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‘BEAUTIFUL’ RESULT The largest criminal network on the Costa Blanca, believed to have laundered at least €7 million, has been shut down as part of a 10-year operation which resulted in the arrest of 40 people. ACCORDING to the National Police, the criminal organisation was dedicated to drug trafficking and money laundering. The operation - known as Beautiful - was launched in 2008 and as well as numerous arrests across the region, has resulted in the seizure of almost 4,000 kilos of cocaine, an army of firearms and a large number of high-end vehicles and luxury boats. As part of the operation centred on the Costa Blanca North, a luxury car dealership was reportedly raided by and a number of luxury cars and motorbikes were seized. Several hotel owners in the region have allegedly been arrested and questioned by police, while a 25-metre yacht was also seized in the port of Denia. It is also alleged that the ex-director of a local football club has been implicated in
N AT I O N A L POLICE: Carried out numerous arrests.
the scandal. One-hundred troops have carried out numerous arrests and a total of 13 searches have taken place in Alicante, Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona. So far, more than €600,000 have been seized in cash from several homes, more than 600 bank accounts have been blocked and
300 properties valued at more than €20 million will form part of the investigation. The suspects are charged with laundering operations exceeding €7 million. The criminal organisation was mainly based in the Alicante region, although it had strong ramifications in Madrid, Galicia, Valencia,
Murcia and Barcelona. The network was allegedly engaged in drug trafficking in the European Union and laundered all its profits with different methods and systems. EUROPOL collaborated with officers from Colombia, Portugal, Sweden, Romania, France and the British agency NCA.
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Crane jump threats NATIONAL POLICE officers prevented a man from throwing himself off of a crane in Valencia at the weekend. The incident occurred at around 2.30pm on Sunday when police were called to Calle Sagunto as a man had scaled a 20-metre crane and was sitting precariously on the edge. The man told police that he wanted to jump and end his life. Due to the imminent danger that the man was in, and given his delicate mental state, one of the policemen got on the crane to try and talk the man down while another officer gave support from the ground. Finally, after talking to the man for about 15 minutes, the officer managed to convince him to come down.
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Visitors up in Valencia ‘TOURISM and employm e n t : a b e t t e r f u t u re f o r all.’ This was the motto of t h e W o r l d To u r i s m D a y which was held on September 27. In the midst of the crisis due to the bankruptcy of the tour operator Thomas Cook, the uncertainty that looms in the sector before the Brexit deadline of October 31, and after the latest figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) that revealed a drop of 1.3 per cent in international tourism in Spain, the city of Valencia has noticed an increase in all areas of tourism in the city. According to figures provided by the Tourism Foundation of Valencia, overnight stays in the city had increased by 5.9 per cent by the end of August compared to the same time last year. The figures for foreign stays in the city had increased by 9.1 per cent and hotel occupancy in Valencia exceeded 87 per cent of the total capacity. Local councillor, Emiliano Gar-
VALENCIA: Tourism in the city generates more than 31,000 direct and indirect jobs.
cia, stated that the city has “a model of sustainable tourism that has managed to cross seasons and be independent of large operators and specific destinations.”
Tourism in Valencia generates more than 31,000 direct and indirect jobs and director of the Valencia Tourism Foundation, Toni Bernabé, said: “We are not only
seeking to generate more employment, but also to ensure that it is o f h i g h e r q u a l i t y. We a r e n o longer a seasonal destination and we are growing in profitability.”
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Wonderful Guadalest
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THE town of Castell de Guadalest is among the 20 finalists to become one of the Seven Rural Wonders of Spain 2019 in the annual competition organised by the online holiday rental platform HomeAway and voted for by travellers online.
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A GOODBYE to summer party is being held at the Finca Klara in Benitachell in aid of Tanamera Rescue Dogs today, Thursday October 3 at 5pm. There will be cava on arrival and a buffet included in the €15 entry price with live music from The Music Teers.
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Oktoberfest DIG out those lederhosen and head down to Calpe for the annual Oktober fest festival organised by the Carnival Club of Calpe from October 2-13. Expect plenty of beer, live music and traditional German cuisine, with 10,000 people expected to attend over the 10 days.
Tapas fair A G A S T R O NO M I C r o u t e w i l l be set up through Javea Port with bars and restaurants taking part to showcase their tapas dishes from October 1113. On October 11 and 12 there will be two events from 1 2 .3 0 - 3 p m a n d 7 .3 0 - 1 1 p m and 12.30-3pm on October 13.
Summer sale THE Lions Charity shop at Calle Pintor Sorolla 15, Calpe is having a sale of summer items until next Thursday, October 10. Money raised goes to local causes such as Caritas, Cruz Roja, Proteccion Civil and the Foodbanks. Donations are always welcome, call Fiona on 675 039 952.
Scooter fines MORE than 50 fines are handed out per day in Valencia for the misuse of electric scooters in the city’s streets. Most of the fines handed out are for not wearing a helmet which is required by law or for driving the scooters on pathways.
34-40 CAPTIVATING: Morning mist rolls through the El Tajo Gorge in Ronda.
STUNNING RONDA Photographer Jordan Hammond has beautifully captured the beauty of Mother Nature against the spectacular Ronda backdrop. MORNING mist lies at the bottom of the El Tajo gorge that carves its way through the Spanish town, carrying the waters of the Rio Guadalevin, with the Puente Nuevo bridge spanning the 100m chasm below. Ronda sits in the Malaga Province around 40 minutes north of Marbella, sandwiched between the Sierra de Grazalema and the Sierra de las Nievas, both UNESCO biosphere reserves.
Originating from Moorish rule, the El Tajo Gorge separates the 15th century ‘new town’ and the Moorish ‘old town.’ At the heart of the old town sits the Plaza del Toros, a beautiful reminder of the town’s rich bullfighting history where once a year, Feria Goyesca celebrates the age old tradition. Across the bridge sits a myriad of cobbled streets and stunning town man-
sions still belonging to the town’s dignitaries, a highlight of which is the Palacio Mondragón. Modernised in part during the 1960s, it still contains working vestiges of the miniature water gardens dating from its time as a Moorish Palace. The pedestrianised ‘high street’ contains everything that both locals and tourists could ask for, with a mix of modern amenities mixed with traditional craft shops and local wares.
Reckless driver
Man dies on scooter
A DRIVER caused panic among residents by driving recklessly at high speed, skidding and spinning in various streets of Novelda. Around 12.30pm, police received numerous calls complaining of a vehicle circulating at high speed in the vicinity of the Jesus Navaro school. Three Local Police cars and one car from the Guardia Civil went to the scene where some of the residents had managed to block the road and stop the car. The driver had driven through the terrace of a crowded restaurant and resisted arrest when the police arrived but was eventually taken away in cuffs. The drug tests carried out on the detainee, a 44year-old resident of Novelda with a criminal record, tested positive for cannabis and cocaine. He was taken away by the police to await trial and his car was impounded at the police depot.
A 61-YEAR-OLD man died on Friday night in El Rebolledo after the electric scooter that he was driving was hit by a car. The 78-year-old driver of the car was unharmed and tested negative for alcohol. This is the first fatal accident that has occurred in Alicante involving an electric scooter. The accident occurred shortly before 9pm in El Rebolledo. Local Police attended the scene with paramedics who were unable to save the man’s life. A waitress at a bar where the victim was moments before the accident told El Diario that the man’s son had gifted him the scooter so that he could get around easier as he had been unwell. The man’s son went to the scene and had to be treated for an anxiety attack. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
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MARITIME VESSEL: Rescued seven migrants who were on board a raft on Friday.
Nine migrant rafts A MARITIME RESCUE vessel rescued seven migrants who were on board a raft about seven miles east of Javea on Friday, the ninth raft that has a r r i v e d i n t h e re g i o n i n t h e last two weeks. According to sources at the Efe Mar-
itime Rescue, the raft was spotted by a fishing boat which then reported the discovery to the authorities. The Salvamar Dyphda was dispatched to the area at 3.48pm and rescued the seven men that were on board, all apparently in good health. According to Red Cross sources, the
Bus fire in Benissa BUS passengers were forced to evacuate a bus they were travelling on due to a fire that started at the Benissa toll gate. On Friday afternoon at around 4.45pm the engine of the bus caught fire whilst the bus was passing through the toll. Firefighters arrived quickly and put out the blaze before it became a risk to nearby buildings and vehicles. The passengers were all evacuated safely and nobody was injured. A second bus was sent to the location and those on board were able to resume their journey.
migrants were transferred in the rescue boat to Javea port where they were met by members of a humanitarian organisation. This is the ninth raft to arrive on the shores of the region in two weeks. On September 19 a raft carrying 10 people arrived in La Mata de Torrevieja and another carrying 10 people arrived in Alicante. On September 18, 11 people arrived in Benitachell and 12 in L’Alfas del Pi. Last Wednesday, 10 people arrived in Benidorm, on Thursday six more arrived in Benitachell and three more in Alicante and on Friday eight people made it to shore in Calpe. In the case of the boat which arrived on Thursday in Alicante, the three migrants reported that hours earlier the raft had capsized and that seven fellow travellers had fallen into the sea. These people are yet to be located.
A GROUP of teachers from the Museum of Gaziantep School of Cookery in Turkey visited Denia last week as part of the Youth4Food project. The objective of Youth4Food, which is funded by the European Union, is to improve the employability and professional skills of young chefs through gastronomic resources linked to local areas. The IES Maria Ibars School, another partner of the European project, was responsible for designing the itinerar y for the visit, which consisted of show-cooking, visits to food producers and restaurateurs in the area and agricultural visits in Pego, Alcalali and Gandía. Gaziantep is UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy and together with Denia, Parma (Italy), Östersund (Sweden) and Bergen (Nor way), developed this European initiative which ended on Monday, after two years of exchanges of students and trainers, training activities and study of good practices around Europe.
Hidden stash found A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in Alicante for allegedly hiding more than two kilos of drugs in his home. The investigation began when officers became aware, following several inquiries, that a man had been selling drugs to the public and to other drug dealers. The police set up a sting operation to catch the man and arrested him when he left his property with 11 drug doses ready for sale as well as more than 20 grammes of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia. It has been reported that the man
ARRESTED: A 25-year-old man has been accused of dealing drugs in Alicante.
worked hard to evade capture by the police and hide the evidence. The man has been taken
into custody to await trial and will eventually be sentenced for drug trafficking. A trial date is still to be set.
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Intelligent recycling THE scourge of plastic is dominating headlines around the world with protestors taking to the streets to campaign against the pollution of the planet. A new initiative in the Valencian Community aims to help residents combat the damage that plastic has on the area. Ecosegundos, backed by Telefonica Spain has introduced an intelligent container that allows people to deposit plastic bottles and cans in exchange for points that can be used for discounts and exclusive
promotions in the region. The points can be redeemed through the Ecosegundos App. The first intelligent container has been installed by Agencia Exclusiva Almudena Seguros Denia, Benidorm/Altea. The project stems from an idea already implemented in other European countries. Ecosegundos and Agencia Exclusiva Almudena Seguros Denia aim to foster this feeling of global responsibility, both individually and corporately and they call on companies to join the initiative and reward people for continuing to recycle every day.
SMART MOVE: Ecosegundos have installed a recycling machine that converts plastic and cans into points to be redeemed for rewards and discounts in the area.
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CLEAR UP: The city council of Alicante is working hard to remove graffiti from the old town of the city.
War on graffiti A WAR against graffiti has been declared in the heart of Alicante. The Municipal Housing Board of the City Council has announced a plan to clean more than 100 areas of graffiti in the old town of Alicante. Councillor of the Municipal Housing Board, José Ramón Gonzalez, explained that “the old town has been invaded by a
wave of graffiti on any type of facades, walls, street furniture, doors and gates of recently constructed buildings or belonging to the historical heritage, on painted finishes, natural stone, or steel bars, even on murals such as the stairs of Maldonado.” The cleaning began last August and will end in October and maintenance will continue throughout the year.
Flat gutted in fire A BLAZE took hold at an apartment in Javea on Saturday at around midday. Firefighters were called to an apartment building in front of the health centre in Javea to put out a fire that had taken hold of a flat. The 35-year-old
tenant, who suffered burns to her hands, managed to escape the apartment with her three children. The flames took hold very quickly and totally destroyed the property. Guardia Civil and the Local Police evacuat-
ed all of the residents from the building and the apartment block next door as firefighters tackled the blaze before completely extinguishing it. It is not known what caused the fire at this time.
Accident in Benissa A 49-YEAR-OLD pedestrian has been stabilised and taken to Denia Hospital after being run over whilst crossing Benissa’s N-332, known as Avenida del País Valencia. According to information from the Centre for Information and Coordination of Emergencies, the injured person was admitted to Denia Hospital and checked by doctors who decided to transfer the patient to the Manises Hospital for surgery for his injuries. The accident took place at around 7.45am on Friday morning. It has not been announced who was at fault for the accident and there have been no reports of an arrest.
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Balearia’s Bahama Mama SPANISH ferry line Balearia, has started work to re-engineer the Bahama Mama ferry which sails between Denia and Palma so that it can sail propelled by liquefied natural gas. Once the process is completed, expected to be by midJanuary, this ship will become
the fifth in Balearia's fleet to use this cleaner fuel which considerably reduces emissions. Two gas storage tanks will be installed and the engines will be adapted so that they can be propelled by this type of fuel. The two new tanks, which will be located at the stern of the upper deck, have a capacity of 140 cubic metres each, which will allow the Bahama Mama to have a range of about 750 nautical miles. With this change of fuel, the ferry is expected to stop emitting 9,257.34 tonnes of CO2 and 885.13 tonnes of NOx per year and completely eliminate emissions of sulphur and particles. The annual carbon dioxide saving would be equivalent to the elimination of some 6,600 conventional cars or the planting of 20,000 new trees. In addition to reducing CO2 emissions by 35 per cent and NOx emissions by 85 per cent, liquified natural gas also reduces ambient noise by 50 per cent. All this has an immediate effect on reducing the greenhouse effect and improving air quality, something that has positive effects on people’s health.
A WOMAN has been arrested for running over a pedestrian whilst driving without a licence in Javea. The accident happened in the Pinosol Park area of Javea next to the Cansalades crossing. It has been reported by police that the woman was driving a large car without a licence when she ran over the pedestrian, a 38year-old gardener who had just finished work. According to witnesses, the woman attempted to drive away after hitting the man and ran into another car as she sped away. Local Police, Guardia Civil and the Red Cross were called to the scene where the injured man was attended by paramedics until an ambulance arrived to take him to Denia Hospital. Due to the severity of the man’s injuries he was taken by helicopter to the Manises hospital for further treatment. The woman has been arrested by police and will await trial for sentencing for driving without a licence, injuring the man, and fleeing the scene of the accident.
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NO LICENCE: A woman driving without a licence ran over a pedestrian in Javea.
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ENTHUSIASTS: Seventy plane spotters were at Alicante-Elche airport over the weekend to photograph planes taking off and landing.
Plane spotting in Alicante AIRPLANE aficionados flocked to AlicanteElche airport at the weekend as it celebrated its fourth ‘Spotter Day’ for people with a keen interest in aeronautical photography. The event, which was organised in collaboration with the ALC Spotters association, attracted around 70 people.
Plane spotters were permitted to get close to the runway to a specially designated area so that they could take the best pictures of the planes as they took off and landed throughout the day. A total of 363 flights were scheduled for the day, so there were plenty of opportunities to capture some excellent snaps. With this initiative Alicante-Elche airport aims to bring the airport operations closer to the general public
and educate people about its services and day-to-day operations. In addition, spotters usually publish their best photographs on social networks which helps to show just how busy the Alicante-Elche airport really is. Spotters were particularly excited by an Airbus 340 four-engine chartered by the Civil Aviation of the United Kingdom to bring stranded Thomas Cook passengers home.
Track renovations FERROCARRILS DE LA GENERALITAT VALEN CIAN A (FGV) has started the bidding process for the track renovation and infrastructure project for Line 9 of the train from Benidorm to De-
nia on the section between Teulada and Gata de Gorgos stations. The project has an initial budget of €18,031,126.08 and an estimated project length of 12 months. This
section of the rail line is about six kilometres long and is one of the only parts of the line that remains open for bids. Once completed, the line will be closer to opening for travel between Denia and Benidorm. The improvement of the track section between Gata de Gorgos and Denia is still pending and a budget of €18,827,950 has been assigned with a project duration of 11 and a half months. This project is being carried out by the Generalitat, through FGV, on the Benidorm to Denia connection and is set to improve operating conditions, guaranteeing the regularity and quality of the service, with standards similar to the rest of the FGV network in Alicante. With the works that have already been completed or those that have already been approved, the Generalitat’s investment in Line 9 of the train amounts to more than €130 million.
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Escaped dog attacks THE Local Police of Ibi in the province of Alicante received a complaint against the owner of a German shepherd who escaped from a farm last Saturday and allegedly bit two people walking through the town. The investigation started when the two victims warned of the presence of the animal in an area frequented by athletes, as reported to Europa Press by the police on Friday. Police went to the area where the dog was last seen on foot to conduct a search. When they eventually found the animal it was reportedly quite aggressive so they had to use gloves and lasso to capture it so as to avoid injury to themselves and to the dog. The canine had escaped from a farm about three kilometres away and had allegedly bitten two people. Although they suffered no serious injuries, they had to be treated in the local health centre. The owner of the dog was summoned to the Local Police station and asked to bring all of the German Shepherd’s documentation. The owner was asked to give a statement and control his dog.
Adoption fair HOTEL CANINO Y FELINO EL REY DE LA CASA in Campello has kindly offered their premises as the venue for an adoption fair on October 6 from 10am to 2pm. BARC with APAC and other associations is inviting members of the public to join them and meet the amazing collection of rescued fourlegged friends they ‘have the privilege to care for.’ All of the dogs are neutered, vaccinated and have microchips and passports. They are desperate to have their own families to care for them. There will be a refreshment stall and stalls marketing each of the association’s goods.
