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ISSUE NO. 1586

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Poppy appeal success COSTA BLANCA pulls together to support ex-servicemen and women By Gemma Quinn The 2015 Poppy Appeal has exceeded all hopes once again, raising a record €31,000 with more money still to be counted. The total is already more than last year’s local figure of €30,850.85 showing that once again residents on the Costa Blanca South have dug deep to support the Poppy Appeal and the Royal British Legion (RBL). The annual Poppy Appeal raises much-needed funds for ex-servicemen and their families who might be in need of aid, whether that is directly financial or perhaps emotional. All funds raised in Spain stay in Spain to help beneficiaries who live here, with 91 per cent of all monies collected going directly to help ex-servicemen and women, and just nine cents in the euro going toward administration costs. The fundraising efforts are testament to the work and dedication of the RBL branches of Gran Alacant/La Marina, Torrevieja and the Orihuela Costa.

Gran Alacant and La Marina Branch Treasurer Brian Hunt said last year they raised €10,000 and were breaking the €10,000 mark this year. The Torrevieja Branch is blessed by rather more members than La Marina and Gran Alacant and in 2014 the branch raised €18,000. Chairman Gerry Lynch explained that local efforts took a major knock recently with the closure of the municipal theatre and the cancellation of the planned Armistice Show. However, they already had

€11,000 in the pot prior to the official count including a €3,000 donation raised from the collections at Iceland Torrevieja. The Poppy Golf events organised by Mick ‘The Grip’ Reeves, who last year raised over €6,000, are still to declare their final total. At the recent Poppy Appeal count which took place at Casa Ventura, San Luis, the total sum raised by the branches currently stands at €31,000, which will increase in the coming weeks when final monies come in.

For more information on the work of the RBL in Spain or to become involved in their work, visit www.britishlegion.org. uk/counties/spain-north. For welfare enquiries call 676 451 780 with all other queries to 648 860 251.

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No licence arrest A MAN was arrested after running over two women in Orihuela. The accident happened on Avenida Teodomiro when the two women were knocked over on the crossing. One re-

ceived a severe blow to the head. Both were taken to Vega Baja hospital but the extent of their injuries is not known. The 40-year-old driver was arrested and found not to have a licence.

No pay for guards DELAYS continue in paying salaries of security guards of justice facilities in the Valencia Region with many still waiting to receive their October pay. Workers are concerned there will be a repeat of the situation in 2013 when they spent several months without pay and their wages getting later and later.

Girl killed in RTA A 10-YEAR-OLD girl was killed in a car crash on the AP-7 by Mutxamel, Alicante. A rear-end collision of two vehicles resulted in a death and saw five others

injured, including three children aged three, six and 13. They were all taken to Alicante’s General Hospital. The driver of the SUV that caused the accident gave a negative breath test.

Fall in foreigners FOREIGN residents in Crevillente have decreased. In the last six years, there has been a fall of 2.3 per cent in the number of foreigners registered. The municipal register now currently has 28,673 inhabitants, of whom, 3,149 are foreigners and 1,971 are Moroccans which is the largest foreign community in the town.

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TABARCA ISLAND: Homes declared illegal have been demolished on inhabited island.

Island homes finally come down after battle ILLEGAL properties demolished which cost €375,000 By Linda Hall TABARCA ISLAND, just off the coast of Santa Pola, has sea views from all angles once more. Six irregularly-built properties were finally demolished following a legal battle that began in 2003 when Valencia’s Upper Court of Justice (TSJCV) declared them illegal.

The sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court which threw out the owners’ appeal against the TSJCV’s annulment of licences granted by Alicante Town Hall. Tabarca, which is the only inhabited island in the Valencian Community, is a protected area. Although the land on which the houses were built is private property they infringed

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Mystery Play to rely on private funding CENTRAL government have only committed €30,000 Photo by Kenny McCormick, Flickr

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MORE FUNDING: The PP said the Mystery Play, performed in the Basilica in Elche, should get more money from government.

Our View 75 By Gemma Quinn

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Time Out 76 - 77

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THERE are calls for Elche’s Mystery Play to receive more funding. Central government has committed €30,000 to the cultural event in recent years, but the PP says this should be more and promises to fight for more money for the ‘Festa’, which is one of the most renowned theatrical performances.

The sacred musical drama depicts the death, the passage into heaven (known as the Assumption) and the crowning of the Virgin Mary, and is performed in August every year in Elche’s Basilica. The play is part of the city’s identity and heritage and the perseverance and affection of the people of Elche have converted it into the last surviving vestige of performances of its kind.

In May 2001, UNESCO declared it a ‘Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible World Heritage’ making it the first Spanish festival to receive this award, which is why some believe it should receive more funding. The board of the Mystery Play has to rely on financial contributions from foundations, private companies and individuals to deal with the expected costs of €310,000 for next year’s play.

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Legionella precaution GRANJA de Rocamora Council has closed the changing rooms, showers and toilets in the sports centre after high levels of bacteria were detected. The measure is a precaution after high levels of bacteria, above the levels permitted, were detected during routine legionella checks and analysis. The town hall has said it will now work as quickly as possible to ensure the facilities are back open without too many delays.

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Rural surveillance increased to prevent fruit theft SPECIAL unit recovers rubbish bags full of tangerines and lemons driving licence. The vehicle he was driving was also lacking a licence. Police officers recovered large rubbish bags full of tangerines and lemons weighing around 100 kilos.

ORIHUELA Local Police have increased surveillance in the rural districts and villages to prevent thefts, particularly of citrus fruits. As a result of these checks, the rural agents unit has recovered a van stolen in Italy with forged documents. A man was arrested for allegedly committing four crimes, three of them for forgery after it was observed that he was carrying a false passport, identity card and

RECOVERED: Stolen fruit as part of increased rural surveillance in Orihuela.

Potential health hazards at hospital highlighted by inspectors INSPECTORS at Vega Baja Hospital have urged the management team to establish better protocols for dealing with used gowns worn by patients. A report says dirty laundry is in met-

al cages in the corridors for a period â€œlonger than is desirableâ€? leading to u n n ec e s s a ry e xpos ure to pote ntia l germs and hazards. They want the hospital to make a

thorough assessment of the risks to nursing assistants in handling dirty laundry, and the presence of biological hazards to be eradicated from the laundry process.

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Murder investigation AN investigation has opened into an alleged murder after the discovery of the body of a man, aged around 70, in an Alicante City apartment.

New mayor A VOTE of no confidence has been passed against Torre Pacheco Mayoress Fina Marin. Antonio Lopez from the Torre Pacheco Independent Party has now been sworn in as Mayor.

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‘Repay or go to jail’ benefit fraudster told By Gemma Quinn A WOMAN living in Mazarron, but still claiming benefits in the UK has been given a suspended prison sentence. The 70-year-old woman from Basildon in Essex claimed housing benefit, council tax benefit, disability living allowance and pension credit for eight years but yet failed to let her UK benefit office know she was living in Mazarron, Murcia. In total she falsely claimed over £41,000 (€58,000) but thanks to close working between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which has a team of investigators based here in Spain, and the Spanish authorities, the truth surrounding her country of residence has been exposed and justice served. Not only did she fail to notify the DWP she had moved abroad but she also hid from officials her ownership of a Spanish property and savings of £127,000 (€181,000). Investigators say one of the most common forms of benefit fraud among expats is failure to update their benefit office on changes of circumstance, such as moving abroad.

BENEFITS FRAUD: Are you doing the right thing? They warn such changes, if not reported, will in due course be detected and pursued. The fraudster was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment suspended for two years and ordered to repay within three months the full £41,000 she falsely

claimed, plus £4,098 costs, or face a ninemonth jail term. If you suspect someone of benefit fraud in Spain, call the Hotline on 900 55 444 0. Calls are free and confidential. Or report online at www.gov.uk/report-benefit-fraud.

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Crackdown on dog mess begins By Gemma Quinn TOWN HALLS are cracking down on those who do not clean up after their dogs. “From now on all residents are warned and cannot say they didn’t know,” said Torrevieja Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon (Los Verdes). Dog owners who do not remove their animal’s faeces will face fines of €750 and up to €3,000 for repeat offences. Campaign posters will be put up around the city and in hotels and associations to raise awareness of the ordinance. Murcia is carrying out a similar campaign. Already this year, 57 people have been fined for failing to clean up after their dog in the street. This week the town hall will distribute 4,000 small plastic bags to dog owners and put up 200 signs in public parks reminding them of their obligations.

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‘RESIDENTS cannot say they haven’t been warned’

PICK IT UP: Fines be issued if owners don’t clean up after their dogs.

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Mock crash A MOCK plane crash was carried out at AlicanteElche airport as rescue services and airport staff tested their responses. The simulation used a private plane with six passengers.

Test protests DRIVING school students and teachers have joined a series of sit-in protests at the traffic office in Valencia calling for more examiners saying there are delays of up to six weeks for the test.

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Cases of whooping cough nearly triple in Alicante NEW vaccine is safer to administer but is effective for a shorter time By Gemma Quinn THE death of three babies in recent weeks from pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, has raised concern. The number of cases of the disease, which had almost been eradicated, is increasing and has almost tripled in Alicante Province. According to data provided by the Ministry of Health

in 2014 there were 168 cases of the disease in the province, compared with 63 the previous year. Experts say among the causes of the increase is the short duration of the effectiveness of the latest generation of vaccines. “Years ago, vaccines that were used gave many reactions, such as fever or convulsions and could not be applied to children with neurological problems,” explained Jose Pastor, head of Paediatrics at Elche General Hospital. He added: “In recent years, the safety of these drugs has improved, but the down side is that the protection period is less.” The previous vaccine protected for up to 14 years, compared with six for the new vaccine. This shorter period of protection and the ease with which whopping cough is transmitted, are two of the causes behind the sig-

WHOOPING COUGH: Three babies have died. nificant increase in cases. Despite the alarm generated by the death of three babies in the province, paediatricians remind parents that the condition is not usually serious and often goes

undiagnosed and without major complications. “The most complicated cases occur in babies under six months who have not received full immunisation,” said Pastor. Two of the infants that

died in recent weeks were less than two months old and had not been immunised. The third had only received one dose. In Valencia Region, infants are vaccinated for the disease at two, four and six months and then receive a booster at 18 months. Now, pregnant women can also receive a vaccine from 32 weeks to help transmit antibodies to the foetus to help protect against whooping cough. The Valencia Region is one of a few that has followed the Ministry of Health’s recommendation to carry out the vaccination programme in pregnant women. Although since 1940 the incidence of this disease had dropped dramatically, Pastor argued that the disease “was never entirely eradicated in Spain.”

Hotel occupancy increases HOTELS in the Valencia Region, 75 per cent of them on the Costa Blanca, reached 2.26 million overnight stays during the month of October. This represents a 4.2 per cent rise over the same month last year, according to figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Foreign tourists staying overnight increased by 7.1 per cent during the month, with a total of 1.16 million. Meanwhile, domestic demand also increased slightly compared to the same month of 2014 by 1.3 per cent, with a total of 1.1 million overnight stays in hotels. The average occupancy level for October was 58.4 per cent which is 3.8 points higher than the occupancy rate recorded last year. So far this year data shows Valencia Region has recorded around 24 million overnight hotel stays, 5.4 per cent more than in the same period of 2014.

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Famous son CARTAGENA is expected to pass a motion to buy the house which Isaac Peral was born in on June 1, 1851. Peral was an engineer and naval officer who built the world’s first electricity powered submarine in 1888.

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Thanksgiving, that most American of celebrations TODAY Americans will set down with family to share turkey and pumpkin pie By John Smith ALTHOUGH Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the Americas on behalf of the Spanish crown and is honoured by the USA, he of course never actually touched the land mass that we know as North America, visiting only the Caribbean, Central and South America. The Spanish colonised most of the countries south of ‘America’ as it is now known but are credited with establishing the first actual colony in North America in Florida. Juan Ponce de León went ashore in 1513 and claimed the land for Spain, naming it La Florida. By 1521 he had established the first settlement there although the settlers were driven away by lo-

CELEBRATION: Pilgrim Fathers thanked God for the first harvest. cal natives and De León was killed. For the next 100 years or so, the Spanish expanded their possessions in the general area of Florida although

during the 18th century, they traded Florida for Cuba with the English. Much is made about the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth in 1620 and tra-

dition has it that Thanksgiving, that most American of celebrations, which takes place on the fourth Thursday of November, is in honour of their arrival. The first celebra-

tion meal with the Wampanoag tribe took place in 1621 to thank God for their first harvest and to pray for the forthcoming harvest. The first official national Thanksgiving Day was proclaimed by George Washington as late as 1789, and it became a national holiday in 1863 thanks to Abraham Lincoln, who declared it as such, during the American Civil War. Today’s Thanksgiving centres around the family, with people travelling thousands of miles across the USA to share turkey, baked yams, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and cranberries, whilst watching American Football on TV and preparing for the Black Friday sales on the following day.

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Fine for Torrevieja nightclub VENUE was closed in August with documents citing ‘serious risk to workers and users’ By Gemma Quinn TROPIC 222 disco has been fined €122,022 for ‘very serious’ deficiencies detected during inspections. The Torrevieja venue was closed in August, with documents citing ‘serious risk to workers and users’ as one of the reasons behind the decision made by the local council.

€122,022 fine for Tropic 222 for various infringements of health and safety rules It was reported there was insufficient fire safety and evacuation systems in place with fire hydrants not being c o n n e c t e d t o a s u ff i c i e n t water supply, wiring going

through uninsulated wooden decks and the main e m e rg e n c y e x i t d o o r b l o c k e d b y t r a ff i c o n Av e n i d a M a r i a n o R u i z Canovas. It was also reported there was a ‘serious danger to the safety of people’ as it was operating well above its licence of being an ice cream parlour, restaurant and pub, permitting an occupancy of 84 people. The official documents stated that at one point 981 people were found to be on the premises. Neighbours also regularly complained about the noise from an outdoor TV screen. T h e G e n e r a l i t a t Va l e n ciana regional government confirmed the injunction to initially close the premises ordered by the council and the case against the venue has now been closed with the issuing of the fine.

CASE CLOSED: Owners of Tropic 222 fined €122,022 and will be allowed to reopen the venue once all safety measures have been put in place. Once the fine has been paid and the necessary works carried out to ensure it meets safety requirements, which could amount to around €50,000, the owners will be allowed to open once again.

Tropic 222 is one of the l a rg e s t , o l d e s t a n d m o s t popular nightspots in Torrevieja situated next to Los Locos beach. It has been open to the public for more than 30 years.

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Cocaine smuggler jailed after fleeing ‘most wanted’ campaign in Spain UK FUGITIVE Anthony Dennis fled after his picture was posted on a mobile digital billboard that toured Costa Blanca By Gemma Quinn ONE of the UK’s most wanted fugitives, captured after being on the run for nearly two years in Spain, has been sentenced at the Old Bailey in London to 13 years, four months in prison for his role in a major international drug smuggling operation. Anthony Dennis, aged 48, from Ongar, Essex, plotted with criminals in the UK and overseas to import up to three tonnes of cocaine worth hundreds of millions of euros into Europe. Dennis and his co-conspirator Anthony Wilson, 38, from Harlow, Essex, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison, were identified following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in cooperation with the Dutch National Police. Dennis went on the run in Spain after his Netherlands-based associ-

that was touring the Costa Blanca beach resorts this summer, he returned to the UK and was arrested in Hertfordshire. Dennis and Wilson were sentenced at the Old Bailey on November 18 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit a foreign drug trafficking offence. The men had been regulars at a café in Rotterdam that hid a global operations centre for international drug traffickers. The café could only be entered via a buzzer system and provided a meeting place where criminals SEIZED: Cocaine discovered in shipping container. negotiated with cartel members and arranged Spanish–UK ates failed to remove 67.5 kilos of Operation Capcocaine from a shipping container JAILED: Anthony Dennis. the financing and transportation of huge quantitura campaign, in Antwerp, Belgium, which was ties of drugs. which highlights the UK’s ‘most later discovered and seized by the Dutch police officers covertly wanted’ fugitives. After his face apGerman authorities. recorded meetings that proved Denpeared on a mobile digital billboard He was then featured in the joint

nis and Wilson were sourcing cocaine from South America and arranging its transport in shipping containers carrying legitimate cargo. Their associates were then responsible for extracting the drugs using corrupt port officials. Co-ordinated strikes in the Netherlands and UK resulted in multiple arrests in October 2013, but Dennis, who was in Spain at the time, evaded arrest for nearly two years. Operation Captura is a multiagency campaign that was launched in 2006. Thanks to the help of expats in Spain, it has so far seen more than 60 people arrested of the 86 appealed for, believed to hiding in Spain. Those still on the Operation Captura list can be viewed at www.crimestoppers-uk.org/opcap tura and any information can be reported from Spain by calling the freephone number 900 555 111.

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To ‘QROPS or not to QROPS’? You need to carefully consider all your options for your pension funds, and how they affect your income, tax bills and the transfer of the balance to your heirs. British retirees have a wide range of possibilities to choose from today, and expatriates have the further option of Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes. QROPS were introduced in 2006 to enable Britons who have permanently moved abroad to simplify their affairs by taking their pension savings with them. HM Revenue & Customs has since made various revisions to the rules - and where it deems rules have been broken it can apply a 55% tax charge of the transfer amount - and delisted large numbers of QROPS from various jurisdictions. There is now far more complexity in the QROPS market than people realise. QROPS have been widely advertised as the answer for British expatriates. In some cases they are, but QROPS are not a ‘one size fits all’ solution. You need to look at

By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks how they work, what the alternatives are, and your personal circumstances and objectives, before establishing what would be the most effective individual solution for you. All QROPS are not the same. Look at the jurisdiction they are based in (legislation, restrictions, investment environment etc), how the product is structured and the provider. It is important to consider the tax implications in the jurisdiction, the UK and in Spain.

Today there is the further important question of whether and when QROPS can apply the new UK pension freedom. To prevent QROPS from paying out all the benefits, HMRC previously made non EU QROPS providers declare that at least 70% of the transferred fund would be used to pay an income for life. It has since confirmed that from 6th April 2015 a QROPS can allow the same degree of flexible access as a UK defined contribution scheme. However, for jurisdictions bound by QROPS rules to offer an income for life, it has yet to agree how they can overrule that provision. So for now those schemes, which include Guernsey, Gibraltar, New Zealand and Isle of Man, must continue with the pre 6th April 2015 regime. EU QROPS have not needed to comply with this 70% rule and are free to offer full flexible access.

Earlier this year, HMRC sent a ‘legal request’ letter to global QROPS providers, requesting they satisfy themselves that their scheme adheres to Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes rules and meets the minimum age test (55). HMRC wants to see the laws of a jurisdiction, or the specific scheme rules, prohibit payment of benefits to members under 55 where UK tax relief was paid on the pension contributions. In July it delisted thousands of schemes. Individuals who transfer to a non-QROPS could face a personal 55% tax charge, so you have to be diligent when transferring pensions into overseas schemes. Under Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) rules, transfers from defined benefit (final salary) schemes over £30,000 to defined contribution schemes or QROPS require a review by an adviser with a suitable pension transfer qualification and regulated by the FCA.

Expatriates need local advice, particularly tax advice for Spain so ideally use an advisory firm with advisers living locally and a UK regulated pension transfer specialist. Pensions are a specialist area and care must be taken to make the right decision for your circumstances and objectives. It is advisable to have an adviser who is FCA regulated and capable of carrying out the in-depth analysis you need to establish whether to ‘QROPS or to not to QROPS.’ Summarised tax information is based upon our understanding of current laws and practices which may change. Individuals should seek personalised advice.

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For the love of children Our Euro Women series is featuring women who have made a success of their lives in Spain. These outstanding ladies have been shattering glass ceilings whether in business, charity work or sports. Annette English has helped improve the lives of many disadvantaged children. A CHRISTMAS gift campaign over a decade ago saw Annette and her husband Dave make a donation to ‘Make a Child Smile’. Their efforts to give a needy child a happier Christmas were so well received that they were asked if they would do the same the following year and help the children in the Altea home. Visiting the centre, Annette asked what the children needed most, to which came the reply ‘love’. “I came away crying my eyes out,” admitted Annette, and since then it has been a labour of love as she has thrown herself into raising funds to buy essential items for the children, to give them hope for the future and let them know that someone cares. And no one could care more than Annette: “I do love them. When I see them I can’t stop hugging and kissing them and they say they love me, and that means a lot. I’ve seen a lot of the children grow up over the years,” she said. Annette was primarily fundraising for Emaus and when they took over the Elche home, she diverted her efforts there as it was closer to her home in La Marina. However, the two entities then separated and for a few years she was helping both Emaus and Elche Children’s Home until the Elche Children’s Care Home Charity was formally set up. “Elche gets very little funding. The Arcos del Castillo foundation helps to pay staff wages but it is very difficult,” explained Annette, adding that the home was now a very different place to what it once was. They have managed to get a new kitchen installed, brightened the place up, added new furniture and bought TVs and computers.

BUSY ‘RETIREMENT’: Annette has worked hard to ensure that dozens of children have a better quality of life.

