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Third victim of abuse A WOMAN in Valencia has become the third person to die at the hands of her partner in Spain this week. The woman’s partner shot her before killing himself in the Paterna home they shared with their two children.
Snow patrol THREE HUNDRED tonnes of salt is being prepared to deal with heavy snowfall this winter across the Valencia Region, which will be distributed when forecast alerts are activated.
High fliers MORE than €40,000 is to be given to the universities of Alicante and Elche for high performance programmes aimed at college students who demonstrate superior skills.
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New consul takes her seat ALICANTE welcomed a new British Consul this week, with the appointment of SarahJane Morris. Mrs Morris is pictured with outgoing consul Paul Rodwell, who moves to a new role within the Foreign Office. She will be responsible for one of the busiest British Consulates in the world, with the Alicante office supporting more than two million visitors to the region each year, as well as a large expat community of more than 165,000. Every year, the team handles around 2,500
consular customers, from victims of crime to individuals in distress. Mrs Morris will manage Alicante in addition to the Consulate-General in
Madrid, where she has served as Consul for Central and Northern Spain for the last two years. “I am proud to have the
opportunity to oversee the excellent work of the Alicante team, so ably led by Vice-Consul Lloyd Milen,” said Mrs Morris. “And I am looking
Expats promise Christmas cheer for Children of Emaus THE Costa Blanca España Harley Davidson Biker Group will be staging their Toy Run Christmas Party for the Children of Emaus on December 21. The annual event is the highlight of the festive calendar for the children and bikers alike. This year will be even more memorable thanks
to the generosity of Dee Conway from Orba, who has donated 100 Cadbury’s Christmas selection boxes. Dee said: “When I heard about the fantastic work that the biker group does for the children, I just wanted to do something practical to help
them put an even bigger smile on the faces of these deserving youngsters at this special time of year.” Dee handed over the selection boxes to Peter Emmett, fundraising co-ordinator for the Costa Blanca España Biker Group.
forward to seeing what more can be done to improve yet further the service offered to British nationals.” Her job will be to focus on strategic issues, including new ways of preventing and tackling the most common problems that face British people abroad. The local teams at the Consulate – led by experienced vice-consuls – will continue to head the frontline delivery of consular assistance to Britons in distress.
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WHERE’S EVE? Benissa Mayor Juan Bautista Rosello and officials at the site.
It’s all about Eve in Benissa Stone Age
BENISSA has its own ‘Eve’. Just a few centimetres tall, she is outlined in a Stone Age shelter in Pinos and was painted 6,000 years ago. She is depicted standing with her hands on her hips in what archaeologists believe is probably one of the first depictions of a female figure
in the Valencia Region. The Pinos site contains some of the most important examples of prehistoric art in Alicante Province. Now more paintings have been found during restoration work. Some are geometric motifs but there are human figures, too, and ‘Eva Pinera’ is clearly no longer alone.
Drawn in the stylised outlines typical of Levante rock art, the discoveries show a larger person followed by four smaller figures. “They give the impression that they are hand-in-hand,” said Ruben Vidal, the archaeologist in charge of restoration at the site.
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Rain damage RECENT rain swamped Calpe’s central Avenida Gabriel Miro. Water accumulated at the bottom of the street, lifting cobbles when drains failed to cope with the downpour.
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THE origin of the September fire which devoured 444 hectares of the Montgo national park remains a mystery. Investigators from the Guardia Civil’s Seprona environment protection unit and the regional government are stumped, admitted Fire and Emergencies Director General, Irene Rodriguez.
“The causes are unknown,” Rodriguez said during a recent meeting of the park’s board of governors. Seprona and investigators from the regional environment department scoured Cami de la Serpeta in La Plana where the fire began for several days and interviewed residents. No evidence of negligence or arson
was found, although householders complained that they were being blamed for the fire. Members of the board of governors revealed that Montgo residents in both Javea and Denia claimed the fire was inevitable, given the tinder-dry drought conditions and accumulation of uncleared undergrowth.
Dogs helped IMPROVEMENTS at La Nucia dogs’ home are now complete. The town hall spent €15,000 on painting throughout, repairing pens and installing awnings to provide shade and shelter for the animals.
Light scam POLICE and Iberdrola staff continued tracking down illegal electricity hook-ups in EldaPetrel. A further 41 properties including a factory were found to be bypassing meters, bringing the total to 127. N-332 request ALICANTE MP Herick Campos asked the national government to allocate €900,000 for improvements to the N-332 between Campello and Villajosa. It has notorious accident black spots, he said.
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BENIDORM’S 22 cycle-share stations now have 150 new three-speed bicycles costing €300 each. Concessionary company Impursa has also repaired existing bicycles, bringing the town’s total up to more than 250.
Mains chance WHILE ditches are dug for natural gas mains in Javea’s Freginal area, the municipal water company Amjasa will use the opportunity to renew old water pipes, the town hall has said.
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Caravan fire A MOTORHOME parked near Denia’s courthouse was destroyed by fire while its German owners were absent. Firemen quickly extinguished the blaze but police are investigating whether arson was involved. Early spa ALICANTE’S provincial government has backed Aigues’s request to designate the Balneario an Asset of Local Relevance. Archaeologists suspect the abandoned 19th century spa was built on the site of Roman baths.
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No grapes gripe RESIDENTS of Villajoyosa’s old town fear they will miss the televised 12 strokes of midnight on New Year’s Eve. The town hall has not updated its repeater to the new digital format, they complained.
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BENISSA has created five fenced dog parks where they can run free. Owners will be asked to ensure that the town’s streets and pavements are free of their pets’ ‘calling cards’.
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SPECTACULAR VIEW: Granada’s Alhambra Palace at dusk.
Google ‘Street View’ of historic sites
ALTEA Town Hall is offering 20 unemployed residents free English lessons to help them find jobs. The 80-hour course will run from January 15 until June.
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TURRON makers expect sales of Spain’s favourite Christmas confectionery to reach €175 million this year, a rise of between 3 and 5 per cent compared with last year’s €160 million turnover.
VER wanted to see the outstanding Moorish architecture of Granada’s Alhambra Palace, the Gaudi-designed La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Galicia’s ancient Roman Tower of Hercules lighthouse or the famous Las Medulas in Leon? Now – thanks to Google’s ‘Street View’ service – you can visit 50 of Spain’s most iconic, important, historical and architectural wonders, all from the comfort of your own home. Normally reserved for, literally, viewing streets on your computer, Google’s Street View has taken to some of Spain’s most beautiful sites – several of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites – in order to give armchair travellers a taste of the real thing and the chance
Quote of the Week I wouldn’t want you to think I am lazy,’ said Spanish artist Antonio Lopez ahead of the official unveiling of his portrait of King Juan Carlos I and his family, 20 years after he accepted the commission for the painting from Spain’s National Heritage agency.
to forward-plan any site visits they might like to make when in Spain. According to Spanish daily 20 Minutos, the images were captured using a 360-degree camera on top of a backpack, meaning the camera operator could capture images inside buildings which are only accessible on foot. The traditional Street View method records images from a camera affixed to a car rooftop. UNESCO product manager for special collections, Magdalena Flak, said the sites were chosen due to their importance to Spain. “We wanted to work in these areas because they are searched for not only by Spaniards, but also on an international level,” she said.
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is the amount of times that Vladimir Putin allegedly snuck into Spain illegally during the 1990s in order to visit Russian oligarchs living in the south of the country, according to a new book about the Russian Prime Minister.
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Give and take AUTUMN storms left tons of seaweed on Marina Alta beaches but washed away sand used to regenerate Denia’s Blay Beach and Les Marines last summer.
And finally... A WOMEN’S theatre group in Madrid is selling pornographic magazines as a way of getting around a sales tax hike. Instead of theatre tickets, which have a sales tax of 21 per cent, they are selling old porn magazines for €16 that come with a free theatre ticket. Magazines only have a sales tax of 4 per cent.
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Hunt is on for suspected British killer in Spain A HUNT for a man wanted for questioning over the torture and murder of a
Briton in Spain has been launched. The UK’s National Crime Agency is appealing to the public to help find Paul John Scott, aged 32, from Liverpool, who is also wanted for questioning in connection with a plot to import 40 tons of cocaine from South America hidden inside tins of fish and wooden pallets. The Guardia Civil in Spain want to talk to Scott about the murder of Francis Brennan in Alicante earlier this year. The body of Brennan was found taped up in a bin bag washed up on an Alicante beach in April. He had a head injury and numerous other wounds that appeared to be caused by a knife and gunshots, said Guardia Civil.
The 25-year-old had been kidnapped by men wearing Spanish police uniforms in January. Brennan, from Liverpool, UK, had been on the run after leaving Britain before sentencing for a crime of wounding. Scott is believed to be in Europe and has links to Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. If you have information on the whereabouts of
PAUL JOHN SCOTT: Is believed to be in Europe. Scott police are asking you to contact the NCA or Crimestoppers anonymously. Anyone in Spain with information can call a special freephone number - 900 555 111 - which will be answered in the UK by Crimestoppers’ call agents. A translation service is available upon request.
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King’s gift ban a sign of his intent
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HE decision by King Felipe VI to forbid members of the royal family from accepting expensive gifts and favours has to be applauded. In an effort to clean up the royal household’s image, the king has decided it would not be fitting that the family be seen to receive the kind of gifts that “could jeopardise the dignity of their institutional tasks.” In other words, the king has quite rightly decided that his household should not be presented with free bling while almost a quarter of the country is out of work and a multitude of politicians and top officials are either in prison or under investigation for corruption. This magnanimous gesture paints the royal family in a more down-toearth light and makes the ordinary Spanish citizen feel more like a
contemporary and less like a ‘subject.’ During his inaugural speech, King Felipe VI said that “the crown must constantly earn citizens’ appreciation, respect and trust. Today, more than ever, citizens are rightly demanding that public officials lead by example.” His gift ban is a perfect way of showing that he is in tune with public sentiment. After all, most people balk at the idea that the very people who can afford to pay for these expensive gifts are the ones who get them for free. Much like the way Prince William and Prince Harry have helped give the British royal family a more ‘normal’ veneer, King Felipe VI is already showing that after just a few months in charge, he is anxious to close the gap between royal and citizen.
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Ruined windmill rebuilt
ON SITE: Victoriano Sanchez-Barcaiztegui and Ana Kringe, flanked by concessionary representatives at the site of the new promenade.
Promenade starts to take shape
THE first 350-metre section of Denia’s new promenade should be completed by January. Work, which began last October, focuses on promoting the area closest to the sea while prioritising pedestrians and cyclists. Existing accessibility problems where pedestrian and traffic areas are insufficiently defined will be rectified and the entire port zone will regain a uniform image, said Denia Mayor, Ana Kringe. The project does not include new designs or building materials, she explained, but it will be in harmony with what already exists. Native shrubs and trees will line the 760-metre-long Paseo to provide areas of shade. The entire €1.25-million cost is being met by Marina El Portet Denia and Varadero Port Denia, the two concessionary companies respectively responsible for the El Portet Marina and the
moorings for large vessels. “Denia will have a sea-front in keeping with its category,” promised Victoriano SanchezBarcaiztegui, a senior official from the regional government’s Infrastructure, Territory and Environment department.
JAVEA’S windmills are gradually being restored. The latest to be repaired, practically ruined after collapsing during a storm, was rebuilt using the original stones. The €27,776 cost was met by the regional government, explained Javea’s Heritage Councillor, Antonio Miragall. Workmen also located the original millstone that had been buried when the mill fell into disuse at the beginning of the 20th century. This was common practice, Miragall explained, as the stones were too heavy to be moved. Restoration is due to start soon on another of the mills under the town hall’s employment plan, the councillor said.
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Traders fear being fenced in ILL-FEELING between residents of Benidorm’s Rincon Español and business-owners in the area continues to grow. The three-sided apartment complex encloses a private plaza
directly accessed from Calle Ruzafa, one of Benidorm’s busiest streets. For many years the Rincon Español community of residents allowed bars and restaurants to use the
Holiday AVEs to Andalucia RAIL operator Renfe will run high-speed AVEs between Alicante and Sevilla on nine days over Christmas. It also provided this straight-through highspeed train service last August and over the ‘Pilar’ long weekend in October. The train leaves Alicante at 4pm, arriving in Sevilla at 8.42pm after stopping at Villena, Albacete, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Puertollano and Cordoba. Passengers will be able to change in Cordoba and continue to Malaga, while those who continue to Sevilla will have the option of connecting with another train which carries on to Cadiz.
plaza, charging €15 a month for each table. The agreement came to an end in July 2013 because they did not respect business hours, the community claimed. Benidorm Town Hall has now granted permission for the plaza to be fenced off, with outside bar and restaurant tables limited to the three-metre-wide arcade directly in front of locales. Owners who have already warned that the enclosure threatens the survival of both businesses and jobs now claim that it also is a health and safety risk. “Rapid evacuation is not guaranteed in a fire or emergency,” their legal representatives claimed.
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Regime is relaxed for killer Breton JOSE BRETON, convicted of murdering his son and daughter, is serving a 40year sentence in Villena Prison. A judge recently granted Breton’s request to be declassified as a first-degree
prisoner. These are considered to be “extremely dangerous” or “manifestly unadapted to prison life” and do not qualify for family visits, phone privileges or sports and recreational activities.
High ITV costs FOR years, Valencian Community drivers paid more for ITV vehicle inspections than anywhere else in Spain. The concessionary garages which carried out the Spanish MOT earned more money “than can be considered reasonable or ordinary in a regulated service like this,” the regional government pronounced in 2011. The concessionaries had asked for its tariffs to be brought up to date, according to Compromis regional MP Fran Ferri, who had requested the official information. Not only were the ITV concessionaries unsuccessful, but the regional government decided to slash their tariffs by 18 per cent. Despite this reduction, their charges are still the fourth-highest in the country, Ferri said.