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BREXIT BRIEF
Confidence challenge dropped THREATS of a vote of no-confidence to kick Boris Johnson out of office has been dropped. Labour chiefs have been in talks with other opposition groups over a plan to put an interim Prime Minister in place to guarantee an extension to the Brexit negotiations in the event of no-deal. Despite cross party-unity on a determination to block a no-deal Brexit, the parties failed to reach agreement on a no-confidence vote. The possibility remains on the table but Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the move would come only when opposition groups were sure to win. Downing Street tried to have Parliament sent into recess during this week’s Conservative Party Conference in Manchester but the bid failed. A no-confidence vote would have forced the Tories to abandon their conference and return to Westminster to support their leader. The Prime Minister last week goaded the opposition to call a no-confidence vote after judges declared his suspension of Parliament in the run up to the Brexit deadline as unlawful. Parliament was swiftly re-
ELECTION: Parliament and Brexit on a knife edge.
called, but Boris Johnson was unapologetic and invited the opposition to put the question to the public with a vote of noconfidence and a General Election. The opposition see forcing Boris Johnson out of office as the only way to guarantee that legislation passed in Parliament to prevent a no-deal Brexit will be honoured. The Prime Minister has confirmed that he will never ask for an extension to the deadline and promised that the UK will walk
Deal hopes ‘non-starter’ PLANS leaked this week that Brexit negotiators hoped would be a deal clincher have been rejected as a ‘non-starter.’ The proposals to break the Irish backstop deadlock were to be announced after the Tory Party Conference but have been revealed by the Irish state broadcaster RTE. Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay met with Brussels’ chief negotiator Michel Barnier last Friday and afterwards said the Government
was ‘exploring’ the extent of the political will in Brussels to make an agreement. The Irish backstop intended to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic has already been rejected three times by Parliament. Proposals now being put forward include introducing customs clearance zones which have been flatly rejected by the Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister Simon Coveney as a ‘nonstarter.’
away from Europe on October 31 with or without a deal.
BREXIT EXTRA Brexit demo DEMONSTRATORS draped in European flags greeted Tory conference delegates in Manchester. Police were preparing for tens of thousands to attend rallies in the city. The theme of the party conference is ‘Get Brexit done.’
Pain will pass MICHAEL GOVE has told the party faithful that new trade tariffs, border checks and potential issues for UK citizens abroad would bring challenges following the UK’s exit from Europe. He predicted that, while these difficulties will pass: “The damage to our democracy in not getting Brexit done would endure, and resound, for much longer.”
Tied down THE Government has been likened to Gulliver being bound by the little people of Lilliput. Leader of the House, Mr Rees-Mogg, has said the Government is fighting against ‘fumbling, fettling, flitting politicians’ who have the ‘unworthy aim’ of stopping Brexit.
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GIVIN G4GIVIN G donated €1 , 0 0 0 t o i t s A P i e c e o f Cake shop in La Cala Finestra, Alicante, in aid of the McMillan coffee morning. Angie and Connie raised €550 during the event, and with the €1,000 from G4G it was a grand total of €1 , 5 5 0 . O n S u n d a y t h e
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€139,000 to local charities and to continue its good work always needs volunteers and donations. A pick-up service for larger items is available, call Gary on 603 137 697.
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T H E D e p a r t m e n t o f P u b l i c Wo r k s w i l l b e awarding two contracts to improve the port of Javea, one to reform and adapt accessibility to one of the breakwaters and the other to renew the drinking water network, with an investment of around €200,000. Eight construction companies have presented their offers for the improvement of the dock and the costs and proposals are currently being studied. Specifically, the works aim to reinforce the safety of the building and accessibility through one of the access ramps which will be adapted to current regulations. The second part of the project will involve the renovation of drinking water pipes in the area.
THE restoration project of the Verger Alt in the castle in Denia is quickly transforming the area overlooking the sea. Large parts of the castle grounds were in varying states of decay, covered by dense pine forest, and are now being uncovered to show off the castle that is a major historical site in Denia. The Verger Alt connects the highest part of the castle, the Governor ’s Esplanade, with El Verger Baix and from the top, the viewpoint of the Palau del Governador or from the oval tower at the bottom of the esplanade, it’s possible to appreciate just how much work has taken place already. The pines have already disappeared and the trunks are
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Grand restoration scheme Javea Port improvements
TRANSFORMATION: The restoration project at Denia Castle is moving fast with most of the dense pine trees already cut down. piled up ready to be taken away and reused. From the port, a new landscape of the fortress can be seen.
Once the work is completed the castle will be free for local residents and tourists to enjoy and will allow people
to walk along the old path that descends from the Governor’s esplanade through the Verger Alt.
Beach bar blaze A FIRE broke out in the kitchen of a chiringuito (beach bar) on Javea beach. The incident occurred at around midday last Thursday when the chef ran out of the kitchen to warn that a fire had started. An employee of the chiringuito threw a bowl of water over the flames in an attempt to ex tinguis h them and a brav e c lient ran into the kitchen and turned off the gas to avoid further risk. The Local Police arrived and extinguished the fire
which had already consumed the side door of the establishment and some of the interior before the firefighters from Denia arrived and cut off the electricity supply to the bar. At the time of the fire the terrace was full but fortunately nobody was injured. It is believed that the recent heavy rains had affected the electrical installations to the chiringuito and could have caused the fire.
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Priest bribed with sex tape A PRIEST in Valencia has become the subject of a scandal in the Catholic church. The priest was allegedly involved in a relationship with a man he had welcomed into his home and the relationship had been going for almost a year but things turned sour when the man threatened the priest. On May 11, 2017 the priest and his lover had reportedly met to have sex when the man allegedly recorded the priest performing a sex act on him without the priest’s knowledge. The man demanded €100,000 not to release the sex tape and divulge the priest’s sexuality to his family, parishioners, and colleagues. He also threatened to share the video on Facebook and even send it to the Pope. The priest told a friend of his predicament and verified that the video was real when he was sent it via WhatsApp. The friend acted as a mediator and offered a payment of €50,000 and another €25,000 later. They arranged to meet at a bar on June 15 but the man was instead met by the National Police who arrested the man for blackmail and coercion.
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New flight routes AUSTRIAN airline, Lauda, has announced that from t h e e n d o f n e x t M a rc h i t will open a new route with the German city of Stuttgart to Valencia. There will initially be three flights a week in addition to the five flights that Eurowings currently operates meaning that there will be a flight between Valencia and Stuttgart every day in time for the summer season. With this move, the Ryanair group, owner of Lauda since late 2018, extends its stake for one of its most profitable airports in Spain and it competes with the Lufthansa group (owner of Eurowings) on a German route. Ryanair definitely has room for growth in Germany where its market share is not as large as in other European countries. In addition, the reinforcement of this route will further improve connectivity with Germany, a country with which Valencia has boosted
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Lauda Airlines will introduce a new route between Stuttgart and Valencia from March.
connections and the volume of passengers and tourists has increased in recent years. Stuttgart is also an important business hub as it is home to
the headquarters of companies such as Porsche and Mercedes. Lauda has opened a new base in Stuttgart and Valencia is one of the
five new destinations that it has decided to open. The route is also open for the whole year, not just for summer.
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Facebook removes 100 fake accounts A FACEBOOK investigation into fake accounts was triggered by a tip from Twitter who themselves have removed 10,000 accounts from six countries for political information operations. Some 259 of these Twitter accounts operated by the Partido Popular for reportedly ‘falsely boosting public sentiments online.’ While they were only active for a short period of time, the accounts spam posting was enough to alert Twitter to irregular behaviour. Others accounts came from UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and China. Accounts which have been found to be actively spreading misinformation and encouraging unrest around sensitive political issues. These revelations mark nearly one year of Twitter’s efforts to identify and remove accounts spreading political misinformation. The recent focus has been on 100 Facebook accounts operated by Spain’s Partido Popular. Facebook removed 65 Facebook accounts and 35 Instagram accounts, connected to the party. Around 50,000 accounts followed at least one of the removed Instagram accounts.
Deleted posts included local and national political news and issues such as elections and criticism of its political opponents. The accounts were used to comment on, amplify and spread their own content and posts by other accounts. The majority of these fake accounts were suspended by Facebook’s automated systems. Facebook have said they are taking down pages, groups, and accounts based on the accounts’ behaviour, not the content of the posts. This is not the first time that Facebook has suspended accounts. • In August, Facebook removed accounts associated with the Chinese government, and which frequently posted content on political issues such as the ongoing protest in Hong Kong. • Facebook took down multiple Russian pages, groups, and accounts on Facebook and Instagram in May. These pages focused on Ukraine and posted content relating to Eastern Ukraine, Russian politics, political news in Europe, politics in Ukraine and the Syrian civil war. • In April, Facebook removed 687 pages and accounts linked to India’s main opposition Congress party because of ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour.’
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WINNERS: Spain take gold and qualify for Tokyo 2020.
Eighth Blind Football European Championships title SPAIN were crowned winners of the Blind Football European Championships by beating France in Rome last Tuesday. Both teams secured a place at next year’s Paralympic Games in Tokyo by reaching the final of the Blind Football European Championships in Rome. Spain qualified for Tokyo 2020 after beating England in their semi-final. Although England’s keeper saved Spain's first effort in the shoot-out, they were successful with the next two and two saves from
their own keeper ensured their progress towards the final and towards the 2020 Paralympic games. The English players offered an honourable campaign throughout the championships and had finished the top qualifiers of their group, only to be overtaken on goal difference by France. Spain having come through the tense penalty shoot-out against England to advance to the final, enjoyed a more clear-cut match against France. The Spanish team pro-
duced an impressive display to earn a 3-1 victor y against their rivals. It was the first time since 2013 t hat Spai n had won the title, when they also defeated France in the final. With this title, Spain have won the championships a total of eight times of the 12 editions of the tournament. England recovered from their semi-final loss by winning the third-place play-off against Turkey. Engl and f aced anot her tight match which was ultimately decided on penalties. This time England edging their rivals 1-0. Following the conclusion of the event, three Paralympic qualifying spots remain. Two places will be on offer at the Asia Regional Championships in Thailand later this month, while the final spot is decided at the African qualifier in November. Spai n and Fr ance have joined world champions Brazil, Americas qualifiers Argentina and host Japan in next year’s Paralympic Games tournament. Hosts Italy finished sixth at the International Blind Sports Association (IBSA) European Championships after suffering a heavy defeat to reigning champions Russia.
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Horrific surprise in mystery box A WOMAN was arrested after leaving a box with a friend in Castro Urdiales (Cantabria). Some days after receiving the box, the friend decided to open it, as it had begun to emit an appalling stench and to her horror she found it contained a severed head. The Guardia Civil revealed that the head is now being examined by pathologists at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Santander but gave no further details regarding the state of the head, its identity and whether it belonged to a male or female. The person who left the box was named as a woman from Cadiz called Carmen who had lived in Castro Urdiales for at least seven years, according to local media sources. The woman who found the head suffered a panic attack and had to be taken by ambulance to the local health centre. Despite the arrest, the investigation remains open.
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Dog kills owner A MAN died after he was attacked by one of his own dogs in Coslada in Madrid on Sunday. The 47-year-old was at home when the animal, a Rottweiler, leapt on him and bit him in the face and thorax, Spanish media reported. The victim, who reportedly had three guard dogs, was at his property located on an industrial estate with family members when the attack took place. A call to 112 alerted the emergency services to the incident. When the medical team arrived at the scene they could only confirm the man’s death. As well as the Rottweiler which caused the injuries the man had two other dogs. The Coslada Local Police Canine Unit reportedly transferred all three animals to an animal protection centre.
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FATAL: The Rottweiler reportedly bit the 47-year-old on the face and thorax.
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Life for child killer THE woman found guilty of murdering eight-year-old Gabriel Cruz has been given life. On Monday the Almeria Provincial Court sentenced Ana Julia Quesada to a maximum permanent reviewable prison sentence for killing Gabriel in Cabo de Gata in Almeria in February last year with the aggravating circumstance of a family relationship with the little boy. Quesada is the first women to be sentenced to serving life with a possibility of parole after a minimum fixed term since the punishment was introduced into Spanish Law in 2015. The court also sentenced the 45-year-old Dominican to three years behind bars for psychological injuries to Gabriel’s father Angel Cruz, with whom she was in a relationship at the time of the youngster’s death, and two years and nine months for psychological injuries to his mother Patricia Ramirez. In addition, the sentence orders Quesada to pay €250,000 to each parent in moral damages and bans her from living in or visiting Nijar or the parents’ homes for 30 years and from going within 500 metres of either Angel or Patricia. She will also have to pay the just over €200,000 cost to the state of the 12-day search operation launched to find the little lad following his disappearance from close to his grandmother’s house in Las Hortichuelas. Last month a jury unanimously decided Quesada was guilty of ‘voluntarily taking the life’ of Gabriel, ‘unexpectedly and without the possibility of the minor defending himself or reacting’ following a nine-day trial and more than 24 hours of deliberations.
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FOUND: The body of a man who was reported missing by his wife after he failed to return home after a hike has been found in Javea.
GLOBAL PROJECT: Councillors and experts working on the DTI+D scheme LA NUCIA intends to become the world’s first Smart Sports Tourist Destination (DTI+D). The installations at the Camilo Cano sports complex won recognition as European Sports Town of 2013 from the European parliament with installations that are a source of prosperity and well-being for the municipality. La Nucia Town Hall now plans to combine Smart Tourism Destination status with these outstanding facilities that are already attracting Sports Tourism. The first step will be integration in the Valencian Community’s network of Smart Tourism Destinations with the national network headed by Segittur. Strategies are currently being coordinated from Lab Nucia, the La Nucia Business Laboratory, with technical assistance from Globaldit, a firm that specialises in tourist transformation, while also calling on Movistar’s experience in the Smart City concept. This is a global project, La Nucia Town Hall explained, involving the Tourism, Sports and New Technologies departments in a scheme that will position ‘La Nucia, Ciudad de Deporte’ as a world reference for Smart Sports Tourism.
Missing hiker’s body found A BRITISH man who was reported missing by his wife last Tuesday afternoon has been found dead in the Montgo Natural Park. The 56-year-old man had been on a hike in the Montgo Natural Park between Javea and Denia when he called his wife to tell her that he felt unwell. He then called his wife to say that he was feeling better, but later failed to return home.
The man’s wife alerted the authorities and a search team was sent to look for him including a helicopter called Alfa 1 that is used by the fire service in the area. At around 7pm after an extensive air and ground search by police and the fire service, the man’s body was spotted by a helicopter between the shooting range and the Montgo in Javea. The cause of death is yet to be disclosed by the police.
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BLAZE: An EMT bus caught fire on Tuesday in Avenida Blasco Ibañez in Valencia. AN EMT bus caught fire on Avenida Blasco Ibáñez on Tuesday and billowing smoke could be seen from around the city. The fire broke out at around noon when the vehicle was reportedly full of passengers. The incident is believed to have been caused
by a mechanical failure and the bus was devoured by the flames very quickly. Fortunately people in cars that were passing the bus alerted the driver to the fire who tried to put it out himself and evacuate the passengers. Nobody was injured in the fire. Police closed the road and firefighters were
able to extinguish the fire The fire comes after Valencia agreed to invest €65 million to purchase at least 150 new buses - although the bus that caught fire was not an old vehicle. The bus has been taken to the company depot to investigate what was the cause of the blaze.
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FUNDRAISER: ‘Kilometres to Remember’ is an initiative to raise money for Alzheimer’s whilst walking through use of an app. CALPE has decided to join the initiative launched by the Domus Vi Foundation ‘Kilometres to Remember’ which aims to raise money for research into the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. ‘Kilometres to Remember’ is an app in which anyone can join the fight against Alzheimer’s. To do so, first
download the Google Fit app and then the ‘Kilometres to Remember’ application. The two apps will synchronise and will count the steps taken by each person that will become money for Alzheimer’s research. The challenge this year is to register 200,000 kms in order for the Domus Vi Foundation to donate €10,000 to the cause. This initiative has also been joined by various other associations in Calpe and anyone can
participate individually or with a team - Calpe already has its own team. The challenge began on Saturday September 21 for World Alzheimer’s Day, and will end on October 7. There are plenty of beautiful walks around the Costa Blanca so this initiative is the perfect excuse to get out and discover new parts of the region whilst getting some exercise and helping a worthy cause.
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SPANIARD Jesus Angel Garcia, specialising in race walking is the oldest participant at the World Athletics Championships in the history of the event. Garci a i s a l so t h e a th lete w ith mo re Olympic (seven) and World Championships (13) participations. No one has ever competed in a World Cup at his age. Twenty-six years after his first World Cup experience, when he was proclaimed world champion in Stuttgart ‘93 and runner-up three times, Athens ‘97, Edmonton 2001 and Berlin 2009. He will be 50 years old in Tokyo 2020, competing in his eighth Olympic Games. After the race, Garcia, who needed over an hour of medical assistance to aid with the recovery of competing under such harsh and humid conditions in Doha, commented that ironically his finishing time was the worst of his life, but will allow him to go to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The 2020 Olympics will be the last professional race of Garcia’s glittering, longlived sporting career.
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JESUS ANGEL GARCIA: The ‘Grandad’ of World Athletics makes history. Yusuke Suzuki from Japan, won the 50km event race with the 43-year-old Portuguese, Joao Vieira, another veteran walker, taking the silver.
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High-end cars ALMOST 50 National Police officers took part in an operation against money laundering and drug trafficking in different parts of the Costa Blanca. One particular location that was of interest to the police was a high-end car dealership in Javea. Officers swarmed the premises and cordoned it off be-
fore questioning staff and checking dozens of vehicles. Initially there was some confusion as the police mistook the owner of the premises for the owner of the business when they are, in fact, two different people. According to witnesses, police spent quite some time putting seized vehicle stickers
on many of the cars in the forecourt. Later in the day, three tow-trucks arrived and removed a Mercedes, a Lexus, a BMW and some motorbikes. Residents and neighbours have told press they have no idea what caused so many police to descend on the dealership.