Retired bank cashier raises funds for care home When I see the children, I can’t stop hugging and kissing them, and they say they love me, and that means a lot”

Fact file Name: Annette English Age: 64 Married to: David Profession: Retired bank cashier

Their next fundraising target is €6,000 to pay for recreational lighting outside. The home takes in children aged 11-18, who have been removed from their family unit for whatever reason; some have issues and illnesses but Annette said they all need love and support. “The care and love that the people at the home show them is amazing; they go out as different children. We have had a number leave over the last year to return home which is great, but of course they take everything with them, so we have to start all over again. A child may come in with just the clothes on their back so we have to clothe and provide for them,” she said. Annette added: “As a charity we have paid for a boy to go on a mechanics training course and we have two girls studying

Children: One daughter, one grandson and two greatgrandchildren as well as stepchildren Nature or nurture: Nurture Originally from: Belfast Now lives: La Marina, Costa Blanca Pets: None Books or TV: Both Favourite show and book: Good serial dramas and books by David Baldacci and Michael Connelly

hairdressing. These are the real success stories.” But Annette admits she could not have done it all alone, saying: “Dave has

been 100 per cent supportive and my heroes are all the helpers and supporters that give up their time and donate. It makes

such a difference; with the money they give we can arrange trips and days out and that gives the children happy memories that they can treasure forever. I have no idea what we have raised over the years.” Annette had a dream of retiring to Spain, something that was not originally part of her life plan. “We had just brought my ‘forever home’ in Northern Ireland when a girl came into the bank where I worked with photos of the house her parents had just bought in Spain, and I said to Dave, ‘let’s go to Spain’, and we did. I have no regrets. I like the slower way of life and have made some great friends.” Her retirement may not have happened as Annette now works perhaps harder for the charity than she ever did, but she hopes one day to be able to pass on the reins. But whatever she does, she has left a great legacy in helping improve the lives of many children, showing the generous expat community spirit is alive and well. The charity is now running its Christmas campaign and will be issuing lists of gifts the children would like, which donations will help to buy. For more information visit www.elchechildrenscarehome.webs.com

Do you know a Euro Woman? If you do please drop us a line at eurowomen@euroweeklynews.com giving full contact details and why you feel they deserve to be honoured. As well as being featured in the EWN a book is being produced for Christmas with all profits going to charitable organisations.

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Resident says La Marina has been neglected and forgotten COUNCILLOR Herrero disagrees and says he is working hard on making improvements By Gemma Quinn COUNCILLOR for International Residents in San Fulgencio and La Marina, Paulino Herrero, has hit back at claims in other newspapers about the so called ‘decline in council provided services’ on urbanisation La Marina. A resident for 13 years, Len Allen is on a one-man crusade to improve the urbanisation and said over the last six months he has seen the ‘decline’ in services. He said: “To have anything done as a resident I find myself almost cap in hand going to the town hall annex. It appears the council are not proactive in providing any service.” He reported there are areas that are poorly maintained and pathways in some places are dangerous: “They are uneven, loose and in places covered in debris making it slippery under foot. Pavements are too narrow to allow

COMPLAINTS: Residents have complained about the state of paths, and the town hall said the graffiti is hard to clean.

parents with baby buggies to pass so they have to walk in the road. Identification of the border between the roads and pathways is made by the proliferation of weeds growing along the curb.” He added that during the five minute walk from his home to the council office in Calle Madrid ‘three general refuse bins have been withdrawn so this leads to the overflow of rubbish.’ Councillor Herrero said he met with Len a few weeks ago when he raised some issues but these were also sorted. He maintained claims the council do not care are untrue and that he is working hard on making improvements slowly but surely. He said: “In the

coming weeks we are starting the lowering of the curbs along Avenida de Londres to allow easier access for wheelchairs and are starting a campaign of painting new road markings.” He added the graffiti is a difficult issue as it is very hard to clean and the town hall is still looking at solutions. The waste situation is out of their hands as there are provincial problems with waste depots. He noted they are also improving the drainage in Calle Paris where houses have suffered flooding for years and the town hall is making substantial savings within the office for the urbanisations in La Marina: “Previously there were five salaries coming out of this office, now there is just one.” Paulino welcomes residents to ‘hear the truth’ as the town hall office is open Monday to Friday from 10am-2pm where he is happy to speak to people.

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Missing nativity scene found SEARCH called off as the belen turns up in storage in Pilar de la Horadada By Gemma Quinn THE missing pieces of Torrevieja’s nativity scene have been found. Last week the town hall reported they were talking with police over the missing belen, but councillor for Fiestas, Africa Celdran, said the missing figures are now back with the town hall. The councillor said: “We began to look for the belen in all possible locations in municipal facilities and we were trying to work out processes from previous years to ascertain their whereabouts. We also talked to a former party councillor to see if they knew where it was.” But the town hall then received a call from the Belen Association in Pilar de la Horadada, which is usually in charge of assembling and dismantling the nativity, to say the pieces were stored there. The municipal figures, valued at

NATIVITY SCENE: The area is currently sealed off as work is now under way to construct the stage for this year’s event. €27,000, once removed on January 6, go to Pilar de la Horadada to be cleaned and retouched, following the deterioration suffered by exposure to the outdoors for almost two months, however this

year they had not returned and the new ruling council were unaware of their whereabouts. There has been suggestions that the Association in Pilar de la Horadada retained the pieces over

disappointment about not being asked to assemble the scene this year, with the council wanting to save over €5,000 with it being done in-house this year. Municipal workers have already

begun to construct the stage to host the nativity scene in the Plaza de la Constitucion opposite the town hall. The area is currently sealed off as work is under way ahead of the inauguration on December 4.

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Promoting language tourism in Germany THE Costa Blanca Tourism board is trying to boost language tourism in Alicante Province. The tourism board has been participating in ‘Expolingua 2015’ in Berlin, Germany, with the aim of promoting the province’s position as a national and international reference for language tourism. The Costa Blanca delegates attended this event with the Federation of Schools of Spanish for Foreigners (Fedele) and

the universities of Alicante, and the Miguel Hernandez Elche. The Board used the visit to promote the various language learning programmes developed in the province, as well as the variety and quality of products that make up the complementary offerings of the Costa Blanca such as gastronomy, culture, leisure and sports. Vice President and Deputy of Provincial Tourism, Eduardo Dolon, explained that every year thousands of young peo-

ple choose Alicante for studying Spanish. He added that these young people are “attracted not only by its exceptional climate, but also by its good communications, excellent schools and varied complementary offer of cultural and leisure activities that make the stay in this territory a unique experience that combines learning and fun.” Germany is one of the major tourism markets to the Costa Blanca.

Voodoo or a grudge against dogs SIX severed chicken heads were found along the boundary line between Elda and Petrer. Residents who walk dogs in the neighbourhood complained to the town hall, claiming that they that posed a threat to their pets. Eating the chicken heads could kill the dogs and they might have been left as a warning to their owners, they suggested. A resident removed the heads as soon as she

saw them and alerted the Apropet dog-owners’ association who advised members on their Facebook page to be careful while walking their pets in Calle Leon. Other residents in the area attributed the chicken heads to voodoo. These practices habitually sacrifice chickens and other animals, they pointed out as it was significant that the heads were evenly spaced along the length of the street.

Reducing noise pollution ALICANTE is working on solutions to reduce the noise pollution of the city’s railway station such as installing noise barriers, to help reduce disturbance to residents.

Cathedral mass in Alicante A MASS has been held at Alicante’s San Nicolas Cathedral by Bishop Jesus Murgui for the victims of the attacks in Paris, France.

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Rowing for Cancer ready for the off SPECSAVERS join in fundraising effort By Gemma Quinn AS part of their commitment to raising money for the Rowing for Cancer Challenge, Specsavers Opticas in Torrevieja will be holding a homemade cake sale in store Friday (November 27) from 10.30am to 7.30pm. Sunshine FM will be broadcasting live from the store and there will also be a raffle with fantastic prizes donated by local businesses with all proceeds going to charity. This event will be the final fundraising drive before father and son team Dave and Mitch Bull set off to kayak from Murcia to Guardamar, a distance of 52 kilometres on Saturday November 28. They hope to raise €5,000 for the AECC cancer charity.

COUNTDOWN IS ON: Dave and Mitch are ready for their kayak challenge. To find out more about the Kayak Challenge, visit the

‘Rowing for Cancer’ Facebook page.

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Plans afoot to revive the defunct broadcaster CANAL 9 television and radio channel closed two years ago By Linda Hall UNTIL November 2013 the Valencian Community had its own regional television and radio channel, Canal 9. It was taken off the air after the regional government was ordered to readmit 1,198 workers it had intended to lay off in a redundancy plan. The channel was haemorrhaging money and Alberto Fabra, ex-president of the Generalitat, insisted that reinstating the employees was not viable. Since then there has been a change of regional government and the present incumbents have promised to look at reinstating Canal 9. A report by a committee of communications’ experts from the region’s universities

CANAL 9: Should have 800 employees if it reopens.

recommends that if Canal 9 reopens it should have 800 employees and a yearly €142 million budget. Staff would account for 35 per cent of this amount while in-house production costs, purchase of external productions and broadcasting rights would take up another 30 per cent. Outsourced in-house productions would require 30 per cent and other expenses 5 per cent. In Alicante Province, at least, there seems to be little public interest in resuscitating Canal 9. An informal online survey by a Spanish-language newspaper found that 73 per cent of participants did not believe it should reopen. Twenty-four per cent thought it was necessary and 3 per cent said they did not care.

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Price of oranges set to increase FARMERS are optimistic about the current campaign

ORANGE PRICES: Set to rise this season due to decline in production. THE price of oranges is set to rise 22 per cent. Harvesting of the fruit has begun in the Vega Baja and according to data from the Association of Young Farmers in Alicante (ASAJA), prices have increased by 22.2 per cent compared to last year. The agricultural association said that one of the factors that could explain the price increase from last year is the decline in production scheduled for

this season mainly due to the heat recorded over the past summer. With this expected higher demand than supply, farmers are optimistic about the current campaign and producers are hoping their crops will generate profits. During the previous season prices fell to lows of up to 11 cents per kilo, which does not even cover the production costs.

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Mind above FALLING masonry from Cartagena’s Santo Domingo church forced the area to be cordoned off for safety reasons. Parts of the facade, weighing up to five kilos, fell on to the pavement below. No one was injured.

Old wreck A SHIPWRECK believed to be from the seventh century could be removed from the seabed of Mazarron. Experts say salvaging it could be the best way of studying and preserving it.

Honest talk THE University Miguel Hernandez (UMH) in Elche hosted an international seminar on corruption and prevention with experts from academia and national and international institutions taking part.

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Arenales hotel gets go-ahead CONSTRUCTION on the renovation project could start before end of the year Photo by Alejandro Piñeiro, Flickr

By Gemma Quinn THE Arenales hotel should become a reality in the summer of 2017. Contractor Princesol has presented the project for construction and renovation of the hotel - which was closed down and left abandoned more than 30 years ago - to Elche’s City Register Councillor for Planning Jose Manuel Sanchez has said work could even begin before the end of this year, as the company has all the necessary permits, both from the City, and the Directorate General of Coasts. Sanchez said: “This is a project that has an investment of more than €8 million and a lead-time of approximately 18 months.” He added that whilst the finished building will have some of the characteristics and services of a five-star

PROMOTING BEACHES: Hotel plans will bring more tourists to Arenal. hotel, it will be marketed as a four-star hotel to capture the overseas customer, particularly the British and Northern European markets. It is expected that the hotel will have 100 rooms and give permanent employ-

ment to around 40 people during operation, and will create about 200 indirect jobs related to the building and related services such as laundry. Councillor for Tourism Fernando Dura added: “It is very positive to have a

four-star hotel on our beaches, and its management comes from a consolidated group led to a quality tourism. “We hope that in summer 2017 the hotel is a reality and we can start promoting it with our beaches.”

From Orihuela to Hollywood ORIHUELA film-maker Pablo Riquelme is now in Hollywood continuing to perfect his art. Riquelme first started in front of the camera by trying his hand at acting whilst at the Santo Domingo Diocesan College. However, he soon made the leap behind the scenes where he always wanted to be and began making numerous short films including The Invasion of the Killer Slugs and Armengola, The Legend. His first presentation at the Sitges Festival of Terror was instrumental in his jump to Hollywood and as the tender age of 17 director Jaume ColletSerra encouraged him to make the move to America. “I talked to my parents about it and decided it was best to study a career in Spain before taking the big leap,” Riquelme said at the time. As a result, he went on to study Audiovisual Communication at the Ciudad

Local film-maker Pablo Riquelme is now working on a project filmed entirely in English, Dead Flowers

de la Luz film studios during which time he released two new works, before moving to Los Angeles, the Mecca for film-makers. Since arriving in the City of Angels, he has already directed promotional videos for British singer and model Josh Beech. “It was an experience to work with someone I’ve long been a fan of,” Riquelme remarked. The 24-year-old is now continuing his film studies at UCLA University of California as he works on his latest project, filmed entirely in English, Dead Flowers. Whilst he says he hopes to stay in America after his studies, he admitted he misses Orihuela and the food.

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Currencies Direct have opened a new office in Campos, Mazarron TEN offices are now open in Spain for foreign exchange providers By Gemma Quinn CURRENCIES DIRECT has now opened a new office in Camposol, Mazarron. Currencies Direct opened its first office in Spain in 1999. Since then, the company has grown across the country to become one of its leading foreign exchange providers. To keep pace with the continuing demand for its friendly, expert service and bankbeating exchange rates, the company opened its newest office in Camposol. Andrew Brown, Head of Eastern Spain at Currencies Direct, leads the new office in addition to the five other offices in the region. He said: “Camposol was a sensible choice for us. There’s a large

CURRENCIES DIRECT: Opened their first office in Spain in 1999 and is now one of the leading foreign exchange providers. number of expats in the area, and they all have currency needs.

“Until we opened our office they had no other local currency exchange solution ex-

cept for the banks who charge unnecessary fees and offer poor exchange rates. We can

offer them more for their money, a straightforward service, and they can deal face-

to-face with our friendly staff.” The office in Camposol brings the total number of Currencies Direct offices in Spain to 10. “We’re always looking to open new branches in Spain, because we know that our customers value being able to come and see us in person, even if they’re also using our online service to make their own transfers,” said Peter Loveday, Director of Currencies Direct Southern Europe. “We’re really looking forward to serving Camposol’s expat community.” For more information pop into your local office or call 968 976 383 or visit www.cur renciesdirect.com or email camposol@currenciesdirect.c om.

Mock terrorist hunt was simulated in Alicante A MOCK terrorist hunt was s imula te d by the Spe c ia l O pe ra tions C omma nd (MOE) of the Spanish Army

earlier this week. The el i t e uni t , based i n Rabasa, Alicante, with almost 500 personnel, has the

capaci t y t o be depl oyed anywhere in the world and coordinate with other support units. They carried out the exercise ‘Determined’ with mock simulations of special operations being carried out in Alicante, Valencia, Murcia and Almeria. The specialist group are trained in hostage rescue missions and capturing gang leaders linked to terrorists in hostile territory. Agost was the stage for the latest simulation with the normal tranquillity of t he t own i nt er r upt ed f or around 15 minutes. Fire arms were heard and grenades were thrown as soldiers arrived in a Chinook helicopter to capture the terrorist leader alive as intended, and then be evacuated by helicopter. Army officials said the simulation was a successful practice operation.

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From Australia to Spain FATHER Richard Seabrook SSC welcomed to the Anglican Chaplaincy By Gemma Quinn THERE was a warm November sun when many members of the Anglican Chaplaincy of St Peter and St Paul, Torrevieja, came together to celebrate and welcome their new Chaplain, the Venerable Richard A Seabrook SSC. The institution of Father Richard took place at a full Los Balcones church and the delightful and joyous Eucharist was celebrated by the Venerable Geoffrey S Johnston, Archdeacon of Gibraltar, as the President. Congregations from across the Chaplaincy, their families, friends and guests, together with many Clergy and representatives from various religious denominations, were present to welcome Father Richard, who has only been in Spain a few weeks, having previously been in Australia. Passages of scripture were read by Stephen Treseder, and the Reverend Canon Terence Sampson, a Clergy member of the Chaplaincy. The Los Balcones’ organist Wendy Sharpe provided the music. A poignant Homily

CLERGY: Gathered at the institution of Father Richard Seabrook. was preached by Father Geoffrey. Before the commissioning and blessing Father Richard took the op-

portunity to address those present, with the congregation responding with a tumultuous round of applause.

After the service Father Richard was joined by his mother Beryl, who had travelled from the UK, at a buffet pro-

vided by members of the Chaplaincy’s congregations. Rosalind Gough, church warden at Los Balcones said she was delighted: “We are so pleased, he is such a wonderful man.” He takes over from Father Christopher Scargill who returned to the UK, and was chosen by representatives from the Anglican Chaplaincy of St Peter and St Paul who went to Australia to interview him, like any other job: “He was the outstanding candidate. He has lots of energy and will really bring the community together.” Father Richard himself was pleased to be in Spain within his new position in the church, after working in the UK and spending the last 10 years in Australia: “I'm looking forward to being immersed in the Spanish culture and welcoming everyone in to the church.” He added: “I want to build up a community, I have a lot of plans but it is important to listen to others and all within the direction of God.” For information on services visit www.c-of-e-torrevieja.com.

Second masquerade ball a huge success

CHARITY: New members and helpers are always welcome at Guardian Angels. GUARDIAN ANGELS, the single parent support group, based in the Costa Blanca, recently held their second fundraising masquerade ball. Their ambitious plan, sponsored by DeVere of Spain, paid off and 200 of the charity’s helpers and supporters looked resplendent in their best ball gowns and dinner suits, topped

off by wonderful, colourful masks, and enjoyed a night of food, music and dancing. “This was our biggest and best event ever,” said founder and president Tricia Barr: “I am so proud of the GA team who worked hard to make this such an exceptional event with a fantastic €3,345 raised.” Organiser Linda Phillips,

who undertook months of planning to make the evening the group’s biggest ever event said: “I am pleased with that amount,” which is the understatement of the year as far as her president is concerned. Further details about Guardian Angels can be found on their website www.guardia n-angels.es.

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Drones turning into busy bees as could be used for fire prevention THEY could also be used to assist Civil Protection rescues and supervising irrigation systems DRONES could be used to carry out a multi-purpose role in inland Bañeres, Alicante. Two schools in the area are working on plans to build and use them for fire prevention, rescue operations and agricultural purposes. Elche’s Miguel Hernandez University will also be involved in the project via its ‘Feria Aerea.’ Pupils and teachers have already visited the university’s Air Fair, learning about drones and their uses, with Bañeres Town Hall coming into the picture next month. The corporation and its different departments will be asked to list local problems that they believe could be assisted by using drones. The most-requested applications are likely to be those that can be used in controlling the forest fires that are all too frequent in the area. They could also be used in assisting Civil Protection rescues, safeguarding the area’s architectural assets, agriculture and supervising irrigation systems. The schools and pupils will set to work in January and by April they expect to have constructed the drones.

Photo byDon McCullough

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DRONES: Unmanned aerial vehicles with the flight controlled by onboard computers or by remote control. All the necessary materials will be supplied by Elche’s Parque Cientifico-Empresarial. Once built, the drones will be on show at the second edition of the Feria Aerea that will be held at

Miguel Hernandez University in April next year. A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the flight controlled either autonomously by onboard computers or by the remote control of a

pilot on the ground or in another vehicle. Previously they have been found in military operation but are becoming increasingly common in civil applications such as policing and fire fighting.

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Pinks opens clothes shop PINKS Salon are opening a clothes shop on Saturday November 28 from 11am3pm. It is in Calle Ramon Cajal, Benijofar, and cava and canapes will be served to welcome customers.

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Jewish community celebrates Chanukah THERE will be a public lighting of the Menorah on December 13

Just brass concert JUST BRASS present their Christmas Concert, Music and Comedy on December 13 at the Union de Musical, San Miguel. The show starts at 8.30pm and tickets cost €5 if pre-booked. Call 618 869 376.

Rascals sing-a-long RASCALS will be performing a Christmas sing-along to raise money for APANEE children’s charity for those with learning difficulties. The first events are on December 2 at Carmens Bar at 3.30pm, on December 5 at Quesada Country Club at 9pm and in the Los Montesinos square on December 6.

MENORAH: The candelabra will be lit at Playa Flamenca Beach.

By Gemma Quinn CHANUKAH is being celebrated in Playa Flamenca with the public lighting of Menorah on December 13. It is a Jewish festival that dates back to the year 165 BCE. At that time Jerusalem was ruled by a Syrian king called Antiochus. He looted and damaged the Temple in Jerusalem and stopped the Jews from practising their laws and religion. This up-

set the Jews so much that they rebelled. The rebellion was successful and the Temple was restored to its former state. A new altar was consecrated but there was only enough oil for the altar lamp to burn for one day. However the lamp burnt for eight days and a miracle was declared by the Jewish leaders. To celebrate this miracle an eightday observance is created ever year by lighting one candle each day in a Menorah (a special candelabra) until all eight candles

are burning. The Menorah is placed in public places to remind people of the miracle. This year the Southern Costa Blanca Jewish Community will be lighting the Menorah on the steps of the esplanade opposite the Lobster Restaurant at Playa Flamenca Beach at 7.30pm on December 13. Everybody is welcome of all religions and none. For more information email alan201150@hotmail.com.

