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Stay-athome ALICANTE Province’s population ceased to fall as fewer residents emigrated inside Spain or abroad. The province had 1,852,789 registered residents in July 2014, a rise of 2,399 on July 2013.
Posted abroad ONE HUNDRED men from the Special Operations Command (MOE) at Alicante City’s Rabasa base are to be posted to Iraq. They will assist in training Iraqi soldiers to combat jihadism.
Supermarket could open ALCAMPO could open a supermarket in part of Benidorm’s Centro Cultural. SPTCV, owned by the regional government, began building the centre in 2007, but work was halted four years ago.
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MERICAN superstar director Francis Ford Coppola could be riding to the rescue of Alicante’s white elephant film studios. But the catch is the Valencian taxpayer faces a massive loss on the project potentially up to €194 million. The Ciudad de la Luz (City of Light) was closed down after the European General Court declared a €274 million investment in the project by the Valencian Regional Government to be illegal and anti-competitive. The regional government, which had ended up owning the studios, was told to reclaim its money. That left little option other than to put the studios up for sale in a bid to recoup the money. Now an American investment group, led by s Pres don Cor
director Francis Ford Coppola (pictured), and featuring several companies, has reportedly put in an offer to take on the complex and its €80 million debt. But it is unclear whether they would pay
any extra money, or just take on the debt. The regional government has admitted that it has little chance of getting back its original investment as all it could hope for was the market rate for the complex. The studios, which closed in February 2013, have seen 60 films made there, and were recently declared the best in the world by Blade Runner director Ridley Scott. He criticised the closure of the studios saying it made no sense. Coppola himself is aware of the possibilities of the Ciudad de la Luz, having used the facilities in 2008 for a few weeks during filming of Tetro.
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The right Christmas spirit BETTER watch out - and not just because Santa Claus is coming to town. The Guardia Civil traffic police from the General Traffic Directorate (DGT) will be out in force, too. Nor will the DGT’s surveillance of the Christmas spirit be restricted to main roads, as the traffic police will also be concentrating on secondary roads with radar traps and breathtests. These are the roads where 80 per cent of mortal accidents occur, the DGT pointed out.
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INDEX News 1 - 20 Finance 21 - 26 Letters 27 Leapy Lee 28 Daily TV 30, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 44 Time Out 46 - 47 Health & Beauty 49 - 50 Food 52 - 54 Homes & Gardens 55-57 Property 58 - 59 Services 60 - 64 Classifieds 65 - 67 Motoring 68 - 70 Sport 71 - 72
LOS MOLINOS: Provincial government officials check out the lie of the land.
Revamp for Los Molinos gardens BENITACHELL Council and Alicante provincial government are giving Los Molinos urbanisation a facelift. The provincial government - the equivalent of a county council - is carrying out improvements to the urbanisation’s garden zones after Benitachell Council applied for official funding for the project and received a ₏23,150 grant.
Reorganising Los Molinos green spaces includes weeding and clearing undergrowth from the area as well as thinning out trees. Once this has been completed the gardens will be planted with native trees and plants including fan palms, rosemary and thyme while pathways will be built and benches installed. It is also planned to substitute
current irrigation methods with a self-compensating drip system. If all goes according to schedule, the work will be completed by the end of the year. Recycled water from the waste-water treatment plant will be piped to the Los Molinos for irrigating the green spaces and this will also be available to residents for use in their own gardens.
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Parents’ choice VALENCIAN COMMUNITY families vote online tomorrow, Friday, to choose whether their children are taught in Spanish or Valenciano. Although not binding, results “will be taken into consideration,” the Education department said.
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JAVEA is updating its social harmony guidelines. Existing regulations date from 1953 and the 189 new directives, plus an appendix of fines, will make it easier to deal with present-day problems. These include noise generated by the open air ‘botellon’ drinking sessions enjoyed by the young as well as unauthorised street
vending or overgrown and untended plots of private land. Above all, the new rules aim to remind residents and visitors that their actions could sometimes disturb their fellow citizens and that respect for shared areas takes precedence over individual rights. The Local Police will not use the new regulations to needlessly fine citizens, said Mayor Jose Chulvi
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Sail away BALEARIA expects 15,000 passengers to take the DeniaIbiza ferry over Christmas. Most will leave Denia between December 19 and 23, although return crossings will be staggered, the shipping line predicted.
In good nick THE central government’s Interior department confirmed it would fund a new National Police station in Benidorm. The money will not be available until 2016, the ministry announced.
Drought damage APPROXIMATELY 30,000 of Alicante Province’s cherry trees have been damaged by drought, growers said. Even the remaining trees will produce smaller crops next year, they predicted BIC request FOLLOWING restoration of the Santa Creu church’s bell-tower in Pedreguer an application was made to list the 1573 building as an Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC).
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although some behaviour will be sanctioned. Having sex in public, like the couple seen enjoying themselves on a floating platform off the Arenal beach last summer, will carry a €200 fine. If prostitution is involved the fine rises to €750 exactly the same amount as swimming when the red flag is flying.
Epic exams fail COSTA BLANCA hoteliers asked to be consulted before changes are made to state school holidays. Bringing forward exam re-sits to July resulted in a 7 per cent fall in reservations, they claimed.
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STREET ART: Exhibition is one of the hottest art shows of the year.
Striking art - but whose work is it?
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IME is running out to see one of the hottest art shows of the year in Spain; one that will have art lovers strongly divided in their opinions. Los Angelesbased artist Thierry Guetta - aka Mr Brainwash - is currently exhibiting a collection of his work at Barcelona’s Galeria 3 Puntos, and his street-art style has critics divided as to just how talented the Parisborn, self-proclaimed filmmaker and street artist is. In fact, there are strong rumours that the work of Guetta is actually the work of the world-famous Banksy, and the Mr Brainwash persona is an elaborate hoax dreamt up by the elusive and mischievous British street artist. The protagonist of the Oscar-nominated 2010 documentary film ‘Exit
Quote of the Week I had two options. One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. And the second was to speak up and then be killed,’
said Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year-old shot by the Taliban after speaking out on education.
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Space lost OWNERS of apartments destroyed by a gas explosion in La Nucia’s Puerta de Hierro urbanisation will rectify planning irregularities when rebuilding. Some properties could be reduced by up to 10 square metres.
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Sweet results CHOCOLATES VALOR, one of the few remaining Villajoyosa manufacturers, saw business increase by 23 per cent from July 2013 to June 2014. The firm’s €94 million turnover exceeded expectations.
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Through the Gift Shop,’ Mr Brainwash shot to fame by copying the styles of other street artists he saw around him, including Banksy. The movie chronicled his rise through the ranks of the underground scene to the eventual staging of a massive art exhibition in LA. Dismissed by many as a copycat, but hailed by others as a genius, the work of Mr Brainwash undoubtedly gets the art world talking wherever his attention-grabbing exhibitions take him. The Mr Brainwash exhibition will run until December 31 in Barcelona and is the perfect opportunity to see some of the world’s most famous street-art pieces, as immortalised on film. If it is all a hoax, then perhaps the works on show at Galeria 3 Puntos are a chance to see pieces by Banksy.
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million is the reputed yearly salary of Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso who will be racing with the McLaren-Honda F1 team for next year’s championship. The team will also be paying Jenson Button around €10 million after retaining his services for another year.
JOSE FRANCISCO ERADES from Javea, called for withdrawal of official funding for ‘toro embolat’ events where burning torches are attached to the bull’s horns. The local council will debate the proposal.
Better flow TRAFFIC LIGHTS at the La Font intersection on the old N332 at San Juan are to be eliminated. They will be replaced with a €340,000 roundabout to improve traffic flow.
Closer watch MUCHAMIEL police are increasing security on urbanisations during December and early January. Homes are increasingly targeted by housebreakers attracted by Christmas gifts and seasonal purchases, municipal sources revealed.
And finally... SPANISH high-street fashion brand Desigual held their first ‘Semi-naked Party’ in Singapore over the weekend. In what is now a Desigual tradition, shoppers are urged to strip down to their underwear in order to get freebies and massive discounts. Hundreds of shoppers showed up to the Singapore event.
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Safety nets THE Coastal Authority is installing more steel mesh on the cliffs above the Moraig beach in Benitachell. Existing nets installed to prevent rock-falls are also being repaired.
Plan changes JAVEA locals continued to dispute plans to turn a disused lighthouse into an hotel, arguing it should become a museum.
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Court cuts challenged THE regional Public Prosecution department recently presented its
2013 report to the Valencian Parliament. To talk of a “shortage” of
resources would be putting it mildly, said the Valencia Region’s senior public prosecutor, Antonio Montabes. The ‘d’ and ‘f’ keys on his own computer no longer worked, he said, while some prosecutors did not even have computers. Neither had the Regional Government kept the promise, made 12 months TORRECREMADA: Watching the garden grow. ago, to integrate the regional prosecutors’ computer system with the SECOND-YEAR pupils from Denia’s state primary schools recently visited the town’s central government’s, he added. Torrecremada park. He was aware that Here they were shown examples of the different types of local trees before visiting allotments adjoining the park where they learnt more about the crops and plants that are everyone needed to tighten their belts, Montabes associated with the autumn. declared, but the region’s public prosecutors needed to be able to work in “certain conditions” otherwise the public “would be the losers.” Montabes also criticised the decision to reduce from 48 to 16 the number of offices that attend to the victims of gender violence.
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Off-duty cops save woman THREE off-duty Guardia Civil officers saved the life of a waitress working in a Novelda restaurant. The woman, who is pregnant and has existing health problems, lost consciousness and stopped breathing after falling to the ground during a convulsion. Coworkers asked clients in the dining room if anyone knew how to help her. The three officers, who were in plain clothes, immediately began CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. By the time an ambulance arrived 15 minutes later, the waitress was breathing once more. She was then taken to hospital where she remained “in a stable condition” in the observation unit.
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T’S wonderful to see that the recent national food drive in the run up to Christmas exceeded all expectations and collected more than 700,000 tonnes of food to help impoverished families throughout the country. It was over 100,000 tonnes more than expected and it is an excellent indication of how generous people can be at this time of year. At Christmas, nobody wants to think of families unable to buy presents for their children or feed themselves well, of those sitting alone at home because they have nobody to talk to, or of elderly people who can’t afford heating for the home. People tend to open their purse strings more often over the festive holidays. After all, it is the season of goodwill.
While giving to charity is commendable over the Christmas period, it doesn’t take much to be as charitable for the rest of the year also. Here at EWN we are involved with charitable causes the whole year round, not just when it comes to Christmas time. It’s so important to help others who are unable to help themselves, and causes and charities need help 365 days a year. Those individuals and families who find it difficult to cope do so throughout the entire year and once Christmas is over they face the same difficult circumstances every day. So please do give generously during the festive season, but don’t forget that once the holidays are over, plenty of people’s troubles are not.
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Residents complain town hall turns deaf ears to noise DENIA residents who complained about an open-air disco must pay for measuring noise pollution. A residents’ community in Las Marinas who claim they have had four summers of sleepless nights thanks to the disco on the Raset quayside, now find they must foot a €409 bill. Police who were called out to measure the disco’s noise levels at 2.15am on August 2 recorded 46.9 decibels when the legal outdoor limit is fixed at 45 decibels. Their report nevertheless stated that noise from beach cleaning equipment and neighbours’ voices prevented them from taking an accurate reading of the noise issuing from the disco. The sound limiter was activated at the time, the report added. Residents lodged a formal complaint, which was accepted by the Denia Court last August, alleging that the town hall consistently ignored their complaints. They have now appealed against the town hall’s decision to make them pay for the inspection, as they claim this did not take place at the same time as their complaint.
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Community and bars in plaza battle BAR and restaurant-owners in Benidorm’s Rincon Español succeeded in temporarily halting plans to fence off the plaza. The plaza, where until last year they were able to set out tables, belongs to the apartment complex’s residents’ community. Permission was withdrawn because of noise issues and claims that business-owners did not respect opening hours. The residents’ community recently obtained permission to fence off the central plaza and close it outside business hours. This was challenged by the bar-owners who sought – and recently obtained – a court order suspending the closing off of the plaza. Enclosing the central space would threaten their livelihoods and employees’ jobs, they said, and posed health and safety problems as it would be impossible to guarantee the rapid evacuation of the ground floor bars and restaurants as well as the Rincon Español apartments in an emergency. The judge ordered the immediate suspension of the fencing operation, although residents were given five days in which to appeal.
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Allergy labels not quite the ticket THEY knew it was coming, but Alicante Province restaurateurs are still in the dark over allergy-labelling. European Union directives now oblige bars and restaurants to advise clients of the presence of
14 allergy-producing ingredients. This information must be provided in writing for all who request it, Brussels has said. Although the EU set the December 2014 deadline three years ago, Spain’s
Helping hand for taxi-drivers CAMPELLO Council defended its decision to spend €6,892 on a sign identifying the taxi rank. The sign in the form of a giant hand beside a concrete bench has been well-received by the public, said Campello’s mayor Juanjo Berenguer who pointed out that nothing had been done in the past to signpost the taxi rank. “Far from being a waste of money as the UPyD party claims, the taxi drivers are most satisfied,” said Berenguer. “All they ask for now is something to provide shade over the bench, which we shall do as soon as possible.”
corresponding Royal Decree has not yet been announced. “No-one has explained anything to us,” said Maria del Mar Valera, president of the Alicante Province’s Catering Trade Business Owners’ association (Apeha). “We need more time to prepare because so far we have received no information on the new regulations.” At present the information will have to be given orally and not in writing, Valera explained. “Spain has had three years to adapt to this new law and there is no excuse for an extension,” declared Pilar Hernandez, president of Spain’s Allergy Sufferers Association. Hernandez advised anyone who failed to receive written allergy information to make a complaint.
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La Nucia charity sports gala A TOY and a kilo of food are the admission fee for La Nucia’s sports gala this Saturday. Between 10.30am and 1pm the different sports clubs and schools in the town are putting on displays at the Camilo Cano Sports stadium. These will include Hapkido, kickboxing, rhythmic
gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, American football, and zumba for children amongst other activities. The Dia del Deporte Solidaria aims to collect as many toys and non-perishable foodstuff as possible for La Nucia’s Social Welfare department. These will later be distributed amongst those in need. The event has been organised by the town hall’s Sports department with the cooperation of Natura, the A BENIDORM Local Police officer faces a disciplinary Terra specialist Paediatrics unit hearing after unintentionally firing his pistol. Hospital Clinica He was in the area near the changing rooms at the at police station in Calle Grecia when the gun went off, his Benidorm and McDonalds commanding officer stated in a report to the town hall. in Finestrat and Alfaz del No-one was at risk, his colleagues told the local Spanish Pi. “We hope that local press afterwards, and the incident was entirely residents and users of the fortuitous. A full enquiry has been launched in a bid to clarify Ciutad Esportiva Camilo what actually happened and to ‘apportion blame where Cano will participate in the Dia del Deporte necessary,’ the town hall announced. The officer’s gun has now been confiscated, revealed Solidario and ensure that sources close to the case. He has also been ordered to Christmas comes to every receive ‘personal instruction’ in handling firearms to home,” said La Nucia’s mayor Bernabe Cano. avoid similar incidents in the future.
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Stalling tactics for new market BENIDORM shopkeepers bitterly oppose plans for an open-air market on the outskirts of town. The town already holds two open-air markets each Wednesday and another on Sundays but the regional government in Valencia has now given permission for another. There will be 180
stalls and 10 bars on a 2,500-square metre site on the old N-332 road opposite the ITV vehicletesting station. The new market, planned for Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, will have a ‘disastrous’ effect on local trade, predicted president
of the AICO shopkeepers’ association Rafael Gasent. Its effect on traffic would be equally catastrophic, Gasent said, with massive holdups in the Avenida de la Comunidad Valenciana. The town hall also opposes the scheme and will take necessary steps to stop the market being held.
La Vila care programme renewed THE Marina Baja hospital and Villajoyosa town hall recently renewed their Cuidamos agreement. This is a pioneer cooperation scheme between the town hall’s Social Welfare department and the hospital’s Home Hospitalisation Unit. It provides assistance for patients who receive palliative treatment from the Unit and are eligible for home care from the town hall. The Cuidamos programme - it means ‘We care’ - was launched in May 2012
and has now attended to 17 Villajoyosa patients as well as their families. “Our aim is to provide comprehensive social and health care in conjunction with the Home Hospitalisation Unit for those in a vulnerable situation, especially the elderly and the disabled,” said Social Welfare councillor Josema Arlandis. This allows them to remain in their own homes and also supports the principal carer in providing day-to-day attention,” Arlandis explained.