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Donating blood 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, Blood Components and Services are provided by 17 Regional Blood Transfusion Services. Despite their autonomous operations management, every regional service is fully incorporated into a unique and common Public National Health System, supplying a cohesive blood transfusion care to all citizens, residents, and visitors in Spain based on 100 per cent voluntary and non-remunerated blood donation. For more general information, visit www.msps.es. Anyone who has lived continuously in the UK between 1980 and 1996 (a minimum of one year) will not be able to donate blood in Spain due to the risk of transmitting mad cow disease. Similarly, there are restrictions if you have received a blood transfer in the UK. However, each region may have different rules about donation. Call the donation helpline on 935 573 500. Alternatively, visit www.donorsang.gencat.cat to find out if you are eligible. If you are eligible, you can give blood at your local hospital, or via the Spanish Red Cross (Cruz Roja) at one of their clinics, or in one of their mobile units. You can check dates and locations by visiting www.donarsangre.org. A donor card is not necessary to give blood. On the first visit you will have to provide DNI, NIE, passport or a driving licence. If you are already registered in the Blood Bank, you only need a donor card or a document with your name and surname. The process of blood donation takes just 10 minutes in which 450 ml are collected (equating to 10 per cent of the total blood circulation of an adult person). Despite huge technological advances, the only way for hospitals to obtain blood is through the generosity of the public. The blood is carefully screened for disease to make sure it is safe. After a tattoo, you must wait four months to be eligible to donate. After surgery, the exclusion period will depend on the type of intervention. After minor surgical procedures, you cannot donate blood for seven days or until you are fully recovered. After undergoing major surgery, you will not be able to donate blood for four months. The rarest blood type is AB, present in 1 per cent of Caucasians, according to research by the America Red Cross. Blood transfusions are carried out daily in Spanish hospitals with more than 6,200 patients being given them, of whom almost a quarter are fighting cancer and a similar figure receiving transfusions during or after surgery. Spain has around two million donors in total, but needs closer to four million. This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.
INTIMIDATING: Three people have been arrested for a violent robbery in the car park of the Marina Baixa Hospital in Villajoyosa.
Hospital car park robbery THREE young people have been arrested by the Guardia Civil accused of robbery with violence and intimidation in the car park of the Hospital Marina Baixa in Villajoyosa. The alleged crime occurred on May 28 at around 8.45pm when a woman was robbed and injured. The victim gave a statement claiming a young man had approached her and distracted her as two people on a moped appeared on the scene. She alleges that she was shoved and hit before her handbag containing €100 was
snatched from her. The male who first approached her is alleged to have restrained her and then shoved her to the floor causing an injury to her leg. The three assailants fled, two on the moped and one on foot before the victim called the police. The police were able to identify the three assailants aged 24, 22 and 19 and the woman was able to pick them out without hesitation as the people that attacked her. All three were released on provisional charges whilst they await trial and it is believed that some of them already have open arrest warrants for similar crimes.
Up and running by January DENIA’S municipal sports stadium is to be rebuilt and should reopen in January. Last month’s gota fria - now more frequently referred to as a DANA (Isolated High Level Depression) caused €460,000 of destruction although the stadium took the
brunt of the bad weather with damage amounting to €326,000. Walls were destroyed, metallic roofing was torn off, flooring ripped up and windows smashed, prompting Sports councillor Raul Garcia de la Reina to announce that it
would be impossible to carry out repairs until the 20192020 season ended. Initial estimates proved to be pessimistic and the repaired stadium should reopen for the public and the 2,000 people who use the stadium by next January.
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CARLOS BAOS WE CAN HELP YOU POSSIBLE refund of double the advance payment. From the 1990s until a few years ago, it was quite common for visitors to Spain (and even
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Time Share legal rights expatriate residents) to receive the offers related to contracts for the shared use of immoveable assets or real estate, colloquially known as timeshare contracts. By means of this type of con-
tract, the buyer acquired the right to enjoy a property for a few weeks each year, in exchange for an initial price and an annual maintenance fee. Due to the increase in the number of these contracts, Law 42/1998 of December 15 on rights of use of properties in a timeshare basis for tourist uses and tax regulations, (which followed a directive by the European Union) came into force in Spain, and basically it was focused on preventing abuse and protecting the rights of those signing up for time share. Many of these contracts were entered into with an indeterminate term or length of life, which means that the timeshare right continued during the entire lifetime of the acquirer, and consequently also the obligation to pay the annual fees, without the possibility of terminating the contract. This Law 42/98 established
the maximum term that these contracts could have, which would be from three to 50 years which means that timeshare contracts signed with an indeterminate duration can be declared null and void as they are abusive and against this Law. The Law also introduced a period of withdrawal and a right to terminate the contract in favour of the consumer. Also, a prohibition in respect of making advance payments was also established. The Law defines advance payments as those made during the withdrawal and termination period. The withdrawal period exists in all timeshare contracts and it is 10 days from the signing of the contract, so during this period the acquirer can terminate the contract without justification if they so wish. The right of resolution or
termination has a period of three months from the date of the contract. The right of resolution only exists when the minimum content that the contract must have, as per the article 9 of Law 42/98, is not reflected in the contract, for example: • Date and length of the contract. • Details of the public deed which regulates the timeshare regime. • Accurate description of the building and accommodation. • Declaration as to whether the building is finished or under construction • The initial price and the cost of annual maintenance fees. • Literal insertion of articles 10, 11 and 12 of the Law. • The services and facilities to which the acquirer is entitled. This means that as long as the contract does not reflect
this information, the acquirer will have a three-month resolution right during which the contract can be terminated by them. And, in addition to all this, if advance payments have been made both during the withdrawal period and during the period when the client has the right of resolution, the acquirer will have the right to ask for the refund of double the amount involved thus recovering twice the money paid. If you have a timeshare contract in Spain and you want to terminate it, so that you have the chance of receiving double what you have paid and want to receive legal advice from expert layers, contact us and we will assist you. The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, it simply transmits information related to legal issues.
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Catalan independents jailed After testifying before the judge of the National Court of Spain, Manuel García Castellón, seven detainees - Edard Garzón, Xavier Buigas i Llobet, David Budria, Jordi Ros Solá, Xavier Duch Palau, Ferran Solis and Alexis Codina - have been sentenced to prison without prospect of bail. THE seven independent militants belonging to the Technical Response Teams (ERT) of the Defence Committees of the Republic (CDR) are being investigated for the alleged crimes of terrorism, possession of explosives and sabotage. The Spanish judge based his decision on the investigation of a year and a half formulated by the Guardia Civil officers in Cataluña, who had elaborated a surveillance and counter-surveillance device for the most radical groups of the CDRs, among which are the groupings to those belonging to the detainees. More than 500 officers participated in the operation which was carried out in total secrecy
- the Interior Minister Fernando GrandeMarlaska was not even informed, nor were the Catalan autonomous police. At least two of the detainees have acknowledged that they had participated in the purchase of products for the manufacture of explosives and in the testing of the materials with the objective of carrying out sabotage actions to commemorate the second anniversary of the referendum of October 1, 2017. After the court appearances, the Public Ministry, the prosecutor Miguel Ángel Carballo has requested provisional prison without bail for each and every one of them.
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Benidorm NEWS A future in the movies BENIDORM’S Film Office attended the 67th edition of the San Sebastian film festival. Its representatives took part in the presentation of the ‘Valencian Community as a Film Set’ project at the Basque city’s Keler hall. Production companies and representatives from the Spanish audio-visual firms were also present at the introduction of a new web page detailing the Valencian Community’s at-
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FILM FESTIVAL: The Valencian Community contingent in San Sebastian. tractions and advantages as a location for films, videos and
advertising spots. Together with Luis Tormo
SIXTY-FIVE per cent of the Ensanche Levante development area is reserved for public use. The Agrupacion de Interes Urbanistico association has presented Benidorm mayor, Toni Perez, and Urban Development councillor, Lourdes Caselles, with a preliminary document outlining their plans for Benidorm’s unbuilt, but rundown Ar-
from the Valencian Tourist Board and Giovanna Ribes, president of the Productor Audiovisuals Valencians, Rosa Llorca and Pepa Jorda explained the services provided by the Benidorm and Valencia City film offices, the most active in the Valencian community. Llorca stressed the importance of Benidorm’s Film Office, which offers free municipal services to the film industry.
manello district. Approximately 370,000 square metres will be set aside for green spaces, roads, buildings destined for educational and healthcare use, infrastructure and services. The remaining 205,000 square metres will be used to build residential and tourist properties as well as hotels.
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Albir - Alfaz NEWS THE Sierra Helada national park organised a conducted tour specifically aimed at children. Alfaz Town Hall’s Environment department and the Villa Romana open-air museum in Albir also collaborated on ‘Ethnographical heritage, a town’s legacy.’ The legacy in question is ochre, used as a pigment for tens of thousands of years and obtained from sites like the Virgen del Carmen mine in Albir which now belongs to the Sierra Helada national park. The mine, which functioned well into the 20th century, was founded by the Romans but was possibly in use long before their arrival, archaeologists believe. Fine examples of industrial architecture, including the remains of some of the miners’ homes can still be seen at the Virgen del Carmen mine, together with
ALL Alfaz councillors voted unanimously to extend the town’s network of CCTV security cameras. Three new cameras will be installed in Avenida Olaf V de Noruega, Calle Sierra Helada and the Cami Vell d’Altea as well as two more numberplate readers at the roundabouts connecting the Cami Vell with Calle Juan Sebastian Bach and Avenida Sant Pere. Once these are installed, Alfaz del Pi with have a total of 23 CCTV cameras and seven number plate readers located at the town’s entry and exit roads as well as its commercial zones. Although the cameras and number plate readers are used principally for traffic control, the Guardia Civil requested images on 22 occa-
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A mine of information
VESTIGES: What remains of Albir’s ochre mine.
infrastructure for mining activity and transporting the ochre. The conducted tour was led by the national park’s Environment instructor and archaeologists from Alfaz’s Her-
itage department and on their return, the children attended workshops related to extracting the ochre, processing the mineral and using the pigment in artwork.
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CCTV CAMERAS: Installed at Alfaz’s principal accesses. sions while investigating crimes. On several occasions,
these have provided vital evidence during accidents, including one hit-and-run inci-
dent when the images conclusively identified the driver.
New conductor DAVID FERNANDEZ was appointed artistic director of Alfaz’s Sociedad Musical la Lira. He has a degree in Music Science from the Oscar Espla Conservatoire in Alicante City as well as a master’s degree in Compulsory Secondary Education, Performing Arts, Vocational Training and Languages from Alicante University.
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Albir - Alfaz NEWS THE Netball Fun Day raised more than €12,000 for cancer charities. Although planned as a fun event, it was held in memory of two members of the Alfaz netball team, Lynne Ward and Caroline Lambert, who both lost their lives to cancer at the end of last year. Lisa Griffin, from Brew Rock in Albir, organised the event which started with a netball tournament for teams from Javea, Rojales, Torrevieja, La Manga and Pinoso as well as Alfaz. Sponsors included bars, firms and businesses from Albir, Alfaz and Benidorm who provided prizes for the fundraising raffles and draws. The day started at mid-day with the netball tournament which ended with the Alfaz and Rojales teams in the final, which was won by Rojales. This was followed by lunch at 3pm
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NETBALL TOURNAMENT: In memory of Lynne Ward and Caroline Lambert.
and music throughout the rest of the day from rock groups and an Irish band as well as the tournament prize-giving
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NEW DEFIBRILLATOR: More modern, lighter and smaller.
for winners and finalists, attended by Alfaz mayor Vicente Arques and Sports councillor Oscar Perez.
Ready for anything THE Raco de l’Albirbeach was already cardio-protected thanks to its First Aid post’s
defibrillator. This has now been replaced with a more modern model that is easier to use and as it is less heavy, can be carried quickly to wherever it is needed. Alfaz’s Beaches councillor Luis Morant explained that although there were few serious incidents on the Albir beach this summer, its lifesaving facilities included three lifeguards’ chairs and a boat for sea rescues. Morant also pointed out the First Aid post’s team was headed by a qualified nurse trained to cope with emergencies.
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Drugs, not terrorism THE owner of a Hallal b u t c h e r ’s r e c e i v e d two bullet wounds in an Altea shooting. The attacker fled immediately, L o c a l Po l i c e an d Guardia Civil sources confirmed afterward, and has not yet been located. This was the second time that the same North African was involved in a shooting and it f o l l o we d t h e same pattern as a previous incident in July 2017. The v i c t i m , wh o w a s wounded in the leg and gluteus , wa s i m m e d i a tely transferred to Villajoyosa hospita l , a m i d st p a n ic in Calle Me d i c o Ad o lfo Quiles, located in central Altea less than 50 metres away from the town hall. According to initial police findings, the present shooting is, as it was before, linked to a settling of accounts regarding drugs. The same halal butcher’s came under scrutiny in October 2016, when police arrested Adil Anouar, an ap-
Opera in Valenciano ALTEA is hosting the premiere of the first opera written and sung in Valenciano. ‘Fra Pere el Descalç,’ which will be performed at the Virgen del Consuelo parish church at 7.30pm on October 19, was composed by Francesc Estevez Alvarez with libretto by Lluis Fornes, ‘El Sifoner.’ It tells the story of Pare Pere Esteve who was born in Denia in 1583 and lived at the foot of Montgo, spending his time in meditation and prayer. The Virgen del Consuelo’s capacity for the 150-minute long opera is limited to 350 and the €10 cost of tickets for the performance will go to the parish for important repairs to the church building.
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parently integrated Altea resident related to the owner, on terrorism charges. Police sources have confirmed that there are no apparent terrorist links to the present shooting or that of July 2017.
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A taxing subject ALTEA hosted the 26th edition of the Annual Tax Seminar at the Villa Gadea hotel. The meeting organised by the Valencian Community’s Professional Association of Tax Advisers (APAFCV) was presided by Altea’s Finance councillor Xelo Gonzalez, accompanied by the Association’s president Luis Chinchilla and Vicente German Saval, the Alicante branch’s vice-president. Gonzalez stressed that she was “well aware” of the importance of the seminar for professional tax advisers. The councillor also drew attention to the growing participation and incorporation of women in the profession and stressed the importance of APAFCV’s links to the universities and its plans for a future School of Accounting and Fiscal studies.
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Calpe NEWS MORE than 750 people took part in the sixth Vuelta al Peñon de Ifach swim. Local participants as well
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completed the 3.6-kilometre circuit that began at Cala del Raco, skirted the Peñon de Ifach and finished at the La Fossa beach. Many of the swimmers later reported that they had encountered shoals of jellyfish during the swim.
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Some sections of the circuit were infested with them, they said afterwards, complaining on social media that some of the swimmers had been stung. Others shrugged the jellyfish off, physically and metaphorically, saying that
they were merely one more aspect of the challenge. Thanking the participants, organisers and sponsors, Calpe’s mayor Ana Sala said that with the number of participants rising year by year, 1,000 swimmers were expected for the 2020 edition. Photo credit: Calpe town hall
IFACH CIRCUIT: A 3.6-kilometre challenge.
‘Landgrab’ resident prepared to wait CALPE resident Trevor Scott recently recounted his battle to regain his usurped land. Mr Scott told the Euro Weekly News that a neighbour who intended to build a house adjoining his appropriated a 110square metre strip of his land in order to comply with planning regulations. This ongoing problem has lasted more than 16 years and since contacting the EWN Mr Scott has provided us with deeds, plans and even beforeand-after Google Earth photos which he is convinced prove that his own plot is smaller than it was more than 16 years ago. Mr Scott then started legal proceedings but understood little of what went on until his own lawyer explained that he had lost the case and must pay €8,000 costs. In all, Mr Scott calculates that he has spent €28,000 since the conflict began. When contacted by the EWN, Calpe Town Hall’s Planning department said they were aware of Mr Scott’s problems but maintained this was a private matter between the two parties concerned. Mr Scott is still waiting for further developments to take place.
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Scouring for Queen’s Baths ENCROACHING vegetation and the passing of time are the Baños de la Reina’s principal challenges. Experts from Alebus Patrimonio Historico, who began surveying the site in January, finished their assessment last month and recently detailed their findings in a talk at the Casa de Cultura’s Salo Blau (Blue Room). The team’s main objective was maintaining the archaeological site and preventing further deterioration, they explained. The first challenge was the “disproportionate and uncontrolled” vegetation, said restorer Carolina Mai. To check its advance the team used herbicide, gravel and weed-control fabric combined with weeding by hand, while protecting walls where
QUEEN’S BATHS: ‘Disproportionate and uncontrolled’ vegetation.
weeds were likely to spread. The experts also found that anthills had destroyed some small structures and it was necessary to replace the geotextile fabric and sand used in the past to cover and protect the archaeological zones. Equally pressing was the need to evaluate the site, and the protection needed to
maintain each zone in the best-possible condition. “The idea is to alleviate the structures’ deterioration, which is almost an emergency,” said the director of the Baños de la Reina remains, archaeologist Alicia Lujan. “We only open the site in the summer, and time is a great enemy. Although some zones are covered over, it’s still necessary to maintain infrastructure,” she said.
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When Moraira invaded CARLA BELTRAN is the newly-elected president of Moraira’s Moors and Christians Central Committee. Beltran, belonging to the Almoraima group, replaces Victor Oller from the Almogovers who headed the committee for the last two years. In his farewell speech Oller expressed his pride in representing the Moraira celebrations inside the municipality and in other parts of Spain. These included the occasion when, representing the Costa Blanca Tourist Board and Teulada-Moraira Town Hall, the local filas paraded through the streets of Madrid during the Fitur tourism trade fair. The fiestas also won the Tourism prize during the 2017 and 2018 National Assembly of Fiestas Groups held each year in Almansa (Albacete).
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FITUR 2019: Parade by Moraira’s Moors and Christians. In conclusion, Oller called on the members of both bands as well as local businesses and town hall departments to work
towards securing ‘Fiestas of Local and Regional Interest’ status for the Moraira celebrations.
Young politicians THE Marina Alta Young Socialists’ Executive Committee met recently in Teulada-Moraira. Secretaries for the different Joves Socialistes areas detailed their proposals with a view to creating a working plan for the coming years that envisages and encourages the participation of young people from all over the Marina Alta. Maria Such, director general of the Valencian Institute for Women and Gender Equality, also attended the meeting which was scheduled for the same day as Spain’s nationwide Feminist Emergency demonstrations. Such thanked the committee on the work they have carried out so far and conveyed her “enormous satisfaction” with the group’s commitment, offering her assistance whenever or wherever it was needed.