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It’s panto time again in Orihuela NETWORKS THEATRE in Orihuela are promising one of the best pantos in the area. This year the theatre group is producing Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp. With the magical genie, the evil Abanazar and the hilarious Widow Twanky, Aladdin is packed full with great songs and choreography and side-splitting comedy. The Network Theatre’s panto is always a guaranteed great night out. With a cast of 29 young and talented actors just bubbling with enthusiasm, go along and join the team as they bring you their 14th annual pantomime, written and directed as ever by artistic director Nick Moore. The performances start tonight (Thursday) at 8.30pm, tomorrow (Friday) at 9pm and Saturday November 28 at 5pm and 7.30pm. Tickets cost €9.50 for adults and €4 for children and students. Call now for lastminute tickets on 966 740 251.

Solidarity calendar on sale TORREVIEJA’S Mastral Project has presented and launched its solidarity calendar. The calendar displays images of Torrevieja throughout the seasons from photos submitted and chosen by a jury and popular vote through social networks. Councillor for NGOs in Torrevieja, Carmen Morate, was at the launch and thanked the Mastral Project for its involvement in supporting charities. Money raised will go to AFA Torrevieja. A total of 1,200 copies have been printed and are on sale at a price of €3 in more than 30 outlets in Torrevieja, La Mata and San Miguel de Salinas. Outlets can be viewed at www.calendario.eltiempoentorrevieja.es.

MASTRAL PROJECT: Launch of solidarity calendar with money raised going to AFA Torrevieja.

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Children’s day is celebrated in Torrevieja REMINDER about the rights of our children By Gemma Quinn CHILDREN’S DAY has been celebrated in Torrevieja with nine schools taking part. International Children’s Day refers to when the Declaration of the Rights of the Child was adopted on No-

vember 20, 1959 by the 78 members that then made up the United Nations. In recognition, students from schools in Torrevieja went to the theatre and represented their rights through songs, stories and theatre. Nursery, primary and sec-

ondary school pupils participated in the act as Mayor Jose Manuel Dolon said he was thrilled with the performances and the day: “It is important that we are all aware that not all children in the world live in a privileged environment like ours.

CHILDREN’S DAY: Celebrated in Torrevieja with nine schools taking part.

“They must be protected especially. War, abuse, lack of food and water... all are issues that today are passing very close to us and we cannot turn away.” The mayor also reminded of all those families who are suffering in Torrevieja and responsibility of the government to help them, especially the children. Councillor for Education, José Hurtado, stressed the important work of parents and teachers in education for

equality and respect for the rights of children: “We are responsible to instil respect and equality in all of our children and our students.” In the ceremony the rights of education and special treatment for children who suffer from mental or physical disabilities was also recognised, with children from ALPE disabled association present as they recognised their education as a ‘free and universal right.’ The articles of the Decla-

ration of the Rights of Children that were represented at the event were recognising the child ‘as a human being capable of physical, mental, social, moral and spiritual development in freedom and dignity.’ The schools represented were Acequion, Amanecer, Cuba, Salvador Ruso, Romualdo Ballester, Nuestra Señora del Rosario and Ciudad del Mar, along with Alpe special school and Colegio la Purísima.

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Day marked SANTA POLA has been running a week of events including exhibitions, dance and theatre, to mark International Day to Combat Violence Against Women, which was yesterday (Wednesday).

Cleaning up ALICANTE residents are asking the town hall to create a map of hotspots where cleaning needs to be strengthened, such as parks, squares and traffic areas, in order to improve the image of all the districts of the city.

Roman dig EXCAVATIONS continue at the site of the Roman forum in Cartagena. New digs are being carried out in the area around Molinete at the foot of the Molinete Archaeological Park, which is open for public visits.

Cucaracha Club actor on set of Bond film DENNIS BAER met Daniel Craig on set of Spectre By Gemma Quinn JUST 48 hours after flying back to the UK having completed his scenes as the CIA boss in the Costa Blanca’s first crowd-funded feature film, The Cucaracha Club, actor Dennis Baer AKA Dennis Hewitt, found himself back on the film set. This time it was alongside Daniel Craig on the set of Spectre, the latest James Bond outing. Dennis who has become a regular on TV and has starred in a host of feature films, is currently appearing in the latest ITV epic Beowulf shot in his native North East. He is expected to return to Spain in March 2016 for the much-anticipated premiere of The Cucaracha Club. In the meantime, he will be meeting up with writers Philip Stephen Routledge and Billie Anthony Gaddess to discuss the

CIA ROLE: Dennis Baer in The Cucaracha Club. prospect of part two to the trilogy exploring the lives of ex-secret service agents who retired to Torrevieja only to be recalled to active duty with MI6 and permanently change their lives forever. Additionally, the ladies who portrayed the caricatures on screen have teamed up to shoot a saucy calendar. For just €5 you

too can get a glimpse of these cantily-clad actresses. The calendar is available from a range of locations including: Venture Fleet, Bar Spangles, Kennedy’s British Supermarket and La Campaña in Los Montesinos, Da Vincis, Reflections, Luz da Luna and Bar Kens in San Luis, and The Card Shop Benimar.

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Councillor will attend residents meeting THE next San Luis Neighbourhood Watc h R e si d e n t s M e e tin g ta k es plac e o n No v e m b e r 3 0 a t Ca s a Ventura, San Luis at 4.30pm. The meetings are held at Casa Ven t u r a o n t h e l a s t M o n d a y o f every month at 4.30pm. As well as discussing Neighbourhood Watch matt e r s t h e g r o u p als o in v ite s members of the Torrevieja Town Hall to attend. This provides a forum for residents of San Luis, La Siesta and El Chaparral to put questions and concerns to the councillors instead of having to make appointments at the town hall. At Mo n d a y ’s m e etin g , F a n n y Serrano, deputy mayor, and Carmen Morate, the councillor for Foreigners confirmed that they will be present. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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Advent and Christmas services announced CAROLS and communions at churches across the region By Gemma Quinn THE Anglican Chaplaincy of St Peter and St Paul in Torrevieja has arranged additional special services to take place over the advent and Christmas period. In La Siesta on Sunday November 29 the Advent Sunday service is at 6pm. On December 7 there is the Interdenominational Carol Service at 6.30pm. Midnight Mass is at 11.30pm on December 24. At the church in Los Balcones, on Sunday November 29 there is the Advent Sunday, Christingle Service at 10.30am, followed by a Carol Service on December 3 at 7pm and Christmas Day Holy Communion at 10.30am on December 25. Lago Jardin will host a service on December 19 at 6pm with Holy Communion and numerous services

CHRISTMAS SERVICES: Chaplaincy teams are preparing for advent and Christmas services taking place in Campoverde starting on Sunday November 29 at 6pm with Evening Prayer followed by Coro Pilar Concert. On December 20 there is a Com-

munity Carol Service at the ‘Rusty Nail’ at 6pm. On December 24 there is Midnight Mass at 11.30pm. December 27 sees the Service of Nine Lessons

and Carols at 6pm. For more information on the Chaplaincy and other planned activities and events visit the website www.c-of-e-torrevieja.com.

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Solidarity success in Elche ELCHE showed solidarity and their aversion to gender violence as around 1,000 people participated in the fourth edition of the solidarity race ‘A thousand ways, one goal.’ Participants followed a five or 10km route, and the Association of Neighbourhood Women also designed a children’s route with 98 youngsters taking part. The race aimed at educating the youngsters from an early age on the severity of the scourge in society which affects hundreds of women and children each year. The Association wants to create workshops against domestic violence in secondary schools and develop programmes aimed at helping victims. They thanked Elche Town Hall for their support of the event and cause.

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Women’s self defence course in Torrevieja TAKES place on Saturday

Working towards a future DISABLED learning life skills to help in the work place

By Gemma Quinn WOMEN in Torrevieja are welcome to sign up to a self defence course. The Department of Sports and Social Welfare have organised the course which will be taught by the Dao-Torrevieja centre, an official school run by Juan Manuel Martinez Mazon, on November 28 from 10am to 1pm in the Sports Palace. The course will follow the Chen Wing system, a simple and straightforward selfdefence that does not require a person to be particularly physical. It will include basic and simple exercises that are easy but effective to learn. The defence course for women is aimed at combating gender violence and is open to w o me n o f a ll ag es . R e gis te r a t the Sports Palace. Another course will be run in January.

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THOSE with disabilities have been taught shoe making in Elche. The Defora Foundation is working for greater integration and equal opportunities for all residents, and has taken a group of young people with mental disabilities to show them ski l l s t hat coul d gi ve t hem a f ut ur e i n t he work place. The association members have been making their own shoes and bags in Matola, marked with their own brand label.

Maria Angeles Brotons, from the Defora Foundat i on, cam e up wi t h t he idea: “I was worried about the future of my two children with disabilities and I saw shoes as a way to learn a profession.” She said she also hopes to extend the workshops to those with physical and sensory disabilities. Her desire is to improve and f uel t he pr oj ect by getting more companies in Elche involved, and she sai d som e have al r eady shown interest in developing joint collections.

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Studio 32 now looking forward DICK WHITTINGTON attracts the crowds

DICK WHITTINGTON: Nearly 1,000 people saw the performers take to the stage.

By Gemma Quinn STUDIO 32 amateur theatre company has done it again with their interpretation of the pantomime Dick Whittington. Nearly 1,000 people saw the performers take to the stage in four shows which were guided by show direc-

tor and choreographer Susan Zillah Wilson with the talented cast acting, singing and dancing their way through two hours of entertainment. Susan Zillah Wilson said: “The company are to be congratulated on what they have achieved in a little more than two years.

“We now look forward to our next and most ambitious production; Fiddler on the Roof, to be staged in early June 2016.” Those interested in auditioning or joining Studio 32, can call Anne on 966 318 019 or alternatively visit their website on www.studiothirtytwo.org.

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Workshop MEMBERS of the Gender Violence and Children’s unit of the Local Police taught a self defence workshop in Elche to women’s groups, to teach them self defence mechanisms against aggression. Fifty women took part.

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Sky dive for Podencos BIRTHDAY treat raises money for animal rescue charity

Town pact TORREVIEJA, Guardamar del Segura and Pilar de la Horadada have held a third meeting as the towns work together on creating a territorial employment pact, pooling together knowledge and actions.

Cool blast SNOW could soon be seen in higher areas of the Murcia Region as the warm air and temperatures make way for a cooler blast.

CHARITY SKYDIVE: Lynn (right) with the charity owners Irene and Steve. By Gemma Quinn LYNN PRESTON celebrated a milestone birthday by jumping out of a plane. Taking to the skies, Lynn admitted: “I’m an adrenalin junkie.” Having already done bungee jumping, white water rafting and car racing, it was

time she ticked another thing of her ‘to-do’ list. She said: “I teach Zumba and one of the ladies in my class had done it and I thought I’d like to do it as well, but if I was doing it I wanted to do it for charity.” As an animal lover, she invited such charities to message her. Hope for Podencos was the first charity to respond

and was therefore recipient of all monies raised from Lynn’s leap of faith from the skies. Hope for Podencos are a small rescue charity run by Irene and Steve Allan who take in abandoned, injured Podencos and their puppies. They tend to their veterinary care and rehabilitate them so they can learn to trust hu-

mans and can therefore be adopted into forever loving homes, which can be all around the world. You can still sponsor Lynn and make a donation to the charity by emailing lasthopedogrescue@outlook paypal account. For more information on the charity visit www.podencosinsp ain.com.

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Dinner and dance for fundraising PETS IN SPAIN committed to rescuing abandoned animals

DINNER DANCE: â‚Ź500 was raised for the Pets in Spain charity. LA MARINA based animal rescue charity Pets in Spain held their autumn fundraising dinner and dance at the La Marina Sports Complex and raised â‚Ź500 to help rescued animals. The evening was enjoyed by over 70 people who were entertained by the sounds of Diverse

Duo who kindly gave their services on behalf of the charity. Pets in Spain are committed to the rescue and rehoming of abandoned and displaced animals and run a successful programme for sterilisation of feral cats in the La Marina area. Money raised from the din-

ner and dance will go towards their continued work on this project and many others. The charity is now also working on setting up a dog donor campaign. For more information call 645 469 253 or email info@petsinspain.com.

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Day trippers bring €250m POPULAR all year round, with people visiting friends or relatives and shopping

CABO DE GATA: Almeria is Andalucia’s favourite destination for day trips.

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ALMERIA is one of Andalucia’s favourite destinations for day trips with 17 per cent of the total for Andalucia. In the past three years, it is estimated that the province has gained €250 million thanks to day trippers. This type of tourism has come about due to the financial crisis, as many people want to travel but cannot afford to pay for an overnight stay in a hotel and instead come and go, normally by car, on the same day. Day trippers almost always come from within the province (almost 86 per cent) or neighbouring provinces and tend to take at least nine trips per year, 10 times more than trips with overnight stays. It is also a type of travel which is popular all year round and is often motivated by visiting friends and relatives, shopping or visiting leisure centres. Most of their expenditure is in restaurants, bars and cafeterias, followed by food shopping, with an average of €17 per person at their destination.

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Pioneer decree

Children’s rights

Earthquake felt

THE Valencian Community will receive €1.471 billion from the central government’s regional liquidity fund, FLA. It will go to collectives, suppliers and contractors in the areas of Education, Health and Social Services.

THE town of Porreres adopted a new measure this week to ensure civil baptisms were made available to all who requested them. The town is the first on the island to regulate such a ceremony.

ALMUÑECAR celebrated International Children’s Rights Day on Friday with activities and acts on Plaza de la Constitucion organised by the council in collaboration with local education centres.

THE National Geographic Institute reported there was an earthquake registering 2.7 degrees on the Richter scale with its epicentre in Zurgena. It was felt in all of the Almanzora Valley.

Christmas Fair

Improvement work

Clean vehicles

THE Waldorf infant school in Binissalem (S’Escoleta Waldorf) will host their annual Christmas fair this Saturday. The fair is from noon to 5pm with lots to do for all the family including workshops for the younger children.

THE dog park and allotments in VelezMalaga will be improved thanks to a €160,327 project under a rural employment scheme, the council has announced. Work is expected to take six months with work for eight people.

THE Socialist party in El Ejido has proposed the town hall give tax exemptions to owners of electric or hybrid vehicles or users of less contaminating fuels such as biofuel, ethanol, natural compressed gas or hydrogen.

Bike ride

Carrying weapon

Train trips

IN preparation for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women celebrated on November 25, more than 150 Palma residents took to their bicycles last Sunday.

TWO men aged 23 and 31 were arrested on Saturday (November 21) when the Guardia Civil found a gun in their car during a routine check on vehicles on the A7 motorway near Almuñecar.

THE Ministry of Public Works has announced it is studying improvements for the Almeria-Granada railway tracks to make the trip to Madrid shorter taking advantage of the AVE high speed train arriving in Granada.

Friendly fraud

New members

A YOUNG man, aged 24, is in court this week facing charges of fraud of €38 million. He was 20 when he deceived a married couple, friends of the family, into giving him property and money.

NERJA’S Tourism councillor, Patricia Gutierrez, has proposed that AEHCOS (Costa del Sol Hoteliers Association) and the Nerja Cave Foundation be included in the local tourism board.

Cold comfort THE predicted cold snap set in last weekend but three days earlier. While coastal temperatures were still benign, inland Villena had its first frost. The minimum night-time temperature registered 1.3 degrees below zero.

Dog’s life PEGO’S animal protection society took in eight dogs last month, including four puppies. Over the last four months they have taken in 30 dogs of whom four have now found homes.

Ballet treat THE Moscow Ballet, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, returns to Teulada-Moraira during this year’s winter tour with a production of Giselle on December 19 and 20.

Second best JUST one star stood between an unnamed resident in Beniali and the €163 million prize. Instead they took the notinconsiderable €355,600 second prize.

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Health expenditure

Fibre optics

THE Balearic Islands has spent €15.2 million on pharmaceutical products through the National Health System in September, 1.2 per cent more than the same month last year.

MODERN technology is on its way to Velez-Malaga. Following an agreement between the council and Telefonica, almost 70 per cent of residents can expect access to fibre optics within a year.

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Beach repairs THE Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, has decided to provide €150,000 to repair damages caused by storms on the first days of November on the beaches of El Ejido and Adra.

Working foreigners THE Ministry of Employment and Social Security has announced there are 51,106 foreigners registered on the social security system in Almeria Province.

Fatal accident A FIFTY-year-old pedestrian was run over and killed by a car on the A-355 road between Ojen and Monda on Friday (November 20), Emergency Services 112 Andalucia reported.

Record figure THE number of self-employed workers registered in Antequera broke records for the town in October and reached a total of 2,500, the State Public Employment Service has reported.

Lucky win A LUCKY winner from Torremolinos will be receiving €2,000 per month for 10 years after winning the ONCE lottery draw on Sunday (November 22). The ticket was sold by Antonia Sanchez on Plaza Costa del Sol.

Christmas lights RONDA will be turning its Christmas lights on on December 4, the council has announced. The contract to put them up has been awarded to local company Iluminaciones Flores e Hijos S.L. for a price of €70,000.

Seafront repairs THE regional roads department has started work to repair damage on La Linea seafront caused by the recent storms. The work, under way at kilometre 6.1 on the N351, is expected to take one month and has a budget of €48,824.

Migrants rescued COASTGUARDS rescued 27 African migrants, 25 men and two women, from a dinghy 45 miles south of the Malaga coast on Thursday night (November 19), emergency services have reported.

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RUSSIAN P RESS

Nuclear power plant agreement CEREMONY was attended by Egyptian President

DEAL SIGNED: Between Egypt and Russia. EGYPT and Russia sealed a deal to build the first nuclear power plant. Last week both nations signed two agreements for Moscow to build the first nuclear power plant in Egypt in a ceremony attended by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi.

Fighting for ISIS

VW trouble

OLEG SYROMOLOTOV, the Russian deputy foreign minister, has said that some 160 Russian nationals have been killed while fighting for the ISIS terrorist group Takfiri in Syria. He also stated that a total of 2,719 Russian citizens have been known to fight in the ranks of ISIS.

VW are to recall some 1,906 Beatle, Golf and Jetta cars in Russia. Apparently the recall is not related to the emissions scandal, but concerns an engine component that could fail. This news comes as a further blow to VW in Russia whose sales have fallen by 25 per cent this year.

Preferred partner

dards, EOC President Hickey told delegates.

RUSSIA is still the European Olympic Committee’s preferred partner for hosting the 2019 European Games. That is providing the independent authorities can confirm Russia’s ability to support an anti-doping programme that meets the highest international stan-

VEHICLE RECALL: Engine concerns.

Capital punishment KREMLIN Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov said, “The reinstatement of the death penalty in Russia would require common sense and not an emotional approach,” in response to calls to reinstate capital punishment for convicted terrorists and their collaborators.

More powers

Navigating space

RUSSIA’S parliament backed a sweeping overhaul of national security, including possibly expanding the powers of the country’s intelligence services, after the Kremlin concluded a bomb downed a Russian passenger plane over Egypt last month.

RUSSIA’S Glonass-M navigation satellite is planned for launch in late December. The Glonass-M will launch from the Plesetsk space centre in north Russia. The satellite will be orbited by a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket and is called, Number 51.

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Spanish debt almost equals GDP FIGURE was higher than the government had forecast IN figures released by the Bank of Spain, it was revealed that public debt within the country had reached 99.4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) during September of this year, and was higher

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€684 is the amount that the firm of Deloitte Spain estimates that the average Spaniard will spend on the Christmas festivities with the bulk being put towards travel and leisure.

than government forecasts. It also revealed that Spain’s public administrations owed in excess of €1 trillion (€1,000,000,000,000) whilst the EU has forecast that the Spanish national debt will remain over 100 per cent of GDP for at least the next three years.

“Jean Claude Juncker spoke well of the Spanish economic evolution. I was happy because those things don't normally occur," Mariano Rajoy on comments made at the G20 summit.

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BUTANE GAS: Price has dropped by more than five euros.

Cost of Butane gas falls again JUST in time for the onset of winter, the Ministry of Industr y, E n e rg y a n d Tourism h a s a n n o u n c e d that the maximum price of a cylin d e r o f b u t a n e g a s would b e r e d u c e d to €12.68, with effect from November 17. The p r i c e wi l l r e m ain static until a review to be

held on the third Tuesday of January 2016. A cc o rd in g to th e min istry, the price of butane has dropped more than five euros this year. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) however will increase by 0.1 per cent due to a rise in costs of production in US Dollars.

AT their meeting in Turkey, leaders of the G20 Group have admitted that they have not done enough to reactivate growth. However, they have agreed to take action to stop multinational companies evading taxes through current legal loopholes, and will also require that banks establish larger reserves ahead of any future recession.

State drug income THE Spanish government has reported that it has generated €3.9 million by auctioning the assets of convicted drug traffickers. The Ministry of the Interior, through its National Plan on Drugs, will transfer these funds to programmes for the prevention, assistance and rehabilitation of drug addicts.

