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October Fair a success I t was greeted with derision when the announcement came that the May Fair couldn’t take place in May after all. With a new slot in October, there were some who wondered if it might ever happen. They were proved wrong. From 11th to 15th October, the newly named Sevillanas Fair, delighted the people of Torrevieja and much further afield. The May fair was postponed until October this year due to difficulties with issuing contracts in sufficient time for the traditional Andalucian event to take place before the summer season. It may have

come five months later than normal, but in almost every other aspect the fair remained just as entertaining and vibrant as usual. As you would expect in May, the marquees were erected around the port area with each one offering a selection of food and impromptu performances of flamenco dancing. A traditional part of the fair is the procession of horses and carriages and Spanish costumes. These were out on the street both on the Saturday and Sunday and were enjoyed by many onlookers. Every evening a number of local dance groups entertained audiences with their

shows of flamenco and it seemed as though everyone turned out on Saturday night to enjoy these planned and impromptu spectacles. Altogether 29 different marquees had been erected next to the fair ground and many of these were full. There is also a religious side to the festivities, with a mass being held at 1pm in the Inmaculada church in the central square of the town. At 8.30pm on Saturday the crowd was entertained by Payas dance group with a selection of 12 flamenco and classical dances involving children from four years old to adults.

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Baile Dharma followed Payas on the specially erected stage. The final performance was from Carlos Vargas and Chayo Mohedano with the show ‘Viva la copla’. The performances were presented by Luis Terry and the Salt Queen, Marta Andréu. Although the event was a success, unfortunately some people would miss out this year as they were unable to rearrange their holidays to accommodate the fair’s new month. Even though it seemed to go well in October too, there are no plans to reschedule the fair on a permanent basis. It should be able to go ahead as usual in May next year. With now only six months to put it back in its traditional slot, there will be those wondering if the October billing isn’t here to stay. Suzanne O’Connell

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Nerds unite The Sports Palace in Torrevieja played host this weekend to around 4,000 young people who were there to engage in their alternative interests. The free exhibition is opportunity to take part in a range of comic book, alternative film, archive video game and ‘warhammer’ type board game activities. There were speakers, competitions and workshops all arranged during the course of the day. The event was open to the public from 10am until 9pm. It’s an acquired taste but this fifth event is considered to be one of the best held in Spain, partly because it’s free.

12 years for murder of brother-in-law A man who killed his brother-in-law over money he owed has been given a sentence of 12 and a half years in prison. The murderer stabbed the victim eight times after a discussion about the debt from four years previously. The crime took place on 28th January in 2015 around 9.30pm when Nizamudin K, had an argument over the issue with his victim in calle Clemente Gonzálvez. The debt was the cause of them falling out four years before even though the victim was Nizamudin’s brother-in-law. The accused took out a knife which had been hidden in his clothing and stabbed his victim eight times in the Continued on page 5

Pyjamas, sportswear, pants and t-shirts, were just some of the items that those donating to the San José Obrero charity have enabled them to buy. Julie from Carmens Bar in El Chaparral and her customers have been raising money to fund the purchase of some much-needed items for the 70 children who live in the orphanage. The money has been raised through donations and also through the weekly raffle with the winning prize of a free

Sunday roast. Now, added to this fundraising activity, the bar is selling charity calendars which have been produced by Andy Ormiston with the support of a number of local businesses. Lyn and Ken Adams have been assisting Julie in collecting the money and working with the orphanage to make sure that it is spent on what’s needed most. ‘We asked them to send us photos of what was bought with the money and they replied almost straight away,’ said Lyn. ‘It’s

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good to see where the money has been spent, and of, course, it reminds us of what they need more of too.’ The collections continue and more

donations and raffle entries will be gratefully received. Suzanne O’Connell

Orihuela anniversary goes to Madrid The Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, has announced that the image of Orihuela poet Miguel Hernández is now displayed on the metro system of Madrid, specifically on the line number 10 and on the stop that has been designated to have the name of the poet bestowed upon it. This action, managed by the City of Orihuela in conjunction with Metro de Madrid, consists of "the placing of the Year Miguel Hernández plaques in one of the places with the largest public influx in the capital of Spain, the Madrid metro, which every day see millions of people pass

through it. The Mayor added that this is “a great opportunity to make known our poet and our city.” The marketing campaign which began last week will remain until 23rd October. The action involves 150 plaques distributed in different stations, as well as in the cities own station Miguel Hernández in Orihuela. Bascuñana explained that this is the first initiative carried out in Metro de Madrid, and “we are planning to be able to do some more soon,” he added. Mireille Toddington

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BITE SIZE NEWS: Marcha por la Vida Continued from page 3

abdomen and lower back. As compensation for his crime, Nizamudin had offered to give the parents of the dead man the business that he ran in Torrevieja. An appeal was made to have the sentence reduced but this was dismissed as it was not considered that the beer he had drunk previously to the incident had significantly altered his mental capacity.

Actor visits Torrevieja The actor Javier Gutiérrez Álvarez is currently starring in a short film set in Torrevieja about two people who meet here. Javier has previously won a Goya and Concha de Plata for his performance in ‘’La isla minima’ and is well-known for other roles. The short story that unfolds in Torrevieja has the backing of the Instituto Municipal de Cultura. Some of the film has been shot in the Eras de la Sal but there are also other familiar settings for some of the scenes including the playa del Cura, the paseos, the casino and the coves. Javier is from Asturias originally but he spent many years in Torrevieja and knows the town well. ‘I have spent summers here,’ said the actor and it’s wonderful in October. I hope to retire here too. Making a short film is more work. I’m not bothered which media it is, theatre, film or television, I’m interested in the characters and the story itself.’ The director of the film, Belén Verdugo explained that it was Carlos Mores, who currently lives in Torrevieja, who had originally proposed the project. ‘I have been spending my summers in Torrevieja for more than 15 years,’ she explained. ‘What we want to depict in the story is the happiness of two people who meet here.’ The film’s release date has not been announced yet.

Are you ready for a White Christmas? The cast of Studio32 are doing their best to make sure they are. They will be performing the winter show on Wednesday November 29th to Saturday December 2nd at the Cardenal Belluga Theatre in San Fulgencio. The show is a stage adaptation of Irving Berlin’s ‘White Christmas’ and includes lots of wellknown songs. One of the main characters is a Studio32 favourite. Alice Wakeford plays Susan who joins her uncle after the second world war at his inn in Vermont. Alice has been with Studio32 for four and a half years. In their last production of Mack & Mabel she played Lottie and she is a trained dancer as well as a singer and an actress. Her uncle in the show, General Waverley, is played by Don Wilkinson Continued on page 6

On Sunday, 15th October it was the ‘Marcha por la vida’ or walk for life that took place on Torrevieja’s sea front. Although it is an annual event, this year it seemed to attract more people than ever; keen to demonstrate their solidarity when it comes to the fight against cancer. The crowd began to gather at 11am with people meeting around the Hombre del Mar as well as further up the paseo. There were plenty of pink t-shirts on display with people having already reserved theirs in advance. Last year they actually ran out on the day. It was very much a family occasion with mums, dads and children and pink was everywhere.

part on the day. This swell in numbers means that there could have been as many as 600 people there. The numbers are growing every year. The walkers were a little late in setting off due to the arrival of so many at the last minute. The anticipated start time of 11.30am was delayed for perhaps 20 minutes whilst the final participants were registered. The police were there to escort those taking part on the march to Las Columnas and back. Jenny Dodd was one of those taking part; ‘There were lots of puzzled looking northern Europeans wondering what was going on,’ she says. ‘But also quite a few

People had come up with lots of ideas for spreading the word, including pink ribbons in children’s hair and dogs sporting bink bows too. Those people who had registered were given a bottle of water and a pink scarf which could also be seen on a few pets who accompanied the walkers. It wasn’t just those who had already registered who turned up. Many people arrived and bought their t-shirt to take

puzzled Spaniards who are visiting for the holiday period. It was very hot, especially in the t-shirt and it was just as well that a breeze got up as we set off.’ The money raised from the day will go towards the AECC (La Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer) and following the turnout, the event is expected to have raised a significant amount. Suzanne O’Connell

Paddle surf flourishes in Torrevieja La Mata beach played host to a paddle surf championship on October 9th. There were hundreds of participants in the eleventh leg of this major competition which puts Torrevieja up there as a world paddle surf centre. The competition was organised by Club Deportivo Torrevieja Surf in collaboration with the town hall. The competition had attracted participants of all ages from eight years old to the most elite professionals of the sport. The waves on the day didn’t prevent everyone from enjoying this sport which every year is picking up more and more fans. ‘What we’re noticing each year,’ explained Luis César Castejón, president of the Torrevieja surf club, ‘Is an improved technical standard particularly in those competing from the Mediterranean.’ This is the fifth consecutive year that

the competition has taken place here and is a very popular venue for this new sport that is a mixture of surfing and rowing. The race takes place over different distances depending on the category, ages and expertise of those taking part. Competitors must stand on the surf board and must surf over some of the waves whilst also propelling themselves by rowing. There are 14 stages in the competition which began in Alicante on 9th April. Its popularity has grown significantly over the years. In 2013 there were 32 competitors in comparison to 100 who attended on the 9th . Some of those taking part included international competitors from Hawaii and California. Suzanne O’Connell

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Expats in Police Brexit limbo attacked Theresa May says she ‘does not know’ what will happen to British expats in Spain if there’s no Brexit deal. The British Prime Minister admitted that the 1.2 million Brits in the EU would be left in limbo after a Brexit no-deal. The PM said the government ‘does not know what would happen’ to expats if the UK crashes out of the bloc without an overall agreement. May was also unable

to confirm what would happen to EU citizens in the UK, with Brits abroad facing a similarly uncertain future. “We just do not know what would happen to them,” May told LBC. “The EU members states would have to consider what their approach would be to the UK citizens. This is one of the reasons we want to get a deal.” She added: “If there is no deal then we have to be prepared for it.” There are growing fears that a Brexit no-deal is on the cards, with the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier warning negotiations are ‘not a game’. European leaders are due to meet on 19th October to decide whether ‘sufficient progress’ has been made to move on to the Brexit trade talks.

A man has been charged in court after attacking two Guardia Civil officers in Callosa. The Prosecutor for the Provincial Court of Alicante is asking for 10 years in prison for the 29 year old Moroccan man who allegedly attacked two Guardia Civil officers in Callosa de Segura. According to the Prosecutor’s written accusation, in April 2016 two officers stopped the accused for identification and he repeatedly hit one of them in the head. The incident took place before dawn on Calle Adolfo Cardona Pascual. The young man became violent and “pulled the case of a rear view mirror off a parked car and started hitting one of the officers in the head with it”. The accused then took his police issue pistol from him and pointed it at him but in the end the officer was able to stop him from loading it. The other officer who helped his colleague received “hard punches to the forearms” from the accused. As a result of the attack the first Guardia Civil was on sick leave for 43 days while his colleague suffered injuries that forced him to wear a neck brace and attend rehabilitation. As well as the 10 years in prison, the Prosecutor has asked for the accused to pay compensation of €2,130 to the first officer and €1,560 to the second, as well as to pay the cost of the officer’s trousers that were ripped - €32.67 – and the rear view mirror he pulled off €51.21.

