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Victory for parents PEOPLE POWER sees school bus service reinstated

After weeks of complaints, protests and pleas to the authorities, parents on the Orihuela Costa have won a hardfought victory as the full school bus service has been reinstated. Councillor for Education Begoña Cuartero announced at the start of the week that the bus service will resume immediately for those students who had previously

been denied a place, with 50 seats now on the buses for Orihuela Costa schools. Cuatero admitted there were still 12 students in the Orihuela hamlet of Escorratel who did not have a place but the councillor said the council was doing everything within its power to solve the problem soon. Cuartero added that the move to reinstate the service

after the ministry stopped it for some students who did not fall within the distance guidelines, was good news for families. She added: “It was necessary because after nearly two months without transport the situation was untenable for many of them. The council has always been on the side of parents and will continue in that vein because it is our responsibility.”

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Recycled Xmas STUDENTS in Caravaca de la Cruz plan to build a 9m high Christmas tree out of recycled materials. The project for primary schoolchildren is part of a

Christmas recycling campaign and it is planned to build the tree using over 10,000 plastic bottles before it is installed in the Plaza del Arco in the town.

Prescribe drugs NURSES in the region can now issue drugs that do not require a prescription to patients. The move has been a long standing demand of health professionals and has now been approved by Royal Decree. The Nursing Council of Valencia estimates that nurses will now be able to prescribe around 100 drugs.

Fake gun fight THE Public Safety Panel (GESC) of Orihuela intervened in a street fight between several people in the Capuchinos district. One brought out a gun but agents were able to

recognise it as a fake weapon and police intervention ended with the arrest of three people. Two had to be taken to hospital with injuries sustained during the fight.

Burglary attempt LOCAL and National Police intervened in an attempted robbery in the centre of Orihuela, after a neighbour warned that several men were forcing the door of a house. As officers arrived, a man was arrested. Checks on his identification revealed there were four warrants issued for his arrest already.

SPORTS KIT: Representatives from the town hall and sponsors are ready to hand out uniforms for those enrolled in the sports schools.

Training kits are ready for sporty students ORIHUELA has also resumed water provision during competitions By Gemma Quinn MORE than 1,000 training kits for students enrolled in Orihuela municipal sports schools have begun to be handed out. The kits include shorts and t-shirts for football, basketball, handball, tennis, and swimming with those in the athletics schools as well as rhythmic gymnastics also

receiving training kits. The free uniforms have been made possible thanks to the help of sponsors Bus Siguenza and Clequali. In addition, Damaso Aparicio from the Department of Sports has announced that the town hall has resumed the provision of water during competitions at the municipal sports centres.

Handi ng out wat er had been r emoved during the past three seasons, generating complaints and discomfort, but now the councillor for Sports has confirmed the service will resume at a cost of around â‚Ź1,200, at the Palacio del Agua operated by a concessionaire and all referees will also receive water this season.

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FOOD PARCELS: Cartias helped nearly 77,000 people last year and expects this year’s figure to be similar. By Gemma Quinn CARITAS has said that last year it helped a total of 27,293 families in the province of Alicante, which translates into a total of 76,940 people. The charity organisation, which operates as part of the church and provides mainly food assistance to people in desperate need, has said that although 2015 is not yet over, it is expecting similar levels to last year, although there was a slight decrease during

the summer months due to seasonal work being available. “The perception that some parishes are noticing is that the rate of arrival of new people is not as high as before,” said the secretary general of Caritas Orihuela-Alicante, Javier Ruvira. Of those helped, over 50 per cent were Spaniards. Previously, the majority of citizens who came to Caritas seeking help were recent immigrants needing assistance until they could find work but Caritas said

since the economic crisis, they are now offering aid to more Spaniards and foreigners. Care for older people with problems of loneliness and homelessness from European countries has also increased. In fact, of all requests for assistance, 10 per cent correspond to the elderly who live alone and on a pension that is not enough to cover their daily living expenses. “And in many cases they are also helping their children and grandchildren who are struggling financially,” said Ruvira.

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Parents win a hard-fought victory Councillor to get the school bus reinstated on a mission From Front Page

Councillor Sofia Alvarez have held several meetings with AMPA, the parents association, the schools and officials to address the situation since the beginning of the school year. In September, Euro Weekly News spoke to parents affected by the decision including Julie who said that by living in Playa Flamenca she was 2.8 kilometres from her son’s school and did not qualify for a bus place as she was within the three-kilometre limit. However, due to the route involved, she had an hour’s walk to get her son to school. Julie is now relieved and pleased at the decision: “I am seven months’ pregnant now so it was getting very difficult and uncomfortable making that journey. My son had been off school for a week due to his asthma and Social Services had spoken to the

FACT-FINDING school visits to see what is needed and wanted By Gemma Quinn ORIHUELA’S Councillor for Education, Begoña Cuartero, has visited the Virgen de Monserrate school in the village of Torremendo. The councillor was present to meet with school director Maria José Agullo. The visit is part of Cuar-

PEOPLE POWER: Protests have been heard and bus services are back on the Orihuela Costa. school asking why he wasn’t on the bus. I then got a letter on Monday saying there would be a bus place for him

again. It is going to be so much better and easier now.” Regarding all the protests and actions by residents de-

manding the return of the bus service, Julie added: “Maybe we do make a difference sometimes.”

tero’s commitment and promise to visit the municipality’s schools and meet with the directors “to know firsthand what is going on and what is needed so we can include them within the budgets we are developing.” Cuartero added that all schools can make proposals for the budget through the Department for Education.

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Fraud trial begins A FORMER official at Aspe Town Hall goes on trial this week in Alicante accused of fraud. The officer, who was in charge of dealing with commercial planning permission for the town, is accused of accepting payments in exchange for approving permits between 2007 and 2009. The prosecution is calling for a sentence of six years in jail if found guilty, a fine of €6,480 and disqualification from public office.

COSTLY GRAFFITI: Parents left out of pocket.

Parents pay fine for son’s graffiti 15-YEAR-OLD spray-painted a train carriage By Gemma Quinn PARENTS have been ordered to pay €4,300 after their son spray-painted a train carriage at El Carmen station in Murcia. The 15-year-old was caught applying the graffiti by a guard, whilst the rest of the group managed to run away.

The youngster was also sentenced to 50 hours of community service for his actions, but this was lowered to 25 hours after his parents appealed through the provincial court, but they still had to pay damages and compensation. The amount was established following information from rail operator Renfe on the cost of repairing the damage after removing the graffiti.

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Cancer pay-out MORE than €80,000 is to be paid to a Murcia family in compensation for a delayed diagnosis of cancer. Murcia’s Ministry of Health must pay compensation totalling €84,500 to the widow and children of a patient for lack of care of medical services in diagnosing bladder cancer. The amount is considerably lower than the €680,000 claimed by the family as the Litigation Division of the Superior Court of the Region of Murcia said the delayed diagnosis could not be directly attributable to the patient’s death. He was 47 when he passed away. The family were claiming compensation by saying that the late diagnosis led to more aggressive surgery than what would have been needed if the condition had been confirmed earlier, and led to more suffering.

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Red palm weevil causing destruction ELCHE is planning more control methods By Gemma Quinn

THE red palm weevil pest has caused the destruction of 33,007 palm trees in Elche during the first eight months of the year. Over 600 of the palms were in the city’s historic palm grove area. Elche’s councillor in charge of the palm grove, Antonio Garcia, has criticised the previous legislature for putting the focus on the destruction of infected palms, but the new government team (PSPV-PSOE, Compromís and Ilicitanos by Elche) is to revert to putting greater emphasis on surveillance and detection. In this regard, Garcia noted that most of the budget of the Ministry of Agriculture to combat the plague, about €2 million, was intended for the destruction of these infected trees but the goal now, as highlighted by Garcia is “losing the least number of palm trees.” In recent days 25 palms have been located in the historic palm grove, infected with the weevil, of which 10 will be cut and the re-

PALM GROVE: At risk from the red palm weevil. maining 15 will be treated. As part of the plan to prevent more infestation, orchards in Elche most affected will be treated as a way to control infection.

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Cheap hotels in Costa Blanca HOTELS in Alicante and Murcia are amongst cheapest in Spain By Gemma Quinn HOTELS in Alicante this October have been placed among the cheapest in Spain after prices have fallen by 18 per

cent over the same month of 2014. According to the latest study by the trivago.es price comparison site, hotel prices across the Valencia Region are an average of €86 per double room per night, a figure that represents an increase of 8 per cent compared to the price in October 2014 and a decrease of 7 per cent compared to September. Among the Spanish cities studied, Castellón (€54), Huesca (€61), Murcia (€62), Tarragona (€64) and Santa Cruz (€68) are those with the lowest rates this month. By contrast, Barcelona (€173), Palma (€148) and Madrid (€146) are the most ex-

PRICE DROP: Prices have fallen by 18 per cent. pensive and the only ones above the national average of €133. In response to the price change from last year, the city that has experienced the most pronounced change is Alicante, with prices down 18 per cent from €88 to €72, maybe due

to the increase in demand during October last year from the Volvo Ocean Race launching from the city. Nationally, Oviedo has recorded the highest price rise with the average hotel room this month costing 30 per cent more than it did last October.

Hunt for woman missing 24 years ago continues SEARCH is underway in Santa Pola for the body of a young woman who disappeared in 1991. Police are looking and searching a well located area between a residential area of Calvario and the ravine of Catarra, which was sealed off and covered with concrete slabs years ago. Remedios Ludeña was 19 when she went missing in

May 1991. Now the search for her body has resumed in light of new data that has been recently gathering as part of the ongoing investigation which was never closed. Bulldozers and police arrived to begin clearing the site but the work was called off for fear of landslides, but now a specialist company from Murcia has been

brought in who are able to dig down 10 metres. The family of the missing teenager say they have never stopped looking for her.

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Clean action STRAWBERRY scented water has been used to wash down the Gran Via neighbourhood, leaving a fresh fruity smell for residents. It is the first clean up action in Alicante which will see 34 districts being cleaned over the next two months.

Wifi trains RENFE is to install Wifi on 89 AVE trains and in 20 stations next month, including at Alicante train station.

New training THE VI Port Authority Port Security Course has begun in Alicante with 40 officers of the National Police from several provinces in attendance.

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Plan for 4,000 houses under scrutiny VALENCIA to look into proposals for a large-scale development on the Orihuela Costa By Gemma Quinn THE Valencia regional government is reported to be questioning the project to

build nearly 4,000 new houses in Orihuela Costa, a move welcomed by the CLARO party. “Orihuela Costa already has 35,000 residents, more than Orihuela City, contributes over 60 per cent of the revenues of the municipality and receives in return inadequate services such as street cleaning, has no proper parks and gardens and not even a police station open 24 hours a day,” said Bob Houliston from CLARO. “Given the inability of Orihuela Town Hall to plan and provide adequate services for the existing 35,000 residents, to allow an increase in the population of some 10,000 residents, would be a disaster for the quality of life of those living on the coast,” he added. The project would be situated on the San Miguel-Pilar road, close to Campoamor golf club and bordering the

BUILDING PLANS: Natural areas could be lost if construction project gets go-ahead. natural park of Sierra Escalona, covering an area of 1,400,000 square metres on land full of pine trees, orange and lemon trees, and other vegetation. It is said to have a wildlife population of birds and animals similar to that of

Sierra Escalona, which has been designated a natural park to ensure its environmental protection. Houliston welcomes the regional government putting the plans under strict scrutiny and added: “The area it would

cover is also some 500 metres from the Campoamor burning waste tip, close to Las Ramblas urbanisation and golf course, which is spewing out toxic fumes endangering the health of those living nearby as well as the environment

generally. The environmental damage as well as the proximity of the illegal burning waste tip are further reasons for not allowing this megabuilding project.” The project dates back to 1994. It was approved by the Orihuela Popular Party government in 2009 and was denounced by CLARO then for the environmental destruction it would involve. It has not yet been approved by the Valencia regional government. The fact that the new Master Plan for Orihuela is nearing completion and may not include provision for such a project is reported to be the reason for the developer to be anxious to speed up approval. But with a new government in power an environmental impact study is to be carried out on the area. “We urge the government of Valencia to oppose this project,” said Houliston.

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Els Pontets could have new pipeline ELS PONTETS could have a new pipeline to bring a water supply to residents. The town hall of Crevillente has been meeting with the Special Commission of Water, to discuss possible solutions after a legal dispute has escalated between two private companies that ran the supply with one claiming the other owes money. The dispute has affected hundreds of residents in the area, who have been left without a proper water supply. One possible solution, proposed by the Commission would be to build a new

pipeline parallel to that of the Community of San Cayetano. Mayor César Augusto Asencio said that if this was chosen to go ahead, the Irrigation Association Els Pontets could do what it did in its day of San Cayetano, and apply for a grant to the Department of Agriculture to cover part of the costs. The other measure aimed to bring clean water to the area of Els Pontets would be to build a warehouse store of 120 cubic metres and two booster pumps, although this work would involve an initial investment of nearly €2.5 million and is unlikely to be able to reach all homes.

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Hospital theatre CHARACTERS from the Pampol Theatre visited sick children undergoing long term treatment at Alicante’s General Hospital who enjoyed storytelling and performances.

RESIDENTS put mayor under pressure to resolve water issue By Gemma Quinn

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PROTESTS: Residents gathered outside Crevillente Town Hall demanding solutions. The situation over Els Pontets water has rumbled on for months. Back in May, the Euro Weekly News attended a protest outside Crevillente Town Hall where hundreds gathered demanding the mayor resolve the water issue with many residents saying they were having to pay for water to be added to their own well on their property.

ELCHE’S department for Equality is putting on two buses for people to attend the march in Madrid against gender violence on November 7.

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Pupils forced out as classrooms flood MORE rain leads to more trouble at Torrellano school

PREFAB CLASSROOMS: A common sight in schools across the region. By Gemma Quinn MORE heavy rain forced children out of the classroom and into the dining room for lessons. Children at Torrellano’s La Paz school were moved as downpours caused flooding in the prefabricated classrooms that have been installed at the school for a decade, causing outrage amongst parents as they call on the authorities to take action. President of the AMPA parents’ association, David Diaz,

said: “The situation in the school is getting worse.” He added: “The flood damage over the last few weeks has led to an expenditure of €6,000 for computer equipment; money that could have been saved and better spent if the school was in a better condition. The leaks are not only in prefabricated classrooms, but have come to the school building itself, so it is increasingly urgent that serious measures are taken to address deficiencies.”

Councillor for Education Patricia Macia has responded and said that municipal officials have found that there are leaks in the prefabricated classrooms. They have contacted the company responsible for the maintenance of the school to tackle the problem and to clear gutters that collect rainwater. The councillor said she has also again asked the Ministry of Education to include the needs of schools in Elche in future budgets.

42 detained trying to enter Murcia A TOTAL of 42 illegal immigrants were detained attempting to get into the Region of Murcia. The first boat was spotted off the shore of Calblanque, Cartagena, and its 11 occupants had landed in Cabo de Palos before officials caught up with them. Another 31 people were then taken to the port of Cartagena and given medical checkups by the Red Cross after the Servicio Maritimo vessel intercepted them at sea. They had arrived on inflatable dinghies from North Africa.

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Wealth Tax Set To Continue For Another Year Spanish wealth tax was effectively abolished in 2008 when the government approved a measure to apply a 100% tax credit against an individual’s wealth tax liability. However, it was reinstated in 2011, as part of austerity measures. At the time the intention was to apply it for two years, but it keeps being extended. When Revenue Minister, Cristóbal Montoro announced the 2016 draft budget in August, he described it as “rigorous and consistent”. As part of the proposals, the Government agreed to extend wealth tax to 2016, in order to help sustain the consolidation of public finances. It was the first time that the Government announced the budget so early, but this is a general election year in Spain (20th December 2015). The budget has gone through the normal parliamentary procedures. After being approved by the Senate, it was approved by Congress on 20th October, after including some

By Gerald Turner, Partner, Blevins Franks amendments, with the government political party’s votes - and despite the European Commission warning about the deficit target. Wealth tax rules Wealth tax is an annual tax, payable on the total value of your taxable assets as at 31st December. If you are resident in Spain you are liable to the tax on your worldwide assets; if nonresident, then only on your Spanish assets.

Each resident individual has a tax free allowance of €700,000, plus a €300,000 allowance on his own home. If a couple owns a property in joint names, each gets the €300,000 allowance. Non-residents receive the individual allowance of €700,000, but no allowance against their Spanish property. The state progressive state tax rates range from 0.2% for assets up to €167,129, to 2.5% on assets over €10,695,996. The Autonomous Communities can vary these rates, and the top rate in Murcia is 3%. In Valenciana it is the same as the state rates. The tax is payable on the value of most of your assets, such as real estate, savings and investments, jewellery, art, cars, boats etc. Some assets are exempt from wealth tax, such as household contents (but excluding jewels, fur coats, vehicles, boats, art and antiques); pension rights (but not

purchased annuities); owner managed small businesses and business assets (with conditions). Certain shareholdings are exempt where you carry out managerial duties and derive a salary. Loans are deductible in calculating your net taxable wealth provided they were not used to buy or invest in assets exempt from Spanish wealth tax. Limiting wealth tax Your cumulative wealth and income taxes cannot exceed 60% of the ‘general and savings taxable income bases’ of residents (but excluding from savings income any gains on assets held for more than one year, and the associated tax rates). This is subject to paying a minimum of 20% of the full wealth tax liability. This liability cannot be reduced at all on assets that do not produce an income, such as your home and other property that is not let out.

There may be other steps you can take to reduce a wealth tax liability, or eliminate it completely, particularly on your investment assets. If wealth tax, or other Spanish taxes, are a concern for you, consult an experienced tax and wealth management advisory firm like Blevins Franks to establish if you can lower your wealth tax liability and mitigate higher taxes on your savings and investments. Tax rates, scope and reliefs may change. Any statements concerning taxation are based upon our understanding of current taxation laws and practices which are subject to change. Tax information has been summarised; an individual is advised to seek personalised advice. To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com

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City heritage MURCIA plans to regenerate the San Esteban archaeological site to encourage visitors to see where examples of the Moorish city were found. Residents are invited to give their opinions and suggestions via www.recuperamossan esteban.es.

Arms find A SMOKE grenade was deactivated by the Guardia Civil after it was found in a scrap metal yard south of Murcia.

Better teaching THE IES Azud de Alfeitami in Almoradi is participating in an Erasmus project aiming to develop new classroom teaching methodologies that enhance the motivation and involvement of students.

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Pilar company produces millions of flowers for this weekendâ€™s fiestas THE tradition of taking flowers to cemeteries remains strong in Spain By Gemma Quinn THE Flomar co-operative in Pilar de la Horadada is preparing to distribute two million flowers across the Vega Baja to mark Todos Los Santos (All Saints Day). If you have already ordered a bouquet of flowers to place at the cemeteries this weekend on the traditional day of remembering those who have passed away, it is likely that the stems in your bouquet have been cut in the greenhouses linked to the Flomar cooperative, which is this week working at full capacity to meet demand. Although the crisis hitting part of the population is taking its toll on the fragile economies of many households, the floriculture market is sensing a slight increase in sales if the data is compared with that of two and three years ago. The strong tradition of bringing flowers to cemeteries on November 1 is something that leads many families to make a financial ef-

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FLORICULTURE: Flomar co-operative prepares to distribute two million flowers this weekend. fort for this purpose, with extravagant arrangements being replaced with simpler varieties of flowers, and carnations and daisies in high demand.

