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Triple arrest THE Guardia Civil have arrested three people who are charged with 17 counts of theft. The three people arrested, two men, aged 44 and 22, and a 38-year-old woman, are all residents of Alicante. According to various complaints, the thefts were allegedly carried out by members of the trio, who would ask victims for directions and then use large maps as a distraction. The thefts were committed in the municipality of Crevillent, with the reported estimated value of the items stolen approximately â‚Ź18,000. All three have been released on probation.

Police attacker on trial A MOROCCAN Immigrant is facing 10 years in jail after he disarmed a Guardia Civil officer. Towfid B is about to go on trial after reportedly attacking two officers who had gone to identify him on April 7 last year. The 29-year-old has since spent a year and a half in prison for the incident that occurred in Calle Adolfo Cardona Pascual in Callosa de Segura. If found guilty, he could face 11 years in prison.

COLLISION CURSE: Emergency services had to pick apart the remains.

Fatal smash Police hold lorry driver By Kat Ashton Spanish police have arrested the driver of a lorry which allegedly caused a mass pile-up that killed five people and left 10 injured, three seriously. The accident occurred on

Monday at around 6.30pm on the A-7 motorway near the La Paz service station in Sangonera la Seca, Murcia and involved two lorries, two vans and nine cars. It has been reported that the lorry hit several vehicles as they

were stuck in a traffic jam on the motorway following a previous accident. Various witnesses claimed that instead of slowing down, the truck careered into the pile up of cars at full speed, sparking further chaos.

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5,000 hit boat race THE port of Alicante has received around 5,000 visitors this week ahead of the Volvo Ocean Race, with roughly 6,000 more expected to visit the Race village later this month.

Car chaos MORE than 1,800 vehicles could not pass their ITV on the first day that the Alcantarilla Service Centre joined the strikes that began on October 2, which will run for nine days.

Tourism up THE Catalonian independence referendum has reportedly had a direct impact on tourism in Costa Blanca. Hoteliers’ President, Toni Mayor, told local Spanish media that the region has seen a “barrage of last minute reservations.”

Blue lagoon THE Scientific Advisory Committee for Mar Menor has revealed that “durable solutions must be adopted quickly” to recover the lagoon from its “critical” state since it “has not yet exceeded the point of no return.”

By Kat Ashton CATALAN President Carles Puigdemont fudged his independence declaration from Spain when he put a halt on the announcement to leave room for ‘dialogue’ with Spain. In a speech addressed to the Catalan parliament in Barcelona on Tuesday, Puigdemont vowed to follow through with the wishes of his people to make Cataluña an independent state but then immediately turned back on himself, stating he wanted to resolve the conflict in “a calm and agreed manner.” He also thanked everyone who made the referendum possible and criticised police for their violent behaviour against Catalan citizens on the polling day itself. Puigdemont’s declaration addressed the October 1 referendum in which Catalan officials claimed that almost 90 per cent of the turnout voted for independence. The vote had already been ruled illegal by Spain’s Constitutional Court and was boycotted by many pro-remain voters. Ahead of Puigdemont’s speech, the mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, pleaded with the Catalan leader not to declare independence and also urged Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy not to take direct control of the region from Madrid. It has also been reported that Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, appealed to Puigdemont in

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Time to talk Catalan leader suspends vote action the 13th hour to step back from an immediate independence declaration and begin talks with the Spanish government. Police in the Catalan capital also put in place various security measures across Barcelona ahead of Puigdemont’s speech to the Catalan parliament; claiming the measures were necessary for “safety reasons” following recent protests. Rajoy has continued to declare that any independence declaration made by Catalan secessionists “will lead to nothing” and threatened to take away the region’s autonomy if it came to that point. Several businesses have al-

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A REGION DIVIDED: Carles Puigdemont (inset) has split opinion between separatists (above) and unionists (right). ready announced the relocation of their headquarters to other parts of Spain following the referendum, including telecoms group Cellnex and property company Inmobiliaria Colonial. Major Spanish banks Sabadell and Caixabank have also announced plans to move offices to protect the financial interests of their customers. In the past week, French and German officials have al-

so stated that they will not support a split from Spain and the European Union has made it clear that the region would no longer be a part of the EU should it declare independence.

It now remains to be seen whether the Catalans will be able to successfully negotiate with Madrid. Keep up-to-date with the latest developments on www.euroweeklynews.com.

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The harvest has officially started with October a busy time of year for those in Spain’s olive industry, Kat Ashton reports.

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OILY TOIL: Spain consumes over 40 per cent of the olives they grow and ship the rest.

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Theft and battery GUARDIA CIVIL officers based in Alicante have arrested three people - one from Elche - as alleged perpetrators of the theft of 14 batteries from lorries in the province, with a total value of €13,000. Investigations began when an increase in such thefts were reported.

Protest causes chaos IN the 48 hours after protesters damaged the railway track that links Murcia to Alicante, a total of 78 trains were cancelled, which included 48 commuter trains and 16 long-distance

A MAJOR vehicle fire on the A-7 motorway close to the industrial park located in Torrellano forced traffic heading for Alicante to be cut; such was the intensity of the flames. The blaze started under the lorry and quickly spread through the trailer and into the driver’s cab.

LOCAL POLICE in San Pedro del Pinatar have arrested two men for driving a stolen car recklessly along Calle Margaritas. The men arrested were both of Moroccan nationality and were previously known to the authorities due to having police records.

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ORIHUELA have announced that they produce over 45,000 tons of waste per year but because there is no plant in the region, lorries need to make a round-trip of more than 180kms to the nearest facility at Piedras Negras in Jijona.

PROSECUTORS in Murcia are looking for a sentence of six years for a man accused of threatening his wife with a knife before injuring her. The accused allegedly threw a table at his partner, causing injuries that required 78 days’ recovery.

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SPAIN grows almost 300 varieties of olives and each tree produces between 15-20 kilos in its lifetime. The most common national olive is the Manzanilla, favoured by farmers as it’s one of the easiest to pluck from the tree, and often sold stuffed with garlic or pimiento paste. Other popular types include the Gordal, a large, robust olive ideal for stuffing, the Hojiblanca, with a thicker skin producing a sharper bite, and the Cacereña; a fruity, milder variety ideal for anyone trying olives for the first time. Green and black olives actually grow on the same tree they naturally turn darker as they ripen - although some farmers cure their olives in brine to turn them black faster. Andalucia is the world’s largest olive-growing region and produces more than 900,000 tonnes annually. It is also one of the few places where the fruit is still picked by hand so the olives can be sold to be eaten whole. This labour is time-consuming and an expensive dilemma but farmers have yet to come up with a faster method that doesn’t damage their crop. Most other regions grow olives only for oil production so don’t mind if they come off the tree a bit bruised. Farm workers either rake bruised olives, and those they have shaken from trees with a stick, into baskets. Olive trees can live for more than a 1,000 years and at

trains that head for Madrid or Barcelona.

Free training AS announced by the acting mayor, Juan

More to olives than oil! times Americans and Arabs have been reported to have paid up to €40,000 to have one of them shipped and replanted in their own gardens.

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THE Spanish love their olives stuffed, and have more than 50 variations packed with vari- FILLING IN: Stuffed olives. ous ingredients, with garlic, jalapeños, capers and anchovies among the most popular. Before olives are ready to be stuffed, for three months they remain stewing in brine to remove any bitterness. They are then rubbed with herbs and spices before being destoned and stuffed.

Pedro Torralba, Cartagena’s Agency for Local Development and Employment (ADLE) have launched around 30 free training courses with the aim of benefiting 600 people to improve their employment prospects.

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The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1683 of the Euro Weekly News Costa Blanca South edition, including 79 local stories.

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1 UK-Spain flight delays and cancellations likely due to French national strike - 13,968 2 Ryanair announce massive flight cancellations on routes to Spain due to French air traffic control strike - 11,824 3 Having a Splashing time on the Costa Blanca - 10,311 4 UK airlines warn French air traffic control strike will impact on Spain flights - 7,740 5 Record high October temperatures in Spain… But ‘significant’ rain to follow - 7,178

Poll of the week Should Spain introduce payments for the return of plastic bottles in the war against environmental pollution?

LAST WEEK’S POLL: Given the ongoing drought and changing climate, should southern Spain introduce mandatory water restrictions from April to October?

Yes = 67% No = 33%

During World War II, all the snakes and dangerous insects were killed in the London Zoo by the zoo keepers in case they managed to escape after a bombing. Vatican City has the highest crime rate per capita in the world, with an average 600 crimes committed per year despite only having 800 residents.

Top Social Media comments Man gored in neck dies at bull run in Spain - It should have been banned years ago! Barbaric sport! Julie Jones Peel Depression lead British chemist to commit suicide in Tenerife - How terribly sad for all, poor girl she must have been feeling so low. Wendy Nerding It’s awful that a professional person like this did not try and seek some expert assistance with her depression. A cruel and overwhelming illness. RIP. Tomas Kirken Tourist tax fury on Costa Blanca - Mallorca already had this tax, and it will double next year! With the concerns about terrorism, people are coming back to Spain with record no. of bookings. With this in mind it appears to be a licence to print money. Geoff Kerr A stupid idea, similar to hoteliers increasing their rates after a decent season. Consolidate what you have not rip off the tourist. Richard Taylor Ryanair announce massive flight cancellations on routes to Spain due to French air traffic control strike - Why can’t the EU show some backbone and put pressure on the

French powers that be, to finally DO something about this recurring farce??? Philip Binney Couldn’t agree more, Phil. It’s always them. I had a holiday virtually ruined by one of their strikes some years back. Eight hours in the departure lounge with three very young children. It spoilt all that had gone before. Derek White Huge anti-Catalan independence rally under way in Barcelona - Well let them vote then. Felicia Ang Let them vote Felicia Ang? Does true democracy allow the ravings and demands of splinter group have and hold elections called for and led by an unelected leader at the drop of a hat? Spain is a great democracy. Long may it remain so. Will Murphy UK - Spain flight delays and cancellations likely due to French national strike - Holidaymakers are certainly being tested to the limit this year, would not be surprised if many will decide on staycations in the future, less expense with less hassle. Doreen Nichols

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Only one death in busy beach season find 16 people who had been reported missing, brought six boats back to the shore that found themselves in difficulties, and saved the lives of five people who almost drowned. Only one life was lost during the three-month period. Most people needing assistance were in the over 60 age group (25.2 per cent), followed by children between 0 and 14years old (23.8 per cent). The busiest beach under the control of San Pedro was Villananitos, which recorded 1,065 requests for help, although it is the one with the most access points for disabled bathroom facilities. Throughout the 2017 summer, a new computer system was introduced so that information on the reported incidents could be transferred immediately, via a tablet, to a central station that could monitor the ongoing situation on the beaches and send extra assistance - or emergency help The average number of calories in a when needed. tablespoon of olive oil.

IN the latest of the series of figures to be released by a number of municipalities up and down the costas, the beaches of San Pedro del Pinatar have had their own busy summer of rescue operations. A total of 40 people make up the surveillance and rescue service along this section of coast and during the time they were on duty during this season from June 16 to September 30 - 3,261 calls for assistance were made. Most were asking for help, advice and information (746 enquiries), and giving help to those that needed help using the beach toilets and disabled facilities (656). The rescuers have also treated beachgoers suffering from a number of stings - from both insects and jellyfish and cuts and bruises. Additionally, the team were able to

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RACY: Nicole Scherzinger.

SHE’S swapped the Dales for the dance floor on Strictly Come Dancing. But ex-Emmerdale and Hollyoaks beauty Gemma Atkinson, 32, has set tongues wagging over rumours of a romance with Spanish dancer Gorka Marquez. The pair were pictured sharing a lingering hug after an intimate dinner toSPARKING RUMOURS: gether, but former glamour model Gemma is Gemma Atkinson. is refusing to confirm Gemma Atkinson/Instagram she is dating the 27-year-old Basque. He is partnering singer Alexandra Burke, 29, on the show but appears to have waltzed off with her rival to THEY have been an item for six years and leave the 2008 X Factor champion have two sons together. outraged. But Barcelona and Spain footballer Gerard A Strictly insider told UK media Pique, 30, and Colombian pop siren Shakira, outlets: “Gorka and Gemma are to40, may be about to go their separate ways. gether. It’s the talk of the make-up The pair are no longer living together, with room. the superstar singer said to be behind the split, “Not surprisingly, Alexandra is fuaccording to Spanish celebrity gossip website rious about how it might impact her Cotilleo. chances of winning. She’s very amIt comes after the couple were last pictured bitious and is nervous about it all.” together at Pique’s Barcelona team mate Lionel

Puss in boots! SHE rose to fame as lead singer of girl supergroup the Pussycat Dolls. And Nicole Scherzinger, 39, showed she’s lost none of her star appeal as she flaunted her sensational figure while filming in Ibiza. The X Factor judge put on an eyepopping display after slipping into a raunchy leather ensemble including a pair of thigh-scraping stiletto boots and a dog collar.

Shak break-up rumours mount Messi’s wedding in June. But the defender on Tuesday posted a photo of him watching his long term squeeze in rehearsals after helping to ensure Spain’s qualification for World Cup 2018. He was booed throughout a 1-0 home win over Albania after coming under fire for his vocal support of the Catalan independence referendum, leading coach Julen Lopetegui to release him from the squad ahead of S? CK ON THE RO . ira Monday’s dead rubber win against Israel. ak Sh Gerard and Shakira/Instagram

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HORSEPLAY: Ronaldo with his Ferrari F12.

Va va vroom IT was recently revealed that he earns €347,000 every time he shares a photo on Instagram. And Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has clearly been splashing the cash after sharing photos of his car collection on the website. Alongside a €270,000 Ferrari F12, he has also taken delivery of a 460 km/h Bugatti Chiron worth €2.4m.

To dye for! SHE is known for her aggressive lyrics and outrageous fashion choices. And American rapper Nicki Minaj hid her famous curves in a full-length patent leather outfit combined with extra-long platinum hair extensions as she filmed a car advert in Madrid.

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Map robbers caught in the act GUARDIA CIVIL officers have arrested three people suspected of almost 20 thefts carried out on tourists. Their method of robbing the unsuspecting victims was to use the excuse of asking for an address when people stopped in the service area on the A-7 in Crevillente. Their modus operandi was to carefully choose their victims - almost all were tourists and many on a bus that had stopped for a short break to allow their passengers to stretch their legs - and then approach them with a large map to ask for directions which they placed on top of the object that they wanted to steal, usually a handbag. Playing on a mixture of carelessness and clever distraction, another member of the gang was able to steal personal effects from the car in seconds.

The two people involved were always in a rental car in which a third accomplice was waiting to immediately escape from the scene. According to the Guardia Civil, some of these robberies only lasted a minute; sometimes only lasting 15 or 20 seconds, such was the dexterity of the gang. The gang apparently chose the area as there was hardly ever any police presence, and also selected bus travellers as they often didnâ€™t realise they had been robbed during the stop until they reached their final destination. Uncover officers of the Guardia Civil eventually laid in wait in the service area until they were able to catch the group by surprise as they were about to rob their next victim. Those detained were a 38year-old woman and two men a father and son - aged 44 and

22. All are Romanian and live in Alicante.

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Compromise is needed THERE was a major irony that yesterday (Thursday) was El Dia de la Hispanidad (National Day) here in Spain whilst the country seems to be more divided than ever. October 12 is dedicated to Christopher Columbus, but radicals in Barcelona have been calling for the iconic statue built in 1888 that stands at the bottom of La Rambla to be treated the same way as statues of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein by pulling it down. Another important celebration which falls on the same date is the Feast of Our Lady of Pilar who happens to be the Patroness of both Spain and the Guardia Civil which may also be a cause for discomfort in Cataluña following recent events. Modern Spain is at a crossroads and the next weeks and months will determine whether the bitter split between those who want Cataluña to become an independent state and King Felipe VI and the government supported by PSOE can possibly be repaired. A logical compromise could be for the Spanish government to offer Cataluña the opportunity to hold a nonbinding referendum under different terms which would be overseen by Spain which would allow for all parties to fairly judge the wishes of the people. It’s unlikely to happen this way but without compromise on both sides, the schism will only widen.

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Chronic pain treatment ACKNOWLEDGING that one in five Spaniards suffers from a form of chronic pain, plans have been approved in Valencia for each hospital under their control - including the Alicante General will have a dedicated department for the treatment of these conditions. Spokesperson Maria Remedio Yáñez said that chronic pain is recognised as a disease by the World Health Organisation.

More elderly drivers REACTING to data announced by councillor Conchita Ruiz and the president of the driving association in Murcia, Enrique Lorca, more needs to be done to guide elderly drivers in the region. Between 2009 and 2014, the number over 65 has increased by 47 per cent on major roads and by 266 per cent on local roads.

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‘Kidnap’ family face extradition MEMBERS of the National Police have arrested two people in Catral after allegedly kidnapping a young boy from Belgium and fleeing back to Spain. According to reports, the four-year-old boy’s biological mother had escaped from a psychiatric unit in Belgium where she had composed the plan with her mother - the boy’s grandmother - to grab her son and take him back to this country. The two women were arrested under the crimes of having fled their country and removing the young child which contravened a Belgian judicial order. The boy was the responsibility of the legal authorities in Belgium following his mother’s placement in a psychiatric hospital. The boy’s mother and grandmother took advantage of the fact that the latter had

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LOCATED: National Police found the family in Catral. been given permission to pick her grandson up from school. Once she had collected him on this particular day, the mother escaped and all three fled to Spain. They managed to stay in the country undetected for four months until police found them and subsequently carried out the arrests.

The Alicante Provincial Care Home is now looking after the young boy until he can be taken back to Belgium, whilst the women are facing a formal extradition process where they can both face up to five years in prison in accordance with the law in Belgium.

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Most forest fires started by humans ber have been due to human negligence. Only eight fires were started by natural phenomena such as lightning. Between June and September, a total of 45 forest fires were recorded that burned 154 hectares of land; a figure that represents a significant reduction compared to the same period last year when the burnt area

was slightly more than double at 328 hectares. During the calendar year until the end of September there were 84 forest fires, although only 14 of them affected more than one hectare of land, while the other 70 were extinguished quickly and prevented the blazes spreading. July proved to be the worst month for fires in the Photo credit: InciWeb

OVER 80 per cent of forest fires that occurred in the Murcia region during this summer are believed to have been started by individuals. Figures released by INFOMUR - the organisation that coordinates the emergency civil protection for the region - show that whilst not all that high percentage of fires have been caused by arsonists, a significant num-

NEGLIGENCE: Only eight out of 45 forest fires started naturally.

region which saw more than 109 hectares of forest destroyed in the mountains around Jumilla, although both these incidents were caused by lightning and the difficult access prevented a

faster response from the fire services. The exercise during the summer has seen more than 500 people involved in monitoring and extinguishing forest fires at 20 fixed sur-

veillance positions. They have had the support of 19 dedicated forest fire brigades, three helicopters with their respective operators and firefighters from both Murcia and Cartagena.