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TEULADA-MORAIRA Town Hall gave details of the coalition’s first 100 days at a public meeting. A Compromis-PSOE-CIUDADANOS coalition controls the town hall after decades of local governments dominated by the Partido Popular. The meeting was organised so that the present team at the town hall could render accounts to residents, giving full details of the work they have carried out between June and the end of September, municipal sources explained. “The occasion will be organised as an assembly with the local government and all members of the public wishing to attend,” the same sources said beforehand. If all had gone according to pre-election
plans agreed between the leaders of the regional Ciudanos and Partido Popular parties, Teulada-Moraira Town Hall would have remained in PP hands. Ciudadanos agreed to shore up PP candidates needing an overall majority but this failed to happen in Teulada-Moraira where Ciudadanos candidates Adrian Ruiz and Maria Jose Vidal voted for the Compromis candidate, Rosa Vila and not the PP’s Raul Llobell. Asked for his own assessment of the coalition’s first 100 days, Llobell maintained that it had taken practically no decisions. “Basic services have functioned of their own accord, thanks to the professionality of municipal staff and the former town hall’s efficiency,” Llobell claimed.
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RAUL DALMAU: Coordinating the PP’s election campaign.
TEULADA-MORAIRA resident Raul Dalmau is coordinating the Partido Popul a r ’s c a m p a i g n f o r the November 10 elections. This started officially on O c tobe r 1 a nd c onc lude s on N ove mbe r 8, with Dalmau repeating his role as campaign coordinator for last April’s general election and the regiona l a nd munic ipal
elections on May 26. Dalmau was a TeuladaMoraira councillor until t he May 26 m uni ci pal el ect i ons when he announced t hat he woul d not be running for re-election. At that time Dalmau explained that he had devoted his time and energies to Teulada-Moraira since the 2007 elections with the then-mayor Pepe Ciscar and later with his
successors. “Now is the moment to step aside,” he continued, after he was appointed the PP’s provincial coordinator earlier this year. “The Alicante Province PP’s objective is to once again be the most-voted par t y and cont r i but e t o continuing the increased support for Pablo Casado t hat was evi dent i n t he municipal elections,” Dalmau said.
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Teulada Moraira A rewarding day’s fishing THE Teulada-Moraira Fishing C l u b ’s l a t e s t o u t i n g w a s t o Section B of the River Jucar. A bright and clear sky saw temperatures rise from 20 degrees in the early morning to just over 30 degrees by mid-afternoon. With water temperature at a steady 23 degrees, conditions were perfect apart from the heavy colour of the water, which was still carrying the residue left by recent rains. Overall, the day’s fishing was quite rewarding. There were catches for all members, with Malcolm Hunt leading the day with a creditable bag of 21 kilos, and the best fish weighing at 4.75 kilos. “We are a very friendly club and always happy to welcome new members,” the club organisers explained. For further information, contact Frank Povey (966 490 338 and email frank.povey@btopenworld.com) or call Ray Craig on 966 492 083.
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TEULADA-MORAIRA Town Hall insisted that it was legally obliged to close a local supermarket. “This was carried out only and exclusively in compliance with a ruling from the Upper Court of the Valencian Community,” an official statement maintained.
Not doing so would have incurred a fine, the town hall said. Meanwhile MasyMas insisted that the closure was entirely Teulada-Moraira Town Hall’s fault for refusing to legalise the installation. “Far from showing willingness to find a solution, the town hall has offered no answer
New lorries approved BEST FISH: Weighed in at 4.75 kilos.
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TEULADA-MORAIRA plans to spend €784,331 on buying three new rubbish collection lorries. The lorries that are currently in use have been rented since March 2018 and all parties on the council, with the exception of the Partido Popular, backed the purchase. This will be partly subsidised by the county council’s Sustainable Infrastructures scheme with a €111,440 grant.
since receiving a new Interior Reformation Plan (PRI) correcting deficiencies,” the supermarket claimed. The problem goes back to 2008 when the company was allowed to put up the supermarket despite the presence of a nearby watercourse and the likelihood of flooding. A nearby business lodged a formal complaint and after several court rulings the order to close the supermarket down finally arrived in 2013 The plan to rectify the shortcomings responsible for the 2013 ruling was approved on May 6 with the votes of the Partido Popular party which controlled the town hall until the May 26 municipal elections, MasyMas pointed out. The statement concluded by announcing that the supermarket would take legal action seeking compensation of €13,848,123.
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Every kilo counts Club Llebeig combined a gymnastics championship with a collection for the Vega Baja flood victims. Photo credit: Club de Gimnasia Ritmica Llebeig
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ESSENTIALS: Donations for the Vega Baja. THE Llebeig Rhythmic Gymnastics Club was already hosting Teams and Individual championships events at the Teulada-Moraira sports centre and the club president Sandra Romero decided to use the occasion to help those whose homes
and belongings had been affected by the catastrophe. A total of 275 Valencian Community gymnasts as well as others from Murcia attended the event, together with their families and friends. All were asked to bring with them Un Kilo Solidario (a Solidarity Kilo) which
could then be sent on to other gyms for distribution in the Vega Baja. Once the event was over, the sports centre remained open for a further three days between 5pm and 7pm so that Teulada-Moraira residents could also leave their donations. Teulada-Moraira mayor
Ana Vila attended the event and thanks to the town hall’s cooperation, a lorry has now set out with the 139 kilos of dry foodstuffs, 79 litres of dairy products, 159 litres of water and 200 litres of bleach, ammonia and other cleaning items, two boxes of personal hygiene products, clothing and other essentials.
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TEULADA-MORAIRA Town Hall issued a statement on the day of the recent Global Climate strikes. “From the town hall we wish to demonstrate our support for the strikes called in response to the climate emergency we are living through,” the town hall declared. “Today the entire world has joined a worldwide strike, shouting out in favour of a change in the way that we live, a necessary change.” The municipal declaration went on to say the planet faced an unprecedented climate crisis, the result of an unsustainable way of life which made it necessary to advance toward a form of existence that respected the environment.“Today, Earth needs us, we must become fully aware and begin the transition to a society sustainable and friendly towards our giant blue planet,” the communique finished.
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Planet-friendly communique NETWORKING: Rosa Vila and her fellow mayors
All work together ROSA VILA was one of 17 local mayors who met recently in Pedreguer. It was the first meeting of the Xarxa d’Alcaldies de la Marina Alta (Marina Alta Town Halls Network) in two years and focused on topics affecting them all, regardless of politics. Principal concerns were, as before, water resources and the Tren de la Costa train that would follow the coast instead of looping inland between Valencia City and Alicante City.
The mayors also discussed the creation of the Marina Alta’s own tourist brand and the increased depopulation of inland mountain villages. Little had changed in the two years since the Xarxa’s last meeting when the mayors agreed to ask the Ministry of Public Works in Madrid to reactivate the Tren de la Costa project. The Marina Alta is still awaiting the outcome of hundreds of appeals lodged by landowners’ objections to the train’s proposed
route, as well as approval - or rejection - of the project from the central government’s Environment Ministry. The current situation is unlikely to improve, those present conceded, not least because of the political instability produced by the absence of a government. For the moment, the only viable solution was for Marina Alta municipalities to combine their efforts and work together, the 17 mayors admitted.
Explore Les Sorts
THE accompanied walking routes have resumed after the summer break. The next walk on Sunday October 13 explores the Vall de les Sorts and with a commentary in English as well as Spanish, the guide will explain why this emblematic rural area is classed as a Landscape Protection Zone.
The 1.5-kilometre walk lasts approximately 90 minutes and sets out from the Les Sorts car park in front of Espai la Senieta in Moraira at 11am. Prebooking is required, with a minimum of five participants and maximum of 20. Further information is available from the Tourist Info Office at Espai La Senieta in Moraira or ring 965 745 168.
Sew a fine seam COURSES by Teulada-Moraira’s embroidery association Agulla i Fil (Needle and Thread) restarted on October 1. The courses at the old Conservatoire in Calle Colon 45 continue until June 15, 2020 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays with varying categories each day. Tuesdays: Macrame and drawn-thread work (4pm-7pm) Wednesday: Tulle (4pm7pm) Thursday: Bobbin lace (4pm6pm) Dressmaking (6pm-8pm) Friday: Dressmaking (3.30pm-5.30pm) For more information ring Maria Jose Tro, 661 664 522 or 965 741 121.
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Javea NEWS School joins global protests J A V E A’ S V i c e n t e Te n a primary school joined the worldwide Climate We e k strikes against global warming. All pupils at the school gathered in the Vicente Tena playground where the old e r c h i l d r e n e x plained to the youngest, us ing diagrams to demonstrate how temperatures are rising in the Valenci a n C o m m u n i ty and all over Spain. After a minute’s silence, the children listened to Macaco’s Madre Tierra (Mother Earth) and finished by repeating ‘Sense Planeta no hi ha future’ (Without the Planet there is no future).
PLAYGROUND DEMO: Explaining global warming.
‘Give us back our view’ plea ILLEGAL structures added to two Arenal restaurants are blocking the view of second-line apartments. Occupants of the lower floors of apartment buildings behind the Paseo David Ferrer promenade complained that the lean-tos on the restaurants’ flat roofs are spoiling the view and lowering the value of their properties. Residents hoping to sell or rent out properties claim that on several occasions deals have fallen through owing to now-unattractive views. There have also been complaints that one of the businesses has also installed a large gas-holder which residents claim infringes current regulations. “We aren’t prepared to lose the views that we have enjoyed for so many years simply because some business-owners systematically ignore planning regulations,” residents declared. They also complained that the town hall either did nothing or ‘took years’ to react. In response Urban Development councillor Isabel Bolufer said the Discipline and Activities departments were at present reviewing Arenal businessowners’ breaches of regulations and the next steps to be taken are now under discussion.
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Encouraging local art JAVEA Town Hall has modified the conditions for showing artwork at the municipality’s exhibition rooms. Culture councillor Quico Moragues explained that his department hopes to encourage local artists by producing a 16page catalogue of all artists whose work is shown in the municipal exhibition rooms.
The local administration will advertise forthcoming shows with a specific poster, pay to insure exhibitions and no longer stipulate that exhibiting artists must donate one of their works to the municipality. At the Soler Blasco Museum, the art exhibition room will be reserved for Javea’s novice artists to help introduce them to the public and the Ca Lambert art museum’s ground floor will be devoted to two permanent exhibitions. One will be a six-month display of the work of the illustrator Andre Lambert Jordan and the architect Louis Lambert Perret, followed by another six-month display of a selection from the 100 works donated to the municipality by the Segarra family.
JAVEA ART: Municipally-owned Casa del Cable.
A reminder of the past
AUSTRALIAN PAIRS: Annie Jones and Dudley Davies.
Bowls club success FOLLOWING nine days of competitive bowling, Benitachell Bowls Club members achieved a resounding success in nearly all the discipline at the Iberian Open Bowls Tournament at Javea Green.
Annie Jones and Dudley Davies won the Australian Pairs, Lynda Warnes, Yvonne Browne, both BBC bowlers, with Chris Evans and Penny Pym from JG, winning the ladies’ rinks. Further success for the BBC was Mary Cockell winning the Ladies Singles and Greg
Sperring the men’s singles. After all the prizes were presented the organisers awarded ‘Player of the Tournament’ to Dudley Davies. A well run competition and congratulations must go to the organisers as several games were rescheduled due to the excessive heat.
EL PORTAL DEL CLOT is one of Javea’s few remaining original features. The small plaza with its cross made from rough local stone shown in 19th century photographs is still there. The cross is one of the 17 marking crossroads or gateways in the walls that protected the town from pirate incursions until 1874 when they were finally demolished. Earlier in the 14th century the original town was completely walled but as it grew, these had to be extended in the late 15th or early 16th century. New roads were built encircling the first walls with entrances at the Portal del Clot, the Portal de la Mar - which also retains its cross - Portal de la Ferreria, and Portal de Sant Vicent.
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Javea NEWS AMJASA, the publiclyowned company responsible for Javea’s water supply, has acquired 12 electric vehicles. Three cars and nine vans of differing sizes complement the two smaller vehicles already in use by Amjasa’s meter-readers and two existing vans. This brings the electricallypowered fleet up to 16, with only lorries and pickups still running on fossil fuel. Parallel to renewing its fleet of vehicles, Amjasa has installed six charging stations for internal use at its Cami Cabanes offices as well as a public fast-charging point. This seventh station will be operational once Amjasa has received Ministry of Industry authorisation for its use by the public, explained Javea’s may-
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Water firm goes all-electric
AMJASA: Now have 16 electric vehicles at their disposal. or Jose Chulvi, who is also president of Amjasa. H e p o in te d o u t th a t t he company continues to lead the way regarding energy consumption and sustainable strategies, as Amjasa now uses electricity from
renewable sources and is currently studying self-sufficiency methods which include solar panels outside its offices. Chulvi also revealed that the town hall is encouraging the use of electric and hybrid vehi-
Hit and run with no licence A 38-YEAR-OLD man was seriously injured in a hit and run accident in Javea. The man, a gardener who had just finished his day’s work, was run down in Calle Alberto Durero in the Pinosol area.
Cash for port THE Generalitat’s Public Works department allocated €200,000 for improvements to Javea port. Two contracts were put out to tender to reform a harbour arm, meet accessibility requirements and renew the port’s domestic water network. Eight bids are now being assessed for the contract which includes reinforcing the ‘fishermen’s’ breakwater and improving existing ramps and steps to meet accessibility requirements. The port zones that may be used and visited by the public will be marked out, with improvements to pedestrian pathways and a new path to the Posit fishing guild.
The woman motorist, who did not have a driving licence, was driving what witnesses described as ‘a large car.’ She tried to drive off after hitting the man, hitting another car in an unsuccessful
attempt to flee, but was arrested at the scene. The victim was taken to Denia hospital with multiple injuries but owing to the gravity of his condition was transferred to a hospital in Valencia City.
cles with reductions of between 50 and 70 per cent on road tax. He also announced that the municipality will soon be putting out to tender the contracts for installing charging stations in Javea’s underground car parks and at the Port.
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AXARQUIA
Loggerhead turtle released
Axarquia Day at Tivoli World
MURCIA has welcomed two baby loggerhead turtles, the first to be born in the region in more than a century. The turtles have only a one in a 1,000 chance of surviving into adulthood in the wild. The last known loggerhead turtle eggs to have been found on a beach in the region were in the late 19th century. But last week, two of 69 eggs buried in the sand at Cala Arturo hatched in the regional park of Calblanque off the coast line of Cartagena. The eggs, buried on July 28, have carefully been looked after by the El Valle rescue centre with the hope that 10-12 more eggs could soon hatch. A 35-year-old female released into the wild is reportedly ready to ovulate and the agency hopes she will travel back to her birthplace to lay eggs.
THE amusement park Tivoli World in Benalmadena celebrated Day of Axarquia on Saturday. The event was officially opened by the president of the Mancomunidad de Municipios of Axarquia, José Juan Jiménez along with fellow councillors and the coordinator of Tivoli World, José Luis Guzmán. “From the institution we would like to thank the people in charge of Tivoli World who have thought of our region to give promotion and to pay tribute to each of its people,” thanked Jimenez. “With the celebration of the Day of the Costa del Tropical Axarquia we can show our tourist potential, but also allow a day of coexistence between many families from different villages in the region,” he continued. For the celebration, the park opened its doors free of charge to anyone with a residency card of Axarquia, or those who collected an invitation from town halls, coastal tourism offices or in the APTA office. The pass also meant that Axarquian tourists did not have to queue, using a special entrance to access the rides and attractions. Local businesses were also invited to set up tents to promote their wares to anyone visiting the park as well as animations and live performances that were held throughout the day.
RELEASED: The female loggerhead turtle is ready to complete her journey back to her homeplace to continue her life in the wild.
COSTA BLANCA NORTH
CLEANING UP: Young people at the forefront of the fight to save the sea.
Beach cleaning
LAST Saturday a large number of people arrived at the San Francisco beach, for a day of shoreline cleaning supported by the Fuengirola Council. The intention was not only to remove the waste that manages to make its way onto the beach, but also to highlight the importance of keeping the beaches in good condition and promoting cycling. The Spanish Institute of Oceanography had a stand on the beach and gave a talk to those present about the state of the Mediterranean and international waters. The hope is that as public awareness increases, so over a period of time, Fuengirola will be able to boast that visitors may enjoy 100 per cent sustainable beaches. As can be seen in the accompanying photograph, the majority of those taking part were youngsters and it is they who will be experiencing climate change and environmental difficulties in the future. Later next month, there will be a screening in 11 towns and cities of a new film by the group Fridays for another Future of a documentary about sustainability and environmental awareness. It is aimed mainly at schoolchildren and students and this is a Canadian film Youth Unstoppable which highlights the activities taken by young people around the world who are leading the fight against climate emergency in order to save the planet and their own futures.
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Charity gift
Sport by the sea
CANCER charities have benefited from a €1,000 donation from the fundraising group Giving4Giving. The group raised the funds at an event at the Brew Rock bar in Albir. The money was presented to Lisa Griffin the bar owner who organised the benefit night. Giving4Giving has now donated €139,000 to charity with two more donations to follow this month. Giving4Giving is seeking volunteers and donations for all their shops and provide a pick-up service for larger goods. Anyone able to help should contact Gary on 603 137 697.
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 multi-purpose: one of the sides can be taken up so it can also serve as a stage for cultural events. “These kinds of multi-functional public spaces generate social integration between local residents,” the mayor commented.
BENEFIT: Lisa Griffin received a donation from G4G volunteer Gary James.
RED CARPET: The charity event hosted by Real Estates United on behalf of the JoyRon Foundation was a huge success.
A roaring success
THE Red Carpet event on the stunning rooftop of the OD Port Portals Hotel on behalf of the JoyRon Foundation was a huge success on Friday evening. Each year local residents pull out their finest outfits and head to the fabulous charity event held by Real Estates United, a platform that is designed for real estate agents and partners to collaborate in Mallorca. The night kicked off with a photo call by Celebrity Mallorca Magazine with the glamorous dancers from Tito’s Mallorca with music by the saxophonist Adrian Sanso Ali. Entertainment was provided by the pole dancers from Louisa Pole’s Pole Fitness andCharley Hamblyn serenaded the crowds with her amazing vocal talents. The music continued into the night with another performance by Pole Fitness before an auction for a fabulous prize provided by the Ella Project, a $10,000 marketing package with Huffpost, Forbes and other high-end marketing platforms. The event ended with a raffle hosted by Ron Hawes and Euro Weekly’s very own Ben Mulvey with 34 prizes from a range of local sponsors. Every penny of the €7,945 raised at the event will go to the JoyRon Foundation, a charity with the sole aim of helping children in need in the Baleares, by raising funds, that will be applied to bring levels of joy, comfort and essential support to the children.