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XIC celebrates 20th anniversary MORE than 80 guests gathered recently to celebrate Xabia International College’s 20th anniversary. The evening was hosted by the owners of the school and was enjoyed by the current staff, their partners and others connected with the school,
including its founders. Pupils who have been at the school since nursery days and are now preparing for university were also there with their parents. Javea’s mayor Jose Chulvi and his deputy Oscar Anton were amongst the guests. In his welcome speech, the owner of XIC David Gardner-Brown thanked the dignitaries for attending and gave a short history of the A DENIA court recently ruled that there was no case school, describing its against Teulada’s mayor Antoni Joan Bertomeu. humble beginnings with This came days after the Alicante public prosecutor four pupils. Now the only responsible for corruption cases found no evidence of international school in wrongdoing by Bertomeu, Teulada councillor Asuncion Javea, it has more than 260 pupils of 20 different Garcia, two members of town hall staff or the Local nationalities. Police chief. In response, Jose A Santa Pola resident with no links to Teulada Town Chulvi praised the vision Hall had accused them all of condoning traffic fines of the school in offering and splitting council contracts to avoid putting them quality education in a out to public tender. The accuser, whose name was multilingual environment not revealed and who accessed internal documents, and wished XIC continued also raised allegations against the town hall of success for many years to asphalting grass in Plaza del V Centenari. come.
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Ghost airport comes to life CASTELLON’S €150 million airport earned worldwide fame for its 2011 inauguration without an aircraft in sight. More than three years later a plane has finally landed there although it was a private charter, explained Alain Russel, president of the Canadian
firm SNC-Lavalin which now runs the airport. The installation now possesses all the necessary permits to begin commercial activities. It already provides 27 direct jobs and these will increase to 50 in the summer, Russel said. Commercial flights are not expected until the end
of March but this year the airport expects to receive approximately 35,000 passengers. Lavalin is confident this will increase to 1 million within 15 years. The airport is currently in talks with tour operators receptive to proposals, Russel revealed although he declined to give details.
Foot-dragging claims THE owners of a Calpe property compulsorily purchased in 1999 are asking for €476,000 in compensation. The present town hall declared in July 2012 the compulsory purchase order had expired but this was later reversed by an Alicante court. Despite a subsequent appeal against this decision, the council has not pursued further and the owners maintain the council has deliberately delayed proceedings.
The council also occasioned indirect loss by classing the 15,562-square metre plot for public use and not for development, the owners objected. The land has been provided with services and should be classified as urban land but instead they cannot obtain a licence for commercial use, they said. The land was valued at €53,000 for the compulsory purchase but the owners claim the property is worth €2.4 million.
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Flying high BUDGET airline Vueling, part of the IAG group with BA and Iberia, has overtaken AirBerlin and easyJet at Alicante-Elche airport. It is now the airport’s second mostimportant airline after Ryanair.
Rocky road ALTEA residents complained about the ‘milling’ process to improve grip on the N332. Bald patches have appeared on the road while pavements and hard shoulders are littered with stones, they said.
Irregular properties SCRUTINY of Benidorm’s land registry (catastro) revealed more than 600 irregular properties. An inspection by the Direccion General del Catastro found some properties had never been registered, while others were enlarged without the authorities’ knowledge. As a result, 604 owners have been ordered to register their properties and the town hall can look forward to a €300,000 boost. Some properties were found because owners’ names appeared on the town ‘padron’ but they were not paying rates to SUMA. Others, including those who built swimming pools without planning permission, were located via aerial photographs. The catastro was last brought up to date in 1989 and since then 276 owners have enlarged properties without permission.
LA PLANA: The authorities are felling burnt pines.
More help for La Plana clear-up JAVEA is combining a government employment scheme with woodland clearance in La Plana. The fire that consumed 444 hectares of the Montgo national park in September originated in this area although, as reported recently in the Euro Weekly News, it has been impossible to ascertain the cause of the fire. The local and regional authorities are now working to remove dead trees and
clear the woodland area. To help complete the task, Javea Town Hall will provide three-months’ employment for five workers thanks to an €18,000 government subsidy. The Valencian Community’s official employment centre SERVEF is now preselecting candidates. They will later be interviewed at the town hall and should be working before the end of the year, continuing the work carried out in the last six months by the ‘social brigades.’
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Ammunition found in school playgrounds FOUR sets of handcuffs and more than 100 cartridges turned up in playgrounds of San Vicente schools. All were found at the start of the school day and must have been delibera-
tely left at night, police said. Teachers and parents quickly removed them, but not before some children succeeded in picking up the cartridges, none of which had detonators.
Bank branch closes down BENIGEMBLA loses its only bank on December 30. Once the Cajamar branch closes, residents of the inland Marina Alta village will have to go 15 kilometres to Orba. The lease expired on the Cajamar premises and the owner of the property was not willing to renew the contract. Other suitable premises were too expensive, Cajamar revealed, and town hall councillors failed to agree on allowing them to rent a municipal property. Three councillors voted in favour of this option, but three abstained, prompting Cajamar to comment on the “uncertainty” of finding a new location and an absence of “social and municipal agreement.”
Officers from the Guardia Civil and San Vicente’s Local Police force have visited the schools, reassuring pupils, parents and teachers the cartridges are not dangerous. The latest incident followed an earlier episode when bullets were found in the playground of the Jaime I school. At the time, police assumed they were thrown there by a wrongdoer escaping from the police or simply trying to get rid of the ammunition. Now they are re-examining the incident and looking for other motives. School staff have been asked to inspect playgrounds before the children arrive. If more ammunition or handcuffs appear they should advise the Guardia Civil and police who will retrieve them.
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World class duo piano concerts WORLD class pianists Daniel Wayenberg and Martin Oei are visiting the Costa Blanca. Piano maestro Daniel Wayenberg, aged 85, is playing with 18-year-old Martin Oei at concerts across the Region starting in
Javea at Villa el Nido on December 21, followed by Benidorm at the Dutch Church, December 22 and in Valencia at the Palau de la Musica on December 23. On Christmas Day they will be at Denia’s Marriott Hotel and at the ADDA Auditorium in Alicante on Boxing Day and back to Javea on December 28. Wayenberg broke through internationally in 1949 and is considered as one of the best pianists ever from the reclassified. The rural land Netherlands. Recently the was rezoned and the €24 two played a duet in the million luxury development presence of the Dutch approved by the local queen Maxima. The famous duo from council in 2006. Callosa Town Hall took Holland will play works of over in December 2011 Brahms, Albeniz, Chopin when the promoters, who and Rachmaninov. owned 96 per cent of the For tickets and more land, had to pull out. information visit The development was www.momentosde opposed by environmentmusica.es or email alist groups and directlypeter@momentosde affected Callosa residents. musica
Thumbs down for Callosa project GROUPS opposed to a mammoth development planned for Callosa received an early Christmas present. The Valencian Community’s Upper court rejected plans for 1,700 homes, two golf courses, an hotel and shops on 1.7 million square metres of Sierra Bernia. The regional tribunal’s judges ruled unanimously the land was irregularly
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2014 Christmas Bag Appeal - Help us to help the children of Emaus! NOW in its seventh year, the ‘Christmas Bag Appeal’ for the children of Emaus, which was established to improve the lives of the children in the EMAÚS children’s shelters by securing products which the children greatly need, is even more important this year than ever before. This sort of direct help for the children is essential and Make A Smile, sponsored by The Bed Centre, has confirmed their ongoing commitment to the charity by hoping people will once again collect vital items to help make this Christmas wonderful for those unfortunate children and put a smile on the amazingly dedicated carers at Emaus. The sort of things they hope people will donate are practical items which children need to start the new school year, such as new school supplies, underwear, PJs and the older children will benefit from branded hair products etc as
well as items that any child would enjoy and appreciate. Due to the economic crisis, ‘Make A Smile’ has been working even harder with fundraising in order to provide food for six of the homes on a weekly basis! Please visit their Facebook page to see the progress they have
made and all the other, ongoing projects they are involved with. Make A Smile are hoping 2014 will be the best Christmas yet! The appeal is running to January 5, so please do get involved! Contact Tony, Lucy or Gemma at The Bed Centre in Calpe 965 836 814/info@thebedcentre.com.
DOG AND TORTOISE: Book launch at emblematic site.
Landmark book feature THE Castillo in Benidorm was the backdrop for the presentation of a children’s book ‘El Gos i la Tortuga.’ The book, by local journalist Pilar Llorca, has been written for children between four and seven and features the Dog and Tortoise. This is the popular local name for rocks at the Canfali outcrop where the Castillo
once stood and resembles these animals. The launch was attended by the local mayor and councillors as well as senior and junior fiestas queens. “This book helps us to understand who we are, where we come from and explains traditions to the very young,” said Benidorm Mayor Agustin Navarro.
Downton makes a visit to Javea CULTURES clash and eras collide in Luke Kempner’s ‘The Only Way is Downton’ at the Javea Players’ Studio Theatre in Javea’s old town from January 12-16. Although at the Abbey the year is 1912 and the family are still in mourning for the sinking of the Titanic, celebrities from modern television flagships are visitors at
the Abbey and an integral part of Luke Kempner’s clever and funny parody of the world’s best-loved period drama. Luke Kempner brings a cast of 32 to the Javea Players' stage to tell his version of Downton. Tickets €12, available from box office on 965 795 390 or boxofficejp@gmail.com.
XMAS BAG APPEAL: Vital items and gifts wanted for the children of Emaus.
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New band take coast by storm FANS of the former band Strickland can look forward to once again seeing vocalist Adam King and guitarist Dave Spencer perform, this time under a different moniker. Costa Blanca’s latest music band, Allerton Road, will perform their very first gig on December 21 at Champagne in Javea. Fronted by former Strickland singer and Overseas FM DJ Adam King, the band is named after the road in Liverpool Adam grew up on, and features some of the finest musicians on the Costa Blanca. Adam and former Strickland guitarist Dave Spencer have teamed up with three more local musicians to take the Costa
ROCK N’ ROLL: Allerton Road’s Adam King. Blanca by storm. They have spent the last year writing new material, and with a few festival dates coming
up in 2015, they are confident that Allerton Road will be a hit with audiences on the coast.
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Unfriendly neighbours AN Alhaurin de la Torre woman was given a one year jail sentence for placing erotic adverts providing contact information for her neighbours, who she didn’t get on with.
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A TORREMOLINOS woman needed medical attention after inhaling smoke when her sofa caught fire. Neighbours alerted emergency services and helped extinguish the flames.
Star helps students TWENTY-EIGHT Malaga university students will study in the US and Canada this year thanks to €75,000 donated by Fundacion Lagrimas y Favores, a foundation led by Malaga actor Antonio Banderas.
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Mass for Fabiola MOTRIL paid a last tribute to Belgium’s former queen Fabiola in a Mass at the Iglesia Mayor de la Encarnacion. She was a regular visitor to Motril and very popular amongst the residents.
Senior solidarity SENIOR citizens of Salobreña carried a charity market to raise money for poor families. They also collected non-perishable food and donated the proceeds.
Children’s advocates THE seventh edition of Child Rights Awards of Motril has awarded the association Activos TDA-H with €800. The contest was designed to reward associations which protect, promote and raise awareness of children’s rights.
Car fire A CAR burst into flames at Calle Los Huertos in Nerja. The incident took place at around 3pm. The fire department officers believed it was caused by an electrical failure. No one was hurt.
Teacher protest MORE than 100 teachers of religious education are protesting against proposed cuts in teaching hours across Almeria. The cuts could potentially reduce hours by 50 per cent.
VOLUNTEERS from Equinac have removed a dead dolphin found washed up on Aguamarga beach in Nijar. The young female dolphin has been taken for testing to assess the cause of death.
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A MAN suffered head injuries when four robbers hit him over the head with an airgun and threatened him after stealing goods from the Fuengirola jewellery shop where he works.
NORWEGIAN airline announced two new routes from Malaga starting on March 31. Flights will run to Birmingham on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays and Edinburgh on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
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Identity theft HUERCAL OVERA: The streets were filled with candles and activities.
Noche de Luz magic in Huercal Overa HUERCAL OVERA shone brightly on Noche de Luz as the streets were filled with candles, magic and activities. More than 80 shops and 24 eateries participated in the event which was organised by the town council. More than 5,000 candles were lit and the streets filled with Disney characters and street entertainers in a night that brought family fun and shopping bargains galore. Mayor of Huercal Overa, Domingo Fernandez, and councillor of
Commerce, Monica Navarro, lit the first candles in Plaza de la Constitucion, giving the starting signal for the night’s events. From the plaza, Mickey Mouse and his friends set off in a sled, followed by hordes of excited children. There were Christmas carols sung by the Martin Alonso choir while Zumba was demonstrated by the H2O sports centre. Fernandez said: “This event is precisely to encourage local trade. We know that the Christmas season is paramount to our more than 200
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THE Michelin Guide has included El Reservado on its list of best restaurants. El Reservado is located in Rincon de la Victoria and has received several awards during 2014.
THE banquet served after the enthronement of King Felipe VI cost a small fortune. According to the official budget, it cost €65,993, was organised and served by Mallorca Difusion y Catering and attended by 2,000 people.
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Social responsibility THE Infanta Cristina - Duchess of Palma and younger sister of King Felipe VI posted the civil liability bond (€587,413) requested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office for her alleged involvement in the Nóos case.
Happy visitors A VISITOR satisfaction survey conducted in Palma shows that 93.4 per cent of visitors would gladly return to the city and that 96.4 per cent of them would recommend it to their friends and families.
THE luxurious Mallorca villa owned by Hollywood star Michael Douglas and his exwife Diandra is up for sale. Located in Valldemossa, the 247-acre property with 11 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms has a price tag of €50.5 million.
Christmas meal A TRADITIONAL Balearic Christmas meal contains lots of calories. The average traditional meal, which could consist of sopa de Nadal, porcella de porc negre and cuscusso, is equivalent to 1,200 calories, said the Spanish Dietetics and Food Society (Sedca).
GUARDIA CIVIL Officers have arrested a 24-year-old woman for identity theft. The woman had falsified documentation of her stepfather’s niece in order to gain employment in Pulpi.
Elderly fitness MORE than 160 rural elderly residents from Huercal Overa have been enjoying workshops aimed at improving fitness and posture as well as activities to improve the quality of their daily lives.
White Velez FULFILLING weather forecasts, parts of Almeria received a white blanket as snow covered some towns. Los Velez was one of the areas in which residents awoke to the snowy scenes.
Railway heritage A FREE guided tour of the railways and railway heritage of Aguilas takes place on December 21. Places are limited, call 968 493 285 to book or visit the town hall.
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Ram raid A TOBACCONIST in Callosa de Segura was broken into when a van, later reported stolen, rammed into the premises to break through the shutter.
New look ORIHUELA’S Rabaloche neighbourhood has received a complete makeover. The year long regeneration programme has involved 41 local people working in the area as part of an employment workshop.
Aguilas drowning AN 88-year-old man drowned at Levante beach of Levante in Aguilas after disappearing from the nursing home where he lived.
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STAT OF WEEK EXACTLY 18.12 per cent of Spain’s total population is now over 65, compared with 17.6 per cent in 2013. There are now 112 pensioners for every 100 under16s, the national statistics office revealed.
The longest train line in the world THE Chinese freight train that arrived recently in Madrid was the first ever to reach Spain from that country. Its 13,000-kilometre direct route from Yiwu on China’s east coast is the world’s longest and the train took three weeks to cross Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France.
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Pepe Jeans wants to sell out PEPE JEANS sounds Spanish, 90 per cent of its capital is in Spanish hands and it is Spanishrun. Nevertheless it was British until 1998. At this point executives running Pepe Jeans’ Spanish subsidiary bought the company from three Kenyan brothers Nitin, Arun and Milan Shah - who had started out by selling jeans in the Portobello Road in 1973. The Spanish investment company 3i also entered in 1998, later selling its 43 per cent stake to Juan Abello’s investment group Torreal in 2005. Apart from its US and Canada operation, which the Shahs still own, Pepe
Jeans is present in 60 countries. The company also acquired Hackett in 2005 and is Tommy Hilfiger’s distributor in Spain. Valued at €116 million in 2005, Pepe Jeans was worth €300 million within five years and Abello now wants €800 million, multiplying his original €72 million investment several times over. Arta Capital with a 16.4 per cent stake and L Capital (11.5 per cent) will also come out smiling. Annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation allegedly stand at around €60 million. Why is Torreal selling? This is one question that remains unanswered.
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Shipshape jobs SPAIN’S Navy commissioned two Maritime Action Ships (BAMs) from Navantia’s Ferrol and Cadiz shipyards. Work should start on the €335 million project within a few weeks and will provide 1,350 new jobs.
Red-faced MOROCCO’S year-onyear tomato exports to the EU increased by 66 per cent last October, Spain complained. France and Italy as well as Spain warned that Morocco was seriously ‘perturbing’ the market.
The big Bankia mistake CREATING Bankia and listing its shares in 2011 was an error, Luis de Guindos admitted. Spain’s minister of the Economy was responding to revelations that Bankia presented erroneous accounts in 2010 as well as 2011 when its shares were quoted on Spain’s stock exchange. Hundreds of thousands of small investors were affected after Bankia needed a €22 billion bailout less than
a year after being floated. Between 2002 and 2004 De Guindos was second in charge when Rodrigo Rato - later Bankia president - was Economy minister. The recently-released court documents prepared by Bank of Spain experts did not impinge on independent evaluators’ Bankia bailout calculations, De Guindos insisted.
