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ISSUE NO. 1786
26 Sept - 2 Oct 2019
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JUSTICE FOR GABRIEL A JURY has found Ana Julia Quesada guilty of murdering eight-year old Gabriel Cruz. At the end of a nine-day trial, and after more than 24 hours of deliberations, last Thursday September 19, the nine-member jury unanimously considered it proven the ex-girlfriend of Gabriel’s father’s had killed the little lad in an intentional and sudden way in Cabo de Gata last year. “We find the accused guilty of the criminal act of voluntarily taking the life, unexpectedly and without the possibility of the minor defending himself or reacting,” it says in the verdict, which was read out in front of Quesada in the Almeria Provincial Court. The jury determined the 45year-old Dominican had suddenly thrown the youngster against the floor or wall of the rural property she and the boy’s father were renovating in Rodalquilar. But they did not find she had increased Gabriel’s suffering on purpose. The private prosecution had
VERDICT: The jury unanimously considered it proven Quesada had intended to kill the eight-year-old. argued, based on a private medical report, that she had left the child dazed on the floor for about an hour before smothering him. The jury did consider Quesada had abused Gabriel’s trust given her close relationship to the family. They also found her guilty of two counts of inflicting psychological harm on Gabriel’s parents. The judge will now decide
whether to sentence Quesada to a maximum permanent reviewable prison sentence; this would
make her the first woman in Spain to serve life with a possibility of parole after a minimum fixed term. Gabriel, known to his friends and family as Little Fish, went missing from close to his Grandmother’s house near Nijar on February 27, 2018. His disappearance sparked an extensive search involving thousands of people, among them Quezada. Two weeks later police charged her with killing Gabriel after they caught her with his lifeless body in the boot of her car. She maintained she had not intended to kill the child. * EWN welcomes the decision after following the tragic case from the outset.
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Pig farm alarm AN application to open an intensive pig farm next to her Tabernas home has horrified British expat Gina Roebuck. Animal lover Gina has lived happily in her country house for the last 13 years. Now the 75-year-old is terrified her peaceful life will be ruined, should the application be approved. “It would kill me,” Yorkshire-born Gina told the Euro Weekly News. As someone who has devoted much of her free time to volunteering for animal rescue associations in Spain and the UK, and who hasn’t eaten meat for years, she cannot bear the idea of pigs being reared intensively right on her doorstep. She has she admitted “done nothing but cry,” since she found out about the pig farm plans. What’s more, she has concerns about the possible impact a farm of this kind could have on the local environment in terms of pollution and believes it could exacerbate an existing water supply problem in the area. She told EWN that as it is the wells on her own land ran dry two years ago and the public fountain about 400 metres from her home is also running out. Intensive pig rearing is an increasingly debated issue in Almeria as this kind of operation becomes more common in areas including Huercal-Overa, Pulpi, Albox, Nijar and Los Velez, as well as Tabernas. The Almeria United Left party has slammed the Tabernas farm plans. Like Gina, the IULV-CA party has registered complaints against the project at the
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NEWS EXTRA Child find POLICE discovered an eight-year-old Moroccan child squashed into a suitcase in his aunt and uncle’s car while carrying out checks on passengers and vehicles waiting to board an Almeria-bound ferry at Melilla port.
Trial date THE trial by jury of a 39year-old Lithuanian accused of habitually abusing and then killing his girlfriend in Albox in March 2018 will get underway on November 4 at the Almeria provincial court.
Drone class DISTRESS: Animal lover Gina said having an intensive pig farm next door “would kill me.” town hall. The provincial coordinator Maria Jesus Amate commented on social media that intensive farms of this kind “cause serious harm to human and animal health and the environment.” She continued, “as well as being a model which does not generate employment and a settled population, the pig slurry contaminates the air, the ground, the fauna and the flora.” The centre-left PSOE party Tabernas mayor Jose Diaz also has concerns about the pig farm proposal and maintains the council is ‘in tune with’ local residents and associations. Speaking to EWN, Diaz first clarified it would not be a large-scale opera-
tion as it has been described in some Spanish media reports, but rather the Junta de Andalucia environmental impact procedure corresponding to the project is for those of ‘least magnitude.’ In any case, Diaz told the EWN, he does not believe “it is a suitable location or activity.” He points out the area is not connected to the municipal water network, so it would mean finding water from another source, also referring to the problem of over-exploitation of local aquifers. At the same time the mayor made the point that “as the council we can’t deny anybody the right to propose a project on their property.”
He stressed the procedure for assessing the pig farm plans is still at the early stages: the time period for environmental classification and for the public to present complaints has just recently concluded and the project now requires a number of sector provincial and Andalucia government reports. Should it get to the final stage, a plenary meeting, Diaz made it clear to EWN he would vote it is not of interest to have the farm on the proposed site. “If it gets to the end and passes all the procedures I’m sure the plenary meeting probably won’t accept it because socially it is a project which, especially due to the location, is shall we say disapproved of.”
GUADALINFO public IT centres in Cantoria and Sierro are among the 16 in Andalucia which will be organising workshops for adults and youngsters on the process of designing, putting together and safely flying drones.
Port count A TOTAL of 582,000 passengers went through Almeria port during the Crossing the Straits operation between June 15 and mid-September, 4.23 per cent more than last year. Vehicle numbers were up 6.89 per cent to 131,425.
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ALMERIA port Guardia Civil found two stowaways hiding on lorries coming off ferries arriving from N orth Africa. This year port officers have assisted 107 people discovered hidden in luggage or vehicles, or who jumped into the sea while ferries were docking to try and reach land.
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A MOTORCYCLIST knocked over an elderly woman on a pedestrian crossing on Avenida Federico Garcia Lorca in Almeria City centre. Spanish press reported the young man immediately went to the assistance of the woman, who was bleeding and immobile, while waiting for the emergency services.
Card crime THE Guardia Civil is investigating two women in Vicar in relation to running up nearly €3,000 on a 65-year-old relative’s credit card. The card was used to make payments in at least eight different locations in Almeria, Roquetas and Murcia, including electronics shops and for massages.
Ticket tech PASSENGERS on 10 Almeria City bu s r o u t e s c a n n o w b u y their tickets using their mobile phones or with contactless credit or debit cards. The city council said the new payment system would be operational on other bus routes by the end of October.
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THE Almeria Acoge Association called for an investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of a Senegalese man trapped in his car in a flooded tunnel in Almeria City to establish whether there were warning signs or markers or police officers at the entrance.
MUSICIANS from the Almeria City Orchestra treated passengers on the M-102 Almeria-Huercal de Almeria-Viator-Pechina bus route to mini concerts as part of the programme to mark European Mobility Week. The campaign aims to promote clean and sustainable urban transport and discourage unnecessary use of cars.
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EERILY STILL: This scene depicts an area in Burgos where 26 bodies were exhumed in 2014.
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A BEAUTIFUL yet solemn photographic display was recently exhibited at Madrid’s Goethe Institute. THE Photographs, A Collection Entitled ‘Memoria Perdida’ by accomplished artist and photographer Miquel Gonzalez were displayed as part of the 2019 Photoespana Festival. His photographs depict eerily still and subdued landscapes, normally a scene of beauty, these images show the sites of mass, unmarked graves filled during the tragic Spanish Civil War in 1939. Spain has one of the highest num-
bers of mass graves in the world after more than 130,000 people ‘disappeared’ during the War and during Francisco Franco’s subsequent dictatorship. Their remains are distributed across more than 2,500 unexcavated, unmarked mass grave sites, mainly surrounding the Madrid Province. It was only in the 1970s that Spain managed to discover its freedom after the tyrannical reign of Franco, which was around the time that photograph-
er Gonzalez was discovering his love for learning about the rich history that came at such a turbulent time. The Spanish Civil War has not long since ended, and the last of its remaining witnesses have all but passed, with experts warning that the country is in danger of falling into a perpetual silence regarding the tragic events. However the government is pledging a total of €150,000 to fund efforts to remember the country’s brutal history for generations to come.
Girl stabbing suspect
Storm damage cash
A TEENAGE girl is under arrest in connection with a stabbing in a Roquetas de Mar night spot. Guardia Civil arrested the 18-year-old on suspicion of stabbing the victim several times in the stomach with a knife she suddenly pulled out from one of her shoes during an argument at the entrance to the venue near the Roquetas bullring earlier this month. The seriousness of the victim’s injuries put her in hospital. By the time a Guardia Civil patrol got to the venue on the night of the attack the aggressor had made off. However, the victim’s statements, witness interviews and evidence gathered at the scene provided the Guardia with the necessary information to place the detainee, identified as CA from Roquetas, at the scene. The victim and witnesses also identified her from a photograph, the Guardia reported.
THE Junta de Andalucia has allocated €3.1 million to Almeria local councils for storm damage. In all, 46 localities which requested assistance in the aftermath of the recent torrential rains and flooding will benefit from the financial aid. The Junta funds have been distributed according to the municipalities’ population, land size and the level of damage to infrastructure and facilities. Almeria capital is set to receive just short of €260,000, the largest Junta cash allocation for any of the Andalucia localities affected by the storms. Pulpi and Nijar get nearly €170,000. Tourism, Regeneration, Justice and Local Administration department Almeria provincial delegate, Jose Luis Delgado, underlined what he said was the Junta’s “speed and diligence.” The delegate maintained the Junta “has understood the need and urgency of those affected to have a response and help for the damage suffered due to the cold snap.”
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THE Guardia Civil detained a British woman for knocking down two cyclists while driving on a road in Cuevas del Almanzora in Almeria, Spanish press reported. The shocked occupants of the vehicle travelling behind the car on the A352 last Thursday evening recorded a video of her going into one of the cyclists. The images show the impact of the car brought t h e 3 3 - y e a r- o l d c y c l i s t crashing down onto the side of the road. It was the people travelling behind the driver who alerted the Local Police to the incident, who in turn reported it to the emergency services According to Spanish media the driver failed to stop after hitting the 33year-old, but by the time the Guardia Civil caught up with her a few hours later she had gone into a second cyclist, this time a 67-year-old woman. Spanish press also reported the woman had tested positive for alcohol and faces a number of charges for driving offences. Both cyclists required medical attention at Huercal-Overa hospital.
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THOMAS COOK collapse action plan THE provincial government has announced a plan to minimise the impact of the Thomas Cook collapse on Almeria’s tourism sector. The Diputacion de Almeria said on Monday it will take steps to “reinforce” the arrival of British tourists now the British tour operator has gone bust. The plan will be aimed at gaining passenger “loyalty” and at “increasing the flow of British visitors,” the Diputacion commented. The provincial administration also s a id it w ill c ontinue to promote Almeria as a holiday destination in the UK, with participation in the World Travel market international tourism fair. Diputacion spokesman Fernando Gimenez maintained the “internationalisation” of Almeria as a holiday destination and the agreements reached over the years with tour ope ra tors a nd a irline s ha ve “ minimalised the effects of the collapse of the multinational.” He pointed out that just 8 per cent of the approximately one million passengers using Almeria airport last year travelled with Thomas Cook, compared with 25 per cent who came with other British companies. Gimenez also underlined the
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MINIMAL IMPACT: The Almeria tourism sector “does not depend on only one market or on just one company,” stressed Diputacion spokesman Fernando Gimenez. overall growth in international tourist numbers experienced in Almeria in recent years and the opening up of new markets, stressing the provincial tourism sector “does not depend on only one mar-
ket or on just one company.” Thom as Cook had a t ot al of 12 flight connections between Almeria and Birmingham, Gatwick and Manchester airports scheduled for between September 25 and 29.
With friends like this… A VERA woman is under arrest for stealing €10,000 from a friend’s house. Initial Guardia Civil investigations following the report of the theft revealed there were no signs any doors or windows had been forced open at the property and everything appeared to be in its place. However, the robbery victim told officers, a friend had been staying with her at the time the cash she kept stashed in her home had disappeared. Her pal, identified as VPM, had after a few days gone to stay in a rented property in a nearby town, reportedly claiming she was not feeling well.
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ADMISSION : The mate said she took the money to pay off her debts to beauty clinics. When the Guardia Civil caught up with her they found a large amount of money in the bag she was carrying. She admitted she’d stolen the money from her mate. She said she needed it to pay off debts she’d run up with local beauty clinics.
Pensioner plummets 7 floors A PENSIONER plummeted seven floors while watering plants at a top storey apartment in Almeria City, Spanish press reported. Police and emergency ser vices rushed to the scene on Calle Manuel Azaña after a member of the public called in what appeared to have been a tragic accident. Press reports said the medical team could only certify the ‘instant’ death of the 76-year-old.
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THE Government Sub-delegate in Almeria visited the Almanzora Valley to see the aftermath of the severe weather first-hand. Accompanied by local mayors, Manuel de la Fuente last week took a look at some of the areas worst hit by the torrential rains and flooding. The sub-delegate began in Cantoria, where at one point nearly 110 litres of rain per square metre fell in just two hours. In the La Hojilla watercourse connecting Cantoria with La Hoya the water level reached nearly two metres, breaking up the road and the bridge’s concrete chains. Access to the El Faz area inhabited by 200 people was cut off. The torrent of water also damaged the bridge going over the Almanzora river between Cantoria town and Almanzora. Here the water got up to more than four metres and up to two metres on the road. The local council said it was still assessing the full extent of the weather damage. The most important damage in Arboleas was the breakages to pipes supplying water to the El Rincon, La Cinta
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EXTENSIVE: The severe weather damaged roads, bridges, public buildings, water supply networks and businesses.
and Tahullas areas, where some 600 people live, as well as numerous landslides onto municipal roads. Armuña also experienced flooding on country roads, plus damage to some watercourses and to municipal water supply networks. In Purchena the office and facilities of an electrical installation company were completely inundated by mud causing losses running into the millions after the water coming from the La Cuna watercourse rose to more than two metres.
The municipality registered rainfall of nearly 160 litres of per square metre in around 24 hours, leading to flooding in the post office and a number of businesses. In Seron the ‘cold snap’ dumped in the region of 180 litres of rainwater per square metre in around four hours. The sports pavillion and the municipal gymnasium were among the buildings flooded. Some 60 kilometres of Seron’s rural roads and much of the public water supply infrastructure suffered some
kind of damage: sections of pipe were broken or blocked or in some places completely swept away. In addition, the municipality’s 14-kilometre long Green Way was all but destroyed. The local council has estimated the total damage adds up to close to €3 million. The sub-delegate reminded mayors that assistance established under a royal decree for households suffering personal damage or damage to their habitual property or basic needs possessions was being actioned.
A Subdelegacion del Gobierno statement said the assistance also applies to local authorities to meet the costs of emergency repairs, communities of owners for damage to communal facilities and business owners. Claims can be made up until October 14 at the Subdelegacion del Gobierno, and will then be dealt with by the Interior Ministry’s Direccion General de Protección Civil y Emergencias (DGPCE). For more information see www.inte rior.gob.es and www.proteccioncivil.es.