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BITE SIZE NEWS: Continued from page 5 who has been with the company from the start. This is his biggest role to date and if you would like to see both Alice and Don perform you should buy your tickets now. Tickets are on sale from Cards & More, La Marina (966 79 09 54) and The Card Place, Benijofar (966 71 32 66). You can also obtain them by emailing tickets@studiothirtytwo.org or calling their new ticket line on 602 47 47 93. Tickets cost €10 for the performances which begin at 7.30pm.

Better training for chefs The University of Alicante has announced a new degree course in gastronomy. The course is aimed at improving understanding of Mediterranean cooking and those heading it will collaborate with local cities, such as Torrevieja. ‘We are hoping to promote some of our local products as part of the course,’ explained the mayor, José Manuel Dolón. There are also plans to hold a foody conference in Torrevieja which will focus on the theme of salt and include the cooking of seafood, the history of salt and innovative ways in which it can be used. Torrevieja is keen to increase the training available to local chefs and people working in the food industry in the town Suzanne O’Connell

No bathing here! The Valencian government has reaffirmed its prohibition of bathing in the salt lake in Torrevieja. People might not be aware that they are in fact not allowed to enter the salty water to bathe by law. The salt lake is not very deep, so swimming is not a possibility but over the course of the year many take the opportunity to cover themselves in the mud beneath the lake which is considered to be good for the skin. They then wash the mud off lying down in the salty water. However, the regional council is aware of the

there could put people at risk. However, fans of the salt lake will not be easily put off by the threats of fines. The area is easy to access for those living around the Torretas and La Siesta and is popular as a destination, not only for the healing qualities of the mud and water but also for the spectacular sunsets. On Wednesday, 4th October representatives from the Alicante police and Grupo Salins, the town hall and park personnel went to the area in order to look at what could be done to satisfy the public’s interest

popularity of this activity and are taking measures to enable people to still treat themselves with what’s considered to be the therapeutic mud. An area is to be sectioned off where people can, legally, continue to apply the mud and wash themselves afterwards without risking a fine from the authorities. If you are caught bathing there you could, in theory, be fined up to €6,000. It is maintained that bathing is not allowed in the salt lake due to the risk of accident from the nearby salt works. It’s also private land belonging to el Grupo Salins and is classed as an industrial area too. Having been a popular bathing area for years and with most people not venturing far, it’s hard to see how bathing

in the area whilst also ensuring its security. On their visit there were already several people bathing belonging to different nationalities. Many years ago there was an expensive attempt to construct a spa adjacent to the lake. It was never completed and leaves the neighbours of Torreta III with an eyesore that more resembles a giant slug than an attractive spa area. What remains of the building is now a fire risk and health hazard of its own. Local people might feel aggrieved that having lived with such a monstrosity for decades it’s not the eyesore that will be removed but their right to enjoy the lake instead. Suzanne O’Connell

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Language exchange between Spaniards and Foreign Residents For the fifth year in a row, Rojales Town Hall is promoting a language exchange programme among Spaniards who are learning a foreign language and foreign residents who are learning the Spanish language and culture. People interested can join this programme (no deadline) by filling a form in the Municipal Centre of Ciudad Quesada or in Rojales Town Hall. The

language exchange can be held at the Ciudad Quesada Cultural Centre. This language exchange consists in talking half of the time in Spanish and the other half in the chosen foreign language. This programme wants also to promote and help integration between foreign residents and Spanish locals. A further step for social integration.

Fish tourism promoted Yes, you’ve read it correctly. Councillor Fanny Serrano, councillor for tourism, has been explaining about the plans to encourage people to Torrevieja who have an interest in fishing. A day had been set aside, October 17th, when different organisations linked to the fishing industry in Torrevieja came together to find out more about the potential. The day was organised by Valencian Tourism in collaboration with some other organisations and the town hall. It’s another example of how Torrevieja is trying to diversify and bring in tourists other than just those seeking sun and sand. The day was planned to attract fisherman’s associations, tourist organisations, travel agencies, tourist guides and those studying tourism, to keep them informed of what’s available in the town that others might be interested in. The day began at 9.30am and participants went on board the boat Delfín Verde in order to see a fishing boat at work and how it drops its catch at the fish market. The day included a trip to the Eras de la Sal and for lunch a ‘caldero’ was served, a favourite local dish which is a little like a fish stew. In the afternoon participants took part in further discussions about using the fishing industry in Torrevieja as a tourist attraction. Preserving the marine environment is an important aspect of this with information available about preserving squid and octopus populations. It might sound an unusual combination of activities but for those interested in Torrevieja and looking for something different it could be an attraction. Suzanne O’Connell

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9th October celebrations On the 9th October there was a public holiday in the Valencian region to celebrate the community. El Día del Comunitat Valenciana is an annual event which perhaps was tinged with reflection this year on the relationships between regions and the nation state. The flag-raising ceremony took place in the Plaza de la Constitucíon.

infrastructure which is a necessary part of service delivery here.’ The mayor is calling for investment in the N332 which remains an ongoing debate between regional and national money lenders as to who is responsible for providing the finance. Others in attendance included the Guardia Civil, the sea captain of Alicante, representatives from

Many councillors were in attendance including the mayor, José Manuel Dolón who had some words to say about the special relationships and function of the regional administration. ‘Valencia is part of the Spanish project,’ he explained. ‘We do need, however, fair financing and investment in our

different societies, the Salt Queen and her entourage. The band, la Unión Musical Torrevejense, played hymns relating to Torrevieja, the Valencian community and Spain. The soprano Conchita Pérez Boj was also there to sing. Suzanne O’Connell

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ABOUT US GO SATELLITE was set up in 2000 by Ian. Ian has more than 20 years experience, having spent 10 years with SKY in Home Services in the UK, where he worked on the specialist heights team as well as SKY’s Prestigious VIP Team, which caters for the stars, therefore the quality of his workmanship is extremely high! After leaving SKY, Ian set up his own business in the UK and ran this very successfully for 5 years before moving to Spain. WHY CHOOSE GO SATELLITE? We are here to help! We can arrange installation of TV direct from the satellite with no monthly payments. We are able to make repairs to existing satellite systems, potentially saving you from additional costs. Here at Go Satellite we only use top quality Portuguese dishes and quality German LNBs. We also provide Sky receivers direct from the UK. Over the years we have installed thousands of satellite TV systems with packages to suit everybody’s requirements and budget. Go Satellite offer expertise, reassurance and a proven track record which can be backed up by many satisfied customers. WHERE ARE WE? GO SATELLITE is based in Ciudad Quesada. Come and view our systems and find one that’s right for you! No room for a dish? Not a problem ... we have a solution

CUSTOMER SERVICE Any concerns or queries are dealt with in a clear and professional manner and clients can call the office at any point if they have any queries. This ensures that all of their customers have complete peace of mind throughout the lifetime of the service. We also realise that technology involved can be confusing, but we are happy to spend time with our customers to ensure that thay get the best system for their needs. So, if you are fed up of missing your favourite programmes or you have lost your TV signal and do not want to lose out any more, then call 965 725 670 or e-mail info@freetvspain.com Alternatively, check out the website: www.freetvspain.com

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Spanish work contracts worst in EU Fewer than one in 10 temporary workers in Spain are ever offered permanent contracts. The shocking figure makes Spain the worst out of 28 EU countries analysed in a study by Eurostat. The UK sees 55.3 percent of its temporary workers find full-time work, the second highest conversion rate after Latvia on 56.8 percent. It is followed by Romania and Austria on 51.9 percent and 47.6 percent respectively. The figures also reveal that more than 25 percent of Spain’s workers are on temporary contracts. And getting out of the trap of temporary work is becoming increasingly difficult. A year before the crisis began, in 2006, the average duration of temporary contracts was 79.1 days. Last year it dropped to 50.6, growing slightly in the first eight months of this year to 51.1 days. Salaries for temporary employees continue to be far lower than those of permanent workers. In 2015 the average yearly salary of a permanent employee was €24,562, compared to the average temporary worker’s €16,442. This equates to a 33.1 percent difference, making temporary contracts far more attractive to employers.

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Help Timeless fashions celebrate 10th anniversary Leading fashion boutique Timeless Fashions is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Thursday 19th October and is hosting a special day for local residents and holidaymakers. The event will see the leading boutique host not one but two fashion shows with entertainment by Sunshine FM. A donation from the day will be made to Maria and the Pink Ladies on behalf of the AECC. The first show will take place at 11am and will be followed by an afternoon event at 3pm. The two shows will be completely different and showcase the best of the end of summer, autumn and winter collections. In addition there will be discounts and special offer in store as well. Timeless Fashions is one of the coasts pre-eminent ladies boutiques, stocking exclusive but affordable ranges from a

number of quality labels. Over the years owner Joy has established a network of high-end suppliers that allow her to stock the highest quality clothing ranges but a excellent prices. Each line has just a small selection, which means that whatever you buy from Timeless Fashions will be exclusive and not in everyone´s wardrobe. The store, located on the top floor of the centre has a wide range of tops, trousers, dresses and jackets. It also offers accessories, jewellery and handbags to complete your look. For further information see Timeless Fashion on Facebook or call 966 722 103. Punta Marina commercial centre is 10 years old and therefore in addition to the Timeless Fashions special celebration other retailers in the centres may well be joining in the spirit of the event and marking the occasion will meal deals and discounts.