1,111 Carat Diamond found THE second largest gem diamond ever recorded has been found in Botswana, according to the Lucara Diamond company which owns the Karowe mine north of the capital Gaborone. Measuring 65mm x 56mm x 40mm and weighing 1,111 carats this is the largest dia-

€756 million is the amount that the Thai owner of the Redcar steelworks has said that it lost from the liquidation of the Teesside plant.

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mond to be found in Botswana, and the largest diamond found within the last 100 years. It is however just one third of the size of the 3,106 carat Cullinan diamond which was uncovered in South Africa in 1905, and was split into nine pieces, many of which are in the British crown jewels.

In the meantime, the Spanish government has confirmed its support of the French, who have indicated that they would not comply with the deficit agreed with the EU, as more money would be spent on security than they had previously anticipated.

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Banks owe less money THE total debt of Spanish banks to the European Central Bank (ECB) rose by 2.4 per cent from September to October, according to provisional data published by the Bank of Spain. The bank reported Spanish banks owed a total of 138.924 billion euros to the ECB in October, which meant a 10.2 per cent fall, 15.864 billion euros less, when compared with the same month a year earlier.

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THE so-called discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have seen their joint share of the groceries market double to 10 per cent in just three years, according to latest industry figures. Kantar Worldpanel, specialist in retail analysis, revealed that Aldi’s market share in the UK was 5.6 per cent in the 12 weeks up to November 8, while Lidl’s was 4.4 per cent giving them a combined figure of 10 per cent of the market. Tesco is still the UK’s largest supermarket with a 27.9 per cent share, but Sainsbury’s jumped to second place with 16.6 per cent, overtaking Asda with 16.4 per cent. The two German owned discount supermarkets continue to attract a middle class audience and by rapid opening of new stores in the UK and Spain, ensure that footfall increases greatly, thus allowing their market share to grow.

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COAL CLOSURE: More gas-fired stations will be built. By John Smith THE UK’s remaining coal-fired power stations will be shut by 2025 with their use restricted by 2023, according to Energy Secretary Amber Rudd. Ms Rudd wants more gas-fired stations to be built since relying on ‘polluting’ coal is ‘perverse,’ and with the general run down of the UK coal industry, Britain has to rely heavily on

increasingly expensive imports which are not eco-friendly. “We need to give a clear signal to people who are in the market for building gas stations that coal will no longer crowd out new gas,” said the Energy Secretary. At the moment, coal provides around one third of the UK’s electricity, but Ms Rudd said: “We are tackling

a legacy of underinvestment and ageing power stations which we need to replace with alternatives that are reliable, good value for money and help to reduce emissions.” This follows the recent agreement with China and France to co-fund the building of a nuclear power station at Hinkley Point in Somerset, which has been criticised in many quarters.

AMERICAN hotel chains Marriott International and Starwood Hotels have agreed a $12.2 billion (€11.4 billion) deal to create the world’s biggest hotel company. The two boards have agreed a takeover, under which Marriott will buy Starwood and the two firms will then have an empire consisting of more than 5,500 hotels with 1.1 million rooms worldwide. Their nearest rival and formally largest chain is Intercontinental Hotels, which has nearly 5,000 hotels. The deal will combine Marriott’s 19 brands, including Ritz-Carlton and Fairfield Inn, with Starwood’s Westin, W and St Regis chains, with Marriott paying the bulk of the price in stock and a small part in cash. It was well known that Starwood was interested in working with another chain and their name was linked to possible deals with Intercontinental and Hyatt Hotels earlier this year.

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By John Smith PHARMACEUTICAL companies, US-based Pfizer, which manufactures Viagra, and Irelandbased Allergan, which produces Botox, have announced that they wish to merge to become the largest manufacturer of drugs in the world. The only problem for the proposed $160 billion (€150 billion) merger is that it will require regulatory approval from the US and that may not be forthcoming as a number of presidential candidates have been vocal about both price increases in pharmaceuticals and corporations attempting to avoid tax by moving their head offices. The EU has also criticised a number of US corporations including Fiat, Starbucks, Amazon and Google for locating their head offices in countries like Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and at the latest G20 meeting in Turkey, the leaders of those countries present agreed that they would ensure that these loopholes are closed. Pfizer, which recently tried to take over the British company AstraZeneca, has been critical of US corporation tax legislation and made no secret that one of the attractions of the British company was the tax benefits that it expected to gain. Mergers like Pfizer-Allergan are called tax inversions whereby large American companies buy smaller foreign ones and then in theory switch

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TAX INVERSION: Pfizer, whose headquarters are in Manhattan, want to merge with Ireland-based Allergan. their headquarters to the location of the smaller one. Whilst the US government will almost certainly object strongly, the Irish government is likely to be in favour of the proposed merger. The US Treasury Department has unveiled new regulations concerning business inversions but

with the forthcoming presidential elections in the US, unless the Democrats end up with a very strong president able to enforce this policy, the regulations may well be ‘toothless’. If the merger does go ahead, it is very unlikely that there will any significant increase in the price

of the drugs produced by either company as history has shown that massive hikes such as that when the cost of Daraprim tablets was increased from $13.50 (€12.70) to $750 (€705) per tablet were due to takeovers from external investment companies rather than established manufacturers.

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A great place for homes and holidays RUNNING south from Alicante, the area known as Costa Blanca South is without doubt busier and livelier than its northern counterpart and does offer some great opportunities for visitors and residents alike. The area is flatter than the north but offers a similar climate, some unspoilt beaches and lots of opportunities for all types of sports, good food and even healthy living. There has been a great deal of development thanks to the easy access from abroad through airports at Alicante and Murcia. Northern Europeans enjoy it as a holiday destination but many have also seen it as a great place to move to or to purchase a property as an investment. The main towns which appeal to the most visitors as well as purchasers of both retirement and holiday properties are in alphabetical order: Alicante is a city steeped in history with the Castle of Santa Barbara as its focal point, long sandy beaches, a tremendous marina from where you can take the boat to Tabarca Island, or across the marina to the Panorama Centre, plus a great selection of boutiques and specialist shops. Cartagena is a charming small city that came to prominence during Roman times when Hannibal set off from there with his elephants on his

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HISTORIC: Charming Cartagena is brimming with monuments, archaeological sites and museums, and came to prominence during Roman times. cante. It is not a resort but a busy town of some journey to Rome. There is no shortage of things to 200,000 inhabitants. With buildings dating back do or see with monuments, archaeological sites to Roman times and palms which have been deand museums. It is has a deep water port which clared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this hisattracts cruise ships. toric area is popular with visitors. Elche is just a 20-minute drive inland from Ali-

Murcia, with its own airport, is an important city inland from the coast which was founded in the ninth century by the Emir of Cordoba. With the Segura River flowing through the city, it has an array of bridges and historical architecture as well as its own university and international schools. Santa Pola is one of the closest resorts to Alicante Airport and popular with the Spanish, many of whom have holiday homes there. There are several sandy beaches and a number of unspoilt 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. It is a busy town which is best known for its fishing industry, salt lakes where salt for use on the roads is produced and more recently, as a great destination for kite surfers. Torrevieja is one of the fastest growing regions of Spain, located midway between Alicante and Murcia airport and is therefore a popular destination for visitors from northern and eastern Europe due to the reasonable property prices and excellent climate. With beaches, shops and lively fiestas, it is no surprise that this town has seen so much interest from overseas visitors.

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Murcia market among most dynamic in Spain BARCELONA:Expensive rental.

INCREASE of 20 per cent in third quarter

Flat rents for €35,000 per square metre AN apartment in Barcelona has been rented out for €35,000 a month in what is thought to be the most expensive residential property for rent in the city. The 500-square-metre property which has a 300-square-metre terrace has been rented out by a member of a Middle Eastern royal family and is on Paseo de Gracia in the city centre. The property rental was managed by Prestige Barcelona, a subsidiary of Coldwell Banker Espana, and the apartment, which had a luxurious renovation three years ago, is also on sale for the princely sum of €12 million.

MORE SALES: Property market in Murcia Region is amongst the most dynamic in Spain. By Gemma Quinn DURING the third quarter of the year, there were 3,149 property sales registered throughout the Murcia Region. This marks a 20 per cent increase

compared to the previous three months and is the largest increase across all of Spain’s 17 regions. The number of sales is also 18 per cent higher than the third quarter of 2014. The latest data published by

Spain’s official property registrars show that in terms of sales per 1,000 inhabitants, the region of Murcia had the fifth most dynamic property market in Spain from July to September with an average of 2.15 sales per 1,000 inhabitants.

Lower tax for energy efficient homes PROPERTY owners on the Costa Blanca and Costa Calida wanting to rent out or sell their home are now aware of the need for the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) but soon, having an EPC could help reduce IBI property tax. The energy survey to produce an EPC is performed by an assessor who visits the property and examines key items such as insulation, boilers, radiators, double glazing, air conditioning and so on, to assess the energy efficiency rating. The ratings are on a scale which ranges from A (the most efficient) to G (the least efficient). In January, the Ministry of Finance will allow municipalities to reduce property tax by up to 20 per cent for homes that have a higher energy efficiency rating. Properties with an A rating can see a discount of 20 per cent. Homes with worst results (F and G) or no certificate, will not be eligible.

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New mortgage report reveals buyer profiles GOLDMAN SACHS FINANCIAL has carried out a study on about 600 mortgage transactions and found some interesting information on mortgages in Spain. According to data compiled by the financial advisors company, 80 per cent of the applicants for mortgage loans were couples and the average value of loans comes in at approximately €130,000 in Madrid or Barcelona, and €89,000 outside those two cities. The vast majority, 90 per cent, had a variable rate interest loan and of these, 75 per cent came under a 30year repayment plan.

The ultimate finding from these details is that the average monthly loan payments in Spain are around the €760 mark. General Director of the company José Luis Vera said buyers have become a lot more sensible and described the buyer mentality now as ‘significantly different to what it was in the years prior to the crisis’. “On average we are seeing a more adult buyer, with a greater level of job stability, in 80 per cent of national cases, who are buying in couples to minimise the impact of the cost on their budget,” Vera added.

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Regular maintenance protects your main asset and its value ESSENTIAL to keep control on the exterior and interior condition of your home and household appliances VERY soon life will become very hectic, you’ll be out buying this year’s Xmas tree, ordering the turkey, hanging up the Xmas stocking, shopping for presents, and partying. But it’s also the time of year when you should be carrying out your annual maintenance check on your home before the Xmas rush gets into full swing. Good regular home maintenance is essential to keep control on the exterior and interior condition of your home and all your home’s appliances. On a practical level you are doing all the small jobs to prevent them becoming big expensive jobs. You are also making sure your home functions efficiently and safely and is a comfortable environment for the family. On a financial level you are protecting the value of your most important asset with regu-

lar maintenance and you are keeping your annual running costs in check. If you tick all the maintenance tips on my list your home should be in good health, so you’ll have no unwanted surprises over your Xmas break and I’m not talking about the presents that you might receive. The basic home maintnance check list: Exterior • Clean the guttering • If you have a retaining wall, check for subsidence or cracks and arrange for a company to repair • Repair and paint damaged wall surfaces • Pressure clean the drive way and terraces • Arrange for a company to repair or replace any damaged roof tiles

REGULAR MAINTENANCE: Will keep annual costs in check. • If your roof is covered in green or black mould arrange for a company to steam clean the roof • Repair damp or cracks on the walls and chimney • Call a maintenance company to service and clean your A/C units and filters • Repair broken seals on windows and doors to prevent drafts and heat loss • Repair or replace damaged

terrace tiles and apply treatment to decking, wooden fencing and wooden garden furniture • Check all exterior light fittings are working • Ask the security company to give your security system a check over • Clean the pool tiles, lights and check the seals and that the filter, pump and motor are in good working order and replace if necessary

• Clear out unwanted items taking up garage space • Tidy the garden and fertilize the lawn and clean garden equipment. Interior • Check that the setting on your thermostat and timer is on the correct setting for the winter • Arrange for your chimney to be cleaned • Check that all your kitchen equipment is functioning correctly and replace old equipment, clean the inside of the oven and extractor hood. • Clean the filters and check the rubber seals on your washing machine and spin dryer • If your fridge is free standing, unplug and clean the elements on the back • Remove shower heads and clean and repair any damaged seals in the shower, bath and sink

• Check all stop taps for leaks. Safety Check • Arrange for an electrician to check over your electrical system and fuse boxes once a year • Check electric gates, garage door • Check your hot water boiler is functioning efficiently, if old replace with new efficient modern boiler • Check smoke detector alarms work and fit new batteries • Buy new fire extinguisher, fire blanket place in kitchen and buy first aid kit for kitchen • Check all locks and fit extra locks if needed, check window security screens work correctly • Check domotics function correctly. Please contact me for advice. Email. Gk.ipad@me.com Tel. +34 657 337 477

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September mortgages fuel the flurry of new purchases ACCORDING to latest information released by the Statistical Information Centre of Notaries, Spanish house sales in September rose by 8.7 per cent and prices also rose, but not so steeply at 1.7 per cent, resulting in an average cost of €1,242 per square metre. Mortgage loans for the purchase of a home increased by 17.4 per cent in the same period, helping to fuel the flurry of new purchases with 12,048 new loans. The average amount of each loan remained relatively constant at €122,993.

MORTGAGES: The average loan is €122,993.

Spain is the most popular location to retire in Europe ATTRACTS people from all walks of life

DREAM LOCATION: People are spoilt for choice on where to live. By John Graham IT’S easy to understand why Spain is a wonderful place to live and own a property, it has everything you could possibly want, and the warm climate is very important for people retiring from Northern Europe. Spain is not only popular with people who want to retire and buy a dream home in the sun. Spain attracts people from all walks of life from around the world to buy a home and enjoy its wonderful lifestyle. People are spoilt for choice on where to live and buy their home; if you are an island type of person you are spoilt for choice between the Balearics or

the Canary Islands. Both locations offer something unique in property choice, lifestyle and of course climate. If you are not an island person, head for Spain’s mainland coastal areas from Catalunya, Costa Brava, Costa Dorada, down to the Costa del Sol. Property prices do vary substantially along the coast of Spain and choosing the right location is a very personal decision. The good news is you don’t have to be a millionaire to live well in Spain; wherever you decide to live you will find a property to suit your budget. Talking about millionaires, Spain does attract celebrities and royal families from all over

Europe and around the world, who own properties in Spain. Don’t be surprised if you are sitting across from Michael Douglas and Catherine ZetaJones enjoying a coffee in the same café. Or find at lunch on the next table Lord Alan Sugar, Fabio Capello and Hugh Grant also having a bite to eat in your favourite restaurant. Living near famous people or royalty is something you may have to get used to. Saudi Arabian kings and princes are regular visitors and own a considerable number of luxury properties. So do many famous people from the world of music, stage, screen and sport.

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2015 an important and positive year for the Spanish property market FOR the first time in eight years, prices have stopped falling and have now stabilised and in some regions have increased By John Graham AS we draw closer to the end of 2015 it’s a good time to take stock of how the property market is performing in Spain and the prospects for 2016. Let’s take a look at where we are today since the global financial crisis in late 2008, which caught everyone out, including financial experts, and has had a negative effect on property sales and values throughout Spain. Everyone uses 2007 property sales figures as the benchmark, but I think this was a time of mindless speculation combined with the oversupply of cheap mortgages, 100 per cent mortgages or more being the norm. Spain’s property industry was out of control and reminds me of the tulip investment crash in the Netherlands. You could buy a house with one tulip bulb and the next day the tulip bulb was a worthless investment. In 2013, around 300,000 properties were sold throughout Spain and in 2014 just under 320,000 properties were sold. The sales figures in 2015 so

SALES FIGURES: So far in 2015 are outselling 2014. far are outselling 2014 with September 2015 showing a substantial increase on September 2014, so 2015 total property sales figures should be higher than 2014 but we will have to wait for the final numbers. In 2015 we have reached some very important milestones which have helped property sales and will continue

to help sales in 2016. Firstly, the Spanish economy has surprised Europe’s financial experts. It is performing better than forecast for 2015 with one of Europe’s highest annual GDP of around 3.2 per cent, an amazing achievement. Interest rates remain at a record low and inflation is also very low. For the first time in eight years prop-

erty prices in 2015 have stopped falling and have now stabilised, in fact in several regions prices have risen. In 2015 property buyers’ confidence levels have continued to be high and non-Spanish buyers still dominate sales in several regions. In some cases non-Spanish buyers represent up to 40 per cent of the total property sales in many regions like the Balearics, the Canary Islands, Valencia Region, Murcia Region and the Costa del Sol. In 2014 non-Spanish buyers accounted for around 17 per cent of the total properties sold in Spain, the highest percentage since 2007. One interesting statistic has emerged and that is in 2014 and 2015 the majority of luxury properties in Spain were purchased by non-Spanish buyers. In the first three quarters of 2015 we see something important happening in the property sector. The start of the recovery in the construction industry, with the highest increase in new building licences granted since 2012. In 2013 mortgage levels in Spain

reached around €37 billion and rose to around €41 billion in 2014. When figures are released I am expecting higher mortgage figures for 2015. An important warning for property buyers is that in several regions of Spain planning issues continue to be a problem, especially for foreign buyers. To avoid problems, buyers need to retain a qualified surveyor to look after their interests and provide safe protection and impartial professional advice. Please remember, it’s up to the buyer to check what could be wrong with the property or planning, not the seller. To sum up, so far 2015 is turning out to be an important and positive year for the Spanish property industry. This will help sales in 2016 to reach the same level of 2015, if not better. If you are selling or buying a property in Spain, please contact me. John Graham Property Advisor Fellow of The Architecture & Surveyors Institute Email. Gk.ipad@me.com Tel. +34 657 337 477

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An unwinnable war against terror, or a wake-up call to the West? EXPERTS warn disaffected Muslims, Europe’s open borders and the migrant crisis are all creating the perfect storm Nora Johnson

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THE terrorists came, they saw, they murdered. Europe welcomed refugees with open arms (at the invitation of the German Chancellor. Thanks, Mrs Merkel!), and some have done what they came to do. It’s doubtful the Paris attacks will be the final atrocity. Disaffected Muslims, Europe’s open borders and the migrant crisis are all creating the perfect storm, terror experts warn. And here’s the evidence: Open borders undoubtedly prompt the most enterprising people from the poorest, least secure nations to emigrate in droves to the wealthiest, safest coun-

PARIS ATTACKS: It’s doubtful they will be the final atrocity. tries (at least two of the Paris attackers arrived in the EU posing as ‘refugees’). Slovenia has begun erecting razor wire on its Croatian border. Sweden, arguably the world’s most

progressive nation, imposed ‘temporary’ border checks while the Paris massacre, causing over 100 deaths, led to calls for the EU to close its borders to all asylum seekers.

But none of this will be enough. Because what it will take to defeat ISIS, and win, is most likely to be boots on the ground, armoured brigades together with targeted aerial bombardment. And at the end of this long, bloody and expensive campaign, the installation of a regime strong enough to contain and rebuild what remains of Syria. And does the West have the collective stomach for future foreign wars? I doubt it because of past mistakes. Will diplomacy, negotiation or sanctions succeed in eradicating ISIS? Hardly. The battle-hardened ISIS attackers were able to plan multiple, simultaneous attacks. So the question is: If this isn’t a game changer after the tragedies in Tunisia, Ankara, Sharm el-Sheikh, etc, what is? Even more deadly, coordinated attacks against a major European city with an even greater loss of life.

Meanwhile, what’s to be done? I’ve written before about the need to stabilise fragile states like Syria, Iraq, etc. As for the UK, we all know that more border control staff, a tighter immigration policy, refusing the re-entry of radicalised fighters (450, reportedly) returning from Syria, introducing ID cards for everyone, increasing police numbers and reversing the cuts imposed on Britain’s armed forces would be a good place to start. The establishment should pull their collective finger out, pass the Government’s Snooper’s Charter now, or London will be next. Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘Landscape of Lies’, ‘Retribution’, ‘Soul Stealer’, ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89;£0.79) and iBookstore. All profits to Cudeca charity.

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Would France show such solidarity? HOPEFULLY the nation’s historic disregard for the British would change LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT AS tragic as the Paris attacks were, and utterly sharing the pain and anguish felt by the French nation, I couldn’t help wondering what would have happened had the boot been on the other foot and the attacks happened on British soil. Would we have received the tremendous influx of sympathy and solidarity from a country that quite frankly seizes every opportunity to let us know just how much they actually dislike us? Would they have projected the Union Jack on to their prominent buildings or superimposed our flag over their Facebook profiles? In all honesty can you really envisage the French footballers raising their voices in a lusty rendition of God Save the Queen at the start of their premier division matches? Mmmm! Let’s just hope as this awful event fades a little in their memories, the French think again when they decide to prevent our supplies coming through Calais; try just a little harder to

SEND IN THE ARMY! Let the UK follow Belgium’s example. control the immigrant problem and not be quite so rude when they realise we are English.