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BRILLIANT: The judges praised the artist for capturing the essence of childhood.
Shower of stars shines IT was a work titled ‘Shower of Stars’ which shone brightest at Vera’s first graffiti competition. Alex Arias Avila really impressed the judges for capturing the essence of childhood as the competition required, as well as for his technique and attention to detail. The Vera artist and art teacher, who has for some years been running workshops and courses for all ages, was rewarded for his creativity with a €200 prize. The competition
runner-up received €100. The council had organised the initiative to coincide with the Vera San Cleofas festival. Childhood and Youth councillor Ana Lourdes Ramirez explained participants were invited to create a work of urban wall art in the Youth Department area of the El Palmeral fairground which housed a play centre for children during the midday celebrations. The councillor thanked all the participants for their “great work.”
All set for cycle CUEVAS DEL ALMANZORA is all set for this Sunday’s big cycle race. The local council’s Sports department and the company organising what will be the municipality’s third Urban Cycle Race have been working hard to ensure everything runs smoothly on event day, Sunday September 29. As part of the preparations, Sports councillor Miriam Quintana, Public Safety councillor Isabel Maria Haro and event organ-
iser Sergio Dominguez met last week with Local Police chief Javier Castro and Civil Protection representative Juan Maria Mulero to discuss the coordination and security. The Cuevas cycle race has become one of the most important annual sports events staged in the area. Participants will set off from the starting line in Avenida Barcelona, going right through the centre of the locality, the race finishing at the Recreo Park.
Preparing for autumn rain ADRA Council is getting prepared for possible autumn rains. The local authority has been cleaning out the Municipal Sports Pavillion’s rainwater drainage system with the aim of preventing, as far as possible, water from seeping into the facilities. The council said it wanted to ensure the pavillion is open every day so that local children and teenagers can practise sport as part of their daily lives.
Marihuana rooted out GUARDIA CIVIL found more than 200 marihuana plants in a property in Roquetas de Mar. The discovery followed a call from a member of the public reporting a possible illegal marihuana production set up in the location. When officers arrived at the property they found the door had been forced open. A search of the premises revealed there were numerous marihuana plants growing in various different
rooms, adding up to 220 in total. They also came across the inevitable bits of equipment designed to boost the plants’ production, including air-conditioning units and high output lighting. Just as inevitable was locating an unauthorised connection to the power supply. The Guardia said their investigations remained open and they did not rule out making arrests in connection with the case.
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KEEPING the PAWSPATAS animal shelter ‘wheels turning’ takes a considerable amount of cash, perhaps more than some people realise. This was the message from the animal charity’s Chrissie Cremore. The shelter exists thanks to volunteers and continuous donations, whether from the four PAWS-PATAS outlets in Mojacar, Turre and Las Buganvillas, fundraising events or financial offers. But when all the costs for looking after, and hopefully rehoming, all the cats and dogs the charity looks after are added up, it’s clear that finding the money to keep everything ticking over is a continuous challenge. “In order to operate, the shelter requires an average of €9,500 per month, which covers basic running costs and vet bills,” Chrissie told the Euro Weekly News. Regular monthly expenses include €200 on water, nearly
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Keeping wheels turning COSTS: An average of €9,500 a month is needed to keep the PAWS-PATAS shelter operating, which is taking in new animals all the time (inset). €400 on electricity and more than €40 on telephone and internet. And then there is all the expenditure on the animals themselves. On average PAWS-PATAS spends more than €250 on each dog in its care what with initial vet’s consultations, vaccinations, microchipping, pet passports and neutering. Cats have to go through the same procedures, the costs typi-
cally totalling just under €220. The charity does receive a fair bit of donated food, but has to buy a lot itself and cat litter. At the same time, PAWS-PATAS is taking in new animals all the time. “We have found as many as eight kittens and six puppies abandoned at our gates overnight, and all requiring urgent attention and medication
over a period of time”, Chrissie told EWN. The shelter is, Chrissie said, “constantly chock-a-block,” and the charity is hugely grateful to all those who ‘foster’ the animals
it does not have space for. What’s more, PAWS-PATAS has to find the cash to maintain its van and pay for the upkeep on the shelter, plus it is currently trying to rebuild some of the old
kennels, raise funds towards building a new quarantine block and hopes to buy a new van next year, Chrissie explained. “Obviously without the help of volunteers who work in the outlets and the shelter PAWS-PATAS would not exist,” she stressed. “Not only do they give their precious time they receive no payment for petrol money when taking volunteers from the shelter shopping or generally running around with various daily errands that are required. Organising fundraising events, collecting raffle prizes and keeping profile awareness via general and social media also takes time and effort. “And we are constantly aware of maintaining transparency in all our activities: every euro we spend is accounted for and logged,” Chrissie made it clear. PAWS-PATAS always needs more volunteers to help in many different ways. For further information or to donate visit www.paws-patas.org or email info@paws-patas.org.
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CREDTIT: Dames in Huercal-Overa
PENSIONERS in HuercalOvera are making sure they stay fit in their golden years.
Dancing Dames ELEANOR and Richard Tolman from Eleanor and Gilly’s Line Dance Class kept the Dames in Huercal-Overa entertained at the association’s recent monthly meeting. Eleanor and Richard gave the ladies an overview of the origins of line dancing and explained some of the dance steps, followed by a display of the moves. Several of the Dames joined in and gave it a go themselves.
THIS month is time to retune to pick up Spanish TV. The digital terrestrial television, or TDT, frequencies are changing in Almeria, meaning TVs need to be re-tuned to pick up the Spanish channels. The change has now been implemented in 42 municipalities. These include Albanchez, Al-
Retirement age residents have signed up for the new season of keep fit workshops especially orientated to their age group.
The free workshops are held twice a week in the social halls in 14 different areas of the municipality and are run by quali-
Beach clean up effort
IN STEP: Dames members give line dancing a go.
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Staying fit in golden years VOLUNTEERS have been doing their bit to keep the Cabo de Gata’s beaches waste-free. In an initiative organised by the Cabo de Gata Clean Ocean Project, the Nuevo Rumbo Association and Nijar Council’s Development and Tourism department, volunteers spent a morning picking up rubbish along the coast from the Playa de los Escullos beach up to the Isleta del Moro viewing point. Nuevo Rumbo reported that many of those taking part said it had made them realise just how
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AWARENESS: Volunteers said taking part in the clean-up made them realise how extensive the problem is. extensive the problem of waste in marine environments is. The association said the initiative came under an agreement
with the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park management to organise beach clean-ups and raise awareness about dumping waste.
Time to retune your TVs box, Antas, Arboleas, Bedar, Cantoria, Cuevas del Almanzora, Chirivel, Los Gallardos, Garrucha, Huercal-Overa, Mojacar, Oria, Partaloa, Pulpi, Velez-Rubio, Vera and Zurgena. The frequency change will happen in the remaining 61
municipalities on the last day of September. The need to change the TDT frequencies is due to the so-called Second Digital Dividend. In accordance with an EU decision Spain has to free up the 700Mhz band spectrum to allow
fied monitors. Huercal-Overa mayor Francisca Lourdes Fernandez and Sports councillor Alejandro Campos, joined one of the sessions last week. The mayor told participants her administration aimed to offer different kinds of workshops for children and adults in all parts of the town and to outlying areas. The council will “gradually bring these social halls alive with activities,” she said, inviting the class members to “let us know your suggestions and the activities which you would like in your area.” The Sports councillor pointed out there was always the possibility of running additional keep fit workshops for the elderly in other areas if there was sufficient interest and a minimum number group.
for the rolling out of 5G telecommunications. An Economy and Business Ministry statement said this contributes towards “placing Spain among the leading countries in the development of this technology, which will boost the productivity of the business network and facilitate the appearance of groundbreaking technology.”
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BREXIT BRIEF
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Corbyn remains on fence LABOUR activists failed to push leader Jeremy Corbyn off the fence and agree a clear Brexit policy for the party. Grassroots members at the party’s annual conference called on Monday for Labour to adopt an unequivocal Remain stance.
The public service union, Unison, backed the move but it wasn’t enough to change the party’s officially neutral position which many Labour supporters see as weak. Brexit has shown Labour is split over the UK’s future relationship with Europe. If Labour were to win a General Election the shadow
Court ruling due JUDGES have condemned Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament during Brexit talks as unlawful. The Supreme Court announced its historic finding on Tuesday after a three-day hearing. The legal challenge to the suspension was brought jointly by former Prime Minister John Major and campaigner Gina Miller. Calls have been made for Parliament to be recalled immediately and for Boris Johnson to resign. The government’s lawyers argued that suspending Parliament was a political matter and not one for the judiciary. Supreme Court president, Lady Hale, said the effect of the suspension on democracy had been “extreme”. She added that it had frustrated and prevented Parliament carrying out its constitutional functions and was “without reasonable justification”.
cabinet plans to maintain a ‘wait and see’ tactic while negotiating a new settlement with the EU. Their policy would be to call a referendum based on the details of the deal reached and to decide at that time what side to campaign on. Those demanding a clear Remain position had to convince the trade unions to support the motion as they control 50 per cent of the conference votes. They argued that the majority of members were already in favour of remaining in the EU - as was the shadow cabinet - and that officially declaring this would send a clear message to voters. But Mr Corbyn had reconfirmed his view that the party had to respect the original outcome of the referendum and understand why people voted to leave. Shadow chancellor John
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Get real IRISH deputy Prime Minister Simon Courtney has called for ‘a dose of reality’ in the likelihood of a new deal being struck on Brexit. He warned there was still a wide gap between Dublin’s position on the backstop and the British government’s aims in reaching an agreement.
Ideas shared
STANCE: Party conference calls on leader to make a stand for Remain. McDonnell - who has already said he would support Remain in any future vote - welcomed the ‘honest debate.’ He said that people should not “mistake democracy for division” within the party. He told the BBC Today programme: “This is an honest, democratic debate and that is
what our party is about - making sure that people can express their views democratically and be honest about their assessments. “People have high emotions on this because they feel it is important, but people are respecting each other’s views as well.”
DOCUMENTS said to detail the UK government’s idea on how to find a solution have been shared with the EU. The confidential files were issued to the EU after Boris Johnson was told he had 12 days to reveal his plans. Discussion has now begun on the technicalities of post-Brexit trade.
World debate WORLD leaders were expected to join the Brexit debate at a meeting of the UN in New York this week. Boris Johnson said he intended to put Brexit on the agenda and would take the opportunity to discuss the way forward when he meets French and German leaders.
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Major player on golf tournament map ALMERIA is becoming a major player on the national golf tournament map. The province will host the Spanish Senior Professional Men’s Championship in December. The prestigious event will carry the ‘Costa Almeria’ tourism brand name and is seen by the provincial government as an important opportunity to promote Almeria as a top level, year-round golfing destination. Speaking at the championship presentation at the Spanish Golf Federation headquarters in Madrid last week, federation president
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EXPECTATIONS: The provincial government hopes the event will help promote Almeria as a top level, year-round golfing destination. Gonzaga Escauriaza said it would be played in Almeria for three years. He commented that it was “a necessary period so that people register the name and the great attractions” which the province offers, pointing out also that the public “will see that there is fantastic weather in Almeria in December.” The championship will be broadcast on Movistar Golf and streamed on the La Liga Sports TV channel Escauriaza revealed.
Golf Amerimar Sport Director Juan Parron described the championship as “the most important of the many we have organised at the club,” while El Ejido mayor Francisco Gongora maintained it had been “a wise move to bring this tournament to Almeria” due to its diversity and tourism and sport attractions. Diputacion de Almeria President Javier A Garcia pointed out the uniqueness of the Almerimar golf course, commenting it is
“possibly one of the few in Europe in which you can play with the beach on one side and snow on the other, with incredible views.” He said he hoped the alliance between the tournament and the province lasted longer than the three years, and managed to gain Almeria recognition as a preferred national and international golf destination. The championship will be played at Golf Almerimar in El Ejido between December 19 and 21.
Sport by the sea SPORTS enthusiasts in Adra now have brand new facilities right by the sea. The local council has opened up the El Palmeral multi sports court next to the municipal indoor swimming pool, offering the public what Mayor Manuel Cortes said was somewhere for children and adults to practise something ‘as healthy and fun’ as football, basketball and more. Financed by local authority and European funds, the €62,000 facilities are, the council said, part of a policy to make sport readily available to residents and to revitalise public areas. Speaking at the official inauguration of the court last week, Cortes explained it is not just multi-sport, but also multipurpose: one of the sides can be taken up so it can also serve as a stage for
MULTI-PURPOSE: The mayor explained the facilities can be used for different sports and cultural events. cultural events. “These kinds of multi-functional public spaces generate social integration between local residents,” the mayor commented.
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CONCEALED: Police found marihuana growing in the couple’s basement.
Hash find arrests
A COUPLE are under arrest after police found nearly 300 marihuana plants in properties they were renting. Investigations began back in June on the back of information there was an indoor marihuana plantation in the Villa Blanca neighbourhood of Almeria City. Surveillance operations and the waft of marihuana emanating
from the premises confirmed police suspicions. The police reported nearly 140 plants were kept concealed behind a temporary wall in the basement of the property in which the pair lived with their young daughter. A search of the home also led to seizure of over 200 grammes of marihuana buds, halogen lamps, air filters, ventilators and
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other paraphernalia for boosting the plant growth, as well as sufficient documentation for police to take a look round a second property the couple rented in El Ejido. Here officers found nearly 150 marihuana plants more plus €300 in cash. There were unauthorised connections to the electricity in both properties.
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What to do in the event of an emergency in Spain LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics. In Spain there are in effect two groups which most people would understand as being ‘the police.’ The National Police (Policía Nacional) who have jurisdiction in the towns and cities and the Guardia Civil outside the towns and cities. The Local Police are employed by town halls; they basically deal with property found, and enforce local laws. Whilst they have a power of arrest, when exercised they must take the arrested person to the National Police or Guardia Civil according to where the crime took place. National Police and the Guardia Civil deal with all crimes, missing persons etc in their jurisdiction. The National Police also deal with all applications for immigration paperwork, NIEs, EU Citizens Registration and for non EU nationals, Residencia, etc.
The 24 hours national emergency numbers for Spanish speakers are: 091 - police, 061 health emergencies 080 - firefighters. By calling 902 102 112, but only when the perpetrator is unknown, one can give details of certain crimes, including:- burglaries, car theft, theft or loss of documents or belongings. The service is available in English from 9am to 9pm seven days a week, and from 9am to 3pm in French, German and Italian. Having given details of the crime, you must go to the National Police station which you nominate, within 48 hours to make the report using the information supplied on the telephone. In the case of robbery, where threat or force has been used, victims should call 112 at the time for police attendance, or go directly to the police station which covers that area to make a report.