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Problems plague Torreta III The Torreta III neighbourhood association has asked the town hall to work with them to help address the problem of the illegal occupation of homes in the area. They calculate that there are 80 properties in the urbanisation that are occupied by people without the permission of their owners. They acknowledge that this isn’t a new problem but one that has been getting gradually worse over the years. The association has registered their petition with the town hall for the fifth time requesting a meeting with the mayor, José Manuel Dolón, to look at how the problem can be tackled. Owners of other properties in the area are asking

The problem isn’t confined to Torreta III. There are also illegal occupations in Torreta II. The problem is a complex one with many of the owners having died and other properties perhaps being taken over by banks due to debt and mortgage arrears. In these cases those who officially own the property have no interest in its state or the difficulties it is causing for those who live around it. In order to start judicial intervention a petition must be made by the owner. This is difficult where there is apparently no traceable owner available. The community wants the town hall to help identify who the owners are so that they can be notified of the

for procedures to be put in place to enable illegal squatters and people who have outstayed their welcome to move on. The properties, in many cases, already carry illegal extensions and building work and in some cases are also used as little businesses perhaps piggy backing on someone else’s electricity and lighting. The urbanisation was built between the end of the 70s and the beginning of the 80s and as such is one of the oldest in Torrevieja. Altogether there are 3,200 houses most of which are semi-detached and were targeted at the Spanish and Central European market. An apartment in Torrevieja was even one of the prizes on the Spanish show ‘1,2,3’

situation and encouraged to denounce those living their illegally. There are still disputes about who is ultimately responsible for the urbanisation. The town hall claims that the people living there must be responsible for its internal repairs and improvements, whilst the residents claim that the council have responsibility for providing at least a minimum of services and upkeep. What is clear is that the situation needs addressing and some kind of compromise achieved in order that living conditions on the estate improve for those paying their taxes. Suzanne O’Connell

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WEEKLY EURO UPDATE In parliament on Tuesday, Prime

the Madrid government and the

Minister Theresa May was very clear

courts ruled it as such - it is hard to

that the ball is in the EU's court when

argue that Senyor Puigdemont had

it comes to making the next move in

Brexit negotiations. By way of reply,

independence.

the

Commission's

registered electors who voted for it

Margaritis Schinas was quick to

was proportionally larger than the

respond that "the ball is entirely in

37.5% of the UK electorate who

the UK court for the rest to happen".

voted to leave the EU.

European

mandate

to The

declare 39.6%

That exchange added little to the

Investors seemed fairly satisfied

debate but the prime minister also

with the situation in Catalonia. They

told MPs that Britain must be

believe, trustingly, that the Madrid

prepared for "every eventuality",

government will take control of the

including leaving the EU with no

situation and it will all blow over. The

agreement in place.

euro, like sterling, was unchanged on

In a situation reminiscent of Alexis

the day against the Swiss franc, the

Tsipras in Greece two and a half years

Australia, Canadian and NZ dollars

ago, Catalonia's Carles Puigdemont

and the Norwegian krone.

could not bring himself to pull the

Whatever his reasons for holding

trigger and declare independence

back, the decision avoided putting

from Madrid. Whatever the pain of

the euro on the spot. It didn't have

remaining within Spain and the EU,

the best of days but it did strengthen

leaving them would be a huge step

by half a US cent and it went up by a

to take.

fifth of a cent against sterling. But this

Putting aside for a moment the illegality of Sunday's referendum -

independence business is not done with yet.

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Where to invest your pension in retirement INVESTING YOUR PENSION IN RETIREMENT MEANS BALANCING INCOME WITH GROWTH PENSION SAVINGS NOW HAVE TO LAST TWO DECADES, SO POTS NEED TO WORK HARDER PICK THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS NOW OR YOU RUN THE RISK OF RUNNING OUT OF CASH

ith the average retirement now set to last at least two decades, savers need to make sure their pension pots work harder than ever. Keeping your cash invested through retirement means you can take an income while your money continues to grow. But you need to make sure you pick the right investments or you could find yourself running out of cash. Research by insurance group SunLife found more than a third of retirees are worried their money will dry up before they die and some 28% said money was their biggest concern for the future. Why people are staying invested in retirement It’s no wonder then that with the advent of the pension freedoms, savers are increasingly opting for drawdown as a means to eke out savings over the long term. Drawdown is an arrangement whereby your pension savings stay invested, but you can withdraw money from your pot as and when you need. A major attraction of drawdown is the money that remains invested has the potential to keep growing — so, with careful planning, it can replenish itself at such a rate as to replace the amount you withdraw each year. What kind of investment should you look for? But where should you invest your money to make sure it can see you through retirement? If you would like to discuss your options, then call us on 965 704 338 for a free no‐ obligation chat with an adviser. Alternatively, email: Contact@SeagateWealth.es

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There are many varieties of bush beans to choose from. They can be green, yellow, or purple and come in all kinds of shapes and sizes so you can add a variety of textures and colour to your dinner plate

Bush beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) are easy to plant and they grow well even in poor soil, and have ready-to-eat pods in only seven or eight weeks. And by staggering planting times by a few weeks you can have a continuous bean production all summer/autumn long. Below you will find some tips that are guaranteed to bring you the best, tastiest, and most productive bush bean crop ever: 1. Wait for warm weather Beans like warm soil, so for best germination when sowing your seeds, wait until the soil temperatures are warmer than 16° C (60° F). If you plant the seeds in cold soil, the beans will germinate very slowly leaving them vulnerable to rot and soil-borne diseases. 2. Prepare bean seeds for planting Soak them: For extra fast germination, soak the seeds in water for 30 minutes before planting, or put the seeds between two damp paper towels the night before planting. By the next day, the seeds will be swollen and ready to germinate. Inoculate them: Beans are like peas and other “nitrogen-fixing” legumes in that beans can pull nitrogen right out of the air because soildwelling bacteria forms nodules on their roots. But this can happen only if the soil naturally has this helpful bacteria. If the soil has no such bacteria, your beans will not do as well. 3. Water properly Bush beans like a regular supply of water. That said however, beans do NOT like wet, or poorly drained soil. In order to make sure the soil drains well, and your beans do not rot, add plenty of organic matter such as compost before planting. Give the beans regular water, and allow the plants to dry out a bit in between waterings. The only time you want the soil to be constantly damp is right after you have sown the seeds. Watering the seeds: When sowing in the spring, sow the seeds 1 inch (2.5 cm) deep; in the hot weather of summer, sow the seeds 2 inches (5 cm) deep. Then soak the seed bed thoroughly with water, and try not to

water again until the beans sprout so that the soil does not become soggy or waterlogged. If your soil tends to dry out quickly, or to form a crust, cover the seed bed with a very thin layer of mulch or compost after you plant to keep the soil surface moist and soft. This helps the bean's growing tip from breaking off as it pushes though the soil. If your soil dries out even with the mulch, do water again. Always keep sown seed beds damp. If they dry out, the seeds will die. 4. Plant bush beans very close together Bush beans do not mind being crowded and will still produce a good crop. The best reason for planting them fairly close together is you want the leaves of the plants to grow into a shade canopy that will cool the soil and stop weeds from growing. Plant bean seeds in “blocks” or rows 2 to 3 inches (5 to 7.5 cm) apart and do not thin when they come up. 5. Make sure to rotate Try not to grow beans in the same garden bed two years in a row because they are susceptible to several soil-borne diseases. Rotating your crops will help prevent a build up of these diseases at each location. 6. Keep bush beans weeded Snap beans have very shallow roots that cannot compete with weeds for water and nutrients, so try and keep your beans well weeded. Remember however, that bean roots grow very close to the soil surface, so be careful when weeding that you do not pull the bean plants out along with the weeds if you have allowed the weeds to get too large. 7. Bush beans like mulch Especially here where summers are hot and dry, mulch your beans to help keep the moisture in the soil. 8. Bush beans do not like super high heat Beans will stop producing about a week after any hot spell that is over 32° C (90° F). To avoid this, either cover your bush beans with shade cloth structures to help them weather through or plant early in the spring, or towards the end of summer to miss most of the high heat days. 9. Stagger your planting Because bush beans tend to produce their beans all at once, harvest will only last about 2 weeks. By staggering your planting, it will help keep a steady supply of beans throughout the summer. 10. Keep bush beans picked Regular harvesting is the number one way to guarantee a prolonged bean harvest. You should pick your beans at least every other day, and you should pick your beans before their pods swell and fill up with seeds. By following the above tips you will have even more success with your beans and that simply means more for you to eat and enjoy! Marc Vijverberg

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WELCOME TO LJUBLJANA with Vivalia Travel Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. Located in the middle of a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. Located in the middle of a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, it has been a historical capital of the Carniola, a Sloveneinhabited part of AustriaHungary and is now the cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center of Slovenia, independent since 1991. Its central geographic location within Slovenia, transport connections, concentration of industry, scientific and research institutions and cultural tradition are contributing factors to its leading position. Ljubljana has no world-famous attractions, which is just great: there's no need to hop from one place to another, taking photos and crossing the items on your checklist. You have all the time to stroll around and enjoy the city itself. It is a charming city full of artists, museums, and galleries. With a population of 300,000, it is one of the smallest capital cities in Europe. THINGS TO SEE AND DO The easiest and most pleasant way to reach all spots described below is by foot, except for the Zoo and the Architecture Museum. Triple Bridge (Tromostovje). It consists of three separate picturesque bridges located next to one another. The neighboring Prešeren square with the statue of Slovenian greatest poet France Prešeren is the central location of downtown Ljubljana and a common meeting point. Old Town. Squeezed between the castle hill and Ljubljanica river is the old town with two squares, Mestni trg (City square) with the Robba fountain and the city hall behind it,

and, further on, Gornji trg (Upper square). Ljubljana Castle. The tower has magnificent views all over the city. You can also see the Sava River and Kamnik Alps in the distance. Tivoli Park. The main city park. You can sit down on a park bench and enjoy the sun. About Opera and Theatre, shows are performed regularly throughout the year. The opera house is located just behind the Slovene Parliament. There are several theatres scattered all over the city centre.

EAT AND DRINK Downtown Ljubljana is full of trendy cafes (outdoor seating in the summer!) and high-quality restaurants. You can find local Slovenian food, and restaurants with ethnic food from many places around the world. Pizza in Ljubljana is of very good quality. Try a burger Slovene style with a horse burger. You can find budget, midrange and splurge restaurants. On the other hand, most of Ljubljana’s bars tend to cluster on the streets running parallel to the river, radiating from Prešernovtrg, which is the main square in Ljubljana. The more interesting bars tend to be on the backstreets, rather than directly facing the river. Part of the joy of this city is stumbling across these places, but these are few to start you off. Also, Ljubljana has several good nightclubs (discotheques). The clubs hold special events, they will play a certain syle of music on certain nights, etc. Some will also impose a strict dress code and age limits.