Breton killed six-year-old Ruth and two-year-old Jose in Cordoba in October 2011 during the break-up of his marriage to their mother and was moved to Villena in 2013. His lawyer appealed against Breton’s classification last November. The request was also forwarded to the Public Prosecution Department, which did not oppose the change to Breton’s category. There was insufficient evidence for Breton’s firstdegree category, ruled the Villena court that deals exclusively with penitentiary cases. Breton had a ‘normal’ attitude and did not make trouble on his wing. Although he was occasionally hostile towards the prison guards this did not justify the ‘exceptional’ first-degree regime.
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Mayor of Benidorm opens indoor pool MAYOR of Benidorm Augustin Navarro, along with 96-year-old water-babe Peggy Nutt, cut the ribbon to declare a new swimming pool open at Ciudad Patricia. Also in attendance was Patricia Perez Arroyo, the daughter of the original developer and after whom the park is named. Shareholders were represented by Peter Jacobs, with additional speeches by Nadine Sweers, location manager and Gordon Innes, the president of the residents’ association. Ciudad Patricia is a senior resort set in 100,000m2 of parkland in the hills between Benidorm and El Albir. It provides apartments where residents can enjoy life to the full in an environment where welfare and safety are built-in. Swimming has long been recognised for its health benefits, and whilst Ciudad Patricia’s has long had outdoor pools, they get a bit chilly from October until April. So with this in mind, work started just
POOL OPEN: The mayor with Peggy Nutt, 96, cut the ribbon. over a year ago on their new indoor swimming pool and now it is finally open. The pool has been designed in such a way to make it very easy to get in and out, with a long gentle slope which means residents gradually immerse themselves in the water. More information: Amanda Hobbs on 673 064 288 or email ahobbs@ciudadpatricia.com
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Christmas still means ‘something extra’ THIRTY PER CENT of the shoppers filling Alicante City stores will be spending less this Christmas. But although one in three Alicantinos is economising, the majority will still have ‘something extra’ at Christmas, found the CECU consumers’ association. That might mean substituting roast lamb for turkey, admitted one customer interviewed for the CECU survey, “and we also have to put something aside for the children’s presents,” he added. A drop in earnings was the usual reason for cutting down on Christmas spending, although Alicantinos citing unemployment fell from 51 per cent in 2013 to 38
per cent this year. Despite a desire to cut down on spending, most
families were in a better financial situation than last year, CECU said.
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Car park is a secret no longer ALTEA Town Hall has finally acquired the old Cine municipal site. The cinema was demolished long ago and the empty plot where the fruit, vegetable and flower market is held each Tuesday is now a car park. Successive councils have wanted this site, said
Councillor Carolina Punset, but the red-tape involved was complex as the property was inherited by 10 relatives. The councillor thanked the family involved for their generosity in ‘substantially lowering’ the asking price, bearing in mind the town hall’s limited means.
Now that it is municipal property the site will longer end in a cul-de-sac. Until now it has been half-hidden and used for parking only by residents who know it is there, Punset said. A pedestrian path to the main road should be ready within six months, Punset revealed.
Rain tops up local reservoirs AFTER a year of drought, rain arrived at last and added almost one hectometre to the Beniarres reservoir. The reservoir, which distributes water to areas in the west of Alicante Province, is now at 16 per cent of its 27-hectometre capacity. This is an improvement on a ‘historically low’ 13 per cent before the arrival of heavy rain at the end of November but the situation is still
worrying, the authorities have said. The Guadalest reservoir, which supplies water to the Marina Baja, has also improved with reserves increasing from 19 per cent capacity to 30 per cent, thanks to last month’s rain, which brought another four hectometres. The 9 per cent capacity of the Amadorio dam in Villajoyosa remained practically unchanged, with reserves of 1.4 hectometres.
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Environmentalists on trial in Valencia THE trial of 17 Greenpeace activists and a photographer has commenced in Valencia City. It will be the toughest court case that Spanish members of the environmentalist group have had to face in the 30 years they
have been active in Spain, Greenpeace sources said. The case dates back to February 2011 when Greenpeace activists occupied one of the cooling towers at the nuclear power station in Cofrentes (Valencia). They painted ‘Peligro Nuclear’ (Nuclear Danger) across it, drawing attention to lax security and risks attached to the aging power station. If found guilty, the 17 face prison sentences and fines of more than €350,000 for “aggression, CALLE TERRAL residents in La Cala de Villajoyosa damage and public complained of being left for days without street lights. disorder.” Darkened streets are a security risk, said the The public prosecution president of the La Cala residents’ association, Miguel department’s recommendAngel Grande, who also criticised a lack of municipal ations are disproportionate, interest in the area. Greenpeace said, and a The 4,900 homes in La Cala de Villajoyosa contribute manoeuvre to silence the approximately 30 per cent of municipal income, he group. This was impossible, added, but despite this many street lights are out of they said, since they would order, roads are not always cleaned and the swings in continue to defend the the children’s playgrounds are broken, he claimed. environment under Article La Cala residents were also unhappy about a half45 of the Spanish ruined building on the old campsite, which is now Constitution. frequented by vagrants who often sleep there.
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Joining forces for better police services AT the beginning of this year, the Marina Baja’s Policia Local forces signed a ‘commitment agreement’. All pledged to improve services and public safety in a scheme that is the only
one of its kind in Alicante Province and which has already received an award from the National Public Administration Institute (INAP). As the year draws to an
Building plan cancelled PLANS for more than 2,000 houses and a golf course at La Serreta in Novelda are to be shelved. With the exception of UPyD, all political groups on the town council voted to cancel the project and revoke an earlier resolution which classified two million square metres of the rural area as building land. Plans were given the go-ahead by the regional government in 2009 but no steps were ever taken to start the project. A Novelda court has already rejected an appeal from Serreta Golf, the project’s promoters, who claimed €6 million from the town hall for in its inaction over the development.
end the eight municipalities – Altea, Benidorm, Callosa d’En Sarria, La Nucia, Alfaz del Pi, Polop, Finestrat and Villajoyosa – met in La Nucia to take stock of the year’s achievements. The towns set targets of responding to emergency callouts within 10 minutes; carrying out 50 traffic controls on 5,000 vehicles; returning lost property within 15 days; attending to complaints within 15 days and instructing local pupils in road safety. Success rates ranged from 100 per cent for vehicle inspections to the comparative low of 97.11 per cent for the return of lost property. “This demonstrates how joining forces brings excellent results,” said Pedro Lloret from La Nucia Town Hall.
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Pig of a solution for mess problem VILLAJOYOSA is shaming dog-owners into cleaning up after their pets. “Don’t be a pig,” exhort posters that
depict an owner wearing a pig’s mask with a huge bulldog in his arms. “If you own a dog and don’t pick up its excrement, then you’re a swine. Your pet can’t tell you, but we can,” it continues. This is an aggressive campaign, the town hall admitted, which makes it clear that owners are to blame for allowing their dogs to foul the town’s streets and pavements. The three-month scheme has been financed by Sociedad Agricultores de la Vega de Valencia (SAV), which is contracted to clean La Vila’s streets. “It is impossible to catch dog-owners who do not clear up after their pets,” said Councillor Jeronimo Lloret. “Neither can we have a policeman or security camera on every street. The only way is to prick people’s consciences.”
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Call for improved signs at tram line THERE was yet another minor accident in San Vicente when a motorist collided with a tram. One of the car’s occupants suffered minor injuries and Line 2 trams
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Doing well, thank you GANDIA is in better economic shape than other Valencian Community resorts. This was the conclusion reached by Ana Penalba, Gandia’s Employment and Economic Promotion coordinator. Penalba found in a comparative survey that unemployment fell in Gandia by 0.3 per cent in October, but rose by 10 per cent in Benidorm. It also increased by 5.2 per cent in Peñiscola (Castellon) and by 2.9 per cent in Torrevieja. November is a month when the number of jobless traditionally goes up but this has not occurred in Gandia either this year or in 2013, Penalba said.
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Salt is a drain on waste water The salt content in the water entering Benidorm’s main drains has doubled since last year. High salt levels in waste water cost more to treat and as treatment costs rise, so does the price of recycled water. Members of the Canal Bajo del Algar irrigation syndicate are now paying an extra 20 cents a cubic metre for the water they use to
water crops in Benidorm, Alfaz, Altea, Finestrat, Villajoyosa and La Nucia. Syndicate members suspect that hotels and residential complexes use brackish subterranean water from their own wells to cut down on overheads. “They could be using this to fill swimming pools,” sources said. Seawater seepage in the basements of beachfront properties could also be finding its way into the system, the syndicate suggested. The Marina Baja Water Consortium stressed that if some Benidorm establishoverall increase for Spain ments have resorted to where 209,482 babies were water from private wells, born during the same this was not the result of a water shortage. period. “Despite the drought The half-year figures continue the tendency for there has been no lack of fewer births amongst water in Benidorm this consortium resident foreign women, summer,” who accounted for 17.6 per sources said. “But if some cent of total births between business-owners use their January and July, own well water to save compared with last year’s money, that’s a different matter.” 18.5 per cent.
Birth-rate in Valencia is bouncing back VALENCIAN COMMUNITY births have outstripped deaths for the first time in four years. According to provisional figures from Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE), 21,654 children were born in the first six months of the year, compared with 21,035 in 2013. The 2.9 per cent increase overtook the 1 per cent
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Chemists’ sales under scrutiny THE Ministry of Health is to regulate the 22,000 chemists in Spain to combat illegal exportation of medicines with a fixed price. For the past number of years this practice has caused supply problems of those medicines which do not count as a generic substitute, affecting patients who suffer from cancer, epilepsy, or who have undergone a transplant. The initiative will cross-check the information on product orders with the sales being made afterwards. In this way, the authorities should be able to determine whether some of the medicines are being sent abroad illegally. It is the medicines financed by the state that are being sold abroad by criminal gangs, since they are cheaper. Pharmacists then receive a commission for participating in the fraudulent activity. It is estimated that criminal gangs make a staggering 800 per cent profit by selling the components of illegal medicines at exorbitant prices.
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DEPENDENT: 25 per cent of Spaniards rely heavily on internet activities.
Internet addiction TWENTY-FIVE per cent of Spaniards between 18 and 64 years old are addicted to the internet, according to a study. In addition, 26 per cent admit that their personal life depends in great measure on their mobile phone, the report created by the Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) found. Spaniards spend an average of five hours per day surfing the net or using the phone. The study shows that the main internet activities are reading emails, searching for
information online and using social media, with 85 per cent of those surveyed having an account on a social media platform. The OCU measured the average rate of addiction to mobile devices of Spanish people on a scale from 20 to 100, with the result being 31.4, a rather low level of addiction. More than 1,900 people were interviewed for the study, which was designed to evaluate online patterns and spot risky behaviour.
PRIME MINISTER Mariano Rajoy foresees higher growth for the Spanish economy. During a speech delivered at the 10th Entrepreneurial Forum in Veracruz, Mexico, the prime minister said Spain was once again a country with positive conditions for investment and estimated that the country’s growth in 2015 could well exceed the anticipated 2 per cent, as long as oil prices keep their current levels and the foreign exchange rates were favourable. Rajoy landed in Veracruz on Saturday (December 6) accompanied by his wife Elvira Fernandez, to participate in the 24th Iberian American Summit. He arrived in Mexico seemingly relaxed, given the positive economic situation his country is going through at the moment. In fact, less than a month ago, he was congratulated by many of the attendees present at the G-20 meeting held in Brisbane, Australia. Circumstances have changed a great deal since 2012, when Rajoy travelled to Los Cabos (Mexico) to participate in another meeting of the G-20. Back then he was also the star, but for all the wrong reasons; Spain was on everyone’s lips because of the dire situation it faced.
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Discount chain does well out of Carrefour deal DIA supermarkets will make a €265 million net gain from the sale of its French subsidiary to Carrefour. The deal, which was originally announced last July, was closed at the end of
November following approval from France’s competition authority. The Spanish discount chain received €282.2 million for the entire share capital of loss-making DIA France and €361.5 million to
Spain not such an attraction AS the unemployment rate in Spain stays stubbornly high, the country is seeing a reduction in the number of permanent immigrants. In a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on member countries’ migration statistics, Spain has shown a ‘marked reduction’ in the inflow of migrants, despite there being a general 1.1 per cent rise across OECD countries. The 2014 Migration Outlook shows that Spain and Italy, which had the second or third largest percentages of permanent immigration compared to population between 2007 and 2011 are now in
seventh and eighth positions. In hard figures, permanent immigration into Spain has fallen from 691,000 in 2007 to 209,800 in 2012. Many immigrants from South American countries came to Spain for the prospect of work – the construction sector being one of the main employers. But with the Spanish unemployment rate being 23.67 per cent, and the jobless figures for foreigners standing at 36.5 per cent, the country is a less attractive proposition for migrants. The report went on to say the skills of immigrants were being wasted across the OECD countries.
repay inter-group debt. DIA has been involved in several deals during 2014, acquiring its Spanish rival El Arbol for a symbolic €1 in return for taking on its debt of approximately €150.8 million.
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Motoring on CAR sales increased by 17 per cent to 65,122 units in November, the 15th month of consecutive rises. A total of 781,868 vehicles were sold this year, 18 per cent more than in 2013.
Job creation ALMOST half of Spanish employers believed they would create employment this year and in 2015. Fifty-one per cent expected this to happen in 2016 and 2017, according to a survey by KPMG.