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Insurance fraud group arrested NATIONAL POLICE in Alicante have arrested 12 people believed to be part of a group of alleged insurance fraudsters. Those arrested - a mixture of Spanish and Colombian nationals aged between 20 and 42 - are suspected to have specialised in simulating a number of traffic accidents with the aim of claiming on insurance. Itâ€™s been estimated that their scam to date has netted them more than â‚Ź65,000. Investigations began when the financial crime group of the Alicante police became aware of the group after what appeared to be an inordinate number of similar incidents taking place. People were reporting that they had suffered severe pain from injuries and damage to cars as a re-

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FAKE CLAIMS: Organised false insurance scammers dismantled. sult of accidents that never happened in the first place and were never reported to police at the time. Itâ€™s understood that these alleged crimes began back in 2013 and up until last year had made more than a

dozen separate claims, although with the investigations still up and running police are not ruling out the p o s s i b i l i t y o f f u r t h e r a rrests of more members connected with this same group.

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After the fourth round of Brexit talks, the UK and the EU have reached agreement on some key areas affecting expatriates. Onward freedom of movement In a significant move, Britain proposed more flexibility for freedom of movement by offering EU citizens in the UK “guaranteed rights of return.” This means those lawfully resident in Britain before Brexit would be able to leave and freely return at a later date. Previous proposals only allowed a two-year window for this right. The ball is now in the EU27’s court to agree reciprocal rights for Britons within the bloc. As things stand, a UK national resident in Spain, for example, would be unable to relocate to Portugal from April 2019 without having to apply for visas and permits as a non-EU citizen. Access to healthcare and pensions Both sides confirmed they will carry on reimbursing certain healthcare costs for citizens under the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) and S1 schemes. They also agreed to continue yearly inflation increases in state pension payments for nationals living abroad.

Brexit talks offer more certainty on citizens’ rights

By Robert Croizat, Senior Partner, Blevins Franks One area to be resolved is the potential ‘cliff-edge’ for British personal pension and insurance payments. When current EU ‘passporting’ rights for UK financial services companies expire with Brexit, these providers cannot legally make payments to Britons abroad. However, with both sides having a mutual financial interest in resolving

this issue, it is likely to be addressed early in future negotiations. Legal protection for citizens A former ‘red line’ for Britain has been how much influence the European courts should have over UK law after Brexit. The EU has maintained that EU citizens must continue to be protected by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) while living in the UK post-Brexit. The Prime Minister initially insisted the UK holds exclusive authority within its borders. She has now offered more flexibility by signalling a future role for the ECJ in settling disputes on British soil. She has also offered to incorporate legal protections for EU citizens into UK law to ensure Parliament cannot restrict these rights. The divorce bill Long an issue of contention, the Prime Minister has now confirmed

that Britain will pay its financial dues until 2020. However, so far she has only agreed to pay a divorce bill of around €20 billion up to 2020, falling short of the estimated €50-€100 billion payment expected by the EU. Delaying full Brexit Theresa May requested a two-year transition period for Britain’s exit, pledging that Britain would continue to follow EU rules until 2021 in return for uninterrupted access to the single market. The transition period is expected to be considered in an EU summit later this month, where the EU27 will discuss whether there has been ‘sufficient progress’ to move negotiations beyond specifically divorce-related issues. What happens next? While Britain’s proposals have been welcomed as ‘a step forward’ by EU chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, he suggested it could be

months before they can move negotiations onto the next phase. Britain has now made concessions in three key areas - accepting free movement of EU citizens, paying its share of EU bills and maintaining the legal authority of the ECJ - which is widely seen as a positive step towards securing mutual agreement. Although there is still a long way to go, Britons living in Spain can find reassurances here, especially regarding healthcare and state pension payments. Amidst so much uncertainty, however, it is important to be as prepared as possible. A locally-based financial adviser can help you keep up-to-date with Brexit developments and find the best solutions tailored for you as an expatriate. Keep up to date on the financial issues that may affect you on the Blevins Franks news page at www.blevinsfranks.com.

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The odds were against them ACCORDING to police sources, two brothers have been detained by officers of the National Police force in connection with a robbery at a betting arcade. The men - aged 19 and 22 - allegedly used a firearm to threaten an employee of the shop in Murcia with violence and intimidation to get hold of the takings. CAUGHT IN THE ACT: CCTV captures the arcade It was around 8.50am on robbery. September 17 when a man robbery the man fled to a waiting car containentered the gaming establishment with his face ing an accomplice. It was later established that covered with a t-shirt and carrying a small gun. the car had been stolen a few hours earlier and The member of staff was forced to go to the so the two men were charged not only with cash register and hand over the money. robbery with violence and intimidation, but alDuring subsequent questioning, the woman so with vehicle theft. employee said that he had previously noticed a After a week of investigations, the National young man acting suspiciously in the vicinity Police were led to the home of the two Spanish in the moments before the robbery. brothers allegedly responsible for the crimes Police investigations established that there and were arrested. were two people behind the attack, as after the

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Mar Menor games DURING this weekend October 14 and 15 - Playa Barnuevo in Santiago de la Ribera is hosting the second Mar Menor Games with a series of competitions for all ages.

All cheaper YECLA is the municipality in Spain with the second lowest rental costs. Murcia, as a whole, is third on the list for cheapest second-hand homes.

Fatal crash A MAN who died at the wheel through natural causes crashed his car against a lamppost in Casillas. On arrival, paramedics were unable to save his life.

Vandal costs DAMAGES caused to various railway installations as a result of vandalism during recent protests in Murcia that cut train services have been estimated to cost €650,000 to repair.

Easy access MORE than €300,000 is being spent in Mazarron to improve two motorway access points from Las Moreras on the RM332, and the RMD6 from Bolnuevo.

Cash aid THE Valencia Community is to allocate €22,000 to promote hotels and other tourist accommodation in the Vega Baja via a series of new merchandise and attendance at tourism fairs.

Fire starter A HOMELESS man with mental health issues has been held by police in Guardamar del Segura after allegedly starting eight forest fires within a fortnight, although all were on a small scale.

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Famous turtle back where it belongs ALMOST two months since it was rescued, a loggerhead sea turtle has been returned to the sea after treatment for a numbe r of s e rious injuries. The recovery of the turtle made national headlines afte r it w a s found on the be a c h of Punta A lga s D e San Javier on August 11 and taken to the El Valle recovery centre. It was found with a punctured right eye caused by a fishing hook, and another hook was found embedded into its left flipper. Part of the right flipper was missing but the s e ve re w ound has since healed perfectly. The turtle re c e ive d a n amount of antibiotic treatments, anti-inflammatory injections and a course of rehydration which has enabled it to reach the level of health that permits it to be

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BACK HOME: Rescued bobtail after recovery. released back into its natural environment. Also, the turtle has been implanted with a microchip that will allow it to be identified, should it be recaptured at some point in the future. It will also allow it t o be t r acked and per m i t further studies of the behav-

iour of the species. According to Royal Decree 139/2011, this particul ar speci es of t ur t l e i s classed as an endangered speci es, and i s t he t hi r d such example of the creature that has been released af t er bei ng successf ul l y treated at the El Valle centre.

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€90 million to save 11 minutes SPAIN’S Ministry of Public Works is assisting in the commissioning of the extension of the A-33 motorway between Jumilla and Yecla. The plan for the 23.4 kilometres between the two towns is estimated to cost €90m and will save up to 5.1 litres of fuel and take 11 minutes off the journey compared to when using the current N-344 route. The announcement was made by Spanish Minister Iñigo de la Serna at a ceremony attended by, among others, the president of the Murcia region Fernando Lopez Miras and is hoped to encourage the 23 per cent of heavy vehicles off the N-344 and on to the new motorway. An estimated 5,500 vehicles use the N-344 on a daily basis, of which more than 1,000 are lorries. The extension will also reduce the amount of traffic using

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Clever pupils FIVE students - four from Orihuela and one from Almoradi - are among a total of 29 high school pupils awarded a special Baccalaureate scholarship for 2017.

Open arms PRESIDENT of the Murcia region, Fernando Lopez Miras, has said that any companies wishing to leave Catalonia and relocate there would be made more than welcome.

CONNECTED: Iñigo de la Serna (right) complies with his personal promise. the A-7 motorway and will be an important contribution to the transport network in the Murcia region and its connection to both the Valencian Community and Madrid. In fact, the new route between Murcia and Valencia will be reduced to 212kms from the current

258kms using the coastal route. Iñigo de la Serna emphasised that they were able to make this commitment 10 months in advance and was also pleased that the citizens of Yecla and Jumilla will now be more connected with the region after years of uncertainty and delay.

Guided tours OVER the weekend and including this week’s national holidays, the Spanish Navy in Cartagena organised guided tours around the submarines and the exhibitions in the port.

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LORCA’S PORKERS: Pig farms get permission to expand.

As happy as a pig... LORCA’S environment department has granted licences which will authorise the establishment of two new pig farms in the municipality. Specifically, they will be located in the small village of Almendricos. The formal announcement was made in the Official Bulletin for the Murcia Region (BORM) confirming that a total of 11,000 pigs will be kept in two farms. One will be in Las

Casicas de Almendricos that will have a capacity for 6,000 animals; the other is planned for El Cabañil and will have 5,000 pigs in situ. The department has also granted a licence to expand an existing pig farm in Ermita de Redon from 2,000 to 6,000, and at the same time have announced a feasibility study for a similar 4,000 increase in the number of pigs on a farm in Hinojar.

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Dog chipping campaign Photo by Ayuntamiento de Lorca

CAMPAIGN LEADER: Maria Del Carmen Ruiz (inset). MARIA DEL CARMEN RUIZ, the councillor responsible for health in the city of Lorca will be heading a campaign to encourage more owners to microchip their dogs. This initiative has the support and collaboration of the Murcia region veterinary association. According to the council-

lor, there are approximately 12,000 dogs in the municipality that have been chipped already, and whilst itâ€™s not compulsory, Ruiz did remind dog owners that they are obliged to ensure their pets are chipped to allow for faster identification and recovery in case of loss. She reported that a fur-

ther 1,133 animals were added to the local pet identification system during last year, and was pleased to announce that thanks to the system, two dogs - a threeyear-old Swiss Mountain Dog and an eight-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog have been returned to their owners thanks to them being microchipped.

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VERBAL ATTACKS: The street where Marisol Moreno (inset) was abused.

Councillor suffers street abuse MARISOL MORENO, the councillor for Youth and Animal Protection in Alicante has lodged a complaint to the National Police after suffering a number of verbal attacks in the street. They are aimed at two people who allegedly approached her on Rambla de Mendez Nuñez and proceeded to hurl a number of personal insults which caused Moreno to have a severe anxiety attack.

According to the councillor, these are the same two people who last month insulted her by making references to her sexual orientation. They are understood to be students of bullfighting and attacked the councillor because of her and her party’s anti-bullfighting stance. The latest attack took place as she was on her way to work at 8.15am and as a result has been prescribed med-

ication and rest. Moreno said: “These people have invaded my privacy by seriously insulting me just a few inches from my face.” Mayor of Alicante, Gabriel Echavarri, is fully supporting his fellow councillor and has condemned those behind these attacks. “Nobody has the right to insult anyone just because they have a different view to theirs. That is not freedom of speech.”

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the end of September THE consumers associaw he n proble ms w e re tion i n Mu r c i a ( CO N noticed in Galicia, and SUMUR) has warned of a the y ha ve told c us potential dangerous toy tomers who may have that is being withdrawn purchased this doll that from the market. they have the right to Th e g i r l â€™s d o l l - s o ld return it irrespective of w ith a c c e sso r i e s - an d how long a go the y w ith t h e b r a n d n ame bought it. TOINSA has the model C O N SU M U R re c number 395323 and is beommends that if anylieved to contain a higher one has any questions level of phthalates than or to receive further inpermitted and can lead to formation they should poisoning. POISONOUS: Doll recalled go to their website at Phthalates are a group due to traces of harmful www.consumur.org or of chemical compounds chemicals. by calling the customer mainly used to increase service line on 968 223 082. the flexibility of plastics. Alternatively, visit their headquarters According to the Spanish Agency for in Murcia which are located on Calle Consumption, Food Safety and Nutrition Princesa 2, 3ÂşB. (AECOSAN), the alert was first raised at

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Teen arrested for slapping his mother school one morning. The war of words then became more physical when the teenager allegedly slapped his mother around the face. Immediately, the woman telephoned the Local Police who arrived at the scene and promptly arrested her violent son. Local

sources said that it’s not the first time that the boy has allegedly assaulted his mother with similar incidents being noted in the past. The boy - who is Spanish with a Spanish father and Moroccan mother - was taken into

police custody where, after a statement being submitted by the Local Police, he received some professional psychological help. He was then allowed to return him to his mother who it’s reported didn’t suffer any serious injuries during the assault. Photo by Wikimedia

LOCAL POLICE in Murcia have arrested a teenager for allegedly assaulting his mother. According to reports, the 14-year-old boy was detained in the Carmen district of the city after an argument broke out between him and his mother after he refused to go to

FELIZ NAVIDAD: Council help to reunite families in Elche.

Coming home for Christmas FOR the second successive year, Elche Council will be encouraging its local people to return to the city for Christmas. After satisfying certain criteria, young people that are working abroad - or unemployed and officially seeking work outside Spain - will be given a grant of a maximum of €100 to help with travel expenses to return to Elche for the Christmas holiday period.

A spokesperson for the local authority, Patricia Macià, said that they were launching the scheme again for this Christmas following the success of last year, and would cost the taxpayer €25,000. “The beneficiaries of this scheme will be young people between the ages of 18 and 35 who are working or seeking employment abroad and that they were last registered as living in

Elche,” said Macià. She added that the scheme had been extended to those who are self-employed or officially registered as unemployed in their new country. The other conditions for being able to apply for the grant is that the person’s income must be less than €2,750 per month, and that their visit to Elche must be during the period from December 15 to January 15.

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Rolling again TRAINS between Orihuela and Murcia have resumed after no service for four consecutive days following the protests against the new AVE high-speed line being built overground.

New queens PILAR DE LA HORADADA crowned its queens on the first day of its fiesta on Saturday. The fortnight closes with a parade on October 21.

Any fin goes THE Valencian Community’s fishermen are increasingly supplementing their incomes by inviting tourists onto their boats according to the regional authority, which has organised the second annual ‘Professional Day of Fishing Tourism’ on October 17.

MAKE A DATE: Annual harvest taking place in Elche at the moment. FARMERS in Elche have begun their annual date harvest. The president of the DATELX cooperative, Pascual Urban, announced the launch of this year ’s campaign, during which it’s hoped to be able to collect around 10,000 kilos of dates. The first branches of the famous Elche palm trees have already been harvested in the Camp d’Elx, an area that is always guaranteed to supply the freshest and highest quality dates, due to the in vitro production methods employed. The majority of the dates collected

all points across Spain. The mayor of Elche, Carlos Gonzalez, has continued to stress the importance of looking to increase the number of markets that can experience the excellent fresh products from the city. Due to the success of the in vitro production of the Elche dates, farmers in other neighbouring provinces including Murcia and Almeria are showing increased interest in planting their own palm trees.

Elche date harvest is underway in the harvest end up in the local markets and throughout the Alicante Province. Although at this busy time, a number of distributors take them to

IN scenes reminiscent of some of the terrorist outrages carried out across Europe in recent months, locals in Torrevieja were horrified to witness an out of control car crash through two terraces. The incident happened on Calle Vicente Blasco Ibañez just before the busy lunchtime period and so, it was fortunate that there were only two customers sitting on the terraces at the time. They managed to avoid the approaching car and thus avoided injury. The car at the centre of the crash was seconds earlier involved in a collision with another vehicle at the junction with Calle Radio Murcia. It was waiting at the traffic lights before being hit from behind and the driver simply lost control of the car causing it to smash into the tables and chairs of the nearby terraces of a popular Turkish food establishment and a Scandinavian coffee shop. There were no injuries to any customers or pedestrians, but the driver of the car was treated for shock - she was very concerned that she’d caused some serious harm - and minor cuts and bruises by paramedics without needing to go to hospital.

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Anchor’s away BOATS illegally stranded in the Santiago Bernabéu area of Santa Pola will be removed to a local depository within 10 days if the owners cannot be traced in time.

Red Cross baby buggy SPAIN, like many countries throughout Europe, has been welcoming to refugees that have arrived over the recent years. Although much of the focus tends to be on the

young, single men that arrive in boats across the Mediterranean or on foot across the continent, there are many women and children and babies too and they are all in

need of basic provisions and items to enable them to lead as normal a life as possible. The Spanish Red Cross Cruz Roja - is currently coordinating an appeal to help Photo credit: Pixabay

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Job waiting MORE people over the age o f 4 5 wo r ki ng a s waite r s a re une m ployed in the Vega Baja. Two o ut o f t hre e jobseekers are seeking work in the service sector.

these new refugees and especially those with babies that need a buggy to get around, and so if anyone has a spare one or one that isn’t being used any more, the Cruz Roja

would like to hear from them. The contact from the Immigrants and Refugees project is Elena, and the e-mail address is: elsiam@cruzro ja.es.

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AS announced by the acting mayor, Juan Pedro Torralba, Cartagena’s Agency for Local Development and Emplo y m e n t ( ADL E ) h av e launched around 30 free training courses with the aim of benefiting 600 people to improve their employment prospects. The wide range of courses has been financed by the Murcia regional authority and will be taking place between now until December.

Protest causes rail chaos IN the 48 hours after protesters damaged the railway track that links Murcia to Alicante, a total of 78 trains were cancelled, which included 48 commuter trains and 16 longdistance trains that head for Madrid or Barcelona. RENFE organised a number of buses and taxis to transfer the affected passengers to enable them to continue their onward journeys.

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SPELLBOUND: The crowd listen to Sr Negueruela speak.

