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Brazil cocaine smugglers foiled They were immediately placed through an X-ray machine where a number of irregularities were spotted. When the first bottle was opened, it contained a piece of cotton wool covering a bag of white powder; subsequent tests showing it to be cocaine. T h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r, officers experienced in monitoring and controlling drugs are deployed at Alicante-Elche Airport especially to look out for the so-called ‘hot flights’ which arrive from different parts of South America and a well-known exit point for drug trafficking.

by Ray Chadwick

WO concurrent operations one by the National Police and another from the Guardia Civil - have resulted in three people arrested as they tried to allegedly smuggle cocaine into AlicanteElche Airport from Brazil. A total of 12 kilos of cocaine was seized. The first success concerned two men, aged 33 and 37, who were acting suspiciously and had their luggage searched by the Canine and Drug Unit based at the airport. The drugs weren’t that easy to find at first, but when one case had been taken apart they were found hidden inside the lining. The other arrest by the Guardia Civil found four kilos of cocaine in a large suitcase sealed with plastic and secured

SUSPICIOUS: Drugs stash hidden in suitcases and in dye bottles. with a padlock. The fact it raised suspicions, they asked for it to be opened and at first everything appeared normal, since it contained the usual clothes

and personal belongings. H o w e v e r, o n c e t h e clothes were taken out, 11 4 s m a l l p o t s o f w h a t appeared to be clothing dye were discovered.

House collapse in Orihuela Costa traps two by Ray Chadwick TWO people have been rescued alive following a partial collapse of a house on the Orihuela Costa. The incident happened at 8am on Wednesday morning in the popular Laguna II urbanisation, and according to reports, firefighters who rushed to the scene cordoned off and evicted 60 people

from 15 properties. At least eight have been affected by the collapse. Local Police, Guardia Civil, ambulances and fire brigades from Torrevieja, Orihuela and Almoradi combined to control the rescue operation. In addition, the Canine Unit containing sniffer dogs from Elche were also in attendance in case they were needed to find any more trapped people. The two people rescued are understood to be

British and have been taken to Torrevieja Hospital. One is suffering from severe shock and the other with cuts and bruises. Mayor of Orihuela

Emilio Bascuñana has visited the site and has spoken with technicians who were evaluating the possible causes of the collapse.

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Five migrant boats arrive

Eight lives remaining

by Darren Parmenter

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A FURTHER 54 migrants were intercepted off the coast of Cartagena at the weekend. According to reports, the first of five boats was detected five miles out from Cabo de P a l o s a n d h a d 11 people on board, believed to be Algerian nationals and all in good health. The other four were found off Cartagena with the remaining 43 people on board and were towed to port and safety. During a four-day period, 277 migrants have been located off the coast in 20 different vessels that included 30 children and five women.

Multi-million ambulance contract announced

HE Murcia Regional Health Service (SMS) has announced that it will be launching a completely new fleet of ambulances next year, made up of a total of 317 vehicles... up from the 278 currently in force. The details are all in the contract that is about to be put out to tender which will cover the nine health areas of the Murcia region. The eight year contract will cost €304 million. The ambulance service is divided into two areas, those of urgent and non-urgent transportation, and sub-divided into eight sections. Seven of these are the non-urgent ambulances with the eighth correspond-

ALL CHANGE: The entire ambulance fleet will be renewed in 2019. ing to the 061 emergency service. According to reports, the manager of the SMS, Asensio Lopez, said for the new contract they have chosen to group the three Murcia hospitals (I-Arrixaca, VI-Morales Meseguer and VII-Reina Sofía) together and thus the same company will be responsi-

ble for the transportation. In the same way as some local taxi services operate, it doesn’t make any sense for an ambulance to take a patient home and not be able to collect another from the next street, all because they correspond to a different health area. “It was something we had to correct,” said Lopez.

ORIHUELA’S firefighters were called to rescue a cat that had fallen into a canal in La Campaneta. The rescue was relatively straightforward as the cat had climbed onto a ledge to avoid being swept away by the current as the gate on the canal had been opened. The alarm was raised by the worried owner who feared for the life of their pet. It was saved by the firefighters, who used a long ladder to access the area where the frightened cat was located and reunite it with its owner who thanked all those that had helped.

Trapped woman rescued A YOUNG woman in her 20’s was rescued from a car in Orihuela after it had fallen into a drainage ditch. The driver of the vehicle was able to get out and raise the alarm after it ended upright and semi-submerged in the water after accidentally reversing. The woman passenger, however, was trapped. The firefighters managed to free her through the windscreen and according to reports, suffered some minor injuries and in a state of shock.

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August saves the tourism day T’S been a strange and very untypical summer across the Costa Blanca this year. Not only has the weather seen some twists and turns, tourism has also fluctuated at levels not witnessed for some time. July was a particularly bad year for the tourist trade, and many hoteliers and visitor-reliant businesses saw this as a warning for the future. Whilst Spanish tourists continued to rise, it was the drops in foreigners that caused the most concern. However, and according to figures supplied by a Hotel Situation Survey, the month of August came to the rescue. Despite numbers of guests falling, the amount of money taken reached record levels and so the lower occupancy level has been offset by higher profits. Guests have

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Early doors crash DURING the early hours of Sunday morning, a car found itself embedded in the entrance door of a restaurant in Avenida Teodomiro de Orihuela. The metal shutter was badly damaged in the accident close to the main railway station in Orihuela. According to reports, there have been no injuries to either the driver or any passers-by, and the reasons for the incident are being investigated by the Local Police.

CASHING IN: More money taken than ever.

paid an average of €85.99 per night. Overall, the Costa Blanca witnessed an average hotel occupancy rate of 83.68 per cent, compared to 87.05 per cent last year. They are the worst returns for the month of August since 2009. In basic numbers, of the 83,750 hotel

beds available across the coast, 11,750 were empty every day during the month. In the case of Benidorm the accepted tourism capital of the Costa Blanca they had their lowest August level of hotel occupation since 2005... at 84.37 per cent.

Moncayo beach rescue A 69-YEAR-OLD man has been rescued from the sea off the coast of El Moncayo, close to Guardamar del Segura. According to reports, he was found unconscious in the water and was attended to by

an emergency paramedic unit of the SAMU who were called to the scene. After being stabilised, he was subsequently taken to Torrevieja Hospital. At this stage, it’s not known what caused the man’s illness.

Brit in fire threat A BRITISH man - believed to be suffering from a form of mental illness - has been arrested in Almoradi after dousing himself with a flammable liquid and threatening to ignite it to harm himself and members of the Guardia Civil. They had arrived on the scene after reports that the man was throwing objects in-

to the street from his second floor property and shouting insults and threats to everyone in the vicinity. At one point, he threw a lump of concrete at his own vehicle parked below. The 67-year-old was detained on the roof of the building after being taken by surprise by the Local Police and restrained.

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28th September - 4th October

Foot fetish abuser detained

ALICANTE’S Guardia Civil has arrested a man suspected of sexual abuse toward a 14-year-old girl. In addition, he is alleged to have carried out similar assaults on four 17-year-old girls in the Medio Vinalopo district. According to reports, the detained man, a 27-year-old, had been carrying

out these alleged assaults for at least two months... but none of them had been reported to the authorities. They eventually became aware when the mother of the 14-year-old went to the Guardia Civil. Apparently, the girl was approached by the man who forced her up against a

w a l l a n d r e s t r a i n e d h e r. H e t h e n r e moved one of her shoes and began behaving lewdly while licking the girl’s foot. She eventually managed to get away from her abuser and run for home. As the investigation progressed, new victims appeared who, whether out of fear or shame, had also not reported

similar assaults on them. Up to 12 vict i m s i n t o t a l c o n f i r m e d s u ff e r i n g t h e same experiences in which a man held them and licked their feet. As soon as the Guardia Civil were certain of the man’s identity and subsequently identified by all the girls, he was arrested and later remanded in custody.

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FARE FREE: Metrovalencia trains saw an 80 per cent increase.

Car free day on the TRAM To celebrate the ‘European Car Free Day’ last Saturday, almost 30,000 passengers travelled in Alicante for free on the TRAM train service. TRAM operators, FGV, said this represented an increase of 28.5 per cent when compared to the previous Saturday when the usual fares operated.

In addition, the Metrovalencia attracted 230,000 passengers who also took advantage of the day of free travel aimed at taking people off the roads. In this example, an increase of 80 per cent over the average number from the Saturday before was recorded. The plan is to get local people to consider

changing their habits in the way they move around the cities, encouraging them to leave the car at home and enjoy the advantages of using the public transport system that is safer, more accessible, more comfortable and, above all, helping the environment with reducing CO2 emissions.

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Human training scheme

No sting in the tail ALMORADI fire department was called to an address in the municipality to remove a large wasp’s nest that had been formed on a patio of a building on Calle Malecon del Carmen. Dressed in special protective suits, they took them away and local people were able to feel safe once again after an operation that took more than an hour. Unlike bees, wasps are not a protected species.

Celebrating a Spanish icon Photo credit: @Lit_Books Twitter

ORIHUELA Council has presented their ‘Play Fair’ campaign. This is a new initiative aimed at encouraging people to collect their pet’s excrement and to prevent potential health problems. Part of the scheme will see around 1,000 ‘doggy bags’ issued and a number of bottles containing liquid to be sprayed on urine. The project started on Wednesday and will continue today (Friday) and into the weekend. Anyone failing to collect their dog’s excrement can be fined up to €750.

CTOBER sees the 137th birthday of one of Spain’s great artists, Pablo Picasso. His birthday has been recognised worldwide as International Artists’ Day and the event will be marked in Rojales when local artist, Martin Robinson will open his studio for the day on Friday, October 26. And as it will also be the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of his studio, it will be a double celebration. During the day there will be demonstrations of life drawing and sculpture, and Martin is pleased to announce his invited sculptress for the day will be Jennifer-Virginia Rotter. Some of her work will be on display in the garden, whilst on the terrace there will be a display of paintings from some of the studio’s artists and models. Free entry to the studio will be from 10am to 7pm whilst the life drawing will take place from 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm. Everyone is invited to come and celebrate with a free glass of wine whilst watching the demonstrations, talking with the artists and perhaps having a go

BIRTHDAY BOY: Picasso’s ‘Woman Reading’ was one of his famous works. too, or signing up to some classes or buying some artwork etc.

The studio is in Calle Venus, Rojales. For more information con-

tact Martin via e-mail at: studio17@martin-enterpris es.eu.

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28th September - 4th October

Train links for Alicante port by Darren Parmenter

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HE Port of Alicante has included a major remodelling of its rail terminal as part of its investment plans for the period 2018 to 2022. The plan is to allow access to the two docks for international freight trains, and make them ready to connect with the ‘Mediterranean Corridor’ and the wider gauge. They will then be able to accommodate the 700-metre-long trains that travel around Europe. According to reports, the absence of a competitive rail connection in the port has lost the area around €15 million in recent years, with much of the freight going by road

REMODELLING: Alicante Port to increase capacity by 2022.

to Algeciras. If the status quo continues, the future trade between Alicante with the Canary Islands and Algeria could be threatened. The planned improvements will see the number of containers going through Alicante increasing to 200,000 by 2022,

which are 40,000 more than at present. Alicante is now the main port that supplies the Canary Islands from mainland Spain, with around 70 per cent of the container traffic going from there. The sea route also maintains an estimated 2,000 direct and indirect jobs.

