombstone 9:15am Fire with Fire 10:55am Kick-Ass 2 12:45pm White House Down 3:00pm Executive Decision 5:15pm The Karate Kid, Part II Impetuous karate student Daniel leaves Mr Miyagi and signs up with Terry, a new coach.
7:15pm Fire with Fire 9:00pm Kick-Ass 2 10:50pm White House Down
Comedy 7:00am Best in Show 8:40am Look Who's Talking 10:20am Big Daddy 12:00pm Ali G Indahouse 1:40pm The Internship Special 2:00pm Grown Ups 2 3:45pm Look Who's Talking 5:25pm The Dukes of Hazzard 7:20pm Big Daddy 9:00pm Ali G Indahouse 10:40pm Grown Ups 2
7:30am Locked in 8:55am The Good Doctor 10:40am Cold Comes the Night 12:15pm American Hustle 2:35pm Locked in 4:00pm Dead Again 5:50pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 7:40pm The Island 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:20am 2 Fast 2 Furious
6:05am Holy Night! 7:45am National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 9:30am The Best Man Holiday 11:40am Naughty or Nice 1:20pm Mickey's Once upon a Christmas 2:35pm Sleepless in Seattle 4:30pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 6:15pm Gremlins 8:10pm Sleepless in Seattle
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1718: British pirate Edward Teach - known as ‘Blackbeard’ is killed while battling a Royal Navy boarding party. 1859: Naturalist Charles Darwin publishes ‘On the Origin of Species’, explaining his concept of evolutionary adaption through natural selection. He established that all species of life have descended over time from a common ancestor. 1945: The Nuremburg Trials begin with 23 of Germany’s Nazi leaders accused of war crimes. Included among the accused are Herman Goring, Admiral Karl Donitz, Nazi, Martin Bormann, and Albert Speer. 1963: President John F Kennedy is assassinated as he travels in an open top vehicle in Dallas, Texas. Two days later his alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is shot dead as he leaves a Dallas police station in custody. 1971: An American airplane is hijacked by an unidentified man calling himself DB Cooper. The hijacker parachuted from the plane with around $200,000 in ransom money, and is never heard from or seen again. 1974: The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people when bombs explode in two separate pubs in central Birmingham. Six Irishmen, known as the Birmingham Six, are sent to prison for the attacks. They are acquitted 16 years later. 1975: Spanish dictator Francisco Franco died at the age of 82 after 39 years of rule. Prince Juan Carlos is sworn in as King of Spain the next day, until he hands over the reins to his son in 2014. 1997: Australian singer Michael Hutchence is found dead in a Sydney hotel room. The coroner returns a verdict that the 37year-old INXS frontman had committed suicide under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
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The team are back in their latest mission that pitches old-school style versus high-tech expertise. Barney and his team come faceto-face with Conrad Stonebanks who cofounded the Expendables with Barney. On a mission to put an end to the Expendables gang, Stonebanks locks horns with his old friend Barney, who has to recruit a new crew of younger, faster and more tech-savvy Expendables to help win his most personal battle yet. Stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Antonio Banderas. Run time 127 mins. Rated PG-13 SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Making a new start is not always the exciting thing that people imagine. When there are still old matters to be resolved, it takes the edge off the pleasure. It may be worth cooling off a new relationship until your social life is more settled. An urge to move around could be caused by your not facing a problem straight on. SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Get both business and personal plans sorted out in the coming week. Thereafter, changes to your routine may be necessary, which is disruptive. The best-laid plans can need adjustment, so don't beat yourself up over that. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Someone close has ideas about how things should be at home this Christmas. Although you wish to show an interest, and should, they may be more 'hands on' than you. Do whatever your talents allow to help because this will not be forgotten. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) The pleasure you will get from helping in the home this week should not be underestimated. What you have been thinking of as a chore turns out to be a great ball of fun. Youngsters may be involved at the weekend, so plan ahead to give them a festive surprise. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your relationships to others linked to the home environment are going well. Aim to build on that this week because the chance to make a real change to your surroundings opens up. Comfort is top of your agenda and the continuing sales give scope. Restlessness can be channelled into an energetic response when others seek help. Taking on a small charitable task makes you smile and brings satisfaction. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Your mind is as sharp as a razor this week, so woe betide anyone who tries to trick you. It's a great time to use your talents fully, particularly in regard to a business venture. It is possible that your strengths are a little
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November 22, Scarlett Johansson, 30, actress Johansson first gained critical acclaim for her role in the 2003 film Lost in Translation. She has since appeared in a number of Hollywood blockbusters and married fellow actor Ryan Reynolds in 2008. The couple divorced in 2011. November 22, Oscar Pistorius, 28, athlete Double amputee who competed in the Olympics and known by the nickname ‘Blade Runner’. He was recently convicted of culpable homicide in the death of his girlfriend, South African model Reeva Steenkamp, and is currently serving a five-year prison sentence. November 23, Miley Cyrus, 22, singer Daughter of the country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley started out on the road to fame as child television star ‘Hannah Montana’. Now one of
unrecognised so don't be afraid to try something entirely new. A strong urge to take control keeps others on their toes. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This week is mainly concerned with financial matters, and it is easy to both save and make extra money. Keep your energy levels high by making the most of chances to exercise and get out in the fresh air. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The repayment of a favour should see you with extra money in your pocket. Holding on to it is your best bet. Trying to change someone close is so obviously not going to work that it is surprising you tried for so long.