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More wine tasting with a difference Due to popular demand the ‘Wine tasting with a difference’ tours are being offered on Thursday 2nd November and Thursday 23rd November The first tour after the summer break sold out within days and with so many people calling to book places more trips have quickly been organised to avoid disappointment. As part of her desire to help the expat community to discover the real Spain, local Spanish lady Begona Josa del Portillo is offering a range of tailored trips and tours that aim to provide something completely different to those organised by large tour companies. These aim to discover the hidden gems of Spanish heritage and culture, with traditional food and wine weaved in for good measure. For many years Begona has been an integral link between the local Spanish and ex-pat communities offering Spanish language and Spanish cooking lessons. It is the popularity of these courses and the influence of her students that has led to Begona organising tailored trips and tours. The vineyard and wine tasting tours take place at Bodega Florentino Perez in La Mancha and they are a day-trips like no other – and at just 23 euros per person are excellent value. Located in La Finca ‘El Cercao’ and nestled among its 18 hectares of vineyards and surrounded by a totally natural environment, the Bodegas Don Florentino are located between vineyards, with a large garden and outdoor patio in front of the impressive main

facade. The bodega celebrates an entire family dedicated to the cultivation of the vine for several generations. The land of Don Quixote offers a unique place to relax and enjoy the best gastronomy of the local country side accompanied by some of the finest wines of the region. The tour, which Begona hopes to run at least monthly, will begin with a typical Spanish breakfast en route and before the afternoon tour, the group will head to Chinchilla for a morning tour of this picturesque village courtesy of an official local guide. You will discover the hidden gems nestled in this beautiful location before heading to the bodega. The group will then begin its extensive guided tour of the vineyard and wine producing facilities. The tour will cover all aspects of wine production from the type of grape, how it is grown, nurtured and harvested to the wine making process and storage. The group will then experience an eat-all-you-can traditional five-course lunch of typical Spanish fayre, accompanied by wines of the bodega. There is then the opportunity to visit the official bodega store and buy any of the wines produced. At just 23 euros per person this tour is expected to sell out fast, so speedy booking is advisable; to do so please call Begona on 622 188 772. As always with Begona’s trips and tours several local pick up and drop off points are available for passengers and range from Los Alcazares to Torrevieja. Mireille Toddington

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Dilemma

He was seeing her all along

My life-long best friend stole my sister’s husband 2 years ago, and effectively ruined her life. Now my friend and my ex-brother-in-law are marrying. My sister doesn’t know I kept in touch with my friend, and now my friend wants me to attend her wedding. I feel bad enough about not severing links with my friend, let alone attending the wedding. If I go, my sister will find out. My family don’t know I still see my friend.

My boyfriend of two years had been cooling off for several weeks, but wouldn’t give me a reason why. Again and again I asked him if there was someone else, but he said no, just that he needed some space. Then he packed up and moved out. It took just three days for him to take up with someone else. I know the girl - she works with him, and I spotted them both together when I was driving passed a bar one night. Do you think he was seeing her before?

It depends how much you value your relationship with your sister, and I think this might be one of those situations where blood is thicker than water. If I were your sister and found out that you’d kept in touch with the woman who stole her husband, I would probably be very hurt and angry. It’s a dilemma I agree but there are definitely rights and wrongs here, and siding with someone who ruined your sister’s life would be wrong.

I would say your boyfriend has possibly been less than honest with you, and that this other girl was always on the scene in some way. Why he couldn’t tell you the reason for his cooling off and finally leaving, is unfair. You wanted a reason and he wasn’t brave enough to tell you he’d met someone else. I suppose you could confront him - it might make you feel better. Tell him you wished he’d been honest. You deserved that at least.

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Tragic road crash Five people have been killed in a multiple pile-up on the A-7 motorway near Murcia and another 10 injured. Nine cars, two lorries and two vans collided, blocking both lanes in a northbound direction in Sangonera la Seca, to the south of Murcia city and close to the La Paz service station late on last Monday night.

Of those who died, four were in the same car – a man and three women, two of the women believed to be teenagers – and the fifth was travelling in another of the cars.

The crash was caused by a lorry running into the other vehicles for reasons which have not yet been clarified. Although witnesses said the trailer of the articulated lorry ran over several cars which were stopped in a hold-up next to La Paz camping site. It is believed that the articulated lorry failed to break and ran into the parked vehicles, some

were forced into the air and landed off the motorway. After smashing eight cars and the two vans, the trailer swung around causing more fatalities.

A 17-year-old woman with head injuries and a man and woman aged 36 with serious cuts and bruises were taken to Murcia's Virgen de la Arrixaca Hospital. Three men, one aged 26 and two aged 17 were taken to the Morales Meseguer Hospital with multiple wounds. Another four suffered minor injuries, one of whom was taken to the Reina Sofía Hospital and the others, three men aged 29, 31 and 64, were treated at the scene. Five military emergency response vans, 10 fire fighters, five ambulances, the Local Police, Guardia Civil and the region's director-general of citizen safety and emergencies José Ramón Carrasco were among those called out to the scene. A tailback of over 20 kilometres was reported for several hours and drivers were warned to leave the motorway south of the accident site. The long tailback resulted in other collisions closer to the city. The lorry driver who caused the crash, Hipólito A.P., 38, from Totana, was uninjured but in shock. Getting out of his vehicle and sitting down on the crash barrier, he broke down in tears and called his father, whom he used to work with driving forklift trucks. Hipólito said he was 'in a state' and 'did not remember anything' about how the crash happened. He is said to have tested positive for cocaine, a revelation which has left his family distraught. Hipólito's uncle, Silvestre, says his

nephew had been a professional driver all his working life and had never had an accident before, not even a minor bump. He spent the night in a police cell but was released with charges and his driving licence taken off him, meaning he can no longer work.

Family lost The four people in the same car who died were a family from Elche travelling home after a few days break in Almería. They have been identified as 53-year-old José Vicente Gaspar Maciá, who was wellknown in his home city as he trained the juniors and B-teams for Elche FC; his sister-in-law Josefa Belmonte, 48; José Vicente's 14-year-old daughter Elena Maciá, and Josefa's daughter Laura Fabra, 16. Elena's mother, José Vicente's wife and Josefa's sister was also in the car, but survived with injuries. Their car, along with that of the fifth person who died – a Murcia man who has not been identified – ended up right underneath the lorry. The injured helped each other – such as 55-year-old Ginés Jerez, a fisherman, who works on a boat in Mazarrón. He was driving to work with a companion from Altea when they saw the accident. The van in which they were travelling was also hit, but both were only slightly hurt so they went to help the other wounded, among them the occupants of the SUV which had been catapulted off the motorway.

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Huge drugs haul thanks to UK tip off A huge £200 million haul of cocaine has been seized by the Spanish authorities after UK tip off. One of the world’s biggest hauls of cocaine, the consignment was intercepted and taken ashore in Cadiz. The £200 million seizure was found on a tug-boat sailing between Madeira and the Azores. The mammoth 3.7 tonne haul, intercepted by Spain’s coast guard, came about after a tip off from the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA). The boat, which flew a Comoros islands flag, was believed to be on route to Europe, probably Spain, from Colombia. Its seven-strong crew – six men from Turkey and one from Azerbaijan – were arrested after an extensive search found 165 individual packages of cocaine, hidden beneath the galley floor. Each package contained around 23 kilos of powder. Mark Blackwell from the NCA, said: “Seizing this quantity of cocaine represents a major disruption to international crime groups, depriving them of revenue running into the hundreds of millions of pounds.” “We’re working with colleagues in Europe and around the world to disrupt organised criminals in any way we can, and to protect European borders from attempts to smuggle illegal commodities through them,” he added

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Earthquakes in Tenerife An earthquake reaching 4 on the Richter scale shook the southwest of Tenerife in the early hours of last Tuesday morning, but no

damage was caused as it was located a very long way beneath the surface. Emergency services received calls from residents in Adeje, Arona and San Miguel, and the National Geographical Institute (IGN) says the tremor at exactly 06.38 was 25 kilometres underground. The devastating May 2011 Lorca (Murcia) earthquake – the worst in recent history, which led to numerous deaths and thousands of homes collapsing – which, at 5.6 on the Richter scale, would normally have caused some building damage but not be a major disaster, was only a kilometre underground, which meant its intensity was huge. Tenerife's tremor 25 kilometres below the surface meant it reached level III on the intensity scale which, according to the IGN, is only felt by fewer than 1 percent of the population, and purely those resting or in positions 'especially susceptible

to movement' inside buildings, such as up a ladder. The initial quake was followed exactly 20 minutes later with an aftershock of 1.5 on the Richter scale – normally not felt by anyone – and 18 kilometres below ground. Both these quakes have come during a series of tremors that have been recorded recently, and are ongoing, in Cumbre Vieja on the island of La Palma – a phenomenon being closely monitored by the Canarian Institute of Volcanology. These earthquakes now bring the total to 50 tremors felt in Las Palma putting emergency services on high alert. To add to the islands woes, there are now tsunami fears as a huge active volcano is thought to be behind the series of quakes. The largest quake had a magnitude of 2.7 in the area of the Natural Park Cumbre Vieja around 1pm, 28 km below the ground. The second largest, of 2.6, took place at 1.23pm the day after in the same area, while the third quake took place at midnight last Monday, reaching a magnitude of 2.1, according to the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan). The earthquakes from the huge Cumbre Vieja volcano have led volcano experts to be pulled in to

examine the unusual seismic activity. There have now been 50 tremors in three days after at least ten were recorded overnight last night. One of them reported a magnitude of 2.1 just after midnight. A 2.8-magnitude earthquake was also recorded in the northwest of the Canary Island of Gran Canaria. Volcano experts from the Volcanological Institute of the Canary Islands (Involcan) are now intensifying surveillance on the islands after being shocked by the sudden and sharp rise in activity. María José Blanco, director of the National Geographic Institute in the Canary Islands, said the island has ‘never recorded a similar swarm’. The earthquakes have not been felt by residents because they are occurring very deep below the ground. Devastation Scientists have warned if the huge volcano erupts, it will likely collapse into the sea – sparking a mile-high tidal wave that would engulf Spain, Britain and the east coast of the US. Experts have predicted the monster tsunami would strike Spain’s south and west coasts as well as Portugal, plunging the lives of thousands in danger. It could then hit north Africa, before moving thousands of miles across the Atlantic and hitting the Caribbean and the east coast of the US.

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Why are you selling? Rebecca Serwotka Your favourite local property expert, of Inmobiliaria Real Estate Agents in Ciudad Quesada & published author of “Moving Forward – 25 Essential Rules For Buying & Selling Real Estate Without Going Crazy.” Request your FREE copy today!