Winter fitness programme TORREVIEJA Council has announced a number of free activities that will be taking place on the beaches during the winter months. Not only do the events enable people to keep fit and h e a l t h y, i t a l s o helps employ people on courses learning skills in the tourism sector. The activities will be in October, November and December on Playa de los Naufragos which is regarded, with its Blue Flag, as being an ideal location. They will take place on Monday a n d We d n e s d a y between 10.30am and 12.30pm.

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www.rtnnewspaper.com A powerful investment ELECTRICITY company Iberdrola will be investing â‚Ź1.3 million in renovating a number of cables in Torrevieja. A total of 36 streets in the municipality will benefit from the programme of works that will see more than eight kilometres of mediumvoltage underground cables renewed with the aim of improving the electricity supply. Provincial head of Iberdrola,Cesar Calomarde, said that the company supply energy to more than 126,000 points in Torrevieja. In addition, they will be building a new substation to help distribute the load presently supported by Campoamor, San Miguel, Los Montesinos and Rojales.

Salt swimmers warned POLICE, helped by s t a ff w o r k i n g i n t h e salt lakes in Torrevieja and La Mata, have begun a campaign to stop people bathing in the iconic pink waters. Anyone found in the water will not be subject to a fine, but simply warned that they are prohibited from swimming in an area that, on occasions, can be dangerous. Itâ€™s also an environmentally protected area. The dangers can come from machinery that is often used to extract the salt and on one occasion in August came very close to an estimated 250 bathers. The salt flats are popular with many visitors who treat their skin with the mud and then swim in the salt water.

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Violent robber arrested CREVILLENTEâ€™S Guardia Civil has arrested a 45-year-old man suspected as being behind three violent robberies at knifepoint. Officers had been on the search for the perpetrator since January this year after an assault on a woman at a set of traffic

lights in Novelda, when he stole her car. Later that day, in Crevillente (and then the day after in Monforte del Cid) the suspect again carried out other robberies at knifepoint in a cafe and a chemist respectively. The investigation proved a tough one for

the Guardia Civil as the attacker had his face covered when he carried out the attacks, and they relied on the smallest of details supplied by the victims and witnesses to track him down. After a surveillance operation, the man was arrested at a property in Crevillente.

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Financial winners! A LOCAL financial planning firm has won a top award after judges picked it out for its passion and ethics. Chorus Financial, may

be young - it was founded in Javea just two years ago - but it has quickly made a name for itself amongst clients and within the financial industry itself.

Judges decided to recognise Chorus for its campaign to educate the British public in Spain. The judging panel, made up of some of Europe’s top independent experts, praised the firm for its passion and ethics. Chorus won the International Adviser award for Excellence in Marketing and was shortlisted with just two other companies for Overall Best Adviser Firm in Europe. After the awards, Senior Partner Tracy Storer said: “For Chorus to be recognised in such a manner is testament to the hard work we have put in over the last two years. “We have not held back with our criticism on how certain firms in our industry operate, and we feel that by better educating the public, the industry as a whole will continue to improve.” Chorus articles feature regularly in both the Euro Weekly News and RTN,

and are read by tens of thousands of British expats weekly. Sam Kelly, Managing Partner of Chorus, spoke exclusively to us this week. Sam said: “The support we have received from EWN Media Group has been invaluable. Our campaign was designed to better educate those living in Spain who are considering financial advice. This simply could not be compacted into a tweet or 30 second advert, and through the good old medium of print, we have been given a platform to provide clear, unrushed and often vital information. “ We j u s t h o p e t h a t a small firm like Chorus winning such a prestigious award will send a message to the industry as a whole. If you do the right thing by your clients, and approach your business in an ethical manner, y o u c a n m a k e a d i ff e r ence.”

AWARDED: Tracy Storer and Sam Kelly.

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28th September - 4th October

Dunes to get a makeover

REJUVENATED: Guardamar’s sand dunes to be given new lease of life.

by Darren Parmenter THE Valencian Community Government has announced that they will be investing €1.5 million to regenerate the iconic sand dunes in Guardamar del Segura. The overall project is expected

to see a more diverse range of plants and trees being planted in an area of 539 hectares. Elena Cebrian, the regional Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development, said that the initiative is “the largest amount of money ever dedicated to the area.” The aim is to begin the project

within a few months with a whole new layout of the pine forests that dominate the sandy areas that provide a backdrop for the beaches. The hope is that the new plants will help to prevent the dunes drifting as is currently the case. A significant amount of the work will consist of cutting down

the dead and weak pine trees which can encourage infestations of pests. The scheme has been cofunded from the European Union FEDER and will affect areas along 12.6 kilometres of coastline in the municipalities of Guardamar del Segura, Santa Pola, San Fulgencio and Elche.

Keeping the dogs happy PILAR DE LA HORADADA Council has made four spaces available especially for dogs. The new canine parks are in Torre de la Horadada, ), Mil Palmeras, Pinar de Campoverde and in Calle Las Flores in the centre of the municipality. They have been named after four famous dogs in history; Balto, Canelo, Laika and Ajax. Each plot has its own dog circuit with fences, tunnels, water troughs, litter bins and trees, and the total budget was €80,549... taking three months for the programme of works to be completed.

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First flights on sale to Corvera by Darren Parmenter CORVERA Airport is now officially among international destinations in Europe. This follows Jet2.com be-

ing the first company to start offering trips from the new airport in the Murcia region to the UK. Tickets to and from the new airport can now be bought from their

website to fly from April, with the first aircraft taking off from Manchester and Leeds-Bradford airports. AENA, Corvera Airport’s managers, have been work-

ing for some months on transferring flights from Murcia-San Javier to the new and long-awaited facilities which are planned to be up and running from mid-Janu-

ON THE MAP: Jet2.com will start landing in April 2019.

A C TO R , s i n g e r a n d f o r m e r US military man Al Matthews has been found dead in his Orihuela Costa home at the weekend. The 75-year-old was discovered by a neighbour on S a t u r d a y, w i t h n o s i g n s o f life as he lay in his bed.

Aliens Al found dead

ary. This project has been the first time that a company has had to face moving all its operations and personnel from one airport to another. The period on offer on the Jet2.com website is from the beginning of April until the end of October, and means that they will stop operating in the Murcia region as from next month before resuming next spring. It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the tickets are available for flights just three days after the UK is due to leave the European Union, and with the current background of uncertainties of postBrexit in respect of the UK being able to land in a number of destinations.

When the ambulance service arrived, all they could do was certify the star’s death. Matthews, who had been living in the area for six years, appeared in ‘Aliens: The Return,’ ‘Superman III’ and ‘The Fifth Element,’ the latter alongside Bruce Willis.

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28th September - 4th October

Please point me to a plastic-free life by Barry Duke

FOR two years I have been keeping tabs on the amount of money spent on comestibles for the two humans and a pair of small pooches that occupy Casa del Duke. So when I was being grilled recently about the cost of living in Spain, I was able to tell my questioner, who was considering settling here from the UK, that our average monthly spend on groceries and pet food was precisely €182.06. That’s around €81.00 less than the average family food bill in the south-east of England. He blinked in disbelief, and opined that we must be living solely on pasta, rice and potatoes. Nothing can be further from the truth. The simple answer to our low food bills is that I buy top quality fresh produce from small

independent shops. So called ‘ready meals’ have absolutely no place in our home for three reasons: first they are costly, second they are rarely palatable and last - but most important - is the fact the amount of plastic packaging in which they are sold goes beyond lunacy. To make matters worse, retailers are wrapping items that need no packaging at all. Take coconuts, for example. Sainsbury’s in the UK came in for a great deal of flak earlier this year when it began offering ‘organic’ Thai coconuts wrapped in plastic ‘to keep them fresh’. But a recent study found that coconuts stay fresher for longer when stored in a natural, plastic-free state. The madness doesn’t end there. A YouTube video entitled ‘The worst examples of unnecessary product packaging’ shows strawberries nestling individually

in a bed of foam rubber; single slices of bread wrapped in plastic; and peeled orange segments and even solitary cans of Coca Cola in plastic tubs. Most bizarre of all was a CD container for an anti-virus program that a geezer called Julian Williams received when he

bought a new computer. When he opened the plastic box there was no CD in it - just a message telling him ‘No disk needed’! Despite making every effort to avoid plastic-wrapped products, I still have to haul a large bag of plastic waste to the recycling bin

EPIDEMIC: Plastics are polluting our world.

outside our apartment each week. It’s an exercise in futility. Why? Because plastic is much more difficult to recycle than materials like glass, aluminium or paper, so most of it ends up in landfills or incinerators, and, most worryingly of all, in our seas. Writing for the Guardian earlier this year, Annie Leonard pointed out that ‘every minute, every single day, the equivalent of a truckload of plastic enters our oceans. ‘In the name of profit and convenience, corporations are literally choking our planet with a substance that does not just go away. ‘Since the 1950’s, some 8.3bn tons of plastic have been produced worldwide, and to date, only 9 per cent of that has been recycled. Our oceans bear the brunt of our plastics epidemic - up to 12.7m tons of plastic end up in them every year’. Cue Private Frazer, of Dad’s Army fame: ‘We’re all doomed!’ Or hop across to YouTube to watch, El humano es el VIRUS mas peligroso de este planeta. (The human is the most dangerous VIRUS on this planet.)

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MURCIA City Council is estimating that they will be taking less in traffic fines compared to 2017. According to reports, a total of €6.2 million is expected during 2018... €500,000 less than last year, but it’s not due to less infringements. The reduction is being laid at the unpaid fines.

Early road sense TO raise awareness about the importance of respecting the rules of the road, Bigastro Council has opened its first Road Safety Education Park next door to the Bigastrin Nursery School. The 1,000m2 area was inaugurated in the presence of Mayor Teresa Belmonte and Councillor Javier Diaz, along with representatives of the Local Police and the Guardia Civil. The cost of the project is €12,000.

Sporting excellence IN one of the largest investments for a number of years aimed at improving sporting facilities, Rojales Council is about to spend €779,780 on building a new changing room and a children’s swimming pool inside the municipal sports complex. The current facilities have become outdated and too small for the demand, and with this investment the complex will end up as one of the best in the Vega Baja.

Studio32 are off to meet - The Wiz! S TUDIO32 are preparing to thrill audiences with their latest musical theatre venture - it’s The Wiz, a modern take on that classic show The Wizard of Oz. The show features all those wellknown characters - Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion, Tin Man, and of course the wizard - but with some fabulous new soul, blues and gospel songs. After Dorothy is whisked away to the Land of Oz by a tornado she sets off to find The Wiz, and ends up in a cornfield where she meets the Scarecrow. The Scarecrow introduces himself in a wonderful blues number I Was Born On The Day Before Yesterday. Scarecrow agrees to accompany Dorothy on her journey to see if he can get some brains, and we are treated to the big company number Ease On Down The Road. The role of Scarecrow is being played by Suzy Bradley. Suzy joined STUDIO32 last year in their summer show Mack and Mabel, then went on to play Judy Haynes in their sell-out winter production of White Christmas. The Scarecrow is a demanding role, and Suzy is rarely off the stage, but she is thoroughly enjoying the challenge of this unique show. STUDIO32 are proud and delighted to be supporting local charities once again with this production, most notably the San Fulgencio Alzheimer’s

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BRAIN SEARCH: Suzy Bradley looking forward to her role as The Scarecrow.

