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Ambassador congratulates Samaritans ■ SUZANNE O’CONNELL
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t’s not every day that you get a thank you from the British Ambassador in Spain. But that’s what the Samaritans got at the opening ceremony of their new facilitiesin the
Punta Marina Shopping Complex. In his speech Simon Manley, the British Ambassador, pointed out that the Embassy itself does not have the resources to cope with the number of people that need their help. He said; ‘Thanks for your efforts in helping the vulnerable. I’m constantly coming across in Spain groups of Brits working together to help others.’
The new facilities will enable the Samaritans to do even more of that. Whereas previously their drop-in and call-centre was located at the back of the shop, now it has its own purposebuilt accommodation. ‘It’s much more comfortable for those volunteers using it,’ explains Continued on page 8
Simon Manley, British Ambassador, congratulates the Samaritans
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Campoverde Theatre Group donates to local charities Campoverde Theatre Group has presented two more cheques to local charities, the donations made from the money raised during its popular performances. On this occasion the charities to benefit were Reach Out Torrevieja, which supports and helps homeless people or others in desperate need and AMMA, the association based in the Mar Menor who provide a day care centre for English
original pantomime based on The Owl and the Pussy Cat. This fun-filled romp develops the traditional nursery rhyme and has every feature expected in a pantomime, the love story between the Owl and the Pussy Cat, the over the top dame and her embarrassed son, the money grabbing pirates to name just a few. This panto has something for everyone, laughter, music, dance
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and Spanish speaking people with Alzheimer’s. Reach Out received a cheque for 500€, whilst AMMA was presented with a cheque for 250€. Both of these charities have previously been recipients of donations from Campoverde Theatre Group. All members of the theatre group felt that Reach Out, AMMA and Help Vega Baja who received a cheque of 500€ last week make valuable contributions to our local community. Campoverde Theatre Group is currently in full rehearsal mode for its next production, a totally
and guarantees to entertain you on a chilly February evening. Why not go along and enjoy an entertaining evening with the Campoverde Theatre Group and help raise more money for local charities. The Owl and the Pussy Cat will be performed at the Casa de Cultura San Miguel with tickets on sale shortly. For ticket information the Ticket Line number is 629 258 697 or go on line at: ctgticketline@gmail.com. For more information about the theatre group and its activities contact Jan on 966 189 741.
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Fast train survey
Accusations of fiscal irregularities The current mayor of Torrevieja, José Manuel Dolón, has denounced the previous local government in relation to the Laguna workshops. The denuncia was presented by Dolón in Alicante in September and includes some serious accusations about fiscal irregularities that could indicate a crime. The present coalition government of Torrevieja town hall has been changing the contracts for these and similar workshops. As new contracts have been drawn up this has revealed further irregularities. The mayor has reported that there was falsification of the signature of an official and falsified dates. However, the implementation of the workshops will not be held up by these enquiries. The investigations will continue due to the seriousness of the allegations and the number of workshops and money invested in employment and training.
As part of his commitment to giving priority to the development of the works of the AVE fast train line, Mayor Emilio Bascuñana, has discussed the results of the survey conducted through the municipal website to gauge the opinion of residents about the works of the AVE in the city. According to the results obtained, the vast majority of Oriolanos consider
varied, but one thing we have left clear. The neighbors want it to be a space for living. Gardening, playgrounds and sports facilities are some of the most voted for options’. The survey offered the Oriolanos the possibility of suggesting the inclusion of other options and some of those ideas include holding a market events, or expanding the tourist offer.
The Mayor of Orihuela
Up and coming events from Age Concern Age Concern would like to draw your attention to two events they have planned for November and December. They welcome people to their ‘Open Week’ from Monday the 16th November to Friday 20th November from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. People can come along to their centre in La Siesta, see what they do
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it a priority or high priority for the city to facilitate the line as it passes on its way through the town and only 10 percent expressed any opposition. Another of the most overwhelming responses has been to the question “How do you rate the performance of the works of the AVE?” 60 percent of the survey participants gave a very critical response to this question. On the elements that should be included in the urbanisation of the areas, Mayor Emilio Bascuñana explained that they ‘are
The Mayor thanked the citizens for their co-operation and participation and has indicated that now, after collecting and collating these opinions, it will launch a contest of technical ideas. The Consistory is waiting to sign the agreement with ADIF and the Mayor said that ‘while the Town Planning Department negotiated behind closed doors with ADIF, this process has now become fully transparent and handled in a participatory manner’.
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LOW SALARIES SHAME SPAIN
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It has been revealed that 3-million people working in Spain made less than €1,000 a month in 2014. Despite an apparent economic recovery, Spanish salaries did not experience any noticeable rise last year, while the difference between top and bottom earners increased, as did the breach between men and women, according to figures released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) on Friday. The 2014 Active Population Survey additionally shows that 4.37 million workers in Spain made less than gross €1,221.10 a month last year, with another 2.9 million failing to even reach the €1,000 mark, coming in at a monthly €972.80 or less. In 2005, the term mileurista (onethousand-euro-earner) was coined by a member of the public who wrote a letter to the editor of Spanish newspaper El Pais to describe the countless highly skilled people who made no more than €1,000 a month despite a booming economy. Now, many people talk about nimileuristas, or not-even-onethousand-euro-earners. There are around three million in this situation. And that is just looking at gross salaries. After deducting income tax and Social Security payments, and factoring in two extra payments a year that most salaried workers receive, there are more than four million in Spain who make less than €1,000 a year, out of a total of 14.2 million included in the INE study.
there and the services they offer. The centre is located in Calle Paganini, La Siesta and they would love you to come along. There will be free refreshments and opportunity to meet volunteers and have a chat. Age Concern are also planning their Christmas Fair on Saturday 5th December. There will be a Raffle with up to 30 prizes and the usual stalls, home made cakes and preserves, tombola and even a lucky dip. Money raised is going towards their ‘Help us Buy a Bus’ appeal that currently has a total of €27,000. As their target is €30,000 they are on the countdown to achieving what seemed an impossible goal. One of the latest donations came from The Fillies Club in Dolores who gave €368 towards the appeal.
The average monthly salary last year was €1,881.30 gross, representing only a 0.65-percent rise (or €22.20) from 2013 and sadly lacking when compared across Europe. Those with lower salaries experienced the smallest increases, widening the gap between those who
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Hartlepool sports and technology college visits Torrevieja
make the most and those who make the least. There is also a gender disparity, with women’s salaries dropping an average €3.50 a month to €1,618.10, while men’s monthly checks rose €23.80 to €2,125. The INE notes that one of the main reasons for this disparity is that more women work part-time, on temporary contracts and in lower-paying sectors.
Dyke House Sports and Technology College in Hartlepool recently sent fifty two of their young athletes to Torrevieja for a week’s Sports City training. The young people took part in a range of different sporting activities. The young sportmen and women were accompanied by their teachers and trainers. Torrevieja is being offered as a venue for English sports students who wish to combine sports practice with a holiday in a warm climate. This is the first time that the school has visited Torrevieja and the
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BITE SIZE BENIDORM CRIME BACK LASH NEWS: Continued from page 4 trip went well. Councillor for sports, Pablo Samper, said; ‘There are good facilities here and the students were well looked-after. The climate has definitely been a key factor. The sunny weather has exceeded their expectations. This visit has been a great success for Torrevieja and we are hoping for more groups from the same school to come out next season.’ The half term trip included athletics, basketball, football, golf, rugby, swimming, tennis and archery. Every morning the students followed a fitness programme set by Teesside University and then in the afternoon took part in specific training in their own particular sport. Most of the sessions took place at the Sports City. Dyke House played matches against local basketball, football and netball teams and experienced a training session on the beach. There was also plenty of opportunity for students to find out more about Torrevieja and to enjoy all it has to offer. Hopefully they’ll be back soon.
Paul Cunningham Event at Laurel & Hardy’s On Saturday 28th November Paul Cunningham will be hosting an event at Laurel & Hardy’s restaurant in Quesada. It will be a charity dinner on behalf of Paul Cunningham nurses and doors will open at 6.00pm with table reservations from 7.00pm. There will be live music with Randall Cain, table magic with Graeme Mykal and a charity raffle. The cost of the event is €20 per person and this includes a three course meal with a choice from five starters, five mains and five desserts. To make your reservation call 965 077 444. Laurel & Hardy’s is located in Calle Los Arcos 21, Ciudad Quesada www.laurelandhardys.com
Help needed for the Sahara Recent floods in the Sahara are causing immense hardship to those who live there. A plea has been put out from Councillor Carmen Morate for donations of food and blankets to help the refugees there who were already living in very poor conditions. The association Compromiso Sahara are preparing a shipment of food, blankets and medicines to try and alleviate the situation. Anyone who thinks they might be able to help can take their donations of nonperishable food, cans, toiletries, blankets and medicines (especially ibuprofen and acetaminophen) to the physiotherapy clinic Las Rocas, the nursery Mi Pequeño Mundo, the dance school Paya’s, the laundry Lolita, the Centro Clinico Torrevieja the Sports City and IES (secondary school) numero uno. Carmen Perez, a member of
Residents, regular visitors and holiday-makers to Benidorm are striking back at the levels of crime experienced in the Costa Blanca’s favourite ex-pat resort. Two Facebook groups set-up by tourists reported an increase in thefts as the English community of the city of Alicante organised a demonstration outside the Town Hall to make theor message loud and clear. British tourists have declared war on Benidorm with thousands of them joining a closed Facebook group called ‘Benidorm Robberies, Muggings and Peamen’. The site details the assaults they have suffered
the association explained; ‘there has been flooding due to heavy rains. People have had to leave the camps and go to higher ground in the mountains as the houses have collapsed. Many have lost everything, they didn’t have much but what they did have they’ve now lost.’ There has been very little media coverage over this issue. ‘Many people are not even aware of what’s happened,’ explained Carmen. To raise additional funds a charity dinner has been organised for the 22nd November in the restaurant Cabo Cervera. During the summer, Torrevieja played host to some children from the Sahara. ‘Our hearts have been touched by these children,’ says Samira Cures from the association. ‘We follow their progress and know that they have lost everything.’
Samaritans’ recruitment day The Samaritans in Spain are holding a recruitment day on Monday 16th November between 11.00am and 2.00pm. The event will be held at their shop and drop-in centre in the Punta Marina Shopping Centre by the Punta Prima roundabout on the N332. They are looking for fluent Englishspeaking volunteers of any nationality. Due to the confidential nature of the work, references are requested but no specific experience is needed as training will be provided. The Listening duties are four evenings a month from 6.00pm until 10.00pm including one Saturday or Sunday. Volunteers are accompanied by an experienced listener. It is a demanding role and constant support and a focus on team welfare is provided. The Samaritans also need shop volunteers. Although they predominantly are involved in the retail side to things they also have awareness training and are fully briefed to handle people in distress. Helpers are needed to sift donations, test electrical items, launder clothes, price items, arrange displays and help keep the storeroom neat and tidy. All volunteers receive a monthly newsletter, invitations to group social occasions, AGM and other team meetings. Perhaps most important is the sense that volunteers have of doing a valuable and important job and contributing to a group that are increasingly in demand. If you would like to volunteer or find out more about the recruitment day you can contact Stephen Baker at stephenrbaker@outlook.com .
whilst they visited the city. Tourists tell of their unfortunate adventures and are even posting pictures to illustrate their woes. The page was created just six months ago and already has more than 3,000 members. The page was launched by Michael Reynolds , a tourist who summered in Benidorm and suffered a robbery which quickly turned his summer dream holiday into a nightmare. His aim now is to use the social network initiative to make people aware of the escalating number of crimes being experienced in Benidorm. He hopes that the social awareness will put pressure on the Spanish authorities in the city, encouraging them to react. He says that the tourists will not allow that everything remains the same and if they want to avoid a mass exodus, the local government needs to act and act quickly. Another page on Facebook established by a Brit, this time an open page, also brings to light numerous crimes by registering complaints from British tourists angry with the crime levels being seen in the Alicanteprovince-based city. The regulars at the aptly named ‘British Benidorm’ page, even post pictures of the robbers in order to warn tourists to be on their guard against them. Both groups also accuse the National Police of having a passive attitude towards crimes committed against tourists. Local backlash However, it is not only UK-based residents who have visited Benidorm who are spearheading the complaints of an untenable situation. English expats registered in the city - more than 6,000 of them - say they are also fed up with gratuitous crime. The British expats settled in the town have organised a rally to take place on 23rd November in front of the Town Hall square in order to protest the increase in crime. A spokesperson for the demonstration organisers told a Spanish newspaper that ‘it is not acceptable for police to practically ignore the violent pickpockets and con artists that stalk the streets of Benidorm. They even turn a blind eye to prostitution in residential neighbourhood where children play in the streets’. She
agrees that the escalating crime is damaging the city’s family fun reputation with tourists beginning to stay away, particularly the elderly, who have for decades made Benidorm their winter home. “Many British love Benidorm, but say they will not return because they have been robbed," said Karen Cowles, who announced that the British group has started a petition to present to the administration on 23rd November. The day will also see many British business owners close or strike for that day to show support.
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For now, the group has already submitted a request to the Government Office to request an increased police presence and a change in attitude by the security forces. The straw that broke the camel's back was the recent death of a British resident in Benidorm whilst in police custody after being arrested for rowdy behaviour and allegedly assaulting his wife. The group believes that te case, which hit the headlines here and in the UK was the final injustice suffered by Brits at the hands of the National Police.
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Dick Whittington – a show not to be missed Sunday, 8th November was one of Studio 32’s last rehearsals of Dick Whittington. But it could almost have been one of the performances planned for this weekend. The rehearsal was completely focussed and this large company of over 71 participants showed just what a professional set up they are. Studio 32 began two and a half years ago with a small core group of 16 people. Most of them had acted with other groups but wanted to create something different. Susan Zillah Wilson started out as their choreographer and then became director of their second performance Sweet Charity. Since then they have continued to perform major shows and have been gradually increasing their membership and the size of their audience. There are some really strong performances in this pantomime. Particularly impressive are the two fourteen year olds who are both lead characters. Alice Joy Wakeford is Patches the Cat – a role that is very difficult to perform, partly because she must spend most of her time on all fours. Jacob Baylis plays the rat henchman, Tuck, very convincingly. Two real talents to watch out for in the future. Girls from Footwork Dance play the rats and are very entertaining too. It’s difficult for them to practise with Studio 32 due to their school commitments. However, they have fitted seamlessly into the cast and everyone knows their place. The adult actors and actresses all perform well. There are the usual goodies, baddies and pantomime conventions that are part of what Christmas is all about. Karen Love is a pretty terrifying Queen Rat. She has been with the group since they started. ‘It’s grown but it’s still like a family,’ she says. ‘It’s a social scene as well as amateur dramatics.’ The whole company is well-disciplined and at 11.00 am on a Sunday morning the turn out is impressive and the performance riveting. It’s not surprising as Susan is a tough taskmaster and she points out herself that she has high expectations of her cast. There are a lot of people behind the scenes and they too are examples of the professionalism and the dedication of the participants. It’s a huge commitment for people but it’s also a financial commitment too. Susan explains; ‘Fiddler on the Roof is our next performance and it costs €2,000 just for the licence to stage it. On top of this we give €1,500 to the charities supported by San Fulgencio, €1,000 for costumes and €2,000 for scenery. The programme pays for itself but all these costs mount up.’ This time the charity contribution will go to Alzheimer San Fulgencio, and the restoration of the Cardenal Belluga Theatre. ‘Any money we have left over we carry on to the next performance,’ says Susan. With Fiddler on the Roof as their next show, they have certainly set their sights high. ‘We could really do with some more men,’ she says. ‘There are lots of male characters in the musical and this is one area where we are low at the moment.’ If you do think you might be interested in taking part in their next performance, either on the stage or behind the scenes, there is opportunity to attend their open day on November 18th at 4.00pm. They will be discussing the show and recruiting new members for the summer musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof’. If you do want a ticket for Dick Whittington there isn’t much time left as very few remain for the Friday and Saturday performances. More are available, however, for Thursday evening (12th November) and the Saturday matinee. The show is being performed at the
Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio and the performance starts at 7.30 pm with doors opening at 7.00pm. The matinee on Saturday 14th November starts at 2.30pm. If you’re Christmas spirit is in need of a boost then it really is worth paying this Studio 32 production a visit.
To get your tickets The tickets are €7 for the evening performances and €5 for the matinee. They can be obtained by calling Philip on 642 080 258 or emailing tickets@studiothirtytwo.org Suzanne O’Connell
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Continued from page1 Lynda Brettle, CEO. ‘It also means that we can run training during the working week. Previously it had to be on a Sunday when the shop was closed. This made it particularly difficult for volunteers who might find that they were giving up four Sundays in a row.’ The Samaritans have been saving long and hard to open the new facility which they see as vital to helping them provide the support that so many vulnerable people need. Christmas can be a particularly difficult time for those who might be lonely, miss family and friends or struggle with relationships. ‘We particularly need volunteers around holiday times,’ says Lynda. Many of our volunteers go back to the UK, especially in the hottest summer months. It’s then that we need people who can stand in.’ It can’t just be anyone. Volunteers must be trained, including those working in the shop. ‘They might be approached by someone coming into the shop who is distressed,’ says Lynda. ‘All our staff need to be ready for this
Samaritans’ retired President, Christine Sumter,was invested with the British Empire Medal for her charity work. ‘Chris was given the option of receiving this distinction at Buckingham Palace or at the Embassy in Madrid, but she decided to receive it here,’ says Lynda.A decision that reflects her own enthusiasm for the Samaritans’ work and for her colleagues. With the new extension now in place and demand for their services so high, the Costa Blanca can expect to hear much more from this very important lifeline.
More information Jason Scawthorn puts Dave Bull, Patron of the Samaritans, through his paces
role and capable of listening if it’s called for.’
The Spartan Race The opening ceremony was accompanied by some very strenuous looking workouts from Jason Scawthorn who was taking Samaritans’ patron, Dave Bull, through his paces. Jason and his team have entered the Spartan race in Valenciain aid of the Samaritans in Spain. ‘We’re training hard,’ said Jason. ‘Every day we’re using spinning, tyres, ropes and I’m pleased that we now have a whole team taking part.’ Jason is still looking for sponsors. ‘From now until the 28th November if you contact me we will come to where your work place or business is and we will do our daily work out there.’ Of course, for the pleasure of seeing Jason and his team work themselves into the ground, Jason does expect a little remuneration for the Samaritans. ‘There will need to be a donation to bring us
there, but it’s a good opportunity to raise the profile of your business as we will be posting the video too.’ You can expect the workout to be to music as Jason explains how important it is to motivation. ‘I like to inspire those who train with me through the music I select. I always try and match their interests and preferences. It makes a big difference to how they train.’ Whether the music will be to his liking in Valencia is a different matter. Jason is under no illusion as to how daunting the task ahead is. ‘It can really bring you down,’ he says. ‘No one can explain how good that finish line feels at the end of a race like this.’ No doubt all those who work for the Samaritans and those who have benefitted from their services will wish him and his team good luck on the 28th.
If you would like to sponsor Jason or support his efforts on the 28th November you can contact him at Punta Prima’s ‘Fit for All’ http://www.gimnasiosentorrevieja.com /en.html or through emailing him directly ptinthesun@gmail.com . If you would like to support Jason through making a donation to the Samaritans then you can take your donation to their base in the Punta Marina Commercial Centre in Torrevieja or visit their website: www.samaritansinspain.com FREEPHONE 900 525 100
Investiture The opening of the new premises wasn’t the only celebration today. The
of the British Consulate in the new facilities
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FOOTBALL’S COMING HOME Football fans and sporting aficionados from across the South Costa Blanca were able to see the World and European Cups won by Spain as the trophies were displayed in Orihuela and Torrevieja over the weekend. The Spanish team has won the World Cup once, in 2010 and the European Cup three times, in 1964, 2008 and 2012. On Saturday, 7th November the Cups were showcased at the Plaza de
Encarnación Puchol in La Mata from 10am to 2pm, and in the Plaza de la Constitución in Torrevieja town centre from 4pm-8pm. Councillor Pablo Samper said fans were able to take photos of themselves with the trophies, ahead of the international friendly match between Spain and England in Alicante next Friday, 13th November. It was Orihuela's turn on Sunday 8th November, when the cups won by 'La
Roja' were on show on Avenida Teodomiro in the city centre, by the Glorieta Gabriél Miro from 11am to 7pm. Councillor Dámaso Aparicio said they had told all the schools and so there were lots of people queuing up to immortalise themselves with the trophies.
Detour causes anger The residents of the Mariblancas urbanisations are thoroughly confused. In times of austerity and cut backs, why has a small stretch of road been turned into a one-way street that everyone ignores? It really is hard to see the reasoning why those travelling from the N332 sliproad up towards Los Altos now have to take a detour around the Mariblancas urbanisations. Instead of going
narrow road. ‘When they come round this corner,’ says Jim, ‘there are people reversing out and further down the road there’s a park. With increased traffic this could be dangerous.’ Another local resident points out that it’s unlikely that those who do take the detour will follow the 20km speed limit, particularly when they’re aware of the futility of the route they’ve had to take. ‘If anything, the one-way system should go in the other direction,’ adds another resident. ‘That would make more sense. It’s hard to see the logic in this at all.’ The fact that so many drivers are ignoring the one-way instruction could have shocking consequences. Local residents are baffled to say the least and also feel frustrated that they’re not too sure where to take their concerns. ‘We will make an instancia,’ says Jim, ‘at the PROP office in Torrevieja but we
The junction where cars must now turn right
straight ahead on Calle Maladeta the cars must travel in almost a complete circle, turning right on to Calle Monteperdito, then left and left again to find themselves back virtually where they started. This detour takes them almostsix times further than they would normally travel, in order to get backto the main road just a few hundred metres higher up and in sight of where they left it. ‘We cannot understand why they’ve done this,’ explains Jim Brogan, president of one of the Mariblancas community of owners. ‘It simply makes no sense.’ Stood watching the junction, out of approximately twenty cars that pass us, eighteen ignore the one-way sign and drive straight across the junction as if nothing has changed. ‘We weren’t consulted about this. Nobody wants this,’ says Jim. The concerns of the local residents include what will happen in the summer. At the moment it’s not too busy but when the crowds arrive, if they take the route they’re supposed to, it will lead to much more traffic passing along a relatively
haven’t had much back from the previous ones we’ve made.’ This community are not sure where to turn with their complaint and at least feel they need an explanation. Hopefully they will get to hear soon why the decision was made to signpost so much more traffic past their doors. Suzanne O’Connell
Spanish deputy president in hot-air balloon crash on cult TV show The Deputy President of Spain, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, has suffered a hotair balloon accident – which was shown on TV to millions of viewers. The PP second-in-command had been taking part in the adventure show PlanetaCalleja, named after its presenter JesúsCalleja, and the episode where she went up in a balloon has been one of the most eagerly-awaited this year. They went up from the base in León, the aim being to follow the famous Santiago de Compostela pilgrims' route by air. However, the balloon did not gain sufficient height when it took off and strong winds threw it against a tree. According to the provincial daily newspaper Sport León, which printed pictures of the accident and aftermath, as the balloon plummeted to earth, reporters heard the TV presenter shouting, “call 112,”
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the emergency services number, and “we've lost control, we've lost control!” And to aggravate the presenter's and deputy president's predicament, torrential rain joined the high winds.Standing around their deflated balloon and getting soaked, with the Guardia Civil having been called in, the two of them shared an umbrella and joked about their ordeal, from which they both escaped unhurt – albeit somewhat shaken. The episode has not yet been aired on TV, so audience ratings for the forthcoming PlanetaCallejaare likely to go through the roof.
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Spanish consumers taxed more for electricity than businesses Spanish consumers paid 52 percent more for electricity consumption at home during the last quarter of 2014 than during the same period five years ago, in 2008.