THE YEAR IN QUESTION 1. In which year: did Arsenal win the league and cup ‘double,’ Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors found dead in his bathtub in Paris and Walt Disney World open in Orlando, Florida? 2. In which year: did Betty Boothroyd become the first woman elected Speaker of the House of Commons, Boutros Boutros-Ghali replace Javier Pérez de Cuéllar as UN Secretary-General and Gladiators premiere on ITV? 3. In which year: did millionaire Steve Fossett break a world record by completing the fastest non-stop, nonrefuelled, solo flight around the world in the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, Pope John Paul II die and the first series of the UK version of The Apprentice debut on BBC Two? 4. In which year: did Richard Nixon succeed Lyndon Johnson as the 37th president of the USA, John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry on Gibraltar and Rolling Stone Brian Jones drown in his swimming pool at his home in Sussex? 5. In which year: did singer Stevie Wonder release his hit album Songs in the Key of Life, the first known outbreak of Ebola virus occur in Yambuku, Zaire and Matsushita introduce the VHS home video cassette recorder to compete with Sony’s Betamax system? 6. In which year: was Klaus Fuchs convicted of spying for the Soviet Union against both Britain and the US, the Korean War begin and Andy Pandy premiere on the BBC? 7. In which year: was Morgan Tsvangirai sworn in as the new prime minister of Zimbabwe, the death of Michael Jackson trigger an outpouring of worldwide grief and BNP leader Nick Griffin make a controversial first appearance on Question Time?
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 N) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
the biggest pop stars in the world, she has caused controversy for her provocative performances and music videos.
November 23, Sue Nicholls, 71, actress British soap opera actress Nicholls has starred in Coronation Street since 1979 as the character Audrey Roberts. Before joining the cast of the Street she starred in Crossroads from 1964 to 1968. She has won numerous British Soap Awards throughout the years. November 24, Billy Connolly, 72, comedian The former Glasgow ship welder began his comedy career in workingmen’s clubs around the Scottish city. Now one of the best known comedians in the world, he is also known for his acting roles in movies such as Mrs Brown and The Last Samurai.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) A social gathering turns up an old friend who makes an offer. Although you may feel unworthy, please be reminded of the times in the past when you have given them support. It will be through others that real progress will be made. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Keep energy levels high by being at the hub of any social activities. Accept all invitations, however dull you feel that they may turn out and allow yourself to be surprised. Continue with any checkups on your health, eating sensibly if you overindulged during the holiday. There is no better time to make that special effort.
TARGET: Average: 7 Good: 9 Very good: 13 November 25, Xabi Alonso, football player. Central midfielder who played his first game for Spain in 2003. Alonso recently left Real Madrid to join German team Bayern Munich. He was named Spanish Player of the Year in 2003 and won the World Cup with Spain in 2010. One of his neighbours growing up in the Basque country was fellow Spanish football player Mikel Arteta.
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VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As you have decided to rearrange both your business and home life, it is a busy time, indeed. You enjoy a challenge so it will not worry you that other people have different ideas. Although you are not inclined to listen to silly whims, some things crop up time and again and have to be dealt with at some point. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Concentrating on hearth and home gives you great satisfaction. As a born home-maker, you relish the idea of making something beautiful. This week it may be possible to show more of your skills when someone seeks your advice. You could end up helping with appearances.
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION agin, gain, gait, gape, gate, gean, gear, gene, gent, girn, gnat, gran, grin, grip, grit, page, pang, ping, prig, rage, rang, ring, tang, ting, trig, agent, agree, anger, aping, eager, eager, egret, gaper, genet, genie, genre, giant, grain, grant, grape, grate, great, green, greet, gripe, pager, prang, range, reign, tiger, tinge, argent, earing, eating, enrage, gainer, gaiter, garnet, genera, gratin, negate, parget, paring, pinger, rating, regain, regent, taping, teeing, triage, granite, grantee, ingrate, integer, parting, peering, prating, reagent, reaping, tangier, tearing, treeing, trepan, petering, tapering, REPEATING
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Unscramble the name of a famous London landmark (two words): OILY BLADE
Across 7 Gather there’s a bit of fire about the bishop (6) 8 Gambling club company admits a crime (6) 10 Move Peter to a better vantage point (7) 11 A lot of bloodsuckers pursue her (5) 12 Anna taught here in Asia Minor (4) 13 Stage is set for the computer entrepreneur (5) 17 Renew stew with something more novel (5) 18 Seasoning returned in megastore (4) 22 Absurd, in an elaborate way (5) 23 Close to tears, milliner greatly upset (7) 24 Gymnastic events for Spielberg, perhaps (6) 25 Holds off desert (6)
Unscramble the name of a famous football manager and former player: OR HANDCART SONG FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: OLD BAILEY, GORDON STRACHAN
Play on Words N O R T H 6 South African sheltering unknown dog (5) 9 A pesky sea battered the illegal bar (9) 14 Young animal is always allowed out (7) 15 It’s less pleasant to insert a
roundabout (7) 16 It’s the most expensive honey (7) 19 Leading to a degree (5) 20 Military trainee found hiding in Casablanca detached house (5) 21 Came with nothing but a piece of jewellery (5)
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents B and 21 represents Z, so fill in B every time the figure 1 appears and Z every time the figure 21 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 Infirmary (8) 4/6 Pass on, as by inheritance (4,4) 7 Appears (5) 9 Bend down (5) 11 Squads (5) 12 Requirements (5) 13 Serves up (6) 15 Dormant (6) 19 Clearly defined (5) 21 Preliminary races (5) 23 Divvy up (5) 24 Dreads (5) 25 Follow (4) 26 Hands over (8)
Down 1 Male spouse (7) 2 Fragrance (5) 3 Aid (6) 5 Challenges (5) 6 See 4 Across 8 Frighten (5) 10 Portion (5) 14 Remains behind (5) 16 Winter neckwear (5) 17 Commends (7) 18 Dairy product (6) 19 Brief (5) 20 Summit (4) 22 Condition (5)
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Down 1 Drug from city street, as young (7) 2 Bloke at liberty to precede privileged citizen (7) 3 Clear the surrounding ground (5) 4 Copy section about low wall (7) 5 Number on watch? (5)
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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 She, 3 Starboard, 8 Sheen, 9 Oarsmen, 10 Tan, 11 Extra, 12 Inspire, 13 Scared, 15 Basset, 19 Ascribe, 21 Caste, 23 Pea, 24 Private, 25 Dries, 26 Consensus, 27 Eon. Down: 1 Sisters, 2 Elect, 3 Santa fe, 4 Adonis, 5 Barks, 6 Armpits, 7 Dunce, 14 Auction, 16 Arcades, 17 Treason, 18 Repels, 19 Aspic, 20 Image, 22 Seize. QUICK Across: 1 Disaster, 5 Grab, 9 Servant, 10 Ranks, 11 Scare, 12 Refused, 13 Sweets, 15 Crisis, 18 Reserve, 20 Weird, 22 Tease, 23 Darkest, 24 Host, 25 Emphasis.