Society. The company have raised almost €30,000 for charity in less than five years, and look forward to giving lots more money with donations from this show. Show dates are Wednesday November 28 to Saturday December 1 at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio; all performances start at 7.30pm with doors open at 7pm. Reserved seating tickets are now on sale, priced at €10, and can be obtained by calling 744 484 933, by emailing tick ets@studiothirtytwo.org, or from the

following outlets: Cards & More, La Marina - 966 790 954 and The Card Place, Benijofar 966 713 266. Current seating availability for each performance is available on their website www.studiothirtytwo.org . Tickets are in great demand for this show, already there is only limited availability for the Friday and Saturday performances, so be sure to book your seat now for what promises to be a spectacular evening’s entertainment. You won’t be disappointed!

Free parking system TORREVIEJA Council is planning to approve a report that will justify the installation of a new system to control limited and free parking along the popular Calle Ramon Gallud. When the new administration came into power in May 2015, parking was ‘banned’ along the street as it was deemed impossible to monitor the amount of time people were previously allowed to park... a maximum o f o n e h o u r, w i t h the exception of the summer months. Many local businesses complained about the ban as it seriously affected their trade.

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Better electric connections promised Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Orihuela

IN PROGRESS: Emilio Bascuñana (second left) inspecting the work in Cabo Roig.

by Glenn Scott IN a joint announcement, the mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, and the manager of Iberdrola distribution in Alicante, Cesar Calomarde, have said that there will be a number of major improvements to the electricity supply in the Orihuela Costa. These are planned to take place over the next three months.

“These works will be carried out to guarantee the supply to the people who live on the coast,” said Bascuñana. “This is as a result of this council’s commitment and are collaborating with Iberdrola.” The project has already got underway and has seen an investment by Iberdrola of €500,000 intended for the renovation of approximately three kilometres of medium voltage underground cables along the Orihuela Costa.

They will be concentrated in five different points affecting 15 streets in Cabo Roig, Campoamor, Playa Flamenca and La Florida. For his part, Cesar Calomarde said that this “is confirmation of the effort the company is making to improve the service for Orihuela, and the commitment made a few months ago to provide the municipality with improved electric installations that supply almost 90,000 different points.”

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Councils to justify tourism grants by Glenn Scott

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N order to qualify for future grants and subsidies from the Valencian Community Government, the Alicante Province will be modifying the criteria that must be satisfied by the 64 ‘tourist’ municipalities. As such, the individual councils must come up with their own specific plans and participate in training programmes, which will enable them to qualify for aid. The announcement was made by the regional secretary for tourism, Francesc Colomer, who said that his department is in the process of writing the new regulations related to the area of To u r i s m , L e i s u r e a n d

REGISTERED: There are 64 councils classed as tourist friendly.

Hospitality. Throughout Alicante, there are 64 councils recognised as tourist communities. Only the basic details have been given, but it was stated that from now on the awards will be based not only on

the number of hotel rooms or apartments available and overnight stays. It will now depend on the strategy that each council produces that will have to display a ‘proactive position’ in respect to tourism.

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Hundreds raised on London walk ONE of the EWN Media Group’s leading staff members has raised hundreds of euros above her target for a cancer charity after completing in a night

time walk in London. Nicki Burgess, general manager at the company, took part in Cancer Research UK’s Shine Night Walk in the British capital last week.

Nicki, her daughter Jade and friends Amy Fuller and Lisa and Josie Milbank joined around 20,000 others for the sponsored hike. It saw participants take in some of the capital’s best-

known sites on a 20 kilometre route. Nicki raised a total of €1,067 for Cancer Research UK after setting a personal target of €560. Her team raised more than €1,804 between them. Nicki said everyone taking part had shown enthusiasm and dedication. “I saw one woman there who clearly had cancer and I thought that was so inspirational. Everyone had glowing lights and tiaras on, it made for a really great atmosphere,” she said. Nicki added she decided to take part in memory of her mum June who died of bowel cancer. “Although it was raining on the night the atmosphere there was amazing. It was harder than I thought it would be but there was an amazing

WINNING DUO: Nicki and Jade with their medals by The Shard

team spirit among all those who took part,” she said. Nicki’s team and the other walkers set off from the city’s Southwalk Park at around 10.15pm. They passed by sites including Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and The Shard while en route. Nicki’s team finished the route at around 3.50am. She said Londoners treated her, her team and all the other walkers very well. “There were people on hand to collect rubbish and

to hand out protein bars and drinks to us,” she said. She added she had been sponsored by the EWN Media Group and Golden Leaves, a family insurance company. “I would like to thank both the EWN Media Group and Golden Leaves for supporting me on the walk,” she said. The Shine Walk takes place every year in cities across Britain. All the money raised goes towards Cancer Research UK in their ongoing effort to find new ways of preventing, diagnosing and curing all types of the illness. Anyone who wants to donate to Nicki and her team can still do so by visiting: https://fundraise.cancer researchuk.org/page/inmemory-of-my-beautifulmum-june.

Until the next Show Time... WELL, that’s another show over for this year. Show Time was performed over three nights at the Cardenal Beluga Theatre

in San Fulgencio with a very good and appreciative audience who very much enjoyed the contents of the show.

The cast performed like professionals and the main aspect of the show was the undoubted team work. It’s not just those in the spotlight... it’s the supporting team working in sound, lighting, management and backstage without whom those on the stage could never do what they do. Everyone did a fantastic job, even more so bearing in mind that they came to help from outside groups. The entire cast were full of nothing other than praise and grateful thanks for all their assistance. The audiences were very quick to praise the quality of the production, with many saying it was the best show the group had produced and presented. Congratulations must also go to the Director, Linda, and to the Choreographer, Yvonne, for the parts they played in the success of Show Time.

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DEDICATION: The first aircraft memorial in the Alicante Province.

Itâ€™s a plane... in Guardamar by Darren Parmenter PEOPLE entering the municipality of Guardamar del Segura from the north will now be greeted by the sight of an aircraft; and for the first time an aircraft has been used as a statue in the Alicante Province. The plane, a PA-28 Warrior Bonanza, belonged to the Spanish Air Force and has been lovingly restored by the Municipal Aeroplane Modelling Club. The monument has been erected to honour Spanish Aviation from the town and

the people of Guardamar. Following a crash, the aircraft - that for many years was used to train pilots - was in a very bad state and there was only one place for it... the scrap yard. But, around a year ago the members of the Modelling Club decided to buy it from the owner who belongs to the Alicante Aeroclub. The unveiling this week has been possible following an arduous restoration from a dedicated bunch of people, taking it back to its original state. During the project, they contacted the Guardamar Council asking if a prominent place could be found for this piece of Spanish aviation history.

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Almoradi Scrabble Club Photo credit: Almoradi Scrabble Club

CHRISTINE was more than delighted to receive four new Scrabble boards from Terry d u r i n g t h i s m o n t h ’s get-together of the Almoradi Scrabble Club. Although there were only eight people in attendance for the September meeting, nevertheless the words didn’t stop flowing. For this time, the challenge round was connected to words relating to Australia. Christine won the bottle of wine for the highest scoring word of ‘vast,’ and it was left to Vicky to get the highest score of the afternoon with an excellent 429. The next get-together is on Tuesday, October 30 at 3.30pm at Cafe Almoradi, and any new members are more than welcome. For those you who enjoy solving an anagram, and who knows these might be the seven letters you begin your next game of Scrabble with, form a new seven-letter word out of... EMGURTE.

KIND WORDS: Christine accepts the four new game boards.

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Anti-bullying campaign THE National Police have increased their efforts to combat bullying in schools. This week officers have begun to visit schools throughout the country to offer talks to pupils and teachers to raise awareness about bullying and other problems. Talks will include issues such as harassment, discrimination, drug and alcohol consumption, violence against women, violent gangs, racism and the risks of new technologies and social media networks. The efforts come in light of recent statistics compiled by the Central Unit of Citizen Participation which showed a â€˜high percentageâ€™ of school children aged between 11 and 16 years of age had been bullied at some point in the past, mostly mild or less serious. It is also as a response to the fact that bullying has now moved into the digital world due to the rise in new technologies and increased access to the Internet. Due to this, any situation can become viral online and extend and prolong the suffering of victims.

FIGHTING BACK: The National Police are raising awareness about bullying in schools.

During the past 12 months, the National Police have held 5,000 such talks and this new venture into schools hopes to build on this figure.

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by Colin Bird The opinions published in Colin’s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors. WE were in Italy recently and I was impressed with the way the Italians immortalise their heroes by naming airports after them. Our first experience of this was in Venice, where we encountered the Marco Polo International Airport. Then it was on to Rome and Leonardo Da Vinci. In fact the Italians have gone totalmente pazzo in this respect, with Florence, Bologna, Pisa, Genoa, Parma, Bergamo, Naples, Rimini and Perugia, all naming their airports after great compatriots. From artists to explorers and scientists to saints - and in Palermo, two Mafia fighting judges - their names have all been perpetuated in this way. But other countries are also not afraid to show pride in their national idols. John F Kennedy in New York and Charles de Gaulle in Paris; Chopin in Warsaw and Liszt in Budapest, are all great examples. And there are a plethora of military leaders from Shaka the great Zulu warrior king in Durban to Napoleon Bonaparte Airport in Ajaccio, Corsica. There are also a few puzzling ones like the Brockville Regional Tackaberry Airport

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GOOD IDEA: Changing the name to Ant and Dec Airport, Newcastle. in Ontario, named after one George Tackaberry - the bloke whose company resurfaced the runway. But what about Britain? True we have the John Lennon airport in Liverpool. And there is the George Best

Belfast City Airport and Robin Hood Airport in Doncaster. But come on, surely we can do more. It seems to me that the British, well English at least, have a tendency to play down their past as if ‘it’s something to be

ashamed of’. Patriotism has become a dirty word as far as the politically correct thought police are concerned, but if it’s good enough for the likes of France, South Africa and even Mongolia (Chinggis Khan) for goodness sake, then we too should be celebrating our historical celebrities. And what better way than renaming our airports in their honour. Heathrow could become London Winston Churchill Airport, and at the heart of our capital, how about the London City Christopher Wren. There is only one possible name for Birmingham being so near to the Bard’s home, and William Shakespeare International Airport has a certain ring to it don’t you think? How about the Bristol Isambard Kingdom Brunel Airport. If you think that’s too much of a mouthful, then think yourself lucky you don’t live close to the M’Vengue El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba International Airport in Gabon! Emmeline Pankhurst or Bernard Manning Airport in Manchester (it’s a close call); Ant and Dec in Newcastle, the list goes on. But seriously, it could be decided by the citizens of those locations, not only would it be a long overdue display of British spirit, but a signal to the world that here is a country that is again proud of its history.