When you talk about property, everyone has an opinion; sometimes it’s a valid and realistic point of view, but there are times when an opinion can be very wrong. As a professional Real Estate Agent, it’s our job to guide both buyers and sellers in achieving their goal; when a buyer is looking for a specific investment, we select what could fit their search criteria. When a seller is searching for the ideal buyer, we actively look for the right person that could “fit the bill” perfectly. However, there are times when buyers’ emotions can distort an opportunity. Everyone has valid reasons for moving home. For some, it might be time to relocate themselves and their family to embark on a new and better life. For others, it might be a need for extra rooms, or even the opposite, and downsizing when the family have flown the nest, is their choice. But then, there are some circumstances when people are forced to sell their home, due to financial or health reasons, and that’s when it’s our task to be compassionate, and guide them the best and quickest way in achieving a sale. In my job, it can pull at your heartstrings, especially when life in general is not going according to plan for some selected sellers. But, I always tell them to try not to stress about life’s hurdles, and attempt to “go with the flow.” Sometimes, due to one man’s misfortune, another man can make a great

investment; especially when we are able to match the two of them together, of which can be extremely rewarding. But one thing will always remain; unless you have been specifically informed of the reason the home is for sale, never assume you know why! Believe me, my job can be unbelievably stressful when I sit and hear some very sad reasons for needing to sell a property quickly, and pricing it well below market value is the sellers’ only option of a quick exit. An hour of crying with the homeowner makes you really appreciate all of the positives you have in your life, even if you don’t think they’re much. Then the day comes when that property sells and the homeowner holds your hand and thanks you with tears in his eyes, for helping to release him of one of the obstacles in his life, in order to focus on what’s more important for his immediate future, is true job satisfaction. There are happy moments too, when we do experience some wonderful reasons why people decide to sell, such as starting on a new adventure like marriage, where maintaining two houses isn’t practical anymore, and letting go of one property is a joyful reason for selling. So you see, there are always genuine reasons for selling property, just spare a thought for those who need to sell a little quicker than others. Who knows, even if you’re not looking to buy, maybe you know someone that is! You’ll never really know whom you could be helping. For more information and guidance on buying and selling, please contact us and we will send you our FREE e-book or log on to: www.homes4u.es/newkindle-e-book to request the link. Think property? Think us, because life’s complicated enough! See our advert in the centre pages of this newspaper. www.homes4u.es

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More businesses desert Catalunya Courier firm MRW and insurance company Catalana Occidente have decided to move their head offices out of Catalunya, fearing the unilateral declaration of independence since made by it regional government. MRW, which used to handle Amazon deliveries for customers in Spain ordering from the UK and has been trading for

40 years, will set up in Valencia, whilst Catalana Occidente plans to shift to Madrid’s main business boulevard, the Paseo de la Castellana. Once again, both companies say employees will not have to relocate, but that the head offices in Catalunya will now become branches as the firms will be domiciled in other regions.

Beer manufacturer San Miguel, part of the Mahou chain, plans to move to Málaga from Barcelona, whilst the huge estate agency chain Colonial, along with transport infrastructure engineers Abertis and DVD Dental, are heading for Madrid. CaixaBank has already shifted to Valencia, Banco Sabadell to Alicante, Gas Natural Fenosa, Dogi, Service Point, SegurCaixa Adeslas Insurance, Grupo LectaTorraspapel, Trea Asset Management, CaixaBank Asset Management, VidaCaixa and Naturhouse to Madrid, and the La Caixa Foundation and Criteria CaixaHolding have gone to Palma de Mallorca. Manufacturers of Spain’s most widelyconsumed hot chocolate, Cola Cao, and literature publishing group Planeta say they will move out of Catalunya if its president, Carles Puigdemont, declares independence, whilst Spain’s largest makers of cava, Freixenet and Cordoniu, are considering moving away from the region they have been based in

since they were founded and with which their names have always been synonymous. Construction giant Copasa will shift out of Barcelona and set up in the northwestern cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela (Galicia), although investment bank GVC Gaesco claims its own move to Madrid was decided in September. Many of these firms are, or have recently been, members of the élite Ibex 35 group – the top 35 Spanish companies on the stock exchange. In total, over 30 companies have announced plans to shift out of Catalunya, all of which are corporate giants. They will not necessarily be physically

moving, but changing their domicile from Catalunya to other parts of Spain means their taxation régime will see more cash flowing into their new regions and, if Catalunya were to become an independent country, it would not benefit from multi-millions in tax which would instead be paid to the Spanish State, where their companies were registered. Savers and investors have reportedly been queuing up at banks in Catalunya to withdraw their funds and place them in branches of the same banks outside the region. This has particularly been seen in the west and south of Catalunya, where a short trip over the border takes them into Aragón and Valencia respectively.

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5.45am

House Doctor

6.10am

Divine Designs

6.35am

Wildlife SOS

More 4

7.00am

Inspector Morse

Channel 5

7.20am

ITV3

4.40pm

Cleaners

ITV4 7.00am 7.05am 8.40am 9.30am 10.30am 11.30am 12.35pm 1.45pm 2.50pm 3.55pm 4.55pm 6.00pm 7.05pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.05pm 12.10am 1.10am 1.15am 2.15am 3.15am 4.00am

Football’s Greatest The Chase Counting Cars Pawn Stars Ironside Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney The Avengers Ironside Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney The Avengers Counting Cars Pawn Stars British Superbike Highlights Renegades FYI Daily Renegades Barb Wire FYI Daily Barb Wire The Sweeney Ax Men Teleshopping

Television: Thurs. 19th October BBC1

7.00am 10.15am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.45pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 3.15pm 4.00pm 4.45pm 5.30pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.45pm 12.45am 1.30am 1.35am

Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer A Matter of Life and Debt Caught Red Handed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders Council House Crackdown The Ganges with Sue Perkins BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Question Time This Week Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

BBC2 7.00am 7.30am 8.15am 9.00am 10.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.45pm 3.45pm 4.15pm 5.15pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.15am 1.15am 2.15am 3.15am

ITV2 7.00am 7.25am 8.15am 9.00am 9.30am 10.30am 11.20am 12.15pm 1.20pm 1.50pm 2.50pm 3.45pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.50pm 1.15am 1.40am 2.35am 3.30am

You’ve Been Framed! Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records The Great Indoors Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Great Indoors Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Dress to Impress Funniest Ever You’ve Been Framed! Gold Two and a Half Men Bromans Celebrity Juice Family Guy American Dad! Stanny Slickers 2: The Legend of Ollie’s Gold American Dad! Celebrity Showmance Teleshopping

Interlude in Prague

9.00am

Monster Trucks

10.50am

Split

12.50pm

Fences

3.15pm

Let Her Out

5.00pm

Monster Trucks

7.00pm

Split

9.00pm

Fences

11.25pm

My Father Die

1.10am

The Escorts

2.50am

Lolo

4.45am

Let Her Out

6.30am

Blade Runner 2049

7.00am

Live PGA Tour Golf

8.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

8.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans

9.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

9.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans

10.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

11.00am

Premier League Daily

12.00pm

Live European Tour Golf

2.00pm

Sky Sports Today

3.30pm

Live European Tour Golf

6.30pm

Sky Sports News

8.00pm

Sky Sports Tonight

8.30pm

Rugby Union

11.00pm

The Debate - Live

12.00am

Sky Sports News

1.00am

My Icon

1.30am

Live NFL: Kansas @ Oakland

5.45am

Live PGA Tour Golf

7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.10am 3.35am 4.00am 4.55am 5.20am 5.45am

Hollyoaks Charmed Melissa and Joey 2 Broke Girls Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy New Girl The Goldbergs Stage School The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory 2 Broke Girls Gameface The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory Rude Tube The Inbetweeners Gameface 2 Broke Girls First Dates Rude Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Charmed

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Dickinson’s Real Deal Alphabetical Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Work ‘Til You Drop? Tonight Emmerdale Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London After the News The Late Debate UEFA Europa League Highlights Jackpot247 Work ‘Til You Drop? Tonight ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.30am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am

The Flash Modern Family It’s Me or the Dog The Dog Whisperer Attenborough Modern Family NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles The Simpsons Futurama The Simpsons Arrow A League of Their Own The Russell Howard Hour White Christmas Blues Specs and the City A League of Their Own The Force: Essex NCIS: Los Angeles The Blacklist Stop Search Seize The Dog Whisperer

7.00am 7.50am

In the same press release, Ryanair stated that its customers will be informed of the situation of their flights by email or phone. It also adds that “unfortunately, further flight delays and cancellations are likely and customers are asked to please monitor this notice which will be updated throughout the day.” Of the 212 cancelled flights, at least 106 have their origin or destination at a Spanish airport. The most affected is Alicante, with 24 cancellations, followed by Barcelona El Prat and Palma, with 16. Madrid’s Barajas airport sees 12 cancellations, with 10 in Málaga and Murcia, and six in Ibiza, Valencia and Reus. For the third time in less than a month, the Irish airline has had to “sincerely apologise” for the inconvenience caused to its passengers, although in this case it states that the problem is “entirely outside of our control.”

Channel 4 King of Queens

7.00am

Puffin Rock

7.45am

King of Queens

7.05am

Poppy Cat

8.10am

King of Queens

7.20am

Simon

8.40am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.25am

Bob the Builder

10.05am

Frasier

7.35am

Fireman Sam

11.05am

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

7.50am

Thomas and Friends

12.00pm

Undercover Boss USA

8.00am

Milkshake! Bopping About

1.00pm

Channel 4 News

8.05am

Nella the Princess Knight

1.05pm

Come Dine with Me

8.20am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

2.05pm

A New Life in the Sun

8.35am

Paw Patrol

3.10pm

Countdown

8.50am

Rusty Rivets

4.00pm

Find it Fix it Flog it

5.00pm

My Kitchen Rules

9.05am

Digby Dragon

6.00pm

Four in a Bed

9.15am

Floogals

6.30pm

Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star

9.35am

Peppa Pig

7.00pm

The Simpsons

7.30pm

Hollyoaks

8.00pm

Channel 4 News

9.00pm

The Supervet

10.00pm

Educating Greater Manchester

11.00pm

9.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

10.05am

Mofy

10.15am

The Wright Stuff

12.15pm

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

1.10pm

5 News Lunchtime

The Great British Bake Off:

1.15pm

The Hotel Inspector Returns

An Extra Slice

2.15pm

Home and Away

11.50pm

George Michael

2.45pm

Neighbours

1.45am

George Michael

3.15pm

NCIS

2.50am

The Supervet

4.10pm

Fatal Friends

3.50am

Trump and Russia:

6.00pm

5 News at 5

Sex, Spies and Scandal

6.30pm

Neighbours

4.45am

Grand Designs

7.00pm

Home and Away

5.40am

Best of Both Worlds

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

6.35am

Countdown

8.00pm

Police Interceptors

9.00pm

The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door

10.00pm

Rich House, Poor House

11.00pm

Bad Habits, Holy Orders

12.00am

Celebrity Botched Up Bodies

1.00am

Super Casino

4.10am

The Hotel Inspector

5.00am

Car Thieves and Thugs:

BBC 4 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm

4.40am

Coronation Street

9.55am

A Place in the Sun

Heartbeat

11.00am

Stalag 17

1.25pm

Food Unwrapped

1.35pm

Grand Designs

2.35pm

A Place in the Sun

4.45pm

Sun, Sea and Selling Houses

5.50pm

Homes by the Sea

6.50pm

The Supervet

7.55pm

Car S.O.S

8.55pm

Grand Designs

10.00pm

Richard Wilson’s Highland Fling

11.00pm

The Handmaid’s Tale

12.10am

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 1.40am 2.40am 3.40am

ITV3 8.50am 9.50am 11.10am 1.25pm 2.30pm 3.40pm

Wild at Heart Judge Judy Inspector Morse Wild at Heart

Channel 5

7.20am

Beyond 100 Days Top of the Pops The Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home England’s Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation Reformation The Mystery of Rome’s X Tomb Top of the Pops Shakespeare’s Mother: The Secret Life of a Tudor Woman The Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home England’s Reformation: Three Books That Changed a Nation This is BBC Four

Flights cancelled due to French air traffic control strike More strike action by French air traffic control has brought added chaos for holidaymakers hot on the heels of the Ryanair and Monarch cancellations and around half of the cancellations will affect Spanish airports, with Alicante the worst affected. Ryanair cancelled a total of 212 flights scheduled for last Tuesday – 10th October - due to an air traffic controllers’ strike in France. Of the flights, half either leave or arrive at a Spanish airport. The airline, which has already announced thousands of cancellations until March of next year due to poor planning of its pilot vacations, says that the strike could see additional cancellations or delays. “We regret to advise customers that due to an air traffic control strike in France, we have been forced to cancel the flights listed below,” the company announced via its website, followed by the full list of the 212 cancelled flights.