091 or 902 102 112 from 9am to 9pm
Throughput Europe the general number for all emergencies is 112. In Spain the operators speak English, French, German and Italian, in addition to Spanish and will liaise with the emergency services when the caller does not speak Spanish. No area code is needed and the number can be called from any phone, including mobiles even those without a Spanish SIM card or any credit. You can also fax or SMS 112.
Other useful number are:016, specifically to report instances of gender violence. For problems at sea, the Maritime Rescue Service (Salvamento Seguridad Maritmo) can be contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 902 222 292. There is also a Red Cross 24-hour helpline 900 100 333.
This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
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Brexit: Expats in Malaga protest claiming ‘UK has forgotten us’ British expats are worried they will lose free access to Spanish healthcare and claim Madrid has done more for them than the UK THE protest in Malaga was sparked as European Commission President JeanClaude Juncker said Brussels will insist on border checks if there is a no-deal Brexit in order to conserve the interests of the EU. Dozens of Britons marched through the city of Malaga on Sunday to underline their concerns about their unsure position as Britain prepares to leave the European Union ahead of the October 31 deadline. Spain is home to around 300,000 Britons and is the most popular European retirement destination for UK residents, with around a third of them aged over 65. Among foreign nationals, they are by far the biggest users of Spain’s state-funded universal healthcare system.
According to UN Data, the Iberian peninsula accounts for almost a quarter of all Britons living in Europe. “We feel really forgotten here in Spain,” said Michael Soffe, a 61-year-old businessman who has lived in Malaga for 30 years. “Many here are pensioners - will they lose their healthcare overnight, for example?” he questioned. Protesters waved European Union, Spanish and British flags and held banners reading “They’re trying to make us leave the EU” and “Take back control: My grandkids’ future.” Acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who could be replaced following November elections, has strived to assure Britons living in Spain, promising to protect their rights after
Britain’s exit from the European Union. One demonstrator on Sunday said Spain had done more for Britons living in the country than the British government. “Spain is doing everything it can to protect us,” said Tamara Essex, a 60-year-old from Dorset, southwest England, who has lived in Spain for more than seven years. “The UK government has forgotten us.” A spokesman for the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) said on Sunday: “The Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay held productive discussions with groups representing the British community in Spain while in Madrid last week and made clear that protecting the rights of both UK nationals in the EU and EU
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Active minds and bodies MOJACAR is running courses aimed at keeping pensioners active in mind and body. A collaboration between the local council and the provincial government, the Active Ageing and Intergenerational initiative features various workshops for residents aged over 60. Among the options is the Memory Workshop, a project which has been going for several years in the municipality. As the name suggests, it is all about using cognitive stimulation as part of a policy of helping to
ensure local elderly can fully enjoy their golden years. Mojacar’s Third Age councillor Ana Garcia went along to the first workshop following the summer break. She underlined the importance of the participation of senior citizens in activities of this kind, referring also to her department’s keep fit classes for senior citizens and the opportunity to gain a working knowledge of the basics of new technologies through the Guadainfo public IT centre programme.
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MR GRUMPY’S NOT SO GRUMPY LAST weekend a select few witnessed that the Euro Weekly News’ very own Mr Grumpy actually has a softer side. Friends and family gathered to celebrate the 70th birthday of Michael Senker and the guest list included legendary snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan, whom Michael and wife Patti have been close friends with for over 20 years. Also there was awardwinning actress Pauline Quirke and her producer husband Steve Sheen. Their son Charlie, Michael’s godson, who is best known for appearing alongside Pauline in Birds of a Feather, was also there. The official celebrations kicked off on Saturday night with a dinner for the 30 guests that had flown in from the UK at El Rio restaurant in Los Boliches. On Sunday Michael and Patti hosted a poolside BBQ in the private courtyard of the stunning ‘The Residence’ at the Beach House, Elviria for 50 guests. Masquerade, also very close friends, provided the entertainment on Sun day and were, as always, superb. Leonardo La Peruta, on saxophone made a guest ap pearance which delighted everyone pre sent. Youngest daughter Sarah gave a wonder
ful speech touching on Michael’s colourful life, explaining how he had spent time in London and had worked as a bodyguard for some famous and influential people before starting the chain Vid Biz which be came the third largest independent video chain in the UK. After selling Vid Biz the family moved to Spain for Michael to enjoy his retire ment. That didn’t go to plan when Michael opened a poker club and then a jewellery business before slowing down to appear annually as Father Christmas for a variety of charities and writing his Mr Grumpy columns. An atmosphere of love, affection and respect pervaded the whole weekend and was evidenced by not only the num ber of friends present that Michael has known for decades some for over 60 years but also the close friendships that have been forged during the 15 years Michael and Patti have lived in Spain. Two of his original employees made the jour ney from the UK which speaks volumes about the man. If you ever cross paths with the legend that is Michael Senker per haps ask him to tell you some of the stories that couldn’t be recounted at the party!!
Mike & Patti Senker with the actress Pauline Quirke, her son Charlie Quirke & professional snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan (OBE).
Mike & Patti with Michel & Steven Euesden.
School cleaning reinforcement ADRA council is reinforcing the school cleaning service. The local authority is investing €100,000 in a contract with a private company for cleaning the municipality’s schools and municipal facilities for the nine months of the school year. The council said this meant that when more thorough cleans were needed the cleaning service workforce is increased by nearly a dozen personnel. The local authority also said the decision to invest in bolstering the cleaning ser vice was a response to the needs of the schools and pupils. “These reinforcement efforts complement the work carried out during the year”, the council clarified.
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Coma Scot flown home A SCOTTISH man who was left in a coma after being felled by a single punch has been flown back home from Ibiza. Gavin Robertson was assaulted on the Spanish island in an unprovoked attack on August 28. Mr Robertson, aged 28, was put into a medically induced coma due to the seriousness of his condition. He had bleeding on the brain and had developed a severe lung infection. It w a s not until thre e weeks later that Mr Robertson, from Stewarton in AyrFLOWN HOME: Gavin Robertson is back in Scotland.
shire, came round with his mum K irs ty M c M a s te r a t his bedside. A Facebook fundraising page was set up to help pay bills as he did not have trave l ins ura nc e . It ha s now been announced in the page that he has landed back in Scotland. Soon a fte r the inc ide nt his mother explained that he ha d be e n due to fly home just seven hours after the attack. He was on a stag do with friends when he was punched in the back of the he a d a s he s tood a t the ATM. “As far as I'm aware they
had been havi ng a gr eat t i m e,” she t ol d t he Dai l y Record. “They hadn’t had any problems with anyone. I’m told what happened was totally random.” On Sunday, family friend El ai ne Whi t e sai d on t he Facebook page, wher e €48,000 has been collected to pay for the medical flight home: “Happy to be able to t el l you t hat Gavi n was repatriated to Scotland earlier today. “Thanks t o your donations and fundraising this part of Gavin’s journey has been less of a nightmare for his family.”
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Puppies buried alive FIREFIGHTERS have rescued five puppies that appeared to have been buried alive. According to a local animal protection society, a girl walking along a road in Alguaire (Lleida) gave the warning after hearing some barking. She could just about see one of the pups through a deep crack in the ground. Firefighters from Almenar station attended, finding and rescuing five Labrador puppies, four male and one female, all in good health. The puppies are now being rehomed.
Held for 2009 killing A MAN, aged 44, has been arrested for an alleged murder of a woman who disappeared in 2009. The arrested man is at present serving a sentence for a 2010 murder. An investigation started in July 2016, when two young men came across two holdalls in Barranco de Santos at Puente Javier de Loño in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Inside the bags were human bones.
At that time the Homicide Group of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife National Police was investigating the disappearance of a woman, which had been reported several years previously by the woman’s daughter. As a result, the investigation focused on identifying the remains found, and seeing if they could be matched to the missing woman. This process culminated in the recent arrest.
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COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
COSTA DEL SOL
Distributing water THE Army distributed food and water to homes in Almoradi. Driving through the flooded streets to deliver supplies to families trapped in their homes, the army went from door to door in the horrendous conditions caused by the Vega Baja floods. The situation has been improving little by little as the flow of the river has begun to decline. Predictions were that further flooding was unlikely. Houses, however, are still in a state of repair and it will cost thousands for the homes and buildings to be restored following the disaster. Residents are busy cleaning up and rebuilding their towns.
HELP: The Army lorries reach the homes to deliver vital supplies.
ALMERIA
Crime down on last year CRIME in Huercal-Overa is down on last year, the local council reported. Commenting on a gathering of local officials and law enforcement agencies to discuss the municipality’s public security, the local authority also said Huercal-Overa is ‘one of the safest in the province.’ Mayor Francisca Lourdes Fernandez, Sub-delegate of the government in Almeria, Manuel de la Fuente Arias, along with representatives from the Sub-delegation, Local Police, Guardia Civil, autonomous police and the Junta de Andalucia government delegation looked at future measures and policies. One of the most immediate matters is next month’s fiesta celebrations. They also agreed to draw up a municipal security plan and to modify the protocol for collaboration and coordination between the law enforcement services for the protection of gender violence victims. The mayor highlighted the excellent relations between the different law enforcement bodies and commented on the positive impact this has on residents’ security. Fernandez said the council will “continue working to make Huercal-Overa an increasingly safe municipality with coordinated actions with the security forces, whom we thank for their dedication.”
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Costa del Sol • Axarquia Costa Blanca North • Costa Blanca South Almeria • Mallorca
AXARQUIA LIFESAVER: Staff (inset) saved the man from choking.
Waiter saves diner’s life A MAN aged 75 who was choking to death had his life saved by a waiter. The unidentified man was enjoying a meal with his wife at Venta La Butibamba in La Cala de Mijas (Malaga) when food blocked his airway. Initially his wife tried to help, but her efforts were proving ineffective. That is when restaurant manager Víctor Parras, aged 28, stepped in. He knew how to practise the Heimlich manoeuvre, as the abdominal compression technique is known, which is performed as first aid to help expel an object that obstructs the airway. Everything happened very quickly, in two distressing minutes that were recorded by the security camera of the establishment. Initially the manoeuvre didn’t work and the man started to turn purple, so Victor redoubled his efforts. Finally, the meat was dislodged and the man could breathe again. He refused a doctor and calmly finished his meal.
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
Facelift for centre THE Senior Citizens’ Day Centre in Torre del Mar has received a facelift thanks to a council investment. The deputy mayor of Torre del Mar, Jesus Perez Atencia, and councillor Jose David Segura visited the site last week to oversee progress on the transformation. Work on the popular centre included repairs to furniture, benches and facilities for games and exercises, repainting, gardening and industrial cleaning works. Atencia said: “We wanted to give a more modern image to the Senior Day Centre of Torre del Mar, integrating it into the entire ornamental line of the village. The elderly, for us, are a very important sector in our municipality.” Segura continued to explain that the works had the “intention of improving the quality of service offered to the elderly and encourage active ageing in the facilities themselves.” REFURB: Jesus Perez Atencia, and Jose David Segura stand outside the newly refurbished centre.
MALLORCA ORIENTA: One of the few public services of this type in the country.
LGBTI advice centres THE Valencian council has outsourced advice to gays, lesbians, transsexuals, bisexuals and intersexuals to the most well-known associations in the region. The programme, named Orienta, is a pioneering initiative in the Valencian Community and one of the few public services of this type in the country. Its function is to inform and guide members of the LGBTI community, friends and families who need help in matters of gender identity and sexual orientation, as well as psychological, social, legal, administrative or health support. “We help from trans people who are starting the process to people who have suffered aggressions or any other hate crime,” said the director of the service, Victor Sanchez. Although it has been active since July 1, the launch of the programme will take place in September. The service is staffed by seven professionals with different profiles, most of them graduates from LGTBI activism networks and social work.
Truce in conflict A PEACE pact has been agreed by warring neighbours. The Association of Neighbours and Friends of Santa Catalina has signed an ‘agreement of coexistence’ with businesses in the area after a row over noise and disturbance. The agreement has been reached with the Restaurants and Leisure Association of Santa Catalina and the Municipal Market to try to create a way forward to prevent future conflict. President of the Association of Neighbours and Friends of Santa Catalina, Jacinta Galindo, explained that the aim was to create harmony and understanding between all three parties. Mr Galindo said: “The signatory entities are committed to ensure the care of the environment, respect the rest of the neighbours, promote local products, support the small and medium business of the neighbourhood, and improve relations between neighbours and institutions.” There has been confrontation throughout the summer between restaurant owners and residents over noise and obstruction from the terraces throughout the area. This agreement is to allow the parties to work together and states an understanding that ‘Santa Catalina is a district where most of its development is based on leisure and the market and we have to understand each other.’
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Held over dead baby
GENEROUS: David de Gea has donated €200,000 to help flood victims.
David de Gea’s floods donation MANCHESTER UNITED goalkeeper David de Gea has given €200,000 to help victims of the Costa Blanca storms. Seven people were left dead and the region devastated by floods with thousands of people’s homes badly affected. Now de Gea - whose father grew up in Orihuela in Alicante at the heart of the affected area - has chipped in to help, according to the Spanish Red Cross. In a social media message it said: “€200,000 to support the people affected by the flooding in Alicante and Murcia. “David de Gea, thanks for your solidarity.” De Gea, aged 28, recently signed a new contract with Manchester United said to be worth £255,000 (€290,000) a week. The Madrid-born player was last year included on a list of the most generous footballers by Spanish newspaper AS.
A WOMAN has been remanded in custody in connection with the death of a baby whose body was found in a rubbish bin. The National Police of Gijon arrested a couple living in Nuevo Roces in connection with the incident at the end of August. Her partner of seven years has been released with charges. The arrests took place over the weekend. Police have indicated that the woman is the baby’s mother and had hidden her pregnancy. The baby’s body had numerous cuts caused by a knife, according to an autopsy performed at the Institute of Legal Medicine. The newborn was allegedly killed at birth and then thrown into a container in a backpack. A local resident found the remains of the child shortly after.
Colombian gang caught A GANG that allegedly roamed Spain and other European countries to steal valuable medical equipment has been arrested. The seven people detained are accused of stealing €60 million worth of equipment in their crime spree. They mainly stole endoscopes - which fetch a high price - from hospitals, polyclinics and health centres The stolen goods were then shipped to Colombia using parcel delivery companies. Once in Colombia, the equipment was sold on through specialist companies and Internet portals that operated in the Unites States and Europe. To commit the robberies, the organisation was organised in cells of three to six people, which travelled throughout Europe. They remained together for their criminal actions for up to six months at a time and travelled thousands of kilometres to commit crimes. The investigation began at the beginning of the year
STOLEN GOODS: Were shipped via parcel delivery companies.
when Spain’s National Police detected the presence of the criminal group. Officers quickly realised the gang was operating throughout Europe. During several months of investigation, the officers found that the criminal activity focused on hospitals, polyclinics and health centres in Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Denmark. The National Police called in Europol to help coordinate operations with police forces in the other nations affected. In the first phase of the operation six members of a cell
- four in Denmark, two in Spain - were arrested accused of a robbery in Herning (Denmark) worth €2 million and another in Dusseldorf (Germany) for €1.5 million. The second phase took place in Colombia against the companies in charge of reintroducing the stolen goods onto the market. Spanish, German and Italian police joined their Colombian colleagues for the operation. Twenty-two searches were carried out and 28 pieces of equipment valued at more than €50,000 recovered.