MULTIPURPOSE: The mayor explained the facilities can be used for different sports and cultural events.
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Another explosion
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THE latest in a series of minor bomb blasts around Copenhagen took place on the island of Amager when a Thai restaurant had its front demolished. Noone was hurt and local police appealing for in formation set up a temporary stand.
Climate crisis SPEAKING at the UN Climate Summit in New York, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned other world leaders attending that they would be judged in the future on how they react now to the current global crisis.
POLICE: Appealing for witnesses.
NETHERLANDS
Drink water
Extra security
HOLLAND has just enjoyed its first ever ‘Tap Water Day’ as children in schools were only allowed to drink water rather than ‘fizzy drinks’ and were also given lessons about water showing its impor tance and benefits.
BETWEEN 20 and 30 people are now receiving special security protection following the mur der of defence lawyer Derk Wiersum in Ams terdam last week. Those being safeguarded include judges and prosecutors in one particu lar case in which the lawyer was involved.
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BELGIUM
White rails
AIDS discovery
NOW that regular summer heatwaves appear to be there to stay, the German rail company Deutsche Bahn is to lay an experimental kilometre of rails painted white to see whether these will reflect some of the sun’s rays and reduce heat damage.
MEDICAL researchers in Belgium believe they have made a breakthrough discovery for pa tients being treated for HIV/AIDS. They claim to have identified areas where small residual amounts of the virus hide in the body of pa tients taking AIDS inhibitors.
Beer fever
A real drag
OKTOBERFEST in Munich started last weekend with a record first day crowd which saw thousands of people arrive and one hour ahead of the official opening, a number of the beer tents had to be closed as they were full.
A YOUNG man had a fright when he became shut into a locker at a station in Antwerp. He thought that it would make a great picture as he was in drag but the door wouldn’t reopen and friends had to obtain help.
FRANCE
Cheesed off
Rare find
A FRENCH chef is to sue the Michelin Guide after losing one of his three stars because the inspector thought that he had used English cheddar cheese in a soufflé rather than French cheese. The soufflé was yellow as he had added saffron.
A UNIQUE 13th century painted panel, at tributed to Florentine master Cimabue has been discovered in a French kitchen during a house clearance. The owner had no idea what it was, but will be pleased if it reaches its auction estimate of €4 million.
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Cough stats
Great escape
THERE have been 1,323 cases of whooping cough registered in Denmark by the end of August this year, a higher figure than in 2017 and 2018 combined, with 60 per cent of the cases believed to be children.
AN Albanian man who was placed in custody in connection with a drug case in 2013 managed to dig his way out of Hedmark prison using a butter knife. He has now been arrested in Germany and returned to Norway to face trial.
Plastic children
Norwegian remainers
SOME 57,000 schoolchildren representing 92 of Denmark’s 98 municipalities, as well as Greenland and the Faroe Islands, have taken part in an initiative to tackle plastic pollution in water, as part of the annual naturvidenskabs festival.
ACCORDING to the UK Home Office, some 5,000 Norwegians had by August of this year applied to stay in Britain after Brexit. This is a tiny percentage of the reported 1.3 million REU and EAA passport holders who have asked to remain.
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Top week for Be IT has become the norm over the past 30 years for Benidorm Palace to play host to top shows and events, and there was no disappointment on Sunday, September 29, when, owners Christine and Vicente Cli ment, donated the use of the venue for the third ‘Save My Life’ charity fundraiser. Alongside Christine, welcoming guests was Donna Sandland, the inspiration and energy behind the charity. Donna works alongside others throughout the year, us ing the funds raised to assist local animal sanctuaries and to provide medical care to sick dogs and cats, find foster homes and eventually forever homes for the most un fortunate of animals. As the cavernous theatre filled, a buzz of excitement and anticipation filled the room. After a brief presentation about the charity the show opened with local singer Ben Ashley who, after finishing his spot, remained on stage to perform a beautiful rendition of Hallelujah while 12yearold Laura Cano Climent performed her debut gymnastic act suspended high above the stage by lengths of silk. One by one the best of local entertainers walked on stage, the audience getting more and more in the mood for a party. ‘Kyle Minogue’ had hundreds of arms wav ing in the air and singer/musician Diago Cabeyto had people dancing in the aisles a s h e b e l t e d o u t C o t t o n Ey e d J o e a n d Country Roads. After the most flamboyant of entrances the mood altered temporarily as drag artist Colin ‘Coco Chanel’ Brown spoke of the horse charity he runs, Helping Coco, and thanked the organisers for the oppor tunity to promote the cause. After a brief video Coco Chanel reappeared on stage and soon had the audience in raptures
ILLUSION IST: David Climent and assistant. CREDIT: benidormpalace.com
of laughter with his risqué tongueincheek routine. The laughter was replaced with gasps of disbelief when resident illusionist David Climent took to the stage. His assistants disappeared at an alarming rate, but fortu nately reappeared before the end of the act. Comedians and tribute acts followed Tom Jones, Bay City Rollers, Whitney
Houston and Meat Loaf each keeping the party atmosphere alive. The finale was nothing short of a treat. West End actor and singer Jamie Somers, commandeered the stage, aptly singing Bring Him Home from Les Miserables and, as the cast and organisers filled the stage and the audi ence held hands and joined in, he sang especially for the animals in care You’ll never Walk Alone.
Thanks to everyone whot took part, to the venue owners for donat ing Benidorm Palace, all the charity workers for everything they do, and to all the performers including comperes Tom Kidd and David James for giving their time free of charge.
Fond farewell IN the coming weeks, everybody at Benidorm Palace will wish a fond but sad farewell to resident star performer David Cli ment. On October 15 David be DAVID CLIMENT: gins his next big project when he Exciting times ahead. flies to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to join the Illusionists. The Illusionists have recently become part of the world famous Cirque de Soleil, with the collabo ration making their show one of the biggest box office draws. In 2015 David, son of Benidorm Palace owners Vicente and Christine, was awarded the prestigious Merlin Award for best stage magician by the International Magicians Society. The award is considered the highest recognition in the world of magic with past re cipients such as David Copperfield, Penn and Teller and Chris Angel. After a fiveweek tour of the Middle East the Illusionists return for a further five weeks in Barcelona and from there everybody would like to see David back at Benidorm Palace, even if just for a short time. Joining the Illusionists is the pinnacle of any magician’s career and EWN wish David every success for the future.
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enidorm Palace Benidorm Palace welcomes 16 millionth guest
16 millionth celebration.
Joan Wright and Anne Moss (centre) get VIP treatment. Benidorm Palace opened in July 1977 and for more than 40 years has become a mustgo attraction in the popular seaside resort.
On that first opening night, when Spain had re cently emerged from the grip of dictatorship and was enjoying the taste of free
Lifetime services award BENIDORM Palace owner Vicente Climent was presented with an award for lifetime services to the tourism industry at the prestigious Premis Turisme Comunitat Valenciana award cere mony on Friday. Year after year, Turisme Communitat Valenciana recognises those people, companies or actions which have a positive im pact on the region’s tourism industry and economy. And at a VIP ceremony at the Valencia Regional Government Palace, four decades at the helm of Costa Blanca’s biggest en tertainment venue was officially recognised. Speaking to EWN afterwards, Vicente said: “I am extremely happy to receive this award. It is a huge privilege to be ac knowledged for our contributions to the tourism industry, sur rounded by dignitaries. “This award recognises the efforts of everybody at Benidorm Palace. We love our job and if we make people happy, we are happy.” Friday proved to be a big day all round for Vincente and proud wife Christine, as they welcomed their 16 millionth client this evening. “A very, very special day indeed,” added Vicente. ACCOLADE: Vicente Climent receives recognition.
CREDIT: Christine Climent Facebook
LAURA CAN O CLIMENT: Performs her debut act.
BENIDORM PALACE gave the VIP treatment to 16 millionth guest Joan Wright who walked through the door last Friday to fanfares and fireworks. Joan of Hertfordshire was stunned to be put in the spotlight during a visit to the club with Anne Moss as the pair were treated to two weeks at the Hotel Sol Pelicanos in Benidorm and flights by Jet2 to mark the milestone occasion.
dom, the atmosphere was electric. In the run up to the club’s debut, the staff and man agement had been through many dress rehearsals to make sure that everything was all right on the night. When the doors opened, more than one and a half thousand guests flooded in, the footlights beamed on the night’s compere who for the first time uttered the words: “Welcome to Benidorm Palace.” Thousands of kilowatts of light flooded the room, and the light has burned brightly
A spectacular evening.
for more than four decades since. Benidorm Palace has es tablished itself as a presti gious party venue, with an unbeatable and unique of fer on the eastern coastline of the peninsula. The great variety venue has included many great in ternational musical artists, renowned orchestras, bal lets, and performers from around the world. Notable performers throughout the years have included Boney M, Julio Iglesias, The Platters, UB40, Rudolf Nureyev and Richard Clayderman.
FINANCE Getting older
THE UK Office for National Statis tics has revealed the fact that by the end of 2018, there were 584,024 British citizens aged 90 or more and longer life expectancy is increasing. Whilst it used to be that women lived longer than men, there has been a recent significant spurt in the number of men who pass the age of 90 and insurers believe that neither the government nor indi viduals are planning ahead suffi ciently to deal with the greater need for long term funding.
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€137 million
is the amount that IAG, says it lost due to the two day British Airways strike which took place earlier this month.
Thomas Cook Fall Out
THERE are a number of longterm financial implications following the passing of the Thomas Cook Group into Administration which will affect not just the UK, but other European economies. Firstly, the British government de cided not to assist in injecting £200 million (€220 million) into the compa ny to see it through the winter, but it is estimated that it will cost £60 mil lion (€66 million) alone to charter air craft to return those stranded abroad. If the ATOL insurance scheme paid
By John Smith out to all of those who have lost de posits then it would be depleted for the future which means that it is more than likely that the British govern ment will have to cover whatever shortfall there may be, which could add another £40 million (€44 million) to the bill. Add to this the fact that 9,000 em ployees will be out of jobs and many may have to apply for unemployment benefits and it begs the question as to why the government wouldn’t help when it has stepped in with banks and
the steel industry. Thomas Cook specialised in a num ber of low cost holidays and now with so many people potentially looking elsewhere, what capacity is available has already increased in price. Spanish hoteliers who relied on block bookings from the travel com pany could face a very difficult winter and the German government has had to step in to lend the Condor Airline (a Thomas Cook subsidiary which oper ates many flights to mainland Spain and the Balearics) some €380 million to keep it in the air.
LEGALLY SPEAKING What about a noisy neighbour? The owner of the apartment above me in our community has rented out her flat to a woman and her daughter. Now they have bought a puppy, and we are subjected to frequent loud bark ing. Also, the mother sometimes stays out until late at night, leaving the daughter to play noisily until around 3am. I and other neighbours have protested to the mother about the noise. I presented a petition to the administrator and we have spoken to the presi dent and vice president about it. Do all rental con tracts have ‘No Pets’ included? Is ‘noise after mid night’ a violation of community rules or Spanish law? Can you advise me of any solution? B J (Costa del Sol)
No, not all rental contracts forbid YOU AND THE the keeping of pets LAW IN SPAIN and there is no spe cific prohibition against noise after midnight either in community rules or Spanish law. However, if the moth er leaves a minor child alone in the house late at night, she could face serious charges if someone informed the authorities. A simple mention of this possibility might bring about better cooperation.
DAVID SEARL
Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.
Spain’s finances
GOOD financial news for Spain is that the USbased group S&P Glob al has upgraded its opinion of the Spanish economy to an ‘A’ even though there is due to be another election in November. Some analysts think that growth for the economy in 2019 and 2020 will be less than originally forecast but even the most pessimistic view supports expansion by at least 1.2 per cent. Spanish government bonds are also outperforming many others in the Euro market so things appear positive.
BUSINESS EXTRA
NEW IMF chief THE Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva will be the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund taking over from Christine Lagarde. The 66-year-old Georgieva is the first person from an emerging economy to lead the IMF.
Store closures IN a bid to reverse falling profits, Sainsbury’s plans to shut 15 supermarkets, 40 convenience stores and up to 70 Argos stores in the UK as it looks to reduce costs by £500 million (€550 million) over the next five years.
Losing out A BBVA report highlights that although women get better results than men at university, their succes is not recognised in business, as many find it hard to secure jobs and those that do can be paid up to 9.5 per cent less than men.
Finance and education CURRENTLY companies throughout Europe spend trillions of euros in insurance of all types, but there is one area in which many are very vulnerable. The past few years have seen huge headlines concerning cyberattacks on banks, government de partments, stores, credit card companies, indeed any organisation that stores sensitive details on computers is a potential target.
Last year, according to the European Insurance and Retirement Pensions Authority (EIOPA) the val ue of the cyberinsurance market increased by 72 per cent. Companies have gone out of business due to hacking and their inability to afford to pay compen sation to victims, so EIOPA believes it is imperative that companies take very seriously the ongoing risk and protect themselves by investing in insurance.
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C LOSING P RICES S EPTEMBER 30
COMPANY ADMIRAL GROUP
PRICE(P) 20,920
ANGLO AMERICAN
18,846
0,17
0,03
% CHG. 0,12
CHANGE(P) NET VOL 0,03 6.096 25.993
COMPANY
PRICE(P)
CHANGE(P)
% CHG.
NET VOL
LEGAL & GENERAL
2,508
1,04
0,03
14.959
LLOYDS BANK
0,551
3,13
0,02
38.491
9,058
0,22
0,02
8.930
73,506
-0,22
-0,16
25.708
ASHTEAD GROUP
22,830
0,49
0,11
10.492
MARKS & SPENCER
1,837
-1,36
-0,03
3.581
ASTRA ZENECA
73,050
-0,23
-0,17
95.833
MEDIA CONTEN
3,366
-1,20
-0,04
2.481
BABCOCK INTE
5,658
-0,12
-0,01
2.861
MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS 4,526
0,17
0,01
4.635
BARCLAYS BANK
1,515
0,50
0,01
26.149
MICRO FOCUS
11,536
2,54
0,29
3.855
BARRATT DEVE
6,490
0,54
0,03
6.607
MONDI PLC
15,625
0,82
0,13
7.587
BAT INDUSTRI
29,635
0,72
0,21
67.977
MORRISON SUP
2,013
-0,59
-0,01
4.831
BILLITON
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62,340
0,89
0,55
8.305
7,358
0,19
0,01
5.754
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21,680
-0,32
-0,07
6.906
THE ABOVE TABLE USES THE CURRENT INTERBANK EXCHANGE RATES, WHICH AREN’T REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RATE WE OFFER
ANTOFAGASTA
LONDON STOCK
17,462
-0,45
-0,08
36.880
BP
5,196
-0,33
-0,02
106.138
BRIT.AEROE
5,684
-0,18
-0,01
18.211
PERSIMMON
23,190
0,52
0,12
18.359
PROV.FINANC.
4,063
1,61
0,06
1.029
14,865
0,31
0,05
38.647
BRITISH FOODS
PEARSON
BRITISH LAND
5,828
0,79
0,05
5.404
PRUDENTIAL C
BRITISH TELECOM
1,780
0,26
0,00
17.586
RAMBLER MED.
2,147
1,43
0,03
2.147
BUNZL
21,480
0,06
0,01
7.233
RECKITT BNKR
65,650
-1,05
-0,69
46.567
BURBERRY
21,600
-0,41
-0,09
8.878
REED INTER
19,340
-0,05
-0,01
37.566
CARNIVAL PLC
33,620
-0,15
-0,05
6.233
RENTOKIL GRP
CELLTECH
26,480
-0,23
-0,06
9.760
RIO TINTO
CENTRICA
0,737
0,74
0,01
4.289
CGNU
3,986
0,23
0,01
15.613
CONVATEC GROUP
4,618
-0,19
-0,01
8.540
42,325
0,13
0,05
53.496
ROLLS ROYCE
7,958
-0,81
-0,06
15.367
ROYAL & SUN
5,310
-0,15
-0,01
5.477
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND 2,101
2,84
0,06
25.404
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B
1,794
0,62
0,01
3.548
CRH
27,800
0,23
0,06
22.081
24,165
0,27
0,07
90.275
CRODA INTERN
48,640
0,33
0,16
6.258
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL CL.A 24,135
1,54
0,36
102.787
DCC ORD IEP0
70,820
-0,19
-0,13
6.965
SAGE GROUP
6,866
-0,52
-0,04
7.474
DELLING GRP
3,004
-0,50
-0,02
4.130
SAINSBURY
2,224
0,90
0,02
4.920
DIAGEO
33,130
0,41
0,14
78.177
SCHRODERS
30,680
0,13
0,04
6.934
EASYJET
11,550
0,11
0,01
4.588
SCOT.& STH
12,502
0,54
0,07
13.007
EXPERIAN GROUP LTD
25,900
-0,19
-0,05
23.559
SEVERN TRENT
21,620
1,44
0,31
5.143
24,460
0,29
0,07
5.816
7,006
-1,15
-0,08
5.163
SKILLSGROUP
GLAXO WELLCO
17,582
2,17
0,37
87.709
SLOUGH EST.
8,044
0,07
0,01
8.821
GLENCORE INTL
2,473
-0,71
-0,02
33.354
SMITH & NEP.
19,610
0,03
0,01
17.151
GROUP 4 SECU
1,908
0,00
0,00
2.960
SMITHS INDU.
15,820
0,35
0,05
6.267
HAMMERSON
2,841
0,03
0,00
2.177
ST JAMES S P
9,794
1,82
0,18
5.221
HARGREAVES LANSDOWN 20,730
0,32
0,07
9.833
STAN.CHART
6,868
0,52
0,04
21.952
FRESNILLO
6,271
0,17
0,01
127.052
STANDARD LIFE
2,880
0,66
0,02
6.851
17,662
-1,28
-0,23
16.813
TAYLOR WOOD.