A direct rail link will bring an enormous reduction in time and overheads for imports and exports between Spain and China, said Zhang Shuming, director of the Trade department in Xinjiang Province. These were not the only advantages, Shuming pointed out. The 3,155-kilometre journey between Malacheviche (Poland)
and Madrid generated 44 tons of carbon dioxide, compared with 114 tons emitted by lorries transporting the same merchandise along the same route. The train’s 40 containers arrived with 1,400 tons of consumer goods produced in Yiwu and for its return journey after Christmas it will carry Spanish ham, wine and olive oil.
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Therein lies the power of branding CORPORATE identities are part of today’s advertising landscape. When we are out and about, long before we can make out the detail, a company brand is identifiable. Many logos come to mind such as those of Shell, Cadbury, Virgin, car makers and television giants BBC and ITV. Corporate bodies pay telephone numbers when acquiring or changing their logos. No upstart rival, even if their product was superior, could hope to compete against established brand names. BT is a telecommunications company; it does not manufacture telephones. Yet, we often see the British Telecom
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Tickets to ride CAF, which manufactures railway rolling stock, received a €500 million order for 118 trains from Holland’s Nederlandse Spoorwegen rail operator. This is their largest European order to date.
On the move WHEN the crisis began, removal firms carried out 1 million relocations a year compared with the current 700,000 average. The sector, which has an annual turnover of approximately €70 million, is gradually beginning to recover, increasing 5 to 10 per cent on last year.
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logo on equipment we purchase. I realised why when I spotted a two-inch news story in a copy of Financial Times whilst waiting for an appointment. Any telephone manufacturing company wishing to use the BT identity
on their product first acquires a licence to do so. This does not come cheap. I seem to recall that this figure is 10 percent of the product’s price. However, the BT symbol on a product is much more likely to be taken to the check-out than is an unknown brand. Rentokil, which most regard simply as a pest control company, is in fact one of the great corporate giants of the world. With its tentacles in a myriad of global industries, Rentokil does not actually employ operators. These will be subcontracted out to the conglomerate. When vetting a pair of damp proofing specialists for the Guild of Master Craftsmen (another logo protected
species), the Rentokil uniformed two explained that they were carrying out contracts on behalf for Rentokil. Their hourly rate was about 20 per cent of what Rentokil charges the client. My son is a factory manager of a company that makes specialist bags. These are purchased by the likes of the NHS, Virgin Airlines, hotel chains, the Ministry of Defence. Such enterprises do not buy direct from my son’s company, but from an agent his company supplies. The actual manufacturing cost of each bag is a fraction of what these illustrious bodies pay for the end product. There lies the power of branding.
Google news quits Spain GOOGLE NEWS has quit Spain in response to a new intellectual property law. After the Spanish Government passed a new piece of legislation which seeks to protect local publishers by requiring online content aggregators - including Google - to pay for using their content, online search giant Google decided to shut down Google News in the country and to remove Spanish media outlets from the service. The law will also affect Yahoo News and grants authorities the power to slap fines of up to €600,000 on websites that link pirated content. According to Google, the company makes no profit from its search-based service. “This new legislation requires every Spanish publication to charge services like Google News for showing even the smallest snippet from their publications, whether they want to or not. As Google News itself makes no money (we do not
GOOGLE NEWS: Will no longer operate in Spain. show any advertising on the site) this new approach is simply not sustainable. So it’s with real sadness that on December 16 (before the new law comes into effect in January) we’ll remove Spanish publishers from Google News, and close Google News in Spain,” said Head of Google News Richard Gingras in a blog post.
Spain is not the first European country to charge online content aggregators. In fact, Germany, France and Belgium have similar legislation. The difference is the Spanish publishers do not have a say on whether they actually want to charge a fee or not, because the law makes it mandatory.
Cyber crimes on the rise MORE than 13,000 cyber incidents have been registered in Spain during 2014. The National Cryptology Centre (CCN) has managed 80 per cent more incidents in 2014 than the previous year. Out of those, 11.6 per cent were considered to be of high or critical risk, which means those cyber attacks which affect the private information of organisations. The impact and sophistication of the attacks has also increased, with hackers being able to access public administration systems and other key institutions such as energy and pharmaceutical companies or military facilities. This was revealed at a conference for Technological Patrimony Protection. The discussions revolved around cyber crimes and the large economic losses they cause each year.
Olive oil waste could be converted into clean electricity LONG an important part of the Spanish agricultural economy, a new plant promises to give olive growers another boost. The pilot plant is designed to convert toxic byproducts of olive oil production into heat and electricity. Funded through the EU at a cost of €1.1 million, the project was completed last month (November) and it is hoped it will be the precursor to a series of plants capable of turning the vast amounts of waste
from oil production into something not just useful, but also carbon neutral. The waste has long been a problem to dispose of as it can contain pesticides and poisonous organic compounds, as well as being acidic and having high levels of salinity. With the search always on to produce ‘clean’ electricity, it was decided to see if there was a way to kill two birds with one stone.
To that end the plant was built in Andalucia to develop and test innovative technology to see if the waste could be turned into electricity. The system first sees biogas produced by using microorganisms to ‘digest’ the waste. Next step is to take this gas and convert it into a hydrogen rich gas which can then be used in fuel cells to produce clean electricity to power the olive mill.
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Put your spending on a diet this New Year and make a big impact Loose change A look at finance for females
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NEW YEAR’S resolutions can be pretty pointless. Most of the time little thought is put into them - and then, any resolutions made last minute are shortlived knee-jerk reactions to too much eating and boozing over Christmas. Yes, the muffin top waistline suddenly dictates an extreme diet plan that probably lasts about a week, while the same goes for that vow to never touch alcohol again having woken up to a thumping headache on January 1. According to studies, only one in 10 people stick to New Year’s Resolutions for a year, while most people don’t last much more than a month. And it’s a
SAVING MORE: Can have a substantial impact on your emotional well-being. shame really, because we all need incentives to really dedicate ourselves to something and the New Year is a great time to start afresh and get
things in order. So as 2015 fast approaches, you might seriously want to consider a financial New Year’s resolution regardless.
Apparently those who make commitments to start off the year on the right financial foot tend to find themselves in a better financial situation as the year progresses, than those who don’t. Research shows that simple commitments such as saving more and paying off debt can have a substantial impact on the financial and emotional well-being of a household. And like everything in life, the key to achieving long-term financial goals is to create a plan and stick to it. In order not to get too overwhelmed by a resolution, it’s important to set realistic goals. Much of the time we set ourselves massive goals, as most things worth saving for are expensive. Then suddenly, when our New Year’s Resolution buzz dies down, we don’t see enough progress to keep our motivation levels high. So we quit. Therefore set smaller goals - a goal for the end of each month for example. This way, goals will appear more attainable which helps keep up motivation. Happy 2015!
Must Administrator be qualified? Q. In our Community, the President has appointed an Administrator who does not hold You and the a Certificate from the College of Law in Spain Administrators. By David Searl She was not appointed by vote at the AGM meeting, and no one knew that she did not have the qualification to be a Community Administrator. She lives in another town and she is not even Spanish. Do we have any assurance that she can safely manage our Community funds? SJ (Costa Blanca) A. First, the Administrator who handles the paperwork and accounts for a Community of Property Owners needs no professional qualifications. Anyone who can read and write and do simple sums may be contracted to do the job. There is no requirement to be Spanish. Your only assurance will be the members themselves who keep an eye on the accounts. There is an official ‘Colegio de Administradores de Fincas’ and it is a good idea to contract a member. However, there is no requirement for this. Second, a Community Administrator is usually contracted for one year by vote of the AGM. The AGM also authorises
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No answer SPANISH energy multinational Repsol renewed talks with Calgary-based oil and gas producer Talisman Energy with options that ranged from purchasing a selection of Talisman shares to the entire company. The Canadian firm claimed it has been approached by other companies and there is no assurance of an agreement with Repsol.
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SPAIN’S economy should grow by more than 2 per cent in 2015 following 0.5 per cent growth during the third quarter. “If factors affecting the exchange rate and the price of raw materials continue, Spain will be the fastest-growing country in the European Union, the Spanish president Mariano Rajoy said.
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Grateful thanks to all the volunteers ONCE again the HELP Vega Baja Christmas Fayre at the Asturias Restaurant was a very successful event, raising over €3,500. Our grateful thanks to all the volunteers who worked so hard to make this event such a success, as well as all the members of the public who supported us. We hope everyone left with bargains. All money raised by this event will be used to support projects that provide support and services to the local community. Very best wishes to all our volunteers, members and friends of HELP Vega Baja for a very Happy Christmas. Pauline Yates (acting president HELP Vega Baja), San Miguel de Salinas (Alicante)
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Fighting spirit YOU’VE got to hand it to the Spanish. They seem to have elevated the level of football hooliganism to its ultimate form of expression. In the UK hooligans conformed to smashing up shops and bars in the opposing team’s city or fighting with rival fans wherever they could be found. In this country, using WhatsApp, they now pre-arrange not only the time and venue of the battle but also its duration and which weapons may or may not be employed. With this new state of the art ‘a la carte’ hooliganism in mind, I would like to suggest clubs stage these gladiatorial combats inside the stadiums, say two hours before kickoff, and charge an entry fee for the public to watch. Business, after all, is business and local inhabitants would be free to walk about without fear. Jonathan Allso, Valencia.
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THE Spirit of Christmas hovers over the shopping centre of Plaza Mayor in Malaga City. Ernie Barnes, Arroyo de la Miel (Malaga)
It really is a very beautiful country with a hospitable and friendly population. Among its many attractions are the fabulous Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls national parks. Coincidentally I was on a short visit to Kampala when Idi Amin overthrew the then former president, Milton Obote. Ron Godfrey, Nerja (Malaga)
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Spied-on REGARDING surveillance cameras and the Spanish privacy laws, I wrote to Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) about cameras our community had installed. It was agreed that cameras be placed at the entrances to the community and that the scheme would be approved by the AEPD. Three cameras were placed so they covered the public walkway. I drew this to the attention of the president but it was claimed they were legal as we allegedly owned the walkway. After my letter to the AEPD they inspected the system and the report concluded that 11 of the cameras contravened the privacy
laws. The community could face a fine of between €40,000 and €300,000. Moral: don’t install cameras without taking proper advice. Robert Peake (by email).
Not-so-sweet charity I WAS executor of my aunt’s will. In her innocence she left the residue of her estate, after bequests, to six charities. Five were very high-profile, one was a small local organisation. The legacies were large and took two years of lengthy
correspondence and admin to complete. The large charities wanted constant breakdowns of every penny I spent, right down to the cost of skips needed to clear my aunt’s house. One even queried the cost and told me to find a cheaper firm. Another said they wanted an account of all expenses and I was only allowed 30p a mile while visiting the house to clear it. I was absolutely disgusted with their uncharitable attitude and especially their greed as they all have head offices around the UK which must cost a fortune. The only charity which caused no trouble was a small local one that was overwhelmed and so grateful for the cheque I finally sent them. If you plan to leave money to any charity try to leave a specific sum. After this unpleasant exercise dealing with high-profile charities, I would sooner give to a small local charity where you can see the good it brings. I gave up donating to big charities and now, knowing the obscene salaries they pay staff, I am glad I did. Julie Perkin, Downend (Gloucestershire, UK)
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Think twice “THERE are a number of reasons for the UK to leave the EU,” says Roger Page, of Mojacar Playa, and I agree with some of the points he makes about the EU’s shortcomings. But what would happen to UK residents like him and me in Spain if the UK were to leave the EU? Would we have the right to continue living here and still have the right to free healthcare, provided we were part of the social security system, either as contributors or pensioners? Not unless Spain were prepared to negotiate a new treaty with the UK, and would Spain do that if the UK had slammed the door shut on Spanish immigrants desperate to work? These Spaniards are young immigrants whom the UK with its aging population needs. They are prepared to work in the low-paid jobs that the British don’t want and many studies have shown that immigrants to the UK aren’t a drain on the economy, in fact the reverse. We are the immigrants in Spain, and we should never forget that. I can live modestly, but comfortably, in Spain on my UK pensions, but if I were forced to return to England I could barely exist. I might very easily become a burden on the government, along with possibly many thousands of returning expats deported from Spain and as many as two million from all of the EU. People like Roger Page should be careful what they wish for, because if they get it, they might not like the effect it would have on their easy lives here. David Frost, Malaga
In black and white I READ recently in the local Spanish press that magpies (urracas) and collared doves are ousting sparrows from Alicante city. Come on! Collared doves, more than likely. But magpies? I have yet to see a magpie in this part of Spain, yet alone in a city anywhere. Puzzled, Campello (Alicante)
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Give our children a break LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT
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F you’re all sitting comfortably, I’ll begin. Today we are going to talk about the children. The little kiddiewinks. The only species that can drive you from aggravation, to adoration and back in the blink of an eye! Some weeks ago I wrote that giving the vote to 16-year-olds was ridiculous. The backlash I received for that statement was, somewhat predictably, hysterical to say the least. ‘How can you say that?’ a number of readers ranted. ‘Don’t you realise how informed the young people of today actually are? And so on. Well actually loves, as a father of six, I know exactly how informed they are. Despite the whole issue being raised again this week. (I don’t need to say by whom, but he has trouble with bacon sandwiches!) I can quite categorically say the ratio of the ‘informed,’ ‘uninformed’ and ‘don’t give a monkeys,’ teenagers is probably around 500 to one. By this
TEENAGE VOTERS: Let them be kids, most of their lives will be spent as adults. reckoning, the outcome of this experiment would mean that for every ‘informed’ teen voting responsibly for a political party, 499 would vote for Harry Styles. For heaven’s sake give the kids a break. Most of their lives will be spent as adults - with the worry and responsibility that comes with it. Let ‘em just be. Let them revel in their new discoveries; excitement of first kisses and dates.
Let ‘em enjoy their music, young energy and gift of life. To me, endeavouring to heap adult responsibilities on our youngsters is akin to child abuse. I can actually remember being young. Despite the fact that, in the aftermath of WWII we were somewhat deprived, it was a magical, innocent and wonderful experience. Robbing the children of their childhood is unforgivable.
Also, while I’m about it, I think all these ‘Tiny Tot’ beauty pageants should also be banned and indeed some of the mothers actually committed. The agony heaped on most of these tiny participants is a pure parental disgrace. Now we come to another pair of ‘saucepans’ in the news this week. The two young tykes who attempted to rob the bank. All dolled up in crash helmets, with a cleverly faked gun, they strolled into the bank like a couple of John Derringers. Apparently after their capture they were locked in a cell for the night. Quite right. Give them a taste of what to expect if they embark on this type of career. ‘Oh no,’ scream the predictable, completely misled do-good brigade. ‘They should have been treated much differently than that’. Like what I ask? Taken out for a McDonald’s? Given a trip to Disneyland? Of course they needed a sharp, short lesson. After a night on bread and water, they should have been given a guided tour of the grimmest prison around. I dunno, sometimes I do despair of it all. Keep the faith. Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com
Ready to pump up the volume 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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WAS loading the car with our weekly shopping, when a grim faced chap came rushing toward me, brandishing a clip board. “UGH!” he grunted as he stabbed the clip board with his shiny Bazaar Chino ball point. The form declared it was an official document issued by the Society for the Deaf and Dumb. There were no other details except for two little flags stuck on the bottom - one Spanish, one British - supposedly to denote its authenticity, and three signatures each with a €10 donation signified, but all suspiciously bearing similar hand writing. “UGH!” he
repeated, this time more forcefully as he bayoneted the clip board with his pen. The life of this poor Oriental pen was going to be short lived. Equally forcefully and in words I am not allowed to repeat here, I told him to scarper, at which he turned on his heel muttering something to do with my parentage. It’s a miracle I
thought. The gifts of hearing and speech had been restored simultaneously. But this little incident reminded me of another some years ago. We had decided to stop for a coffee break and a respite from our round of sightseeing in
the town of Falmouth in Cornwall. It was a pleasant little cafe not far from the harbour and the prices although elevated, were not stratospheric and a short term loan was not necessary. The ambience was pleasant with soothing background muzak and waitresses who were smiley, attentive and cor! Furnishings were comfortable and I was greatly relieved to see that the tables had not been manufactured in Greece, and had legs of equal length. Then as we tucked into our sticky treats, there was a commotion as a crowd of elderly people screaming like Banshees, blew into the cafe like a geriatric hurricane. There were empty tables available HARD OF HEARING: There is no need to shout, I can hear you loud and clear.
for only half of them, the others remaining at the counter where they harangued the serving staff deafeningly with their orders. Suddenly the gentle atmosphere of the cafe had been transformed into a hell hole of noise and three figure decibels. The racket was horrendous. Looking through the window, our attention was directed to a mini bus parked across the road - Van Gogh Centre for the Hard of Hearing it proclaimed. Someone has a sense of humour I thought. Didn’t Van Gogh cut off one of his ears? Then as we were about to leave, one of the worst offenders and definitely in the running for The Bedlam Cup, approached us. “THIS TABLE FREE THEN IS IT?” he bawled. “Half past four!” I hollered back, which seemed to satisfy our loud friend, and we hurried out to the welcome sound of traffic and a police siren.
