Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 11 - 17 Jan 2018 Issue 1697

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POLICE are probing the death of a three-year-old French boy killed by a British driver on the Costa del Sol. Emergency services have confirmed that the victim was a member of the local Jewish community and that the incident is currently being treated as accidental. It comes after police said that the occupants of the vehicle were four British holidaymakers aged between 20 and 24. They had stopped in the car park of the Casa Rusia shopping centre in San Pedro de Alcantara, Marbella, to pick up a baseball cap that had blown out of an open window as they drove through the adjacent El Embrujo housing estate.

And as they moved to leave their car struck the child, who had just been let out of a parked vehicle by his grandmother. Paramedics were unable to do anything to save him after arriving at the scene. The driver of the car was breathalysed but had not been drinking alcohol, while a local magistrate will decide whether criminal charges should be pressed following an investigation. The incident has been misreported in the UK national press, with several media outlets stating that the victim was a girl. But, speaking exclusively with the Euro Weekly News, an official from the 061 emergency service confirmed that the child was a boy.

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Car park death probe By Matt Ford

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Gunfight leads to drugs haul Police seized a drugs and weapons stash in Marbella following a shoot-out which left two men injured. The Spanish victims, 25 and 29, were admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds, but further details about their condition are not known. Both are thought to have been involved in drug trafficking, according to reports. More than 1,200 kilos of hashish, two live firearms, ammunition, three airguns

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SEIZED: Footage from the police operation. and nearly €8,000 in cash were retrieved, a police official said. They say the stash was found in a house

on Calle Camino de Santiago which was used as a ‘hashish daycare centre’ by the traffickers.

Drought call will be made Prison shock THE authorities are to push on with an official drought decree. Jose Fiscal, the Junta de Andalucia’s Environment councillor, confirmed that the recent rain and snow has been “insufficient” to top up the area’s

beleaguered reservoirs, which are currently at 36.3 per cent of capacity. It comes after local reservoirs in Malaga Province accumulated an extra two billion litres of water during the spate of bad weather.

THE Spanish government say they have removed all the migrants in Archidona prison. The move follows a death and reports of self-harm in the facility. Full story - page 20

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Wheelie bags axed RYANAIR’S new baggage rules come into effect next Monday, forcing travellers to book priority boarding to bring wheelie bags into the cabin and pay €5-6 if they want to take two items of hand luggage on board.

Quids in THE January sales are now in full swing, with most shops on the Costa del Sol offering huge discounts of up to 75 per cent until the end of the month, and around 1,350 temporary staff employed.

Pet peeve MALAGA City’s municipal animal shelter is on the brink of collapse despite successfully rehoming more than 1,300 cats and dogs in 2017, with 889 animals currently being cared for by a centre with an official capacity of 300.

By Harrison Jones THE Priors’ story is infamous among expatriates in Spain. Ten years ago, the couple’s dream property - which they designed themselves - was bulldozed by Spanish authorities on the orders of a judge. Helen and Len Prior - now both in their mid-70s - were the first Britons to see their home demolished, in 2008. “I can honestly say that they (the Andalucia government) have wrecked our lives. They have taken everything we worked for away from us, 45 years of working hard and now we have nothing,” Len told The Daily Telegraph in 2012. Their beautiful, €350,000 Vera (Almeria) Villa - named ‘Tranquilidad’ - was torn down because complex and multi-layered planning laws were not followed. The couple, who had been granted a licence by the local council in 2002, had no idea there were any legal issues when they bought the plot of land. They had hoped to see out their retirement in the ‘idyllic’ property, but instead spent their remaining savings fighting their case in the Spanish courts.

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A decade on: Priors are still fighting Now, finally, 10 years on, the great-grandparents are having some success. Ever since Len reportedly looked up from washing the dishes to see bulldozers (and an army of officials) approaching their property - just a year after they

fully moved in - the couple have faced an exhausting legal battle. A symbolic victory in the Spanish courts amounted to little, but the European Union eventually became involved. In 2009, an EU report into planning abuses in Spain was highly critical of the country. After the economic crisis had hit, countless Brits’ saw a similar fate befall their properties, following the boom in buildings in the late 90’s and early 2000s. Over 300,000 homes in Andalucia alone were reportedly ruled illegal. The EU’s damning findings were music to not just the Priors’ ears - but also expatriates and those of campaigning groups. Then, in 2015, the Spanish senate approved a law barring authorities from demolishing ‘illegal’ houses if the owners bought in good faith.

LONG FIGHT: Len and Helen Prior (centre). And a breakthrough came in October, when the regional high court ruled that Vera Council had to give the couple €220,334 in compensation and €9,194 in ‘moral damages.’ If the mayor doesn’t pay by the end of Februrary, courts can seize council assets and charge up to €40,000 in interest. The couple were hoping for more, since legal costs may soak up most of the money, but ac-

cording to The Times, they are now keen to move on with their lives. Now living in a bungalow, the Priors spent years in a garage on the plot of land where their home was demolished. They were only given a few hours to gather their things before the property was destroyed. They intend to use their compensation to buy a new property, but are yet to receive the money.

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Litter of the law MALAGA City’s municipal cleaning firm LIMASA has threatened to go on strike over Easter - when tens of thousands of people descend on the city for the annual Semana Santa celebrations - unless the council withdraw plans to privatise the street cleaning division of the service.

Laid to rest THE recent cold snap has led to an increase in deaths in Malaga City, and management of the city’s San Gabriel cemetery said they are unable to remember a busier start to the year, with the funeral parlour having been fully booked every day so far.

Death probe THE death of a known criminal who was found lying in a Marbella square with serious head wounds is being probed by investigators, with initial reports suggesting he fell from a third-floor window while trying to break into a flat in Plaza Marqués del Turia.

Knifeman caged A COSTA DEL SOL resident has been sentenced to seven years in prison for trying to kill a woman with whom he had ‘an unrequited relationship’ - in broad daylight on a Fuengirola street. She was stabbed twice in the neck before pedestrians rushed to her aid, leading her attacker to flee.

Sky’s the limit MALAGA Airport is this winter offering 8 per cent more flights than in 2016-2017, with 41 carriers providing 188 connections to 109 destinations. The UK remains the most important market, and almost 1.5 million British passengers are expected to fly into the Costa del Sol

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SPANISH FACTS OF LIFE...45 With the festive season now a distant memory, Spain is gearing up to wash away the January blues with its famous carnivals, writes Harrison Jones.

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GRAN CANARIA: A feather in Spain’s cap.

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COUNTRYWIDE: Revellers in Barcelona.

Carnival season SPAIN’S fiestas are famous the world over. But the action really heats up in the early months of the year, with carnival season sweeping in while most tourists are away. During late January and early February, processions, costumes, songs, dancing and drink fill the streets as Spaniards party into the morning. T h e re a re c ountle s s public celebrations across the country, though all the regional variations - particu larly on the me a nd costume - are impossible to list. The festivals take place across various dates but

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SONG AND DANCE: Cadiz is famous for satirical music.

all in the run up to lent which some believe is the origin of carnival season: the excess before restraint. The party season tends to take place in Christian c ountrie s a nd ha s Catholic origins. While Spanish carnivals may not ha ve the s w a gge r of Brazil or charm of Ve nic e , the y c e rta inly have charm. The public celebrations stretch across all the social divides - disregarding age, politics and class. Social satire, mockery and plain ridiculousness te nd to a c c ount for the majority of costumes.

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Bridge attack A MAN accused of trying to push a policeman off a bridge in Malaga

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SOUTHERN SOFTIES? NOT QUITE THE most intensely celebrated events arguably take place in southern Spain. Cadiz, Andalucia, Tenerife and the Canary Islands are particular favourites with partygoers.

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THE BIGGEST AND BEST? FROM Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, the Santa Cruz carnival is broadcast on national television. Spain’s largest event attracts around a million people every February. Frivolities reportedly date back to the 16th century and there is apparently even a drag queen gala. In 1987, 250,000 people attended a concert by Cuban singer Celia Cruz - setting a Guinness World Record.

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SARKY CADIZ IN Cadiz, cutting costumes take a sarcastic dig at current affairs. Likewise, satirical songs highlight society’s problems. But even amid the criticism, there is a playful atmosphere and party feel.

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IN Tenerife, a carnival queen is crowned - as is the case elsewhere - amid much glamour. Spectacular costumes and vibrant parades attract revellers from around the world.

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City may face 17 years behind bars. It comes after the suspect hit one officer in the mouth with a glass bottle be fore a tta c king his c olleague, who was rescued when backup arrived.

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The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1696 of the Euro Weekly News Costa del Sol edition, including 81 local stories.

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POLL OF THE WEEK Will you be shopping in the January sales? Photo credit UME/Twitter

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COLD SNAP: Spain shivers in the freezing conditions as police and soldiers battle to free thousands of cars. SPAIN was gripped by freezing weather as snowstorms swept the country. The icy blast sparked chaos after more than 3,000 vehicles were stranded on the AP-6 motorway between Galicia and Madrid as they returned from the weekend’s Epiphany celebrations. Many motorists were trapped for more than 18 hours leading authorities to call in the army, deploying 240 soldiers from the military emergency unit to help Guardia Civil and police officers battle snow drifts and reach

them. Some drivers took to social media to complain about the slow response by emergency services. Sara Ramos told Spanish TV: “I’m with my family, there are two children: one two years old, the other six years old. The adults haven’t eaten since midday yesterday. The children ate the small amount of food we brought with us, but since then they haven’t eaten anything.” But while opposition politicians called for Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna to ap-

pear in parliament and explain how the debacle came about, the Spanish government is probing Iberpristas, the operator of the toll road. Mr de la Serna said that although the government owns the motorway, Iberpistas has “management responsibility,” and is contractually obliged to have the means to deal with emergencies. The icy weather was caused by a large and cold low-pressure system that formed before hanging over the Iberian Peninsula. Costa del Snow - page 17

HARD AT WORK: The couple in their Irish bar.

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Whine and dine SHE’S an ex-Royal Shakespeare Company thespian who has carved out a career in TV acting and writing. But Tracy-Ann Oberman, 51, was unable to conceal her confusion after husband Rob Cowan tried to eat a napkin in a Spanish restaurant. The couple were visiting an unnamed eatery owned by acclaimed chef Martin Berasategui, who has eight Michelin stars to his name. And the pair were puzzled by the presentation of their gourmet meal-for-two, culminating in music producer Rob biting into a cylindrical white item served in a block of stone, which turned out to be a napkin. Tracy-Ann, who has starred in Eastenders, took to Twitter to complain, as she wrote: “This is what happens when you apply a Michelin star or two or three. Honestly.” She added: “Delicious food served by acolytes of nonsense on receptacles of pure folly. #minireview.”

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BAFFLED: Tracy-Ann Oberman and (inset) the offending napkin.

Hollywood blacklash! SHE was invited to present an award at this year’s 75th Golden Globes awards in Los Angeles. And Spanish star Penelope Cruz, 43, chose to don a glittering black dress in support of the Time’s Up movement, which aims to tackle sexual harassment and gender inequality in the movie industry. She was joined on the red carpet by many other celebrities wearing all black in a pre-arranged show of solidarity. The Fashion Court/Twitter

Hatchet buried on Bang Bang trip

TOGETHER AGAIN?: Gary and Julie-Ann.

THE Duchesss of Cambridge’s uncle is back with his estranged wife. It comes after Gary Goldsmith, 52, recently hit the headlines after hitting spouse Julie-Ann, 48, to the floor with a ‘left hook’ in October, leading her to kick him out of their London penthouse. He was banned from seeing to or talking to her while on bail, and was fined €5,650 in the wake of the attack, with a magistrate calling him a “mean, nasty drunk.”

But now the couple’s relationship appears to be back on after she spent Christmas and New Year with her husband of five years at his luxury Ibiza villa. Dubbed Maison Bang Bang, the property has previously hosted Prince William. And before leaving the party island the millionaire tweeted: “When two people really care about each other they will always look for a way to make it work, no matter how hard it is.”

Celeb focus Sheer joy SHE’S famed for Pedroche and her her New Year’s Eve New Year outfit. fashion choices. And actress and model Cristina Pedroche, 29, set tongues wagging once again after donning a seethrough bridal jumpsuit to present this year’s live TV coverage on national channel Antena 3. Designed by luxury Spanish wedding designer Pronovias, the nude bodysuit is adorned with 200 Swarovski crystals.

Plumb job BRITAIN’S best-known - and wealthiest - plumber Charlie Mullins is searching for a third Costa del Sol property. The Pimlico Plumbers entrepreneur and TV personality already owns a pair of million-euro villas in Marbella, and was joined by Katherine Ryan and a TV crew from Channel 4 show A Place In The Sun in his bid to increase his portfolio.

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Drought concern must be addressed SPAIN was ravaged by a freezing cold snap days after unseasonal wild fires broke out in several parts of the country. These are signs of the times, as climate change continues to hurtle the planet towards an uncertain future. And while snow has blanketed large swathes of the Iberian Peninsula in recent days, it is unlikely to be enough to lessen the effects of Spain’s worst drought in decades, as national water reserves sit at just over 40 per cent of capacity. A recent report by the national Higher Centre for Scientific Investigations showed that rising temperatures have ‘increased the severity of droughts despite it raining more now than in previous dry periods.’ Water for irrigation accounts for around 80 per cent of consumption, and demand has increased by 20 per cent over the last 30 years, during which construction has rocketed by 75 per cent and the Spanish population shot up by 20 per cent. But the Spanish government seems to have its fingers in its ears when it comes to water. There are no water saving campaigns to be seen anywhere in the national or local media, the use of inefficient irrigation methods remains widespread, while desalinisation plants produce nowhere near the amount of clean water promised or remain unfinished following years of legal wrangling. Some towns even continue to dump raw human sewage into rivers or the sea as they have no means to process it. And with experts agreeing that 75 per cent of the country is susceptible to becoming a desert, Spain needs to wake up to its water woe before it is too late. Pick up next week’s Euro Weekly News for a special feature on the water crisis facing Spain.

Now we want to hear your views. YOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE - YOUR OPINION www.euroweeklynews.com A CONTRACT killer wanted in connection with the death of two people in the Caribbean has been held in Algeciras. It comes as the Venezuelan woman, 30, was stopped by border control officers at the Cadiz city’s port as she tried to board a ferry to Tangier, Morocco. An international arrest warrant was issued in her name after the bodies of two Dutchmen, aged 34 and 36, were found buried in El Seibo province in the Dominican republic.

INJURED: The Puente Romano hotel will not welcome the injured Andy Murray (right).

Hip don’t lie Murray to miss Davis Cup tie HE’S Britain’s most successful tennis player since Fred Perry. But fan favourite Andy Murray will play no part in next month’s Davis Cup tie in Marbella. The Scot went under the knife earlier this week in the hope of improving his troublesome hip that has prevented him from playing a competitive match since last year’s Wimbledon. He is likely to be out until the grass court season begins in the summer and will therefore miss the tie between Great Britain and Spain at the Puente Romano hotel on February 2-4. After surgery on Monday, the 30-year-old posted on his Facebook page thanking fans for their continued support.

Blood money A probe revealed that she had travelled from the smaller island of Curaçao - part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands - alongside a second assassin. The pair had allegedly been paid by a drug trafficking gang who ordered the killing of the two men after blaming them for ‘allowing’ police to seize more than a tonne of narcotics.

He said: “Today I underwent successful right hip surgery at the St Vincent Hospital in Melbourne. Thanks to everyone for all the well wishes and support over the last few days. I’ll come back from this.” Fans had hoped to see the battle between two of the sport’s recent greats in Murray and Spaniard Rafael Nadal and will now be hoping that World Number One, Nadal, remains fit for the tie. The Spaniard has also suffered with injuries over the past year and pulled out of his season opener at the Brisbane International, but remains confident of appearing at the Australian Open, which began yesterday (Wednesday).

Detectives identified the hitwoman but lost her trail after she passed through Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport last October, before the arrest warrant had been released. Travelling with a German man, her ‘nervous and shifty’ behaviour led to a check being run on her identity as she tried to leave Spain, and she was transferred to a local prison via a hospital after lying that she was 10 weeks pregnant. She will remain in custody ahead of her likely extradition.

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Wing walker says sorry A RYANAIR passenger who climbed onto a plane’s wing after his flight from London landed at Malaga has apologised. Polish traveller Romuald Graczyk, 57, blamed claustrophobia for his actions after the jet was delayed for an hour at Stanstead Airport before being kept waiting for a further 30 minutes after landing on the Costa del Sol. He told UK media: “I’m ashamed, it was a mistake. “I felt a little bit of claustrophobia. I became nervous, I didn’t understand why we were in Malaga and couldn’t leave the plane, so I saw a door that said ‘Exit’ and left. “People began to applaud me and encourage me by doing the thumbs-up. Speaking to the Euro Weekly News earlier this week, a Ryanair spokesman said: “This airport security breach occurred after landing in Malaga airport on January 1. “Malaga airport police immediately arrested the passenger in question and since this was a breach of Spanish safety and security regulations, it is being dealt with by the Spanish authorities.” The Guardia Civil has said he could face a €45,000 fine in the wake of the incident.

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€83.1m boost THE Junta de Andalucia regional authority has agreed to transfer €83.1 million in ‘unconditional funds’ to towns and villages in Malaga Province during 2018, with the cash being drawn from the annual taxes pot.

Fatal fall A 32-YEAR-OLD motorcyclist was killed on the MA-7401 road near the Cueva del Gato cave in Benaoján, Malaga, after he became unseated and plummeted down an embankment.

Costa Del Sol says: Do you prefer it here in summer or winter? Here’s what 11 of you said: Phil and Tracey Ball, 57 and 51, on holiday from Liverpool “I think the winter is a lot more quiet, more relaxing. That’s why we come at this time of year. The weather’s been fine since we’ve been here, we’ve been here five days now, we’re here for another five. “We (search) the weather and then book a flight.” Lyn and Ron Lye, 66 and 71, and Ray Isaac, 84, on holiday from Bath and Doncaster “At the moment we can’t say nothing different its bril-

UNBELIEVABLE: Lyn and Ray back the winter sun.

liant isn’t it! The weather’s unbelievable isn’t it. “It’s bound to be quieter in the winter.” Kevin and Sharon Daly, 27 and 25, on honeymoon, from Fulham and Ireland. “We haven’t been here in the summer yet, so winter’s alright, it’s kind of quiet though, isn’t it? We came out deliberately at this time of year for our honeymoon.” Anonymous couple, age a mystery, on holiday from England and ‘desperate for the toilet’ “Both, we like them both. “No! No! (we couldn’t pick which one we prefer). “We enjoy them both and don’t really find any ups and downs. “At home, in England, it’s cold. So coming here, you can’t knock it can you. What we’re getting now is very similar to what we get at home in summer. So when we come here in summer it’s hotter.” Steve and Judy Williams, in their 60s, on holiday from England “We only know it in the winter, so I think it would be winter. England’s quite nice in the summer so we have the best

of both worlds. No (it’s not too quiet) it’s just about right. “Too hot and too many people in summer.”

RELAXING: Phil and Tracy rate winter.

WINTER HONEYMOON: Kevin and Sharon think summer could be less quiet.

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DO you prefer life on the Costa del Sol more in summer or winter? Though chillier in winter, many prefer the laid back, quieter atmosphere, while others yearn for the summer heat. EWN reporters went out and about to find out views on the street.

Hot fuzz TORREMOLINOS Town Hall has announced plans to buy seven new vehicles for the Local Police force, including a van, a patrol car, two motorbikes and an all-terrain SUV.

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A 28-YEAR-OLD Moroccan man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Police said in a statement that he is accused of abusing a woman, 26, after luring her to a closed bar under false pretences. Having met the victim in a Malaga City bar, he reportedly offered a lift home to her and a friend. But having dropped the second woman off, he suggested another drink before heading to an establishment he owns but that was closed at the time. He then locked the door from the inside before grabbing her by the neck and violating her. In the wake of the assault she convinced him to open the door so she could buy cigarettes, and she called the police.

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Come and join the mix-in at Puente Romano Tennis Club Every Wednesday at 10am and Sunday at 11am

Puente Romano’s Tennis Club is now offering all tennis enthusiasts the opportunity to join other players in singles and doubles every Wednesday morning at 10am and Sunday mornings at 11am.

For non-members the price is 15€ and for members is 10€ which includes: The first half hour starting with a brief introduction, demonstrations and a practice with correction of your

swing. The following hour and a half is dedicated to the games, organised by the Tennis Club depending on your level. Prizes will be given to the winners.

“This is a great way for individuals to not only improve their game, but also to play with people of different levels and make new friends in the tennis world of Marbella” Ramon, Puente Romano’s Tennis Club Manager

You are welcome to arrive 15 minutes before the Mix-In starts or for more information about Puente Romano’s Tennis & Fitness please contact 952 826 103 / ctenis@puenteromano.com

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WHITE OUT: More than 30 cars had to be freed.

INCREDIBLE SCENES: The Sahara Desert covered in snow.

Frozen desert

BIG FREEZE: Mountain roads were closed. THE Costa del Sol continues to enjoy mild weather following the recent cold snap. It comes after the area was blasted by arctic conditions as sub-zero temperatures brought snow, hail and thunderstorms, leading state weather office AEMET to issue yellow and orange alerts for dangerous weather. Carvajal beach in Fuengirola was blanketed in white after being covered by hail,

FROSTED: Carvajal beach in Fuengirola.

which also fell thickly on the AP-7 toll road at Calahonda, creating lethal driving conditions. Emergency services attended more than 30 incidents as the chaos reached its peak, after vehicles were trapped on roads in a dozen municipalities, mostly in the Serrania de Ronda. A bus skidded into a guard rail in the village of El Burgo with six passengers res-

cued by police and firefighters, while a hiker who slipped and fractured a hip bone was hospitalised. Mountain roads to the Sierra de las Nieves and El Torcal beauty spots were closed, as were two of Ronda’s main access roads, with 90,000 litres of brine and 220 tonnes of salt needed to clear them. There were no reports of serious injury due to the icy conditions.

THIS is the stunning sight of the Sahara Desert covered in snow. The incredible images emerged after the freezing weather which swept through Spain was pushed into North Africa. Sand dunes near the town of Ain Sefra, Algeria, which lies around 1,000 metres above sea level, were covered in more than 40 centimetres of snow. A UK Met office official said that the rare event - which has only happened twice before in the last 40 years - was caused by high pressure over Europe. A light sprinkling of snow fell in 1979 and 2016, but the latest flurry was much deeper.

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By Matt Ford HUNDREDS of family and friends have paid tribute to one of the Costa del Sol’s best-loved performers. It comes after Barry Lane Hickey, better known as Bunny Lane, passed away aged 75 following a short illness. Speaking after his funeral, partner of 32 years Phil Hickey told the Euro Weekly News: “I was completely blown away by the funeral, and thrilled at the outpouring of love for Bunny. “I just want to thank everyone for their messages and support on the worst day of my life. “Onstage Bunny was a brilliant entertainer, but when he came off he was just a lovely, beautiful man. “He will live on in our hearts forever.” Hailing from Harrow, London, the entertainer and comedian cut his teeth on stages around the world before settling in Benalmadena, where he opened legendary night spot Bunny’s Bar in Bonanza Square. And a huge crowd gathered outside the former venue prior to his funeral last Thursday. Also present were Bunny’s sister Patricia and brother-in-

MUCH-LOVED: Bunny Lane

STOPPING TRAFFIC: Ellie Peters, Gina Foster, Phil, Patricia and Gerry head the funeral cortege.

IN CHARACTER: Bunny’s drag act is infamous.

‘Outpouring of love’ Hundreds pay tribute to entertainer Bunny Lane

MEMORIES: Iain Maxstead talks to KT Peters.

CELEBRATION OF LIFE: Family and friends clap to the music.

EMOTIONAL: Bunny’s partner Phil and sister Patricia embrace as brother-in-law Gerry (left) looks on.

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law Gerry, plus a number of stars from the international cabaret scene. Among them were Ellie Peters and KT Peters, with who Bunny formed the drag queen triple act that cemented the bar’s esteemed status. Ellie said “What I’ll remember most about working with Bunny will be the laughs! “But he was the kindest, most generous man, always there to offer advice and help out.” Long-term friend Gina Foster, of the Salon Varietés Theatre in Fuengirola, added: “He also did some brilliant charity work, taking homeless children from Alhaurin de la Torre to Tivoli World every year.” The funeral cortège literally stopped traffic as it lead the crowd down to the Virgen del Carmen church, while onlookers could be heard applauding from nearby terraces. The emotional service was accompanied by music from Bunny’s and drew smiles, tears and even a laugh or two. An emotive eulogy was read by friend and former cabaret artist Iain Maxstead. As in life, Bunny had ensured there was barely a dry eye in the house.

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Get a room BEST HOTELS, one of Spain’s leading chains with 32 hotels in Spain and Andorra including three on the Costa del Sol, has moved its headquarters from Salou in Cataluña to Benalmadena.

Great job THE 112 emergency service has revealed that it attended 5,218 incidents in Malaga Province between Christmas Eve and the Three Kings celebrations, with 2,545 emergencies on New Year’s Day alone.