FINANCE Friendly pizzas
NOW you can enjoy your home de livered pizza without worrying about the carbon footprint caused by the petrolpowered bike which brought it to you. One of Spain’s largest pizza stores, Telepizza, has now made a commit ment to purchase a fleet of electric scooters as part of its drive to be come as environmentally friendly as possible. Being alert to customer expecta tion of receiving their order hot and quickly, yet without damaging the environment, means they are pre pared to invest in this new fleet.
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€69 billion
is the amount invested by Spanish companies in the USA making Spain the 10th largest investor in that country.
Bankia’s new business
THE revitalised Bankia which was rescued by the Spanish Government (and still owns a substantial shareholding in the bank) has now entered into the insurance market. The Bankia group was initially formed from the merger of a number of small savings banks and by 2012 was the third largest lender and held the largest portfolio of real estate in Spain but basically, it was a house of cards. The Spanish Government had to in ject some €20 billion into the rescue
By John Smith and the former chairman Rodrigo Ra to was arrested and eventually found guilty of embezzlement. Although original shareholders lost money during the bailout, the bank it self has recovered, returning to profit and paying dividends. It has significantly increased its number of employees in the insur ance section and is working with large insurance group Mapfre to offer a se lection of that insurer’s products across mainland Spain, although in the Balearic Islands it will offer a dif
ferent range from the insurer Sa Nos tra. Already turnover has increased by €75 million. The bank considers this a useful way of growing income by of fering what it describes as value added products earning it commis sion. The next step from selling these in surances in branches, is to go online. This has now started with car insur ance and will expand over a few months to offer home and life insur ance to the wider public as well as ex isting bank customers.
LEGALLY SPEAKING Did they have permission? We were taken to court by a neighbour and by our Community of Property Owners for an extension that we built sixteen years ago. We lost the case and we were ordered to remove the extension. Our town hall advised us at the time that we could do the work and our lawyers assured us that the building would never be demolished. We have completed the demolition and we have a buyer for the house. We have lost about €100,000 with building work. We also have four longstanding liens on the property which now amount to a total of about €30,000. Our lawyers say we also have to pay €6,000 for costs of removing the liens from the land registry. From a house sold at €150,000 we will be left with €33,000. Can you advise? J.S. (Costa Blanca) You do not say why you lost the YOU AND THE court case. I sus LAW IN SPAIN pect that it is be cause you did not obtain the permission of the commu nity before making the extension. Properly, your town hall should not have issued a building permit without first seeing this permission. This, I fear, will not consti tute grounds for an appeal.
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Green energy
A BRITISH investment company SDCL, which specialises in energy generation, expects to take over a portfolio of energy production plants from an unnamed source in Spain at an estimated cost of €64 million. The purchase, which has yet to be officially approved, will bring five combined heat and power plants, two olive processing plants and two biomass plants to the company. It is believed that the operation not only has longterm supply agreements with a number of major companies but also sup plies the National Grid.
BUSINESS EXTRA
Fruit or toy BURGER KING UK will no longer give away plastic toys with children's meals in a bid to reduce plastic waste and will take back old promotional toys to recycle. Rival McDonalds will give an option of a toy or a piece of fruit.
Hackers wanted AFTER running a successful experiment in the UK, Santander Bank in Spain will be hiring companies who employ ‘ethical hackers’ in order to test the strength of the banks technology platform to try to deter cyberattacks.
Air pollution ESTATE agents in the UK are being urged to automatically disclose air pollution figures to home buyers. There is now a new website, addresspollu tion.org which currently gives the level of nitrogen dioxide by London postcode but will expand.
Taking on Netflix HAVING seen the success of foreign TV distribution platforms such as Netflix and Disney in Spain, two local giants are create a joint venture to compete. According to media sources, Atresmedia, the owner of Antena 3 TV and La Sexta, and telecom munications company Telefónica, are applying for approval to set up this new company to take advan tage of the large perceived market here in Spain.
Both organisations are strong in their own partic ular areas, with Telefónica (and Movistar) having a large share of the pay TV market, while Atresmedia already produces large volumes of new TV, some of which is already sold to Netflix. This new company will not just focus on the Spanish market but will look to enter into other Spanishspeaking countries and must have an eye open to the size of the Latino population in the USA.
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LEGAL & GENERAL
2,481
-1,29
-0,03
1.531.862
ANGLO AMERICAN
18,452
-1,00
-0,19
932.840
LLOYDS BANK
0,539
-2,69
-0,01
15.048.154
LONDON STOCK
ANTOFAGASTA
% CHG. -0,75
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72,180
-0,06
-0,04
29.669
MARKS & SPENCER
1,891
-4,14
-0,08
1.870.308
167.372
MEDIA CONTEN
3,400
-1,69
-0,06
130.712
-0,00
117.409
MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS 4,522
0,04
0,00
140.084
-1,99
-0,03
3.067.320
MICRO FOCUS
11,246
-3,95
-0,46
243.583
-1,18
-0,08
410.659
MONDI PLC
15,500
-2,65
-0,42
315.219
28,600
-1,97
-0,57
269.250
MORRISON SUP
2,027
-0,59
-0,01
1.184.033
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59,180
-0,99
-0,59
39.481
8,500
-0,39
-0,03
217.099
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20,860
-1,60
-0,34
149.398
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-2,47
-0,22
228.853
ASHTEAD GROUP
22,260
-2,12
-0,48
81.019
ASTRA ZENECA
72,180
0,71
0,51
BABCOCK INTE
5,590
-0,043
BARCLAYS BANK
1,481
BARRATT DEVE
6,402
BAT INDUSTRI BILLITON
17,574
-1,76
-0,31
494.509
BP
5,183
-0,35
-0,02
2.765.132
BRIT.AEROE
5,734
-1,31
-0,08
492.645
PERSIMMON
23,000
-0,78
-0,18
28.972
PROV.FINANC.
4,166
-1,23
-0,05
47.756
PRUDENTIAL C
14,295
-2,50
-0,37
468.105
RAMBLER MED.
2,180
-3,52
-0,08
267.047
RECKITT BNKR
62,580
-0,11
-0,07
57.963
REED INTER
18,685
-1,64
-0,31
567.272 259.516
BRITISH FOODS
PEARSON
BRITISH LAND
5,536
-2,03
-0,11
339.245
BRITISH TELECOM
1,755
-1,82
-0,03
2.306.770
BUNZL
20,660
-0,72
-0,15
55.752
BURBERRY
21,735
-1,09
-0,24
143.554
CARNIVAL PLC
36,620
-0,73
-0,27
64.342
RENTOKIL GRP
CELLTECH
26,180
-0,53
-0,14
63.727
RIO TINTO
CENTRICA
0,718
-3,00
-0,02
1.223.431
CGNU
3,860
-0,90
-0,04
4,506
-0,50
-0,02
42,185
0,16
0,07
531.001
ROLLS ROYCE
7,766
-2,04
-0,16
214.864
780.910
ROYAL & SUN
5,216
-3,23
-0,17
578.287
-4,18
-0,09
1.543.427 561.280
1,798
0,84
0,01
164.445
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 2,058
CRH
26,870
-1,96
-0,54
178.643
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL SHRS 23,295
-0,43
-0,10
CRODA INTERN
48,380
-0,86
-0,42
44.080
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL. 23,365
-0,51
-0,12
716.709
DCC ORD IEP0
68,960
-1,12
-0,78
16.263
SAGE GROUP
-0,95
-0,07
123.902 459.525
CONVATEC GROUP
6,778
2,998
-1,39
-0,04
473.505
SAINSBURY
2,134
-1,50
-0,03
DIAGEO
32,345
-0,37
-0,12
590.568
SCHRODERS
30,390
-2,01
-0,62
66.671
EASYJET
11,170
5,36
0,57
640.553
SCOT.& STH
12,272
-0,71
-0,09
532.701
EXPERIAN GROUP LTD
25,420
1,27
0,32
131.230
SEVERN TRENT
20,580
-0,55
-0,11
79.740
23,940
-2,62
-0,65
27.567 329.240
DELLING GRP
7,198
0,17
0,01
570.002
SKILLSGROUP
GLAXO WELLCO
16,750
0,44
0,07
634.100
SLOUGH EST.
7,860
0,02
0,00
GLENCORE INTL
2,478
-3,43
-0,09
3.132.873
SMITH & NEP.
19,247
0,41
0,08
97.014
GROUP 4 SECU
1,933
-1,90
-0,04
192.752
SMITHS INDU.
15,980
-2,75
-0,45
126.439
HAMMERSON
FRESNILLO
2,692
-1,39
-0,04
546.282
ST JAMES S P
9,482
-2,65
-0,26
352.138
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN 19,875
-2,49
-0,51
76.867
STAN.CHART
6,780
-1,15
-0,08
958.330
HSBC
6,085
-1,14
-0,07
3.059.336
STANDARD LIFE
2,689
-2,83
-0,08
939.480
21,019
-2,00
-0,43
112.284
TAYLOR WOOD.
1,615
-2,45
-0,04
627.901
INFORMA GROU
8,374
-0,43
-0,04
184.417
TESCO
2,389
-0,96
-0,02
1.409.906
INTERCON.HOT
49,730
-0,60
-0,30
15.943
TUI
INTERTEK GROUP
54,004
-0,97
-0,53
18.262
UNILEVER
INTL CONSOLIDATED AIR GR 4,757
-0,09
-0,00
2.035.422
ITV
-3,16
-0,04
840.652
IMPERIAL TOBACCO
1,254
8,992
6,79
0,57
1.364.186
48,505
1,16
0,56
405.608
UN.UTILITIES
7,914
-0,08
-0,01
179.577
VODAFONE GRP
1,586
-1,50
-0,02
3.906.462
30,430
-2,20
-0,69
39.923
WHITBREAD
44,030
-2,09
-0,94
20.087
KINGFISHER
1,994
-0,96
-0,02
817.980
WPP GROUP
9,994
-1,05
-0,11
193.444
LAND SECURIT
8,306
-1,91
-0,16
218.438
3I GROUP
11,050
-0,45
-0,05
86.294
JOHNSON MATT
0.88295
1.13303 Units per €
US dollar ................................................1.09809 Japan yen...............................................118.065 Switzerland franc ...................................1,08751 Denmark kroner .....................................7,46605 Norway kroner........................................9,99365
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VOLUME(M) 2.457.993 722 3.181.844 3.146.313 5.483.080 600 10.443.771 11.464.523 3.652.581 3.902.112 2.770.639 21.393.888 7.117.603 12.584.316 2.848.662 12.096.016 661 3.579.597 21.851.016 6.707.342 1.451.704 2.812.842 3.429.075 9.164.395 5.524.388 6.213.620 6.847.045 12.953.213 2.003.478
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PRICE
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Most Advanced REGENERON PHARMA DENTSPLY SIRONA
295,870
3,40
51,130
2,46
O REILLY AUTO
398,860
2,29
ILLUMINA
309,570
1,43
BIOGEN
238,790
1,35
CERNER CORP
68,440
1,12
VERTEX PHARMACEUTIC
178,120
1,12
CINTAS
253,780
0,94
J.B.HUNT TRANSP
114,150
0,93
CHECK PNT SFTWARE
108,900
0,67
Most Declined AUTODESK INC
153,340
-0,03
PACCAR
70,320
-0,04
THE KRAFT HEINZ
28,140
-0,04
EBAY
40,360
-0,10
HOLOGIC
49,950
-0,10
VERISK ANALYTICS
158,420
-0,18
EXPEDIA
134,180
-0,22
MERCADOLIBRE RG
547,970
-0,24
INTUIT
269,180
-0,31
33,080
-0,36
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26 September - 2 October 2019
IRPH Mortgage opinion By John Smith THERE are differing views concerning an initial indication from the advocate general of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) in respect of the mortgage interest based on Spain’s mortgage price index (IRPH). In publishing his opinion, which is not binding, he infers that there is a possibility that the conditions sur rounding such mortgages, issued main ly in the building boom years in Spain could be considered abusive.
IN COURT: A hearing before the CJEU.
Flush sensibly A NEW campaign in Malaga Province may well be picked up throughout Spain as it reminds the public of the dangers of irresponsible use of sanitary wipes and napkins. Acosol - the public water company of the Costa del Sol and the water distributors Hidralia, have launched the campaign with a 20-second video aimed at social media. It points out the problems caused to both the sewer systems and the environment by flushing away such wipes.
According to the Acosol spokesperson, the company collected more than 2,000 tons of these wipes from its sewage plants in 2018. It was revealed that this is the largest type of non-degradable waste being dealt with by the company. The campaign, which is supported by posters and brochures, wants to explain to the public the inadvisability of simply flushing away such items and also to promote to manufacturers the need to make them biodegrable.
The matter was referred to the CJEU by a Barcelona court as the holder of such a mortgage was making a claim against his lender arguing that the cal culations surrounding the mortgage in terest charged were not clear and that his lender was charging more than if he had the more common mortgage tied to the EURIBOR rate. In essence, the advocate has sug gested that, if there is not total clarity in the wording of the mortgage docu ment, then there may be reasonable cause for complaint, but any final deci sion concerning such cases would actu ally rest with the Spanish courts. Some lawyers believe that assuming the CJEU supports his view, then there will be a significant number of cases brought against Spanish lenders with the opportunity for compensation to be awarded, but the Association of Spanish Banks takes a different view, believing that borrowers would have understood what they were letting themselves in for. The final ruling from the court will not be until next year and Spanish banks are making no special provisions in their 2019 accounts for compensa tion pay outs.
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UK trade deals sparse WITH Brexit fast approaching (possibly), there is every probability that the European Market for British goods and import of EU goods could be heavily curtailed until such time as a trade agreement is entered into. In the meantime, Britain will have to rely on World Trade Organisation terms, which do generally see the imposition of tariffs, or make some very hasty trade deals if that is possible. Once the result of the Brexit referendum was known, the British Government set up a special department to deal with promoting trade deals. It has so far entered into some ‘continuity deals’ which means that the agreements will basically be the same as if the UK was still part of the EU. There are 13 such deals in place covering much of Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, the Pacific Islands, Palestine and other smaller territories with the only major deals being struck with Iceland, Norway, South Korea and Switzerland.