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6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm The Two Ronnies Sketchbook
National and international news presented by Emma Crosby.
7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show
6:30pm Road Wars 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Citizen Khan 10:00pm Have I Got 2014 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
ITV's annual charity appeal is back to put the fun into fundraising with this three-hour show. The presenters come in pairs - Ant and Dec, Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley, Paddy McGuinness and Alesha Dixon - as each host a 60-minute segment.
9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 10:00pm Trespass Crime thriller.
11:50pm Shoot 'Em Up
9:00pm Best Christmas Movies Ever A host of stars including Jim Carrey, Ashley Jensen, Jonathan Ross and Warwick Davis recall their festive favourites in this brand new countdown of the ultimate Christmas classics.
11:00pm An Idiot Abroad
12am 12:25am Cuckoo 12:55am Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! 1:50am EastEnders Omnibus 3:45am Weather for the Week Ahead 3:50am BBC News
The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.
SKY MOVIES Action 4:30am The Guns of Navarone 7:10am Hudson Hawk 9:05am Tombstone 11:25am X-Men 1:20pm Pain and Gain 3:40pm Volcano 5:35pm Exodus: Gods and Kings Special 6:05pm Getaway 7:50pm Déjà Vu 10:00pm Pain and Gain 12:15am X-Men 2:10am Getaway 3:50am Hammer of the Gods 5:35am Broken Lance
6:00am Arthur 2: On the Rocks 7:55am Get Santa Special 8:25am Home Alone 10:15am The Harry Hill Movie 11:50am Without a Paddle 1:35pm The Hangover Part III 3:25pm Alien Autopsy 5:15pm Uncle Buck 7:00pm Home Alone 9:00pm Identity Thief 11:00pm The Hangover Part III 12:45am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 2:20am Without a Paddle 4:05am National Lampoon's Animal House
5:50am Loss of Faith 7:30am Captain Phillips: Sky Movies Special 7:50am In the Line of Fire 10:10am Hustle and Flow 12:15pm Four Brothers 2:15pm Runner Runner 4:00pm Murder at 1600 6:00pm Reasonable Doubt 7:45pm In the Line of Fire 10:00pm Runner Runner 11:35pm Four Brothers 1:30am The Last Boy Scout 3:20am Blow 5:30am Malpractice
7:20am Holy Night! 9:00am Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Special 9:30am Disney's A Christmas Carol 11:15am Elf 1:00pm Ernest Saves Christmas 2:45pm Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Special 3:15pm Disney's A Christmas Carol 5:00pm Sleepless in Seattle 6:50pm The Best Man Holiday 9:00pm Elf 10:45pm Sleepless in Seattle 12:35am Ernest Saves Christmas 2:15am The Best Man Holiday 4:25am Pete's Christmas
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TCM
7:00am Escape From Planet Earth 8:30am Coming Home for Christmas 10:15am Endless Love 12:15pm A New York Winter's Tale 2:15pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 3:45pm Coming Home for Christmas 5:30pm Muppets Most Wanted 7:30pm Escape From Planet Earth 9:00pm Muppets Most Wanted 11:00pm Endless Love
6:00am Gunmen From Laredo 7:20am Taras Bulba 9:40am Cheyenne Autumn 12:40pm The Forty-Niners 2:10pm Operation C.I.A. 4:00pm Gun Battle at Montereyre) 5:25pm Operation Secret 7:30pm Savage Mutiny 8:55pm Canyon Ambush 10:00pm The Dark 11:45pm John Carpenter's Vampires 1:45am The Dark 3:20am John Carpenter's Vampires 5:10am Michael Caine Off Set 5:35am TCM Shorts
The life of a shy teen changes overnight when a charming but aimless mechanic asks her out.
1:00am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 2:30am A New York Winter's Tale 4:30am Coming Home for Christmas
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen 12:30pm Nigel Slater's Christmas Suppers 1:00pm BBC News 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Bargain Hunt Antiques show.
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ITV
9:00am Marrying Mum and Dad 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 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 1:00pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 1:50pm The World's Fastest Indian
8:20am Share a Story 8:25am Sooty 8:35am Mr. Bean 8:50am Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am The Looney Tunes Show 10:00am Share a Story 10:25am Columbo 12:20pm ITV News and Weather 12:30pm Surprise Surprise 1:30pm Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
3:45pm Flog It! 4:45pm Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom 5:45pm Nativity!
3:25pm The Nation's Favourite Christmas Song 4:50pm Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
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CH4 8:05am Mobil 1 The Grid 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am The Morning Line 10:00am Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose 11:00am Frasier 11:25am Frasier 11:55am The Big Bang Theory 12:25pm The Big Bang Theory 12:50pm The Simpsons 1:15pm The Simpsons 1:45pm Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2:40pm Channel 4 Racing
CH5 9:00am Little Princess 9:15am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Wanda and the Alien 9:40am Zack and Quack 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Jelly Jamm 10:45am The Gadget Show 11:45am The Gadget Show 12:45pm World's Strongest Man 2014 1:45pm Deck the Halls
SATURDAY TV
SKY 1 7:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 8:00am Glee 9:00am The Fantasy Football Club 10:00am Football's Funniest Moments 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 2:00pm Night at the Museum 3 Special 2:30pm Exodus: Gods and Kings Special
3pm 3:00pm Escape to the Country 4:00pm Kung Fu Panda 5:25pm Final Score
5:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.
5:30pm The Simpsons
3:35pm Mr Miracle Seasonal fantasy.
5:25pm Kris Kringle Festive drama.
3:00pm Last Man Standing 3:30pm Last Man Standing 4:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 5:00pm Harrow: A Very British School
Fantasy.
6pm 7:30pm The Good Life 7:55pm John Le Mesurier: It's All Been Rather Lovely 8:55pm Dad's Army
6:35pm ITV News London 6:45pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm Celebrity Squares 8:00pm Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:25pm The Simpsons 7:00pm Mission: Impossible
9:35pm University Challenge 10:05pm QI 10:35pm Blackadder II 11:05pm Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
11:00pm The Jonathan Ross Show
9:00pm Rewind the Christmas Hits 10:30pm Four Christmases
12:05am The Young Ones 12:40am Youth in Revolt 2:05am Canterbury Cathedral 3:05am Wonders of the Monsoon 4:05am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:30am ITV News and Weather 12:45am Bette Midler: One Night Only 1:45am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen Textbased information service.
12:15am Wanderlust 2:10am Devil 3:30am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:40am Secret Eaters Colleagues and lifelong friends Faye and Laura are baffled by their weight gain.
12:05am The Best of the Joan Rivers Position 1:05am Jason Manford Live 2:25am Super Casino 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big
1:05am Dumb and Dumber Special 1:35am Chickens 2:05am Chickens 2:30am Hawaii Five-0 3:20am NCIS: Los Angeles 4:10am Night Cops 5:00am UK Border Force
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8:00pm Doctor Who 9:05pm Top Gear 10:05pm Sherlock 11:35pm Live at the Apollo 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 12:50am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy 1:35am American Dad! 2:00am Live at the Apollo 2:30am Some Girls 3:00am Siblings 3:30am Siblings 4:00am Siblings 4:30am Some Girls
8:00pm Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice
7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Christmas Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:20am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:20pm The Cube 1:20pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 2:25pm Secret Santa 4:15pm Santa Baby 6:10pm The Nightmare Before Christmas 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Tomorrow Never Dies 11:25pm Celebrity Juice 12:25am The Office Xmas Party
7:00am Judge Judy 7:20am Pollyanna 9:20am The Royal 10:20am Sherlock Holmes 12:40pm Columbo 2:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 4:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 6:45pm Mamma Mia! 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Foyle's War 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:10am Bomb Girls 2:55am Up Pompeii 4:30am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 5:25am On the Buses
8:40am Motorsport UK 9:40am Bundesliga 10:40am Bundesliga 11:40am Brazil Brazil: World Cup Revisited 12:40pm Pawn Stars 1:10pm Pawn Stars 1:40pm Ice Cold in Alex 4:20pm Midway 7:00pm Storage Wars 7:30pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Storage Wars 8:30pm Storage Wars 9:05pm Rush Hour 2 11:00pm 300 1:15am River Monsters
4:00pm Made in Chelsea 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 Kick-Ass 1:20am Rude Tube
Crime
Christmas
6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm BBC London News 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 8:55pm Atlantis
7:05pm The Wish List 8:50pm 5 News Weekend 8:55pm Scrooge Musical adaptation of Dickens's classic story, A Christmas Carol.
6:00pm Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles
9pm 9:40pm The National Lottery Live 9:50pm Strictly Come Dancing 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Match of the Day Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's seven Premier League games.
Finishing the current series with a festive edition, Jonathan welcomes David Walliams, Carry On and EastEnders star Barbara Windsor, newly-crowned F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, Jimmy Carr and 2014's biggest-selling solo artist, Ed Sheeran and there is also music from Broadway star and vocal star of Disney's Frozen, Idina Menzel.
Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn star in Seth Gordon's frothy romcom about a happily unmarried couple who reconsider their relationship after spending Christmas with their families.
11:10pm Rob Brydon Live Recorded live on his first UK tour in 2009, the award-winning actor, comedian, radio star and TV presenter wows his audience in an excruciatingly funny stand-up show packed with wry anecdotes, quick-witted audience interaction, tongue-in-cheek humour, improvisation, the most amazing impersonations and some uplifting songs.
9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm Predator
12am 12:45am The Football League Show 2:05am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:10am BBC News
Documentary which uses spy cameras to get closer than ever before to the world's greatest land predator, the polar bear.
9:00pm Icebound: The Greatest Dog Story Ever Told 10:00pm Inspector Montalbano 11:40pm The Old Grey Whistle Test 1:10am Kings of Rock and Roll 2:10am Rock 'n' Roll Britannia 3:15am The Fight for Saturday Night 4:45am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:20am The Day After Tomorrow 9:25am Catwoman 11:10am After Earth 1:00pm Thor: The Dark World 2:55pm Executive Decision 5:10pm The Patriot 7:55pm The Day After Tomorrow 10:00pm Thor: The Dark World 12:00am After Earth 1:50am Predator 2 3:40am Barb Wire 5:25am Angel Flight Down A two-year-old girl with a small object trapped in her throat is flown to Denver hospital.
Comedy 7:35am Kindergarten Cop 9:40am About Time 11:50am National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1:35pm Last Vegas 3:35pm Bean 5:15pm Last Holiday 7:15pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 9:00pm Last Vegas 11:00pm About Time 1:05am Ali G Indahouse 2:35am The Way Way Back 4:25am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
7:10am The Truth About Emanuel 9:00am Flatliners 11:05am Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 1:05pm The Pelican Brief 3:45pm Conspiracy Theory 6:00pm Sleeping with the Enemy Laura Burney seems to have the perfect life: a stunning house and a loving husband, Martin.
7:40pm Proof of Life 10:00pm Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit 11:50pm Single White Female A young Manhattan businesswoman becomes the victim of the ultimate flatshare horror.
1:40am City of God
7:45am Look Who's Talking Now! 9:25am Miracle on 34th Street 11:05am Pete's Christmas 12:40pm Snow Buddies 2:15pm The Santa Clause 4:00pm The Santa Clause 2 5:50pm The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 7:30pm Saving Santa 9:00pm Love Actually 11:20pm The Santa Clause 1:05am The Santa Clause 2 3:00am The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 4:40am Jingle All the Way
Premiere
TCM
7:00am Escape From Planet Earth 8:30am Coming Home for Christmas 10:15am A New York Winter's Tale 12:15pm Endless Love 2:15pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 3:45pm Muppets Most Wanted 5:45pm Best Christmas Movies Ever 7:30pm Escape From Planet Earth 9:00pm Muppets Most Wanted 11:00pm Endless Love
9:00am The Pearl of Death 10:20am Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear 11:40am Sherlock Holmes: Pursuit to Algiers 12:55pm Terror by Night 2:05pm Dressed to Kill 3:30pm Sherlock Holmes in Washington 4:50pm Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 6:10pm Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 7:30pm Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 8:50pm Terror by Night 10:00pm Absolute Power 12:20am The Reaping
The life of a shy teen changes overnight when a charming but aimless mechanic asks her out.
1:00am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 2:30am A New York Winter's Tale 4:30am Coming Home for Christmas
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What is the best gift you have ever been given or given to someone else?
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R Martin Espinosa, head of the Royal Aesthetic Clinic in Albir, said the best gifts he has ever been given have all been work related and believes that they are a great and unusual gift to give to someone special in your life: “Giving an aesthetic treatment is the best gift, as the results give the receiver a new found confidence and feeling in their lives and that is amazing.” Simon Foster from Somedo on the Orihuela Costa, says that the best gift he has ever given to anyone was from the
Tracey
STREET TALK heart to his beloved sister for her milestone 40th birthday: “It was a brother/sister necklace and quite symbolic and something she really liked.” Tracey Evans from Avalon SL. Almeria says that meeting her partner was the greatest gift she could have ever received;
DR MARTIN: His work is the best gift.
Joyce
“The best gift I have ever received was actually a late Christmas present. The gift was my other half. He has completely changed my life for the better. With him we have moved to Spain and begun a whole new chapter of our lives.” Joyce from Curiocity hair salon in Fuengirola, who also specialises in dreadlocks, says that she received an unexpected and amazing gift this week from a client! “My client had come in for the first time having been told about me by
someone else. I styled her hair and she was so pleased that the client offered to take me out for dinner with her and a friend to a lovely fish restaurant in Fuengirola as a way of saying thank you for the hair style, which she loved and because she thought I was so nice! It was so unexpected and I had such a lovely time! I felt so appreciated!” Paula Read Kenny from Sophia Wellness Centre in Arboleas said Paula that her first bike was the best gift she has ever received. “My favourite Christmas memory has to be as a child. At sevenyears-old I got my first bike, a yellow Tomahawk and was the proudest girl in the world. I only got this great present from SIMON: 40th gift to Santa because I must sister was the best have been such a good present he has given. girl all year!”
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Fern Britton Meets... 12:00pm Escape to the Continent 12:30pm Bargain Hunt 1:30pm MOTD2 Extra 2:15pm BBC News 2:30pm Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
BBC TWO 7:35am Natural World 8:35am African Cats 10:05am The Football League Show 11:25am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:55pm Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites 1:25pm Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites 1:55pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 2:45pm Equestrian
ITV 7:50am Dino Dan 8:05am Canimals 8:10am Canimals 8:20am Share a Story 8:25am Sooty 8:35am Mr. Bean 8:50am Ultimate Spider-Man 9:15am Horrid Henry 9:30am Big Time Rush 10:00am The Aquabats! Super Show! 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Storage Hoarders 11:30am ITV News and Weather 11:35am Death on the Nile 2:20pm Columbo
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CH4 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Jamie's Comfort Food 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory Kripke challenges the boys to a robot duel. 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory
CH5 10:10am Jelly Jamm 10:25am LazyTown 10:55am The Mr. Men Show 11:10am Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures 11:20am Roobarb and Custard Too 11:30am World's Strongest Man 2014 12:30pm The Muppets and Lady Gaga at Christmas 1:40pm It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas
SUNDAY TV
SKY 1 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? 9:00am Glee 10:00am Futurama 10:30am Penguins of Madagascar Special 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm Nativity 3: Dude Where's My Donkey? 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm The Bachelor King
3pm 4:15pm The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe An antique wardrobe proves the perfect hiding place for Lucy, the youngest of four Pevensie children evacuated during WWII.
5:30pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Frank's grandfather offers to pay for flying lessons so that Frank can help on his Australian sheep farm. Betty doesn't think it's a good idea, nor does the flying instructor, once he has met Frank.
3:50pm Tipping Point 4:50pm The Chase 5:45pm Casper
3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Simpsons 4:30pm The Simpsons 5:00pm Channel 4 News 5:10pm Bugsy Malone
3:25pm The Christmas Shepherd
7:00pm Jamie's Cracking Christmas
7:30pm 5 News Weekend
Seasonal romantic drama.
5:10pm The Family Man Whimsical romantic comedy.
4:00pm Penguins of Madagascar Special 4:30pm March of the Penguins Morgan Freeman narrates this Oscar-winning documentary, following the struggle of emperor penguins to hatch just one chick in the harsh Antarctic.
6pm 6:25pm Songs of Praise 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm BBC London News 7:30pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:00pm Countryfile
6:15pm Flog It! Antiques series.
6:55pm The Terminal
7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm You've Got to Love Christmas
Drama inspired by real events.