Shipwreck victims honoured ON the occasion of the 213th anniversary of the sinking of the Spanish frigate Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes the National Museum of Underwater Archeology (ARQUA) presented a plaque that honoured the victims. More than 300 people lost their lives onboard. Following the presentation of the plaque and acts of tribute to those who died in the sinking, a talk was given by the museum director, Ivan Negueruela, about the campaign that carried out a number of diving expeditions to the wreck and reported on the current state of the ship. This campaign took part during August in collaboration with the Spanish Institute of Oceanography and the Spanish Navy. The Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (Our Lady of Mercy) was sunk by the British off the south coast of Portugal on October 5, 1804 during the Battle of Cape Santa Maria. At the time of the naval action, Spain and England were at

peace with each other. The Spanish frigate was part of a small flotilla sailing from Montevideo to Cadiz, transporting silver, gold, vicuna, cinnamon and quinoa. The other ships in the flotilla were the Medea, Santa Clara and Fama. The flotilla was intercepted by a British Navy task force, commanded by Graham Moore aboard HMS Indefatigable, and ordered to change course and proceed to a British port for inspection. The Spanish commanding officer, brigadier José de Bustamante y Guerra (1759-1825) objected that the two nations were at peace, declared that they would not comply with the order, and ordered battle quarters, despite being outgunned and outnumbered. A single shot from the HMS Amphion, commanded by Samuel Sutton, hit the ship’s magazine causing an explosion that sank the ship. Two hundred and fifty civilians and 60 Marines lost their lives.

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A load of rubbish ORIHUELA’S mayor has offered the city to be a location for one of two new rubbish plants planned. He said that there are “very viable locations.”

Lucky stroke A MAN sent to prison for two years for trafficking cocaine in Pilar de la Horadada will not serve his sentence after suffering a stroke while in custody.

More room INCREASED demand to learn English throughout the Alicante Province has meant that 15 secondary schools now open in the afternoon to provide double the amount of classrooms.

Pupil strike ONE-THIRD of pupils attending the CEIP Antonio Sequeros School in Benejúzar will not attend classes until a new teacher has been appointed by the education authority.

Open again SANTA POLA Town Hall has reopened the beach at Playa Lisa after being closed due to a number of issues. The fences and red warning flag has been removed.

More guests HOTELIERS in Alicante saw a 5 per cent increase in occupation during the recent Spanish red day holidays and put this down to the problems in Cataluña.

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JOSE HURTADO, Torrevieja’s councillor responsible for finance, has proposed a reduction of 7.5 per cent for next year ’s municipal tax rates. T h i s i s t h e se c o n d year in succession that the counci l h a s b e e n a b l e to drop the annual IBI rate after a 4 per cent reduction for 2017. This means that the applicable rate now stands at 0.4105 per cent and means that in pure cash terms, a family with an annual IBI municipal bill of €250 saw a saving of €10 for this year and will notice an additional cut of €18.75 for 2018. Those p a y i n g € 5 0 0 in 2016 saw a saving of €20 this year and can expect a cut of €37.50 for next. Reduction s o f € 4 0 a n d € 7 5

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TAX CUTS: Jose Hurtado reduces IBI for second year. respectively during the two y ea rs h a v e b e e n ma d e on tax bills of €1,000. R ed u c tio n s in th e I B I ra te s h av e a ls o b e e n approved for large families

w hic h a mount to 80 pe r cent, and for those with green credentials that have ins ta lle d the ir ow n s ola r panels, a 90 per cent discount is available.

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Expected unemployment rise LEVELS of unemployment have risen by 507 people in the Vega Baja area during September. Figures released by the Valencian Employment and Training Service (SERVEF) show that the total number of people officially registered as unemployed is 27,296, and the increase is not unexpected.

The end of the summer tourist season traditionally sees people losing their temporary positions that were especially created to cope with the annual influx. The list of municipalities with the highest increases in unemployment is headed by Torrevieja with 621 more people registered compared to August. Pilar de la Horadada

saw a rise of 133 and Guardamar del Segura 113. At the other end of the scale, employment rose in Orihuela (102), Callosa de Segura (112), RedovĂĄn (38) and Bigastro (32). Overall, a total of 986 positions were lost in the service sector in the Vega Baja while 230 were created in construction, 209 in general industry and 68 in agriculture.

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No air-con or bathroom for town hall staff AFTER more than four months, workers in parts of the La Mata Town Hall are still without airconditioning in the building. Also, due to a minor fault in the water system, they are required to leave the premises to use the bathroom. Despite the air-conditioning system breaking down in June, those charged with repairing it have yet to solve the problem which has been exacerbated due to the higher than usual temperatures experienced in the locality this summer. Extra fans have been brought in, but with the summer extending into October, working in the glass building has been less than comfortable. Apart from the air-con issues, one of the pipes in the building is broken and if used water floods one of the rooms. As a direct result, staff working in the affected areas need to leave the building to use a toilet. At a cost of â‚Ź3.3 million, the La Mata Town Hall that occupies 1,800m2 and contains five floors was only built seven years ago.

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registration plate reader ber of minutes that the vethat will verify all the payhicle is parked; it also has ments made through the the function to organise a MOVILTIK app. refund if the car has been Additional features of the in the space for less time in app will tell the driver if the blue and orange zones theyâ€™ve been fined than originally for exceeding the planned. time originally The applicaplanned to park tion is readily and gives the opavailable for Latest news tion to immediatedownloading for and ly pay the fine. both Android more as it It also tracks the and IOS mobiles happens car and informs and includes a the owner where number of builttheir vehicle is should it be in tools such as sending the towed away. user a notification as to MOVILTIK can also be how much time remains beused in other cities that fore their parking period currently use the app such expires. as Calpe, Alzira, Requena Drivers using the ORA and MĂŠrida. Those wishticket system will carry a ing to use the parking meters with traditional coins The number of Grand Slam championships won and credit cards can still by Spanish tennis ace, Rafa Nadal. do so.

LATEST technology being introduced in the city of Alicante will enable drivers to remotely extend the amount of time they are parked in the blue and orange zones. Thanks to a new mobile app available for smartphones designed to manage and regulate parking, drivers can update their ORA ticket without having to go to the parking meter and ends the years of excuses from people needing to leave work early in order to save their car from a fine. With more than 200,000 ORA tickets sold monthly i n t h e c i t y, t h e n e w MOVILTIK application only pays for the exact num-

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Almoradi Scrabble Club HARVEST combinations, which involve trying to combine letters into a harvest word, proved to be very challenging for the Scrabble enthusiasts this month. Only three possibilities were laid - flax, steer and corn. Corn was voted as the most appropriate harvest word, which won Russ a bottle of wine. Sam had the highest round score for the second month running, but she is still looking for that elusive 500. The next meeting will be on Tuesday October 31, at Cafe Almoradi (opposite the health centre), meeting at 3pm for a 3.30pm start. If you can rearrange the following letters into a seven letter anagram, Scrabble could be the game for you, so why not join the group? SLIRABE For further information contact Christine on 694 437 698.

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SAMM members also enjoy many social activities, most prominent amongst them is pleasure sailing. As a prime example, on September 21, Balaton group members had a most enjoyable outing to Thomas Maestre, organised by Bob Lagden and Sandie Clarke. Meeting on the CTD jetty at 10am in perfect weather, they found that the Malta outboard on their dinghy would not start, so launched the SAMM Whaly support SAIL AWAY: Balaton group members boat and had some fun loading everybody in, plus the cabin seat cushions for their six-metre Araez Arabel 20 that had been cleaned by Carol Sibson. They took two of their three boats presently on the water, Lavanter, crewed by Bob Miles, Robert Hudson, Carol Sibson, Willy Ross and Rona Agnew and Sirocco, a sixmetre Sailfish 18, crewed by Julian Pering, Bob Lagden, Steve and Catherine Rocks. Sirocco had a 10-minute head start whilst Lavantersâ€™ crew secured the Whaly and figured out the jigsaw puzzle

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of the seat covers. In a 10 knot NNE breeze both boats made good time beating across the Mar Menor, arriving together in under an hour and a half and needing only one short tack to gain the entrance to the Marina at Thomas Maestre, the wind conveniently dropping to about eight knots to make mooring easier. With perfect timing Balaton members Mike and Kate Egar followed them in on a Deltania group boat out of Los Urrutias. s enjoying lunch. They were joined by Heather Bell, Jo Pering, Jan Penning and Sandie Clarke who arrived by car, and all enjoyed a good meal at the Club Nautico Restaurant, the majority choosing one of the various paellas on offer. The trip back was equally enjoyable, running before the steady breeze, and again they crossed the Mar Menor in under an hour and a half, a good time having been had by all. For more information on the Balaton Group g o t o w w w. b a la to n s a ilin g g ro u p . co m o r www.sailingmarmenor.com.

And the music still plays on AT the Madhouse, part of the Matrix Studio set-up in Campoamor, management has changed and now along with various activities for all ages like the Rock Choir, French lessons, theatre rehearsal, Girl Guides and ballroom dancing is the English folk and music club that is held on a Tuesday night at 8.30pm. This club offers an openmic night and entry is free, a raffle is held each week and the proceeds go to engaging professional acts to come from the UK and perform at the club three or four times a year. So call into the Madhouse and see the folk club in action. Itâ€™s been going for over 10 years. For more information about the Madhouse contact: matrixstudiomadhouse@ gmail.com.

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IT may only be October but rehearsals are well under way for Studio32’s winter show. The company will be performing a stage adaptation of that Christmas film favourite, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. The show contains some all-time classic songs including Blue Skies, Sisters, and of course the Bing Crosby title number, White Christmas. Bev McEwan plays the role of Martha Watson. The character of Martha is quite overthe-top, but Bev has excellent comic timing and is rising to the challenge and complexities of this role. Bev has been with Studio32 for a number of years, playing lead roles such as Ado Annie in their production of Oklahoma, Mrs Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol, and more recently the lead role of Mabel Normand in Mack and Mabel. Studio32 is once again supporting the San Fulgencio Alzheimer’s Association with this production, as well as other local charities. So why not help them raise

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WHITE CHRISTMAS: Bev McEwan as Martha Watson. money for worthy causes whilst enjoying a terrific night’s entertainment. Show dates are Wednesday November 29 to Saturday December 2 at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio. All performances start at 7.30pm, and doors open at

7pm. Reserved seating tickets are now on sale, priced at €10. You can book your tickets by emailing tickets@studiothir tytwo.org, calling the ticket line on 602 474 793, or from the following outlets: Cards and More, La Marina 966 790 954 and The Card Place, Benijofar,

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GRATEFUL: Annette English receiving the cheque from Callum, grandson of owners Tony and Diane Crowson, watched by Marlene Brown, David English and Joan Rampton.

Elche children all set for school THIS month’s fundraising night at Quesada Fish and Chips Restaurant raised €1,065. The money is being spent on clothing and books which the young people at Elche Children’s Care Home need for their return to school. Some of the older ones will be attending college to learn vocational skills including hairdressing, manicuring and motor mechanics. They will also be helped with the purchase of essential equipment. The youngsters themselves are aware of the help they receive from the expat community, and show their appreciation with big hugs and kisses. Next month’s fundraising night will be on

Wednesday October 28, when Woody will be entertaining diners. He is one of the most popular artists on the Costa Blanca South, and tickets for him always sell out well in advance. Money raised on this night will be donated to Stroke Association Spain. They recently moved into new premises at the Cultural Centre in Benijofar and plan to extend their services to include people with other types of brain injury. Tickets for Woody can be purchased from Quesada Fish and Chips, The Post Room in Benijofar, The Card Place in Benimar and Redz cafe bar in Quesada. At €10, inclusive of a meal, they represent excellent value and will sell quickly.

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A NUMBER of high profile companies have already announced that they will move their head offices out of Barcelona and others are considering their future. It seems that the Sabadell Bank has made the decision to move in the event of independence to either Alicante or Madrid whilst it is strongly expected that CaixaBank will decide at an Extraordinary General Meeting to look to move to Valencia. Other companies who are definitely moving are telecommunications operator Eurona which has proper-

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Ryanair increases pilots’ wages especially Norwegian inviting pilots to transfer to join their expanding fleet, so despite the fact that the recently failed Monarch airlines may see their pilots looking for work elsewhere, Mr O’Leary clearly wishes to keep continuity within his airline. He has promised his pilots a secure future and referred to the insolvency of Air Berlin, Alitalia and Monarch this year and suggested that pilots consider long and hard before defecting to less financially secure airlines.

By John Smith ties acquired following takeovers in Madrid, whilst dental specialists Proclinic Expert have their eyes set on Zaragoza. In addition and supposedly not due to the possibility of independence, Oryzon, a biotech company founded in Barcelona in 2000, confirmed through the Spanish stock exchange that it will be moving its head office to Madrid. Independence could prove to be a major problem for banks headquar-

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Smoke screen THE Spanish Tax Agency has announced that in the past year it has seized 6.5 million packs of cigarettes and 97,000 packs of tobacco. It believes that its ongoing battle against contraband tobacco is continuing to be successful.

Peseta plea FOUR people who claimed compensation for the loss of 48,458 pesetas issued by the Republican side in 1936 have had their claim rejected by a Spanish court. They argued that the Nationalists seized the money illegally and wanted the euro equivalent including interest.

Easy connect THE number of Spanish households that has access to the internet has risen to 83.4 per cent, although the majority of access is through mobile phones. Just 13.5 million households have broadband access and a growing amount is through fibre optics.

Airline staff call off strike PILOTS flying for Thomas Cook airline have settled their dispute with the company and called off three strikes planned for Friday and the following two weeks. The eight days of strikes were due after an earlier action in September, believed to be the

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Beware of reactions and counter-reactions, which will not be good for Catalonia or Spain,” warned Antonio Garamendi Vice President of the Spanish SME Confederation on companies planning to move HQs from Barcelona.

RYANAIR CEO Michael O’Leary.

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Catalan businesses will leave

CONSIDERED to be the most vulnerable of the Spanish Banks on the Stock Exchange, Liberbank is looking to raise an additional €500 million to prop it up. Whilst approval for this capital increase will be required at a forthcoming shareholders’ meeting, the bank already has foreign bank advisors in place, ready to underwrite the proposed new offer of shares.

THE chief executive of Ryanair Michael O’Leary has written to pilots offering them enhanced pay and conditions and apologising for annual leave confusion. Not known for his tact in the past, on this occasion, the Ryanair boss appeared to be alert to the fact that a large number of pilots had joined unions since the problem of holiday rotas had seen the cancellation of thousands of flights. In addition, there have been approaches from other airlines,

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first British airline pilots strike in decades. Both the pilots union BALPA and the management of the airline have expressed their pleasure at the fact they were able to come to an agreement which meant the minimum of disruption to passengers.

tered in Cataluña as in the event that the new Catalan State should fall into financial difficulty it would be unlikely to underwrite the liabilities of banks based there, whilst those who have head offices in Spain would continue to receive protection from the European Central Bank. Share prices fell with the announcement of the result of the referendum, but those who have either announced or indicated the likelihood of moving out of the region have seen some very significant gains.

Back on track in Saudi Arabia THE Spanish consortium constructing the 450 kilometre high-speed link between Medina and Mecca in Saudi Arabia expects to see live tests shortly. There have been delays and financial difficulties but rail operator Renfe plans to start running passenger trials by the end of this year and if all is successful a full service by the second quarter of 2018. Taking nearly four years to complete, the service will see trains travelling at up to 300 kilometres per hour.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,435.50 -45.50 Associated British Foods 3,212.50 -59.50 Admiral Group 1,943.50 90.50 Ashtead Group 1,910.50 65.50 Antofagasta 975.00 -22.50 Aviva 497.50 0.20 AstraZeneca 5,112.50 -41.50 BAE Systems 608.00 -5.00 Babcock International Group 827.00 -2.00 Barclays 193.75 3.55 British American Tobacco 4,815.00 33.50 Barratt Developments 648.50 -7.50 Berkeley Group Holdings (The)3,749.00 -43.00 British Land Co 606.00 5.50 BHP Billiton 1,381.00 1.00 Bunzl 2,308.00 -0.56 BP 482.50 -5.65 Burberry Group 1,795.00 -2.00 BT Group 283.75 0.60 Coca-Cola HBC 2,600.00 50.00 Carnival 4,917.50 -11.50 Centrica 181.50 7.00 Compass Group 1,595.00 -26.00 Croda International 4,031.00 131.00 CRH 2,774.00 3.81 ConvaTec Group 284.20 0.02 DCC 7,405.00 85.00 Diageo 2,541.25 6.25 Direct Line Insurance Group 357.65 -6.65 Experian 1,519.50 -24.50 easyJet 1,242.00 -21.00 Ferguson 5,180.00 -20.00 Fresnillo 1,439.00 15.00 G4S 300.65 19.35 GKN 347.25 -9.05 Glencore 365.25 -1.65 GlaxoSmithKline 1,518.50 -10.00 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,518.50 26.50 Hammerson 536.50 2.50 HSBC Holdings 750.00 -6.90 International Consldtd Air Grp 615.00 0.50 InterContinental Hotels Grp 4,045.00 -48.00 3i Group 935.50 -0.50 Imperial Brands 3,160.00 25.50 Informa 664.50 -18.00 Intertek Group 5,105.00 -40.00 ITV 178.85 1.15 Johnson Matthey 3,470.00 64.00 Kingfisher 299.50 -7.80 Land Securities Group 972.50 -7.50

% CHG. NET VOL -3.07 20,696.88 -1.82 26,046.08 4.88 5,164.33 3.55 9,185.75 -2.26 9,824.06 0.04 19,666.75 -0.81 64,574.27 -0.82 19,590.16 -0.24 4,181.28 1.87 32,407.29 0.70 107,910.68 -1.14 6,530.14 -1.13 5,122.76 0.92 6,135.79 0.07 28,967.07 -0.02 7,728.79 -1.16 97,158.61 -0.11 7,638.34 0.21 27,720.04 1.96 9,221.54 -0.23 10,487.94 4.01 9,927.38 -1.60 25,383.21 3.36 5,115.12 0.14 23,504.57 0.01 5,520.72 1.16 6,524.76 0.25 63,494.52 -1.83 4,890.88 -1.59 14,122.46 -1.66 5,100.15 -0.38 13,081.82 1.05 10,574.42 6.88 4,322.74 -2.54 6,088.46 -0.45 53,303.73 -0.65 74,935.35 1.78 7,081.58 0.47 4,223.90 -0.91 151,531.92 0.08 13,171.21 -1.17 7,683.20 -0.05 9,042.72 0.81 29,872.51 -2.64 5,586.75 -0.78 8,255.13 0.65 7,193.41 1.88 6,591.75 -2.54 6,678.27 -0.77 7,243.84

COMPANY

PRICE(P)