Beer we go LOCAL beer brand Victoria - which opened a new brewery in Malaga City last September - has launched a new alcoholfree, low fat beer under the moniker Victoria 0,0.

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Deportations finish as enquiry begins

Migrant abuse probe ALL of the migrants being held in the Archidona prison have now been removed from the facility, according to the Spanish government, amid accusations that the authorities are removing potential witnesses to the death of Mohamed Bouderbal. Video footage earlier this week showed activists protesting the removal of the Algerian group from the facility, where 572 people (according to a newly published government figure) were originally imprisoned in midNovember. Some activists were restrained by police as coaches pulled away. Others cried. The Spanish journalist Sergio Rodrigo claims that over 300 migrants have been expelled since Mr Bouderbal’s mysterious death. Police claim he committed suicide, while activists, inmates and family members accuse them of severely beating him shortly before he died. The Algerian government have told the APS news agency that they are investigating the death. The United Nations have previously condemned the Spanish authorities over their use of the prison, which is not scheduled to officially open until later this year.

HEATED: Police had to restrain activists during deportations. The government has faced accusations of police brutality and illegal action, amid condemnation from rights groups. A riot broke out last month. Mr Bouderbal’s brother is reported to have seen his brother’s remains - after a legal battle - but a plastic bag was allegedly covering the whole body except his face. An Algerian television station accused the police of beating him to death, while inmates say he was kicked in the head and face. However, the preliminary results of an official Spanish enquiry suggested the police version of events was accurate. Police say he was found hanged in his room. Video footage appears to show the 36-

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year-old lying on the ground in the prison. On Wednesday, some reports suggested there were still 67 migrants remaining in the facility. Meanwhile, three prisoners were reportedly put under surveillance after self-harming. There have also been accusations that deliveries of warm clothes were recently denied to the inmates, despite snow falling on the prison. The Ministry of the Interior, Juan Ignacio Zoido, said the prison would now be repaired ahead of its official opening, because some of the migrants had damaged the facility. The migrants’ current location is not known.

A DECISION to axe show jumping events in Mijas has sparked outrage. It comes after the town hall scrapped the annual Costa del Sol Equestrian Tour, which takes place at the Costa del Sol’s hippodrome in spring and autumn. Mayor Juan Carlos Maldonado is rumoured to want horse racing to return to the site, while there are also whispers that property developers have registered interest in buying the land. But the council signed a contract requiring that the venue be used for equestrian events with its owner more than 20 years ago, meaning the local authority could stand to lose millions if the decision to cancel proves to be unlawful.

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Shock to the system THE village of Teba - around an hour inland from Malaga - is back online after three bolts of lightning struck antennae leaving residents without internet or television for three days.

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Mum-of-two not seen for days

FUENGIROLA Town Hall is to sink more than €1.5 million into five urban improvement projects which will be executed immediately, including the resurfacing of town centre roads and improvements to the bus station.

THE sister of a British motherof-two who has not been seen for more than a week has issued an urgent appeal on the Costa del Sol to try and trace her. Thirty-five-year-old Rebecca Muldoon was last seen on January 2. It is reported she vanished without money, her passport and her mobile phone is dead. Rebecca, originally from Southend in Essex, has been living in Marbella with her two children aged eight and 11. National Police sources have confirmed that they attended an alleged case of domestic violence at the woman’s house on January 2. Her partner was arrested and due before the courts the follow-

On the up MALAGA topped the national ranking for labour growth in 2017 according to a report by the Ministry of Employment which compared the number of new social security numbers to the population of every province in the country.

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ing day. But Rebecca didn’t appear at the court as a witness so officers atMISSING: Rebecca Muldoon. tended the house again. Neighbours told the charge. Lifelong friends have police that the two children apbeen concerned about her and peared to be alone in the house her relationship with her husand the woman had disappeared. band. Police are continuing their “As family we hadn’t spoken search and Rebecca’s sister, in over two years.” Sabrina Foakes, has pleaded for She added: “I appreciate the public’s help. everyone’s concern, please help Speaking to the Euro Weekly find my sister!” News she said, “We don’t know The children are now back in much. the UK and being cared for by “She left the children, after relatives. making a report to the Spanish If you have seen Rebecca or police she had allegedly been have any information please call abused. the National Police on 091. “She was told to drop the

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Lethal brawl probed POLICE are still investigating the massive brawl which broke out in Coin last week and left two brothers dead. The fight - which also left two people in hospital with stab wounds and numerous others hurt - made national headlines. Four cars and one house were destroyed and several containers burnt in the incident, which lasted several hours, according to reports. Three people have been held and a further trio are being investigated. The confrontation was allegedly between feuding Romani gypsy families armed with sticks and knives. Dozens of Guardia Civil officers were drafted in alongside Local Police to deal with the disturbance in La Fuensata neighbourhood. They remained in the area to ensure peace was maintained. According to reports, the two people wounded in the fight are progressing well. The incident took place around 5pm on January 4. A funeral on Sunday passed without incident. Further arrests have not been ruled out. Antonio Sanz, a local politician, praised the “rapid and effective reaction” of the police.

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EXCLUSIVE By Harrison Jones FUENGIROLA Town Hall have again been accused of allowing drinking water to be used to noisily clean streets while residents are sleeping. Despite warnings that a severe water shortage is likely to hit the region, clean drinking water is regularly being used to clean the city’s pathways. The town hall has been contacted for each of the previous two Euro Weekly News stories about the issue, both by phone and by email. They have never previously provided a response and had not commented at the time of writing. Reporting more cleaning at 1.30am this morning, one resident told Euro Weekly News: “I can’t believe it, just now they cleaned the streets again in Fuengirola, with thousands of litres of clean drinking water, despite the fuss in the councils of the town halls.” The company responsible for water distribution on the Costa Del Sol is reportedly seeking the agreement of local authorities to use treated water from sewage works to wash streets. Acosol, a publicly owned company, wants to extend a deal in the Marbella area, to use recycled wastewater, to the rest of the region, according to

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Game of cones A NEW technique for choosing areas for conservation of the endangered pinsapo, or Spanish pine, was unveiled by researchers during the second annual Malaga and Climate Change conference.

Bike share CHINESE rental company Ofo has bagged a contract to supply 1,000 bicycles for the use of university staff and students in the Teatinos neighbourhood of Malaga City, with the scheme part-funded by Huawei and Vodafone.

NO SPRAY: A cleaner focuses on Fuengirola bins. Spanish media reports. The resident, 69-year-old Ron Gombault, added: “This time the street parallel to the Paseo Maritimo, two nights ago the Paseo, all (at) about 1.30 in the morning.” The local authority use high-power

spray hose pipes, which are particularly loud. There have been previous claims that cleaning occurred at 5.30am and 12.30am. One street cleaner has previously confirmed to a Euro Weekly News journalist that the water being used to

clean an area of pavement was drinkable. There have long been concerns about the availability of water in the region, and local experts have warned that action must be taken to avoid a severe drought.

Paid off TWO Guardia Civil officers are to stand trial in Malaga City after being charged with accepting bribes including ‘money and gifts’ from motorists who were then let off being fined for traffic offences.

Bus top MALAGA’S public transport company broke its record for the number of passengers travelling by bus in 2017, with the total of 46.6 million beating the previous best - in 2011 - by more than two million.

Aliens axed THE removal of invasive plant life from the protected sand dunes at Artola-Cabopìno has been pronounced a success after the specialist firm Malagueña Forestal eliminated 839 tonnes of nonnative vegetation.

Walk on by AN ambitious project to improve Torremolinos town centre is underway, with the first jobs including pedestrianisation of Plaza Costa del Sol and Avenida Palma de Mallorca, plus resurfacing of Cuesta del Tajo and Calle Peligro.

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A POLICE probe sparked by a Costa del Sol resident has seen two women held for internet fraud. The pair, aged 19 and 24, were in the middle of a fist fight when police burst into their home in Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz. They are suspected of selling

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Dial another day non-existent mobile phones online, successfully pulling off the scam at least a dozen times. The arrests come after a complaint was filed to the National

Police in Malaga by a man who claimed to have paid €700 for a phone which never arrived. Investigators later pinpointed identical cases in Madrid, Murcia,

Valencia and the Basque Country. The con involved advertising attractively-priced high-end handsets on websites, with the accused using false identities to engage

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personally with potential clients, even sending photographs of the phones on request. And the pair were tracked down after a neighbour reported hearing a loud argument, leading officers to identify the women, who already had arrest warrants for fraud in their names.

STAGGERING: The World will return to the Costa del Sol in April.

Cabin fever By Benjamin Park THE largest privately owned yacht on earth, The World, will return to Malaga this April. Measuring approximately 196 metres in length, The World has 165 private accommodations onboard and will be visit the Costa del Sol between April 15 and 17 as part of a remarkable journey. It will be the ship’s first visit to the region since 2015.

Passengers travelling on The World pay staggering fees to partake in the ship’s journeys, with apartment prices ranging from €1 to €6 million at a time. Joanna Merredew, UK Representative for The World, told the Euro Weekly News: “The World, the largest privately owned residential yacht on earth, will return to Malaga in April as part of its remarkable 2018 journey. “This year, The World will

take its residents to 114 ports of call across the southern US, the Bahamas, Mexico, South America, the Mediterranean, western and northern Europe and more. “The ship navigates the globe every two years following a carefully crafted itinerary which is voted for by the residents themselves. April 2018 will see The World’s fourth visit to Malaga as it returns to Europe for the first time since 2016.”

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Last dance for gunman Strip club shooter held in Norway A MAN who opened fire with a submachine gun in a Costa del Sol strip club has been held in Norway. The 30-year-old Dutch suspect was arrested in capital city Oslo after a European Arrest Warrant was issued in his name. He was reportedly living under a false name using a forged Dutch passport, and had burned the tips of his fingers to further conceal his identity. It comes in the wake of a violent incident at a Marbella nightspot last September which saw the fugitive beaten up by four men. He managed to escape but returned an hour later wearing a hood before producing the gun and firing at his assailants, one of who returned fire with a pistol he had managed to sneak through security with the help of a

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LAST YEAR: One of the Marbella raids in September. member of staff. Five people were wounded during the shootout, with four hit by bullets. Six people were held at the club after police swooped on the scene, but the Dutchman fled in a car and has been on the run ever since. The vehicle - which had been rented under a false name - was found abandoned and completely

burned out a day later. Among those held at the time were a 30-year-old Frenchman from Marseille wanted by authorities in his home country for homicide and weapons trafficking. During subsequent raids on three homes investigators seized guns, ammunition, six high-end cars, a series of false vehicle licence plates, â‚Ź12,660 in cash, and 21 mobile phones.

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Killer wave strikes Storm Eleanor claims two lives Diego Verdejo Lopez, 67, and Loli Kintana Martinez, 65, had ventured onto a breakwater to look at the impressive fivemetre breakers sweeping in off the Bay of Biscay when they were swallowed by what onlookers described as “a huge wave.” Visiting the coast from the inland town of Vitoria, they had been romantically involved for around a year after earlier losing their long-term partners. According to eyewitness accounts, the pair were seen parking their car and walking onto the breakwater - which was not cordoned off and forms part of a wave energy converter - when a larger wave engulfed them and swept them into the raging sea. Three people who were on the beach at the time rushed to their aid.

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By Matt Ford A DEADLY wave has killed two people in Mutriku, Basque Country.

TRAGIC: This shocking sequence of images from social media captures the moment that the victims were swept off the breakwater. Mr Lopez was already dead, having drowned before they reached him, but Ms Martinez managed to briefly grab a rope they threw towards her. But the force of the water caused it to snap and she was

killed after being repeatedly dashed against the brick structure. One of the would-be rescuers

even dived into the water to try and help her and had to be rescued by firefighters after they arrived at the scene.

Mr Lopez’ body had by this point already washed up on the beach, while that of his partner was eventually pulled from the sea. A fire brigade official later said: “When we saw that the woman was already dead we decided not to enter the water as the conditions were so difficult.” A distraught family member told Spanish media he could not believe how they “failed to see the danger.” The town council has in the wake of the incident announced that the breakwater will in future be closed whenever a dangerous weather warning is in place. The deaths came as Storm Eleanor battered northern Spain, bringing rain, snow, high winds and dangerous sea swells after orange warnings for dangerous conditions were put in place by national weather office AEMET.

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ACCESS POINT: Many migrants have attempted to jump the fences at Mellila in the past.

Migrants storm border MORE than 200 African migrants have entered Spain after storming over a double fence between Morocco and Melilla. In total, 209 people reportedly forced their way over the two sixmetre (20 feet) high double fences between Morocco and the Spanish enclave. Several people were reportedly injured during the violent barrage, including four of the migrants and a Guardia Civil officer. Footage captured by journalist

Helena Maleno Garzon shows a large group of migrants running through the streets of the city. Migrants often use Melilla and C ue ta , ne a rly 400 ki l om et r es away, as access points into Europe as they are the only two land borders between Africa and the European Union. A record number of migrants reached Spain in 2017, with almost 22,900 people accessing the country from Africa according to EU border agency Frontex.

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US couple avoid prison Pair ‘lived with body of dead son for a month’ AN American couple living in Spain have avoided being sent to prison after they lived with the body of their dead son in their home for more than a month. Bruce and Schrell Darlene Hopkins, 41 and 40, reportedly refused to release the body of their youngest son Caleb to Spanish authorities several weeks after he died of an asthma attack in their rented apartment in Girona. They were arrested after police discovered his body in January 2016 and were facing at least three years in prison, amid claims that they were guilty of homicide with serious imprudence. However, a Girona court ruled that while it agreed that the child had needed hospital care that his parents did not provide, there were aggravated circumstances and fined the couple €990 for a crime of homicide for ‘less serious imprudence’ with aggravating kingship. The Hopkins, along with their three children, reportedly moved to Girona seeking a safer and quieter life than they had in America. Police found the body when visiting the couple’s flat and reportedly described the apartment as having ‘a nauseated stench.’ According to reports, rather than call the authorities following his death, the family kept a vigil next to his body, which was wrapped in a sheet. Caleb is believed to have suffered the fatal asthma attack between the end of November and the beginning of December 2015, though the specific date of his death has not been confirmed. The sentence is subject to an appeal within 10 days.

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BACK TO LIFE: A prisoner pronounced dead in Villabona Prison scared the life out of forensic scientists.

‘Certified dead’ Prisoner wakes up in body bag By Matt Ford

A PROBE has been launched after a prisoner declared dead by a trio of doctors woke up inside a mortuary in northern Spain. It comes after an inmate named as Gonzalo Montoya Jimenez was found sitting unconscious in a chair at the Villabona prison, Asturias Prison medics were unable to find a pulse leading two of them to pronounce him dead, before a third doctor sent by a court confirmed their diagno-

sis. The man’s loved ones were even informed of his death. His body was sent to a hospital mortuary in Oviedo and reportedly marked in preparation for a post-mortem examination before forensic scientists heard noises coming from his body bag. He was transferred to the Central University Hospital of Asturias where he remains in intensive care under watch by the Guardia Civil. Hospital officials told Spanish media that they suspect the bizarre incident to be a case of catalepsy, a condition which causes a person’s vital signs to slow down and their posture to become rigid.

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Crowning glory FORMER King of Spain Juan Carlos made a rare public appearance with the current King and son, Felipe VI, at the annual Three Kings and Epiphany Day celebrations.

The former King, who turned 80 on Friday, has reportedly complained about feeling side-lined by the royal family in recent weeks, but appeared in full military uni-

form alongside his wife Sofia, son Felipe and Queen Letizia at Madrid’s Royal Palace. King Felipe VI praised his father during a ceremony held at the palace, thanking him for his “many years of loyal service to Spain.” Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of his son in 2014 and was given the title of ‘King Emertius’ after nearly 40 years on the throne. The former king is credited with leading Spain to democracy after Franco’s dictatorship but reportedly abdicated after a series of scandals damaged his public image. AT least 24 people have been arrested after fighting broke out between two sets of radical fans in Sevilla. The small groups of fans, also known as ‘ultras,’ of La Liga teams Real Betis and Sevilla clashed ahead of their teams’ match at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan

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ICICLES: Fireman have been working to clear roof tops.

A MAN fell to his death while removing icicles from his fourth-floor home in northern Spain. The 60-year-old man died on Calle Cruz Roja in Avila. Emergency services were unable to revive him. Police are investigating the exact circumstances of the fall. Firefighters have been working non-stop to clear icicles and dangerous accumulations of snow from eaves and roof tops in the area.

Football fans clash stadium this evening. According to reports, the fight, which occurred close to the Barqueta de Sevilla bridge, was allegedly organised between the two

groups on WhatsApp beforehand. One person was left needing hospital treatment in the aftermath of the fight. During the arrests, police

reportedly seized a number of various objects including sticks, knives and axes. All of those arrested are males between 20 and 30years-old.

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Catalan leader to remain in prison FORMER Catalan deputy Prime Minister Oriol Junqueras will remain in pre-trial custody, after Spain’s Supreme Court unanimously rejected his appeal. Junqueras, the prominent separatist leader who has an outside chance of becoming president when the regional parliament is sworn in later this month, has been in prison since early November. He is accused of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds following his role in the declaration of Catalan independence, following an illegal referendum. Despite some of his colleagues being released on bail, Junqueras was kept in Estremera prison, outside Madrid. The court has now upheld the decision despite Junqueras’ appeal, citing fears he would commit the same crimes for which he is being investigated. He was number two in the regional parliament before Spain dissolved the government. His Esquerra Republicana (ERC) party came third in last month’s elections and will be crucial to forming a new, pro-independence government. Junqueras is now likely to be prevented from being sworn in at the opening session of the new Parliament on January 17. That complicates the process of forming a government, since his party make up the second largest grouping of pro-independence representatives. The largest party was Ines Arrimadas’ Ciudadanos - a pro-unity group - with deposed president Carles Puidgemont’s Junts per Cataluña (JPC) party coming second. Junqueras’ ERC were a few seats behind. Both men were fired from their previous positions when the Spanish government dissolved the Catalan administration.

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‘They are not going to achieve independence’ THE winner of last month’s Catalan elections has spoken about her plans for forming a government in a wide-ranging interview. Ines Arrimadas, the leader of the pro-unity Ciudadanos party, has said she would “love” to become president after parliament is sworn in next Wednesday (January 17). Speaking to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, the 36year-old admits she is not yet trying to form a government despite winning most seats because the separatist parties have a combined majority in the Catalan parliament. But, she adds: “If the secessionists can’t form government, we will propose an alternative. “It’s not clear to me at all that separatists are going to

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INES ARRIMADAS: “Love” to be Catalan president. reach a deal, with some of them fleeing from justice, others in Brussels, and others in prison... we know what we’re doing.” In last month’s regional election - called following an

illegal referendum and a declaration of independence - Arrimadas’ party won 37 seats. That put them ahead of former president Carles Puidgemont’s party on 34 and his former number two - jailed

Oriol Junqueras - whose party won 32 seats. However, pro-independence parties working together would have a majority in the parliament. Arrimidas said: “I wish the number of seats we obtained was more in line with the number of votes that were cast in our favour… But we’re going to handle this in the best possible way. We know what we’re doing.” But Arrimidas also cautioned against any expectation that the situation could be resolved quickly, warning: “I understand people want to deal with 35 years of nationalism in five days, but unfortunately that’s not going to happen.” She finished the interview by adding: “they are not going to achieve independence.”

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Bull’s-eye! Father and son chased up tree by angry animal A ROGUE bull attacked a father and son on a farm near Madrid, leaving one in hospital. According to Spanish media reports which did not specify who needed to go to hospital - the pair were fishing at the time of the incident. But following the attack, Local Police had to be called to rescue the father and son, who had escaped the angry cow by climbing a tree. An ambulance took them to Tagus hospital after the incident on January 5.

BULLISH: The animal forced the pair up a tree.

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BASQUE city Bilbao bagged first prize in Spain’s El Niño lottery. Winning ticketholders with the number 05685 took home prize money of €2 million each for a full ticket, or €200,000 for a decimo (10th). Second prize, worth €750,000 per series or €75,000 per 10th, went to the number 18442 and was shared between towns in

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Asturias, Alicante, Burgos, Granada, Tenerife, Huelva, Malaga, Jaen, Las Palmas, Cordoba, Barcelona, Cadiz, Almeria and Guipuzcoa among others. The third prize of €250,000 went entirely to the town of Yecla in Murcia as the number 23282 was drawn. In total, €700 million in prize money was handed out.

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Get in on the act! DINNER and theatre society THESPA has announced that memberships can be renewed at their first meeting of 2018. It comes after the group confirmed that its events now follow the fiscal year as agreed at its Annual General Meeting. And membership prices have been frozen at a bargain €10, with fresh faces sought for 2018. At the meeting, guests will enjoy two plays, with Peter Cadman directing Julie Payne, Peter Cadman and Shirley Knauf in Colin and Mary Crowther’s Just Passing. This will be followed by Jean Mc’Connall’s Last Post, directed by Geoffrey Stansfield and starring Wendy Smith and Margaret Spencer-Brooks. The event as usual takes place at the Masonic Hall in Los Boliches, Fuengirola. Tickets cost €16 for members or €18 for guests, and can be reserved by emailing thespabooking@gmail.com or calling 622 454 422.

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Diving into the New Year HO HO EURO: Parents and children at one of the stalls. TAKING THE PLUNGE: The three mermaids Sheila, Sue and Tcherina. REVELLERS braved the cold Mediterranean Sea for a New Year’s Day dip in aid of ani-

mal charity 4 PAWS Adoptions. It was the 12th consecutive year that the annual

Feeling festive THE Coin branch of the Royal British Legion (RBL) knows how to party. And the group’s last function of the season had a festive flavour as members descended on La Parilla de Pepe restaurant for mince pies and sherry. Fuengirola-based entertainment group A Touch of Class launched into a series of hit songs from famous shows, ending with a stirring rendition of The 12 Days of Christmas. The branch has also arranged a Valentine’s party in aid of the Poppy Appeal.

event has taken place, as the plucky swimmers started 2018 with a splash at Restaurant Videra in Los Boliches, Fuengirola. Thousands of euros are estimated to have been raised as hundreds of spectators flocked to join the fun, which included a raffle and barbecue. While many of those who took the plunge chose to don fancy dress, with the three mermaids Sheila, Sue and Tcherina arguably stealing the show.

Charity success THE British International School of Marbella knows what Christmas is about. And to celebrate in style parents, teachers and children staged a charity fair in aid of hostel Hogar Betania, which provides support to underprivileged families and helps local youngsters find apprenticeships. Emma Watkins, Head of Administration at the school, said: “A great big thank you to everyone who helped with the fair. “I am pleased to announce that we raised over €1,000 for this year’s chosen charity, Hogar Betania.”

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LUX MUNDI Fuengirola has an exciting series of events planned for the New Year. These include: Today (Thursday) : Quiz Night at 6.30pm. From Thursday 18 to Thursday January 25: Week of prayer for Christian unity. Friday February 2: Special British Con-

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Your Lux is in sulate meeting open to U3A members at 4pm. Wednesday February 7: Trip to Arcos de la Frontera.

Thursday February 8: Quiz Night at 6.30pm. Wednesday February 21: A Journey

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Though Dementia, introduced by Ian Phillips. Tuesday March 13 to Friday March 16: Trip to Murcia. Trips must be booked in advance, and more information is available on the website www.lux-mundi.org.

Bonanza for ADIMI By Anita Humphreys ADIMI held their open day recently and La Cala de Mijas Lions President Julie Barry presented their President Cristobal Moreno with a cheque for â‚Ź4,583.76. All who attended were taken on a tour of the premises including work and special therapy rooms. The money donated has purchased much-needed gym equipment and early learning aids. What a special place this is and what a fantastic opportunity it gives, to both the individuals and their families, to enjoy something different. The help it gives to these families is invaluable. The centre had just received 22 new wardrobes from AKI, one for each bed they have in their soon to be opened hospital. The centre has been the dream of the founder members, who have worked tirelessly to get

NEW YEAR’S GIFT: Julie Barry Lions President, Cristobal Moreno ADIMI President, Jacinta Munoz ADIMI Vice President, Laura Villa ADIMI Manager and Lions members. where they are today. The Junta de Andalucia regional authority pays staff salaries but all else is raised by them through sponsorships, donations or fundraising events. La Cala de Mijas Lions regularly donates to local community projects by organising

lots of spectacular events throughout the year, and by running the Charity shop in La Cala de Mijas. The shop is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 2pm and sells clothes, bric a brac, books and other items for the home, all at great prices.

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Pricey pinch

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A VODKA bottle said to be worth over €1 million - which is made from 13 pounds of gold and silver, with a diamond-studded cap - was stolen during a night-time robbery on a bar in Copenhagen.

Staying away DENMARK received less than 3,500 asylum applications in 2017, which marked an 84 per cent decrease over the last two years, which the government has attributed to the new anti-immigrant regulations that have been passed.

crossed the Oresund Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden in 2017, the highest number ever recorded in the bridge’s history, with cross-border Christmas shopping allegedly helping to boost the figures.