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his has been calculated as a rise of 81 euro per megawatt per hour (MWh), which is almost twice as much as the European Union average of 42 euro per megawatt. According to a comparative study between electricity prices in Europe and the US, carried out by electricity expert David Robinson, this price increase in Spain placed it as the fourth country where the cost of electricity was the highest by the end of last year throughout Europe, only behind Denmark, Germany and Ireland. However, the report states that the average price of electricity for businesses in Spain went up by a much lesser rate: just 9 percent for mediumsized businesses and only 7 percent for large companies. These are rates that are more on par with the average increases found in the rest of Europe. Robinson said the Government’s meddling within the industry mean the small consumer has been punished most. The rise in the cost of electricity has been attributed to the taxes, fees and other government regulatory tariffs, which account for 73 percent of the increase slapped onto the small consumers’ bills since the start of the economic crisis. For medium-sized businesses, government
tariffs only make up 28 percent of the total price of electricity, whilst for larger companies, it is only 20 percent. Nevertheless, the expert did point out that these fees applied by the Government are not as high as they were and have decreased slightly since the energy reform bill in 2013. According to Robinson, if the Government left managing electricity costs to experts in the field, we would generally pay less for our energy bills and the sector would become much more efficient. He suggested that the Government should think about financing public spending projects, such as investment money for renewable energy, with money put aside for the annual budget rather than through revenue generated from electricity prices. Finally, Robinson calculated that electricity prices within the EU rose 34 percent between 2008 and 2014, but only 18 percent in the United States. In the case of industry, the increase has been much less; 22 percent in Europe and just 6% in US territory. The higher figures for the EU have been put down to a greater government interest in Europe due to the fact that production costs etc. are generally the same in both parts of the world. And it doesn’t look like energy prices are set to lower any time soon in Spain, despite the new tariffs now in force. Consumer organization Facua has reported that the average consumer’s bill has gone up 8% during the first nine months of this year compared to the same period in 2014.
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WEEKLY EURO UPDATE It has been a whippy week for both the£/€ and €/$ rates of exchange with the overwhelming theme being the single currency giving up ground against both over the week but even more so against the US dollar. From a UK perspective the data releases this week were certainly on the positive side. The latest PMI’s Purchasing Managers Indices releases from UK’s manufacturers, construction industry and also Services sector were on the whole, highly impressive. Manufacturing reported a surprisingly strong activity uplift at 55.5 during October, its best performance since June 2014; constriction was slightly lower than the previous month, with the Services providers also showing rising activity. Sterling took advantage to climb as high as 1.42 against the single currency. As usual though it was unable to maintain such heady heights. Super Thursday, so called because of the triple release of news from the Bank of England; The monetary policy summary; Interest rate announcement and the Inflation report, was the catalyst for the turnaround for sterling fortunes. Bank of England Governor delivered the no change to the current 0.5% historical low for the 80th consecutive time. The fact that there was no change to the votes with the status quo of 8-1 maintained saw sterling start its decline. Mark Carney helped the pound on its way by delivering fresh downgrades to UK’s GDP expectations for 2015, 2016 and 2017; with inflation or the lack of now meaning the next interest rate hike has been further delayed possibly now not until 2017. There was little on the data front from the Eurozone this week.
German industrial production was down 1.1% during September from the previous month, factory orders were down by a similar percentage. The single currency had been holding on rather well of late against the US dollar as the markets sentiment towards whether the US Federal Reserve would eventually start raising interest rates had swung one way then the time and time again. Late Friday afternoon saw the release of the October non-farm payroll data which is the highly sensitive jobs report that holds major sway over the state of the American economy. The fact that the US reported surging jobs growth with 271,000 jobs created, the highest recorded this year, was the signal to rush to buy the US dollar. The single currency fell sharply to hit a low just shy of €1.07, the lowest level since spring this year. With the US unemployment rate drifting downwards to just 5% this very upbeat assessment of the US labour market adds further weight to the growing market consensus that US Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen will in fact raise rates at the December meeting. Do remember that whilst US monetary policy appears to be heading towards a tightening bias, it was only a week ago when European Central Bank Governor Mario Draghi gave his own strong hints that he is now poised to act with further stimulus measures to help ensure the Eurozone maintain its recovery and to avoid any chance of dipping back into recession. The diverging monetary policies should they transpire during the month of December could potentially drive the €/US$ rate down with parity now being keenly discussed.
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A lot of Australian and south African plants do very well in our area, but there is a genus in the Australian plants that’s hardly talked about, and that’s the Hakea. However, there are many hakeas that can contribute to a spectacular garden. Cultivation Most hakeas tolerate a wide range of soil and climate conditions. They grow well in sandy and clay loams, preferring a site in full sun or partial shade. They need good drainage that's the most important thing. Water them until they get established. When established they are really tough plants.
Fertilizing Like most members of the Protea family, hakeas have a distinctive root system (proteoid roots) consisting of tight groupings of many small “rootlets”. These are believed to enable the plants to more efficiently take up nutrients from the nutrientdeficient soils where many of the species occur naturally. In cultivation this means that the plants can be adversely affected by fertilizers, particularly phosphorus. So keep fertilizing to a minimum using only low-phosphorus, slowrelease fertilizers or do not fertilize at all.
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akeas are in the Proteaceae family, with banksias, grevilleas, waratahs and dryandras, and there are over 140 species within the genus. Most hakeas are small to medium shrubs, but some can reach small tree proportions. Hakeas can be found in many different environments; the tropics, mountains, the coast and desert areas. Although there are many ornamental and colourful species in the genus, hakea has not achieved the same popularity in cultivation as its relatives Grevillea and Banksia. Hakeas are excellent garden plants and are useful for a number of purposes in the garden and the
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larger species, in particular, are excellent for screening. In addition, the flowers of all hakeas produce nectar and are excellent for attracting birds. They are a very diverse group of plants. Some hakeas have spidery flowers, like grevilleas, others have globe shaped inflorescences, while others look like an elongated spear at the end of the branches. Many of the seed cases are also quite decorative having unusual shapes or they are rough with “bubbly” warts or tubercules which add interest and texture to a garden.
Many (but by no means all) hakeas have narrow, stiff leaves with sharp points which leads to common names such as “needle bush” and “needle points”. This feature makes hakeas excellent plants for boundaries or places where it is desired to restrict access. Plant them as a barrier where you don't want anyone to walk as the proverbial “milkman-proof” fence. Hakeas generally flower in winter and spring and flower colours vary from white, cream, pink, red and pale blue. Many flower in profusion, some feature ornamental fruit while others are noted for fragrance. The flowers are followed by hard, woody seed pods each containing two seeds and, in the majority of species, these pods remain tightly closed unless stimulated to open by heat, such as following a bushfire, or by the death of the plant. The seeds themselves have a papery wing which allows them to be distributed by wind. Those species native to areas where fires occur at regular intervals often have a “lignotuber”, a woody swelling at or below ground level from which regeneration of the plant can occur if the above ground stems are destroyed.
Hakeas respond well to regular, annual pruning where about onethird of the plant is removed. This promotes branching and produces a neat and compact plant with a bushy shape. Some plants can be cut back severely if they develop a “straggly” shape, but others will not tolerate this treatment. If in doubt, always leave some green foliage on the plant.
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The seeds should be placed on a moist seed mix, covered lightly and kept moist. Germination will vary from 15-100 days, depending on temperature and species. Initially seedlings emerge with their dark seed coat attached - most shed it quickly but it may be necessary to intervene gently to prevent misshapen stems. Then transplant them and they grow beautifully. Hakeas deserve to be grown more widely as they have such a range of garden uses and most are ornamental with striking flowers which attract nectar-feeding birds, insects and mammals. The range and diversity of the Hakeas available means there will be one that’s sure to fit your garden.
Unlike their close relatives, the grevilleas, hakeas come true to seed. Just take a seed pod - use secateurs and gloves because they can be prickly - put it into a paper bag and put it onto the window sill of your car where it is hot. The seed pods crack open, revealing the seeds. No pre-sowing treatment is required. Marc Vijverberg
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Town Halls promote themselves in London
Tourism Minister meets Orihuela representatives
Guardamar and Orihuela joined forces to promote tourism for the area at the World Travel Market in London last week. The two local Town Halls didn't want to miss out on this golden opportunity to promote their municipalities as ideal holiday destinations. The WTM is the largest tourism fair in Europe, attended by more than 50,000 professionals around the world. The City of Guardamar was showcasing its combination of traditional sunshine and beaches with an important
range of heritage, archaeology and gastronomy. The municipality is not new to the WTM and has achieved good results there in previous years, particulalry with the British market, which makes up 20 percent of all the visitors to the Tourist Office and 40 percent of all foreign visitors to the municipality. The office attended to more than 6,000 British visitors in 2014 and 15 percent of the resident population in Guardamar is from the UK. The WTM is an exclusive trade show which attracts
travel agents that not only serve Britain but travellers throughout Europe. For example, the tourism delegation met with an important agency that sends tourists from Iceland from March to October to the Costa Blanca, as well as an Irish tourism agency specialising in wedding packages. Following the end of the fair Guardamar tourism businesses will receive a letter from the Mayor along with report and list of contacts to follow up. Orihuela focused on its sporting prowess and used its five superb Golf Courses to highlight the offering. The Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana and Councillor Sofía Álvarez attended the fair to try and attract principally British tourists. They also tried to attract tourists who came to their stand with the benefits of the local climate, its stunning beaches and extensive range of culture, heritage and gastronomy on offer. The Spanish Minister for Tourism, José Manuel Soria also visited the stand and encouraged them to keep promoting tourism because it is one of the most powerful driving forces behind the national economy.
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WELCOME TO CUENCA with Vivalia Travel Cuenca’s old town has the UNESCO World Heritage designation, and the city spreads out from atop a promontory overlooking the ruins of its Moorish castle, the ancient Kunka fortress. Meanwhile, below, the modern city grows on the Júcar plain
Cuenca’s old town has the UNESCO World Heritage designation, and the city spreads out from atop a promontory overlooking the ruins of its Moorish castle, the ancient Kunka fortress. Meanwhile, below, the modern city grows on the Júcar plain. The “upper city” - the medieval streets that give the city its character - begins beside the parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Luz, next the San Antón bridge. Here begins a tour of the hills, steps and viewpoints which provide beautiful views. Cuenca is located across a steep spur, whose slopes descend into deep gorges of the Júcar and Huécar rivers. It is divided into two separate settlements: the "new" city is situated south-west to the old one, which is divided by the Huécar course. The climate of Cuenca is the typical continental Mediterranean of Spain's "Meseta" (inner plateau). Winters are relatively cold, but summers are quite hot. Spring and autumn seasons are short, with pleasant temperatures during the day but with rather cold nights due to its altitude from 956 m above sea level up to
1000 m in the old town. Its name may derive from the Latin conca meaning "river basin", referring to the gorge of the rivers Júcar and Huécar. It may also be derived from the now-ruined Arab castle, Kunka. Other alternative original names have been suggested, including "Anitorgis", "Sucro" or "Concava". The city of Cuenca is also known as the "Eagle's Nest" because of its precarious position on the edge of a gorge.
was rebuilt after it crumbled down in 1902. It is the first gothic style Cathedral in Spain (together with Avila's one), because of the influence of Alfonso VIII's wife, Eleanor, daughter of the King of England and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, who introduced the Anglo-Norman style. From that date the cathedral has undergone some changes. An apse-aisle (doble girola) was added in the 15th century, while the Renaissance Esteban Jamete's Arch was erected in the 16th century. The main altar was redesigned during the 18th century by famous architect Ventura Rodríguez: it features a precious iron-work gate. The façade was rebuilt in 1902 from ruins due to the collapse of the former bell tower, the Giraldo. In the early 1990s modern
The Hanging Houses Also known as “Casas Colgadas“, The Hanging Houses are the most popular attractions of Cuenca, Spain. The history and exact origin of The Hanging Houses is unclear. Some believe they are of Muslim origin, while others say they are Medieval. Centuries ago, this kind of building was frequently seen throughout Cuenca, but nowadays only three “Casas Colgadas” remain, built in a cliff, above Huecar Gorge. La Casa de la Sirena (House of the Mermaid) and the two Casas de Rey (Houses of Kings) were built somewhere between the 13th and 15th centuries and have been renovated in the 20th century. Now the houses host the Museum of Abstract Arts and a restaurant, but they remain the most photographed landmarks in Cuenca.
Cathedral Cuenca Cathedral was built from 1182 to 1270. The façade
coloured windows were installed, and in 2006 one of the two old baroque organs from Julián de la Orden was recovered. The other organ has also been restored, and on 4 April 2009 an inauguration ceremony was held. The naves do not follow exactly a straight line. The San Julián altar, dedicated to Saint Julian of Cuenca, at the apseaisle, consists of columns made of green marble. Another curiosity are the "Unum ex septem" signs at some chapels. It is said that if one prays looking at these signs one would obtain a five-year forgiveness for one's sins, and seven years if one prays during the patron saint's day.
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TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT THE MEAT... Tengo problemo: I have a problem. In the words of Brian Lalor, ‘I’m on the horns of a dilemma.’ You see, I don’t know what I can eat or drink anymore without killing myself. The latest entry on the list of the dead is red meat. I heard a ‘Yank’ bemoan once that anything he liked was now ‘immoral, illegal or fattening’. The Texan can now add cancer-carrying steak to his list – if one is to believe the latest findings of those in the know, who claim that red meat is as grave a cancer risk as drink and cigarettes. Holy God … what is left for a man to live for anyway? This column does not believe that meat is a cancer giver, but we do accept that eating meat can cause the dreaded disease. There is a difference – which I’ll explain to you in a minute. There was a man from Kilcumney who was sent into Mullingar hospital: ‘Badly run down and not an ounce of iron in his blood’ my father said. Happily the man was home right as rain two weeks later. Chatting the lads around Drumcree one night the man, who had never previously seen the inside of a hospital regaled the listeners with a detailed account of his confinement.
‘Did you know any of the other patients’, Mick asked. ‘Ah yes indeed, John Smith (a big farmer – and not his real name) was two beds down from me.’‘And what had him there?’ asked somebody. ‘The doctors said it was too much of the pan’, came the reply … quickly followed by, ‘and I was there for the want of it!’ In those days a pig was killed at our house every year. The animal’s throat was slit and the blood caught in a white enamel bucket to make black pudding. We kids were not insulated from the ‘sticking’ of the pig; this was all part of life. See … you are now horrified at such babbarity. There is a reason for me
telling you these little stories in order to help you understand where the cancer in food originates. Where do you think your nice brown sausage and piece of crispy bacon comes from? Man was a hunter and people have eaten meat since the dawn of history. The pig I just told you about was eaten until it was no more. The family stayed at the face of the pig – and the behind of it, until all the bacon was gone. Why did we not all die from cancer? Join us after the break … Rabbits were caught in a snare and eaten. Fish were pulled out of the lake. Some households killed a lamb at Easter.
The fattest lamb was usually the pet lamb – because it was better minded and better fed. The fatted lamb was the one to get the chop. The semantic change in today’s society is that what consumers call meat isn’t always meat. Diners don’t want to think about the animal or where the food comes from. Meat is packaged and mixed with every sort of concoction to disguise what it is. Meat mixed with foreign ingredients and given a fancy French name is stacked on supermarket shelves. You don’t know what you are eating anymore. The brightly coloured elaborate packaging gives no clue as to the origin of the beef, pork or mutton inside the box, or what it has been treated with. I guarantee you that if they put a picture of a cute pig, a cuddly lamb or a handsome heifer on the label the stuff would rot on the shelf. Strangely though, some meat gets it very hard to rot nowadays. Chances are that on this fancy packaging; with lovely pictures of clover grass, mountain streams and leafy trees, there is a ‘best before’ date stretching well into next year. But as long as the eater can pretend that he isn’t eating part of an animal, bird or fish
Friday, October 30th, was the last day for nominations for the 2015 Costa Blanca People Health and Beauty Awards! The judging panel is now going through all the nominations to see who in each category was voted as the public favourite. The categories, with winners revealed on the awards night, are as follows: Best Salon Best Stylist Best Junior Stylist Best Nail Technician Best Beauty Therapist Best Dental Clinic Best Fitness Provider Best Barber Best Cosmetic Consultant The awards – in conjunction with Mercury FM – take place on Saturday November 28th in Crystals restaurant in La Fuente Centre. Hosted by
– everything is just grand and compliments to the chef. Additives and preservatives are the problem. It isn’t the meat that is causing the cancer, but what they are putting into. A rasher frying on the pan was an awful lot different thirty years ago. Like the man said, any problems with meat were ‘for the want of it.’ Eat real meat that looks like meat, and you won’t get cancer from it. They can bring out all the scares they want, but this unfortunate scrut has given up all he is going to give up … like ‘drinkin’, smokin’ an wimin.’ ‘Medium-well’ for me please … with a few onions and mushrooms if you don’t mind! Ceist: What is killing the vegetarians then?
Half the population of the world have never had enough of ANYTHING to eat: Now that is worth a thought or two?
Mercury FM, the awards night promises to be the ultimate ‘girls night out’ with a wonderful meal, an extensive wine list and to follow the awards, a disco! Managing Director of the Costa Blanca People, Claire Richards said, “We are so excited to have reinstated these awards. The timing is just right to bring them back – so much has changed in the health and beauty industry here locally, competition is fierce and the standard is incredibly high, it will be interesting to see the shortlist.” Director of Mercury FM, Lee Fox said, “We are all about empowering small businesses to succeed so we are thrilled to be involved in these awards.” Crystal’s restaurant is itself an award winning establishment with a fabulous
reputation for great food in sumptuous surroundings. Tickets are priced at €25 per person for a three course meal and entertainment. The night kicks off at 7.30pm and is sure to be thoroughly enjoyable for all. To reserve your table – as numbers are limited – please call 966 701 060 or email emma@costablancapeople.com
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VIVYAN HERMUZ AND AMAL HERMUZ TOP AWARD-WINNING, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STYLISTS You can’t but fail to be impressed when you walk into Vivyan Hair Design. Situated close to Campo de Golf ‘la Marquesa’ one wall is decked with awards received during their seven years in Spain. Another wall carries the certificates that demonstrate they are world champions in their profession of hair design. Vivyan Hermuz and her sister Amal Hermuz are originally from Babylonia (Iraq) and are Assyrian. They worked in Holland before coming to live and build up their business in Spain. Since moving to Spain they have focused their entire lives on reaching the top of their profession. The list of their achievements is incredibly impressive. Vivyan and Amal are overall national champions and have won competitions in Alicante, Bilbao, Murcia, Santomera, Lorca, Caravaca de la Cruz and Mediterraneo. They won the Pride of Spain Award for the best business of the year and Vivyan won the award for the best hair dresser of the year at the Health and Beauty Awards. The sisters have won awards for styling, colouring and hair design and have been honoured with the special award of Premio Capilo. This recognises their outstanding contribution to personal grooming and appearance and their charity work for the Lorca Earthquake Fund. They have competed in international competitions in Paris, Vienna and Milan. Amal has received recognition at world competition level in Milan. These achievements have not come easy. The
sisters have had to work long hours and have made many sacrifices in order to perfect their technique. Vivyan and Amal have worked with professional trainers, travelling many miles in order to receive the best tuition. They’ve had to juggle this with managing their highly successful salon and developing their competition winning styles.
Both the sisters and their customers are truly international. Amal and Vivyan speak six different languages; English, Spanish, Dutch, Belgian, Arabic and Assyrian. ‘We have clients from all over the world,’ explains Vivyan, ‘So I suppose English is the language we use most.’ It might be obvious, but why do they retain such strong customer loyalty? ‘I think people feel at home here,’ says Amal. ‘Theysee us as a family. They come in and they meet the same people, not only us but they recognise the other customers too.’ It’s easy to see why they feel so at home. The cappuccino is delicious and is served with a biscuit. There are sweets for children and even ice cream and soup if you feel so inclined. Amal and Vivyan are perfectionists in their work and every aspect of Vivyan Hair Design reflects this too. Vivyan and Amal say, ‘We would really like to thank all our customers. We really do love them and, of course, we’d like to thank God too.’ We are lucky to have two such renowned top hair stylist designers in our midst. The Rojales- Alicante community is very fortunate and it is well-worth making good use of the talent on your doorstep. For more information or to book an appointment call Vivyan Hair Design 966714 891 or call in to Vivyan Hair Design, Calle Quesada Ballester, Local 10, Campo de Golf ‘La Marquesa’, 03170, Rojales, Alicante. Suzanne O’Connell
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Spanish police break up 'terrorist cell' in Madrid
Spanish authorities have revealed they have broken up a ‘terrorist cell’ linked to the Islamic State jihadist group with the arrest of three Moroccan men who aimed to carry out attacks in Madrid. Police arrested the trio, legal residents of Spain between the ages of 26 and 29, in pre-dawn raids in two neighbourhoods of the capital Madrid, the interior ministry said in a statement. ‘National police broke up in Madrid an active jihadist terrorist cell,’ it read. It added that authorities acted quickly to detain the men because ‘their reactions were very unpredictable’ and they had ‘manifested their clear willingness to carry out an attack
in Madrid’. Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said that, unlike in other recent cases of suspected jihadists arrested in Spain, the men were ‘not devoted to attracting, indoctrinating, radicalising, recruiting’ people to travel to Syria or Iraq to join IS. “Their goal was to act in Spain,” he said on Cadena Ser radio. The suspects “were ready to conduct indiscriminate attacks”, including knife attacks like those recently conducted by Palestinian militants in Israel or deadly assaults with rifles, he added. The cell's leader recruited others by spreading IS doctrine while the other two detained men were ‘operatives’ in charge of carrying out potential attacks, the interior ministry said. One of the suspects was detained in a large shantytown in southern Madrid and ‘had easy access to an illegal market for all types of weapons’. No weapons were seized during the operation. The investigation remains open, the ministry said. Like other European nations, Spain has been grappling with a growing number of jihadist cells on its territory and radicalised Muslims leaving to fight for IS or other Islamist groups in Iraq and Syria and there are fears over
planned attacks on home soil. More than 100 people from Spain are suspected of having joined jihadist fighters in Iraq and Syria and authorities fear they may return to launch attacks. Some 171 suspected jihadists have been detained in Spain since December 2011, according to the interior minister, most of them accused of recruiting for IS rather than actually planning attacks themselves. However, in April, police arrested 11 people in the northeast region of Catalonia, suspected of links to IS and accused of planning local attacks. In January, police arrested four men in Spain's tiny North African territory Ceuta, accusing them of belonging to a group ‘prepared’ to launch possible attacks in Spain. Spain raised its terror alert to four on a scale of five on 26th June following deadly attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait. It is the highest alert level since Al-Qaeda-inspired bombers blew up four packed commuter trains and killed 191 people in Madrid on 11th March, 2004. The heightened alert calls for an increasing police presence on the streets of large Spanish cities as well as at airports, railway stations and bus terminals, nuclear power plants and electrical installations.
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women Councillor for Equality for Orihuela, Sabina Goretti Galindo, has outlined the city’s plans and events organised to mark the United nation’s annual‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women’ to be held on 25th November. Thirty-five percent of women and girls globally experience some form of physical and or sexual violence in their lifetime with up to seven in ten women facing this abuse in some countries. It is estimated that up to 30 million girls under the age of 15 remain at risk from FGM/C, and more than 130 million girls and women have undergone the procedure worldwide. Worldwide, more than 700 million women alive today were married as children, 250 million of whom were married before the age of 15. Girls who marry before the age of 18 are less likely to complete their education and more likely to experience domestic violence and complications in childbirth Councillor Galindo announced that this year the institutional banner ‘Machismo May Kill’ will be exhibited in different areas of the municipality, with the aim of raising awareness against Gender Violence.
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demonstration filled the streets of Madrid on Saturday calling for an end to domestic violence, thought to be the main cause of murder in Spain. A total of 380 associations, charities and social groups, many with no specific connection to domestic violence but who support the cause, descended on the capital after 268 coaches were organised from all over the country and the national rail board, RENFE, gave discounted train tickets to Madrid. Some were from as far away as the Costa Blanca, with dozens of groups from the northern half of the Alicante province – even housewives' associations of small villages – taking part. More than 21,000 people joined the protest – mostly women, but also a significant minority of men. According to the manifesto, a total of 1,392 women have been murdered by their current or exboyfriends and husbands in 20 years, of which 84 were recorded this year alone – just in the
summer of 2015, a total of 37 women and eight children were killed either by the women's partners, in some case the youngsters' fathers, although among the eight were teenage girls killed by their boyfriends. The figures are 'just the tip of the iceberg' and government statistics do not reflect the true magnitude of the situation, the manifesto claims. The coverage of the march comes as breaking news from Valencia reports the death of a woman and her daughter, shot dead by the woman’s ex-husband and the girl’s father. The man is believed to have had an injunctionand was arrested as he tried to flee the town of Llíria, inland from Valencia city, where the women lived. The man opened fire on the women just outside their house at around 5pm Sunday evening. A four-year-old child in a pushchair who was with them escaped unhurt.