Legal & General Group 262.25 Lloyds Banking Group ORD 67.20 London Stock Exchange Grp 3,915.00 Micro Focus International 2,403.50 Mediclinic International 762.00 Merlin Entertainments 451.50 Marks & Spencer Group 349.00 Mondi 2,191.50 Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets 255.50 National Grid 935.00 NMC Health 2,838.00 Next 5,250.00 Old Mutual Group 200.35 Paddy Power Betfair 7,852.50 Prudential 1,787.50 Persimmon 2,698.50 Pearson 615.00 Reckitt Benckiser Group 6,825.00 Royal Bank of Scotland Group 265.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,293.50 Royal Dutch Shell 2,337.50 RELX 1,654.00 Rio Tinto 3,690.00 Rolls-Royce Group 902.00 Randgold Resources 7,462.50 RSA Insurance Group 635.00 Rentokil Initial 302.50 Sainsbury (J) 244.25 Schroders 3,450.00 Sage Group (The) 710.00 Segro 534.00 Shire 3,862.50 Smurfit Kappa Group 2,250.00 Sky 862.50 Standard Life Aberdeen 427.50 Smiths Group 1,575.00 Scottish Mortgage Invstmnt Trst 430.25 Smith & Nephew 1,332.50 SSE 1,388.50 Standard Chartered 771.00 St James's Place 1,132.50 Severn Trent 2,174.00 Tesco 186.00 TUI AG 1,355.00 Taylor Wimpey 200.65 Unilever 4,319.50 United Utilities Group 857.50 Vodafone Group 211.55 Worldpay Group 414.00 WPP Group 1,383.00 Whitbread 3,788.50

CHANGE(P) -0.55 0.60 -39.00 -28.50 76.00 -13.90 0.30 77.50 23.40 -2.80 -48.04 85.00 4.15 167.50 -31.50 -8.50 -14.50 -11.00 -7.10 -4.00 6.00 -37.00 -20.00 -17.50 32.50 11.00 -1.30 2.25 -13.00 -20.00 0.50 0.50 -86.00 -61.00 -1.00 -40.00 -4.75 -59.50 17.50 -1.90 0.50 16.00 -2.40 70.00 1.25 -62.50 -5.00 -0.25 -0.38 -24.00 -74.50

% CHG. -0.21 0.90 -0.99 -1.17 11.08 -2.99 0.09 3.67 10.08 -0.30 -1.69 1.65 2.12 2.18 -1.73 -0.31 -2.30 -0.16 -2.60 -0.17 0.26 -2.19 -0.54 -1.90 0.44 1.76 -0.43 0.93 -0.38 -2.74 0.09 0.01 -3.68 -6.61 -0.23 -2.48 -1.09 -4.27 1.28 -0.25 0.04 0.74 -1.27 5.45 0.63 -1.43 -0.58 -0.12 -0.09 -1.71 -1.93

NET VOL 15,596.09 48,426.51 13,578.74 10,576.75 4,895.30 4,711.32 5,753.19 10,342.30 5,489.48 31,886.01 5,560.66 7,578.19 9,539.29 6,469.65 46,416.67 8,351.42 5,069.98 47,891.73 32,644.82 104,930.53 87,831.66 17,907.21 49,886.55 16,951.80 6,994.35 6,325.63 5,616.73 5,321.97 7,768.39 7,870.94 5,355.58 35,391.00 5,565.77 15,909.50 12,662.52 6,358.32 6,030.30 12,055.90 14,086.00 25,622.99 5,972.73 5,135.88 15,281.60 7,561.05 6,521.06 55,274.30 5,884.70 57,483.69 8,288.00 17,512.56 7,080.25

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DOW JONES C LOSING P RICES O CTOBER 9

COMPANY 3M AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CO CATERPILLAR CHEVRON CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA DOWDUPONT EXXON MOBIL GENERAL ELECTRIC GOLDMAN SACHS HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL CORP J.P.MORGAN CHASE JOHNSON & JOHNSON MC DONALD'S CORP MERCK AND CO. NEW MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER AND GAMBLE TRAVELERS CIES UNITED TECHNOLOGIE UNITEDHEALTH GROUP VERIZON COMMS VISA WAL-MART STORES WALT DISNEY CO

PRICE 216,520 91,5500 155,300 258,580 126,930 117,03 33,750 45,49 71,22 81,71 24,3900 246,02 165,8500 146,48 39,6300 96,9200 133,2200 159,6000 64,55 76,000 52,42 36,0500 92,330 125,07 118,23 198,06 48,81 106,73 79,0000 100,0700

CHANGE% +0,07% +0,43% -0,06% -0,12% +0,42% -1,31% +0,48% -0,07% +0,35% -0,38% -0,61% -0,02% -0,16% -0,16% +0,25% -0,18% +0,02% +0,50% -0,08% +0,04% +0,46% +0,14% +0,33% +0,51% +0,05% +0,08% -1,93% +0,46% -0,52% -0,04%

CHANGE VOLUME(M) 0,150 129.194,12 0,3900 80.928,34 -0,090 802.159,91 -0,310 152.842,34 0,530 75.012,18 -1,55 221.772,16 0,160 168.751,82 -0,03 194.028,69 0,25 166.286,18 -0,31 346.213,92 -0,1500 211.167,30 -0,04 95.179,02 -0,2700 195.447,96 -0,24 136.510,61 0,1000 186.221,37 -0,1700 341.058,03 0,0300 357.562,44 0,8000 129.275,46 -0,05 176.050,72 0,030 585.370,54 0,24 68.782,80 0,0500 214.401,93 0,300 235.442,81 0,63 34.509,94 0,06 94.333,01 0,16 191.496,28 -0,96 199.075,11 0,49 195.248,66 -0,4100 235.988,93 -0,0400 154.394,40 M - MILLION DOLLARS

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COMPANY

PRICE

CHANGE NET / %

Most Advanced Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. $ 14.15 Hydrogenics Corporation $ 10.15 TravelCenters of America LLC $ 5.80 Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. $ 29.93 Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. $ 9.20 Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. $ 8.15 Ferroglobe PLC $ 14.76 Northern Technologies International Corporation$ 17.45 RF Industries, Ltd. $ 2.45 Calithera Biosciences, Inc. $ 17.25 ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. $ 21.26

3.43 ▲ 32.00% 1.225 ▲ 13.73% 0.65 ▲ 12.62% 2.81 ▲ 10.36% 0.85 ▲ 10.18% 0.71 ▲ 9.54% 1.24 ▲ 9.17% 1.45 ▲ 9.06% 0.20 ▲ 8.89% 1.20 ▲ 7.48% 1.41 ▲ 7.10%

Most Declined Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Zion Oil & Gas Inc Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corporation Everspin Technologies, Inc. Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Tocagen Inc. Nightstar Therapeutics plc Axovant Sciences Ltd. Marinus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Helen of Troy Limited Cidara Therapeutics, Inc.

$ 25.25 $ 2.80 $ 2.62 $ 13.37 $ 2.49 $ 10.44 $ 16.75 $ 7.05 $ 6.945 $ 87.80 $ 7.30

4.75 ▼ 15.83% 0.48 ▼ 14.63% 0.41 ▼ 13.53% 1.96 ▼ 12.79% 0.35 ▼ 12.32% 1.36 ▼ 11.53% 2.12 ▼ 11.23% 0.87 ▼ 10.98% 0.745 ▼ 9.69% 9.30 ▼ 9.58% 0.70 ▼ 8.75%

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Coal is out of favour

Christmas could be costly in the UK

AS governments around the world demand a move away from environmentally damaging coal and oil, the larger oil companies in particular are expanding their natural gas resources. Currently, Royal Dutch Shell is managing a huge deposit in Australia and will convert the gas into Liquefied fuel (LNG) which can be transported around the world in tankers. A similar operation in the Southern Hemisphere is being managed by Chevron which is reported to have invested a massive €75 billion into the building of a new platform and other major oil companies are also investing heavily in this growing area of business. Currently a great deal of electricity, particularly in China and India is being produced by burning coal which is recognised as a major pollutant and a generating planting using LNG can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced by 50 per cent and 75 per cent less nitrogen oxide. The large oil companies can see that their reliance on oil to fuel vehicles is coming to an end, with the decision to phase out diesel powered vehicles within a few years and the growth of electric cars with batteries which will stay charged for much longer distances. Countries which had little if any oil may still have natural gas deposits as the deeper the compressed matter is found, the more likely it is to have turned into gas rather than oil. The five countries with largest gas deposits currently known are believed to be in Russia, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan although the figures presented by US Energy Information Administration are quite old and do not even include the USA.

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LIQUID NATURAL GAS WILL TAKE OVER

QATARI ship transporting LNG.

More and more LNG projects are being presented to governments around the world whilst the search for crude oil is declining and with LNG suitable for urban taxis and other vehicles, distribution is almost as important as new finds. The cost of freezing and moving the liquid gas in bulk is steadily decreasing as companies invest more in this area and even the movement of the gas can be greener as marine diesel is slowly being replaced by engines driven by LNG.

DESPITE FALLS IN THE SPANISH STOCK MARKET

German Bank tips Santander IN a published statement, Deutsche Bank which appears to have recovered from its own financial difficulties has identified Banco Santander as a good investment option. Untainted by the Catalonian problem and only recently considered by the Spanish government and European Central Bank an ideal partner to take over Banco Popular, it seems ready to fend off law suits from disgruntled Banco Popular shareholders who have lost everything. The majority of Spanish bank shares fell following the results of the arguably illegal Catalan Independence Referendum and the German banking group believes that Santander under the firm leadership of Ana Botin is undervalued. It forecasts that 2018 will be a very profitable year for the Cantabrian based bank with profits rising by more than 10 per cent and an increase in the value of dividends paid to shareholders. With a target price of €6.60, it would have to see a strong surge of around 14 per cent as shares have been trading between €5.80 and €5.85 for several

ANA BOTIN: Has been chair of the parent company since 2014.

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weeks, although it had a short lived drop to €5.60. Ana Botin the fourth generation of her family to head Santander Bank, studied economics at Bryn Mawr College and attended Harvard Business School where she earned an MBA. She then worked for eight years at JP Morgan in the USA and in 1988 she came back to Spain and began working for the Santander Group. In 2002 she

was appointed the executive chairman of the Spanish bank, Banesto, a subsidiary of Santander where she served until 2010 when she became CEO of Santander UK. When her father died in 2014, she was immediately appointed chair of the parent company which continues to be highly successful. So impressed was David Cameron with this Spanish businesswoman that he appointed her in 2014 as one of his advisors in the Business Advisory Group and following this appointment she was then made an honorary Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in December 2015, for services to the British financial services sector. Now with more than 186,000 employees and 14,392 branches spread across most of Europe and much of South America, the bank has also been increasing its business in Asia and the USA and its charismatic and hardworking chair continues to be a driving force behind the bank’s burgeoning strength.

CHRISTMAS is already upon us although Spain is not as quick to jump on the band wagon as UK retailers who are already promoting cards, decorations and gifts. Stores such as Morrisons in Gibraltar are following suit offering plenty of Christmas items alongside an extensive Halloween collection but stores in the UK are worried that this won’t be a bumper celebration as far as they are concerned. British consumers are fearful that the prices of goods will continue to increase due to a weak pound and Brexit fears meaning that they may have to cut back on their spending according to a survey undertaken by Mintel, the world’s largest market intelligence agency with global offices in Europe, the Far East and Asia,

Foundation to quit Cataluña MASKED by the interest caused by the move of industrialists and banks out of Cataluña, a charitable foundation worth almost €22 billion has also left. La Caixa Banking Foundation Group which exists to manage a huge pension fund and administers charitable activities throughout Spain has decided to set up its new headquarters in Palma, Mallorca. Madrid has been the main beneficiary of the move of head offices out of Barcelona although it is unlikely that the banks in particular will move the majority of their staff who will continue to operate from their existing offices, so fears of massive unemployment in Barcelona are unlikely to come true.

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UNITY: Demonstration against Catalan independence in Barcelona.

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WHILST the European Union has sided with Spain on the Cataluña situation, the IMF has now warned that the entire Spanish economy could suffer a loss of confidence. Despite the fact that Cataluña is considered the industrial power house of Spain and accounts for 19 per cent of GDP, the American financial ratings agencies have steadily downgraded its rating and it is now considered to be junk (negative) investment status. To some extent the flow of companies out of Barcelona to

the rest of Spain, which is being made as easy as possible by the government, will not necessarily be a disastrous blow, as i n m a n y c a s e s , h e a d o ff i c e s will be set up externally but staff will continue to work out of Cataluña’s capital. Ti m e w i l l t e l l w h e t h e r t h e Spanish economy will be badly affected by the current situation but, unless a settlement of some type is made, there will be continued ongoing problems, especially as not everyone in the province favours independence.

Andalucia’s recordbreaking exports EXPORTS from Andalucia hit an alltime record for the first seven months of 2017 with a total of €18 billion. This is a 20.1 per cent increase over the same months in 2016 and as an added bonus imports were down, leaving the economy in the happy position of having a €1.92 billion trade surplus. The province is the second largest exporter in Spain after Cataluña and is well ahead of the Basque Country in third place. According to the Extenda-Andalucian Agency for Foreign Promotion, the biggest growth in trade has been with China which saw a massive jump to €684 million making it the eighth largest market for

Andalucian produce. France continues to be the market l e a d e r, s p e n d i n g € 2 . 1 b i l l i o n , f o l l o w e d b y G e r m a n y, I t a l y a n d t h e United Kingdom, whilst of the nonEU countries in the top 10, joining China, are the United States and Morocco. Important exports are olive oil and table olives as well as sweet oranges, lemons, wine, ham and tuna, with new markets for gourmet produce in particular being opened. Although agricultural produce m a k e s u p a l a rg e p r o p o r t i o n o f e x ports, the province has also been particularly successful in the sale of minerals and oil as well as electrical goods and metal.

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Look before you leap, or send a letter LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT I DON’T often react to mail I receive, particularly those that are not constructive and often downright nasty, but I do feel a couple of last week’s missives merit a certain repudiation from the ol’ boy. Of course, as usual, the wrong end of the stick was firmly seized by at least one of these communications. My point about Facebook removing my posting of the naked white man being kicked and stoned to death by black youths, without intervention on an SA street, was not that it was actually taking place, but the fact that the site seemed to allow the most horrendous acts by terrorist groups to remain, but deemed it necessary to remove and, subsequently, continue to sweep under the carpet, the desperate and totally unacceptable treatment of the white citizens who still live in those African countries. Contrary to one of your letters I do, in fact, know exactly what I am talking about. Not only do I receive weekly updates from friends in Africa, but I have also toured and lived for a while in both SA and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe; experiencing the apartheid and also their so-called liberated eras. Well I remember, during my trip to

JOHANNESBURG: A city of stark contrasts to its own citizens. a then fairly young Zimbabwe, having local black residents furtively sidle up and inform me how much better their lives were under Mr Smith! At least during those far off days these countries prospered. Although the blacks were disgracefully oppressed and reduced to second-class

citizens in their own land, they did at least reap the benefits of the hard work, efforts and expertise of the white settlers i.e. roofs over their heads, food on the table and schools for their children. Both countries have now descended into utter anarchy under the jackboots of the ANC and the

despot Mugabe. Whites are afraid to shop or go into many public places alone. Muggings and robbery are the norm. Abductions, rapes and murders of whites are not even reported. Johannesburg has become the most dangerous city in the world. Those whites who have survived, are forced to live in virtual fortresses, with high walls topped by barbed wire and compounds patrolled by dogs, backed up by armouries of firearms. Farms seized by the authorities, once productive and highly successful, lie barren and unattended, while the ordinary local black citizens, most living in poverty and starvation, look helplessly on as the privileged few indulge themselves in lives of luxury and decadence, far in excess of the white politicians and leaders of yore. And the world looks on and does precisely nothing. I rest my case. Please, if you do feel the need to communicate, either by email or online, can you first make sure you actually understand my point and not merely pluck a couple of lines or phrases out purely to be unpleasant? It really is such an utter waste of precious time and energy. Keep ‘em coming however, I do peruse them all. Hang in there. Keep the faith. Love Leapy columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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Have you travelled before? Mike Senker

In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man LAST week I mentioned Monarch running out of food. Well now they have gone skint and, of course, I had flights booked with them for Christmas. As I paid with a debit card I have probably lost my money, which is bad enough, but, of course, when I have gone to rebook all the other airlines have doubled their price. Yeah, yeah, I know - supply and demand. I flew with Virgin Atlantic to and from the USA and I have to say they are a fantastic company to fly with. The only thing I wondered was why, when fitting out their female cabin crew, do they hear ‘I’m a size 10’ when she’s obviously said ‘I’m a size 14’? They all looked a little uncomfortable to me. I decided to fly into Gibraltar on the way back so I didn’t have to leave Heathrow on my return which meant I could stay in the same terminal and not have the extra expense of going to another airport. I had only two hours from landing from the USA to catch my next flight and I couldn’t check my luggage all the way through to Gib. All was going well until I got to security

and my bag went on the other side of the glass which meant it had to be double checked, which is fine. The problem was there were only two security people. One was dealing with the left hand side queue and one was dealing with the right hand side. The lady in front of me had a back pack, a handbag and a carry-on bag and the officer decided to go through the whole lot which took 40 minutes. Half way through I looked at her and said, ‘Have you actually ever travelled before?’ She had water, three or four bags of cosmetics and gawd knows what else. I was getting very grumpy and asked, ‘Why does this have to be done here? Why isn’t she taken to one side so as to not hold everybody else up? After all, she’s the problem, not us!’ The security officer’s random comment to me was that only last week he had found six bullets in someone’s hand luggage. That, of course, didn’t answer my question at all. There should be three or four officers there. Two to do the general security and two to do the awkward stuff, so it keeps it all flowing. Finally, BA, why, oh why do you make everyone pay for refreshments with credit cards? Everybody having to put pin numbers in for a two quid transaction! It’s a joke! columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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LEGALLY SPEAKING Buying a new car - your rights 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.