Across 1 Escalera mecánica (9) 8 Steel (metal) (5) 9 Second-hand (5) 11 Room (in a house) (4) 12 Cordero (4) 14 Días (4) 16 Huevos (4) 19 To bring (5) 21 Aceituna (5) 22 Resto (9) Down 2 Vapor (5)
3 Years (4) 4 Blue (4) 5 Goose (domestic) (3) 6 Biscuit (cookie) (7) 7 Monstruo (7) 10 Triste (persona) (3) 13 Abeja (3) 15 Vivo (5) 17 Tow truck (4) 18 Pronto (dentro de poco) (4) 20 Edad (de persona, animal, árbol) (3)
Down: 1 Desks, 2 Surface, 3 Share, 4 Entire, 6 Rings, 7 Besides, 8 Prefer, 13 Stretch, 14 Target, 16 Spiders, 17 Seldom, 19 Stays, 20 Worth, 21 Dates. ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Arcos, 4 Faros, 7 Ham, 8 Monsoon, 9 Slow, 10 Bailar, 14 Tatuaje, 16 Nun, 17 Pipes, 18 Oeste. Down: 1 Ashes, 2 Campo, 3 Same, 4 Fontanero, 5 Rio, 6 Son, 11 Lunes, 12 Rinse, 13 Saws, 14 Tip, 15 Tap.
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TOP 10 BIZARRE MYSTERIES A NEW video has emerged this month claiming to show the head of Nessie emerging from the icy waters of Loch Ness. Is it real or fake? That remains to be seen, but it is a mystery that has captivated the world for decades. Here’s a list of 10 more bizarre, unexplained occurrences and mysteries. 1. Cicada 3301 Every January for the last three years, a strange, cryptic online puzzle has appeared posted by someone called ‘3301’ using the symbol of a cicada. The highly-complex puzzles use elements of philosophy, literature, maths, hidden messages and data security. Physical clues have appeared in Japan, Australia, Poland and Hawaii. Nobody knows who 3301 is and many believe the almost impossible-to-solve puzzles are recruitment vehicles for the CIA and MI6.
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2. Voynich Manuscript To this day, nobody has been able to decipher this 15th century manuscript written in an unknown language and containing strange illustrations. Does it reveal ancient secrets, or is it simply a 15th century hoax?
4. Nazca Lines The massive 2,000-year-old Peruvian drawings
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Just Joking Q. What do you call a fish without an eye? A. Fsh. Q. What did the pirate say when he turned 80? A. Aye Matey. Q. What was the name of the roundest knight at King Arthur’s Round Table? A. Sir Cumference.
6. The Mary Celeste Just what happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste ship in 1872? The ship was found completely abandoned, but with a six month supply of food and water on board. The only lifeboat was missing, suggesting the entire crew abandoned ship, but nobody knows for what reason or what happened to them. 7. Rudolph Fentz In 1950, a man in Victorian dress appeared in Times Square, New York, looking baffled. A minute later, he was hit by a car. Among his possessions were 19th century money and items, and a business card with the name Rudolph Fentz. It was reported in newspapers as fact, but many people believe it was actually a made up, fictional story. However, several researchers claim to have found proof of a Rudolph Fentz who mysteriously disappeared in 1876. Time traveller or hoax? 8. The Shroud of Turin Supposedly the burial shroud of Jesus Christ and bearing the image of crucified man. No tests have explained how the image could have been imprinted on the cloth that is believed to date back to before the fourth century.
3. The ‘Wow!’ Signal In 1977, SETI picked up a signal from outer space that lasted 37 seconds. It was the strongest, clearest signal from the cosmos ever detected, but scientists have no idea what it was. Called the ‘Wow’ signal because the engineer who recorded it wrote the word ‘wow!’ on the printout of the recording.
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9. Jack the Ripper Who exactly was Jack the Ripper, the most notorious serial killer of all time? Despite numerous theories put forward, the identity of the elusive Jack still remains a mystery.
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of spiders, humans and birds among others, has the scientific community baffled as to how ancient humans managed to draw them perfectly as they can only be seen from the air. Or was it aliens, not humans?
Sudoku Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
5. Atlantis The mystery of Atlantis still holds the imagination of people across the globe. Was there really an ancient powerful civilisation called Atlantis as Plato claimed? Did it sink and if so, where is its location?