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Business Profile
CARS AND KITCHENS GIVEN A NEW LEASE OF LIFE with all legal requirements and health and safety,’ says Ken. Rapid Repairs might have made their name for their motor accident repair work but they have also found a new, booming market. ‘We’re finding a lot of interest from people wanting to give their kitchens a new lease of life,’ says Ken. He has the pictures to prove it. A range of before and after photos show gloomy and rather shabby kitchens refreshed and looking as good as new. ‘We’re finding that people who are struggling to sell their property are coming to us to improve the look of
Rapid Repairs are busy. If ever there was a good recommendation for a business it’s that people use them, and then use them again. ‘We get recommended by word of mouth,’ explains Ken Brooks the owner. ‘People know us and trust us. We’ve been around since 2008.’ Rapid Repairs moved their premises in March 2015 to their new site at Poligono Industrial LasMoras, San Fulgencio. It’s a perfect spot with large, clean, airy premises, good parking and easy accessibility from the N332. The new premises also meant an upgrade on some of their services. They now have a spray bake oven which improves the finish of recently sprayed cars and other items. ‘The new building helps us to fully comply
their kitchens,’ says Ken. ‘We collect the doors and drawers or we can take them off ourselves and bring them to the warehouse. Then we degrease them, machine rub down, sand, fill and then you can have either a sat, matt or high gloss finish.’ Another part of the business is dealing with car sunburn. Whereas cars in the UK suffer from rust, the cars in Spain suffer from sunburn. You’ll have seen cars with peeling paintwork particularly on car bonnets and roofs.Rapid Repairs have no problem using primer, paint and lacquer to
bring your car’s paint work up to mint condition. If their customers’ recommendations didn’t convince you how efficient the Rapid Repair service is then their links with high profile insurance companies might. They have worked with companies such as Linea Directa, Liberty, Ibex, Reale and MSD. It’s a thoroughly comprehensive service that includes provision of a courtesy car (subject to availability), free written estimates (valid for three months), and a collection, pick up and delivery service within a 5km radius. They will take on anything from complete re-sprays to headlamp polishing. You don’t have to take our word for
it, you can see for yourself by looking at the transformations of both vehicles and furniture on their Facebook page or visiting their premises in San Fulgencio. They are open from 8.00 am until 5.00pm and don’t close for lunch. Alternatively you can contact them by calling 645 162 808 or 966 924 510 or emailing them at info@rapidrepairs.es Suzanne O’Connell
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Success for Spanish toy company’s non-sexist catalogue For the second year in a row, Toy Planet has published a Christmas catalogue that deliberately tries to avoid casting boys and girls in genderspecific roles.Instead, the Spanish toy chain shows little boys playing with dolls and pushing tiny baby strollers, and little girls riding motorcycles and handling toy DIY kits. The initiative began three years ago with pictures posted on the company’s Facebook and Twitter accounts, explains Toy Planet general director Ignacio Gaspar. The response was so positive that executives decided to put the idea down on paper in Toy Planet’s 2014 Christmas catalogue. “We were hoping that other stores would join our initiative, but so far we’re not seeing that happen,” he says. “This is still an unresolved matter in the industry. We would like to see more companies joining us,” says Gaspar, who plans to keep publishing nonsexist toy catalogues next year. But the gender-neutral photographs only involve the chain’s own toys, marketed under the Toy Planet brand. Other makers have so far been reticent about changing their own campaigns.
“They’ve congratulated us a lot, but the support has been more about attitude than about behavior,” says Gaspar, who has noticed a little bit of change in recent years, albeit slowly. “It’s still hard going. If communication is not
encouraged, it’s hard for someone to take the helm with the changes,” he notes. “Who does it? The families?The companies? It’s like a dog chasing its tail.” But some change is visible. Play kitchens, for instance, are now a unisex product for many makers, given that these days many fathers cook in the home and that more and more boys are asking for these toys. The same goes for construction toys, with which a growing number of
girls are playing. Some studies also show that girls are increasingly interested in superheroes, which until recently had been considered an all-male territory. And thanks to advocacy work by groups such as Let Toys Be Toys, a growing list of British toy stores and retailers are dropping the “girls” and “boys” signage on their toy aisles. The latest chain to join the club was the giant US discount retailer Target. As The Washington Post noted, this measure “simply means organising products children already love according to interest or theme — not by boy or girl.” Backward move In fact, The New York Timespoints out that “toys are more strictly gendered today than they were 50 years ago, when adult gender roles were much more separate, according to research by Elizabeth Sweet, a sociologist at the University of California. According to that study, a 1975 Sears catalogue showed that only two percent of toys were labeled as being specifically for boys or for girls, while in 2012, all the products at the Disney store were labelled or clearly identified as genderspecific.
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Dealing withSTRESS If you’re reading this with a knot of anxiety in your stomach or if, at some point this week, you’ve felt like throwing your computer through a window, know you are far from alone According to the Mental Health Foundation, almost half (47 percent) of us feel stressed every few days. Of course, life is never going to be completely stress-free, but the rise of mental health issues in the media surely owes something to our increasing level of stress. The 4thNovember was National Stress Awareness Day and it’s a good time to shine a light on the problems caused by stress. Stress is a leading cause of depression but it also triggers a range of physical health problems, including heart disease, high blood pressure, migraine, asthma, bowel problems, fatigue, insomnia and stomach problems. It may be that you need help in managing your stress levels but self-care is a good place to start. Understanding your stress and learning better ways to react to it will stand you in good stead, whatever stage of your life you’re at.
Pinpoint what’s making you stressed The first step in dealing with anxiety is to identify which parts of your stress are external, which are internal and how the two interact with each other. Situations or events cause stress but so does our reaction to them. Key to finding solutions is being clear about which is which. Write down what’s causing your anxiety. Is a specific situation worrying you? Remember, sometimes even happy events can cause stress as they can involve dramatic change. Work out what you can change Once you’re clear about what’s on your mind or whether your anxiety is freefloating, you’ll know if you should focus on managing external pressures or developing your emotional resilience so you're better able to cope. Most likely it’ll be a bit of both. Changing a situation isn't always possible, however there’s likely to be some aspect you can control. If your job is a nightmare, you can start looking for a new one or arrange a meeting with your boss. Write things down Allowing stress to fester in the back of your mind without confronting it will increase your anxiety. Simply deciding to take control will make you feel better. A good way of making this a concrete process is to write things down. Spend time with friends Numerous studies have highlighted the physical and mental health benefits of a strong social support network. Quantity isn’t the name of the game here. A couple of solid, dependable friends will be far more helpful than a Facebook feed full of vague acquaintances. If you’re feeling stressed, call a friend or arrange to meet. Even a quick catch up can help put things in perspective and lower your stress. If you can have a laugh, even better; laughter is an excellent stress reliever. …Also spend time alone Important as it is to spend time around people you love and connect with, so too is solitude vital. Time alone allows us to reboot and think things
through. Studies have shown that solitude helps improve concentration and increase productivity, meaning you’ll have the energy to tackle stressful tasks. Remember, time alone means switching off from social media too. Take pleasure seriously Most of us take work seriously and know it’s a non-negotiable part of the week. When it comes to pleasure, however, it’s easy to tell ourselves we’re too busy. This is not a healthy way to live and, if you’re not allowing yourself to do anything that makes you happy, don’t be surprised when stress comes knocking. Taking time for pleasure doesn’t have to involve a weekend in a spa! Find something that’s realistic for the time and money you have available. Go for a walk in the park, watch a favourite film, take some pictures, buy a new plant, paint your nails, just do something that feels like a treat. Set some realistic goals Deciding “I need to change everything in my life” is all well and good but it’s not going to happen unless you break things down into achievable goals. Once you’ve pinpointed the things that are causing you stress, work out what steps you’ll need to take to get there. Make a list and begin. If you’re having a crisis, even small tasks like making the bed, having a shower and going for a walk are achievements. Get support online While we’re often told that social media can fuelanxiety, your phone or laptop can be put to good use in tackling stress; here are some examples: Big White Wall is an online community of people who are anxious or experiencing depression. Users support each other by sharing what’s troubling them, guided by trained professionals. It’s available 24/7 and is completely anonymous. Big White Wall is free in many areas of the UK via the NHS, employers, and universities. It’s also free to all UK serving personnel, veterans, and their families. Headspace is a mediation app offering meditations of varying lengths and for different purposes. It’s basically your own pocket life coach to help
you get into a better state of mind. You can also choose to buddy up with friends and motivate each other along the way. Pacifica is a self-help app for anxiety. Based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) combined with relaxation and wellness techniques, Pacifica allows you to set and track your daily health goals for habits like exercise, sleep and relationships. You can also tap into mindfulness meditations, deep breathing and progressive muscle relaxation techniques. Get active We won’t be the first people to tell you that exercise is great for combatting stress, but that’s because it’s true. Many studies have now linked physical activity to improved mood and lowered stress. The trick is finding something you actually want to do. Swimming, jogging, fast walking, dancing, yoga, cycling or playing a sport will all help. Exercise probably isn’t going to make your stress disappear but it will lighten things enough for you to get on with your life. Create challenges Experts suggest that setting yourself a goal and working towards it can lower stress. Pick something that’s not directly related to the parts of your life that are causing you stress. Sign up to a dog walking website, buy some paints and follow a tutorial to learn a new technique, bake your friend a cake. Just doing something new and out of your ordinary routine can help break unhealthy thought patterns. Avoid self-medicating A nightly half-bottle of wine may seem like the perfect solution when you’re going through a stressful patch, but in the long run it’s counterproductive. Burying your worries with drink or drugs won’t make your worries disappear and will, in fact, add new ones. If you’re prone to anxiety, alcohol will make your symptoms worse in the long run. Work on the physical symptoms of stress Your mind and body work symbiotically when it comes to stress. Just as
feeling stressed can cause you to tighten your muscles, clench your jaw and set your stomach churning, so too can these physical actions lead to more stress. This means that sometimes, focusing on relieving the physical symptoms will help you feel more mentally relaxed. Do some stretches, lie flat on your back and breathe deeply, take a gentle walk and, if needs be, take some painkillers. Plan your next meal When things are hectic, eating properly can be one of the first things to go out of the window. However, getting the right nutrition will boost your ability to deal with stress. The trick is to plan ahead. Buy in food that can be thrown together easily so that you don’t resort to donuts. Cook a big batch of something then freeze it in portions for later. Feeding yourself is a cornerstone of self-care. Focus on your senses Mindfulness is a word you’ve probably heard thrown around a lot in recent years. This is because many people swear by it. Mindfulness is about being in the present. A simple way of tapping into mindfulness is to focus on your senses: sight, smell, sound, taste and touch. Find things to do that are conducive to this. Sink into warm water, wrap yourself in a soft jumper, light a scented candle, listen to something beautiful. All of these things will bring you back to the present moment. Take control of your thoughts Be aware that, however stressful lie events may be, it’s your thinking style that will ultimately get you down. Learning to control your thoughts is the single most important thing you can do when it comes to managing your stress. Try to take an objective look at how you think. Do you always play out the worst case scenario in your mind? Do you always think that people are thinking the worst of you? Are you always expecting to fail? Challenge these beliefs, including those around what you “should” be doing or achieving.
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Bone Tomahawk (2015) 7.1 Four men set out in the Wild West to rescue a group of captives from cannibalistic cave dwellers. Director: S. Craig Zahler Writer: S. Craig Zahler Stars: Patrick Wilson, Lili Simmons, Kurt Russell Warning: Very bloody.
Sicaro (2015) 8.0 An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Director: Denis Villeneuve Writer: Taylor Sheridan Stars: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015) 4.5 Using a special camera that can see spirits, a family must protect their daughter from an evil entity with a sinister plan. Director: Gregory Plotkin Writers: Jason Pagan (screenplay), Andrew Deutschman (screenplay) Stars: Chris J. Murray, Brit Shaw, Ivy George
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Channel 4 6.10am 7.00am 7.45am 8.10am 8.35am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.05pm 1.35pm 2.10pm 3.10pm 4.10pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.55pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.35pm 12.35am 1.30am 2.30am 2.55am 3.25am 3.55am 4.50am 5.45am 6.35am
Deal or No Deal Countdown 3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News Summary Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Benchmark Deal or No Deal Countdown Homes by the Sea Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Rory Peck Awards The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds 24 Hours in A and E Catastrophe Tattoo Fixers My Psychic Life Pokerstars.Com Shark Cage KOTV Boxing Weekly Gillette World Sport Mobil 1 The Grid Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not Location, Location, Location Deal or No Deal 1001 Things You Should Know
8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.00am 12.25am 12.45am 1.10am 1.30am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am
Top Gear Don't Tell the Bride Don't Tell the Bride EastEnders Together Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy Together Don't Tell the Bride The Rise of Female Violence Don't Tell the Bride This is BBC Three
Soap Update Eastenders – Ronnie and Dean continue to fight for Roxy. Tensions grow at the Vic, forcing Elaine and Mick to come to blows. Emmerdale – Ashley wrestles with his conscience. Lawrence is honest with Bernice. Jai tries to drive a wedge between Nikhil and Tanya.
Movies Now George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy A Touch of Frost Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Rosemary and Thyme Carry On Forever Law and Order: UK Secret Smile A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
Channel 5 6.10am 6.35am 7.00am 7.10am 7.20am 7.30am 7.40am 7.50am 7.55am 8.10am 8.20am 8.35am 8.50am 9.00am 9.15am 9.25am 9.35am 9.45am 10.00am 10.15am 12.10pm 1.10pm 1.15pm 2.15pm 2.45pm 3.20pm 4.15pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.55am 1.45am 4.10am 5.00am 5.25am 5.45am 6.10am 6.35am
House Doctor House Doctor The Wotwots! Chloe's Closet Lily's Driftwood Bay Fireman Sam Wissper Peppa Pig Pip Ahoy! Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Ice Road Truckers 5 News Lunchtime Ice Road Truckers Home and Away Neighbours NCIS When Calls the Heart 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Police Interceptors Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives CSI: Cyber The Mysteries of Laura The Mysteries of Laura Super Casino GPs: Behind Closed Doors Wildlife SOS The Great Artists House Doctor House Doctor House Doctor
8.00pm
World News Today
8.30pm
On Stage at the Exeter Northcott
9.00pm
At Home with the Georgians
10.00pm
Billy Elliot
11.45pm
Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession
12.45am
The Last Days of Anne Boleyn
1.45am
Natural World
2.45am
The Secret Life of Elephants
3.45am
Hidcote: A Garden for All Seasons
4.45am
This is BBC Four
BBC 3
ITV3 7.00am 7.10am 7.35am 8.40am 9.35am 10.40am 11.05am 11.35am 12.00pm 2.05pm 3.05pm 4.10pm 5.15pm 5.50pm 6.20pm 6.55pm 7.55pm 8.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.35am 3.20am 3.30am
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BBC 4
More 4
ITV4
9.55am
Phil: Secret Agent Down Under
7.00am
Gunsmoke
11.00am
Great Canal Journeys
8.05am
The Sweeney
12.05pm
River Cottage Bites
9.05am
Minder
12.25pm
Laughter in Paradise
10.05am
Magnum, P.I.
2.25pm
Time Team
3.30pm
Time Team
11.10am
Gunsmoke
12.15pm
The Professionals Pawn Stars
4.35pm
Cornwall: Walking Through History
5.40pm
A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
1.15pm
6.45pm
A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
1.45pm
Snooker
7.50pm
Great Canal Journeys
6.15pm
Storage Wars
8.55pm
Grand Designs
6.45pm
Motogp Highlights
10.00pm
Homes by the Sea
7.45pm
Snooker
11.00pm
Million Pound Properties
12.15am
Smokin' Aces
12.10am
24 Hours in A and E 2.25am
Ax Men
3.25am
Tommy Cooper
Grand Designs
3.55am
ITV4 Nightscreen
Hugh's 3 Good Things
4.00am
Teleshopping
1.15am 2.15am 3.20am 4.25am
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Homes by the Sea
TV Pick Eamon and Ruth: How the other half lives – Channel 5, 10.00pm Documentary series in which Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford explore the lifestyles of the super-rich. Eamonn and Ruth get to snoop around a multimillionaire mansion worth ú20m, complete with its own bowling alley, golf course, football pitch, swimming pool and cinema.
Television: Wed 11th Nov
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BBC2
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Breakfast The Wanted Homes Under the Hammer Two Minutes Silence The Housing Enforcers Neighbourhood Blues Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Edge Escape to the Country My Life on a Plate Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Cuffs The Apprentice BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Live at the Apollo Film 2015 Cabaret Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News
7.15am 8.00am 8.45am 9.15am 9.45am 10.15am 12.00pm 1.00pm 1.10pm 1.20pm 3.15pm 3.45pm 4.45pm 5.45pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm
7.00am
Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Psych Emmerdale You've Been Framed! Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale The Cube Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Release the Hounds The Vampire Diaries Tricked Two and a Half Men Release the Hounds Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen
11.00pm 11.30pm 12.15am 1.15am 1.45am 2.45am 3.45am
ITV2 7.20am 8.05am 8.35am 9.05am 10.05am 11.05am 11.55am 1.10pm 1.40pm 2.40pm 3.40pm 4.50pm 5.55pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 2.30am 3.20am 6.50am
Assassin
8.30am
Pan: On Set Special
9.00am
Jingle All the Way 2
10.45am
Wild
1.00pm
Extinction
3.00pm 4.30pm
Assassin Spectre: Special
5.00pm
American Sniper
7.15pm
Jingle All the Way 2
9.00pm
American Sniper
11.15pm
Assassin
12.45am
Wild
2.55am
Let Us Prey
4.30am
Extinction
6.30am
Spectre: Special
ITV1 7.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 11.00pm 11.40pm 12.40am 1.10am 4.00am 4.50am 6.05am
Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Judge Rinder Pick Me! Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One ITV News at Ten and Weather Piers Morgan's Life Stories Wild Ireland Jackpot247 Ejector Seat ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show
7.00am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 5.30am 6.00am
The Dog Whisperer Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie Futurama Futurama Modern Family Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Arrow You, Me and the Apocalypse Prison: First and Last 24 Hours NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Legends Stop Search Seize Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare UK Border Force
Sky Sports 1 7.00am 7.15am 7.30am 7.45am 8.00am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 6.00pm 6.15pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 12.00am 12.30am 12.45am 1.00am 1.15am 1.30am 1.45am 2.00am 6.00am 6.15am 6.30am 6.45am
Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am
My Life on a Plate The Edge Junior Bake Off See Hear Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip Victoria Derbyshire BBC News Lifeline Coast Carve Her Name with Pride The Box The Great British Bake Off Wild Brazil The Wonder of Animals Antiques Roadshow Eggheads Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul MasterChef: The Professionals Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You The Apprentice: You're Fired! Newsnight The Railway: Keeping Britain on Track See Hear Earth's Wildest Waters Patagonia: Earth's Secret Paradise This is BBC Two
Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE Experience Fantasy Football Club Highlights Bpl Legends Bpl Legends The Premier League Years MLS Round-Up Show La Liga World 2015 Fantasy Football Club Highlights Grand Slam of Darts Darts Gold Darts Gold Fantasy Football Club Highlights Wayne Mardle Interviewing Eric Bristow Grand Slam of Darts A League of Their Own Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Grand Slam of Darts Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold
Sky 1
E4 7.00am 7.45am 8.35am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.15pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.30am 1.00am 1.50am 2.20am 2.50am
Channel 4 7.00am 7.45am 8.10am 8.35am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.05pm 1.35pm 2.10pm 3.10pm 4.10pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.55pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.35pm 12.35am 1.30am 4.15am 6.20am 6.30am
Countdown 3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Channel 4 News Summary Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Benchmark Deal or No Deal Countdown Homes by the Sea Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Rory Peck Awards Restoring Britain's Landmarks Grand Designs Peep Show 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24 Hours in A and E The Insider A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story Kirstie's Vintage Gems 1001 Things You Should Know
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Top Gear Don't Tell the Bride Traffic Cops Russell Howard's Good News Josh Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy Josh Together The Fear Don't Tell the Bride Rent a Cop Josh This is BBC Three
Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts Men in Black II Supernatural The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Gogglebox New Girl The Mindy Project Supernatural
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Movies Now George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy A Touch of Frost Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Midsomer Murders Law and Order: UK Wycliffe A Touch of Frost Judge Judy Teleshopping
Soap Update Emmerdale – Ashley lets the cat out of the bag. Andy has it out with Robert. Nicola gets a surprise on her return. Coronation Street – Tracy is suspicious of Liz and Tony. Has Simon turned over a new leaf? David cuts Kylie some slack.
Channel 5 7.00am 7.10am 7.20am 7.30am 7.40am 7.50am 7.55am 8.10am 8.20am 8.35am 8.50am 9.00am 9.15am 9.25am 9.35am 9.45am 10.00am 10.15am 12.10pm 1.10pm 1.15pm 2.15pm 2.45pm 3.20pm 4.15pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 1.45am 4.10am 5.00am 5.25am 5.45am 6.10am 6.35am
The Wotwots! Chloe's Closet Lily's Driftwood Bay Fireman Sam Wissper Peppa Pig Pip Ahoy! Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Ice Road Truckers 5 News Lunchtime Ice Road Truckers Home and Away Neighbours NCIS: Los Angeles When Calls the Heart 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight World's Tallest Towers GPs: Behind Closed Doors Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! Autopsy Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Super Casino Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railway Journeys Wildlife SOS The Great Artists House Doctor House Doctor House Doctor
8.00pm
World News Today
8.30pm
On Stage
9.00pm
Time Shift
10.00pm
Colour: The Spectrum of Science
11.00pm
Wild Weather with Richard Hammond
12.00am
Storyville
1.40am
Horizon
2.40am
Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters
3.40am
Colour: The Spectrum of Science
4.40am
This is BBC Four
BBC 3
ITV3
BBC 4
More 4
ITV4
9.55am
Phil: Secret Agent Down Under
7.00am
Gunsmoke
11.00am
Great Canal Journeys
8.05am
The Sweeney
12.05pm
River Cottage Bites
9.05am
Minder
12.25pm
My Darling Clementine
10.10am
Magnum, P.I.
2.25pm
Time Team
3.30pm
Time Team
11.15am
The Big Fish Off
12.15pm
The Chase
A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
1.15pm
Pawn Stars
6.45pm
A Place in the Sun: Home or Away
1.45pm
Snooker
7.50pm
Great Canal Journeys
6.15pm
The Professionals
8.55pm
Grand Designs
7.15pm
Storage Wars
10.00pm
Car S.O.S
7.45pm
Snooker
11.00pm
Inside Rolls-Royce
12.15am
Raw Deal
12.00am
999: What's Your Emergency? 2.25am
Minder
3.30am
Nitro Circus
Inside Rolls-Royce
3.50am
ITV4 Nightscreen
A Place in the Sun
4.00am
Teleshopping
4.35pm 5.40pm
1.05am 2.05am 3.05am 4.10am
Walking Through History
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Car S.O.S
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TV Pick
The Nations Favourite Beatles Number One – ITV – 9.00 pm Special programme celebrating the classic chart-topping songs of the most successful band in history, counting down the results of an exclusive poll. Which of the Fab Four's 27 chart-toppers from the UK and the US has been voted the nation's favourite Beatles number one? From She Loves You to Hey Jude, Day Tripper to The Ballad of John and Yoko, and I Want to Hold Your Hand to Let It Be, the programme tells the stories behind some of the band's most enduring hits, which were all written within an eight-year period in the 1960s. The programme hears stories from those who knew the band best, as well as praise from famous fans across the generations - including model Twiggy, ABBA's Bjorn Ulvaeus, singer Sandie Shaw, contemporary singer-songwriters Jake Bugg, George Ezra and Corinne Bailey Rae, musical mastermind Jools Holland, and Manfred Mann's Paul Jones.