ITV1 7.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 2.55pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.40pm 12.15am 12.45am 1.45am 4.00am 4.25am 6.05am

Sky Sports 1

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

Real Lives Reunited Rip Off Britain A Matter of Life and Debt Mountain Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics The Code Restoration Home Family Finders Full Steam Ahead Wild Shepherdess with Kate Humble Flog It! Eggheads Strictly - It Takes Two Further Back in Time for Dinner The Big Family Cooking Showdown Natural World Match of the Day Newsnight Army: Behind the New Frontlines The Housing Enforcers This Farming Life This is BBC Two

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Caught on Camera 5.25am

Caught on Camera 5.45am

House Doctor

6.10am

Divine Designs

6.35am

Wildlife SOS

7.00am 8.35am 9.30am 9.55am 10.25am 11.35am 12.35pm 1.40pm 2.45pm 3.50pm 4.55pm 5.55pm 7.00pm 7.55pm 8.45pm 11.00pm 12.05am 12.10am 1.40am 2.40am 2.45am 3.35am 4.00am

The Chase Counting Cars Pawn Stars The Protectors Ironside Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney The Avengers Ironside Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney The Avengers Counting Cars Pawn Stars Hornblower GoldenEye FYI Daily GoldenEye Driven to Kill FYI Daily Driven to Kill Tommy Cooper Teleshopping

More 4

Heartbeat Coronation Street

4.40pm

Inspector Morse

7.00pm

Heartbeat

8.00pm

Murder, She Wrote

9.00pm

Foyle’s War

11.10pm

Lewis

1.15am

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

1.05am

Inspector Morse

2.10am

Richard Wilson’s Highland Fling

3.20am

ITV3 Nightscreen

3.15am

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

3.30am

Teleshopping

4.15am

8 Out of 10 Cats

Armed and Dangerous:

ITV4

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BBC1 7.00am 10.15am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.45pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 3.15pm 4.00pm 4.45pm 5.30pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 11.25pm 11.35pm 12.25am 12.55am 1.55am 2.00am

Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer A Matter of Life and Debt Caught Red Handed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show A Question of Sport EastEnders Would I Lie to You? Have I Got News for You Porridge BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather The Graham Norton Show Josh The Apprentice Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

BBC2 7.00am 7.30am 8.15am 9.00am 10.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.45pm 3.45pm 4.15pm 5.15pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.05am 1.05am 1.55am 2.25am 3.25am 4.25am

ITV2 7.00am 7.25am 8.15am 9.00am 10.00am 10.30am 11.20am 12.15pm 1.20pm 2.20pm 2.50pm 3.45pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 12.20am 1.40am 2.10am 3.15am 3.30am

You’ve Been Framed! Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records The Great Indoors Emmerdale You’ve Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Great Indoors Dress to Impress Emmerdale You’ve Been Framed! The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Dress to Impress Totally You’ve Been Framed! Two and a Half Men The 40 Year Old Virgin Family Guy American Dad! Bromans Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Teleshopping

The Escorts

8.35am

Fences

11.00am

Monster Trucks

12.50pm

Why Him?

2.45pm

Split

4.45pm

Monster Trucks

6.35pm

Fences

9.00pm 11.00pm 1.00am 2.50am

Why Him? Split

7.00am

4.35am

Lolo

6.30am

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Special

Live PGA Tour Golf

8.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

8.30am

Live Nz Rugby: Semi Final

10.20am

Rugby Archive

10.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans

11.00am

Premier League Daily

12.00pm

Live European Tour Golf

2.00pm

Sky Sports Today

3.30pm

Live European Tour Golf

4.45pm

Live United States GP: Practice

7.00pm

Sky Sports News

8.00pm

Football

11.15pm

Carling in Off the Bar

11.45pm

PL Greatest Games

12.00am

Sky Sports News

4.00am

Live PGA Tour Golf

7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm

Hollyoaks Charmed Melissa and Joey 2 Broke Girls Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy New Girl The Goldbergs Stage School The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Rude Tube First Dates Gameface Rude Tube Rude(Ish) Tube Charmed

ITV1 7.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 2.55pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.45pm 12.20am 12.45am 1.40am 4.00am 4.50am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Dickinson’s Real Deal Alphabetical Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Australian Wilderness with Ray Mears Coronation Street Cold Feet ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London After the News Bad Move Tonight at the London Palladium Jackpot247 Storage Hoarders ITV Nightscreen

Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.05pm 11.30pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am

The Flash Modern Family It’s Me or the Dog The Dog Whisperer Attenborough Modern Family NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles The Simpsons Futurama The Simpsons Modern Family Sing: Ultimate a Capella The Simpsons The Winter of His Content The Russell Howard Hour A League of Their Own The Force: Essex Brit Cops: Frontline Crime The Blacklist Stop Search Seize The Dog Whisperer

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King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Undercover Boss USA Channel 4 News Come Dine with Me A New Life in the Sun Countdown Find it Fix it Flog it My Kitchen Rules Four in a Bed Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Unreported World Food Unwrapped Travel Man Gogglebox The Last Leg Rude Tube Instinct The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice Electric Dreams Unreported World Dispatches Best of Both Worlds Motorsport

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Poppy Cat

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Simon

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Bob the Builder

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Fireman Sam

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Thomas and Friends

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Milkshake! Bopping About

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Nella the Princess Knight

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Noddy: Toyland Detective

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Paw Patrol

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Rusty Rivets

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Digby Dragon

9.15am

Floogals

9.35am

Peppa Pig

9.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

10.05am

Mofy

10.15am

The Wright Stuff

12.15pm

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

1.10pm

5 News Lunchtime

1.15pm

The Hotel Inspector Returns

2.15pm

Home and Away

2.45pm

Neighbours

3.15pm

NCIS

4.15pm

Smokescreen

6.00pm

5 News at 5

6.30pm

Neighbours

7.00pm

Home and Away

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

The Gadget Show

9.00pm

Britain by Bike with Larry

10.00pm

A Celebrity Taste of Italy

11.00pm

Paul Daniels: My Life in Magic

12.30am

TV’s 50 Greatest Magic Tricks

3.00am

Super Casino

5.00am

The Hotel Inspector Returns

5.45am

House Doctor

6.10am

Divine Designs

6.35am

Wildlife SOS

4.35am

Coronation Street

9.55am

A Place in the Sun

7.00am

The Chase

7.50am

Heartbeat

11.00am

Kansas City Confidential

8.55am

Counting Cars

8.55am

Wild at Heart

1.00pm

A Place in the Sun

11.00pm 12.00am 12.55am 1.35am 2.35am 3.35am

ITV3

9.55am

Judge Judy

11.10am

Inspector Morse

1.30pm

Wild at Heart

2.35pm

Heartbeat

and George Lamb

More 4

ITV4 9.45am

Pawn Stars

10.40am

Ironside

1.45pm

Grand Designs

11.40am

Quincy, M.E.

2.50pm

A Place in the Sun

12.45pm

The Sweeney

4.55pm

Formula 1 United States Grand Prix

1.50pm

The Avengers

2.55pm

Ironside

3.55pm

Quincy, M.E.

Practice 1 Live

3.40pm

Coronation Street

4.45pm

Inspector Morse

6.35pm

Guy Martins Passion for Life

5.00pm

The Sweeney

7.00pm

Heartbeat

6.50pm

The Supervet

6.00pm

The Avengers

8.00pm

Murder, She Wrote

7.55pm

Car S.O.S

7.05pm

Counting Cars

9.00pm

Rosemary and Thyme

7.30pm

The Darts Show

10.00pm

Long Lost Family

8.00pm

World Series of Darts Live

Practice 2 Live

12.00am

Out for Justice

10.35pm

Professor T

1.05am

FYI Daily

11.40pm

24 Hours in A and E

1.10am

Out for Justice

1.50am

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

2.55am

The Sweeney

11.00pm

Lewis

1.00am

Mr Selfridge

8.55pm

Formula 1 United States Grand Prix

Channel 5

World News Today Top of the Pops Easy Listening Hits at the BBC Nile Rodgers: How to Make it in the Music Business BBC Introducing Great American Rock Anthems: Turn it Up to 11 Top of the Pops Ultimate Cover Versions at the BBC Easy Listening Hits at the BBC Nile Rodgers: How to Make it in the Music Business This is BBC Four

My Father Die The Escorts

Real Lives Reunited Rip Off Britain A Matter of Life and Debt Gardeners’ World Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics The Code Restoration Home Family Finders Full Steam Ahead Wild Shepherdess with Kate Humble Flog It! Strictly - It Takes Two Further Back in Time for Dinner Mastermind Only Connect Gardeners’ World QI Newsnight Dragons’ Den Snowfall Panorama Diana Reformation This is BBC Two

Sky Sports 1

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

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2.00am

Lewis

5.15am

Judge Judy

1.50am

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

6.00am

On the Buses

2.55am

24 Hours in A and E

3.45am

ITV4 Nightscreen

6.30am

ITV3 Nightscreen

4.00am

8 Out of 10 Cats

4.00am

Teleshopping

Puigdemont declares independence for Catalonia then suspends it There was huge expectation surrounding a session of the Catalan parliament that was scheduled for last Tuesday at 6pm, when regional premier Carles Puigdemont was expected to make a statement to “explain the political situation.” In the event, the leader of the Junts pel Si (Together for Yes) did not speak until 7pm, due to a disagreement over the content of his speech with his partners in the far-left CUP party. During his address, of nearly an hour, Puigdemont declared independence unilaterally based on a ballot that lacked all basic democratic guarantees, and which yielded 90 per cent of Yes votes as the vast majority of Remainers stayed home, for a turnout of less than half of the voter pool. But he immediately suspended it in search of dialogue. The premier has called for it to be puton hold “to start dialogue, to arrive at an agreed solution to advance with the demands of the people of Catalonia.” “With the results of October 1,