International corruption ratings SPAIN has been ranked 37th out of 175 countries in the 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index. Written by Transparency International, the index is based on experts’ opinions on public sector corruption. Spain is three places higher than last year (the higher up the list the less corrupt it is). But Transparency International notes that it does not include
political party corruption – the very thing that has had many Spaniards up in arms after a series of scandals. Least corrupt nations were Denmark, New Zealand and Finland, with Somalia and North Korea being the most corrupt. In Europe, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy and Romania all did badly in the index.
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STAT OF WEEK A SPANISH senator earns a basic salary of €2,813.87 a month. Those from outside Madrid are paid a €1,823.86 ‘indemnity’ while senators who represent the capital receive an extra €870.56.
DEAL: Carrefour buys DIA French subsidiary.
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SOLD OUT: The ‘musthave’ Frozen child’s bicycle.
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HAVE we all forgotten that when it comes to Christmas presents, it’s the thought that counts, not the cost of the present? With Christmas having become so commercial, it seems the average shopper believes that unless a present is shiny, sparkly and expensive it’s not a good present. Obviously, retailers have not helped the situation, as they are guilty of pushing overpriced presents down our
throats by bombarding us with fancy adverts and emotive commercials. A practice that definitely doesn’t help us to feel happy about buying a small, but thoughtful, gift. My mother-in-law came
back from the shops in a state of panic the other day. The expensive ‘Frozen’ bicycle that she HAD to get her granddaughter had sold out. Her granddaughter is four. It seems crazy to me that she is
Should glass wall come down? Q. In our community of 100 apartments, one apartment with a large terrace has placed a You and the glass wall to protect against the strong winds. Law in Spain This wall was installed in 2006 without the By David Searl permission of the meeting. No reactions were made at the time. In 2012, the wall was removed and the wooden floor was prepared to remount the wall. In 2014, a new owner put up the glass wall on the new floor. At the AGM of October, 2014, one owner complained on the official agenda about the glass wall and demanded that it be removed. The issue was voted and a majority favoured removal. Is the board obliged to execute the decision of the AGM or is this case extinguished under statutes of limitation? P S (Costa Blanca) A. In this case no statute of limitations applies. The community members have expressed their decision by voting at the AGM and it must be enforced. The ‘Statute of Limitations’ means that some legal actions lapse after a certain time period has passed. Here, however, the community has just voted for the first time on this issue. But if one member feels he has been seriously prejudiced by a legal decision
of the community, he can go to court and explain the reasons why he thinks the decision should be reversed.
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nearly giving herself a heart attack over this Christmas present. The child will be delighted with any pretty little girl’s bike. Put a few ‘Frozen’ stickers on an economically priced bike. Will a four-yearold really know the difference? According to a recent survey, it’s British people who will spend more money on Christmas presents this year than any other nation in Europe. But they are also more likely to get themselves into debt while doing so. The average Brit plans to spend €450 on festive gifts, which averages out at 17 per cent of their wages - a figure €140 higher than those in the next nearest countries, France and Luxembourg. In Spain, the Christmas spend is nearly as high as in Britain, with Spaniards
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Coal-black FORTY-TWO of the 68 delegates newlyelected by coal miners employed by stateowned Hunosa belong to SOMA-UGT. Union members later said they were undeterred by the discovery that during the 2012 fiscal amnesty their historic leader Jose Angel Fernandez Villa legalised €1.2 million held in a Swiss account.
Fast work RAIL operator Renfe earned €1 billion from the AVE highspeed rail network in the first 10 months of this year, 6 per cent more than in 2013. The number of passengers, attracted by Renfe’s low prices and special offers, rose 20 per cent to 14.6 million during the same period.
spending 15 per cent of their wages just on presents. Often in conversation, we turn to places like the Netherlands as an example of a place, where things are done properly. Where education works. Where corruption is almost unheard of. Guess how much the average Dutch person spends on Christmas presents? €25. That’s 1 per cent of their salary. You can bet they aren’t getting themselves into debt over ‘Frozen’ bicycles, overpriced designer perfume or unnecessary fancy gadgets. Enjoy Christmas, spend time with people you love, eat well, but remember if you can’t afford to buy the world and its granny a present, that’s OK. It’s the thought that counts.
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The business of body language LEARNING body language is likely as important as speaking a second language. Victor Hugo, the great French novelist, advised: “When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.” I have yet to meet a woman who disagrees. Men lie and are often evasive but their true feelings can also be read from their body language. As a salesman, my territory included Liverpool and Manchester, rural towns like Wrexham, and back o’beyond Welsh farming communities. In the cities, a close, grasp handshake, shoulder touches and ‘invasion of body space’ were perfectly the norm. In smaller towns, you kept your distance
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Plum deal INDRA will provide radar systems to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The contract will bring the Spanish company more than €34 million.
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and it was a straight-arm handshake. In the farming communities, there was no touching at all. A wave was greeting enough. The Japanese invade body space, Americans don’t. There was some amusement when a Japanese–
American business meeting was filmed. As Japanese businessmen entered their counterparts’ body space their American guests backed away. When speeded up the video footage gave the appearance that the two cultures were waltzing around the room. If a man enters a room fiddling with his cuffs or tie he is unsure of himself. Prince Charles was notorious for doing so. Hands at ease behind the back suggest a relaxed frame of mind. Gripping the wrist higher up suggests tension; higher up, high tension. If a client covers their mouth with the hand when talking, chances are they are telling porkies; likewise, if
they scratch their noses. If a client’s feet are pointing away, they desperately wish to end the conversation. Eye evasion suggests deceit; eye pupil enlargement - the client is excited. The perfect place for studying body language is said to be an airport; I prefer a restaurant. Having said that, I recall a couple of behavioural psychiatrists being employed at New York John Kennedy Airport. Neither was aware of the other’s presence. Each was briefed to identify passengers who appeared to be uncomfortable, shifty-eyed and agitated. They arrested each other. I rest my case.
New exit tax on shares aimed at the wealthy
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COCA-COLA Iberian Partners will not reopen any of the bottling plants closed earlier this year but has offered to relocate 350 laid-off workers at other Spanish plants. Last April the High Court invalidated the company’s redundancy plans and it now awaits a decision on this latest proposal.
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A NEW exit tax on shares owned by people departing Spanish shores has been brought in. It will only target the wealthy, mainly people moving to tax havens, but will see shareholders taxed on ‘gains’ on shares’ value whether they sell them or not. Mariano Rajoy, President of the Spanish Government, is forging ahead with next year’s promised fiscal reforms which come into effect on January 1. The new exit tax applies to those who were tax residents for 10 of the last 15 years and possess stocks and shares worth more than €4 million or €1 million, should this represent a
PM Rajoy, left, greets Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro. holding of more than 25 per cent. They will now pay the difference between purchase price and current value even though the holdings are not sold.
This new regulation applies only to stocks and shares and is aimed at the large fortunes that invest in Spain before moving on to seek more favourable fiscal conditions elsewhere. Spain’s Finance
Less spending this Christmas A SURVEY has revealed that one in three Spaniards expects to spend less money this Christmas than last year and half expect to spend the same. The survey by the Consumers and Users Confederation reported that just 16 per cent of people questioned foresaw spending more than last year.
The main reason given by people who want to spend less was financial difficulties due to reduced income or unemployment, although it was only given by 38 per cent of people questioned compared to 51 per cent in 2013. Therefore, although a third intend spending less this year, the
survey shows signs of a slight improvement in families’ financial situations. Regarding amounts, the majority expected to spend less than €500, yet 30 per cent foresaw spending between €500 and €1,000 and 15 per cent said they would spend more than €1,500.
Ministry pointed out that it is similar to others in Holland, France, Germany, Denmark and the US. To divest the exit law of punitive overtones, the tax will be waived when the move is made to another EU country. If, 10 years later, the taxed stocks and shares have not been sold, Spain’s tax authorities will also repay the amount paid. Nor will the new law affect taxpayers who relocate for employment reasons on condition that the move is not to a tax paradise. Taxpayers of more modest means will receive an average reduction of 12.5 per cent on what they now pay, although Hacienda will feel the pinch and collect 8.6 per cent less in 2015 and 4.7 per cent in 2016. This will reduce its IRPF income to below 2010 levels. The principal corporation tax will fall from the current 30 per cent to 28 per cent and capital gains tax, and tax on savings will be reduced to between 19 and 23 per cent. Tax bands have been modified and even higher investments should feel some benefit.
November turnaround for jobless SPAIN bucked its usual November employment trend by reducing the number of jobless. A total of 4,512,116 people were registered for unemployment benefits last month while those out of work fell by 14,688, the Ministry of Labour announced. The number of people paying into the Social Security system grew by 5,232 to 16,695,752 contributors, the first time this has happened in November since 2007. As the summer season with its work opportunities came to an end, the steadily improving employment figures began to falter but have picked up once again. It is important not to forget that the labour market tends to behave erratically as it emerges from economic crisis and this always affects statistics, experts warned. Tomas Burgos, Junior Social Security Minister, nevertheless called last month’s figures “a dramatically positive change.”
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Goodbye to a beloved friend, Sacha I WOULD like to thank David the Dogman for all the help he gave us with our gorgeous German Shepherd/Rottweiler/Black Lab cross from March 2003. He may not remember Sacha but last Tuesday we had to say goodbye to the most wonderful dog in the world. Gentle and polite, he never damaged anything, never stole food, respected babies and was always happy to be with us. All our family, friends and neighbours have said what a special dog he was. We are devastated that at almost 12 years old we had to let him go. We have David’s book which has been our ‘bible’ during Sacha’s years with us and would like to thank him for coming to our house in the first 24 hours when we had done all the wrong things. He helped us have almost 12 wonderful years with our gorgeous boy. Anita Simcox (by email)
Cause of concern BRIAN WARMAN wrote about a lady sleeping in the doorway of the BBVA bank in Los Boliches. He stated that he told Age Concern about her and nothing had been done. Age Concern has not received any referral from him by phone or email; possibly he contacted Age Care? Perhaps he could contact me and tell me who he spoke to. Eileen Dry, President Estepona and Manilva Age Concern
Not-so-fast work WE have just found out why it costs so much to renew our passports from Spain. My wife and I put our old passports (with consecutive numbers) into a single envelope with the forms completed and paid for online. They were sent recorded delivery and arrived in three days at the Belfast office. I then checked on the tracker
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40 years now and seen the good times and now the bad. If you like to play golf or bowls this is the place for you but if you want to enjoy life to the full, forget it! The Costa de Sol is controlled by old people (mostly rich) who for the most part are just passing their last years and don’t want anyone else to enjoy themselves as they did when young. You have the perfect place to bring your dog as dog parks and beaches are provided (that’s if the dog can wait that long, if you know what I mean). The oldies are quick to the phone if they hear any music played in the local bar as it is bed time for all at 10pm unless they are having a little drinks party. Yes, the oldies are happy but the young at heart have to suffer for these people. I love Spain but when it is controlled by smallminded people who don’t even make the effort to speak Spanish or permit other people to live, it’s time to move on. D Thompson, Marbella (Malaga)
No-win situation as to what was happening. They were both being worked on after five days and the next we knew was a phone call from the courier saying he was at our house and where were we? We met up later that day and signed for my wife’s passport only. I checked the tracker and mine was still being worked on, 15 days after sending them. Next day the courier delivered my wife’s old passport with the corner cut off. After three weeks my passport has arrived but not the old one. So it will have taken four visits from the courier and my new one runs out four weeks before my wife’s although it was worked on last. Guess we were lucky they turned up before we needed them at Christmas! Dick Prowse (by email)
Seesaw prices WHEN the price of oil goes down, the price at the pump goes down but not the price of butane gas. The prices in the supermarkets never go down, either. When the price of oil goes up we are told that the price of most
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things will rise, so why does it not follow that most things should go down when the price of oil decreases? I think it is unfair of the oil companies and supermarkets to make more money out of the general public when things are already very difficult for most people. Also I think it would help if the government put some kind of control on prices until things improve. Ron Chivers, Busot (Alicante)
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readers about a spate of attacks which focus on the elderly and disabled. Last week I was attacked by two females aged between 18 and 25 years while sitting on my disability scooter in the central square of La Cala de Mijas. I was grabbed and pulled in front of the La Cala grill. One woman kept pulling on my left wrist until my watch was pulled off and the other held my right arm. I suffered severe shock and bruises on both lower arms. They ran off across the square before driving away in a Volvo V40, according to a witness. The car was blue with a licence plate starting with a D and had broken tail lights. Apparently attacks are initiated after asking for the time of day (in my case) or trying to sell flowers. Name and address supplied
Have a heart! HAVING lived on the Costa de Sol for 18 months I think it is time to note it’s not a place for the young at heart! I’ve lived in Spain for more than
POSSIBLY three months ago I related how a friend had returned to England (now 16 months ago) having taken necessary action re cancelling her telephone. Movistar decided that she owed the sum of €23.19 and although there was no entry on her bank statement they also stated that money had been credited to her bank account in error which they had tried to reclaim. Two different members of staff were contacted by telephone and various explanations were offered. A detailed letter was sent to Movistar by an interpreter and statements ceased but a letter has now arrived from Movistar solicitors demanding payment of the €23.19 within a week. My friend’s first reaction was to contact her own solicitor but having slept on the problem she decided to give in rather than incur a much higher bill than €23.19. One wonders how many false debts Movistar claims and wins. Clients beware. P H, Malaga
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There’s a time and a place LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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ORRY, ladies, as broad-minded as I consider myself to be, in this instance I really feel I must agree with Mr Farage. I really don’t want to be in a restaurant, contentedly enjoying a little intimate company and sipping a glass of wine, only to have a Mother Earth sitting at the next table suddenly whip out a breast and commence squeezing its contents through the pursed lips of her hungry tot. As wonderful as this act of nature can be, to my mind there is a time and a place for everything. Although maybe this was the time, I certainly do not consider it the place. In fact, in my opinion it is downright rude. Out of sheer respect for her fellow diners, the mum in question could at least have withdrawn to a more discreet area. No, I’m afraid this lady’s action has a distinctive ring of ‘women’s lib’ about it. To not consider
NATURAL ACT: But please don’t breast-feed at the dining table! the feelings of her fellow diners, some possibly not so broad-minded or liberalthinking, who could easily be embarrassed by the sight of a bared breast at the adjoining table, is I feel selfpropagating in the extreme. However, before the next mum I meet on the street leaves me writhing on the ground with a slightly higher-pitched voice, I’m only talking about public dining areas. I
have no problem on public transport or in parks, etc. For me it just isn’t right in a restaurant. All right, gals? Yet another ‘big name’ under the sexual abuse periscope again this week. Bill Cosby must now endure Lord knows how long in an agony of indecision, suspicion and possible ruination. I really don’t know if the man is guilty or not, but the one thing that does strike me is the
evidence that the young lady he is actually accused of abusing was 15 years old and attending a party at the Playboy mansion. Assuming she wasn’t abducted and taken there against her will, what on earth was she doing at this undoubtedly notorious location in the first place? I dunno, irrespective of the outcome of these high-profile abuse cases, there always seems to be a whiff of jealousy and antagonism toward people who have achieved celebrity status. Still, let’s hope that the truth and subsequent justice will finally prevail in all these cases. I also advise the celebrity youngsters idolised by their young fans in this present day and age to request ID before making any moves in that direction - or they themselves could be seen fighting for their reputation and freedom in about 50 years’ time Just a few places left for this Saturday’s Flying Curry Circus Christmas party. All info on 689485956. Have a good week, dust off the baubles. Here it is again! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
Eyeing up an old flame from the 60s Colin Bird Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-the-wall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.