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Television: Thurs 12th Nov BBC1
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BBC2
Breakfast The Wanted Homes Under the Hammer The Housing Enforcers Neighbourhood Blues Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Edge Escape to the Country My Life on a Plate Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders Tom Jones and Rob Brydon: One Big Night for Children in Need Mrs. Brown's Boys BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Question Time Stacey Dooley Investigates Holiday Weatherview BBC News
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ITV2 7.00am 7.20am 8.05am 8.35am 9.05am 10.05am 11.05am 12.15pm 1.10pm 1.40pm 2.15pm 2.40pm 3.40pm 4.50pm 5.55pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.50pm 12.20am 12.50am 1.20am 1.40am 2.05am 2.40am 3.05am 3.30am
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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold WWE SmackDown! Bpl Legends Bpl Legends Bpl Legends The Premier League Years Bpl Legends Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Grand Slam of Darts Darts Gold Darts Gold Barclays Premier League World Gary Newbon Interviews Phil Taylor Grand Slam of Darts NFL Pre-Game Show NFL: Buffalo @ New York Barclays Premier League World Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold
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Revenge Charmed Charmed Hollyoaks Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Charmed Charmed How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks 2 Broke Girls The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Drifters New Girl Rude Tube The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Empire Rude Tube
Sky Movies Premiere Assassin
8.30am
Maleficent Special
9.00am
Jingle All the Way 2
10.45am
Wild
1.00pm
Extinction
3.00pm 4.30pm 6.45pm
Assassin American Sniper Spectre: Special
7.15pm
Jingle All the Way 2
9.00pm
American Sniper
11.15pm
Wild
1.25am
Assassin
2.55am
Let Us Prey
4.30am
Extinction
6.30am
Spectre: Special
ITV1 7.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.40pm 12.40am 1.05am 4.00am 4.25am 6.05am
Sky Sports 1
You've Been Framed! Psych Emmerdale Coronation Street Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale Coronation Street You've Been Framed! Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder The Xtra Factor Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Scorpion Celebrity Juice The Keith Lemon Sketch Show The Keith Lemon Sketch Show Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men The Job Lot Viral Tap Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Animal Practice Teleshopping
7.00am
My Life on a Plate The Edge Junior Bake Off The Great British Bake Off Masterclass Victoria Derbyshire BBC News Advise and Consent The Box The Great British Bake Off Wild Brazil The Wonder of Animals Antiques Roadshow Eggheads Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul MasterChef: The Professionals The Last Kingdom Russell Howard's Good News Newsnight Dominic Sandbrook: Let Us Entertain You Panorama The Celts Doctor Who This is BBC Two
CostaBlancaPeople - November 10th - 16th 2015
Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News Judge Rinder Pick Me! Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Tonight Emmerdale Paul O'Grady: For The Love of Dogs Unforgotten ITV News at Ten and Weather The Cube Birds of a Feather Jackpot247 Tonight ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show
Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 5.30am 6.00am
The Dog Whisperer Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Greggs: More Than Meats the Pie Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Harrow: A Very British School Futurama Futurama Modern Family Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Supergirl Bring the Noise Trollied After Hours NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Legends Stop Search Seize Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare UK Border Force
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Movies Now George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Where the Heart is Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy A Touch of Frost Heartbeat Wild at Heart Where the Heart is Doctor at Large On the Buses George and Mildred Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Rosemary and Thyme Paul O'Grady's Animal Orphans Law and Order: UK Wycliffe A Touch of Frost ITV3 Nightscreen Teleshopping
E4
Channel 4
Eastenders – Ronnie, Roxy and Dean reach breaking point. Kim remains torn over Vincent, but will she give him another chance? Billy is surprised when a familiar face returns to the Square. Emmerdale – It is showdown time for the Sugden brothers. Nicola stages a onewoman protest. Ashley's memory lets him down again. Megan's secret is out. Jai makes trouble between Nikhil and Tanya. Jimmy attempts to win Nicola round.
Channel 5 7.00am 7.10am 7.20am 7.30am 7.40am 7.50am 7.55am 8.10am 8.20am 8.35am 8.50am 9.00am 9.15am 9.25am 9.35am 9.45am 10.00am 10.15am 12.10pm 1.10pm 1.15pm 2.15pm 2.45pm 3.20pm 4.15pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 1.50am 4.10am 5.00am 5.25am 5.45am 6.10am 6.35am
The Wotwots! Chloe's Closet Lily's Driftwood Bay Fireman Sam Wissper Peppa Pig Pip Ahoy! Little Princess Bob the Builder Thomas and Friends Noddy in Toyland Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Paw Patrol Bananas in Pajamas Toot the Tiny Tugboat The Wright Stuff Ice Road Truckers 5 News Lunchtime Ice Road Truckers Home and Away Neighbours NCIS When Calls the Heart 5 News at 5 Neighbours Home and Away 5 News Tonight Secrets of Great British Castles Spring Break Shark Attack Ben Fogle: New Lives in the UK Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Super Casino Ice Road Truckers Wildlife SOS HouseBusters House Doctor House Doctor House Doctor
8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 2.30am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am
World News Today The Sky at Night Digging for Britain Natural World Detectorists Brian Pern: A Life in Rock Sean Connery: In His Own Words Time Shift Detectorists Brian Pern: A Life in Rock Sean Connery: In His Own Words Time Shift This is BBC Four
Phil: Secret Agent Down Under
7.00am
Gunsmoke
11.00am
Great Canal Journeys
8.05am
The Sweeney
12.05pm
River Cottage Bites
9.05am
Minder
12.25pm
On the Fiddle
10.05am
Magnum, P.I.
2.25pm
Time Team
3.30pm
Time Team
11.10am
Gunsmoke
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The Professionals Storage Wars Snooker
5.40pm
A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
1.15pm
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1.45pm
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6.15pm
The Professionals
8.55pm
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7.15pm
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10.00pm
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11.00pm
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The Wicker Man
12.10am
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Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA Grand Designs
3.15am
24 Hours in A and E
3.50am
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TV Pick Tom Jones and Rob Brydon: One Big Night for Children in Need – BBC1 – 9.00 pm Sir Tom Jones and Rob Brydon join forces for a spectacular night of music and comedy in aid of BBC Children in Need. With special guest appearances by David Walliams, Jessica Hynes and Steve Coogan, who stars alongside Rob Brydon in a one-off Tom Jones-themed mini-episode of The Trip. This unique concert, recorded at Wembley Arena, celebrates Sir Tom's remarkable career with performances of some of his greatest hits and collaborations with artists including James Morrison, Laura Mvula, Dame Evelyn Glennie, the Shires and Chickenshed, as well as comedy sketches and iconic archive footage depicting many of the highlights of Sir Tom's remarkable life so far.
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For the Fallen
Robert Laurence Binyon, by artist William Strang.
Laurence Binyon Poem by Robert Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), published in The Times newspaper on 21st September 1914.
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres. There is music in the midst of desolation And a glory that shines upon our tears. They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted, They fell with their faces to the foe. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. They mingle not with their laughing comrades again; They sit no more at familiar tables of home; They have no lot in our labour of the day-time; They sleep beyond England's foam. But where our desires are and our hopes profound, Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight, To the innermost heart of their own land they are known As the stars are known to the Night; As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain, As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain.
Reach Out Christmas Fair The popular "Reach Out" annual Christmas Fair is back at the Marina Bar in Torrevieja (Calle de las Rosas, behind the fire station) on Friday 13th November starting at 2.30pm. As usual there will be a tombola, raffle, mini auction, name the bear, Christmas Decorations and gifts together with various other stalls. Christmas Carols will be sung with the Phoenix Concert Band and Santa Claus will be making an appearance later in the afternoon for the children. Organizers David and Lorraine Whitney are looking forward to the event and are hoping that it will be as well supported as other years.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor La Marina based animal rescue charity Pets In Spain held their autumn dinner and dance fundraising evening on Monday 2nd November at the La Marina Sports Complex and raised an amazing 500 Euros to help rescued animals. The evening was enjoyed by over 70 attendees and after a delicious two course meal they were entertained by the wonderful sounds of Diverse Duo who very kindly gave their services for the night on behalf of the charity. A raffle was held on the evening with prizes including a free meal provided by the Big Eat restaurant in La Marina. Pets in Spain are committed to the rescue and re homing of abandoned and displaced animals and also run a very successful feral cat sterilisation program in the La Marina area. The charity is registered with the Valencia Regional government and provides the best of care with a great team of foster carers and all necessary veterinary treatment and rehabilitation for an animal. The charity also has amazing success with reuniting lost pets with their owners; this is done thanks to their long established Europe wide networking connections and collaboration with many other animal rescue organisations. The charity run two modern charity shops in the area to provide much needed funds to continue their work, any donations of clothing, household items and furniture are very gratefully received and collection can be arranged for large furniture items. For more information about the Pets In Spain registered charity and the many different animal rescue and welfare projects please call 645 469 253 or email info@petsinspain.com. Website: www.petsinspain.com
Dear Editor HELP MAKE IT A HAPPY CHRISTMAS FOR THE CHILDREN OF EMAUS We are urgently seeking help to fill Christmas stockings for the children being cared for in the Emaús Homes. The children range in ages from three to seventeen years. Currently we are filling stockings for three boys and two girls aged 3 and 4; six boys and eight girls aged 5 to 8; twelve boys and six girls in the 9-12 age group; ten boys and six girls of 13 and 14 and finally seventeen boys and twelve girls aged between fifteen and seventeen. If you are able to donate small new items (toys, CD’s, sweets, bathroom products or anything your children and grandchildren would enjoy receiving) please contact the lady who is coordinating this initiative by email: lesleyclarkjavea@gmail.com. Dear Editor Up & Coming Torry Army Social Events Skittles Challenge with Basket Meal This will be held at the Casa Ventura, San Luis on Saturday 28 November 2015 starting at 8.00pm. The meal will be either Chicken Nuggets & Chips or Beefburger & Chips. 4€ incl basket meal. It will be great fun. Christmas Dance to the popular group "Timeless" with Buffet This will be held at the Casa Ventura, San Luis on Wednesday 16 December 2015 starting at 9.00 pm (changed from Saturday 12 December) and will include a hot & cold buffet. The cost is 12€ for members and 14€ for non members. It will be a great evening. Put on your "dancing shoes". Christmas Lunch This will be held at the Marina Bar, Toretta 2, Torrevieja on Friday 11 December 2015 starting at 1.00 pm. A superb 3 course preChristmas lunch with friends. The cost is 15€ per head.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND ANY OF THESE EVENTS AT WHICH YOU WILL BE GUARANTEED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH A GOOD CROWD OF EX-PATS. If you would are interested on attending any of these events put your name/s down at the Torry Army office in San Luis or ring the office on 966 784 111 or Pat Stewart on 966 786 352. Regards Darryll, Torry Army Comms Dear Editor
This friendly a cappella chorus are taking a quick break in Alicante before their Christmas Charity Concert on 9 December. The ladies are enjoying rehearsals each Wednesday morning from 10 to 12.30 at Restaurante El Paraiso, Jardin del mar, Torrevieja (behind Carrefour and McDonalds). They will be actively recruiting in the new year for new members - so if you have any 'winter blues' and would like to learn an interesting hobby to keep those brain cells active - why not come along for a listen. If you have never heard 4 part harmony before - it will get you tingling all over! For a mere 10 Euros a month over ten months (which includes your tea or coffee at break time) - you would be hard pushed for a cheaper option. With professional discs to learn by and a variety of costumes - come along and you may be surprised! Visit the website www.velvetonesharmonytorrevieja.co m or call Ena on 965 707 598 or Lorraine 663 751 773.
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Breakfast The Wanted Homes Under the Hammer The Housing Enforcers Neighbourhood Blues Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Edge Escape to the Country My Life on a Plate Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Children in Need 2015 BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Children in Need 2015 Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News
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You've Been Framed! Psych Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed! Dinner Date Psych The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Real Housewives of Atlanta Emmerdale Emmerdale You've Been Framed! Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Judge Rinder Totally You've Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men The Break-Up Almost Married Two and a Half Men The Vampire Diaries Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen
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The Dog Whisperer Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Harrow: A Very British School Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Harrow: A Very British School Futurama Futurama Modern Family Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Gordonstoun A League of Their Own Duck Quacks Don't Echo Zoo NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 Stop Search Seize Nothing to Declare Nothing to Declare Football's Funniest Moments
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Sounds of the 70s
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Rod Stewart Live at Hyde Park
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Imagine...
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Top of the Pops
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Rod Stewart Live at Hyde Park
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Imagine...
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Gunsmoke
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A Town Like Alice
9.00am
The Sweeney
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Time Team
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Minder
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Time Team
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Walking Through History
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Gunsmoke
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A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun
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The Professionals Storage Wars Snooker
6.45pm
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10.00pm
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7.15pm
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3.40am
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TV Pick Children in Need – BBC1 – 8.30 pm A night of fun and fundraising. Ellie Goulding performs live, the cast of EastEnders star in a vintage Hollywood-style music performance, Scott Mills attempts to abseil down the Blackpool Tower, a choir of over 1500 children sing in unison across the nation, Sir Bruce Forsyth presents a Strictly Come Dancing special as the cast of Call the Midwife take to the famous ballroom, Warwick Davis, C3PO and R2-D2 star in a Star Wars sketch that sees them joined by some very famous Jedi fans, Rod Stewart sings live, Harry Hill crams 40 years of television history into four minutes, and Jess Glynne performs the official Children in Need single Take Me Home.
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Television: Sat 14th Nov BBC1
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Breakfast
10.15am
Saturday Kitchen
11.45am
The Lord Mayor's Show 2015
1.10pm
Football Focus
1.45pm
Rugby League
4.10pm
F1: Grand Prix Qualifying
6.20pm
Children in Need 2015
7.30pm
BBC News
7.40pm
Regional News and Weather
7.50pm
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Doctor Who
10.00pm
Casualty
10.50pm
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11.00pm
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11.20pm
Motd Special
12.00am
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2.10am
Weather for the Week Ahead
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11.15am
The Xtra Factor
12.15pm
Tricked
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2.15pm
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3.15pm
Funniest Ever You've Been Framed!
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You've Been Framed!
4.50pm
Celebrity Catchphrase
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Nim's Island
7.45pm
Kindergarten Cop
10.00pm
2 Fast 2 Furious
12.10am
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12.55am
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2.00am
Tricked
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Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records
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Animal Practice
3.55am
Teleshopping
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Jingle All the Way 2
8.45am
Montana
10.45am
The Three Dogateers
12.30pm
Inherent Vice
3.00pm
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5.00pm
Spectre: Special
5.30pm
Jingle All the Way 2
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The Three Dogateers Ex Machina Inherent Vice
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3.25am
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My Life on a Plate The Edge Junior Bake Off Pound Shop Wars Great British Menu Victoria Derbyshire Coast Country Show Cook Off F1: Grand Prix Practice The Great British Bake Off Wild Brazil F1: Grand Prix Practice Antiques Roadshow Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul Mastermind An Island Parish: Falklands Great Continental Railway Journeys Children in Need 2015 Newsnight Artsnight Later... with Jools Holland Cross of Iron Question Time Class of 92: Out of Their League This is BBC Two
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Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? Football's Funniest Moments Game Changers Football Freestyler Fantasty Football Club Soccer A.M. The F1 Show Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Supergirl The Flash Gordonstoun Landscape Artist of the Year Karl Pilkington: The Moaning of Life You, Me and the Apocalypse The Force: Manchester The Force: Manchester Britcam: Emergency on Our Streets Road Wars Road Wars Stargate Atlantis Stargate Atlantis
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Frasier
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Come Dine with Me
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Grand Designs
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The Inbetweeners 2
11.55pm
American Pie: Reunion
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Fargo
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Alan Carr: Chatty Man
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Hollyoaks Omnibus
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Deal or No Deal
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Food Unwrapped
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Don't Tell the Bride Top Gear Blades of Glory Russell Howard's Good News Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Josh The Fear Together Together Together Great Movie Mistakes V: Revenge of the
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Peppa Pig Bananas in Pajamas Bob the Builder Tickety Toc Milkshake Monkey Make Way for Noddy Paw Patrol Little Princess Pip Ahoy! Blaze and the Monster Machines Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Wanda and the Alien Toby's Travelling Circus The Saturday Show Defending Santa Trading Christmas Farewell Mr. Kringle Dear Santa 5 News Weekend Kelly's Heroes Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! Football League Tonight Live Championship Boxing Ben Fogle: New Lives in the UK The Gadget Show Super Casino Spring Break Shark Attack World's Tallest Towers Make it Big Make it Big Angels of Jarm Angels of Jarm
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Lost Land of the Tiger
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Horizon
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Arne Dahl
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Arne Dahl
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Rod Stewart at the BBC
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Rod Stewart Live at Hyde Park
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Top of the Pops
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Singer-Songwriters at the BBC
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Lost Land of the Tiger
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7.20am
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Where the Heart is
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Four in a Bed
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Motorsport UK
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Where the Heart is
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Four in a Bed
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Bundesliga
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Jane Eyre
12.30pm
Four in a Bed
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British Touring Car
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The Longest Day
4.35pm
Time Team Special
1.10pm
World Rally Championship Highlights
5.40pm
Great Canal Journeys
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Snooker
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Location, Location, Location
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Black Beauty
1.45pm
A Touch of Frost
3.50pm
Agatha Christie's Marple
7.50pm
Location, Location, Location
5.50pm
Columbo: Troubled Waters
8.55pm
UFOs: The Secret Evidence
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Doc Martin
11.05pm
Father Ted
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Midsomer Murders
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Lewis
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A Touch of Frost
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6.45pm
Storage Wars Texas
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Storage Wars Texas
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Snooker
12.15am
Death Race
24 Hours in A and E
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FYI Daily
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The Big Fish Off
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Nitro Circus
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Channel ITV2 - 7.45pm
Kindergarten Cop Comedy. Tough cop John Kimble is forced to go undercover as a kindergarten teacher in a bid to track down the ex-wife of a notorious drug-dealer, as she is the only person who can help convict her former husband.
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Breakfast Motd Special The Andrew Marr Show Sunday Morning Live Homes Under the Hammer Bargain Hunt BBC News Escape to the Country Songs of Praise The Hunt F1: Grand Prix BBC News Regional News and Weather Countryfile Strictly Come Dancing Antiques Roadshow The Hunt BBC News Regional News and Weather Mrs. Brown's Boys Room 101 The Apprentice Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News
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Emmerdale Omnibus
10.10am
Coronation Street Omnibus
12.05pm
The X Factor
1.55pm
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
3.00pm
I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!
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A Cinderella Story
5.55pm
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
8.10pm
Bean
10.00pm
The Xtra Factor
11.05pm
Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now!
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Almost Married
2.50am
Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records
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T20 Cricket All Stars Football Gold Football Gold Bpl Legends Bpl Legends Bpl Legends Bpl Legends Bpl Legends The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Football Football European Qualifiers Round Up Show Cricket Cricket Grand Slam of Darts Football League Goals Goals on Sunday Grand Slam of Darts Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Darts Gold Cricket
Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am
Montana
9.00am
Jingle All the Way 2
10.45am
Inherent Vice
1.15pm
The Three Dogateers
3.00pm
Ex Machina
5.00pm
Steve Jobs: Special
5.30pm
Jingle All the Way 2
7.15pm
The Three Dogateers
9.00pm
Ex Machina
11.00pm
Inherent Vice
1.30am
Montana
3.25am
Assassin
5.00am
Pan: On Set Special
5.30am
The Three Dogateers
ITV1 7.00am 7.10am 7.25am 7.35am 7.50am 8.00am 8.05am 8.10am 8.25am 8.40am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 10.25am 11.20am 12.25pm 12.35pm 1.35pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.45pm 5.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.50pm 12.10am 12.40am 1.35am
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A to Z of TV Gardening The Big Allotment Challenge Countryfile An Island Parish: Falklands Saturday Kitchen Best Bites Simply Nigella My Life on a Plate My Life on a Plate Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip Terry and Mason's Great Food Trip Tennis Demolition Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School Caribbean with Simon Reeve Earth's Wildest Waters Monty Don's Secret History of the British Garden Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Cosmopolis Countryfile Holby City This is BBC Two
Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am
E4 7.00am 7.20am 7.40am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 1.35pm 3.30pm 4.30pm 5.35pm 5.50pm 6.20pm 6.50pm 7.20pm 7.50pm 8.15pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.10am 12.40am 1.15am 2.20am 2.50am 3.20am 3.40am 4.00am 4.20am
Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Made in Chelsea Hollyoaks Omnibus Diary of a Wimpy Kid Couples Come Dine with Me Couples Come Dine with Me Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Men in Black II The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The IT Crowd The IT Crowd First Dates Drifters Chewing Gum Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement How I Met Your Mother Hollyoaks Omnibus
Movie Pick Bean – ITV2 – 8.10pm Big-screen spin-off of the hit comedy series following the unerringly ill-fated escapades of the desperately inept Mr Bean. Having somehow obtained a job as a security man at a London gallery, the hapless hero is sent off to Los Angeles to deliver a painting in an attempt by his British employers to get rid of him. It is not long, however, before he begins to make an impression on his American hosts.
Bottom Knocker Street Bottom Knocker Street Bottom Knocker Street Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures Share a Story Oddbods Sooty Super 4 The Matt Hatter Chronicles Marvel's Avengers Assemble Fish Hooks Horrible Science Murder, She Wrote The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV News and Weather The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show USA River Monsters Catchphrase The X Factor The Nation's Favourite Beatles Number One ITV News London ITV News and Weather Jekyll and Hyde The X Factor Results Show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! ITV News and Weather Off Their Rockers The Chase Jackpot247
The Hour of Power Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? Futurama Futurama Supergirl The Flash WWE Raw Bring the Noise Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Muppets Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Arrow Football's Funniest Moments Stop Search Seize Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Air Ambulance ER Air Ambulance ER Road Wars Road Wars Stargate Atlantis Stargate Atlantis
Channel 4 7.15am
Everybody Loves Raymond
7.40am
Everybody Loves Raymond
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Chasing Perfection: From Birth to Starting Line
9.00am
Frasier
10.00am
Frasier
10.30am
Sunday Brunch
1.30pm
Channel 4 Racing
4.00pm
The Simpsons
4.30pm
Chronicles of Narnia:
6.40pm
Channel 4 News
7.00pm
Small Animal Hospital
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
8.00pm
Restoring Britain's Landmarks
9.00pm
Million Pound Mega Yachts
10.00pm
Homeland
11.05pm
Gogglebox
12.10am
Man on a Ledge
2.10am
Grand Designs
3.05am
Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners
4.00am
Come Dine with Me
4.30am
Come Dine with Me
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5.30am
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Hugh's 3 Good Things
6.05am
Location, Location, Location
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F1: Grand Prix Top Gear Russell Howard's Good News Kidulthood Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! Family Guy Rent a Cop The Rise of Female Violence Russell Howard's Good News Together Together Together This is BBC Three
Black Beauty
8.35am
Heartbeat
9.40am
Heartbeat
10.40am
A Touch of Frost
12.40pm
Wycliffe
1.50pm
Columbo: Troubled Waters
3.50pm
Agatha Christie's Marple
5.55pm
Midsomer Murders
7.55pm
Sunday Night at the Palladium
8.55pm
By Royal Appointment
10.00pm
Agatha Christie's Marple
12.00am
Changeling
2.45am
The John Thaw Story
3.40am
Wycliffe
4.35am
Movies Now
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Emmerdale Omnibus
Channel 5 7.00am 7.05am 7.20am 7.30am 7.45am 7.55am 8.05am 8.15am 8.25am 8.40am 8.55am 9.05am 9.35am 9.50am 10.00am 10.15am 10.30am 10.55am 11.35am 12.35pm 1.35pm 3.15pm 5.00pm 6.40pm 8.30pm 8.35pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.45pm 1.50am 2.15am 4.10am 5.00am 5.25am 5.50am 6.15am 6.45am 6.50am
Peppa Pig Bananas in Pajamas Angelina Ballerina Bob the Builder Tickety Toc Zack and Quack Roobarb and Custard Too Make Way for Noddy Paw Patrol Little Princess Pip Ahoy! Blaze and the Monster Machines Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Wanda and the Alien Toby's Travelling Circus Jelly Jamm LazyTown Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Football League Tonight Police Interceptors My Santa A Fairytale Christmas The Christmas Secret Christmas with the Kranks 5 News Weekend Fail Army Impractical Jokers USA Impractical Jokers Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters Killer Elite Car Crime UK: Caught on Camera Super Casino Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives House Doctor Make it Big Make it Big Make it Big Angels of Jarm Angels of Jarm
8.00pm
The Fairytale Castles of
9.00pm
Mark Lawson Talks to David Hare
10.00pm
On Stage: Live From Television Centre
12.00am
Blood and Glitter:
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Frasier
9.30am
BBC 4 King Ludwig II with Dan Cruickshank
70 Years of the Citizens Theatre 1.00am
Lost Land of the Tiger
2.00am
Time Shift
3.00am
Plastic: How It Works
4.00am
Mark Lawson Talks to...