10. Crystal Skulls Thirteen strange crystal skulls have been found since 1881, but nobody knows their true origin. They might have been carved by Mayans or Aztecs, or possibly sent to Earth by aliens, but the real makers of the skulls have never been determined.
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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Average: 23 Good: 29 Very good: 42 Excellent: 52
SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION solar, shred, sheer, sheen, sheet, sheep, scorn, score, scarf, sneer, snide, heeds, corns, corny, cornet, cored, crept, credo, reins, needs, enter, eider, acorn, acorns, after, frolic, teens, teeny, inter, inert, inept, rafter, rafted, valor, valors, point, depot, depose, diner, diners, doers, doest, despot, graft, bract, toted, spent
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ATALUÑA got its vote but in the end it was a non-binding and unrecognised ballot on sovereignty and not a referendum. A total of 6,228,531 people including 16-year-olds and foreign residents - could vote. Only 2,305,290 did so and of these 80 per cent voted for independence. The pro-independence faction was jubilant and proclaimed that Cataluña has demonstrated its wishes. What about the remainder of the population? The pro-independence group clearly sees a glass that is partly full rather than nearly empty.
Made for each other CENSURE of the eight-monthold Podemos party as idealistic
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Keeping the ship afloat ESPERANZA AGUIRRE was president of the Madrid region while her second in charge Francisco Granados siphoned off commissions. She will not resign as the PP’s regional secretary general as this would look as though the ship i.e. the corruption-beleaguered PP, were sinking and she was abandoning it. Which is as good an excuse for holding onto power as any other heard this year. and unrealistic is founded. But Podemos is also what Spain’s national parties, the PP and the PSOE deserve. Their individual and collective actions in and out of power have helped to create Podemos. The swathe of Spain’s population that lives in hardship and those already mired in poverty will not take much notice of the reasons why Podemos’s promises could be
Esperanza Aguirre with Francisco Granados.
pie in the sky. They will look at the corruption that has provided politicians of all parties with cushy lives thanks to taxpayers’ money and kickbacks from the corrupt. One of the latest revelations centres on Jose Antonio Monago, now regional president of Extremadura, who charged 32 visits to the Canary Islands to expenses while a PP senator.
The journeys to see his girlfriend were also business trips, Monago insisted while admitting this was “hard to prove” and announcing that he would repay “every last cent.” Redress comes too late and those trips could be translated into lost PP votes, because whatever Podemos wins will be less on its own merits than the demerits of others.
THE UK’s intelligence agencies, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ have routinely intercepted privileged communications between lawyers and clients. These exchanges enjoy a specially protected status that many would say is ill-deserved in jihadist terrorism cases but the law is the law and extends to innocent and guilty alike. The three British agencies will doubtless continue to go their own sweet way, unlike the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon. He was tried by the Supreme court and drummed out of Spain’s justice system for authorising wire-taps of remand prisoners’ conversations with their lawyers. As an investigating judge, Garzon was disentangling the Gurtel political-financial corruption case whose ramifications have meanwhile spread as far as former ministers. Pursuing corruption is risky Spain. Garzon is the only person to have stood trial in the Gurtel in the seven years since it broke.
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Run up to 22nd October I’VE always said it’s good to have a plan of action, and now that I had a date for my mastectomy there were lots of things to organise. Keeping occupied is important. Whatever the illness or problem you have in life, I think it is essential to carry on as best you can. Put your loved ones and your wellbeing at the centre of your life and keep the negatives to the margin. Being positive will automatically boost you, both physically and emotionally. A happy person can take on the world but if you feel sad and low, all you want to do is curl up in a ball. Curling up in a ball is not an option! I prescribe a daily dose of laughter to keep your engine running. So that’s what I did; laugh and plan! Aside from making arrangements for my children, I needed to have a rethink about what I packed for the hospital stay. For the previous hospital
visit I had taken towels and nightshirts, which proved to be unnecessary as the hospital provide you with a clean towel and a crisp nightie every morning. Aside from toiletries, the most important thing is to have comfortable clothes to wear when you leave the hospital. Try and take loose fitting clothes, preferably ones that button up at the front. You have reduced mobility after surgery and have to consider clothing that will be easy to put on, and that will also accommodate drains if you leave hospital with a drain still in. You also need to consider your bra. Soft, cotton sports bras without underwiring are best. You will need to wear a bra after the operation if you have a lumpectomy to provide compression. I had already been through that process and this time I would be having a mastectomy, so would need to be fitted with a mastectomy bra and prosthesis post-op. Both of which I got free from an orthopaedic shop five minutes after leaving hospital, armed with my hospital prescription. A fantastic service, easy and quick. I went in lopsided and came out with two boobs again! A massive pat on the back for the Spanish National Health System.