Christmas is the perfect time of year for enjoying delicious and decadent treats with your very favourite people.
National and international news.
7:35pm Space Cowboys
6:00pm We Love Penguins 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Futurama 8:00pm The Flash
8:00pm Men in Black 3
9pm 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm The Apprentice Lord Sugar summons the remaining candidates for their final task.
9:00pm Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 10:40pm QI XL Quiz show in which the aim is to be interesting.
11:25pm Match of the Day 2
9:00pm Surprise Surprise 10:00pm Midsomer Murders DCI Barnaby has a new sidekick in DS Charlie Nelson as the rural police drama returns for a new series.
10:00pm Homeland In the penultimate episode of the compelling and contemporary US thriller, Carrie is forced to put her life on the line in order to get her team out of Pakistan.
10:00pm Gran Torino Drama about a bitter, racist old man who begrudgingly realises his need for redemption.
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Trollied 10:00pm Best Christmas Movies Ever
11:00pm Rewind the Christmas Hits
12am 12:25am The Sarah Millican Slightly Longer Television Programme 1:05am Serendipity 2:30am Countryfile 3:30am Holby City 4:30am This is BBC Two
12:00am ITV News and Weather 12:15am Vicious 12:45am Rugby Highlights 1:45am The Store 3:30am Motorsport UK 4:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 5:05am ITV Nightscreen
12:35am The IT Crowd 1:30am Peep Show 2:00am NFL 5:45am NFL
12:15am Unforgiven 2:45am Super Casino 5:00am House Doctor 5:25am Make it Big 5:50am Make it Big
12:00am Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life 1:00am The Flash 2:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Last Man Standing 4:30am Last Man Standing 5:00am Mission Implausible
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8:00pm Cars 9:50pm Top Gear 11:10pm Bad Education 11:40pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy 12:25am American Dad! 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Bad Education 1:40am Cuckoo 2:10am Cuckoo 2:35am Cuckoo 3:05am Cuckoo 3:35am Cuckoo 4:00am Cuckoo 4:30am Bad Education
8:00pm The Fir Tree 8:30pm Tales of Winter: The Art of Snow and Ice 10:00pm Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle
2:15am An Evening with Sammy Davis Jr 3:15am Imagine...
7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:50am Coronation Street Omnibus 11:50am The X Factor: Your Top Ten 12:50pm The X Factor Class of 2014 1:55pm You've Been Framed! 2:20pm You've Been Framed! 2:55pm Beethoven's Christmas Adventure 4:45pm Ant and Dec's Christmas Show 6:00pm The Polar Express 8:00pm The Xtra Factor: The Winner's Story 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pm The Holiday 12:45am Release the Hounds 1:50am Two and a Half Men
7:10am Judge Judy 7:30am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 8:25am Carry on at Your Convenience 10:15am Carry on Loving 12:20pm Up Pompeii 2:00pm The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery 3:55pm A Touch of Frost 5:50pm The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 6:55pm Lewis 9:00pm The Best of Royal Variety 10:00pm Michael BublĂŠ: Home for Christmas 11:30pm Ray 2:25am Cracker
10:00am Alias Smith and Jones 11:05am Alias Smith and Jones 12:10pm River Monsters 1:05pm River Monsters 2:10pm River Monsters 3:15pm Smokey and the Bandit 5:10pm Spartacus 9:00pm Rugby Highlights 10:00pm Hard Target 12:00am Renegades 2:10am Mcvicar 4:15am Nitro Circus 4:35am Nitro Circus 4:55am The Professionals 5:45am The Professionals
11:00am Hollyoaks Omnibus 1:30pm Made in Chelsea 2:30pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:30pm The Spy Next Door 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 6:00pm The Big Bang Theory 6:30pm The Big Bang Theory 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 Edward Scissorhands 11:05pm Rude Tube 12:05am The Inbetweeners
Comedy
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12:00am BBC News 12:15am Regional News and Weather 12:25am Have I Got a Bit More 2014 News for You 1:10am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:15am BBC News
Documentary telling Sammy Davis Jr's remarkable life story.
11:00pm An Evening with Sammy Davis Jr 12:00am Imagine... 1:15am Sammy Davis Jr: The Kid in the Middle Documentary telling Sammy Davis Jr's remarkable life story.
SKY MOVIES Action 7:00am Alex Cross A skilled Detroit profiler is called in to decipher the clues left by a sadistic killer, but as the trail gets warmer, the murderer decides to ward him on in the only way he knows how.
8:55am Dante's Peak 10:55am Die Hard 1:10pm Die Hard 2 3:20pm Romancing the Stone 5:15pm The Jewel of the Nile 7:15pm R.I.P.D. 9:00pm Die Hard 11:15pm Die Hard 2 1:25am Gangster Squad 3:25am Alex Cross 5:10am Born to Race: Fast Track
7:35am Elf 9:25am About a Boy 11:15am Bad Santa 1:05pm You've Got Mail 3:15pm Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Special 3:45pm Liar Liar 5:20pm The Mask 7:10pm Elf 9:00pm Bad Santa 10:45pm About a Boy 12:35am Fun with Dick and Jane When Dick's firm goes bankrupt, he and wife Jane have two options.
2:10am Wedding Crashers 4:15am Scary Movie 5
7:30am Speed 9:30am Dead Calm 11:15am Cellular 12:55pm The Call 2:35pm Getaway 4:10pm Alive 6:20pm Speed 8:20pm The Call 10:00pm The Green Mile 1:15am Getaway 3:00am Alive A plane carrying a team of rugby players crashes in the middle of the Andes.
5:20am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man
6:30am Saving Santa 8:00am Almost Christmas 9:50am Penguins of Madagascar Special 10:20am Miracle on 34th Street 12:20pm Holiday Inn 2:05pm Home Alone 3:50pm Miracle on 34th Street A department store Santa must convince one little girl - and a New York court - that he's real.
5:50pm Best Christmas Movies Ever 7:20pm Black Nativity A struggling mum sends her son to stay with his inspirational grandparents for Christmas.
9:00pm Home Alone 11:00pm New Year's Eve
Premiere
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8:30am Coming Home for Christmas 10:15am Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 11:45am Muppets Most Wanted 1:45pm Coming Home for Christmas 3:30pm A New York Winter's Tale 5:30pm Escape From Planet Earth 7:00pm Muppets Most Wanted 9:00pm Endless Love
7:20am Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 8:40am Dressed to Kill 10:00am Terror by Night 11:15am Sherlock Holmes in Washington 12:40pm The Spider Woman 1:55pm The Barkleys of Broadway 4:00pm Last of the Comanches 5:40pm The Nebraskan 7:00pm The Bounty Hunter 8:30pm The Wild One 10:00pm Hell on Wheels 10:55pm Hell on Wheels 11:50pm Duel at Diablo 1:40am Hell on Wheels 2:35am Hell on Wheels
The life of a shy teen changes overnight when a charming but aimless mechanic asks her out.
11:00pm Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa .5 12:30am A New York Winter's Tale 2:45am Coming Home for Christmas
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:00am Race to Witch Mountain 11:35am Old Dogs 1:00pm Bargain Hunt Antiques show. Tim Wonnacott and the team are at Shropshire's Oswestry Showground. 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
BBC TWO 7:55am Mary Berry's Absolute Christmas Favourites 8:25am Canterbury Cathedral 9:25am The Bishop's Wife 11:10am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 12:10pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 1:10pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 2:00pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 2:50pm Coast Australia
ITV 5:05am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Speakmans 11:20am Dickinson's Real Deal 12:20pm Tipping Point 1:20pm Judge Rinder 2:20pm ITV News and Weather 2:55pm Big Star's Little Star
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CH5 9:20am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:30am Bananas in Pajamas 9:45am Tickety Toc 10:00am Milkshake! Bop Box 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:10am Peppa Pig 10:20am Wanda and the Alien 10:35am The Mr. Men Show 10:55am World's Strongest Man 2014 11:55am My Crazy Christmas Obsession 12:55pm The Flight Before Christmas 2:25pm Harry and the Hendersons
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SKY 1 6:00amzUK Border Force 7:00am That Hidden Camera Family 7:30am That Hidden Camera Family 8:00am Moone Boy 8:30am Yonderland 9:00am Ashley Banjo's Secret Street Crew 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Futurama 12:30pm Futurama 1:00pm Best Christmas Movies Ever
3pm 5:00pm Cinderella When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the royal ball, she gets unexpected help from some friendly mice and her fairy godmother.
3:40pm A Place to Call Home 4:25pm A Place to Call Home 5:10pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Classic sitcom about one-man disaster area Frank Spencer.
3:55pm The Railway Children
6:00pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm The Great British Bake Off 8:30pm Top of the Pops 2
6:00pm The Cube 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
Drama about three children whose lives change dramatically after they move from a comfortable townhouse to a small Yorkshire cottage near a railway line.
3:10pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
4:35pm Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties
6:00pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks
6:05pm Christmas with the Kranks
Visiting London, Garfield is mistaken for a posh puss.
3:00pm Hawaii Five-0 4:00pm Futurama 4:30pm Futurama 5:00pm The Flash
6pm 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:30pm A Question of Sport
Sienna's lies fail to allay Theresa's suspicions about Dodger's whereabouts.
Yuletide family comedy.
7:55pm World's Strongest Man 2014 Strongman competition.
8:00pm Channel 4 News
6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm Little Crackers 7:00pm Little Crackers 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Would I Lie to You? 10:00pm John Bishop's Christmas Show 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Mrs. Brown's Boys
10:00pm The Wrong Mans 11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks Anarchic pop quiz. 11:30pm Brian Pern: A Life in Rock Spoof documentary following ageing rock star Brian Pern.
9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street Gary faces up to the consequences. What is Callum up to?
10:00pm Tsunami: Survivors' Stories 11:05pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm Notting Hill
9:00pm Gadget Man's Guide to Christmas 10:00pm Food Unwrapped's Christmas Dinner 11:00pm Derek Derek, the award-winning bittersweet comedy drama returns for one last time in this special finale show.
9:00pm The Railway: First Great Western Documentary series following the staff of First Great Western.
10:00pm Michael Buble's Christmas 2014 11:00pm Dirty Dancing
9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Trollied 10:00pm Stella 11:30pm Trollied
12am 12:05am Citizen Khan 12:35am The Graham Norton Show 1:20am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:25am BBC News
12:00am Andy Parsons - Slacktivist 1:00am Chances Are 2:45am The Apprentice 3:45am This is BBC Two
2:00am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:05am Gogglebox 1:00am NFL 2:00am World on a String 2:55am The Tree of Life 5:15am Fantastic Voyage
12:55am Abba: The Image 1:55am Super Casino 4:10am The Gadget Show 5:00am House Doctor 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am House Doctor
12:30am Arrow 1:30am The Flash 2:30am Hawaii Five-0 3:30am Hawaii Five-0 4:30am NCIS: Los Angeles 5:30am Road Wars
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8:00pm Guys and Dolls
8:30am Coronation Street 9:00am The Corrie Years 9:30am You've Been Framed! 9:55am All Star Family Fortunes 11:00am Catchphrase 12:00pm The 12 Days of Christmas Eve 1:55pm Emmerdale 2:25pm Coronation Street 2:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:10pm The X Factor Class of 2014 7:15pm You've Been Framed! 8:45pm Take Me Out 10:00pm Through the Keyhole 11:00pm Fast and Furious 1:10am Celebrity Juice
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7:20am Black Gold 8:00am Minder 8:55am The Professionals 9:55am Kojak 11:00am Magnum, P.I. 12:00pm Pawn Stars 12:55pm Alias Smith and Jones 2:00pm Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014 3:00pm Silverstone Classic 2014 4:10pm The Rawhide Years 5:55pm The Far Country 8:00pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Storage Wars 11:00pm Ax Men 12:00am Bundesliga
1:30pm Rules of Engagement 2:00pm How I Met Your Mother 3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm Rules of Engagement 5:00pm Rude(Ish) Tube 5:30pm Suburgatory 6:00pm How I Met Your Mother 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Rude(Ish) Tube 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Taking New York 11:35pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30am The Inbetweeners
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Lavish film version of the classic Broadway musical, based on Damon Runyon's short stories.
10:25pm Panto! Mayhem, Make Up and Magic 11:35pm The Joy of the Bee Gees 12:35am The Bee Gees at the BBC... And Beyond 1:35am Castles: Britain's Fortified History 2:35am Puppy Love 3:05am Sounds of the Eighties 3:35am Panto! Mayhem, Make Up and Magic 4:45am This is BBC Four
Zak tries to make amends with Edna. Moira is excited as Adam returns.
7:00am George and Mildred) 8:45am On the Buses 9:15am Heartbeat 10:20am Pollyanna 12:25pm Sherlock Holmes 2:40pm Lewis 4:50pm Housewife 49 6:50pm A Touch of Frost 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Lewis 1:10am The Nun's Story
SKY MOVIES Action 5:10am Born to Race: Fast Track 7:00am The Lone Ranger Unmasked 7:30am Star Trek Into Darkness 9:45am Jaws Steven Spielberg's scary chiller about a coastal community plagued by a killer shark.
12:00pm The Mask of Zorro 2:25pm Middle Earth: There and Back Again 3:25pm Iron Man 3 5:40pm Star Trek Into Darkness 8:00pm Lethal Weapon 10:00pm Lethal Weapon 2 12:00am Lethal Weapon 3 2:05am World War Z 4:15am Iron Man 3
Comedy 5:45am You've Got Mail A comic tale of romance on the internet.
7:50am Syrup 9:35am Mean Girls After 15 years in Africa, home schooled Cady knows all about herd instincts.
11:15am We're the Millers 1:15pm Last Holiday 3:15pm The Best Man Holiday 5:30pm The Nutty Professor 7:15pm Mean Girls 9:00pm Grown Ups 2 10:50pm We're the Millers 12:50am This is the End 2:50am Grown Ups 2 4:45am A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
5:20am Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man 7:10am Down the Shore 8:55am The Mean Machine 11:10am Derailed 1:10pm Zero Dark Thirty Special 1:30pm American Hustle 4:00pm The Mean Machine 6:15pm Derailed 8:15pm Breakdown 10:00pm American Hustle 12:20am Kill Bill: Vol. 1 2:20am Cherry Falls 4:00am Jagged Edge
6:30am Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Special 7:00am Let it Snow 8:35am Christmas in Wonderland 10:20am Ernest Saves Christmas 12:00pm Let it Snow 1:35pm Jack Frost 3:20pm Elf 5:00pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 6:45pm Love Actually 9:00pm Elf 10:45pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 12:30am Jack Frost 2:20am Love Actually
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6:00am The Barkleys of Broadway 7:55am Last of the Comanches 9:35am The Nebraskan Phil Carey stars as a frontier scout trying to make peace between settlers and the Nebraska Sioux.
10:55am The Bounty Hunter 12:30pm The Wild One 2:10pm Gold of the Seven Saints 4:00pm April in Paris 5:55pm Secret of the Incas 7:55pm Drum Beat 10:00pm Ocean's Eleven 12:15am Queen of the Damned 2:15am Ocean's Eleven 4:15am Black Spurs
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:00am Mars Needs Moms 11:30am Bridge to Terabithia 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Chicken Run
BBC TWO 7:35am The Great British Bake Off Masterclass: Christmas - Masterclass 8:35am Canterbury Cathedral 9:35am Anything But Christmas 11:05am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 12:05pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 1:05pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 1:55pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 2:45pm Equestrian
ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Speakmans 11:20am Dickinson's Real Deal 12:20pm Tipping Point 1:25pm Big Star's Little Star 2:25pm ITV News and Weather
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CH4 6:55am Small Animal Hospital 7:20am King of Queens 7:45am King of Queens 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Frasier Venomous radio therapist Dr Nora joins Frasier at KACL. 9:00am Frasier 9:25am Rugrats the Movie 11:00am Andre 12:55pm Ladyhawke
CH5 9:10am Peppa Pig 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:40am Bananas in Pajamas 9:55am Tickety Toc 10:10am Milkshake! Bop Box 10:15am Peppa Pig 10:20am Peppa Pig 10:30am Access 10:40am World's Strongest Man 2014 11:40am Jack and the Beanstalk 1:25pm The Elf That Rescued Christmas
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SKY 1 6:00am Stargate Atlantis 7:00am The Real A&E 7:30am The Real A&E 8:00am Moone Boy 8:30am Yonderland 9:00am The Flash 10:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm Futurama 12:30pm Futurama 1:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie 2:00pm Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie
3pm 4:05pm The Gruffalo 4:30pm Cars 2 Animated sequel.
3:45pm Coast Australia 4:35pm A Place to Call Home 5:20pm Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em Classic sitcom with the king of the incompetents, Frank Spencer.
3:00pm Judge Rinder Studio courtroom show where criminal barrister Robert Rinder rules on real life cases.
3:10pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal
4:00pm Midsomer Murders
5:10pm Call Me Claus
3:00pm Harrow: A Very British School 4:00pm Futurama 4:30pm Futurama 5:00pm The Flash
3:00pm This Christmas Festive comedy-drama. An estranged family reunite for the first Christmas in several years.