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Minister introduces electricity bill cuts Photo credit: Pixabay

EVERY little helps.. and that will certainly be the case when household electricity bills are due to drop by around €3 a month. The Minister for Energy Transition, Teresa Ribera, who has been in post since June has faced a critical moment in her short career as the cost of power has risen rapidly since she started. In fact, a typical electrical bill costs 86 per cent more now than it did 15 years ago. Among the measure introduced by Ribera is removing the 7 per cent energy generation tax, while increasing the eligibility for discounts for those on low incomes. The 7 per cent generation tax was introduced in 2012, when utility bills rocketed almost overnight - and it will not technically be removed, but reduced to just above zero so it can be increased again if bills start to go down. It was introduced by the previous Partido Popular

ASSISTANCE: Radiator and heater use accounts for large parts of an average electricity bill.

government led by Mariano Rajoy in an attempt to eat into the country’s €30 billion debt they had with primary power suppliers. At the moment, the av-

erage household in Spain will be paying €80.73 per month for electricity, with almost two-thirds of what customers pay for their power being eaten up in

taxes and charges; the incentive to try to cut down on home energy use is negligible. Electricity consumption in large parts of Spain is higher in summer than in winter, given the necessary use of fans and airconditioning round the clock. This compares to some northern, mountainous and inland areas where they then have to spend just as much - if not more - on radiators and under-floor heating systems. These new measures are estimated to benefit around 10 per cent of the Spanish population who can’t afford the heating bills in the cold winters, and are essentially singleparent families, the elderly, and young people who live on their own.

From Kensington to Mallorca A COUPLE looking to save up for a deposit on a one-bed flat in London has taken the decision to move to Spain while they do so, as it’s cheaper. According to a report in the UK media, Ryan and Kiera Crabbe - aged 33 and 36 respectively - will be saving around £1,200 on their monthly outgoings by swapping the property they rent in Kensington for a two-bed apartment in Mallorca. The couple, married for three years, are both freelance consultants and their work allowed them to move abroad while still being able to earn good money. They wouldn’t divulge their salaries but both admitted to being top-rate taxpayers, meaning they both earn more than £46,351 annually. Thanks to their new lifestyle in the sun, they are able to save £2,000 a month. As husband Ryan told The Sun newspaper: “We’re lucky that both of our jobs mean that we can live abroad and continue to earn what we did at home. “We knew we wanted to buy a place of our own but it was going to take us around six years to save for somewhere while we rented. “It’s a temporary arrangement as we’d love to go back, but we can see what it’s going to lead to - and the lifestyle is great here.”

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7:00am Books That Made Britain 7:30am A1: Britain's Longest Road 8:15am Chase the Case 9:00am Gardeners' World 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:15pm Politics Live 2:00pm For What It's Worth 2:45pm Italy Unpacked 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Great British Menu 8:30pm Gardeners' World 9:30pm Golf 11:00pm Mock the Week 11:30pm Newsnight 12:05am Front Row Late

6:05am The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm The Island Strait 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Car Crash Britain Caught on Camera 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London

9:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:05am Frasier 10:35am Frasier 11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 10:00pm Gogglebox 11:00pm The Circle

9:40am Shimmer and Shine 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm NCIS 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm Shoot to Kill 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Rameses, Moses and Murder 10:00pm Walking Britain's Lost Railways 11:00pm Big Brother: Live Eviction 12:30am Big Brother's Bit on the Side

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Final Score: Behind the Scenes 6:30am Black Panther: Special 7:00am Night Owls 8:45am Half Magic 10:45am Daddy's Home 2 12:35pm All the Money in the World 2:50pm Hostiles 5:10pm Joyride A trio of accidental outlaws find themselves on a cross-country road trip, with the police in hot pursuit. Bighearted Kiwi crime caper with The Hobbit's Dean O'Gorman. 7:10pm Daddy's Home 2 9:00pm All the Money in the World 11:15pm Hostiles 1:30am Night Owls

12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm EFL Matters 2:30pm EFL Greatest Games 2:45pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm Championship Season Review 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm EFL Matters 6:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 6:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 7:00pm SPFL Matters 7:30pm EFL Matters 8:00pm Football 11:15pm The Debate - Live

9:00am The Dengineers 9:30am Absolute Genius with Dick and Dom 10:00am Planet Dinosaur 10:30am Elephant Diaries 11:00am The Animal's Guide to Britain 12:00pm Natural World 1:00pm The Incredible Spice Men 1:30pm Great British Menu 2:00pm Great British Menu 2:30pm Great British Menu 3:00pm Tom Kerridge's Proper Pub Food 3:30pm Scrappers 4:00pm Saving Lives at Sea 5:00pm Cycling 5:55pm Trust Me, I'm a Doctor 6:25pm Monkman and Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain 6:55pm Dad's Army 11:30pm Live at the Apollo

8:55am Thunderbirds are Go 9:25am Spy School 9:55am The Haunted Hathaways 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Saturday Morning with James Martin 12:40pm The Martin Lewis Money Show Live Christmas Countdown 1:55pm The Island Strait 2:20pm The X Factor 3:20pm ITV Lunchtime News 3:30pm WOS Wrestling 4:30pm Tipping Point 5:30pm The Chase 6:30pm ITV Evening News 6:40pm Regional News and Weather 6:50pm Info not available 9:30pm The X Factor 11:00pm The Jonathan Ross Show 12:05am ITV News

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Frasier Frasier Frasier The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Simpsons The Simpsons Come Dine with Me Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed The People's Vet Formula 1 Channel 4 News Britain at Low Tide Britain's Most Historic Towns Lucy Non-Stop Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Experimental

11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:20am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Cruising with Jane McDonald 11:45am The Wonderful World of Puppies 12:35pm Police Interceptors 1:30pm Police Interceptors 2:30pm Police Interceptors 3:30pm King Kong 7:05pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 7:50pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 8:35pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 9:30pm 5 News 9:35pm Albert: The Power Behind Victoria 11:40pm Queen Victoria and Her Tragic Family 12:40am Queen Victoria and Her Tragic Family

5:00am Pyewacket 6:30am Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Special 7:00am Half Magic 8:50am Joyride 10:45am Daddy's Home 2 12:40pm Insidious: The Last Key 2:40pm All the Money in the World 5:00pm Hostiles 7:15pm Daddy's Home 2 9:00pm Insidious: The Last Key 10:50pm All the Money in the World Ageing oil tycoon J Paul Getty refuses to play ball when his teenage grandson is kidnapped and held for ransom 1:05am Hostiles 3:20am Pyewacket

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8:55am Thunderbirds are Go 9:25am Thunderbirds are Go 9:55am The Haunted Hathaways 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Countrywise 10:55am Emmerdale 1918 11:20am Midsomer Murders 1:15pm WOS Wrestling 2:15pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:30pm The X Factor 4:00pm Info Not Available 4:30pm Tipping Point 5:30pm The Chase 6:30pm Queen of the World 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm Regional News and Weather 8:00pm 5 Gold Rings 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm Vanity Fair 11:05pm The Imitation Game 11:40pm ITV News

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Motorsport Motorsports Frasier Frasier Frasier Sunday Brunch The Simpsons The Simpsons Bend it Like Beckham The Great British Bake Off Location, Location, Location Grand Designs Channel 4 News Formula 1 Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls The Circle 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Before I Go to Sleep

11:20am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Cruising with Jane McDonald 11:45am Monkeys Make You Laugh Out Loud 12:35pm Police Interceptors 1:30pm Friends 2:00pm Friends 2:30pm Friends 3:00pm Friends 3:30pm Friends 4:00pm Friends 4:30pm Friends 5:00pm Friends 5:25pm Friends 5:55pm Friends 6:25pm Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 7:50pm Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 10:55pm 5 News 11:00pm Big Brother

4:50am Night Owls 6:30am Monster Family: Special 7:00am Joyride 8:50am Daddy's Home 2 10:35am All the Money in the World 12:55pm Battle of the Sexes 3:10pm Insidious: The Last Key 5:00pm Daddy's Home 2 6:45pm All the Money in the World 9:00pm FilmBattle of the Sexes 11:10pm Insidious: The Last Key 1:00am Hostiles 3:15am Pyewacket 4:50am Night Owls

SATURDAY 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Raymond Blanc: How to Cook Well 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:10pm Weather 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Cycling 5:00pm Final Score 6:20pm BBC News 6:30pm Regional News 6:35pm Weather 6:40pm Pointless 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:35pm Casualty 10:25pm Killing Eve 11:10pm BBC News 11:25pm Weather 11:30pm Match of the Day 1:00am The NFL Show 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead

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SUNDAY 2:15pm To be Announced 2:45pm Money for Nothing 3:15pm Points of View 3:30pm Songs of Praise 4:05pm Escape to the Country 5:05pm Pointless 6:00pm Impossible Celebrities 6:50pm BBC News 7:05pm Regional News 7:10pm Weather 7:15pm Countryfile 8:15pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm The Cry 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Regional News All the latest local news.

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Great British Menu Gardeners' World Countryfile The Beechgrove Garden Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Athletics Cycling Super Small Animals Grammar Schools: Who Will Get In? Before Grenfell: A Hidden History Golf Mock the Week Motherland No Activity No Activity The Mighty Redcar Billion Dollar Deals and How They Changed Your World

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MONDAY 10:15am Rip Off Britain 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm A1: Britain's Longest Road 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Chase the Case 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Inside Out 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Drowning in Plastic 11:00pm BBC News 11:30pm Regional News 11:40pm Weather

7:30am A1: Britain's Longest Road 8:15am Chase the Case 9:00am Back in Time for the Factory 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm Politics Live 2:00pm For What It's Worth 2:45pm Canoeing: Slalom World Championships 2018 3:45pm Who Do You Think You Are? 4:45pm Spring: Earth's Seasonal Secrets 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Letterbox 7:30pm Strictly it Takes Two 8:00pm Sam and Shauna's Big Cook Out 8:30pm Great British Menu 9:00pm Monkman and Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain

10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Griff's Great Britain 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm Strangers 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:45pm Manson: The Lost Tapes

11:05am Undercover Boss USA 12:00pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm A New Life in the Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Find it, Fix it, Flog it 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Extreme Cake Makers 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Jamie Cooks Italy 9:30pm Travel Man: 48 Hours in Milan 10:00pm The Undateables 11:00pm The Circle 12:00am Gogglebox 1:05am The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm NCIS 2:10pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm A Surrogate's Nightmare 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm Gallagher 9:00pm Traffic Cops 10:00pm Paddington Station 24/7 11:00pm Big Brother 12:05am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:00am Ex on the Beach 1:50am Caught on Camera 2:15am Super Casino

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Night Owls Moana: Special Hostiles Night Owls Battle of the Sexes All the Money in the World Ageing oil tycoon J Paul Getty refuses to play ball when his teenage grandson is kidnapped and held for ransom. 3:15pm Joyride 5:05pm Insidious: The Last Key 6:55pm Battle of the Sexes 9:00pm All the Money in the World 11:15pm Lowlife 1:00am Insidious: The Last Key 2:50am Night Owls 4:40am Joyride

10:30am Football Countdowns 11:00am Play Off Final Highlights 12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 2:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 3:00pm Play Off Final Highlights 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Soccer Am Best Bits 7:30pm Football Countdowns 8:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 9:30pm Soccer Am Best Bits 10:00pm Play Off Final Highlights