5.00am
This is BBC Four
More 4 9.55am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.05pm 2.10pm 2.40pm 3.15pm 3.45pm 4.15pm 4.50pm 5.20pm 5.55pm 6.25pm 6.55pm 7.25pm 7.55pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.10am 2.10am 3.15am 4.15am
Location, Location, Location Location, Location, Location Homes by the Sea Great Canal Journeys Jamie's 15 Minute Meals Jamie's 15 Minute Meals Jamie's 15 Minute Meals Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Car S.O.S The World's Weirdest Weather Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 24 Hours in A and E Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA The World's Weirdest Weather Car S.O.S Jamie's 15 Minute Meals
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Hat-Trick Heroes
7.15am
Ax Men
8.10am
Ax Men
9.05am
The Professionals
10.05am
The Big Fish Off
11.10am
Storage Wars Texas
11.40am
Storage Wars Texas
12.15pm
Motogp Highlights
1.15pm
World Rally Championship Highlights
1.45pm
Snooker
6.15pm
Pawn Stars
6.45pm
Storage Wars
7.10pm
Storage Wars
7.45pm
Snooker
12.15am
Mickey Blue Eyes
1.15am
FYI Daily
2.20am
Sports Life Stories
3.25am
Nitro Circus
3.50am
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4.00am
Teleshopping
Movie Pick
Million Pound Mega Yachts – Channel 4, 9.00 pm This film steps into the secret world of the mega yacht, the ultimate toy for the world's wealthiest 1%. The film follows the Brits who are buying, selling and serving on 'the new manor houses' of the super-rich. About 120 of these floating palaces, some of the biggest boats on the planet, congregate every year at the Monaco Yacht Show as billionaire owners compete against each other to have the best boats on the water. The film follows Scottish multi-millionaire Doug Barrowman, who spent over ú50 million on a 55 metre second-hand yacht and completely redesigned it to his own personal taste. Shahid Khan, billionaire owner of Fulham FC, prepares to show off his brand new crystal chandelier on board his awardwinning yacht. Rupert Burgess is a broker who has 25 years' experience selling yachts to the uber wealthy and is looking to shift a ú130 million yacht.
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Breakfast The Wanted Homes Under the Hammer The Housing Enforcers Neighbourhood Blues Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Coroner Escape to the Country Len and Ainsley's Big Food Adventure Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Fake Britain EastEnders Panorama Crimewatch BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Crimewatch Meet the Parents Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News
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I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Psych Coronation Street Catchphrase Dinner Date Psych Funniest Ever You've Been Framed! I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Coronation Street Dinner Date The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Plebs Plebs I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here Now! Celebrity Juice Safeword Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Scorpion Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen
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Montana
9.00am
Jingle All the Way 2
10.45am
The Three Dogateers
12.30pm
Inherent Vice
3.00pm
Spectre: Special
3.30pm
Ex Machina
5.30pm
Jingle All the Way 2
7.15pm
The Three Dogateers
9.00pm
Ex Machina
11.00pm
Inherent Vice
1.30am
Montana
3.25am
Assassin
5.00am
Spectre: Special
5.30am
The Three Dogateers
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5 WAYS TO MAKE YOUR HOME COSIER
Quality assured – HFS stands the test of time
Feeling the cold? Would you love to make your house warm and cosy in a way that will also have benefits in the summer? Covering those cold ceramic tiles or marble floor is one of the best ways to make your heating more effective and efficient. There’s 5 ways to achieve this.
RUGS – Most of us will already have rugs in our lounges as a finishing touch but a rug can be so much more. If you can feel cold air under your sofa, then it makes sense to have a bigger rug that can go underneath and stop that draft. This also applies equally for bedrooms too. CARPETS – You probably thought you would never want fitted carpet in Spain but after a winter or two, you realise how colds the nights are. Add top quality underlay to good quality carpet and you’ve got a room that
is warm and cosy and provides support for your joints all year round. Carpet also traps dust and pet hair which can then be hoovered away, quickly and easily and is therefore highly recommended for allergy sufferers. EDGED / BOUND CARPET - If you want good quality floor covering, but don’t want it to be fully fitted, edged carpet could be the answer for you. You can order carpet to fit any room, the edges are bound in a matching colour and you have a large area rug. You can turn it for equal wear or, take it up in the summer or take it with you if you move. For both the fitted and edged options, choose the ‘stainfree for life’ option that is available to order in multiple widths so reducing any wastage. CARPET TILES – Do you need a more practical and cheaper
alternative to carpet to cover your floor. Consider carpet tiles as these can look amazing and will cover and cushion your floor, making them perfect for households with children, or if you dislike the tiles or marble floor. This is also an option if the floor is damaged or discoloured. CUSHIONED VINYL - Perfect for kitchens, bathrooms, utility rooms or offices, cushioned vinyl is as it sounds - cushioned, comfortable, practical and easy to clean. Available in a wide range of
designs and qualities to provide extra comfort, Vinyl is also perfect for covering ugly, cracked or broken tiles. For more advice and information on all aspects of flooring and free quotations, contact CARPET HEAVEN in Los Montesinos on 966 720 782 or visit their shop on the high street, Avenida del Mar 33B, to look at all their samples and collections.
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HFS’ showroom in Benijofar is an impressive collection of modern fitted kitchens with a variety of unusual and traditional designs. Running the family business is Graham Jordan who has a total of 28 years experience. He didn’t originally intend to come to Spain to set up a business again. He had run his own company in the UK before planning to retire here. ‘When I saw the poor quality of what was being offered to expats I changed my mind,’ Graham explains. Looking round the showroom you can see why it’s turned out to be such a popular business. The 21 displays that are housed here provide a wealth of ideas for those wanting to refurbish their home in Spain. The work surfaces represent a full range of granite and Silestone and the kitchens displayed are from the best Spanish and German designers. It’s not just kitchens. HFS providesbedrooms and bathrooms too. ‘We can do everything from start to finish,’ says Graham. ‘Our customers come in, explain what they want and we do the rest. Building work, tiling, plumbing and the electrics, we can complete the entire job and work around the needs of our customers. We can fit the kitchens out with appliances too.’ Graham has exacting standards. His folder of customer
comments are evidence of the number of happy clients who have passed through the company’s doors in Benijofar. Graham has a reputation to live up to. In the UK, he was a member of the Master Builders who quality checked his work before accepting him onto their books. Graham knows how important quality assurance is. He makes sure that all the units and parts that arrive at his warehouse are checked before being installed. ‘If there’s a slight dent or mark we simply don’t accept it,’ says Graham. ‘It’s discarded and we order a new one.’ The kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms that HFS installs are designed to meet the space and budget available. Some of the work carried out is for people who are living out here and want to make their home as comfortable,
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attractive and versatile as possible for their own use. Others have the intention of renting out their property or using it as a holiday home. Whatever the reason why you want your home refurbished, Graham and his team will adapt their plans accordingly. If you would like to see more of Graham’s work and talk to him about your plans then you can visit the showroombetween 10.00am and 2.00pm from Monday to Friday. Appointments are made in the afternoons and you can have a free consultation. Graham can be contacted on 965 724 991 you can visit his website www.hfstrade2you.com or email info@hfstrade2you.com . Visit the showrooms at HFS Kitchens, Bedrooms and Bathrooms, Avenida Federico Garcia Lorca 90, Benijofar.
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Telephone (0034) 966 718 779 Fax: (0034) 965 725 582 Email: sunseekers@live.com Web: www.sunseekersquesada.com Calle Blanca No 1 (near Goyos Restaurant), Quesada
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Quesada, substantial detached villa with 4 beds, 2 baths, air con, central heating, own pool, separate 1 bed annexe, and separate garage. Corner location south facing, walking distance to Quesada village área, beautifully presented, excellent value
Quesada, first floor apartment, 2 beds, 1 bath, air con, fully furnished, amazing views, ideal holiday home, communal swimming pool all for just 55,000 euros-much cheaper than a mobile home in sunny UK
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Quesada, detached villa with huge underbuild, own pool, good views, 3 beds, 2 baths, plus underbuild with separate kitchen and bathroom, ideal granny annexe, teenager annexe, 500sqm plot, very tastefully furnished
Quesada, walking distance to Lidl and Consum supermarkets, this quad house has 3 beds, 1 family bathroom, downstairs WC, separate large kitchen, and good sized living/dining room. Fully furnished to a comfortable standard, comunal swimming pool
Quesada, mid terrace bungalow with 2 beds, 1 bathroom, dining room with beautifull kitchen, plus extension to make a large living room. Off road parking, front garden fully tiled, south facing. This is the best one I have seen in 15 years, fully furnished to an excellent standard. Price 79,000 euros, but owner is serious to sell, and will negotiate. Full photos in office. Located walking distance to supermarket, bars and restaurants.
ABANILLA CAVE HOUSE WITH SUCCESSIVE EXTENSIONS, 3/4 BEDS, 1/2 RECEPTION ROOMS, ONE OF TWO WITH AMAZING VIEWS OVER THE TOWN, OUTSIDE SPACE AND ROOF TOP SPACE, BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED, MAINS WATER, ELECTRIC AND DRAINS, SHORT WALK TO TOWN CENTRE, A LOT OF PROPERTY FOR ONLY 55,000 EUROS. OVER 40 PHOTOS IN OFFICE.
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Quesada, 1 bed bungalow, southish facing, cul de sac location, excellent views, scope to extend, fully furnished, move in tonight. Only 42,000 euros, also private mortgage available for 50% of value
GROUND FLOOR ONE BED APARTMENT, FULLY FURNISHED, MODERN COMPLEX WITH ENTRY PHONE SYSTEM, COMMUNAL SWIMMING POOL 7 M FROM FRONT DOOR, THIS IS A LARGE ONE BED, THE SAME SIZE AS THE 2 BED BUILT ABOVE! TURN KEY AND GO, UNDERGROUND GARGE, ALL FOR 39,000 EUROS. WALKING DISTANCE TO ALL AMENITIES OF SUPERMARKET, SATURDAY MARKET, BANKS, BARS AND RESTAURANTS. PHOTOS IN OFFICE.
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BENIJOFAR AND LA ZENIA WE NOW REACH AN EVER BIGGER AUDIENCE CONTACT US TODAY! OUR EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND DEDICATION TO EACH CLIENT WILL ENSURE THAT WE GET THE RESULTS FOR YOU
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3 Bed 2 bath villa with communal pool – similar properties urgently required!
NEW LISTING. Luxury South-Facing detached villa (185sqm house / 500sqm plot), 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Bathrooms, spacious living areas, private pool.
NEW LISTING. Stunning 3 Bed / 2 Bath quad property at the of the Orihuela Costa, large terraces and outdoor space, communal pool.
NEW LISTING. Exceptionally spacious detached villa (173sqm), 3 beds / 2 baths, large 80sqm underbuild ready for conversion, corner plot.
Similar properties URGENTLY required
PRICE: JUST €349.950!
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NEW LISTING. Stunning detached villa with private pool – 109sqm house, 500sqm plot, 3 beds / 2 baths, spacious living area, sought after location.
NEW LISTING. Attractive South-Facing townhouse central to amenities, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, large lounge-diner, sea views.
NEW LISTING. Well-presented 2 Bed / 1 Bath bungalow with separate 1 bed / 1 bath guest apartment, excellent condition, communal pool.
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Liam via email asks: Dear Aunty, please can you recommend what free Security Software I need to install on my new Windows 10 Lenovo Laptop as there are so many of them to choose from? I use my laptop for banking, emails and browsing the internet. Aunty Says: Hi Liam I still highly recommend SuperAntiSpyware and/or Malwarebytes and use the built in Windows Defender that comes preinstalled with Window 8 and 10. Doreen via email asks: Hi Aunty. Can you please settle this minor argument for me? Is it correct to leave a laptop on like a computer, or close it altogether when not in use, even only for a
couple of hours? I enjoy your column and like many of your correspondence I am also a novice. Aunty Says: There are a couple of different schools of thought regarding this Doreen but generally speaking it’s a toss up between preserving your equipment and saving electricity. Each time you switch your PC or laptop on/off it will heat up and cool down and this will greatly contribute to the wear and tear of the electronics inside. A laptop’s battery will also suffer if left permanently on charge as it will eventually lose the ability to hold a charge. If you have your laptop running off mains electricity most of the time then remove the battery (usually two sliding clips underneath). All laptops have a fairly advanced built in power management system which will send them into hibernation after a certain period of inactivity, and as they use about a fifth of the power of a PC you may find leaving it on the better option. Emma via email asks: Hi Aunty. I have recently bought a new Dell laptop and I want to transfer my programs, photos and documents from both my old XP laptop and my old Vista tower PC onto the new one. I would then like to sell or dispose of both of them without any danger of people getting hold of my personal stuff or
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accessing any of my personal and private information. Is there a ‘best way’ of doing this and how much should I expect to pay a shop? (I´ve been quoted €80 which I think is a bit excessive) Aunty Says: Hello Emma. Transferring your photos & documents isn´t too difficult but it will depend on how well organised you´ve been regarding where you´ve been saving files and photos. I would recommend purchasing a 32GB USB stick for around €15 and use it to simply copy & paste everything from one to the other, and this is also an ideal opportunity to have a good old clear out of old or duplicated stuff. Transferring programs/apps from one computer to another is a completely different matter as they will normally have to be re-installed from the original setup DVD so you may need to upgrade some of your programs. Once you are happy you have everything you need from the old computers you will need to properly wipe the old hard disks and maybe even remove and destroy them. €90 does seem a lot so maybe give Phil at eNET Computers a call on 687362844 and get some advice on the best way forward. Well that’s all for another week, email me your problems to auntyvirus@costablancapeople.com and I will see what I can do.
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'Space rocket' part found in field in Murcia A strange object thought to be an aerospace part brought in the 'explosives police' in Mula, Murcia, who feared it may contain radioactive material. The Guardia Civil's GEDEX unit says other, similar artefacts found elsewhere in the world have turned out be back-up fuel tanks from space rockets, which meant they had to activate their nuclear, radiation, chemical and bacteria procedure to ensure there was no risk to the general population. Described as about a metre (3'3”) in diameter, spherical in shape and covered with a type of insulation material in black, the part was thoroughly tested after being cordoned off, but GEDEX officers say they could not find any footprints, fingerprints or any other signs of how it may have ended up in the rural area outside the village. They found it did not contain explosives and examined it fully using an ionisation camera. It tested negative for alpha, beta and gamma rays, and showed lower than natural radiation levels. Once it was declared harmless, the object was removed and stored in case any space organisation which noticed it missing decides to reclaim it.
NetBox Stop paying monthly charges to watch your favourite TV. With the Net Box you can watch all the popular TV programmes. Sports, movies, boxed sets and live TV from around the world with no monthly or annual charges. FREE UK TV Channels BBC1, BBC2, BBC3,BBC4, BBC News, CBBC, ITV 1, ITV 2, ITV 3, ITV 4, ITV BE Channel 4, Channel 5, E4, Five USA, Bid TV, CBS Drama, CBS Reality, Dave, Food Network, Pick TV, Sky Sports. Sky Movies, documentaries and over 20 thousands channels. Soap catch-up? Yes! TV shows, boxed sets and movies free online. Stream episodes/series of The Walking Dead, Vampire Diaries, The Voice and many more hit shows. Top TV shows from the USA including Breaking Bad, Lost, Dexter, Falling Skies, True Blood, Three Rivers, CSI, The Mentalist, Hannibal, Warehouse 13, Downton Abbey, Game of Thrones plus many more which have not been released outside of the USA. Documentaries including Animal Planet, History Channel, Discovery Channel and much more. All this using our specially designed software and the NET BOX. There are lots of little extras, like a free Karaoke, Music, Radio and adult channels. The choice is amazing and it is subscription FREE. Pay for the box and view your favourite TV programmes for a lifetime. Super quality. No monthly or yearly charges. ALL THE MOVIES you ever wanted FREE. Movies on demand. This is definitely not your usual movie channels
this is much better, you get all the latest movies, many with trailers, including cinema releases and the old classics. Every movie you could want is here, the latest, the best and you never have to pay a penny. It's like all the other movie channels all together but totally subscription free and you have a lot more choice.You can also view the top 250 movies ever made (viewer’s Choice) and of course if you like classic movies they are there as well. If you have a high speed internet, then you can watch most movies in high definition. How is that for choice and don’t forget its subscription FREE! Hard to believe? But it is true and available now. Come and see a demonstration. SPORTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD - LIVE and FREE Most live sports can be watched on the Net Box, All the Sky Sports channels, BT channels, ESPN, Setanta, Europa, Bien, USA and Canada sports channels plus you can watch football from all over the world including LIVE Premiership matches and games from Scotland, Germany, Italy and Spain etc. Never miss a football game again or your favourite sport. You can enjoy live sports as it happens in the comfort of your own lounge. You can also catch up on most football games you may have missedwith full games and highlights. With Net Box you are spoiled for choice. No one has more programmes and choice than the NET BOX Come and see the fastest box available with 8 core 64 bit technology,
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16 GB flash memory and 2 GB ram Super fast. The Net Box is a plug and play easy to install device already programmed. All you need is a good steady internet speed of at least 3mb but 6mb is better especially for live sports. You also need your TV to have HDMI high definition inputs and that’s all. No dish or aerial required it is all received from your
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Rascals This season the Rascals will be performing a Christmas Sing Along to raise money for APANEE a children’s charity for those with learning difficulties and in Los Montesinos another charity for children in that area. To get into the spirit of Christmas come along and join in. Performances are at the following venues:Wednesday December 2nd Carmens 3.30pm
Saturday 5th Quesada County Club 9pm 2 course meal for 8.50 go to the venue to book Sunday 6th Los Montesinos Square 1pm Saturday 2th San Luis Square 2pm Sunday 3th The Emerald Isle 1pm 3 Course meal for 12.50 go to the venue to book
The Rascals’ programme does not stop here as they also sing at the Age Concern dinner, The Alzheimer’s centre, the Rosales residential home where presents are distributed to all the residents and at Alpe they give a party for all the students where Papa Noel comes along to give out the gifts. Both young and old are catered for in this season of goodwill. Come along and support them.
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T.A.A.B.S Charity singing group The leading award winning charity singing group on the Orihuela Costa has helped raise thousands of euro for charities over the past years. The group is now on the lookout for an experienced musical director and sound person. Currently there are 12 performances booked for this season until Christmas.
Following this Shirley and Kevin Godfrey will retire from TAABS, which they have successfully organised and participated in for many years. If you feel you could take over this demanding and dedicated voluntary position for the TAABS charity singing group please contact Shirley for more details 677313073.
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Too many functions, flashing lights and menus on your camera? “Aaargh - just leave it on Automatic...but Oh, what a shame, the sunset is just a big glare. And Aunty Mildred is minus her head...and something's wrong with the lighting on the group photo at the birthday dinner...” Maybe a course on the basics of learning to use your camera is what you need. If so, a two-day course at La Herradura Restaurant, Los Montesinos with David Stokes and Paul Ashton will solve your problems - and provide you with a creative and satisfying hobby. They have been running these very successful courses on an occasional basis for several years, and the next one is on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th November, priced at €80. One-to-one courses are also available, if the dates don't work for you. Email him on david@photogenicscb.net for more information.
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Spanish police arrest Pink Panther-style jewel thieves Spanish police have announced that they have arrested two suspected members of the notorious ‘Pink Panther’ group of international jewel thieves. Police also recovered numerous valuables worth more than a million euros stolen by the group from a jewellery shop on the island of Fuerteventura, part of Spain's Canary Islands, as part of the operation, they said in a statement. The authorities declined to give further information, saying full details would be provided at a press conference in Las Palmas, the capital of the archipelago off the Moroccan coast. Members of the ‘Pink Panthers’, which is a loosely-aligned network of criminals, are drawn from paramilitary circles in the former Yugoslavia. The group, which has a weakness for expensive watches, has staged more than 380 robberies from luxury stores across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the United States since 1999, making off with
booty worth more than 330 million euros, according to information supplied by Interpol. Known for their spectacular heists, the gang drove two cars into a Dubai shopping mall and through the window of a jewellery store in 2007, swiping goods worth 11 million euros in a raid lasting less than a minute. The following year the group walked away with loot worth up to 85 million euros after entering the Harry Winston jewellers in central Paris disguised as women. Once seemingly untouchable, the gang has faced setbacks over recent years, with members arrested in a number of other countries including France, Greece, Italy and Japan, as well as Switzerland. The gang was given its name after British detectives found a diamond ring hidden in a jar of face cream, echoing an incident in Peter Sellers' 1963 comedy ‘The Pink Panther’.
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CHAKRAS This week's question came from Donna which was sent as a private message on Facebook. I get asked about the Chakras a lot, so I thought it would be good to include Donna's question and share my reply and subsequent article with the CostaBlancaPeople readers. Hi Alison, I hope you don't mind me messaging you. For a while now I feel tired, and out of sorts. One of my friends recently said they had been for a Reiki Healing session which she was told will help to re-align her Chakras. What does this mean, what do each of the chakra's mean, and would a Reiki treatment help me? Thanks, Donna Hi Donna This is a very good question! We very often lead such busy lives and don't take time out for ourselves. So many people are good at giving, but not receiving, yet this is paramount for our well-being. Otherwise if you don't look after yourself you can feel tired, scattered and unbalanced. This is where Reiki can help. As a Reiki Master/Practitioner I always ensure that I ground myself and bring in the great white light so as not to take on a client's symptoms. People come to me for a treatment with varying problems but there is often a pattern where they feel lethargic, emotional and unbalanced. As I scan them during a treatment I sense that some, or all of their chakras are blocked. During the treatment I work through each of their chakras starting at the top of the head, which is known as 'the crown chakra'. Once the universal life force
energy flows through me (as a channel) the recipient starts to feel peaceful and will often fall asleep as tension and negative emotions dissipate. At this point it is natural for the recipient to cry because as the energy flows to every cell within the body, it helps to release negativity, whether the person is suffering from physical or mental pain. Positive energy will flow freely once again, and negative energy is 'swept' away. I do believe that a Reiki Treatment would help you, and in terms of relaxation it's wonderful! I have explained about the Chakras in the write-up below. I hope this helps, Alison Wheel of life Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning “wheel”, as in the Wheel of Life. There are 7 chakra points which are layers of multidimensional energy centres in our subtle body, and these energy channels are called 'Nadis'. The life force or vital energy which moves through the Nadis, is called 'Prana'. Each chakra point relates to the other and is denoted as a specific colour and often depicted as a lotus flower. It's important to keep that energy flowing freely, because blocked energy within the chakras can often lead to illness. The energies absorbed by our etheric bodies vibrate at a higher energetic level than those in our physical bodies. Chakras in the body are fine receptors of psychic energy which vibrate at a higher rate than our etheric body and they are known to have an important part to play in our
spiritual evolution. This is often known as 'the art of synergy'. History of the Chakras There doesn't seem to be much written about the origin of the Chakra, how it came to be, and where the colours of the rainbow (the chakra point colours) were born. In my research, many of the people who have written about the Chakras overcomplicate things, and I wanted an explanation that would be interesting and yet in simple terms because my motto is 'keep it simple'! However, I came across a beautiful site called 'The school of chi energy' which explains it just how I like and I thought I would share the link with you so you can check it out for yourself. Part of this text is taken from the site: Colour and meaning of each of the 7 Chakra's Crown Chakra The crown chakra is located at the top of the head. It is the colour Violet, and stands for spiritual growth, spiritual knowledge (clairvoyance), transformation, power and freedom. Brow Chakra The brown chakra is located at the top of the nose, in the middle of both eyes and is known in spiritual terms as 'the third eye' chakra. The colour Indigo/Purple, it stands for wisdom, understanding, power, protection and vision. Throat Chakra Located at the throat, and the colour blue, the throat chakra releases physical tension, and stands for communication, cleansing, healing, peace and expressing
oneself. Heart Chakra Located at the heart, and green in colour, the heart chakra represents harmony, balance, abundance, love for yourself, emotional release and rebirth/new beginnings Solar Plexus Chakra The solar plexus chakra is located just above the belly button - yellow in colour; this chakra stands for self worth, upliftment, happiness, willpower, energy, ego and enthusiasm Sacral Chakra The sacral chakra can be found at the lower abdomen. The colour orange stands for cheerfulness, happiness, joy, respect for oneself, creativity and release of any stored negative energy. Base or 'Root' Chakra Red in colour, this chakra denotes Excitement, passion, grounding, stamina, motivation, self-confidence, passion, and purpose. Rainbow colours The rainbow colours explained for each chakra came in much, much later, and unfortunately I don't have the room on this article to go into this in length, but here is the link I thought you would find useful. http://www.chakratraining.com/thechakras-part-one-how-the-rainbow-color s-came-to-be/ Chakra Exercise Now that you are aware of each chakra by the colour it is represented by, and where it is located on the body, you can start to learn how to feel energy travelling down from your crown chakra through
your physical body. Follow this wonderful exercise for relaxation and healing. Sit quietly and in a place where you will not be disturbed. Light a green or pink candle, and ensure you are in a comfortable position. Many will sit in the lotus position, but if this doesn't feel right for you, sit upright with your back against the chair. Starting at the crown chakra put your hands lightly on each chakra point for 2 to 3 minutes. Take note of your breathing, how does it feel? If you are breathing fast, slow it down on a count of 3, breathing in positive energy, and on the out-breath, breathe out anything that no longer serves you. As you place your hands on each chakra, imagine a beautiful healing energy of white light descending from the Universe, flowing through each of your chakra's and releasing any negativity so that eventually you are only breathing in positive energy and start to feel relaxed, warm, peaceful and at one with yourself and the universe. This is the point in your life where you can decide to make changes for the better, to know that as a beautiful child of the Universe you do deserve the good that life can offer. At the end of the session, thank the Universe for the healing, blow out the candle, sit in quiet contemplation for a few minutes and have a drink of water to cleanse and nourish you. Repeat as often as you wish, and know that for you, as well as for others, healing is all about the intent. You are worth it!