NEW CARS: Conditions will vary according to the manufacturer. WHEN you purchase a new car from a dealer, you have a certain level of peace of mind accompanying your purchase. New cars are covered by a legal guarantee of two years without a mileage limit, whereas the manufacturer has to take care of the faults and breakdowns that have arisen with the car, so long as they are not caused by misuse, lack of maintenance or wear. Factory defects are also covered by the legal guarantee, but in this case the claim must be made during the first six months from the date of delivery of the vehicle. After that time it is necessary to prove that the defect is actually caused at the manufacture stage and, for that, an expert report must be presented to prove it. The Madrid-based Asociación Madrileña de Distribuidores de Automóviles (AMDA), also wants to advise owners that you also have consumer rights if you have to visit the workshop for these repairs. In the event that the vehicle suffers a fault covered by the warranty, the time spent in the

workshop for repair will not count as part of the warranty period and that time will be added to the original date of termination of the warranty. It is necessary to request a receipt with the date of delivery and return of the vehicle, together with the repair report. The buyer not only has rights when buying a car, but work carried out in authorised mechanic’s workshops are guaranteed, whether it is a maintenance check or a repair. It is however necessary to differentiate between two situations: when it is a repair covered by the legal guarantee, in this case the period of cover is six months; If it is a repair outside the warranty period, the workshop will be responsible for its work for three months or 2,000 kilometres. Many manufacturers offer the option to optionally expand the warranty period. The conditions vary according to the manufacturer, the length of time, mileage, and what is covered. Therefore, the conditions must be read carefully.

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Can they ban dogs? In our community, we have always had a set of ‘Internal Regulations of the Community of Owners’ which are generally adhered to. However, a few owners have now brought dogs into the community. Our Internal Regulations state that, ‘No animals of any kind, except for guide dogs, Perhaps I was too optimistic. First, if your Internal Regulations do not form part of the origina l Sta tute s o f your community, but were passed later, then you do not have legal ground for

may be kept in any part of the Complex.’ Our administrator accepts the rule but says that it would not be possible to enforce it. My copy of your book ‘You & the Law in Spain’ is quite clear that, if our regulations say No Dogs, then our community can enforce this. Can you confirm? D W (Costa del Sol)

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

banning dogs. If the regulations indeed appear in the original Statutes, you

have legal grounds, but how do you enforce them? You wi l l have t o go t o court and obtain a court order for the owner to remove his dog. If he does not , he wi l l be hel d i n contempt of court.

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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Advertising feature ANTIQUES fans will be flocking to Orihuela at the end of October, on the lookout for rare finds and bargains at London Antiques. The antiques showroom and auction house is opening its doors for the first time on Saturday October 28, offering a massive selection of interesting items for sale including furniture, art, collectables and architectural salvage. Every Saturday will see London Antiques host an antiques fair, while once a month from November 5, the company will host its first auction, giving buyers the chance to find something truly unique. Traders will also benefit with indoor and outdoor tables or pitch spaces available and free pitch fees for the first month. Spaces are limited though, so contact info@londo nantiques.es to reserve yours now. The company also works with charities, so if you represent a local charity and are interested in exhibiting, please get in touch. London Antiques specialises in house, garage and all types of clearances of antiques and items of interest. Alongside buying and selling, the company also offers a furniture and antiques restoration service, allowing you to keep those existing heirlooms in top condition and ensuring they continue to bring joy for generations to come. Crafts fans are also in luck, with stalls for all your craft needs, a perfect pastime for the colder months.

Antiques opening

And with the winter months coming up, London Antiques also offers something for fans of unique, antique fire surrounds, meaning you stay warm in style. For many years, their experts have mastered the craft of installing beautiful antique fireplaces, taking great care to provide their customers with a first class service. London Antiques also offers a large range of log burners, barbecues and ovens as well

LONDON ANTIQUES: Be sure to visit the showroom and auction house.

as many different types of modern and vintage surrounds. With plenty of free parking on offer, why not come down to London Antiquesâ€™ show-

room on October 28, or their first auction on November 5? Located at Carretera Bigastro, km 3.5 in Orihuela, those interested can find further information at www.londonantiques.es or by calling 609 550 879. London Antiquesâ€™ showroom is open daily. Due to trade fairs and viewings, an appointment is highly recommended.

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8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm The Sky at Night 9:00pm Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home Dr Suzannah Lipscomb looks at the hidden dangers of the British postwar home. 10:00pm The 80s with Dominic Sandbrook Series in which Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at a dynamic decade. 11:00pm Louis Theroux In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 12:00am Louis Theroux 1:00am Louis Theroux 2:00am The Arabian Motorcycle Adventures

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Football's Greatest The Chase The Chase The Car Chasers The Car Chasers Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Test Match Bowls Live Cash Cowboys Sheldon and Scott embark on a coastto-coast scavenge for collectibles that can make them cash. Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Hornblower Licence to Kill FYI Daily Licence to Kill The Road FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news. The Road Teleshopping

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7:00am Extortion 9:05am Interlude in Prague 11:05am The Birth of a Nation 1:15pm Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 3:10pm Fugitives 4:50pm Extortion A doctor is forced to deal with an opportunist fisherman when he, his wife and child become stranded in the Caribbean. 6:50pm The Birth of a Nation Nate Parker writes, directs and stars in this stirring biopic of Nat Turner, the plantation preacher who led a slave rebellion in 1831 Virginia. 9:00pm Resident Evil: The Final Chapter 11:00pm T2: Trainspotting 1:00am Bite 2:45am The Lesson

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7:00am Live PGA Tour Golf Day one of the CIMB Classic from the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in Malaysia. 8:30am Live ATP 1000: Shanghai 10:00am Live European Tour Golf The opening day of the Italian Open at Golf Club Milano in Monza. 6:00pm Sky Sports News 7:00pm Sky Sports News A comprehensive round-up of the football headlines and all the day's sports news. 8:00pm Rugby Union 11:00pm The Debate - Live 12:00am Gary Neville's Soccerbox 12:30am Football 1:00am Top 14 Rugby Round Up 1:30am Live NFL: Philadelphia @ Carolina 5:45am Live PGA Tour Golf

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A boy named Sue and other resented baby names Nora Johnson

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WHEN I’m exhausted from thinking deep thoughts, (say, about Kim Jong-un and nuclear war or the Catalan independence issue) which is often, because I am a very deep and thoughtful person, I find myself contemplating the great philosophical questions. Like why do slebs choose such daft names for their kids? Take, for instance, Jamie Oliver. His fifth child, River Rocket Blue Dallas, was born last year. His eldest, Poppy Honey, is now 15. In-between are Daisy Boo, Petal Blossom Rainbow and Buddy Bear. Good grief! But a recent joint

Mumsnet/Gransnet survey found one fifth of grandparents dislike their offsprings’ choice of baby name (with Aurora, Elijah, Finn, Noah and Tabitha among the most hated). Then, we have Serena Williams calling her daughter Alexis Jr - named after the baby’s father. What next with this name-jacking: a boy named after his mother? But, hey, didn’t the late Johnny Cash have a thing or two to say about a boy named Sue? But surely the daftest fashion now is giving a surname as a first name, such as the maternal grandma’s maiden name. So girls are called McKenzie, Kennedy or, even dafter, Smith. Yes, fashion is the killer: remember all the 80’s girls called ‘Crystal’ and boys called ‘Dean’? And what about madeup names? Remember how Wayne Rooney named one of

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DAFT NAMES: Jamie Oliver and (right) family.

his sons ‘Klay’? Will the next be called ‘Konkrete’? (Recall that song Concrete and Clay?) I read about someone, on registering his daughter, asking the registrar what was the weirdest name he’d ever heard. Maybe it was a wind up, but he reminisced about a second generation Vietnamese family registering the birth of their son. Their surname was ‘Dong’ and they named him ‘Ramalama Ding’ poor kid with a name ending up sounding like something from Ann Summers’ remaindered seconds counter. When the next celebrity preg-

nancy’s announced in Hollywood, may I suggest a national primary school competition to choose the name? After all, the winning entry couldn’t be half as daft as the ones given to the previous lot. Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.norajohnson.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99;£0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

DOES anyone remember when the BBC convinced the nation that it had uncovered spaghetti trees? The report even came complete with footage of a spaghetti tree orchard. Well, if the BBC showed it, it must be true, even though they’re the people who convinced many of us of the existence of talking plant pots in Bill and Ben. Despite that, we still find ourselves glued to programmes that we know can’t be real. There’s a programme called Mountain Men that follows the lives of people who have opted out of society and gone to live in remote mountain areas in the USA. They live miles from anybody and people are amazed they can survive on their own with only a horse, a log cabin, cameramen, a director and at least two sound crew for company. To say nothing of the hospitality truck! Then only recently, viewers expressed concern for a character in Coronation Street who had microwaved something whilst it was still in a metal tray. I think it’s very nice of these people to be worried, but the thing is… it’s pretend. Thankfully, there are still quality programmes to be had. Yes, we may not have the BBC Shakespeare plays to enjoy, but compensation for that comes with our regular helpings of Come Dine With Me. Quality indeed, but I do wonder, on the odd occasions I accidentally see a portion of the programme, whether we wouldn’t rather see that narrator, the one with the most irritating voice on television, cooked on gas mark 5, rather than some of the disastrous concoctions that are attempted by the contestants! I did want to finish with an important and erudite point about being slaves to TV, but Peppa Pig’s just started so I’ve got to go. Readers interested in submitting articles for this guest column should send articles of around 250 words on topics felt to be of interest to the cosmopolitan EWN readership to editorial@euroweeklynews.com.

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7:00am Real Lives Reunited 7:30am Rip Off Britain 8:15am A Matter of Life and Debt 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm The Code 2:45pm The £100k House: The Final Fix 3:45pm Wild West: America's Great Frontier 4:45pm Great American Railroad Journeys 5:15pm This Farming Life 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Strictly - It Takes Two 8:00pm Coast: The Great Guide 9:00pm Mastermind 9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Gardeners' World 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Dragons' Den 1:05am Snowfall 2:00am Panorama 2:30am Risk 4:00am This is BBC Two

9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Alphabetical 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 Australian Wilderness with Ray Mears 9:30pm Coronation Street Todd's brush with the law infuriates Billy. Daniel incurs the wrath of Cindy's husband. 10:00pm Cold Feet 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm After the News 12:15am Bad Move

7:00am You've Been Framed! Gold 7:25am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 8:15am The Great Indoors 8:40am The Great Indoors 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:30am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:20am The Great Indoors 11:50am The Great Indoors 12:20pm Dress to Impress 1:20pm Emmerdale 1:50pm Emmerdale 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm Dress to Impress 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Fast Five 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pm Fast Five 12:35am Family Guy 1:05am Family Guy

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The Chase The Chase The Avengers Cash Cowboys Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Cash Cowboys The Avengers River Monsters ITV Racing: Live From Newmarket Ed Chamberlin and Francesca Cumani are at Newmarket for the first day of Future Champions Weekend. River Monsters Extreme fishing. The Avengers Counting Cars Counting Cars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars River Monsters River Monsters GoldenEye FYI Daily GoldenEye The Devil's Advocate

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10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 10:45am La Liga Greatest Games 11:00am EFL Matters 11:30am La Liga Show 12:00pm League 1 Play-Off Final 16/17 1:00pm EFL Matters 1:30pm Live Chinese Super League 3:35pm La Liga Show 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football's Greatest Teams 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm La Liga Show 7:00pm SPFL Matters 7:30pm EFL Matters 8:00pm Football 11:15pm EFL Derbies: East Midlands 11:45pm SPFL Matters 12:15am La Liga Icons 12:30am La Liga Icons

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9:30am Show Me What You're Made of 10:00am Saturday Mash-Up!, Including Danger Mouse and Brand New the Next Step 12:00pm Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places 1:00pm Rick Stein's Long Weekends 2:00pm Coast 2:30pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands 3:30pm India: Nature's Wonderland 4:30pm Flog It! 5:30pm Mastermind 6:00pm The Big Family Cooking Showdown 7:00pm Anglesey 7:30pm Gardeners' World 8:30pm Front Row 9:00pm Britain Afloat 9:30pm Dad's Army 10:00pm Lucy Worsley's Nights at the Opera 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Later... with Jools Holland 12:35am The British Guide to Showing Off

8:00pm Incredible Human Journey 9:00pm Wild China 10:00pm Beck 11:25pm Beck Swedish police detective drama. The body of a young woman is found in a Stockholm hotel room. 12:55am Top of the Pops Special 20th anniversary edition of the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 5 January 1984. 1:35am Big Hits: TOTP 1964 to 1975 The biggest musical hits from the years 1964 to 1975. 3:00am Wild China

7:15am Marathon 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:25am Frasier 9:55am Frasier 10:30am The Big Bang Theory 10:55am The Big Bang Theory 11:25am The Big Bang Theory 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pm The Simpsons 12:50pm Come Dine with Me 1:25pm Come Dine with Me 1:55pm Come Dine with Me 2:25pm Come Dine with Me 2:55pm Come Dine with Me 3:30pm A Place in the Sun 4:30pm A Place in the Sun 5:30pm Best Laid Plans 6:35pm Location, Location, Location 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Rivers with Jeremy Paxman 9:00pm Britain's Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson 10:00pm Non-Stop 12:05am Tower Heist

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Children are not the confused ones

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A reader gives the other side of the argument in response to a recent column by EWN columnist Leapy Lee.

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AS much as Leapy Lee is up to here with his so called ‘Gender bender bull,’ a lot of people are up to here with reading about his ignorance and I personally feel, as do many others, that he maybe needs a bit of re-educating. After reading an article he wrote a few weeks ago about gays, lesbians and transgenders, I was left in disbelief how someone in this day and age actually still thinks like this. I appreciate that he is from a whole different generation than I am, and although claiming to be ‘liberal minded’ having grown up in the 60’s, I think his attitude shows otherwise. I was assured by the EWN that it is only his personal opinion and not those of the paper, but also 68 per cent of their readers feel the same way. But do they realise the harm that this kind of attitude can do? I think not.

My teenage children have gay friends and think nothing of it I understand that 50 years ago it was taught that being gay or transgender was wrong. But come on, that was 50 years ago. And do you think that this stopped people being gay? Or stopped how they felt? Of course not. Being gay or transgender is not a trend, it’s not something people do because it’s fashionable. People realise from a very young age whom they are attracted to. It’s still a shame that a lot of gay teenagers don’t ‘come out’ because they are afraid of the

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reactions of their families, but I ask myself, don’t you know your children? Don’t you have a relationship with them where they can feel they can be just who they want to be without the fear of rejection? I know many people who’s parents can’t accept that their son or daughter is gay, and I find that very sad. My teenage children have friends that are gay and think nothing of it. My point is that finally people are realising it is ‘normal’ and parents of my generation don’t bat an eyelid when their child is gay. That is just how it should be. I am glad that Leapy says he has managed to come to terms with gay people adopting children, having seen some disastrous and tragic outcomes for children living with same sex parents. I would like to have known what those disasters were. Worse than the abuse that unfortunately goes on in so many homes with heterosexual parents?

Because it was taught 50 years ago it doesn’t make it right

Isn’t the idea of ‘Christianity’ to love each other? Then of course comes the topic of transgender. Feeling trapped inside the wrong body. You cannot comment on it really, unless you know how it feels. Maybe just listen, and instead of brushing it aside and saying ‘what a load of gender bender bull’ actually imagine how these children, teenagers and adults feel. They are forced into being someone they are not. The child who had the full support from his parents and school who dressed as a girl, great, it couldn’t be better, until the good ‘Christian’ parents of other children removed their children from that school? What are you teaching your children? To not accept people for who they are? Isn’t the idea of ‘Christianity’ to love each other? And they don’t have a problem with Jesus wearing a dress. If a girl dresses like a boy, she’s a tom boy, nobody seems to have a problem with that, but a boy can’t want to dress as a girl?? I thought what we are meant to be teaching children today is equal rights. Why do girls and boys have different uniforms at school if they are all the same? Being gay or transgender can be a

ugly, so worthless that they cut themselves, burn themselves, starve themselves, hurt themselves, to relieve the pain, sometimes because they think they deserve it. This happens a lot amongst gay and transgender teens and young adults. Didn’t the older generation fight for freedom in the war? It’s what I was taught at school. Surely that means the right to be whomever you chose? I don’t understand why it bothers anyone else what gender somebody wants to be. If a girl feels more like a boy and dresses as such then so what? And if a boy dresses as a girl, so what? Why does anybody else care? Why does it affect my child at school if the boy in the chair next to him decides he wants to be a girl? It doesn’t. It’s not about being genderless, it’s about not being labelled.

become the bullies. The children who ridicule gay teens, who drive them to self-harming, and often suicide.

NO PINK OR BLUE: John Lewis recently introduced gender neutral childrens’ clothing. very hard thing to go through, but only because of the reaction of the people around them. The fear of not being accepted. I have done some research, spoken to a lot of people, wondering if this really is how 68 per cent of people think. I’ve asked their opinions and I have had pretty honest answers. From the people aged 70 and above, they squirm a bit when asked, knowing they shouldn’t be anti-gay but it was drummed into them when they were young. I understand this, but I think that instead of saying ‘You are right, it’s bull’ as Leapy Lee has done, they need to understand that their attitudes can be harmful. They pass on their teachings and they produce children who

I was surprised at the amount of people who self-harm Self-harming is happening a lot, and it was something I never really knew much about. My life as a child and adolescent was happy, quite boring compared to a lot of people I have since met. I had no issues with anything, I had self-confidence, and luckily nothing traumatic had ever happened to me. But I have since met a lot of people who unfortunately have had abuse, or trauma in their lives, and I was surprised at the amount of people who self-harm. For those of you who don’t know what self-harming is, as I am sure there are a lot of people who don’t even know it goes on, it’s when someone is made to feel so low, so unwanted, so

So please, don’t label people, don’t judge them by the narrow-minded views so many of you have had drummed into you as a child. Just because it was taught to you 50 years ago it doesn’t make it right, any more than the teachings of Hitler or Franco were right. So Leapy why not try being a bit compassionate, or look into things before you judge everyone? You obviously have no idea to the harm you can be doing and how hurtful and disrespectful your words can be. So all I ask of everyone is to accept people for who they are, because you have no idea what anyone is going through just trying to be who they really are.

LEAPY LEE: The EWN Weekly columnist with views that frequently stir opinion remains the No 1 favourite with many readers.

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Advertising feature EXCITEMENT is in the air, you open the door to your holiday home and the minute you drop your bags there’s a sigh of contentment as you’re ready to relax and unwind, or are you? Sometimes this is the moment you realise an unexpected incident has taken place, such as a burst pipe or a break in. When you buy your insurance, as much as you’d prefer not to think about claiming, unfortunately it’s not always avoidable. However Intasure have had a look at some of the most common reasons for a notification of claim and put together these top tips to help reduce the risk of something going wrong, so you can enjoy your holiday without a worry. Escape of water This type of claim could arise if water has escaped into the property as a result of burst pipes, leaky appliances, blocked drains or faulty boilers. As well as damage to the property itself, additional costs may be incurred if you need to replace floors or walls used to gain access to fix the leaky pipe; otherwise known as trace and access. Or your water bills have increased because of the amount of water lost; also known as loss of metered water. Some precautions you can take to help prevent escape of water include: • Turning off or draining all water when you leave the property for a long period of time.