1,630
1,08
0,02
5.348
INFORMA GROU
8,532
0,05
0,00
10.680
TESCO
2,430
-0,08
-0,00
23.798
INTERCON.HOT
50,830
1,05
0,53
9.253
TUI
INTERTEK GROUP
55,620
0,29
0,16
8.977
UNILEVER
HSBC IMPERIAL TOBACCO
9,436
0,00
0,00
5.558
49,090
0,07
0,03
57.314
INTL CONSOLDTD AIRL GRP 4,775
0,70
0,03
10.185
UN.UTILITIES
8,220
0,59
0,05
5.605
ITV
-0,33
-0,00
5.052
VODAFONE GRP
1,622
-0,22
-0,00
43.413
1,255 30,500
1,07
0,32
5.903
WHITBREAD
44,120
-1,06
-0,47
5.898
KINGFISHER
2,083
-0,29
-0,01
4.395
WPP GROUP
10,025
0,31
0,03
12.651
LAND SECURIT
8,560
0,02
0,00
6.347
3I GROUP
11,835
0,71
0,08
11.516
JOHNSON MATT
0.88925
1.12421 Units per €
US dollar ................................................1.09445 Japan yen...............................................117.997 Switzerland franc ...................................1.08549 Denmark kroner .....................................7.46583 Norway kroner........................................9.93548
DOW JONES C LOSING P RICES S EPTEMBER 30
COMPANY AMERICAN EXPRESS APPLE BOEING CATERPILLAR CHEVRON TEXACO CISCO SYSTEMS COCA-COLA EXXON MOBIL GOLDMAN SACH HOME DEPOT IBM INTEL JOHNSON & JOHNSON JP MORGAN CHASE MCDONALDS MERCK MICROSOFT NIKE PFIZER PROCTER & GAMBLE ST. PAUL TRV UNITED TECHNOLOGIES UNITEDHEALTH VERIZON VISA CLASS A WALGREENS BOOTS WAL-MART WALT DISNEY 3M
PRICE 118,590 218,820 382,860 126,590 118,600 48,840 54,310 71,480 208,970 229,860 143,240 50,780 128,600 117,720 213,160 82,910 137,730 92,310 36,220 124,570 148,000 136,390 215,260 60,300 174,000 54,410 118,450 129,960 164,530
CHANGE% CHANGE -0,27 -0,32 -0,49 -1,07 -1,04 -4,03 0,16 0,20 -1,30 -1,56 0,00 0,00 -0,15 -0,08 0,72 0,51 0,36 0,75 0,03 0,07 -0,22 -0,31 0,00 0,00 -0,19 -0,25 0,59 0,69 0,26 0,56 -1,16 -0,97 -1,30 -1,81 0,15 0,14 1,23 0,44 0,21 0,26 -0,07 -0,10 -0,83 -1,14 -0,10 -0,22 -0,23 -0,14 -0,94 -1,65 0,00 0,00 0,13 0,15 -1,00 -1,31 0,43 0,70
VOLUME(M) 98.391 1.198.570 215.439 71.218 225.152 245.651 232.231 302.439 75.138 251.732 126.893 239.783 339.397 376.408 161.883 212.281 1.082.622 115.560 200.335 311.753 38.537 117.682 203.998 249.387 300.493 58.889 336.905 234.107 94.651
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NASDAQ C LOSING P RICES S EPTEMBER 30
COMPANY
PRICE
CHANGE NET / %
Most Advanced Ulta Beauty Inc.
244.40
+8.09
Investors Title Co.
159.10
+4.60
Seattle Genetics Inc.
76.00
+3.37
GRAVITY Co. Ltd. ADR
36.43
+3.10
Illumina Inc.
301.28
+2.60
Formula Systems (1985) Ltd. ADR
63.80
+2.53
Sarepta Therapeutics Inc.
75.00
+2.19
Milestone Pharmaceuticals Inc.
18.90
+2.10
Johnson Outdoors Inc. Cl A
58.63
+1.93
114.30
+1.84
Dollar Tree Inc.
Most Declined Booking Holdings Inc.
1,944
-34.20
CoStar Group Inc.
576.28
-18.30
Alphabet Inc. Cl A
1,226
-16.34
Alphabet Inc. Cl C
1,225
-16.30
Amazon.com Inc.
1,725
-14.39
Lam Research Corp.
228.93
-12.75
Netease Inc. ADR
260.69
-12.66
Atrion Corp.
768.57
-12.26
Trade Desk Inc. Cl A
184.76
-9.64
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC ADR
116.41
-9.60
FINANCE, BUSINESS & LEGAL ASK THE EXPERT Peter Loveday
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STAYING on top of the late s t c u r re n c y n e w s c a n help you time your transfers more effectively, so find out what you should be looking out for over the next month… Latest currency news A flurry of UK political develop ments have created significant Sterling volatility over the last month. This saw the GBP/EUR trade be tween 1.09 and 1.13 with EUR/GBP retreating to 0.88. Meanwhile, GBP/USD has climbed from 1.21 to 1.25 (having struck a threeyear low of 1.19 along the way) whilst EUR/USD held steady at 1.10. What’s been happening? The pound has experienced dramatic swings over the last mon t h a s it was ro c k e d b y U K
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BREXIT JITTERS: Driving GBP exchange rates to new multi-year lows. political developments. Sterling initially plummeted when Boris Johnson announced that parliament would be sus pended for five weeks from early September. However subsequent move
ment in the pound has been large ly positive, as Johnson faced a number of setbacks and the odds of a nodeal Brexit fell. A string of upbeat UK econom ic data added to the upside in Sterling, including a robust GDP
reading. Occupying almost all the atten tion of EUR investors over the last month has been the European Central Bank and its long awaited stimulus package. The stimulus measures were ul timately received positively by markets, helping to buoy the sin gle currency going into the second half of September. Finally, trade in the US dollar has been mixed in recent weeks in response to rising fears that a US recession could be looming fol lowing an inversion in the US bond yield curve and Fed rate cut spec ulation. What do you need to look out for? UK political developments are likely to continue acting as the main catalyst of movement in the
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pound as we get closer to the cur rent Brexit deadline on October 31. The upcoming EU summit in midOctober will likely be key for GBP investors, as all bets will be off if Boris Johnson fails to secure a deal by then. Meanwhile, the euro may strug gle to find support over the com ing month if German data remains in the doldrums. Finally, the US dollar may be particularly sensitive to economic data in the coming weeks, as mar kets look to gauge whether the US economy may be drifting towards a recession. At Currencies Direct we’re here to talk currency whenever you need us, so get in touch if you want to know more about the lat est news or how it could impact your currency transfers. Since 1996 we’ve helped more than 250,000 customers with their currency transfers, just pop into your local Currencies Direct branch or give us a call to find out more.
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LEAPY LEE SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT WITH their plastic bottles, food cartons and litter left lying everywhere in their wake, plus the output of untold thousands of vehicle exhausts as they idled in traffic jams, these recent, badly mislead young ‘climate change’ protesters have left a carbon footprint that will probably not be ‘offset’ until they reach their coming of age. This present generation has to be the most spoiled, selfcentered, misinformed bunch of youngsters the civilised world has ever pro duced. They have airconditioning in the class rooms, mobile phones and gismos, they ride in cars to school, they suck up junk food like hoovers and insist on the latest trendy outfits at all times. All of these luxury products, which they seem to think are their God given right, are manufactured or supplied by enormous compa nies that pour billions of tonnes of carbon diox ide emission into the Earth’s atmosphere. These children’s selfish attitudes and lifestyles cause far more damage to our environment than the previous generations they are so keen to accuse. Those preceding them were mobile and ‘designer’ free and took bicycles or walked to their destinations. Most had never experi enced jet travel or air conditioning and opened
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Self-centred and spoiled windows when it was hot, instead of closing them. They received new shoes or clothes only when the previous attire needed replacing, ate homemade sandwiches instead of Whoppers and read books. However, in these modern day youngsters’ defence, most have of course been brainwashed and mislead by the ‘usual sus pects!’ Many of the culprits are those who laughingly profess to be ‘school teachers.’ Stringy haired trendies, who actually started the rot when the first long haired leftie ‘free thinker’ plonked his behind on his desk and told the class to call him Jon! The same leftie brigade who welcome drag acts into the classrooms to ‘enlighten’ fouryear olds, abolish winning and losing. Well this is the result. A whole generation of youngsters who not only have no respect for their elders but truly do believe they are actually superior. Ever increasing numbers of them would rather walk into the class with a knife than a ruler. I also wonder who was actually re sponsible for these utterly disruptive protests. Don’t tell me it was some precocious Swedish
16yearold. Even this young lady admitted her total surprise at the extent of the demonstrations. No, this was an idea hi jacked by adults and cal lously exploited to further their own intentions. How do I know? Well, for one thing it was planned for a weekday wasn’t it? The organisers of this particu lar exercise were well aware that had it been organised at a weekend their protesting protégés would be too busy buried in their mobiles and Xboxes or showing off their latest designer trainers to even think about actually giving up their precious spare time. As it was it was a fun day out playing legalised ‘hooky’. If it had been parents taking their chil dren out of school for the day, they could have
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been prosecuted. Any legal action being taken against the organisers of this lot? No? Somehow I thought not. Keep the faith Love Leapy. Leapylee2002@gmail.com
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Why we hate politicians 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
THE UK is less than a few weeks from Brexit’s Halloween deadline, followed probably by a General Election, but just look at the choice offered by the main parties! Is there anyone near the top in any party that you’d want running the country, let alone trust? Boris (well, who really knows what he stands for?) and Corbyn who thinks he’s Goldilocks: not too Leave and not too Remain, just ‘right.’ Help! Problem is, politicians regard their ‘job’ as an allexpenses paid hobby. There may be some honest, decent, conscientious ones amongst them, but they soon learn what the ‘party line’ is. Basically, today’s politicians (many lacking realworld experience) can never say it as it is, never use common sense and hedge everything. Let alone their pe culiar way of talking whilst trying to ap
JACOB REES-MOGG: A peculiar way of talking whilst trying to appear sincere. pear sincere. (ReesMogg, I’m looking at you!) Is there some ‘elocution school’ they’re forced to attend? If so, Ofsted should shut it down immediately. Obsessing over focus groups, they’re forever promising something anything as long as they’re reelected. How about proper governance for starters? All peo ple want, generally speaking, is a safe en vironment to live in, clean water, decent food and enough money to live comfort ably. But so many politicians today simply
don’t tell the truth or deliver what those who elected them want. They have their own agenda, invariably increasing their own selfworth at the expense of those they’re ‘representing’ whilst simultane ously forcing ridiculous PC values on them. And in this fakenews PC age, nobody wants to hear the truth and so politicians are only too happy to oblige by failing to address it either by ignoring it or being ‘economical’ with it. End result: voter ap athy and so we end up not with the politicians we really need, but those we deserve. What is it about Britain that has pro duced such a run of failed leaders? Finally, on a really positive note, many thanks to all you readers out there who’ve left great comments on my web site about my latest thriller ‘Betrayal!’ Happy reading! Nora Johnson’s psychological crime thrillers ‘Betrayal,’ ‘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.norajohnson.net) available online as ebook (€0.99;£0.99), ibook, paperback & (now) audiobook. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.
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Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. Top of the Pops: 1988 Greece with Simon Reeve Part two of two. Eugenics: Science's Greatest Scandal Part one of two. The Science of DDay Live Athletics: World Championships Bute: The Scot Who Spent a Welsh Fortune Top of the Pops: 1988 B is for Book Spiral Spiral
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Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 9:00pm Rugby World Cup's Greatest Tries 10:00pm Junk and Disorderly Vintage restorers Henry Cole and Sam Lovegrove challenge themselves to make money out of buying 11:00pmLethal Weapon 3 12:05am FYI Daily A round-up of the latest entertainment news. 12:10amLethal Weapon 3 1:25am The Sweeney 2:30am Minder
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Returning to Consular Duties CONSULAR MATTERS ONCE the summer recess i s o v e r, e v e r y o n e i n t h e public sector goes back to w o r k i n o u r P ro v i n c e . Malaga has a large and active Consular Corp made up of 40 consulates most of which have jurisdiction i n t h e p ro v i n c e s w h i c h make up Andalucia. Having consular representatives taking part in official acts shows the importance of foreign residents, communities and visitors in the economy and society in general. The Consulates in Malaga represent the interests of an important part of the population which can be up to 30 per cent in some cities on the coast. On the consular agenda there are dates in September that are ab
SAUDI NATIONAL DAY: Guests were entertained with typical delicacies and gastronomy.
solutely key such as the opening of the academic year of the University of Malaga and the reception of for eign students who come to study with the ‘Erasmus’ scholarships im plemented by the EU since years
ago which has allowed the easy and accessible mobilisation of students throughout Europe. So are the celebration of the re spective days for the National Po lice, the Local Police and the
Guardia Civil or the day of the ‘Penitentiary Institutions’ (Pris ons) these are important entries in the diaries of all those who are part of the Consular Corps and the rest of the representatives of
public institutions and authorities. Also on September 23 we had the reception where the Saudi con sulate celebrated its National Day which was held at the Hacienda El Alamo in Malaga which was attend ed by the Consular Corps, civil and military authorities , businessmen and other personalities. The Saudi Consulate displayed its famous hospitality and entertained the guests with typical Saudi delica cies and gastronomy. Next week we will all attend an other traditional celebration at the Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany for the anniversary of Ger man unification. The importance of these meet ings goes far beyond the appropri ate photo opportunities and helps us build a network of official con tacts that allows us, on many occa sions to facilitate our consular work to help our citizens, always with the premise of nonintervention in inter nal affairs of the country and of course adhering to the laws in force.
Marisa Moreno Castillo • Consul of Denmark • Lawyer at www.justlaw.es • info@justlaw.es • Tel. 952 66 60 45 - 336 373 535
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A bumper line-up for charity night NOW in its seventh year, the Palace Variety Show charity night, at The Benidorm Palace has done it again, with a bumper lineup for this year’s show. Previous shows have in cluded comedians Mick Miller and Jimmy Cricket, pop star and TV personalities, Stacey Solomon, Chesney Hawkes, Rozalla, Ray Quinn and Sam Bailey. This year we are lucky enough to have Marcus Collins, who was runner up to Littlemix in the eighth series of X Factor in 2011. And 90’s pop legend Whigfield of ‘Sat urday Night’ fame. We are also joined on stage by The New Jersey Boys with their tribute to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. VJK Miss Leigh Ding and Razor
Heels will have everyone dancing in the aisles. The Palace Variety Show has raised thousands of euros for AECC Cancer, The Royal
VARIETY SHOW: This year includes The New Jersey Boys, Marcus Collins and Whigfield.
British Legion also for Help 4 Heroes and Elche Children’s Home. In fact this show paid for the floodlighting system in stalled around Elche Children’s Home, so the children can go out after dark in the winter to play football etc, instead of be ing cooped up in the home all the time. This year we are rais ing funds for Apanee School for disabled Children and The Royal British Legion. Compered by funnyman Stevie Spit, the show boasts its own dance troup choreo graphed by Jay Markwick. Scottish singer Alan Morgan joins a host of other talent, Nikki G, Bee Rumble, Paul Christie, Kylie Burgazzi. Foot work Dance Studio, The Crazy Ladies and Fusion Keiley Page will entertain as people are ar riving.
What a night this promises to be... Tickets are €25 for standard and €50 for VIP, which includes front seats. Food and entry to the aftershow party. With a meet and greet with the stars. Tickets are available from The Benidorm Palace Box Office on 965 851 660.
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8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm The Live Lounge Show 9:00pm Rock 'n' Roll Britannia 10:00pm Top of the Pops: 1988 10:30pm A Musical History 11:30pm Betty Davis: Godmother of Funk 12:25am The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove 1:25am Rock 'n' Roll Britannia 2:25am Top of the Pops: 1988 2:55am Hot Chocolate at the BBC 3:55am A Musical History
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9:10am Rugby World Cup 2019 Live 12:15pm Rugby World Cup 2019 Live 3:00pm ITV News and Weather 3:14pm ITV London Weather 3:15pm Free Willy 5:25pm 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 12:49am ITV London Weather 12:50am Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 1:55am You've Been Framed! 2:25am Ideal World 4:00am Sugar Free Farm
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Sky Sports News Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 8:55am Rugby Greatest Games 9:00am Good Morning Sports Fans 9:30am Good Morning Sports Fans 10:00am Live Ladies European Tour Golf 1:00pm Live EFL 4:00pm Live European Tour Golf 6:00pm Live Premier League 8:30pm Live Betfred Super League 11:00pm Live PGA Tour Golf 2:00am Sky Sports News 3:00am Sky Sports News 4:00am Live Mitre 10 Cup Rugby Union 5:55am Rugby Greatest Games
11:30am Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 2:00pm Gladiator 4:45pm Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 6:45pm Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 9:00pm Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 11:30pm Gladiator
6:30am Hotel Mumbai: Special 7:00am A Dog's Way Home 8:50am Make or Break? 10:40am The Stolen Princess 12:20pm Widows Peak 2:40pm Joker: Special 3:10pm Hotel Mumbai In 2008, at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, four terrorists take the staff and residents hostage. 5:25pm A Dog's Way Home 7:10pm Free Preview The Secret Life Of Pets 2 A look at the blockbusting animated sequel from the makers of the Despicable Me and Minions movies. 7:25pm The Stolen Princess 9:00pm Widows Peak 11:15pm Hotel Mumbai 1:20am Don't Go 3:00am Hot Summer Nights 4:55am The Night Sitter
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9:15am The Karate Kid, Part II 11:15am The Karate Kid, Part III 1:15pm Pacific Rim 3:30pm The Karate Kid 5:50pm The Karate Kid, Part II 8:00pm The Karate Kid, Part III 10:00pm Pacific Rim 12:15am Deep Impact
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Joker: Special A Dog's Way Home The Stolen Princess Where Hands Touch Widows Peak A Dog's Way Home The Stolen Princess Where Hands Touch Widows Peak Hotel Mumbai In 2008, at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, four terrorists take the staff and residents hostage. 1:30am Hot Summer Nights 3:35am Sorry Angel Jacques, a successful writer and single father from Paris, begins an intense romance with Arthur, a young aspiring filmmaker.