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10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm Regional News and Weather 3:00pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Info not available 10:00pm Queen of the World 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm Regional News and Weather 11:45pm Britain's Busiest Airport - Heathrow

7:00am Milkshake! 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 1:10pm 5 News 1:15pm NCIS 2:05pm Access 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm The Perfect Stalker 5:00pm Friends 5:30pm Friends 6:00pm 5 News 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News 8:00pm The Dog Rescuers: Best in Show 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:15pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 11:15pm Big Brother 12:15am Big Brother's Bit on the Side

4:40am Joyride 6:30am Final Score: Special 7:00am Half Magic Charming comedy about three new friends desperate for more from life and love. 8:50am Battle of the Sexes 10:55am All the Money in the World 1:10pm Insidious: The Last Key 3:00pm Social Animals 4:30pm Battle of the Sexes 6:40pm All the Money in the World 9:00pm Insidious: The Last Key 10:50pm Social Animals 12:25am Lowlife 2:15am Night Owls 4:10am Joyride

1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm SPFL Round Up Show 2:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 2:30pm MLS Round Up Show 3:00pm Play Off Final Highlights 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 7:30pm MLS Round Up Show 8:00pm SPFL Round Up Show 8:15pm SPFL Greatest Games 8:30pm Football 11:15pm Info not available 11:45pm EFL Greatest Games 12:00am EFL Greatest Games

TUESDAY 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm A1: Britain's Longest Road 12:45pm Close Calls: On Camera 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:30pm Regional News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Chase the Case 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Garden Rescue 5:30pm Antiques Road Trip 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News 7:30pm Regional News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Wanderlust 11:00pm BBC News

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The Farmers' Country Showdown Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live The Super League Show Meerkats: Secrets of an Animal Superstar Who Do You Think You Are? USA Summer: Earth's Seasonal Secrets Eggheads Flog It! Letterbox Strictly it Takes Two Nigella at My Table Great British Menu Saving Lives at Sea The Bank That Almost Broke Britain Later Live... with Jools Holland

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Tourism isn’t what it used to be

by Michael Walsh

keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com RECENT news stories about poorly behaved tourists in Benidorm and the Costa del Sol remind us that sightseeing hasn’t changed very much. It was once fashionable for wellheeled European tourists, especially the ladies with their menfolk, to visit wars and enjoy the display of artillery at night; the clash of infantry and cavalry on the battlefield; and the morgues where the casualties were displayed in naked and dismembered heaps afterwards. Frisson tourism then, extreme or shock tourism today. The Crimean War was further away than the Spanish Riviera, but was visited by more British and French than Russian tourists; that was because the Anglo-French side was winning. These days, American tourists no longer cruise the Persian Gulf; trek in the Afghan mountains; holiday in houseboats on the Tigris; or visit the ancient ruins of Leptis Magna (Libya) and Palmyra (Syr-

FAVOURITE: Russian tourists prefer Crimea to Spain. ia). The reason isn’t want of aesthetic taste for the sights or of appetite for frisson. It’s because the US is losing the wars in those places. Spain, in unison with its masters in Brussels, is tightening the sanction screws. Russian tourists visiting Spain are welcome and they spend more than other tourists. As

an example, for every €1 a Brit holidaymaker spends the Russian spends €7. Sadly, sanctions and negativity have an adverse effect on Russians wishing to visit Spain or immigrant plagued European Union. A well-known Cyprus hotelier says: “There is no instance of loutish behaviour by middle-class Russians.

In Turkey for all-inclusive package tours, they do come to drink and drunk they remain. “But the worst behaviour and violence among middle-class tourists in Turkey and Cyprus is from the Brits. They are the hooligans of Europe. However, it is the supra-rich Russians who continue to surprise European hotel-owners with their

excessive spending and their overthe-top behaviour”. The latest research by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre reveals that home holidays is the choice of one out of every two Russians. The costly and onerous visa requirements deter many Russians from visiting Europe. The Russians’ favourite destinations are the natural habitat of a country dacha. The Russians’ bucket-list is mostly focused on other Russian cities, Black Sea resorts, Crimea, which is the Russian Riviera, and the Caucasus. Foreign holidays are third down the preferred list but these are mostly dreamers. In organising a foreign holiday only 6 per cent of Russians takes the plunge. Many will do their plunging in Turkey, and Egypt and Tunisia are favourite hot spots. The greatest loss to the tourist economy is the disappearance of four million employees of the Russian government, police and armed forces. Advised by their government to avoid travel abroad due to anti-Russian activities of the NATO West, these are the highest spenders of all.

Mike Walsh’s opinions are his own and do not necessarily represent the views of the publishers advertisers or sponsors.

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28th September - 4th October

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28th September - 4th October

Who do you think you are?

MANY of us spend our lives playing different roles and act accordingly to the situation or environment. What does that mean? Simply put, depending on our personal needs will determine the role in which we play; admiration, recognition, significance, praise or just the comfort in knowing that people know we exist by way of a simple acknowledgment. Most of us are unaware of even the slightest change we may make interacting with different people, be it friends, employers or even as parents we certainly wouldn’t act with our employer the way we do with our friends. However, it’s easy to lose sight of our true selves whilst adopting different roles. This is especially true in our social circle. Whatever situation we find ourselves in we need to be aware of how we are acting, the role which we take on can so easily blur our vision from our true self. Really knowing, and truly be-

by Robert Shallis

ing ‘you’ can therefore easily be lost as we constantly default to conform to what we perceive is required by our environment. During my career, I spent many years role playing, eventually I realised that I had become the person I needed to be to enhance my career, rather than the person I really wanted to be. So, how do you work more towards being and knowing your true self? The first step is defining who you are not, be brutally honest with yourself. Do not dismiss things in your life that do not serve you or your true character, by following this step your true self will emerge. Answer yourself honestly. ‘Are the people I socialise with true

TRUE SELF: Question yourself for the answers. friends or merely fair weather friends?’ ‘Would they support me in my hour of need? And would I, in turn, be there for them?’ ‘Do I truly want to be in the same bars week in week out, depleting myself of a healthier ‘me’ and reaching my full poten-

tial?’ ‘Do you honestly believe the barflies would even notice if you suddenly weren’t there?’ ‘Are you spending time immersed in disempowering television programmes? Negative news casts? Gratuitous violent films? Social media?’

‘Are you eating the wrong foods? Of course they’re delicious, but inevitably slowly result in a poor state of physical and mental health.’ If your answer is yes, to one or more you’re aware that you’re denying yourself true human interaction, robbing yourself of real life, robbing yourself of the real you, the wonderful you, the better you. You have a choice. Start by eliminating the things you are not, and you will have a clearer view of who you are. Look back at your failings to reveal your true self, question yourself, what am I good at? What do I need to improve? Once you have eliminated what you are not, you can start designing your life, by allowing things to start happening for you and not to you. Prioritise what you really want in life. Decide today who you really want to be for the greater good. Happiness and fulfilment will then follow as you’ll attract these by the very person you become.

28th September - 4th October

Refreshing salmorejo SALMOREJO is a thicker version of gazpacho - a cool dip if you like. Originally from Cordoba, where temperatures soar in the summer, it is only natural that locals devised a meal that not only is refreshing, but it can replace the minerals lost in the heat. Less known abroad, Salmorejo is found in most of Andalucia, perhaps under other names such as ‘porra.’ In tapas bars, it is used as a sauce for preparing montaditos, tiny sandwiches filled with various ingredients, the most typical being jamon Serrano. It is best served as a starter or as a first dish with meat and it must obviously be chilled before eating. It can be dished up with one of three toppings: jamon Serrano small chunks;

crumbled hard-boiled egg; or tuna flakes, all three followed by a circular dollop of good quality olive oil. For an authentic Salmorejo, soak three slices of stale white bread (no crust) in water. While the bread is in the water, peel and seed three ripe tomatoes and two garlic cloves. Put in a mixer adding the bread soaked in a bit of water, olive oil and salt to taste. Pulse through. Add some water just to reach a creamy texture. At the end, add the vinegar and mix again. Check the seasoning, adding more salt or vinegar and maybe more oil if necessary. For a sweeter taste, half a boiled carrot can be blended in the mix. It will take away the acidity of the tomatoes and garlic.

FOOD Focus

Get juicing! JUICING is a great way of getting essential vitamins and nutrients into your body and with so many different combinations and options to try there is a taste to suit everyone. For maximum health benefits, make sure you include some of the following: Kale: a low-calorie vegetable that is rich in antioxidants and vitamins A, C and K. It is a good source of potassium and aids in muscle and heart health. Ginger: adding ginger to juice recipes can reduce nausea and stomach distress and can improve the body’s ability to absorb nutrients. Lemons: rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, lemons also contain beta carotene which supports eye health and helps protect bones from osteoporosis. Blueberries: often described as a ‘super food’ they are rich in antioxidants and vitamin C and juicing with blueberries can help the body overcome urinary tract infections. Cinnamon: helps the body fight off colds and mild bacterial infections. Adding cinnamon may also help control blood sugar levels and reduce joint pain. VITAMINS: Juice is healthy and tasty.

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pets

28th September - 4th October

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Fancy a change of scene? EVER thought of housesitting or pet-sitting? At HouseSitMatch we are always looking for experienced pet lovers who want to travel and are happy to exchange their time and experience in pet care for free accommodation when house-sitting. For people who love pets and are experienced in caring for animals this can be a great way to travel on a fixed budget. We currently have house-sits in the UK, France, Spain and further afield in Australia, the Ukraine and even Belize! Have a look at our listings and consider house-sitting as one of your affordable travel options. How we work HouseSitMatch is a house-sitting network where new members register online. We ID check

everyone to ensure we know who you are, and in addition sitters are police checked. We charge for membership to ensure that there is a commitment from both parties and that we can afford to manage our network online professionally. Our latest review on Trustpilot ‘HouseSitMatch has helped us greatly by enabling us to explore housesitting. They look at ways to fine tune their website to the benefit of others, making it easier to use. Lamia the owner is always available to help and will do so as quickly as possible. The yearly membership is value for money and I would recommend this company to anyone.’ - Review by Jean James, Dog owner, Alicante.

How you benefit - as a home and pet owner Our membership offers access to a secure network helping you find suitable sitters. We hide your contact details and address. You post an advert ahead of your travel dates, we publish the advert then housesitters apply. You can view their profiles and chat with them before you accept an applicant. If you join as a Premium member we can also help you at each stage of the process to get you started and manage your account. How you do join? Please register online via our website: • Choose a membership plan • Standard (DIY option) = £49 pa • Premium (with support at each step) = £79 pa

Do you need a house, or pet-sitter? Get in touch. House-sitting can be a winwin for both parties, free house and pet-sitting, plus the experienced and checked sitters get free accommodation! Register as either house-sitter or homeowner with a 20 per cent discount using coupon code P2020 – an exclusive offer for readers. To find a house- or pet-sitter go to www.HouseSitMatch.com call Lamia on 00 44 (0) 777 214 2742 or email admin@housesitmatch.com.