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THOUGHT I saw Wendy Templeton-Price in the supermarket on Wednesday. Wendy Templeton-Price was a girlfriend from way back, at a time when we were experiencing the final days of the Swinging 60s and beginning to emerge into what would later be known as the glitzy glam rock days of the 70s. And despite her poncy sounding title and obvious pedigree, like her name, Wendy was also a raver of double-barrelled proportions. That was a very long time ago and let’s face it, after four decades people tend to change out of all recognition physically. Something I can attest to, having observed the increasingly unfamiliar stranger
who greets me from the bathroom mirror every morning. Nevertheless, there was a certain something about this lady that rang bells and had my socks rippling with resurrected memories. The clincher, though, was an unfortunate affliction Wendy was cursed with, because although she was a striking girl, there was a noticeable cast in one of her eyes, sometimes giving the impression that she was looking in two directions at once. Very handy for speed reading and the ability to cover two pages simultaneously, but a flaw nonetheless in her otherwise perfect features. Anyway, there she was, or so I thought, across the pizza section of the frozen foods aisle. She had obviously seen me, because there was a half smile on her face as if she too felt that she had known me in a past life. Then after a few seconds, her face broke into a broad grin of recognition and
PAST LOVE: It’s all in the eyes. she hurried to the end of the freezer section, swerved into my aisle leaving a smouldering
skid mark on the polished floor, and headed straight for me. On reflection it was a darn
good thing I did not open my arms to greet her, or indeed pucker up in anticipation, because ignoring me, she hurried past and grabbed two large bags of muesli from the shelf close by. As she did, she called across to an ageing hippie wearing a Black Sabbath tee-shirt and sporting a fine display of grey nose hair. “Found it!” she informed him loudly, and proudly held up a bag in each hand. Her look of happy recognition was obviously aimed at an elusive breakfast cereal and not at yours truly. I still have suspicions that it could have been the real Wendy, despite the remote possibility that she too has relocated to this part of Spain. But recalling the manner of our separation which involved a Mini Cooper on the banks of the Thames late one night; a dodgy handbrake and lots of flashing blue lights, I decided to let sleeping dogs lie.
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Will the UK inheritance tax threshold increase? UK inheritance tax continues to impact British expatriates living in Spain and their families, since it is based on domicile rather than residence. It is chargeable on worldwide assets, with a ‘nil rate band’ of £325,000. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has indicated that he would like to increase this threshold to £1 million next year. The current threshold has been frozen at £325,000 (potentially £650,000 for a married couple or civil partners, if the transferrable nil rate band is available in full) since 2009. Under previous budgets it is scheduled to remain unchanged until 2017/18. If it were to increase, it would be welcome news for British domiciles, wherever they live. It would also benefit non-UK domiciles with UK assets worth over £325,000. Assets valued at less than £1 million would escape this unpopular tax entirely. With a fixed rate of 40 per cent, inheritance tax provides a useful income
By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks for the Treasury. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures from July show that earnings had increased to £3.4 billion, a six-year high. The Office for Budget Responsibility has also predicted that the number of estates paying inheritance tax will double by 201819. The Treasury is expecting to earn £5.8 billion by then. If the exchequer loses billions in inheritance tax receipts, we have to wonder how this will be paid for.
The revenue is used to fund government expenditure, and it is not in a position to lose such vital income. Mr Cameron raised the prospect of increasing the threshold while speaking at Age UK’s London office. He thought inheritance tax should only be paid by the very wealthy and that you should be able to pass the family home to children rather than the taxman. He said he would try to “shoehorn” the measure into George Osborne’s next budget. His comments have been widely reported, but there is no guarantee it will happen. The Conservative Party proposed the same measure before the last general election. It won them support, but was dropped when they formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. If it does get included in the March budget, a new government
could announce a second budget where measures are reversed or amended. In any case, Mr Cameron admitted that he had his “work cut out on this one,” though the Chancellor George Osborne was keen on it too. They would have to think carefully before proceeding, since Mr Osborne is meant to be working to eliminate the structural budget deficit, and may have to explain how it would be funded. Inheritance tax planning should be a key part of your tax and wealth management planning here in Spain, if you wish to pass wealth down to the next generations. Expatriates need to be clear on their domicile position, and plan accordingly. Expert advice is vital here since this is a complex area and easy to get wrong. You need to consider Spanish succession tax (where your spouse may also be liable) and how the two
regimes interact, to establish the best solutions for your family and heirs. You also need to consider the arrangements you use for holding your wealth, to establish what would work best for your aims. Some are more easily transferrable to beneficiaries than others; for example you may be able to avoid probate on your investment capital. Estate planning is a complex area, more so for expatriates. Specialist, detailed advice is essential. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com.
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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
It's the penultimate fix of the adrenalinefuelled drama.
12am 12:20am Cuckoo 12:50am EastEnders Omnibus A chance to catch up on the week's drama in Albert Square. 2:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:50am BBC News
BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Jaws 4: The Revenge 8:40am Die Hard 10:55am Die Hard 2 1:05pm Jaws 3:15pm The Last Samurai 5:50pm Stealth 8:00pm Die Hard 10:15pm Die Hard 2 12:25am Commando 2:05am Crank 3:45am The Last Samurai
Comedy 7:00am The Break-Up 9:00am Click 11:00am Bad Santa 12:50pm We're the Millers 2:45pm The Man 4:20pm This is 40 6:40pm Love Actually Romcom following the interconnected lives of a group of loved-up, and lovelorn, Londoners.
9:00pm We're the Millers 11:00pm Bad Santa 12:45am Click 2:35am Idiocracy 4:05am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
5:25am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man 7:10am Blood Work 9:10am Fast and Furious 6 Special 9:40am Inescapable 11:25am Syriana 1:45pm American Hustle 4:05pm Children of Men 6:05pm Blood Work 8:10pm Deadfall 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am The Truth About Emanuel 2:05am Cherry Falls 3:50am Fear 5:40am Deep Family Secrets
7:25am Pete's Christmas 9:00am Grumpy Old Men 10:45am The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 12:25pm Jingle All the Way 2:00pm Miracle on 34th Street 4:00pm The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 5:40pm Grumpy Old Men 7:25pm Jingle All the Way 9:00pm Miracle on 34th Street 11:00pm Jack Frost 12:50am Black Christmas 2:20am While You Were Sleeping 4:10am Jack Frost
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7:00am Khumba: A Zebra's Tale 8:45am Coming Home for Christmas 10:30am The Top Ten Show 2014 10:45am Her 1:00pm Khumba: A Zebra's Tale 2:30pm The Book Thief 4:45pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Special 5:15pm Coming Home for Christmas 7:00pm A New York Winter's Tale 9:00pm The Book Thief 11:15pm Her 1:25am A New York Winter's Tale 3:40am Cheap Thrills 5:15am Coming Home for Christmas
7:25am Gunsmoke 8:30am Gunsmoke 9:35am The Lion and the Horse 11:10am I Killed Wild Bill Hickok 12:30pm Fury of the Congo 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Fort Vengeance 5:30pm Kansas Pacific 7:00pm Canyon Ambush 8:05pm The Frozen Dead 10:00pm Desperado 12:05am F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion 2:05am Desperado 3:55am Off Set 4:10am The Wrecking Crew
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin: Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Gymnastics World Cup
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9:30am Junior MasterChef 10:00am Junior MasterChef 10:30am Junior MasterChef 11:00am Deadly Pole to Pole: The Complete Journey 11:30am Deadly Pole to Pole: The Complete Journey 12:00pm The Blue Planet 1:00pm James Martin's Food Map of Britain 1:20pm Rick Stein's Far Eastern Odyssey 2:20pm The Rockford Files
8:25am Mr. Bean 8:40am Text Santa: Little Helpers 8:45am Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H 9:10am Text Santa: Little Helpers 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am The Munch Box 10:25am Dinner Date 11:20am Murder, She Wrote 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:20pm Storage Hoarders 1:20pm Columbo 2:55pm Mannequin
3:05pm Funny Girl 5:30pm Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain
4:50pm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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CH5 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Wanda and the Alien 9:40am Zack and Quack 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am LazyTown 10:45am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Access 11:30am World Strongman Championship 12:25pm Ice Age: The Meltdown 2:00pm The Christmas Bunny
SATURDAY TV
SKY 1 6:00am Airline USA 6:30am Airline USA 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 Middle Earth: There and Back Again
3pm 4:00pm Cycling 5:30pm Final Score
Harry, Hermione and Ron return for a third year at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
4:55pm Come Dine with Me 5:25pm Come Dine with Me 5:55pm Come Dine with Me
3:45pm Angels and Ornaments 5:30pm Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan Drama.
3:00pm Last Man Standing 3:30pm Last Man Standing 4:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 5:00pm Penguins of Madagascar Special 5:30pm Get on Up Special
6pm 6:30pm Restoring England's Heritage 7:00pm Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom 8:00pm Flog It!
7:30pm ITV News London 7:40pm ITV News and Weather 7:55pm You've Been Framed! 8:25pm The Chase: Christmas Special
9:00pm Perry and Croft: Made in Britain 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm QI XL 10:45pm Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction 11:45pm Let Me in
9:30pm The X Factor
1:35am Forbidden Planet 3:10am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:40am ITV News and Weather Kylie Pentelow with the latest headlines from around the world. 12:55am Balls of Fury 2:30am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:00am An Officer and a Gentleman 2:20am Q&A 4:35am Hollyoaks Omnibus
1:05am Super Casino 4:10am Gotham 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big
12:10am A League of Their Own 1:10am Hawaii Five-0 2:10am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am The Smoke 4:00am The Smoke 5:00am Crash Test Dummies 5:30am Crash Test Dummies
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8:00pm Doctor Who 9:00pm Top Gear 10:10pm Sherlock 11:40pm Live at the Apollo 12:10am Family Guy 12:35am Family Guy 12:55am Family Guy 1:15am Family Guy 1:35am Family Guy 1:55am American Dad! 2:20am Some Girls 2:45am Sweat the Small Stuff 3:15am Live at the Apollo 3:45am In Deep 4:00am How Safe are My Drugs?
8:00pm Ice Age Giants 9:00pm Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano 11:50pm The Richest Songs in the World 1:20am Sounds of the Sixties
6:50am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:20pm The Cube 1:20pm You've Been Framed! 1:50pm Twins 4:00pm Secret Santa 5:50pm You've Been Framed! 6:55pm You've Been Framed! 8:00pm Pearl Harbour 11:35pm The Xtra Factor 12:35am Celebrity Juice 1:35am The X Factor 3:35am The Hot Desk
7:00am Judge Judy 7:25am Judge Judy 7:40am Agatha Christie's Marple 9:45am Columbo: Troubled Waters 11:50am The Darling Buds of May 12:55pm The Darling Buds of May 2:00pm A Touch of Frost 4:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 8:00pm Rosemary and Thyme 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Foyle's War 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:00am Bomb Girls 2:50am Movies Now
9:25am GT Academy 9:55am Bundesliga 10:55am UEFA Champions League Weekly 11:25am Kojak 12:25pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:30pm Paths of Glory 3:20pm Captain Newman, M.D.
2:00pm First Daughter 4:15pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 4:30pm Made in Chelsea 5:35pm Melissa and Joey 6:00pm Melissa and Joey 6:30pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The Mechanic 11:50pm Rude Tube 12:55am The Inbetweeners
Crime
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6:10pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:40pm BBC News 6:50pm BBC London News 7:00pm Pointless 7:50pm Strictly Come Dancing
6:25pm Come Dine with Me 6:55pm Channel 4 News
7:30pm Mistletoe Over Manhattan Seasonal fantasy yarn.