And so, as prophesied, the conflict begins. Belgium, the country that Muslims have bragged will be the first Muslim controlled

country in Europe, has finally, in the wake of the French terrorist attacks, decided to do something about it. They are sending troops into the no-go areas these people have been allowed to create; making arrests across the board and generally conveying to these intruders that their alien culture and ideals will not be accepted quite as easily as they have so far envisaged. Good. I now suggest Britain does exactly the same. With the latest study revealing that one in every five Muslims is an ISIS sympathiser, I think the scale of the problem should finally be coming home to even the most complacent of ostriches and do-gooders who have whimpered us into the position where we now find ourselves. Send in the army! Root out the suspects and hope that their fellow conspirators take up arms. Bring the whole thing to a head. ‘Martyr’ as many as possible and let us all get back to the tranquillity of our own culture and peaceful existence. Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Naughty or Nice 5 News Lunchtime Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Mrs. Miracle 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Ultimate Police Interceptors Alex Polizzi's Italian Islands Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild UK A and E: When Patients Attack Police Interceptors Under Attack Access

Anaconda Into the Storm The Equalizer Captain America: The Winter Soldier Aliens: Special Edition National Treasure The Equalizer Bloodsport Die Hard with a Vengeance

7:35am Lovesick 9:10am Lake Placid 10:35am Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 12:15pm Boat Trip 1:55pm Sex Tape 3:35pm The Wedding Singer 5:20pm Never Been Kissed 7:15pm Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 9:00pm Sex Tape 10:45pm The Wedding Singer 12:30am Eddie Murphy: Raw 2:10am Balls of Fury 3:50am Lovesick 5:30am Arthur 2: On the Rocks

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Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey 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 The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Drifters The Inbetweeners Rude Tube The Big Bang Theory

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9:10am Lake Placid 10:35am Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 12:15pm Boat Trip 1:55pm Sex Tape 3:35pm The Wedding Singer 5:20pm Never Been Kissed 7:15pm Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles 9:00pm Sex Tape A couple who find the passion has gone out of their marriage, decide to bring some fresh ideas to their sex life but their endeavours soon end up online. 10:45pm The Wedding Singer 12:30am Eddie Murphy: Raw 2:10am Balls of Fury 3:50am Lovesick Matt LeBlanc stars as an eccentric head teacher who goes clinically insane every time he falls for someone. Romantic comedy. 5:30am Arthur 2: On the Rocks

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NFL NFL NFL NFL: Wembley Games Review Women in the NFL NFL NFL NFL NFL NFL NFL NFL NFL: Philadelphia @ Detroit Philadelphia Eagles play the Detroit Lions at the Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. NFL: Carolina @ Dallas NFL: Chicago @ Green Bay Chicago Bears play Green Bay Packers in week 12 of the NFL. Women in the NFL An insight into the growing role of women in American football including a profile of Sarah Thomas.

Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket Klitschko/Fury: The Countdown Cricket Cricket Klitschko/Fury: The Countdown Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time. Cricket's Greatest Cricket Day one of the first ever day-night Test match as Australia play New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval.

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10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Oxford Street Revealed 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Coroner 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm A Question of Sport 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Citizen Khan 10:00pm Have I Got News for You 10:30pm Peter Kay's Car Share 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:20am Josh

8:25am Oxford Street Revealed 9:10am Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure 9:55am F1: Grand Prix Practice 11:45am Coast 12:15pm Planet Dinosaur 12:45pm The Daily Politics 1:15pm Tennis 7:00pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm An Island Parish: Falklands 10:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight 12:00am Artsnight 12:35am Moon 2:05am Question Time 3:05am Imagine... 4:25am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

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 1000 Heartbeats 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Gino's Italian Escape: Islands in the Sun 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:30pm ITV News 12:15am Raw Deal 2:10am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 4:40am ITV Nightscreen

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Emmerdale Coronation Street Dinner Date Psych I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! You've Been Framed! Emmerdale Coronation Street Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! You've Been Framed and Famous! The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift The Hot Desk I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! Celebrity Juice Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men The Vampire Diaries

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Top Gear Don't Tell the Bride Live at the Apollo Live at the Apollo EastEnders Russell Howard's Good News Extra Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy Rent a Cop Josh The Fear Russell Howard's Good News Extra

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Sounds of the 70s 9:00pm Easy Listening Hits at the BBC 10:00pm Burt Bacharach: A Life in Song 11:30pm The Joy of Easy Listening 1:00am Kings of 70s Romance 2:00am Burt Bacharach

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Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy A Touch of Frost Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred George is looking for a job. Heartbeat Nostalgic police drama series set in a 1960s Yorkshire village. Murder, She Wrote Doc Martin Midsomer Murders A Touch of Frost Death Becomes Her ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Emmerdale Omnibus

9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Midday News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Unreported World 9:00pm TFI Friday 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man 12:05am First Dates

8:30am The Professionals 9:35am Alias Smith and Jones 10:40am Gunsmoke 11:50am The Professionals 12:50pm Pawn Stars 1:15pm Pawn Stars Series following pawn shop owners in Las Vegas. 1:45pm Darts Gary Anderson returns to Minehead as the defending champion in the Players' Championship Finals. 6:00pm Alias Smith and Jones 7:00pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Darts 12:00am How I Spent My Summer Vacation 1:55am Minder 2:55am Minder 3:55am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 4:00am Teleshopping

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Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Matchmaker Santa 5 News Lunchtime Home and Away Neighbours NCIS The March Sisters at Christmas 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The UK's Strongest Man 2015 Police Interceptors NCIS: New Orleans NCIS NCIS: Los Angeles Access

7:00am Poseidon 8:45am Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 10:45am Sahara 1:00pm Days of Thunder 3:00pm xXx 5:05pm xXx2: The Next Level 6:50pm Sahara 9:00pm Days of Thunder 11:00pm Ride Along 12:45am The Condemned 2:50am Species

9:10am The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 10:50am Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 12:30pm Good Luck Chuck 2:15pm The Grand Budapest Hotel 4:00pm The Golden Child 5:40pm Nacho Libre 7:15pm Good Luck Chuck 9:00pm The Grand Budapest Hotel 10:45pm Bad Santa 12:30am The Lost Boys

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Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey 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 The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Woman in Black The Big Bang Theory

8:00am WWE Main Event 9:00am Klitschko/Fury: The Tactics 9:30am My Greatest Night: De Gale 10:00am NFL Highlights 11:00am NFL Highlights 12:00pm NFL Highlights 1:00pm Fight Night Highlights 3:00pm Klitschko: Behind the Ropes 3:30pm Fury: Behind the Ropes 4:00pm Klitschko/Fury: The Countdown 4:30pm My Greatest Night: De Gale 5:00pm Boxing Specials 6:00pm Game Changers 6:30pm The Fantasy Football Club 7:30pm Klitschko/Fury: The Countdown 8:00pm Football 11:15pm Klitschko/Fury: The Countdown 11:45pm Barclays Premier League Review 12:15am Football Gold

Honour 13 Sins Shelby Blackhat Honour A young woman goes on the run after becoming the target of an honour killing. Jupiter Ascending Shelby Bridge of Spies: Sky Movies Special Jupiter Ascending Blackhat 13 Sins The Opposite Sex A womanising attorney enters into a series of wagers with a beautiful divorcee. Shelby

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Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Best of ICC WT20 Best of ICC WT20 Cricket Cricket Cricket Cricket Cricket Day one of the first ever day-night Test match as Australia play New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval. Cricket Pakistan play England in the second T20 of the series at Dubai International Stadium in the UAE. Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket

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Breakfast Saturday Kitchen Football Focus BBC News F1: Grand Prix Qualifying Tennis Celebrity Mastermind BBC News BBC London News Pointless Strictly Come Dancing Doctor Who Casualty The National Lottery Live BBC News Match of the Day Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day's six Premier League games. The Apprentice Weather for the Week Ahead

7:10am Race to Super Bowl 50 7:55am Tennessee's Partner 9:20am F1: Grand Prix Practice 10:55am F1: Grand Prix Practice 12:05pm Formula 1 Rewind 1:05pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 1:35pm Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 2:05pm Snooker 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm Flog It! 6:40pm The Great Pottery Throw Down 7:40pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 8:40pm Japan: Earth's Enchanted Island 9:40pm Dad's Army 10:10pm QI XL 10:55pm Papadopoulos and Sons 12:40am Snooker 1:30am Snooker 3:30am This is BBC Two

Thunderbirds are Go Jessie ITV News Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Doc Martin Midsomer Murders ITV News London ITV News and Weather Catchphrase The Chase: Celebrity Special The X Factor I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News and Weather

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:10am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 2:30pm The Xtra Factor 3:30pm The Hot Desk 3:45pm Scorpion 4:40pm You've Been Framed! 5:10pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 6:40pm Hulk 9:25pm Back to the Future 11:45pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:50am The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 1:20am The Keith Lemon Sketch Show 1:50am Plebs 2:20am Plebs 2:45am Viral Tap 3:25am Animal Practice

8:00pm Great Movie Mistakes V: Revenge of the Fifth 8:15pm Don't Tell the Bride 9:15pm Top Gear 10:45pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy 1:30am Family Guy 1:55am Family Guy 2:15am Josh

9:00pm Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues 10:00pm The Bridge 11:00pm The Bridge 12:00am Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story 1:00am Burt Bacharach: A Life in Song

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On the Buses On the Buses Where the Heart is Where the Heart is Where the Heart is The Royal A Touch of Frost A Touch of Frost Columbo Wycliffe Rosemary and Thyme Rosemary and Thyme Colditz First of a two-part drama 12:00am Lewis Drama with Kevin Whately following on from the Inspector Morse series. 2:00am Wycliffe Drama series about a Cornwall police detective. 2:55am ITV3 Nightscreen

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King of Queens King of Queens Race of Champions Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond The Morning Line Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 Racing Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News The World's Weirdest Weather Grand Designs 2 Guns TFI Friday Easy A Alan Carr: Chatty Man

8:30am Pip Ahoy! 8:50am Blaze and the Monster Machines 9:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 9:25am Wanda and the Alien 9:40am Toby's Travelling Circus 9:55am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:30am The Saturday Show 12:40pm Annie Claus is Coming to Town 2:30pm The Christmas Shepherd 4:20pm Finding Mrs Claus 6:10pm Christmas in Conway 8:00pm 5 News Weekend 8:05pm Police Interceptors Under Attack 9:00pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 10:00pm Football League Tonight 11:20pm 50 Greatest Magic Tricks 2:05am The Gadget Show 2:55am Super Casino

7:00am Rules of Engagement 7:25am Rules of Engagement 7:45am How I Met Your Mother 8:10am How I Met Your Mother 8:35am The Goldbergs 9:05am The Goldbergs 9:35am Baby Daddy 10:00am Baby Daddy 10:30am Melissa and Joey 11:00am Melissa and Joey 11:30am Made in Chelsea 12:35pm Couples Come Dine with Me 1:35pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:35pm The Goldbergs 3:00pm The Goldbergs 3:30pm Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel 5:20pm Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 5:30pm The Big Bang Theory 9:00pm Shallow Hal 11:15pm Gogglebox 12:20am Gogglebox 1:25am The Inbetweeners

Ax Men Ax Men Motorsport UK Bundesliga Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Darts Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York Fifth Gear Darts Midnight Run The Big Fish Off Sports gameshow pitting two celebrities against each other in a battle to become top fisherman. Movies Now

11:00am Gladiator 1:45pm The Top Ten Show 2015 2:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 5:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 8:00pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 11:30pm Gladiator 2:10am 300: Rise of an Empire

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The Interview Cop Out Doctor Dolittle Doctor Dolittle 2 Mrs. Doubtfire The Interview Cop Out Welcome to the Jungle

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Honour 13 Sins Shelby Blackhat Honour The Top Ten Show 2015 Jupiter Ascending Shelby Jupiter Ascending Cleaner Mila Kunis has her life turned upside down when she's revealed to be intergalactic royalty. Blackhat 13 Sins A cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of risks for a down-on-his-luck salesman. The Opposite Sex Shelby

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Football Gold Football Gold Game Changers Barclays Premier League Review The F1 Show The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Football Pro 12 Rugby Union Ford Saturday Night Football SNF: Game of the Day SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice Football Gold Football Gold Fight Night International James DeGale makes the first defence of his IBF world supermiddleweight title against Lucian Bute at the Videotron Center in Quebec.

Cricket Boxing Gold Boxing Gold My Greatest Night: De Gale Boxing Boxing Boxing Gold Boxing Gold Sky Scholars: I Am Sam Oldham World Rugby Top 14 Rugby Union Cricket Spanish Gold Football Spanish Gold Football Football Sporting Greats Sporting Greats Sporting Greats Sporting Greats Cricket Cricket

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Be open from the start and you will save yourself money in the future David Deverson GLOBELINK INTERNATIONAL Insurance correspondent david@globelink.co.uk

EUROPE’S economic woes haven’t dented our appetite for travel. If anything, we’re intent on getting the most out of our much-needed getaways even as we are on the lookout for bargains. There are certainly some excellent deals to be had, as operators and destinations compete for the business. Meanwhile, more people are turning to short breaks as a way of getting a travel ‘fix’ while maximising the budget. If you’re one of them, taking out an Annual Multi Trip policy with Globelink Travel Insurance makes obvious savings sense. The one area you shouldn’t be economical in is your medical history when you speak to your insurer. Every year, a significant number of Brits head abroad with a travel policy that’s invalid before they even reach the check-in desk. They’re the people who, naively or not, don’t come clean about pre-existing

TRAVEL INSURANCE: Being coy about material medical details could end. health facts that may affect the terms of their insurance. Each and every year, some of them find themselves without sufficient travel cover, as the condition they didn’t disclose suddenly needs medical attention. The insurance claims investigators are well used to finding out the whole story so you’re advised to give a complete account in the first place.

If your holiday needs to end early and a condition warrants your flying home with a medical escort, you could see an average bill of around £4,000 (€4,700) in Europe, and that’s flying economy class. Repatriation by air ambulance from the US or Australia can cost tens of thousands, which is surely not part of anyone’s holiday budget.

A new UK consumer law, introduced in April, should make it harder for travellers to invalidate their travel insurance by failing to disclose important facts relating to their health. That can only be a good thing, since it should help to cut down claims disputes. However, the law does expect you to fill out the online form honestly and accurately when applying for or renewing your travel insurance. What you perceive as a ‘little white lie’ could leave you without proper cover at the time you need it most. Non-disclosure makes even less sense when your condition might actually be eligible for automatic coverage. At Globelink Travel Insurance, our policies embrace a large number of pre-existing conditions, including diabetes and high blood pressure, provided you have no related complications. If in doubt contact us, we’re here to help. For an instant quote and to arrange secure cover online visit www.globelink.co.uk, the leading travel insurer for people living in EU countries. Or you can telephone Globelink on 0044 1353 699 082 or their Spanish links line on 966 265 000 or 951 242 434.

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7:00am Breakfast 8:35am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Fern Britton Meets... 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:10pm F1: Grand Prix 4:15pm Escape to the Country 5:15pm Songs of Praise 5:50pm The Hunt 6:50pm BBC News 7:10pm BBC London News 7:20pm Countryfile 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm The Hunt 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:50am Citizen Khan 1:20am The Graham Norton Show 2:05am Weather for the Week Ahead Detailed weather forecast. 2:10am BBC News

9:00am Marvel's Avengers Assemble 9:30am Fish Hooks 9:45am Fish Hooks 10:00am Jessie 10:25am Murder, She Wrote 11:20am The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 1:25pm ITV News and Weather 1:30pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 2:35pm The Chase 3:35pm The X Factor 5:20pm The Mummy Returns 7:35pm ITV News London 7:45pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Jekyll and Hyde 9:00pm The X Factor Results Show 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:30pm ITV News and Weather 11:45pm Off Their Rockers 12:15am Rugby Highlights

7:30am Big Dreams Small Spaces 8:30am Countryfile 9:30am An Island Parish: Falklands 10:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30am Simply Nigella 12:00pm My Life on a Plate 12:50pm Tennis 4:15pm Women's Football 6:25pm Snooker 8:00pm Robert Peston Goes Shopping 9:00pm Ireland with Simon Reeve 10:00pm Monty Don's Secret History of the British Garden 11:00pm U2: Innocence and Experience Live in Paris 1:10am Snooker 2:00am Snooker 4:00am Countryfile 4:55am Holby City 5:55am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

10:20am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:10pm The X Factor 2:55pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 3:55pm Catchphrase 4:40pm Happy Feet 6:50pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 7:50pm Back to the Future Part II 10:00pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm You've Been Framed! 11:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:35am Plebs 1:05am Plebs 1:35am Reality Bites Stephen Mulhern presents the comedy panel show all about reality television. 2:20am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 2:45am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

8:00pm F1: Grand Prix 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Russell Howard's Good News 10:30pm Russell Howard's Good News 11:00pm Family Guy 11:25pm Family Guy 11:45pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy 12:55am Family Guy 1:20am Josh 1:50am Rent a Cop 2:20am Russell Howard's Good News

8:00pm Lost Land of the Tiger 9:00pm Horizon 10:00pm The Deep 11:30pm The Lighthouse Stevensons 12:30am Digging for Ireland 1:30am Horizon 2:30am Icebound 3:30am Lost Land of the Tiger

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Heartbeat Heartbeat A Touch of Frost Columbo Midsomer Murders The annual Midsomer Regatta is brought to a standstill when a body is found in the river. Midsomer Murders Sunday Night at the Palladium Rosemary and Thyme Lighthearted drama series about a pair of gardening enthusiasts turned amateur sleuths. Colditz Closing the Ring And Then There Were None Modernised version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. ITV3 Nightscreen Emmerdale Omnibus

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7:00am Hugh's 3 Good Things 7:05am King of Queens 7:25am King of Queens 7:45am Race of Champions 8:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm The Big Bang Theory 1:55pm The Big Bang Theory 2:20pm The Big Bang Theory 2:45pm The Simpsons 3:20pm Emergency Animal Hospital 4:20pm Parental Guidance 6:25pm Sister Act 8:15pm Channel 4 News 8:30pm Guy Martin: Last Flight of the Vulcan Bomber 10:00pm Homeland 11:05pm Gogglebox 12:10am Bullet to the Head 1:50am Grand Designs 2:45am Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 3:40am Four in a Bed

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Ax Men Ax Men Fifth Gear The Big Fish Off Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Shed and Buried Shed and Buried Darts Storage Wars Texas The buyers compete for a furniture locker that could put them 100,000 dollars in profit. Storage Wars Texas River Monsters Darts Driven Drama about a former racing car driver who is brought in to help the career of a younger racer. Ray Mears' Close Encounters Nitro Circus ITV4 Nightscreen

8:00am 8:15am 8:25am 8:45am 9:00am 9:25am 9:40am 10:00am 10:15am 10:30am 11:00am 11:35am 1:00pm 1:05pm 2:55pm 4:35pm 6:15pm 7:55pm 8:05pm 9:05pm 9:30pm 9:55pm 10:00pm 12:25am

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 Access Road to Christmas The Heart of Christmas The Little Mermaid Deck the Halls 5 News Weekend Police Interceptors Impractical Jokers USA Impractical Jokers USA 5 News Weekend Gran Torino Justice

7:00am Clash of the Titans 9:00am The Martian: Sky Movies Special 9:30am The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 12:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 3:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 7:00pm Troy 9:45pm Clash of the Titans 11:45pm The Last Samurai

7:20am The Trail of the Pink Panther 9:05am The Harry Hill Movie 10:45am Maleficent Special 11:15am Calendar Girls 1:10pm The Wedding Ringer 3:00pm Superbad 5:05pm Get Smart 7:05pm Calendar Girls 9:00pm The Wedding Ringer 10:45pm Superbad 12:45am South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut

7:00am 7:20am 7:40am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 11:00am 1:30pm 3:20pm 3:25pm 4:30pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:50pm 11:15pm 11:40pm 12:15am

Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Made in Chelsea Hollyoaks Omnibus Astro Boy Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts 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 The Simpsons Movie The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners

9:00am 13 Sins A down-on-his luck salesman agrees to complete 13 increasingly sinister challenges for financial reward. Horror-thriller with Mark Webber and Ron Perlman. 10:45am Blackhat 1:00pm Shelby 2:45pm Honour 4:45pm The Top Ten Show 2015 5:00pm Jupiter Ascending 7:15pm Shelby 9:00pm Jupiter Ascending 11:15pm Blackhat 1:30am 13 Sins 3:15am The Opposite Sex 5:00am Shelby Heart-warming family tale about a dog who escapes the pound on Christmas Eve and finds himself in the home of a young wannabe magician.