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Helping your adolescent with risky behaviour Growing up in the 21st century cannot be easy. Mental health difficulties, the risks of the internet and the threat of addiction would seem to be on the increase. If you are a parent of a young person it can be hard to know how to help them steer through all the potential difficulties they might encounter. Many parents of teenagers and young people worry about the risk of drugs and wonder what they can do to help their children avoid them. Carmen Morate, councillor for health, has announced that there will be an online course available for those who wish to find out more about the problem. The course is being offered through Valencia in collaboration with the Foundation for Help Against Drug Addiction. ‘The course is designed to expand and strengthen the preventative role of parents in the face of risky behaviour,’ says Councillor Morate. ‘Families can be key in the prevention of problems from an early age.’ If you are interested in this
course then visit the link http://www.aulavirtualfad.org/enf amilia_VALENCIA2.htm and complete the enrolment form, it is available in castellano or valenciano. The course is practical, interactive and there is opportunity to talk with other parents and professionals on forums. Help in English If you are unable to access this course because of language an excellent resource has been created between The Parent Zone and CEOP. The material is also online and although it isn’t interactive, the 140 articles provide good, realistic advice and information that parents need to know. The subjects that are tackled include: • Digital safeguarding – lots of basic information about how to keep your child safe online • Apps and social media – understanding the issues and how parents might monitor their use • Online identity – your child’s digital footprint and sexting • Filters – how to set them
• Gaming – how to be safe playingminecraft • Sex and relationships – helping your child understand relationships; what are abusive relationships; how to talk to your child about sex • Health and wellbeing – mental health worries including selfharm, bullying, depression, eating disorders, body image, gambling and drugs • Family life – helping your child when parents split up To access the articles visit http://parentinfo.org/articles/all Although these articles are written for the UK the issues they touch onare not country-specific. The information provided is down to earth and realistic about what parents can actually do. In some cases it is more damage limitation than eradicating the risky behaviour completely. The main advice given is to open up dialogue with your child. Many of the risks cannot be completely removed but having conversations and raising awareness can help.
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Blanket health coverage in Valenica region The Constitutional Court has recently admitted an appeal placed by Mariano Rajoy which claimed universal health is unconstitutional and ordered a precautionary suspension. After hearing the decision however, the regional councillor for universal health, Carmen Montón, announced that the Valencia Generalitat would attack the decision. She added: “Nobody will be left unattended by the Valencia regional health service. I want launch a message of calm to all the people who live in the Valencia Community. We are not going to let any citizens being unprotected.” The president of the Valencia Generalitat Regional Government, Ximo Puig, announced that he would dictate that ‘any citizen who arrives at a health centre will be attended to’ and he also called for calm among the immigrant community against the precautionary suspension of their care. He said: “This is a question of our loyalty to the citizens, which respects their dignity and is the essence of my administration, which believes in solidarity and equality. “It seems unpresentable to me, that the Rajoy Government is invading our competencies and has not challenged other regions. It is part of an extraordinary persecution and is not the way to recover dialogue. “We are doing to challenge the Constitutional and we will achieve that all the citizens which live in our region have full access to health services.”
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First National Animal Welfare Conference leads to closer cooperation Seventeen guest speakers addressed an audience of representatives from many Animal Welfare Associations at the three day National Animal Welfare Conference, PAES, held in Los Alcázares, Murcia recently. They had been gathered together by three Associations - Cruz Azul, ACTIN Spain (Animal Care Treatment
International Network) and SAS (San Animal Santuario) - for the purpose of finding synergy with others concerned about animal treatment here in Spain. Lyn Baines, President of Cruz Azul and organiser of the conference, was overwhelmed by the interest not only of the speakers but also the attendees. “A lot of ex pats show concern for the way
animals are treated in Spain, but I was thrilled to see the number of Spanish people who show great empathy” she said Monday. “By Sunday the speakers were calling on me to arrange a strategy meeting where we can discuss working: the lawyer, the veterinary college, the police and our three charities want to move this forward as a cohesive group with a strong voice. I’m so looking forward to having strength in numbers and thank everyone for their enthusiasm and dedication!” One of the guest speakers, and first person to ask for the strategy meeting, was Pedro José Moratalla. Pedro is heading UPROMA, the first unit of its kind to be set up to ensure all Policia Local are aware of current legislation regarding animal welfare, so the police can deal with cases correctly. Lyn Baines said “Pedro’s involvement is a big advancement for animal welfare in Spain; small steps but forward ones. I’d like to thank all of our guest speakers and delegates who attended. Also many thanks to Team Harmony and volunteers from Cruz Azul for helping out with registrations. Team Harmony held a raffle which raised 284€. We are very grateful to the Northerners and Barrington Dubois, all animal lovers;they gave their time free of charge to entertain our delegates. ” We hope everyone reading this will have an interest in keeping up with National Animal Welfare – PAES – here in Spain and to do that check out our website regularly: www.proteccionanimales.es and follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PAESProteccion-Animales-España-920051248 058415/ For more information of some exciting upcoming activities within the National Animal Welfare area please contact: www.proteccionanimales.es
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For more information call Fiona on +34 678 836 961 or drop into her Intuitive Skin Care Clinic at Playa Flamenca Beachside (inbetween The Lobster Restaurant and The Belgian Bakery):The Intuitive Skin Care Clinic, Local Bajo 11, Calle Alhelies 1, Orihuela Costa, 03189, Alicante. Telephone: 678 836 961.
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Breathe | Love |Release | Connect | Tune in | Listen | Intention Infusing our daily Intuitive Skin Care rituals with love and intention is powerful and transformative. As we apply products and massage our skin we honour ourselves, connecting with our inner guidance. Intentionally taking these few minutes
out of our day we are able to subtlety but surely magnify and expand our pure self-love creates small shifts gently guiding us to living an aligned life of love. It is this true and wholehearted love for ourselves that radiates out into the world and is the basis to Intuitive Skin Care. Within Intuitive Skin Care we place a great emphasis on our self-care in the form of daily rituals. Very often self-care is considered greedy and self-indulgent but as a Facialist I passionately believe it is, instead, the bedrock for good health and vitality. Taking care of ourselves daily, with love, has far more longreaching affects and is much more beneficial than say mindlessly taking vitamins or applying ‘quick fix’ skin care products. Creating beautiful and intentional morning and evening self-care rituals will not only give you balance, health and vitality but also great joy. Living in tune with our inner rhythm helps us live creatively, in alignment feeling fulfilled. Our daily skin careritual gives us the space to be accountable to ourselves and love ourselves more. They bring a fierce elegance to the everyday making the mundane magical. During your daily skin care ritual ask yourself what do you need? What time of day is most sacred to me? What order of activity feels best in
my body? What does my daily skin care rituals symbolise to me? What meaningful objects can I include? How do I desire to live better? Are there prayers or meditations that make me feel beautiful and connected? My own life has been made more meaningful, inspired and productive by the inclusion of conscious daily
morning and evening rituals built around my skin care practice. By rituals I do not mean caving out strict, inflexible routines but instead a gentle structure by which to start off and close the day on the right foot. Building a beautiful daily practice around our skin care routines seems very natural for me. Deepening that connection to our inner guidance as we touch as we apply our products feels a very easy flow. Honestly, it wasn’t easy to begin with but it’s so worth it To begin with I had to spend time consciously working on creating andsticking with my daily rituals. This is not something that came easily to me. It requires a sprinkle of discipline. Leaving the warmth of my bed that hour earlier was not easy to begin with, especially as I frequently suffer with insomnia. But after a while I noticed it was helping me sleep and I actually now find it easier to get out of bed earlier rather than later. Not only are my days are increasingly productive but I love my
mornings. I now positively look forward to my early morning as well as nightly rituals. This in itself is a big and beautiful shift. It is my daily skin care practice that simultaneously solidifies this for me. Gentle inclusions of meditation, journaling, affirmations, candles, crystals, herbal tea and coffee give magic and pleasure. Good structured daily rituals bring us joy. They also expand time, gifting us precious time for ourselves. If you struggle with positive morning and evening rituals I suggest you start by creating your own magical space to carry out your ritual and skin care practice: Find a space, it doesn’t have to be a big space – it could even be your bedside table. But find a space that is yours and make it sing to your heart. Keeping it clean, simple and uncluttered you may wish to place your favourite crystal there, a candle or tea light in a lovely holder. Perhaps on top of your favourite books. You may keep your face oil there to press a little extra onto your skin during your daily rituals, or a treasured photo. Chose that which is most meaningful to you. Oracle cards, smudging and are all key parts to my own am and pm rituals. You may, or may not find these opening, expansive, releasing and inspiring in your own. It is important that there is structure, that your rituals resonate with you and that your stick with them. Cleansing, eliminating, hydrating, moving, meditating, journaling, breathing, setting affirmations, caring for the skin, sitting in silence, relaxing a rigid posture and just spending a moment to contemplate the day to come or just spent are all part of my own daily rituals and that which I recommend as part of our Intuitive Daily Rituals. With love, Fiona xx To talk to Fiona about your own daily rituals and skin care product routine please call +34 678 836 961 or just pop into The Intuitive Skin Care Clinic, Playa Flamenca Beach, Orihuela Costa.
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Now that the Halloween season is over and people have finally gotten off the stains from too much face paint we move on to the season of plays and pantomimes. November is traditionally a time when amateur theatre groups put the long months of rehearsals and line learning to good use by producing plays and pantomimes. As you will see from the guide there are several on during November and all will be raising money for charities. Having been on all sides of the fence with these, (acting, producing and an audience member) I can tell you that a huge amount of hours go into
producing a 2 hour play that will only be performed 3 or 4 times. Lines may get forgotten, things may go wrong on the night but the main object is that theatre goers and performers all have a good time. Behind the scenes there will be a hive of activity with costumes being arranged, stage managers making sure that the actors are in their correct places for entrances, actors re reading their lines and a general feeling of terror mixed with excitement. The actors may be on the front line but without the back up of a lot of people behind the scenes from promoters to stage hands, light and
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sound engineers, costume designers and ticket sellers, the show would not go on. We have so little opportunity in this area of seeing these types of performances that more often than not tickets sell out very fast. There is nothing like seeing a good play to feel like you are having a real night out. Going to a pantomime can get you in the Christmas mood and is an opportunity for the whole family to go out together. They are also part of our very British heritage and is something that other nations do not understand — the lead male is a female, the dame is
a male. It wouldn’t be a pantomime without the chorus of “Behind You!” and “Oh no he didn’t — oh yes he did!” They are a chance for us all to release the inner child and have a wonderful time. The seasons begin on Thursday 12th at The Cardinal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio with Dick Whittington performed by Studio 32.Following hot on its heels from November 23rd is “Sleeping Beauty” which will be Stagestruck’s Christmas Pantomime. Details of tickets outlets can be found on Facebook and on their website. Both pantos have matinees which means the
kids can get their fill of the brilliant colours, sights and sounds that only happen in pantoland. Life is there for living, so get out there and support your local bars, theatres, venues and entertainers:without you they won’t exist. If you would like your event posted on my web site www.lrshows.com or in the next Gig Guide, please email me at letsrockshowslive@gmail.com Love your life. Love live music and Keep on Rocking! Jax Lawson x
November 3rd - November 9th Tuesday 10th Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Martin Kay – 9pm The Arches Bar, Los Alcazares – Lynden B – 9.30pm The Archers, Quesada – Jam Session – 3pm Mumbai Blue, El Galan – Kevin Tyler – 8.30pm Stray Sod, Campoamor – Bella Luna – 10pm Bar Argento, Orihuela – Miguel Alarza – 9.30pm Coopers Arms, Dona Pepa - Children in Need Fundraiser, Stevie Spit, Nikki G – 15 Euros Tradewinds, La Fuente – Dan Davy – 10pm
Wednesday 11th The Club, Quesada – Cassi Kennedy – 9pm Pablos International, Playa Flamenca - Ed Temple – 9pm Lansdowne, Playa Flamenca – The Cages – 10pm Maggie O’Brien’s, Campoverde – Brian Bennett – 4.30pm Murphys on The Park, Torrevieja – Backyard Session – 10.30pm Stray Sod, Campoamor – Kolted acoustic duo – 10pm Trinity Bar, Cabo Roig – Sunflower Valley - 9pm Bar Carlos, Torrevieja – Open Mic with PDQ – 9pm
Thursday 12th Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Paul Allen – 9pm Rojales Theatre – Just Brass – 8.30pm – 5 Euros Lansdowne, Playa Flamenca – Done n Dusted – 10pm Emerald Isle, La Florida – Abba Elite – 9pm Stray Sod, Campoamor – Cages – 10pm La Vida Sunset Bar, Dona Pepa – Samantha Curtis – 9pm Cardinal Belluga Theatre, San Fulgencio – Dick Whittington - 7€ - 7pm
Friday 13th Em’s Dreams, La Marina – Paul Vegas – 9pm Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Dee – 9pm Stephanos, La Zenia – Diverse Duo – 8.30pm Bar Carmens, El Chaparral – Samantha Curtis 2pm Maggie O’Briens, Campoverde - Jay Markwick – 9pm El Alto de Dolores, Guardamar – Charity show - Paul Christie – 7pm – 5€ Marina Bar, Toretta 2 – Red Strokes – 9pm Nations, Blue Lagoon – Cover Brothers – 9pm Monos, Quesada – Maria O’Hara – 9pm Emerald Isle, La Florida – Richie Alexander – 9pm Stray Sod, Campoamor – Gregg Lomas – 10pm Cardinal Belluga Theatre, San Fulgencio – Dick Whittington (Studio 32) - 7€ - 7pm Papillon Bar, Torretta 2, Duncan – 9pm New Priory, El Galan – Martin Kay – 9pm Reflections, San Luis – Double Trouble – 9pm
Saturday 14th La Bodegueta, Lo Crispin – Dee – 9pm The Junction, Blue Lagoon – Cassi Kennedy – 9pm Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Sharni – 9pm Maggie O’Briens, Campoverde – The Soundz – 9pm The Club, Quesada – Taylor comedian – 9pm Bar Med, Mazarron – Red Strokes – 9pm Rojales Theatre – Annie The Musical – 7pm Monos, Quesada – Woody – 9pm Breakaways, La Fuente – Angie McKay – 9pm Laurel and Hardys, Quesada – Randall Cain – 8pm Whispers Bar, San Miguel – Rob Roberts – 9pm Bar Carlos, Torrevieja – PDQ – 9pm Emerald Isle, La Florida – Dan Davy and Nick Gold – 9pm Stray Sod, Campoamor – Kolted – 10pm Cardinal Belluga Theatre, San Fulgencio – Dick Whittington - 7€ - 2.30pm and 7pm
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Sunday 15th Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Richie Alexander – 9pm The Tavern, Catral – Red Strokes – 9pm Argento, Orihuela – Dougie Monroe – 8.30pm
Monday 16th Pablos International, Playa Flamenca – Rain and Mel – 9pm The Final Whistle, La Marina – Paul Christie – 2pm
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Speed traps, blue lights and unmarked cars We start this week’s column with a question from a reader. John in Los Altos asked us, “I have noticed that for the Costa Calida area, the police provide a list of where Mobile speed traps are to be located in the following week, which are published in the local newspaper. Does the Guardia Civil provide the same service for the Orihuela Costa area? If so these could be published in the Costa Blanca People, as another service to your readers?” The Guardia Civil Traffic Police replied: “Trafico has published on their page a similar list, here you have the link to the Alicante Province. This is public information, available to everybody: http://www.dgt.es/es/el-trafico/controlde-velocidad/alicante/” Also this week came the news that Spain will be coming in line with much of Europe in terms of emergency services vehicle lighting. From February 2016, all priority vehicles on Spain´s roads will display flashing blue lights. Currently, fire and ambulance vehicles, and tow trucks responding to an emergency, indicate that they are priority vehicles by use of flashing orange lights, with only the police and Guardia Civil using blue. Spain was the only European country
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which had not adopted the standard but a change to the law which covers this provision has been published in the official gazette this week, along with many other changes to traffic laws, which will come into force early next year. This news, combined with John’s enquiry about speed traps brings us neatly along to this week’s subject – is there a way to identify an unmarked Guardia Civil car? Well, as it happens there is. Francisco from the Guardia Civil Traffic Corps – and head of the team behind the N332 Facebook page – told us, “Depending on the role they need to fulfil, the Guardia Civil traffic department has a range of vehicles at their disposal. Sometimes, it´s necessary for them to use unmarked or camouflaged vehicles in the course of law enforcement. The most commonly used unmarked car fitted with speed detecting equipment is the Toyota and is mostly used for speed checks on major roads. However, there are also other unmarked vehicles on the roads and we’d like to explain some of the identifying features of these cars, not so you can avoid detection if you are breaking the law, but as there have been a few occasions where criminals have pretended to be the police to stop
innocent victims and carry out robberies, we want to make sure you know how to identify a real unmarked traffic car that might be trying to stop you.” Francisco has provided us with the key features to look out for to verify that an unmarked car is genuinely that of the Guardia Civil. • At the front of the vehicle there are blue lights hidden in the grill. These will be illuminated and flash in the event of the vehicle responding to an emergency, or in the event that the officers are trying to stop you. • In the front window, on the passenger side, the sun visor has been replaced by an illuminated display. This will display the words “G.Civil”, “Trafico” and “Alto”, or stop, alternating. These words are displayed in reverse, so that they will be visible and easy to read in your rear view mirror. • You might also spot other equipment in the window, but remember, the vehicles can vary and not all unmarked vehicles are fitted with the same type of equipment. • When the Guardia Civil traffic officers are patrolling in unmarked cars, they will always, without exception, be wearing a variation uniform, with high visibility features. It is important to note though
that other departments of both the Guardia Civil and police use unmarked cars, such as detectives for example, but those officers will not be wearing this uniform. Another important point is that it is only Guardia Civil traffic officers who are wearing the high visibility uniform who are allowed to take money from you as payment of traffic fines. In the event of an officer from another department coming across an incident on the roads, they will always call for the traffic department to take charge, issue fines and take any money that may be due in fines. Only the officers in the high visibility uniforms bearing Guardia Civil Trafico are allowed to take money, this is very important to know. • At the rear of the unmarked vehicle, we often see that the windows are laminated with tinting. This is not an exclusive feature of unmarked or camouflaged cars, but in the back window there is another hidden illuminated display. This display will once again say the words “G.Civil”, “Trafico” and “Alto”, alternating and accompanied by flashing blue lights on the grille. • The cars also carry a detachable rooftop blue light, but it is unlikely this will be used as part of the procedure to stop you.
Always remember the key point of identifying a Guardia Civil Trafico Car. The matrix sign in the front and rear and the officers wearing uniforms. If you are ever in any doubt as to whether you have been stopped by a real Guardia Civil patrol, you can always call 062 and quote the registration number of the vehicle, but these key points, we hope, will also help you stay a little safer on the roads. Send your questions about driving in Spain to n332@costablancapeople.com Don’t forget you can find more advice about driving in Spain at www.facebook.com/TorreviejaTrafficDep artment and from the website N332.es
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Seven of the Eight Motorway Weekend Fatalities robbers stopped were Biker A total of eight people have lost their lives on the main road network of Spain this weekend, six of whom were motorcyclists and one was riding a scooter, according to the preliminary data released by the DGT. The weekend coincided with the motorcycle Grand Prix in Cheste, near Valencia, and therefore a special operation monitoring the roads was in place. Throughout the weekend there were seven fatal incidents with Saturday being the worst day when four bikers were killed in Asturias, Cádiz, Pontevedra and León. However, the most serious crash occurred on Sunday in the Cádiz town of Arcos de Frontera where a mother and her young son were killed and another five injured. On Sunday, a motorcyclist was killed in Alicante, whereas on Friday a moped rider
was killed when in collision with a truck. Meanwhile, a banana truck driver had a lucky escape earlier this week. An articulated lorry crashed on the A-7 motorway between Elche and Aspe on Wednesday, resulting in the cab hanging precariously over a 15 metre drop. The incident occurred at around 07:30 in the morning as the truck loaded with bananas collided with the guardrail and landed wedged in a gap between the carriageways. A fire broke out but was quickly brought under control as the two occupants of the vehicle were treated for minor cuts and bruises. The crash resulted in delays through the area for most of the day whilst experts assessed the scene in order to work out how to recover the truck. Information courtesy of N332.es
Six people have been detained for more than 400 thefts on motorways after puncturing the victims’ tyres. The detained would place a puncture in a tyre of a car parked in a service area and when the owner returned they would offer assistance and carry out the theft. The arrested, from Spain, Serbia, Romania and Kosovo acted in the Valencia Community, Cataluña, Madrid, Aragón, Basque Country and Castilla y León and they are charged with the crimes of robbery and theft, document falsification, against road safety, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organisation, according to the Guardia Civil. Police impounded five vehicles and search as many homes and impounded cash, perfumes, mobile phones, tablets, computers, bags, watches, machetes, glasses, clothes and documents of great interest to the investigators. Officers are sure they have arrested the leader of the gang and mastermind behind the attacks. The investigation was opened after a spate of thefts carried out at the service station on the AP-7 in the province of Castellón. The operation was carried out by agents from the Castellón and Barcelona Guardia Civil and the arrested have been placed at the disposition of the Instruction Court 2 in Vinarós (Castellón).
Peugeot 307 Cabrio, 2.0i, Automatic, 2006, leather seats, Climate control 8,995€
VW Golf 1.6TDi Blue Motion, 2011, Climate control, CD, USB, 67,000km, 12,995€
Vw Touareg 5.0 TDI V10, Year 2003, Automatic, leather seats, 11,995€
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Seat Altea 1.6 TDI, 2011, 82,000km, Immaculate inside and out, 11,995€
Opel Meriva 1.7 CDTI, 2013, 110CV, 67,000km 11,695€
Ford Focus 1.6TDCI , year 2011, 115CV, A/C, CD, 6 Speeds, 10,995€
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logic puzzle Logic puzzles require the solver to deduce the relationships between different people, places and things based on a limited number of clues given in the puzzle.
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quick ACROSS 1. Make (11) 9. Free (7) 10.Dough (5) 11.Addition (5) 12.Help (7) 13.Really (6) 15.Departure (6) 18.Slope (7)
5. Theme (5) 6. Give back (7) 7. Impious (11) 8. Stood for (11) 14.Affirm (7) 16.Acrobat (7) 17.Defeated (6) 19.Motionless (5) 21.Wireless (5)
20.Dullard (5) 22.Habit (5) 23.Nonsense (7) 24.Goal (11) Down 2. Apportion (5) 3. Ignorant (7) 4. Disliking (6)
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DOWN 2. Disturb the group who are out of bed (5) 3. 100 girls split into groups for teaching (7) 4. Some careless account I’d yielded (6) 5. Victor’s opposite number (5) 6. Problems for Russian currency
after Thursday’s rise initially (7) 7. Mere squalor can result in always falling out (11) 8. Getting through great ten-pin reform (11) 14. Take for granted I object to purse being out (7) 16. Forecast public relations on 20 (7) 17. In reply the Germans were out in force (6) 19. Encouragements to woolly thinking? (5) 21. Bury in virgin territory (5)
SOLUTIONS 607 QUICK: Across: 6 Between; 7 Ready; 9 Fad; 10 Essential; 12 Aristocracy; 15 Precipitate; 17 Merciless; 19 Orb; 21 Sloth; 22 Garland. Down: 1 Delay; 2 Own; 3 Less; 4 Dexterity; 5 Advance; 8 Report; 11 Precocity; 13 Supple; 14 Orderly; 16 Grant; 18 Stay; 20 Sly. CRYPTIC: Across: 6 Flannel; 7 Sousa; 9 Act; 10 Lightship; 12 Street cries; 15 Come to grips; 17 Part-timer; 19 Win; 21 Get on; 22 Legally. Down: 1 Slack; 2 End; 3 Peri; 4 Conscript; 5 Assizes; 8 Whiter; 11 Attention; 13 Erotic; 14 Donated; 16 Yield; 18 Even; 20 Fag.