Record stretch

Costly cab

A RECORD seven million vehicles

A DRUNK man was forced to pay

HOT SHOT: This €1 million vodka bottle was stolen from a bar in Copenhagen. €1,850 after taking a taxi from Copenhagen to Oslo on New Year’s Eve and trying to skip out on the fare, causing the Danish cab driver to alert the police.

OFFICIALS in Amsterdam plan to crack down on the city’s estimated 6,000 AirBnb rentals that allegedly violate local rules, such as renting to more than four tourists at a time or for more than 60 days per year.

Storm trauma A RECENT storm that ravaged the Netherlands, with winds reaching up to 141 kilometres p e r h o u r, c a u s e d a r o u n d € 1 0 million in damage to homes and vehicles, according to the insurance association Verbond van Verzekeraars.

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All wrapped up

Road kill

LOCALS in the German city of Stuttgart have taken to wrapping poorly-parked cars in cling film to deter them from blocking pedestrian areas and pavements.

Doner deal THE former World Cup football star Lukas Podolski, who currently plays for Japanese club Vissel

Kobe, is set to open up a doner kebab shop in Cologne, the city where he grew up.

euros worth of damage to property.

Modern motors

Flood fright STORM ‘BURGLIND’ forced dozens of people to leave their homes in south Germany due to flooding and landslides, which caused hundreds of millions of

GERMAN carmaker Volkswagen has announced it will work with Silicon Valley firm Aurora to create self-driving cars, with the hope of putting autonomous taxis on city streets by 2021.

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Making peace

Purr-fect sendoff?

TURKEY’S president Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled to Paris for talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron as the country aims to improve its ties with Europe following a stormy relationship during 2017.

Ligue of its own FOREIGN students now view France as a more attractive place to study than the United States or the UK, according to a poll of 14,000 scholars who have either studied, are studying, or are planning to study there in the future.

Un-brie-lievable ONE of the country’s smelliest cheeses is under threat f r o m m a r a u d i n g w ild b o a r, farme rs h av e warned, claiming that the rampaging swine are destroying pastures for cows that produce milk for the famously pungent Munster.

Big screen boom THE country topped the European ranking of cinema-goers in 2017, with 209.2 million tickets sold, the third-highest number in the last 50 years according to the National Film Board.

THE highest ever number of wildlife road accidents was reported last year in Sweden, with more than 61,000 incidents reported, an increase of more than 2,600 from 2016.

Game of clones THE city of Västerås welcomed in the New Year with a stunning video clip which apes hit HBO series Game of Thrones, replacing key locations from the show with local landmarks including the cathedral and municipal swimming pool.

POLITICIANS are considering a law change that would allow animal owners to be laid to rest alongside their pets provided that they are cremated, with ashes to be placed in the same urn if the bill is passed.

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Naked shun

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AN online gambling firm has been told to remove 1,000 billboards from metro stations and bus stops in Brussels after the city’s public transport operator received a string of complaints over an advert featuring a naked woman covered in bank notes.

Premier prizes CHELSEA footballer Eden Hazard has bagged the national player of the year award, with Manchester City’s Kevin de Bruyne and Manchester United’s Romelo Lukaku completing a clean sweep of the top three for the UK Premier League.

Skating horror A RUSSIAN tourist died in Bruges after she fell on an ice-skating rink, with the 43-year-old landing heavily on her head and passing away in hospital the following day.

THE country has seen off a lawsuit by environmental groups to block oil drilling in the Arctic after Oslo’s district court ruled that the exploration does not contravene the national constitution.

Switched on THE Norwegian Road Federation has announced that 52 per cent of new cars sold in 2017 were electric or hybrid, up from 40 per cent the previous y e a r, a s t h e c o u n t r y r a c e s t o become the first to end the sale of new gas and diesel vehicles.

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Border swap THE Netherlands and Belgium have adjusted their borders by swappi ng a l arge am ount of land, roughly the size of 27 football fields, after a headless body was found in the area and caused jurisdiction problems for police.

Under pressure A DUTCH parliamentarian has called for an internal investigation into sexual harassment in politics in order to investigate how safe employees feel working in the Dutch Senate and lower house of parliament.

Fake news SWEDEN’S security service chief, Anders Thornberg, has told UK media that his agency is not only handling an increased number of terrorism-related incidents, but is concerned about the threat of disinformation and fake news.

Meat free spree FAST food giant McDonalds has introduced a McVegan burger in restaurants throughout the country in the wake of a clamour from diners, including a soy patty.

Fare cop A DRUNK New Year’s Eve reveller took a taxi ride from Denmark to Norway via Sweden before fleeing without paying the €1,850 fare, but police were able to catch him as he lay passed out on his bed in a nearby house.

Seekers shrink THE number of asylum applications received by the government in the latter half of 2017 was the lowest since 1995, with the overall total dropping from 30,000 in 2015 to 3,500 last year.

FINANCE Junqueras has appeal case in court

IN the wake of easing tensions in Cataluña, the service industry in Spain ended 2017 in an upbeat way, reporting an increase in the rate of activity. After two months of declines in the rate of growth, HIS Markit’s index of purchasing managers rose to 54.6 in December, up by 0.2 from November. “Although the final quarter of 2017 saw a weaker expansion in activity than the other three quarters of the year, the economy continued to grow at a healthy pace,” Andrew

By John Smith Harker, an associate director at HIS Markit said. “Overall, 2017 has been a positive year for the Spanish economy, leaving it well placed heading into 2018.” The marked increase in activity at the end of 2017 extends the current sequence of expansion to 50 months. The strengthening of economic conditions was deemed to be behind rises in both activity and new business. According to a survey of more

God has taken her but she has not gone, she will be forever in my heart,” says grandson Luis Alfonso de Borbon about the death of Maria del Carmen Franco y Polo, the only daughter of General Franco.

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LOWEST EARNERS: To receive a welcome salary rise.

Minimum wage boost SPAIN’S lowest earners will receive a welcome 4 per cent salary rise in 2018, in a new pledge made by the Spanish government. In addition, if specific economic growth and employment targets are met, the figure could increase to as much as €850 a month by 2020. In an agreement reached with trade unions and company executives, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will implement the in-

crease which will see the country’s lowest earners receive €28.4 more a month this year. “This is a boost to rebuild the salaries of people who lost most in the economic crisis,” says Unai Sordo, leader of the Worker ’s Commissions, Spain’s largest union. The unions will consider the measure a triumph for their work, having long demanded wages to mirror Spain’s speedy recovery from the 2013 recession.

UNEMPLOYMENT in Spain shrank by 7.8 per cent last year as the numbers continue to recede from the record highs of 2013. The Labour Ministry said 3.4 million people were registered as out of work in 2017, representing 290,000 fewer than in 2016.

Ortega stays BUSINESS tycoon Amancio Ortega will retain control of his Pontegadea empire until 2029, when he will be 93 years old. The parent company of Zara and other fashion brands holds the most valuable block of shares in Spain.

Diesel injection THE price of diesel has seen a second consecutive rise, to climb to €1.146 per litre. This is a level that has not been seen since July 2015. In turn, the average price of petrol has also increased this week by 0.56 per cent to reach €1.242.

Santander axes 1,100 B A N C O S A N TA N D E R , t h e b i g g e s t lender in the Eurozone, will be cutting 1,100 jobs following its takeover of Banco Popular, unions have said. Santander bought Popular last June for the

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Services industry grows

A SPANISH court is considering an appeal by former Catalan Vice President Oriol Junqueras against his detention during the recent political crisis. If he is granted bail, Junqueras may run to become the new Catalan leader. However, he faces being potentially charged for rebellion, sedition and embezzlement which could see him incarcerated for decades. Junqueras has already had two court appeals dismissed. His legal team hopes that the separatists’ victory in the elections to the Catalan parliament will help his cause.

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nominal fee of one euro, which helped avert its imminent collapse. At the time, Santander calculated that the cost of restructuring following the purchase would be €1.3 billion.

than 350 companies, new business, orders and job creation all grew in December. There had been fears that Spain’s economy would be hit hard by the political fallout over Cataluña’s vote for independence last year, when thousands of companies moved their headquarters out of the region. However, these concerns have not been borne out and another reason for Spain’s upturn can be attributed to the economic strength of the eurozone.

IT sector in need of reboot THE IT and telecommunications sectors are most in demand by companies, and yet are the professions that receive the least applications, according to a study by the employment site Infojobs. The survey revealed that job vacancies increase by up to 20 per cent in January, as a result of many people seeking a change at the start of the year. Openings within computing and telecommunications are the most numerous, making up 16.4 per cent of all the job offers published in Infojobs. Despite the fact these industries offer above-average salaries, there are far fewer applications per vacancy than other sectors. Companies are desperate to address this, particularly in relation to cybersecurity.

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PRICE(P) CHANGE(P) COMPANY Anglo American 1,609.50 6.10 Associated British Foods 2,880.50 -1.50 Admiral Group 1,875.25 3.25 Ashtead Group 2,024.50 9.50 Antofagasta 985.30 3.50 Aviva 507.50 0.90 AstraZeneca 5,206.50 2.50 BAE Systems 578.60 6.60 Barclays 199.37 0.19 British American Tobacco 4,943.50 -26.50 Barratt Developments 652.20 -5.60 Berkeley Group Holdings 4,227.50 2.50 British Land Co 677.90 3.10 BHP Billiton 1,575.20 13.60 Bunzl 2,064.50 1.50 BP 527.85 -1.75 Burberry Group 1,790.25 7.75 BT Group 271.15 0.15 Coca-Cola HBC 2,370.00 -13.00 Carnival 4,853.00 1.00 Centrica 146.03 -0.12 Compass Group 1,564.00 -4.00 Croda International 4,475.00 -4.00 CRH 2,738.50 -23.50 DCC 7,562.50 12.50 Diageo 2,668.75 -3.25 Direct Line Insurance Group 368.50 -1.30 Experian 1,668.75 19.75 easyJet 1,526.50 15.00 Ferguson 5,449.00 19.00 Fresnillo 1,395.00 0.50 G4S 282.80 7.60 GKN 327.15 0.85 Glencore 389.95 1.35 GlaxoSmithKline 1,380.10 19.10 Hargreaves Lansdown 1,801.00 -23.00 Halma 1,286.50 -3.50 Hammerson 536.60 0.60 HSBC Holdings 759.65 -3.85 International Consoldtd Air Grp 665.20 1.20 InterContinental Hotels Group 4,690.50 -0.50 3i Group 937.20 -6.60 Imperial Brands 3,171.50 1.50 Informa 721.20 -0.80 Intertek Group 5,326.00 8.00 ITV 170.08 -0.82 Just Eat 807.70 -3.30 Johnson Matthey 3,186.50 -12.50 Kingfisher 337.50 -2.10 Land Securities Group 990.25 4.65

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CHANGE% CHANGE VOLUME(M) +0,78% 1,860 142.534,98 +0,23% 0,2300 87.554,78 +1,14% 1,970 889.471,74 +4,10% 12,170 182.645,77 +1,58% 2,520 96.194,81 -0,16% -0,21 242.284,14 +1,38% 0,540 195.100,04 -0,02% -0,01 195.415,51 +1,30% 0,97 176.194,25 -0,08% -0,07 366.107,15 +0,05% 0,0100 160.520,29 -0,51% -1,31 96.209,01 +1,04% 1,9900 223.839,89 +0,49% 0,79 149.963,21 +0,70% 0,3100 208.470,60 -0,64% -0,7000 375.226,88 +0,83% 1,1600 379.014,25 +0,20% 0,3500 138.511,00 -0,11% -0,06 154.925,10 +1,24% 1,080 679.501,86 +0,85% 0,54 83.592,88 +0,19% 0,0700 219.115,60 +0,07% 0,060 230.774,39 -0,18% -0,24 36.053,96 +0,86% 1,12 104.782,91 +1,91% 4,28 220.806,86 -0,23% -0,12 214.089,06 +2,39% 2,78 213.671,60 +0,59% 0,5900 295.675,29 -0,54% -0,6100 168.077,01 M - MILLION DOLLARS

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Most Advanced TiGenix Cellular Biomedicine Group, Inc. Everspin Technologies, Inc. Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ChinaCache International Holdings Ltd. Atlantic American Corporation CRISPR Therapeutics AG Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. ABAXIS, Inc. TESSCO Technologies Incorporated Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

$ 40.73 $ 18 $ 9.47 $ 17.55 $ 2.72 $ 3.65 $ 26.81 $ 23.55 $ 55.06 $ 20.10 $ 9.53

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$ 12.255 $ 24.18 $ 27.85 $ 3.36 $ 5.95 $ 7.41 $ 2.18 $9 $ 4.81 $ 36.625 $ 4.66

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Most Declined Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. REGENXBIO Inc. Novan, Inc. Francesca's Holdings Corporation Shiloh Industries, Inc. Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NewLink Genetics Corporation Dogness (International) Corporation Audentes Therapeutics, Inc. Future FinTech Group Inc.

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Investment in roads Costs are lowest for three decades SPENDING on Spain’s road network under all of its administrations is down to 0.4 per cent of GDP, a level not seen since 1986. On top of this a new cut of €600 million in the funding of the Ministry of Development was announced last April. The majority of that reduction in investment is due to be sustained by the road network, for several reasons. The railways are likely to be protected in order to keep the European funds that are attached. Indeed trains are wrapped up in political commitments that the government will be reluctant to break. It is also seen to be faster and generally easier to cut funding from roads. “It draws attention to the way the authorities try to protect the railways from the cuts,” explains Matilde Mas, an Ivie Professor of Economic Analysis. As a result, spending on roads will regress to the levels of the mid90’s, when €4,500 million a year was allocated for road maintenance. Compared to 2008, at the end of 2015 investment in this area by the Central Administration fell by 85 per cent in construction, and 59 per cent in repairs. Of course once a road network is built, far less funds are required to maintain them, which the OECD has fixed at 2 per cent of the cost of the infrastructure. However, according to a study by the Spanish Road Association, the state of conservation of the State Highway Network on the autonomous regions is ‘deficient.’ The survey showed that as many as 325,000 road signs need replacing, and 50,000 km of road markings require repainting. However, conserving roads has no political glamour and does not require set piece speeches and photo-friendly presentations for politicians. Governments therefore prefer to cut investment here than more publical-

REDUCED OUTLAY: Spending on roads is at its lowest since 1986.

ly sensitive areas like health and pensions. Jacob Diaz, General Director of the Spanish Association of Cerretera, warns, “When roads are not conserved, damage does not increase linearly but exponentially, until there comes a time when you do not have to maintain but rebuild.” Although there is no study linking the maintenance for roads and accidents, it is clear that repairs are essential to ensure public safety.

ONLINE GIANT WILL LAUNCH LABOUR PROGRAMME

Amazon to ‘Flex’ its muscles DELIVERY giant Amazon is leading the way in showing that digital business models can revolutionise labour regulations. Moreover, it plans to launch its ‘Flex’ programme in Spain. This is a scheme where the company hires drivers in countries to deliver its packages. It is already up and running in the US, where people can earn $18 to $25 an hour and all they require is a car and a smartphone. The ‘flex’ moniker is justified as drivers tell Amazon where they want to work and how many hours they want to do. During the shift, packages are picked up at the nearest Amazon location and delivered to people in the local area. Rafael Chelala, a professor at Duesto Business School, comments, “The new model of Amazon is channelled into this so-called collaborative economy, which replaces the traditional model of assets with digital platforms.” There is even talk of a ‘platformisation’ of labour relations and Amazon is just one example of a growing trend in

‘COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY’: But are Flex staff self-employed?

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which online commerce and collaborative economy platforms converge. As the Uber court case has shown, questions arise in such systems as to whether each professional is simply self-employed, or a self-employed worker. This is clearly important when it comes to accountability and worker’s rights. As a result there are calls for the establishment of comprehensive reforms to labour regulations to make them fit

for this new digital world. In Spain there is only one legal precept that regulates teleworking and there is no reference to flexible days. However, some companies have taken progressive steps and Axa has become the first company in Spain to include the rights of its workers not to respond to mobile phones outside of working hours. Even the environment in normal working offices is evolving. “Before, it was going to the offices and a schedule was imposed because the means to work were there. This has changed with increasing flexibility, and face to face meetings are only required when absolutely necessary,” explains Chelala. Digital platforms and the ‘gig’ economy has become a popular route for students to earn money in hours that they can choose. There may be a risk of exploitation and socioeconomic effects for the foreseeable future, but it is a brave new world.

Property firm to float shares R E A L E S TAT E f i r m Metrovacesa has ann o u n c e d p l a n s t o s e l l o ff 25-40 per cent of the company via the stock market. Scheduled to take place i n F e b r u a r y, t h e m o v e i s likely to set a new record as the largest listing by a European residential property developer. The current record holder is Neinor Homes, which last year listed with a market capitalisation of €1.3bn, but Metrovaseca has a net asset value of €2.6bn. It comes as the residential property sector in Spain continues to recover, with house prices rising steadily over the last two years. Metrovaseca was responsible for the biggest property deal in British history when it acquired a tower in London’s Canary Wharf for €1.6bn in 2007.

Rental prices rise again RENTAL property prices in Spain continue to rise, with last year seeing an increase of 18.4 per cent. According to a survey produced by property portal Idealista.com, the average price now stands at nearly €900 a month for an average house of 90 square metres. Barcelona and Caceres are the only cities in Spain where prices have reduced in 2017, although Barcelona unsurprisingly remains the most expensive place to rent in. The provincial capitals of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have seen the highest price rises, increasing by 22.7 per cent and 22.5 per cent respectively. The biggest rise has happened in the Canary Islands, where owners asked for 27.8 per cent more for leasing their properties than in 2016.

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SPANISH BRANDS HOPING TO BOUNCE BACK

Bargain boom begins

JANUARY SALES: Already started for many brands.

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SPAIN’S traditional sales campaign, the day after many Spanish children receive their presents from the Three Kings on January 6, has lost ground in the face of year-round discounts and a huge increase in online shopping. Nowhere is this growing trend more visible than during Black Friday, when nearly a third of all Christmas shopping gets done, according to a study by Deloitte. All the main fashion brands, including Mango, H&M, Cortefiel, and Women’s Secret, large department stores such as El Corte Ingles, and the online retail giant Amazon are already offering early sales with discounts of up to 70 per cent in some cases. This change of emphasis towards yearround sales is having a negative impact on small and medium firms in the textile industry, as reduced prices eat into their profit margins. The Spanish Commerce Confederation (CEC) has again insisted on the need to establish a well-defined sales period. “Early sales by many commercial brands have forced small and medium

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stores to do the same, as a way to get rid of their excess stock,” said the CEC in a statement. The surplus is the result of a slow autumn-winter sales season.” Despite the general tendency to get ahead of the pack on sales season, Inditex - the parent company of Zara and other major fashion brands, continues to wait until after January 6 before slashing its prices. Meanwhile, El Corte Ingles has taken a balanced approach: some items are already 40 per c ent off their regular

price, but the bulk of the offers will come after the January 6 Three Kings. At the other end of the spectrum, fashion brands are already offering large discounts for online and physical shopping. “Consumers take advantage of these offers to do their Christmas shopping, and businesses are offering more promotional prices in order to adapt and defend their sales,” explains Emilio Gonzalez, who teaches economics at the Madrid-based business school Icade. Despite the endless discounts, businesses remain hopeful that the Christmas and official sales season will yield positive numbers, even if profit margins suffer. “This is our key campaign, it is still out great sales bastion,” says an El Corte Ingles spokesperson. The textile business association Acotex said it is expecting to see sales growth of between 5 and 10 per cent but described it as a bad thing. “There are going to be very good sales with a lot of products available, which is bad because it’s going to eat into companies’ profit margins,” said Acotex president Eduardo Zamacola.

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Brent oil price at high level OIL has been one of the great boons to the Spanish economy in recent years and during the past year led to a saving of €2.3 billion via crude imports. The steep drop in oil prices between 2014 and 2016 left more disposable income in the pockets of households and companies. As a result, the rise in the oil price in the second half of 2017 is a slight concern for the economic outlook. The Brent oil price, a notable benchmark in Europe, has begun 2018 at its highest level since early 2015, exceeding 65 dollars. This represents a rise of 50 per cent in the last six months. The reasons for this spike are varied but involve policies restricting the supply in oil producing countries, as well as geopolitical conflicts.

Losing mental capacity whilst living abroad by Stone King Charlotte Macdonald Contact me at international@stoneking.co.uk

MANY UK expatriates living in Spain own properties in the UK and have pensions and investments in the UK. They rely on their UK assets to maintain their lifestyles (and those of their families) in Spain. If they can no longer manage their affairs in the UK due to a loss of mental capacity, it can cause many difficulties.

You can choose a person or people, who you trust, to act for you when you are no longer able. The best way to avoid the legal and practical difficulties that can occur with the loss of mental capacity is to plan for it in advance by drawing up a document called a ‘Lasting Power of Attorney’ (‘LPA’).

An LPA must be made while you have full mental capacity.

What is an LPA? An LPA is a legal document that enables you to appoint one or more attor-

neys to act for you when you are no longer able to act for yourself. Your attorney can be a professional,

such as a solicitor or a family member or friend. There are two types of LPA: ‘Health and Welfare’ or ‘Property and Financial Affairs’ An LPA must be made while you have full mental capacity. It is therefore important to make one while you are in good health. Why should you get an LPA? You can choose a person or people, who you trust, to act for you when you are no longer able. If you lose your mental capacity and do not have an LPA, then your family (or the authorities) will have no choice but to make an application to the Court of Protection to appoint a ‘deputy’ to look after your affairs, which can be time consuming and costly. Will my LPA be recognised in Spain? Unfortunately there is no international type of LPA which is guaranteed to work in both the UK and Spain. The advice we give to our clients at Stone King, is that if you have assets in both Spain and the UK, your only safe option is to appoint attorneys in both jurisdictions.

If you would like to discuss LPAs contact Charlotte Macdonald or Dan Harris at Stone King LLP by email international@stoneking.co.uk or by telephone on +44 (0)1225 337599.

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Locals don’t know what’s hit them LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT ONE thing I did learn on my recent London trip was not to engage an Uber driver in any political discussion. In the main, most Uber employees are immigrants. True to any London taxi drivers form, they are, (or consider themselves to be!) experts on just about any subject you care to mention - with current affairs undoubtedly a favourite. The problem is, once they start they are difficult to stop. In around a dozen journeys I found out more about Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and their opinions of Saddam Hussein than any ‘Arab Spring’ discussions I’ve had since the criminal acts of Blair and Bush got us into it all. The open attitude of these cabbies rather sums up the feeling I got from most of London’s ethnic immigrant population. The majority are extremely upbeat (well they would be wouldnt they?). From shop assistants to museum guides, I found them generally polite, enthusiastic, confident and certainly not backward in coming forward. In fact, while shopping in a local chemist, I remarked to my companion that we needed candles. Her lighthearted suggestion of buying ‘four candles,’ ala the Two Ronnie’s, bought a roar of laughter from

LONDON: British sense of humour sadly lacking. the Pakistani assistant, who then proceeded to regale us with jokes from his favourite TV show, which happened to be Fawlty Towers - ‘I come from Barcelona’ he said ‘I know nothing’! Unfortunately, this light-hearted attitude doesn’t extend to the Brits. Personally, I think the locals simply don’t know what’s hit them. To me, most of them appeared to be living under a cloud of doomy acceptance. And who can blame them? They have been battered by Brexit, paralysed by

the politically correct brigade, fleeced of free speech, overwhelmed by immigration, ill-advised, and deprived of political leadership to the point of utter submission. They also appear to have relinquished to my mind one of their most endearing and strongest weapons, the wonderful British sense of humour. Any attempt at a merry quip, particularly at shop assistants, is met by an icy glare of suspicion while they apparently try and work out whether

you are being sexist or in some way abusive. The look I got when, purely by force of habit, I said thanks ‘love’ to a checkout girl (person!) had me looking back over my shoulder to see if she was dialling 999! Just how long can anyone go on living under these circumstances without something snapping? Oddly enough, I actually do believe it could all still work, but not under this bunch of indecisive political pussies and certainly not under Corbyn’s fascist bunch. What they need is a Winnie or Thatcher. Strong decisive leadership. Someone to give the British a degree of optimism. A leader who can instil a national ambition to somehow succeed in this unprecedented diversity of existence they have been conned into by the incompetent self-centered politicians and luvvie brigade. All in all I actually left the old country with a certain degree of sadness. The only thing that hadn’t changed was the weather! One thing I will miss however is the politeness. ‘Excuse me,’ ‘oops I’m sorry,’ ‘my fault’ and ‘after you’s’ were expressions one doesn’t hear quite as often as one should in the country of our choice! Keep the faith Love Leapy columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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TECH FOR THE TIMID WOULD you buy a car programmed to kill someone? No, me neither. Except that soon, we will. Consider the self-driving car which is steadily motoring its way towards acceptance. Behind the scenes, engineers are wrestling with the notorious ‘Trolley Problem’ and its variants. In short, its ethical puzzle is whether you would divert a runaway trolley (or train) onto a track where it will kill four people, or to the only other track to kill just one. So what happens when your driverless car has to decide between flattening a pedestrian, or killing you by swerving into a lamppost? Whether they admit it or not it’s a no-brainer: the pedestrian is toast. Wiping out customers is certainly not a good business strategy for Tesla’s Elon Musk and his fellow autonomous vehicle innovators. Remakes of Stephen King’s awful killer-car movie aside, we need to step back and realise that the driverless cars the majority of us will be driving by 2030 will not be safe. They will be safer… It takes the average driver an estimated 160-million kilometres to

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RUNAWAY TROLLEY: Kill one person or four? wipe someone out. But put that in the context of the globe’s 1.5 billion vehicles, killing someone every 25 seconds. Taking out the fallible human factor by removing driver fatigue, intoxication and texting has to be an improvement. Like those late 19th-century legislators who insisted horseless carriages had to be preceded by a man with a red flag, some of the kneejerk measures now under considera-

THURSDAY THOUGHTS By Julius Sweeting, San Pedro

Rose tinted specs IT seems that many British expatriates in Spain are particularly worried about the effects that Brexit will have on their medical treatment. At the moment, little is set in stone and it is quite possible that nothing will change with UK citizens resident in Spain or visitors with EH1C cards being eligible for free medical treatment as they are now. Those who have been in Spain for some time may be looking back to the UK and the National Health Service (NHS) with rose tinted glasses as it surely isn’t what it used to be. In the past week, the Minister of Health Jeremy Hunt publicly apologised for having to cancel all non-urgent operations until the end of January and admitted that waiting times in A&E continued to get longer. The following day, Prime Minister May effectively contradicted him, suggesting that things weren’t so bad as the government had increased funding in the NHS. In an almost unheard of turnaround however, the next day she had to backtrack and apologised herself for the thousands of operations that had been cancelled as new figures were released showing that 16,900 people had been stuck in ambulances for more than the proscribed 15 minutes before admission to A&E. By contrast, I had to attend an emergency clinic in Marbella the other evening with a burst vein in my nose and although it was a bit third worldy, I was checked in immediately by a charming receptionist and seen within 20 minutes of arrival. I wonder if that would have happened this winter in the UK where even GP appointments normally run late. columnists@euroweeklynews.com 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.

tion make little sense. Logic says the car which drives itself fully is as inevitable as tomorrow’s sunrise (Kim Jong-un permitting). Yes, some states may insist we keep our eyes on the road while the car drives us. Or my favourite futile gesture of all not just for self-driving cars, but for electric cars in general: the demand that they make a loud noise, however artificially thus negating the huge benefit of re-

ducing today’s deafening traffic noise. Media interest being what it is, it’s inevitable that every time an autonomous car has an accident we’ll read about it in huge headlines, with the resulting rage against the machine. But don’t let that put us off. See it instead in light of that old newspaper adage: when did you last read a headline that ‘Thousands of aircraft landed safely yesterday’? Oh and for the record, 90 per cent of ethics students would consistently let their trolley run down one person rather than four. Although quite a few would instead turn the four to strawberry jam - if the person on the other track happened to be their ‘romantic partner.’