6pm 6:10pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm Celebrity Mastermind 8:30pm EastEnders
6:05pm Flog It! 7:00pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass: Christmas - Masterclass 8:00pm Dad's Army 8:30pm University Challenge
6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears
6:00pm Celebrity Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm The Snowman
7:00pm World's Strongest Man 2014 7:55pm My Crazy Christmas Obsession 8:50pm Michael Buble's Christmas Songbook
6:00pm Treasure Island 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm The Wrong Mans 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News
9:00pm Roman Britain From the Air 10:00pm Lottery Stories: Be Careful What You Wish for 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Kylie: Kiss Me Once
9:00pm Celebrity Fifteen to One 10:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:00pm Man Down 11:30pm Da Best of Ali G
10:00pm Kids' Hospital at Christmas
9:00pm The Flash 10:00pm Arrow 11:00pm Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets
9pm 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Royle Family 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys
Three-part series following staff and patients at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital over the festive season.
11:00pm Saving Private Ryan
12am 12:10am Cuckoo 12:40am The Apprentice 1:40am Final Analysis 3:40am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 3:45am BBC News
12:00am Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad 12:45am Surviving Christmas 2:10am Top of the Pops 2 3:40am Film 2014 4:10am The Mekong River with Sue Perkins 5:10am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.
12:50am The Jonathan Ross Show 2:10am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Jeremy Kyle presents the American version of his daytime talk show. 4:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.
12:30am Ali G in Da USAiii 1:00am Da Ali G Show 1:30am Da Ali G Show 1:55am Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage 2:50am Saw IV 4:25am Secret Eaters 5:20am Phil Spencer: Secret Agent
2:15am Super Casino 4:10am Crazy Christmas Compulsives 5:00am Wildlife SOS 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am House Doctor
12:00am 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy 1:00am The Flash 2:00am Chickens 2:30am Chickens 3:00am Hawaii Five-0 4:00am Hawaii Five-0 5:00am Airline USA 5:30am Airline USA
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8:00pm Robin and the Seven Hoods 10:00pm Len Goodman's Big Band Bonanza 11:00pm Proms on Four: Battle of the Bands 12:25am Only Yesterday: The Carpenters' Story 1:20am Northern Soul 2:20am Len Goodman's Big Band Bonanza 3:20am Proms on Four: Battle of the Bands 4:45am This is BBC Four
8:55am Coronation Street 9:20am The Cube 10:20am Catchphrase 11:20am Arthur and the Great Adventure 1:25pm Emmerdale 1:55pm Coronation Street 2:25pm Coronation Street 2:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:00pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:05pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:10pm The Xtra Factor: The Winner's Story 7:15pm Scooby-Doo 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 10:00pm Bridget Jones's Diary 12:00am Celebrity Juice
7:00am Movies Now 7:10am Judge Judy 7:30am Fresh Fields 8:10am The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 9:10am A Touch of Frost 11:30am The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery 1:25pm Agatha Christie's Marple 3:25pm The Best of Royal Variety 4:25pm The Best of Royal Variety 5:30pm George and Mildred 6:05pm George and Mildred 6:40pm A Touch of Frost 8:55pm Foyle's War 11:00pm Housewife 49 1:00am A Touch of Frost
9:40am Kojak 10:40am Magnum, P.I. 11:40am Pawn Stars 12:10pm Pawn Stars 12:40pm Monaco Historic Grand Prix 1:40pm Minder 2:50pm Destry Rides Again 4:45pm Shalako 7:00pm Storage Wars 7:30pm Storage Wars 8:00pm Pawn Stars 8:30pm Pawn Stars 9:00pm Cannonball Run II 11:15pm Carlito's Way 2:10am Hornblower 4:00am Brazil Brazil: World Cup Revisited
3:00pm The Big Bang Theory 3:30pm The Big Bang Theory 4:00pm The Big Bang Theory 4:30pm The Big Bang Theory 5:00pm The Big Bang Theory 5:30pm Famous Fred 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 9:00pm The Big Bang Theory 9:30pm The Big Bang Theory 10:00pm Rude Tube 11:00pm Rude Tube 12:05am The Big Bang Theory
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Comedy 6:30am Monsters University Special 7:00am National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 8:50am Home Alone 10:50am Grudge Match 12:50pm Groundhog Day 2:45pm Click 4:40pm Love Actually 7:00pm Home Alone 9:00pm The Heat 11:00pm Grudge Match
7:40am Swordfish 9:25am Deadfall 11:05am The Italian Job 1:00pm Big Nothing 2:35pm Swordfish 4:20pm Harsh Times 6:20pm Children of Men 8:20pm Deadfall 10:00pm The Italian Job 11:55pm Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2:20am Death Warrant
8:45am Saving Santa 10:15am Snow Buddies 11:50am Miracle on 34th Street 1:50pm Bad Santa 3:35pm Black Nativity 5:15pm The Heat: Sky Movies Special 5:30pm Saving Santa 7:00pm Miracle on 34th Street 9:00pm Grumpy Old Men 10:45pm Bad Santa 12:30am Almost Christmas
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7:45am April in Paris 9:45am Secret of the Incas 11:45am Drum Beat 1:50pm Funeral in Berlin 4:00pm By the Light of the Silvery Moon 6:00pm King Richard and the Crusaders 8:15pm Tarzan and The Valley of Gold 10:00pm No Good Deed 12:05am Death Proof 2:25am No Good Deed 4:20am Sierra Passage
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Doggy heaven REPORTS that Pope Francis told a distraught little boy that dogs can go to heaven turn out to be wide of the mark. The World’s Press picked up on a report in Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, that suggested he said there was a place in heaven for people’s pets. But it turns out his comments and the context into which they were put were misinterpreted. According to Vatican Radio, what the Pope actually said was: “The Holy Scripture teaches us that the fulfilment of this wonderful design also affects everything around us.” Corriere della Ser interpreted that remark to mean that dogs could go to heaven. Other media sources then picked up the story and within hours it was making news around the world. To make matters worse the Pope was not talking to a distraught boy, but rather to a general audience, and comparisons the paper drew with remarks from Pope Paul VI were then attributed to Pope Frances by many news sources. Outlets which misreported the comments included The New York Times, TODAY, and NBC News. The Vatican has not clarified exactly what the Pope meant.
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BBC ONE 7:00am Breakfast 10:00am Snow Babies 11:00am Nigel Slater's 12 Tastes of Christmas 12:00pm WALL-E 1:30pm Christmas of My Lifetime with Len Goodman 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:40pm BBC London News 2:50pm Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
BBC TWO 8:20am Canterbury Cathedral 9:20am One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing 10:55am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 11:55am Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 12:40pm Christmas Kitchen with James Martin 1:35pm Torvill and Dean: The Perfect Day 2:35pm The Choir: New Military Wives
ITV 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am All Stars 12:35pm Horrid Henry: The Movie 2:20pm ITV News and Weather 2:35pm Doc Martin The peace of Portwenn is disturbed when a hoard of twitchers descend on the village.
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CH5 9:05am Peppa Pig 9:10am Peppa Pig 9:20am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:30am Bananas in Pajamas 9:40am Tickety Toc 9:55am Milkshake! Bop Box 10:00am Peppa Pig 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Wanda and the Alien 10:30am Gone with the Wind 2:50pm The Adventures of Robin Hood
SKY 1 7:00am Futurama 7:30am Futurama 8:00am Moone Boy 8:30am Yonderland 9:00am The Flash 10:00am Modern Family 10:30am Modern Family 11:00am Modern Family 11:30am Modern Family 12:00pm Modern Family 12:30pm Modern Family 1:00pm Modern Family 1:30pm Modern Family 2:00pm Best Christmas Movies Ever
3pm 4:05pm Merry Madagascar 4:25pm Shrek the Halls 4:50pm The Gruffalo's Child 5:15pm On Angel Wings 5:45pm 101 Dalmatians
3:35pm Little Women 5:25pm To the Manor Born
4:35pm Off Their Rockers 5:05pm Santa Claus
3:35pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.
3:45pm How the Grinch Stole Christmas 5:50pm The Muppet Christmas Carol
4:50pm Scrooge Adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story, 'A Christmas Carol'.
4:00pm Futurama 4:30pm Futurama 5:00pm The Flash
6pm 7:05pm BBC News at Six 7:15pm BBC London News 7:25pm Toy Story 3
6:25pm Carols from King's 7:40pm The Good Life 8:10pm Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
7:15pm You've Been Framed! 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street
7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:25pm Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas 8:55pm The Snowman and the Snowdog
9:00pm University Challenge
9:00pm Skyfall
9:30pm My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas 10:30pm Gogglebox
6:35pm Michael Buble's Christmas 2014 7:30pm My Big Xmas Benefits Blow-Out 8:20pm Britain's Craziest Christmas Lights
6:00pm Treasure Island 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons
9:25pm The Dog Rescuers with Alan Davies 10:30pm Greatest Ever Christmas Movies A countdown of the greatest Christmas films of all time.
9:00pm The Simpsons 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm Stella
A charming animated sequel to Raymond Briggs's classic The Snowman.
9pm 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm 10:30pm Not Going Out 11:15pm The Vicar of Dibley 11:55pm Mrs. Brown's Boys
Series featuring teams of distinguished graduates.
James Bond returns to hunt a mysterious enemy that threatens to bring down MI6.
A chance to see some of the best moments of the past year of Gogglebox: 2014 in review from the country's best loved households.
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FEW weeks back I wrote about Christmas TV ads which, together with the Christmas decorations everywhere you look, reminded me that it’s that time of year for the traditional nativity play in British schools - one of the biggest events in the school calendar together with the Christmas fair. I recall one occasion when a little girl was chosen to play Mary at her nursery and, by all accounts, was word perfect at rehearsals. On the day, though, she was struck dumb by the sight of a hall full of parents and, judging by her reaction when Joseph tried to take her hand, you could have been forgiven for thinking he had Ebola. The event ended up a complete omnishambles! And why is it that, in all nativity plays, there’s always one kid with an ego so big it practically qualifies for mansion tax, who steals the limelight by losing himself in the music and jiving like a maniac and another in the back row tunelessly yelling each word?
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Which makes you wonder why they don’t give these plays a run in the provinces first… Reports that mothers have offered teachers free beauty treatments and other inducements if their little girl could be Mary remind me one thing hasn’t changed much over the years. Blackmail is an ugly word but my father’s supplying much of the scenery for my own primary school’s efforts meant I could
NATIVITY PLAY: One of the biggest events in the school calendar. always be guaranteed at least a ‘no room at the inn’ part! But what has changed - for
the worse - is the current widespread ban on cameras and iPhones: parents forbidden from
recording their Mary or Joseph’s moment of glory. Which reminds me of the case of the retired police officer prevented from photographing his grandson playing soccer as there would be ‘other boys in the shot.’ Or the grandfather who went on his own to a Somerset theme park to watch a falcon display and was shocked when told, because of child protection rules, unaccompanied adults were ‘banned.’ Political correctness! You wonder where it will all end. As an adult on your own, should you be allowed in a park because there might be children there? Or a swimming pool? Or the bus because there might be children going to school?
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Take action now to ensure your overseas property passes to who you want it to TAKE action now to ensure your overseas property goes to your loved-ones, says Stone King’s Dan Harris. For decades Brits abroad have been immune to Spanish forced heirship rules that determine who gets someone’s property when they pass away. That’s because Spain has allowed the law of a person’s nationality to govern the devolution of their property. But this is all set to change in 2015 when attempts to simplify succession law across Europe come into effect. From August 17 next year a person’s ‘habitual residence’ and not their nationality will determine who gets what when they die. The impact on affected families who don’t take the appropriate action could be devastating. The changes will mean that the devolution of the property of foreigners (including Brits) living in Spain will be subject to that country’s domestic law, not British law. In most civil law jurisdictions like Spain an individual’s property is subject to
HEIRSHIP RIGHTS: The new rules could protect British owners of Spanish property. forced-heirship provisions. This means that the legal system of the state where the property is situated decides who receives your property when you die. Put simply, your will is likely to be (at least partly) ineffective if it conflicts with forced-heirship rules. Instead your children, including estranged children and children from previous relationships, could inherit your property on your death ahead
of your spouse, regardless of your wishes. The good news is that the new regulation contains provisions that have the potential to protect British owners of Spanish property. After August 17, any British national who has property in Spain - and who has taken appropriate action before their death - can avoid the default position of the law of their habitual residence
governing the devolution of their estate by instead making a formal election for the law of their nationality to apply. The ‘appropriate action’ is to make a nomination in a will which is valid in the state where the property is situated, stating which law will apply to your property. As Spain has adopted the provisions of the 1961 Hague Convention on testamentary dispositions your English will is as valid in Spain as a Spanish will, and arguably, as English law is being applied, an English will may be more appropriate. The nomination can and should be done now to avoid problems should you lose the mental capacity to make a new will before August 17 or forget to do so. That way you can ensure that your overseas property passes to your loved ones. For more advice on this complex area of international law please contact Dan Harris or Simon Lofthouse on +44 (0)1225 326761 or email international@stoneking.co.uk
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CANCER (June 22 - July 23) After the 22nd it is much easier to see the path ahead. This is
VIRGO (August 24 September 23) Are you willing to take a risk on someone who has let you down before? Looking into their recent past is likely to tip the balance. What you find shows clearly if there has been a change of heart on their part or if they are trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
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) A disagreement with a friend upsets you but is short-lived. To avoid such a situation in the future, look at how you should have dealt with it. There is always something to know that guides us to a better position.
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SCORPIO (October 24 November 22) A great feeling of joy comes over you more than once in the week ahead. Your inner child has been set free, and this is likely to be because of recent restrictions, which are now lifted.
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gilt, glom, goon, hong, ling, logo, long, nigh, ting, tong, glint, gloom, igloo, ingot, light, lingo, might, night, thing, thong, tigon, holing, homing, mooing, oohing, tiglon, hooting, looming, looting, molting, mooting, tooling, MOONLIGHT
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GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When discussing a holiday with others, be aware that agreement is not always easily met. Although you are not inclined to compromise, it is necessary to go with the majority decision.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Everything on the home front is emphasised and there will be a
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December 23, Vicente del Bosque, football manager. Former Spanish football player and current manager of the Spanish national team. Del Bosque led Spain to two European Championship titles in 2008 and 2012, and one World Cup title in 2010. He coached Real Madrid between 1999 and 2003.
flurry of activity. Get others involved in any changes. Work in the garden or painting is much more enjoyable and half the work if you enlist the help of someone you get on well with.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A rather slow start to the week leads you to feel bored but be assured that the weekend will be far from dull. A recent conversation or correspondence with an old friend leads to unexpected contact.
AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) It is difficult to avoid repeating mistakes made in the past. Your approach to certain situations has not changed and therein lies the problem. Someone who blames you for a mistake shows ignorance but that does not make it less upsetting.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Travel arrangements may have to be changed at the last minute. Do not fret, however, because success is more likely later in the month. During a dream, or when reading a book, an idea comes to you. Can this really make a difference to your future?
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1. Which two former England cricket captains were nicknamed Guy (the Gorilla) and Dolly? 2. Athol Guy, was the double bass player with which Australian folkinfluenced pop quartet, whose UK hit singles include: I'll Never Find Another You, A World of Our Own, Morningtown Ride, Georgy Girl and The Carnival is Over? 3. In which decade did Dolly the sheep become the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer? 4. What was the name of the British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official who, along with Kim Philby, Donald Maclean and Anthony Blunt was a member of the Cambridge Four spy ring that passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War? 5. In which novel Charles Dickens’ novel, largely set during the Gordon Riots of 1780, first published in 1841, did the character Dolly Varden appear? 6. Which American adult animated sitcom centres on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois, their children Meg, Chris and Stewie plus their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian?