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26 September - 2 October 2019
LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WELL there’s a turn up. A recent poll carried out by our illustrious, ‘non-biased’ BBC TV, which asked if integration was working in the UK, resulted in a massive 95 per cent of the public coming back with an emphatic and decisive NO. Yes you read it correctly 95 per cent! Al most unbelievably, on receiving the live out come, despite the result being overwhelm ing, some of the nodoubt carefully selected studio panel, still argued that the poll had somehow been conducted in the ‘wrong ar eas’. Give us all a break. Just how convincing do these results have to be before the snowflakes and arrogant ‘knowitall’ elite can admit they are in the wrong? Listen carefully all of you so called ex perts! Whatever ‘area,’ time of the month or ‘wrong leaves on the track’, 95 per cent against 5 per cent is an utterly decisive vote against the outof touch policies constantly being jammed down the throats of the British public. You only have to ask anyone living outside your privileged, selfindulgent, naive bubble. The socalled diversity and in tegration, which tries to force utterly differ ent cultures to exist together as one great
FEATURE
No social bliss
CULTURAL INTEGRATION: Recognise the problems and quell the rising disquiet. big ‘happy family’ simply doesn’t work. No one is happy. The different cultures aren’t happy, the mish mashes of diverse religion ists aren’t happy and the indigenous popula tion, who used to be happy, is quite rightly not only extremely unhappy, but is also be coming increasingly angry with the whole sorry state of affairs.
It’s also time the media egocentrics stopped insulting the public’s intelligence and desisted from churning out this positive glut of agonizingly PC commercials, where every second TV ad shows mixed marriages and diverse families living in blissful harmo ny. Or depicts walks in the park, with a care fully chosen cross section of cultures, all
playing happily together. It is all a cruel illu sion. It simply isn’t true. I’m not trying to stir up racial disharmony or religious unrest; I’m simply pointing out that, the sooner we recognise that problems truly do exist, and that this whole diversity experiment is in its present form an unmitigated disaster, then the sooner we will quell the rising disquiet and begin a positive approach to sort out the problems. All the time we listen to the leftie snowflakes spouting their propaganda and lying about the true situation and con tinue to let the politicians ride slip shod over our democracy, the quicker we will slide into physical confrontations on our streets. Sooner or later yet another Enoch Powel prophecy will manifest and it will all be far too late. In closing I hasten to add that this piece was very closely akin to a column I wrote nearly twenty years ago. At the time it was laughed at and simply dismissed as a ‘Leapy rant’. Well no one in their right mind is laughing now. Or are they!? I await the slings and arrows with breath ing bated. Keep the faith Love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com
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NICK HORNE’S Rich Pick Freelance correspondent, London, England A SURVIVOR from the Great Qing Dynasty 1636-1911 is an exquisite glass vase which is ‘going under the hammer’ at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on October 8. The pouchshaped vase was de signed and made in the Winter Palace of Beijing, usually described as the Forbidden City. It is said to have been created to the direct or der and supervision of the Emperor himself. This dimimutive treasure is unique in almost every respect; in terms of shape, design execution and size. The rarity of this enamelled glass treasure is reflected in the difficulty of its production. The vase is a vessel that evokes a bottle, wrapped in a cloth pouch tied with a ribbon withal brilliantly enamelled design of phoenixes soaring amid clouds and peonies. Its production would have re quired the cooperation of several palace workshops as well as the highest level of skill from both the imperial artisans in the glass house
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Vase to break records and the imperial painters in the enamelling workshops. Nicholas Chow, chairman of Sotheby’s Asia , said: “This season we are particularly honoured to have been entrusted with arguably one of the finest objects ever made in the Forbidden City and one of the greatest examples of Qing dynasty held in private hands. Ravishingly beautiful and superbly achieved, the importance of the Qianlong enamelled glass vase, for the history both of Chinese glass and enamelling, cannot be overstated. This is the finest, largest and most complex piece of imperial glass to survive.” The bottle or vase, and its com panion piece of the same scheme yet of a different designs, though complimentary were not necessarily meant as a pair. These vases may be the only large pieces of their kind in existence and the only ones of such a complex shape. The imperial craftsmen had no thermometers; relying on experi ence to gauge temperature; each enamel forged at a different tem
Nicolas Chow and the glass vase; a highly important Beijing enamelled, pouch-shaped, glass vase, blue enamel mark and period Qianlong. Expected to fetch in excess of US$ 25 million.
perature, the craftsmen of the Impe rial Household’s workshops began with the enamel with the highest temperature, ending with the low est. The larger the size the greater the difficulty, the bulk of surviving Qing enamelled glassware are snuff bottles and far smaller than this vase. An impeccable provenance; according to an imperial order listing of 1738 this vase was created during the early years of the Qianlong Em peror’s reign. Just two pieces resulted from this order; the present bottle and a com panion piece of the same form and colour scheme, though to a different design and now in the Hong Kong Museum of Art. Created for the Qianlong Emper or, the bottle and its companion piece remained in the Imperial Household until the end of the Qing Dynasty before entering the collec tion of Prince Gong, later passing in to the hands of AW Bahr and then Paul and Helen Bernat before being acquired by the current owner in 2000 for US$2.1 million, becoming part of the Le Cong Tang Collection.
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26 September - 2 October 2019
FEATURE
Well, here’s the problem NORA JOHNSON
BREAKING VIEWS Nora is the author of popular psychological suspense and crime thrillers and a freelance journalist. To comment on any of the issues raised in her column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/nora-johnson
GOOD morning, class. No talking at the back, please. I’d like to begin with a moan. In the UK, one in four children starts school overweight and one in 10 is obese: by the end of primary school, this per centage doubles to one in five. Who’s to blame? Or, is it a combination of factors? Schools have an important role but families and the food industry (cutting sugar and calories in food before it hits our shelves and plates) are all involved. As for schools, programmes encourag ing children to take more exercise and eat healthily don’t improve childhood obesity or activity levels according to a British Medical Journal study that assessed 600+ primary school pupils in the West Mid lands in a 12month antiobesity pro gramme last year. So, is it the fault of parents and today’s lifestyle that no exercise takes place? And if parents are to blame, what’s caused this? Fluoride in the water? Benefit de
OBESITY: Social issues are at play not just poor diet. pendency? Insemination by aliens? But aren’t other social issues at play too? Can’t let them out of the house, for in stance, for fear a stranger might look at them or, even worse, try to talk to them. Instead park them in front of the TV every night. And then there’s litigation. Contact sports in the playground banned in case little Johnny slips and the school’s sued. Or is it the fault of teachers? Teachers who believe there should be no winner in the egg and spoon race. Can’t play conkers, might bruise your knuckles. Can’t have a competitive race, the loser might be upset and suffer lifelong trauma. Finally, while exercise is clearly impor tant, it’s more important children can
read, write, spell, add and subtract. It isn’t crucial they know how to run, jump and throw a ball once they leave school. It is crucial they’ll be employable in a world vastly different from the one we grew up in. What we don’t want is a generation of young people not only physically inca pable but socially inept AND totally unpre pared for the realities of life in the Brave New World of Brexit Britain. Nora Johnson’s crime thrillers ‘Betray al,’ ‘The Girl in the Woods,’ ‘The Girl in the Red Dress,’ ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.nora johnson.net) available online. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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12:00pm Defenders UK 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One; Weather 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Garden Rescue 4:45pm Antiques Road Trip 5:30pm Pointless 6:15pm Strictly: It Takes Two 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Garden Rescue 9:00pm A Question of Sport 9:30pm EastEnders 10:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 10:30pm Scarborough 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm The Graham Norton Show 12:25am Lewis Capaldi
7:30am Antiques Road Trip 8:15am Garden Rescue 9:00am Gardeners' World 9:30am Time to Eat with Nadiya 10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live Adam Fleming and guests discuss the big political issues of the day. 2:00pm Hardball 2:45pm Live Athletics: World Championships 8:30pm Mastermind 9:00pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Inside the Vatican 11:00pm QI 11:30pm Newsnight Analysis of the day's events, presented by Mark Urban. 12:00am Weather 12:05am Front Row Late
8:00pm World News Today The day's leading stories. 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1988 9:00pm Black Music Legends of the 1980s 10:00pm Joan Armatrading: Me, Myself, I 11:00pm The Old Grey Whistle Test: '70s Gold 12:30am Top of the Pops: 1982 Big Hits 1:30am Top of the Pops: 1988 2:00am TOTP2 A red-hot selection of summer sounds, featuring songs by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. 3:00am Black Music Legends of the 1980s 4:00am Joan Armatrading: Me, Myself, I
9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 10:40am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Cooking Up a Fortune 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Circle 12:35am First Dates Hotel
8:35am 8:55am 9:05am 9:20am 9:40am 9:55am
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 11:30am Live County Championship Cricket 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 The latest sports news and updates. 8:00pm Live Betfred Super League Coverage of the elimination semi-final (Kickoff TBA). 11:00pm The Debate Discussion on the latest football news. 12:00am Live PGA Tour Golf The Safeway Open.
7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am Judge Rinder 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal 4:00pm Tenable 4:59pm ITV London Weather 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:30pm Lewis 10:30pm Lethal Weapon 11:25pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:55pm ITV News London 12:10am Take Me Out 1:15am Ideal World 3:00am Ideal World 4:00am The Level 4:50am ITV Nightscreen
7:45am You've Been Framed! 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Emmerdale 10:00am You've Been Framed! 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Emmerdale 2:15pm You've Been Framed! 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Supermarket Sweep 10:00pmAmerican Pie 11:30pm FYI Daily 11:35pmAmerican Pie 12:05am Family Guy 12:30am Family Guy
7:25am 7:50am 8:15am 8:45am 9:45am 10:20am 10:55am 11:25am
7:00am 7:45am 8:40am 9:40am 10:40am 11:40am 12:50pm 1:50pm 2:30pm 5:00pm 6:05pm 7:05pm 8:00pm 9:00pm
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am My Icon 9:45am Live Formula 1 11:50am Live Formula 2 Championship 12:50pm My Icon 1:00pm Football Centre 1:30pm My Icon 1:45pm Live Formula 1 3:50pm Live European Tour Golf 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live EFL 12:00am Live PGA Tour Golf 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Sky Sports News 4:30am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union
12:30pm 1:40pm 2:45pm 3:15pm 3:50pm 4:20pm 4:50pm 6:55pm 7:55pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 1:05am 3:00am 3:55am 4:50am
Coronation Street Emmerdale Emmerdale Heartbeat On the Buses On the Buses Rising Damp The Darling Buds of May Agatha Christie's Poirot Heartbeat Emmerdale Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Midsomer Murders Heartbeat Agatha Christie's Poirot Home Fires Home Fires Foyle's War Agatha Christie's Marple Heartbeat Agatha Christie's Poirot Great Estates of Scotland
The Chase The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Protectors ITV Racing Live Minder The Professionals The Car Chasers The Chase Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad 9:30pm Bradley Walsh & Son: Breaking Dad 10:00pmHigh Plains Drifter 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pmHigh Plains Drifter 12:10amUnforgiven 1:15am FYI Daily 1:20am Unforgiven 2:50am The Contender 4:00am Teleshopping
Top Wing Paw Patrol Floogals Digby Dragon Little Princess Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:10am Sunny Bunnies 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Vows of Deceit 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Secret Scotland 9:00pm The Great Model Railway Challenge 10:15pmAir Force One: Behind the Cockpit 11:05pm Live Bellator 1:05am MTV Unplugged
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SATURDAY - 28 SEPTEMBER
7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Mary Berry Quick Cooking 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories, followed by Weather. 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Homes Under the Hammer 3:15pm Live Athletics: World Championships 5:30pm Final Score 6:30pm BBC News 6:40pm BBC London News 6:45pm Weather 6:50pm Pointless 7:40pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:50pm Casualty 10:40pm Mrs. Brown's Boys 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:00am The Rap Game UK
7:15am Ali-A's Superchargers 7:35am Top Class 8:05am Mustangs FC 8:30am Blue Peter 9:00am Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals 10:00am Hairy Bikers: Route 66 11:00am Robot Wars 12:00pm The Wonder of Animals 12:30pm Live Cycling 5:30pm Live Athletics: World Championships 9:30pm Dad's Army Classic comedy 10:00pm Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love 11:35pmAnnie Hall 1:05am Night Train to Lisbon
8:45am Rugby World Cup 2019 Live Japan v Ireland (Kick-off 8.15am). 11:30am Rugby World Cup 2019 Live South Africa v Namibia (Kickoff 10.45am). 2:00pm ITV News and Weather 2:14pm ITV London Weather 2:15pm Casper 4:15pm Catchphrase 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm You've Been Framed! 7:00pm ITV News and Weather 7:15pm ITV News London 7:30pm Catchphrase 8:30pm The Chase Celebrity Special 9:30pm Britain's Got Talent: The Champions 11:30pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:35am ITV News and Weather
7:00am Emmerdale 9:45am Coronation Street 12:40pm Ninja Warrior UK 1:40pm You've Been Framed! 2:35pm Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 3:35pm FYI Daily 3:40pm Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights 4:25pm Beethoven's 2nd 5:30pm FYI Daily 5:35pm Beethoven's 2nd 6:10pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 7:25pm FYI Daily 7:30pm The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 10:00pmAmerican Pie 2 11:00pm FYI Daily 11:05pmAmerican Pie 2 12:05am Family Guy
8:00pm Britain's Secret Seas Paul Rose, Tooni Mahto and Frank Pope assist with the excavation of a 17th-century ship discovered in the waters outside Poole Harbour, Dorset, which could be one of the most important finds in British maritime history. 9:00pm Life in the Air 10:00pm Julieta 11:30pm Detectorists 12:00am Detectorists 12:30am Detectorists 1:00am Top of the Pops: 1988 1:30am Top of the Pops: 1988 2:00am Spiral 3:05am Spiral 4:05am Britain's Secret Seas
7:00am On the Buses 7:30am The Darling Buds of May 8:25am The Darling Buds of May 9:40am The Darling Buds of May 10:45am Agatha Christie's Poirot 11:55am Midsomer Murders 5:55pm Foyle's War 8:00pm Midsomer Murders 10:00pm Endeavour Oxford plays host to a veteran film star, in town to visit a local cinema. 12:00am A Touch of Frost 2:10am Emmerdale
7:10am King of Queens 8:30am The Big Bang Theory 9:20am The Simpsons 11:50am The Simpsons 12:20pm Couples Come Dine with Me 1:20pm Four in a Bed 1:50pm Four in a Bed 2:25pm Four in a Bed 2:55pm Four in a Bed 3:25pm Four in a Bed 4:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Grand Designs 7:00pm Channel 4 News 7:30pm Formula 1 9:00pm Britain at Low Tide 10:00pm The Hitman's Bodyguard 12:20amThe Heat
7:00am World of Sport: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly 7:10am The Protectors 7:40am The Motorbike Show 8:25am The Big Fish Off 9:25am Monster Carp 10:30am ITV Racing: The Opening Show 11:30am Goals of the 70s 11:40am River Monsters 12:10pmTobruk 1:15pm FYI Daily 1:20pm Tobruk 2:30pm ITV Racing Live 5:00pm Made in Britain 6:00pm Goodwood Revival Highlights from the event. 7:00pm The Car Years 7:30pm The Car Years 8:00pm Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 9:00pm Mr. Bean 9:35pm Mr. Bean 10:05pm Lethal Weapon 3 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pmLethal Weapon 3 12:25am Jaws 2