SUNDAY TV

7:00am 8:30am 10:00am 10:15am 10:30am 12:00pm 2:00pm 5:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 10:45pm 11:00pm 1:05am 1:20am 1:35am 3:40am 3:50am

4:00am

4:30am

SNF: Match Choice SNF: Match Choice Football Gold Football The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Ford Super Sunday Ford Super Sunday Football League Goals Goals on Sunday Pl100 Club Football Football Major League Soccer Football Gold Football Gold Major League Soccer Sky Scholars Sky Scholars A profile of Sky Academy Sports Scholar Holly Bradshaw. Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time. Cricket

7:00am Cricket 11:30am Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time. 12:00pm Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time. 12:30pm Football's Greatest 1:00pm Football 3:30pm Spanish Gold Some of the most intense action in La Liga history. 3:40pm Football A game from La Liga. 3:55pm Football 6:10pm NFL: Dwight Freeney Interview 6:30pm NFL A match from the NFL. 10:15pm NFL A match from the NFL. 1:30am NFL

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10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Oxford Street Revealed 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Fake Britain 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm British Bribery Exposed 10:00pm Tomorrow's Food 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:20am Doctor in the House 1:20am Weather for the Week Ahead

7:00am Escape to the Country 7:45am Oxford Street Revealed 8:30am Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure 9:15am Caught Red Handed 9:45am Thief Trackers 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 8:30pm Only Connect 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm Simply Nigella 10:00pm London Spy 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Snooker 1:05am Snooker 3:05am The Apprentice 4:05am The Great Pottery Throw Down 5:05am This is BBC Two BBC Two.

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Stacey Dooley in the USA 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Bad Education 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Stacey Dooley in the USA 2:30am Bad Education 3:00am Stoked Up in Stoke: Fighting Men

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:00pm Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:30pm The Quizeum 10:00pm Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues 11:00pm Storyville 12:20am Lost Land of the Tiger

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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 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The World's Most Famous Train 10:00pm The Murder Detectives 11:15pm Fargo 12:25am The World's Most Expensive Food

8:20am 8:35am 8:50am 9:00am 9:15am 9:35am 9:50am 10:00am 10:15am 12:10pm 12:25pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 1:00am 1:45am

Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff 5 News Lunchtime The Christmas Shepherd Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: New Orleans A Christmas Visitor 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight The Gadget Show Ultimate Police Interceptors Dino Autopsy Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! Law and Order Criminals: Caught on Camera

7:00am 7:45am 8:35am 9:30am 10:00am 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 1:00am 1:35am 2:00am 2:30am

Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks 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 A to Z The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Scream Queens Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Brooklyn Nine-Nine Made in Chelsea

MONDAY TV

7:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:15pm 1:30pm 1:45pm 2:00pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:15pm 7:30pm 8:30pm 11:00pm 11:15pm 11:30pm 12:30am 1:30am 2:00am 2:15am 5:30am

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 1000 Heartbeats 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Travel Guides 12:45am Murder, She Wrote 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Psych 8:20am Emmerdale 8:50am Coronation Street 9:20am Coronation Street 9:50am Dinner Date 10:50am Psych 11:40am I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Plebs 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:05am Celebrity Juice 12:50am Safeword 1:35am Two and a Half Men 2:00am Two and a Half Men

7:00am 7:10am 7:35am 8:40am 9:35am 10:40am 11:05am 11:35am 12:00pm 2:00pm 3:05pm 4:10pm 5:15pm 5:50pm 6:20pm 6:55pm 7:55pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 12:00am 2:05am

Movies Now George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy A Touch of Frost Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Doc Martin Foyle's War A Touch of Frost Where the Heart is Drama series following the lives of community nurses in a small Yorkshire town. 2:55am Judge Judy 3:15am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

7:00am 7:05am 7:30am 8:30am 9:30am 10:35am 11:40am 12:40pm 1:40pm 2:45pm 3:50pm 4:55pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am 2:05am 2:55am 3:45am 4:00am

Football's Greatest Tommy Cooper The Professionals Minder Alias Smith and Jones Gunsmoke The Professionals The Sweeney Minder I Want That Car Gunsmoke Alias Smith and Jones The Professionals The Sweeney Rugby Highlights Storage Wars New York Storage Wars New York An Audience with Billy Connolly Benidorm Bundesliga Rugby Highlights Motorsport UK Ax Men ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

9:20am Ironclad: Battle for Blood 11:20am The Top Ten Show 2015 11:35am Executive Decision 2:00pm Rush Hour 2 3:35pm Maverick 5:45pm In the Line of Fire 8:00pm Chaos 10:00pm Rush Hour 2 11:45pm Rage 1:40am Con Air

7:00am 9:00am 10:45am 12:30pm 2:45pm 5:00pm 5:15pm

7:15pm 9:00pm

9:50am Night at the Museum 11:40am Dumb and Dumber To 1:30pm Talladega Nights 3:35pm Big Daddy 5:20pm Night at the Museum 7:15pm Starsky and Hutch 9:00pm There's Something About Mary 11:00pm Dumb and Dumber To 12:50am Idiocracy

11:15pm 1:30am 3:15am

5:00am

Honour 13 Sins Shelby Blackhat Jupiter Ascending The Top Ten Show 2015 Honour A young woman goes on the run after becoming the target of an honour killing. Shelby Jupiter Ascending Cleaner Mila Kunis has her life turned upside down when she's revealed to be intergalactic royalty. Blackhat 13 Sins The Opposite Sex David Miller's sparky musical, a remake of George Cukor's The Women, stars June Allyson as Kay Hilliard Shelby

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

Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football League Goals Goals on Sunday Ford Football Special Fantasy Football Club Highlights Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits MLS Highlights MLS Highlights Barclays Premier League Review Football MLS Highlights MLS Highlights Football League Goals Barclays Premier League Review SPFL Round Up Football Gold NFL: Baltimore @ Cleveland Bpl Legends

Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Raw Goals on Sunday NFL Highlights NFL Highlights NFL Highlights Sky Sports Years Sky Sports Years Cricket's Greatest Cricket Cricket Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time. 3:30am Cricket 4:30am Cricket Day five of the daynight Test between Australia and New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Oxford Street Revealed 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Capital 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Imagine... 12:50am Possession Romantic drama about two academics attempting to hold on to a dramatic discovery.

7:00am Fake Britain 7:45am Oxford Street Revealed 8:30am Bargain Hunt 9:15am Great Continental Railway Journeys 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm The Great Pottery Throw Down 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Race to Super Bowl 50 1:00am Snooker 1:50am Snooker 3:50am The Hunt 4:50am Don't Panic - How to End Extreme Poverty in 15 Years 5:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

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 1000 Heartbeats 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Countrywise 9:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:50am Benidorm 1:35am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Psych 8:20am Emmerdale 8:50am Coronation Street 9:20am You've Been Framed! 9:50am Dinner Date 10:50am Psych 11:40am I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm Coronation Street 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Tricked 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:05am Celebrity Juice 12:50am Safeword

8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Russell Howard's Good News Extra 12:15am Family Guy 12:40am Family Guy 1:00am American Dad! 1:25am Family Guy 1:45am Don't Tell the Bride 2:45am Russell Howard's Good News Extra 3:30am Rent a Cop 4:00am Don't Tell the Bride 5:00am This is BBC Three

8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:00pm The Fisherman's Apprentice with Monty Halls 10:00pm Power to the People 11:00pm Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 12:00am Tankies: Tank Heroes of World War II

7:00am Movies Now 7:10am George and Mildred 7:35am Heartbeat 8:35am Murder, She Wrote 9:35am Where the Heart is 10:35am Judge Judy 11:00am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am A Touch of Frost 2:00pm Heartbeat 3:05pm Wild at Heart Drama set on an African nature reserve.) 4:10pm Where the Heart is Drama series following the lives of community nurses in a small Yorkshire town. 5:15pm Doctor at Large 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm George and Mildred 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Murder, She Wrote 8:55pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Foyle's War 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:10am Where the Heart is 3:00am 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 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Frasier 11:30am Undercover Boss USA 12:30pm Come Dine with Me 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 3:10pm Deal or No Deal 4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Posh Pawnbrokers 6:00pm Couples Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 10:00pm The Murder Detectives 11:00pm Catastrophe 11:35pm Tattoo Fixers 12:35am Revenge Porn 1:30am Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage

7:00am 7:05am 7:30am 8:25am 9:25am 10:30am 11:35am 12:40pm 1:40pm 2:45pm 3:50pm 4:55pm 5:55pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 12:25am 2:30am

3:15am 3:45am 4:00am

Football's Greatest Tommy Cooper The Sweeney Minder Alias Smith and Jones Gunsmoke The Professionals The Sweeney Minder The Big Fish Off Gunsmoke Alias Smith and Jones The Professionals The Sweeney Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special Sudden Impact The Enforcer Ax Men Series following the work of North American lumberjacks. Formula E: Sound of the Future ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping Shopping from home.

8:05am 8:10am 8:20am 8:35am 8:50am 9:00am 9:15am 9:25am 9:35am 9:45am 10:00am 10:15am 12:10pm 12:25pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 4:15pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm

11:00pm 11:55pm 1:25am

Milkshake Monkey Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff 5 News Lunchtime Finding Mrs Claus Home and Away Neighbours NCIS Dear Secret Santa 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Ultimate Police Interceptors Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives CSI: Cyber Capital One Cup Law and Order

6:30am The Martian: Sky Movies Special 7:00am X-Men 9:00am Air Force One 11:15am Dracula Untold 1:00pm Noah 3:30pm X-Men 5:30pm Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 7:30pm True Lies 10:00pm RoboCop 12:00am Dracula Untold

5:25am Young Frankenstein 7:20am Arthur 9:10am Arthur 2: On the Rocks 11:10am City Slickers 1:15pm The Good Dinosaur: Sky Movies Special 1:45pm The Other Woman 3:40pm Wedding Crashers 5:50pm Hot Shots! 7:25pm The Love Guru 9:00pm The Other Woman 11:00pm One Night in Istanbul 12:40am The Waterboy 2:20am The Longest Week 3:50am Dave

7:00am 7:45am 8:30am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:40am

Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey 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 The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks A to Z The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Empire The Sitter The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Honour A young woman goes on the run after becoming the target of an honour killing. 9:00am 13 Sins A down-on-his luck salesman agrees to complete 13 increasingly sinister challenges for financial reward. 10:45am Shelby 12:30pm Blackhat A cyber criminal is released from prison to help an AmericanChinese task force track down a hacker. 2:45pm Honour 4:45pm The Top Ten Show 2015 5:00pm Jupiter Ascending Cleaner Mila Kunis has her life turned upside down when she's revealed to be intergalactic royalty. 7:15pm Shelby 9:00pm Jupiter Ascending 11:15pm Blackhat 1:30am 13 Sins

TUESDAY TV

7:00am Football Gold 8:00am WWE SmackDown! 9:00am Soccer A.M. - The Best Bits 10:00am Fantasy Football Club Highlights 10:30am Football Gold 11:30am Bpl Legends 12:00pm Premier League 100 Club 12:30pm Football Gold 1:30pm SPFL Round Up 2:00pm Bpl Legends 2:30pm Premier League 100 Club 3:00pm Football Gold 4:00pm Bpl Legends 4:30pm Fantasy Football Club Highlights 5:00pm Barclays Premier League Review 6:00pm Fantasy Football Club Highlights 6:30pm MLS Round Up Show 7:00pm Barclays Premier League Review 8:00pm Fantasy Football Club Highlights 8:30pm Football 11:00pm La Liga World 2015 11:30pm MLS Round Up Show 12:00am The Premier League Years 2:00am Football

7:00am 11:30am 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 8:00pm 10:30pm 11:30pm 12:00am

12:30am 1:00am 1:30am 2:00am 2:15am 2:30am

2:45am 3:00am 3:30am 4:00am 4:30am 5:00am

Cricket Cricket Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket WWE SmackDown! Coral Essex Vase 01.12 (Romford) NFL Highlights NFL Interview with Dwight Feeney Cricket's Greatest Series profiling some of the greatest cricketers of all time. Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket Classics Cricket Classics Cricket Classics A look back to England's encounter with Australia in the NatWest Series final of 2005. Cricket Classics Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest Cricket's Greatest

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Fake Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Oxford Street Revealed 12:45pm Rip Off Britain 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 5:15pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Cuffs 10:00pm The Apprentice 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Live at the Apollo 12:05am Film 2015 12:35am The Road 2:20am Weather for the Week Ahead

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 1000 Heartbeats 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:30pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Sports Life Stories The sporting documentary series looks at the stormy career of England striker Jermain Defoe. 12:40am River Monsters 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am Ejector Seat

7:30am Homes Under the Hammer 8:30am Oxford Street Revealed 9:15am See Hear 9:45am Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip 10:15am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC News 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Snooker 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm This is Tottenham 11:00pm The Apprentice: You're Fired! 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am Snooker 1:05am Snooker 3:05am See Hear 3:35am Earth's Wildest Waters 4:35am Simply Nigella 5:05am This is BBC Two

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:35am Psych 8:20am Emmerdale 8:50am You've Been Framed and Famous! 9:50am Dinner Date 10:50am Psych 11:40am I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 1:10pm Emmerdale 1:40pm The Cube 2:40pm Dinner Date 3:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:55pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Tricked 11:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! 12:05am The Vampire Diaries

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As Leapy Lee said... What on earth are they thinking? I WAS in Benidorm for the festival and worked there for many years in the music business until 2011. I read your articles regularly and, although you proved to be right on many occasions, I was always amazed by the do-gooders who fervently disagreed with you. After your article this week I wonder what they will say now after the atrocities in Paris. I’ve been espousing the same theories about the ‘refugees’ but being a Londoner living in Ireland not much notice was taken of me. Now it’s been proven that at least two of these terrorists came through Lesbos; well, as you say, what on earth are they thinking? I fear though Leapy we’re fighting a losing battle. ISIS are already here thanks to the do-gooders. They have the audacity to call us racist and, I fear, a lot of the do-gooders are in the media. They should share the blame for the bloodbath in Paris. Keep the faith Hayden M (via email)

Naive talk CREDIT where credit is due, I was poised to do the unthinkable and that was to agree with Leapy Lee on his article about Loose Women, until I saw Mike’s letter on bad service in the Letters page last week. His final sentence, and I quote: “That’s what you get when you give workers too many rights,” made me laugh out loud. What an antiquated opinion! I know, let’s get Correos to go back to deliveries on donkeys. Tie those workers with too many rights to the gun carriage wheels and flog them to within an inch of their lives, if any mistakes are made. Without even knowing the incident he’s prattling on about, his crass assessment of the workers in this day and age is a testament to the writer’s lack of management skills to even talk like that, and is naive, to say the least. Philip, San Fulgencio (via email)

Brexit fear I WOULD like to comment on Gibraltarian Minister Fabian Picardo’s

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A history of helping READERS comment frequently on the subject of immigrants from both Europe, ‘EU’ and elsewhere, often taking an ‘anti’ stance. Is geography and history no longer taught in our schools? Firstly, those from the war-torn Middle East. How can caring and humanitarian individuals not want to give refuge from the horrors of the dreadful wars in Syria and Afghanistan? For sure, there will be an element we can do without; however, the majority genuinely need the help offered within Britain and the other EU countries. Comments from the ‘against brigade’ are many and varied such as: ‘Charity begins at home’, ‘many homeless and hungry’, ‘unemployment’, etc. I honestly feel that these shallow excuses reflect the rantings of the extreme right, or just plain ignorance. Britain has a long history of assisting those in need, particularly from Eastern Europe and indeed worldwide. Let us not forget the many people from our Commonwealth of Nations who laid down their lives to maintain our way of life and culture. Do those who are against our help to those in need, recall the days of our involvement in creating the map of the Middle East? Do they ever consider how it came about that circa half the world speaks English as their first language? Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Pacific Islands, South America (Guyana), Central America (Belize), all of North America/Canada, India, etc! What a rich cultural heritage immigrants from all over the world have given to Britain. Find a place in your hearts for those who genuinely need our help. Remember, we imposed our religion, our language, and our culture on a worldwide basis. We have the capacity to absorb a little bit of others. Kebabs or curry tonight? John, a citizen of the world

fear that Brexit would mean the loss of trade and jobs. But why should that be so? We are surely not seeking to rescind the common market membership, as it applies to trade, only the political union aspects of membership. The public generally has no desire to go in deeper and

wishes to be free of being run by unelected civil servants controlled by Germany and France, both of whom have a history of attempted colonisation of the continent. There is surely no risk of the EU imposing tariffs on UK imports. Trade is two-way and neither Germany nor

France can wish to see retaliation tariffs in the UK on, for instance, cars, where the UK is a very major market for companies like Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen and Renault. Peter W, Gibraltar (via email)

Ticket waste Re: Caminito del Rey FRIENDS of mine visited the walk last week with prior reservations and were surprised to find it practically deserted, yet would-be walkers were being turned away as they had no prebooked times. Despite the demand it seems the lack of availability is entirely due to the tickets having been allocated to the local restaurants, who are failing to pass them on to the public. What a disgrace! I have managed to get four tickets for late November, the limit for any one booking, but was not able to get any for November 6 when I had visitors keen to do this walk. It is showing fully booked, but I now wonder if there really will be any takers or if the tickets will be sitting in a restaurant somewhere wasted. I really think this is an issue that should be investigated and shown up for what it is. One has to wonder if the restaurants are paying for their monopoly of what is an essentially free attraction. Janet, Malaga Province (via email)

France help? Re: France and the Falklands INTERESTING that France is requesting help from the EU in this matter. How did France help the UK in the ‘conflict’ over the Falklands? If memory serves me right, France assisted the Argentinians by selling them Exocet missiles (used to sink our warships) via a third party. ISIS must be rooted out and destroyed, but surely France could make the gesture of apologising to the families of the British servicemen killed by Exocets in the Falklands? Harry Paine (via website)

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Perhaps it’s time I dusted off my old fishing rod IN the past angling meant so much more to me than simply catching fish 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.

IT has been many years since I last picked up a fishing rod in anger. As a young man, my greatest influence was Bernard Venables, the famous naturalist, angler and author who, through his writings and art, taught me to observe and love the wonderful world of the English countryside. I was fortunate to have the River Kennet on my doorstep and during the summer months, I would often rouse myself early on a Sunday morning, and while the blackbirds were still snoring and having wormy dreams, I made my way ea-

RIVER KENNET: When the sun began to show it revealed the most glorious setting. gerly to the water’s edge. As the mist cleared and the sun began to show its face, it revealed the most glorious setting and was my favourite part of the day. With one eye on my stationary float, waiting for that telltale rise and dip be-

fore sliding away as the bait was taken, my other attentive eye would be scanning the far bank for signs of water voles. These comical little rodents are an endangered species today, but back then were a common sight as they

busily patrolled their territory scavenging for food. Then as the sun climbed higher in the sky, the surrounding trees and meadows would burst into life, birds found their voices and competed in the avian equivalent of The X Factor.

Legions of insects droned and buzzed into activity, and as if a gigantic artist’s brush had swept across the landscape, the countryside exploded into vibrant colour. I was lucky to have all of this in my backyard, but sometimes I could be found fishing from a boat on the achingly beautiful Blenheim Palace Lake or studying the waters of the Hampshire Avon or Dorset Stour, searching for signs of the elusive Barbel. But angling meant much more to me than simply catching fish and as the greatest of all anglers, Izaac Walton, once described the river bank, ‘the quietest and fittest place for contemplation.’ How true. Perhaps I should dust off my tackle, but I doubt it would be quite the same now.

The miner who ousted a dictator NICOLAE CEAUSESCU and his henchmen thought they were untouchable Mike Walsh Mike, based in Mediterranean Spain, is an international journalist, author and professional writer.

IN casual conversation it was remarked that the Euro was as secure as gold and the European Union the new 1,000 Year Reich. I was reminded of a demonstration that occurred on December 17, 1989 in Communist Romania. Thousands of unpaid coalminers stood silent. Platitudes from the Communist leadership grouped on a government building balcony droned over the stone-faced miners. General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party, Nicolae Ceausescu, was conceited as he urged patience. Dissent in Stalinist Romania was met by lengthy terms in forced labour camps. He and his henchmen thought themselves untouchable. The police and armed forces were enmeshed in their crooked system

FUTILE SITUATION: Dictators’ smirks were replaced by a deathly pallor. and the Red Army just hours away. The group’s cockiness was misplaced. Just one miner, driven to despair, punched the air. Disregarding the likely consequences of his actions he screamed, “out!” A shocked silence fell on the assembled miners. Moments later a

miracle occurred. A dozen miners joined him, and then 100, 1,000 and soon 10,000 miners were punching the air as they chanted for the government to step down. The dictators’ smirks were replaced by a deathly pallor now etched on their faces. The miners in

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Another civil war? WITH the terrible events of the last two weeks, public attention has drifted away from the Catalan parliament’s bid to declare independence from Spain, but are there potentially real similarities between the situation in Catalonia and the situation with ISIS? At the end of the day, what is going to happen over the next 18 months? Looking forward, could there be a compromise between whichever party is elected to run Spain, whereby there is greater self-government for the area, will there be a referendum, will there be a granting of independence or more likely will the Spanish government simply refuse to allow it to happen? It will by then be just over 80 years since the start of the Spanish Civil War. The logical conclusion to the meeting of an irresistible force and an immovable object is frightening as the only way to stop the independence movement. Depending upon the view of the person naming them, those who resist are either terrorists or freedom fighters, and those they are resisting are either invaders or legitimate forces of authority. In the previous century, the West saw some very brutal regimes which massacred millions, but the one difference between our governments today and the jihadists is that by and large, we have learned from the mistakes of the past whilst ISIS just doesn’t care and seems set on slaughtering for the sake of it. The ISIS threat needs to be contained but 18 months is a short time and some resolution to the situation with Catalonia will have to be reached sooner rather than later.

their thousands began to edge towards the government building. TV cameras focused on the country’s doomed leadership. President Ceausescu tried to calm the miners. It was futile, his speech was drowned out. Security forces were ordered to fire into the protesting crowds but few obeyed the command. Ceausescu, a lifelong Communist, several times jailed for street thuggery, was courted by England’s royal family and various US and Western leaders. He and his henchmen fled. The family that had denied their countrymen a voice were prevented from escaping by the country’s armed forces. When the fugitives were arrested it was just eight days from the moment that this solitary miner punched the air and screamed at the top of his lungs, ‘out!’ Now we Tried and found guilty, Ceausescu want to and Co were riddled with automatic hear your views. rifle fire. I have earlier predicted the EU would evaporate in YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE the same way as did the Soviet - YOUR OPINION Bloc. Soon I might rest my www.euroweeklynews.com case.