Sales during the Todos Los Santos campaign represent around 15 per cent of the co-operativeâ€™s total annual production.

Manufacturing and distribution of the flowers takes place in just 24 hours with the stems being cut in the greenhouses and then distributed by refrigerated trucks to points of sale. The activity of Flomar has the largest turnover of the Valencia Region and gives direct employment to around 100 people in Pilar de la Horadada, among those working on the premises where the plants are manufactured before distribution, and those who work directly in the field of production. The co-operative entity began operations in 1980 with 15 members and today brings together around 70 partners that hold more than 45 hectares for planting of different flower varieties. The greenhouses have the most modern infrastructure and the latest technology to create micro-climates that allow the production of dozens of varieties.

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Golf tourism ORIHUELA promoting the sport at London trade fair

FIVE COURSES: Councillor Alvarez announces presence at the World Travel Market. By Gemma Quinn ORIHUELA is participating in the European trade fair ‘World Travel Market’ next week in London. Councillor for Tourism Sofia Alvarez will travel to the UK with Mayor Emilio Bascuñana as part of the provincial gov-

ernment team, to promote tourism in the area, particularly golf tourism under the brand ‘Orihuela: Five Courses’. ' Councillor Alvarez said: “We want Orihuela to become the first tourist destination,” adding that “participating in this event is a great opportunity for tourism and Orihuela.”

There are five golf courses in the municipality: Real Club Golf Campoamor, Club de Golf Las Ramblas, Villamartin Golf Club, Las Colinas Golf and Vistabella Golf. Alvarez said this is the first time that the name of Orihuela has been linked to the sport and “that is our main challenge.”

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A first for animal welfare THE National Animal Welfare Conference was held at the Costa Narejos Hotel, Los Alcazares, Murcia, last week, and hailed a huge sucess. This Proteccion Animales España (PAES) conference is believed to be the first of its kind in Spain. Three animal welfare organisations from Murcia and Almeria: ACTIN, San Animal and Cruz Azul, are collaborating on the PAES Project which is creating great initiatives and programmes, including the National Animal Welfare Conference. The conference is aimed at those who would like to learn more about running their own trap, neuter and return campaigns; volunteers involved in shelters, sanctuaries, rescue groups and foster pet parents, as well as anyone who loves animals and wants to get involved. For more information visit the web site: www.proteccion animales.es.

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€50,000 fund for refugees in Alicante A FURTHER €30,000 is expected from a charity event

RED CROSS: Alicante head office has co-ordinated the relief effort. By Gemma Quinn THE Red Cross in Alicante has raised €50,000 that will be used to help the refugees arriving in the province from Syria and other countries in conflict.

The NGO said it was working to “prepare for the imminent arrival” of these refugees. More money is expected to be added to this €50,000 with revenues generated from the ‘Dia de la Banderita’ hosted at

the start of the month with a further €30,000 in donations still to come in. The Red Cross is now trying to increase the spaces available to house the refugees as the exact number is still unknown.

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New volunteers welcomed

CIVIL PROTECTION: New volunteers ready for action in Orihuela.

MAYOR issues their credentials to become official members By Gemma Quinn FIFTEEN new Orihuela Civil Protection volunteers have been sworn in.

Mayor Em i l i o Bascuñana off i ci al l y welcomed them on board and issued their credentials as operating members in Orihuela.

Airport row rumbles on AEROMAR is not giving up the fight over Murcia’s Corvera airport. Following the court ruling stating the Murcia regional government was justified in rescinding the airport management contract with Aeromur, it has been revealed that the Aeromur consortium will make an appeal to the Supreme Court. They are also said to be questioning the compensation package to be paid in respect of the cancelled management

contract; a process which has not yet started. If the appeal is permitted in the court, it will be another obstacle to the regional government in taking back the airport, adding yet more delays to the airport’s long-awaited opening. Work first started on developing Corvera airport in 2008 and it was initially due to open in 2013, but now, reports suggest it won’t be operational until 2016 at the earliest.

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600,000 live in areas at risk of flooding

FLOODING: Study identified more than 200 areas that could be affected. By Gemma Quinn SOME 600,000 people are living in flood zones in the Valencia Region. The Department of Housing, Public Works and structuring of the region has reviewed the Territorial Action

Plan Flood Hazard Prevention of Valencia (PATRICOVA). The new study identified more than 200 potential areas of flooding, in an area of between 100,000 and 120,000 hectares, affecting around 600,000 people. The new PATRICOVA plan

is adapted to the directives of the European Union and aims to regulate uses in flood zones. By improving flood mapping, it is hoped the Community can resolve situations of concern, especially ravines which have a high capacity to cause damage.

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50 new play parks for Murcia City PLAN is to promote child and family leisure

PLAY PARKS: Murcia has one of the highest rations of parks to children. By Gemma Quinn MURCIA’S park areas are to have 50 new children’s playgrounds installed. The project is part of the MAMI Plan, which will see the new playgrounds constructed in Murcia City and

across the districts. Mayor José Ballesta visited one of the new parks newlyinstalled in Plaza Cristo Resucitado in the city and said the plan, which is currently under way “will promote child and family leisure in a public space that is complete-

ly safe, since all areas have a special safety barrier and special flooring to ensure the welfare of youngsters.” The mayor added: “Murcia has one of the highest ratios in Spain of children’s play areas with around one for each 26 children.”

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AFA president steps down MATILDE SANCHEZ retires after 11 years By Gemma Quinn MATILDE SANCHEZ, the much loved President of Alzheimer’s Family Association of Torrevieja, AFA, has stepped down after 11 years. She said: “It is time to pass the reins on to someone younger, and with more energy than I have at my age.” Matilde became president as a founder member of AFA as she saw a need for an association that would support, not only patients of Alzheimer’s, but their families as well: “I had the experience of nursing my own husband and this experience made a real impression on

me, driving me on to spend my time and forces on making AFA a strong association with a day centre as an important part of that.” She continued: “My work has been helped because I am able to speak Spanish and English fluently and this has brought me in contact with wonderful people and associations of different nationalities as well as civic leaders and members of the press. It is thanks to so many individuals and groups, far too many to mention, that the work of Alzheimer’s has grown and prospered. I cannot say how much the financial and moral support of so

many, especially the British, has encouraged me to give of my best. A special word of thanks must go to the marvellous volunteers, who over the years have manned the shop, organised and modelled in fashion parades, attended benefit shows and other fundraising events on behalf of AFA.” Matilde has been honoured with the Diego Ramirez Premio award; the highest accolade of Torrevieja and twice the Pride of Spain Awards. The AFA presidency will be taken over by Puri Garcia Alvarez.

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IBI complaint RESIDENTS of Orihuela Costa had a meeting with Finance Councillor Rafael Almagro (PP), to complain about the increased property tax (IBI) in 2015, calling for a reduction in the tax rate for coming years.

Privacy call CITIZENS are calling for changes to be made at Vega Baja Hospital to allow patients to have their own rooms, as is the case at Torrevieja Hospital.

Salary rise BENJUZAR councillors have been criticised for raising salaries, amounting to a total expenditure of €18,000 more per year, when most towns, under new governments, have reduced salaries.

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TV, internet and mobile habits to be studied ALICANTE to gather information on IT use By Gemma Quinn ALICANTE is to study and assess the media habits of residents. The Department of Trade and Consumer Markets, led by Mayor Gabriel Echavarri, has decided to launch the ‘Observatory of Habits of Information Technology of the City of Alicante’ in collaboration with the Association of Viewers and Listeners and Users of Media Valencia (ATR-CV). This consultative body, whose focus is the children and young people of Alicante, will aim to develop research activities, training and documentation to enable knowledge, analysis, monitoring, development and dissemination of public consumption habits of information technology, especially on the use of internet, mobile and television viewing habits. Among its main objectives are to encourage responsibility in digital consumer habits and prevent situations of harassment through the internet and social networking.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: Media habits to be studied.

It is hoped that by knowing more about digital habits, as well as the changes taking place in this area, Alicante can carry out further research and action to prevent inappropriate and addictive behaviours. The observatory will act as a perma-

nent body for collection and analysis of information obtained through anonymous surveys. As a result, it will prepare periodic reports with recommendations and proposals on the media consumption and use of the internet by adolescents.

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Medical conference BETWEEN six to seven new cases of MS are diagnosed annually by the Health Department at University General Hospital in Elche. The figures were announced at the ninth Conference of the Multiple Sclerosis Association of Elche and Crevillent (AEMEC) which discussed nutrition in neurodegenerative diseases, early diagnosis and therapeutic management. The conference also heard how patients diagnosed locally are given a telephone contact, thus avoiding the need for having to go to the emergency department and reducing the number of unnecessary hospital admissions. MS is an inflammatory and degenerative disease of the central nervous system and tends to appear in young adults, mainly girls.

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Roadworks THE government has approved €37 million for road maintenance across the Valencia Region to be carried out over the next four years. Work will be carried out on various sections of the A-7, A-35, N-344, N-340 and N-430 (CV598).

All clear CREVILLENT has launched its transparency website allowing citizens to view budget information and services costs via www.crevillent.es.

Lotto win A LOTTERY ticket bought in Santa Pola has won a share of the €600,000 first prize in the National Lottery draw.

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Centre to generate income from rental CASA MEDITERRANEO to improve activities’ offer By Gemma Quinn CASA MEDITERRANEO in Alicante aims to increase the quality and quantity of activities at the facility from income generated from future rental of the centre to third parties. General Director of Casa Mediterraneo, Miguel Oliveros, said they are working on finishing the centre with mainly glazing and the installation of toilets, to be able to develop fully the activities and rent the halls in order to obtain additional income.

Oliveros stressed that these leases to third parties would always be within the law and for activities in line with the regulations, and the money would help increase the future activities and events held at Casa Mediterraneo. Oliveros said the building has been restored with “utmost respect for the heritage” and has an approximate capacity of 1,100 people standing or 600 seated and plans to be a platform for international activities covering all fields from economic and political to artistic

and scientific. In November, it will host the 12th international conference on childhood in partnership with UNICEF, followed a week later with a conference on security and co-operation in Europe. Casa Mediterraneo is run by a consortium with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Valencia regional government and the municipalities of Alicante and Benidorm, and the relationship between these administrations is “absolutely smooth and easy” said Oliveros, since all “share the same goals.”

CASA MEDITERRÁNEO: Alicante centre to be rented out .

Airlines offer 4 million seats from Alicante AIRLINES operating at Alicante-Elche airport have scheduled a total of 3,905,948 seats for the off season which begins at the end of October, continuing

these services until March 26, 2016. This represents an increase of 17 per cent more available seats compared to last year.

Vueling has already started operating its new route between Alicante and Sevilla, and Ryanair has connections between Rome and Copenhagen.

There will be new routes introduced from the airport, with flights to Kiev, Warsaw, Antwerp, Santiago de Compostela and Copenhagen.

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MEETING: Orihuela is creating stronger connections with the provincial heads and discussing plans and issues for the municipality.

Forward thinking in Orihuela MAYOR meets with provincial heads to discuss issues in municipality By Gemma Quinn THE Provincial Deputy for the Environment, Javier Sendra, has been in Orihuela to meet with Mayor Emilio Bascuñana and councillors Miguel Angel Fenandez and Noelia Grao to discuss is-

sues on the environment and municipal waste affecting the municipality. The meeting also served as a way of sharing projects and initiatives between the two public institutions to work together over the coming months.

This meeting is in addition to those already held by the mayor and councillors of Orihuela with various heads of the provincial council, including Vice President Eduardo Dolon, Miguel Zaragoza, and Mercedes Alonso.

Business brains ENTREPRENEURS invited to take part in free course REGISTRATION for the ‘Education Entrepreneurs’ course in Orihuela is now open. The Department of Employment is running the training course which takes place from Monday November 2 to November 5, from 10am-2pm on the premises of the Water Palace. On Monday November 2, the day will be dedicated to the business plan, while Tuesday will consist of information on tax and legal aspects and business obligations. On Wednesday November 4, the workshop will cover

subsidies, funding issues, data protection and trademark registration. Business experiences will conclude the event on Thursday November 5, with all participants receiving a certificate

from their attendance. Those interested in registering can do so at the Agency for Employment and Local Development, located in the Calle Adolfo Clavarana, 6.

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Forbidden meat BUTCHER carrying out unauthorised activity in a private property The meat was being distributed in bars, restaurants and small grocery stores across the Vega Baja and areas of Elche and Santa AN illegal store of meat products discovered Pola. in Albatera has been closed down, and the The operation of the National Police, asowner charged with a crime against public signed to the Generalitat Police based in health. Elche, began after several complaints from the Public Health Centre located in Orihuela. They reported the existence of a businessman engaged in butchering and making meat products from a TORREVIEJA gymnast Polina Berezina is currently property on a private estate, in in Stuttgart, Germany, attending the World Rhythmic a field just outside Albatera. Gymnastics competition. Concerns were raised that Polina was selected for the national team and is a the meat was being handled member of the Torrevieja Gymnastics Club. without the correct and official The competition is a qualifier for the 2016 Summer health administrative authoriOlympics with the Spanish team fighting for a spot. sation and it did not meet minPolina’s coach, Monica Ferrandez, stressed that her imum sanitary conditions reachievement was good for the club, which works hard quired by law for handling to produce top gymnasts. fresh meat and food. “We will continue to accumulate international expeThe fraudulent freezer storrience without losing sight of the next Olympic age area was sealed off and the cycle,” she said. meat seized for later destruction by officers. By Gemma Quinn

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Annie supports the poppy appeal TICKETS now on sale for show FOOTLIGHTS theatre group presents the family musical Annie at the Teatro Capitol in Rojales. The performance takes place on November 14, at 7pm in aid of the Royal British Legion, Torrevieja Branch, Poppy Appeal Fund. Tickets are now available costing €12 for adults and €8 for children under the age of

14 and can be obtained by calling emailing the box office at annieinrojales@gmail.com or call 693 925 377. They are also on sale at Cats and Dogs Aid Association in Quesada, Post Room in Benijofar, Card Shop in Benijofar and the Post Box in Doña Pepa. Follow Footlights on Facebook, search ‘Footlights theatre group.’

Volunteers wanted MABS Cancer Support Group, Mar Menor are looking for more volunteers. Do you have retail experience, do you enjoy ironing or are you active or mobile? If you can commit to just four hours a week, MABS shop in San Javier needs your help. If you can spare a few hours each week to help the charity call Sylvia on 634 306 060 for more information.

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Alicante toy maker is expanding NEW logistics centre will increase European exports

EXPANSION: Famosa, manufacturer of the Pinypon range, is moving to new premises in Alicante to allow for more European exports. By Gemma Quinn THE Famosa toy manufacturer is moving its logistics centre from Onil to Alicante. The company was initially reported to be moving to Valencia but has now decided on Alicante to enhance its ability to export to Europe from the

new 18,000 square metre centre on the Las Atalayas industrial estate. Famosa, whose brands include Nancy, Nenuco, and Pinypon already distributes to several European markets for countries where Famosa has subsidiaries in France, Portugal and Italy, but now the company wants to reach the entire continent.

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Wear a poppy with pride REMEMBRANCE services across the Costa Blanca By Gemma Quinn MANY of The Royal British Legion branches in the district are holding remembrance services. On Sunday November 8, the Gran Alacant and La Marina branch will hold their joint Service of Remembrance, conducted in Spanish and English by a Catholic Priest and an Anglican Vicar in the Plaza de la Constitucion, San Fulgencio at 11am. The Chief of the Guardia Civil, the Chief of the Local Police and the councillor for Urbanisations, representing

the mayor, will lead the wreath laying after the service. The Last Post and Reveille will be played by former Royal Marine, John Atkins. The Torrevieja branch will hold their Remembrance Service at La Siesta Church at 10.45pm on November 11. A luncheon is also available at the Coopers Arms after the service. For information contact Dianne Budd by emailing diannealan@gmail.com Boxes of poppies have been delivered to businesses in the area. The Legion spends £200,000 (€277,000) each day to assist Armed Forces

POPPY PRIDE: Support The Royal British Legion. personnel and their families. By making a donation for your poppy you are supporting those who have dedicated their lives to serving their country. For over 90 years, The Poppy Factory in Richmond, Surrey, has been making poppies, crosses and wreaths for the Royal Family and The Royal British Legion’s annual Poppy Appeal. The factory also gives employment to many disabled

people so wear your poppy with pride and give generously to help the charity’s continuing welfare work. The Welfare Co-ordinator can be contacted on 676 451 780. A full list of the Remembrance Services on the Costa Blanca and more information on the work of The Royal British Legion, can be found at www.britishlegion.org.uk/coun ties/spain-north or call 648 860 251.

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€1,865 for Elche children’s home ESTATE agent’s ball raises money for local charity By Gemma Quinn A CHEQUE for €1,865 has been donated to the Elche Children's Care Home by the team at Spanish Life Properties in Quesada. The money was donated to Annette English for the care home and was raised for the children from an auction at the first Estate Agents

Summer Ball held at La Finca Golf and Spa Resort Hotel. The event was hosted by Spanish Life Properties and as well as good food and entertainment, the event saw a flash mob with dancing waiters surprising guests. Kellie Callaghan, from Spanish Life Properties, was fundamental in organising the Estate Agents Summer

Ball and is now also preparing for her 'Smartie Party' with a Halloween theme tomorrow (Friday). Kellie will be giving out special tubes of Halloween Smarties to support the Children's Care Home in Elche at 6pm at their new look offices in Quesada. For more information call 966 719 689 or 671 577 948.

Rugby club supports fundraising mission WITH Costa Cobras Rugby Football Club making steady progress, the club has been asked to help out with a couple of events next month. The first one is in Elche where the rugby club are putting on their second international sevens tournament with the teams taking part in the Olympic Games next year taking part in warm up matches for the tournament. The tournament takes place on November 13 and 14, meaning more inter-

national rugby is coming to the area. Also, on November 19, with the help of Victoria's Tearooms in Almoradi, Costa Cobras are helping with a charity event to raise money for DEBRA, the Butterfly Children Charity and are auctioning off international rugby memorabilia and club shirts as well as other items that have been donated. Radio presenter Dennis Christian will be the auctioneer for the event. For more information on any

of the events, or on the club itself, contact Dutch, on 692 767 242.