In between operations, I was called for my first physiotherapy session. It turned out that I would have to have rehabilitation after my cancer treatment but they checked my movement and gave me a series of exercises to prevent lymphedema, the swelling of tissues that I talked about in previous blogs, and to ensure that I would recover mobility in my right arm. I went home and did the exercises and found them pretty easy. At first your arm will feel like the strings of a guitar, taught and unforgiving. Bit by bit you will be able to raise your arm and return to near normality. The things you used to take for granted, like getting dressed or reaching up for something, become easier. The operation day loomed and I went into hospital the evening before. It took all of five minutes to register me and take me up to my hospital room. Who would I be sharing with this time, I wondered? I was accompanied by my lovely friend Bob. I felt quite at home as this was my second time at the Hospital Comarcal in Vélez-Málaga in a month! My roommate was a German lady called Erika and she was to be the third patient having their gallbladder removed that I
had shared with. Ok, this was familiar territory… what was not familiar territory was her husband who was one of the world’s most impressive snorers! This, I would find out the first night! To be fair to him, he did warn me that I would need to get a head start and get to sleep before him! I thought it a little strange that he made up his bed on the floor, but I was later to realise that this meant he was in bashing distance of his wife’s fan! (It was October but very hot and the air conditioning had been turned off.) I had my drip put in by a lovely nurse who recognised me from the last time - “You, here again, couldn’t stay away!” I replied, “Yes me again! I liked my first stay so much I just had to come back.” We smiled at each other. They made me comfortable and brought me dinner. The next nurse on the shift took one look at me and said, “You better give this lady a three-course meal or she’ll never make it through the 40 hours nil by mouth!” What a memory she had! Last time I was absolutely famished after the previous operation and on the point of sneaking off to the hospital café for an illicit bocadillo! So three courses it was! A cup of tea and then time for bed. Well, I didn’t get much sleep in between the snorer
and his wife unceremoniously bashing him on the head with her fan, requesting his silence! They were a lovely couple but I was relieved that he would not be staying overnight again! Eight in the morning and I was showered and ready for action. Into the operating theatre I went and was out in no time. I felt a little groggy but was up and about a few hours after the op, managed to go to the loo on my own and even have a little stroll around. I was so surprised that the mastectomy did not hurt. Perhaps the pain would kick in tomorrow? It didn’t, much to my surprise, and I was mobile and able to shower. Then I got my first look at the results of the op. Not bad really. I didn’t feel depressed about it - more relief that something so dangerous had been removed. I imagine everyone will have different feelings about having a breast removed but I had mentally removed it before the op, so the physical reality was easier to deal with. A few more days in hospital and then the drain came out and I was given the all clear to go home. Lovely Conchi came to pick me up and take me home. Time to rest and await the results of the operation and the next step!
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More beer drinkers choose alcohol-free MOLE WATCH: App can identify changes, but shouldn’t replace proper check-up.
New app monitors moles A NEW mobile app is said to detect skin cancer with up to 90 per cent accuracy.
Called SkinVision, it is able to monitor moles and identify signs of skin cancer,
The Botox boob job A NEW treatment promises to boost your cup size without going under the knife. The ‘Botox boob job’ involves having Botox injected in to the pectoral muscles which forces the shoulder and chest muscles to take the strain leaving breasts looking higher and up to a cup size larger. One surgeon from London’s Harley Street said the new look can last up to six months.
and is said to be the most scientifically accurate to date. It uses an algorithm that was developed over two years, which works from 4,000 images from 500 live dermatological evaluations for users to compare their moles and keep track of any changes. The makers of the app stress it doesn’t offer a full diagnosis and shouldn’t replace medical advice, but it can identify skin lesions as high risk.
WITH many health professionals warning that too much booze can be bad for you, it seems Spain’s beer drinkers have taken the advice to heart. The nation leads the way in Europe when it comes to drinking non-alcoholic beer (NAB), with a perhaps surprising 60 per cent of Spanish buyers having bought the alcohol-free version at some time during 2013. That figure rose to 69 per
cent of consumers aged between 45 and 54, according to a survey by marketing trends analysts Mintel, which looked at six key European markets. And it is not only in Spain where Mintel’s research highlights demand. Whilst German consumers are forecast to buy 5.9 billion litres of all types of beer in 2014, half (47 per cent) of consumers purchased nonalcoholic beer at least once in 2013.
Furthermore, the demand is strong throughout Europe as one in three (29 per cent) Italian consumers, a quarter (26 per cent) of Poles, and 18 per cent of French consumers bought NAB in 2013. In addition, despite having the notorious ‘lager lout’ status, one in seven (14 per cent) British beerbuyers purchased nonalcoholic beer in 2013, Turn to page 70
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From page 69 rising to a quarter (26 per cent) of 18 to 34-yearolds, among what is clearly a much more sensible generation. However, despite the clearly strong consumer demand, new non-alcoholic beers have accounted for just 3 per cent of all global beer launch activity so far in 2014, less than the 4 per cent in 2011 and significantly less than the 10 per cent in 1999. Jonny Forsyth, Global Drinks Analyst at Mintel, said: “Non-alcoholic beer has huge, long-term sales potential, both in Muslim-dominated regions and health-conscious but beer-loving Western markets. “This is an area of innovation which all major brewers should be focusing on – consumers want reassurance of product quality, something trusted brands can provide.” Furthermore, Mintel’s research shows that the popularity of non-alcoholic beer is strong amongst older consumers and women. Indeed, 63 per cent of Spanish and 50 per cent of German female beer buyers have bought NAB in the past six months, compared to 57 per cent and 46 per cent of male beer buyers respectively. “Analysis of NAB drinkers by age in both Spain and Germany, tells a similar and positive story for brewers attempting to reverse flat sales in Western markets,” said Forsyth.
SPAIN carried out 5,000 IVF treatments each month, 60,000 a year, which represents 10 per cent of all treatments carried out in Europe, after France, Germany and Italy. The figures were revealed at the Sixth International Symposium on Assisted Repro-duction in Madrid. The conference brought together more than 1,000 experts to address the technical and clinical advances in the field, the role of immunological factors in achieving pregnancy and ethical and legal aspects of the developing technology. According to the organisation, the number of fertility treatments in Europe has increased in recent years, growing at a rate of between 5 and 10
IVF TREATMENTS: Experts report a growing demand. per cent each year. Experts say this is, in part, due to a higher demand from women without a male partner,
more women wanting children later in life and the ease of access to IVF treatments. It is estimated that in the
last three decades, there have been more than five million children around the world born as a result of IVF treatments.