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How Neater Heaters lead the way THE last year has seen an upturn in the property market, with many people visiting Spain to renovate their property. Whether they are refurbishing them as a holiday home, rental business venture, or even their new permanent home, it is evident that people can see a brighter future ahead. Tony and Richard at Neater Heater have been a godsend to those who need a solution to enhance their homes either for their own economical but stylish living, or even for those wishing to attract potential tenants. Neater Heaters are designed to set up a more efficient way of heating the home so that, when compared to most other electric heaters, monthly bills can be reduced, which is music to anybody’s ears. The difference between a Neater Heater compared to most electric convector heaters is that most other electric

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space is tight, including mounting the heater on factory designed feet if wall space is limited. Choosing your requirements in the autumn also means that you have the full range to choose from, rather than suffering disappointment later in the year.

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Let Her Out Monster Trucks Fences Split Three teenage girls are abducted by a man struggling with dissociative identity disorder. The Escorts Monster Trucks Fences Split Lolo Dark comedy about a Paris fashionista whose scheming teenage son threatens to derail her love life. Let Her Out Bite The Escorts Comedy about a cash-strapped dadto-be who is way out of his depth when he unwittingly takes a gig chauffeuring a trio of call girls.

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Airport moaner driven to distraction I THINK Grumpy Expat from Coin must have been totally confused with his visit to Malaga Airport. Yes it can be difficult to know where you’re going as there are so many signs for different car parks. Since he ‘ended up in the ‘new’ short term car park by accident’ he obviously didn’t know which car park he was looking for. The new space across from arrivals is convenient for collecting people and in fact is quite a good short cut to departures via the lifts and thus avoiding the drop-off car park and the dreaded 16 minutes, one second over and it’s €2.63!!! I have used the new arrivals car park several times over the summer months collecting family and on average paid €1.60 for around 10 minutes. In fact my last visit I waited 25 minutes for my brother and that cost me €3.25! R G Waugh, Fuengirola

HAVE YOUR SAY

It’s illegal

Double trouble REFERENCE your story on page 35 of the Costa Blanca North edition issue 1683: I am livid! Subsidising the day trippers to Granadella is a total abuse by the council of citizens’ IBI payments, and will surely make Costa Nova residents even angrier. I understand from a friend that attended that council meeting that the councillor responsible said it had cost €33,000, far less than the figure you quoted! Manipulation of figures for political means? If it is repeated the council

I REALLY fail to understand all the hand-wringing over the Catalan Independence Referendum. It is against Spanish law and should not therefore be recognised. Time for PM Rajoy to show what he is made of! Chris Perkins, Mijas

Sick as a dog LA GRANADELLA: Free park and ride a disgrace? MUST charge for the service. If the Spanish won’t pay it then there will be less of a problem down there. If the businesses object, then they must pay for the service. On another matter, driving down to the Arenal today there

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were police people at crossings for the children going to school. Two jumped out in front of me from the shadows and I only just saw them in time. They must wear ‘hi vis’ jackets for this job! John Price, Javea

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Cataluña to ‘declare independence’ CATALAN authorities have announced a landslide ‘yes’ vote in Sunday’s illegal referendum. Why is no one talking about the irregularities during this ‘referendum?’ Why were the boxes full of votes before arriving at the polls? How is it possible that a village of 700 people voted 2,000 times.... That was one of the reasons this was declared illegal as it was not regulated. The percentage is also wrong as the Catalonians that didn’t agree with the referendum didn’t vote. Emilia

They had a legal referendum not so long ago and the people voted to stay part of Spain. So if politicians don't get the vote they want they can resort to illegal tactics. I'm not condoning the violence in any way. Barbara Jago

Five dead in multi-vehicle crash Dreadfully sorry for the families of the victims who have died. Vehicles are travelling far too fast and too close with not enough stopping distances! Wendy Nerding

Comments from EWN online Terrible news...RIP to the people who lost their life n hopefully everyone else involved will pull through. Maria Hicklin Terrible news, I was on that motorway yesterday afternoon. Daniel O'Sullivan

End of my rainbow (Leapy Lee) HI kids, This is your trendy Dad telling you how much I love you and how much I enjoyed speaking to you all at my recent appearance at Glastonbury. Ol’ Little Arrows has now flipped completely onto his Bside! Utter tripe from a fantasist who knows nothing about the real Jeremy Corbyn - only the lies and rubbish in the UK gutter press. Just watch Leapy as your favourite party implodes this weekend and sacks the PM - again! Sam B

US man killed in Barcelona’s family to sue THE daughters of a Californian man killed in the terror attack on Las Ramblas, Barcelona have filed a law suit against three social media firms 'for aiding, abetting and knowingly providing support and resources' to a terror group. They probably won’t win but it will definitely raise a huge flag for the creator of social media. If Facebook for example can catch a photograph of a woman breastfeeding and disable the account for content, I am pretty sure they are capable of filtering terrorist sites as well. They may at least step up to the plate a bit more with this warning to be held accountable. Rhea Rouw I think the family know they probably can’t beat big corporate lawyers, but at least they have drawn attention to how weak FB are. They seem to let any criminal and terrorist hoods on to mix with decent people. Gangsters using Facebook to sell stolen goods and counterfeit goods. But its when you open a page and some big terrorist jumps out at you. Robert B Johnston

YOUR piece on the 112 Carlota Galgos dog sanctuary (EWN Costa del Sol issue 1683) really hit the nail on the head with regard to hunting dog cruelty in Spain. Why don’t the government do something about these barbaric practices? Jill Jones, Estepona

Leapy again I DID say in my previous letter that I would not be writing again because of this man’s extreme racist views, but I thought his latest comments on Jeremy Corbyn need to be put into context. There are roughly 200 countries in the world of which only nine have nuclear weapons. No Southern Hemisphere nation has them, and among those that do 95 per cent are in the hands of Trump and Putin. Anyone with any semblance of common sense can see that any of the remaining seven would be annihilated from the face of the earth if they ever dared to use them! Ray Osborne, Los Alcazares

THERE he was again, prattling on about rainbows, Corbyn and Michael Eavis. He enlightened us on our nuclear defence and how Corbyn would rid us of this and stick flowers down the barrels of enemy soldiers. Well Mr Lee, let me remind you of one of the first rules of national security and that’s to protect your leader! The lapse in security at the Tory Party conference was scandalous. When someone handed her a P45, allegedly from the parties’ full time jester Boris!! With all the major security scares of late they let someone within spitting distance, in the middle of a speech, in a party conference. If the P45 had been a gun, knife or hand grenade. Slack!! Philip, San Fulgencio

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Sometimes you can only find heaven by slowly backing away from hell.” Carrie Fisher late actress

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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There is a wonderful enthusiasm about you at the moment. Seeing the reaction of others to you, it occurs that you should have taken this attitude before. Therefore, make a resolution to put more energy into everything that you do.

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Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.” Clint Eastwood Actor and director

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1. Chorizo Possibly the most famous variety of Spanish sausage, also the most infamous for being pronounced incorrectly (chuhree-zoh). This essential pork sa usage can be choppe d o r ground, plain or smoked, long or thin. Smoked paprika gives it the distinct flavour and red colour.

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2. Morcilla A bl o od s aus age know n a s black pudding in the UK. It is a popular s nack an d a favourite ingredient in stews due to its chewy texture and creamy centre. Typically made

4. Botillo A robust sausage, it is dark red in colour. This striking meaty length is made from various cuts of pig such as tail, tongue, ribs, jaw and bones. The level

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Being totally inspired this week, you could be tempted to let enthusiasm run away with you. It is a lovely feeling, like being a child again. Be sure to have fun, but do keep as much money in your pocket as possible.

3. Salchichon A summer favourite, salchichon is made with pork and other varieties of meat including beef, boar, horse and venison. It is seasoned with a host of spices including nutmeg, oregano and garlic and stuffed into intestinal casings. It can be smoked but the traditional method is to air dry it.

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o f sp i ce v ar i es u p o n t h e butcher making it and it is usually seasoned with numerous herbs including garlic and paprika. The meat is encased in the cecum (the pouch connecting the small and large intestine) of the pig and it is a Spanish favourite in soups and stews. 5. Longazina A deep red colour and com-

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p l ex m eat y f l av o u r m ak es t h i s sau sag e a g r eat al l rounder. They are typically long and t h i n , m i l d l y - sp i ced an d smoked. Popular for breakfast with fried rice and eggs, it is also commonly enjoyed in sandwiches.

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Something new which you started in recent weeks becomes more than a passing interest. Although it may be surprising to you, it is owing to a predictable situation. In opening your mind, you also seem to have opened your heart. Many people do that at this time of the year and so you are not alone.

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There will be a certain amount of discussion regarding holiday plans. You know what you want but how do you persuade others? It's quite easy really. All you have to do is to get someone else to suggest a certain place. You then agree and it looks like their idea.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) You are so sharp that there is a danger you will cut yourself! Seriously, though, try not to appear pompous over a certain matter. You may be right and you may be clever, but smarty pants are rarely popular. Some of that sharpness gets things going for you in the love department, though.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) With everyone busy round you, the chance may be taken to show what you are capable of. Instead of watching someone make a pig's ear of a work project, offer to help. It's important, though, to let them think any bright ideas were theirs. Giving praise now will mean it coming back to you ten-fold. Be aware that a close friend is in a delicate frame of mind.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) A business partnership takes on a romantic tinge this week. It is possible that the other party sees this as more significant than you. To avoid problems later it would be best to let them do all the running. Unless, of course, you are determined to run yourself. With a lot of excitement in the air it is possible for you to show just what fun you can be. Enjoy!

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Your outgoing attitude is spot on. Some may say you are a little crazy, the way you go for things. Each person has their own way and yours can be quite unique but that certainly does not make it wrong. People who make the world around us that little bit more colourful are gems.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Some legal matters need your attention. That's not really what you want at this time of the year. A decision has to be made and it needs a fine balance. Asking others may just confuse matters, so only seek expert advice. At the end of the day, you will know what is both best and acceptable. An attempt to bring romance into your life may be more successful than you think.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A last-minute invitation turns out to be just the ticket in more ways than one. An invitation to join a holiday may be proffered. This is unusual, certainly, but keep an open mind. Your company is clearly well appreciated so why not make that a point of pride? Let's face it, who is best equipped to blow your trumpet?

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Someone you mistrust offers to add to your celebrations. Why not call a truce? We both know that little long term will come out of it, but who cares? Sometimes, it is better to share one good moment with someone than none at all.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) As you are in the limelight, it comes as no surprise that admiration comes your way. What may surprise you, however, is the direction it comes from. Who would have thought that such a situation would arise?

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Across 1 Sides reported swarms (5) 4 Sea bird can be cooked slowly (7) 8 They help make curls and waves (7) 9 The belief is that I am God returning (5) 10 They've been held by the innkeeper for a long time (8) 11 Not much of a fall? (4) 13 An American metal somewhere in Texas (6) 14 Nicked bundle of pound notes (6) 17 Prepare to leave the group (4) 19 To begin with I read revelation in Times' article naming the nuisance (8) 22 Brew some magic up pal (5) 23 Life jacket from same wet components (3,4) 24 Records the unmarried ones (7) 25 Spread mangled tapes (5)

opera (4) 6 Something refined brought back from Ragusa (5) 7 Late Greek god betraying no emotion (7) 12 Start playing new super kit (6,2) 13 Small glasses around at views (7) 15 The Parisian reads out editorials

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION FACING PAGE

(7) 16 Public transport around park for vagrants (6) 18 Some of Al Capone's mob are chicken (5) 20 In court it heard about church tax (5) 21 Social sphere (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 11 represents V and 19 represents R, so fill in V every time the figure 11 appears and R every time the figure 19 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.

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Cryptic

Down 1 Set fire to a bit of toast or charcoal (5) 2 Listens, sort of, then joins up (7) 3 Written outline shows no care, is sloppy (8) 4 The coach, little Edward, is out of order (6) 5 A first-class lawyer in Verdi

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Across 1 Underground parts of plants (5) 3 Smears (7) 6 Public toilet in a military area (7) 8 Drinking chocolate (5) 10 Be in accord (5) 11 Graceful and stylish in appearance or manner (7) 14 Suitable for use as food (6) 15 Cubicles (6) 17 Wet slightly (7) 20 Relating to audible sound (5) 21 Form a critical opinion of (5) 22 Educational institution (7) 23 Adjudicator (7) 24 Lone-Star state (5)

English - Spanish

Across 1 Tablecloth (6) 4 Cerveza (4) 8 Queen (5) 9 Notice (warning) (5) 10 Courgette (9) 14 Mejilla (5) 15 Beret (5)

Down 1 Let go free (7) 2 Grab hold of (5) 3 Strainer (5) 4 Brother of your father or mother (5) 5 Not full or plentiful (5) 7 Frightened badly (9) 9 Dare (9) 12 Fewer (4) 13 Being nothing more than specified (4) 16 Triumph (7) 17 Army officer (5) 18 Belonging to them (5) 19 Recess in a wall (5) 20 Separate into parts or portions (5) The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

16 Buttonhole (of garment) (4) 17 August (6) Down 1 Girar (llave, manivela, volante) (4) 2 Spring (season) (9) 3/15 Bolsita de té (3,3)

5 Buildings (houses, offices etc) (9) 6 Tejado (4) 7 Cow (4) 11 Pregunta (4) 12 Leisure (4) 13 Hand (4) 15 See 3

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

ARREAR CENTER CORSET CREASE DECREE DETENT FEEBLE FREEST (10) GRASSY IMBIBE INDEED INGEST PETITE SALINE STATED STRAND TEASEL TEETER TESTES

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Urgent 2 Tunnel 3 Notice 4 Denies 5 Crunch 6 Bestow 7 Raisin 8 Schist 9 Vestry 10 Access 11 Delete 12 Tissue 13 Cheese 14 Relate 15 Misses 16 Limbic 17 Bluish 18 Impish 19 Cosmic.

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

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

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

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

TARGET:

TARGET: • Average: 21 • Good: 30

• Very good: 43 • Excellent: 55

SCORING:

• Average: 8 • Good: 11 • Very good: 16 • Excellent: 21

4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION love loti live lieu lite lithe lither little littler olive olio volt viol view veil weather wether toil tithe tither tittle title toad tail tattle tattler tattoo tattie iota iodate eolith evil either ether uvea otolith oath aether atilt attune tilt teat tune thew then thee three hewn heat head heel dative date dottle doth theta rhea reheat other octad coda cotta flee free

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION cede cedi cere cert cite cred dice epic iced rice ceded cered cider cited citer creed creep crepe crept cried diced dicer edict erect piece price recti riced terce trice credit creped deceit decide deicer depict direct pieced pierce priced recipe recite tierce triced decider decried pierced predict receipt recited credited decrepit depicted directed PREDICTED

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

ENGLISH-SPANISH Across:

1 Syrup, 4 Toser, 7 Balonmano, 8 Crocodile, 12 Regularly, 14 Atras, 15 Study.

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Down:

1 Swim, 2 Rib, 3 Peliculas, 4 Tenedores, 5 Small, 6 Rios, 9 Regar, 10 Grua, 11 Pray, 13 You.

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Across:

1 Passage, 5 Tenor, 8 Geese, 9 Spartan, 10 Auto, 11 Relegate, 13 Torrid, 15 Stills, 18 Absorbed, 19 Yarn, 22 Gristle, 23 Cadre, 24 Treks, 25 Ladders.

1 Suburbs, 5 Comic, 8 Insular, 9 Again, 10 False, 11 Combine, 12 Pester, 14 Laughs, 17 Tractor, 19 Start, 22 Extra, 23 Jealous, 24 Turns, 25 Nunnery.

Down:

1 Pageant, 2 Spent, 3 Abed, 4 Easter, 5 Travesty, 6 Netball, 7 Range, 12 Migrates, 14 Respite, 16 Sonnets, 17 Repeal, 18 Argot, 20 Addle, 21 Acid.

1 Stiff, 2 Basil, 3 Relieve, 4 Strict, 5 Claim, 6 Moaning, 7 Confess, 12 Patient, 13 Scatter, 15 Abstain, 16 Trojan, 18 Traps, 20 Above, 21 Tasty.

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• Les Dennis (64) October 12 - Comedian, television presenter and actor Leslie Dennis Heseltine was the longstanding host of the British TV game show, Family Fortunes for more than 15 years. The Liverpool-born host was married to Amanda Holden but their marriage collapsed after she had an affair. • David Haye (37) October 13 Heavyweight boxer Former cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, Haye has recently been trying to make a boxing comeback after a failed attempt at becoming a Hollywood

star. He recently suffered a shock loss to • Stephen Tompkinson (52) October 15 the Scouser, Tony Bellew following a - Actor long and bitter run up to the fight. Stephen Tompkinson is an English actor best known for his appearances in British • Steve Coogan (52) October 14 - Actor and comedian TV dramas such as DCI Banks, Wild at Stephen John Coogan has a Heart, Ballykissangel, number of comedy personas Grafters and Drop the Dead under his belt but his most Donkey. He also appeared in the movie Brassed Off. famous is by far, Alan Partridge, the Abba-loving, • David Unsworth (44) Ocfailed TV presenter turned tober 16 - Football coach David Gerald Unsworth was DJ from Norfolk. Coogan Steve Coogan. has appeared in a number of part of the Everton FA Cup films but is most popular for comedy. winning side in 1995, earning the nick-

Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

name of ‘Rhino’ from fans for his tough peformances during the 1990’s. He has since became the under-23 coach at his old club and led them to the Premier League 2 title with many fans speculating he will eventually manage the first team. • Jimmy Cricket (72) October 17 - Comedian James Mulgrew is an Irish comedian who has appeared in a number of British TV shows and on numerous stages across the country. His humour is entirely clean and he continues to dress in a suit, hat and wellington boots labelled left and right.

Word Ladder BLUE

COAT BACK

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

Solution BLUE GLUE GLUT GOUT GOAT COAT

NOW a world-renowned pundit, Peter Reid was one of the leading midfielders of his era during the 1980’s, being named PFA Player of the Year in 1985 and credited with being the fourth best footballer in the world. He won a number of honours with Everton, including two league titles, one FA Cup and one European Cup Winners Cup during what was the most successful period in the Toffees’ proud history. Reid has 13 England caps to his name and played at the 1986 World Cup finals where the three lions fell victim to the notso-divine hand of Diego Maradona. As a manager, he has headed clubs in England, India and Thailand. This book tells the unique story of a prolific footballer who got all the way to the top but never forgot his roots, a man who mixed with the powerful but has never been afraid to challenge authority. Told in his typical forthright style, Peter’s book will provide an intriguing insight for any football fan.