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Cinema will finally show films in English FILM club in Torrevieja will screen a different film each week By Gemma Quinn FOR over a year film fans have been slowly working behind the scenes to move forward with their original concept for an English langua ge film c lub a nd now English films will be available weekly in Torrevieja. Thanks to the manager of the IMF Cines in Torrevieja,

Fabi an Tor t osa, t he f i l m cl ub i s r eady t o go ahead and from November 6, as long as the demand is there, each week Ci nes I MF i n Torrevieja will screen a different film every week, for the entire week. This will be an original version film in English with Spanish subtitles. The first film will be the

new Jam es Bond m ovi e Spect r e whi ch shar es i t s opening night in Spain on Novem ber 6. Scr eeni ng times are to be confirmed. In December the cinema is proud to bring Star Wars 7 to the big screen in English. You do not have to be a member of the cinema club to go and watch the films, but by becoming a member of Admit One, which costs just €20 a year, members will receive numerous benefits including discounted ent r y, speci al r aff l es and competitions, special prices f or popcor n and dr i nks, members only nights with a screening of different films, members only dinner and movie packages with local restaurants, cafes and fast food outlets. Ther e wi l l al so be t he chance to be involved in the two film festivals planned f or 2016 and speci al ‘ an eveni ng wi t h...’ event s whi ch ar e al so i n t he pipeline with premier nights when the stars or crew will be present for the event. For more information and to become a member visit www.admitone.club or email film@admitone.club

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Art competition supports care home OVER €200 was raised during the event

ART COMP: Some of the winners - Gail Willshire, Joanna Foad, Nicola Moran, Gail Coultate and Gloria Howes with their entries. By Gemma Quinn THE seventh local art competition recognised and awarded local artists as well as raising over €200 for the Elche Children’s Care Home. Held at The Club in Quesada, judges Conchi Trives, In-

maculada Perez Trives and Godfrey Mayes were very complimentary about all of the work exhibited and six paintings were sold on the day. First places went to Gail Coultate, Gloria Howes, Joanna Foad, Nicola Moran, Sharon Darnbrough, Maurice Hatfield

with Gloria, Joanna and Nicola coming joint first. Ian Ross and Maurice Hatfield received most votes in the people’s choice. Commendation certificates were also given to Gail Willshire, Gloria Howes, Nicola Moran and Brit Nyland. sueinthesun@hotmail.co.uk

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MABS opens third for end of life and

DEDICATION and hard work result in another step forward in b By Gemma Quinn A NEW hospice facility has opened serving MABS patients in the south Costa Blanca and Murcia Mar Menor area. President Jacqui Phillips was joined by directors, volunteers and patients of the four MABS Murcia groups to officially open the unit, which is in the Savia Residential Home in Villamartin. The fully equipped spacious double room benefits from a full size wet room, balcony with garden views, English TV, fridge, kettle, sofa, coffee table and small dining table, and is set in sundrenched gardens. It will be used exclusively by MABS and means the charity will now be able to offer dignified end of life care when needed. In addition, for patients who would benefit from a little rest and relaxation following cancer treatment, respite care will be

CUTTING THE RIBBON: Jacqui Phillips officially opens room in t available. The room has sufficient space to accommodate a family member or friend should they

wish to stay over. An English-speaking medical team will be on call 24 hours a

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being able to help those suffering from cancer

the Savia Residential Home. day and the MABS care teams will ensure continuity of care throughout the patient’s stay.

MABS has also negotiated a special menu to cater for the English palate and preferred eating times as well as special meal rates for visitors. Respite patients can take advantage of the wide range of facilities at Villamartin including gym, swimming pool, exercise room, occupational and games facilities. MABS can now proudly boast to having three hospice units covering the north, south and centre of the Costas. Jacqui said: “This is a long held wish of mine to be able to offer a complete range of services to help people when they are at their most vulnerable. Cancer is a dreadful disease and we in MABS strive to help with everything from transport to translators, nursing care to counselling; so this place now means we can provide complete care when

needed.” She added: “We are delighted to be able to open this facility for the Murcia Region which are currently assisting almost 100 people who have cancer. Obviously we would like to have more of these places but they are not cheap so as and when funding becomes available we will increase the number of rooms we have.” British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris was unable to attend the opening but sent a message of good wishes and support. MABS is one of the longest established charities in Spain and even though it is a legally registered charity, it does not receive any local or central government funding; all services provided are paid for from fundraising events and donations. If you would like to know more about MABS cancer support group in your area see website

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COSTA DEL SOL

Bull running without the bulls in Huercal-Overa SOME 500 children took part in the event which was run for the second time and is sure to be repeated A HIGH spot in Huercal-Overa’s recentlyconcluded town fiestas was the bull running event for children. There was no blood, no gore, no suffering or peril involved because neither were there any bulls. Some 500 children took part in an ‘encierro’ that set out from the Plaza de la Constitucion, pursuing - and sometimes being pursued by - huge inflatable bulls. This was the second time that this vegetarian version of bull running was held during the Huercal-Overa fiestas and is sure to be repeated next year, said mayor Domingo Fernadez.

INFLATABLE BULLS: Fun for the children in the town’s fiesta.

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Death fall

Biking city

Company innocent

Left out

A 54-YEAR-OLD worker installing awnings at a building located on Calle Sierra Dorada in Benidorm has died after falling from the 12th floor. According to police sources the accident occurred when the man forgot to attach his safety harness and subsequently fell.

PALMA is once again part of a network of cities which aims to boost the use of bicycles, the councillor for Mobility, Joan Ferrer, announced. He attended a meeting of representatives of the cities in the network which was held in Murcia.

A HAMBURG court has found in favour of an Axarquia company which was wrongly accused of being partly responsible for an E.Coli intestinal bacteria outbreak in the German city which caused many deaths in May 2011.

THERE were 3,709 applicants for the 3,126 places at Almeria City’s Official School of Languages. Of the 583 who were not admitted, 470 had hoped to study English.

Financial aid

More surveillance

REQUESTS for financial aid for the disabled destined to care for specific problems have risen by 55.59 per cent over the past three years to 277, according to the Mallorca Institute for Social Affairs.

THE DGT traffic authority has launched a new surveillance campaign on secondary roads in Malaga Province due to the number of accidents recorded.

THE former mayor of Albanchez Francisco Martinez was injured after being involved in an accident when driving a tractor in the area of Rambla de Los Gomares.

Port visitor

Expats survey

MOTRIL was flooded with visitors on Thursday (October 22) when Holland America Lines’ 14-storey Nieuw Amsterdam, the biggest cruise-liner to ever dock in the port, stopped off for a visit.

THE popular ‘Brits in Spain’ Facebook page (www.facebook.com/BritsLiving inSpain) by the British Embassy and Consulate, are carrying out the lighthearted, fact-finding and totally anonymous survey via the Facebook page.

Migrants collected

Man dies in crash

FIREMEN and Guardia Civil, with the use of a helicopter, rescued a boy of 12 who injured his ankle while he was hiking in the Cala Murta area of Formentor with his father and other adults.

THIRTY African migrants, all men in good health, were found in a dinghy 11 miles west of Alboran island off the Granada coast on Thursday (October 22) and taken to Motril port by Maritime Rescue’s lifeboat Hamal.

A MAN died and a woman was injured last week in a car crash in Seron. A Seat Toledo and a Nissan Kuvistar met in a head-on collision on the A334 road near Hijate and the Nissan driver, a 59-yearold man from Baza was killed.

Tax reduction

Young fishermen

Clearing up works

CALVIA Town Hall has approved changes to rubbish collection taxes by which bars, cafés, restaurants and shops will see bills drop by 7 per cent.

FORTY-SIX youngsters took place in the Third Junior Fishing Competition on La Herradura beach, which was open to children aged 14 and under.

PUBLIC areas in Albox are to receive some TLC over the next nine months thanks to a regional government rural employment scheme.

Early retirement UNIONS in Alicante have organised a conference with the Chief of Local Police in Alicante, to discuss early retirement for officers. It is open to all LocalPolice and will be attended by the secretary of the federation of public service UGT and councillor for citizen security.

Prison bust THE Guardia Civil have dismantled a criminal group responsible for distributing drugs inside the prison in Picassent, Alicante, arresting 14 people of Bolivian and Spanish nationality aged between 21 and 55, including a prison officer.

Law and order FIFTEEN new lawyers have been sworn in to office at the bar association in Alicante during a ceremony presided over by Dean Gabriel Fillol and attended by the provincial court judge Juan Carlos Ceron.

More flights AIRLINES operating to and from the Balearic Islands have increased the number of available seats by 1.1 million compared to last winter, according to airport authority AENA, while increasing the number of flights by 26.1 per cent.

Boy rescued

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Tractor accident

Deposit lodged QATAR Investment Authority, which back in May presented a project to build a luxury five star hotel in Malaga port, has paid €2 million as a guarantee, the group’s lawyers have announced.

More licences MALAGA City’s Town Planning department has dealt with 6,020 applications for building or works licences over the first nine months of this year, almost 4 per cent more than the same period in 2014.

Drugs group TWO Italian men aged 55 and 42 suspected of forming part of a large-scale cocaine trafficking group have been arrested in Torremolinos by the National Police under European Arrest and Extradition Orders issued by the Italian authorities.

Health centres COSTA DEL SOL Si Puede political group has complained that the laws on health centres are not being met in Marbella. The city, the group has declared, should have six health centres to cover its population instead of just three.

Noisy car wash A PETITION signed by 22 residents of Calle Madreselva in Las Lagunas (Mijas Costa) has been submitted to the town hall to complain about the excessive noise they claim is coming from a car wash which runs from 8am to 11pm.

Driver caught A DRIVER has been reported after Guardia Civil officers stopped him on the A381 motorway in Los Barrios and found he was carrying 3,010 packets of smuggled tobacco.

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No room SWEDEN: The Prime Minister has said the country is close to reaching maximum capacity for accepting refugees. So far 99,000 people have launched asylum cases in 2015.

Church to home SWEDEN: A man is about to start renovation on a church in Landskrona, south Sweden, that he purchased for just one Swedish krona, less than one euro, after officials said they would rather give it to him than demolish it.

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Military help

HOW to win an argument AN Oxford-based professor has written a book called ‘How to Argue’ on how to always win an argument with your partner.

GERMANY may use military aircraft to repatriate migrants whose requests for asylum have been rejected, but only in the event that all civilian transport capacities are exhausted.

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Art house ARTIST Damien Hirst has won a planning battle to build a large subterranean basement under his London mansion which will house his art collections. The plans were initially rejected for the number of trees that would have to be chopped down.

Stowaways POLICE found 28 migrants stowed away on two Tesco delivery lorries in Essex trying to enter the UK from Calais. They were hidden amongst boxes of Christmas stock for the supermarket.

Football bribery

JEREMY CLARKSON: Can say what he wants.

Internet regulated REGULATOR Ofcom has announced it will extend its watchdog remit to internet TV shows, such as those on Amazon Prime; home of the new car show hosted by Jeremy Clarkson who previously said he was looking forward to being able to say what he wanted.

No to homework

DANISH toy giant Lego has warned it may be unable to deliver all European orders in the run-up to Christmas due to strong demand.

Tougher laws DENMARK is preparing harder residency and immigration laws, targeting those who want to obtain permanent residency in the country.

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Online hacking

Viking sword

Lego shortage

GERMANY was accused of bribing its way to secure the right to host the 2006 World Cup but now Adidas is feeling the heat over claims thousands was paid by Adidas’s former boss to the German Football Federation (DFB).

AS the world celebrated ‘Back to the Future Day’ German news broadcast show Tagesschau produced a fake news programme, reading the headlines seen in newspapers in the 1989 movie Back to the Future II.

NORWAY: Oslo’s new city council plans to trial abolishing homework for tens of thousands of students and is looking into alternatives methods of assessment.

NORWAY: A hiker walking an ancient route between western and eastern Norway found a 1,200-year-old Viking sword. An archaeologist has dated the artefact from around 750-800AD.

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OVER €1 million is likely to have been lost after hackers stole from dozens of people across Germany after finding a way around the security ‘mTan’ systems that text a code to confirm transactions to online banking users. NEW BIKES: Over one million were sold in the Netherlands last year.

Bike business earns big profits 223,000 electric bikes sold OVER one million new bikes were sold in the Netherlands last year; 223,000 of these were electric bikes generating a turnover of €414 million.

Illegal agreement THE tax agreement struck between the Netherlands and coffee company Starbucks is illegal. That’s according to the European Commission who said: “Tax rulings

DUTCH PRESS that artificially reduce a company’s tax burden are not in line with EU state aid rules.”

Worst performers THE Netherlands is one of the

worst performers in Europe in terms of reducing greenhouse gases and improving energy efficiency and is not on track to meet renewable energy and energy efficiency targets.

Sporty nation AROUND one in four people in the Netherlands are members of sports clubs. Football clubs topped the list with 1.2 million members, followed by tennis and fishing. The biggest growth was in hockey.

Start ups BERLIN and Munich has ranked seventh and 10th for the best places for start up businesses according to a study by a UK-based innovation charity.

Town in mourning GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the town of Haltern am See to mourn with the parents and other relatives of the 16 schoolchildren and two teachers killed in the Germanwings plane crash in March.

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Bar promoting company wines ALCOHOL advertising was banned in 2008

CHAMPAGNE BAR: Has opened off Red Square. WINEMAKER Abrau-Durso has opened a Champagne bar off Red Square in a bid to promote the company’s wines after alcohol advertising was banned in 2008.

Half price VISITORS to Russian hotels can now pay a half-day rate if they stay for less than 12 hours. The new government decree also states that hotels with more than 50 rooms must provide 24hour service.

Expat survey RUSSIA ranked 60th out of 64, as most attractive destination for expats in terms of living standards and overall satisfaction, according to a survey from an online expat community site.

Logo design A RUSSIAN design firm has denied accusations of plagiarism after claims the logo it created for the city of Moscow was an almost exact match to a free downloadable image on a pattern-sharing website.

Facing closure RUSSIA’S only centre to specifically help victims of sex-

Not political A NIGHTCLUB with a mural of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin against the backdrop of a burning White House has claimed the painting had no political implications, after online criticism about the painting.

PUTIN: On a mural. ual assault faces closure due to a lack of funding after being open since 1994. In 2014, Russia’s courts convicted 4,720 people of rape and sexual assault charges.

Most wanted A REWARD of one million rubles (€13,600) has been offered for tips leading to the arrest of a businessman in the Moscow region who went on a killing spree. The whereabouts of Amiran Georgadze, who was added to a federal wanted list, is still unknown.

Home holidays THE number of Russians choosing to spend New Year abroad has decreased five-fold over the past two years, from

150,000 people in 2013 to 50,000 people last year, according to Russia’s Tour Operators Association (ATOR).

Moscow arrests INTELLLIGENCE agents have detained nearly two dozen members of a banned Islamic organisation in the Moscow region. It comes after 10 people from Central Asia were arrested in Moscow on suspicion of involvement with ISIS.

TB in nursery PARENTS in central Russia have criticised the decision not to close a nursery for quarantine after a teacher was diagnosed with TB. The teacher was hospitalised.

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Nearly new fashion show Charity event promises night of fashion, fun and fundraising By Gemma Quinn IT’S back. The Nearly New Fashion Show and Sale in aid of Elche Children’s Care Home will once again be staged at Los Rosales Restaurant on Lemon Tree

Road, Campo de Guardamar on November 17. This well-supported show has run twice before and has raised a total of €3,500 for the Children’s Home and it is hoped to build on the success this time around. Although primarily dedicated to fundraising, the aim is also to have a fun night and for everyone to go home with a bag full of bargains. All the clothes, both in the show and the sale, have been donated and are a mix of old and new, including well known brands. Prices range from €1 tshirts to €25 for a complete outfit with evening wear just

in time for all your festive fun. All clothes are for sale on the night and can be paid for in cash only. Clothes can be tried on at the venue. Men are welcome too as we do have some items for the guys. The show starts at 7pm but the venue will be open from 6.30pm with clothes on sale from that time. There will be a hot meal available after the show at 8.30pm. Tickets are on sale for €12 to include the meal or €5 for the fashion show only. Call Jan on 666 804 147 or Lynne on 650 575 602 to reserve.

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EDF Energy has reached an agreement with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) for a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point, Somerset. It was confirmed at a news conference by Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The mainly state-owned EDF said the final cost would be £18bn (€24.6bn). State-owned CGN will pay £6bn (€8.2bn) for one third of it.

By John Smith THE European Union has been investigating a number of ‘sweetheart’ deals between multinational companies including Amazon, Apple, Fiat and Starbucks and various member states.

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is the amount that the EU is seeking for Fiat and Starbucks to pay in back taxes

LEGOLAND: A typical scene in the German park.

New Legoland park for China MERLIN Entertainments PLC, a British company and part of the FTSE 100 index, has signed an agreement with China Media Capital to establish a Legoland park in Shanghai. This is part of a deal between the two companies to explore opportunities to build visitor attractions throughout China. Merlin already has five attractions in China, with another three due to open in the next 18 months, including a Legoland Discovery

So far a ruling has been made which declares that a Fiat agreement with Luxembourg and Starbucks agreement with the Netherlands are not appropriate and that additional taxes will need to be paid by

In some respects, the UK is the leading beneficiary of the famous Four Freedoms first set out in the 1957 Treaty of Mark Carney Governor of the Bank of England

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Figures down THE number of unemployed Spaniards fell by 298,200 in the third quarter of 2015, according to the National Statistics Institute. The rate is now 21.18 per cent, and the total number of unemployed fell below five million for the first time since the third quarter of 2011, to 4.85 million.

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Centre in Shanghai. The existing attractions are Madame Tussauds in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Beijing and Wuhan, as well as Chang Feng Ocean World aquarium in Shanghai. One of the concepts they have is the Kung Fu Panda adventure in co-operation with film maker DreamWorks, which would join the 124 attractions, 16 hotels and three holiday villages in 25 countries in which they currently operate.

AFTER sacking a member of staff who had told a customer that a particular product was only fit for the bin, a court has ruled that Mercadona should either reemploy or compensate the person who was fired.

Spain’s budget THE Spanish government approved its budget for 2016 without addressing calls from the European Commission to revise the plan to ensure the country meets its deficit target. It is said to be designed to ease some spending restrictions after years of austerity, ahead of the general election.

The end of 1c and 2c coins? SIX members of the European Union - Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands and Sweden - have already decided to phase out 1c and 2c coins, and now Ireland has announced that it will follow suit with effect from October 31. Although the coins will remain legal tender, these countries will no longer produce any new

versions. Apart from the saving to each Treasury, it is considered likely that with a rounding up or down to the nearest 5c consumers will be happy to see these coins less and less in circulation, although those countries still producing the lowest value coins may well find that they are subsidising those which have stopped manufacturing them.

both corporations. Unsurprisingly, companies and countries disagree with the ruling and intend to appeal, the results of which will be of particular interest to the others still being investigated.

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Dyson takes competitors to court over the misleading of consumers TH E v a c u u m c l e a n e r c o mp a n y Dyson is taking rivals Bosch and Siemens to court around the EU after accusing them of misleading consumers about the power rating of their cleaners. Sir James Dyson, founder of the company said “Consumers purchasing these machines on the basis of their widely advertised stated AAAA rating are being misled.” “Dyson has issued proceedings against Siemens in Germany and Belgium and Bosch in the Netherlands and France.” “Their behaviour is akin to that seen in the Volkswagen scandal,” he added. The company claims that independent testing had shown that the S iemen s Q8 . 0 a n d B o s c h GL80/In'Genius ProPerform models contained a sensor which in-

Steel industry in meltdown THE last three months have seen dire news for those involved in Britain’s steel industry with potential job losses of up 5,000 in an industry that employs just over 20,000. Thai owned SSI was unable to pay all of its wages and was forced to lay off 2,200 people and this was followed in October by Indian owned Tata steel announcing 1,200 redundancies and Caparo Industries, also with Indian connections, going into administration with the possible loss of a further 1,700 jobs in the future. The British steel industry blames the poor economy of China which has seen a drop in local demand for steel products, meaning that not only have exports disappeared, but Chinese manufacturers are now resorting to exporting their own steel at knock down prices to generate more income.