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Self-driving us crazy IT certainly doesn’t help the cause of self-driving cars to read about the ‘Darwin Award’ for stupidity won by the owner of a brand-new mobile home in the States several years ago. He collected the vehicle from the factory, hit the interstate highway, engaged Cruise Control, then went into the back to make coffee. His Darwin Award was posthumous. A self-driving bus recently made headlines in an accident on its first day out. But the culprit was a trucker who backed into it without looking. A semi-autonomous car hit the news, and a truck, when its driver was watching Angry Birds instead of the road. We can at least look forward to a whole new slew of self-driving vehicle humour. How about a country song where the guy’s truck leaves him too?

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ic lattes and edible ‘glitter’ (made from sugar and food colouring) on everything from coffee to crisps and even chickens. But hey, as long as it’s on Instagram, looking way better than it tastes...

WHAT’S the 2017 food trend you’d most like to see the back of? For some, it’s sharing plates that come out in the order that suits the kitchen, and waiters taking orders without notepads. Plus: communal seating, no bookings, no getting in. Except for making you stand in a line outside in the rain, driving hipsters into a frenzy to get in because of the long, long queue way down the street. For others, it’s plates filled with cloud eggs, Yorkshire pudding wraps or ‘unicorn’ food - ie anything dressed in rainbow pastels with a shedload of sprinkles. (A side of ‘unicorn sprinkle,’ anyone? Hmm, must be a Leave Voter’s invention!). Plus: turmer-

We generally eat what we’re familiar with; but different cultures are used to different things. Intestines, insects and other nutritious foods are repellent to many in the West, but commonplace elsewhere. Milky turmeric drinks, for instance, seen as a fad in Britain, are not unusual in India. Asian families in the UK drink turmeric milk but not as a fancy drink but when you have a cold. You’d simply be laughed at if it was served to guests as a delicacy. It’s weird how something can become hip and pricey if it’s sold to a different demographic.

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And what about food trends for 2018? As far as weddings are concerned, couples apparently still want ‘Instagram moments’ and cakes with moving parts. Like a recently created four-tier cake with a spinning unicorn in the second tier. Really! All this plus

doughnut walls, DIY biscuitdecorating stations and displays of confectionery. Sounds more like food aimed at toddlers. Are these people old enough to get married if they need to be stuffed with all this childish nonsense? Heck after all that, they’ll all look as though they’ve been out on the razz with Keith Richards night after night after night... 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.nora-john son.net) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.99; £0.99) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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7:00am Rules Don't Apply 9:10am The Book of Henry 11:00am Logan A troubled, reclusive Wolverine must protect an ailing Professor X and a mysterious young mutant from dark forces. 1:20pm Get Out 3:05pm Blind 4:55pm Tumbledown 6:40pm Logan A troubled, reclusive Wolverine must protect an ailing Professor X and a mysterious young mutant from dark forces 9:00pm Get Out 11:00pm This is Your Death 12:50am Lowriders 2:35am Raw 4:30am Blind

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MURDERS, thefts, assault, drug overdoses, lying, fraud and much more are all served up in the most popular soap operas nowadays. Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale are very dangerous places to live at present. I realise the script writers are competing for ratings but come on guys, get real. These repeated hospital scenes being shown, really are beginning to grate with the British public. I also think the writers are missing a trick, let’s have some groundbreaking rating busters. H o w a b o u t a p lag u e o f lo c u s ts , o r Noah’s Ark anchored in Albert Square? Being a policeman on any of these soaps virtually guarantees employment. A yearly compulsory watch over Christmas for us is Nativity!; a children’s film on BBC about a primary school teacher Mr Madden (Martin Freeman) tasked with putting on the school Nativity with the headmistress’s loony nephew, a classroom assistant called Mr Poppy wonderfully played by Marc Wooton. It’s a hilarious and touching comedy come musical that plays with the heart strings, and watch out for cameos from Ricky Tomlinson and Alan Carr. Pointless, the BBC’s nightly quiz show

presented by Alexandra Armstrong but overseen and directed by the irrepressible Richard Osman seems to be still going s tro n g a fte r w ha t fe e ls like a million shows. The two presenters’ professionalism keeps the programme fresh, unlike many that went before. I particularly like the celebrity editions, usually shown over the holidays, in which the s tan d a rd of c e le b brain power is put under scrutiny. It’s amazing where these celebs come from, one or two I must confess I thought were deceased. Some

stars should clearly change their agent. Storage Hunters on Dave TV is a rip off from the A me ric a n s e rie s of t he sam e name. It features a motley crew of punters bidding for the contents of storage containers presumably left by their owners. The original American version is slick, smart and full of brilliant one liners from

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COMPULSORY: Martin Freeman in Nativity!

the punters. The English version is dim, dul l and f ul l of f al se peopl e buyi ng garbage. Against my better judgement but in the line of duty I watched Doctors Behind Closed Doors on My 5 and found myself enjoying it to the degree of taking in a few more episodes which were running continuously. There’s something quite bizarre about being in a doctor’s treatment room ‘spying’ on seemingly unsuspecting patients. It’s really interesting to see what the diagnosis is and what treatment is prescribed, but also very scary at times. Different doctors featured with different patients and my conclusion was what a great job they do. McMafia is both stunning and confusing but highly watchable. Maybe my brain’s incapable of absorbing this fast moving plot. It’s an everyday tale of a Russian oligarch (!) and his family, conflicting with the shadowy criminal past activities of the ageing father. Violence and huge finance abound as Alex Goodman (James Norton), son of the tortured father tries to unravel the exact cause of his father’s grief. The quality of the filming is stunning and it’s a class watch. Critique: PM, San Fulgencio

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SATURDAY TV

7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Mary Berry Everyday 1:00pm Football Focus. 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Athletics 4:15pm Money for Nothing 5:00pm Final Score 6:10pm Celebrity Mastermind 6:40pm BBC News 6:50pm Regional News 6:55pm Weather 7:00pm And They're Off...For Sport Relief 7:40pm Pointless 8:25pm Wedding Day Winners 9:25pm Casualty More realistic medical drama with love, life and emergency operations. 10:15pm BBC News 10:30pm Weather 10:35pm Hard Sun 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:00am The NFL Show

8:10am The Pets Factor 8:30am Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch 9:00am The Dengineers 9:30am Deadly Top 10 10:00am Robot Wars 11:00am Natural Born Winners 12:00pm Pets: Wild at Heart 1:00pm Hairy Bikers 2:00pm A Vicar's Life 2:30pm Back to the Land with Kate Humble 3:30pm Rome Unpacked 4:30pm Brendan Foster: A Life in Athletics 5:15pm Flog It! 6:00pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 6:30pm Tom Kerridge's Lose Weight for Good 7:00pm Hugh's Wild West 8:00pm A House Through Time 9:00pm Dad's Army 9:30pm Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs 10:00pm Live at the Apollo 10:45pm QI XL 11:30pm Madonna Rebel Heart Tour

9:00pm Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom Three-part series following pioneering Alaskans, both animal and human. 10:00pm Spiral Crime drama following criminal investigations in Paris from all the different points of view. 11:05pm Spiral 12:10am The Vietnam War 1:05am Top of the Pops John Peel and Richard Skinner present the pop chart programme, first broadcast on 03 January 1985. 1:45am Great Guitar Riffs at the BBC 2:45am Alaska: Earth's Frozen Kingdom 3:45am Shipwrecks: Britain's Sunken History

7:05am Kirstie's Vintage Gems 7:25am King of Queens 7:50am King of Queens 8:15am King of Queens 8:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:05am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:35am Frasier. 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am The Big Bang Theory 11:35am The Big Bang Theory 12:05pm The Big Bang Theory 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm The Simpsons 2:00pm Come Dine with Me 3:00pm Darts 7:00pm A Place in the Sun 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Spying on the Royals 9:00pm Queen Victoria's Last Love 10:00pm Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 12:30am Transporter 2 2:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA

7:00am Milkshake! 10:50am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:25am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:50am Police Interceptors Documentary series profiling the work of a high-speed police interception unit in Essex. 12:55pm Police Interceptors 1:55pm The A-Team 2:55pm The A-Team 4:00pm FIA Formula E: Preview Show 4:30pm FIA Formula E Race: Marrakech 6:15pm Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud 7:15pm The Secret Life of Puppies 8:05pm Greatest Ever Celebrity Wind Ups 9:00pm Blind Date 9:55pm 5 News 11:00pm Football on 5 Goal Rush. 11:30pm Celebrity Big Brother 12:30am Lip Sync Battle UK 1:00am Super Casino

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Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey) Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey) Melissa and Joey Don't Tell the Bride Info not available Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Info not available Gogglebox Gogglebox Rude Tube

8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers. 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Cricket Day one of the second Test between South Africa and India from SuperSport Park in Centurion. 1:00pm Football 3:30pm Info not available 4:00pm Live European Rugby 6:15pm Football 8:40pm My Icon 9:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 10:00pm Live NFL: Divisional Round Game 2:00am Live NFL: Divisional Round Game

7:00am CITV 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:25pm Info not available 12:55pm Info not available 1:25pm ITV News and Weather 1:35pm Dancing on Ice 3:30pm Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home 5:20pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 6:20pm Local News and Weather 6:30pm ITV News and Weather 6:45pm The BRITS are Coming 7:45pm Take Me Out 9:00pm The Voice UK 10:30pm Through the Keyhole 11:25pm ITV News and Weather 11:45pm Jaws 2 1:45am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Babushka

7:00am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:40am Coronation Street Omnibus 12:30pm Take Me Out 1:35pm Totally You've Been Framed! Gold 2:40pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 3:40pm FYI Daily 3:45pm The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 4:45pm Hotel Transylvania 5:45pm FYI Daily 5:50pm Hotel Transylvania 6:25pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 10:00pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm 2 Fast 2 Furious 12:10am Family Guy Animated comedy series about the trials of family life.

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7:00am The Protectors. 7:25am The Professionals 8:20am The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminal-intelligence agents. 9:25am The Professionals 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Snooker v Darts 11:35am Pawn Stars 2:30pm ITV Racing: Live from Kempton 5:00pm From Russia with Love 6:10pm FYI Daily 6:15pm From Russia with Love 7:20pm Kelly's Heroes 8:20pm FYI Daily 8:25pm Kelly's Heroes 10:25pm Payback 11:25pm FYI Daily 11:30pm Payback 12:30am Maximum Conviction 1:30am FYI Daily 1:35am Maximum Conviction 2:35am Car Crash Global

12:05pm The Dark Knight 2:35pm Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 4:55pm The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 6:50pm Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 9:00pm The Dark Knight 11:35pm Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2

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8:00am Dragnet 9:50am Any Which Way You Can 11:50am Bridget Jones's Baby 2:00pm Why Him? 4:00pm Juno 5:45pm Don't Think Twice 7:30pm This is Spinal Tap 9:00pm Bridget Jones's Baby 11:05pm Why Him? 1:00am This is Spinal Tap 2:30am Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

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The Book of Henry Tumbledown Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Get Out Lowriders LA-set drama about a young street artist whose life is complicated. Logan A troubled, reclusive Wolverine must protect an ailing Professor X and a mysterious young mutant. Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Get Out Logan This is Your Death Josh Duhamel stars as the host of a game show where contestants kill themselves live on air. Blind

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ASHLEY: “Mummy, the words have stuck to the page.”

Do you think your child is lazy or stupid? Science says no… Marbella Moments by Nicole King BY the time our daughter was nine she still couldn’t read, although at the age of six she was working as hard as any university student. She studied all summer, every summer, to try and catch up. We watched our precious little girl withdraw further into herself. We went from eye specialist to brain surgeon in search of a solution to an unknown problem. Her self-confidence was at an all time low and our nerves at a record high. We first heard of ChromaGen lenses when my parents read in the Daily Mail about ‘Miracle Glasses.’ Desperate for any help we flew from Madrid to the manufacturing laboratory in the UK the very next day. “Mummy, the words have stuck to the page,” she said when she reached her combination of lenses. “Where were they before?” I asked. She jumped up and startled wriggling around. “Without the glasses the words moved like this, like children in the playground. When I put them on it’s like the words have gone into the classroom, sitting down in neat rows.” Stupefied I asked her why she had never told us this before. Her answer was so simple it hurt “I didn’t know they weren’t mean to.” Of course, she had never seen anything else. To her it was normal.

At the age of six Ashley had said that her words moved and we took her to a local optician. She was prescribed with a graduation but she didn’t use the glasses. An eye specialist told us she didn’t need a change of glasses, rather a change of attitude. That night when I went to tuck her in I found her banging her head against the wall “I’m stupid” she was saying, over and over. Years later she explained her desperation that night; she thought she was intelligent and couldn’t see well, but the ‘doctor’ had said she could see perfectly. Being clever, her conclusion was that she was crazy. That was the day she gave up on herself. You can imagine how as her mother I can never forgive myself for believing that optician over my daughter. That optician, too busy in his day to day to be up-to-date, I was so wrong to trust him. If I had listened to her, believed her when she said the words moved and kept searching for a solution, it wouldn’t have taken another three years to find ChromaGen, three years of such suffering. This is why when challenged by Ashley to help other children who can’t read by bringing ChromaGen to Spain we couldn’t refuse, but it’s only thanks her that there are now over 100 opticians in Spain where children can be tested with ChromaGen lenses. Ashley couldn’t have done more to help save your children, but parents, it’s entirely up to you to do something about it. Make an appointment at Optica 2000 at El Corte Ingles Malaga, Puerto Banus and Cartama. @MarbellaNow www.marbellanowtv.com

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SUNDAY TV

8:35am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am The Big Questions 12:00pm Sunday Politics 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Money for Nothing 3:00pm Escape to the Country 3:30pm The Truth About Looking Good 4:30pm Big Cats 5:30pm Songs of Praise 6:05pm Attenborough and the Sea Dragon 7:05pm BBC News 7:20pm Regional News 7:25pm Weather 7:30pm Countryfile 8:30pm Still Open All Hours 9:00pm Info not available 10:00pm Mcmafia 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am Man Like Mobeen 12:50am Man Like Mobeen

7:00am Coast 8:00am The Instant Gardener 8:45am Gardeners World 9:15am Greatest Gardens 9:50am Countryfile News and stories concerning the heart of the British countryside. 10:45am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15pm Raymond Blanc: How to Cook Well 12:45pm Food and Drink 1:15pm MOTD2 Extra 2:00pm Masters Snooker Coverage of the Masters snooker tournament. 6:35pm Ski Sunday 7:20pm Mr Holmes 9:00pm Yellowstone 10:00pm Dragons' Den 11:00pm The Water Diviner An Australian farmer travels to Turkey in search of his three missing sons. 12:40am Masters Snooker Highlights

8:00pm Only Connect A show in which connections must be made between seemingly unconnected things. 8:30pm University Challenge 9:00pm Voyager: To the Final Frontier 10:00pm Neil Armstrong First Man on the Moon 11:00pm The Sky at Night A look at the world of astronomy. 11:30pm Churchill's First World War 1:00am The Story of Maths Series about the history of mathematics, presented by Professor Marcus du Sautoy. 2:00am The Story of Maths 3:00am Neil Armstrong First Man on the Moon 4:00am Voyager: To the Final Frontier

7:00am King of Queens 7:30am King of Queens 8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:30pm Jamie's Quick and Easy Food 2:00pm The Simpsons 2:50pm Two by Two 4:50pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather. 5:15pm Darts 9:00pm The Biggest Little Railway in the World 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 1:00am Killing Them Softly Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini star in writer-director Andrew Dominik's violent thriller.

7:00am Milkshake! 10:40am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Football on 5 The Championship 12:15pm Football on 5 Goal Rush 12:45pm Are We There Yet? 2:30pm Dennis Strikes Again 4:05pm Will and Grace 4:35pm Blind Date 5:35pm Garfield Jon Arbuckle buys a second pet, a dog named Odie. 7:10pm Pixel 9:00pm Badass Brides 9:55pm 5 News The latest news coverage. 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother A group of celebrities move into a secure house,under the watchful eye of Big Brother 11:00pm The Boy Next Door 1:00am One Night with My Ex

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Rude(Ish) Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Hollyoaks Omnibus Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Coach Trip Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Life of Pi The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox Gogglebox

7:00am Eurasia Cup 10:00am Cricket Day two of the second Test between South Africa and India from SuperSport Park in Centurion 1:30pm Live Nissan Super Sunday Bournemouth host Arsenal at the Vitality Stadium in the Premier League 4:30pm Live Nissan Super Sunday Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield in the Premier League. 8:00pm Live NFL: Divisional Round Game 10:00pm Live NFL: Divisional Round Game 2:00am SKY Sports News 3:00am SKY Sports News 4:00am SKY Sports News 5:00am SKY Sports News

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7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am You've Been Framed! Gold 7:50am Emmerdale Omnibus 10:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 1:35pm Take Me Out 2:50pm The Voice UK 4:20pm Smurfs 2 5:20pm FYI Daily 5:25pm Smurfs 2 6:25pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 10:00pm Ibiza Weekender 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad! 1:00am American Dad! 1:30am That Awkward Moment 2:30am FYI Daily

7:50am Murder, She Wrote Drama series about a sleuthing writer who solves murder mysteries. 8:40am Heartbeat 9:45am Heartbeat 10:50am Columbo 12:25pm Foyle's War Feature-length drama about an enigmatic detective working on the south coast during World War II. 2:40pm Foyle's War 4:55pm Foyle's War Drama about an enigmatic detective working on the south coast during World War II. 7:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 9:00pm The Secret Life of Dogs 10:00pm Tonight at the London Palladium 11:00pm Chicago 1:15am Lewis

7:00am World Cup Rivalries England v Argentina 7:20am The Sweeney 8:15am The Sweeney 9:15am Minder 10:20am Minder Modern-day reimagineering on the classic comedydrama. 11:25am Storage Wars Texas 11:55am Storage Wars Texas 12:20pm Storage Wars Texas 12:50pm Pawn Stars 2:40pm Hornblower 4:50pm Kelly's Heroes 5:50pm FYI Daily 5:55pm Kelly's Heroes 7:55pm The Adjustment Bureau 8:55pm FYI Daily 9:00pm The Adjustment Bureau 10:00pm Unknown 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pm Unknown 12:15am Inside Man 1:15am FYI Daily 1:20am Inside Man

8:55am The Incredibles 11:00amPercy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 1:00pm Ghostbusters 3:00pm Doctor Strange 5:00pm The Incredibles 7:00pm Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 9:00pm Doctor Strange 11:00pmGhostbusters

8:10am Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 9:55am Top Ten Show, the 2018 10:15am Uncle Buck 12:00pm Date Night 1:35pm The Bounty Hunter After a minor traffic accident, journalist Nicole jumps bail to follow up a lead. 3:35pm Ride Along 2 5:25pm Shallow Hal After a meeting with a self-help guru, superficial Hal begins seeing people's inner beauty. 7:25pm Date Night 9:00pm The Bounty Hunter 11:00pm Shallow Hal 1:00am Ride Along 2 A pair of odd-couple crime fighters head to Miami to take down a drug dealer.

7:00am Lowriders 8:50am Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark 11:00am Pele: Birth of a Legend 12:50pm Logan 3:10pm Get Out Young black photographer Daniel Kaluuya (Skins) is anxious about meeting his white girlfriend's. 5:00pm Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions 7:10pm Pele: Birth of a Legend Sports biopic charting the meteoric rise of Brazilian football great Pele 9:00pm Get Out 10:50pm Logan 1:10am This is Your Death Josh Duhamel stars as the host of a game show where contestants kill themselves live on air.