WHEN a couple advertised for someone to look after 70 cats for just four hours a day, they never expected the response they received. The job on the Greek island paradise of Syros with stunning views of the Aegean attracted 35,000 CVs. The advert described the ideal candidate as being ‘a mature and genuinely passionate cat lover who enjoys tranquillity, nature and

their own company. Desired skills: cat-whispering, feline psychology, veterinary experience. Driving licence. Remuneration: modest, but includes the chance to live a meaningful life’. Founder of God’s Little People Cat Rescue, Joan Bowell, asked others to share the Facebook posting far and wide and her wish was everyone’s command as it went viral. The amount of CVs has re-

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quired Joan and husband Richard to take on five volunteers to go through the thousands of applications. The job comes with a small house on a long, tree-backed sandy stretch with winding lanes and wild flowers, a car, all expenses paid and a salary of £450 per month. Applicants have come from all over the world including Australia, USA, and Mexico.

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Building relationships NOAH’S ARC is a registered animal rescue charity created to rescue injured, badly treated and abandoned animals in the Mazarron area of Murcia Province. Their main focus is the rescue and welfare of d o g s . H o w e v e r, w h i l s t they currently only take in dogs, they always try to help with any injured animal. Noah’s Arc is actively working to build more relationships with other animal charities throughout Europe to ensure that they can help rehome more animals. They also assist other charities/rescues locally where they can, as they believe so much more can be achieved for the animals if everyone works together. They have been rescu-

ANIMAL RESCUE: Why not join the team? ing dogs since 2001 and have grown from small beginnings to currently having around 100+ dogs under their wing. The rescue service is run solely by dedicated volunteers and is funded entirely by donations and from the charity shops. Come and join the team at the Noah’s ARC/Little Starfish Dog Rescue Spain stall outside Happy Pets Vets on B S e c t o r, C a m p o s o l every Friday from 10am

until 2pm. They have bric-a-brac, CDs, books and lots, lots more. So why not come down and bag yourself a bargain. Needless to say there are always a few of the dogs and puppies on the stall who would also like to welcome you along... and there’s no charge for a hug or a cuddle. They’d love it! For more information, call 634 332 335 or email: info@noahsarc murcia.com.

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28th September - 4th October

What’s On FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28 La Bamba’s Dance Group - Paraiso Restaurant, Urb Jardin del Mar III 1a, Torrevieja. Sequence Dance Class 7pm - 7:45pm. Social Dance - Ballroom, Latin & Sequence 8pm 10:30pm. Contact Andrea on 616 478 157 for more details. Cantabile Ladies Choir are a friendly group who take their music seriously but equally enjoy their regular social get-togethers as well. They rehearse every Friday at the La Siesta Church from 3pm to 5pm. Contact Valerie on 966 795 816 for more details. CREVILLENTE - Moors and Christians until October 9 in honour of patron saint San Francisco de Asis. 9pm - Turning on fiesta lights and opening speech and welcome from the mayor. 11.45pm - Entrance parade from Parquet Telmo Vela to the Plaza de la Constitucion. TORREVIEJA - Annual Encuentro Coral at the Centro Cultural Virgen del Carmen. Tickets are €2 and are available two hours before the start of the concerts. 8pm - Corla Infantil Francisco Vallejos, Coro Manuel Torres and Cor Virelai de la Escuela Coral Veus Juntes, Quart de Poblet. SAN MIGUEL DE SALINAS - Fiestas in honour of Arcangel San Miguel. 8pm - Offering of the flowers followed by a concert by the Choir Alcores in the Plaza de la Libertad. CARTAGENA - Romans and Carthaginians fiesta. 10.45am - Battle in the Port. 5pm - Roman Army lands in the Port. 6pm - Battle to conquer Qart-Hadast at the Cuesta del Batel. 8.30pm Military Victory Parade after the surrender from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. SUCINA - Fiestas in honour of the patron saint Virgen del Rosario. 10pm - Official opening of the fairground.

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29 CREVILLENTE - Moors and Christians until October 9 in honour of patron saint San Francisco de Asis. 7.30pm - Carnival parade along Santo Tomas to the Plaza de la Constitucion. TORREVIEJA - Annual Encuentro Coral at the Centro Cultural Virgen del Carmen. Tickets are €2 and are available two hours before the start of the concerts. 8pm - Coral Francisco Vallejos, Coro Cámara and Cor In Crescendo. SAN MIGUEL DE SALINAS - Fiestas in honour of Arcangel San Miguel. 12 noon - Mass. 8pm - Procession with the statue of San Miguel followed by fireworks. CARTAGENA - Romans and Carthaginians fiesta. 7pm - Grand parade of all the troops from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento. SUCINA - Fiestas in honour of the patron saint Virgen del Rosario. 10.15pm - Coronation of the Fiesta Queens.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30 Baker Foundation Spiritual Centre - Playa Flamenca. Sunday service with clairvoyance

DO NOT MISS Fighting on the beaches THE Costa Blanca’s famous beaches, usually crammed full of sun worshippers for almost every month of the year will see a less-familiar sight over this weekend. Collaboration between Benidorm City Council and the Codex-Belix association will see the historic D-Day Normandy landings being recreated along the stretches of sand over the long weekend beginning (today) Frifrom 11am to 12 noon. For information, contact Linda on 606 990 665. A new rugby club - Bettas Torrevieja RFC trains at the Nelson Mandela Stadium every Sunday between 8.30pm and 10pm. Call Javi on 603 727 179 for details. Bullas - Tapas and Dessert Route every weekend in September. 1pm to 4pm and 8pm to 10pm. CREVILLENTE - Moors and Christians until October 9 in honour of patron saint San Francisco de Asis. 1pm - Hamburger fiesta in the Parc Nou Muncipal.

day September 28 to Sunday September 30. Taking place along the Poniente Beach for the second successive year, closer to Benidorm Old Town, one of the most significant events of the Second World War is being staged by Codex-Belix, an organisation that specialises in recreating events in history. Around 400 people are expected to

TUESDAY OCTOBER 2 English Folk Music Club - Meet every Tuesday at the Madhouse, Urb Pueblo Principe from 8.30pm. It’s an opportunity for acoustic performers of all genres and it’s free entry too. There’s a raffle each week to raise funds to book visiting acts from the UK now and then. Contact Carol via e-mail: divesmith@hot mail.com. Baker Foundation Spiritual Centre - Playa Flamenca. Every Tuesday, an evening of psychic clairvoyance from 7.30pm to 8.45pm. For information, contact Linda on 606 990 665.

SAN MIGUEL DE SALINAS - Fiestas in honour of Arcangel San Miguel. 9pm - Concert by the Union Musical San Miguel de Salinas Band in the Plaza Jaime I.

Help At Home Costa Blanca (Orihuela Costa) - Every Tuesday at the Emerald Isle between 11am and 3.30pm. Funds are currently being raised for a special needs vehicle for disabled persons. Selection of stalls including clothes, shoes, art and crafts and jewellery etc.

CARTAGENA - Romans and Carthaginians fiesta. 8.30pm - Roman victory at the festival camp. 10pm - Extinguishing of the sacred flame. 10.30pm - Firework display on the Explanada del Cartagonova.

Pilar de la Horadada Badminton Club meets every Tuesday at the sports centre between 10am and 12.30pm. Please contact John McGilvray on 868 700 235 or 634 658 506. Email: carolejohn_3@hotmail.com.

MONDAY OCTOBER 1

CF Rojales Walking Football - Open to men and women aged 50 and over, they meet at the football pitches on Calle Limonar every Tuesday from 11am to 12 noon. You can just turn up on the day, or for more information, call Pat Stephens on 654 049 388 or e-mail: pat.stephens08@gmail.com.

Orihuela Costa Community Care - Ramon de Campoamor Civic Centre on Urbanisation Monteznia. Every Monday is Beginners Spanish (12.30pm to 2pm): Flower Arranging (12.30pm to 2.30pm): Crafts (2.30pm to 4.30pm). For information, email: oc.communitycare@gmail.com. Walking Wanderers Walking Football Club They meet every Monday afternoon between 4pm and 6pm at the Orihuela Costa Municipal Sports Centre. There is also a very active social aspect to the club too. For more details, contact Bob Gorrill via e-mail: bobbyg2542@hotmail.com. Pilar de la Horadada Badminton Club meets every Monday at the sports centre between 10am and 12.30pm. Please contact John McGilvray on 868 700 235 or 634 658 506. Email: carolejohn_3@hotmail.com. For people over 50 who find themselves on their own, then Phoenix Solos Club meet every Monday from 11am to 1pm at the Marina Club in the International Marina in Torrevieja.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3 La Bamba’s Dance Group - Paraiso Restaurant, Urb Jardin del Mar III 1a, Torrevieja. Ballroom Latin & Argentine Tango. New Beginners Class 11am - 12pm, Intermediate Class 12pm 1pm. Contact Andrea on 616 478 157 for more details. Market held at the Emerald Isle (Orihuela Costa) from 11am to 4pm, raising funds for the 12 to 18-year-olds living at Association Elche Children’s Care Home. Orihuela Costa Community Care - Ramon de Campoamor Civic Centre on Urbanisation Monteznia. Every Wednesday is Art, Sketching and Watercolour (2.30pm to 4.30pm): Spanish Beginners (2pm to 3.30pm). For information, e-mail: oc.communitycare@gmail.com.

HISTORY: Benidorm turns into French beaches for three days. Photo credit: RTN Newspaper

take part, and in addition to the actual landings a series of camps, trenches and field hospitals will be located in the Parque de Elche (known locally as the Dove Park) and along the Avenida Xixo promenade. There will also be a display of military vehicles and a selection of memorabilia from the period for visitors.

Amigos Friendship Group - Meets at El Bar, El Raso every Wednesday at 3pm for a get-together and a fun quiz. They also arrange a number of activities such as day trips, meals and holidays. Just turn up on the day or call Ann (642 774 399) or Ken (642 703 488) for information. Pilar de la Horadada Badminton Club meets every Wednesday at the sports centre between 10am and 12.30pm. Please contact John McGilvray on 868 700 235 or 634 658 506. Email: carolejohn_3@hotmail.com. Benimar Social Club meets every Wednesday at the Rojales Steakhouse for a variety of activities such as bridge, chess, fundraising quiz, short mat bowls etc. Contact Sue on 685 339 179 or Richard on 660 825 390. A new rugby club - Bettas Torrevieja RFC trains at the Nelson Mandela Stadium every Sunday between 8.30pm and 10pm. Call Javi on 603 727 179 for details.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 4 Spangles Ladies Harmony Chorus - Meets at the Las Claras Centre in Los Narejos every Thursday from 10am to 1pm. New members are always welcome and the group would love to hear from you. Call 968 334 527 or 968 432 525 or e-mail: info@spangleschorus.com for details. Dragon Riders - Whether you live in the area or just visiting, this is your chance to ride with likeminded people. All makes and models welcome. Meet every Thursday at 10am at Waldamars Restaurant, La Florida. Contact is Rob on 671 826 201. Orihuela Costa Community Care - Ramon de Campoamor Civic Centre on Urbanisation Monteznia. Every Thursday is Card Making (1pm to 3.30pm): Sewing and Knitting (2pm to 4.30pm): Exercise to Music (12.45pm to 1.30pm): Drumming / Percussion Workshop (2pm to 4pm). E-mail: oc.community care@gmail.com. Baker Foundation Spiritual Centre - Playa Flamenca. Every Thursday morning, Spiritual healing from 10.30am to 12 noon. Development group from 2.30pm and open to everyone. Animal healing is also available for pets. For information, contact Linda on 606 990 665.