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SIR JAMES DYSON: Accuses competitors of acting like Volkswagen.

creased power when dust was detected - more than doubling their power output. It argued the testing demanded under European rules, designed to root out and outlaw electricity-

Consumers purchasing these machines are being widely misled by the advertising.

hungry vacuums, failed to pick up on the device as no dust is present when models undergo their official checks. A joint statement on behalf of the brands involved strongly denied that consumers were being misled.

Take the boy out of career choices Loose change Jane Plunkett A look at finance for females THE other day the topic of children’s toys came up in a conversation. We were discussing how society has dictated what is considered a girl’s toy and what is considered a boy’s toy. So much so that some parents freak out if their little toddler boy picks up a doll or pushes a toy pram, or vice versa if their little girl happens to love playing with a train set or cars. These are ridiculous prejudices that we adults put on unassuming innocent children. And it really isn’t a healthy practice in this day and age. The whole conversation got me thinking about a related issue. That of jobs - and how our pre-conceived and conditioned ideas of what a man’s job is and what a women’s job is actually do nothing but hinder personal progress and close doors on both men and women when it comes to job opportunities and making choices about a future profession.

MORE WOMEN: Being encouraged to work in the field of engineering. Even to this day, some (silly) people will smirk at the idea of a man wanting to become a nurse, whereas a woman working in the field of engineering is a rare sighting. It is well documented that Stem (science, technology, engineering and maths) industries are not greatly populated by women. According to the Women’s Engineering Society in Britain, just 6 per cent of the engineering work-

force is female. And this has negative effects on the engineering industry. For example, a successful bicycle manufacturing company in the UK says it wants to hire more females but struggles to find women engineers to employ. At the moment they have one in a team of 17 - something they are keen to change, as it makes no sense to have a workforce that is predominantly made up of men

catering for a consumer base made up of both sexes in equal parts. Some women may not instinctively want to work in areas like engineering, and that’s fine, but we need to be more proactive in encouraging the women that might like to be engineers. This starts with education, and breaking down discriminatory ideals of what a girl’s job is and what a boy’s job is!

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Talking shop Mike Walsh Mike Walsh was for 20 years Regional Assessment Manager for the Guild of Master Craftsmen, Britain’s biggest quality assurance body for businesses.

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IMAGINE you receive an enquiry from a potential client. Beaming from ear to ear you arrive and prepare to set out your stall. With you are several former clients. This of course is not going to happen. There is an excellent way to enlist customer goodwill. Simply turn up armed with customer testimonials. Sadly, unsolicited customer recommendations take time to gather. A satisfied client can show appreciation in several ways but rarely does it occur to them to set their thanks down in writing. You can invite a client to recommend you in writing. However, a requested testimonial is worthless for good reasons. Although your client likes you and wishes you well he may be merely satisfied with work carried out. This does not imply he feels strongly enough about the quality of your work to compose a written recommendation. Your request poses a dilemma for your buyer. Does he cause offence by refusing you? If inclined towards setting down his thoughts, he might lack

TRIBUTE NOTE: Rarely does a satisfied client show appreciation in writing.

the finesse to do so in a way that is both honest and helpful. For this reason the unsolicited testimonial is worth its weight in gold. Occasionally clients anticipate your desire to use their note of satisfaction. They might head a tribute with ‘To whom it may concern’. If it does not, then you are on the horns of a dilemma; do you request permission to publish his recommendation or do you presume you can. If you request permission, which is granted, it can hardly be described as unsolicited. Therefore, it’s as bent as a dog’s back leg. You have no right to describe the tribute as unsolicited. You are perfectly entitled to publish unless the client has specified that the tribute is for your eyes only. If you do presume the sender is happy for you to publish, there is a small risk that such was not their intention. As far as I can recall I caused offence only on one occasion. The solution is simple: apologise and remove the unsolicited tribute.

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Treasures of Costa Blanca South FANTASTIC opportunities are on offer for visitors and residents alike RUNNING south from Alicante, the area known as Costa Blanca South is a busier, slightly brasher place than its northern counterpart but still offers some fantastic opportunities for visitors and residents alike. This part of the coast has seen a great deal of development and with easy access from abroad, has become not only a popular area with expats but has seen a wide range of investors in property both for holiday use and year-round living. Although all parts attract visitors and have their positive points, the main towns which appeal to visitors as well as purchasers of both retirement and holiday properties are in alphabetical order: Alicante is a historic city with a population of over 300,000 so can attract some of the best shops and restaurants due to its size. It was one of the fastest growing cities in Spain thanks to the influx of new residents from abroad but this has slowed down since the global turndown. Nevertheless with its airport, one of the busiest in Spain, beaches, hotels and housing, it has seen a remarkable regrowth over the past year or so. Elche is just a 20-minute drive inland from Alicante. It is not a busy town of some 200,000. One

ALICANTE: One of the fastest growing cities in Spain thanks to the influx of new residents from abroad. Murcia, with its own airport is an important of its great attractions is the area of palms which city inland from the coast which was founded in have been known since Roman times and the area the ninth century by the Emir of Cordoba. With has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the Segura River flowing through the city, it has located only 15 kilometres from the coast.

an array of bridges and historical architecture as well as its own university and international schools. More sophisticated than many of the towns and cities based on the coast, Murcia is without doubt an impressive city to live in. Santa Pola is one of the closest resorts to Alicante Airport and is particularly popular with the Spanish, many of whom have holiday homes in the town. There are several sandy beaches and a number of undeveloped beaches at Calas del Cabo to the east of the town. The water is shallow and calm so is ideal for children and families whilst beaches to the north offer good fishing. Torrevieja is one of the fastest growing regions of Spain. It is located midway between Alicante and Murcia airports and is therefore a popular destination for visitors from northern and eastern Europe due to the reasonable property prices and excellent climate. Villajoyosa has eschewed the tradition of white houses and has a large number of painted houses, like many of the small fishing towns in Ireland. With a large sandy beach, it doesnâ€™t appear to have attracted a large number of expats and may well be an area to consider for the future.

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No investor for Polaris World SAREB bank, which acquired the property portfolio of the assets belonging to Polaris World in Murcia, including residential properties, golf courses and two hotels, is unlikely to be selling them off any time soon. Sareb intends to sell them off when the market conditions mean they will not incur a loss from the sales but that point has not yet been reached. That’s according to Sareb managing director Jaime Echegoyen, who was in Murcia recently to visit the resorts affected. He said analysts had been looking for investors who would be interested in acquiring the Polaris portfolio but there is currently not enough interest, leaving Sareb with the decision of whether to retain the portfolio for longer until the market conditions change, or to divide the assets into smaller packages to be sold off, something they previously said they would not do. Whilst Echegoyen admitted the site required an investor specialising in golf, he said he remained confident the assets would be sold off but there was no hurry as the bank’s remit was to complete sales by 2027. Sareb bank is also known as the ‘bad bank’ in Spain. It was formed by the Spanish government to absorb many of the unsold properties from the banks when the financial crisis hit. Polaris World is the largest golf resort developer in Murcia. When the financial crisis of 2008 started, the viability of the project was called into question and extensive refinancing was needed. By 2010 Polaris World was forced to relinquish most of its assets and unsold properties to a consortium of banks led by CAM Bank, which was later sold to Banco Sabadell.

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British Consulate offers advice to property buyers WITH the property market starting to recover on the Costa Blanca, and the exchange rate being more favourable to UK buyers, the British Consulate reminds all those wanting to buy in Spain to follow their simple check list: Legal advice: According to the Gov.uk website, you should choose a lawyer specialised in Spanish land law (urbanismo) to deal with your purchase. Exercise caution if an estate agent, promoter or lawyer urges you to cut corners to save money or time. If you choose to work with a British estate agent, promoter or lawyer, check they are qualified, reliable and have experience in Spain. Check they are registered with the Law Society in the UK and specialise in International Transactions. If your lawyer is based in Spain, ask for their registration number and check they are practising with the local bar association (Colegio de Abogados). Translators: Make sure you get all contracts and relevant documentation trans-

PROPERTY DREAM: Make sure it doesn’t turn into a nightmare. lated by an independent translator. You can find a list of accredited translators and interpreters in Spain on the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs website. Mortgages: Compare a range of different products and services offered by different lending companies. If you have any doubts about the

terms and conditions, ask the lender to clarify. You should also check that the lender is listed as authorised to operate in Spain with the Bank of Spain. Finanzas.com adds that you can expect to have to save around 35 per cent of your property’s purchase price in order to gain a mortgage as banks are only granting mortgages up to 80

per of the value of the house, the other 20 per cent will have to be saved. The other 15 per cent is your expected costs in setting up the mortgage in fees, notary costs, taxes and commissions. Remember if you cannot keep up the mortgage repayments, the Spanish bank could repossess your property in Spain. If you are in negative equity, the bank may pursue your UK assets to recover the mortgage shortfall using a European Enforcement Order. Purchaser’s check list: Before you complete your purchase, make sure you have seen the Land Registry extract (nota simple), available from the Colegio de Registradores, and checked that the property and land for sale match the details registered and the sellers are the registered owner(s). Check there are no debts, such as a mortgage, on the property, there are no legal proceedings initiated against the property for contravention of land planning law and you have checked that planning permissions are in order and the property is a legal build.

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Arts centre to rise from industrial ruin OLD pump factory to be converted for the benefit of the local community AN old factory in Valencia is being transformed in to an arts centre. A new lease of life is being breathed into the former hydraulic pump factory in the Burjasot area. A jewel of industrial architecture in its own right, it has been almost buried by time and neglect, but it is now becoming a centre of contemporary art and a space that will help serve children at risk of social exclusion in a poor neighbourhood of the city. The investment will amount to around €9 million. Architect Eduardo de Miguel has said that if there are no setbacks in development and building work, the centre should be finished in the first quarter of 2017 The artistic side of the development is being supervised by Vincent Todolí, former director of the Tate Modern in London. The project has been described as a mixture between artistic patronage and a social philanthropic initiative. It will house art col-

lections consisting of some 1,300 works from world renowned artists as well as visual arts exchanges such as films, performances and workshops with the director explaining the goal is “an institution of private origin allowing public access to understand art as a social function.” The project will also house a day centre geared to neighbourhood children, giving them a workspace and educational support during lunch-time and evenings. The hydraulic pump factory was originally built in the 1930s and was the work of the Valencian architect Cayetano Borso di Carminati, who also designed the Rialto building, headquarters of the Valencia Film Library. The current owners bought the building last year for around €3 million from the heirs of founder of the building. Mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, has expressed support for the new project and visited the site during the summer to find out more about the plans.

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€200m for La Manga THE La Manga Club, Murcia, has attracted major international investment that will see more properties built in the area. A portfolio of 50 apartments and 45,000 square metres of land has been purchased by the Patron Capital investment fund, which intends to sell on the properties and build more on the land next year. The La Manga purchase is one of a number made by the investment fund which is acquiring a range of office space, residential property and commercial premises across Spain as it intends to invest a further €200 million in Spanish real estate over the next year. Patron Capital, whose head office is in London with the Spanish side operating from Barcelona, currently manages assets worth over €5 billion.

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Second homes under the spotlight as Spain fifth on the European list SPANISH people were found to favour rural areas and villages

SECOND HOMES: Choice of location is found to be influenced by age, location and income. By Eleanor Hawkins ONE in five people in Spain own a second home according to a study by RE/MAX Europa, which has placed the country fifth on the list of European countries for ownership. Greece came first on the list with almost one third of the population found

to own a second home, followed by Poland and Turkey. At the opposite end of the scale came Germany, where just 5.4 per cent of the population were found to have a second or holiday home. In Europe in general, one in six people were found to own second homes. One third of them use them for holi-

days, while 24 per cent spend their weekends there and 9 per cent use them for work. Location-wise, people in Spain were found to favour rural areas and villages the most (44.1 per cent and 37.3 per cent respectively) with 59.8 per cent of owners spending holidays and 35.3 per cent spending weekends there, while

just 2.9 per cent use them for work reasons. The choice to buy a second home was found in Spain to be influenced by age, location and income. The Spanish residents most likely to invest in a second or holiday home were found to be in their 40s, live in cities and earn more than €4,000 per month.

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Footballer sells his love nest CLARENCE SEEDORF, who played with Real Madrid football team from 1996 to 1999, has sold his lovenest in Madrid for around €3 million. Built as a wedding gift for his wife, the house was designed as a hideaway in the woods, with a unique 260

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Benefits of a Costa Blanca property INVESTMENT opportunities are enticing SPAIN’s Costa Blanca offers many advantages, from the pleasant sunny climate and the associated health benefits to its outstanding natural beauty. It offers a lower cost of living and a far more relaxed lifestyle in comparison to many other EU countries, and a far lower cost of property relative to what is available in the UK. As a result, the possibility

of future income for those investing in Costa Blanca property is enticing, whether it is to sell it later, or to use as an ideal holiday home, owners can take advantage of the increasing tourist market and rent the property while it is not being used. Areas within the Costa Blanca have been cited as environmentally near perfect by the World Health Organisation, making the Cos-

€3m price tag for hideaway in the woods

square metre threestorey design. The design, ordered ad hoc by the footballer and signed by Nodo17 architect studio, made the sale a complicated, drawn-out one, explained luxury estate agency Promora, which has finally sealed the deal between Seedorf and the director of a successful IBEX company. Boasting a vertical garden on one side, the home is open plan with hardly any inside walls and glass facades that let daylight flood in. With a single bedroom and terrace on the top floor, dressing room, sauna and Jacuzzi on the middle floor and living-dining area and kitchen with a central fireplace on the ground floor, the home was designed as a lovenest and is perfect for a couple but impractical for anything else. Although it was finished just months before the footballer left Spain to join Inter Milan meaning the house has hardly been used, the buyer is rumoured to have plans to demolish it and build something else on the prize plot in La Moraleja.

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ta Blanca one of the healthiest areas in the world to live. The popularity of the Costa Blanca for tourists and the sustained growth of its property market for buyers have led to a continuous increase in prices for both those wishing to buy property and for rentals, therefore purchasing Costa Blanca property is an ideal choice as an investment.

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Score 100 for a low energy cost home with an Energy Efficiency Certificate John Graham The property expert

AS a qualified surveyor and professional property advisor I represent homeowners and investors in selling their properties. I find many owners do not fully understand the importance of the Energy Efficiency Certificate and how it could make their property more attractive for sale by having a home that is more energy efficient. So this week I would like to give you a very brief overview on the important points of the Energy Certificate in the hope it will help you understand the energy rating system better and help you to improve your energy efficiency. The first thing to know is that the Energy Certificate contains information about how energy is used in your

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home or your business premises, this includes details of how much energy is used and the costs. An Energy Certificate is a legal requirement in Spain when a new property is constructed, when a property is sold or rented out. If you own a commercial building you will also have to provide an En-

ergy Certificate when you sell or let your premises. Once you have an Energy Certificate, it is valid for 10 years and the fee charged by our official assessor for the certificate will depend on the size and location of your home; for more details contact me. You can apply for an Energy Certificate simply because you want to know how energy efficient your property is, and make your home very energy efficient by carrying out the improvements suggested in the report. The Energy Certificate will rate your propertyâ€™s performance as follows. 1. Energy use per square metre of floor area. 2. Energy efficiency based on fuel costs. 3. Environmental impact based on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This information provides an energy efficiency rating and an environ-

mental impact (CO2) rating of your property and there are seven bands for both of these ratings, from A to G. The energy efficiency rating is colour-coded from green to red, with the green end of the scale indicating the home is very energy efficient, with lower running costs, the red end of the scale indicating it is not energy efficient and higher running costs. The numerical rating runs from one to 100. The bigger the number the more energy efficient your home is and the lower the fuel bills will be. Again, there is a numerical rating, from one to 100, and the bigger the number, the less impact the house has on the environment. I hope you now understand the Energy Certificate better and if you would like to have an Energy Efficiency Certificate or know more about how to improve your homeâ€™s energy efficiency, please contact me. John Graham Email: gk.ipad@me.com

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7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm James Martin's Home Comforts 1:00pm BBC News 1:05pm Weather 1:10pm Football Focus 1:50pm Saturday Sportsday 2:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:30pm Gymnastics 5:15pm Final Score 6:25pm BBC News 6:35pm Regional News 6:40pm Weather 6:45pm Pointless 7:35pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:15pm Doctor Who 10:05pm Casualty 10:55pm The National Lottery Live 11:05pm BBC News 11:20pm Weather 11:25pm Match of the Day 12:50am The Apprentice 1:50am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:55am BBC News

7:10am Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon 9:05am The Man in the White Suit 10:30am Homes Under the Hammer 11:30am Animal Park 12:00pm Animal S.O.S. 12:30pm Animal S.O.S. 1:00pm My Life on a Plate 1:45pm My Life on a Plate 2:30pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 3:00pm Talking Pictures 3:35pm Lucky Jim 5:10pm Whisky Galore! 6:30pm Escape to the Continent 7:30pm Flog It! 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm The Dresser 11:45pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying 1:00am Fright Night 2:40am Horror Express 4:05am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

7:00am CITV 10:25am Murder, She Wrote 11:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:15pm ITV News and Weather 12:25pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:30pm Downton Abbey 2:30pm The X Factor 4:00pm Rugby World Cup 2015 7:45pm Local News and Weather 7:50pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm The X Factor 11:25pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:30am ITV News and Weather 12:45am Rugby World Cup Highlights 1:40am Jackpot 247 4:00am Show Me the Telly 4:50am Nightscreen

9:15am Coronation Street Omnibus 11:45am The X Factor 1:15pm The Xtra Factor 2:20pm Tricked: Fright Night 3:20pm You've Been Framed! 4:25pm The Little Vampire 5:25pm FYI Daily 5:30pm The Little Vampire 6:20pm Scooby-Doo 7:20pm FYI Daily 7:25pm Scooby-Doo 8:10pm Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed 10:00pm Scary Movie 5 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Scary Movie 5 11:45pm Celebrity Juice 12:35am Release the Hounds 1:30am Tricked: Fright Night 2:30am The Almost Impossible Gameshow 3:20am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes 8:15pm Top Gear 9:15pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:15pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:45pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:15pm Hannibal Rising 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Family Guy 1:50am Family Guy 2:10am Family Guy 2:30am Family Guy 2:50am Family Guy 3:15am Together

8:00pm The Mystery of Rome's X Tombs 9:00pm Lost Kingdoms of Central America 10:00pm Arne Dahl 11:00pm Arne Dahl 12:00am Looking for Mr Bond: 007 at the BBC 1:00am Girl in a Band: Tales From the Rock 'N' Roll Front Line

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Rising Damp Where the Heart is Where the Heart is The Three Musketeers FYI Daily The Three Musketeers Inspector Morse Agatha Christie's Marple Lewis Doc Martin Midsomer Murders Lewis Inspector Morse Police drama series featuring Colin Dexter's enigmatic chief inspector and his sidekick Sergeant Lewis ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Teleshopping Innovative, valuefor-money products brought directly to you at home

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7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am How I Met Your Mother 8:05am How I Met Your Mother 8:30am Ben Nevis Braveheart Triathlon 9:00am The Morning Line 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing 4:55pm Come Dine with Me 5:25pm Come Dine with Me 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Grand Designs 9:00pm How to be Queen: 63 Years and Counting 10:30pm It Was Alright in the 1970's 11:30pm TFI Friday 12:35am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

8:15am Little Princess 8:30am Pip Ahoy! 8:50am Blaze and the Monster Machines 9:15am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:30am Wanda and the Alien 9:45am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show 12:30pm The Gadget Show 1:30pm Ice Road Truckers 3:25pm The Ghost of Greville Lodge 5:15pm Fail Army 5:40pm Now That's Funny! 6:40pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:40pm Superman III 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm Football League Tonight 11:25pm The Cabin in the Woods 1:15am White Noise 3:00am Super Casino 5:00am Secrets of the Scammers 5:50am Make it Big

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Highway Patrol Ax Men Ax Men Motorsport UK Bundesliga World Rally MotoGP Rugby World Cup Highlights Darts Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Darts Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning FYI Daily Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning The Cycle Show A new series for cycling enthusists. Highway Patrol ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Poseidon Stealth Lucy Armageddon Underworld Shanghai Knights Gladiator Lucy Batman Batman Returns Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man

Dumb and Dumber To Maleficent Special Gremlins Gremlins 2: The New Batch Austin Powers in Goldmember The Monster Squad The Lost Boys Gremlins Gremlins 2: The New Batch Dumb and Dumber To American Pie

7:00am 7:25am 7:50am 8:10am 8:40am 9:05am 9:35am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:35pm 2:35pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 10:00pm 12:00am 12:50am 1:40am 2:15am 2:45am

Suburgatory Suburgatory Suburgatory Suburgatory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy The Goldbergs The Goldbergs How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Made in Chelsea Come Dine with Me Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother Aliens in the Attic Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Big Bang Theory Salt Gogglebox Gogglebox The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd

7:00am The Seventh Dwarf 8:45am Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League v Bizarro League 9:45am Extinction 11:45am The Top Ten Show 2015 12:00pm The Seventh Dwarf 1:45pm Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) A washed-up movie star tries to launch a comeback on Broadway. Multiple Oscar-winning drama. 3:45pm Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League v Bizarro League 4:45pm Into the Woods 7:00pm Extinction 9:00pm Into the Woods 11:10pm Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 1:15am Let Us Prey 2:55am Extinction 4:55am Let Us Prey

SATURDAY TV

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Freestyler Barclays Premier League Review Game Changers Barclays Premier League World The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Football The F1 Show Mexican GP: Practice Darts Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football SNF: Game of the Day SNF: Match Choice Football Freestyler Bpl 100 Club A celebration of some of the finest goalscorers in Barclays Premier League history.

Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Brian Lara Masterclass Brian Lara Masterclass Brian Lara Masterclass Brian Lara Masterclass How the 2015 ICC World Cup Was Won Football Boxing Gold NFL NFL Viral Videos of the Month Football Football Football Football Football Darts Gold Ashes Modern Classics Ashes Modern Classics

OPINION & COMMENT

29 October - 4 November 2015 / Costa Blanca South

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Health and safety gone mad again! SCOUTS and Girl Guides banned from marching in Remembrance Sunday parade LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT BIT of a pot-pourri this week. First out of the ‘pot’ is my thanks to everyone for a veritable avalanche of mail re the Tom Jones piece. Most were extremely positive; a number truly mind-boggling and some disturbingly sad. I think it’s now a case of ‘nuff said’. Something that truly made my blood boil was the report that the Scouts and Girl Guides had been banned from marching in a Remembrance Sunday parade, for ‘health and safety’ reasons. The organisation apparently made the decision in case the event was ‘disrupted by protest groups’! Oh? And who might they be, I wonder? I don’t think we have to look too far for the answer to that. When are we going to stop kowtowing to these people, who are hellbent on changing our whole heritage and culture? Ha! Don’t hold yer breath! What a veritable feast of rugby we have experienced over the last few weeks! And what a refreshing change from the pontificating, minc-

POT-POURRI: A hotchpotch of offerings this week. ing minnows of the footballing fraternity. Proper men, broken-nosed and bloody, playing on with injuries that would have the round ball

brigade carried off on stretchers. Plus, through all the courage, blood and muddy gore, still retaining the utmost respect

for the referee and his officials. What an example to our young people! Instead of the message of disrespect, whinging and egotistic narcissism delivered by the simpering soccer brigade. Well done, all of you, it has been a real blast. The X factor (what I could watch of it) has to my reckoning hit an all-time low. Classic this week was their interpretation of one of Judge Nick Grimshaw’s statements, when he was referring to the number of seats he was allocated. ‘I wanted to have sex like everyone else,’ it stated. ‘So we had to bring somebody out!’ Headline of the week: ‘England treated my lad like a horse, nags Klopp’. Brilliant! And the biggest revelation of the week. The meaning of Freddie Mercury’s mysterious lyrics for his Bohemian Rhapsody. Despite what they appeared to be, they were in fact a reference to his coming out, his misgivings, and an apology to his mum. Listen again. What a genius! Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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7:00am Breakfast 8:30am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Eat Well for Less 4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:00pm Points of View 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm Pointless 6:35pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm Countryfile 8:15pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm The Hunt 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm F1: Grand Prix 1:00am Citizen Khan

7:00am This is BBC Two 7:30am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:15am The Big Allotment Challenge 9:15am Countryfile 10:15am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:45am My Life on a Plate 12:30pm My Life on a Plate 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm F.A. Cup 2:30pm Gymnastics 5:45pm Rugby League 8:00pm Caribbean with Simon Reeve 9:00pm Earth's Wildest Waters 10:00pm Britain's Ultimate Pilots: Inside the RAF 11:00pm Match of the Day 2 12:00am Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Top Coppers 1:15am NFL 2:15am The Abominable Snowman 3:40am Countryfile 4:35am Holby City 5:35am This is BBC Two

7:00am CITV 10:25am Murder, She Wrote 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:25pm ITV News and Weather 12:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:45pm All Star Family Fortunes 3:25pm The X Factor 5:50pm Everything or Nothing: The Untold Stories of 007 7:35pm Local News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Jekyll and Hyde 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Downton Abbey 11:00pm ITV News and Weather 11:20pm Bond Girls are Forever 12:20am The Chase 1:15am Jackpot 247 4:50am Nightscreen

7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:20am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:00pm The X Factor 2:30pm The Almost Impossible Gameshow 3:30pm Totally You've Been Framed 2! 4:35pm Scooby-Doo 5:35pm FYI Daily 5:40pm Scooby-Doo 6:20pm Space Jam 7:20pm FYI Daily 7:25pm Space Jam 8:05pm Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 9:05pm FYI Daily 9:10pm Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm The Ty and Ky Show 11:30pm All About the Bants 12:00am The Faculty 1:00am FYI Daily 1:05am The Faculty 2:10am The Ty and Ky Show

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm Halloween Resurrection 12:25am Russell Howard's Good News Extra 1:10am Family Guy 1:32am Family Guy 1:55am American Dad! 2:15am Rent a Cop 2:45am Russell Howard's Good News

8:30pm Jacobi on Garrick: Godfather of the British Stage 9:00pm The Dresser: Ronald Harwood in Conversation with Richard Eyre 10:00pm Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC 11:00pm Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life 12:00am Arena

7:00am Rising Damp 7:25am The Three Musketeers 8:25am FYI Daily 8:30am The Three Musketeers 9:30am Heartbeat 10:30am Heartbeat 11:35am Rosemary and Thyme 12:35pm Rosemary and Thyme 1:35pm Inspector Morse 3:50pm Lewis 5:50pm Midsomer Murders 7:55pm Sunday Night at the Palladium 8:55pm Wycliffe 10:00pm The Nation's Favourite Elvis Song 11:30pm Birds of a Feather 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:10am The Rebel 3:10am FYI Daily 3:15am The Rebel 3:55am Doctor at Large 4:20am Doctor at Large 4:45am ITV3 Nightscreen 5:00am Emmerdale Omnibus More drama and turmoil from the residents of Emmerdale.

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7:15am How I Met Your Mother 7:40am Cycling 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Legend of Zorro 4:00pm The Core 6:40pm Channel 4 News 7:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 8:00pm Restoring Britain's Landmarks 9:00pm Great Canal Journeys 10:00pm Homeland 11:05pm Gogglebox 12:10am Warm Bodies 2:00am Grand Designs 2:55am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 3:50am Come Dine with Me 4:15am Come Dine with Me 4:45am Come Dine with Me 5:15am Come Dine with Me 5:40am Food Unwrapped

7:00am 7:05am 7:55am 8:55am 9:55am 10:55am 11:25am 11:50am 12:20pm 12:45pm 1:15pm 1:45pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 1:05am 1:55am 2:30am 2:55am 3:50am 4:00am

Football's Greatest Ax Men Ax Men The Cycle Show The Cycle Show Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York Darts Rugby World Cup Highlights Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Darts Tremors FYI Daily Tremors Whisker Wars Whisker Wars I Want That Car ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

8:10am 8:20am 8:35am 8:45am 9:00am 9:20am 9:40am 9:55am 10:10am 10:30am 10:55am 11:30am 1:00pm 1:55pm 2:55pm 3:55pm 5:30pm 7:15pm 7:20pm 9:00pm 11:05pm 12:55am 2:55am 5:00am

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Make Way for Noddy Paw Patrol Little Princess Pip Ahoy! Blaze and the Monster Machines Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Wanda and the Alien Toby's Travelling Circus Jelly Jamm LazyTown Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Football League Tonight Ice Road Truckers Ice Road Truckers Ice Road Truckers Haunted Honeymoon High Spirits 5 News Weekend The Addams Family Values Arachnophobia The Haunting of Radcliffe House Poltergeist Super Casino House Doctor

Air Force One Spectre: Special Into the Storm Gravity Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Spectre: Special Noah 3.10 to Yuma Gravity Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Air Force One

9:40am Bad News Bears 11:35am Trainwreck Sky Movies Special 12:05pm 50 First Dates 1:55pm Last Vegas 3:50pm Planes, Trains and Automobiles 5:30pm Who Framed Roger Rabbit? 7:20pm 50 First Dates 9:00pm Last Vegas 10:50pm Wedding Crashers 12:55am Better Living Through Chemistry

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SUNDAY TV

Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Made in Chelsea Hollyoaks Omnibus See Spot Run Couples Come Dine with Me Couples Come Dine with Me The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Marley and Me The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd The IT Crowd Scream Queens Drifters Chewing Gum

7:00am SNF: Match Choice 8:30am SNF: Match Choice 10:00am The Sunday Supplement 11:30am Goals on Sunday 1:30pm Ford Super Sunday 4:30pm Ford Super Sunday 7:50pm Mexican Grand Prix 10:30pm Bpl Legends 11:00pm Ford Football Special 12:30am FL72 Goals 1:30am Bpl Legends 2:00am Goals on Sunday Chris Kamara and Ben Shephard present a round-up of the latest football news and goals. 3:00am Ford Football Special Everton face Sunderland at Goodison Park and Southampton play south-coast rivals Bournemouth at St Maryâ€™s Stadium 4:30am FL72 Goals 5:30am The Sunday Supplement A discussion of the latest football stories.

7:00am The Seventh Dwarf 8:45am Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League v Bizarro League 9:45am Extinction 11:45am The Top Ten Show 2015 12:00pm The Seventh Dwarf 1:45pm Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League v Bizarro League 2:45pm Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) A washed-up movie star tries to launch a comeback on Broadway. Multiple Oscar-winning drama. 4:45pm Into the Woods 7:00pm Extinction 9:00pm Into the Woods 11:10pm Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 1:15am Let Us Prey 3:00am Extinction

7:00am Cricket Day one of the third and final Test between Pakistan and England Cricket at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. 3:00pm NFL: Detroit @ Kansas City The week eight NFL match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Detroit Lions at Wembley Stadium. 6:45pm NFL 10:15pm NFL 1:30am NFL: Green Bay @ Denver The Green Bay Packers head to the Denver Broncos' Sports Authority Field at Mile High. 5:45am Sporting Greats A tribute to Muhammad Ali. The American, famed for his pre-fight antics, won 56 of his 61 professional bouts.

9:30am 10:00am 11:00am 1:30pm 3:30pm 4:30pm 5:35pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 11:20pm 11:55pm 12:30am 1:00am 1:30am 2:35am 3:10am

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am The People Remember 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm The Housing Enforcers 12:45pm Caught Red Handed 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Edge 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm My Life on a Plate 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Hugh's War on Waste 11:00pm BBC News 11:25pm Regional News 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Pick Me! 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Countrywise 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Doc Martin 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:45pm The Job Lot 12:15am Murder, She Wrote 1:10am Jackpot 247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:45am Nightscreen

7:15am 8:00am 8:45am 9:15am 10:15am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:15pm 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm

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7:00am 7:10am 7:55am 8:30am 9:30am 10:30am 11:20am 12:15pm 1:10pm 1:40pm 2:40pm 3:40pm 4:50pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:05pm 12:10am

My Life on a Plate The Edge Flog it! Trade Secrets Escape to the Continent Victoria Derbyshire BBC News The Daily Politics A to Z of TV Gardening F1: Grand Prix The Great British Bake Off Nature's Weirdest Events The Wonder of Animals Antiques Roadshow Eggheads Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Only Connect University Challenge Simply Nigella Autumnwatch Mock the Week Newsnight Weather

The Hot Desk Psych Coronation Street The Cube Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Coronation Street The Cube Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder You've Been Framed! You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men The Fast and the Furious FYI Daily The Fast and the Furious The Comedy Basement

9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Is This Rape? Sex on Trial 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm The Fear 12:00am Family Guy 12:22am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am Family Guy 1:30am Is This Rape? Sex on Trial 2:30am The Fear 3:00am Professor Green: Suicide and Me 4:00am Is This Rape? Sex on Trial

9:00pm The Secret Life of Books 9:30pm The Quizeum 10:00pm Billy Elliot 11:45pm Lost Kingdoms of Central America 12:45am Horizon 1:45am Arena 2:45am Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess 3:45am The Quizeum

7:00am In Loving Memory 7:25am Heartbeat 8:25am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 9:20am Where the Heart is 10:25am Judge Judy 10:55am Judge Judy 11:20am Judge Judy 11:50am Inspector Morse 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart 4:05pm Where the Heart is 5:10pm Doctor at Large 5:40pm Rising Damp 6:15pm George and Mildred 6:50pm Heartbeat 7:50pm Murder, She Wrote 8:50pm Wycliffe 10:00pm Executed 11:00pm Law and Order: UK Crime drama based on the hit US series Law and Order. 12:00am Like Father Like Son 1:35am Inspector Morse 3:25am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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7:00am Countdown 7:45am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:10am 3rd Rock from the Sun 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:30am Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:10pm Benchmark 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm Fargo 12:05am It Was Alright in the 1970's 1:10am Ramsay's Hotel Hell

8:10am 8:20am 8:35am 8:45am 8:50am 9:00am 9:15am 9:35am 9:45am 10:00am 10:15am 12:10pm 1:10pm 1:15pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Milkshake Monkey Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Ice Road Truckers 5 News Lunchtime Ice Road Truckers Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Deadly Revenge 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Gadget Show Police Interceptors On Benefits: 26 Kids and Claiming Britain's Horror Homes Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away!

7:00am 7:45am 8:35am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 12:50am 1:20am 1:45am

Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Scream Queens Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine

MONDAY TV

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Gunsmoke The Professionals Minder Highway Patrol Highway Patrol Magnum, P.I. The Professionals The Sweeney Minder Highway Patrol Highway Patrol Gunsmoke Magnum, P.I. The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminalintelligence agents. The Sweeney Rugby Highlights Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Benidorm Bundesliga Rugby Highlights Motorsport UK

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Brussels declares war on the EU

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TOUGHER visa regimes will prevent millions from visiting EU nations Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel, who by the way, heads an unconstitutional regime, encourages hundreds of thousands of faux refugees to Germany and the European Union. At the same time she backs sanctions against Russia. The burden to the 28 EU nations of this decrepit copy of the USSR is said to be €100 billion each year. The EU has rebuilt the Berlin Wall. Brussels have now brought in a tougher visa regime that makes it impractical for millions of Russians to visit the EU. New Schengen rules now require biometric data, fingerprints and digital photographs. A visa application involves a personal visit to the embassy of the destination country. The geographical size of Russia excludes millions wishing to visit Europe from doing so. In my opinion, the EU economic

ANGELA MERKEL: Head of an unconstitutional regime. war is conducted by an invisible and accountable cabal. Its purpose is to apply pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin. It fails to do so but such is their hubris the clique never listens.

Russian tourism abroad has falle n by 40 pe r c e nt. R e me mbe r when UK Prime Minister David Cameron urged Britons to holiday at home; keep their money in England. Well, idiot, Russians have

taken your advice. Expect ‘wish you were here’ postcards from Russia’s Costa Crimea. There, tourism has increased by 32 per cent and guess where the profits are going? They are going to Russia. The Americans have a saying; ‘you can’t fix stupid.’ Well, they coined the expression and the EU appears to be Washington’s dupe. Each time the EU sanctions Russia, the Russians despise us more. Worse, Russian trade worth hundreds of billions is redirected to the EU’s rivals. Simultaneously, EU nations are burdened by a refugee crisis. As far as I’m concerned, desire for ethic protection swings Europe towards xenophobic nationalism. As a direct consequence of treacherous EU leadership, future generations of Western Europeans, long after Merkel and her henchmen are departed, will carry the burden of their treachery. “Those whom the gods would destroy, the gods first make mad.” There is uncertainty as to who coined this expression. May the unfortunate citizens of the EU now claim it their own?

We have won something! BRITAIN surprisingly rated as the best place to die Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

A GLOBAL survey by The Economist, recently placed Great Britain as the best place to die, beating the Ozzies into second place and New Zealand into third. Germany was seventh. Yeah, that’ll teach ‘em. The reasons according to Ros Taylor of Hospice UK are simple: Good knowledge of pain control and conversations about things that really matter. Huh? Pain control I can understand, but the only conversation that would matter to me, would be to learn that I was going to live a lot longer. But I know what she means. I just find it hard to believe that we have actually come top of this poll although I suspect that The Economist researchers have simply

CARE: Britain tops global survey on palliative care. taken only the very best that Britain has to offer and this is what we have been judged on. Which is great of course. The Hospice system and organi-

sations such as Macmillan Nurses, Marie Curie and others are simply wonderful and do an amazing - no, stupendous - job. But the fact remains that we still

Charity awareness ribbons.

Readers raise funds for charities WORKING in a busy newspaper office, not only do we see breaking news from around the world, much of it quite depressing, we also see local news coming in from the six areas we publish for. What is very heartwarming is to see the number of people, many of them British although by no means all, who devote so much time to raising funds for charity. There are charity shops, fundraising dinners, music events, bake offs, balloon launches, walks and even sponsored sky dives. The range of causes is as diverse as the way in which money is raised, and apart from the animal support our expatriates are often associated with, every type of charity is represented especially, but not exclusively, those connected with ill health. In the week this article is being written, we have seen fundraising events for the fight against Butterfly skin, cancer, injured ex-servicemen as well as leukaemia and homeless families, with Remembrance Day and poppy appeals still to come. Considering world economy has been difficult since 2007, it is most heartwarming to see so many people care enough about those worse off than themselves that they spend so much time and money on supporting an incredibly wide range of charities. We at Euro Weekly News try to do our bit by sponsoring some of the events and devoting as much space as we can to charity fundraisers.

have the reality of people dying alone and in squalor. And the unforgivable situation in hospitals where people die through lack of care, a shortage of compassionate staff, or simply left alone in corridors. No comforting words, no proper palliative care and no dignity. It’s a disgrace and if we had been told 30 or 40 years ago that these sorts of instances were to happen on a daily basis in British hospitals in the 21st century, we simply would not have believed it. And if even one such case had been reported back then, it would have elicited a massive public outcry prompting immediate action. The fact is we have become almost immune to such reports in our newspapers which often only involve a column or two on an inside page. Now we The sick and elderly in the UK are want to increasingly regarded as a damn nuihear your views. sance and when society endorses projects like the sweetly YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE named but deeply sinister Liv- YOUR OPINION erpool Care Pathway, then it is a www.euroweeklynews.com slippery slope indeed.