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CITV ITV News River Monsters Peston on Sunday The Martin Lewis Money Show Live The Voice UK ITV News and Weather Tipping Point Britain's Brightest Family The Cruise Local News and Weather ITV News and Weather Death Becomes Her Dancing on Ice Vera Detective drama based on characters created by crime writer Ann Cleeves. ITV News and Weather Peston on Sunday Next of Kin Great Art

7:15am Aeon Flux 8:55am The Incredibles 11:00am Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 1:00pm Ghostbusters 3:00pm Doctor Strange 5:00pm The Incredibles 7:00pm Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief 9:00pm Doctor Strange 11:00pm Ghostbusters

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out London 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Silent Witness 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm Have I Got Old News for You 12:15am Miriam's Big American Adventure

7:30am The Farmers' Country Showdown 8:15am Antiques Road Trip 9:00am Antiques Roadshow 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Masters Snooker 5:45pm More Creatures Great and Small 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Rick Stein's Road to Mexico 9:00pm Only Connect 9:30pm University Challenge 10:00pm Surgeons 11:00pm Insert Name Here 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:05am Masters Snooker Extra 3:05am Countryfile 4:00am Rick Stein's Road to Mexico 5:00am This is BBC Two

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Highlands Scotland's Wild Heart Documentary looking at the wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. 10:00pm Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street 11:00pm Ireland's Treasures Uncovered 12:00am The Victorians 1:00am Top of the Pops: 1981 1:40am Top of the Pops: 1981 2:20am Highlands Scotland's Wild Heart 3:20am Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Village of the Year 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm How to Lose Weight Well 10:00pm The Undateables 11:00pm First Dates Hotel 12:00am Derry Girls

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm The Hotel Inspector 2:05pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm Her Dark Past 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Car Crash TV 9:00pm Police Interceptors 10:00pm Celebrity Big Brother 11:00pm Not So Sweet Sixteen 12:05am Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:05am Celebrity Botched Up Bodies 2:00am Super Casino 4:10am Secrets of the National Trust 5:00am Get Your Tatts Out: Kavos Ink

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Charmed Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip Info not available Gogglebox The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers First Dates First Dates Abroad Celebs Go Dating

7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Round-up of the sports news with live analysis and comment plus extended interviews with the headline makers. 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 8:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Cricket Day three of the second Test between South Africa and India from SuperSport Park in Centurion 4:45pm Best of Sky Cricket 5:00pm SKY Sports News 6:00pm SKY Sports News 7:00pm SKY Sports News 8:00pm Football 12:00am SKY Sports News 1:00am SKY Sports News

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Next of Kin 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Killer Women with Piers Morgan 12:45am Info not available 1:10am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show

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8:25am Batman 10:25am Xxx: Return of Xander Cage 12:25pm Robin Hood 2:50pm The A-Team 4:50pm The Magnificent Seven 7:00pm Xxx: Return of Xander Cage 9:00pm Robin Hood 11:25pm The A-Team 1:25am Wanted

7:00am Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions 9:10am Pele: Birth of a Legend 11:00am In Dubious Battle 1:00pm Get Out 2:50pm Tumbledown 4:45pm Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions 7:00pm In Dubious Battle 9:00pm Get Out Young black photographer Daniel Kaluuya (Skins) is anxious about meeting his white girlfriend's parents... he should be 10:50pm Pele: Birth of a Legend 12:40am Lowriders LA-set drama about a young street artist whose life is complicated by his lowrider-loving dad and ex-con brother. 2:20am Tumbledown 4:10am Blind

10:00am La Liga Highlights: Barcelona 10:15am La Liga Highlights: Real Madrid 10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 10:45am La Liga Greatest Games 11:00am Football 1:05pm Football 3:10pm Football 5:15pm La Liga Icons 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 5:45pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Magical Messi 8:00pm Soccer A.M. 8:30pm Info not available 8:40pm Info not available 8:55pm Football 11:00pm La Liga Highlights: Barcelona 11:15pm La Liga Highlights: Real Madrid 11:30pm Soccer A.M. 12:00am La Liga Icons

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Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Who's Doing the Dishes? Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You've Been Framed! Gold Two and a Half Men Superstore Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Family Guy The Cleveland Show The Cleveland Show

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Coronation Street Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Darling Buds of May The Darling Buds of May The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street On the Buses On the Buses Rising Damp George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Lewis Foyle's War Inspector Morse ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping

The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder Minder The Professionals Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Car Chasers Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Parking Wars River Monsters Scarface FYI Daily Scarface Car Crash Global The Car Chasers ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

8:00am Police Academy 9:45am Mean Girls 11:30am The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear 1:05pm Our Man Flint 3:00pm Stuck on You 5:05pm Zoolander 2 7:00pm Miss Congeniality 9:00pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 10:40pm Stuck on You 12:45am 48 Hrs 2:30am Year One

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5:00am This is BBC Two 7:00am Flog it! Trade Secrets 7:30am The Farmers' Country Showdown 8:15am Antiques Road Trip 9:00am Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Masters Snooker 5:45pm More Creatures Great and Small 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Rick Stein's Road to Mexico 9:00pm Inside the Factory 10:00pm House of Saud: A Family at War 11:00pm Inside No 9 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am NFL 1:05am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:55am Masters Snooker Extra 3:55am The Real Marigold on Tour

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain 10:00pm Art, Passion and Power: The Story of the Royal Collection 11:00pm The Stuarts Presented by Dr Clare Jackson of Cambridge University, this new three-part series argues that the Stuarts, more than any other, were Britain's defining royal family. 12:00am Catching History's Criminals: The Forensics Story 1:00am Info not available 2:00am Top of the Pops: 1981 2:40am Top of the Pops: 1981 3:25am Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain

4:50am ITV Nightscreen 6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Local News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Britain's Favourite Dogs: Top 100 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:40pm Regional Programmes 12:10am Girlfriends 1:10am Info not available 1:30am Jackpot247 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

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ITV2 Nightscreen Totally Bonkers Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Who's Doing the Dishes? Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out You've Been Framed! Gold You've Been Framed! Gold Two and a Half Men Superstore Paul FYI Daily Paul Family Guy Family Guy

Coronation Street Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Darling Buds of May 12:30pm The Darling Buds of May 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm On the Buses 5:20pm On the Buses 6:00pm Rising Damp 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Foyle's War 1:00am Inspector Morse 3:05am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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Teleshopping The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Car Chasers Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow Payback FYI Daily Payback Hard Target FYI Daily Hard Target The Americans ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Charmed Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Coach Trip The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers 8 Out of 10 Cats The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox Tattoo Fixers

5:15am Cricket New Zealand face Pakistan in the fourth ODI in their series in Hamilton. 7:00am Cricket 10:00am Cricket 4:45pm Best of Sky Cricket 5:00pm SKY Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond. 6:00pm SKY Sports News 7:00pm SKY Sports News 8:00pm Info not available 8:30pm Info not available 11:00pm The Debate - Live Catch up on all the latest news and talking points from around the Premier League. 12:00am SKY Sports News 1:00am SKY Sports News 2:00am Live WWE Late Night Smackdown 4:00am Cricket Tom Phillips, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton present Smackdown, featuring all your favourite WWE stars.

6:00am Must See Movies 2018 7:00am Top Ten Show, the 2018 7:15am Pele: Birth of a Legend 9:05am Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions 11:15am Being Charlie 1:00pm Get Out 2:55pm Pele: Birth of a Legend 4:50pm In Dubious Battle 6:50pm Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions 9:00pm Get Out 10:50pm Being Charlie 12:35am This is Your Death 2:25am Lowriders LA-set drama about a young street artist whose life is complicated by his lowrider-loving dad and ex-con brother. 4:10am Tumbledown Brash biographer Andrew crosses paths with grieving Hannah when he agrees to write about her famous,folk-singing husband.

9:30am Football's Greatest Teams 10:00am Revista de la Liga 10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 10:45am La Liga Greatest Games 11:00am Football Countdowns 11:30am Soccer A.M. 12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Revista de la Liga 1:30pm Soccer A.M. 2:00pm La Liga Icons 3:00pm Revista de la Liga 3:30pm Soccer A.M. 4:00pm Football's Greatest 5:00pm Scottish Cup Greatest Games 5:30pm La Liga Greatest Games 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Revista de la Liga 7:30pm Soccer A.M. 8:00pm Football's Greatest 8:30pm Gillette Soccer Special 11:00pm Revista de la Liga 11:30pm La Liga World 12:00am La Liga Icons

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Are dash cams legal in Spain? 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.

ROOM WITH A VIEW: Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca.

Alicante’s underrated tourist base

DASH CAMS: Legal and even useful in Spain. A FREQUENTLY reoccurring question searched for is ‘are dash cams legal in Spain?’ Although there are data protection issues, when referring to traffic law the simple answer is yes. One point that must be considered is that under data protection legislation you can run into problems if you share the footage on social media showing faces or number plates without permission, for example. That said, not only are dash cams legal in Spain, they can also be extremely useful, especially in providing evidence in the event of an incident, or worse, and can be used by the authorities to help prosecute offenders, such as was the case when a lorry driver embarked on an extremely dangerous overtaking move, the footage was used to track down and prosecute the driver. What we must take notice of is that the installation of the dash cam must not interfere

with our primary field of vision. The optimum position will depend on the style of camera and vehicle, but if the camera can be hidden behind the rear view mirror, then it will not impede your view of the road ahead, and will not create an additional distraction. Like all devices, such as GPS and mobile phones, they must also be secured and you must not touch them whilst you are driving. In terms of them being useful, dash cams have been in use in many countries for many years, serving not only as a means of providing evidence in the event of an incident, but also protecting vehicle owners against false claims. Russia is one of the countries where dash cams have been in use for many years and in America, a move to make them mandatory gained support in recent years, on account of the value they provide.

For more news and articles visit www.n332.es or search N332 on Facebook.

Are they exempt from fees? I have been led to believe that, if your house is immediately facing the main road, then you are exempt from Community fees. Our housing estate is not fully enclosed. Can you explain? D S (Costa Blanca) Not true. If you are a member of a Community of Property Owners, you must pay the fees, whether you are an apartment, a terraced house or a free-standing villa on its own plot. Only properties which are on a street in a town or a farm in the country and which do not belong to a

David Searl You and the Law in Spain

Community are free of Community fees. Instead, they pay taxes to the town hall to maintain the street and the services. Confusion may arise because some housing

developments where city streets or roads are used wind up paying both municipal taxes and Community fees to maintain streets and lighting. These complex legal situations, which grew from rapid property development, are gradually being sorted out along the Spanish coastal areas.

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

TORREVIEJA is not the destination at the top of many travellers’ lists in Spain. However, the city makes for an ideal base from which to see a number of quaint, charming villages and popular beach spots. The waterfront promenade, lined with palm trees and Spaniards out for a stroll, comes alive in the evenings. Buskers and merchandise sellers add spirit to a number of endearing bench-based monuments, while the lively restaurants culture adds to the homely feel. The real draw, though, is the sea view particularly at sunset - and the ice cream vendors who serve all manner of flavours, from the exotic to the traditional.

Another tourist favourite is the Go-karting just outside of town. Though the city is not particularly authentic - or much different to other touristfilled seaside towns - what is impressive is the number of nearby locations that you can day trip to. With relatively cheap accommodation on offer, tourists can see the delights of countless local beaches. Try the quiet Lomas de Cabo-Roig or Punta Prima, wavefilled Guardamar, or popular sand and sun-filled La Zenia. Nearby Spanish towns are also worth a visit for travellers after a more authentic experience.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Wanted Down Under 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Father Brown 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Farmers' Country Showdown 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Match of the Day Live 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather 11:45pm A Question of Sport 12:15am And They're Off...For Sport Relief 1:00am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:05am BBC News

7:00am Flog it! Trade Secrets 7:30am The Farmers' Country Showdown 8:15am Antiques Road Trip 9:00am Fern Britton Meets... 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Masters Snooker 5:45pm More Creatures Great and Small 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 8:00pm Rick Stein's Road to Mexico 9:00pm Tom Kerridge's Lose Weight for Good 9:30pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 10:00pm Millionaires' ExWives Club 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather 12:15am Masters Snooker Highlights 1:05am Masters Snooker Extra

8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm Great Continental Railway Journeys 9:00pm Handmade: By Royal Appointment 9:30pm A Stitch in Time 10:00pm Six Wives with Lucy Worsley History documentary bearing witness to some of the most important moments in the lives of King Henry... 11:00pm Info not available 12:00am Info not available 1:00am Info not available 2:00am Top of the Pops: 1981 2:40am Top of the Pops: 1981 3:20am Six Wives with Lucy Worsley History documentary bearing witness to some of the most important moments in the lives of King Henry VIII's wives.

9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Posh Pawn 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Village of the Year 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Kirstie and Phil's Love it or List it 10:00pm Kiri 11:00pm 999: What's Your Emergency? 12:05am 24 Hours in A and E 1:00am Pokerstars Championship Cash Challenge

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Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Judge Rinder Dickinson's Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase Local News and Weather ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Britain's Brightest Family Coronation Street Girlfriends ITV News at Ten and Weather Transformation Street Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow Jackpot247 Tenable ITV Nightscreen

Coronation Street Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy The Darling Buds of May 12:25pm The Darling Buds of May 1:35pm The Royal 2:40pm Heartbeat 3:40pm Classic Coronation Street 4:15pm Classic Coronation Street 4:50pm On the Buses 5:20pm On the Buses 5:55pm Rising Damp 6:25pm George and Mildred 7:00pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Endeavour) 11:00pm Foyle's War 1:00am Inspector Morse 3:00am ITV3 Nightscreen 3:30am Teleshopping

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Charmed Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa and Joey 3:30pm Melissa and Joey 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Baby Daddy 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm The Goldbergs 6:30pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Coach Trip 9:00pm The Goldbergs 9:30pm The Goldbergs 10:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 11:00pm Body Fixers 12:00am The Big Bang Theory

7:00am Cricket The Windies take on South Africa at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui in the ICC Under-19 World Cup. 8:50am Lord's Pavillion Portraits Former England star Michael Atherton takes a look around the Lord's Pavilion to take a look at some of the cricketing luminaries immortalised on its walls. 8:55am Cricket 4:45pm Best of Sky Cricket 5:00pm SKY Sports News All the news from the Premier League and beyond. Plus, a comprehensive round-up of the day's other sports news. 6:00pm SKY Sports News 7:00pm SKY Sports News 8:00pm Info not available 8:30pm Info not available 11:00pm Cricket

6:00am Must See Movies 2018 7:00am Being Charlie Forced into rehab by his parents, rebellious 18-yearold Charlie encounters another troubled youth, the beautiful Eva 8:45am Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions The stakes have never been higher and the rivalries never as fierce as Yugi Muto and rival Seto Kaib return for another epic adventure 10:55am Pele: Birth of a Legend 12:55pm Get Out 2:50pm In Dubious Battle 4:50pm Yu-GI-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions 7:00pm Pele: Birth of a Legend 9:00pm Get Out 11:00pm Aloys 12:45am Being Charlie 2:40am This is Your Death 4:35am In Dubious Battle

10:00am Scottish Cup Greatest Games 10:30am La Liga Greatest Games 11:00am Revista de la Liga 11:30am La Liga World 12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Revista de la Liga 1:30pm La Liga World 2:00pm La Liga Icons 2:45pm La Liga Icons 3:00pm Revista de la Liga 3:30pm La Liga World 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 Football Countdowns 7:00pm Revista de la Liga 7:30pm La Liga World 8:00pm Football's Greatest Teams 8:30pm Gillette Soccer Special 11:00pm Magical Messi 12:00am La Liga Icons 12:30am La Liga Icons

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Room to manoeuvre Cassandra Nash A weekly look - and not entirely impartial reaction - to the Spanish political scene

SPAIN’S president Mariano Rajoy had the nerve to urge Ines Arrimadas to try to form a government in Cataluña. As Ciudadanos was the most-voted constitutionalist party, this was her obligation, he maintained, although Arrimadas knows she cannot compete with the combined seats of the pro-independence parties. Yet after the December 2015 general election when the Partido Popular lost its overall majority in the national parliament, Rajoy immediately refused to try to form a government despite heading the most-voted party. Rajoy wants to see a constitutionalist party in Cataluña but he also hopes to undermine Arrimadas now that Cs is inching its way up the national polls, overtaking Podemos and nudging the PSOE. Meanwhile, the Cs leader will wait to see who turns up for a pro-independence investiture attempt. Remanded ERC leader Oriol Junqueras, PDeCat’s former Interior chief Joaquim Forn and ANC leader Jordi Sanchez all won seats, as did ex-

regional president Carles Puigdemont and the four members of his former government self-exiled in Brussels. They are sure to be remanded if they appear, but the separatist parties will be eight MPs short with no room to manoeuvre if they don’t. And that’s when Arrimadas will start manoeuvring.

Promises to keep MARIANO RAJOY has committed Spain to increasing its NATO contribution by 80 per cent over the next seven years. He could have taken the trouble to inform the public first but, wanting to avoid answering awkward questions, Rajoy buried the announcement while Spain was captive in the clutches of Christmas. He admitted he promised to step up the country’s contribution during the 2014 summit meeting in Wales but so did everybody else. And like everybody else, it was assumed - or at home, certainly - that Spain was not going to cough up when the time came. So who does Rajoy want to curry favour with? Trump, who frequently trumpets about those who shirk their NATO dues? The pledge definitely won’t go down well at home, where millions are still out of work and where spending has been cut on more important things than international defence. TOUGH CHOICE: Rajoy is putting pressure on Ines Arrimadas.

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Daughterly devotion FRANCISCO FRANCO’s daughter Carmencita has died, aged 91. Referring to her late father she said, “I don’t deny it when they say he was a dictator, but neither do I like it because it’s usually said as an insult. Nevertheless it doesn’t sound too bad to me.” Exactly, Carmencita. Dictators are largely unloved except by their families.

Lingering aftertaste THE last of the cruise ships chartered to house police and Guardia Civil officers drafted in to prevent the October 1 referendum have left Barcelona. The Ministry of the Interior sent between 5,0006,000 officers to the region and the outside world’s view of Catalan independence is based on footage of Spain’s forces of law and order using an inordinate amount of muscle to prevent Catalans from voting in an unauthorised ballot. Neither did the images go down well in the rest of Spain, although censure from the constitutionalist parties who recognised that the Catalan government was acting illegally, was muted. But what should have been kid-glove treatment was ironfisted and later that day in Cataluña, media coverage pushed people into voting who would otherwise have stayed at home. columnists@euroweeklynews.com

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SIR, On Christmas Day, ADANA - the Estepona dog rehoming centre - welcomed many volunteers to help clean the pens, walk the dogs and give them their Christmas Dinner, donated by an anonymous benefactor. How sad, then, that amid this goodwill we received messages from disgruntled members of the public asking why we had not taken action over a case of serious dog abuse in the El Padron neighbourhood. First of all, it has to be said that ADANA was only made aware of this abuse after people had seen the dogs at first hand. Nobody contacted ADANA to tell us about it. Second, people need to be aware that ADANA is not a Spanish version of the RSPCA. We have no more influence with the authorities than any concerned member of the public. So why did none of these people who had witnessed the abuse not make a formal complaint? Until this is done no police action can be taken. But instead of doing the right thing, people criticised ADANA. We are a

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Animal charities have no power A fitting tribute WE arrived outside the former Bunny’s Bar around 12.15pm and there were already at least 100 people there. Phil was busy with guests so we stood to one side but he noticed us and came straight over which was a teary moment. We decided to go to the church near Bonanza Square and watch the coffin arrive. Everybody on the terrace gave a rapturous applaud for well over a minute on the cortège 50 feet below - this truly hit both Phil and his family as it was totally unexpected and out of the blue. The church is vast - probably 500 seats - and was at least half full which is incredible for a guy

HUGE TURNOUT: Hundreds attended Bunny Lane’s funeral. of 75. The service was delivered in a humanist manner which was very apt considering Barry’s life and paid great respect and tribute to his career in theatre. With no prayers and no hymns, the finale was awesome and can never be repeated by another English person still alive on this

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coast with a rendition of ‘I Am What I Am.’ Everybody stood and clapped like old times in Bunny’s. Totally brilliant day the perfect tribute to a very funny and muchloved guy. Trevor and Annette Whitehouse, Costa del Sol

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IN PICTURES: Spain slides to a halt as snow grips country Yesterday in the morning it was rain but soon started snowing heavily lasting throughout the day. Today the mountains (Fuensanta ) are still covered and cold temparature, more snow threatened... On the day of the Kings I did not appreciate snow as my present from them... chocolate next year please...gracias. Tim Mcmahon We need the water this is good. Angela Mansfield Sunny and dry in Mojacar! Anita Oakes Sun and clouds Coin campo, Malaga, with snow on the Sierra de las Nieves, bit chilly. Ruud Faber What! No snow? I’m not going to La Manga then. Gonna stay in North Wales. Davejune Higgins

38 starving dogs rescued Wouldn’t it be great if we could now stick them in a cage and let them starve to death! Jean Gray I wonder what punishment these scum will get? How can anybody do this to these poor dogs? Absolutely heartbreaking. I hope they will rot in hell. Doris Teasdale

Comments from EWN online Could the Animal Shelter not put down the animal that lead to these poor dogs suffering the way they did? Andrew

Passenger leaves plane by emergency exit Good on him! There is never enough information given.... No drinks, no food and continual lies!! Why stay on board!! Rob Whaley He was probably thinking he was going to die whilst having an asthma attack and needed air but was being ignored, so he let himself out. Stephen Richards You're all too quick to criticise Ryanair. That plane was on the ground and on its stand. It

then becomes the airport’s designated ground handling service, not the airline. If they failed to service the flight with stairs, the agent service are to blame. Will Murphy

Catalan crisis ‘cost Spain €1 billion’ The damage these people have done is incalculable. Which is why it would have been a good idea for Rajoy to put a stop to it a lot sooner. Even now, he’s just pussyfooting around the problem. Peter Harvey

Two dead in ‘massive’ pitched battle in southern Spain How is it that no arrests were made in the four hours that this lasted? Jace T Adams What an awful situation leaving two dead, it must have been pretty frightening for people in the area. Neecie Russell

small charity which cares for for over a hundred unwanted dogs at any given time. We are run by volunteers and totally reliant on public funding. We wish we could do more to intervene in cases of cruelty and neglect but we simply don’t have the power. My New Year’s wish is that every one of us becomes more aware of our personal responsibility to act in the face of evil and not pass by on the other side and leave it to others. Mary Page, President ADANA Estepona

Rental trap I HAVE rented apartments and houses for some years in Spain and while many private owners are honest, some are not. The problem is that the owner, by law, holds the deposit. For example in my previous rental, they held €400. And when it came to handing the deposit back - after first deducting water and electric bills for two months - that they would keep the other €348 for cleaning expenses. When I complained to the owners, who were both out of work, they refused to reply to my emails. After some advice from the Citizen’s Advice Bureau in Malaga, it gave me the information I needed. Owners should leave the deposit with the AVRA (the Agencia de Vivienda y Rehabilitación Andalucia). If they have not done so, it is probably because they do not want to pay taxes on the rental income. I sent a letter to the owners saying I would contact the AVRA and then the local tax offices to see if they had paid taxes on their rental income if I did not get my money back. Paying me was cheaper than paying the taxes, so my money was returned. Surely the law should be changed so the money automatically goes to the AVRA to help stop any such problems? Michael Hill, Torre del Mar, Malaga

Leapy woe I FOLLOW your column most weeks and agree with a lot of what you say in your articles. But to say that the whole careers and promotions of the UK police is based entirely on arrests and convictions is absolute rubbish! Am I a cop? No. But a retired one yes. Indeed I was promoted from Constable to Chief Superintendent, and at one time served as Head of the Career Development Department. I therefore believe that I have a very good understanding of the system. Clearly, you do not!! Keep the faith. Derek Lynch, Altea, Costa Blanca North

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YOUR STARS FOR NEXT 7 DAYS AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Spirituality seeps right through the week. As you are feeling particularly sensuous, invite someone special to dinner or on a trip. Visit garden centres and plan ahead. The colours and perfumes will be particularly pleasing.

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Satisfaction with your love life is paramount this week, and the opinion of others seems important to you. Perhaps you are looking for an excuse to make a change. It is possible, however, that a change is not required so much as a different approach. It is not essential to put all your eggs in one basket.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A conversation with a colleague brings insights into how others live and it is quite an eye-opener. Friendships are particularly important this week. You have been dashing around and maybe not enough thought has gone into how you spend your leisure time.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There is something in you that needs a creative outlet. Perhaps you would like to write a book: memoirs, for instance, take up a craft or paint. Learning a new language would also be satisfying. Certainly, food for the brain and soul are what you should be seeking now.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Being very much in demand for your talents this week means less time to spend socially, so it's important to make time for loved ones at the weekend. Someone seeking your advice may simply be seeking your approval for an action they are going to take, anyway.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There may be some opposition to your ideas as Pluto turns this week. Perhaps your natural charm just doesn't seem to be working. As you have helped others in the past, make it clear that you expect a bit of co-operation. It is not through lack of will that some people do not offer help.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) This is a week when progress is fast and plans run ahead. Try new ideas and seek information to hone your knowledge. An organisation that is new to you offers insight and social involvement. An offer that thrusts you into the limelight might be avoided at first but would be to your advantage.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Although you have perhaps been looking to money-making ideas to progress finances, think also of alternatives. Perhaps there are areas of your lifestyle where money could be saved. Items that are not used could be sold for a profit and rid you of clutter.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Having suffered a bit of a setback last week, you may be feeling less confident. Revving up your social life will certainly help to bring spirits up again. Be with people who liven or inspire you in some way and avoid boring or moaning folk.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) Thoughts come to you, perhaps in dreams, that are creative and energy boosting. Someone who recently moved out of your sphere is sadly missed but is in some ways still a part of you. A person at work who has been causing you concern needs investigation, but the facts may be less alarming than you suspect.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) A strong and exciting romantic feeling flows through the week, which is fitting as Valentine's Day comes round again next month. Someone returning from a trip makes you smile and boosts your spirit. People who have been a little bossy of late finally realise that you will not rise to the bait.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) It's a better week for travel with less likelihood of delays. Should you be feeling a little lethargic and sorry about recent events, just count your blessings. Consider raising some money and having fun at the same time by indulging in a garage or car boot sale. Doing something entirely different can boost your mind and activity levels, which can't be bad.