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1. The person whose flight departs at 6:30pm didn't study the works of Claude Monet. 2. Branden will depart later than the artist who specialized in Jackson Pollock. 3. The person whose flight departs at 8:00am is allergic to pollen. 4. The artist who specialized in Pablo Picasso doesn't have the grass allergy. 5. Either the artist who specialized in Pablo Picasso or the artist who specialized in Paul Cezanne is Yahir. 6. Yahir will depart later than Ryan. 7. The 5 people were the person whose flight departs at 6:30pm, the artist who specialized in Paul Cezanne, the person who's allergic to dust, Valentina, and the person whose flight departs at 11:30pm. 8. Of the artist who specialized in Paul Cezanne and Branden, one will depart at 8:00am and the other is allergic to seafood. 9. The person who's allergic to grass will depart earlier than the artist who specialized in Gustav Klimt. 10. The person whose flight departs at 8:30pm is Rose. 11. The artist who specialized in Gustav Klimt is not Branden.
22. Doctor to employ rodent (5) 23. Penned legal document to 10 (7) 24. It goes up and down by degrees (11)
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Remember: every item on the board belongs to one and only one person, no item will ever be shared. Using only the clues provided and simple deductive logic and reasoning, fill in the grid with Xs and Os to determine the solution.
ACROSS 1. Not a virtue of the late Mr. Smith (11) 9. Parvenu is out of bed to begin with (7) 10. Filched a wrap (5) 11. Finds fault with local taxes (5) 12. Why bad rule is not easily got rid of? (7) 13. Reveal former attitude (6) 15. Make a paper come on the scene (6) 18. Gets relation by marriage to feel one’s feet? (7) 20. Cited an enactment (5)
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Foxy is only a smallish boy, around 9 kilos and looks like he may have a little Chihuahua cross in him. Foxy is around 2 years old, housetrained and good with other dogs.
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Patches is a lovely, friendly cat who loves people to make a fuss of her. She has been spayed and is now ready for a loving home of her own.
Jacques will grow to a medium size, is now fully vaccinated and microchipped, if you think this cutie could be the boy for you please contact us.
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Milton, is a happy, healthy boy who is playful, intelligent, loving and very handsome; he is fully vaccinated, microchipped and castrated.
Benji is around 5 years old and great with other dogs and cats, he is one of the most gentle dogs we have had and will make a wonderful companion.
TOMMY has now been at the kennels 18 months and will be a 2 years old in December so we are hoping that he will find a forever home soon. He is a medium crossbreed who weighs around 21 kilos and is fully vaccinated, micro chipped and castrated.
LAST HOPE DOG RESCUE Tel: 634 065 540 Website: lasthopedogrescue@outlook.com
Ellie is a 12 week old Podenco, she is very loving and fully vaccinated. She will soon be getting her microchip,rabies and passport. She will not be a big Podencos. Very intelligent and learns very easily.
Annie, around 4 months old and in good health. She is good with other dogs and cats and very loving.
Holly and her three brothers were abandoned as small puppies, it appears they are Great Dane X. Only a puppy, Holly is already a quiet, calm girl who has lots of love and loyalty to give. Anyone looking to adopt a large dog, couldn’t get bigger.
Alfie is only 7 weeks old and was found wandering in a fruit orchard on his own, not appropriate for any dog but especially not for one so young.
Tayta, a beautiful ginger female, has lived in the APAH Cattery since she was rescued as a tiny kitten. She loves to be stroked and cuddled and would be a wonderful companion for someone who can give her her first loving home.
Jake, 5 year old Labrador cross, house trained and friendly with other dogs. For further information please ring 600 845 420 or visit the website at www.k9club.es
Hendrix is one of 5 puppies that had been seen wandering on the edge of an urbanisation. He is 3 ½ months old and a real sweetie; a very friendly and happy boy. He, and his siblings, are now fully vaccinated, micro chipped and ready for adoption.
Meet Wolfie, 3 year old, fully vaccinated, passport and microchip, neutered and house trained.
Freddy, a gorgeous ginger point Siamese and is around 10 weeks old. He is very affectionate and is good with other cats and dogs. Call: 645 469 253 www.petsinspain.com
Dino, a 2 year old podenco cross and is such a gentle boy. He weighs around 15 kilos and is great with other dogs. Call: 645 469 253 www.petsinspain.com info@petsinspain.info
Jake, a very handsome lab mix, neutered and house trained, fully vaccinated, passport and microchip. A friendly, obedient dog, a real joy to have around.
K9 is an Animal Rescue Organisation, we are a fully legal, non-profit making organisation. We have dogs, cats and kittens ready for adoption and foster.
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BALLROOM DANCING Ballroom & Latin Dancing at La Monte hotel, Pilar de la Horadada (N332) beginners and improvers. Mondays and Thursdays 11.30pm to 1.00pm. For further information contact Marilyn 966 762 262 (609) La Bamba’s - Ballroom Modern/Latin/Argentine Tango/Sequence Dancing. Los Rosales Restaurant, Guardamar CV895 (near Lemon Tree Sunday Market). Monday - Social Dance 8.30-10.30pm (Sequence Class 7.30-8.30pm). Friday - Social Dance 7.3010.30pm. Wednesday - New Beginners Class (new beginners welcome every Wednesday) 2-3pm Intermediate Class 34pm Intermediate Plus Class 4- 5pm. Andrea Murphy (00 34) 616 478 157 (608)
BUILDERS G.F.R. Builders 30 years experience 13 years in Spain. All general building work and Property Maintenance undertaken. Gazebos, Pergolas and car ports made to your specification. All works guaranteed. Competitive prices. Ring now for free no obligation quotation. Tel 653 262 489, Whatsapp or email gfrbuild@gmail.com (LR) (608)
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Due to retirement. Angels Bar & Bistro. La Finca Golf. Algorfa. Trapasso for sale. Good T/O profit. Easy to run. Training available. Low cost of €25000 (Rent free until April 2016) For details call 657 665 542 or email rob@angelsbar.es (611) Bar-Cafeteria for rent in Los Montesinos, fully equipped, fully licenced, large stainless steel kitchen, 38 covers inside, 48 covers outside, central location, good patronage from local expat community, up and running, immediate availability, turn key and go operation. Rent 1200 euros per month, Price to include all fixtures and fittings, 25,000 euros. Further details telephone SunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779, Office hours, or 672 366 275. (608) Quesada, Freehold lock up garage of some 56 square meters, ideal for storage of motorbikes, classic car, jet skis etc etc. These are rarely available and one of only 6 that exist of this size. Price 16,000 euros, that's 286 euros per square meter, you couldnt build it for that assuming you already had the land? Further details telephone SunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275. (608) Quesada. Chryselios Bar Restaurant Lease for sale at Bargain Price. Due to urgent family matters owners are forced to return to Ireland. This bar originally cost 90,000 Euros to fit out. Beautifully furnished and complete with full stainless steel kitchen, disabled toilets etc etc, 3 phase electricity. Fully license. 40 covers inside and 70 covers outside. Pleasant courtyard terrace complete with water fountain. Separate storage unit. Same owners for over 5 years. Hand over period possible. Priced to sell at27,500 euros.Euros. Further details from SunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275. This bar restaurant has always maintained a high class menu, and clientele, and won many awards via Costa Blanca People culinary annual awards. (608) Quesada, Dry Cleaners for lease, fully equipped in every respect, business established since 2002. Ideal husband and wife team, and for people who have motivation. Simple working hours 9am to 5pm, Mon to Friday, 10am to 2pm Saturdays. For further details please telephone SunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275 any reasonable time. (608)
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GARDENING Eazy Lawns the artificial grass experts. Eight year guarantee. Many different effects for all surfaces and budgets. Full garden design & construction. Fully legal and registered company covering all of the Costa Blanca. Tel 636 102 509 or email info@eazylawns.es or www.eazylawns.es (C) (608)
HOME IMPROVEMENTS METAL MAN! All your metal and Iron works made to your specification. Specialising in Staircases, Roller shutters, Gates and Railings. Best prices on the Costa Blanca! Call for no obligation quotation. Tel 653 262 489/Whatsapp or email metalguy1958@gmail.com (LR) (608)
ITEMS WANTED Turn your unwanted furniture, electrical, household goods, Bric-a-Brac, clothing, antiques and collectables into cash. Anything! Anywhere! 965 319 220/663 012 541 (611)
LEGAL SERVICES One Way Services Wills €80 Residents annual tax declaration €45 Driving licences (incl. medical) €130 NIE + Residencia €50 Call 966 716 540 or 650 130 853 C/-Blanca 1, Cuidad Quesada (on the Main Square) (608) (M)
PERSONAL SERVICES ANUNCIATE! Tlf 966 701 060 linda@costablancapeople.com SERVICIO DE TRADUCCION GRATUITO Kamagra.Gold.100mg. + The Weekender. Plus other Kamagra products. delivery 7 days. Call Steve 694 449 102 email syork28@gmail.com(609)
Torrevieja Casa Angela. Discreet and private deluxe chalet offers you exotic girls from South America, call us, come and enjoy 24 hrs, easy to find, easy parking, free drink also escort service 609 573 468/639 832 118 Address: Avd. Association Victimas Del Terrorismo (608)
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Torrevieja Centro, young oriental girl gives complete massage, 24 hrs in your house or mine. C/ Concordia 2, 4K. Tel: 698 280 842 (610) New in Torrevieja. Bea. 26 years old. Loving kisses, natural french, black kisses, erotic massage. 24 hours. Calle Goleta 38- Tel 608 059 794 (610) Playa Flamenca (near new Carrefour before La Florida) Original Spanish lady 35 very attractive offers complete service & erotic massages, private House, very discreet with parking has medical cert. 865 646 437 (610) Thai lady for massage and lots of pleasure.Tel 605 292 304 Cabo Roig (610) Ana 24, Polish caring friend, lovely attention, natural oral sex. Fantasies. La Zenia opposite CC. Zenia Boulevard. 15th Turquesa St. (Spanish Flag) 656 314 941 www.sensualspain.net (map gps ) (610) Nachuli introduces always new nice friends in La Zenia. Come to visit us at 15th, Turquesa St. (Spanish flag). We make your fantasies come true. Opposite CC. Zenia Boulevard. www.sensualspain.net (map gps) 656 314 941 (613) Young Spanish student 20, nice body, so sweet , sexy, red hair, Shakira’s dance. La Zenia opposite CC. Boulevard.15th, Turquesa St. (Spanish flag), behind Mercadona’s back gate, www.sensualspain.net (map gps) 656 314 941 (608) Cinita 42, busty and lovely qualified masseusse. great sensual stimulation. Oriental techniques to delay ejaculation. Prostate and tantric massage and much more. Cabo Roig, opposite Puchini’s restuarant. Building Calas de Campoamor (blue columns). Door bell 66 and bell. www.sensualspain.net 672 872 050 (612) Cindy 40, The most horny Venezuelan woman. Wonderfull body. All the fantasies. La Zenia Nachuli’s House 77, close to Consum supermarket, opp. Superprice Chinese. www.sensualspain.net (map gps) 607 735 745 (611) Mary 32, Polish pretty friend, beautiful body, the best attention , so caring and sweet, fantasies. Cabo Roig opp. Puchini’s Restaurant/Bar Med building Calas de Campoamor (blue columns door bell 66 and bell. www.sensualspain.net (map gps) 672 872 050 (611) Ashley 30, English mixed race S/American, tall, busty and stunning, near the Torrevieja hospital. 665 883 576 (608) Attractive mature bi-sexual lady. Enjoys 69. Couples welcome. €70 full service. Outside Quesada. Tel 672 932 162 (610)
PROPERTY FOR RENT Experience a great one hour massage with Veronica fully quallified. For appointments call 679 292 678 (618) Sophie. Elegant, sexy, naughty lady. Visit, all areas. Home/house and hotel visits. Tel 693 357 526 (614) Tony is back with his little get you up blues. Delivery to all Torrevieja areas. Tel 697 777 811 (612)
Naughty sexy Lady, discreet, out calls only. Orihuela Costa. email leilapuss@yahoo.co.uk (608)
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Playa Flamenca Deluxe or 2 bedroom apt, superb urb, 2 swimming pools , tennis courts, lifts, air con, english TV, private parking, long let 350.00 Euros per month plus bills Tel: Astrids Rentals 965 319 731, 649 235 327 (608) Los Altos. Manzana 15. Calle Pico Maldito. Imaculate firnished 2 bed semi detached bungalow. 2 bath, seperate kitchen, large garden, porch and BBQ. com pool. Long let 375€ + bills. Tel. Astrids Rentals 965 319 731. 649 235 327 (608) Flat to rent long term in Los Montesinos. 3 double bedrooms, 2 bathrooms large lounge with lake views, part furnished. €350 per month, bills not included.Whatsapp or call 699 203 035 Email:clarehanson73@yahoo.co.uk (610) Long Term let Townhouse in La Finca 2bed both ensuite 3 bath large solarium beautiful views, parking, gated community with communal pool, English TV and aircon 425 month contact Alison 690 731 160 (609)
Long Term Rentals! Cabo Roig. Quad house. €400pcm + bills. Punta Prima. Apartments x 4. La Señorita. €350pcm + bills. Los Balcones. House. €400pcm + bills La Zenia. Apartment. beachside. €400pcm + bills. Villamartin. Apartment. Pau 8. €400 pcm + bills. Contact 661 515 315 or email enquiries@propertyhounds.es. www.propertyhounds.es (611) La Zenia. Attractive 2nd floor apartment with elevator access and within easy walking distance to all local amenities. Consists of, lounge, kitchen, bathroom and 2 bedrooms in well maintained urbanisation with great communal pool. No pets permitted. Rent PCM 390€ inclusive of electricity, water and English TV system.Minimum rent for this property is 6 months with contract For further information call 687 137 453 (608) CABO ROIG, Cala Capitán. Properties at the beach available now for holiday rental and for long-term rental during the winter season. Special prices. Tel. 609 620 457 (608) Quesada, Lo Marabu, Long Term rental, mid terrace townhouse of excellent size, 3 beds, 3 baths, large living/dining room, good size kitchen, fully furnished, roof top solarium, communal swimming pool, full A/C hot and cold, massive underground garage, walking distance to Lidl’s and Consum, rent 500 euros per month, plus water and electric, deposit required of 1,000 euros. Available from 6th November, Further details telephone SunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779 office hours, or 672 366 275. (608)
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EL PRESIDENTE – 99,500€ - REF NO. 4442 – Spacious quad house, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1 shower room, glazed in front porch, log burning fire, good size lounge, kitchen area, large roof solarium, balcony off master bedroom, air con, part furnished. Call 607 050 482 CAMPOAMOR – 279,950€ - REF NO. 4444 – A good sized detached villa situated on an 800m2 plot, private pool, communal pool, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, fully furnished, air con, close to all local facilities and amenities. Call 607 050 482 BEACHSIDE CABO ROIG – 158,000€ REF NO. 4446 – South facing beachside townhouse, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lounge, separate kitchen, front and rear gardens, underground parking, communal pool, roof solarium, inside secure urbanisation. Call 607 050 482 VILLAMARTIN – 68,000€ - REF NO: 4412 – Ground floor apartment, lounge, separate kitchen and utility room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, front terrace area, further area outside, communal pool, nicely furnished, great investment for long term rental. Call 607 050 482 PLAYA FLAMENCA – 83,000€ - REF NO. 4436 – First Floor apartment situated in a central location, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, large solarium with sea views, inside secure urbanisation, great rental potential, fully furnished. Call 607 050 482 (CP) (A) (608) CAMPOAMOR Golf. Terraced house, 2-3 bed, 2 baths, glazed-in terrace, well presented, part-furnished, sunny garden, terrace, walking distance to La Fuente commercial centre. 69,950 Euros. Tel: 616 939 326, 966 773 985, www.hf-immo.com (608) TORREVIEJA, Torreblanca. Apartment with excellent seaviews, 2 bed, bath, well presented, furnished, glazed-in balcony, com. pool, gated complex, walking distance to beach, shops, restaurants etc. 69,900 Euros. Tel: 616 939 326, 966 773 985, www.hfimmo.com (608)
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Ciudad Quesada REF 003 NEW LUXURY SHOWCASE Bedroom, 4 Bathroom Spacious Detached Villa Fully Furnished Great Location 317m2 Build Size Views Private Swimming Pool. €659,000 Ciudad Quesada REF 004 NEW LUXURY SHOWCASE Large 3 Bedroom, 4 Bathroom Luxury Detached Villa Beautifully Presented Prime Location Virtually Maintenance Free South Facing Private Swimming Pool Bar. €550,000 Ciudad Quesada REF 669 3 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Detached Villa Fully Furnished Gas Central Heating Private 10m x 5m Swimming Pool Quiet Cul-de-Sac Desirable Location €199,950 Ciudad Quesada REF 682 2 Bedroom, 2 Bathroom Linked Duplex Fully Furnished Roof Solarium Spectacular Views Communal Parking Close to Amenities Communal Swimming Pool. €110,000 For further details call INMOBILIARIA on 966 718 392 (IQ) (608)
TILING P&R Tiling The best quality and value around. Only the highest quality materials used (swimming pool grade adhesive and grout). Call 622 154 380 for a no obligation quote or to see our extensive portfolio of bathrooms, kitchens, driveways, patios, solariums, swimming pools, landscape gardening and more. Happy to introduce new clients to previous clients for references. See our website www.pandrtiling.com or call 622 154 380. Hablamos Español. (AL) (608)
PROPERTY WANTED Quesada, and surrounding areas, property wanted for sale and or Long Term rental. Free valuation, and tenants waiting for long term rentals especially. Further details please telephone SunseekersQuesada on 966 718 779 0ffice hours, for a free no obligation valuation. (608)
TUITION & TRANSLATION One Way Services Wills €80 Residents annual tax declaration €45 Driving licences (incl. medical) €130 NIE + Residencia €50 Call 966 716 540 or 650 130 853 C/-Blanca 1, Cuidad Quesada (on the Main Square) (608) (M)
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IMPORTANT CONTACT NUMBERS EMERGENCY 112 SAMARITANS IN SPAIN 24 hour Helpline 902 883 535 Email: pat@samaritansinspain.com TORREVIEJA STROKE SUPPORT GROUP E-mail: strokesupportgroup@hotmail.com Telephone: 966 718 964, www.torreviejastrokesupport.com ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Confidential helpline Costa Blanca 625 912 078 Los Alcazares 679 385 105 Spanish Speaking 679 212 535 German 966 789 686 Scandinavian 659 779 222 Flemish 635 047 053 http://aa-costablanca.org AECC You can contact Maria Wilson on 602 418 959 and Javier Murcia on 647 703 811 AL-ANON FAMILY GROUP TORREVIEJA For details phone 692 799 318 HELP Association Vega Baja Calle Lope de Vega 46 San Miguel de Salinas. Telephone 966 723 733 HELP Association Vega Baja Rambla Juan Mateo Garcia 4, Torrevieja Telephone 965 704 282 HELP Association Vega Baja La Marina HELPDESK Calle Madrid 5, Urbanisation La Marina Telephone 673 109 096 24 hour, 365 day Emergency helpline on 966 723 733 AGE CONCERN TORREVIEJA Telephone 966 786 887 HELP MURCIA MAR MENOR 968 570 059 OUT OF HOURS TELEPHONE NO. 654 632 077 (in an emergency ONLY) LISTENING EAR TEAM: 634 348 376 BRITISH CONSULATE ALICANTE 00 34 95 216 022 (in Spain) 9.30am-1.30pm 00 34 913 342 194 (outside Spain) CONSULATE OF IRELAND IN ALICANTE Tel: +34 965 107 485 Fax: +34 965 113 519 PARKINSON SUPPORT GROUP For chat and support over a cup of tea at Bobbie Jo’s, Los Montesinos Contact Wally Williams on 966 770 871 THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION please ring 676 451 780 or check our website www.britishlegion.org.uk /counties/spain-north For all other general enquiries, please ring 648 860 251
Emergency chemist In every town on the Costa Blanca, you will find a chemist open out of hours. In some larger towns such as Torrevieja, some chemists open throughout the day with no ‘siesta’, or even until 9pm and over weekends. The duty chemist can change on a weekly basis and in some towns, local pharmacies take turns to be ‘on duty’ out of hours and through the night for emergencies. If you approach an emergency chemist and it appears to be closed, look closer as often for security reasons, out of hours business is done via a small hatch
through which prescriptions, payment and medication can be passed. Consult a full list of emergency chemists for out of hours medication at: www.lasfarmaciasdeguardia.com Under the heading, “Farmacias de guardia por provincia” choose your province (Alicante or Murcia for most readers) and you will be presented with an alphabetical list of towns. Simply click the town you are in, or a nearby town, and you will be given the name of the chemist along with a Google Maps link to the location.
Airport Bus Timetable This service offers eight return trips between Alicante-Elche Airport and Torrevieja central bus depot without any stops, every day of the year. Torrevieja to Airport: 7:00, 9:00, 11:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, 19:00, 21:00 Airport to Torrevieja: 8:00, 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:00 Departure and arrival (in Torrevieja): From Torrevieja bus station. Calle del Mar, 50 Departure and arrival (in AlicanteElche Airport): 2nd Floor Price: €6.92 Children under 4 years travel for free (ID may be requested) Pensioners: 30% discount available for pensioners with accreditation from Social Security. Please note that the discount here applies ONLY to pensioners registered as permanent residents of the
Valencian Community. To prove this, you must show ID stating that you are over 65 as well as your DNI (if Spanish) or Residencia (if foreign resident) confirming that your residence is within the Valencian Community. All buses on this route have wheelchair access, free wifi and luggage storage. Tickets in Torrevieja are available for purchase within the bus station (Calle del Mar 50), and in the airport directly from the driver. Prior booking is not required, however more information can be found by calling the bus station (in Spanish) on 96 571 01 46. The journey time is 50 minutes and the driver takes the route to and from the airport via the A7 motorway, thus avoiding the frequent seasonal delays on the N332.
Useful numbers Transport Torrevieja Bus station 96 670 10 68 Torrevieja Radio Taxi 96 571 22 77 – 96 571 10 26 Orihuela Costa Radio Taxi 966 76 10 88 Alicante-Elche Airport 96 691 90 00 Renfe (trains) 902 24 02 02
Commercial Centres Zenia Boulevard 96 676 15 30 Habaneras 96 571 23 00 Dos Mares 968 54 70 00 L’Aljub (Elche) 965 43 00 90
Emergency Services National Police (NIE/Residencia application) 96 570 88 34 Guardia Civil 062 Protección Civil 96 571 39 27 Fire Brigade 96 670 44 33/53 EMERGENCIES 112
Local Services Torrevieja Town Hall 96 571 02 50 Rojales Town Hall 966 71 50 01 San Miguel de Salinas Town Hall 965 72 00 01 San Fulgencio Town Hall 966 79 42 01 Orihuela Town Hall 966 73 68 64 Elche Town Hall 966 65 80 50
Alicante Town Hall 965 14 91 00 Los Alcazares Town Hall 968 57 44 09 San Pedro del Pinatar Town Hall 968 18 06 00 Pilar de la Horadada Town Hall 965 35 22 25 Guardamar del Segura Town Hall 965 72 90 14 Los Montesinos Town Hall 966 72 10 87 Sports Palace Infanta Cristina 966 111 222 Sport palace Cecilio Gallego 966 111 222 Tourist info 901 343 343 Consumer Info Centre 96 570 78 88 Ecoparque 96 570 72 32 La Mata’s Natural Park 96 692 04 04 Museo del Mar y de la Sal 96 670 46 43 Museo de Semana Santa (Easter Museum) 96 670 80 37
Services Iberdrola (Electricity) 96 571 02 48 AGAMED (water) 902 222 306 and 96 571 09 66 SUMA 96 670 37 44
Leisure IMF Cinema 96 570 54 14 Centro Ozone 96 570 58 80
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COSTA COBRAS San Miguel Golf RFC Society at Villamartin With new players at both junior and senior level coming the club are moving forward againand welcome everybody to the club regardless if you have experience or not, so come and join in the fun. Also in less than a week’s time Elche RFC will be holding another international rugby 7's tournament at Campo Jose Diez Iborra, just behind the Elche RFC rugby stadium, on 13 and 14 November in Elche with teams that will be participating in the 2016 Olympic Games in Brasil. The teams taking part for the men are:- France, Ireland, Spain and Portugal Teams for the women are:- Great Britain, France, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and the Valencian regional team. On Friday the matches are from16.00 to 20.00, and on Saturday from 10.00 to 15.00. The tickets for Friday are 8€, Saturday 12€ or for both days 15€. So come along and watch some rare live international rugby in the area. For more information and tickets contact Garry on 692 767 242, on whatsapp, or at Costa Cobras training on Monday and Wednesday at Daya Vieja. Also on Friday 19 November with the help of Victoria’s Tearooms in Almoradi to raise money for, DEBRA, the Butterfly Children the club are auctioning off rugby memorabilia international and club shirts as well as other items that have been donated. For more details you can connect the tearooms or Garry. Dennis Christian is set to be the auctioneer for the event, so looking at plenty of people coming down to support us. Costa Cobras RFC are also still training on Monday and Wednesday from 18.00-19.30 for the juniors and 20.00-21.30 for the seniors in Daya Vieja at the sports ground. So come a long and join the revolution with this new rugby club from the start and be part of something new in the area. We are looking to be able to put a team in at all levels in the league this time next year so come along and join the newest rugby team on the Costa Blanca and join the rugby revolution. All ages, gender and nationalities are welcome, from beginners to experienced players, the more the merrier, as we are based on the true traditional ethics of the sport. So come along and join the newest rugby club on the Costa Blanca. Also team bonding after training in the nearest bar for a drink and chat, just how rugby should be. For more information about the club contact 692 767 242.