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Avoid like the plague people who would dampen your spirit. It may not be deliberate but, if you are near repressed or depressed people, it may rub off. Find positive, active people to be near. If you have not started a form of exercise, then now is as good a time as any. Make it group activity if you want more social contacts.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) There are moments of boundless energy which really urge you to ‘get up and go’. Make use of this at work, where most progress is to be made this week. Be you a politician, pensioner or anyone in between, the opportunities are there to be had. Slow progress on the love front should not see you fretting.

Average: 21 Good: 27 Very good: 39 Excellent: 48

ORIHUELA

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 M) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION ache acre arch cape care carp cere chap char chip each epic pace pica race rice rich caper carpi ceria chair cheap cheep cheer chirp crape creep crepe erica icier pacer parch peace peach perch piece price reach recap achier apiece cipher pierce preach recipe cheaper cheapie peachier HAIRPIECE

Alicante TODAY:

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Does someone in the family need your attention? Don't begrudge time spent with them, even if you are busy. Consider what you would want others to do if you were in the same position. After all, you love a challenge so see this as a bit of a juggling act.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) The chance to travel seems exciting but can be made even more so by including a few people who are on your wavelength. So busy have you been on the more mundane aspects of life that the ‘big picture’ may have faded into the background.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) This week will see more progress on a health issue. Maybe you have recently given up something or taken to the gym. Recent weeks may have conspired to upset your best efforts. It is never too late to make a fresh start, though, especially right now. Someone who gives your confidence a boost also leads you to believe that anything is possible.

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LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) With your enthusiasm socially at a peak, now is the time to get involved with anything that takes your fancy. A project involving music or painting will give you the chance to make new friends.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) An authority figure may also be seen as a possible romantic attachment. Your talents and charm serve you well when approaching this person. Opportunities need approaching with eyes wide open, however, because they could be time-consuming and disruptive.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) Bring more zip to your life by putting the spotlight on your health. Getting out and about lifts the spirits, while perking up the diet with new foods brightens the system. As energy levels come up this week, be aware of what is happening around you.

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interests this week. It is a pivotal point where your resolutions in this area could fail. With life very busy, it is still important to retain your priorities.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Your mind is positively buzzing with ideas. There has been so much progress in your personal life during the past year that it is hard to believe. However, you are capable of being very dynamic and single-minded.

SAGITTARIUS

LOTTERY

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Don't chance your plans being disrupted by ill health. Get any problems sorted out now even if you think they are ‘nothing’. When you are feeling good it is easy to take that for granted. .

‘ NO MORE WINDMILLS, SANCHO - WE MUST LOOK TO THE BEACHES! ’

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ORIHUELA

YOUR STARS CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) Romance will find you this week if only you are in the right frame of mind. You may be inclined to refuse festive social gatherings that hold no prospects for you, but don't close the door on anything. The right kind of companions are sometimes found in the strangest places.

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BEAR WITH ME 1. According to Johnny Preston’s 1960 UK number one hit single, what was the name of the ‘lovely Indian maid’ who Running Bear loved with a ‘love as big as the sky’? 2. After which US president is the iconic children’s toy the teddy bear named? 3. Bob ‘The Bear Hite’ was the lead singer of which American blues/boogie rock band whose UK hit singles include: On The Road Again, Going Up Country and Let’s Work Together? 4. Designed by children’s books illustrator Victor Chizhikov, a bear named Misha (also known as Mishka) was the mascot of which Summer Olympic Games? 5. In stock market terminology, what is a ‘bear market’? 6. Living mainly in islands in the south west of Alaska, which is the largest subspecies of brown bear and one of the two largest bears, the other being the polar bear? 7. Soldier Field is the home stadium of which professional American football team (NFL)? 8. The native range of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lies largely where? 9. Which English author is best known for his Paddington Bear series of books? 10. Who, in July 2009, was appointed the youngestever Chief Scout in the UK at age 35? Not a lot of people know that… Lord Byron kept a pet bear in his rooms while a student at Cambridge, because they wouldn’t allow dogs 1. LITTLE WHITE DOVE, 2. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 3. CANNED HEAT, 4. MOSCOW (1980) (XXII Summer Olympics), 5. MARKET IN WHICH SHARE PRICES ARE FALLING, ENCOURAGING SELLING, 6. KODIAK BEAR (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the KODIAK BROWN BEAR or the ALASKAN GRIZZLY BEAR, 7. CHICAGO BEARS, 8. ARCTIC CIRCLE (accept NORTH POLE), 9. MICHAEL BOND, 10. BEAR GRYLLS

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Across 1 Yearns (5) 4 Short fall of rain (6) 9 Renovate (7) 10 Minor mistakes (5) 11 Expresses in words (4) 12 Eight-armed cephalopod (7) 13/18 Formal neckwear (3,3) 14 Archaic form of you (4) 16 Revolve (4) 18 See 13 20 Become fully aware of something as a fact (7) 21 Angler’s lure (4) 24 Act punishable by law (5) 25 Highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casing (7) 26 Pressure (6) 27 Dispatches (5) Down 1 Expression (6) 2 Disgustingly foul (5) 3 Footwear (4) 5 Pause or hold back in uncertainty (8) 6 Speak softly (7)

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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 22 represents D and 23 represents T, so fill in D every time the figure 22 appears and T every time the figure 23 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC Across: 1 Artery, 4 Pedals, 9 Scent, 10 America, 11 Reserved, 12 Case, 14 Assent, 16 Renege, 19 Star, 20 Lacerate, 23 Astride, 24 Agile, 25 Screen, 26 Defect.

Down: 1 Austria, 2 Trees, 3 Retiring, 5 Ewes, 6 Animate, 7 State, 8 Cadet, 13 Beverage, 15 Shatter, 17 Element, 18 Races, 19 Snaps, 21 Abide, 22 Fife.

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7 Strive against, oppose (6) 8 In or to a place that is lower (5) 13 Employment (8) 15 More weighty (7)

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17 Splits (6) 18 Stretched tight (5) 19 Alternates (6) 22 Once more (5) 23 Purchases (4)

Down: 1 Harms, 2 Lessons, 4 Urgent, 5 Raise, 6 Delayed, 7 Wilderness, 9 Surprising, 12 Decides, 14 Dealing, 15 States, 17 Roots, 19 Fancy.

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

Across 1 Pintura (5) 4 Cisnes (aves) (5) 7 There (near you) (3) 8 Tile (floor) (7) 9 Pastores (9) 13 Creamy (f) (7) 15 Mar (3) 16 Works (musical, theatre, literature) (5) 17 Swedish (f) (5)

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Umbrellas, 8 Agree, 9 Adore, 11 Duda, 12 Atom, 14 Race, 16 Isla, 19 Sello, 21 Coast, 22 Escalator.

Down: 2 Mirlo, 3 Reed, 4 Lead, 5 Ajo, 6 Paraiso, 7 Seventh, 10 Dar, 13 Mil, 15 Abajo, 17 Sopa, 18 Acta, 20 Las.

Down 1 Orar (4) 2 Irlandés (5) 3 Cucharillas (9) 4 Cacerolas (9) 5 Edad (de persona, animal, árbol) (3) 6 Lento (ritmo, movimiento, caída) (4) 10 From (5) 11 Eight (4) 12 Berry (4) 14 Oreja (3)

Hexagram

1 Halt, 3 Muttered, 8 Rushing, 9 Spill, 10 Sword, 11 Nursery, 12 Desire, 13 Traded, 16 Correct, 18 Staff, 20 Drops, 21 Tension, 22 Suspense, 23 Ugly.

Cryptic The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 sixletter 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 (HURLEY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

AUNTIE

ILLUME

BUREAU

MAGNET

CLOUDY

RAMBLE

COLEUS

RUCKUS

DIESEL

SCREAM

DIRECT

SHERRY

FALLOW

SHRUNK

FATHER

SPRITE

FLUFFY

TURNIP

HURLEY (10)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Penmen 2 Desire 3 Tangle 4 German 5 Matins 6 Psyche 7 Vermin 8 Thirst 9 Thwart 10 Visage 11 Rustic 12 Teensy 13 Garter 14 Entity 15 Gazing 16 Bodies 17 Resize 18 Lariat 19 Nozzle

Across 1 Discover star, zany jungle character (6) 4 Explosive sausage? (6) 8 Builder nears trap (5) 9 In Bangkok a pig is a wild animal (5) 11 Weird eastern lake (5) 12 Perhaps Lister has a note about antiseptic (7) 13 Observe dog being kept safe (6) 15 Females sailed off (6) 19 Bird going to main Welsh port (7) 21 Remained sober, so we hear (5) 23 Leader of Cub Scouts from Lakeland (5) 24 Standing up before court (5) 25 Bleats about learning how to multiply at school (6) 26 Thirteen cards for 11 players in Edinburgh? (6) Down 1 Offers made for ship’s boats? (7) 2 Part of stair is erect (5) 3 Unpaid, a foreign RU team (7)

5 Make amends by altering a note (5) 6 Erect or demolish, we hear (5) 7 Thick, of French North/South divide, lastly (5) 10 Before I arranged bail, this might serve as an excuse (5) 14 The case presented by Socrates? (5)

16 Simple good man after gold before (7) 17 Builder Les adds loads (7) 18 Trainee given many a wrong date (5) 19 Tin found in street is barely sufficient (5) 20 Fish on ice? (5) 22 Change later (5)

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INTEGRATING a dog into the family is a wonderful experience. However, a few rules need to be set. Dogs are not living toys, especially when bringing a puppy into a family where children already live. Firstly, don’t allow children (or anyone else) to feed your dog from the table, suitable leftovers can be mixed into his meal afterwards. It is particularly important to ‘clear up’ after your dog in the garden when your child becomes old enough to play there. Keep your dog out of the way when your children have friends round or are playing energetic games. It’s fun for your child to fuss and play with your dog, but teach games where you keep control, and always supervise. Older children should help feed, groom and train your pet so that they learn about the responsibilities as well

PETSITTING: A win-win situation.

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PET INTEGRATION: When settling into the family home, dogs need rules to follow.

as the fun of pets. Make sure your child always washes their hands afterwards. Children love to hold the lead, but don’t allow them to walk your dog alone. They may be able to manage your well behaved pet, but how would they cope if he was attacked by a large stray?

Show children the correct way to befriend other people’s dogs, ask the owner first, then offer a hand for the dog to sniff from below his nose before you pat him. Not all dogs are friendly. Your child should not approach strays and must never go with strangers to see ‘the puppies at home’!

TIRED of the cold and ice in winter at home near Reykjavik, Bragi decided that this cold season he would head to the sun. He decided that even though he likes his job as a security guard, he really needed a break from the cold. Surfing the web for ideas he happened upon ‘housesitting’ as an idea. Having spent summers helping out on a local farm as a shepherd, he was very used to caring for animals of all shapes and sizes. When he registered on HouseSitMatch.com he found a lovely housesit with three pets in Marbella, Spain. One month later, Bragi is

happily looking after two cats, Campy and Tiger, and Rocky, an aging Yorkshire terrier. They will spend this winter in Marbella while their owners visit friends and relatives in the US. For Bragi this is ideal. He can enjoy the sun in Spain while living rent free, in exchange for petsitting and keeping guard of the property. For Rocky, Campy and Tiger having Bragi care for them at home really is best, they don’t like too many routine changes. It’s a win-win for both parties, free house and petsitting and the sitters get free accommodation!

Small ferret furry friends THIS week in our Small Furries series, we take a look at ferrets. Ferrets are full of fun and inquisitive, and, as pets, they have an amazing capacity for learning so give them plenty of things to climb on, play with and explore. Give your ferret cardboard rolls and boxes and suitable small pets toys, such as ramps and cloth tunnels. Drainpipes are ideal for playing in and running through. Contrary to old wives tales, ferrets are actually quite intelligent animals, and with patience, can be trained to do quite a few tricks and tasks. Persistence, affection, praise and treats are required from your end

PETS: They have an amazing capacity for learning.

and in no time you will have your little friend performing all kinds of neat tricks! Using different toys and reconstructing their play area and tubes on a regular basis, helps keep life interesting for them and also gives you a chance to clean their habitat. Being very energetic creatures, there comes a time when they need a lie down and they like nothing better than a hammock. These hammocks are available from pet shops. There is nothing they like more than to hunt out their food. Create a fun food treasure hunt by scattering some feed around the cage and hide some in tubes so that they can... erm... ferret it out!

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Vehicle transfers following a death 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.

TRANSFER: There is a standard administrative procedure to follow. IN the event of a vehicle owner passing away, there is a standard procedure for having the vehicle ownership transferred. Immediately after a death, the vehicle can be transferred to a new owner who may not be the long-term benefactor, but who may seek ownership on a temporary basis. In this event, the temporary custodian of the vehicle has 90 days in which they must notify the traffic department of this temporary custody and their legal address. The person registering the vehicle must produce documents to the traffic department including payment for transfer (prices in 2015 are €52.80 for most vehicles, €26.40 for mopeds), identity documents, death certificate of the original owner or marriage certificate stating the death, document proving possession of the vehicle, driving licence and ITV card. The intended permanent vehicle owner

must apply for the final transfer of the vehicle within a 90-day period. The intended permanent owner must submit the same documents but with two additions: certificate of liquidation or exemption from inheritance tax and declaration of heirs, or will, accompanied by a certificate of wills, or document stating the award of the vehicle. You must request a printed official form that will facilitate the transfer of the vehicle by the traffic department on behalf of the state. You have to pay fees for the transfer. If the applicant is foreign, there are other processes. The official identity of the country of origin must also be presented. You may also have to produce the original document attesting to your home in Spain if you do not have foreign identity documents. The process is a standard administrative procedure and so your advisor or lawyer will be able to advise you further.

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Spanish tax allowances My wife and I are UK pensioners officially resident in Spain. I have sent the Spain-Individual tax form to HMRC with the ‘Residencia Fiscal en España’ form to transfer my tax residence from the UK to Spain. I have read on the internet that the

First, let’s clear up the €22,000 issue. If you are employed in Spain, your employer withholds your income tax from your pay, just as in the UK. If your income is less than €22,000, you are not

tax-free allowance in Spain is someth in g like €5,600 pe r pe rs on, or €8,500 for a couple. But I have also heard that for pensioners, there is no tax to pay on incomes under €22,000. Is this a myth, or is it fact? N.F. (Costa del Sol)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

required to declare tax. This does not apply to income re-

ceived from outside Spain, which must be declared. If you are both UK pensioners, this is two incomes. You file two declarations, with two sets of deductions. For persons over 65, the minimum is €6,700.

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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Special assistance not so special for some Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I HAVE a very rare neurological disorder called Primary Orthostatic Tremor (Google it). This means that when I travel I have to use a wheelchair. Some airports are fantastic with the way that they handle people that need special assistance, Malaga being one of the best I’ve ever used. The two worst that I’ve encountered are Heathrow and Madrid. On Saturday I was flying home from London. I get to the airport two and a half hours before the flight, at their request and check in. That’s ok, it gives me time to have a cuppa. So I check in (I’m travelling alone) and they tell me to sit in an area where there is another passenger. I go over and say hi. People in wheelchairs do that, it’s like a club. She looks miffed so I ask what’s the matter and she tells me she has been waiting for 20 minutes and is on the same flight as me. I ask the BA lady if they have called special assis-

tance to which she says yes. I ask where the desk is and am informed it’s on the second floor which is crazy as it makes it impossible to go direct to the special assistance desk . BA were very good. They kept calling but nothing. What happens is that you get put on a list and as long as they get you there before the gate closes they don’t care. Job done! It’s bad enough you are dependent on someone else, but to be treated like cargo is degrading. In Madrid they put all the wheelchair punters in a room like cattle. Just lots of people in wheelchairs looking at each other. To be fair at Heathrow BA were embarrassed and kept calling and when we did get moved they sent us to the BA lounge and gave us brekkie, with only five minutes to spare. Here’s how it should work. Put special assistance on the ground floor so we can go straight there and get help to check cases in as it’s very hard to wheel yourself in a chair with two cases. At Heathrow it costs £20 (€28) to get from a cab to the desk with a porter. Then they should get you through security so you can do what ‘normal’ people do, have a cuppa and look round the shopping centre that used to be an airport, or don’t ask me to be there two to three hours before flight closes!

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AS a trainer is it often an interesting experience being able to identify the areas that are essentially preventing clients from reaching their goals. Of course, I hope that everyone has a personal goal to reach, if not how would we ever turn up for training on a Monday morning or find the motivation to push through on the ‘not so upbeat days’? The majority of my fitness clients have similar goals such as weight loss or maintenance, some are actually slender to the eye, but desire tone and muscular definition. Sometimes due to their profession, they have body imbalances that need strengthening or correcting. After years of working with both men and women I can pinpoint the requirements most of them have, and I am able

to combine programmes to suit their abilities and help them achieve their goals. I never fail to notice in my group classes, the clients that give 110 per cent effort and the clients that give 65. They have the same goals and desires; however, some are willing to put in the full effort required to achieve great results. So who do you think is getting the results at the end of the month when we do weigh in and measurements? Of course, it is the 110 per cent effort clients that have pushed themselves that bit further. The reason I brought up this topic is, whether you train in a gym or on your own, there comes a time when you need to raise your own effort bar. If weight loss and shape changing is important to you, you really do need to be working at a level that challenges you so much, that at the end of the session you really have nothing left in the tank.

EFFORT: Brings results.

PERFORM BETTER: Have a quality breakfast.

Breakfast gives pupils a boost EATING breakfast can help pupils perform better in school. A study by Cardiff University found that eating cereal, bread, dairy or fruit in the morning helped students with performance and they were twice as likely to do

well in tests. A breakfast of snacks such as crisps or sweets in the morning was no better than eating nothing at all, the study concluded. Researchers questioned 5,000 pupils aged nine to 11 from more than 100 primary schools and found young-

sters who carried on eating fruit and vegetables at other times of the day performed better. Researchers said this study indicated the ‘strongest evidence yet’ of students eating breakfast and the quality of the breakfast.

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Tips to help you lose Fibromyalgia weight Ask The Doctor

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SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. I’VE heard about fibromyalgia and wondered if that could be my problem, but my doctor says it doesn’t exist. Does it? Fibromyalgia is a controversial condition, and for many years it wasn’t considered to be a real illness. Today there is quite a lot of evidence that it does exist. Therefore, as a specialist in internal medicine, I recognise its existence although many of my colleagues remain unsure. If it exists, what is it? It is a disorder characterised by joint and muscular pain, accompanied by extreme tiredness. Its causes are unknown although there are probably a series of conditions behind it including genetics. What are the symptoms? Along with joint and muscle pain and tiredness, symptoms include difficulty sleeping, morning stiffness, headaches, painful menstruation, tingling or numb feeling in hands and feet, forgetfulness and trouble concentrating. How can it be treated? Fibromyalgia can be difficult to treat. It is important to find a doctor who is familiar with the condition and its treatment.

Sometimes teamwork is needed. This includes your doctor, a physiotherapist and possibly other health providers as well. Medication includes pain relief and anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxers, antidepressants, etc, although moderate daily physical exercise is just as important and activities such as swimming and dancing are advised. Psychological therapy can also help channel emotions. So will exercise help rather than making pains worse? Moderate, daily exercise will really help improve fibromyalgia symptoms. What about diet? Although nothing has been proven, my opinion is that diet is very important. A balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg helps maintain a balance between mind and body which helps sufferers. Is there a cure or is it forever? Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition which does not have a cure. The best thing to do is find a treatment that works as well as possible and combine it with diet adjustments and daily exercise to keep symptoms under control.

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SIMPLE THINGS: Follow the tips and reduce your intake gradually to make it easier and more long-lasting. IT is never too late to embark on a healthier eating plan and try to lose a bit of weight. Different things work for different people, but there are some simple things you can do to trim down before the festive season: Keep a food diary Keep a diary to work out your daily calorie intake as many people are in denial about how much they actually eat. Seeing it on paper can make cutting back easier, but this only works if you are honest with yourself. Make small changes By implementing a few small changes you can see big differences, without feeling like you are missing out. These are more likely to be sustainable, so try switching to

low fat dairy, swap meat for lean protein such as turkey. Cook from scratch It doesn’t have to be overly complicated, but avoiding prepackaged foods and readymade sauces can cut calories. Grill meat and fish and fill up on vegetables, salad and complex carbohydrates such as brown rice or sweet potato.