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UNFORTUNATELY, over the past 20 years, less and less attractive and beneficial wildlife has been found in the average garden. The important losses include birds, mammals, reptiles that live on unwanted insects, and beneficial microorganisms in the soil. The causes range from the felling of trees, the expansion in the number and size of urbanisations, the use of agricultural and garden chemicals, forest fires and heathland fires, wind farms, the concreting over or use of large areas of gravel over plastic, the lowering of water tables, an increase of abandoned cats and the increase in the number of pet dogs who love chasing things. But the departure is not totally irreversible. There are several practical and inexpensive things that the
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gardener can do to provide safe havens for birds, beneficial insects, small mammals and reptiles. Our gardens will be richer as a result of such actions. HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN FARE TODAY? 1. Do you have a thick hedge in which birds can shelter and nest? 2. Are leaves left to rot under the hedges to attract worms and insects to be found by foraging birds? 3. How many mature/ maturing trees do you have in which birds can perch and shelter? 4. Have you fixed up nesting boxes on the
BIRD BATH: A spot for birds to wash and drink. upper trunks of the trees? 5. Have you left holes in old or new walls that might attract a nesting hoopoe? 6. Do you have a bird bath in which birds can wash and drink? 7. Do you have a pond to which birds and dragon flies are attracted to drink and where frogs have become resident? 8. Is there at least a small area of the garden left wild to attract birds
looking for insects, butterflies wanting to lay eggs on the stalks of grasses and perhaps a nesting hedgehog? 9. Are there patches of lantanas, lavender, thyme and rosemary to attract feeding butterflies? 10. Are there deepthroated, perfumed flowers such as the exotic flowered devil’s tongue, caesalpinia gilliesii, and the waxy flowered stephanotis
that attract the interesting humming bird hawk moth? 11. Is there a length of dry stone wall with holes in which lizards and toads can hide? 12. Are there bunches of herbs or hanging plants in the naya or covered terrace that give shelter for geckoes? 13. Do you have a bat box under the eves? 14. Are there thickly growing, climbing plants on walls that can offer shelter to birds, insects and butterfly chrysalises? 15. Do you put coconuts, nuts or seeds out to attract birds and in a few lucky situations red squirrels? 16. Have you banned chemical warfare using manufactured, inorganic insecticides, fungicides weed killers and fertilizers
in favour of more environmentally friendly, organic solutions in the flower, fruit and vegetable areas of the garden? 17. Have you one or more active compost heaps to recycle green kitchen and garden waste to produce microorganism and worm-rich compost? Blackbirds in particular love to scavenge around the bottom of the heaps. 18. Have you stopped burning bonfires that can asphyxiate insects and deter birds? 19. Do you grow a few sunflowers to attract seed eating birds? 20. Do you leave a pile of rotting logs and leaves in a corner to attract insects for birds and possibly a hedgehog or toad? How does your garden fare? To how many questions can you say yes? Congratulations if to almost all. If you score very low, do consider making a few changes over the coming months. Wildlife is an essential and interesting feature of a complete and balanced garden.
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CONTINUING my series with Celia Haddon on cat aggression I look at Predatory Agression. Sometimes a cat is bored and attacking humans becomes a substitute for hunting mice. The instinct to hunt is so strong that they will even leave a delicious meal in order to pounce on a rat. Pouncing, say on feet, with the owner’s shriek, is exciting and fulfils its natural instinct. Sometimes kittens have been encouraged to pounce on toes and feet, so that cat is, so to speak, trained to behave in this way. Install a cat flap, or even a cat ladder, so the cat can do some proper mousing. If you can’t do this, you MUST give the cat more to do. Lots of games with fishing rod toys will help. Carnivores are hard-wired to hunt. If better arrangements for the cat make no difference, try distracting the cat by throwing a toy, a wine cork, or something similar away from yourself, so that the cat locks on to a
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different moving target. It is also possible to use sound as a discourager. Ring a small bell each time you start vacuuming (if your cat, like most cats, loathes the hoover). The idea is to link the bell with the unpleasant noise of the vacuum in the cat’s mind. Then use the bell when you see the cat about to pounce. The aim is to deter the cat from pouncing, without the cat feeling that you yourself are frightening. It is essential you
don’t run away, make rapid movements, flinch or shriek. These reactions just make the hunting more fun for the cat! Keep hands still. Cats are turned on by moving targets and high pitched sounds. Wear wellies or, if the cat pounces or scratches higher up the leg, wear leather chaps or fishing trousers. Spray the wellies or chaps with a deterrent spray used to keep cats off gardens just in case this helps. Other possibilities, arrange a timed feeder so the cat is feeding at times it might be pouncing, or simply shut the cat in a different room at times/places when you know it pounces. Do not let it in the bedroom where it can pounce on your face. ENTERTAINMENT: Give your cat more to do.
Leila’s Milo, a shy Bengal kitten By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch SOME cats find it difficult to make new friends or even accept newcomers. Feeling uncomfortable they adopt bizarre behaviour. Leila has four Bengal cats, a mother and three kittens. She finds even when friends come to visit at their home the kittens
disappear and act strangely. Recently Leila hosted a dinner party, and the smallest of the kittens, Milo, simply disappeared outside and stopped eating for four days. He was finally tempted back to his food bowl when he could see the coast was definitely clear. Leila had booked a holiday some months before the kittens
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LAS BOAS DE IBIZA: Described as a ‘wonder.’ architect Jean Nouvel distils Ibiza’s playful atmosphere into the design of his colourful
Boas development. Visiting revellers can enjoy indoor/outdoor living in a well-appointed,
two-bedroom, one-bath apartment and partake in the complex’s amenities, including a massive swimming pool, a hot tub, a gym and a children’s play area.” To stay in an apartment at the Las Boas development will set you back €199 per night through Airbnb. The apartment renting website - which is used primarily by holidaymakers - was set up in 2008 and has more than 800,000 listings in 34,000 cities in 190 countries.