6:00pm Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9:15pm My Crazy Christmas Obsession 10:05pm 5 News Weekend
9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm Alien: Resurrection
Includes sport and weather.
7:00pm 100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross
9pm 9:25pm Atlantis 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm The National Lottery Live 11:10pm BBC News 11:30pm Match of the Day
This year's X Factor comes to a close this weekend with the spectacular live final.
11:35pm The Jonathan Ross Show
10:00pm Hope Springs Romcom starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell, from David Frankel. The children have long left home, daily life has dulled, and it's years since Kay and Arnold Soames shared the same bed.
National and international news.
10:10pm TV's 50 Greatest Magic Tricks A countdown of the greatest TV magic tricks of all time.
A replicated Ripley battles mutant DNA and slime-dripping fiends in Sigourney Weaver's fourth sci-fi skirmish. Contains strong language, violence, flashing images.
12am 12:55am The Football League Show 2:15am Black Eagle 3:50am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 3:55am BBC News
Ten-part series featuring rock, pop and R&B performances from the BBC archives.
1:50am Sounds of the Sixties 2:20am Top of the Pops 3:00am Ice Age Giants 4:00am Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau 5:00am This is BBC Four
Comedy-drama about an army psychiatrist serving in the final months of World War II.
6:00pm FIA Formula E Championships Live 8:30pm Licence to Kill 11:15pm Scarface 2:35am Alias Smith and Jones 3:40am Movies Now
SKY MOVIES Action 6:30am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:00am The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Special 7:30am Deep Impact 9:40am 47 Ronin An outcast joins a band of masterless samurai to wreak revenge against an evil feudal ruler.
11:45am The Karate Kid 2:00pm The Karate Kid, Part II 4:05pm Sahara 6:20pm Exodus: Gods and Kings Special 6:50pm Deep Impact 9:00pm 47 Ronin 11:00pm Getaway 12:40am Last Action Hero 3:00am Hammer of the Gods 4:50am The Karate Kid
Comedy 7:20am Get Santa Special 7:50am The Nutty Professor 9:40am The Top Ten Show 2014 9:55am Grown Ups 2 11:50am American Pie 1:40pm The Devil Wears Prada 3:40pm The Harry Hill Movie 5:20pm Alien Autopsy 7:10pm The Nutty Professor 9:00pm Grown Ups 2 10:50pm American Pie 12:40am Almost Christmas 2:40am National Lampoon's Animal House 4:45am The Harry Hill Movie
7:25am The Mean Machine 9:35am A Few Good Men 12:05pm Twisted 1:55pm The Call 3:45pm The Mean Machine 5:55pm Breakdown 7:40pm A Few Good Men 10:00pm The Call 11:40pm Kiss the Girls 1:40am The Wee Man 3:35am Jagged Edge Newspaper man Jack is the prime suspect when his rich wife is murdered.
5:30am Loss of Faith Drama about an author drawn into a web of intrigue, murder and deception.
7:30am Holiday Inn 9:15am Naughty or Nice 10:50am The Elf That Rescued Christmas 12:15pm Black Nativity 1:55pm Home Alone 3:45pm Elf 5:30pm Black Nativity A struggling mum sends her son to stay with his inspirational grandparents for Christmas.
7:10pm Home Alone 9:00pm Elf 10:45pm A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 12:25am Holiday Inn 2:10am Naughty or Nice
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7:00am Khumba: A Zebra's Tale 8:45am Coming Home for Christmas 10:15am Get Santa Special 10:45am Her 1:00pm Khumba: A Zebra's Tale 2:30pm Gravity: Sky Movies Special 3:00pm The Book Thief 5:15pm Coming Home for Christmas 7:00pm A New York Winter's Tale 9:00pm The Book Thief 11:15pm Her 1:25am A New York Winter's Tale 3:40am Cheap Thrills 5:15am Coming Home for Christmas
9:35am Kansas Pacific 11:00am The Frozen Dead A crazed scientist brings dozens of frozen Nazis back to life so he can revive the Third Reich.
12:50pm Canyon Ambush 2:00pm Black Gold 4:00pm Bomba and the Jungle Girl 5:30pm Bomba in Sabu and the Magic Ring 6:45pm Killer Leopard 8:15pm Gunsmoke in Tucson 9:45pm Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 11:00pm Money Train 1:15am The Fog
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“What is the funniest thing that has happened to you this year?”
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ERVING holiday-makers all year round but actually not having a holiday himself is a funny observation that Scott Grey, from the Scottish Butcher in Fuengirola, made about this year. Scott said with a smile: “There hasn’t been a particularly funny thing that has happened to me this year but I have
Scott Grey Jeet Singh
STREET TALK only managed to make it back to Scotland for four days and that has been the extent of my holiday time. I was too busy over the summer, happily I might add, with serving my local residents whilst they had holiday time and holidaymakers here for their vacations. Perhaps next year I may actually have a holiday too!” Jeet Singh, waiter at Haweli Indian Restaurant in Albir, said this
year he had a couple who walked out of the restaurant without paying. He said it wasn’t funny at the time as he had to cover the bill, but he can find it amusing now: “They were sat on the terrace outside and what was strange was that they actually asked for the bill so I went in to get it and they quickly left! “It’s the second time it’s happened to me in three years. Another couple did it in a restaurant I worked at in Camposol.” Kirsty Holliday, who
works at PN TV Services, Pinar de Campoverde, said there is not one funny thing she can point out but her ninemonth-old son Adrian continually makes her laugh: “He already knows what he wants, and when he doesn’t want something he shakes his head but he does it in such a determined and forceful way, it is really funny.” Steve Holgate from Storage Solutions in the Albox/Arboleas area said one Steve Holgate of the funniest things that happened to him this year was that, “the alarm kept going off in the warehouse, every night without fail but we couldn’t work out why. Then one day we spotted some bird poo. “We looked up and there in the rafters was a tiny owl, blinking at us. He’d been the culprit all along. Such a Kirsty Holliday small creature yet it could cause so much disruption.”
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:35am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Fern Britton Meets... 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Bargain Hunt
BBC TWO 7:00am Animal Park 7:30am Match of the Day at 50 8:35am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 9:05am Countryfile 10:00am The Football League Show 11:20am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:50pm Rick Stein's Spanish Christmas 1:50pm James Martin's Food Map of Britain 2:00pm The Rockford Files 2:50pm Funny Lady
ITV 8:45am Ultimate Spider-Man 9:10am Text Santa: Little Helpers 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am Big Time Rush 10:00am The Aquabats! Super Show! 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Dickinson's Real Deal 11:25am Murder, She Wrote 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:30pm Problem Child 2:05pm Tipping Point
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CH4 7:10am NFL 8:10am How I Met Your Mother 8:35am How I Met Your Mother 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Jamie's Comfort Food 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:25pm The Simpsons
CH5 9:40am Zack and Quack 9:50am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Jelly Jamm 10:30am LazyTown 11:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Access 11:45am Police Interceptors 12:45pm Police Interceptors 1:45pm Secret Santa
SUNDAY TV
SKY 1 6:00am Crash Test Dummies 6:30am Crash Test Dummies 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Middle Earth: There and Back Again 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 2:00pm Last Man Standing 2:30pm Last Man Standing
3pm 3:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:15pm Lifeline 5:25pm Songs of Praise
5:05pm Emma Adaptation of the Jane Austen classic about a privileged young woman's misguided attempts at matchmaking. Wealthy and charming Emma Woodhouse is convinced she knows what is best for everyone's love life.
3:05pm You've Been Framed! 3:35pm The X Factor 5:40pm Death Becomes Her
3:00pm The Simpsons 3:30pm The Simpsons 4:00pm 10 Things I Hate About You
3:30pm Deck the Halls 5:20pm Paper Angels
7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Catchphrase
6:00pm Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian 8:05pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Britain's Wildest Weather 2014
7:15pm A Christmas Kiss
9:00pm The X Factor Results Show
10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Insidious
9:00pm The ABBA Years 10:00pm Michael Buble's Christmas Special 10:55pm 5 News 11:00pm Britain's Favourite Christmas Songs
An abused woman leaves her alcoholic husband and moves to another town with her children.
3:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 5:00pm Futurama 5:30pm The Simpsons
6pm 6:00pm Pointless 6:35pm BBC London News 6:45pm Pointless 6:50pm BBC & Regional News and Weather 7:20pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing
7:00pm Sports Personality of the Year at 60 8:00pm James May's Toy Stories
Festive romance. A young, ambitious designer shares a spontaneous kiss with a handsome stranger while trapped in a lift.
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Flash
9pm 9:00pm Sports Personality of the Year 2014 11:20pm BBC News 11:35pm BBC London News 11:45pm Match of the Day 2
9:00pm What Women Want 11:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:30pm Mrs. Henderson Presents
Following last night's performances, the final two contestants must battle it out to win a life changing record contract.
11:05pm The Holiday
Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne star in this creepy psychological horror about a series of inexplicable events that take place after a couple's young son falls into a coma.
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Trollied 10:00pm Hawaii Five-0 11:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
12am 1:10am A Walk to Remember 2:45am Countryfile 3:45am Holby City Hospital drama. 4:45am This is BBC Two
12:05am ITV News and Weather 12:20am The Holiday Conclusion of tonight's film. 1:45am The Store 3:30am Motorsport UK 4:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA
1:00am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 2:00am NFL 5:45am NFL
2:00am ABBA: Live in Concert 3:00am Super Casino 4:10am World Strongman Championship 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big
12:00am Road Wars 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Spy 3:30am Road Wars 4:00am Night Cops 5:00am Crash Test Dummies 5:30am Crash Test Dummies
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8:00pm Great TV Mistakes 8:30pm Doctor Who 8:40pm Doctor Who 10:00pm Top Gear 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm American Dad!
8:00pm The Fairytale Castles of King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank 9:00pm Rome: A History of the Eternal City 10:00pm Pompeii: The Mystery of the People Frozen in Time 11:00pm The Sky at Night 11:30pm Queen: Days of Our Lives 12:30am Queen: Days of Our Lives
6:45am ITV2 Nightscreen 7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:00pm The X Factor 2:10pm The Xtra Factor 3:10pm The Hot Desk 3:25pm Santa Baby 5:15pm Beethoven's Christmas Adventure 7:00pm The Polar Express 9:00pm Scorpion 10:00pm Educating Joey Essex 11:00pm The Xtra Factor 12:00am Through the Keyhole 1:05am American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
7:00am World Kitchen 7:25am A Touch of Frost 9:15am The Darling Buds of May 10:25am Heartbeat 11:30am Heartbeat 12:35pm A Touch of Frost 2:35pm Rosemary and Thyme 3:40pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:50pm Columbo 7:50pm Inspector Morse 10:00pm Lewis 12:00am Cracker 1:10am Cracker 2:15am The Count of Monte Cristo 4:20am ITV3 Nightscreen
10:30am FIA Formula e Championship Highlights 11:30am Alias Smith and Jones 12:35pm Captain Newman, M.D. 3:10pm Ice Cold in Alex 5:50pm Midway 8:30pm Storage Wars 9:00pm Storage Wars 9:30pm Storage Wars 10:00pm Doom 12:05am Species IV: The Awakening 2:10am River Monsters 3:10am Nitro Circus 3:30am Nitro Circus 3:50am ITV4 Nightscreen
5:00pm Melissa and Joey 5:30pm Melissa and Joey 6:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:30pm The Big Bang Theory 11:00pm The Inbetweeners 11:30pm The Inbetweeners 12:10am Bad Robots
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12:45am The Apprentice 1:45am It's a Wonderful Afterlife 3:20am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 3:25am BBC News
Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.
12:10am American Dad! 12:30am Some Girls 1:00am Sweat the Small Stuff 1:30am How Safe are My Drugs? 2:30am The Revolution Will be Televised 3:00am Some Girls
The second half of this profile of Queen opens with the band at the peak of their powers.
1:30am Great American Rock Anthems: Turn it Up to 11 2:30am Sounds of the Eighties 3:00am Miracle in the Marshes of Iraq
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am World War Z 9:05am Fantastic Four 11:05am Lone Survivor 1:10pm The Karate Kid, Part II Impetuous karate student Daniel leaves Mr Miyagi and signs up with Terry, a new coach.
3:10pm The Next Karate Kid 5:05pm Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle 7:00pm Fantastic Four 9:00pm Lone Survivor 11:10pm World War Z 1:20am Shaft 3:10am Get Carter 5:00am The Karate Kid, Part II
Comedy 9:00am Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:10am Get Santa Special 11:40am The Way Way Back 1:35pm Sleepless in Seattle 3:30pm Ernest Saves Christmas Rubber-faced Ernest is the cabbie who has to help Santa find a successor.
5:10pm Last Holiday 7:10pm Uncle Buck 9:00pm Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 11:00pm American Pie 2 12:50am American Pie: The Wedding 2:30am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
7:10am The Washington Snipers 8:50am Witness 10:50am The Da Vinci Code 1:20pm Murder at 1600 3:15pm Derailed 5:10pm Captain Phillips 7:30pm The Da Vinci Code 10:00pm Oldboy 11:55pm All Things to All Men 1:25am An Eye for an Eye Karen's daughter is raped and murdered by psycho Doob.