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Across 1 Highly ornate style, or designed by Chanel? (6) 4 Waterways made of tin, aluminium and sulphur (6) 9 Madagascar goatherd carries a load (5) 10 The platoon revealed its own philosopher (5) 11 Near a demolished stadium (5) 12 Unimaginative, as theatre usually is (7) 13 Changed course continually - sound diplomacy (6) 15 Credit is double big trouble (6) 19 Memory loss is initially a mind numbing experience, so is academia (7) 21 Fixed crude switch (5) 23 Wait, it’s the wrong verse (5) 24 Run away to find work in the Spanish quarter (5) 25 Cleans up when diet is changed (6) 26 Needles from French city (6) Down 1 Bright team leader Adrian is badly beaten up (7) 2 Ride a bike for the full course (5) 3 Proceedings for careless driving? Animal killed (7)
Across 1 Young rooster (8) 4/6 Athletic event (4,4) 7 Parody (5) 9 Spherical (5) 11 Besmirch (5) 12 Flat (5) 13 Go by (6) 15 Evaluate (6) 19 Denim pants (5) 21 Domesticated South American ruminant (5) 23 All keyed up (5) 24 Big (5) 25 Moist (4) 26 Unafraid (8)
5 Tree begins autumn pruning, putting leaves everywhere (5) 6 Slow movements from a dog is a treat (7) 7 Total is twenty (5) 8 Bridge players under low deer (5) 14 Concentrated on made up red cent (7) 16 Furred animal turning on orca, cold
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Code Breaker Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents Z and 15 represents G, so fill in Z every time the figure 10 appears and G every time the figure 15 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 Waddle, 5 Dearth, 8 Loss, 9 Treasure, 10 Senior, 11 Create, 12 Fade, 14 Aha, 15 Aden, 16 Canton, 18 Thread, 19 Likeness, 21 Sale, 22 Pestle, 23 Disuse. Down: 2 Adore, 3 Dislike, 4 Entertain, 5 Doe, 6 Aisle, 7 Turn the tables, 11 Chastised, 13 Avarice, 15 Arrests, 17 Treat, 20 Ewe. QUICK Across: 1 Chooses, 4 Super, 7 Anger, 9 Screams, 10 Trouble, 11 Needs, 12 Spare, 14 Feast,19 Harms, 21 Replace, 23 Insults, 24 Cheap, 25 Lists, 26 Suspend. Down: 1 Charts, 2 Scrub, 3 System, 4 Strange, 5 Peace, 6 Resist, 8 Group, 13 Results, 15 Share, 16 Thrill, 17 Crisis, 18 Leaped, 20 Rests, 22 Picks.
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English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English. Across 1 Sixteen (9) 8 Pavement (for walking on) (5) 9 Grano (5) 11 Wool (4) 12 Beso (4) 14 Alto (edificio, persona) (4) 16 Weapon (4) 19 Help (assistance) (5) 21 Boy (5) 22 Waiters (9) Down 2 Artículos (5) 3 Which (in questions and reported speech) (4) 4 Señal (de aviso) (4) 5 Departure (3) 6 Sierra para metales (7) 7 Rings (on finger) (7) 10 Rata (3) 13 Triste (persona) (3) 15 Warning (advance notice) (5) 17 Branch (of tree) (4) 18 Dolor (4) 20 Grape (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 (FIRING) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues. CORONA
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Funagram Unscramble the name of a type of musical instrument (one word): OR I’M HUMAN FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: MARILYN MONROE, HARMONIUM
Unscramble the name of a famous Hollywood superstar: MORAL IRONY: MEN
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10th December LIFE seemed to slow down. The last few months had been a whirlwind of appointments, tests, scans and chemo. It had been two weeks since my first chemo session and apart from a sore throat, I was feeling pretty good. I noticed that my hair was starting to fall out, nothing dramatic, but quite a lot on the pillow in the morning. I gave my hair a good wash and then towel dried it. The majority of hair seemed to cling on to its roots so I decided that I still wasn’t quite at the stage where I needed to shave my head. My blonde Bond wig was at the ready though! I was told at my last appointment that I would have to remove my coil because the hormones were ‘in contra’ to my treatment so my doctor made an appointment for me at family planning and they called me in pretty quickly. I hoped it wouldn’t affect my iron levels because the original reason for having the IUD
inserted was because I was extremely anaemic owing to very heavy periods. Only time would tell. In the meantime I looked after myself, went for walks along the beach with Jorge. I did homework with my children, cooked meals, laughed a lot… life as normal. I still had an army of people offering to help, but I thought that I needed to get on with things as much as I could on my own.
What a lucky girl I am, and yes, I do feel like a girl I decided to get fitted for an arm compression stocking to wear when I was doing anything a little more strenuous, sport for example. The goal was to avoid lymphedema at all costs. Once your arm puffs up it’s a condition you will have to live with. A lovely friend, Kelly, rang me and asked if I would like a foot massage! Well you can imagine I was over to see her in a flash. Aside from the importance of looking after ones feet and nails, I can honestly say Kelly has magic fingers and a wonderful heart.
She talked away and I could have stayed there forever. A massive thank you to her. She is in Avenida Tore Tore near the seafront in Torre del Mar. Go and visit her she is a wizard! It was the run up to Christmas and I was planning for the arrival of my family. My parents would be arriving from Mexico, shortly followed by my sister from Manila and her boyfriend. It is always a major operation uniting us! I was so looking forward to Christmas and my children were desperate to see their grandparents and aunt. Last week of school and I could tell they were tired. Time to decorate the tree and get in some Christmas goodies, mince pies and the like! Yummy. Food really makes me happy and I was feeling so thankful that so far my appetite had remained healthy. You can have all the treatments you want but I think that without love, a fighting spirit and a full tummy it wouldn’t be enough. Just like everything in life you have to believe in yourself and in your ability to overcome. I have been able to find so many positives in my situation. I see my children much more, I have changed the pace at which I live, which is just as well because my work life balance was askew before. When I come out the other side… I will be a far healthier
person in so many respects. I take time to truly appreciate the little big things as I call them. A walk, a beautiful sunrise, my children’s laughter, it doesn’t matter what it is really but each cuddle, kiss, smile, kind gesture seems magnified at a time like this. I just feel so grateful for the endless kindness and love from family, new friends and old. What a lucky girl I am. Yes, I do feel like a girl. To me it seems just like yesterday that I was wielding my hockey stick on the muddy pitches in the pouring rain at school. I remember my mother saying the same thing to me. “I may be older on the outside but I feel so young on
How often do we talk about doing things, but never get around to it the inside.” Recently I have been replaying my life to date through my head. From that tiny little girl who sailed the oceans with her father, mother and sister, from the shy girl who grew and blossomed at school to the young lady who studied in Malaga for a year as part of her degree. A very special time for me.
To the executive in London who had more jobs than you could shake a stick at! Then the move to Spain. Starting a business, having my children and living life to the full. I have done so much in my life, but I feel that I have so much more to achieve. We all need a reason to get up in the morning. The drive to survive is a powerful motivator. When you are diagnosed with cancer it forces you to look at life in a different way. How often do we talk about doing things, but never get around to them? Well life is not a dress rehearsal and we aren’t on the planet for very long, so we might as well live life to the full. Take up yoga, go on that course or climb that mountain you’ve always talked about climbing. Go on that holiday, visit those friends and family you keep meaning to see. There is nothing sadder than going through life procrastinating because it so easy to come up with reasons not to do things. Start doing! Really live because having regrets is such a shame. Next week I would have my next chemo session and hopefully find out the results of my bone scans. Step by step, week by week, but I had embarked upon my journey to recovery and I was really living life.
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FLUB JAB: Helps protect people from the virus.
FLU is often the other ‘gift’ that Christmas brings, affecting between 10-15 per cent of the population each year, peaking over the Christmas and New Year period. Dr. Jose Luis Cañada, coordinator of the working group of infectious diseases of the Spanish Society of Primary Care Physicians said it can be difficult to avoid: “without flying on
a plane on December 1 to Buenos Aires for three months!” Joking aside, he adds: “Influenza is a disease of children and adolescents, but the elderly are those that pay the price.” Around 1,500-3,000 people die each year in Spain from flu and most are the elderly or those considered in high risk groups. Dr. Cañada is an advocate of the flu jab to help protect people from the virus and its spread amongst the population. In Spain, rates of vaccination against influenza are around 60 per cent, below the recommended target of 70 per cent of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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Preparing for a merry Christmas garden Dick Handscombe
Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.
JUST a week to Christmas now, so here are some urgent jobs. If there could be a frost in the next few days, it is wise to harvest any new potatoes that you have nursed along since September as soon as possible. I have quite a nice crop and since the recent rains and generally sunny weather, should be able to harvest the first small but tasty broccoli heads. Likewise salad leaves have grown large. In fact, it’s difficult to keep eating salads, so a pre-Christmas soup is on the menu. Lettuces,
AFRICAN DAISIES: Flowering profusely at this time of year. broccoli leaves, young garlic, onion, rocket, radish and carrot leaves with a little added Jamon Serrano should make for an interesting lunch. My attempt to grow a bigger turkey this year worked but the 44.1 pounds, 40 last year, proved too much for the turkey’s left leg, so it had to be killed two days ago and weighs
37.5 lbs oven ready. Salvias and euryops continue to give bright colour to the garden and during the past week African daisies have started to flower profusely. Roses are giving a good show, so vases of roses may well grace many a Christmas table. Fruit trees are very confused.
In our garden a plum tree has unseasonal new fruit and, similarly in a neighbouring garden, a pear tree has fruit. The branches can be cut to mix in with other greenery for Christmas decorations. On the way to the village, grape vines are being pruned early, as although the autumn coloured leaves have all
fallen, new buds are already opening three months early. Thinking about crops in the vegetable garden beyond Christmas, there is still time to sow some final peas and broad beans and plant plantlets of onions, leeks, broccoli, cabbages, cauliflowers and lettuces. Now is the time to obtain a few vegetable and flower seed catalogues to select things to sow in the spring. Unfortunately the choice of vegetable seeds in many garden centres and agricultural cooperatives in Spain gets less each year due to the increasing number of hybrid genetically modified seeds which do not reproduce well a second year if you try to harvest and dry some seeds.
A Spanish website and catalogue still worth trying is Madre Terra and an English Catalogue, Chiltern Seeds, who source many seeds from Mediterranean countries. By the way, each year more and more readers are setting up mini 10tub vegetable gardens, a concept which we first introduced in our book ‘Growing healthy vegetables in Spain.’ To achieve good crops mix up a good growing medium from sacks of dried manure, an earth based compost, worm compost and TerraCottem gel based soil improver to prevent the tubs from drying out. So with that, it’s a happy Christmas to you all.
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BAFFLED? Neater Heater’s Richard and Tony unpick the internet ‘advice.’ and that is more important. Seven years ago I tried to heat my son’s bedroom with a 900 watt ‘Eco Heater’ which barely made a difference at all. I replaced that with a 1000 watt Neater Heater, which cost a bit more, and the difference was astounding. Even with the ‘Eco Heater’ my son was unable to concentrate on his homework, even with his outdoor clothes on, and ended up doing it in the living room. The Neater Heater, however, warmed his room effectively allowing him to study in a tee-shirt. Not only that, but the Neater Heater was only running at 3/4 capacity of about 750 watts. In other words, The Neater Heater cost me less to keep him warm than the ‘Eco
Heater’ cost to keep him cold. There is a guy on an internet forum who says that if you put a kilowatt of electricity into any heater then you can only get a kilowatt out and that all electric heaters are the same. We have heard this nonsense on all the internet forums we have bothered to look into. In my spare bedroom I have two pieces of electrical apparatus. They both use metal electric elements to convert electricity to heat energy. One of them uses 2,300 kwh and if you left it on for five hours would probably not raise the room temperature by more than a degree, but it can be used to put lovely creases in shirts. The other one is a Neater Heater which uses about 750kwh, and if
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the side of Britain’s Leftists. When he saw several members of a BBC TV camera crew sobbing he asked the reason. They replied they had just heard the news Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin, had died. Wharton replied: “It’s a pity he was ever born.” From that moment on, he said, they never spoke to him again. Washington columnist Marquis Childs guessed that New York Times editorialist James Reston held roughly the power of three US Senators. Presidents and Prime Ministers tirelessly court these satirists. US President Lyndon B Johnson, a friend of Walter Lippmann, said
COLUMNISTS: Can get away with expressing opinions the editor dare not utter. this columnist could make or break him while the electorate was still in bed. Lippmann’s column appeared three times a week in more than 200 newspapers. As author of President Wilson’s 14 Points, the document sealed the fate of defeated
Germany in 1918. This newspaper columnist might have set out the road map for Hitler and World War Two. Lippmann, constantly courted by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, played a leading role in bringing the Vietnam War to an end.
The public mood for this US military débâcle was said to have been started by Lippmann’s formidable rival, Joseph Alsop. As the US President ordered 50,000 more troops to Vietnam, President Lyndon Johnson was heard to murmur: “There; that
should keep Joe Alsop quiet for a while.” As many as 800 American newspapers carried Winchell’s column. Few of his readers knew that Herman Klurfield served as the columnist’s stand-in and ghost-writer. Many columns are penned by an editorial group and appear under a pseudonym; in effect it is a brand name. Both US President Theodore and Franklin D Roosevelt were newspaper columnists, President Ronald Reagan and presidential hopeful Barry Goldwater likewise. A columnist’s value to an editor cannot be understated. The challenging essayist gets away with expressing opinions the editor dare not utter. It is the columnist not the newspaper that attracts the flak.
Star quality in the political field Cassandra Nash
maintained, before going on to point out that it focuses on public institutions and does not assess the public’s perception of corruption linked to party politics. Had it done so, Spain would have precious little to smirk about. It is precisely the nasty nexus between parties and sleaze that makes corruption the population’s greatest concern.
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OME PSOE grandees in the provinces and regions resent Pedro Sanchez’s starring
role. He takes centre stage too often, they grumble, and instead of promoting himself he should be promoting them, and helping them do better in next May’s elections. Many are out in the cold since they were ousted in the regional and local elections of May 2011 and are feeling the draught. But Sanchez is promoting himself to good effect: a recent Metroscopia opinion poll puts the PSOE on 27.7 per cent of the intended vote, Podemos on 25 per cent and the PP on 20 per cent. Opinion polls are just that: the voicing of an opinion for the benefit of pollsters, pundits and
PEDRO SÁNCHEZ: Promoting himself to good effect. predictors and in a reversal of the old song, it’s a long, long time from December to May. The voter who matters, the undecided floating voter, usually knows damn-all about politics but is currently taken with tall, attractive and media-friendly Pedro Sanchez. Sanchez and his advisers have perceived this and between now and May there will be more of him, not less. Insecure party grandees had better get used to it.
Less good than it looks AS usual, Denmark and New Zealand emerged as the world’s least corrupt countries. In at 37, Spain was placed comfortably near the top of the list of 175 countries evaluated for the annual Transparency International corruption index. Corruption in Spain is not systematic, the organisation
Now for the tough bit PODEMOS might be able to trace its unconventional origins to the M-11 ‘Indignados’ movement prior to the 2011 municipal elections. But it must go some way down the conventional route if it wants to get anywhere, and the first steps have been a little unsteady. It will be subjected to the same scrutiny as other parties and promises become policies. The party’s Number Two, Iñigo Errejon has already displayed
clay-feet symptoms over his €1,800 a month research grant at Malaga University. Not only has he not complied with its terms but he was the only applicant for the plum post dispensed by another Podemos member. Small beer compared with the PP and PSOE, but disappointing from a group that derides other parties as “the caste” and deprecates the feathers that line their nests.
Different approach needed CATALUÑA’S anti-independence group Societat Civil Catalana recently complained of an absence of “positive things” from Spain’s national government in Madrid. Mariano Rajoy concentrates on demolishing independence sentiments instead of strengthening ties. What Cataluña needs is love and nurture, not all stick and no carrot.
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RINCON DE LA VICTORIA: Andalucian house prices remain stable. per cent and the price of second hand housing rose by 0.1 per cent. A total of 12 Spanish regions saw
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Banks extend property reach SPANISH banks are extending their grip on the property market by offering hundreds of new developments to go with the hundreds of thousands of distressed and repossessed properties already on their books. According to national press reports, banks are offering a raft of new properties in residential developments that are either finished, under construction or off-plan, particularly in Madrid. Properties on offer range from apartments for as low as €87,500 to luxury houses priced at over €1 million. In most cases, banks in theory own the developer and are heavily involved in the marketing and sales of the developments, according to Spanish Property Insight. “So, Spanish banks now dominate new development in the capital, with BBVA and Banco Santander leading the pack,” said Mark Stucklin of Spanish Property Insight.