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Spaniards - being a superstitious bunch in general - say prayers and cross their fingers in the hope of hitting the jackpot. Certain numbers play a big part in what tickets many Spaniards will buy, and 2014 has thrown up a few more permutations to go along with the traditional choices. According to the lottery administration, the crowning date of Felipe VI is a popular number this year (19614), as is the abdication date of Juan Carlos I (02614).
Other popular ticket numbers that rank among the best-sellers are the date of Michael Jackson’s death (25709) and the date the Spanish football team won the World Cup (11710). Last year’s most popular number was the election of Pope Francis (13313) even though the ticket number contained two number ‘13’s. Throughout Spain the draw is hugely popular, but more so in some regions that in others. The inhabitants of the province of Soria in Castilla and Leon are the most avid ticket buyers with
each person spending an average €235.74 on the Christmas lottery compared to a national average of €61.56. Next on the big spenders list are Lleida and Burgos where residents spend €137.98 and €120.69 respectively on tickets. The people in Huelva, Andalucia, spend the least with a figure of €24.52 a head, and those in neighbouring Cadiz spend €29.71 each. In Alicante the figure is €65.86 and
Valencia €72.94. In Murcia they spend an average €61.72 each. By region Madrid leads the way in the total spent with Madrileños handing over €484 million for tickets followed by Cataluña with €433.43 million then Andalucia with €364.66 million. The lottery will pay out €2.24 billion in prizes if all tickets are sold. In any case the winnings paid out equate to 70 per cent of ticket sales. Top prize is usually €4 million for each series (or €400,000 for each
tenth or decimo). The numbers of series sold can vary, with last year there being 160 series, each with a €4 million top prize. Lottery outlets often only sell tickets for one or two numbers, so the winners of the largest prizes tend to live in the same town or area. In 2011, El Gordo was sold entirely in Grañen, Huesca, a town with about 2,000 people and in 2010, €414 million from the first prize were sold in Barcelona. Tickets are already on sale for this year’s draw, and talk of winning the ‘Big One’ is already gathering pace. The old saying goes that “if you’re not in it, you can’t win it,” so why not get a ticket this year and join in the optimistic daydreaming of a nation counting down to the biggest lottery in the world.
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ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac. There is usually something there for everyone —- but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! During July and August the shop will only be open Wednesday to Saturday from 09.30 until 13.00. We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) THE SPIRITUALIST CHURCH OF QUESADA, meets at new premises, Hamiltons Bakehouse, Calle Vicente 62, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar. Sunday Service at 11.30am. A Tuesday evening of Mediumship at 7.30pm and every Thursday there is an opportunity to develop your skills at the Open Circle at 7.30pm. Spiritual Healing is available Sunday and Tuesday. Contact Wendy on 965 323 028. (95454)
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THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Gran Alacant & La Marina Branch meets 1st Monday of every month (except July and August) at Bar Sioux , Avda Escandinavia GA at 7pm for 7.30pm prompt. For further info contact Brian, Branch Secretary on 639 917 971 / email secretarybr3606@gmail.com (95474) CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc, and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 e-mail aecc_campello@hotmail.com (95475) International Christian Assembly Calle Pilar de Horadada 5, Torrevieja Evangelical non-denominational Sunday services 11am Children’s church 11am House groups in Torrevieja, Los Balcones, San Javier Ladies meeting Thursdays 11am. Pastor, Rafael Restrepo All nationalities welcome 966 799 273 / 660 127 276. (95476)
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SPAMA GANDIA SHELTER. Dog and cat rescue registered charity, La Safor area. 500 animals awaiting re-homing. Shelter open 7 days a week 12noon - 2.00pm & 3.30pm 7.00pm. (Spanish speaking staff) or phone Gail 962 896 118. Visit our website for directions. www.spama.org and view our new blog at www.spama-safor.blog.com.es PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM (95707) P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog, or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepaspain.com EURO WEEKLY NEWS CLASSIFAX AGENT (95708) GATAMI ORGANISATION, to help kittens and cats, looking for good homes, also spaying wild cats in the community. Kittens require adoption, fully vaccinated, de-wormed, defleed. We also need volunteers to help Car boot sale in Polop on Sundays Tel Anna: 966 806 976 / 654 729 977 (95709)
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COUNTRY HOUSE. San Javier. Semi detached villa. Garden and private courtyard. Near shops and beach. €450 pcm + bills. Tel 659 615 240 (226824)
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SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanishmoves.net. Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 (223645)
IMMACULATE PARK HOME at Camping Florantilles. Views of salt lakes and mountains, ready to move in, sleeps 6. Offers around €27,950. Phone 634 321 449 (226838)
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TR7, Renault Rodas and a ‘Canadian’ GM Envoy. As clients enter the forecourt they are welcomed with the sight of a classic tractor that Keith has restored. Anything and everything is for sale! Keith is proud of his achievements and successes through the ‘hard times’ with so many other companies ceasing to trade, whereas Cars R Us has grown from strength to strength. He has a large amount of regular clients and that is only due to his professionalism, dedica-
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Back to the future bikes SWEDISH bike maker Husqvarna made its reputation with lightweight, single-cylinder models which proved wildly popular in post war Europe. Husqvarna had tested
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SIMPLICITY: Compact with cutting edge performance levels. it is now interpreted in a very modern way, utilising the latest design, cutting edge technology, sophisticated construction processes and materials. The result is a pair of motorcycles that pay homage to the original concept, but with performance levels those pioneering Husqvarna designers, almost a century ago, could only have dreamt of. The new Husqvarna 401 concept bike is compact and agile - expertly crafted to deliver minimalist styling with exceptional performance - reduced to the bare essence of what a motorcycle should be. The Husqvarna 401 Vitpilen (Swedish for White Arrow) draws on the DNA
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Successful weekend for Torrevieja swimmers
CAPTAIN: Costa Knights’ Peter Ward.