3:15am Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 5:20am Malpractice
7:00am Holy Night! 8:40am Christmas in Wonderland 10:25am Mickey's Once upon a Christmas 11:40am Home Alone: The Holiday Heist 1:15pm Let it Snow 2:50pm Bad Santa 4:35pm The Best Man Holiday 6:45pm Love Actually 9:00pm Bad Santa 10:45pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 12:30am The Best Man Holiday 2:40am Let it Snow 4:15am Home Alone: The Holiday Heist 5:50am Mickey's Once upon a Christmas
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7:00am Khumba: A Zebra's Tale 8:45am The Top Ten Show 2014 9:00am Coming Home for Christmas 10:45am Her 1:00pm The Book Thief 3:15pm Khumba: A Zebra's Tale 4:45pm The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Special
7:10am TCM Shorts 7:30am Bomba in Sabu and the Magic Ring 8:50am Killer Leopard 10:20am Black Gold 12:20pm Gunsmoke in Tucson 2:00pm The Plunderers 4:00pm Cripple Creek 5:30pm Khartoum 8:05pm Sam Whiskey 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 10:55pm Hell on Wheels 11:50pm El Condor 1:45am Hell on Wheels 2:35am Hell on Wheels 3:25am El Condor
Alex Zane talks to the stars of the blockbuster sequel.
5:15pm Coming Home for Christmas 7:00pm Get Santa Special 7:30pm Best Christmas Movies Ever 9:00pm The Book Thief 11:15pm Her 1:25am A New York Winter's Tale
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Operation Meet the Street 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Saints and Scroungers 12:30pm Oxford Street Revealed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors
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8:05am Claimed and Shamed 8:35am Oxford Street Revealed 9:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 10:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:05am Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 11:35am Click 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:25pm Ready, Steady, Cook
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 Let's Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
8:35am 3rd Rock from the Sun 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Jamie's Festive Feast 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Heston's Christmas Feast 2:10pm Come Dine with Me
3:10pm The Great British Bake Off 4:10pm A Place to Call Home 4:55pm The World's Most Photographed 5:25pm Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
6:25pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Tom Kerridge's Best Ever Dishes 8:30pm The Perfect Morecambe and Wise Christmas Special
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
6:30pm 5 News at 5 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 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Canterbury Cathedral 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Tonight 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Bette Midler: One Night Only 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show
9:00pm Dogs: Their Secret Lives 10:00pm Skint 11:00pm Steph and Dom Meet Nigel Farage 11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats
9:00pm Big Foot: The Missing Evidence 10:00pm Gotham
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Trollied 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad 11:00pm Arrow
6:00am UK Border Force 7:00am The Real A&E A chef is left fighting for his life after he suffers a full-blown asthma attack. 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Sun, Sea and A&E 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 Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:40pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 5:30pm Flog It!
3:00pm The Real St. Nick Romantic comedy by the director of Wayne's World.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Road Wars 5:00pm Sun, Sea and A&E
4:40pm Mr. St. Nick
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 Wild Weather with Richard Hammond 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Action-packed drama series based on DC Comics characters featuring the adventures of young Bruce Wayne and rookie detective James Gordon in corrupt, pre-Batman Gotham City.
Arrow meets his number-one fan, Carrie Cutter, who takes obsession to a new level.
11:00pm Greatest Christmas TV Moments
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
12:20am Great Continental Railway Journeys 1:20am The Apprentice 2:20am Wonders of the Monsoon 3:20am This is BBC Two 5:00am Around the World in 80 Faiths
12:45am All Star Family Fortunes 1:30am Jackpot247 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:35am NFL 1:30am 24 Hours in A and E 2:25am The Pervert's Guide to Ideology 4:45am A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 5:40am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
1:55am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:10am Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 5:00am Michaela's Wild Challenge
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm High Flyers: How Britain Took to the Air 10:00pm Time Shift 11:00pm Arrows 11:35pm Alex Higgins: The People's Champion 12:35am Castles: Britain's Fortified History 1:35am Quadrophenia: Can You See the Real Me? 2:45am Puppy Love
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11:15am The Chase 12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 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 You've Been Framed! 8:00pm The X Factor: Your Top Ten 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pm The Office Xmas Party 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 12:00am Little Man
10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:35am Judge Judy 12:00pm Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles 2:15pm Heartbeat 3:15pm Agatha Christie's Marple 5:20pm Faith in the Future 5:55pm French Fields 6:25pm Rising Damp 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm The Jury 12:00am The Vice
1:55pm Minder 3:00pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm 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 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 12:05am The Big Bang Theory
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Sitcom pilot about trying to find a place for yourself in inner-city London.
Comedy series set around a Wirral-based dog training class.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Bloodsport 8:35am King Arthur 10:45am Gangster Squad 12:40pm Hulk 3:00pm The Peacemaker 5:10pm Bloodsport 6:50pm King Arthur 9:00pm Hulk 11:20pm Demolition Man 1:20am Gangster Squad 3:20am Enter the Dragon A martial arts master uses a tournament to infiltrate the island fortress of a drug baron.
5:10am The Poseidon Adventure
7:15am The Top Ten Show 2014 7:35am Bean 9:20am Identity Thief 11:20am The World's End 1:15pm Starsky and Hutch 3:05pm There's Something About Mary 5:15pm Stand Up Guys 7:00pm Identity Thief 9:00pm The World's End 11:00pm Starsky and Hutch 12:45am There's Something About Mary 2:50am Stand Up Guys 4:30am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
7:00am Last Passenger 8:40am Closed Circuit 10:20am Proof of Life Engineer Peter Bowden is snatched by professional terrorists in the South American jungle.
12:40pm Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan A gang of football hooligans turn to bank robbery, with the police in hot pursuit.
2:10pm Dead Again 4:05pm Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 6:00pm Closed Circuit 7:40pm Proof of Life 10:00pm Sharky's Machine 12:05am Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan 1:35am The Canyons
7:05am While You Were Sleeping 8:55am Home Alone 4 10:25am Get Santa Special 10:55am Saving Santa 12:25pm Pete's Christmas 2:00pm Almost Christmas 3:50pm Naughty or Nice 5:30pm The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Special 5:50pm Disney's A Christmas Carol 7:30pm Saving Santa 9:00pm Almost Christmas 11:00pm Disney's A Christmas Carol 12:40am Pete's Christmas 2:15am While You Were Sleeping 4:05am Naughty or Nice
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8:05am Cripple Creek 9:35am Sam Whiskey 11:25am Khartoum 1:55pm Trouble Along the Way 4:00pm The Gun Hawk 5:50pm Escort West 7:30pm Dial M for Murder 10:00pm Private Benjamin
A lonely writer begins a relationship with his hyper- intelligent computer operating system.
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After the surprise termination of her second marriage, a spoiled Jewish princess joins the Army.
12:05am The Matrix 2:35am Private Benjamin After the surprise termination of her second marriage, a spoiled Jewish princess joins the Army.
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7:05am Homes Under the Hammer 8:05am Saints and Scroungers 8:35am Oxford Street Revealed 9:20am Glorious Gardens From Above 10:05am Antiques Roadshow 11:05am Close Calls: On Camera 11:35am HARDtalk 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Coast 2:25pm Ready, Steady, Cook
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 Let's Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Jamie at Home Christmas Special 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Jimmy's Grow Your Own Christmas Dinner 2:05pm Come Dine with Me
3:10pm The Great British Bake Off 4:10pm A Place to Call Home 4:55pm The World's Most Photographed 5:25pm Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
3:00pm A Bride for Christmas 4:45pm Lucky Christmas
6:25pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Alex Polizzi's Christmas Fix
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Coach Trip 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:30pm 5 News at 5 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm World's Ultimate Strongest Team
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass: Christmas - Masterclass 10:00pm The Choir: New Military Wives 11:00pm Brian Pern: A Life in Rock 11:30pm Newsnight
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9:00pm The Supervet 10:00pm Black Mirror 11:30pm Gogglebox
9:00pm Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 10:00pm Kids' Hospital at Christmas 11:00pm Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole
9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00pm Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets
12:35am Film 2014 1:05am Wreckers 2:30am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:35am BBC News
12:20am Posh People: Inside Tatler 1:20am Film 2014 1:50am The Mekong River with Sue Perkins 2:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two. 5:00am Around the World in 80 Faiths
2:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his daytime talk show. 4:45am ITV Nightscreen
12:30am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:25am Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage 2:25am KOTV Boxing Weekly 2:50am Transworld Sport 3:50am Men's Health Survival of the Fittest 4:20am A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
12:00am NCIS 12:55am NCIS 1:55am Super Casino 4:10am Living on the Edge 5:00am Nick's Quest 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Hawaii Five-0 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race 10:00pm The Secrets of Quantum Physics 11:00pm The Truth About Meteors 12:00am When Wrestling Was Golden: Grapples, Grunts and Grannies 1:00am Sounds of the Eighties 1:25am Spike Milligan: Love, Light and Peace 2:55am Spike Milligan: Assorted Q 3:25am Spike Milligan: Assorted Q 3:55am The Secrets of Quantum Physics 4:55am This is BBC Four
10:15am Royal Pains 11:15am The Chase 12:15pm All Star Family Fortunes 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 You've Been Framed! 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:45pm Take Me Out 10:00pm The Office Xmas Party 11:00pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 1:25am Two and a Half Men
8:55am Rising Damp 9:25am The Darling Buds of May 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:25am Judge Judy 11:55am Sherlock Holmes 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Housewife 49 5:15pm Faith in the Future 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm Rising Damp 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Wycliffe 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm The Jury 12:05am The Vice
10:55am Magnum, P.I. 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:25pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 1:55pm Minder 3:00pm The Professionals 4:00pm Pawn Stars 4:25pm 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 300 12:20am The Matrix Revolutions
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 The Big Bang Theory 12:05am The Big Bang Theory
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3pm 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:40pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 5:30pm Flog It!
Romantic drama. An unlucky single mother discovers that her winning lottery ticket is in the glove compartment of her recently stolen car.
3:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 4:00pm Road Wars 5:00pm Sun, Sea and A&E
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 The Apprentice
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SKY MOVIES Action 7:10am Executive Decision 9:25am Hellboy 11:40am White House Down 1:55pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 3:45pm After Earth 5:30pm Hellboy 7:45pm Executive Decision 10:00pm White House Down 12:15am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2:10am After Earth 3:55am Ghosts of Mars 5:40am In the Line of Duty: Smoke Jumpers Don is a Smoke Jumper, firefighters who parachute into forest fires and battle them from within.
7:40am Despicable Me 2 Special 8:10am Elf 9:55am The Hangover Part III 11:45am Bad Santa 1:35pm Bruce Almighty 3:25pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 5:10pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 7:15pm Elf 9:00pm The Hangover Part III When Doug is kidnapped, pals Alan, Phil and Stu become embroiled in a battle to save him.
10:45pm Bad Santa 12:30am Bruce Almighty 2:15am National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 3:55am Four Weddings and a Funeral 5:55am The Pink Panther
7:45am Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 10:15am Mad Dog and Glory 12:00pm The Fast and the Furious 1:55pm Flesh and Bone 4:05pm Syriana 6:20pm The Truth About Emanuel 8:05pm The Fast and the Furious 10:00pm Cold Comes the Night A Polish gangster takes a motel manager captive when a bag of money goes missing.
11:35pm A Man Apart 1:40am Basic Instinct 4:00am Jagged Edge Newspaper man Jack is the prime suspect when his rich wife is murdered.
7:10am Christmas in Wonderland 8:55am Miracle on 34th Street 10:35am Get Santa Special 11:05am Home Alone 12:55pm New Year's Eve Comedy following the adventures of a group of New Yorkers on New Year's Eve. Comedy/romance.
3:00pm Jingle All the Way 4:35pm Home Alone 6:25pm Snowmen 7:55pm New Year's Eve Comedy following the adventures of a group of New Yorkers on New Year's Eve. Comedy/romance.
10:00pm Jingle All the Way 11:35pm Look Who's Talking Now! 1:15am Miracle on 34th Street 3:00am Snowmen 4:30am Look Who's Talking Now!
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7:45am Trouble Along the Way 9:50am Escort West 11:30am Dial M for Murder 1:35pm Knights of the Round Table 4:00pm The Gunfight at Dodge City 5:35pm Rage at Dawn 7:25pm The Train 10:00pm Last Man Standing 11:55pm The Matrix Reloaded Zion falls under siege to the Machine Army.
2:35am Last Man Standing 4:20am Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend 5:50am Off Set TCM presents a special on the acclaimed English jazz-pop singer-songwriter.