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PETS PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best. Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or email us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227. Email: info@pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com (206497) NEED YOUR PETS TAKEN CARE OF? Not kennels, just a friendly home. Large fenced area. 699 790 080 Altea (225716) BEAUTIFUL pedigree Persian kittens for sale, all colours. 689 135 835 / www.taridianaper sians.es.tl (230532)
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www.100percentplumbing.com Call for a free quotation 965 835 939 (87006)
W. D GILMOUR. Painter & Decorator. Established 35 years in Moraira. Estimates FREE. Call William on 609 691 776 or 966 197 170. (234555)
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PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettraveluk.co.uk. Removals also arranged in other vehicles. Tel UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960 130 537 (223645)
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www.decorlux.es painting, decorating, renovation. Covering the Costa Blanca and inland since 1996. Estimates free. Tel 649 181 526 Facebook/decorlux painters (234562)
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www.euroweeklynews.com POOL SERIVCES YES YOU CAN HAVE A POOL - We design & install Wooden Above-Ground Pools. Pools installed from 1,185€. With above ground pools there is “No Planning Permission Required”. You can also pay in Sterling. Phone or email for a FREE BROCHURE NOW. info@piscinasmadera .com - Tel: 965 050 064 / 634 322 672 www.piscinasmadera .com (230334) ESTABLISHED POOL CLEANER, Calpe to Benitachell. Tel Richard 671 202 985 (225719) REGROUTING. Excellent value, quality service. Completed in 1 week. Javea area. handyjavea@gmail .com / 625 397 209
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LUXURY Villa in the Jalon Valley. One level, 3 en suite bedrooms, 10x5 pool, superb open views. 272m2 build, 8,000m2 plot. 375,000 euros. www.vil lainjalon.com. Call John 965 734 219 (230639) PENTHOUSE under construction in the centre of Calpe, exterior walls completed, with garage. Price 77,000 euros. 100m2, views (228607)
PROPERTY WANTED WANTED: 2 Bedroom Apartment in Moraira town for long term rent. For more information contact info@spanishcoastvil las.com (229893) WANTED: Long term rentals all areas from Denia to Calpe and inland! For more information contact: info@spanishcoastvil las.com (229893)
CLASSIFIEDS WANTED: 3 Bedroom min Villa in Moraira for long term rent. For more information contact info@spanishcoastvillas.com (229893)
REMOVALS/STORAGE UK - SPAIN - Anywhere Europe! Masses of experience. New clean vehicles. Insured with Royal Sun Alliance. Genuinely CARING service. FULL and part moves. ONLINE QUOTES!! www.bm ceuropean.com UK 08456 443 784 / ES 634 344 787 FIND US ON FACEBOOK!(220152) CAR TRANSPORTER. Call for excellent rates, fully insured, professional service. 951 319 320, email move@freinterna tional.com / www.car-transportspain.com (215605) SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanish moves.net. Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960 130 537 (223645)
DOGS WELCOME - 500 year old beamed cottage in valley, Jesus Pobre, Javea. www.littlehouseinspain.com. SPECIAL OFFER: 18 Oct - 25 Oct €500/week. WINTER OFFER (1st November onwards) €500/week. Also available for weekends. (225617)
WANTED:Large villa in Javea for long term rent. For more information contact: info@spanish coastvillas.com (229893)
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WANTED: 3 bedroom apartment in Javea for long term rent. For more information contact: info@spanishcoastvillas .com (229893)
CONTAINER & inside storage. Lots of space for boats, caravans, motorhomes, etc. Great rates info@thesecurestorage .com. JAVEA. 965 797 138 / 691 890 962 (234526)
WANTED: 3 Bedroom 2 Bathroom Villa. Benitachell/Cumbre del Sol. Max 300.000€ for Mr and Mrs O’Conor. Contact info@spanishcoastvillas.com (229893)
UK-SPAIN-IRELAND. Removals with the personal touch. Pets carried with care 965 696 750 / 0044 (0) 7447 918 589 e-mail chrisyounge73979@aol.com (208688)
HOUSE in Calpe, Ortembach, for sale 400m plot 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, flat, one level, salon, terrace, place to build a pool, parking, 2 big storeplaces, 137,000 euros. Independent, 400m supermarket, 800m town and beaches. 629 991 543 (234575) HOUSE, Orihuela, new, 4 beds, 2 bath, kitchen, living, air conditioning, 120m2, parking, barbecue, 80,000 euros, Vereda Buenavida 51, Desamparados. 629 991 543 (234575) COUNTRY HOUSE near Gata de Gorgos, in the middle of the mountains at Cami Font Mata and is second house to the right. NEW. 4 bedrooms, 3 bath, kitchen, living room. 160m2 build with 825m plot. 2.5km to the centre, 12.5km to the beaches Javea. ONLY 99,000 euros. Tel: 629 991 543 (228607)
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WANTED: 3 Bedroom Townhouse. Benissa/Javea/Denia. Max 250,000€ for Mr Fitz. Contact: info@spanishcoastvillas .com (229893)
WANTED: Min 5 Bedroom Villa. Moraira/Benissa coast/Calpe. Max 600,000€ for Mr. Schur. Contact info@spanishcoastvil las.com (229893) WANTED: 3 Bedroom Finca. Benitachell/Javea. Max 250,000€. For Mrs Fontaine. Contact info@spanishcoastvil las.com (229893) WANTED: 2 Bedroom Bungalow .Moraira/Benissa and Benissa coast. Max 150,000€ For Mr. Vandekerckhove . Contact info@spanishcoastvillas.com (229893)
RESTAURANTS RESTAURANTE PLAZA, La Coveta Fuma, El Campello, will be closed for holidays till January 18, 2015. Charlotte and Salva wish all their friends and guests Happy Holidays and a very Healthy, Happy and Tasteful New Year. We hope to see you all again on Sunday, January 18 in our ‘new’ restaurante PLAZA when we start the new year with a spectacular LUNCH MENU... You can contact us on Tel. 965 638 039. (225653)
ROLLER SHUTTERS REPAIRS, cords, slats, winding mechanisms, motors. Calpe + 40 kms. Tony Bowers 659 464 992 www.toldosalchemy.com (229110)
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SOFT FURNISHINGS LOOSE COVERS, CURTAINS ETC. Made to Measure. Choose from a wide range of beautiful fabrics in your own home. Tel: 965 771 397 or 686 453 827 (230659)
SOLAR POWER LOWEST PRICES IN SPAIN, www.solarmegastore.es (226345)
SPACE TO LET PEGO: Underground parking space for rent in Calle Santa Cecilia, 40 euros pm. Tel 636 167 991 (230491)
STRUCTURAL SURVEYS MARK PADDON BSc Hons. Building surveying. MCIOB, CAAT. From 245 EUROS + IVA. Insured and legally registered in Spain. Tel: 653 733 066 / 962 807 247 www.costablancasur veyors.com (230671)
SWIMMING POOLS TOTAL POOL CARE. Specialists in regrouts, leak detectio and structural repairs, replacement pumps and filters etc, also warranty service available for pipework, pumps, lights etc. Tel 654 687 536 (229062)
TAROT TAROT READINGS. 667 959 237 (234521)
TAX AFFAIRS SALES Consultants in Real Estate. Offices opening in the Moraira/Javea area. We are looking for Property Consultants to tour buyers and create and maintain a quality property portfolio. Please send CV in first instance to alextb@live.com (234268) CURRENT vacancy at Style Health & Beauty. Qualified and experienced part time hairdresser and beauty therapist required for our well established beauty and hairdressing salon in Orba. Send up to date CV/resume to Denise on info@style healthspa.com (228602) DO YOU CARE? If so, why not join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from £910 - £1372 for 2 weeks. Good written/spoken English/ British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@consultuscare .com. (221355)
TELECOMS FED UP PAYING TOO MUCH FOR YOUR MOBILE PHONE CALLS? THEN CONTACT TELITEC TODAY. CALLS TO SPAIN 7C PER MINUTE INCLUDING MOBILES. CALLS TO UK 5.3C PER MINUTE. NO MONTHLY FEES, NO CONTRACT. WWW.TELITEC.COM TEL: 902 889 070 (0)
TUITION BRIDGE LESSONS. Every Tuesday at 2.30pm. October - May. Complete beginners and Intermediate. Just turn up - no need to book. Javea School of Bridge. Between Scallops restaurant and Arenal seafront. Contact: www.bridgewebs.com/javeasch oolsocial or javeaschoolof bridge@gmail.com or Clubhouse 965 770 509 (226380) SPANISH LESSONS. Tel 667 959 237 (234521)
TV / SATELLITE QUALIFIED BRITISH SATELLITE ENGINEER with over 25 years experience on Costa Blanca. Installing and repairing SAT TV equipment. Same day service, all work guaranteed. Call Steve 617 911 118 (223547) SATELLITE TV, best prices Dishes, Sky+ HD, Sky cards, Freesat boxes, re-alignment, Sky on Demand and Catch Up TV from www.uktvrouter.com call now 962 800 807, 667 427 271 (234563)
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BMW launches latest coupe BMW hopes that the new M6 Coupe, Gran Coupe and Convertible will allow the German company to restate its leadership in the high-performance luxury segment. The new cars, BMW says, are poised to write a fresh chapter in its success story, fuelled by finely honed, well-resolved overall concept. The new models announce their highperformance credentials before they even turn a wheel thanks to their athletic and dynamic appearance. A front end with new, standard-fitted LED headlights makes their intentions immediately clear - the M specific doublebar kidney grille and eye-catching front
apron with large air intakes see to that. The powerfully sculpted front wings with hallmark M gills (including integrated side indicators), the side skirts and the exclusive forged 19-inch M light-alloy wheels (BMW M6 Gran Coupe exclusive forged 20-inch M light-alloy wheels) only add to this impression. The sporting looks of the new M6 series are rounded off by a rear apron with integrated diffuser insert, two sets of Mspecific twin tailpipes and the M6 logo on the boot lid. Another exclusive M feature is the ultralightweight contoured carbon roof of the new BMW M6 Coupe and new BMW M6
Gran Coupe, which also helps to lower the cars’ centre of gravity visually. Powering all three models is a 4.4-litre turbocharged V8 engine. This high-tech power unit impresses with its innovative M TwinPower Turbo technology - consisting of a pair of TwinScroll turbochargers, cross-bank exhaust manifolds, High Precision Direct Petrol Injection, DoubleVANOS and VALVETRONIC - and customary M attributes, such as a powerful and sustained wave of torque from low rpm, instantaneous responses, an enormous appetite for revs, linear power delivery and a familiar M sound. At the same time, the M turbocharged
engine is highly efficient, making for excellent fuel economy. The 4.4-litre turbocharged V8 engine develops 412 kW/560 hp between 6,000 and 7,000 rpm in the new BMW M6 Coupe, new BMW M6 Convertible and new BMW M6 Gran Coupe, and its peak torque of 680 Nm (501 lb-ft) is available across a broad rev band (1,500 - 5,750 rpm). Yet the new BMW M6 Coupe and new BMW M6 Gran Coupe also post combined fuel consumption in the ECE test cycle of just 9.9 litres/100 km (28.5 mpg imp), equating to CO2 emissions combined of 231 g/km.
King visits SEAT on 30th anniversary KING FELIPE VI of Spain visited SEAT’s Martorell facilities to help mark the 30th anniversary of the SEAT Ibiza. But he wasn’t just there to see the best-selling
model, he also got a preview of the models to be launched over the next five years, as well as the latest investments. King Felipe was accompanied by Artur Mas,
Catalan Government President; José Manuel Soria, Spanish Minister for Industry, Energy and Tourism; Dr. Francisco Javier García Sanz, member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SEAT; and Jürgen Stackmann, Chairman of the SEAT Executive Committee. King Felipe visited the SEAT Design Centre, unique facilities in Spain where technology and creativity merge to create the brand’s future models.
He then moved on to Assembly Workshop 10, where the Leon and Ibiza are built. Here he was shown some of the latest technologies incorporated into this workshop, such as ergonomics improvement systems, automaticallyguided vehicles for production line supply, so as to increase the plant’s competitiveness and efficiency. Martorell is the highestproduction car plant in Spain – 2,100 cars per day (one every 30 seconds), distributed to 76 countries.
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Good win for the Jaguars IN the Winter league BBC Jaguars bowls team were away to Calpe where they had a good win against strong opposition and won 8-2. In their first return match of the season the Lions were at home to BBC Tigers where they managed a good win 6-4 to keep them at the top of the League table at the half-way stage of the season, 17 points ahead of their closest rivals. Meanwhile in the BBC Saturdays Winter Fours League the top three teams going into the New Year and separated by two points are Bencid Utd out in front, one point ahead of Mavericks (who have a game in hand over the leader) who themselves are one point ahead of Siete Arribba and two are on 12 points. Benitachell Bowls Club welcomes bowlers of all ability and is pleased to offer a free training session to anyone who is interested in learning more about the game. For more information: www.benitachellbowlsclu b.com.
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Southampton), Chelsea (20 v Hull - the Blues’ eighth on the bounce at home this term), Manchester City (1-0 at Leicester), Manchester United (3-0 v Liverpool), Spurs (2-1 at Swansea) and WBA (1-0 v Aston Villa). Everton played QPR on Monday. Bournemouth went top of the Championship by beating Cardiff 5-3; Middlesbrough, who defeated Derby 2-0, stand second; Wolves won at Sheffield Wednesday for the first time in 50 years (10), Birmingham smashed Reading 6-1 and Sir Elton John saw his beloved Watford beat Wigan 2-1. Last Friday, only 13,950 fans saw Real Madrid extend their unbeaten run (in all competitions) to a record 20 games with a 4-1 away win over Almeria. And yes, Cristiano Ronaldo scored again, twice! Barcelona could only draw 0-0 with Getafe, leaving Real four points clear at the top of La Liga. Sixteen countries (four groups of four) will compete in the 2015 African Cup of Nations.
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Fragapane won the Young Sports Star of the Year award, while Sir Chris Hoy (on home soil) was presented with a Lifetime Achievement award. Other awards went to England women’s Rugby Union World Cup winning team, Paul McGinley (coach of the year), Jill Stidever (unsung hero) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Overseas Sportsman of the Year). DIARY OF EVENTS This weekend’s PL games include Aston VillaManchester United, Liverpool-Arsenal, Manchester City-Crystal Palace, the Tyne-Wear derby between Newcastle and Sunderland, a relegation battle involving QPR and WBA, plus Stoke against leaders Chelsea. The top Championship matches are DerbyNorwich, IpswichMiddlesbrough and Nottingham Forest-Leeds. In FL1 it’s Crewe-Bristol City and SwindonDoncaster while in FL2 Accrington play Wycombe and Luton meet Newport. North of the border, Celtic visit Dundee United. The draws were made on Monday for the first knockout round of the Champions League and Europa Cup competitions. In the former, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City, along with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Real Madrid, were all in the hat, while in the latter Celtic, Everton and Spurs were representing GB. In Rugby Union, there are full programmes over the weekend in the AVIVA Premiership (with SaleExeter) and the Guinness Pro12 League. And for horse racing fans, there is a two-day NH meeting at Ascot (19-20 December). FOOTBALL - Last weekend there were Premiership wins for Arsenal (4-1 v Newcastle), Burnley (1-0 v
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BOXING Bolton’s Amir Khan retained his WBC Silver welterweight title with a unanimous points victory against American Devon Alexander in Las Vegas. Khan dominated the early rounds, the American offering very little, but Khan remained in charge, and all three judges scored heavily in his favour.
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Silver salver for Lenny MONTGO Golf Society played a stableford competition at Oliva Nova sponsored by Steve Crossan who kindly put up a silver salver for the winner entitled the Santana Salver. The competition proved to be very close with Lenny Jeffries (14.8) beating one of his best mates, Alan Skinner (21.3) on handicap, both scoring level par 36 points. In third place with 34 points was Ros Fletcher off 10.6. There were two nearest the pins on offer with Lenny taking the honours on hole 3 and Jan Jones, playing her first game after many months off the course with injuries, taking home the prize
on the 16th. There was only one two today for a coveted Montgo ball and that went to Colin Foster. Also held was the eighth and final qualifying game of this year for the Ford Leagues with four more games to come next year and Ros’s finish saw her move into second place with 148 points, just one behind long time leader Shaun O’Gorman with Norman Howell in third place on 146. The Society’s next game is the Christmas Texas Scramble at Oliva Nova on Friday (December 19) with a first tee at 9.28. Details on www.montgogolfsociety .net
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Top of the table La Vila LA VILA Rugby Club sit at the top of the league after a convincing away win over Hospitalet from Barcelona. In what was expected to be a tough match, La Vila were without captain Paco Martinez, Hernan Quirelli and Gaston de la Cruz through injuries, but with the help of new English prop Matthew Surman they brushed off
their opposition for an emphatic 0-25 win. It was a great result to boost their promotion hopes. Also winning away was La Vila’s women’s team who beat Elche 12-43. The second team, also away, lost 27-24 against Safor Gandia, in a tight match. The Under-18’s also lost 23-22 away against
Elche, but the under-16’s won 57-0, at home against Montcada Valencia. The under-12’s, under10’s and under-8’s travelled to Tabernes for a mini rugby festival. Don’t miss the first team’s last home game before Christmas, Sunday December 21 at 12.30pm against Barcelona. There will be free fried fish and seafood nibbles laid on for them by the Cofradia de Pescadores Villajoyosa. There is still time to join the club as a member, as a player, or as a supporter, and they
LA VILA: A great result for their promotion hopes. need all the help they can get. They are still looking for players for their second senior team, they play in the local Alicante
league, mainly, Denia, Alicante, Elche and Torrevieja. Anyone wishing to go along will find La Vila Rugby Club situated at
Carretera El Pantano, Villajoyosa. Take the motorway AP-7 exit Nº 66 (Villajoyosa). At the first roundabout head for the mountain. It is about 1km from the Motorway exit nº 66. Or take the Villajoyosa by-pass, and take the middle exit, at the first roundabout, bear right towards the motorway entrance and at the second roundabout bear left towards the mountain.
If you are interested in joining La Vila contact Jason Craig on 659 674 768 or Ignacio Davila 608 068 208.