TV LISTING
SUNDAY - 29 SEPTEMBER
9:30am Nella the Princess Knight 9:45am Wissper 10:00am Pirata & Capitano 10:10am Floogals 10:20am Shimmer and Shine 10:40am Digby Dragon 10:50am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Access 11:30am Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:20pm Friends 2:20pm Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 5:10pm The Secret Life of Puppies 7:05pm 5 News Weekend 7:10pm Secrets of the Royals 8:05pm The Nile: Egypt's Great River with Bettany Hughes 10:00pm Live Boxing 12:00am 100 UFOs Caught on Camera
11:00am Sunday Politics London 11:30am Sunday Morning Live 12:30pm Wanted Down Under 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather for the Week Ahead 2:15pm Songs of Praise 3:05pm Points of View 3:20pm Homes Under the Hammer 4:20pm Escape to the Country 5:05pm Money for Nothing 6:05pm Pointless 6:50pm BBC News 7:05pm BBC London News 7:10pm Weather 7:15pm Countryfile 8:15pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm World on Fire 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:15am The Women's Football Show
7:50am A to Z of TV Gardening 8:35am Gardeners' World 9:35am Countryfile The programme plays host to One Man and His Dog 2019, as the best shepherds from across the British Isles descend on the Scottish Borders to find out which nation has what it takes to claim this coveted title. 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm Live Cycling 5:30pm The Super League Show 6:30pm Live Athletics: World Championships 10:30pm Stacey Dooley Investigates 11:15pm State of the Union 11:25pm State of the Union 11:40pm The Mash Report 12:10am Love in the Countryside
8:00pm The Women's Football Show 8:30pm South Downs: England's Mountains Green Peter OwenJones takes viewers into heart of the UK's newest National Park - the South Downs. 9:30pm Upstream (Robert McFarlane) 10:00pm Rhyme and Reason: BBC Introducing Arts 11:00pm Lost Films of WW2 12:00am Lost Films of WW2 Part two of two. 1:00am The Sinner 1:45am Spiral 2:45am Spiral 3:50am South Downs: England's Mountains Green
7:00am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 8:55am Rugby Greatest Games 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 11:25am Rugby Greatest Games England v New Zealand 2nd Test from December 1997. 11:30am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Live EFL 4:00pm Gillette Soccer Saturday 6:00pm Live Premier League 9:30pm Today's Goals Now A round-up of all of today's goals. 10:00pm Sky Sports Tonight 11:00pm Sky Sports News at Ten 12:00am Live PGA Tour Golf
9:10am Rugby World Cup 2019 Live 12:00pmBlack Beauty 1:45pm ITV News and Weather 1:59pm ITV London Weather 2:00pm Midsomer Murders 4:00pm Paul O'grady's Little Heroes 4:30pm Britain's Got Talent: The Champions 6:30pm The Chase 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 7:45pm ITV News London 8:00pm 5 Gold Rings 9:00pm Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 10:00pm Sanditon 11:05pm ITV News and Weather 11:14pm ITV London Weather 11:15pm Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 12:15am Who Wants to be a Millionaire? 1:10am A Confession
7:00am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:25am Emmerdale 10:15am Coronation Street 1:15pm Britain's Got Talent: The Champions 3:15pm Catchphrase 3:50pm You've Been Framed! 4:45pm Yogi Bear 5:45pm FYI Daily 5:50pm Yogi Bear 6:20pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 7:30pm FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news. 7:35pm Looney Tunes: Back in Action 8:10pm Captain America: Civil War 9:10pm FYI Daily 9:15pm Captain America: Civil War 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:05am Family Guy
7:00am On the Buses 7:25am The Royal 8:20am The Darling Buds of May 9:25am The Darling Buds of May 10:35am Heartbeat 11:35am Heartbeat 12:35pm Inspector Morse 2:50pm Agatha Christie's Marple 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:50pm Midsomer Murders 8:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 10:00pm Alexander Armstrong's Land of the Midnight Sun 11:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 12:05am Birds of a Feather 12:35am Birds of a Feather 1:10am Scott & Bailey
7:20am 7:50am 8:15am 8:40am
Cheers King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch The Simpsons Johnny English The Great British Bake Off Extreme Cake Makers Channel 4 News Including sport and weather. Formula 1 Egypt's Lost Pyramid Treasure Island with Bear Grylls The Circle Hotel Beau Sejour The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
9:35am Nella the Princess Knight 9:50am Wissper 10:00am Pirata & Capitano 10:10am Floogals 10:20am Shimmer and Shine 10:35am Digby Dragon 10:50am SpongeBob Squarepants 11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:15am Access 11:25am Friends 2:25pm Celebrity 5 Go Camping 3:20pm Celebrity 5 Go Camping 6:10pm 5 News Weekend 6:15pm Coca-Cola v Pepsi: Cola Wars 7:15pm Inside... 8:10pm The World's Most 10:00pm Inside the World's 11:00pm The Best of Bad TV 1:55am Access
7:00am Football's Greatest: Bobby Charlton 7:20am Motorsport UK 8:20am British Superbike Championship Highlights 9:20am The Big Fish Off Game show in which two celebrity guests take part in a series of fishing challenges. 10:20am Monster Carp 11:20am Live British Touring Car Championship 7:15pm The Car Years 7:45pm Goals of the 70s 8:00pm Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 9:00pm Hornblower 11:10pmDeath Wish 4: The Crackdown 12:15am FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news. 12:20amDeath Wish 4: The Crackdown 1:20am The Professionals
7:00am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 8:40am Rugby Greatest Games New Zealand v Australia from 2017. 8:45am My Icon 9:00am Total Goals A round-up of the latest football action. 10:00am Total Goals 11:30am Live Formula 1 12:30pm Live Formula 1 All the build-up to the Russian Grand Prix. 1:05pm Live Formula 1 3:00pm Live EFL 5:00pm Live Renault Super Sunday 8:00pm Live NFL 10:05pm Live NFL 1:30am Live NBC's FNIA Coverage of Football Night in America, which looks ahead to New Orleans Saints v Dallas Cowboys.
9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 1:30pm 3:00pm 4:45pm 6:00pm 6:30pm
7:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am 1:05am
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TUESDAY - 1 OCTOBER
MONDAY - 30 SEPTEMBER 6:15pm Strictly: It Takes Two 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out London 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Celebrity MasterChef 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Imagine 12:45am The Cameron Years
12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:45pm Politics Live 2:00pm Canoeing 2:30pm Live Athletics: World Championships 6:00pm Live Athletics: World Championships 10:00pm What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day 11:00pm I Love 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather The latest weather information. 12:15am Today at Conference
8:30pm James May: The Reassembler 9:00pm Cake Bakers and Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI 10:00pm Storyville 11:30pm I Was There 12:30am The Story of China 1:30am The Incredible Story of Marie Antoinette's 2:30am Spiral A teenage girl is found dead, and 3:30am Spiral
5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm 999: Britain From Above 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm A Confession 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather
1:45pm Coronation Street 2:50pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Supermarket Sweep 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pmAmerican Dad! 11:00pmPlebs 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad!
11:25am Outside Edge 12:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:50pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Scott & Bailey 12:00am Scott & Bailey 1:00am A Touch of Frost
TV LISTING
2:10pm 2:15pm 2:45pm 3:15pm
3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Cooking Up a Fortune 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie's Meat-Free Meals 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm Crime and Punishment 11:00pm The Circle 12:05am 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:10am
3:35pm Quincy, M.E. Part two of two. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights Scotland v Samoa. 8:30pm The Car Years 9:00pm Junk and Disorderly 10:00pmLethal Weapon 4 11:05pm FYI Daily 11:10pmLethal Weapon 4 12:30amDeath Wish 4: The Crackdown 1:35am FYI Daily
Access Home and Away Neighbours Aurora Teagarden Mystery: Three Bedrooms, One Corpse Friends 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Premiership Rugby Cup Highlights Traffic Cops The World's Most Luxurious... The Hunting Murder on the Internet
10:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Football Centre 12:30pm Ref Watch 1:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Live MNF 12:00am Sky Sports News 12:30am Live Caribbean Premier League T20 2:00am Live NFL
5:30pm Pointless 6:15pm Strictly: It Takes Two 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Capture 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Junior Doctors: On the Front Line 12:35am Japan with Sue Perkins
10:00am BBC News at 9 11:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm Hardball 2:45pm Live Athletics: World Championships 6:00pm Live Athletics: World Championships 10:00pm Love in the Countryside 11:00pm Defending the Guilty 11:30pm Newsnight 12:10am Weather
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days 8:30pm James May: The Reassembler 9:00pm England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey 10:00pm The Troubles: A Secret History 11:00pm Voyages of Discovery 12:00am The Last Explorers 1:00am Ireland's Treasures Uncovered 2:00am The Art That Made Mexico: Paradise, Power and Prayers 3:00am Spiral 3:55am Spiral
2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Cooking Up a Fortune 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:15pm Snackmasters 11:15pm The Circle 12:20am Gogglebox
1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Fatal Close-Up 5:00pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Animals After Dark 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm Inside the Tower of London 11:00pm The Hunting 12:10am Murder on the Internet
7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Save Money: Good Diet 9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm Long Lost Family 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London
3:45pm Supermarket Sweep 4:50pm Dinner Date 5:50pm Dress to Impress 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Supermarket Sweep 10:00pmThe 40 Year Old Virgin 11:10pm FYI Daily 11:15pmThe 40 Year Old Virgin 12:25am Family Guy 12:55am Family Guy 1:25am American Dad!
11:25am Outside Edge 12:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 7:55pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm DCI Banks Part one of two. 12:00am DCI Banks
10:15am 11:20am 12:30pm 1:30pm 2:35pm 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:50pm 6:50pm 8:00pm 9:00pm
Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase World Superbike Highlights 10:00pm Caught on Camera 11:00pmDeath Wish 2 12:00am FYI Daily
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Info not available 8:30pm Live EFL 11:15pm The Debate 12:15am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News 2:00am Sky Sports News
7:00am 7:25am 7:50am 8:20am 8:45am 9:50am 10:20am 10:55am 11:25am 11:55am 12:30pm
7:00am Only When I Laugh 7:25am The Saint 8:15am Kojak 9:15am Quincy, M.E. 10:15am Minder 11:20am The Sweeney 12:30pm The Professionals 1:30pm The Saint 2:35pm Kojak 3:45pm Quincy, M.E. 4:45pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:50pm The Sweeney 8:00pm The Chase 9:00pm World Superbike Highlights Action from both races in the 11th round of the season from Magny-Cours, France. 10:00pm Caught on Camera 11:00pmDeath Wish 2 12:00am FYI Daily 12:05amDeath Wish 2
7:00am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 7:30am Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize 8:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 11:00am Sky Sports News 12:00pm Sky Sports News 1:00pm Sky Sports News 2:00pm Sky Sports News 3:00pm Sky Sports News 4:00pm Sky Sports News 5:00pm Sky Sports News 6:00pm Sky Sports News at 5 7:00pm Sky Sports News at 6 8:00pm Info Not Available 8:30pm Live EFL Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion (Kick-off 7.45pm). 11:15pm The Debate 12:15am Sky Sports News 1:00am Sky Sports News
WEDNESDAY - 2 OCTOBER 2:30pm BBC London News; Weather 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Impossible 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Antiques Road Trip 5:30pm Pointless 6:15pm Strictly: It Takes Two 7:00pm BBC News at Six; Weather 7:30pm BBC London News; Weather 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm The Capture 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm Regional News and Weather 11:30pm Weather 11:35pm Junior Doctors: On the Front Line 12:35am Japan with Sue Perkins
7:30am 8:15am 9:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:45pm
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10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:10am 12:15am 12:45am 1:35am 2:35am 3:35am
Antiques Road Trip Fugitives DIY SOS BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Hardball Live Athletics: World Championships Live Athletics: World Championships Love in the Countryside Defending the Guilty Newsnight Weather Today at Conference NFL This Week Inside the Vatican Rise of the Nazis One Day That Changed My Life
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. 8:30pm James May: The Reassembler 9:00pm England's Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey 10:00pm The Troubles: A Secret History Jennifer O'Leary examines how British intelligence used informers to penetrate the IRA. 11:00pm Voyages of Discovery 12:00am The Last Explorers 1:00am Ireland's Treasures Uncovered
9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:10am Frasier 11:10am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:05pm Undercover Boss USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Couples Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Cooking Up a Fortune 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:15pm Snackmasters 11:15pm The Circle 12:20am Gogglebox
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Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 10 represents Z and 11 represents L, so fill in Z every time the figure 10 appears and L every time the figure 11 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.
Across 1 Tenuous, slight (6) 4 Ceremonial elegance and splendour (4) 8 Designer of buildings (9) 9 Fully employed (4) 10 If not (6) 13 In high spirits (6) 15 Not excessive or extreme (4) 18 Bring into existence (9) 19 Without charge (4) 20 Container for boiling water (6)
English - Spanish
Across 1 Courgette (9) 8 Kiss (4) 9 Stubborn (9) 10 Basto (superficie, piel) (6) 13 To choose (6) 15 Orgullo (5) 16 Unhurt (5) 17 Nickname (5) 18 Impuestos (5) 21 Detener (6) 22 Traffic jam (6) 25 Influencia (9) 26 Remojar (4) 27 Periódico (diario) (9)
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Down 1 Miss a step and fall or nearly fall (7) 2 Alloy of copper and zinc (5) 3 Deficiency (4) 5 Excessively fat (5) 6/18 Hold back to a later time (3,3) 7 Any creature of exceptional size (5) 11 Outer boundary or face of anything (7) 12 Source of danger (5) 14 Same in appearance or character (5) 16 Completely skilled at or in (5) 17 Small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold (4) 18 See 6
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
Down 2 Fir tree (5) 3 Después de (5) 4 To attract (6) 5 Ciertamente (6) 6 Religioso (9) 7 Help (7) 11 To land (touch down) (9) 12 Granos (en la piel) (5) 14 Menos (5) 16 To go home (2,1,4) 19 En seguida (2,4) 20 Águilas (6) 23 Bee (5) 24 Car (5)
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AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) You like to do your own things in your own way and in your own time. That certainly shows this week. It can cause a bit of a stir with family. Even so, it will inspire someone close to step forward and make their own stand. Put someone straight when they step out of line.
PISCES (February 20 - March 20) The kind nature that is so much a part of you is only too evident this week. A situation makes you feel frustrated and you need to find a way forward. A bit of expert advice goes a long way even if it does mean that you still have to go it alone. Be strong and remind yourself that this is for someone else.
ARIES (March 21 - April 20) As you prefer living in the here and now, you find it difficult to understand and tolerate people who plot and plan in advance. It is tedious in the extreme to consider every little detail of something which may never happen. Because there is this relaxed attitude, you have developed a larger-thanlife personality.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) This time of year reminds you just how much you enjoy home comforts. Plan ahead now for those chilly winter nights when the air is crisp and the wine is mulled. The urge is to work with others this week and that in itself throws up plans for evenings ahead. Having planned a romantic weekend there may need to be some adjustments.
GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Your mind, as ever, is changeable. This is a fun time to dabble at this and that to bring a bit of variety to your life and work. Meeting new people and starting new projects means that it is a busy time at work but the rewards are high.
CANCER (June 22 - July 23) This is an emotional week, when it is difficult to keep things to yourself. Get together with others and do a bit of social networking. Talk, and if you cannot bring yourself to confess to a problem, say that it is a friend of yours who has it. Certainly, you need to share this concern to get a balanced picture. Things that are held inside can get blown out of all proportion. Think of something to spice up your love life at the weekend because it is a romantic time.
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LEO (July 24 - August 23) There is a highly social week ahead with social gatherings here and there. A trip means that finances start to look brighter. You may find it necessary, if you are to progress, to consider a move to another job or area. Get involved with people who have been in the same situation. This gives you a good guide as to exactly where you want to be. Someone fresh brings a romantic lift to the weekend and you are reminded of how things used to be.
VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) There is a great impatience this week when someone flatly refuses to see something through to the end. You do not admire sloppiness and your reaction shows this. It may be necessary for you to sort out a situation which has been going on far too long. As you dislike loose ends in any respect, your patience may come to an end.
LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Energy is high and there is a lot of fun to be had. An invitation sent out brings an old friend to your table. This is not as straightforward as you think it will be. Odd stirrings make you confused. Could it be that going back is the right way to go forward? Remove yourself for a while to consider rather than be torn in two directons at once.
SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) You feel like a fish out of water in a confused and noisy situation. Perhaps you are not making the right kind of friends, so take control of the quality of people who you associate with. Maybe it is relatives that are causing concern. You cannot choose your relatives, but it is possible to see less of them.
LOTTERY UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Saturday September 21
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This is a great social week. Your puppy-like enthusiasm attracts others and a barrage of good vibes comes your way. Indeed, your relaxed attitude allows someone close to get their own life a bit more into perspective.
CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) People look to you to guide them through the maze of right and wrong this week. Your talent for bringing humour into the most tense situations is invaluable midweek. Summer is a socialising time for you and it is all steam ahead as you issue invitations and receive some back. .
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IRISH LOTTO Saturday September 21
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Thursday September 19
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JOKER: 8 030 393 EL GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA Sunday September 22
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Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.
TARGET: Average: 9 Good: 12 Very good: 17 Excellent: 22 LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION alto arty atop part plat plot port rapt rata rort rota tala tapa taro tarp torr trap tray troy typo tyro altar aorta apart aport aptly party platy tarry typal aortal paltry parrot partly patrol portal portly raptly raptor rotary portray PORTRAYAL
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS
QUICK Across: 1 Chatty, 4 Oboe, 8 Dirty, 9 Error, 10 Maisonette, 13 Narcissism, 17 Terse, 18 Odour, 19 Dull, 20 Stodge.
Down: LA PRIMITIVA
Kakuro
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 P) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.
Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21)
BONUS BALL
Sudoku
1 Code, 2 Aorta, 3/18 Try out, 5 Beret, 6 Earned, 7 Tennis, 11 Spider, 12 United, 14 Rural, 15 Sword, 16 Urge.
CRYPTIC Across: 1 Bite, 3 Adoption, 9 Sterner, 10 Lance, 11 Indus, 12 Events, 14 Learnt, 16 Meddle, 19 Niggle, 21 Petra, 24 Evade, 25 Arrange, 26 Disaster, 27 Scot.
Down: 1 Bastille, 2 Trend, 4 Dorset, 5 Pulse, 6 Ignited, 7 Need, 8 Unison, 13 Decadent, 15 Animals, 17 Expert, 18 Debate, 20 Guess, 22 Tonic, 23 Lend.
ENGLISH-SPANISH Down:
Across: 1 Tight, 4 Spindle, 7 Tortuga, 8 Otter, 9 Avoid, 10 Perales, 11 Espera, 13 Wafers, 17 Surname, 19 Mists, 21 Brezo, 22 Dirigir, 23 Results, 24 Sinks.
1 Tatuaje, 2 Gordo, 3 Thunder, 4 Stamps, 5 Detalle, 6 Earls, 8 Oar, 12 Parcels, 14 Admires, 15 Sastres, 16 Deudas, 17 Saber, 18 Ajo, 20 Segun.
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FEAR OF DEMOCRACY? HI Leapy I live in Spain, expat, I am afraid you fall into the same category as most Brexiteers in as far as you want out for whatever your reasons are, and all the rest of us are wrong, you and all the get out brigade, do not want a second referen dum or peoples’ vote for one reason only, that is that you all think that you would lose. I, as a remain voter, would except a leave ver dict even if it meant NO DEAL exit, because I be lieve in democracy with all the facts laid bare, not the sham of lies from both sides that we were dished up with 2016, we all know a lot more now than we did then, the population is now different as far as a lot more younger vot ers now and a lot of older people passed away, this is more for the future of the young and NOT for the old, so anyone over the age of 75 should not be given the vote, which I am one, but 16 yearolds and upwards should. To link this question in a general election is so wrong to have the issues involved with many others is a con trick as you and I know. I think that a win to stay in would be a bigger percentage now than the leave vote got last time, as I think most people that have any logic would conclude, what are you all fright ened of? In a word, democracy. I agree with 95 per cent of what you write in the EWN. Felt a need to write, love your column. Regards Les Brice Keep the faith HI Leapy, What a fantastic column, I totally agree with everything you said, keep the faith bloody MPs. Regards Keith Moore. Rock the boat DEAR Leapy I’m back on the Costa Blanca for a break with my wife, and always read your piece in the paper. As usual, you are absolutely spot on! Keep up the good work mate and never stop rocking the boat. Gerald and Linda Care and concern DEAR Editor In a complete diversion from politics and tragedy, just wanted to share a scene I wit nessed at the weekend. I live near Elche in Costa Blanca and as I was driving towards Alicante airport I noticed three cars pulled
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Thomas Cook turns to government for bail out No, the government would do nothing to help my company, so why should they help Thomas Cook, especially as they have struggled for years as they haven’t changed their business model to keep up with the times. Also travel companies should be made to pay into a fund to provide assurance for travellers should this happen. Why should it cost the British taxpayer to get travellers back home if a pri vate company goes under, it’s their responsibility not the taxpayer. Neil Holmes Absolutely not, why leave it for so long, they ob viously knew they were in trouble. I bet those that knew end up with all their money, what about all the poor staff. It’s a shame if you’ve booked a holiday with them but you will get the money back, I wonder how many staff will be out
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LAST WEEK’S POLL: Can we as expats/immigrants criticise Spain’s animal rights issues, for example bull fighting?
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AFTER 178 years in business Thomas Cook has gone under with debts of £1.7 billion (€1.92 billion). There are around 150,000 customers abroad and 600,000 in total affected, including those with holidays and flights already booked. The fleet of 40 jumbo jets hired to bring people home from overseas is said to be costing £150 million (€169.8 million). Total cost of compensating people for their lost holidays and for the emergency repatriation of stranded customers could reach as high as £600 million (€679 million). The reasons for the collapse of the world’s most famous tour company - and one that has been closely associated with Spain since the start of package tours to the nation in the 1960s - boil down to a disastrous merger with My Travel in 2007. It left the company saddled with enormous debts. The full price became evident in May when a £1.5 billion loss (€1.7 billion) - including a £1 billion (€1.13 billion) write-off from the merger - was announced. But could it have been different? A £900 million (€1.02 billion) rescue package was in place when the banks - led by taxpayer-owned RBS - demanded another £200 million (€226 million) in funding. It is somewhat ironic that a bank that received billions in bail-out funds from the taxpayer was not prepared to be a little more flexible for a giant company that employed 9,000 people in the UK alone.
THE FUTURE: Should it be in the hands of young voters? up in a layby. I could see a male and female in their late teens looking agitated so stopped my car to see if they needed help. They immediately appeared relieved and ushered me over to where an elderly Spanish man had fallen into a roadside ditch. His two dogs were frantic and had attracted the atten tion of the convoy of youngsters who were dri ving past on their way out for the evening. The elderly man was not injured but was in shock.
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Council on October 17/18, it’s normal procedure to have proposals two weeks ahead so nations can haggle at diplomatic/official level. This means a deal effectively needs to be in paper proposal form by the beginning of October, so it’s not an ultimatum, both sides are aware of the timescale, so its brava do, on the EU’s part. Chris J Fare
RESPECT for Spanish military that swoop in after the floods and save the day once again! So so proud of the Spanish emergency services. Thank you each and every one of you. You risk your lives to save others and rescue people then help with the flooding. Forever grateful and in your debt. Lyn Rowe
POLL OF THE WEEK
Should prostitution be completely legalised and sex workers pay taxes?
• YES
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An event-packed autumn for MACS IT has been a long, busy summer for the MACS team, with the volunteers continu ing their great work despite the heat and the influx of visitors to the area. The MACS shops extended their opening hours during the summer months which helped maximise sales and for the rest of the volunteers it was business as usual. The shops will return to normal morning opening times at the end of September, so pop along and grab yourself a bargain. The hard work doesn’t stop when the summer ends though. With an increasing number of people relying on the services of this excellent charity it is full steam ahead into the autumn and winter with a packed programme of events in the pipeline to raise muchneeded funds. First up, this Saturday (September 28) is the annual MACS barbecue: ‘Fired Up to Help’ gets underway at Miraflores, camp ing Los Gallardos at 1pm and tickets to in clude food are priced at €12.50, available from Miraflores or tickets for entertain ment only can be purchased on the day for €5. In October it’s time to put the kettle on.
DRESS UP: And get ready to boogie with Alison in November.
‘Make a Cuppa Special for MACS’ is for everyone and can be arranged by calling into one of the shops for a sponsor form, then simply inviting people round for tea and cakes. Spending time with friends and raise money for MACS: what could be easi er? Also in October on Friday 4, Tony Matthews will be hosting one of his popu lar quizzes at Rosie Lee’s in Turre, from 4 6pm, booking directly with the venue on 643 198 600. November also brings a packed month of fundraising. It’s quiz time again, this time at Badgers, Mojacar on Thursday 7, with quizmaster Alan Sinden. Book early by calling 950 478 525. One of the year’s most popular events is coming up on November 23: Boogie in Blue, hosted by Alison Bramwell, is your chance to dress up and dance the morning away while raising awareness about prostate cancer and funds for MACS. The fun takes place at the Oasis Tropical Hotel between 11.30am and 1pm. Tickets are available directly from Alison on 666 273 168.
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Flu jab alternative A STICK-ON patch could spell the end of flu jabs. Scientists have created a patch which could protect against flu as effectively as the traditional vaccine, new re search compiled by University of Rochester suggests.
The search for an alternative to flu jabs has been ongoing for decades amid concerns the method can cause patient anxi ety, has to be administered by a medical professional and cre ates biohazard waste. Researchers now believe
they have made a breakthrough after testing the patch on mice. The new patch around the size of a standard plaster con tains synthetic proteins that make the skin more “perme able”, as effectively as a flu vac cine. Trials on mice showed the patch “initiated a robust im mune response”. And the ro dents showed no increased risk of infection over the next three months, suggesting the patch did not permanently affect their skin barrier. The team stress, however, more animal studies need to be carried out, with the patch hopefully being tested in hu man trials “in the future”. “Scientists have been study ing needlefree vaccine ap proaches for nearly two decades, but none of the tech nologies have lived up to the hype,” study author Dr Ben jamin Miller said. “Our patch overcomes a lot of the challenges faced by mi croneedle patches for vaccine delivery, the main method that’s been tested over the years.
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SURPRISING: Eating two breakfasts does not result in extra weight gain.
Double up at breakfast to prevent snacking FORGET skipping breakfast and double up instead to help you lose weight. The news may be surprising, but according to a study by researchers at Yale and the University of Connecticut, eating two breakfasts is actually good for you if you eat something small to kick start your metabolism and then something slightly larger a bit later. Nutritionists also agree with the double break fast concept believing that for many people who struggle to eat when they get up it is the ideal way to ensure a decent breakfast is had if some thing light like a small yoghurt, smoothie or pro
tein shake can be had first. They say larger, healthier breakfasts such as omelettes and por ridge had a few hours later can prevent snacking before lunchtime but ensure the necessary nutri tion is had. The American study was conducted on 600 school children over the course of two years and found the children who ate two breakfasts expe rienced a weight gain no different to the kids who ate just one. The children who rarely ate breakfast, on the other hand, were twice as likely to be overweight as the children who ate two meals in the morning.
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Olive Tree Farm was set up about four years ago with the intention of achieving a level of self sufficiency. We have poultry for meat and eggs, goats for milk, rabbits and small pigs for meat and harvest our 70 olive trees each year for oil. We also grow a variety of fruits and vegetables.
SOMETIMES the urge to bake something quickly just takes over in the Olive Tree Farm kitchen, and this week’s recipe is possibly one of the quickest to make! Of course you could make your own pastry, but when you can buy readymade, all butter puff pastry, why waste time when you they could be baked and on the table in minutes. A Palmier ( French, for Palm Tree), pig’s ear or elephant ear is a French pastry in a palm leaf shape or a butterfly shape, sometimes called palm leaves, cœur de France, French hearts, shoesoles, or glasses.
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Palmiers These delicate and pretty pastries are easy to make and although I use just raw brown sugar (panela), there are many other additions you can use to your own taste. I usually bake them for around 12 minutes and then flip them over for another cou ple of minutes to ensure they are crispy on both sides. Make sure you let them cool on a cooling rack to keep the crisp ness. Ingredients (Makes 1820) One sheet of ready made all butter puff pastry
One cup of brown sugar (a pinch of cinnamon, optional) Method Preheat your oven to 400ºF 200ºC Sprinkle brown sugar on your work surface to the size of your pastry sheet. Lie the pastry over the top and then using a rolling pin, gently roll it over the pastry to help the sugar to stick under neath. Sprinkle more sugar over the top of the pastry and again roll it gently with your rolling pin, to press the sugar onto the pastry. Starting from the front edge
FRENCH PASTRY: Quick to make. of your pastry start to roll the edges inwards. Keep rolling un til you reach the centre line of the pastry sheet. Repeat this from the back edge of the pas try and roll it towards you until the rolls meet in the centre. Now place this on a baking sheet/chopping board, and pop it in the freezer for about 20 minutes, this makes cutting them much easier. Once your pastry is firm, re move from the freezer and trim off the ends so you have a clean cut. Cut the roll into 1cm slices, dip them into more sugar to cover the clean cuts and lie
them flat on a baking sheet, on baking parchment. Bake them for 12 minutes in the centre of the oven, take them out, flip them over and bake for a further two to three minutes until just golden. Leave to cool on a cooling rack. Variations: You can spread them with peanut butter, chocolate spread, or jam before rolling. You can also add cinna mon to the sugar. Just mix the cinnamon into the sugar, and then sprinkle as explained above. Now get the kettle on and enjoy!