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Across 1 Alternative in church's centre (4) 3 West Indian songs about plays in Greek island (8) 8 Communication from dining room takes a long time (7) 9 Bring tea round in porcelain (5) 10 The first ceremony is ordinary (5) 11 Socialist leader in fitting decline (7) 12 Reading, for example, about Tory leader's shame (6) 13 Troubled waters for this reprobate (6) 16 Trace singlet one returned for example (7) 18 A society role model is buried in Austria (5) 20 Goes round for some bread (5) 21 Nice tax break is incorrect (7) 22 Raised tax in East Leeds endlessly (8) 23 Small county in which flowers are grown (4)

(5) 6 Rearrange car test and flee (7) 7 Stuntmen did several reconstructions (10) 9 Informal neckwear injured people (10) 12 Cancel religious education and

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poetry (7) 14 Outdoor area where a caterer served up (7) 15 Speak in ceremony outside city (6) 17 Crack only found outside civic centre (5) 19 Louts destroyed a plant (5)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 3 represents X and 5 represents M, so fill in X every time the figure 3 appears and M every time the figure 5 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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Down 1 Arrive Tuesday for the space traveller (5) 2 Daring knight returning with a monarch (7) 4 Schedule for a general prosecutor (6) 5 Southern tipple given to pigs

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Across 2/18 Exploit, cheat or overcharge (3,3) 5 Small river fish (4) 6 Show the way by going first (4) 7 Beer (3) 8 Small wooded hollow (4) 10 Largest continent (4) 13 Bucket (4) 16 Assists (4)

18 See 2 8 Immerse for a time (3) 19 Excludes (4) 9 Hawaiian flower necklace 20 Highest point (4) (3) 21 Sense organ for hearing (3) 11 Glide over snow (3) 12 Donkey (3) Down 14 Slightly open (4) 1 Completely unclothed (4) 15 Fail to win (4) 16 A long way off (4) 2 Authentic (4) 3 Defendant's answer to a 17 Profound (4) charge (4) 4 Asian garment (4)

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Across 1 Este (zona, área) (4) 3 Predicador (8) 9 Technician (7) 10 Cart (wagon) (5) 11 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) 12 Más fácil (6) 14 Nails (metal) (6) 16 Estatua (6) 19 Cartera (6) 21 Cervezas (5) 24 Flecha (5) 25 Enemy (7) 26 Guapo (8) 27 Mediodía (4)

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

Down 1 Entrada (lugar de acceso) (8) 2 Sacred (art, musical) (5) 4 Reabrir (6) 5 Arches (5) 6 Cosecha (7) 7 Tejado (4) 8 Liver (anatomical) (6) 13 Cucharilla (8) 15 Saffron (7) 17 Mesas (muebles) (6) 18 Arroyo (riachuelo) (6) 20 Céspedes (5) 22 Hedgehog (5) 23 Baño (4)

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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 (RAMIFY) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

BLANCH BRONCO CANTON COSMOS COYOTE CRUSTY DHARMA FIASCO HEROES MODIFY PATHOS PATRON PAYOFF POISON POLICE RAMIFY (10) TAMPON TARPON VESTAL

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Beaten 2 Dreamt 3 Teller 4 Sweaty 5 Lambda 6 Selves 7 Barber 8 Verbal 9 Bonnet 10 Embark 11 Eyelet 12 Workup 13 Votary 14 Worsen 15 Fourth 16 Shelve 17 Poncho 18 Behold 19 Infect.

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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 R) 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.

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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 arsine aril arils ails airs aims sari sail saint slim silo simoon simon sine sinew sinner sinh loom looms loon liar liars lira limo limn limner line liner lino lint linty rail rails rain rims inner mooli moon mils milo mine miner mint minty mont month ohms aioli ahoy wine wino winner were nils nims ninth nine nominee hols holism holm hoya yonis yahoo queer queen wholism whom whoa renin brew

ache arch char chat chit each echo echt etch hack hair hake hare hark hart hate hear heat heck heir hero hick hike hire hoar hock hoer hoke itch kith oath rhea rich tach tech tich aitch chair chart cheat chert chirk choir choke chore earth ethic hacek hater heart hiker hoick ichor ketch ocher ochre orach other ratch reach retch roach teach their thick throe torch achier choker chorea coheir hacker hector heriot heroic hokier orache thicko thrice troche chariot haricot hotcake thicker ARTICHOKE

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

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1 Imports, 7 Confident, 8 Oral, 9 Able, 11 Aluminium, 12 Message.

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2 Miniature, 3 Omit, 4 Trembling, 5 Acrobat, 6 Streams, 10 Wins.

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1 Cinch, 3 Disband, 7 Nastier, 9 Gnats, 10 Enact, 11 Soothe, 13 Seesaw, 15 Easter, 18 Candle, 20 Canoe, 22 Urban, 23 Salvage, 24 Theseus, 25 Audit.

1 Crudo, 4 Cuchara, 8 Galleta, 9 Nests, 10 Racha, 11 Chupete, 12 Day off, 14 Noises, 17 Sendero, 19 Poner, 21 Erizo, 22 Prayers, 23 Toenail, 24 Early.

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1 Condense, 2 Hoist, 3 Duress, 4 Signora, 5 Awash, 6 Dash, 8 Shave, 12 Briefest, 14 Andante, 16 Tonga, 17 Versus, 19 Amble, 20 Cilla, 21 Just.

1 Cigar, 2 Unlucky, 3 Oveja, 4 Charco, 5 Canguro, 6 Aisle, 7 Answers, 12 Dessert, 13 Fregona, 15 Sonreir, 16 Gospel, 18 Naipe, 19 Peace, 20 Rusty.

App of the week Clarity money (free) This is a free personal finance app that helps you manage your budget and save money through a variety of methods. Link your bank and card accounts to the app, and Clarity then analyses your spending behaviour and helps you build a budget to track your spending.

QUIZ: ENDS IN Z 1. Derived from the Hebrew for ‘to gather’, what name is given to a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in modern Israel? 2. Les Troyens, Symphonie fantastique and La Damnation de Faust were all works written by which 19th century French composer? 3. Let’s Dance (1962) and The More I See You (1966) were both UK hit singles by which American singer? 4. The US musicians John Lewis, Milt Jackson, Percy Heath and Connie Kay were collectively known as the ------ ---Quartet? 5. What was the name of the politician and revolutionary who served as the president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013?

6. Which alcoholic cocktail is made of two parts Champagne to one part orange juice? 7. Which American cartoonist is best remembered as the creator of the Peanuts comic strip that features a range of characters including the boy Charlie Brown and the dog Snoopy? 8. Which city in northern Morocco gives its name to a flat-topped conical red hat with a black tassel on top, worn by men in some Muslim countries? 9. Which city is the capital of Liechtenstein? 10. Which printed multicoloured cotton fabric with a glazed finish is used for curtains and upholstery? Not a lot of people know that… according to the Oxford English Dictionary (Third Edition) the first attested use of the word ‘quiz’ is from 1781 and means ‘an odd person’

Answers: 1. KIBBUTZ, 2. HECTOR BERLIOZ, 3. CHRIS MONTEZ, 4. MODERN JAZZ, 5. HUGO CHÁVEZ (full name Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías), 6. BUCK’S FIZZ, 7. CHARLES SCHULZ, 8. FEZ, 9. VADUZ, 10. CHINTZ

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NAIMH and Ruairidh are lovers and business partners. They are owners of a small, but internationally recognised Hebridean tweed company. As they prepare for an important fabric fair in Paris, Niamh accuses Ruairidh of having an affair with a Russian fashion designer they work with. He insists this is a lie and storms off. Moments later, the car containing Ruairidh and the fashion designer explodes in a ball of flames. Wi t h N i a m h a p r i m e suspect in the murder, the Parisian police hound her even after she returns home. She begins to suspect that things are not what they seem and when there is an attempt on her life, she becomes convinced that what seemed like a terrorist attack on her lover might be something far more personal.

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• Jamie Vardy, Footballer, featuring the single Pillowtalk, January 11, 31 in March 2016. In the 2015-16 Premier • Liam Hemsworth, Actor, League season, Vardy scored January 13, 28 Australian actor who stars as in 11 consecutive Premier League matches and was Gale Hawthorne in the Hunger Jamie Vardy. voted the Premier League Games film series. He also Player of the Season and as outsiders played Josh Taylor on the Australian soap Leicester won the title. opera Neighbours. • Dave Grohl, Rock singer, January 14, • Zayn Malik, Pop singer, January 12, 25 49 Former member of multi-million selling Rock drummer, vocalist, and guitarist boyband One Direction. He left the band in who first rose to prominence as the drummer of Nirvana, then went on to 2015 and released his debut album

become founder and lead singer of the Foo Fighters in 1994. • Kate Moss, Model, January 16, 44 Global fashion model who popularised the heroin chic fashion trend of the 1990s. TIME magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012. • Michelle Obama, Former first Lady of the US, January 17, 54 Married Barack Obama, the 44th President of the US, in 1992. Has been a strong advocate for the rights of veterans and the LGBT community.

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.

Sierra Nevada SNOW REPORT After heavy snowfall last week, 91 of Sierra Nevada’s 125 slopes are now open. However there is no snow expected to fall this weekend or the following week. Temperatures will stay below freezing until next Wednesday, where temperatures will creep up to two degrees.

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1128 - Pope recognises Knights Templar Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. 1559 - Elizabeth crowned Queen of England Two months after the death of her half-sister Queen Mary I of England, 25-year-old Elizabeth Tudor is crowned Queen Elizabeth I at Westminster Abbey in London. 1904 - Henry Ford sets speed record Driving a four-wheel vehicle dubbed the ‘999,’ Henry Ford sets a land speed record of 91.37 mph on the frozen surface of Michigan’s Lake St Clair. 1908 - US President honours the Grand Canyon Theodore Roosevelt declares the massive Grand Canyon in northwestern Arizona a national monument. The site now attracts more than four million visitors a year. 1919 - Prohibition enforced in the US The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, prohibiting the ‘manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes,’ is ratified and becomes the law of the land. 1950 - Boston thieves pull off historic robbery Eleven men steal more than $2 million from the Brinks Armoured Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts. The culprits weren’t caught until January 1956, just days before the statute of limitations for the theft expired. 1967 - Packers face Chiefs in first ever Super Bowl In this historic first World Championship game of American football, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.

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en ts . T h is me a n s you shouldn’t need too much.” S tic k in g to th e s ame theme she says moisturiser s h o u ld b e u s e d in a n “ a lmo n d -s iz e d a mo u nt,” adding, “two pumps if it is a pump applicator or an almond-sized amount over the entire face.” Foundation, which can be expensive if used s ev era l times throughout the day, can also be used in pea-sized quantities. Dr Cook explained, “if y o u ’v e g o t a larg e r fa c e , y o u ma y n e e d s lig h tly mo re,” adding, “I recommend applying it to the back of your h a n d , b efo re g e ttin g a ‘kakubi’ make up brush and evenly buffing it all over your face.” L a s tly, fo r imp ro v i ng dark circles and puffiness

us e a “ s unflow e r s e e d equivalent,” of eye cream as, “these creams tend to be ric h s o you only ne e d a small amount.”

JUST A DROP: Experts recommend using serum in small amounts because of its high potency.

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Every little helps HAVE y o u e v e r sp l a s h ed out on a n e x p e n si v e n ew face cream only to find the whole tube is gone in a couple of weeks? The disappointment at investing in a ‘miracle’ cream which comes in microscopic proportions can be high. But the good news is we may be using far too much of our favourite products, according to one beautician, and can get away with using less. Dr Natasha Cook, an Australian dermatologist, has told one publication one of the most expensive products - facial serum - can be used in tiny proportions because it is so concentrated. S he e x p l a i n e d , “ fo r serum, a l l y o u n e e d is a pea-sized amount over the entire face,” adding, “these products are, in theory, concentrated with a high percentage of active ingredi-

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Sciatica . . . in your arms? MOST of us are familiar with sciatica, when the discs in the lower spine (specifically L3) get compressed and start to press onto the sciatic nerve. This causes pain and tingling in the leg and buttock as well as leg weakness and pain into the foot. In fact sciatica is often used as a ‘catch all’ term to describe all kinds of nerve issues coming from the lower back and most of you will know at least one person who describes their pain as ‘sciatica.’ Symptoms include: • Pain in the buttocks or leg, often worse when sitting. • Burning, tingling or ‘pins and needles’ down the leg. • Weakness, numbness, or difficulty moving the leg or foot.

By Estelle Mitchell www.thebodyworksclinic.com • A constant pain on one side. • Shooting pain that makes it difficult to stand up. So while real, true sciatica is only from disc L3 in your lower back. We can get a whole host of similar symptoms from a lot of other discs. So the same problem, pressure on the nerve, elsewhere in the spine causes these sciatica-like symptoms elsewhere in your body: Nerve pain symptoms: • Painful tingling or ‘pins and needles’ sensation in the hands, wrists and elbows.

• Pain moves or jumps from side to side. • Pain feels sharp or searing rather than a dull ache. • Feels like ‘electric shocks’ along arms or legs. • Pain doesn’t ease with massage or treatment where you feel the pain. • Weakness or shaking. • Shortness of breath or chest pains. • Dizziness or headaches. Nerve problems and their symptoms are often incorrectly diagnosed and treated. Patients often find that the location of the pain is treated not the cause of the pain. This is why a thorough, clinical and physical assessment is so important. If we aren’t treating the true cause of the pain then you can have a lot of really good treatment that won’t make the slightest bit of difference.

For more information on nerve pain and problems in the spine as well as accurate diagnosis please check out our blog - www.TheBodyworksClinic.com or call us on 952 883 151.

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Beware the dreaded lurgy ARE you ever surprised by how your friends often notice you are under the weather before you’ve even mentioned it? Well according to scientists from the United States, Sweden and Germany, humans are able to tell if a person is displaying signs of illness even in the very early stages. The group found people were able to distinguish a healthy person from an unhealthy one just by looking at very subtle differences in the faces. These included pale skin and lips and drooping eyes. Twenty-two volunteers took part in a trial led by scientists from Stockholm University and New York University (NYU), half of whom were given a placebo and half of whom were given a drug which temporarily mimics illness.

QUICK GIVEAWAY: Pale lips and drooping eyelids are among the early signs of a cold.

Sixty other participants were then shown photos of the group and asked to point out who looked ill and who looked well. Of the 16 photos they were shown, the 60 observers were able to correctly identify whether a person was ill or not in 13 cases. Three main signs of illness were identified, including looking pale. The study’s authors explained, “redness signals a

healthy and attractive appearance in both humans and animals and that appearing tired is strongly related to appearing healthy.” The researchers also said drooping eyelids on ill people were a sign of tiredness from fighting off infection. Finally, the scientists noted the most obvious clue was pale lips on those who were ill, explaining it is a good place to look if you are trying to work out if someone is ill or not.

Painkillers ‘could reduce fertility’ MANY women experience various pains during pregnancy and may turn to painkillers for help. But this could damage your unborn child’s fertility, according to scientists. The study, carried out at the University of Edinburgh, found taking paracetamol or ibuprofen during pregnancy reduced the number of eggs in a female foetus by up to 40 per cent. And while

the research was carried out on rats, scientists say the same could be true for humans. The news could affect the fertility of unborn males too as scientists found the number of sperm cells in foetuses reduced by up to 20 per cent. The group was less concerned by this, however, as men can produce sperm all their lives but women only have a limited egg supply.

NICE SPICE: Turmeric has a range of health benefits.

A spicy start to the new year WITH the New Year comes a new health kick and it turns out 2018’s will be all about spices. But unlike other over-hyped trends, it seems there may be evidence to back up the health benefits of several spices you may already have in your kitchen cupboard. According to nutritionist Kim Pearson, turmeric could help us with aches and pains. She explained, “turmeric has many proven health benefits and among these the ability to reduce inflammation is key,” says nutritionist Kim Pearson. She added, “low level inflammation can speed up ageing processes and contribute to disease progression, so keeping our inflammatory responses in check can help keep us healthy. Studies also show that turmeric could

be useful for digestive and liver health, for our skin health and helping to prevent postexercise aches.” She explained the best way to take the spice so it is properly absorbed in your stomach may be in an oral spray. Cinnamon may be another beneficial spice, helping to regulate our blood sugar levels. Rick Hay, a lecturer in weight management at the College of Naturopathic Medicine in London, explained, “from an insomnia perspective, if you find yourself waking up in the small hours, it could be down to blood sugar spikes that subsequently wake you up as your blood sugar drops.” Rick Hay also claimed ginger, another spice cupboard staple, is good for settling our stomachs and “relaxes the system generally and is also a good circulatory tonic.”

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Starting the New Year in style THREE different shows presented over three consecutive nights at the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola. The Showman returns with Elvis, Swing, Soul & 70’s with big name special guests, 48 costumes and changes and more than 100 big hits. Following the success of his Big Weekend last year, Johnny G returns with another brilliant weekend’s entertainment with something for everyone. This Friday enjoy the best of the late 50’s and 60’s with the Legends of Rock’n’Roll with special guests performing classics from Peggy Lee, Little Eva, Connie Francis and Shirley Bassey. Then on Saturday its Soul & Motown galore with Johnny and his gorgeous Soul Sisters performing The Legends of Soul including a tribute to the Blues Brothers. The big weekend is brought to a close on Sunday with the best of Big Band swing and Elvis Presley in The Legends of Vegas with special guests Kim Chandler and Fibi McGregor performing hits from the Divas of Swing and Sweet Inspirational backing vocals to Elvis.

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Chill out to La Voz of Virginia Alexandre AFTER participating in the first edition of La Voz on Spanish TV, Virginia Alexandre has spent some years working with her Vintage Band. The show Back to the Vintage is a great example of modern swing mixing the tradition of the 1950s and working as a nine-piece with six excellent musicians plus two Doo-Wop backing singers and dancers, the show is both glamorous and creative. Virginia does have another side and she will be presenting Chill Out Sundays at Alberts Bar and Grill in Cabopino from 2pm on January 21 as well as February 4 and 18, so if you want to enjoy a lazy Sunday lunch chilling to a great singer, Alberts is the place to go. Don’t forget that Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and even though it is on a Wednesday this year, there is always a demand for intimate tables for two, so early reservations for February 14 or to catch up with Virginia are highly recommended by calling 952 836 886 or through the website.

ROCK’N’ROLL: Johnny G with the Soul Sisters. The show starts at 7.30pm on Friday and Saturday and at 7.00pm on Sunday with tickets for each performance costing just €15.

Tickets are selling fast so book now by calling the box office on 952 474 542 or online at www.salonvarietestheatre.com.

TALENTED: The enchanting Virginia Alexandre.

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The last Picasso concert BORN in Malaga City in 1980, guitarist Daniel Casares made his first recording when aged 13 and has become one of the great young flamenco guitarists. His sixth album Picassares saw him pay homage to the painter Pablo Picasso and the 10 numbers each reflect his view on the life and work of the artist. Fittingly he performed the album at the Picasso Museum in 2017 and now on Friday he will present it for the last time at the museum accompanied by dancer Sergio Aranda, singer Manuel Peralta with Nelson on second guitar and violin as well as Miguel Ortíz ‘Nene’ on percussion. Tickets for this special performance cost €25 and are on sale exclusively at www.ticketea.com.

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high acidity has made Airén the production choice for alcohol used as the base for Brandy, thus limiting its use to develop blended or by Lorenzo varietal wines. Barbareschi Additionally due to processes used including AIRÉN, an old Iberian fermentation in terracotta white grape, represents vats, Airén wines do not alabout 30 per cent of all ways receive favourable Spanish varieties and is the publicity. world’s third most grown. In general, Airén wines Unknown to many and are characterised by a pallid predominantly grown in the colour with yellow iridessouth, central and western cences and an alcoholic regions of Spain, its produccontent of about 12 - 14 tion is now declining and AIRÉN: In decline but per cent making it quite being replaced with red variwell worth a try. pleasant and easy to drink, eties including Tempranillo. with mature fruit scents including banana, The grapes - late to bud and ripen and pineapple or grapefruit. very resistant to drought and diseases - are To get the best out of it, pair Airén wine perfectly adapted to the harsh arid climate of with grilled sardines with green pepper, garLa Mancha with its calcareous soils and lic prawns or something spicy. vineyards 700m above sea level. Better label Airén wines including Castillo Airén is also known under the many syndel Moro; Sendas del Rey by Felix Solis onyms, including Aidén, Blancon, Forcallaand Don Octavio by Bodegas Villarrobledo da, Forcallat blanca, Forcayat, Laeren del are priced €4 – €6, though some can be Rey, Layren, Manchega, Mantuo Laeren and found for just over €1. Valdepenera blanca. Happy tasting. A relatively neutral taste and flavour and

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FLASHBACK: Scene from a previous carnival in Malaga.

Countdown to Carnival WITH 2017 barely finished, the population of Malaga City is getting ready for Carnival 2018. If you are wandering the streets of the city this Sunday and pick up a distinct smell of cabbage then there isn’t a problem with the drains but a

massive pot of Carnavalesca Berza, which last year fed more than 800 people, being prepared. The first conference of the programme will be held at the Picasso Museum on Thursday January 18 with input from Chef Sergio Garrido, barman

Victor Varela and journalist Esperanza Pelaez. From then on there will be different foods in different parts of the city as well as the preliminary contest for singing groups in the Alameda Theatre with the semi-finals moving to the Cervantes

Theatre on the last few days of January. The first day of February sees a Children’s Gala at the Cervantes and the following day is the Grand Final for singing groups at the same venue. The real fun however starts on Saturday February 3 with the formal opening of the Carnival in the Plaza de la Constitucion and the selection of the God Momo and the Goddess of the Carnival. The Great Carnival parades through the streets the following day and then all back to the Plaza de la Constitucion for the election of children’s princes and gods plus the children’s costumes contest. For the next few days there will be general fun and entertainment around the centre of the city until Friday February 9 which sees the children’s parade during the day followed by election of the drag queen in the evening. On Saturday there will be a battle of the flowers, the children’s carnival and the parade of the gods all through the centre with plenty of entertainment, food and drink until late that night. Sunday is the closing day and is known as the Gran Boqueron where there is a chance to taste the delicious fried boqueron (anchovy) then take part in the traditional ceremony of the burial of the anchovy to close the entire celebrations until next year.

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Thursday January 11 Age Concern meet every Thursday from 11.00-13.00 at the Pensionista building in Los Boliches. They are located above the indoor market and just around the corner from Los Boliches station. They offer advice, support, help and friendship. They look forward to seeing you. Lifeline 652 537 615. Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Las Lagunas. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es. Los Jueves al Casco: Every week from 8am-12 noon enjoy special discounts, live music, free tastings and more in Marbella Old Town. Rio Verde Villa Romana Ruins: free guided tour from11am to 1pm. Calle del Mar, Marbella. Rotary Club: meets every week at 2pm during lunch at Cortijo de Ramiro, Calle 11, Urb Guadalmina Baja, San Pedro de Alcantara. Please contact lizzie@marriagewed dingservices.com to book a place. San Pedro street market: Every week from 9am-2pm, Calle Jorge Guillen. American Club of Estepona (ACE [all nationalities welcome]): Open Mon-Sat, 14pm. Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). For more information contact 952 793 059 (vlub times) or www.acestepona. org. Walking Football: every week from 10.30am at the Estadio Santa Maria in Elviria. Walking Football is for men and women over 50 to play football without running or tackling and is a great way to meet new friends. Visit www.walkingfootballspain.com for details.

Friday January 12 Age Concern meet every Friday from 11.30-13.00 at Bar Conrisa in the centre of La Cala de Mijas. They are located behind Supersol and there is plenty of free parking. They offer advice, support, help and friendship. Pop in and meet old friends and make new

San Anton festival, Alhaurin el Grande, Sunday January 14 IN honour of San Anton - the patron saint of animals - locals in Alhaurin el Grande gather to bless their furry friends and pay tribute to the saint. A whole host of animals are blessed at the festival each year, including dogs, cats, rabbits and even mice and birds. The day will start at 11am with activities for the children in the ones. Full social calendar throughout the year. Just follow the sound of laughter. They look forward to seeing you. Lifeline 652 537 615. Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at the Hogar del Jubilado in Los Boliches, Fuengirola. For more information contact 635 407 255. Christian Basilica of San Pedro de Alcantara: From 11am1pm, free guided tour of one of the oldest Christian churches on the Iberian Peninsula. Calle Vega del Mar, San Pedro de Alcantara. Royal British Legion: Benejarafe branch meets every Friday from 12.30-2.30pm at Restaurante Puerta Niza, Carretera Nacional 340A Km 263.7 offering emotional and financial help to those who have served in the Armed Forces. American Club of Estepona (ACE [all nationalities welcome]): Open Mon-Sat, 14pm. Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). For more information contact 952 793 059 (Club Times) or www.acestepona. org. University of the Third Age Costa del Sol: play Mah Jong every week from 10am-1pm at the PYR Hotel in Fuengirola. For more information contact +34 633 552 238 or visit www.u3afuengirolacostadel sol.com.

Saturday January 13 Flamenco show: free every Wednesday and Saturday from 12-1pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Organic market: Every week from 10am-1pm at Guadal-

town centre, followed by a mass at the Ermita de San Anton church at 12pm. The animals will be blessed straight after mass, and then the locals will take part in a procession through the neighbourhood accompanied by the Cofradia de la Santa Vera Cruz (Brotherhood of Santa Vera Cruz) music group. The group Los Merchanes will

horce - Las Chapas. Puerto Banus street market: Every week from 9am-2pm near the bull ring in Nueva Andalucia. Triple A: Every week volunteer dog walkers required between 10am and 3pm at Calle Carril de la Mina 33 in Marbella. For more information contact 952 771 586. American Club of Estepona (ACE [all nationalities welcome]): Open Mon-Sat, 14pm. Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). For more information contact 952 793 059 (Club Times) or www.acestepona. org.

Sunday January 14 Benahavis second-hand market: Every week from 9am to 2pm, located 1km before the village on the right hand side of the road. University of the Third Age: Every week coffee morning from 11.30am to 1pm at the Primavera Bar, Paseo Maritimo, Los Boliches. For more information contact: 679 516 654 or visit www.u3afuengiro lacostadelsol.com. Sunday market La Trocha Coin. Every week. Over 200 stalls. All welcome. For more info call 618 826 852.