A beautiful day, greens and fairways in good condition although a little damp due to recent rain and yellow tees well forward bode well for good scores, and not even starting on the 10th and continuation of the Society’s stipulation of no pick and place could stop 29 of the 44 members playing from scoring 30 points or more. Silver category particularly excelled, with the first three prize winners getting 40, 42 and 42 points respectively, such high scores within the same group being somewhat unusual. Only one point separated the first four in the Gold division, with all equalling or breaking par, and winner and runner-up in Bronze also bettered their handicaps. So some good golf played by many on a day during a week when the SMGS President and Committee were proud to announce to members that, through the efforts, contributions and generosity of themselves and guests, the society was in a position to donate €350 to local representatives of each of three local and national charities, these being the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, the Elche Kids Care Home and Paul Cunningham Nurses. As a Society we are proud to have supported a number of different organisations during recent years, of which these are the latest, and will continue to do so. Very many thank to all those (principally through their poor golf and contribution to the blob tin!!) who have made this possible.
The day’s competition results, by category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 4th Norman McBride (33), 3rd Dave Titchin (35), 2nd Ian Parkinson (37), and 1st Richard Cleary with a very good round of 39 points. Silver Category: 4th Dave Stewart (35 on CB), 3rd Mike Jordan (40), 2nd Eva Pettersson (42 on CB) and 1st, with an equally superb score of 42 points, Alan MacDonald with his second win in a row in the category at Villamartin. Gold Category: 4th John Aitchison (36 on CB), 3rd Steve Locke (36 on CB), 2nd John Osborne (37 on CB), and 1st, also with a handicap breaking 37 points, Theo Boelhouwer. The Abacus was won, somewhat surprisingly after a good recent run, by Keith Stevenson. Nearest the pins on the par 3’s (open to all) went to Dave Stewart (6), Norman Cahill (9), Richard McCann (13) and guest G. Hurrell (17). Nearest the pins in 2 (open to all): Phil De Lacy (5) and Keith Mitchill (15), who also won the ‘Best Guest’ prize. Our thanks go to the staff at Villamartin golf course for their contribution to an excellent day. Keep up to date with all SMGS matters by logging on to our website www.smgs.org or simply give Barry Roehrig a call on 966 731 033 to find out more about the society and its weekly golf get-togethers. Next week we will be at Mar Menor.
LA ZENIA GS A very good turn out on Thursday for our twenty first game of the season. We travelled down to Alhama Signature IRM course down into deep Murcia region. All the players reported back that the course was one of the best they have played. Well manicured fairways, very good greens and tee areas. A close thing at the end of the day to decide the winner, Jim Ayre returning for the winter, came in with a good score of 37pts, but his friend Nick Brooks snatched his glory by winning on count back. We played full handicap stableford, four n/t/p's, and usual two's pot. Other results were pins, No 3 Andy Kane, No 7 Niall O'Grady, No 11 Ogie, No 17 Andy Kane. The two's pot was shared by Nigel Cawthra and Jim Scott. Steve Thomas won the raffle. Thanks to James and his staff at Gogarty’s for their great hospitality, and Gogarty’s for sponsorship of the raffle. Please note that the draw as taken place some time ago, for the match play championship
PADDY’S POINT GS On Sunday we travelled to La Serena for our annual match between the Chairman and Captain. Whilst the course was in great condition the stiff breeze made golf somewhat tricky, however the Chairman's Team (this year a Chairwoman) mastered the conditions better resulting in a win by 11 games to 6. The rivalry continued back at Paddy's with the losing team being presented with wooden spoons. Once again a big thank you to Hazel and Rory and all the staff at Paddy's for looking after us, you're the best. Thanks also to La Serena for having us on the day. NTP hole 3 Bernadette Cuddihy NTP hole 9 Pat Murray NTP hole 15 Trevor Tragmar NTP hole 17 Alan Cuddihy. LONGEST DRIVE Martin Fitzpatrick. Photograph shows the winning team with the trophy.
games, could you check and play your games as soon as possible, the first round to be completed is November 30th. All details are on the web site. Diary Dates Tuesday 10th November at Condada Alhama first tee 11.00 Thursday 12th November at El Valle first tee 12.30 Benidorm trip 2016 has been penciled for April 2016, please see the web site on the notice board section for details. Also on the notice board is information re the Members Christmas Golf Day please respond as soon as possible to Eric. There are limited spaces it will be first come first served then open to guests. All tee times are one and a half hours before tee time at Gogartys. Guests are invited to all our games, clubs can be hired. All information on the notice board outside Gogarty’s. Contact numbers Eric 667 196 178, Maurice 690268711 Eric Lucas, secretary
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VEGA BAJA PREMIER GOLF LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION –NOVEMBER 2015 at La TORRE GOLF RESORT The Vega Baja Premier Golf League second fixture of the season at La Torre Golf Resort one of the IRM Nicklaus Golf Trail the course was in good condition, this coupled with the super weather conditions bode well for the players in the Leagues. Unfortunately, four of the La Manga Residents Golf Association team were involved in an accident on the AP7 motorway; the other members of the team went to their aid. It was agreed with the El Valle G S that their match would be cancelled and rearranged at a later date. The match between La Manga North G S and Rockets G S continued as planned RESULTS La Manga North 3½ (146 points) vs. Rockets G S ½ (120 points). Bonus points went to:- La Manga North. To add more competitiveness, to the matches, as if there wasn’t enough already it has been decided to introduce Nearest The Pins and Ladies and Men’s Longest Drives. The updated League table for the 2015/16 season is:
The highest pairing scores came from La Manga North G.S. Martin Jones/Robin Fish with 42 points, the team also took the Nearest The Pins and
Longest Drive with Patrick Field winning the Longest Drive on Hole 7 and Nearest The Pin Hole 15 and team mate Stewart Harris Nearest The Pin Hole 5. We all wish a speedy recovery to the members of La Manga RGA team, from the trauma of the accident. The second round matches of the season for the North Division is on Friday 13th November at Alicante Golf; the next South Division is on the 4th December at Roda Golf Resort. You will also be able to see updated Vega Baja Premier Golf League fixtures, tables, and news on the website www.vegabajapremiergolfleague.com and on Facebook, throughout the season. For more information on the Vega Baja Premier Golf League, contact The Secretary; Ivie Davies 669 211 410 or golfdavies@gmail.com
On the green
BUSTERS ALTO REAL As usual we played our monthly stableford game on the first Friday of the month. For this month’s game we returned to Alto Real, our first impressions as we approached the club house were that the greens, along with the fairways that were in view were in good condition, we were not disappointed. I have to say that the fairways have recovered very well from the last time we played there in September and the greens although not up to the courses past standards were good but still had the odd patches that had not yet fully recovered. However Antonio the manager assures me that things will be back to normal after they have been hollow tined starting the 11th of this month. We had a turnout of 26 players for this month’s competition with 9 of our members scoring over 30 points, and some stiff competition amongst our players, as November is the penultimate month for our player of the year competition. Also we had five new members of which three of them were single figure players. On to our winners N T P s were won by , on hole 5 Dave Pretty , hole 8 was
taken by Jo Doyle , the 10th was won by Roger Burton and George Holmes took the 17th. A sleeve of Srixon balls was presented to all players that returned to our prize giving. Larry Kinsella won our B F 9 with 18 points with the B B 9 being won by Dave Pretty with 19 points , the prize for the B F 9 and B B 9 was cash, as with our ruling these prizes are awarded only to players who return to the prize giving. On to our winners, in third place with 33 points was Keith Smith , the runner up today with 34 points was one of our new members Michael Curran playing off a handicap of five , our winner on the day was Alan Gifford also with 34 points and only winning on a count back , which went to the back 6 points. The soccer card draw was won by Alan Gifford who selected Blackpool and our card draw for non winners on the day was won by Barry Grinsell. Our day ended with our presentation and sandwiches, followed by a couple of the bars well kept beers that were provided by Lisa and Rik at the Mini Golf Bar a short distance from Quesada’s arches. Barry Grinsell
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Tales from the Top Flight I did not think I would ever write a paragraph like this. In a pub in Leicester, there will have been a couple of Foxes fans genuinely discussing what results in the Villa vs City and North London derby matches would suit their title challenge best. Why? Because on Saturday night Leicester sat top of the pile. This is not a “one match of the season played so it does not really count” thing. The Premier
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League is now twelve matches old, almost a third of the season has gone by in the blink of an eye. Leicester are this season’s “they can’t keep it up much longer” story. I would imagine those two fans in the pub would have been pretty happy with draws in the afore mentioned fixtures, meaning that the Foxes sit third just one single point off top spot. Jamie Vardy scored for the ninth
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league game in a row to help Leicester beat Watford 2-1. Spurs fans would have no doubt been thinking how pleased they were to have got rid of Gomes after his goalkeeping error gifted the Foxes the lead, which was unfortunate considering he has been superb so far this term. Twenty four hours later, Spurs current custodian Lloris fumbled a relatively saveable effort by Kieron Gibbs at his near post to allow Arsenal to claim a point at the Emirates. Harry Kane took another step towards showing people he is not a one-season-wonder by opening the scoring in the 1-1 draw. A couple of weeks ago you would have expected City to knock in a hatful against Aston Villa. New boss Remi Garde has been in charge a matter of days and managed to come up with a formula that actually kept a clean sheet, not something Villa fans have been used to. That formula? Drop Lescott, who has been woeful, and tell Guzan he is invincible. Who’d have thought it was that simple? It worked and Villa became only the second team to shut out City all season. The other team to do it? Those goal machines up at Old Trafford. Be honest, is there anyone that was looking forward to United and West Brom? It had bore draw
written all over it until a fantastic strike from young Jesse Lingard opened the scoring, United ending up 2-0 winners and sitting pretty in third place. Two goals in a game for United! Careful Louis, you’ll be in danger of entertaining the fans next. What sound does a Liverpool bubble bursting make? Insert your own Klopp related gag here. Liverpool’s passionate gegenpresser suffered his first defeat as the Anfield supremo on Sunday, his side falling 2-1 to Crystal Palace who were once again far more effective on the road than at home. Norwich got a valuable win against Swansea, and it will be interesting to see how quickly the “Garry Monk is a cracking young manager” narrative changes to “Monk needs to go, now!” It was a valuable win for Norwich, as was Newcastle’s victory over totally luckless Bournemouth. The Cherries dominated but could not score and Newcastle picked up their first away win of the season. Eddie Howe could also find himself under pressure too if results do not start to pick up, though that would smack of complete short-sighted, shortterm thinking that club owners would not dream of getting caught up in. Would they?
West Ham and Everton shared the points, a fine goal from the Hammers Lanzini being cancelled out by Lukaku. Sunderland losing to a Southampton penalty sounded like a dreadful game, and Big Sam may already be wishing he was back on the Costa Blanca. This week I have saved the best for last. Chelsea. Oh, Chelsea. Never before have a title holding side lost seven of the first twelve matches the next season. It must have been bittersweet for Jose this week. If they win, whilst he is watching the game in the hotel, then does it say that the players do better without him? If they lose, should he be sacked anyway? They lost, of course, 1-0 to a reasonably impressive Stoke side. I know John Terry won’t listen to this opinion because he is very particular about who’s opinions are valid, but in my opinion Chelsea are done. They will not make the Champions League and there will be more embarrassing tantrums along the way. The season, and some respect, might be saved by a wise old head coming in as an interim. Carlo, Guus, Fabio. You know who you need to be calling, you know, just to let him know you’re available. Or Sven. Oh, I’d love it to be Sven.
TORRY RETURN TO WINNING WAYS WITH A 2-1 WIN AGAINST BENIGANIM
BARCELONA GO TOP AS MADRID FALL TO SEVILLA Three second half goals, the first a work of art by Neymar, were more than sufficient to ease the Catalan side three points clear at the top, before their upcoming visit to the Bernabeu in 13 days’ time. Real Madrid had an uncomfortable visit to Sevilla in prospect, and so it proved. Sergio Ramos aggravated his bad shoulder scoring a spectacular goal to put the ‘whites’ ahead, and had to be substituted, adding to the injury list. Missing the magic of Keylor in goal, as well as Carvajal and Marcello, not to mention the errant Benzema up front, they were unable to counter Sevilla’s surges and conceded three before James’ late consolation goal. Meanwhile Atletico moved to within a point of their city rivals by dint of a very late goal, to beat Sporting. Valencia had earlier produced the surprise of the weekend by winning 1-5 away against early leaders Celta, and in-form Eibar again produced a win to keep them in a merited sixth place. The second division leaders all seem to be faltering at the moment, but Córdoba
retain a two point advantage at the top. Locals Elche managed the surprise of the weekend, when they beat early leaders Osasuna 2-1, to stay in contention. In division 2B, group1 is presently looking easy meat for Racing de Ferrol, who now hold a seven point lead. In group 2, Barakaldo are three points clear after beating newcomers Ebro, but Real Madrid Castilla took second place, winning 3-2 against Fernando Morientes’ Fuenlabrada, Dominican international Mariano helping himself to all three goals. Group 3 is still led by Reus, but Hercules’ draw at Eldense keeps the Alicante side in a play-off place. In group 4, the two Murcia sides rule the roost, UCAM just ahead of their rivals Real. Away from football there was much ado about motorcycling, and Mallorcan Lorenzo was finally proclaimed World Champion for the third time after the Grand Prix in Cheste, Valencia, watched by an awful lot of people. Malcolm Palmer
On Sunday Torry entertained UD Beniganim who like Torry have had an indifferent start to the season. They haven’t won for 6 games with 2 draws and 4 defeats. They have recently replaced their manager. In their side was ex-Torry striker Koeman who has scored 3 this season but has also already picked up 7 Yellow cards. He is an aggressive player who plays on the “edge”. They stayed overnight in the Torrevieja area before this game for a bit of team bonding and “professional” preparation before the game which was being billed as a 6 pointer. Torry were keen to get back to winning ways after two defeats which has put them one place outside the relegation zone and one place and one point above UD Beniganim. They were without the services of keeper Oscar and recently signed Rafa Gomez through injury and Carrasco through a one match suspension. The manager Pedreno had to make two enforced changes but made a further change relegating Luis Carlos to the bench. No places for Sanchez and Juanma who didn´t even make the bench. Whether the side put out is Torry’s strongest is certainly open to debate but football is all about opinions. The experienced veteran ex-La Liga player Ruben Suarez made his eagerly awaited home debut for Torry. The Torry line up: Serna, Vicente, Javi Selvas, Jorge, Adrian Banderas, Martin (Matej 62´), Quintero, Ruben Suarez, Lewis, Cesar (Luis Carlos 79´) and Brani (Sanchez76´) . Not Used: Oscar & Burguillos.
The game kicked-off at lunch-time in front of a decent sized crowd of over 400. The pitch is now showing signs of wear and tear although it is only played on once a fortnight. The game was scrappy in the early stages with neither side gaining control and really threatening. If anything the opposition started the better with Torry struggling to make any headway going forward. After 20 minutes Torry made the breakthrough against the run of play. A superb delivery from a free-kick by Ruben Suarez was met by an equally superb header by Quintero which flew into the back of the Beniganim net for a goal to Torry. Torry failed to build on this and didn’t make any real impact going forward. The opposition were the more dangerous and one of their forwards headed wide after 30 minutes from a good position. After 43 minutes a half chance fell to Cesar but instead of pulling the trigger he tried to play in Brani but his pass was intercepted. The first half came to a close and in my opinion the Torry manager needed to think about making changes up front as the front three had been pretty ineffective. The Torry manager made no changes. Two minutes inside the second half Torry won a free-kick deep inside the opposition half and Ruben Suarez delivered another quality free-kick to the back post which Javi Selvas met with a downward header which the Beniganim keeper got a hand to but couldn´t prevent it from crossing the line for a second goal to Torry. Surely this would settle Torrys nerves and they would keep the ball better and go on to
score more. It didn’t happen and the opposition took the game to Torry. After 62 minutes after good build up play by Beniganim, Koeman was presented with a clear chance which he didn’t miss and found the back of the net for a goal to Beniganim. Torry made substitutions but still failed to control the play and embarked on a rear-guard action and held on for a victory. To be fair neither keeper had too much to do in a scrappy game of few chances. Two quality deliveries from free-kicks from Ruben Suarez decided it. Koeman was in the thick of it for Beniganim and I just wish we had a striker with his aggression and desire but he does play close to the edge. The referee was busy with his notebook booking 6 Beniganim players and Torry players Ruben Suarez, Javi Selvas, Jorge and Lewis . Next Sunday Torry make the long trip to Bunol who moved out of the relegation zone after a surprise away win at Novelda last weekend. Torry sit one point and one place above them and need another win and three more points to move them up to the safety of a midtable position. Darrylldinho
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We fished the 9th and penultimate round of the Winter Series at the El Bosquet Complex, weights were down as expected following the heavy rains and winds on Sunday night, as it does not fish well after this type of weather. Mullet is still making up the weights and the Carp are hard to come by, mind you this venue would have been impossible to fish if the roads had not been hard cored. Both the top weights came from the oblong and taken on bread and corn.
The 9th round of the Winter Series was again fished at the El Bosquet Complex on the 4th November; this match was transferred from the Eden Stretch as it is still unfishable due to the heavy rains. Hopefully this water would normally fish better after a match the day before, but with just the one better weight taking the top spot and no back-up Due to work that was going to start to-day the match was fished on the lake and long channel for a change.
1st Ron Salsbury with 10.620kgs fishing the pole using bread and corn 2nd Dave Hoare with 8.480kgs fishing the pole using bread and corn 3rd Neil McBirnie with 8.360kgs fishing the pole using pellet
1st Neil McBirnie with 16.240kgs fishing the pole using bread and maggot 2nd Bill Cannon with 8.300kgs fishing the pole and feeder using corn and pellet 3rd Bill Reade with 6.740kgs fishing the feeder using corn and maggot
There are still some vacancies available for membership at the club All details are available on our website www.abbeyangling.com or from me on 965328368
There are still some vacancies at the club and if anyone is interested in joining please contact Derek Swann on 966729293 or 603535771 TIGHT LINES Terry Screen
The wonderful weather continued for our game this month held at the Alicante GC in the centre of the city of Alicante. We were joined by some new members and guests on the day but luckily all found their way without too many problems. The course seemed a little ‘scruffy’ compared to its usual pristine condition but this in no way affected the play of anyone and the friendly welcome from Marife never changes. After the usual coffee and tostada in the square, play commenced. For some it was a very timely round but for others, the play was very slow. No doubt a reminder about slow play will be forthcoming from the Captain shortly! The results on the day were:Nearest the Pins Hole 3 Les Pirie Hole 6 Graeme Buchanan Hole 12 Barry Thorogood Hole 17 Les Pirie Gold Division 32 pts Alan Craig Silver Division 33 pts Carol Marriner Best Guest 30 pts Mark Pope
As usual members and guests reassembled at the La Marina Sports Complex where, following the wonderful taps supplied by Paolo & Helena, the prize giving was held. From the results, you can see that the new members and guests were well represented. Our next games is at Vistabella on November 12th. when we shall be playing a Texas Scramble for the Mike Barbour Trophy. An entry sheet is on the notice board in the Social Centre or you can call our Secretary, Alan Craig on 634 347788 for full details about this game or any other topic concerning the Society.
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ALFIE’S GOLF SOCIETY Thirty-two members and guests from Alfie's GS made the short trip to Vistabella Golf for our October monthly meeting. The greens were in excellent condition, and the weather conditions suited everybody and made for a good day’s golf. Our champion of the day was our President, Ian Connell, with 40 stableford points. It was also Ian’s birthday, so after the presentations everyone enjoyed a piece of birthday cake. Second place went to Gordon Cowan, with 36 points. Gordon also picked up a bottle of Soberano for the longest drive on the 18th. Best Guest prize went to Bob Finlay. Congratulations also to Stevie Bicks for Nearest the Pin on the 4th, and to Pavla Serakova for Nearest the Pin in 2 on the 12th. After the presentations, the Society presented Mick “the Grip” Reeves with a €100 donation to this year’s British Legion Poppy Appeal. The usual thanks to all our committee for their hard work in the background, to Mike Morris at Alfies Bar for the after match buffet and refreshments, and to Mike Probert from Costa Blanca Green Fee Services for arranging our day. Next month we are at Roda GC on Thursday, 26th November with the first tee time at 10.24 am. Should you want to play, please speak to Mike at Alfies Bar, La Ronda CC, Lomas de Cabo Roig or contact our secretary Sandie Hall at alfiesgolfsociety@gmail.com. Tony Hall
Your Week in Sport ■ CHRIS DARWEN chris@costablancapeople.com
There will always be people that say it cannot be done. There will always be people that say “we don’t do that round here!” There will always be people that think you are a fool for even suggesting it. But eventually, with time and a very thick skin you can make anything happen. That is what the person who has decided to take cricket to the USA must keep repeating to themselves. The ICC are deadly serious. They do not see the American market as a potential huge cash-cow, honest. They see the America as the next logical step as they attempt to globalize a bit of leather on willow. Why wouldn’t they, isn’t it just like baseball right, just more boring? Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne skippered two teams in New York over the weekend and 30,000 people turned up to watch. Warne’s team won, but the real winners were the money makers with some tickets being sold for $175. Rumours. People talking behind his back. People wandering what his secret is. People not believing that he can be what he says he is. The old guard muttering, murmuring and stirring the pot. Chris Froome has not had it easy since rising to the top in cycling, a sport notoriously led by riders not always on the straight and narrow. In a bid to finally get people to see he is actually the real deal Froome is to publish all his independent data and test results taken straight after the Tour de France. No doubt there will still be doubters, but we can hope that maybe he is actually a rare clean cycling champion.
Talking of cheating, corruption and all things murky (and no, for once I am not about to bring up FIFA) the IAAF seem to be losing their reputation quicker than Usain Bolt can do the 100m. Dick Pound’s independent report into the organisation is likely to confirm that there have been cases of IAAF officials exhorting money from athletes guilty of doping offences and then covering it up for them. Seb Coe, likely to become the new president of IAAF has called this “abhorrent.” As FIFA are no doubt saying, “well at least we didn’t actually fix the matches….”
Winner - Ian Connell
Lo Crispin came out fighting with 2 pairs again winning all 3 games for a 8-1 win 2 pairs also won all 3 games to give Irish Abbey Magpies a nice win All 3 of Catorce A won 2 games each over Archers Jays Casa Ventura Merlins came back from 4-2 down to win 5-4 Dave & Kevin won all 3 of their games to help Rojales Steakhouse win 6-3 Russ & Di won all 3 games for Catorce B but lost 5-4 to Meson Galea Peacocks Da Vinci’s Alpha hit The Galleon hard with a 7-2 win Casa Ventura Falcons won the first 2 games then lost the next 7 to Spanglish voles
Cafe Uno Golf Society Sebastian Coe
England lost the Test Series with Pakistan over in the UAE. It doesn’t really matter because everyone is moving to the USA, the new spiritual home of the wonderful game.
On Thursday 21 members and guests from the Cafe Uno Golf Society played at Alenda golf. The course was in excellent condition and play was only hampered a little by the developing strong wind on an otherwise glorious day. The Stableford scores were quite respectable, the winners scores were as follows:1st P.Buckler 33pts. 2nd C.Pepperday 32pts. 3rd G.Phillip 30pts. c/b. Best front 9 G.Butterworth 16pts.
Best back 9 B.Howie 16pts. Nearest the pin hole 16 - C.Pepperday. Nearest the pin in 2 hole 4 - R.Rogers. There were no 2's winners today so the prize money rolls over. We hope to see a good turn out next week, Thursday 12th November, when we are playing at Alicante golf, competing for the Phil Bowditch Cup. 1st tee is at 09:45. Be at the course by 08:45 for your complimentary coffee and roll. Thanks to Cafe Uno for the after game hospitality. Steve Lawrence.
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