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1066 - The Battle of Hastings An all-day battle sees King Harold II of England defeated by the Norman forces of William the Conqueror on Senlac Hill, seven miles from Hastings, England. 1810 - First Oktoberfest King Louis I of Bavaria, marries Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. A great royal ceremony is enjoyed by all citizens of Munich and its repetition the following year will eventually become an annual tradition. 1931 - Capone behind bars One of the most notorious gangsters of the 1920’s and 1930’s, Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison as a result of tax evasion. 1943 - Italy declares war on Germany After the facist government collapsed in July following Mussolini being deposed, the new government of Italy joins the Allies against Germany. 1946 - Goering avoids the noose Found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to be hanged, the former commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe, Herman Goering, swallows a cyanide tablet he had hidden from guards. 1968 - John and Yoko arrested John Lennon and Yoko Ono are arrested for drug possession at their home in London, England.

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Mad about micellar exposing it to any harsh chemicals. Unsurprisingly, it makes a fanTHE magical solution that is mitastic make-up remover and leaves cellar water may have only gained your face looking glowing and hyinternational acclaim on the beaudrated. ty market recently, but it has actuThe w a t e r ’s ally been around gentle formula for over a hunmeans that it can dred years. be used on all It was first Micelles skin types, even used in France to are tiny super-dry and help Parisians drops of oil acne-prone skin, avoid the resuspended and it’s multipurgion’s harsh wapose nature makes ter and the fain soft it great for travelmous formula water that ling, as it can act actually dates help clear as a substitute back to research skin of many of your norfrom the Univerimpurities. mal beauty prodsity of Bristol in ucts. 1913. This savvy soMicellar water lution could even help you cut is made of micelles, which are tiny down on your water bill as you drops of oil, suspended in soft wadon’t have to rinse it off when finter. The droplets are attracted to is he d, you jus t l et i t absor b i nt o grime and oil, so help to draw out the skin and reap the benefits. impurities from the skin without By Kat Ashton

It also contains very few ingredients so is a great choice if you want to purify your skincare routine and step away from products that contain lots of chemicals. Hair care brands have also started to incorporate the micellar formula into their products as its gentle properties help to clean hair without stripping it of all its natural oil. New research from Mintel has revealed that one in three British women have made changes to their hair care routine because of damage concerns. Many hair care companies are lured to micellar water because it silicone, sulphate and paraben-free and also helps to keep scalps healthy by reducing irritation and flakiness. It should be noted, however, that the product needs to be rinsed out when used on hair like regular shampoo. Mintel is the world’s leading market intelligence agency.

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Whatâ€™s in a full English really? By Kat Ashton SCIENTISTS have devised a new full English breakfast to more accurately reflect the DNA of the average Brit. Researchers from Londonbased firm AncestryDNA found that the average Englishman is actually only 37 per cent British when it comes to genetics. To give an accurate portrayal of what this looks like, scientists made a few changes to the ingredients of a typical English breakfast and have ditched bacon and baked beans for Iberico pork and French cassoulet. They also suggest that tradi-

tional fried eggs should be replaced with Scandanavian baked eggs, hash browns should be switched with Irish potato farls and fried tomatoes should be swapped for Italian mozzarella-stuffed tomatoes. According to AncestryDNA, the average Britâ€™s DNA actually contains genes from 26 regions around the world, including: - 20.5 per cent Western European (hence the French cassoulet beans) - 20.3 per cent Irish - 9.5 per cent Scandinavian - 3 per cent Iberian - 2 per cent Italian / Greek The scientists from AncestryDNA used a saliva sample to test the genes of people from across the UK. They found Yorkshire folk to have the most Anglo-Saxon ancestry, with 41 per cent, while London was proven to be the most ethnically diverse region in the UK. The East Midlands were revealed to have the most Scandinavian blood (10.37 per cent) as well as the most Eastern European (2.4 per cent) while those from the east of England have the most Italian/Greek (2.5 per cent). Many of the new additions to the full English are also healthier, as well as being more reflective of your true heritage, as baked eggs are lower in saturated fat than fried and cassoulet beans have much fewer added flavours and preservatives when made from scratch.

SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. WHAT causes migraines? A migraine is caused by abnormal brain activity, which can be triggered by many factors. However, the exact chain of events remains unclear. The changes affect bloodflow in the brain and surrounding tissues. Migraines can also be triggered by any of the following: caffeine withdrawal, changes in hormone levels during the menstrual cycle, the use of birth control pills, changes in sleep patterns, alcohol, exercise or other physical stress, loud noises or bright lights, fasting, certain scents and perfumes, smoking or exposure to smoke, stress and anxiety. Certain foods can also trigger migraines. The most common are: chocolate, dairy products, certain cheeses, foods containing tyramine such as red wine, mature cheese, smoked fish, chicken liver, figs, certain beans, fruits (avocado, bananas, citrus fruits ), meats containing nitrates (bacon, hotdogs, salami, cured meats), onions, peanuts and other nuts and seeds and processed, fermented, pickled or marinated foods. Can they be prevented? You can take measures

such as avoiding all circumstances and foods that cause migraines, which substantially reduces the likelihood of an episode. Early identification of the signs that suggest an episode is starting, and taking appropriate measures are the best ways to prevent progression. What can be done to lessen the pain? There is no specific cure for migraine headaches. The goal is to treat the symptoms of migraines immediately and prevent migraines by avoiding or altering things that can trigger them. If an episode persists, despite making efforts to combat it, then you should rest and take painkillers and muscle relaxants. Sometimes you can use certain drugs that can block the episodes in their tracks, which must be prescribed by a doctor. Can they be a sign of a more serious disease or condition? Overall, migraines are usually benign and produce no lasting side effects. However, it is important to consult a medical specialist when the symptoms appear, and to get regular check-ups.

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HEALTH & BEAUTY THE natural cosmetic trend is now branching out into the nail industry. Many nail care brands have brought out products that not only help to keep your fingertips up to date with the latest colour trends, but promote nail health as well. In-demand skincare ingredients, such as argan oil and soy, are becoming more common in nail care products as consumers recognise them for their rich nutritional value and health-promoting benefits. To address the growing concern about the impact of environmental pollution on the body, beauty giant NailsInc has launched a new polish that contains charcoal which helps to protect nails from external toxins. Like many companies in the beauty industry, nail brands are conscious about overusing chemicals in their products, so are turning to diet-inspired ingredients instead. Superfoods such as kale, carrots, turmeric and almonds are all thought to be beneficial for nail health and have been creeping into new

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Ask the Optician: How can we help the Deaf-Blind? Saher Shrief, Store Director from Specsavers Opticas Torrevieja UNTIL the end of the year, Specsavers are raising money for the Once Foundation for the Deaf-Blind (La Fundación ONCE para la Atención de Personas con Sordoceguera - FOAPS) by offering free comprehensive eye tests and asking patients to donate €1 to FOAPS after their test. To raise awareness of the difficulties that the deaf-blind face, we wanted to dedicate this month’s column to this important topic.

NATURAL NAILS: Stripped back nail care products are all the rage. products over the last few months. Mintel’s research suggest that there is more of a demand for ‘gentle’ nail polish remover, as many on the market are harsh on nails and strip them of their outer layers. Several brands have launched ‘vegan’ alternatives which are made entirely from natural ingredients and help keep nails strong and healthy. Switching your nail products for health-conscious al-

ternatives could actually make all the difference as an increasing number of studies have also revealed that prolonged periods of exposure to chemical fumes from varnishes and other tonics are linked to health conditions including respiratory problems and migraines. While these side effects are most common among nail salon employees who are exposed to these chemicals every day, it is always better to be safe than sorry.

Who are FOAPS? FOAPS is a charitable organisation formed in 2007 by leading Spanish charity ONCE to develop programmes to help deaf-blind people. They are particularly interested in helping with education and employment, improving the quality of life and encouraging integration and development. What is Deaf-Blindness? This disability results from the combination of two sensory impairments - visual and hearing, which can manifest in different levels of severity. This causes unique communication problems and special needs caused by the difficulty with interacting with people and the outside world. How can deaf-blind people communicate? This depends on the severity of the sight and hearing loss, many people use sign language if

their vision is good enough. They can also use tactile sign language, where the deaf-blind person puts their hands over the signer’s hands to feel the shape, movement and location of the signs. FOAPS provide interpreters who can help the deaf-blind communicate and interact with the world. What are you fundraising for? The FOAPS interpreters are the eyes, ears and often voice of the deafblind and have a crucial role to play. We hope that through our campaign we can raise enough money to fund an extra 400 hours of an interpreter. This costs €6,000 so we need 6,000 people to come in and have their eyes tested and make a donation before the end of the year. How can I support the campaign? Just come into your nearest Specsavers Opticas store for an eye test and donate €1 between now and the end of December.

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Fountain of youth By Kat Ashton WHILE it is easy to remember to reach for a glass of water on a hot day or after a strenuous workout, a lot of people miss the mark when it come to drinking the recommended two litres a day. Our bodies need water to function efficiently as it regulates body temperature, delivers nutrients to our organs and helps to prevent infections by getting rid of toxins. Your body will tell you if youâ€™re dehydrated, but these signs can be easy to miss - especially if you live a hectic lifestyle. Common signs of dehydration include fatigue, thirst, dizziness and even confusion. A lot of people also suffer from headaches when they are dehydrated for a prolonged period of time and skin can also start to dry out and become flaky.

There are many benefits to drinking lots of water. Research has shown that it can give you more energy, make you stronger and improve your reflexes. It has also been proven to have a significant impact on the brain as it can boost concentration, memory and even your mood. As dehydration can cause headaches and fatigue, youâ€™re bound to feel better throughout the day if you always have a bottle of water on hand. If you want the kind of glowing, radiant skin you usually see in skin care commercials, the answer might be much simpler, and cheaper than buying a fancy new product. Drinking plenty of water has been shown to help clear up spots and can even make you look younger. As up to 30 per cent of our skin is water, it needs regular tops-ups to keep it looking plump and elastic.

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THE MABS Race for Life 2017 will take place in Camposol Mazarron on Sunday October 29 at 9am with proceeds going to the support of those diagnosed with cancer. Entry costs €10 for adults and €5 for children under 12 years of age with all finishers being given a t-shirt and medal whilst the winners will also receive a trophy. Entry forms are available from a range of different outlets in Bolnuevo, Camposol, Mazarron and Puerto de Mazarron and for details, visit www.facebook.com/Mab s-Mazarron. Once again, Ibex Insurance of Mazarron will be sponsoring the event.

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Crimson idols to hit Murcia THE crimson idol will live again in Murcia. Eighties shock rockers, Wasp, will be bringing the 25th anniversary tour of one of their most successful albums to Sala Gamma. Once they raised eyebrows with profane lyrics and explicit on-stage antics, now they shock the world in a different way as the lead singer, Blackie Lawless, became a born-again Christian. Make no mistake, the group pack as much of a punch as they ever did and have been riding high on the success of their most recent album in 2015, Golgotha. Released in 1992, The Crimson Idol was the autobiographical album of the lead singer. With heart-wrenching lyrics and emotional guitar solos, the tale of the troubled soul’s rise to fame is told through song including how he was used and abused by the music industry, his long-standing war with his parents and his battle with drug addiction. The album has been re-recorded to now include three songs which did not make the original disc and the tour has been aptly named Re-idolised: The

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STILL GOT IT: Wasp continue to pack as much fire as they ever did. 25th Anniversary of the Crimson Idol. Consisting of two parts, part one of the show will see the album played in its entirety whilst part two will feature all the band’s greatest hits from their extensive catalogue. Hard hitters such as On Your Knees, Wild Child and Love Machine can be expected as well as ballads such as Golgotha and Sleeping in the Fire. One of only four shows in Spain, fans across the Costa Blanca are sure to be flocking to Sala Gamma and a sell-

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out crowd is anticipated. Support comes from Beast in Black who will be promoting their debut album Beserker. Tickets for this special event are priced between €28 and €33 and are available to purchase through a number of websites, including ticketmas ter.es, or direct from the venue. Taking place on Thursday, November 2, heads are guaranteed to bang as Wasp show Murcia that they are still at the top of their game.

THE man with no name may have visited Almeria but Alicante is set to experience the Man Without a Shadow tour as a musical genius comes to town. Mikel Erentxun is bringing his acoustic show to the city’s Teatro Principo where rhythm and melody are set to delight the crowd. He delights in classic sounds and sings with a natural sensitivity whilst swaying between rock and roll numbers and powerful ballads. Former main member of the group, Duncan Dhu, Mikel has enjoyed a most successful solo career and is one of the leading names in Spanish pop rock. His success has never dulled and he has recently toured in America, such is his popularity and renown. With an exuberant restlessness, he has evolved his music well over time, inspiring many musicians and opening doors within his own mind to new ideas and sounds. The show begins at 8.30pm and tickets for the event can be purchased at the venue’s box office on Plaza Ruperto Chapi or online at teatroprinci paldealicante.com.

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Insurance group helps save dogs THERE are two very worthy causes aimed at raising funds and awareness for rescue and abandoned dogs over the next month. First comes the SAT Animal Rescue Dog show at Mi Hobby, Dolores on Sunday October 29. All dogs are welcome and of course, owners too with free entry and a chance to enjoy a fun day with plenty to see and do (www.satanimalrescue.com). Then on Sunday November 12 The Little Pod Charity Dog Show will be held at Hotel El Rancho Los Montesinos where there is a huge range of different classes including Perkiest Pensioner, Most Waggiest Tail, Most Handsome Boy and Dog most like its owner. Entry fee for each class is â‚Ź10 and registration starts at 10.30am with the class beginning at midday over-

seen by judges from the San Anton Animal Hospital and guest host Nikki G. Entry forms can be collected from one of the Little Pod charity shops in La Zenia but as well as the dog show, there will be a Craft Market, the award-winning choral group the Pilarmonics, dog training, raffle and tombola (www.littlepodasso ciation.com).

Both charities hope to collect as much money as possible in order to allow them to continue with their vital work in looking after ownerless dogs and finding them new forever homes. Ibex Insurance is sponsoring both of these very worthwhile events so for more information on the group visit http://www.ibexinsure.com.

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Oktoberfest is a success THE very popular Oktoberfest took place at the Habaneras Shopping Centre over the weekend, and despi t e t he t hr eat of heavy rain on the Saturday which never materialised, thousands of people came along t o enj oy t he packed pr ogramme. Despite it being a German festival, the managers of the Habaneras Shopping Centre - CBRE - were keen to emphasise that all members of the local community, irrespective of nationality were m or e t han wel com e and t hey r esponded i n t hei r droves. The tradition of the Oktober f est dat es back m or e t han 200 year s and has gr own i n popul ar i t y over t he year s t o becom e a worldwide celebration. The festival was officially opened on the Friday with the traditional tapping of

the first beer barrel by the pr esi dent of t he Ger m an community. This was followed by a programme of l i ve m usi c and a t om bol a with a chance for all those that attended to win some great prizes. Habaneras also set up a children’s area to keep them occupi ed wi t h a ser i es of t hem ed wor kshops whi l e the adults enjoyed the bar run by local business Cárnicas Río. They al so speci al i se i n German produce and gave all their visitors the chance to savour traditional German sausages and beer. All the visitors commented on the wonderful atmospher e of t he Okt ober f est where the traditional songs, folklore, customs and costumes of the German culture were fully on display... and can’t wait for its return in 12 months time!

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LITTLE known outside Spain, Verdejo is one of the nationâ€™s most cultivated white wines, though not to be confused with the similarly named Verdelho from Portugal. Verdejo is named after the green colour of the grapes VERDEJO: A wide choice. and is produced mainly in Rueda, a region about two hours north of Madrid. served chilled and is better But anything labelled Thought to have been imdrunk within two years of Rueda Verdejo has at least ported around the 11th cenbottling. 85 per cent Verdejo, with the tury from North Africa, the It goes well with seafood remaining usually Sauvigrapes are better cultivated and shellfish, pairs nicely gnon Blanc. in high altiwith seafood paella and Crisp, tude vinetapas, and additionally the aromatic yards in calacidity complements asparaand light careous and gus, olives or salads with bodied, well drained vinaigrette dressings. Verdejo is soil, and are Alternatively, it can be an often comgenerally harearly evening snacking wine. pared to vested at by Lorenzo Priced â‚Ź 3 - 9, some laSauvignon night to conbels I have enjoyed include Blanc and trol tempera- Barbareschi Corbata by Cuatro Rayas; Pinot Griture. Jose Pariente; 12 Linajes by gio. Fermented in stainless Garci Grande; Camina by Expect a fresh acidity with steel, Verdejo labelled wine Coop Cristo de la Vega; prevailing lemon, kiwi, pear contains at least 50 per cent Condesa de Leganza and and green apple, accompaVerdejo grapes blended with Chozo Viejo by Prado Rey. nied by nutty overtones. Sauvignon Blanc and Happy tasting! A dry wine, it should be Macabeo/Viura.

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PIPE DREAM: Green housing in Spain. stuck in the fossil fuel ages and have made no provisions for the emergence of these next-generation, green homes. One important question is what happens to all the surplus energy produced. Does it go back to homeowners in the form of tax cuts? Or are

people punished for producing too much energy? These questions are being tackled in major policy papers across the continent but are unremarked on by the Spanish government, which has only two years to form an entirely new property regime.

WITH statistics from the third quarter of the year now in, Spain’s property market is showing fine form. The price of second-hand homes increased by an average of 1.3 per cent across the country from July to the end of September. The Spanish average for second-hand properties now stands at €1,716 per square metre. That represents a yearon-year increase of 4.8 per cent, the highest increase since May 2007. The data comes from Fotocasa’s real estate index. Head of analysis at Fotocasa, Beatriz Toribio, said: “the real estate sector is, this year, regis-

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TEA C HI NG y o u r d o g tric k s is every dog owner’s dream, but you must start with basic obedience. Your dog should know the basic commands (sit, down, heel, stand, and come) before you attempt any type of trick training. Once you have t h e se m a st e r e d , y o u c a n build on them with one of these three simple tricks. Begging This trick is best taught by first having your dog sit in a corner of the ro o m wi t h y o u stan d in g in front of him. This allows the corner to support your dog and keep him from

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HAVE FUN: Patience and praise bring the best results. until it rests in your right hand. Praise. A fte r pra c tis ing s e ve ra l s e s s ions , s low ly try to re duc e the amount of prompting until only the verbal or non-verbal command is needed.