Monday January 15 Royal Air Forces Association introduces a Coffee Morning social: every first Monday of the month. 12pm Restaurante Venta los Morenos, Alhaurin el Grande. Royal Air Forces Association also pleased to invite you to afternoon social third Monday of the month at 2pm. Bar El

MUSIC MEN: Los Merchanes will perform at the San Anton festival.

tackling and meet new friends. Visit www.walkingfootball spain.com for details. The Good Vibrations Singing Sessions runs Tuesday nights at 7.30pm at Huber Plataforme De Arte, Calle San Antonio, Estepona. €100 prepaid concession, €15 casually. ‘Find Your Voice Vocal Studio’ on Facebook for details.

Wednesday Jan 17 perform at 2pm, the City Council invites the attendees to feast on a giant paella specially prepared for the occasion.

Jardin, Avenida Bonanza, Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmadena. Everyone welcome - members or otherwise. Quiz with prize and raffle with all proceeds going to the association to help with welfare work. Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at La Iglesia Bar in Benalmadena. For more information contact 635 407 255. RAF Association Costa del Sol: social meeting, first Monday of the month, at 12pm in Restaurante Los Morenos, Alhaurin el Grande. For more information contact secretary@ rafacostadelsol.co.uk. American Club of Estepona (ACE [all nationalities welcome]): Open Mon-Sat, 14pm. Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or www.acestepona. org. Walking Football: every week from 7.30pm at the El Retamar pitch by the Butterfly Park in Benalmadena. Walking Football is for men and women over 50 to play football without running or tackling and is a great way to meet new friends. Visit www.walkingfoot ballspain.com for details. ‘Are you affected by someone’s drinking?’ Al-anon Family Groups hold a meeting at 8.30pm in the Divina Pastora church rooms (Calle Juan Breva 2), Marbella. Confidential helpline: 602 553 470.

Tuesday January 16 Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 1pm at the International Baptist Church in Cala-

honda. Drop in for a chat and to share experiences. For more info contact 635 407 255. Arroyo Social and Welfare Club meets every Tuesday at Agata Apartments, Arroyo de la Miel 11.30am for 12 noon start. There is a raffle, quiz, and a game such as Play Your Cards Right, plus extras! For more information call Anthia on 634 157 042. Costa Women Business Group: meets every second Tuesday at 9.30am until 11.30am for business networking in La Cala. For more information contact Ali 677 251 058. Fuengirola Ukulele Singalong Group: meets every Tuesday 8pm at Cabaret Club in Fuengirola (next to Bioparc Zoo). Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in Mijas village. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es. The Good Companions Club meets every Tuesday in Manila Bar, Paseo Maritimo, Los Boliches 12- 1.30pm. For more information contact Tony White on 952 494 730. American Club of Estepona (ACE [all nationalities welcome]): Open Mon-Sat, 14pm. Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). For more information contact 952 793 059 (Club Times) or www.acestepona. org. Walking Football: every week from 8pm on the five-aside pitches at the Estadio de San Pedro in San Pedro de Alcantara. Walking Football is for men and women over 50 to play football without running or

The Royal British Legion: Torremolinos Branch meets every Wednesday in the Vanilla Bar in Plaza la Nogalera, Torremolinos (opp the railway station) from 12.30pm. Age Care Association: Weekly coffee morning from 11am to 12.30pm at the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola. For more information contact 635 407 255. Flamenco show: free every Wednesday and Saturday from 12-1pm in Plaza Virgen de la Peña, Mijas Pueblo. Language exchange workshop: free, every week from 9.30-11.30am in the Pensioners Centre in La Cala. For more information contact 952 890 010 or frd@mijas.es. Malaga Picasso Museum: guided tours in English every Wednesday at 11.30am. Entry €8, children under 18 go free. Parent and baby coffee mornings: weekly from 11am1pm at Mundo Mania, Cancelada. Entry €5 includes coffee and two hours of play in the baby and toddler play frame. TIMS (The International Music Society) Choir: rehearsals every week from 7-9.30pm in St Andrews Church, Los Boliches. A very friendly group of different nationalities. For more information contact 654 891 790. American Club of Estepona (ACE [all nationalities welcome]): Open Mon-Sat, 14pm. Calle San Roque 65 (three blocks west of old bus station). For more information contact 952 793 059 (club times) or www.acestepona. org. Sing Sing Sing! runs Wednesday mornings at 11.30am at Huber Plataforme De Arte, Calle San Antonio, Estepona. €80 prepaid concession, €12 casually. Go to ‘Find Your Voice Vocal Studio’ on Facebook for details.

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PRUNING ROSES: Recommended for January. TIDY: A clean home helps bring a clear mind. day at a time.’ WHILE it may be a litNext you could try tle early for an official picking up a large rubspring clean, the new bish bag and seeing how year can certainly be a quickly you can fill it good time to look to the with unwanted goods. future and declutter The website suggests anything you don’t need anything collected in from your past. the bag can be given to And while many of charity. our objects hold sentiNext, if you are strugmental value and we gling to part with would not want to lose clothes you may not them, many of us accuhave worn for years, a mulate plenty of other technique adopted by possessions we neither O p r a h Wi n f r e y c o u l d want nor need. help. The website says According to website ‘hang all your clothes be comingminimalist with the hangers in the .com ‘Many begin to reverse direction. After feel overwhelmed, anxyou wear an item, return ious, and defeated it to the closet around the with the hangidea of deer facing the cluttering Many of correct directheir homes,’ us coltion. After six but ‘the demonths, you’ll c l u t t e r i n g lect posseshave a clear journey does- sions we neipicture of n’t need to be ther want nor which clothes a s p a i n f u l a s need. you can easily some make it discard.’ out to be.’ Finally, you could try To make the idea less the ‘four-box method.’ daunting, the site sugUse four boxes in each gests giving away one room, labelling them, i t e m e a c h d a y. I t e x ‘trash, give away, keep, plained, ‘Colleen Mador relocate.’ Go sen at 365 Less Things through each item caregives away one item fully until you only each day. Over the past have things you either several years, she has need or want and which experienced quite a are in their correct transformation simply place. reducing her stuff one

By Dick Handscombe APOLOGIES that my column disappeared for a couple of months but software problems, delays in obtaining a compatible hard disk and becoming acquainted with significant changes in user friendliness caused my first major problem since Google appeared in 1998. This was the same time when gardening problems multiplied with a drying climate, the use of an increasing number and variety of plants from outside Spain, wide variations in the sources and qualities of composts and the occurrence of unwanted plant pests, from the ever increasing number attacking fruit trees to feral cats. Most expat January gardening needs are common along the Mediterranean coast from north to south, but what is feasible from day to day are influenced by the tremendous gales, continued

droughts on the Costa Blanca and widespread rain in Andalucia. Fortunately mild temperatures so far have allowed continuing good harvests of a diverse mix of tasty salad leaves and flowers. Chemical free salads with up to 20 ingredients continue from my raised beds and line of builders buckets surrounding the boule court. One very useful job for a dry day is to clean up roses and prepare them for the 2018 flowering season. First prune to an appropriate shape leaving two strong budding points on each pruned stem. Spray with a strong garlic spray and plant two garlic seed segments under each plant before placing a deep manure mulch, preferably horse, under each plants. Climbing plants now need pruning to manageable heights and prevent them from becoming straggly when spring growth commences.

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To achieve a healthy garden environment for humans, pets and beneficial insects and ensure that all possible vegetables and fruit can be eaten safely, only spray when essential and try to restrict your spraying to ecological sprays such as garlic and neem as insecticides and propolis for a general fungicide. Inexpensive spring bulbs are now appearing so it is a good time to plant some extra ones. But do water and improve the soil first. It is also not too late to sow sweet peas for early spring displays. When we had our large henegada allotment we always had a 20-metre row that supplied bunches of flowers and seeds to passing village ladies for whom sweet peas were a novelty. If you have an area of bare vegetable growing soil top it up with a layer of animal and vegetative compost to renew and improve the fertility and moisture retaining properties.

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IF you give your dog a command even a simple one like ‘sit’ - then the reward of good dog is given as the dog’s bottom hits the ground. Just a verbal praise given in a light happy voice can be enough for most dogs. Sometimes people will use food or a motivator for this reward system. I believe if you have used treats for a couple of months, a dog will now be content with the bright happy voice which should be sufficient for such a simple command. As your commands become more difficult for the dog to

HAPPY FAMILY: Spending quality time with your new pet is important in the early days.

Progress made on ‘pawternity leave’ AN increasing number of businesses have started to offer time off for employees who have

just welcomed a new furry friend into the home. As any pet owner knows, those first few days are incredibly important for establishing ground rules and forming a bond with the animal, which helps in their training later on. According to the Kennel Club, the first 16 weeks of a puppy’s life has major impact on how balanced and sociable a dog turns out to be, and suggests that taking time off would be “extremely beneficial” for both the owner and the puppy,

as they can use this time for some intensive training and one-on-one time. It’s not just dogs that benefit from some personal attention during the early days; research has shown that cats also need a lot of reassurance and bonding time when they’re brought to a new home. However, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home has advised that it’s important owners limit their ‘pawternity leave’ to just a few days as otherwise their pet may get used to having you around.

done is a must. Whatever you use, you only have a split second to give it on completion of an exercise. Personally I like to use my voice and a

quick touch under the chin as my rewards. I always have my voice with me, so it is always on hand, where a different type of reward may not be with me at that crucial time. Think about the dolphin which performs in a show. He is being taught to jump out of the water. If he jumps about two metres, he gets a small whistle to call him back, and when he returns to the edge of the pool he is in, he gets a small fish. As his training increases, and he jumps about six metres or more out of the pool, he gets a huge instant whistle while he’s at the top of the jump, which brings him swiftly back to the pool edge where he gets a bucket of fish as his reward. The timing of any reward is important. (If your timing is out, you may be rewarding for the wrong action.) Watch the height he jumps from there on. The reward is always there for him immediately and will he give his best every time.

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PETS: Organise care. and what needs to be done in your assignment. If you register as a Premium Homeowner for £75 per year we help you at every step. • If you have experience with home and pet care and want to house-sit in Spain or abroad Register as a ‘house-sitter,’ build a profile with photos and describe how you think you can help homeowners with pets. Choose a Premium plan for £75 per year, you can build a large profile with more prominence online.

Save Join now to secure 2017 prices being held through January 2018. Who are the pet-sitters and why will they want to house-sit for free? Most of the pet-sitters and house-sitters who join HouseSitMatch are looking to spend time in a new location and to exchange their experience as pet-sitters for free accommodation. It’s a working holiday with agreed requirements on both sides. Client testimonial - David, Pet owner in Malaga, Spain HouseSit Match must be the best in the business. So polite and helpful in every way. We have and will continue to recommend them to friends, family and others that want to do a house-sit. 10 out of 10. (See reviews in Trustpilot)

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GARDENING PROFESSIONAL garden services from Fuengirola to Estepona. All aspects of gardening and full maintenance and landscaping, free quotes, competitive prices. Contact Andrew 600 259 981 Andrew@gar den-professionals.com (259525) TOP-JARDIN. No tree too tall, palm & tree pruning - removal - pests bio treatments. Town hall licence process advice. Timber logs. Mulch. Urban veggie gardens. Visit us www.top-jardin.com or call Andres mob 686 948 552 / 602 130 250. (256531) GARDEN & POOL MAINTENANCE – from €120 per month products included, from Benalmadena to Marbella. www.ricardogar dens.es RICARDO 637 160 129. (257682) www.jardin-garden.es All types of garden & pool maintenance. Free estimates. 10 years professional service on the coast. T: 666 953 892. E: benalandrew@yahoo.es

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GLASS CURTAINS GLASS CURTAIN repairs, specialist in replacement of discoloured plastic strips that act as a seal between the glass panels. Call Julian 655 825 931 (253220) GLASS CURTAINS supplied & fitted. Top Quality. German System. 20 years experience. Honest advice FREE quotation. Call Adrian 642 632 656 (257888)

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FOR SALE SELLING YOUR SPANISH CAR? PHONE Bill Brady for the best cash price. Stay safe and phone Bill on 952 838 842 661 234 881 billbradycars. com (259863)

SALE PRICE CITROEN Berlingo Combi XTR. Plus 1.6 HDI.190 2012 New ITV (MOT) and service roof rack, privy glass, cruise control, climate control and lots more a very scarce MPV. WAS 10’995€ NOW 8’995€. 952 838 842 / 661 234 881 or billbradycars. com (259863) SALE PRICE AUTOMATIC DAEWOO Tacuma 2.0 Ltr. Inj. 2003/4 Two private owners, service history, 120’000 klm (75’000 Mls). Just serviced and new ITV (MOT) Climate control, full electric pack, CD, alloy wheels, it’s a great work horse MPV for only WAS 2’995€ NOW 2’500€. 952 838 842, 608 950 221, billbradycars.com (259863)

CLASSIFIEDS SALE PRICE AUTOMATIC 4X4 NISSAN JUKE DIG-T 190 CV 2015 (Special order) 36’000 klm (22’000 mls) bought and serviced by Nissan. Cost 28’000 €, new to many extras to list see web page massive saving only WAS 17´995€ NOW16’995€. 952 838 842, 608 950 221 or billbradycars.com (259863) SALE PRICE AUTOMATIC / DIESEL ESTATE MERCEDES C-220 two private owners and always well serviced, low kilometres, parking sensors, alloy wheels, metallic silver, a must see for only WAS 8´995€ NOW 8’500€. 952 838 842, 608 950 221, billbradycars. com (259863) SALE PRICE 4X4 (DIESEL1.9) SUZUKI GRAND VITARA SWB. 3 Door 2012 Mdl. 62’000 Klm (39’000 Mis) from private owner bought from Suzuki Malaga, parking sensors, used only as town Jeep Look at this low price WAS 10´995€ NOW 10’500€ 952 838 842, 608 950 221, billbradycars.com SALE PRICE CONVERTIBLE AUDI A-3 2011 1.6 TDI. One private owner only 36’000 Klm (22’000 Mls) service history, new ITV. (MOT) immaculate condition polar white, black soft top 5 speed, wind breaker, alloy wheels and lots more and its only WAS 14´995€ NOW13’995€. 952 838 842 or 608 950 221, billbradycars. com (259863) SALE PRICE AUTOMATIC CONVERTIBLE PEUGEOT 207 CC. 2011 from private owner, only 28’000 Klm. (17’000 Mls.) Looks and drives like new, has to be seen. WAS 9´995€ NOW 9’500€ 952 838 842 or 608 950 221, billbradycars.com SALE PRICE AUTOMATIC Jaguar X type 2003 only 110’000 Klm (69’000 Mls). New ITV (MOT) + service, Metallic gold cream velour always garaged and looked after a lot of car for only WAS 4´995€ NOW 3’995€. 952 838 842, 608 950 221, billbrady cars.com (259863) SALE PRICE AUTOMATIC PEUGEOT 207 1.6 Ins. 2007 With X-Pack one private owner 88’000 Klm (55’000 Mls). Full service history sunroof, parking sensors, full electric

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pack, alloy wheels, cruise control, climate control, its only WAS 5´995€ NOW 5’500€ 952 838 842, 608 950 221 bill bradycars.com 2005 MINI 1.6 COOPER in red with white roof and black leather only 120,000 km, in excellent condition throughout with full service history and air-conditioning. €4,995. Tel: 695 559 939. (252347) RENAULT Master Van, 2.4D, 2006, 170,000km, Spanish plates, MWB, SHR, VGC, 5250€. Tlf 603 464 582 CITROEN XSARA Picasso, 1.6 Hdi, diesel, excellent condition, 100,000km. Right hand drive on Spanish plates, air con, alloy sets, new ITV, great car. €3,450. Tel: 695 559 939 LEXUS RX450H Luxury. 2012. 4 x 4 HYBRID. Pearl white metallic with grey leather trim. All extras including sunroof, Sat Nav & much more. Perfect condition, one owner and only 49,000 km. Full history. LHD Spanish plates. Bereavement forces sale of much loved car. €32,900 Ian Giles Tel: 620 180 682. 2007 MERCEDES CLS 320 Diesel, right hand drive on Spanish plates, black with cream leather, excellent condition, new ITV €9,995 Tel: 695 559 939. (252347) BMW 320iD Touring M-Sport. 2005. 6-speed manual. Grey with light grey leather trim. Every extra possible including M-Sport package. Sat Nav. Sunroof. Xenons. 18” Alloys, CD, Cruise. MFSW, Auto lights & wipers etc etc. Spanish plates, LHD. 225,000 Km (Only 135,000 miles) nothing for a modern diesel! First class condition. €6,900. Ian Giles Tel: 620 180 682. 2007 MAZDA 6, 2l DIESEL, 7 seater, 6 speed, in excellent condition throughout, new ITV, air-conditioning. €5,995. Tel: 695 559 939. (252347) ONLY 23,000 kilometers FORD KA 2013 1.2, bright red jazzy red grey interior, itv till 2019, cd. airconditioning, low kilometers and low price 5,995 euros see photo .www.robert soncars-spain.com Samantha 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 (258629)

2004 RENAULT KANGO MULTISPACE 1.5 DCI, new ITV and tyres twin side doors, in excellent condition throughout, air con €2,495. Tel: 695 559 939. (252347) MINI COOPER 2005 sky blue, white roof, mirrors and stripes, one owner from new a timeless beauty, bargain at 5,500 euros see photo www.robertsoncars-spain.com Samantha 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 2005 HYUNDAI 100 MULTISPACE 6 seater diesel 2.5 only 120 KLM, new Itv, 2 new tyres and recent clutch, in good all round condition €4,995. Tel: 695 559 939. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all my past, present and future clients and GOOD HEALTH for 2018 from SAMANTHA ROBERTSON thank you for your continued support over the years. www.robertson cars-spain.com Samantha 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 2005 NISSAN PRIMERA new model, 2.2 diesel 6 speed, in excellent condition throughout alloy air con, Sat Nav Spanish car €2,995. Tel: 695 559 939. (252347) 2004 ENGLISH RIGHTHAND DRIVE FORD TRANSIT SWB 1 owner from new, in excellent condition throughout. Tax & MOT till July 2019, new tyres and recent full service. €1,795. Tel: 695 559 939. (252347) 2004 CITROEN C5 2.0 DIESEL automatic new ITV in very good condition throughout, lots of extras including alloys climate control €2,995. Tel: 695 559 939. 2007 DIESEL AUTOMATIC Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Ghia, with all extras including climate control. 1 owner from new. 120,000kms, with Ford service history. Metalic light blue. €4,750. Tel: 695 559 939 (252347)

INSURANCE WE ARE currently the market leader in our country in the sale of direct car, motorbike, home and company fleet insurance. Since we started out in 1995, our philosophy has always been to offer an excellent service with the best prices in the market. For the most competitive quotes in English, call Linea Directa on 902 123 309. (200726)

MECHANICS MOBILE MECHANIC will come to your home or work. Servicing, repairs, ITVs & diagnostics. Call Mick on 617 553 072 (252663)

MOTORBIKE FOR SALE HARLEY DAVIDSON FLHXL STREET GLIDE – 2008, UK Reg, ONLY 24,000 miles, Black, many extras fitted, immaculate condition. €11,950 680 480 162 (259067)

REPAIRS ENGLISH bodyshop, fully equipped, Mijas Costa. No Job too Small. 952 667 074 (257857)

WANTED

MUSIC

LIVE MUSIC with DAVID CHRISTIAN-CLARK from solo Spanish Guitar to Dance band, performing for exclusive private events from Gibraltar to Nerja. Call 00 350 540 367 29 or e-mail davechristianclark@gmail.com for details. Over 30 years’ professional experience. (258932)

COURSES INTERNATIONAL SKIPPER LICENCE: Courses held in English and starts soon. RYA VHF and Radar Courses. 636 444 929 (257523)

PEST CONTROL

CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN/ UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (253107) WANTED CARS AND VANS, FREE COLLECTION, SAME DAY 685 524 921. (253107) CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH/ WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837. WANTED all cars, vans and anything interesting also classic cars, bikes, etc, with or without paperwork considered, same day decision, cash waiting, 653 777 073. WANTED, wanted, wanted!! All cars, all years, all models…from exotic to classic. Spanish, English, Dutch plated. Call us on 951 977 329. WANTED Aston Martin DB5 DB6 or earlier model DBS, 1969 untill 1972 or body part – engines. Call Rene 0031 62222 4422 (247133)

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KARAOKE “Everything you need” for Bars, Hotels or Home. Songs in ALL languages. Software, hardware & latest song updates. Karaoke on your laptop or ipad. 664 540 154 (252605)

NAUTICAL

CARS, VANS, ANY REGISTRATION, INSTANT CASH, FINANCE/EMBARGO UK OR SPANISH 685 524 921

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COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee. Serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940

YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity. Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (246764)

CHARITIES ACE CHARITY “El Refugio” in La Cala de Mijas is a registered charity. We have on average 275 dogs in our care and we receive no help from the Town Hall or the Andalucian government. We desperately need foster homes and adoptants for our many dogs, especially the small ones and puppies who do not do well in a big shelter. We are grateful for any help offered, including donations of food and blankets. Visiting times are from 13.00 to 15.00 and you can always turn up or make an appointment by calling Denise on 669 018 736. Our website is www.ace-charity.org where you can view all the dogs in our care. (93320) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call 952 113 467, available from 10.00am until 14.00pm. (93319)

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CHARITIES SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public week-ends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 in fo@sepeonline.net www.sepe online.net (93321) AT SOS ANIMAL REFUGE we have dogs, young and old looking for homes. Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-an imals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317) A R C H - Andalusian Rescue Centre for Horses welcomes visitors and volunteers to our stables every day from 911am. Come along and help out, or sponsor or adopt one of our horses, donkeys or ponies. We always need help with fund raising to look after the abandoned and abused animals. Our aim is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome. We are a small friendly team - why not join us. Find us in Alhaurin el Grande, behind the Venta Miralmonte on the road from Alhaurin to Coin, (A404), Urb. Viña Borrego, follow the yellow signs. Charity registered with the Junta de Andalusia No 8448. www.horserescuespain.org or info@horserescuespain.org or archrescue@yahoo.co.uk Tel 656 935 613 or 659 408 664 Our Charity shop is located in Calle Melendez Pelayo, just off Calle Gerald Brenan, Alhaurin el Grande. Tel:Liz 600 651 007. We always need volunteers and stock for the shop. We can also arrange collection. (93322)

KENNELS

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PET TRANSPORTATION by road. Fully DEFRA/OCA/ TRACES compliant. Complete service by professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dog-world.com (241623)

PLUMBING

PROPERTY FOR SALE

EURODOG Boarding Kennels & Cattery. Under new ownership by animal loving family. Large kennels and exercise yards, fully licensed and sanitary approved. Safe, secure and caring environment. Inspections welcome anyt ime. 5 minutes from Fuengirola 679 786 669 / 952 464 947 / www.eurodog. es (242538)

WWW.INMOANDALUZ.CO M is always looking for realistically priced inland properties to sell to our interested buyers. Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (251085) WWW.INMOANDALUZ.CO M. Bargain inland properties for all budgets, fincas, village homes, apartments and villas. Legal building plots. 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (251085)

CAT AND DOG WORLD KENNELS AND CATTERY, superb licensed facilities, viewing welcome. Tel: 952 112 978 / 630 197 435. www.cat-and-dogworld.com (246764) PETCARE PET HOTEL. Alhaurin el Grande. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Heated/Air conditioned kennels available. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcarespain.com. Find us on Facebook at Petcare Spain. (248877) LAGUNA KENNELS AND CATTERY. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. la gunakennels@hotmail.com Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983. (257625)

PET TRANSPORT

VILLA. 3 Bedroom, 3 Bathroom, Sea and Mountain Views, Pool. 225,000 Euros Tel 683 629 948 (257537) PLUMBER for all your plumbing. Water heaters, bathrooms, tiling. Benalmadena based, travel no problem. Construction work. Glen 669 073 773 (257506) PLUMBING. Leak detection & blocked drains. Tel 952 568 414 / 661 910 772 / drain spain.com (256694)

PRINT BUSINESS cards, flyers, posters, magazines, design, canvas, exhibition equipment, signage, vehicle branding Eyeprint: 951 310 395 www.eyeprint.es (248903) CREATIVE MARBELLA Your friendly local printers. Luxury Printing, Copying, Binding, Branded Merchandise and Clothing, Menus, Bespoke Gifts, Wedding Accessories. Located in Poligono Industrial Nueva Campana 27 - 952 810 831 www.creativemarbella.es or follow us on Facebook (260570)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauffeur.eu (256652) www.euroweeklynews.com

MALAGA EXPAT CONSULTING - Paperwork Assistance, (NIE, Residencia, Driving Licence Renewal, Car Transfer, Doctor Registrations, Translation etc), Relocation Advice. English, German, Russian. Competitive rates. Call Irina Saltmarsh 687 733 743 www.malagaexpat.com (260044)

PRO VENT. Kitchens, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Windows, Glass Curtains creatively designed and expertly fitted. Visit our showroom in La Cala or call 639 727 188 for a free quotation. From inspiration to installation www.joebayley.com (256692)

ATTRACTIVE Ground Floor Apartment in the sought after urbanisation of PUEBLO DON ALBERTO. Close to Pool. Just minutes to the beach & all amenities. 2 Bed, 2 Bath, Air-Conditioning. Fully Furnished to a High standard. Maintained & established community. Well located for transport links to Malaga. Contact goodson.builders@icl oud.com or +44 7850 746 171 (256790) CAMPO MIJAS House – 5 Bed, 4 Bath, Separate studio. Land 1,343m2/House 365m2. Pool, Gym, Sea views. Excellent location, in cul-de-sac. Reduced to €690,000 – 600 063 918. (259060) APARTMENT. 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom, Sea and Mountain Views. 135,000 Euros Tel 669 300 477 (257537)

BENALMADENA 2 bed 2 bath unfurnished apartment underground parking communal pool store room €650pm 650 148 945 (258731)

STARLIGHT PROPERTY. All Areas. Residential & Holiday Lets. 689 819 592 www.starlight-spain.com (260560)

PROPERTY TO LET LONG TERM RENTALS. Super prices, no commission. Apartments, townhouses, villas, fincas, shops, offices, bars, restaurants. Coast & inland. Tlf 679 111 522 (257077)

REMOVALS & STORAGE

ESTEPONA House Share 100€ per week including bills. Double room to rent, fully furnished. Newly refurbished apartment in the centre. Tel: 662 078 729 (257546) BENALMADENA Costa 2 bed 2 bath modern fully furnished apartment underground parking communal pool €800pm 650 148 945 (258731) CARVAJAL 1 bed 1 bath fully furnished apartment underground parking communal pool €550pm 650 148 945 (258731) MARBELLA/BENAHAVIS - 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom Garden apartment in Los Arqueros Golf, 10 minute drive from Puerto Banus. Fully furnished or partially furnished or unfurnished. Hi-speed internet. Parking. Gated & secure community. AVAILABLE NOW. Long-term Rental. 850€ p.month plus bills. Direct from owner. Tel/WhatsApp 691 231 781 (257538)

NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY WANTED

15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 26th January. Space available each way. Tel. 639 928 090 (248175) EUROPE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (256702) USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (256702)

SELLING UP?? Why not give us a call and let us give you an honest and realistic valuation of your property. List with us and let us take the stress out of selling your home. No sale no fee!! English agent on the ball with clients waiting. Please call 685 524 921.