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It wasn’t unusual to find Tom’s wife all alone in a hotel room Re: Tom Jones FOLLOWING Leapy’s comments in EWN, I just have to write to confirm every word he says about Tom’s behaviour away from the public eye. Before my retirement I worked as a legal secretary in London and became very good friends with a girl who worked part-time for my firm, but also worked part-time at a hotel in Mayfair - 47 Park Street. The same hotel where Tom Jones and his entourage, and wife Linda, would stay in a suite of rooms when he was performing in London. My friend would tell me that Linda would just be left there, alone, bored and with nothing to do whilst Tom carried on doing whatever he wanted. Linda was also a little agoraphobic and seemed shy and frightened to go out. My friend felt so sorry for Linda and became very good friends with her over time and to cheer her up would go up to her room, tell her to dress up, and then my friend would pretend to take Linda out. She would take her arm and walk her along the corridors pointing out things like paintings as if they were going to an art gallery, or going out to tea (but would have it sent to her rooms), but all the time pretending they were out and about on the town. Apparently Linda loved this and it really brought her out of herself. I doubt if Tom ever knew about their ‘outings’ or even cared! So you see there are others out there who believe you, and others who should check their facts before they put pen to paper. It is good to have people in this world like you who have the courage to actually say what many of us think, myself for one. Keep writing your great articles and as always... keep the faith! Pam, Duquesa and Kent, UK (Via email) PS: Please send me details on how to obtain a copy of your autobiography which has got to be a real must read! Thanks in advance.

Saying sorry! Re: Jeremy Corbyn OH, MR LEE, an apology is most needed. Happy to oblige. I apologise

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Plans in place to fight caterpillar invasion? FOLLOWING last week’s article in the Costa del Sol edition regarding Mijas Council’s plans for a fumigation scheme, do you know if Malaga Council has a similar system? I have found one or two in my house. Should I be worried? I don’t have any animals. If I find the odd one, what is the best way to dispose of it please? Barbara (Via website) Editor’s Note: Further advice on how to deal with infestations in the Malaga area may be sought from: www.malagaturismo.com/en or: www.malaga.eu

sincerely for misinterpreting your comparison of Mr Corbyn to Charles Manson. So you are actually comparing his AUDIENCES to those of past cult leaders, including Charles Manson Those AUDIENCES being the ordinary people of Great Britain who are sick and tired of a government which makes sure that the wealthy thrive more than anyone else, and want a compassionate leader who genuinely wants to help the needy in GB. I am not a great supporter of him but I believe him to be sincere. Cut the comrade bit, communism is no more. Once again you should be

ashamed of yourself to come out with statements like that. Please, please change the name by the way, it’s so childish. Philip, San Fulgencio

preferred you to him. As TJ gets older the less acceptable and seedy he becomes. My heart goes out to his wife Linda. May my god be with you. Tom, (Via website)

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Not welcome

Re: Tom Jones I AM presently reading Engelbert Humperdinck’s autobiography ‘What’s in a Name?’. He speaks fondly of Gordon Mills and his wife Jo. I have to wonder did he help Jo out or attend her funeral. As for TJ, never been a fan. I even

Re: Migrants on British sovereign soil I MUST confess to being really confused. When I ‘retired’ in 1997, my wife and I decided to have a look at the wider world and drive right across Europe, to end up in Cyprus.

While there, we took the opportunity to look up a friend who was serving at RAF Akrotiri. We tried to visit him there, but were denied entry to the base ‘for security reasons’ despite our having UK passports and my establishing that I was ex-RAF. So we had to meet up with our friend at a (Greek) bar down the road at Zakaki. Then, when we drove back to the UK, on arrival at the Greek border at Ipsala, we were told by the very aggressive officials that, notwithstanding our UK (thus EU) passports, we would not be admitted into Greece because our passports revealed that we had journeyed via the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. We were seen off, literally at gunpoint, and had to re-route via Bulgaria into Yugoslavia. Happily in both countries we were made more than welcome. So I now wonder how it is that hordes of people - mostly without passports or provenance of any sort can so easily be welcomed into Greece, and now Cyprus - the ‘UK’ part of it in particular? Should we perhaps have rounded up a few hundred down-and-outs to accompany us, in order to secure admission, in both cases? John, Alicante (Via website)

No provision Re: Tom Jones LEAPY, couldn’t agree with you more re Tom Jones not looking after Jo. I was Tom’s pianist in The Squires along with Vernon whom you know. However, Gordon Mills was rich so not quite sure why he didn’t look after her. Vic Cooper (Via website)

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Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” Carl Bard

in history 1485. King Henry VII is crowned king of England. 1493. Christopher Columbus reached the Caribee Isles (Dominica) during his second expedition. 1507. Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint Lisa Gherardini which would become known as the ‘Mona Lisa.’ 1512. The Sistine Chapel showcasing Michelangelo’s painting is opened to the public for the first time. 1517. Martin Luther nails 95 theses to a church door in Germany, a piece of paper that would begin the Protestant Revolution. 1618. Sir Walter Raleigh is executed after rumours of his opposition to the ascension of King James who was set to take over from Queen Elizabeth. 1677. William III and Mary of England wed on the day of William’s birthday. 1811. Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is published anonymously. 1938. H.G. Wells causes panic as War of the Worlds is broadcast over the radio and many mistake it for an actual news report about a Martian invasion. 1974. The Rumble in the Jungle takes place in Zaire. In an extraordinary sporting and boxing event Muhammad Ali knocks out the previously undefeated champion George Foreman. 1998. John Glenn becomes the oldest person to go into outer space at the age of 77. He was in the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery, STS 95. 2008. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois is elected the 44th president of the US and becomes America’s first black president. 2012. Hurricane Sandy hits the East Coast of the US and causes almost 300 deaths in its devastation.

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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

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Unscramble the name of a famous British adventurer, writer and television presenter: GARRY’S BELL

Q: What do you get when you cross a Cocker Spaniel, a Poodle and a ghost? A: A cocker poodle boo

Unscramble the name of a 1986 UK number one hit single by Madonna (three words): POP-PARADE CHANT

Q: Why do demons and ghouls hang out together? A: Because demons are a ghoul’s best friend.

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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (ARMADA) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

Homeland’s Rupert Friend is Agent 47. Solely identified by a barcoded neck tattoo, the assassin is tasked with a hit that will make him question his wider reality. Based on the Hitman video game series the movies follow a line of deadly assassins who are genetically engineered to be perfect killing machines.

Diego López, November 3. Footballer. Goalkeeper born in Paradela who won the La Liga in 2006-2007 and Copa del Rey in 20132014 with Real Madrid and was called up for Spain’s national team in 2009. Currently playing for A.C.Milan in Italy.

Dan Castellaneta, October 29, Voice Actor, 58 Best known as the voice of Homer Simpson and many other popular Simpsons characters, including Grampa, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, and Mayor Quimby. Grace Slick, October 30, Singer, 76 Singer with Jefferson Airplane and Starship who sang the iconic track ‘White Rabbit’ and eventually became a solo artist then retired from music and took up painting. Dame Zaha Hadid, October 31, Architect, 65 The Iraqi-British architect became the first woman recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize and has gone on to design modernistic buildings around the world, garnering many more prizes. Tim Cook, November 1, Businessman, 55 CEO of Apple Inc, he joined in 1998 and deputed for Steve Jobs in 2004 when Jobs was ill, being confirmed as CEO in 2011. First CEO of a Fortune 500 company to reveal that he is gay. David Schwimmer, November 2, Actor, 49 Came to fame playing Ross Geller in the TV series Friends, has won awards for his acting and has turned to directing as well. Married to British artist Zoe Buckman, the couple have one daughter. Laura Bush, November 4, Former First Lady, 69 Former First Lady of the United States and wife of President George W. Bush. She was involved in both national and global concerns during her husband’s tenure including HIV/Aids and literacy.

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ARMADA (10)

LECHER

CHALET

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Search 2 Cheesy 3 Strain 4 Spring 5 Nectar 6 Hoyden 7 Depend 8 Teasel 9 Stored 10 Dredge 11 Denial 12 Rudder 13 Tanned 14 Tissue 15 Emerge 16 Animal 17 Adhere 18 Tenant 19 Dreamt

YOUR STARS SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) There is still a strong accent on family matters and getting things sorted out. The way ahead is clear. If you are able to persuade someone that an idea was theirs and not yours, so much the better. Being in a practical mood serves you well because it is possible to get a lot done in the next few days. The weekend, however, is another matter. CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Your mind is still sharp this week and there are many questions that you would like answered. Doing a bit of research proves fruitful and also quite amusing. A recent contact may not come up with the proposition hoped for, but realise that it is still early days. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) A meeting midweek could mean a change to your finances for the better. In the short term, it may be necessary for you to rearrange money and appointments but try not to be too put out. Change is perhaps something that we become less tolerant of after a situation has gone on for a time. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) There is so much that has come to light in the past few weeks, it is no wonder that your mind is reeling. All will become clear in the weeks ahead and this cannot be rushed. However, there is a need to look after your health and get out in the fresh air. Any thought of joining a walking club or health group should be pursued.

SCORPIO

(October 24 - November 22)

Having put in extra effort to bring a zing into your life, it is important that you keep the impetus going. This is not only good for your health and wealth, but also your mind. Although trying something new brings a few odd remarks your way, try not to be sidetracked. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A pleasant surprise makes you a little more optimistic midweek. It is possible for you to take on negativity too quickly. The next time something does not go according to plan, hold fire. It is amazing what a little time and distance will solve. TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Although last week was not run at the pace anticipated, now the pace certainly picks up. Finances are still firmly on the agenda, but this time you will be able to deal on a more relaxed basis. A contact made recently gives you the opportunity not only to make some money but also to enlarge your circle of friends. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Make a point of putting on a happy face and your mood will stay high. There is still some more to be done to improve your social life and a recent offer of charity work may be just the thing. Avoid restricting the sort of folk who you are willing to mix with. Cultural differences apart, it is quite an eye-opener to find out how others live and think. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) Being considerably more relaxed about

10-Star Quiz BROTHERS IN ARMS 1. Eat A Peach (1972), Brothers and Sisters (1973) and Win, Lose or Draw (1975) were all best-selling albums by which American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969? 2. The Brothers Karmazov, first published in 1880, was the final work by which Russian novelist? 3. What was the name of the English painter, writer and poet, who was the brother of the Brontë sisters? 4. What was the name of the medieval detective who was played on television by actor Derek Jacobi between 1994 and 1998? 5. What were the names of the two American brothers who won Olympic gold medals at different weights (light heavyweight and middleweight) in Montreal in 1976? 6. ‘When he was nearly 13, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow’ is the opening line of which Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee? 7. Which 1954 musical film was based on the short story The Sobbin’ Women, by Stephen Vincent Benét, which was based in turn on the Ancient Roman legend of The Rape of the Sabine Women? 8. Which family comedy act starred in the films Animal Crackers (1930), A Night at the Opera (1935) and A Day at the Races (1937)? 9. Which US city is nicknamed the City of Brotherly Love? 10. With which form of transport would you principally associate the Montgolfier brothers, Jacques Etienne and Josef Michel? Not a lot of people know that… The Eagles’ Joe Walsh makes a brief appearance as a prisoner at the end of the 1980 musical comedy film The Blues Brothers. 1. ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, 2. FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY, 3. PATRICK BRANWELL BRONTË, 4. BROTHER CAEDFAEL, 5. LEON AND MICHAEL SPINKS, 6. TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD, 7. SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS, 8. MARX BROTHERS, 9. PHILADELPHIA, 10. HOT-AIR

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those things which cannot be changed has taken a weight from your shoulders. It is also easier to understand why others have taken this approach in the past. There is, however, a balance to be found. Don't be put off by people who have become sloppy in their approach because this is not going to affect you. LEO (July 24 - August 23) Are you still patting yourself on the back for that recent achievement? Socially, this is a lovely week when old friendships are strengthened and new acquaintances prove to be relaxing. It is another mellow week but one in which you seriously consider making a major change. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Be your charming self this week without pushing too much. A natural approach when you are seeking a response is the best course of action. Simply being in the right place and under someone’s gaze is all that is required. Are you getting itchy because an offer is not forthcoming? Well, if you absolutely must, then get a little bird to whisper in their ear. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) It is clear that you really love your hearth and home but, every now and again, there is a small voice calling. The good things in life appeal and, to have these, an effort is involved. Do not underestimate the amount of pleasure that you will enjoy when putting in that extra effort. It does, after all, involve other people. Some of those people prove to be quite fascinating.

Nonagram How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case C) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: Average: 19 Good: 25 Very good: 36 Excellent: 44

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION dele duel duly eely leer lure lute lyre peel pelt pled pule purl reel rely rule yelp duple elder elude elute leery leper letup lured plyer puled redly repel reply ruled truly deeply dueler pelted pelter peltry pertly petrel purely purled rudely yelped yelper prelude drupelet REPUTEDLY

SOUND OF THE WEEK Manhattan By Jeffrey Lewis Record label: Rough Trade The new album by Jeffrey Lewis is available on October 30. One song ‘Outta Town,’ he says deals with the space you can find yourself in when you are in a relationship and then find you have some time to yourself.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

CRYPTIC

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Cryptic

Across: 1 Scared, 4 Stays, 8 Abode, 9 Adamant, 10 Everton, 11 Bone, 12 Set, 14 Used, 15 Edam, 18 End, 21 Apse, 23 Remorse, 25 Reasons, 26 Aware, 27 Sieve, 28 Deceit.

Across 1 Post the money for a bet (5) 4 Light fog, by the sound of it, is left out (6) 9 Worry when it’s in a barrier (7) 10 Line dancing can go wild (5) 11 Middle East location: a place for thieves? (4) 12 First Lady taking break on mountain (7) 13/23 The result of a Serbia landing field (3,4) 14 The French with Norway produce fine linen (4) 16 Stop me backing on to street (4) 18 In the direction of the east, an extremity (3) 20 White ant is a form of emitter (7) 21 Dejected Cambridge sportsman (4) 24 Claim a goal for partially or fully developed insect (5) 25 Fasten particle over water creature (3-4) 26 A choice of one in two, or possibly one in three (6) 27 Turn out little Susan after the nurse (5) Down 1 Spurious article required by medicine man (6) 2 Albert and I have become animated (5) 3 Use a converted Old Testament character (4) 5 Additional pay for a sincere sort (8)

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Down: 1 Scales, 2 Avocets, 3 Eventide, 4 Slap, 5 Alamo, 6 Setter, 7 Pains, 13 Teammate, 16 Acreage, 17 Bairns, 19 Dress, 20 Newest, 22 Shake, 24 Bore.

QUICK Across:

6 Evil church about to become free of hypocrisy (7) 7 Note the world shortage (6) 8 Lifting device found in the cleverest hiding place (5) 13 Remedy into date order (8) 15 Bats are arranged side by side (7)

Code Breaker

17 Bar’s rubbish after first of September (6) 18 Irish following Troubles, initially laconic (5) 19 Making a scene, in which spirits might be produced (6) 22 Haunts bad liars (5) 23 See 13 Across

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents F and 18 represents Z, so fill in F every time the figure 1 appears and Z every time the figure 18 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Across 1 Be present at (6) 4 Not wide (6) 9 Disperse (7) 10 Happen (5) 11 Come or go into (5) 12 Larval frog or toad (7) 13 Substitute (11) 18 Supposes (7) 20 Person who tends the sick (5) 22 Refrain from harming (5) 23 Easily agitated (7) 24 Eating dinner (6) 25 Finishes (6) Down 1 React verbally (6) 2 Make brown and crisp by heating (5)

3 In accordance with nature (7) 5 Using the voice (5) 6 Smallish American carnivore with black-striped tail and face (7) 7 Notified of danger, potential harm or risk (6) 8 Finding fault with (11) 14 Make plain and comprehensible (7) 15 Inorganic substance that is essential to nutrition (7) 16 Stopped (6) 17 Banquets (6) 19 Free from dirt or impurities (5) 21 Public acts of violence by unruly mobs (5)

English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

1 Starts, 4 Plates, 9 Attract, 10 Scale, 11 Exciting, 13 Bets, 14 Scare, 17 Trust, 20 Sink, 21 Accurate, 25 Leave, 26 Private, 27 Single, 28 Recent. Down: 1 Shared, 2 Attic, 3 Tractor, 5 List, 6 Travels, 7 Steps, 8 Stun, 12 Get, 15 Contain, 16 Era, 18 Routine, 19 Defeat, 20 Sells, 22 Copy, 23 Awake, 24 Deal.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Jewellery, 8 Isles, 9 Above, 11 Tyre, 12 Fist, 14 Este, 16 Owls, 19 Arder, 21 Oveja, 22 Carpenter. Down: 2 Ellas, 3 East, 4 Liar, 5 Rio, 6 Disfraz, 7 Recetas, 10 Bee, 13 Toe, 15 Siete, 17 Wrap, 18 Soon, 20 Día.

CODE BREAKER

Across 1 Desayuno (9) 7 Influenza (5) 8 Letter (mail) (5) 9 Six (4) 10 Camas (muebles) (4) 13 Friend (5) 14 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) 16 Maíz dulce (9) Down 1 Bolsa (para llevar algo) (3)

2 Buildings (houses, offices etc) (9) 3 Rodilla (4) 4 Arch (4) 5 Earthquake (9) 6 Habas (5) 9 Bufanda (5) 11 Cuerda (4) 12 Último (final) (4) 15 Still (even) (3)

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MODERN day Halloween celebrations, which are gradually catching on all over the world, find their origins in many different ancient festivals, traditions and customs, most of which remain unknown to the youngsters likely to be knocking on our doors this weekend in search of goodies. 1. Halloween as we know it borrows traditions from four different festivals, the Roman Feralia festival which commemorated the dead, the Roman Pomona festival to honour the goddess of fruit and trees, the Celtic Samhain to mark the final harvest of the year and the Catholic Hallowmas period of All Souls’ Day and All Saints’ Day, instigated in the year 800 by the church to try and replace Samhain. 2. The word Halloween originally came from the Middle English Alholowmesse, meaning All Saints’ Day. The night before Alholowmesse was called All Hallows Even, which was eventually shortened to Hallowe’en and eventually became Halloween in the 20th century. 3. The custom of wearing costumes or masks comes from a Celtic tradition for young men to impersonate evil spirits by dressing up in white costumes and wearing masks or blackening their faces to placate these spirits. 4. Trick or treating comes from the Middle-Age practice of the poor dressing up in costumes and going from door to door to beg

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PUMPKINS: Made to keep evil spirits away. for money or food in exchange for prayers. 5. While today trick or treat means give us a treat or we’ll pull a prank, originally it meant the person asking for a treat would perform a trick for the amusement of the giver which often included reciting rhymes or singing songs. Eventually this turned into solicitors vandalising homes or pulling other pranks if a treat was not given. 6. Pumpkin carving as a Halloween tradition came from a method used by the Celts to ward off evil spirits during Samhain. They would hollow out turnips, carve faces in them and put candles inside which they then placed in windows to keep evil spirits away or carried as lanterns. 7. Although many Christians are disturbed by Halloween and consider it wrong to take part, seeing it as a celebration of evil, this stems from ignorance of the history of Halloween. When it was first celebrated, Christians

believed very literally in the devil and thought one of the best ways to fight him was to attack his greatest weakness: pride. Therefore they would depict and mock him, hoping it would cause him to flee. 8. Magician and escapologist Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926, and Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy on Halloween in 1922. 9. Orange represents the autumn harvest, while black represents the darkness associated with the death of summer. Yet many relate the two colours together with Halloween without knowing what they symbolise. 10. Elderly women accused of witchcraft were usually poor and couldn’t afford horses so had to use a walking stick, often replaced with a broom, to help them travel. That is how the broomstick became associated with witches, rather than any evidence of them actually flying on them.