Shaking the head Shaking the Head ‘No.’ Start with your dog in a sitting position. You will need to find something that will cause the dog to shake his head naturally. Blowing lightly

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The purrsuit of happiness By Kat Ashton OWNING a pet can help to improve our emotional and physical well-being and could even improve your health in the long term as well. According to the British Medical Journal, the emotional bond between animal and owner can be as intense as any human relationship and can bring the same psychological benefits. Most pet owners are well aware that owning a pet comes with a lot of responsibilities, but these help to give the day purpose and structure. Many people also feel a sense of achievement when their animal

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CHARITIES/CHURCHES THE SPIRITUALIST Centre, Benijofar meets at Hamilton´s Bake House, 62 Calle Vicente, Blasco Ibañez, Benijofar 03178. We hold a Sunday Service at 11.30 a.m., a Tuesday Evening of Mediumship at 7 p.m. We opened the Autumn season on 10th September. During this session Open/Development Circles will be held 19th October and Thursday 2nd, 16th and 30th November, where you can develop your skills commencing at 7 p.m. Spiritual healing is available every Sunday and Tuesday after the service. The Divine Service with Mediumship, on Sunday, 15th October, will be taken by Bernicia Tonge (UK Medium). Contact Wendy on 965323028. www.spiritualist centre-benijofar.com New email is phoenixchurch23 @gmail.com or info@spiritual istcentre-benijofar.com Identificacion Fiscal G54713789. LA SIESTA EVANGELICAL CHURCH on Urbanisation La Siesta, Torrevieja is a friendly, English speaking Church. We hold services each Sunday and everyone is welcome. Our 11.00 am Services are held every 2nd and 4th Sunday in the month (and 11.00 am on the 5th Sunday, if this applies.) On the 1st and 3rd Sunday’s our Services are at 9.30 am. Our choir sings at our 11.00 am Services and there is also a Sunday School, called Stepping Stones, on these Sundays. We welcome residents, visitors and children. For more information see our website

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www.lasiestaevangeli calchurch.org or telephone Pastor Keith on 666 180 108. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH, La Fustera. For more info: contact Frank Bentley on 966 495 188. (95461) ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS ALCOHOL COSTING YOU MORE THAN MONEY? Drinking to excess not only affects your health it can spill over into every other aspect of your life – damaging everything that is important to you. Englishspeaking AA meetings are held throughout the Costa Blanca from Valencia City to Murcia. Anyone wishing to attend a meeting or discuss a possible drinking problem contact Costa Blanca North: *648 169 045* or Costa Blanca South: *625 912 078* or Costa Calida *679 385 105*. All calls are treated in the strictest confidence. AA in German: 645 456 075; Spanish: 679 212 535; Flemish: 635 047 053; and Scandinavian: 659 779 222. www.aacostablanca.org (93323) ROUNDABOUT CHARITY SHOP. We are now into summer and very soon we will be feeling the heat! It is time therefore for another visit to the shop where you might find a bargain or two. Choose from the clothing selection, jewellery, household goods, books or bric a brac. There is usually something there for everyone - but not always. Charitable donations have recently been made to The Alzheimers Centre, Cancer Research and The Amigos Ambulance Service. We still need your help with donations etc. Please keep them coming in! We are situated on Avenida Del Furs close to the Fountain Roundabout and immediate left by Don Colchon bed shop. (93325) 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 Paul Edwards, Chairman 618 644 934 or Margaret Forshaw, Secretary 966 921 996. (95455) THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Orihuela Costa - covering from

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Punta Prima to San Javier. The branch meets at Olympia restaurant, Mil Palmeras on 3rd Thursday of each month at 19.00 - 19.30pm. More info can be found on branch website www.orihuelacostarbl.co.uk. (95457) HELP VEGA BAJA. We are a non-profit making organisation that helps and supports anyone, without prejudice, in times of need or crisis within the Vega Baja area. Our offices are 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). Both offices are open Monday to Friday from 10 am to 1.30 pm and the Helpdesk at La Marina is open every Thursday (10 am to 1.30 pm) at the Hope Fellowship Church (opposite the Thursday Market site) at Avda de Justo Antonio Quesada, Urb. La Marina (Tel 615770145). We are online at www.helpvegabaja.com and also on Facebook. You can email the San Miguel Centre at office@helpvegabaja.com We also have a 24 hour Emergency help-line which is available to both members and non-members on 966 723 733 (95456) THE BAKER FOUNDATION SPIRITUALIST CENTRE. Find us on the Saturday market road opposite the Chinese Restaurant. Playa Flamenca. Different International and local mediums every Sunday and Tuesday. Sunday, divine service with clairvoyance 11 am start. Tuesday, evening of clairvoyance doors open 7’o’clock for 7.30 start. Spiritual Healing is available on Sundays after service and on Thursday mornings from 10. 30 until 12. We have a development group on Tuesdays 5 until 6.30 for those interested in meditation and advancing your knowledge of spirit. Private readings are available on request. Please join us and make new friends, a warm welcome awaits you all. Tea, coffee and soft drinks are available. You can join us on Facebook at, The Baker Foundation spiritual centre. Hall is available for hire. For more information please contact Linda on 606 990 665. Email, schugy54 @gmail.com (95458) THE PHILIP SCOTT LODGE No

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10671 of the RAOB meets every Friday in the Bar Catorce, Benijofar. Please call the secretary, Colin Bird on 693 287 614 for further information. (95459) CHARITY BOOK STALL PEGO THURSDAY MARKET. Selection of over 500 books, all proceeds given to the elderly/disabled of Pego and local Animal Rescue. More stock always required please contact Chrissie 965 977 228/617 647 395 (95460) 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 www.pi larchurch.org Reg No: 2009SG/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.aca costablanca.org or call the Secretary on: 966 495 042 THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION JAVEA BRANCH meet on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month @ Scallops Rest on the Arenal at 11.00am. Everyone is welcome to attend as a visitor and join the branch if they wish. Anyone needing any help or advice on welfare, or

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any information regarding the branch can contact either Sheila on 965 791 270 or Roger on 965 790 123 (95472) STROKE Association Spain (formally known as Torrevieja stroke support) meet every Wednesday and Friday 2.30pm untill 5.00pm. Our new address is Casa de Cultura, calle Francisco Ribera Perez Benijofar. Our aim is to help and support stroke survivors and their carers. With rehabilitation, speech therapy, OC therapy and a very active social group. For info please contact 654 801 260 or email strokesupportgroup@hotmail.c om, website torreviejastrokesupport.org. We are always looking for volunteers who have the skills and knowledge to support our groups and activities. (95474) CAMPELLO CONTRA CANCER in conjunction with AECC Association Español Contra Cancer has opened a charity shop at C/Virgen de los Desamparados No 13 (next door to Mas y mas) El Campello. The shop is open Mon-Fri 10 - 2pm and is run by unpaid volunteers and all monies raised goes to the AECC. We urgently need donations of clothes, books, large and small furniture etc, and we will arrange collection of large items. We need volunteers to help out in the shop and also clothes rails, shelves etc. for display. Please support your local Cancer charity and if you wish to obtain literature or simply talk to someone. Please stop by at the shop. Contact Mina or Trisha. Tel 650 071 278 or 610 921 413 e-mail aecc_campello@hotmail.com (95475) INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY, TORREVIEJA Calle Urbano Arregui, 23, Torrevieja 03185, Alicante Evangelical non-denominational church. All nationalities welcome. Sunday service 11.0 a.m.; Sunday school; Prayer meetings; craft and computer clubs. Ladies Bible Study: Thursday 11.0 a.m. Church Bible Study: Thursday 1.30 p.m. House groups in Torrevieja, La Siesta, La Zenia - Contact 966 752 543 / 617 215 463. For other church atters Phone: 966 799 273 / 966 752 543 / 617 215 463 www.icatorrevieja.org

CLASSIFIEDS ROYAL MARINES ASSOCIATION (Costa Blanca) 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. We meet on the last Tuesday of the month at 5.30. For further details Hon Sec 692 938 664

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FREEMASONRY Are you aware that Freemasonry is thriving on the Costa Blanca? There are various lodges meeting up throughout the Valencia region. If you already are a Mason or simply wish to know more about Freemasonry in Spain please contact Harry Palmer Membership Committee Tel: 966 712 326 or email: palmers.quesa da@yahoo.co.uk (95477)

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ROYAL AIR FORCES Association Branch #1359 Costa Blanca The Branch meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the El Paraiso Restaurant located close to the Carrefour Supermarket in Torrevieja. The meeting starts at 1430 hrs. You do not have to be an ex-member of the RAF to join this friendly Association which supports the welfare of the RAF family and provides a social hub for ex RAF members and their friends. For further information about the Association and its activities please contact the Chairman on 692 508 916 or the Welfare Officer on 615 048 892 or visit our website: www.rafa.org.uk/costa-blanca

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I would rather go to work on my hands and knees than drive there in a Ford Galaxy.” Some might say...

Simply the best Contenders for 2018 World Car of the Year by Matthew Elliott NOMINEES for the World Car Awards 2018 have now been announced. There are six different categories: design; luxury; performance; green; urban; and the overall World Car of the Year, which was won by Jaguar’s FPace for 2017. The ‘shortlist’ for 2018 includes 35 models. They come from all regions of the world. Interestingly the field is dominated by SUVs and 4x4s, with just one fully electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf, in sight. There are 21 SUVs and 4x4s among the world’s top 35 contenders. Judges are motoring journalists from across the world and only cars released in the past year and which are available for purchase in either five countries or two continents can be consid-

HOT STUFF: Crowded field ahead of World Car Awards 2018. ered. After a few months of testing the field will be narrowed down before Christmas. All the usual suspects are included in the 35strong running for the World Car of the Year Award. BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Volvo are especially well-represented. Topping the luxury field are the Audi A8, Cayenne and Panamera from Porsche, and the Lexus LS. In the performance field, Audi

has its RS3 Sedan and RS5 Coupe in the running. They’ll be up against the BMW M5, Honda Civic, and Polo GTI. Green car contenders include the Nissan Leaf, Hyundai FE and BMW 530e iPerformance, a

plug-in hybrid in the executive class. In the crowded urban car field, the Ford Fiesta, Kia Picanto, Kia Stonic and Nissan Micra are vying for city supremacy. Seat

Ibiza, Suzuki Swift and Volkswagen Polo are also in the running. Finally the design field is looking like a face-off between the BMW i8 Roadster and Lamborghini Urus.

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Bloodhound blur TWENTY years after setting the world landspeed record, Britain’s Bloodhound SSC is back in business. New footage has been released showing the supersonic, rocket-shaped car firing up its engine. Driver and former RAF pilot, Andy Green, is preparing to steer the Bloodhound to a record-breaking speed of 1,000mph. In 1997 Green captained the car to the current landspeed record of 763mph. The Bloodhound wields a EJ200 Eurofighter jet engine. It will be further boosted by a Nammo rocket cluster which will generate the face-bending speeds guided by an estimated 135,000 hp. Testing is still underway. Last week’s video, filmed in Cornwall, England, shows that the team are still working on their record-breaking goal. The team hope to hit 1,000mph on a track in South Africa next year.

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Ultimate meals on wheels A KITCHEN in a Land Rover is the latest culinary stunt from British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. The TV chef worked with top engineers from the company to create ‘the ultimate kitchen on wheels.’ Inside the Land Rover Discovery they’ve managed to cram a slow-cooker, ice-cream maker and barbecue. There’s an extendable dinner table that slides out from the boot, olive oil dispenser, a

INNOVATIVE: Oliver’s new creation. miniature herb garden in the windows and even butter churners in the wheels. Other masterful touches include a toaster and jam packs in the centre console, a spice rack, and the conversion of the gear box into a salt and pepper grinder. Head of Land Rover’s special engineering division, David Fairbairn, said, “we never imagined we’d be asked to

produce wheels that churn butter.” Oliver, also known as the Naked Chef, said the team ‘blew his mind’ with their creation. It’s not the only unusual adaptation the British brand has made lately. The Range Rover Sport 2018 model will come equipped with two three-pin plug sockets so people can charge domestic appliances, including laptops.

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De Gea in safe hands at United - for now? UKSPORTSCENE with Andrew Atkinson DAVID DE GEA returns to club football on Saturday October 14 as Manchester United travel to Liverpool in the Premier League - with Spain’s national keeper in safe hands at Old Trafford for now?

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“David is really happy at the moment,” said club and country teammate Ander Herrera. Real Madrid have pursued long-term target United stopper de Gea for two years - and speculation rose its head when he sold his £3.85 million house in September. Reds’ goalie de Gea is currently renting a property, leading some pundits to link him to a move to Real Madrid next year. De Gea’s ‘on-off’ moves to Real from Old Trafford have collapsed twice - when the La Liga Champions failed to complete a deal. And Herrera, who moved to United from Athletic Bilbao in 2014, said de Gea, 26, will not move to the Bernabeu any time soon. “We are going to try to keep him at the club - for as long as possible. I can see him staying here for more years,” said midfielder Herrera. United boss Jose Mourinho has ambitions to lead United to the Premier League title this season and Herrera said: “We need to win titles to keep David with us - that’s what we did last season.” In the wake of Real’s unsuccessful attempts to lure de Gea to Spain they have turned their sights to Athletic Bilbao

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Matthews on the move AFTER seven years as sports reporter/correspondent for the EWN, Tony Matthews is switching papers. He will now be contributing to our sister publications, the RTN and Sol Times. Since 2010, Tony has submitted his weekly sports bulletin from all parts of the world, from Venezuela to Barbados, from Singapore to Scotland and from Wales to France and Spain. He has interviewed many top sports personalities including Fernando Alonso, Rafael Nadal, Marc Marquez, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Ian Botham and the late boxer Jake LaMotta, as well as former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Abba’s Bjorn Ulvaeus. He has also penned the history of Spanish football, the Olympic Games and the World Cup, and has covered the sporting lives of Seve Ballesteros, Lester Piggott, Alfredo Di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas. Tony, who will continue to submit ‘exclusive stories’ to the EWN, said: “I’ve been involved in sport virtually all of my life, as footballer, cricketer, PE teacher, radio reporter and author of over 150 books… and I will continue to contribute stories, facts and figures to my best ability.” Tony has worked tirelessly and loyally as a ‘keeper Kepa - a No 1 target for the summer - for free. Zinedine Zidane has been linked with signing Kepa, 22, on a free transfer next summer. Kepa - who has refused to extend his contract - is in the final year of his contract at Bilbao, and can head for the exit door in July 2018 a free agent. Bilbao had reportedly been unsuccessful to increase

PROLIFIC AUTHOR: Tony Matthews. freelance sports contributor on behalf of the EWN. The changes being introduced are part of overall plans to further improve the services offered to both advertisers and readers. Thank you Tony for all your hard work on behalf of the EWN, and it is great that RTN and Sol Times’ readers will continue to benefit from your regular contributions. *The EWN Media Group (EWNMG) now has three different newspaper brands and 10 weekly titles, plus extensive online sites providing local, national and international news 24/7.

Kepa’s release clause - from €18m to €65m - and tie him down to a new contract. Ahead of United’s trip to Anfield this weekend, Herrera said: “David is the number one. I train with him every day - I think he wants to be a legend at Manchester United.” De Gea switched to United from Real Madrid in 2011 for £18.9m and Herrera revealed: “David has been at the club six

years. The first six months he told me were difficult for him.” Herrera is confident that de Gea will remain, pointing to silverware: “We won three titles last season - that is what he wants,” said Herrera. United won the Community Shield, the EFL Cup and Europa League last season. De Gea said: “I want to be the best keeper in the world.”

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CD Montesinos

19th Hole Golf Society

By Andrew Atkinson

TMGS: The NTP winners. CAMPOAMOR October 4. After missing last month’s visit due to greens maintenance, members were in a joyful mood and ready to play the first round of the Captain’s Stableford competition of the new season. Forty members and guests arose from their beds early for

the usual 9am start. The course was in excellent condition with the greens recovering well from last month’s work. The €36 pot was shared out between N Spaniol, T Roed, M Saunders and O Rong. NTPs hole 4 D Sullivan, hole 6 J Hillier, hole 10 T Norris, hole 15 L Jernberg, hole 17 N Spaniol. Best guest was T Denning with 37 points. Gold category: Third M Saunders 32pts on L/H, Second J Dean 33pts, First P Bradley 35pts. Check out www.tmgs.org, www.facebook.com/TMGS GOLF or call 661 524 101.

CD MONTESINOS chalked up their first win of the season in an emphatic 4-2 win against Hondon Nieves CF in the 1st Regional Division at the Municipal Stadium, Los Montesinos, Alicante - with Brazilian born striker Vazquinho scoring a hat-trick. “After the first three games of the season results have been difficult HAPPY: CD Montesinos against good teams - the win against man of the match hat Hondon was magnificent,” CD Montrick ace Vazquinho tesinos manager Carlos Perez excluwith club treasurer sively told the EWN. Howard Yeats. Hondon, fifth in the table, took the lead after just one minute from the Vazquinho, in his third spell penalty spot, in what was a controverGOOD RESULT: at the club, put Montesinos sial decision after a dubious hand ball CD Montesinos ahead after 29 minutes to lead at against third bottom Montesinos. manager Carlos the interval 3-2. Vazquinho levelled after 11 minutes Perez. And Vazquinho bagged his when rifling the ball into the roof of the hat trick on 61 minutes from the net, following an assist from Maccan. penalty spot. Hondon replied three minutes later when netHondon were reduced to 10 men after a maliting past Dani in the Monte goal to lead 2-1. cious tackle on 76 minutes after the game Hondon were awarded another penalty on 17 boiled over with heated exchanges in the last 15 minutes, only for Dani to pull off a wonder save minutes. to the applause of the 200-crowd. Carlos VentuNewly promoted Montesinos travel to CF ra levelled at 2-2 after 25 minutes when slotting Rafal on October 15. the ball past the visitor’s keeper.

LORCA was the venue for the 19th Hole Golf Society’s three division Individual Stableford competition, and quite a few of the members recorded impressive scores. All three divisions were hotly contested with Sean Curtis (35 points) winning the 1st from Doug Birrell (34 points). The 2nd division saw John Kennedy (43 points) prevail over Craig Hardy (41 points). The 3rd division was an all Dow affair with Peter (42 points) relegating wife Chrissie (40 points) into 2nd spot. There were five two’s recorded John Thurman (4th), Chris Gledhill (6th), and Mick Craswell, Brian Lowden and John Kennedy (all 10th). Contact: mikeesposito54 @yahoo.com.