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TAROT READING African Spiritualist. Experience Voodoo. Black and White Magic. LOVE ISSUES? Bring Back Your Love? Business and Economy Problems? Family Matters? Sales? Sport? Protect From Evil? Feel Like You Cannot Go On? etc. Mr Ibrahim has a rapid solution within 3 to 7 days – Tel. 600 290 072

STORAGE SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (256702) LOCAL and INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (256702) www.moveit-storeit.com Tel david 696 810 618 (252306) PROFESSIONAL LOCAL REMOVALS AT AFFORDABLE RATES. 1/2 DAY FROM €90. FULL DAY FROM €175. WE ALSO PROVIDE A FORTNIGHTLY DOOR TO DOOR SERVICE TO UK AND EUROPE (INCL SCOTLAND). WORLDWIDE SHIPPING TO USA, AUSTRALIA, ETC AND FULL STORAGE FACILITIES. TEL (0034) 952 578 507 OR (0034) 637 892 278 / EMAIL garymoveit@ya hoo.co.uk (253088)

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CLASSIFIEDS MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout the year. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01922 682 667 & see www.elite-euro pean.com (93139) MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/ Portugal and across Europe. Over 16 years experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.movingmatters.eu (256727) LOCAL & International Removals Regular Schedules 952 816 582 move@freinternation al.com (253105) moveit-storeit.com Tel David 696 810 618 (259517) MOVE IT MASTERS UK-SPAINUK. Over 30 years experience. Guaranteed lowest prices. Pets from FREE. Tel or Whatsapp: 660 030 107 (258751) HIGH TOP VAN going from Spain to UK and return. Reliable Service. Call Graham 620 353 594 for details. E-Mail vg casacolor@gmail.com (260556) UK REMOVAL Company has one empty removal van Returning to UK mid to late January Any enquiries contact Andy +44 7930 174 673 (260569)

MAN AND VAN MAN & VAN, 100% reliable, small removals/clearances. Ikea collection & assembly. 20€ per hour. Tel: 622 793 989 (246758) BIG VAN (removals) always on time. 100% reliable. 25€ PH – 633 277 270 (260539) 2 MEN, Van €30 p hour. Also House Clearances. 651 081 610 (257683) moveit-storeit.com Tel David 696 810 618 (248401) MAN and van / house clearances & removals 20€ per hour. Ikea runs available. 609 321 958 (258624)

STORAGE REMOVAL BOXES Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken. 952 239 110 632 702 306 (244093) STORAGE Marbella Dry Secure 952 816 582 move@ freinternational.com (253105)

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SIGNS & DESIGNS

ACE OF SHADES - PERSIANA (security shutter) electric and manual, various colours available including wood effect, we also offer a repair service. Make your home more secure! Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / info@aceof shades.design (101730)

EYEPRINT – 951 310 395 (248903) SHOP signs, vehicle signs, banners, window signs, 603 464 582, www.signdsign1.com (249672)

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CARERS REQUIRED: We are looking to expand our team to cope with our incrementing client demand. If you are interested in working with us here at Jasmine Care Services in Alhaurin de la Torre, please contact Danielle on 672 268 979 or Tracy on 677 290 469 between the hours of 10am and 5pm. (259017)

REMOVALS & STORAGE

ROLLER shutter repairs, 7 days a week, conversion from manual to motorised, new installations. All areas covered. Coast and inland. 655 825 931 (251408)

SERVICES

CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens. Bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience. Very reliable. 677 087 575

DRAINAGE

STORAGE lowest price guaranteed. Packaging materials Self-Storage Marbella 952 811 311 (242608)

CLEARFLOW – Unblocking, CCTV inspection, repair and installation. Tel: 630 300 600 / 952 88 5661. Facebook: DesatorosCle arflow (260057)

moveit-storeit.com Tel David 696 810 618 (259517)

FURNITURE

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FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 499 944

New Job? At Jobfinder Spain we meet with you, identify your key strengths, build your profile, then guide you through the selection and interview process for that perfect job! Call 951 400 234 or visit www.jobfinderspain.com (259074) Quality staff? With over 5000 candidates & 400 new registrations monthly. We can help you hire & keep the best staff quickly and cost effectively. Find out how at www.jobfinderspain.com or call 951 400 234 (259074)

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A SUCCESSFUL, lively, fun telesales office in Fuengirola looking for experienced timeshare termination appointment setters. Full time. Average earnings 1000 euros per week. Paid weekly. Immediate permanent contract. Call Tracy 603 313 242 (260782) www.euroweeklynews.com

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LANGUAGE School is looking for teachers of different languages. Applicants please send C.V. to info@guadalmi naidiomas.net (257600) JOIN the coasts biggest Italian Leather Sofa company. Salespersons required for our 2000m2 store in Mijas Costa. Prospective candidates need to be approachable, friendly, assertive, enjoy meeting people and passionate about the product. Be native English speaker. If you feel you have the attributes we are looking for then email your CV +recent photo to italianleatherso fas@hotmail.com. The successful persons will receive a full contract with generous remuneration plus commission and good working conditions. Sales staff also required for Nueva Andalucía. Well what are you waiting for? (259091)

SOFT FURNISHINGS CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosan nacarmella@hotmail.com (248422)

SOLAR S OLAR HOT WATER from €2495 + iva fully installed. www.advasolsolutions.com – 951 965 309 / 664 871 133. (27613)

SWIMMING POOLS

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www.perfectpools.es Maintenance, Repairs & Renovation. Professional & Reliable Service. All Areas. info@per fectpools.es. 650 348 785 (251169)

TEACHING

TRANSLATOR OFFICIAL TRANSLATIONS. All languages. 952 789 204. Mobile 654 613 094. sanpe drotranslations@gmail.com (260973)

WESTARPOOLS. Pool construction, renovation, repairs and heating. 619 246 372 / www.westarpools.com (260516)

SPANISH TO ENGLISH translator. Townhalls, licences, traffico, court, residencia, medical. Tlf 636 691 809 Susan Cheers. El Faro, Mijas Costa. (257692)

POOL HEATERS, covers and rollers. EnviroCare. 952 663 141. www.enviro carespain.com (257522)

POOL MAINTENANCE, repairs, friendly, reliable service. Estepona, Malaga, inland regrouts, heaters. 678 791 495 / 951 295 699 www.sparklenrip ple.net (250331) T3

Justpools.es 8x4m pool 90€ inc. 10x5m pool 100€ inc. Re-grout 8x4 500€ inc Full liability insurance. 952 472 476 / 619 636 586 (258615)

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CLASSIFIEDS TUITION MARBELLA DESIGN ACADEMY – Validated programs. UK Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Interior architecture, Graphic design & Fashion design. www.de signschool.com (253836)

TV & SATELLITE REPAIRS – TV’s, Plasmas, LCD’s, Digi – Boxes, Video, HiFi and microwaves. Free estimates, can collect. 35 Years experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (257505)

UPHOLSTERY ADVANCED Cleaning Services. Professional carpet and upholstery cleaning, 28 years experience, wet/dry clean. Honest, reliable. 678 808 837 952 669 701 acservs@out look.com (253107) UPHOLSTERY including leather cleaned also carpets. 685 524 921 (253107) CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned. Reliable, fast service. Family run. Cleansol 952 930 861 / 607 610 578. 10am 10pm 7 days, all areas Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (206437)

WINDOWS UPVC WINDOWS German profile. Supply & fit. LOWEST prices on coast. Trade and public enquiries welcome. Call Adrian 642 632 656 (257888)

WINDOW TINTING MOBILE SERVICE. ITV Legal. Solar Reflective tint for glass curtains, balconies, yachts. Stop fading, heat & glare. 958 496 571 – 644 546 176 ian@solarshadetinting. com (248458)

XXX RELAXATION READERS OF A SENSITIVE DISPOSITION MAY FIND SOME OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS SECTION OFFENSIVE.

FEMALE MARBELLA CENTRE - the ideal place for your enjoyment in the city centre, eight young ladies for unforgettable moments. Open 24h and prices from €50. For reservations and information call 620 366 817. (253109) T1

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electric vehicles weighing over 2,000 kilos, but quickly scrapped. Norway is the biggest o i l p r o d u c e r i n We s t e r n Europe but also produces 98 per cent of its electrici t y f r o m h y d r o p o w e r, making electric cars clean and reliable. The only hurdle in the way of achieving the 2025 goal is manufacturing might. It takes longer to produce electric cars and, while demand might be rising, sceptics wonder whether car makers can keep up. There are now long waiting lists for electric cars and delivery schedules are notoriously lengthy. But the Norwegian experiment will be watched keenly by other European nations.

BRITAIN’S biggest used car website Auto Trader has revealed its most searched for used cars of 2017. The BMW 3 Series was the most searched for car for the seventh year running as the British public’s love affair with the German classic. It beat stiff competition from the Volkswagen Golf, which is also one of the UK’s most popular new cars. The midsize Mercedes Benz C-Class scooped third spot, making an all-German top three. The Ford Focus came in fourth, proving more popular second-hand than the Fiesta, which leads Britain’s new car sales. Fifth spot was another BMW, this time the 1 Series. The rest of the top 10 was made up by the BMW 5 Series, Ford Fiesta, Audi A3, Mercedes Benz E-Class, and the evergreen Vauxhall Astra.

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X-TRAIL: One of the roomiest and most practical in its sector.

Nissan X-Trail Tekna NISSAN’S large SUV the X-Trail has been a big-selling model for some years and received a significant make-over in 2017, getting more curvy styling, upgraded interior and a punchy new diesel engine. One of the roomiest and most practical in its sector, X-Trail is available with petrol and diesel engines, and the option of fourwheel drive and seven seats, with prices starting at €26,305 (£23,385). The new engine is a 175 hp 2.0 litre diesel and it offers crisp acceleration - the 0100 kph time is 9.4 seconds and top speed 204 kph (127 mph). Fuel economy is pretty good at 17.2 kpl (48.7 mpg). In flagship Tekna spec and in 4WD form, this version costs €37,976 (£33,760) and comes laden with kit including auto headlamps and wipers, privacy glass, climate control, lane departure warning, touchscreen system with DAB radio, sat-nav, connectivity features, surround-view cam-

Stats panel • Model: Nissan X-Trail Tekna Engine. 2.0 litre diesel • Transmission: 6-speed manual/4WD • Performance: 0-100 kph time 9.4 seconds, top speed 204 kph (127 mph) • Economy: 17.2 kpl (48.7 mpg) • Emissions: 153 g/km eras, parking-assist and powered leather seats. The previous X-Trail looked rather boxy, but the latest version has a more classy and curvy appearance, with wider

front grille, revised bumpers and a refreshed and more upmarket interior which allows it to better compete with recent rivals such as Skoda Kodiaq, Kia Sorento and Renault Koleos. The X-Trail, now longer, wider and taller, offers class-leading interior space, with a 550 litre boot, expandable to a whopping 1,982 with flat-fold rear seats. Tiered seating still leaves good head and legroom and wider doors permit good access. Its capacious cabin and overall versatility - with 18 different load/ passenger configurations - give it a distinct edge in a very competitive sector. On the road, X-Trail is very car-like with light steering and a slick six-speed manual gearbox. While perhaps not quite as engaging as some rivals when it comes to allround handling, it still delivers composed cornering and comfortable ride quality and feels agile in city traffic.

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German efficiency WHILE British production took a hit with lower domestic demand in 2017, German manufacturers are reaping a bumper harvest. Volkswagen revealed that it has shaken off the emissions scandal, producing a record-busting six million vehicles last year alone. They

were built in 50 factories worldwide. Last year brought Volkswagen’s total production since the first post-war civilian Beetle debuted in 1946 to 150 million vehicles. The figures don’t include production from other brands under the VK umbrella, in-

cluding Audi, Seat and Skoda. Meanwhile in Munich, BMW celebrated the production of its 100,000th electric car in 2017 by lighting up its 100-metre-tall headquarters. Electric cars now account for 7 per cent of all BMW sales in Western Europe and the United States.

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Ex-Malaga star, Barca prodigy Sandro set for Spain return? SPORTSCENESPAIN with Andrew Atkinson

STRUGGLES: Sandro (centre) has failed to make an impact at Everton.

Tyson Fury steps up fitness fight in Marbella FORMER World Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury has stepped up his fitness journey while training in Marbella. Fury, who has not fought since he defeated Wladimir Klitschko in November 2015, has been training with WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders MTK Global’s facilities on the Costa del Sol. The 29-year-old, who expects to be fighting in April/ May, has claimed that his weight is ‘flying off ’ after completing the first week of his training camp. The ‘Gypsy King’ wrote on Twitter: ‘Fantastic first week in camp, the weight is flying off. ‘I’m more focused (and) determined than ever…. Feel like I never left.’ Fury is expected to return to the ring later this year after UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) cleared his return to the ring. He has been linked with a fight against British WBA,

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EVERTON striker Las Palmas born Sandro Ramirez could be set to depart Goodison Park, just seven months after arriving from Malaga last summer in a £5.2m move. Toffees boss Sam Allardyce continues to trawl the January transfer window to bring in more firepower after signing striker Cenk Tosun, 26, from Besiktas for £27m. “Securing the player is most important as the club’s biggest area of concern is the number of goals we’re capable of getting,” said Big Sam. Sandro, 22, whose future is unclear on Merseyside, eyed Champions League football this season, citing sacked manager Ronald Koeman as one of the reasons he joined Everton. On Sandro, Allardyce, who replaced Koeman in November, said: “There’s never a guarantee when a top player comes from abroad that he will settle in his first year. “And certainly not settle when the team isn’t doing very well. Every new player

that came from abroad would find it difficult to perform to his best level when the team struggles.” Everton were in dire straights under Koeman - sacked after the 5-2 home defeat against Arsenal in October - that left them in the Premier League relegation zone. Sandro has been linked with a loan move to Valencia in the January window, with a view to a permanent move. Sandro started his career at Barcelona where he was a member of the youth academy, aged 14, and went on to make 17 first team appearances in La Liga, during 2014-16. Released by Barca, Sandro joined Malaga on a three year deal in July 2016. A year later he moved to Everton on a four year deal after triggering a £5.2m release clause. With just 15 appearances in all competitions Sandro has netted a sole goal, having featured in Europa League football, the Premier League and the EFL Cup. Spurs host Everton in the Premier League on Saturday, with Newcastle hosting Swansea and Chelsea hosting Leicester. Sunday January 14: Bournemouth v Arsenal; Liverpool v Manchester City. January 15: Manchester United v Stoke.

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IT is safe to say that things haven’t quite gone to plan for Malaga CF so far this season. After Monday’s 1-0 loss to Espanyol, Los Boquerones sit in a perilous position. Following defeat to fellow relegation rivals Alaves in their final match of 2017, coupled with Monday’s loss, the Malaguistas sit second from bottom on 11 points; five points and four goals adrift of safety. Things are currently looking pretty bleak, but are there signs of hope for the rest of the season? We look at the stats that show there may be hope of a revival after the New Year and it is too soon to write off Malaga just yet.

Post Christmas cheer AT Christmas last season, Malaga were sitting pretty. On December 18, 2016, Malaga were in 11th position on 19 points, having only lost just five of their first 16 matches in the La Liga season. Fast forward to this season and there is a stark contrast. Sat deep in relegation trouble, it is difficult to see a way out for them, but Los Boquerones have a knack for pickMALAGA ing up points after Christmas. Last year, 56 per cent of the team’s total 45 points came after the Christmas break as they went on a five match unbeaten run in April and May, where they picked up 13 points from a possible 15. In fact, in three of the last four previous seasons, Malaga have picked up more points after

POINTS: Improved after Christmas. Christmas than before the annual break. In the 2015/16 season they picked up 28 points (58.3 per cent), while in the 2013/14 season they managed 25 points (55.5 per cent). Their after Christmas form is undoubtedly a feat they will have to continue if they are to avoid the drop at the climax of the season.

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QUINTA DO LAGO: World-class golf. oaks and orange trees. At 6,480 metres in length, the challenging course demands the highest level of concentration and accuracy. Its distinctive rolling terrain has been expertly designed and manicured to provide a world-class golfing experience. Featuring five par 5s, eight par 4s and five par 3s, the course is sown with Bermuda grass on the fairways and Penn A4 on the greens, ensuring excellent putting surfaces throughout the year. Two players inc shared buggy can play until 31/01/18 for only €198.00. To book email: enquiries@costalessgolf. com / Tel: 0034 952 661 849 or visit our booking office in Avenida Acapulco, Los Boliches, Fuengirola.

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RELEGATION BATTLE: Can Malaga beat the drop?

Results against teams around them DESPITE somewhat unfavourable results against their relegation rivals this season, Malaga’s form against those in and around them reads positively for the rest of the season. Malaga have lost just once in seven matches in their previous four seasons against Deportivo La Coruña, winning four, including this season’s dramatic 3-2 win at La Rosaleda in November. They also similarly had a good run of results against both Las Palmas (W2 D1 2L) and Levante (W2 D2 L1) across the last four seasons. While results against the other teams vary, it is safe to say they will need to get the wins against the teams around them

to have any chance of survival. TRANSFER WINDOW The January transfer window will be key to Malaga’s season and if they are to have any chance of survival then they seriously need to strengthen a number of key positions. Los Boquerones have leaked goals in La Liga so far this season, 31 to be precise, while only managing two clean sheets and desperately need new recruits to stop leaking goals. Former Arsenal defender Ignasi Miquel and midfielder Manuel Iturra have already signed on in the hope of shoring up the defence, but they may not be enough. Similarly, they have the joint second worst scoring stats in La

Liga, with just 13 goals all season. Midfielders Chory Castro and Diego Rolan lead the way with three apiece, while Borja Baston, a loan signing from Swansea in the summer, has managed just two goals in all competitions. But with Alberto Bueno signing on loan from FC Porto for the remainder of the season, and rumours of former striker Sandro returning after struggling to make an impact in the Premier League with Everton, Malaga are already taking a step in the right direction. Malaga will be looking to get their season back on track tomorrow (Friday), when they travel to Getafe.

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PHILIPPE COUTINHO has officially signed for Barcelona for a fee that could reportedly total €160 million. The Brazilian was officially presented at a ceremony held at the Camp Nou on Monday after passing a medical.

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Rock ‘n’ Roll for Jose MANCHESTER UNITED’S Premier League’s fixture against struggling Stoke City at Old Trafford will be just another ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ day for Red’s gaffer Jose Mourinho. “The king of the rock and roll said I was underperforming,” said Mourinho. Ex-Real Madrid boss Mourinho, who enters the final 12 months of his existing annual £12m deal this summer, has pointed the finger at Oasis star Noel Gallagher, fan of arch rivals Manchester City. Gallagher aired his views after City’s 2-1 win against United in December: “It’s payback time. Respect to the United fans who clapped Pep Guardiola. “They know they’ve seen something special. The hypocrisy of the man (Mourinho) is staggering,” said Gallagher, referring to Mourinho’s post-match comments, which took issue with the nature of City’s win. United, who host Stoke on Monday, have invoked op-

WILL HE STAY?: Mourinho has said he wants to extend his stay at Manchester United.

UKSPORTSCENE with Andrew Atkinson tions to extend the contracts of Juan Mata, Ander Herrera, Ashley Young and Daley Blind until the end of next season. Bestikas are linked with Marouane Fellaini, 30, out of contract at the end of the season. Fellaini, who joined United in 2013 in a £27.5m move from Everton, has re-

jected a new contract. United executive vicechairman Ed Woodward and Mourinho’s advisers are set for talks over extending his stay: “My commitment is total and I want to stay,” said Mourinho. Premier League fixtures: Saturday: Spurs v Everton; Newcastle v Swansea; Chelsea v Leicester; Crystal Palace v Burnley; Huddersfield v WHU; WBA v Brighton; Watford v Southampton. Sunday: Bournemouth v Arsenal; Liverpool v Manchester City. Monday: Manchester United v Stoke.

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‘Rocket Ronnie’ still potting balls, not plants RONNIE O’SULLIVAN who won a record seventh Masters title in 2017 when defeating Joe Perry 10-7 in the final at London’s Alexandra Palace, says: “It’s just a job. “I still like playing, but for me it’s just a job,” said O’Sullivan, in his 26th year on the green baize, who plays Marco Fu on January 16. O’Sullivan, who has earned his nickname as ‘The Rocket’ with 31 ranking tournament wins, won the UK Snooker Championship in December, potting another £450,000 first prize. “It’s not always about the money,” said Sullivan, edging towards a milestone £10m career winnings, following his bow on the green baize in 1992. World Champion in 2001, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2013, Sullivan pocketed the £200,000

Spain Europe Global World of SPORT with Andrew Atkinson ANDY MURRAY’S hopes that 2018 would be a better year than his injury plagued 2017 is in tatters with the former world number one’s hip injury woes continuing. “I want to be fit and healthy. It isn’t about winning every match or winning more slams,” said Murray, who missed almost five months with hip issues in 2017. Murray, who underwent an intensive programme of rehabilitation in preparation for 2018, withdrew from the Brisbane International and the Australian Open this month, due to his long-term hip injury. “I had every intention of making a strong start to the year,” rued Murray, who rose to world number one in 2016, now ranked 16th. Murray, who spent off-season in Miami, returning to the UK in December, could be suffering a torn labrum. A

first prize, when successfully defending his 2016 Masters title, superseding Stephen Hendry’s six Masters wins. “It is great to get some records. To win seven, someone up there is looking after me,” said O’Sullivan, who once told me he’d rather be potting plants, than balls. All Masters matches, up to and including the Semi Finals, will be best of 11 frames. The Final is best of 19 frames. Draw: January 14: Mark Allen v Luca Brecel; Mark Selby v Mark Williams. January 15: Ding Junhui v Ryan Day; Judd Trump v Liang Wenbo. January 16: Ronnie O’Sullivan v Marco Fu; Barry Hawkins v Kyren Wilson. January 17: Shaun Murphy v Ali Carter; John Higgins v Anthony McGill.

hip labral tear involves the ring of cartilage labrum. The Australian Open starts in Melbourne on January 15 and Murray said: “I won’t be playing in Melbourne. I am not yet ready to compete.” If Murray is suffering a torn labrum surgery would be fraught with uncertainty. A hip labral tear may predispose osteoarthritis in the future. Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray who has not played a competitive match since Wimbledon - considering surgery, said: “I just want to enjoy playing again.” Joining Murray in withdrawing is Japan’s Kei Nishikori, suffering a wrist injury; and Serena Williams, who gave birth in September, said: “I’m not where I personally want to be.” Injury doubts surround Spain’s Rafael Nadal, having withdrawn from the Brisbane International, leading to fitness concerns ahead of the Australian Open, due to a knee issue. Doubts hang over Wimbledon champion, Spain’s Gabrine Muguruza, who has severe cramp issues, and Britain’s number one Johanna Konta, suffering a hip injury. See more on page 102