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Phoenix Nights rises from the ashes ENJOY the festive period in style with great food and entertainment in friendly and fun surroundings EXCITING times lie ahead at Phoenix Nights bar and restaurant in Las Comunicaciones, San Miguel. This spacious and welcoming venue is now back open and under the expert management of new owners Derek and Chrissie McGauley. Having opened at the end of August after a complete overhaul, the restaurant is brighter and airier but still retains its warm welcome locals know and love, as many have happily returned as well as many new customers trying it out for the first time. Derek returned to Spain after three years running a pub in Sussex, UK, to open up Phoenix Nights; a nod to his liking of Peter Kay’s famous DVD, but also in recognition of their location just below the Phoenix International School. Phoenix Nights is proud to be the selected caterers for the international school and welcomes the pupils for their lunch break to enjoy a hot meal under the supervision of their moni-

PHOENIX NIGHTS: Now open under new management. tors away from the main customer area. Providing nutritional meals for the students, this quality food continues on to their own menu. Their chefs start with breakfast, costing from just €2.50 for a small English breakfast. Lunch and evening menus offer a varied selection with everything from burgers and sandwiches to home-made meat and vegetable lasagne, steak, scampi and

pies. There are also weekly specials boards offering extra choice and this week included tuna steak, swordfish and German hamburger. All is freshly cooked and offers the best value around. Sunday lunches are served from 1-6pm from €6.25 and a newly introduced menu del dia offers excellent value at €9 for three courses. Phoenix Nights is also quickly establishing itself as the best restaurant

FRIENDLY: Affordable quality. locally to cater for those with special dietary requirements. Having to be particularly cautious with children’s menus, this has developed into the main menus for all customers and the chefs are able to cater for those with gluten and lactose intolerances and celiacs. Phoenix Nights are able to host live music nights in their venue room that comes complete with stage area.

This spacious area can host community and society meetings, functions and private parties and celebrations can be catered for. On November 28 they host their 60/70’s Theme Night where guests can enjoy a meal and then dance the night away with Stu Solo. There are prizes for the best dressed and food is served from 7pm with the show from 8.30pm. Christmas is just around the corner and places are going fast for Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve so reserve your table now and celebrate in friendly and fun surroundings. There is a Christmas Eve party and Christmas Day lunch costs €30 for three courses and a welcome glass of cava. Private Christmas parties can also be catered for to suit every budget. Phoenix Nights is open daily from 8.30am until 11pm and from 10am11pm weekends so make it your next stop where a warm welcome awaits. Tel: 966 723 563. Search ‘Phoenix Nights Bar Restaurant’ on Facebook.

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SANTA VISIT: Children will love seeing Santa at The Christmas Shop.

Santaâ€™s coming ITâ€™S that time of year again and Santa is heading into town, well to The Christmas Shop, San Luis Lakeside. Before he gets too busy, he will be making an appearance to see the children on Saturday November 28 from 11am-3pm and have photos taken.

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Cinema in English A TREAT for film fans By Gemma Quinn THIS week’s film in English at the cinema in Pilar de la Horadada is ‘Mr Holmes’ showing today (Thursday) at 7pm and on Saturday November 28 at 5pm. Next weeks film, showing at the same times, is ‘A Royal Night Out.’ Tickets cost €5 at the cinema is located in the Duplex Espacio Cultural in Calle Canalejas, 4. To keep updated on latest films and monthly specials such as classics and children’s films, search Cinemapilar on Facebook or visit http://cinemapilar.blogspot.com.es/ This month’s classic film will be ‘North by Northwest’ on Sunday November 29 at 5pm. The cinema club is also considering showing ‘Tortoise in Love’ which was made by a village in the UK where almost everyone in the village took part somewhere or other. The director was the director of the village pantomime but he wanted to do something more ambitious and it certainly was that and very successful as well. ‘Tortoise in Love’ is a romantic comedy and feel good film. If you are interested in seeing this film email Tish at lah.hh29@gmail.com. English films are now also showing at the Cines IMF in Torrevieja, beside the Habaneras commercial centre. Due to the popularity of the new James Bond film, Spectre will continue showing daily at 6pm this week. Martian is also showing at 6.30pm and

SPECTRE: Still showing at Cines IMF in Torrevieja in English. at 6pm Saturday and Sunday. Next week the film in English is expected to the new Tom Hanks blockbuster ‘Bridge of Spies’ but organisers of the Admit One film club have not yet confirmed this. Visit www.cinesimf.com/ for news on all the films, look for ‘VSOE’ next to a film listing for English.

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Paul Cunningham Nurses at Xmas FUNDRAISING events in aid of charity By Gemma Quinn TWO events are being held in the coming weeks in aid of Paul Cunningham Nurses Charity in the coming weeks. On December 6 The Posh Club in Urbanisation are hosting a Christmas Fayre on behalf of the charity, from 11am-4pm. There will be a range of stalls as well as facial demonstrations and mini manicures and Christmas carols with The Velvetones. A tombola and charity raffle will further boost the fundraising efforts. This will be followed by a night with Chloe Leigh; Cher Tribute, on December 9 at 8pm, also at The Posh Club. Tickets cost â‚Ź12 including a hot and cold buffet. To reserve, call 865 777 281.

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Some timely Christmas stocking fillers for the active gardeners A FEW ideas below range from gardening gloves to a new set of secateurs Dick Handscombe

Gardening Corner By Spain’s best known expatriate gardening author living in Spain for 25 years.

WITH Christmas creeping up on us fast here are a few ideas for main Christmas gifts and stocking fillers for the active gardeners within the family and circle of friends. 1. If your gardening contacts are anything like me gardening gloves get left out in the rain or the left ones are lost from time to time, so a new pair are welcome at any time of the year but especially just before the start of the winter cut-back. 2. Why not fund a garden kitchen plus an inexpensive book explaining how to cook excellent paellas, rather better than those served up in many tourist restaurants. The book Authentic Valencian Paellas available from The Book Depository and Amazon

Books, etc, has been updated. 3. With fresh hen eggs now again recognised as being a healthy source of nutrients and energy how about a flat pack chicken house and run and a couple of hens? Not only will they soon lay but they soon become affectionate pets. 4. Following the article about Vetiver plants, a bunch of a dozen or two plantlets/slips would be gladly welcomed by most gardeners with a steep bank in the garden. As a reminder the plants can be obtained inexpensively from www.vetiver spain.com. 5. Nowadays reasonably priced plastic compost heap covers are on sale. Buy one to replace an unsightly cube of wire or pallets. 6. With the new 2016 EU laws on the sale of insecticides and fungicides buy bottles of eco-friendly neem and propolis, a useful insecticide and fungicide respectively, from info@trabe.es.

7. A collection of spring summer lily plants which are now appearing in garden centres. Not only will they brighten up the garden in 2016 but also for many years ahead. 8. More and more readers are becoming conscious of the benefits of eating a carefully selected mix of vegetables, herbs, fruits, and edible herbs and leaves. This has led to increased sales of the handy book ‘Living Well From Our Garden Mediterranean Style’ available from The Book Depository, Amazon Books etc. 9. With the days or weeks of the annual winter cut back descending on us immediately after the New Year how about a new set of secateurs and extended pruners. The ergonomic Fiskars products are my favourite ones. © Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com November 2015

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Contact Wendy on 965 323 028. www.spiritualistcentre-benijofar. com. New email is phoenix church23@gmail.com or info@spiritualistcentre-benijofar. com. Identificacion Fiscal G54713789. (95454) THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION, Torrevieja Branch, meet at 17.00 on the first Wednesday of each month at the Restaurante El Paraiso, Urb. Jardin del Mar 3 (behind Carrefour), Torrevieja. Contact Mike Wright, Chairman 966 722 895 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) HELP Vega Baja. We help people of all ages with all sorts of problems, particularly at times of crisis and emergencies. Offices based in San Miguel at Calle Lope de Vega 46 (Tel 966 723 733), Torrevieja at Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4 (Tel 965 704 282). La Marina Helpdesk Calle Madrid 5 (Tel: 673 109 096). Our offices are open Monday to Friday 10am -1.30pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Friday 10 am 1.30 pm. We are online at www.helpvegabaja.com or email office@helpvegabaja.com Remember we also have a 24 hour Emergency help-line on 966 723 733 (95456) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each

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Frank Bentley on 966 495 188 (95461) ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) meet on the last Tuesday of the month at Casa Ventura, San Luis Urbanisation, 6.30pm. The aim of the Association is to bring together not just ex Royal Marines, but ex Service personnel with an affinity to the Royal Marines. Further details Hon Sec 965 724 652 CANCER SUPPORT GROUP (MABS) MURCIA/MAR MENOR Help and support is just a phone call away, Avda Rio Nalón, Tel: 693 275 779 (95462) PILAR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CHURCH, Calle Canalejas, 3. Pilar de la Horadada. Sunday Service at 11am & Thursday at 5pm for Prayer and Praise and Worship. Home groups meet during the week. All welcome from any church background or none. For further information, contact PilarChristian.CommunityChurch@gmail.com / 966 849 448 / 966 848 806. Reg No: 2009-SG/A (95463) TORREVIEJA Christian Fellowship (TCF) is an English speaking lively church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja 03183. Residents and holidaymakers are welcome to attend our services with communion and ‘kids church’ each Sunday at 10.30am. We have a Fellowship Meeting (Bible Study) each Wednesday at 6.00pm. For further information see our website www.tcfSpain.org or tel 966 700 391. (95464) THE AIRCREW ASSOCIATION COSTA BLANCA BRANCH. Former & serving aircrews of the UK or Allied Armed Forces are welcome to join this convivial & friendly organisation, now in its 21st year. www.acacostablan ca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 (95465) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2 nd and 4 th Tuesday of each

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Volvo on the stand VOLVO’S new rival to the BMW 5-Series will be revealed at the 2016 Detroit Motor Show in January. Expanding their already bright future, Volvo with the new XC90 is going from strength to strength and impressing with further models on the horizon. The next chapter of the Swedish firm’s transformation is the new S90. It’s the Swede’s all-new challenger for the Mercedes EClass and Jaguar XF, replacing the old S80 in the range.

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The zero-emissions solution to powerful Japanese crotch rockets is allegedly due to go on sale within a year. While you still can’t quite buy a €23,000 Energica Ego, the company has grown its line-up to include a ‘naked’ version

called the Eva. The 2015 Energica Eva is a streetfighter version of the Ego and uses the same 136 horsepower electric motor and 11.7 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, which should allow this lightning powered superbike to travel around 95 miles per charge. As if that wasn’t big enough news for the small start-up, the bigger news is Energica’s aim is to go public, eventually offering its company shares on the London Stock Market. Swiss global financial services have been hired to help Energica get things prepared as they begin to look for private investment to raise the necessary free capital in order to be listed on the Stock Exchange’s AIM Italia submarket. They hope to raise more capital to expand and grow its business by selling approximately €20 million worth of stock if and when it finally

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The Fiat 124 Nissan pick-up the title Spider reborn ITS robust chassis introduces a host of new features

WITH more of its DNA from Mazda than Fiat, the 124 Spider was reborn without its ancestral family rusting defects, meaning the sexy little Spider is now the car it always wanted to be. The new 124 Spider is being built alongside the Mazda MX5 in Japan and shares most of its basic architecture. But the petite two-seat, rear-drive roadster that revives one of the marque’s most iconic nameplates gets unique exterior styling and a subtly different interior to the loveable Mazda sports car. In addition, under the bonnet the Fiat gets its own 1.4-litre four cylinder turbo en-

gine, producing 119kW of power… 1kW more than the maximum output of the car it’s based on. Fiat also says there will likely be a more powerful Abarth version that will squeeze more power out of the 1.4-litre turbocharged lump. Fiat America boss Olivier Francois said, “The characteristics of the car are very similar to the original 124 Spider. Half of the car is an engine produced in Italy making it a super funto-drive car with a perfect power-to-weight ratio.”

Petite two-seater.

THE all-new Nissan NP300 Navara has won the coveted International Pick-up Award 2016 at a ceremony in Lyon, France. Nissan’s freshly-launched pick-up fought off stiff competition from Mitsubishi L200 and Ford Ranger with judges praising its superior on-road and off-road capabilities, strong engine performance and payload capacity. Production of the all-new NP300 Navara began in Barcelona this month. It goes on sale across Europe from January 2016. The all-new NP300 Navara underwent the rigorous International Pick-up testing process, being judged for its off-road ability, on-road performance and its value for money. The pick-ups were also tested on their ability as a workhorse, which included comparing towing capabilities. Its robust chassis introduces a host of new features, including an all-new five-link rear

NISSAN NAVARA: Production began in Barcelona this month. suspension for the Double Cab model and an impressive load bed, which is 67mm longer than the previous model. The wealth of innovative and affordable in-car technology such as Around View Monitor

(AVM) and Forward Emergency Braking (FEB), designed to further improve driveability and practicality, are also unique to the pick-up market. Corporate Vice President Nissan LCV BU, said: “This

prestigious award celebrates Nissan’s 80 years of pick-up expertise. Rigorous testing by International Pick-up of the Year illuminated the tough and innovative character of the allnew Navara.”

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Winning streak ends for Mazarron CHARITY SUPPORT: Raised money for the Royal British Legion.

Bull Flanagan Poppy Day November match THE weather and course conditions were excellent THE Golf Society travelled up the motorway for their match at Alenda, and as is normal for this course the conditions were excellent and the weather was also excellent for golf. Apparently no members were able to beat the course, and the highest score on the day was from Martin Collins on 30 points. Three other players had the same score of 39 points, and on back nine countback, second place 15 points went to Barrie Hopkinson, and third place went to Alan Gifford with a back nine of 14 points. Nearest the pin prizes went to Alan Gerenscer, Terry

Sharley and Ian Allison. Chris Stott, the captain, gave a resume of the days event and hoped everyone had enjoyed their day out. Chris hoped everyone had enjoyed the meal prepared and made available by Bull Flanagan to all players and guests and thanked his staff for their efficiency. The captain assisted the secretary with the presentation of the prizes for the days event, which had sponsorship from Mick the Grip on behalf of the Royal British Legion. Additional prizes were also available for all prize winners from the table in addition to the normal days

prizes. A card draw was also held for many of the Royal British Legion prizes. The secretary notified members that the Santas Special December match would be at Vistabella on the 18th and he thanked everyone who contributed to the days event and the charity support for the Royal British Legion which raised 100 euros. Bull Flanagan Golf Society look forward to seeing you at our future events and appreciate your support. If you wish to join the best Society on the Costa Blanca contact the Secretary Bill Fantom on 635 212 916.

THE Fourth Division in Murcia saw Mazarron’s run of seven games without defeat end with a 2-1 home defeat against Montecasillas. Mazarron had Paco making his first appearance of the season in goal and he was soon under pressure as the away team got quickly into their stride and it was no surprise when Montecasillas took the lead. A long ball down the right saw Ismael running on before firing past Paco into the net. Mazarron’s passing was poor and all 50/50 balls were being won by Montecasillas. The second half began in a similar vein with Paco being kept busy in the Mazarron goal. A number of substitutions by the home team did not have any impact and they were

unable to mount any serious threat on the Montecasillas goal. The visitors went further ahead in the 75th minute. Another right wing move saw Mazarron defending poorly and Alejandro forced the ball home for a deserved second goal. An excellent ball by Hafid for Mazarron saw Jose racing through before being brought down by the visiting keeper. A penalty was awarded and Juan Andreo took the spot kick which sent the goalkeeper the wrong way to reduce the arrears before the final whistle. The defeat saw Mazarron drop to ninth in the league but still only a point off a play-off spot.

TMGS at Las Ramblas on November 18

San Miguel Golf Society FOR the second week in a row San Miguel Golf Society members and guests travelled to Murcia’s coastal area this week to play the very watery (only 16 holes where water is a feature!), La Serena. With good course conditions overall, although greens a little slow, good scores were expected. As is often found here, Bronze category stableford returns are lower than Gold and Silver, and that was again the case, with the exception of an excellent round from Ray Ewins. SMGS’s Silver category in recent weeks has found some players present used to being in Gold, indicative of the newer members with low handicaps playing. However, Theo Boelhouwer may well have taken the same position of second if in his usual Gold category, and John Aitchison would most certainly have remained first, with his outstanding 40 points being the best score of the day. Playing some superb golf, John is clearly not missing (on the course) his mentor, coach, buggy driver and translator, Alan MacDonald, who is currently somewhat under the weather. At prize giving this year’s captain Barry Roehrig handed The Royal British Legion’s local representative, Mick Reeves, two tins collected by the Society to be given to the legion. Mick expressed his thanks to SMGS, who in turn gave

recognition to Tony Smale for his collection efforts, for yet another year’s poppy appeal donation to the charity. The day’s stableford competition results, by category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 4th Marg Birtwistle (31 on CB), 3rd Chris Hamblett (31 on CB), 2nd Glen Rapley (33) and 1st Ray Ewins, just bettering his handicap with 37 points. Silver Category: 4th Ivan Hanak (35), 3rd Norman Cahill (37), 2nd Theo Boelhouwer (38) and 1st with the best score of the day, John Aitchison, with a superb 40 points. Gold Category: 4th Paul Guest (35 on CB), 3rd John Osborne (36), 2nd Steve Fleet (38 on CB), and 1st, Robin Eastman. Nearest the pins on the par three’s (open to all) went to William Fenn (three), Humphrey Kelleher (nine), Eva Pettersson (15) and Ray Ewins (17). Best guest prize went, unsurprisingly as it is his home course, to Mick Reeves (37). Keep up to date with all SMGS matters by logging on to our website www.smgs.org or give Barry Roehrig a call on 966 731 033 to find out more about the society and its weekly golf get-togethers. Next week they will be at La Finca.

SILVER CATEGORY: Winners with the Finn in the centre. THE VIKINGS, Brits and a couple of Dutch guys formed a coalition of 48 players to invade Las Ramblas on this day. Conditions were perfect for doing battle on this course that can be soul destroying at times. For those that didn’t play their best they could not blame the condition of the course, it was excellent! The Vikings were out in force, it must be too cold and wet up there in Scandinavia and they did put on a good show. In the Silver category, Alex Alm (Viking) took third place with 35 points, Sverre Sonesen 2nd with 40 points, but Finnish member Kari

Huopalahti popped up with 42 points for first place to keep the Vikings at bay. Bronze category, saw the Brits doing their part in the battle, Karin Alm, yes wife of Viking Alex took third place with 30 points. Las Ramblas resident Les Wilton entered the frame with 31 points and top spot went to English woman Pearl Sabine with 33 points. It was another Brit that kept the Vikings at bay in the Gold category, with Ian Brown first on 37 points followed by Lars Hagstrom three points back on 34 and in third place was Norwegian Henning Kyvag with 33 points.

NTP Competition Sponsored By Colin Marsden, hole six Pearl Sabine, hole 10 Roger Nilsen, hole 12 Norbert Spaniol, hole 14 John Hettrick. Four players Roger Nilsen (2x2) made a ‘two’ this week and the pot of €40 was shared out equally. The player of the month (October) was won by Roger Nilsen, his prize is a free round at Las Colinas on the December 2. If you are interested in taking part in this weekly battle being played out at various courses here on the Costa Blanca, you will find out more at www.tmgs.org or call the Secretary on 661 524 101.

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THE world of Rugby Union lost one of its greats as the death of New Zealander Jonah Lomu was announced last week. He was 40 years old.

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Eurogolf November event at La Marquesa ON THURSDAY November 19, 56 players including six guests played a handicap qualifier stableford off the plates, which makes the course much more challenging. The results were as follows: Bronze division: 3rd Cindi

Green 30 points 2nd Norman Woods 32 points 1st Debbie Weedon 33 points. Silver division: 3rd Robin Richards 31 points 2nd Craig Hall 32 points 1st Morag Turner 35 points. Gold division: 3rd Sue Gillett 29 points

2nd John Fairhurst 30 points 1st Keith Wright 31 points. November stableford winner was Morag Turner. Best front 9 Frances Buckeridge 17 points. Best back 9 Brian Heard 18 points. Best guest Dianne Bailey 32 points. NTPs 5 Bob Buckeridge 11, Steve Tombs 15, John Barraclough, 17 Hedy Paehlig. TOFFS On November 17, over 60 players played in Toffs the Eurogolf Tuesday society and the results were: Bronze division: 3rd Phyllis

MORE CHALLENGING: Played a handicap qualifier stableford off the plates. Venables 30 points. 2nd Sandy Holland 31 points. 1st Mary Sanderson 38 points. Silver division: 3rd Graham Cheetham 30 points. 2nd Ray Porter 31 points. 1st Robin Richards 33 points. Gold division: 3rd Bob

Buckeridge 33 points. 2nd Pino Perito 37 points. 1st Paul Manning 37 points c/b. Best front 9 Bernie Osborne 19 points. Best back 9 Tony Stanley 19 points. NTPs, 5th Franz Berndt. 11th Bob Buckeridge. 15th

Robin Richards. 17th Phyllis Venables. If you would like to play Tuesdays and Thursdays with Eurogolf at La Marquesa please visit www.eurogolfquesada.co.uk. We welcome both men and women.