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28th September - 4th October

health

Are we so phone obsessed we can’t walk? DO you feel like you are old before your time? Could your mobile be to blame? It may sound a little farfetched but scientists are claiming that our increased use of mobile phones, particularly as we are out and about walking down the street, is making us walk like pensioners. Taking slower steps, hunched over our phones as we send messages or check emails en route, is beginning to take its toll on the body and could lead to back and neck problems in the long term. Scientists from the Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge carried out a study where they fitted 21 people with eye trackers and motion analysis sensors, while negotiating an obstacle similar in height to a kerb. Over 250 separate scenarios were examined as participants read a message on their phone, wrote a message, spoke on their phone and in which they did not use their phone at all.

MOBILE PHONES: Scientists claim they are making us walk like pensioners.

The researchers found that writing a text was the most demanding activity and led to peo-

ple looking down at their phone 46 per cent more and they looked down 45 per cent longer

You got that gut feeling? WE all get that ‘gut feeling’ from time to time, but scientists say it is actually a thing as they believe they’ve found a link between human guts and feelings. Research has been ongoing for several years on the bacteria in the gut and a new study from UCLA in America has found a connection between the gut and emotional responses. They had 40 women divided into two groups by the composition of their gut bacteria. Their brain activity for emotional responses to images was then measured and it was found that the brains of women with different bacterial profiles re-

acted differently to the stimuli. Studies of mice have also shown that if they are not exposed to normal bacteria as they develop from birth, they tend to be less anxious. When they were introduced to microbiota taken from humans with high anxiety levels, the mice also became more anxious. Whilst evidence is somewhat convincing that there is a link between the brain and gut, it is not clear if it is the gut influencing the brain and its development, or if the brain is influencing the gut as researchers say research is still in its early stages.

when reading a message. They also walked slower whilst reading a message and whilst talking

on the phone. It also found that participants using their phone were less able to walk in a straight line leading them to be more at risk from bumping into other pedestrians, lamp posts and other obstacles in the street they would not necessarily notice when looking down on their phones. The researchers said whilst using their devices they were walking like someone in their 80’s and this could affect their lower back and neck by altering their posture over time. Using phones in the street is already changing some country’s policies and in China segregated footpaths have already been introduced in some towns with special lanes for those using their phones. In the Netherlands, traffic lights have been added into the pavements for phone users who are always looking down for increased safety when crossing the road.

ARMS

Across 1 Quietly shelve promise (6) 4 After a short time Sue’s ordered dessert (6) 9 Not many? Wrong, the opposite (7) 10 Exercise makes doctor unwell (5) 11 Two ways to get staff (5) 12 Second ruler promises to be significant (7) 13 Weak coffee blend is found here (6) 15 Standing, the street gets at us (6) 18 Run small vehicle for use on holiday (7) 20 Foundation and front of building unaltered (5) 23 Supply comedienne's final wisecrack (5) 24 Party leader has to be present and be in charge (7) 25 Some may reminisce; nice views are picturesque (6) 26 Fish's name for a hairstyle (6)

RACE

Down 1 Spare recipe for fruit (5) 2 Additional piece of text rarely seen (5) 3 Cultivated chap served fish (7) 5 Group of monks giving command (5) 6 Prolong a race incident (4,3) 7 Listens, sort of, then joins up (7) 8 A source of inspiration can cause merriment (5) 13 Looks after Australian beer (7) 14 Certain after a time to see deletion (7) 16 A colourful scene created by gold on furniture (7) 17 Beef's good and ready for eating (5) 19 Drink from fractured pipes (5) 21 Society to do away with talent (5) 22 Fish detected by its odour? (5)

Word Ladder Can you by changing 1 letter at a time, get from the first word to the last word in the given number of moves?

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Aries. With a powerful Mars in trine with the Sun there is no knowing exactly how things will go, especially as Neptune adds some confusion to the actions of this astrological trio. For sure you will come out of this smelling of roses, but there is more in all this than meets the eye, so watch out!

Libra. Your energies seem to be all over the place, but do not give up on telling the truth as you see it, because sincerity is a highly prized emotion; and because times have changed. This is a good time to invest in yourself as Pluto squares up to Mercury midweek, before opposing Kora.

Taurus. Mercury is in cahoots with Pluto, and there will be a chance to be openly forensic over a matter of the heart. You need answers, but are too proud to ask directly, so allow some subtle energies to take control. As you are left to pick up the pieces there is a chance that you are partially to blame.

Scorpio. Your temper flares and this should act as a warning sign because you have so much stored anger within. It seems that although you are doing all the work that somebody feels that they should benefit from a bigger slice of the pie than they are entitled to. Avoid direct confrontations this week!

Gemini. The way ahead is paved with good intention, and even though you are very much not in the mood, there comes a chance to make your escape. Things surely don’t have to get to rock bottom before you start to get your act together, but there will not be a better time to move onwards.

Sagitarius. Throw caution to the wind and think of yourself right now. It isn’t selfish at all, you deserve to have some fun, and this is to be seen as self preservation. Maintaining the balance now is so important because there are actions you know that you really wouldn’t wish to make.

Cancer. The Pluto square on Mercury should sort out a lot of things. You have been on tenterhooks over something, and it is made clear to you that things have now adjusted, and your full control is restored. Others have a need to organise your life right now, time to show them what you can really do!

Capricorn. Pluto is squaring up to Mercury and is asking you to look at something from another direction. When faced with a situation that could so easily go either way, it is what you don’t say right now that is so important, and your timing has to be spot on. Get it right, and all’s well!

Leo. Play by your own set of rules by all means, but know very well this time your terms and just exactly what you want because compromise shouldn’t be on the menu, and revenge is a dish best served cold for all to enjoy. Be positive and allow Pluto in Mercury to sort out anyone who gets in the way.

Aquarius. For someone to ruffle your feathers the way that they have, there must be something you are holding onto. Although someone needs to know, in no uncertain terms, just exactly how you feel over a current situation, all that you can do is to make really sure that it doesn’t happen.

Virgo. Mercury working with Neptune brings timbre to a situation which should have been resolved long ago, but which is forced to continue by the ego of someone who seems to want to make life difficult for you! A few home truths should be told, yes, but right now you have other fish to fry.

Pisces. This is a good time to involve yourself in some further study, and to get your teeth into something you will greatly enjoy. You need to matter to yourself, and to put into practice all that you preach, in helping someone who needs your tender love and care, but is afraid to ask.

Cryptic

Code Breaker

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 5 represents R and 14 represents J, so fill in R every time the figure 5 appears and J every time the figure 14 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares. As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

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Across 1 Stout, strong and sturdy (6) 4 Strong wind (4) 8 Cause fear in (5) 9 Loud cry (5) 10 Harmonica (5,5) 13 Workplace for the conduct of scientific research (10) 17 To yearn or long for (5) 18 Reddish (5) 19 Outbuilding (4) 20 Unequivocally detestable (6) Down 1 Over hasty (4) 2 Informal party or social event (5) 3/18 Become angry (3,3) 5 In the middle of (5) 6 Stretch out (6) 7 Companion (6) 11 Serving dish (6) 12 Casual pants (6) 14 Courageous (5) 15 Exhibition of cowboy skills (5) 16 Organs of sight (4) 18 See 3

Across 1 Saturday (6) 4 Sword (6) 9 Calf (animal) (7) 10 Estar de acuerdo (5) 11 Autumn (5) 12 Fencing (sport) (7) 13 Antena (6) 15 Esfera (6) 18 Calefacción (7) 20 They (f) (5) 23 Molar (tooth) (5) 24 Breath (respiration) (7) 25 Trapo del polvo (6) 26 Avispón (6)

Down 1 Wise (5) 2 Bug (insect) (5) 3 Defeat (7) 5 Jerga (5) 6 Línea aérea (7) 7 Promedio (7) 8 Panadero (5) 13 Avergonzado (7) 14 Lectores (personas) (7) 16 Prefix (7) 17 Equal (5) 19 Imagen (5) 21 Lino (ropa) (5) 22 Corto (longitud, distancia) (5)

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

Kakuro 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.

Sudoku

Funagram Unscramble the name of a type of marine creature (two words): THERMIC BRA Unscramble the name of a famous humorous novel, first published in 1889 (five words): BEEN TO THE MARINA

Fill the grid so every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9

Kenny’s Postbag Kenny, my late Mother has appeared in a dream twice just lately. My husband, jokingly, said that she has come to take me to the Spirit World and that she won’t rest until I take my place there. I am worried that he may be right now and it is affecting my sleep. Can you help me? Rose L. Rose, you have said it yourself, he is teasing you! The call to the Spirit World never comes from a family member. They cannot invite you to pass over. This dream is more likely to assure you that your departed Mother is in good hands, and feels able to make contact. Take it as good news, and carry on living your life, it’s not your turn yet. Sleep well!

Kenny Corris

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POOLS

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PROPERTY FOR RENT

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MUSIC TUITION PIANO, Keyboard, Organ, Qualified Teacher. Please call 606 984 535 (257913)

PET CHARITIES

REMOVALS/STORAGE

SPAMA GANDIA SHELTER. Dog and cat rescue registered charity, La Safor area. 500 animals awaiting rehoming. Shelter open 7 days a week 12noon - 2.00pm & 3.30pm - 7.00pm. (Spanish speaking staff) or phone Gail 962 896 118. Visit our website for directions. www.spa ma.org and view our new blog at www.spamasafor.blog.com.es PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THEM (95707) P.E.P.A. VOLUNTEERS & FOSTER HOMES URGENTLY NEEDED. By fostering an abandoned dog or spending a few hours each week on our telephone helpline, you could help save the lives of many animals. Please call: 650 304 746. For more information browse our website: www.pepas pain.com EURO WEEKLY NEWS CLASSIFAX AGENT (95708)

SITUATIONS VACANT FIELD SALES positions available. Must have own transport, English and Spanish preferred, but not essential, must have local knowledge of the area and be smart and presentable. Applications by email with full CV should be sent to recruitment@euroweekly news.com

MISCELLANEOUS

PLUMBERS

GATAMI ORGANISATION, to help kittens and cats, looking for good homes, also spaying wild cats in the community. Kittens require adoption, fully vaccinated, dewormed, de-fleed. We also need volunteers to help Car boot sale in Polop on Sundays Tel Anna: 966 806 976 / 654 729 977 (95709)

PET TRANSPORT PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettravel uk.co.uk Removals also arranged in other vehicles Tel: UK 01209 630 604 or Spain 960 130 537 (280295)

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SITUATIONS VACANT

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THE Plaza Golf Society hosted the ever popular Neil Fyfe Foundation Golf Day at Vistabella Golf Club with 80 players, and was the largest Neil Fyfe event to date. Collaboration has been agreed between the management at Vistabella and the Neil Fyfe Foundation which aims, with the appropriate funding, to promote young golfers of all nationalities coming into the game from this part of Spain. The ultimate goal being that the best of these youngsters could attend the Paul Lawrie Golf School in Aberdeen for a week long intensive coaching session. The day itself was an overwhelming success both on and off the course, with some great scoring and more importantly an astonishing €10,000 raised. An equally enormous thank you goes out to everyone who played and contributed to the brilliant total. The Neil Fyfe Trophy, presented by Neil’s father Steve, was won by Patrick O’Dowd with 43 points followed by Mike Thornton (42) and

Carp-R-Us match report THE third round of the Carp-r-Us Autumn Series was fished on the canals near Mercadona in Guardamar. These stretches used to fish really well, but recently the quality of fishing has dropped off; rumoured to be because they have been illegally netted. Weather conditions were quite good and, despite the recent heavy rain, the water was in decent condition so a good match was expected. In the end, although most people caught, Terry Screen ran out a comfortable winner with 10.12kg off peg 2 caught using pole and bread. Second was Steve Fell with 3.62kg caught trotting maggot off peg 17. Third was Geoff Tempest with 2.92kg closely followed by Jeremy Fardoe with 2.86kg. For more information about the club, check out the Facebook page Carp-R-Us Fishing Costa Blanca or the website www.carp-r-us. weebly.com.