Petanca season progresses
THE newest petanca league on the Orihuela Costa (Sunshine Radio International Petanca League) is now well into the playing season. Four league games have now been played with Rocajuna Mixtas leading the 1A division ahead of Pumas and XPS. Guardamar are winning the 1b Division, followed by Rocajuna Lions and McCoys in third. The Sunshine League is also running various competitions within the season and the first and second leg of the cup have now taken place. Teams through to next round are: XPS, Pumas, Rocajuna Mixtas, Costa Knights, Guardamar, Rocajuna Lions, Brisas.
CLUB Natacion Torrevieja had a busy weekend with two events - the first, a full day, in the Municipal Pool Elda on Saturday, and a second trophy competition in the Monte Tossal Pool, Alicante on Sunday. On Saturday Elian Del Rio Castillo reduced his 100 metre freestyle time by two seconds and Yuriy Lymar improved his best by a second in the 50 metre freestyle. Nikita Mikhaylov had a good swim in his 100 metre freestyle as did Louise Brassington. Zoe Connolly knocked another second off her 100 metre backstroke time, and in her 400 metre freestyle she reduced her personal best by four seconds. On Sunday the club competed in the XV Trophy Diputacion de Natacion. Ages ranged from eight years to 14 years and races covered all four strokes. Torrevieja swimmers had some good personal results and two of the club’s girls won trophies in the event which attracted 360 swimmers. Georgy Murskiy and brother Konstantin had
Club Natacion Torrevieja. some good swims with Nicholas and Nikita earning some new personal bests. For the girls, Alexandra Amat, Vicky Pigneur, Vilja Therese Bilstad, Zoe and Amy Connolly all had good swims. Amy and Vilja raced side by side in the 100 metre freestyle event and both knocked
four seconds off their previous best times. Vilja also knocked 10 seconds off her 100 metre backstroke time. The trophy winners of the day were Vicky and Zoe who both came third in the 100 metre backstroke and 100 metre butterfly respectively. More information:
Injuries don’t stop Monte EVEN before kick-off against Benejuzar Monte had their subs reduced as keeper Cesar was injured in the warm up and replacement stopper Lopez was called in. Early possession went to Monte with slick passing and, for a change noted by the home support of 255, playing the ball on the ground. This was great to see as Monte’s injury-depleted squad, missing four key players, created numerous chances with Macan, Marcos and
M+A all testing the away keeper. In the 40th minute they got their deserved reward when a text book, one-touch move involving Fernando, Marcos and Orourker allowed Dimitry to send in a glorious cross for Macan to tap in and it was 1-0. The second half started with good moves by Monte going unrewarded. When Dario was replaced by Sito and Macan by Ruben, Monte seemed to lose their shape. Minutes later Benejuzar
created a carbon copy of Monte’s goal to equalise on 75 minutes, which set up a grand-standing last quarter of an hour of the game. Monte continued to pressure although they still looked vulnerable in defence, then on 83 minutes after Dimitry shot wide, Dani was subbed for Yonhi and his cross was headed in by M+A to make it 2-1.
More information: www.cdmontesinos.com or email thefullmonte2011@hotmail.com
Rosa on 665 454 126, President Felipe on 609 418 776 or Vicki 669 637 015 or by email on info@clubnatacion torrevieja.com.
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First local derby From back page by Pablo, who came to the rescue again a few minutes later when he raced out of goal to make a further good clearance. Mazarron began to take control and had three or four good chances, most falling to leading scorer Tolo, although Camposol did have one chance of their own. However, two minutes before half time Cecilio opened his account for the season when he headed Mazarron into the lead. In the second half Tolo was soon into action again and in the 60th minute he saw a long-range shot go narrowly over the bar. In the 80th minute Mazarron’s Manu was shown a straight red card and the game started to get a little out of hand with a number of bookings. The teams were evened up in the 83rd minute when former Mazarron striker Boudia was sent off for Sporting Camposol.
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A watery grave LA SERENA: Golfers face the Watery Grave. CLUB de Golf El Paraiso’s second competition was held on the course known as the ‘Watery Grave’ for golf balls, La Serena. The recipient of the prize in Category two was Harry Conrad who took top spot with 32 points, pushing V Garcia into second place on the lower handicap system. Third place went to S Soneson with 30 points.
Category one was won by Norbert Spaniol (35). In second was Les Cox and way back in third with 30 points was Steve Higgins. El Paraiso’s next outing is at Alenda on Sunday December 7 and Roda follows the following week. For more information: www.clubdegolfelparaiso.com or call the caddie master on 661 524 101.
First local derby MAZARRON came out on top 0-1 over Sporting Camposol in the first ever derby between the two local teams. The game started quite slowly but Mazarron had the first chance when Mateo found Alfonso, who shot wide. Mazarron’s keeper Carrasco was then injured following a corner from Sporting Camposol. He played on for a further 10 minutes but finally had to be replaced in goal by Pablo, a juvenile. In the 20th minute Sporting Camposol had a free kick which was deflected for a corner followed by a good save Turn to page 95