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6:05am Judge Rinder 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 9:00pm 999: Britain From Above 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm A Confession 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm To Catch a Serial Killer - with Trevor McDonald 12:45am All Elite Wrestling
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Antiques Road Trip Fugitives Saving Lives at Sea BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Hardball Home Away From Home Heir Hunters Coast Mountain: Life at the Extreme Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Only Connect University Challenge What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day Motherland Newsnight Weather The Americas with Simon Reeve Interior Design Masters
7:00am The Planet's Funniest Animals 7:20am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 7:45am You've Been Framed! 8:10am Dinner Date 9:00am Emmerdale 9:30am Coronation Street 10:25am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 11:25am Superstore 11:50am Superstore 12:15pm Dress to Impress 1:15pm Emmerdale 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! 8:30pm You've Been Framed! 9:00pm Supermarket Sweep 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm American Dad! 11:00pm Plebs 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Family Guy
8:00pm Beyond 100 Days BBC News teams in Washington DC and London report on the events that are shaping the world. 8:30pm Handmade in Bolton 9:00pm American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley 10:00pm Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True Story Documentary exploring the history of dishonest news reporting over the past 200 years. 11:00pm Horizon 12:00am The Story of China 1:00am The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu 2:00am This Green and Pleasant Land: The Story of British Landscape Painting 3:30am Handmade in Bolton 4:00am Ian Hislop's Fake News: A True Story
4:45am Agatha Christie's Marple 6:30am ITV3 Nightscreen 7:00am Coronation Street 7:25am Coronation Street 7:50am Emmerdale 8:20am Emmerdale 8:45am Heartbeat 9:50am On the Buses 10:25am On the Buses 10:55am Rising Damp 11:25am Outside Edge 12:00pm Outside Edge 12:30pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 1:40pm Heartbeat 2:45pm Emmerdale 3:15pm Emmerdale 3:50pm Coronation Street 4:20pm Coronation Street 4:55pm Midsomer Murders 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Agatha Christie's Poirot 9:00pm Agatha Christie's Marple 11:00pm Scott & Bailey 12:00am Scott & Bailey 1:05am A Touch of Frost 3:05am ITV3 Nightscreen
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 A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 5:00pm Sun, Sea and Selling Houses 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Your Room or Mine? 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 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
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Teleshopping Only When I Laugh The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Saint Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Professionals The Sweeney The Chase Celebrity Special Junk and Disorderly Passenger 57 FYI Daily Passenger 57 Underworld: Evolution FYI Daily Underworld: Evolution Minder Motorsport UK ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping
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8:30am How I Met Your Mother 9:00am Melissa & Joey 9:30am Melissa & Joey 10:00am Baby Daddy 10:30am Baby Daddy 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Goldbergs 12:30pm The Goldbergs 1:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2:00pm The Big Bang Theory 2:30pm The Big Bang Theory 3:00pm Melissa & Joey 3:30pm Melissa & Joey 4:00pm Baby Daddy 4:30pm Baby Daddy 5:00pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 5:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6:00pm The Goldbergs 6:30pm The Goldbergs 7:00pm The Big Bang Theory 7:30pm The Big Bang Theory 8:00pm Hollyoaks 8:30pm Celebrity Coach Trip 9:30pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine 10:00pm Made in Chelsea 11:00pm Jade 12:10am The Big Bang Theory 12:40am The Big Bang Theory
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Ghostbusters II Revenge of the Nerds 9:20am Spanglish 11:35am Beverly Hills Cop 1:25pm Failure to Launch 3:05pm Miss Congeniality 5:05pm Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous 7:05pm We're the Millers 9:00pm Trading Places 11:00pm Beverly Hills Cop 12:50am Crazy, Stupid, Love 2:55am Room for Rent
Joker: Special Hotel Mumbai: Special 7:00am A Dog's Way Home 8:50am The Stolen Princess 10:35am Motherhood 12:15pm Widows Peak 2:35pm Make or Break? After 14 years together, Hank and Alexandra realise their romance is at an end. 4:10pm A Dog's Way Home 5:50pm The Stolen Princess 7:30pm Motherhood 9:00pm Widows Peak 11:15pm Where Hands Touch 1:25am Don't Go 3:10am Steel Country 4:50am Make or Break? After 14 years together, Hank and Alexandra realise their romance is at an end.
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6:05am Judge Rinder 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 9:00pm Love Your Garden 10:00pm Joanna Lumley's Japan 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow 12:10am The Jonathan Ross Show 1:15am Lethal Weapon 2:00am Ideal World 4:00am Loose Women 4:45am ITV Nightscreen
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Money for Nothing Fugitives Hairy Bikers: Route 66 BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live The Best Dishes Ever Live Gymnastics Mountain: Life at the Extreme Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Saving Lives at Sea Love in the Countryside Defending the Guilty Newsnight Weather NFL This Week Rise of the Nazis One Day That Changed My Life Britain's Secret Charity Cheats This is BBC Two
8:00pm Live Women's International Football Portugal v England (Kick-off 7.00pm). All the action from the friendly at Estadio do Bonfim in Setubal. 10:00pm The Troubles: A Secret History 11:00pm Voyages of Discovery 12:00am The Last Explorers 1:00am Majesty and Mortar: Britain's Great Palaces 2:00am The Art That Made Mexico: Paradise, Power and Prayers 3:00am The Joy of Data 4:00am American History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley
ITV2 Nightscreen The Planet's Funniest Animals Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You've Been Framed! Dinner Date Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Superstore Superstore Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Supermarket Sweep Dinner Date Dress to Impress Take Me Out You've Been Framed! Supermarket Sweep Family Guy Family Guy Zomboat! Family Guy Family Guy American Dad!
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Coronation Street Coronation Street Emmerdale Emmerdale Heartbeat On the Buses On the Buses Man About the House Outside Edge Outside Edge Agatha Christie's Poirot Heartbeat Emmerdale Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street Midsomer Murders Heartbeat Agatha Christie's Poirot Midsomer Murders DCI Banks DCI Banks Agatha Christie's Poirot ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
8:20am King of Queens 8:45am King of Queens 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 A New Life in the Sun 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 Your Room or Mine? 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:15pm Snackmasters 11:15pm The Circle 12:20am Gogglebox
7:00am Football's Greatest: Diego Maradona 7:10am Only When I Laugh 7:35am The Saint 8:30am Kojak 9:35am Quincy, M.E. 10:35am Minder 11:45am Rugby World Cup 2019 Live 2:30pm Kojak 3:35pm Quincy, M.E. 4:40pm Minder 5:50pm The Professionals 6:55pm The Sweeney 8:00pm Rugby World Cup 2019 Highlights 8:30pm River Monsters 9:00pm The Chase Celebrity Special 10:00pm When Piers Met... 11:05pm Crimson Tide 12:10am FYI Daily 12:15am Crimson Tide 1:25am The Professionals 2:30am Only When I Laugh 3:00am Goals of the 70s 3:10am Teleshopping
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Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts 7:00am Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 9:15am Hotel Artemis 11:00am Street Fighter 1:00pm Kick-Ass 3:00pm Kick-Ass 2 5:00pm Final Score 7:00pm Street Fighter 9:00pm Kick-Ass 11:00pm Kick-Ass 2 1:00am Hotel Artemis
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You have to remember... MIKE SENKER IN MY OPINION Views of a Grumpy Old Man DO you remember when you were younger, and maybe even now, people kept a diary? It was a personal record of your daily life and the worst thing that could happen is that someone read it. Your personal thoughts, things you’d done and with whom. Now most people get totally de pressed if the whole world isn’t interested in what they are doing. How things change and, in my opinion, not for the better. I was married with two kids before I got my first email! I guess it’s progress and I have to ac cept it. Everything is instant. I don’t mind my coffee being instant, but everything else needs to slow down a little. I use a computer security software com pany called McAfee. I got a notice saying it was up for renewal in two months’ time but there was nothing to worry about as it was on automatic renewal and it would au tomatically charge my credit card a certain amount. Anyway, it’s been doing some thing every now and again that was annoy
ing me. It kept changing my search engine if I added a certain update, so I decided to look around at other companies. I can celled McAfee’s automatic renewal. Well, the next day I get a warning from them about the consequences of not re newing saying emerging cyberattack techniques threaten devices worldwide and may let hackers steal your passwords, infiltrate private photos, emails, documents and exploit hardware flaws you have in your devices. This has been going on every day along with the odd special deal if I let them renew without question. All I need is a reminder that it needs renewing, not all this bombarding me with stuff. I know I need protection software, but this is not the best way to sell it to me. I don’t like this automatic renewal stuff. Recently I got a free subscription for Amazon Prime with my mobile phone com pany and I have to remember to cancel it. My car insurance does it and so does my household insurance. That one you have to do three months before or you can’t cancel it, but they don’t send you a reminder you have to remember. I wonder how many people forget they have things that auto matically renew on products they have tried and don’t use and just thought would run out after the trial period?
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Putting the fun into funerals BARRY DUKE WHEN I landed a job in Fleet Street it quickly became apparent that, were I to continue a career in the epicentre of British journalism in the seventies, I’d soon go the way of other hacks who fell off their perches long before they reached retirement. It was the lifestyle that did them in: threehour lunch breaks in the nearest boozer or wine bar, plus around 50 fags a day. I was expected to go with the flow and I did. But one day I declared enough was enough, and I asked to be put on permanent nightshift when all pubs in the vicinity were shut. I made the decision after I attended the funeral of a colleague who stum bled out of a pub and dropped dead aged 45. His funeral the first I’d ever attended was a ghastly affair. The vic
ar, who’d clearly necked far too much of the hard stuff, slurred his way through lengthy passages of the Bible, led the congregation in singing hymns they didn’t know the words to, and wound up an hour later by briefly thanking family and friends for smooth ing Harry Bridges’ path to heaven. I groaned, as did many others, for the man in the coffin Barry Smythe. And he was an atheist. I was livid, and swore I would never, ever attend a religious funeral again. I even drew up a document stipulating that my funeral was to be strictly secu lar and upbeat and listed the songs to be played. I added Highway to Hell by AC/DC when it was released in 1979. My resolve held steady, even though, over the years, a number of close friends have died. I would have attended their funerals but, as in far too many instances, the arrangements were left to religious family members, and there was no way I would set foot in a church or crematorium where prayers were chanted, psalms read and hymns sung. But when I learned that a nonreli
gious funeral was be held on Sep tember 24 for Nigel Constable, owner of Benidorm’s Com pany Bar, I made a point of attending, for I knew it would be a cheerful occa sion, especially as James McDonald, a leading Benidorm drag star, would be performing at Nigel’s sendoff. Nigel, 72, settled in Benidorm around five years ago. Before that, he ran a gift shop in Brighton. Among his many interests when he lived in the UK were grey hound racing (he actually owned one of these dogs) and buying and selling rare stamps. Although I lived in Brighton for eight years, I only got to know him after he came to Spain and took over Company. We became firm friends.
FUNERAL: James McDonald (left) would be performing at Nigel’s send-off. He never ceased to amaze me with his breadth of knowledge about history, politics, literature and even cordon bleu cooking and he often came up with great ideas for my weekly Euro Weekly News columns, of which he was an avid reader.
But I learned very early in my deal ings with Nigel never to get him onto the subject of Spanish bureaucracy and the unfathomable regulations govern ing local bars’ outdoor tables and chairs. His rants on these topics could induce migraines and cause one’s ears to bleed.
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13 Took a time, being weary, to get dressed (7) 15 Reformist broke car dial (7) 16 Senior nurses are close relations (7) 17 Do get accustomed to being put out (6)
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18 Fiend starts a demonstration (5) 19 Flower is found within 24 hours (5) 21 Poke about university, pleased with oneself (5)
Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 14 represents W and 21 represents B, so fill in W every time the figure 14 appears and B every time the figure 21 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 Important, serious or significant (5) 4 Exert a pushing force upon (5) 7 Large, hairy tropical spider (9) 8 Subdivision of a larger religious group (4) 10 Come to a final conclusion (6) 12 Of or relating to a wedding (6) 13 Retain (4) 16 Percussion instruments used by Spanish dancers (9) 18 Female goat (5) 19 Jottings (5)
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Across 1 Raisin (4) 3 Shoots (botany) (8) 8 To shiver (from cold) (7) 9 Heat (warmth) (5) 10 Olor (5) 11 Friday (7) 12 Predicar (6) 13 Mármol (6) 16 As well as (3,4) 18 Parrots (5) 20 Tiza (para escribir, de billar) (5) 21 Race (competition) (7) 22 En alguna parte (8) 23 Yema (de huevo) (4)
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Down 1 Not including (5) 2/17 Set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure (3,3) 3 Seldom encountered (4) 4 Think over (6) 5 Having or showing profound knowledge (7) 6 Cause fear in (5) 9 Deep red (7) 11 Bright yellow songbird (6) 12 Cured meat from the back or sides of a pig (5) 14 Devoutly religious (5) 15 Lacking excess flesh (4) 17 See 2
The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.
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The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (UNITED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.
BESTIR COWARD DEPART ERRANT FILTER GIRDLE LOOSEN MALICE MOTION ORIENT POWDER RATING REGENT SPREAD STANCE STRODE TURRET UNITED (10) WITHIN
LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Urgent 2 Stereo 3 Errant 4 Theory 5 Intent 6 Arrear 7 Sortie 8 Arsine 9 Sparse 10 Insert 11 Earwig 12 Teeter 13 Nereid 14 Foster 15 Intern 16 Ignite 17 Assert 18 Betide 19 Shanty.
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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.
• Average: 16 • Good: 23
• Very good: 33 • Excellent: 42
SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point 7 letters: 5 points 5 letters: 2 points 8 or more letters: 6 letters: 3 points 11 points
Average: 18 Good: 25 Very good: 35
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pail pain pang pant path phat ping pint piny pita pith pity plan plat play aping aptly glyph haply inapt paint panty phial phyla pithy plain plait plant platy typal hatpin hyping paling paying plaint pliant plight plinth plying taping typing inaptly plating playing PLAYTHING
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1 Stumble, 2 Brass, 3 Lack, 5 Obese, 6/18 Put off, 7 Giant, 11 Surface, 12 Peril, 14 Alike, 16 Adept, 17 Cafe.
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1 Appears, 5 Bumps, 8 Swine, 9 Arsenal, 10 Okra, 11 Temerity, 13 Dealer, 15 Cranks, 18 Marginal, 19 Taco, 22 Storage, 23 Graft, 24 Sites, 25 Spenser.
1 Calabacin, 8 Beso, 9 Testarudo, 10 Coarse, 13 Elegir, 15 Pride, 16 Ileso, 17 Apodo, 18 Taxes, 21 Arrest, 22 Atasco, 25 Influence, 26 Soak, 27 Newspaper.
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Down:
1 Abscond, 2 Prior, 3 Abel, 4 Shaken, 5 Basketry, 6 Mention, 7 Sulky, 12 Recitals, 14 Airport, 16 Spotter, 17 Valets, 18 Moses, 20 Amass, 21 Ague.
2 Abeto, 3 After, 4 Atraer, 5 Indeed, 6 Religious, 7 Socorro, 11 Aterrizar, 12 Spots, 14 Least, 16 Ir a casa, 19 At once, 20 Eagles, 23 Abeja, 24 Coche.
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QUIZ: I WISH I’D SAID THAT Famous catchphrases 1. In the British TV game show Catchphrase, what is the name of the the show's mascot, a golden robot who appears in many of the animations? 2. Nice to see, you see you… nice, Didn’t he do well?, I’m in charge and Give us a twirl are just some of the many catchphrases made famous by which British presenter, actor, comedian, singer and dancer? 3. What was the four word catchphrase of the archetypal grumpy old man Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) in the TV comedy sitcom One Foot in the Grave? 4. What was the name of Dick Emery’s busty peroxide blonde character whose catchphrase was: Ooh, you are awful… but I like you? 5. Which American sketch comedy television program that ran from January 1968 to March 1973, featured the famous catchphrases: You bet your sweet bippy, Beautiful downtown Burbank, Sock it to me, Here come da Judge
and Verrry Interesting? 6. Which character in Dad’s Army often used the catchphrases: Don't panic! and Permission to speak, Sir!? 7. Which comedian usually ended his TV shows with the catchphrase: May your God go with you? 8. Which TV comedy character was famous for his faux French catchphrases such as: pot pourri, au contraire, bain marie and bonnet de douche? 9. Who loves ya, baby was the catchphrase of which lollipop-sucking New York cop? 10. With which 1960s/70s TV game show would you associate the catchphrase: Bernie, the bolt? Not a lot of people know that… catchphrase is one of the few common words in English with six consonant letters in a row. Others include latchstring and watchstrap
Answers: 1. MR CHIPS, 2. (Sir) BRUCE FORSYTH, 3. I DON’T BELIEVE IT, 4. MANDY, 5. ROWAN & MARTIN'S LAUGH-IN (often simply LAUGH-IN), 6. LANCE-CORPORAL JONES, 7. DAVE ALLEN, 8. DEL BOY TROTTER (David Jason), 9. KOJAK (Telly Savalas), 10. THE GOLDEN SHOT
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• Tommy Lee, Drummer: October 3, 56 Best Actress for her role in the 2008 film The Metal band Motley Crue’s long-term drummer Reader and also received Academy Award played in Suite 19 in the late 1970s. He was nominations for her roles in Sense and reportedly inspired to play drums by Peter Criss Sensibility, Titanic, Iris, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Little Children. and started rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem. • Alicia Silverstone, Movie actress; October 4, • Elisabeth Shue, Movie actress; October 6, Kate Winslet. 42 55 The actress and animal rights activist famously played The CSI actress played Jennifer Parker, the girlfriend of Cher Horowitz in the 1995 cult classic Clueless. Her Michael J Fox’s character Marty McFly, in Back to the Future Part II and III. Her performance as Sera in performance in The Crush earned her an MTV Movie Award. 1995’s Leaving Las Vegas earned her an Academy Award • Kate Winslet, Movie actress; October 5, 43 nomination for Best Actress. Winslet is best known for playing Rose DeWitt Bukater in • Simon Cowell, Entertainment mogul; October 7, 59 Cowell is a television producer, executive, and talent the 1997 classic Titanic. She won an Academy Award for
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manager who was a judge on American Idol, Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor. He also produced America’s Got Talent and was CEO of entertainment company Syco. • Bruno Mars, Singer; October 8, 33 Grammy Award-winning R&B singer whose real name is Peter Gene Hernandez. His second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, hit #1 on the US Billboard in 2012. His songs Just the Way You Are and Grenade both became worldwide #1 singles. • David Cameron, Politician; October 9, 52 The former Prime Minister (2020 to 2016) helped form the UK’s first coalition government since the Second World War, and was the nation’s youngest PM in almost 200 years. He resigned following the Brexit vote.