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Neil Fyfe Charity Golf Day

ASTONISHING: €10,000 was raised for the Neil Fyfe Foundation. Ricky Cowan in third with 41 points. There were plenty of other winners on the day with 18 nearest the pin prizes, two’s pot and a raffle but without doubt the biggest winner was the Neil Fyfe Foundation and everybody associated with it. Within the event, the Plaza Golf A GOOD turn out this week saw 42 members and guests travel to Alenda. This is a course which had a reputation of always being in great condition, but sadly this hasn’t always been the case in recent times. So it is good to report that everything was hunky dory - with greens and fairways beautifully presented. Mind you the rough was a different matter. This may account for the range of scoring with some great scores at the top - but some poor efforts lower down. Scores ranged from 13 to 39 and just about everything in between. Tuesday saw the final of the inhouse singles competition when Darren Hancock took on Hugh Reilly at Vistabella. Hugh just missed out on losing by the dreaded dog licence (7 & 6) to make it 6 & 5 to Darren. Darren also featured in the doubles final played at Alenda. He and Norman Padmore took on Robin Eastman and Phil de Lacy. Norman’s recent fantastic form deserted him and Darren couldn’t repeat the magic of the day before - so Robin and Phil ran out 3 & 1 winners. They welcomed seven guests and prizes went to Jaime Martinez (37) and Steve Bingham (32). Nearest the Pins: Norman Padmore (Hole 3), Ivan Hanak (Hole 5) and John Osborne (Hole 13). Gold category: 1st - Barry Roehig (38 points), 2nd - John Os-

Society ran its usual Gold and Silver categories with the following results: Gold: 1st - Mike Thornton (42 points), 2nd - Ron Temple (37) and 3rd - Lee Holtham (36). Silver: 1st - Patrick O’Dowd (43), 2nd - Ricky Cowan (41) and 3rd -

Richie Maher (40). The handicap committee will no doubt be catching up with these ‘on form’ players. The next event is at El Valle on Friday October 5, with a few places left so book now at www.the plazagolfsociety.com.

San Miguel Golf Society

ALENDA: The course has a reputation of being in great condition. borne (36), 3rd - Stuart Grayson (35) and 4th - Richard McCann (34). Silver category: 1st - Mick Fearnehough (38), 2nd - Ivan Hanak (35), 3rd - Rchard Cleary (33) and 4th - Kev Albright (32). Bronze category: 1st - Mick Roscoe (39), 2nd - Norman

McBride (36 on C/B), 3rd - Chris Hamblett (36) and 4th - Carmel McCann (32). You can keep up to date with all SMGS matters by checking the website at www.smgs.org or give Tony Smale a call on 628 227 687. The next three games will be at Las Colinas, Roda and Vistabella

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by John Redfern

A CARTOPHILIST is a person that collects small cards that were given away free mainly in cigarette packets. I will refer to them as fag packets and frig the Yanks! Why? Because a fag to the yanks means, cough, cough, slurp of the red stuff and a drag on my silk cut fag and a nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse! These cards were originally given away in fag packets with fine illustrations on one side and detailed texts on the reverse. Let’s take a step back in time… give me a second just having a sip of the red stuff, (slurp, that’s better. Just lit up my fag). In 1888 WD and HO Wills started to put these cards in their fag packets. The first set was titled ships and soldiers, which no doubt represented the target market for their future cancer sticks. I own hundreds of sets of these cards and will now tell you why ! I was sent to a school in Coventry called Stoke Annex, which was a school for slow learners. My teacher was a chap

At card school avoiding the war

EDUCATION: Learned more from cigarette cards than school. called Colin Jordan and was a leading figure in post-war NeoNazism and a supporter of the Third Reich (check this piece of filth out on Google. He had an

Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

TODAY we are going to look at some things called ‘disjunctive pronouns’. I know the name sounds rather like an eye infection but please stay with me for a while. Grammar words are almost always off-putting, but if we understand what they mean it can help us to understand their use. Pronouns, as we have learned before, are words that replace nouns. If I say ‘he’ instead of ‘Pedro’, or ‘it’ instead of ‘computer’ I am using a pronoun. As for the ‘disjunctive’ bit, it sounds like ‘disjointed’ and that is what it is. It refers to pronouns that do not connect directly to verbs, but which stand on their own in some way. In most cases disjunctive pronouns follow prepositions. I can feel your eyes rolling, but please, keep reading …! This is what I mean: ‘with me’, ‘to you’, ‘about him’, ‘for us’ - these are all prepositions with disjunctive pronouns and this is what we are going to learn today. I’m sure you will agree that they are very useful things indeed. Let’s take the example of a phrase which I’m sure you use frequently: ‘para mí’ (for me). You learnt to say this with

empty hand grenade on his desk and used it as a paper weight. I was bored rigid at this man’s lessons and nearly every day got six of the best on each hand,

which I began slowly to enjoy from this sick, repulsive so-called teacher. My fingers used to swell up but my young brain went into overdrive.

I sat in the gutter at the age of seven, wearing short itchy trousers made of flax- a plant fibre which in the winter used to make your upper thighs red raw - bunking off from school just so I could sit there and think to myself! While doing that I would flick these beautiful free cards from empty fag packets as far as I could, and as they floated down to the ground they seemed to float like butterflies. I became addicted to these cards and gained more knowledge from the information from these cards than my racist teacher. Fag cards became my teacher and I owe the tobacco companies my gratitude for my education!

Disjunctive pronouns ‘un café con leche’ or ‘una cerveza grande’ within a short period of arriving in Spain. ‘Para’ is a preposition, and ‘mi’ is a disjunctive pronoun. Now we can use ‘mí’ with other prepositions. We can say for example: ‘He is talking about me’. ‘Está hablando sobre mí’ or ‘Está hablando de mí’; ‘You can go without me’. ‘Puedes ir sin mí’. We can also say: ‘a mí’ (to me) often when we want to be emphatic: ‘A mí me gusta’ (‘I like it’). This is stronger than just ‘me gusta’ on its own. Also, ‘dámelo a mí’ (‘give it to me’). ‘Dámelo’ already means ‘give it to me’, the extra ‘a mí’ makes it more emphatic. I know a

lot of this is difficult to translate into English or even comprehend via the English language which does not work the same way, but hopefully you are getting the general idea. Now, we have only looked at the ‘first person singular’- ‘mí’ - but we can replace this for the ‘second person singular’ - ‘ti’, as in ‘para ti’ (‘for you’), ‘sin ti’ (‘without you’), and so on. You will be delighted to know that apart from those two forms (mí, ti) the rest of the disjunctive pronouns are exactly the same as the subject pronouns. Yes, you do remember what they are. So here are all of the Spanish disjunctive pronouns to refresh your memory: Mí, (ti / usted), (el / ella / ellos),

(nosotros /nosotras), (vosotros / vosotras / ustedes), (ellas /ellos). Here is just one more example of use, and a phrase that could be useful if you want to give someone a tip in a courteous way: ‘para usted’ (for you) as you hand over the money. There’s just one little one I’ve missed from the above list which is ‘sí’. Yes I know ‘sí’(with an accent) means ‘yes’ and ‘si’ (without an accent) means ‘if’, but please remember I didn’t invent this language. Now we have another accented ‘sí’ which is an impersonal disjunctive pronoun. Its can mean ‘one’ or ‘oneself’ or ‘itself’ in certain neutral types of sentences. I’ll leave it there for now. Two more things to say: firstly in answer to the question, why does ‘mí’ have an accent, whereas ‘ti’ does not? The answer is that ‘mí’ has an accent to prevent it from being confused with ‘mi’ meaning ‘my’, as in ‘mi hermano’ (my brother). Secondly, there are two particular forms which are ‘on-offs’ and just different from all the others. They are ‘conmigo’ (with me) and ‘contigo’ (with you). Don’t ask why these two are different, because you’ll only get that most annoying of answers - ‘because they are’ - . See you next week.

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Ford Transit debuts hybrid model FORD’S Transit Custom strengthens its position as Europe’s leading one-tonne van with the public debut of the new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model, shown for the first time in production form at the IAA C o m m e r c i a l Ve h i c l e show in Hannover, Germany. T h e Tr a n s i t C u s t o m PHEV features an advanced hybrid powertrain system that targets a zero-emission driving range of 50 kilometres (31 miles), and uses the multi-award-winning Ford 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine as a range extender for a total range exceeding 500 kilometres (310 miles). Ford is the first volume m a n u f a c t u r e r t o o ff e r PHEV technology in this segment of the van market. The technology enables the vehicle to be charged with mains electricity for zero-emission

journeys, contributing to reduce local emissions and allowing the vehicle to enter low-emissions zones. The PHEV model will enter volume production in the second half of 2019. “ T h e Tr a n s i t C u s t o m PHEV re-writes the rule book for a general purpose one-tonne van, providing a versatile performer with zero-emission capability,” said Ian Porter, chief programme engineer, Transit Custom, Ford of Eur o p e . “ Tr a n s i t C u s t o m PHEV demands no comp r o m i s e s , o ff e r i n g t h e same load capacity as a diesel van, and the freedom to complete longdistance journeys without the need to stop for a charge.” Ford also announced major enhancements - to the Transit Custom lineup, including an upgraded 2.0-litre EcoBlue diesel, with more power-

ful 185 PS variant, a segment-first diesel mild hybrid powertrain option, and advanced new connectivity with driver assistance features. Using the charge port located within the front bumper, the Transit Custom PHEV can be charged using a domestic 240 volt 10 amp power supply, achieving full charge in five hours, or a commercial 240 volt 16 a m p o r 3 2 a m p s u p p l y, which can bring the pack to full charge in three hours. Designed to enhance performance and cost of ownership, the changes include an upgraded vers i o n o f F o r d ’s 2 . 0 EcoBlue diesel engine, further optimised for fuel efficiency and now available as a more powerful 185 PS variant. Transit Custom also offers a segment-first mild hybrid (mHEV) diesel powertrain option that

delivers additional fuel efficiency improvements, with particular benefits in urban stop-start conditions. The FordPass Connect on-board modem technology is introduced, and the Transit Custom can also be specified with an enhanced suite of advanced driver assistance technologies including Active Park Assist, Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Keeping Aid and Blind Spot Information System with Trailer Tow.

ECO-FRIENDLY: Can use mains electricity for zeroemission journeys.