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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

TARGET: Average: 20 Good: 26 Very good: 38 Excellent: 46

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 4 points 8 or more letters: 11 points

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION unseat unsafe tense test nest neat suet sneer seat seer sane sate safe tans taste ensue ease east eaten anus ados date dose dove dent gent feast feat feats fast fasten fate fates fats fads fade free frees freest food oats oafs oven reef reefs read seen seas serf sods soda sodas sofa sofas vent

Word Ladder WOOD

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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.

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Move from the start word (WOOD) to the end word (MICE) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

WOOD WORD WORE WIRE MIRE MICE

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ing Europe. Madeira’s volcanic scenery and rushing levadas make it a walker’s paradise and not all of the day trails are ‘a piece of cake’, either! For many, France has it all. Iconic trails, like Corsica’s gruelling GR20 or the Tour du Mont Blanc, put even the best to the test, and are well-served by all-inclusive packages.

On the other hand, when it comes to softer hiking, tailoring your own walk couldn’t be easier. Just map out your route from a 180,000km network of well-signed footpaths, and munch your way around the Loire valley or the beaches of Brittany. If that’s too déjà vu for you, Slovenia is a good bet, offering sparkling alpine and lake scenery in Triglav National Park. Croatia offers stunning hill walking, with the Adriatic as a backdrop and a stay in Dubrovnik a highlight on most tours. And look out for Albania; it’s already emerging as an outstanding destination for discerning hikers. Wherever you’re headed, go safely with the three essentials - a first aid kit, the right equipment and a decent travel insurance policy. Enjoy your trip! Globelink Travel Insurance: for people living in Spain and all other EU countries. For an instant quote and to arrange cover securely online, enabling you to print your policy documents immediately, by visiting www.globelink.co.uk – the leading travel insurer for people living in EU Countries. Or you can telephone Globelink on 00 44 1353 699082 or their Spanish links line on 966 265 000 or 951 242 434.

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Such bad service! Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I WAS in retail for all of my working life and the thing I was most concerned with was customer service. So the moan of the week is the lack of it and what happened? I purchased a new car a couple of years ago and it had a three year guarantee and three year free servicing so when the second service came up I took it to the dealer that it came from and took in my ‘Gold’ service book only to be told that they aren’t agents for that make anymore and, in fact, Chevrolet don’t sell cars in Spain anymore! “So what shall I do?” I asked. And I got the ‘shrug’. You know the one - the shoulders go up, head sinks in twisty smirk and then he walks away to go answer the phone! Now I’m peed off enough as it is but to top it off he’s now left me because the thing on the desk that makes the noise is more important than the person in front of you. Doesn’t matter where you are – bank or store - you might have been in line for 30 minutes, you get to the counter and the person who is serving you just stops and talks to the person on the phone! The person who has just got instant bloody service after I’ve been waiting

for 30 minutes!! Well me being the patient understanding person that I am said, “Oi I haven’t finished talking to you”. He puts his hand over the phone and says “Phone GM in Madrid they will have to sort it out”. And that was it! Not the slightest bit interested. And what about this for customer service? The ever suffering Mrs S and our daughter Dr S went to Hong Kong for a wedding. She goes online to check something about the flight and right across the top in red it says Madrid to London leg has been cancelled and therefore the London to Hong Kong leg has been cancelled too. She phones BA immediately and they just say sorry. Sorry? Is that all? If she hadn’t had a look online they would have got to the airport only to find their whole holiday had been messed up. I have been in touch with BA. Are they interested? Not one iota. They just keep sending the same BS emails saying absolute corporation nonsense and absolutely no explanation as to why she wasn’t notified or what would have happened if she hadn’t checked. Customer service departments need to learn one lesson. Get off your backsides and step out from behind your desk. Look at the problem from the customer’s point of view and pretend it’s you with the problem. And ask yourself would you be happy with an answer that is about as useful as a chocolate teapot!

Hair cuts for breast cancer awareness day MORE than 250 people donate hair to make wigs By Gemma Quinn EMOTION and solidarity. This was the atmosphere portrayed at the University Hospitals in Torrevieja and Vinalopo as breast cancer awareness day was marked with hundreds braving the scissors to donate their hair to be made into wigs. The ‘Locks Solidarity’ campaign saw more than 250 people attend a temporary salon that was fitted out at both hospitals with both women and men donating their hair (at least 20cm) which will be made into wigs for those suffering from breast cancer. Professional hairdressers gave their time to give the

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Traffic fine details now in English AS part of a new series, we answer some common driving questions, kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

MORE information is now available in English online. THE DGT Spanish traffic department is now offering more information in English. Some of the information on their website is now in more languages other than Spanish, namely English, French and German. On the main page of their website, http://www.dgt.es/es/ information is now available in English which tells you what to do if you receive a traffic violation ticket. Once you click on the link in English, the sections are presented in five topics, detailing what to do if you have received a traffic violation ticket, how to identify the offending driver if it was not the vehicle owner, and details of how to appeal against and pay a fine, as well as their contact details. Each one of the topics then explains, in detail, the procedures to follow. You can read the information at any time, whether you

have received a fine or not. BTP being removed from licences From January 1, 2016, the ‘btp’ classification on Spanish driving licences will be removed, in line with EU legislation. The ‘btp’ classification is already only valid in Spain and the removal is part of the Single European Driving Licence standardisation programme. The classification is a specific category for drivers of certain types of vehicles, such as priority or emergency service vehicles, taxis and school transport, with a maximum weight not exceeding 3,500kg mass and the number of seats, including the driver, not exceeding nine. Drivers of these vehicles will still be permitted to drive them as their standard licences will cover the validity, namely category ‘B’ so long as all other criteria is met.

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Where do I get a Minutes book? Last year I was elected President of our small Community and I am learning as I go! I have two questions. First, is there any publication that might help me? Second, where does one purchase a new Libro de Actas, the official

free haircuts and now, through the Torrevieja and Vinalopo hospitals, the handmade wigs will be made at a low cost for patients to help boost their

self-esteem as many lose their hair during chemotherapy treatment. The survival rate of women with breast cancer is now very high and over the years has reached 90 per cent, thanks to early detection programmes and implementation of new therapies and diagnostic techniques.

If your local bookstore does not carry books for accounting and registry, they are available from Amazon or Google shopping, under Libro de Actas, for less than 20 euros. It has been a normal practice to take this official book with the Com-

Minutes book of the AGM? The Notary sent me to a newsagent, the newsagent sent me to the bank. The bank copies the Minutes for their legal department but does not know where you get a new book. S.S. (Costa Blanca)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

munity stamp on it to the bank in order to change the signatures on the Community bank account when new officers are elected. Now you should

have the Administrator or President produce a stamped certificate instead. Spain’s Data Protection Agency has ruled that giving the bank access to the entire book violates members’ privacy. For a helpful book, you might try You and the Law in Spain by David Searl.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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CUTTING EDGE: New treatments for dealing with hard-to-shift fat. hard you try to shift it. Common areas treated include saddle-bag thighs, backsides and bellies, but all areas can be treated. One of Medcare’s Aqualyx patients had the treatment for what he described as his ‘Buddha belly’ and said after treatment: “I have not seen

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It uses radiofrequency and ultrasound to ‘melt’ fat cells, and is completely non-invasive. Paddles are massaged over the skin and patients feel a warming sensation, which many have likened to a hot stone massage. As well as melting fat, Exilis Elite tightens skin. This makes it an excellent treatment for bingo wings – which are almost impossible to shift through diet and exercise. Medcare has had some amazing results with Exilis Elite. One patient lost 7.5cm from her middle and another who had the treatment to lift and tone her face had been considering a facelift before treatment but now says she doesn’t need one. Book a free consultation with Medcare to find out what Aqualyx or Exilis Elite can do for you, and how you can have a better body, or face, by Christmas. Call Medcare on 966 860 258 or email doctors@medcarespain.com As a little extra Christmas gift, Medcare is offering up to 10 per cent discount on all Exilis and Aqualyx treatments booked from now until Christmas. Gift vouchers are available for all of Medcare’s treatments and products.

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Benefits of the perfect pillow A BAD night's sleep can have impacts on your wellbeing, with a good rest essential to health. The pillows you use are often overlooked but are essential to sleeping well. The General Council of physiotherapist's schools of Spain (CGCFE) emphasises that the choice of pillow should be adapted to each individual in order to achieve better sleep. President of CGCFE, Miguel Villafaina, recognises that most often people spend more time choosing a mattress but the pillow is just as important: “The right pillow can help improve posture and prevent injury.” For those who sleep on their backs, the recommended height of pillows is 1013cm, up to 15cm for those who sleep on their side. If sleeping on their stomach, up to 10cm.

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This week, Dr Luis Perez Belmonte replies to a reader’s questions on leg pains: Our reader (name supplied) wrote: Dear doctor, I am a Belgian lady. The day before leaving for Spain (September 24) I suffered from pain in my left leg and went to the Belgian doctor. He gave m e an ant i inflammatory injection and I had t o t ake pi l l s for one week. Arriving in Spain aft er t hat week t he pai n had not gone. I called Helicopteros Sanitarios. This doctor again gave me an inject i on and pi l l s f or one week. Af t er t hi s week t he pain still has not gone. Would it be useful to see a chiropractor? Or is it bet t er t o m ake an appointment in a hospital for an x-ray of my spine and leg? Can you gi ve m e some advice?

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I DISCOVERED long before I was a qualified trainer that Exercise and Depression are very closely linked. I started training at age 22, with a basic gym programme prescribed by my local Leisure Centre. I learned a whole new way of giving my body the physical stimulation it needed whilst also releasing endorphins into my brain, helping me to feel better about myself and live a happier existence. With many years of exercise and fitness experience under my belt, I’m aware that when I’m feeling low, the far more attractive option would be to reach for a piece of chocolate cake or a Jack Daniels and coke, rather than do a half hour of exercise but I recognise that I am going to feel 10 times worse afterwards if I take the first option. This is the tricky part for most people, they cannot find the discipline or willpower when they are

feeling low to make the better choice. The Exercise and Depression theory is often not recognised or considered. The most obvious reason that people have to take up an exercise plan is for weight-loss. However in my many years of Personal Training with clients I have found from the first few sessions that their mental outlook changes rapidly, they become more positive and motivated, and they seem to have more confidence in themselves. Once I have helped them to get to this positive mental place they then start to achieve the physical results and begin to shed their unwanted body weight. Of course there are those people that tell me that they cannot bear the idea of exercising. In these circumstances I can only recommend that they try a few exercise classes at their local gym. Any exercise needs to have some element of fun to it whether you enjoy boxing classes, combat, spinning or even dancing. I can confidently say that NO CLIENT ever leaves any of my training sessions, with the negative feelings they may have arrived with… IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.

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Enjoy a Christmas and New Year to remember at Bonanza Restaurant DINERS can enjoy first class cuisine in friendly and warm surroundings on Christmas Day BONANZA Bar and Restaurant is pleased to announce they are now taking reservations for Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve. Diners can enjoy the first class cuisine Bonanza is now well known for, in the friendly and warm surroundings on Christmas Day where a fivecourse elegant lunch will be served including asparagus with smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, cream of mushroom soup, sorbet of the house followed by turkey fillet ‘chef’s recipe’ with peach and cranberries and purée of brussel sprouts. The meal will be finished with a Christmas dessert. The Christmas Day

RELAX AND UNWIND: In the Bonanza Bar. lunch costs just €30, offering excellent value for money. If you want to see in 2016 with a bang, Bonanza’s New Year’s Eve menu is a great way to end the year and start

the next. Serrano ham with fresh salad and dried fruit will be served along with cream of mushroom soup, sorbet of the house, pork fillet with a harvest of the forest vegetables

BONANZA RESTAURANT: Enjoy the perfect surroundings. and potato croquettes, followed by a New Years’ Eve dessert and cava at midnight. Food is served from 8pm and tickets cost €40 with a €20 deposit upon booking.

But if you can’t wait until the festivities to enjoy Bonanza, in Urbanisation El Chaparral, Torrevieja, then owners Patrick and Kris are ready to welcome you any time.

A three-course menu de la noche is available in the restaurant costing €15.95 including a drink. The restaurant is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 7pm and once you have enjoyed your meal you can visit the bar next door where tapas and a menu del dia is also available at €9.95 for three courses. Entertainment is provided by Dutch singer Benny and continues on a Wednesday and Sunday with a quiz and ‘lucky cards’ from 9pm. The bar is traditional and welcoming and of course, has a range of Belgian beers. For further information and bookings tel: 966 786 365.

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Stay safe at weekend WITH Halloween becoming an increasingly big business in the UK and Spain now following suit, those who choose to dress up this weekend are being urged to be cautious with their fancy dress outfit. Trading Standards in the UK has carried out investigations into the safety of children’s fancy dress costumes and hundreds of retailers have been facing spot checks to ensure they meet safety standards. The increase in safety awareness comes after television presenter Claudia Winkleman highlighted the potential dangers after her daughter suffered serious burns last year when her Halloween costume caught fire. Figures show that 94 people in England were admitted to hospital last year as a result of their clothing catching alight or melting. Of these, 21 were children under the age of 18. Tips for staying safe: Be cautious, especially with children, around lit pumpkins and naked flames Avoid cheap costumes that may not meet safety standards; companies are working to meet higher flammability standards.

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The origins of Halloween WHILST Halloween as we know it today is largely associated with being an American tradition, its origins are believed to be based on an ancient Celtic holiday known as ‘Samhain’ meaning summer’s end. This marked the end of the Celtic year and the end of summer on October 31, and it was a night to honour loved ones that had passed on as it was this date that they believed the veil between our world and the next was thinnest with the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead overlapping. The original festival would frequently involve bonfires and some historians believe that these fires attracted insects to the area which

then in turn attracted bats; which have since always been associated with Halloween. The original carved pumpkins or jack-o-lanterns were originally carved from turnips and sat on porches to welcome deceased loved ones, but also to act as protection against bad spirits. When European settlers, particularly the Irish, arrived in America they found the native pumpkin was a lot easier to carve and has been used ever since. Trick or treating is often referred to as Beggars Night as it resembles the late medieval practice of ‘souling’ when poor people would go door to door begging for food for the dead on All Souls Day.

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POPULAR Indian restaurant is also going to be c PUNJABI PALACE in La Murada is celebrating their sixth anniversary of this popular Indian Restaurant and takeaway. Diners are invited to join them on the special night on November 13 where a special menu is being served from 7-11pm. For just â‚Ź24.99, diners can enjoy poppadoms with dips, any starter and any main dish, rice or na a n a s w e ll a s unlim i t ed dr aught beer, house wine and soft drinks. It marks a busy week for Punjabi Palace as all three of the award winning restaurants host their Diwali celebrations. La Murada will host their event on November 11, La Marquesa, Quesada on November 12 and on November 13 at the Los Montesinos restaurant. Again there will be the special menu in place for â‚Ź24.99 including unlimited draught beer, house wine and soft drinks. Entertainment will come in the form of Bollywood and Bhangra dancing and a singer. Diwali, known as the Festival of Lights, is one of the most well-known of the Hindu festivals.

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This five-day festival honours the goddess of wealth and marks the end of the harvest season with people giving thanks for the harvest and praying for more to come and a successful year for all businesses. The festival also celebrates the victory of good over evil and light over darkness and Punjabi Palace certainly celebrates Diwali in style with it being one of their most popular nights in the year. As a result, tickets sell fast so reserve your table now. If you can’t wait until Diwali, Punjabi Palace is open daily with a menu del dia available from 12-3pm costing €8.95 to include three courses plus a drink and the usual extensive menu is available in the evening from 6pm until late. Takeaways are also available with a free bottle of wine for every order over €20. • Punjabi Palace - Los Montesinos Tel: 966 720 383 • La Marquesa Tel: 966 714 963 • La Murada Tel: 966 779 169

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Composer invited to UN 70th anniversary DARIO will be writing music especially for the gala event By Declan Scanlan COMPOSER and friend of the Euro Weekly Dario Poli was honoured to be invited to The Hague over the weekend to attend the International Gala celebrating the 70-year anniversary of the founding of the UN. Dario was earlier invited to write a new music composition for The Peace and Justice Foundation, a newly established venture at The Hague. The new composition will be presented at an exclusive gala event in September 2016 and Dario took time out from writing and his other projects to attend The Peace Palace building at The Hague. Upon his arrival he was driven from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam to meet Florence Olara of the Hague Justice Portal who had issued the formal invitation to the UN event. He was then introduced to a range of officials and personalities and heard several speeches during the memorable evening. The 70th anniversary of the founding of the UN was marked around the world and Dario told us that he will be returning to The Hague again for further meetings as he continues to prepare the composition for the The Peace and Justice Foundation. The gala next year for the Foundation is ex-

DARIO POLI: Is planning a new musical. pected to assemble International and Dutch celebrities and personalities from the worlds of film, music, sports, business, international politics, justice, NGOs and international society. Dario will be formally presented at the gala as will the music he is creating especially for the event. Among his other ongoing projects at the moment is Amsterdam, a new musical he is planning to launch in Holland. Dario is well known for his compositions including ‘Marbella Marbella,’ a song celebrating all of the best things about the area.

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RBL visits THIRTY NINE members and guests of the Coin Branch of the Royal British Legion took a fun four-day trip to the Mar Menor in Murcia, October 13-16. The group stayed in Los Alcazeres for three nights and on the first day enjoyed lunch at Lorca Castle followed by a guided tour. On the second day they visited Licor 43 Experience and were treated to samples. Later that day they went on a boat trip to the famous La Manga resort across the Mar Menor. On the last day of the trip the group took advantage of their free time in Cartagena and fitted in some shopping.