Catalonia has won the right to be an independent state," he said. “If everyone acts responsibly, the conflict can be resolved with calm.” Regional premier Carles Puigdemont: “That is what we are doing here in all solemnity and with the same solemnity we propose that Parliament suspends the declaration of independence to start dialogue to reach an agreed solution.” Central government sources stated they would take action over what they saw as a unilateral declaration of independence and a few days later the Popular Party government of Spain headed by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy “accompanied” by the opposition Socialist (PSOE) Party have decided to activate section 155 of the Spanish Constitution – legislation that allows for Madrid to temporarily take control of the internal affairs of Catalonia – if Catalan Premier Carles Puigdemont does not renounce his independence declaration. This was the commitment made by Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez. Sánchez has also managed to commit Rajoy to a

project aimed at reforming Spain’s constitution, while both leaders have agreed that if section 155 is applied in the case of Catalonia, it must result in new regional elections. Rajoy has sent the Catalan government a formal notification asking it to clear up whether independence has indeed been declared; this was a preliminary step towards activating article 155. The notification from Madrid contains references to two time limits: the Catalan premier must clarify before 10am on Monday October 16 if he did or did not declare independence on 10th October, regardless of whether or not he then immediately suspended that declaration. If he did declare independence, Puigdemont then has until 10am on 19th October to withdraw the declaration and restore constitutional order. If that does not occur, Rajoy will “immediately activate” section 155 in the Senate. A statement from the prime minister’s official residence, La Moncloa, said the government considered the declaration made “deliberately confusing.” If

Puigdemont does not provide a clear answer to the notification from the government, Rajoy will assume that independence was declared, the statement reads. If Puigdemont does not reply to the request of the government, Rajoy will

have to send the Senate a detailed plan of the powers that it will take over from the Catalan government. This plan has already been discussed with representatives from the PSOE, but as the Popular Party holds the majority in the Senate, it will have no problems pushing through this strategy.

Television: Sat. 21st October BBC1

BBC2

7.00am

Breakfast

11.00am

Saturday Kitchen Live

12.30pm

The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food

1.00pm

Football Focus

2.00pm

BBC News

2.15pm

Bargain Hunt

3.15pm

Escape to the Country

3.45pm

Madagascar

5.05pm

Final Score

6.25pm

BBC News

6.35pm

Regional News and Weather

6.45pm

Pointless

7.35pm

Strictly Come Dancing

9.20pm

Casualty

10.10pm

Gunpowder

11.10pm

BBC News

11.30pm

Match of the Day

1.00am

The NFL Show

1.30am

The Weight Cut: Extreme Weight Loss

2.00am

Weather for the Week Ahead

2.05am

BBC News

7.00am 7.45am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.45pm 12.50am 2.15am 3.35am

ITV2 7.00am 7.10am 9.35am 12.25pm 2.30pm 3.55pm 5.00pm 5.05pm 6.05pm 7.05pm 7.10pm 7.45pm 8.45pm 8.50pm 11.20pm 12.05am 1.00am 1.55am 2.30am 3.25am 3.50am 6.50am

7.00am

Live PGA Tour Golf

8.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

8.30am 10.20am 10.30am 11.00am 12.30pm 4.15pm 6.00pm 8.30pm 12.30am

Live Nz Npc Rugby: Semi Final Rugby Archive Good Morning Sports Fans Soccer Saturday Pre-Match Football Live European Tour Golf Rugby Union Live Fight Night Football

1.00am

Sky Sports News

4.00am

Live PGA Tour Golf

7.00am

Rude(Ish) Tube

7.30am

Don’t Tell the Bride

8.25am

Made in Chelsea

9.30am

Couples Come Dine with Me

Sky Movies Premiere Monster Trucks

8.50am

Split

ITV1

How We Won the War Animal Park Summer Special Naomi’s Nightmares of Nature Deadly 60 Show Me What You’re Made of Saturday Mash-Up! Natural World Rick Stein’s Long Weekends Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Coast Flog It! Mastermind The Big Family Cooking Showdown Anglesey Gardeners’ World Coastal Path Front Row Britain Afloat Dad’s Army Lucy Worsley’s Nights at the Opera QI XL Later... with Jools Holland In Our Name In the Dark Half This is BBC Two

7.00am 7.10am 7.35am 7.45am 8.00am 8.05am 8.10am 8.30am 8.35am 8.50am 9.10am 9.30am 10.05am 10.25am 12.20pm 12.50pm 1.50pm 2.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.05pm 7.20pm 8.20pm 9.20pm 11.20pm 12.25am 12.45am 2.30am 4.00am 4.50am

Sooty Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids Dino Dan: Trek’s Adventures Super 4 Mission Employable Oddbods Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors Scrambled! The Tom and Jerry Show Fangbone The Powerpuff Girls. Once Upon a Townsville Thunderbirds are Go Adventure Time Saturday Morning with James Martin Gino’s Italian Escape: Islands in the Sun The Hungry Sailors ITV News ITV Racing: Live From Ascot Thunderbirds are Go Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs ITV News London ITV News Cannonball! The Chase Celebrity Special The X Factor The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News Mickey Blue Eyes Jackpot247 The Hungry Sailors ITV Nightscreen

Sky Sports 1

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus The X Factor Take Me Out What a Girl Wants FYI Daily What a Girl Wants Liar Liar FYI Daily Liar Liar The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring FYI Daily The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Celebrity Juice Family Guy American Dad! Timewasters Bromans Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

7.00am

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Sky 1

Sing

12.45pm

Why Him?

11.30am

How I Met Your Mother

2.45pm

Monster Trucks

12.30pm

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

4.35pm

Fences

Don’t Tell the Bride

Mobil 1 The Grid

7.00am

Poppy Cat

7.40am

Triathlon

7.10am

Little Princess

8.10am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.25am

Wanda and the Alien

9.30am

Frasier

7.35am

Milkshake Monkey

10.30am

The Big Bang Theory

7.40am

Milkshake! Bopping About

10.55am

The Big Bang Theory

7.45am

Simon

11.25am

The Big Bang Theory

7.50am

Peppa Pig

11.50am

The Simpsons

7.55am

Wissper

12.50pm

Come Dine with Me

8.05am

Paw Patrol

1.20pm

Come Dine with Me

8.15am

Bob the Builder

1.50pm

Come Dine with Me

8.25am

Fireman Sam

2.20pm

Come Dine with Me

8.55am

Paw Patrol

2.50pm

A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun

9.15am

Blaze and the Monster Machines

4.50pm

Best Laid Plans

9.40am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

5.55pm

Formula 1

9.55am

Floogals

7.30pm

Channel 4 News

10.05am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

8.00pm

Rivers with Jeremy Paxman

10.25am

Shimmer and Shine

9.00pm

Hidden Britain by Drone

10.40am

Digby Dragon

10.00pm

Formula 1

10.55am

Peppa Pig

12.35am

The Iceman

11.10am

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2.25am

The Last Leg

11.45am

The Gadget Show

3.20am

Hollyoaks Omnibus

12.40pm

Police Interceptors

Wild Things

8.00am

The F1 Show

8.30am

Futurama

9.00am

Supergirl

10.00am

The Flash

5.30am

Location, Location, Location

2.40pm

The A-Team

11.00am

Soccer A.M.

6.25am

Too Many Cooks

5.40pm

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

12.30pm

The Next Jamie Vardy

6.55am

Kevin Can Wait

7.40pm

The Bridge at Remagen

1.30pm

NCIS: Los Angeles 8.40pm

Five News Update

8.45pm

The Bridge at Remagen

9.55pm

5 News Weekend

3.30pm

Duck Quacks Don’t Echo

4.00pm

Barclays Premier League

4.15pm

Gillette Soccer Saturday

7.00pm

Sing: Ultimate a Capella

8.05pm

The Simpsons

9.00pm

A League of Thier Own Nr

10.00pm

Beck

10.00pm

Mission: Impossible III

1.00am

Top of the Pops

2.20am

12.25am

The Russell Howard Hour

1.25am

Stella

2.35am

Arrow

3.30am

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

4.30am

A League of Their Own

5.00am

Stargate Atlantis

7.00am

Murder, She Wrote

8.50am

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s

9.50am

FYI Daily

9.55am

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian’s

10.55am

The Nun’s Story

12.15pm

FYI Daily

The Goldbergs

4.00pm

7.15am

BBC 4 8.00pm

The Incredible Human Journey

10.00pm

Football on 5

11.30pm

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

1.10am

Super Casino

4.10am

Notorious

Sound of Cinema:

5.00am

Countdown to Murder

The Music that Made the Movies

5.50am

Great Scientists

3.20am

Wild China

6.15am

Wildlife SOS

4.20am

This is BBC Four

6.45am

Chinese Food in Minutes

9.55am

Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free

7.00am

Barcelona’s European Glory

10.25am

A Place in the Sun

7.10am

The Avengers

2.40pm

Coast v Country

8.15am

Motorsport UK

ITV3

10.50am

Channel 5

7.00am

1.30pm

Channel 4

Wild China

More 4

ITV4

9.15am

World Endurance Series

10.30am

ITV Racing: The Opening Show

3.45pm

Four in a Bed

6.25pm

Come Dine with Me

11.30am

Pawn Stars

6.55pm

Come Dine with Me

11.55am

Shed and Buried

1.00pm

Football Rivalries

1.10pm

The Darts Show

7.25pm

Come Dine with Me

7.00pm

Sing

5.00pm

The Great British Bake Off

12.20pm

The Nun’s Story

7.55pm

Come Dine with Me

1.45pm

World Series of Darts Live

9.00pm

Why Him?

6.15pm

The Great British Bake Off:

1.55pm

Lewis

8.30pm

Come Dine with Me

6.00pm

Nijinsky’s Triple Crown

9.00pm

Richard Wilson’s Highland Fling

6.05pm

Pawn Stars

8.00pm

World Series of Darts Live

12.00am

Conan the Destroyer

11.00pm 1.00am

An Extra Slice

Split Let Her Out

2.45am

My Father Die

4.30am

The Escorts

6.15am

The Top Ten Show 2017

6.30am

Blade Runner 2049

7.00pm

The Big Bang Theory

10.00pm

Die Hard

12.40am

Gogglebox

2.50am

Rude Tube

4.15am

Tattoo Fixers

3.55pm

Foyle’s War

8.00pm

Midsomer Murders

12.00am

5.10am

How I Met Your Mother

5.55am

Rude(Ish) Tube

Nightmare on Everest

11.05pm

Yeti: Myth, Man or Beast?