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Modern-day A stress-free pets go digital Christmas ARE you a modern pet owner? If so, it is likely you have made your pets go digital, and are pampering your pooches. According to research carried out for GoCompare by Vision Critical, nearly one million UK pet owners have created an online profile for their pet on sites like Facebook, a practice known as ‘social petworking.’ And Skype’s Pet Brand Ambassador, Paris Permenter, uses the online video/phone service to stay in touch with her dogs and has even published special Skyping tips for pet owners. To tune in to the modern digitally-minded pet owner a new website has been launched to give owners training tips for their animals. Clickety Clips is a new concept in online video resource designed with the modern ‘time-poor’ dog owner in mind. “They want pets who can be treated as members of the family,” said founder Vicky Carne, who added: “This new digital generation of owners is looking for help and insights delivered in a way that fits with their smart technology and demanding lives.” Vicky explained: “Modern dog owners want to learn on the go. They want information they can access and consume easily, on a smartphone or tablet, at a time that suits them. “They visit the vet and seek advice and may well sign their dog up for puppy classes. But they also want ready access to different approaches and ideas to help them make decisions about everything from training to treats, from physical health to their pets’ mental well-being.”
for your cat CHRISTMAS is a stressful time for most cats, except for the very laid-back ones. Strangers coming into the home, small children, loud noises from guests and TVs, unusual smells from Christmas trees and holly and mistletoe, unusual food, etc, can all have an effect. If you have a nervous cat, give it a room it can retreat to, with litter tray, food and water. If it wants to come down and join the fun, let it. If not, leave it be. Give your cat the choice. If it is very nervous install a Feliway diffuser in the room, starting a week before Christmas. Most cats are afraid of
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visiting dogs, even if they live with a familiar dog. In this case make sure the cat is shut away from the dog so that they never have to come face to face. After all this is your cat’s home, and it deserves to feel safe. Chocolate is poisonous both to cats and dogs. Grapes and raisins are poisonous to dogs and probably to cats, too. Turkey and chicken
Long-term sitters located for Windsor and Wentworth By Lamia Walker of HousesitMatch SAM and Pete, a professional couple from Cambridgeshire, decided to give up their jobs, their lovely home and garden in a pretty English village, to volunteer abroad for six months. A brave mid-career move perhaps, to leave safe, comfortable jobs in these uncertain times. But what to do with their cats? When Sam first suggested doing more of
what they enjoyed on their holidays - volunteering in Uganda at an educational charity - Pete was reluctant at first. “It was not about giving up work necessarily, I am a self-employed plumber and can take my business with me. It was mainly about our 10-year-old cats, Windsor and Wentworth. We’ve had them as long as we’ve been married and we wanted them cared for safely at home. We knew there must be a solution
and one Friday we Googled home care for pets and came across HouseSit Match.com. “During the weekend we had registered, posted a profile and already had enquiries about people wanting to house-sit for us from all over the world. Now we can travel to Uganda, having chosen the people who will care for our home and our furry family.” Download your Free Easy Guide to Housesitting from here
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FESTIVE FEAR: Visitors and noise can scare cats. bones can get stuck in the throat or wound the stomach. Alcohol will lead to accidents like falling off shelves, or, if
a lot is taken, it can kill. It is not funny to give a cat alcohol: it is cruel. Therefore, shut away all food. Or shut away the cat. After all, you don’t want to go into the kitchen and find cat nibble marks on the turkey. String that ties up a turkey may be half swallowed. NEVER pull it out. Ring the emergency vet service and take their advice. This also applies to tapes, strings or anything that may end up half in and half out at either end. Just yanking can cause serious injury.
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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 Let's Do Christmas with Gino and Mel 2:30pm ITV News and Weather
9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Frasier 12:00pm Jamie's Best Ever Christmas 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm A Superscrimpers Christmas 2:05pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me
3:10pm The Great British Bake Off 4:10pm A Place to Call Home 4:55pm The World's Most Photographed 5:25pm Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain
3:00pm Peter Andre's 60 Minute Makeover 4:00pm Secret Dealers 5:00pm Tipping Point
3:10pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
4:40pm Christmas Song
6:25pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm The 12 Drinks of Christmas
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
6:30pm 5 News at 5 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Living on the Edge: Blood in the Snow
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 Apprentice: You're Fired! 11:30pm Newsnight
9:00pm Surprise Surprise 10:00pm Hit and Run 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Cliffhanger
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9:00pm Gibraltar: Britain in the Sun 10:00pm Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 11:00pm Crazy Christmas Compulsives
9:00pm All Aboard: East Coast Trains 10:00pm Tsunami: 10 Years After the Wave 11:00pm Forever
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1:45am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am Rhod Gilbert: The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo 1:05am The Selfish Giant 2:40am Extreme Brat Camp 3:35am The Bandit of Sherwood Forest 5:05am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
12:00am Kids' Hospital at Christmas 1:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am The Railway: First Great Western 5:00am Nick's Quest 5:25am House Doctor 5:45am House Doctor
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PISCES (February 20 - March 20) This month, there is much to be celebrated. So much has happened in the latter part of the year. Certainly, congratulations are in order. When you have made such an effort and are rewarded for it,
We are all guilty of trying to get over this truth, but it never works. Have patience when looking to improve your possessions. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Going over old ground is counterproductive. There is nothing to be gained from repeating methods that did not work in the past. If it is not possible to find a fresh approach then seek the opinions of others. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Getting together with others to entertain is sure to be successful after the 26th. Before that there may be some irritations, particularly with people who refuse to be positive and make decisions. Those moving house or going on a journey need a lot of patience, and forward planning is essential.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) With the best will in the world it is only possible to spend money once.
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.
LIBRA (September 24 October 23) This is an important week for both your physical health and your mental wellbeing. Because of things beyond your control, you may have let your diet or exercise slip. Having sorted out any problems that side-tracked you, there is a need to be particularly strong.
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SCORPIO (October 24 November 22) This is a week to let yourself be heard. Be it writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls or making conversation, you must express yourself. Being honest and outspoken need not mean upsetting people.
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Very good: 13
Good: 9
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aged, dang, doge, drag, dreg, egad, ergo, gape, gate, gean, gear, gent, gnat, goad, goat, goer, gone, gore, grad, gran, grot, ogre, page, pang, pong, rage, rang, tang, toga, tong, agent, agone, anger, argon, argot, ergot, gaped, gaper, gated, gator, gonad, goner, gored, grade, grand, grant, grape, grate, great, groan, groat, grope, orang, organ, paged, pager, podge, prang, prong, raged, range, tango, argent, danger, dotage, dragon, gander, garden, garnet, grande, grated, groped, onager, orange, parget, ponged, potage, ranged, toerag, dragnet, granted, groaned, negator, portage, pranged, pronged, tangoed, trepang, dragonet, GODPARENT
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not interested in your point of view, this is far off the mark. They, in their inexperience, may not know how best to approach you in this regard.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) The importance of making the right choices is clear to you. Where to begin seems to be a sticking point. Starting by taking away the things you really do not want is essential. Be practical and logical. This is not a time for sentiment or muddled thinking.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When it comes to throwing wobblers, please don't. It is so important this week to stay cool and unruffled. Change nothing that you can avoid changing.
December 13, Santi Cazorla, football player After four seasons with Villareal and one season with Malaga, Cazorla joined Arsenal in 2012 and has been instrumental in the team’s midfield. He was named the 10th best player in the world by Bloomberg in 2013. He is only the third Spanish player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League, along with Fernando Torres and Jordi Gomez.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Having problems with that new computer? Fallen foul of the new mobile phone? That wouldn't be surprising this week. As you are prone to mistakes and misunderstandings, try not to tackle anything vital. Be sure to get plenty of sleep and fresh air.
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1. Voiced by actress Kate Harbour, what is the name of Bob the Builder’s pet cat? 2. What is the name of the cat in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons who is often seen chasing Tweety Bird, Speedy Gonzales or Hippety Hopper? 3. What is the name of the local NYPD cop in the television cartoon series Top Cat? 4. What was the name of the 18th century English writer and lexicographer who owned a ‘very fine cat’ called Hodge? 5. Runaway Boys (1980) and Rock This Town (1981) were both UK Top 10 hit singles for which American rockabilly band? 6. Which US-born, British poet wrote the book of light verse Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, on which the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats was based? 7. Which famous actress played the title role in the 1965 comedy Western film Cat Ballou? 8. Which pasta dish is the favourite food of Garfield the cat?
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Across 1 Dawdle, as ducks do (6) 5 Lack of density associated with our planet (6) 8 Glossy magazine uncovers a beating (4) 9 Exchange rate certain to provide wealth (8) 10 In with Rose, not exactly the junior of the two (6) 11 Make case without England’s leader (6) 12 Note of French flag (4) 14 Bingo from the Bahamas (3) 15 A lair in an Arabian seaport (4) 16 Swiss community against admitting worker (6) 18 Study after the unfinished yarn (6) 19 Portrait of Ken’s isle at sea (8) 21 Brew ales for purchase (4) 22 Cuss the French pound (6) 23 Departmental head one sues can be neglect (6) Down 2 Sounds like a way in to worship (5) 3 Detest scruffy kid’s lie (7)
4 Distract ant in tree, somehow (9) 5 Party eye opener is a deer (3) 6 Long narrow passage in Shanghai’s Left Bank (5) 7 Rubs the talent up the wrong way in order to regain the advantage (4,3,6) 11 Punished, the way one is in
being pursued (9) 13 A car I’ve designed for selfishness (7) 15 A Russian leader takes it easy, then stops all together (7) 17 Take care of delicacy (5) 20 Find a farm animal in the World Wide Web (3)
Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents P and 16 represents Z, so fill in P every time the figure 10 appears and Z every time the figure 16 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Agrarian, 4 Bite, 7 Rents, 9 Avail, 11 Scant, 12 Enact, 13 Ticker, 15 Causes, 19 Beams, 21 Rooks, 23 Shame, 24 Elate, 25 Same, 26 Kestrels. Down: 1 Abreast, 2 Ranks, 3 Adapts, 5 Edict, 6 Made, 8 Scale, 10 Loafs, 14 Crass, 16 Abode, 17 Softens, 18 Breeze, 19 Bails, 20 Scat, 22 Snare. QUICK Across: 7 Recent, 8 Voyage, 10 College, 11 Sweet, 12 Seek, 13 Fewer, 17 Reach, 18 Hour, 22 Apart, 23 Protect, 24 Leaves, 25 Stress. Down: 1 Precise, 2 Scolded, 3 Anger, 4 Monster, 5 Camel, 6 Debts, 9 Telescope, 14 Beetles, 15 Forever, 16 Protest, 19 Early, 20 Japan, 21 Boots.
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ENGLISH-SPANISH Across: 1 Casco, 3 Beers, 7 Amargo, 9 Open, 10 September, 13 Raro, 14 España, 16 Scarf, 17 Batas. Down: 1 Coal, 2 Car, 4 Empresa, 5 Sano, 6 Cohetes, 8 Alegria, 11 Gris, 12 Mats, 15 Pea.
English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Basket (5) 4 Stamp (postage stamp) (5) 7 That (3) 8 Aviator (7) 9 Jabón (para lavar) (4) 10 Eighth (6) 14 Cuellos (de prenda) (7) 16 Bacalao (3) 17 Lakes (5) 18 Asientos (muebles) (5) Down 1 Ajedrez (5) 2 Swedish (f) (5) 3 To pray (say prayers) (4) 4 Maletas (para equipaje) (9) 5 Tapa (de caja) (3) 6 Nuestro (3) 11 Anchor (5) 12 Waves (in sea, lake) (5) 13 Sierras (herramientas) (4) 14 Cabbage (3) 15 Pierna (3)
Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (ASTERN) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. ABASES
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a famous region of Germany (two words): CRABS FELT OK FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: LEONARDO DA VINCI, BLACK FOREST
Unscramble the name of a famous Italian artist: VINDALOO AND RICE
Across 1 Selects (7) 4 Fabulous (5) 7 Inspire wrath (5) 9 Shrieks (7) 10 Problem (7) 11 Requires (5) 12 Reserve (5) 14 Banquet (5) 19 Does damage to (5) 21 Put back (7) 23 Offensive remarks (7) 24 Inexpensive (5) 25 Catalogues (5) 26 Leave dangling (7) Down 1 Maps (6) 2 Clean with effort (5) 3 Method (6) 4 Odd (7) 5 Serene state (5) 6 Oppose (6) 8 Band (5) 13 Outcomes (7) 15 Have in common (5) 16 Excitement (6) 17 Emergency (6) 18 Bounded (6) 20 Reclines (5) 22 Chooses (5)
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27th November THE morning after the day before! I had had my first chemo treatment on 26th November and awoke having slept well. Apart from feeling a little peaky I felt surprisingly good. A hearty breakfast along with the medication I had been given set me straight. Everything seemed a little dream-like, if I’m honest. Nobody ever imagines that they will be having chemotherapy but I had started and that was the important thing… the sooner I began the sooner I finished. I spent the morning resting and then had to go to the hospital again for the last set of tests, a bone scan. I arrived at the hospital at 3pm and had yet another lot of dye injected into my arm; my veins had taken a pounding that week. Then I was instructed to go away for two hours and drink lots of water. On my return I was ‘scanned’. A process that took about 20 minutes and completely painless of course. This was to rule out bone cancer. The staff were friendly and told me that they would send the results on to my oncologist. I imagined that for my next chemo session they would be inside my file ready for my appointment. As I have mentioned, I was given a lot of information about chemotherapy and I have to say that I am not a great one for reading instructions and buying lots of medication. I prefer to have the general
Readers’ response Dear Erica, I have been reading your ‘column’ with mixed feelings, having experienced most of what you have related so far plus chemo followed by radiotherapy. I notice that you referred to hearing comments made by others whilst in the waiting room about the various side-effects of chemo. Yes, there are many and various ‘side-effects’ but I sincerely hope that you will not relay these through your page in this paper. I feel strongly that patients should decide for themselves with as little ‘previous knowledge’ as possible as, if they overhear/misunderstand or read too much, they may decide against the treatment and so make the wrong decision. The MacMillan website is very helpful. I would be willing to answer any relevant questions you may have if you feel it would be helpful. I do wish you well. Yours sincerely, Mrs P H
Dear Pamela Many thanks for your letter. I entirely agree that talking about side-effects can be negative and often irrelevant to many as we are all so different and react in different ways to treatment. My intention is to write about my experience but to be as positive as possible. I intend to listen to my body and respond accordingly. I feel a little tired but that’s about it at the moment, so as far as I am concerned life must go on as normal! Thank you for your offer of advice and to answer any questions I might have. At this stage I can’t think of anything in particular but I will certainly contact you if I have any doubts.
Kind regards and best wishes for a full recovery, Erica
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outline and then listen to my body. Naturally, the essential meds must be taken but you don’t have to go crazy buying every cream and potion suggested. I think that a ‘wait and see how you go policy’ is a good one. Why pre-empt? The one thing that I think is important is a good diet, lots of nuts and green veggies and fruit. You must drink lots of water, hydrate your skin well and there are a wonderful range of teas that are good for you and delicious at the same
time. There are lots of cookery books with great ideas for recipes that provide you with what you need to keep your immune system at full power, which is essential if you are to stay on track with your treatment schedule. Eat well, rest and avoid people with colds if you can. Friday was ‘mission wig’! Typically, I didn’t go to loads of shops because there is a fantastic and very well established hairdressers near Calle Larios, called Pacos. Everyone had spoken highly about them so I thought that would be the best place to go. I failed to realise that my little shopping trip coincided with the Malaga Christmas illuminations. The mayor turned on the lights and what a sight they were! Utterly dazzling and beautiful.