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Halloween out and about ENJOY some spooky fun this weekend IF you want to go out and enjoy Halloween locally this year, here are some of the events going on: • Emerald Isle: The popular bar and restaurant in La Florida returns with its annual Halloween special menu on Saturday October 31. Tickets cost €9.95 per person for a three-course meal and entertainment with Nick Gold, Dan Davy and Maria O’Hara offering some spooky performances. Included on the menu are dishes such as sticky bat wings, witches cauldron soup, steak and ale pie to die for and devils children. Call 965 327 138. • Terra Natura: The animal park in Benidorm is offering special Halloween themed shows and inviting guests to dress up for their Halloween programme on until November 2. Take the coupon inside the Euro Weekly News for a reduced entry fee of €18. • Casa La Pedrera: The ‘Grand Designs’ house is getting freaky on Friday and spooky on Saturday for their two day Halloween event tomorrow (Friday) and on Saturday October 31.

The annual Halloween Party starts at 6.30pm and both parties will feature a ‘spooktacular’ Trick or Treat Hunt, with a terror tunnel, camp fires with marshmallows, plus lots of ‘ghoulish games’ and freaky foods! Fancy dress is a must and bring your torches. All children will receive a selection of sweets at the end. Adult tickets €5 and children’s tickets €10. Reservations must be made by calling 660 816 620 or email campolifewithjenni@gmail.com • Torrevieja: The city hosts the Zombie Survival game on Halloween night from 11pm with those taking part acting as survivors trying to flee the zombies in an apocalyptic plot that will be staged in a closed off area of Torrevieja.

If caught, participants can choose to join the zombie side with a team of make-up artists on standby to transform people in to the living dead. Tickets cost from €5 to €33 available from www.entradium.com and outlets of WarZone and La Base Secreta. Torrevieja residents will get a discount.

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MANY people have different opinions on muzzles. Of course anyone that sees a dog with a muzzle automatically assumes the dog is dangerous. There are many types and when choosing one make sure that the dog is able to breathe. The muzzle that I recommend is the Baskerville which is marketed by the eminent Roger Mugford. This is a basket design and allows near unrestricted mouth opening for panting and drinking. These are available at most good pet shops and many vets stock them too. They come in 12 sizes to ensure that a good fit is available for most breeds of dogs. Available through The Company of Animals, PO Box 23 Chersey, Surrey KT16 OPU UK. I encourage all owners to train their dogs to wear a muzzle, the earlier in the dog’s life the better. Most young dogs are destructive; a muzzle will protect your home from being eaten. It will ensure that your

ENCOURAGEMENT: The earlier a dog wears a muzzle the better. dog is unable to eat any rubbish or poison on the ground and that alone is worth training for. Wearing a muzzle is another way of preventing them from licking wounds. In

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PET SNAPS: New gadget makes taking pet selfies easier.

TAKING photos of our fourlegged friends is never easy as they can get distracted by anything and everything and we can hardly order them to sit still and say cheese. This has led a San Francisco inventor, Jason Hernandez, to come up with a system to ensure perfect pet snaps. Jason owns a company called Clever Dog Products which creates gadgets for pets and has created Pooch Selfie, which incorporates a ball that can be attached to a

mobile phone to catch the dog’s attention and get them smiling for the camera.

AUTUMN is one of the times of year cases of the blues tend to be more common and experts have revealed this is also the case for pets. The return to routine after holidays is the most common cause for humans to be down in the dumps, and this also upsets household pets along with worsening weather and fewer hours of daylight, animal rights and environmental writer Carolina Pineda reported. Miguel Ibañez, a veterinary professor at Madrid’s Com-

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LAST week we looked largely at where one can buy plants with an initial look at how plants can be obtained for free. That concept is expanded on in this week’s column. For simplicity of text we include small plants, shrubs and trees in the term ‘plants’. In practice free sources include the following. - Seeds dropped by birds. - Self seeded from existing plants. - Self seeded along the roadside or on vacant plots. - Propagation from cuttings. - Splitting of perennials. - Splitting of bulbs, corms and tubers. - Splitting of oversized plants

purchased from garden centres. - Collection of seed and sowing. - Overhanging plants from next door or along the pavements. - Swaps with neighbours and friends. We comment on each below. Seeds dropped by birds. From the day we took over our piece of mountainside we adopted and nurtured many plants that have grown up where birds or strong winds had dropped their self-fertilized seeds. Sometimes they were dug up and moved to a more convenient situation but in general they were left where they happened to be as they had often started to put down strong natural root systems. Self seeded from existing plants. Among those plants that regularly self seed are freesias,

hollyhocks, marigolds, alyssum, laurel, and lavender. Self seeded along the roadside. Unmade earth pavements, especially with road edging blocks that cause water to be retained after rain, can be a good harvesting area. Look out for saplings growing under overhanging trees. We have two tall acacias that came this way. When 60cm high they were pulled gently out of the pavement. To survive they had put out the same length of roots in only four centimetres of soil. Propagation from cuttings. Cuttings can be taken and successfully rooted at almost anytime of the year in Spanish gardens. The most productive time is during the winter/early spring cutback. Splitting of perennials. Many perennials such as

CUTTINGS: Can be swapped with friends and neighbours. leonotis, sages, succulents and gazanias can be easily split. Splitting of clumps of bulbs, corms and rhizomes. Every few years dig up and split established clumps of daffodils, crocuses, lilies, irises, agapanthus and monbretia. Splitting or taking cuttings from oversized plants purchased from garden centres. Sometimes the potted plants purchased from garden centres are too large for convenient

planting out in the garden. Collection of seed and sowing. Try collecting ripe seed heads or pods of marigolds, poppies, and the Devils tongue tree. And in the vegetable plot seeds such as peas, onions, garlic, leeks, pumpkins, peppers and melons are easy to collect and store. Overhanging branches. Often the branches of one’s neighbours flowering trees and climbers can be trained to add interesting touches to one’s

boundary screens. Swaps with friends and neighbours. Rarely do keen gardening visitors leave our garden without a few cuttings and we likewise when we visit them. It is possible to add interesting cacti, succulents, sages, shrubs etc in this way. It is also possible to swap surpluses of plants. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com October 2015.

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Keep your home safe from fire TIPS to help you and your family stay in control of fire dangers ARE you doing all you can to ensure your home is as safe as it can be? Take a look through these top tips, collected by realsimple.com, and find out. To stay ahead of fire dangers make sure you turn off heaters when you aren’t in the room and always keep them away from anything flammable. If your home has security bars on the windows make sure they are easy to open or have quick release devices. Also, keep a torch near your bed in case you need to see your way through smoke. In the kitchen the simplest things can make the biggest difference. Don’t leave pots and pans unattended on the stove and make sure the handles are turned inward to reduce the likelihood of spillages. Don’t use wet oven mitts, even if you’re in a hurry. Have a lid close to the stove to deal with any cooking fires and never use water. If the oven catches fire switch it off and keep the door closed. If you have a fireplace you will

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New, cheaper way to own a piece of Ferrari CHRYSLER put 10 per cent of the company up for sale Photo Credit Alf van Beem wikimedia.

New Saab for Turkey WHILST biting back the comment that we hope ‘they haven’t been sold a Turkey’, we can report that the owners of the Saab brand have agreed to assist in the development of a new national car for Turkey. National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB has sold the rights to the Saab 9-3 saloon to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey so that they can produce this model within their country.

DB10 may become DB9 WHEN Aston Martin built 10 DB10 sports cars exclusively for use and destruction in the upcoming James Bond movie, Spectre there was much speculation as to whether the model would ever see commercial sale. It is now widely rumoured to be the template for the next new Aston either the new DB9 or V8 Vantage and they are hoping that the more modern and aggressive design will appeal to dedicated Aston Martin drivers and make it look less like a Jaguar.

By John Smith APART from purchasing the Ferraris owned by former King Juan Carlos, there is a somewhat cheaper way to own a piece of Ferrari as majority owner Fiat Chrysler put 10 per cent of the company up for sale through the US stock market on October 21. Enzo Ferrari started his company to produce racing cars in 1929 and it wasn’t until 1947 that Ferrari produced its first ever road car, the 125S. The iconic prancing horse symbol of the firm was originally used by Italian World War 1 pilot, Francesco Baracca, who had it painted on the fuselage of his aircraft. In 1969, Ferrari sold a 50 per cent stake in the company to the Fiat group, which was increased to 90 per cent in

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Ferrari 458 Spider. 1988. The shares were launched at $52 (€46) each raising $893 million (€790 million) for Fiat and finished 15 per cent up on the day. Fiat continues to own 80 per cent of the Ferrari business whilst the Ferrari family own just 10 per cent. The company currently only produces 7,000 cars each year, as this classifies it as a specialist maker in the USA so does not have to meet some of the stringent requirements that mass market manufacturers have to comply with. It has however indicat-

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ed that it will increase production to 9,000 cars in the future.

The company is unlikely to make investors enormous profits if it is to remain a manufacturer of exclusive and sought after cars, but with the worldwide popularity of the brand, shareholders are likely to be enthusiasts in for the long term.

New Ford Edge THE Edge which has been on sale for some time in the USA is due for European release in 2016 at an expected price in the region of £30,000 (€40,000) positioned as a cut-price alternative to cars like the BMW X3 and Audi Q5, and will boast about its space and practicality, with five seats and a large boot. Offering the latest steering technology - called adaptive steering - which reduces steering effort at low speeds by 30-40 per cent and can reduce braking distances by up to 10 per cent, the Edge’s intelligent all wheel drive system improves traction, road contact, handling and vehicle responses in all conditions. Cross traffic alert works with blind spot information system to warn if a car is approaching from either side when reversing out of a parking space. The Edge’s front 180-degree camera helps when pulling out of a parking space or a junction with limited view of crossing traffic.

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Toyota and Vauxhall set to recall certain models DEFECTS could cause cars to burst into flames VAUXHALL is said to be considering recalling some of its Zafira models after a problem with the dashboard caused dozens to burst into flames. Drivers of more than 130 of the cars, made between 2005 and 2014, have reported the issue that originates behind the glove box causing the area to heat up. The affected models have manual air-conditioning and owners who have electronic climate control have not reported any problems. So far, all of the cars which have experienced problems have been right-hand drive and were built between 2005 and 2014. Japanese carmaker Toyota has said it will recall 6.5 million vehicles globally over a faulty window switch which could short-circuit, causing

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PRODUCTION: New lines will begin this year.

BMW invest in UK plant FAULTY MODELS: Cars have been sold worldwide.

parts to overheat and potentially lead to a fire. The defective window switch affects cars produced

between 2005 and 2010 including the Corolla, Camry, RAV4, Highlander, Yaris and others. Of the total, about 2.7

million cars were sold in North America, 1.2 million in Europe, and 600,000 in Japan, according to the company.

A LARGE investment programme to develop the BMW Hams Hall engine plant near Birmingham is complete. The production of three and four-cylinder engines is already being ramped up on brand-new production lines, and over one million components will be machined at the plant as supply extends to other

plants in the Group. The investment project, part of £750m (€1bn) that has been spent across BMW Group’s UK manufacturing sites, has ensured the Hams Hall site remains a state-of-the-art facility, capable of producing the next generation of engines and securing a long-term future for the plant.

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JUBILEE CUP: Overall winner was John Barraclough playing off a handicap of 5.

Eurogolf: Playing for the Silver Jubilee Cup ON Thursday October 15, Eurogolf played a stableford off the plates, and to celebrate 25 years of the Eurogolf Society they played for the Silver Jubilee Cup. Also, each member was presented with a commemoration towel emblazoned with the Eurogolf logo. The results of the day were as follows: Bronze division: Third place, Gill Britten, 32 points. Second, Phyllis Venables, 32 points. First, Morag Turner, 34 points.

Silver division: Third, John Fairhurst, 31 points. Second, Gloria Manning, 32 points. First, Steve Tombs, 35 points. Gold division: Third, Bryan Fenwick, 30 points. Second, Pino Perito, 31 points. First, John Barraclough, 35 points. The overall winner and winner of the Jubilee Cup, was John Barraclough playing off a handicap of five and he is in superb form at the moment.

San Miguel GS at Font de Llop THIRTY-SIX members and a guest made their way to the Font de Llop course close to Aspe. Something of an early morning chill, pretty clear sky and brisk wind that was behind playing the uphill holes was, during the round, replaced by warm conditions and the threat from heavy shower clouds all around. However, this course is never easy, and only two members broke par, Captain Barry Roehrig and, just back from a golfing trip to Ireland where the Links courses played appear to have done his game some good, Mick Roscoe. Given it was the first round of the 2015/16 President’s Trophy obviously the society’s long time President Phil Birtwistle could not allow himself to go unnoticed. Whether it is just age, or a crafty manoeuvre to be heard in the clubhouse, Phil left a Ping Zing wedge on a green for which he later asked all if anybody had found it. Quite surprisingly those in the group behind had picked it up but handed it over to a

FONT DE LLOP: Not an easy course to play for members. complete unknown who appeared to be no longer around. So the Ping has zinged its way off to unknown lands. Scores overall were not the best, and many players will hope they can improve on the day’s returns in the four remaining rounds of the competition. The day’s results (stableford), by category and in reverse order, were: Bronze Category: Third, Keith Wraithmell (33 on CB), second, Marg Birtwistle (33 on CB), and first, with the best score of the day, Mick Roscoe with 38 points.

Silver Category: Third Glen Rapley (33), second, Norman Cahill (34 on CB), and first, Peter Reed, also with 34. Gold Category: Third, Tony Smale (33), second, Humphrey Kelleher (35), and first, Barry Roehrig with 37 points. Nearest the pins (open to all) went to: Barry Roehrig (3), Ivan Hanak, with a magnificent shot to 18 inches at 8, Vice Captain Theo Boelhouwer (12), Humphrey Kelleher (16) and guest Graham Temple at 17. Keep up to date on website www.smgs.org or call Barry Roehrig on 966 731 033.

LA SERENA is probably one of the most underrated courses on the Costa Blanca, once again they found the course in excellent condition, and that was after it had been soaked during the night. With so much rain falling they had thought the course would be unplayable, but upon arrival were pleasantly surprised that the only condition was that the buggies were not allowed on the fairways. In their recent competitions, the Viking members haven’t been doing so well, that could be down to them returning to the motherland to regroup, however, there are still one or two lurking in the shadows and it has been some time since the last battle between Roger ‘Viking’ Nilsen and his adversary Sandra Twentyman. Today the battle resumed and although Sandra couldn’t compete with the Viking’s 37 points she decided that enough was enough and after a

handbag battle, or whatever it is that Vikings use. Occasional participant in the competitions is John Vayelt, John is a cameraman for BBC news, he said that he has been in many war zones around the world but didn’t fancy his chances filming THIS battle. They had only four visitors this week, and it seems that their visitors like it so much that by the following week they have become members. In this category Irishman Vivien O’Gorman took the top spot with a very credible 33 points. The NTP’s competition was sponsored by Handicap Secretary, Colin Marsden and the winners were; hole 3 John Eyre, hole 9 Joe Dean, hole 15 Sandra Twentyman and hole 17 Norbert Spaniol was nearest. The scores in the Silver category were a reflection on the day’s conditions with Irishman Robbie Ray in fourth place on higher handicap from Scotsman George Chapman

with 26 points. Second place went to the very consistent Yorkshire man Mick Kennedy with 31 points. The week’s winner was new member John Dursley, with 33 points. In the Gold category the scores were a little better, with Scotsman Stephen Ross taking fourth place on 35 points. but Swede, Norbert Spaniol had a lower handicap to take third place, Captain John Eyre returned a level par 36 points. to finish a point behind the winner, Roger ‘Viking’ Nilsen who returned the best score of the day with 37 points. Forthcoming events to be noted are: Las Colinas December 2, and La Manga South course on December 16, for the incredible low green fee of just €50. Visitors are always welcome to join especially if they like to mix competitive golf with a little banter. To find out more visit website: www.tmgs.org or call the Secretary on 661 524 101.

Café Uno Golf Society NINETEEN members and one guest played at Vistabella on Thursday October 22. The format for the day was Stableford, and after quite a chilly start to the morning (8:30am first tee) it started to warm up, and by around 10am it was like a perfect spring day, even though it is now approaching autumn!

With a ‘who cares what the golf scores are like when you can play golf in shorts and polo shirts in October’ attitude, another lovely day’s golf was had by all. The winners were as follows:First, B Wright with 33 points. Second, G Pope 30 points. The best front nine was

taken by J Pedersen with 16 points, and the best back nine was won by G Butterworth, on 15pts. c/b. Nearest the pins were D Stewart and D Briggs. No two’s on the day sees the prize money roll over to the next society day. Our next game is today Thursday October 29 at Altorreal.

CD Torrevieja 0 1 CD Castellon CD TORREVIEJA outplayed CD Castellon for the entire match and once again their inability to turn endeavour, possession and even the occasional chance into goals came back to bite them on the proverbial losing bottom. The first half, to the untrained eye, looked like a spell of Torrevieja dominance and many felt they were unlucky to be behind at the interval. However, Castellon were executing a clear game plan. Their back four were dropping to a certain point and inviting Torrevieja to find a way in behind them, which they were unable to do. Each Torrevieja half chance was a shot that had defenders in front of the ball, showing that for all their neat and tidy possession they were

not hurting their opponents. Once in a while Castellon decided to venture forwards, attempting to hit Torrevieja on the break. They only needed to do this twice in the first period to get what they came for. The first quick counter ended with Selvas making a fine block on the goal-line with Oscar beaten, the second led to the eventual winning goal. A fortunate bounce of the ball took Mareyna around the Torrevieja captain and he drilled the ball into the far right. The defeat leaves Torrevieja in 14th place and next week they travel to CF Levante, currently sitting in fourth. Ten points from 11 games with 10 goals scored tells its own story. Chris Darwen www.facebook.com/clubdeportivotorrevieja

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Eurogolf medal and Millenium trophy ON Thursday October 22, Eurogolf played a medal handicap qualifier off the plates. Going off the plates makes the course much longer which they found to be a challenge for everyone, as nobody got close to breaking par!Â Also they were playing for the Millennium trophy which can only be won by somebody

who won something the previous season. In the silver catagory: Third place was Phyllis Venables, 80. In second came Colin Hobden, 79, and in first position was David Gelsthorpe, 76. In the Gold division: Third place was secured by Colin Daye-Gretton, 77. Second spot was taken by Pino Perito, 77 c/b and in first place was Robin Richards, 76. October medal winner Robin Richards, Millenium cup winner Pino Perito, The best front nine was won by Ian Pegg, and the best back nine was taken by Ken Brett. Nearest the pins were: Bob Buckeridge, Pino Periton, Stuart Gillette and David Gregson.

BRONZE WINNERS: Members played a normal stableford off the blocks. On Tuesday October 20, the Toffs played their normal stableford off the blocks.

Some high scores were made because the course is easier off the blocks, plus playing medal format always creates a greater

challenge. The scores were as follows: Bronze division: Third, John Hill 34 points. Second, Frances

Buckeridge, 35 points. First, Debbie Weedon 38 points. Silver division: Third, John Fairhurst, 34 points. Second, Alan Venables, 36 points. First, Gloria Manning, 38 points. Gold division: Third, Bob Buckeridge, 36 points. Second, John Barraclough, 37 points. First, and overall winner, Dave Curtis, 39 points. The best front nine was awarded to Pino Perito, and the best back nine to Dave Nichols. Nearest the pins were won by: John Fairhurst, Dave Nichols, Pino Perito, and John Barraclough. If you would like to play with Eurogolf on Tuesdays and Thursdays visit their website www.eurogolf-quesada.co.uk.