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PETE BANNING was Clanton, Mississippi’s favourite son - a decorated Second World War hero, the patriarch of a prominent family, a farmer, father, neighbour, and a faithful member of the Methodist church. Then one day he committed a shocking crime. Pete’s only statement about it - to everybody - was: “I have nothing to say.” He was not afraid of death and was willing to take his motive to the grave. In a major novel unlike anything he has written before, John Grisham takes us on an incredible journey, from the Jim Crow South to the jungles of the Philippines during the Second World War; from an insane asylum filled with secrets to the Clanton courtroom where Pete’s defence attorney tries desperately to save him. Reminiscent of the finest tradition of Southern Gothic storytelling, The Reckoning would not be complete without Grisham’s signature layers of legal suspense.
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816 - To the throne King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope. 1200 - New consort Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England. 1283 - Hanging first Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is the first nobleman to be hung, drawn and quartered. 1535 - Religious word The Coverdale Bible is printed, with translations into English by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. 1780 - Royalist defeat American Revolutionary War: American militia defeat royalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina. 1789 - French Revolution The Women’s March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority. 1905 - Sky’s the limit The Wright Brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes. 1940 - Second World War The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States. 1952 - Nuclear power The UK successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world’s third nuclear power.
TRACY EDWARDS is a young woman working as a cook on charter boats. Although underappreciated and overworked, the young woman dreamed of commanding her own vessel. Through hard work and determination, she is able to become skipper of her own boat, as detailed in this documentary. But, being a female skipper wasn’t Edwards’ only claim to fame. The young woman also staffed an entirely female crew. Shortly after coming together, the female skipper and her all women staff entered the 1989 Whitbread Round World Race.
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TEENAGE environmentalist Greta Thunberg has become one of the most influential campaigners of her generation at just 16 years old. She’s been nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in her home country of Sweden where she has been lobbying parliament in Stockholm since August 2018. Her protest transatlantic ocean voyage by yacht from Southampton to New York catapulted her onto the global stage. She says she now has world leaders eager to have selfies taken at her side and has become the face of the youth climate change movement that has resulted in children skipping school to march against extinction. Greta Thunburg, with her wholesome rosy cheeks and pigtails, has won the admiration of millions; she has also earned her place as a hate target for those who question her credibility. Petrolhead Jeremy Clarkson reminded people he still exists by branding the youngster a ‘spoilt brat.’ Others say she has been ‘groomed’ by adults who are exploiting her youth and her Asperger’s for their own ends. The story goes that she was ‘discovered’ by her PR agency when its boss Ingmar Rentzhog happened to be walking past Stockholm Parliament and saw her solo protest with a homemade sign. In fact, the PR guru, who founded the green social network start-up business ‘We Don’t Have Time,’ had met the child and her family at a climate change conference a year earlier and has now raised more than $1.5m from investors for his company. Greta Thunberg’s passion is undoubtedly her own, but her campaign is no longer solo.
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WITH life expectancy ever increasing, many of us are looking for ways to improve our quality of life and reverse any damage caused by an unhealthy lifestyle. Fortunately, researchers in Spain have found a way of re versing brain damage brought about by high fat diets. A study at the Jaume I Uni versity in Castella de la Plana found mice which were given high levels of fat developed damage to their nervous sys tem similar to that in Alzheimer’s patients, but that this was reversed when they were fed a plant hormone. This hormone, abscisic acid, was found to reduce inflam mation in the part of the brain where we store memories. Re
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Brain food searchers believe this effect may be caused because ab scisic acid helps regulate in sulin levels which, when out of balance, can cause inflamma tion in insulin receptors in the hippocampus, the region of the brain which governs long term memories. Inflammation of the nervous system and un regulated insulin levels are both linked to Alzheimer’s Dis ease and other forms of de mentia. The study’s author, Alberto Ribes Navarro, explained: “We have been able to prove that the expression of proteins re quired for the proper function
ing of insulin decreases in neu roinflammatory situations in duced by a highfat diet.” He added: “With the addition of abscisic acid to the highfat di et it is possible to rebalance the regulation of these genes, even helping them reach nor mal levels.” Abscisic acid is found in a plant’s xylem (the stem) and is used by plants to help with growth and devel opment of tolerance to harsh conditions. The hormone is found naturally in fruit and vegetables. A 2015 study into the acid also found it played a role in regulating blood sugar, which could in turn help de l a y t h e d e
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velopment of diabetes. Ana Maria Sanchez, who headed up this latest study, shows how this new evidence goes even further, even undo ing damage caused by an un healthy lifestyle. She conclud ed: “We have verified how a vegetable hormone, abscisic acid, is able to counter the negative effects that a highfat diet has on the central nervous system.”
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HEALTH & BEAUTY WHAT you eat is just as important as what you don’t when it comes to reducing body weight. But fortunately, eating fruit is a great way to burn fat and keep cravings for sweet stuff at bay. Research carried out by the World Health Organisa tion, American Heart Associa tion and Dietry Guidelines for Americans among others, has confirmed that fruit intake is positively related to weight loss. Fruits contain very few calo ries while also being crammed with vital nutrients to keep stomachs full for longer. And fruits can be enjoyed during breakfast, lunch, dinner, or as a snack for inbetween meal munchies. Studies have also shown that eating specific fruits help burn fat more efficiently. Here are some of the more effec tive fatburning fruits. Apples are the most fibre rich sources found in nature. Studies show that fibre is an integral part of reducing vis ceral fat (belly fat), and that a higher soluble fibre intake every day can reduce tummy fat by 3.7 per cent over a five year period.
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Tasty fat burning fruits Avocados are wellknown for being high in fat, but they also help to burn fat too. The high amounts of omega 9 fatty acids, known as mono saturated fats, help the meta bolic processes of converting fat into energy.
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small quantities of the flesh can satisfy hunger. They are also packed with medium chain triglycerides (MCTs) which can boost the metabo lism efficiency by up to 30 per cent. Commonly referred to as melon, Honeydew is rich in a
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‘Goat’ jibe row IT was an awkward moment when TOWIE’s Olivia Attwood bumped into co-star Courtney Green in a bar after an on-set row in Marbella. A furious row between the rivals broke out during film ing in Spain that ended up with Green trying to shower Attwood with a plate of olives. They came face to face in Music Bar café when the cast got together to party the night away. Green is said to have
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Frozen and fruity BOWLER’S PRIVATE DINING S O R B E T , or sherbet, is a frozen dessert made from sweetened water with flavouring typically fruit juice, fruit purée, wine, liqueur or honey. For this recipe you don’t need an ice cream maker so you don’t have an excuse not to give it a try. With temperatures still reaching the 30’s there is no better time to give this recipe ago!
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Strawberry sorbet Ingredients 4 cups strawberries 1/2 cup strawberry jam Pinch of salt 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1/3 cup water Method Place the strawberries in a blender with 1/2 cup of jam and the salt. Purée un til smooth. Add the lemon juice and water and blend to mix. Taste and add the remaining jam as necessary for sweetness and adjust the lemon juice and salt if necessary. The purée should taste a little bit sweeter than you think it should. Pour the mixture into a pan, cover, and freeze until hard for about three hours. Break the frozen mixture into chunks with a fork and process in the blender until there are no more frozen pieces. Continue to blend until it is smooth and creamy. It may be frozen enough to serve right out of the food blender or you can return it to the freezer until needed. If the sorbet freezes too hard, let it soft en in the fridge for about 20 minutes.
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Muscular and athletic AUDI Sport presents the new edition of the RS Q3 and the RS Q3 Sportback. The two sport compacts offer out standing performance, athletic design and maximum everyday usability. The Singleframe with no colourcon trasting surround in the compact SUV creates an even sharper impression. The rising shoulder line on the Sportback is set farther down than on the sister model, lowering the body’s optical centre of gravity. As such, the body ap pears even more muscular and the wheels larger. Both Audi Sport highper formance sports cars under score their performance aspi ration with pronounced muscles over the wheel arches, which have been flared by 10 mil limetres. The lowslung roof line culminates
in strong, flat sloping Dpillars. The RS specific long roof edge spoiler in the RS Q3 emphasises the pronounced for ward thrust of the highperformance SUV and ensures improved downforce. The new generation of the RS Q3
comes for the first time with a dual branch RS exhaust system with large oval tailpipes on both sides and chromecoloured trims. The highperformance SUVs come standard with LED headlights. The rear
OUTSTANDING: Audi RS Q3 Sportback.
lights also feature LED technology. The multiawardwinning fivecylin der engine gains a good 17 per cent in crease in power. The RS Q3 and RS Q3 Sportback sprint from zero to 100 km/h in just 4.5 seconds. The top speed is regulated at 250 km/h or an optional 280 km/h. The 2.5 TFSI engine is ex tremely compact and is 26
kg lighter than the previous model. Its crankcase is made of aluminium, which alone saves 18 kg. Elaborate measures reduce internal friction while at the same time increasing power output. The wheelselective torque control perfects the safe and agile han dling. Its consistently sporty tuning satis fies the basic requirements for the out standing handling of the two sport compacts. The RStuned progressive steering also conveys close contact with the road even on fast bends. The athletic design of the ex terior is echoed in the car’s in terior. The airconditioning control unit, the centre console and the MMI touch display are tilted toward the driver by 10 degrees the en tire cockpit is very much de signed with the driver in mind.
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Ford Ka+ Active ROAD TEST by Nick Fletcher SMALL city cars are neat and nimble but are seldom eye-catching, yet the Ford Ka+ Active is one of the exceptions, styled as a miniSUV and offering higher ground clearance and a more commanding view of the road. Add roof rails and some rugged exterior cladding and you have an SUV image, but there is no four-wheel-drive so don’t expect to do any offroading! However, street image is often important to buyers and so the Ka+ Active ticks that box - it does stand out from the city car crowd. The Ka+ range starts at €12,788 (£11,300) but the Active model is from €15,222 (£13,450) and the 1.2-litre petrol version comes with two power options - 69 hp and 84 hp. The latter is the best
choice because even with the extra power, the Ka is still quite slow off the mark with 0-100 kph taking 13.4 seconds. Top speed of 178 kph (111 mph) means it can cruise on motorways without too much strain, and its average fuel economy is good at 19.6 kpl (55.4 mpg). Emissions are 114 g/km. The exterior styling touches work well and the cabin is surprisingly spacious, taking four six-foot adults without it feeling tight. Boot space is adequate at 270 litres though with the rear seats folded you can triple the available load space. The extra ground clearance is just 23 mm but it does make a difference in giving the car a more noticeable stance and also allows a better view of the road ahead. The dashboard is simple in layout, with a central infotainment touchscreen. You get radio, smartphone mirroring, air-conditioning and cruise control among standard kit,
along with safety features which include front, side and curtain airbags, hill-start assist, and tyre-pressure monitoring. There are various option packages to add extra equipment if required. Underway, the Ka+ Active is easy to drive and handle, with light steering which still gives good feedback. Due to the extra ride height, the antiroll bar has been firmed up so cornering remains composed
and ride comfort is good. While the car’s acceleration time to 60 mph is slow by class standards, it doesn’t actually feel that slow, and the engine is relatively quiet when cruising. The Ford Ka+ is pleasant to be in and pleasing to drive, but for many the main pluspoint of this Active version is that it does stand out from city car rivals such as the Citroen C1, Volkswagen Up! and Toyota Aygo thanks to its SUV styling cues.
Ka+ ACTIVE: Pleasant to be in and pleasing to drive.
Facts at a glance Model: Ford Ka + Active Engine: 1.2 litre petrol Transmission: 5-speed manual Performance: 0-100 kph 13.4 seconds, top speed 178 kph (111mph) Economy: 19.6 kpl (55.4 mpg) Emissions: 114 g/km
Model tested was UK-specification and equipment levels and prices may vary in other markets.
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Dare to explore THE Toyota 4Runner is no stranger to the road less travelled. In 2020, the body-onframe, do-anything SUV receives some important additions, including Toyota’s active safety system TSS-P on all grades and updated infotainment that includes a larger eight-inch touchscreen, Apple Carplay, Android Auto and Amazon Alexa compatibility. Along with those key updates (and a few others), the 2020 4Runner will also come in the Venture Edition that boasts more utility and style. One of the most notable features is the standard Yakima Megawarrior roof rack. Supported by the included roof rack cross bars, the Megawarrior rack is constructed of heavyduty steel and pro
vides additional rooftop storage in its spacious tray that measures 52 inches in length, 48 inches in width and 6.5 inches in height. A rear cargo mat will also come standard, and an additional cargo solu tion comes in the form of an available rear sliding cargo deck. Gunmetalcoloured 17inch TRD wheels will be fitted at all four corners. For 2020, the 4Runner makes Toy ota Safety Sense P (TSSP) standard on all grades. This ad vanced active safety system includes Pre Collision System with Pedes trian Detec tion, Lane Depar ture Alert
with Sway Warning System, Automatic High Beams and HighSpeed Dynamic Radar Cruise Control (DRCC). Additional tech can also be found in side the cabin of 4Runner, as every grade features an updated multimedia system with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto and Amazon Alexa compatibility, all of which can be controlled on 4Run ner’s new eightinch touchscreen. The sound system includes eight speakers through the cabin, and
the multimedia system features HandsFree Bluetooth phone and music operation. In front of the driver is a new instru mentation panel that includes a 4.2 inch MID screen to control TSSP safety functions and provide additional vehi cle details, such as tyre pressure, aver age fuel economy and more. Rear seat passengers will no doubt appreciate the addition of two USB ports to charge devices. Venture Edition will al so boast standard Smart Key with Push Button Start. Inside, Venture Edition is fitted with Sof
Textrimmed powered and heated front seats with ‘TRD’ lettering on the headrests. SofTextrimmed seats are also featured in the second row. TSSP isn’t the only safety system found on 4Runner, as all grades also come standard with Toyota’s Star Safe ty System that includes Vehicle Stabili ty Control (VSC) with traction control (TRAC, or ATRAC with 4WD), an Anti lock Brake System (ABS) with Electron ic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), Brake Assist (BA), and Smart Stop Technology (SST) brakeoverride system. Eight standard airbags include driver and front passenger Advanced Airbag System, TAP (thorax, abdomen, pelvis) front seatmounted side airbags, driver and front passenger knee airbags and allrow RollSensing Side Curtain Airbags (RSCA).
TOYOTA 4RUNNER: Venture Edition New for 2020.
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Victorious Wales beat Australia BIGGAR’S boot started the game, he kicked deep and targeted Hooper. Starting an early turn over Wales won the ball in hand about 30m out. The first possession and Wales pinched it, the man with 10 on his back slotted it perfectly and first points, first blood went to Wales. HaylettPetty almost broke the line on the restart, but he couldn’t maintain control and the ball went to ground. Wales advanced, and it was a penalty against Australia, AshleyCooper was accused of be ing off his feet. Biggar from near the touchline took the penalty, but he slotted it just to the left. It was a let off for Australia, 60 could have been a harsh start. On the 11th minute the scrum collapsed, Australia was accused of angling. The Welsh line out was about 20m out. They
CELEBRATIONS: Wales defeated Australia.
went deep and it was North on the run once again. A few phases, but Australia’s defence picked out the oneoff runners. Biggar kicked to the corner, and it was Parkes who raised above Koroibete to pluck the crossfield bomb and place it for a Welsh try. Biggar converted with ease taking the game to 010. Wales kicked to touch and set the lineout on the 18th minute of the match but it was pinched by Australia, a great catch from the men in gold. Wales kept the defen sive runner up, and the maul went nowhere. with another turnover. It was a good scrum from Australia they won the penalty and got out of danger. Kerevi took another big carry be fore Foley looked crossfield with a kick, and it saw Australia take their first try; 50 with the Aus tralians getting into the flow of the game. Australia pushed wide on 26 minutes and it was George North who gave away a penalty. They
played on, and it was Kerevi with another monster run he dropped the goose step and palmed off a wouldbe tackler before Biggar came across with a crucial trysav ing tackle, Australia came back for the penalty. Foley slotted it from 10m in from touch. It floated a lit tle ugly, but it flew between the sticks to make it 810 and narrow the scoreline. Owens won a lineout feed on 30 minutes, which Wales won but it was a poor pass out of the halves and Patchell did very well to pick up off his bootlaces. The Welsh continued to probe and it was Hooper who was even tually penalised for coming in over the top. Patchell lined up for the kick and scored taking the game to 813 extending the Welsh lead. It was another penalty three minutes later against Australia af ter yet another foul to which Wales again slotted home to make 816 once again increasing the Welsh scoreline.
Nearing half time Genia threw a risky throw and it was plucked out of the air by Welshman Davies, and he sprinted away for the try. Patchell once again took the conversion blowing the massive 16point margin at half time with the score at 823. Forty two minutes into the sec ond half Wales burst down the wing. Fifteen metres out, they set up nicely, it was passed back to Patchell, and he slotted home the dropkick. It was a great start by Wales making it 826. Straight after on 45 minutes Toomua took a half break before HaylettPetty made a burst. He looked inside for Toomua again. They were about a metre short of the line that saw desper ate tryline defence from the Welsh. But it was Pocock who drew two defenders before find ing the fullback outside him once again. It was a fine flowing move ending in a great try. Toomua lined up the conversion. Straight over it went for 1526. Wales defended well until the 60th minute when Australia set up a maul, but it went nowhere. They spun wide and Hooper’s eyes lit up taking Australia a metre short of the line, Hooper popped it un der the sticks, claiming it. It was pure muscle from both sides. Such an incredible defensive ef fort from Wales, but the gold No 7 eventually found a way. Toomua with the kick scored taking the game to 22 26. Sixtysix minutes in and a penal ty was awarded against Wales an infringement in the scrum and Toomua kicked well for another three points and reduced the score to 2526. Two minutes later saw a penal ty against Australia as Rodda at tempted a charge down but his compatriot Kepu was pinged for offside. Wales kicked to touch and were awarded another penalty. Patchell’s kick just crept inside the post the lead extend ed to 2529. A dramatic game played out as Wales defended for their life but they held on well until the hooter went to confirm a fantastic victory!
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LIVERPOOL remain top of the Premiership with a slim win against newlypromoted Sheffield Utd. Man City kept the pressure on by winning 1-3 away to Everton.
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