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THE TOWIE cast looked more than all-white as they glammed up for a White Party, with Amber Turner, Olivia Attwood, Shelby Tribble and Yazmin Oukhellou pulling out all the stops. The cast are currently filming the Marbella series special of the ITVBe reality show, with the themed villa party just one of the must sees viewers won’t want to miss. Amber, 26, teamed sheer trousers worn over a daring body suit with a wooden bag and dark sunglasses. It was boyfriend Dan Edgar who spurned the allwhite look wearing patterned shorts as the pair put on a lovedup show for the cameras. Yazmin opted for an embellished twopiece while Chloe Meadow’s outfit also resembled swimwear, but had flowing puff sleeves. Meanwhile, Olivia who official ly joined the show at the start of the month teased a glimpse at her toned abs in a polka dot crop top and highwaisted skirt.
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All white on the night
A WHITE SIGHT: Amber Turner and Shelby Tribble.
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Homegrown talent SINGER SensiFalan is perform ing as part of a provincial gov ernment initiative to promote homegrown culture. The AlmeriaCity born artist is appearing at the cultural centre in Benahadux tomorrow, Friday, at 9pm as one of the events in cluded in the Diputacion de Almeria Culture Department’s ‘In their own name’ cultural cir cuit. The circuit is aimed at giving people across the province the chance to see the work of recog nised Almeria artists and to go to performances bysingers and groups linked to the province. SensiFalan will also be giving concerts in Olula del Rio and Ve lafique in November as part of
UNIQUE: The artists takes elements of flamenco and Sephardic music to create her own particular style.
her ‘A world in a sea’ tour. Origi nally from the La Chanca neigh bourhood of Almeria, the singer has enjoyed a successful career which has seen her perform across Spain and overseas, in cluding in Ireland, Chile, Poland,
Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico and Morocco. She takes elements of flamenco and Sephardic music to create her very own particu lar style in her compositions, and is known for always looking for new influences.
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Almanzora highway pledge THE president of the Junta de Andalucia has promised the Almanzora highway will be connected to the A-7 motorway by 2023. Juanma Moreno, who was in Huercal Overa on Friday for the inauguration of the works on the El CucadorLa Concepcion stretch of the dualcarriageway, said the project would be finalised “before the end of this legislature.” The conservative Popular Party politician also took the opportunity to have a dig at the previous centreleft PSOE party Andalu cia government. He claimed his administra tion had “brought out of oblivion” the high way project, which is cofinanced by the European Union, “following four years with out any works” and of “eternal promises.” He continued, “everything is underway because we want to go from promise to facts.” A total of €25.3 million is being invested in the threekilometre El CucadorLa Concep cion section of the road, or €8 million per
KEY: The Junta de Andalucia president underlined the importance of the dual-carriageway for the province’s economy. kilometre Moreno observed in reference to the complexity and technical difficulties of the works. The regional government head also said efforts were underway to get the works pro ject for the final stretch of the dualcarriage way put out to tender. He said the existing project drawn up in 2013 was outofdate and it was therefore necessary to “update and modernise” the documentation in ac
cordance with current technical regulations. Moreno described the Almanzora high way as “key for Andalucia,” maintaining his administration wanted to “turn it into a new economic engine for our land.” It was he said, “an important day for Almeria and for all Andalucia because it starts the countdown to connecting the Amanzora and Mediterranean highway, which represents progress and wellbeing.”
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ALBOX & SURROUNDING AREAS TRADITIONAL: The church held a harvest festival service for the Aljambra chapel which is closing for renovations.
Church chapel change THE Anglican Church held its last ser vice in the Albox Aljambra chapel before it closed for renovations, a harvest festival and Eucharist service.
From October 10 the services will be held in the chapel by the tanatorio in Cantoria. Eucharist services will be on the second and last Thursdays at 11am, and Evensong on the second Sunday at 6pm.
Sentence call for kidnappers THE Almeria public prosecutor has called for nine足year prison sentences for two suspected kidnappers. The pair are charged with abducting and holding a Macael businessman in 2010 to force his son to return a supposed shipment of hashish, Spanish press reported. Accompanied by six or seven others, the two allegedly grabbed the then 66足year足old vic足 tim in an industrial estate and forced him into a car. They reportedly held him for two days in a warehouse in another industrial estate before transferring him to a house in Malaga and finally releasing him nearly six days after his abduction.
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Fashion fundraiser triumph THE Animal Protection Society Albox (APSA), au tumn fashion show was a triumph. The event raised an impressive €1,000 for the many dogs in the charity’s care. Organiser Sally Miller said she was delighted with the amount raised, and that everyone had a great time. Staged at Albox Tennis Club, the models strutted their stuff on the catwalk as the audi ence bought their outfits for as little as €10. Ian and Anne Moir provided the music and resident comedian Terry Le Gassick acted as compere. There was also a clothes’ stall and raffle,
which helped to boost the takings on the day. Sally issued a heartfelt thanks to the models, including Claire FinlaySmith, Maggie Vaughan, Gerry Hayward, Gerry Day, Carole Donahugh, Ella Dring, Sharon O’Hanlon, Ann Sanderson, and the backstage crew Trish Le Gassick, Gail Hill, Martine Deprez and Nicole Beauchamp. She also thanked all the volunteers who helped, and last but not least, the audience who made the event so enjoyable and successful. The next APSA fundraiser will be the ‘Glam, Glitz and Gifts’ charity auction on Tuesday No vember 5.
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PRAISE: The Junta president described the facilities as modern and comfortable for patients and staff.
Health centre ‘model’ for region OLULA DEL RIO’S new health centre is a ‘model for the region,’ according to the Junta de Andalucia president. Speaking at the official in auguration of the centre on Friday, Juanma Moreno praised the facilities as mod ern and comfortable for both
staff and patients. The centre, which has been functioning since the middle of June, is also the regional gov ernment head maintained a good example of institutional collaboration between the Jun ta and the Diputacion de Alme ria. The Olula del Rio centre
serves some 6,500 local resi dents. The facilities include four family medicine consultation rooms, one for paediatrics, four for nurses and one for an odon tologist. There are also two waiting rooms, one for tests and treat ments, a minor surgery mod ule, Xray services, physiothera py, midwifery and a 24hour emergency service. The Junta President took the opportunity to underline what he said was this administra tion’s commitment to Almeria, which he described as a great province and one of Andalucia’s economic engines. “Almeria is the capital of the agribusiness sector, especially for vegetables, which are ex ported to many countries. “We are proud of the farm ers’ innovation, development and strength,” he commented. Also attending Friday’s inau guration were Junta de Andalu cia Health and Families regional minister Jesus Aguirre, regional Agriculture, Fishing and Sustain able Development minister Car men Crespo, Almeria Junta del egate Maribel Sanchez, and provincial government presi dent Javier A Garcia.
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EVERYONE knows that is worth negotiating the price of their homes when buying, within Spain some 62 per cent of buyers saying they managed to get an average of 10 per cent knocked off the price. Sometimes it can be as sim ple as just making a lower of fer, but at other times a little more thought may be re quired. Whether you are a first time homebuyer or a sea soned veteran, the negotia tion part of the transaction can be a little daunting and stressful. However, it is neces sary to ensure you are getting the best possible deal for your money. So, what should you negoti ate when buying a home? Closing costs. Your closing costs are determined by a va riety of factors. Ask the seller to cover some or all of these costs within the agreed price. Furnishings. Love how the seller has furnished and deco
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in place and complete proper, thorough inspections. Repairs. Your inspection may uncover small or large re pairs needed to bring the home up to standard. You can negotiate to have these items fixed before closing or ask for a price reduction to cover the costs. Of course, the seller is al ways within their rights to refuse, but to clinch a deal they may be willing to shift their position closer to yours. If they don’t the choice is still up to you do you love the home enough to pay the full price, and if you don’t will someone else? Whatever the answer, it is always worth asking!
MARRIED with no kids WHERE once the driving force for young couples to get on the property ladder was the desire to start a family, now a growing segment of the market is devoted to people with no intention of ever having children. For these people, lifestyle is the driving factor and has led to the emergence of socalled ‘dinks’ or Double Income, No Kids couples. And there are a lot of them in Spain, with the National Statistics Institute estimating around four mil lion homes in the country are owned by young couples who not only have no children, but have no intention of ever having any. Across Europe around 53 million homes are owned by childless couples, a figure that has grown by 14 per cent in 10 years. Their importance to the market is in creasing year by year in line with their spending power. ‘Dinks’ are defined as being between 25 and 40 years old, and their lifestyle is based on leisure. They live in the city and have good incomes and high educational levels. Their lifestyle is based on travelling, going out for dinner, buying the latest technology and enjoying unique experi ences; the typical philosophy of Generation Y people born between 1980 and 2000 who seek passion, challenges and happiness in everything they do as long as no children are involved!
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Dependable hybrid and electric models BRITAIN’S most and least reliable new and used cars have been revealed, with hybrid models among the most dependable and Land Rover and Renault owners found to have the least reliable cars. The 2019 Reliability Survey from Britain’s consumer champion and new car buying platform, What Car?, con ducted in association with MotorEasy, used reader feedback from more than 18,000 drivers to find the most depend able cars up to five years old.
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Hybrid cars from Japanese brands topped the reliability charts, with the Lexus CT (2011 present) and Toyota Yaris Hybrid (2011 present) receiving a 100 per cent reliability rating from own ers, indicating they suffered no faults over the previous 12 months. The only other car to match this achievement was the Kia Soul (2014 2019). Although electric vehicles and hybrids have the best average reliability rating (96.1 per cent) of the 10 car classes in the survey, not all cars with this technology are dependable. The Renault Zoe (2013
present) scored a lowly 82.3 per cent, with 44 per cent of owners saying their car had suffered a fault. The worst vehicle class for reliability was Luxury SUVs at 86.5 per cent, with the Range Rover (2013 present) and Range Rover Velar (2017 present) proving the least bulletproof. Almost half of Velar owners (48 per cent) said their car experienced a fault in the past 12 months, while 35 per cent of Range Rover owners had needed to visit a garage, with battery issues most com mon.
TOYOTA YARIS HYBRID: Received a 100 per cent reliability rating from owners. At brand level, Lexus vehi cles were found to be most reliable, with a 99.3 per cent reliability rating, fol lowed by Toyota and Suzuki. Japanese and South Korean brands dominated the top 10 brand reliability rankings, oc cupying seven of the places. The worst brand for reliability was Land Rover, with an 81.3 per cent rating, just below Renault and Jeep. What Car?’s Reliability Survey asked owners whether their car had gone wrong in the past 12 months, how long repairs took and how much they had to
pay to get their vehicle back on the road. Of the 18,119 cars included in the study, 26 per cent had experienced at least one fault, with the most common problem a nonelectrical engine fault. Diesel drivers were more likely to have visited a garage than owners of other types of car, with diesels accounting for 58 per cent of all faults. When it came to paying for repairs, 11 per cent of owners had to fork out between £101 and £200, while 3 per cent of repairs ex ceeded £1,500.
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SEAT is going to participate until 2023 in the Life Landfill Biofuel project, which was recently approved by the European Commission, whose goal is to obtain renewable gas from municipal landfills. The aim is to achieve more ef ficient management by obtain ing biomethane from an indige nous, abundant energy source. The project will be developed with other partners for the next four years and has an overall budget of €4.6, of which the Eu ropean Commission will fund 55 per cent. Andrew Shepherd, who is re sponsible for SEAT’s renewable gas projects, emphasised that “this project will enable us to make headway in the develop ment and research into bio methane as a fuel. Our ultimate aim is to guarantee zero envi ronmental impact for CO2 emis sions in the entire life cycle of vehicles.” With the goal of boosting the circular economy, energy effi ciency and emissions reduction, SEAT is currently working on the Life Methamorphosis project to obtain biomethane from previ ously selected waste and animal
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can be dumped in landfills by 2035. For this reason, converting waste into vehicular biofuel is one solution to this environmen tal challenge. Other organisa tions also participating in this new project include FCC, IVECO, The University of Granada, the
CARTIF Foundation, SYSAD VANCE and Gasnam. SEAT has also developed a similar project with Aqualia to convert waste water into biofu el. There are close to half a mil lion landfill sites in Europe, so the development and research
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In this sense, there is great potential in establishing certifi cates of origin for the produc tion of biomethane. This system would facilitate the develop ment of the industry in Spain, as it is being done in other Euro pean Union countries, and being able to transfer these certifi cates among sectors would open up several opportunities to the transport industry.
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BOOST: Fergie gives rugby players the belief to win.
the weather THE area where the Aguilon Golf Members Club play was lucky to escape the worst of the recent weather which had such a devastating impact on the rest of the province and has been able to continue with its competitions uninterrupted.
Fergie assists Rugby World Cup opener EDDIE JONES credited a visit from Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester United manager, for giving his
players the belief to score a late bonuspoint tr y as they opened their Rugby World Cup 2019 campaign with a 35-3 Pool C win over Tonga in the Sapporo Dome. Ferguson’s career featured numerous late winning goals, scored in a period referred to as ‘Fergie time’ and England left it late to put Luke Cowan Dickie in for the crucial fourth try to earn the bonus point.
Wednesday September 4 Monthly Medal The medal round curtailed the scoring last week, despite the more favourable condi tions and the course being in pristine condi tion. 1st Peter Death 8010 = 70 2nd Dave Simpson 8716 = 71 3rd Norman Ridgway 8210 = 72 Two’s: Mike Esposito 3rd, Derrick Stephen son 8th, Dave Sharp, Dave Simpson, Bob Tagg 12th, Keith Travis 14th, Norman Whibley 17th. Wednesday September 11 Individual Sta bleford It is a little less crowded on the fairways now with the holidaymakers returning home and the winter sunseekers yet to arrive, and normal service was resumed with the good scoring, the club reported. 1st Norman Ridgway 39 points 2nd Roy Bishop 38 points 3rd Dave Sharp 37 points
Two’s: Les Raufer x2 3rd and 17th, Bill Gibb, Matt Mattacola 3rd, Dave Gray 8th, Dave Sharp 12th, Norman Whibley 14th, Ge off Ashton, Peter Easthope, Louis Long 17th. Wednesday September 18 Individual Stableford So far this month the club’s compe titions have been dominated by two players: Peter Death has won two of the three competitions and Norman Ridgway has a first, second and third to his name 1st Peter Death 40 points 2nd Norman Ridgway 37 points on a card play off 3rd Bill Gibb 37 points Two’s: Phil Miles 3rd, Phil Burnham, Ken Hidle, Glyn Ombler 8th, Peter Death, Louis Long, Norman Ridgway TOP PLAYERS: Medal winner Peter Death and Stableford winner Norman Ridgway. 17th.