The atmosphere was buzzing in the centre and it really felt like Christmas had arrived. The streets were teeming with people and the smell of chestnuts roasting pervaded your every sense. Into the hairdressers I went. It was a veritable Aladdin’s cave. A jovial lady called Carmen asked if she could help and the moment I explained that I had started chemo she whisked me upstairs. You could tell they were at ease and used to dealing with clients going through treatment. We went to a private room and tried on lots of wigs. It was great fun actually. I managed to narrow down the choice and with the help of Jorge, I settled on a rather snazzy, short ‘Bondesque’ number. It was expensive but with Black Friday 20 per cent off, I decided it was worth it. I would save a fortune on haircuts and colours and shampoos! I think that if you
can, it is important to boost your image and your selfesteem… if you look in the mirror and a sad, drab face looks back, that is how you will feel on the inside. A bit of lipstick and a bright jumper works for me. With the special offers on I nipped into El Corte Ingles and bought a set of knives for my boyfriend’s mother who had been cooking and looking after me as if I were her own. I’ve seen sharper spoons than her knives so it was time for an update! She loves to cook so her little face lit up when I gave them to her. Then it was time to eat and rest. The following day I decided to meet my dear friend Pepi for coffee, a bit of shopping and a then a few tapas. I just love being in the centre of Malaga. It is a special place for me for so many reasons. The rest of the weekend was spent resting and watching Strictly Come Dancing and Sherlock with my children. We made a cake on Sunday. It had been a thoroughly good weekend. Everything seemed calm. I felt pretty good but was wondering when my hair might fall out. Instead of waiting for that moment I decided to have a radical haircut. I had long hair and I went very short. It was very liberating, I have to say. Later I would shave my head and don my wig but for now my short cut was to be enjoyed! A friend of mine suggested I tried Reiki… didn’t know much about it but it was a good excuse to lie down and relax so I gave it a whirl. The jury is out for the moment but Carmen liked doing it so I decided that I would try it again. A week had gone by since my first treatment and pretty much without incident. I had seven more to go in 21 day cycles, 17th December would be my next session. Fingers crossed for the same reaction. Only time would tell.
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Where are the best hospitals in Spain? THE University Hospital of La Paz in Madrid and the University Clinic of Navarra top the list of public and private hospitals with the best reputation in Spain. That’s according to an independent study which collected the opinions of 2,400 experts. This is the first monitor of health reputation to be held in the country and includes the rankings of top public and private hospitals, hospital services and medical professionals by speciality. Madrid and Barcelona host the top five public hospitals, whilst the best private hospitals are in Navarra with private centres in Madrid taking in the next six spots. The ranking reflects the valuation of experts, including doctors,
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it is the ideal solution for those with busy lives. Hectic schedules often mean meals are missed or unhealthy snacks quickly grabbed, but the shakes can be made up and taken with you so you know you are getting what your body needs throughout the day. Only requiring water, the shakes can also be mixed with milk for a thicker consistency or fruit juices for varied tastes and preferences and, costing between €2.60-€3 per portion, it is affordable. It has been a complete life change for Unni. Originally from Norway, she has grown up surrounded by sweet treats and pastries and even wrote a book a few years ago in Spanish about Norwegian traditional sweets and
cakes, something she is now not as proud of as she was at the time. “I am a bit horrified now about what I have done and I used to make cakes for children but I have stopped it as I realised how bad sugar is. I felt like I was poisoning the kids; sugar is worse than cocaine for addiction,” she said. For more information about the healthy shakes and energy drinks using only natural ingredients, call Unni now and transform your life. She also offers weekly support groups in Alfaz del Pi for weigh-ins and encouragement, help and advice. Unni Warpe Healthy shakes and energy drinks Tel: 691 582 613 Email: unni.synergy@gmail.com
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PIZZAS and Chinese takeaways could soon form part of a person’s ‘five-aday’ diet. The Department of Health in the UK is considering allowing foods that have at least one portion of fruit or veg to carry the government’s official five-a-day logo, meaning pizzas with
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storage properties of the main gel constituent are amazing. The product is useful for trees, shrubs, and annual flowering plants, including vegetables. I suggest you explore their website for information and orders. 3. In general mattocks are more convenient tools than forks and spades for most digging, rock moving and weeding jobs on Spanish soils. Agricultural co-operatives often have good displays of small medium and large bladed
mattocks to choose from. When selecting mattocks ensure you check handles are long enough to use comfortably. 4. A book such as ‘Living well from our garden Mediterranean style’ to help understand which garden plants have health benefits. For those with Spanish partners the book is now translated into Spanish as ‘Vivirbien de un jardin español al estilo Mediterráneo.’ 5. Someone to help prune giant trees whether ancient oaks, pines, olive or carob trees and 20-year-old acacias. 6. A wheelbarrow with a bouncy wheel, especially if your garden is terraced and you need to cope with steps. 7. A growing table on which to build up a collection of small plants or grow salad vegetables. 8. An unusual plant such as a Hand of Budda or Allah variety of lemon, Latin Botanical name Citrus medica var sarcodactylis, which has amazingly shaped fruits with more flavour than many normal lemons for cooking and making infusions. However they do not have much central flesh for juicing. 9. If the intended recipient is relatively new to Spanish gardening, or gardening at all, then the general handbook ‘Your Garden in Spain - From planning to planting to maintenance’ would make a good present. Hope these presents help you with your Christmas shopping. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com
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RESTAURANTS Charlotte and Salva welcome you to RESTAURANTE PLAZA, La Coveta Fuma, El Campello. THE PLACE for Sole, Fishpot, Filletsteak, Duckbreast and many more (also vegetarian) dishes. Weekdays 4-Course Menu 13.25€. Sunday Special Menu 15.25€. WEEKDAYS SPECIAL... For those who love Fish (and as long as available), 1 PLATE WITH 3 SOLE, CHIPS AND GARNITURE 13.50€. Extra Sole only 1,00€. PLAZA is open Sunday-Friday 19:0022:00 h. Tel. 965 638 039 (225653)
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Maserati’s stunning Alfieri to go into production MASERATI has announced that it has put into production its stunning Alfieri 2+2 concept car. Named after Alfieri Maserati it is to mark the car maker’s centennial. The Italian manufacturer was set up in December 1914. The car “explores the stylistic heritage of the brand and anticipates future design trends,” says Maserati. A sleek, Italian style 2+2, today’s Alfieri is still at the concept stage, but that will change soon, announced the
car makers. The Alfieri production car should be driven out of showrooms sometime in 2016 or 2017, and is expected to be powered by either a V6 or V8 turbo engine. Maserati CEO Harald Westersaid: “It is the year of the Alfieri, an amazing concept car built to mark the Centennial, named after our founder. “It is the year in which customers and fans celebrate our glorious past, enjoy a present in which the product
range is wider than ever, and look eagerly forward to the launch of the Maserati SUV, to be followed by the Alfieri, as the concept car goes into production.” The concept interprets Maserati’s most iconic signatures: restyled triple air ducts on the wheel arches; the trident emblem in a central position on the front grille; the Saetta logo
on the rear pillar; and forged wheels whose spoke design gives a nod to the trident profile. The designers’ brief was simplicity and minimalism with a “kick of poetry” to create the comfortably sized 2+2 seat passenger compartment while emphasising the racing nature of the brand. Poltrona Frau Aniline
Simplicity with a ‘kick of poetry’ was the brief.
leather has been used for the interior in the concept version, matched with copper, aluminum and other materials reminiscent of oxidised steel, commonly used in the racing cars of the 50s. Vintage racing also inspires the wraparound design of the seats, offset by their futuristic look and modern structure. Maserati is celebrating its 100th anniversary all over the world in 2014 with special programmes for clients and fans.
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Division Two set standard From Back Page Division Two had the best Strokesford score with Colin Harris returning 12. Second place went to David Edwards (18) and Malcolm Robinson was third (22). Nearest the pin winners were Michael Morley, Arthur Sullivan, Chris Williamson and Colin Harris and there were Warbler balls for Arthur, David Knight and Chris Williamson. Sheila Dindar celebrated her birthday and the winners of her prizes were Roy Booth and Tony Dickinson. The Warblers will be at Oliva Nova on Wednesday December 17 for the Turkey Trot.
Chelsea fall as the ‘rocket’ takes off Tony Matthews
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Diary of Events BOTH Liverpool and Manchester City had to avoid defeat to stay in the Champions League. In fact, the Reds HAD to beat FC Basel at Anfield on Tuesday while City required at least a draw against Roma in Italy. The other big games in the CL this week were
Barcelona-PSG, ChelseaSporting, GalatasarayArsenal and Real MadridLudo Razgrad. Tonight Celtic (away in Zagreb), Everton (v Krasnodar) and Tottenham (v Besiktas) all compete in the Europa League. The nine PL games this weekend are: ArsenalNewcastle, BurnleySouthampton, ChelseaHull, Crystal Palace-Stoke, Leicester-Manchester City, Manchester UnitedLiverpool, Sunderland-West Ham, Swansea-Tottenham and WBA-Aston Villa. Everton play QPR on Monday. Elsewhere, England played Sri Lanka in the 5th
PRESENTATION: Montgo Golf Society winners at the Oliva Nova Hotel.
Montgo Golf Society celebrate awards night
MONTGO Golf Society’s annual Presentation Dinner was held at the Oliva Nova Hotel, organised by Stella Fox and Penny Barden. The 2014 trophy weekly winners were presented with commemorative photos of their individual triumphs and bottles of wine provided by Campbell Lamont, the guest of honour. The main prizes of the year were awarded with Penny Barden taking home the Fred Oram
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trophy for the most improved player during the year and Shaun O’Gorman next up, winning again the Norman Howell Eclectic trophy with Geoff Willcock second. Penny then collected the Morris Family trophy for winning the society’s singles competition, and Campbell presented the awards for his sponsorship of the new Order of Merit with Shaun getting his second win of the night from John Day in second. Player of the Year saw
John Day in third place, second spot went to Ed Wallace with Shaun gaining his third trophy as the winner.
ODI yesterday (the sixth is on Saturday, the last next Tuesday)... the Cheltenham International race meeting starts tomorrow... the World Handball Champions are taking place in Croatia and Hungary... the men’s hockey champions trophy is under way in India... and the pool games in both the European Champions and British and Irish Cup Rugby Union competitions continue. Sports Shorts • Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ O’Sullivan (5-1 and 9-4 up) beat Judd Trump 10-9 in a terrific UK Snooker final. Earlier in the competition, and despite fracturing an ankle, O’Sullivan scored a maximum 147 break for the 13th time in his career. Said ‘The Rocket’: “The final was my toughest game ever.”
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BBC SITCOM a great success FORTY-EIGHT intrepid Benitachell bowlers braved the weather and fiendish format to play in the BBC SITCOM. The Seeded Individual Triples Competition consisted of three games each with and against different teams. The day was a great success with many new members taking part with the final result being: in third place, Marilyn Chamberlain, second Lynn Stothard, and the winner was David Roberts. SATURDAY WINTER FOURS There was a win for Bencid who now lead the table by one point from Aussie Rules and Mavericks, who still have a game in hand over the top two. All teams have now registered a win in the BBC’s Saturday Winter Fours.
The BBC Winter League team travelled south to Greenlands, which has not been the best of places for the BBC in recent times, and this proved to be the case once again. Whilst winning on one rink and close on one other, the home team took 10 points to two. In the Northern League there was another 10pointer for the BBC Lions, home to Finca Guila Swifts, whilst the Jaguars took eight points away to Javea Green Onyx. Both teams won their Challenger League Matches. The afternoon match saw the Jaguars score another good 8-2 win over Calpe to make it a good day for the BBC teams. All the results and match reports can be seen on the BBC website: www.benitachellbowls club.com
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Javea Green manage four points against San Luis
JAVEA GREEN’S Winter League team travelled to San Luis needing at least four points and that is exactly what they got. It could so easily have been more but the last four ends saw Alan Phillips’s team and Nick Cole’s team dropping shots from a commanding position to lose 16-20 and 19-23 respectively. The reshuffled team of
Brian Manser lost 12-33. Sheri Fletcher’s team battled all throughout to snatch victory on the last end and finished 15-14, and Clive English’s team also won 16-13. The Berleen team skippered by Jim Fletcher fared no better, losing 7-25. It still leaves Javea second in the table, two points behind San Luis with a game in hand and on
equal points with Quesada, also with a game in hand. Last match of 2014 is next Wednesday when a good home win against Greenlands could see Javea top of the table. All three of Javea’s Northern League teams lost; Quartz were away to El Cid Shields and won on one rink skippered by Bryan Payne and drew one rink skippered by Ken Davey. The final score was 3-7 against. Their Challengers team won. Javea Opal lost at home to BBC Jaguars 4-6 with John Coates’s team having a win and Brian Walker’s team fighting back to win by one shot.
CHEERS!: Orba Warblers at Villaitana.
Maths needed!
A BRIGHT, sunny day greeted the Orba Warblers at Villaitana. The competition played was a Strokesford, half stableford and half medal with a little maths to work out the score.
On top of Division One was Chris Williamson with a score of 16; in second place was Derek Gray (21) and in third, Fred Cooley (22). Turn to Page 71