1.00am

FYI Daily

12.10am

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

1.05am

Conan the Destroyer

2.05am

The Sweeney

3.05am

The Classic Car Show

Lewis

2.00am

On the Buses

2.15am

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

3.00am

ITV3 Nightscreen

3.15am

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

3.55am

ITV4 Nightscreen

3.30am

Teleshopping

4.15am

8 Out of 10 Cats

4.00am

Teleshopping

tv saturday

What a Girl Wants - ITV2 - 3.55 pm Comedy in which an independent New York teenager goes in search of the father she never knew. The girl is surprised to find that he is an aristocratic Englishman who knows nothing of her existence. The two must work hard to see if their relationship - and the man's political career - can emerge unscathed.

10.00pm

Liar Liar - ITV2 - 6.05 pm Comedy. A slick attorney fails to show up for his son's fifth birthday, prompting the boy to make a wish that his father would tell the truth for just one day. Miraculously the wish is granted, and for the next 24 hours, the formerly mendacious lawyer is unable to tell a single lie.

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BBC1 7.00am 8.25am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.15pm 3.15pm 4.15pm 5.00pm 5.15pm 5.50pm 6.50pm 7.05pm 7.15pm 8.15pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.20pm 11.30pm 12.30am 1.30am 1.35am

Breakfast Match of the Day The Andrew Marr Show Sunday Morning Live Sunday Politics Bargain Hunt BBC News Homes Under the Hammer Money for Nothing Escape to the Country Points of View Songs of Praise Eat Well for Less BBC News Regional News and Weather Countryfile Strictly Come Dancing Antiques Roadshow The Last Post BBC News Regional News and Weather Match of the Day 2 NFL Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

BBC2 7.35am

Great British Garden Revival

8.35am

Gardeners’ World

9.35am

Countryfile

10.30am

Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

12.00pm

Mary Berry’s Foolproof Cooking

12.30pm

My Life on a Plate

1.15pm

MOTD2 Extra

2.00pm

Talking Pictures

2.30pm

Suspicion

4.05pm

Italy Unpacked

5.05pm

Flog It!

6.00pm

Natural World

7.00pm

Top Gear

8.00pm

Colombia with Simon Reeve

9.00pm

Robot Wars

10.00pm

Louis Theroux

11.00pm

Snowfall

11.45pm

Mock the Week

12.20am

Glory

2.15am

Question Time

3.15am

Holby City

4.15am

This is BBC Two

ITV2 7.00am 7.40am 8.00am 11.00am 11.30am 11.45am 12.05pm 12.35pm 12.50pm 1.50pm 2.25pm 3.25pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 5.05pm 5.10pm 5.45pm 6.45pm 6.50pm 7.25pm 8.25pm 8.30pm 11.00pm 12.30am 1.30am 2.00am 3.00am 3.25am 6.55am

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You’ve Been Framed! Coronation Street Omnibus Guidance LA Story Cheerleaders: Steel Rays Ready, Set, Style Third Wheel Take Me Out Harry Hill’s Alien Fun Capsule Yogi Bear FYI Daily Yogi Bear Corpse Bride FYI Daily Corpse Bride The Haunted Mansion FYI Daily The Haunted Mansion The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers FYI Daily The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Family Guy American Dad! The Cleveland Show Through the Keyhole Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

Television: Sunday 22nd October ITV1

7.00am 8.50am 9.10am 9.30am 10.05am 10.25am 10.30am 11.00am 11.55am 12.25pm 12.55pm 1.55pm 2.00pm 3.55pm 5.35pm 6.35pm 6.45pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.15pm 12.15am 1.10am 4.00am 4.50am 6.05am

Sky Sports 1 7.00am 8.00am 10.00am 12.30pm 1.45pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 11.30pm 2.00am 5.30am

Live PGA Tour Golf Total Goals Cricket Football Live Nissan Super Sunday AJ/Klitschko: Wembley’s Greatest Live United States GP: Race Live NFL: Sunday Game Live NFL: Atlanta @ New England Football

6.00am

Sky Sports News

Sky Movies Premiere

Children’s programmes Mr. Bean Ben 10 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Mystery 101 Adventure Time ITV News Australian Wilderness with Ray Mears Peston on Sunday Amazing Animal Births Robson Green’s Coastal Lives Bigheads ITV News The X Factor Mr Bean’s Holiday Victoria ITV News London ITV News Tipping Point The X Factor Your Song ITV News Peston on Sunday Liar Jackpot247 Motorsport UK British Superbike Highlights The Jeremy Kyle Show

7.00am 8.00am 8.30am 9.30am 11.00am 12.05pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.30pm 5.30pm 7.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 1.30am 2.00am 3.00am 5.00am

The Hour of Power Duck Quacks Don’t Echo Futurama The Simpsons Sing: Ultimate a Capella WWE Raw NCIS: Los Angeles Landscape Artist Duck Quacks Don’t Echo Supergirl The Flash Modern Family The Simpsons Duck Quacks Don’t Echo The Last Ship The Force: North East Ross Kemp Homerland Treehouse of Horror Xxiv The Russell Howard Hour The Blacklist Stargate Atlantis

Fences

7.00am

Rude(Ish) Tube

9.25am

Monster Trucks

7.25am

Couples Come Dine with Me

Kevin Can Wait

7.00am

Poppy Cat

7.45am

Kevin Can Wait

7.10am

Little Princess

8.10am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.25am

Wanda and the Alien

9.30am

Frasier

7.35am

Milkshake Monkey

10.30am

Sunday Brunch

7.40am

Milkshake! Bopping About

1.30pm

Jamie’s Quick and Easy Food

7.45am

Simon

2.00pm

The Simpsons

7.50am

Peppa Pig

3.00pm

Rango

7.55am

Wissper

5.10pm

The Crystal Maze

8.05am

Paw Patrol

6.15pm

The Great British Bake Off 8.20am

Bob the Builder

8.30am

Fireman Sam

9.00am

Paw Patrol

9.15am

Blaze and the Monster Machines

9.40am

Football on 5

7.35pm 8.00pm 8.35pm 11.10pm

Channel 4 News Formula 1 Formula 1 Formula 1

12.15am

Child 44

2.40am

Travel Man

11.00am

The Great South Run 2017

3.10am

Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony

1.15pm

The A-Team

Robinson

5.20pm

Daddy Day Camp

4.00am

Gillette World Sport

6.20pm

Five News Update

4.30am

KOTV Boxing Weekly

6.25pm

Daddy Day Camp

4.55am

Mobil 1 The Grid

7.05pm

5 News Weekend

5.25am

Location, Location, Location

7.10pm

Left Behind

6.20am

Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free

9.05pm

Poseidon

6.35am

Countdown

10.05pm

Five News Update

10.10pm

Poseidon

11.00pm

2012

12.00am

Five News Update

12.05am

2012 Super Casino

BBC 4 8.00pm

Only Connect

8.30pm

University Challenge

9.00pm

Jacqueline Du Pre: A Gift Beyond Words

2.15am

10.00pm

Hamlet From Glyndebourne

4.10am

Paddington Station 24/7

12.50am

Jacqueline Du Pre Plays 5.00am

Cruising with Jane McDonald

5.50am

Great Scientists

6.20am

Wildlife SOS

6.50am

Chinese Food in Minutes

7.00am 7.25am 9.25am 10.30am 12.00pm 12.55pm 1.50pm 2.50pm 2.55pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.05pm 6.50pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.05pm 12.05am 1.05am 2.05am 2.10am 3.15am 3.40am 4.00am

The Protectors The Avengers The Sweeney British Superbike Highlights Shed and Buried Pawn Stars Lonely are the Brave FYI Daily Lonely are the Brave Rio Bravo FYI Daily Rio Bravo Hornblower The Chase: Celebrity Special Last Man Standing FYI Daily Last Man Standing Car Crash Global United 93 FYI Daily United 93 Tommy Cooper ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

Dvorak’s Cello Concerto 1.40am

Classic Cellists at the BBC

2.40am

The Brontes at the BBC

3.40am

The Story Of ...

4.40am

This is BBC Four

Location, Location, Location

ITV3

More 4

7.00am

Lewis

9.55am

8.40am

Heartbeat

1.00pm

Come Dine with Me

10.45am

Murder, She Wrote

3.40pm

Four in a Bed

11.15am

Sing

9.25am

Hollyoaks Omnibus

1.45pm

The Railway Children

1.10pm

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

FYI Daily

Come Dine with Me

Made in Chelsea

2.50pm

6.25pm

12.00pm

2.55pm

The Railway Children

6.55pm

Come Dine with Me

7.25pm

Come Dine with Me

7.55pm

Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me

3.10pm 3.25pm 5.20pm 7.10pm

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk: Special Why Him?

1.00pm

Don’t Tell the Bride

4.00pm

Columbo: Agenda for Murder

2.00pm

Captain Ron

6.05pm

Lewis

8.00pm

Agatha Christie’s Marple

4.00pm

The Goldbergs

10.00pm

The Syndicate

8.30pm

The Big Bang Theory

11.05pm

Honest

9.00pm

The Secret Life of the Zoo

12.10am

Bridget Jones’s Diary

10.00pm

24 Hours in A and E

1.20am

FYI Daily 11.00pm

999

Monster Trucks Sing 6.00pm

9.00pm

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

11.00pm

Why Him?

1.00am

Split

3.00am

The Escorts

4.45am

Let Her Out

2.25am

Rude Tube

6.30am

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find

3.30am

Don’t Tell the Bride

Them: Special

4.20am

Hollyoaks Omnibus

10.00pm 12.15am 1.20am

Pitch Perfect Naked Attraction Tattoo Fixers

Channel 5

7.20am

Sky 1

7.00am

Channel 4

1.25am

Bridget Jones’s Diary

2.10am

The Knock

12.05am

999: On the Frontline

3.05am

Mr Selfridge

1.05am

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

3.55am

Lewis

5.30am

Judge Judy

2.05am

24 Hours in A and E 999 8 Out of 10 Cats

6.10am

On the Buses

3.05am

6.40am

ITV3 Nightscreen

4.10am

ITV4

Television: Monday 23rd October BBC1

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Breakfast Rip Off Britain Homes Under the Hammer A Matter of Life and Debt Caught Red Handed Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Antiques Road Trip Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Inside Out EastEnders Life at 100 Mrs. Brown’s Boys BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Have I Got a Bit More News for You The Graham Norton Show Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

BBC2 7.00am 7.30am 8.15am 9.00am 10.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.45pm 3.45pm 4.15pm 5.15pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.15am 1.15am 2.15am 3.10am 4.10am

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The Cube Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records The Great Indoors Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Great Indoors Dress to Impress Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Dress to Impress You’ve Been Framed! Two and a Half Men Family Guy American Dad! Timewasters Family Guy American Dad! Celebrity Juice The Cleveland Show Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Scorpion Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

Moana: Special

7.30am

Why Him?

9.30am

Blade Runner 2049

10.00am

Sing

11.55am

Louis and Luca: The Big Cheese Race

1.25pm

Monster Trucks

3.15pm

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

5.15pm

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk: Special

5.30pm

Sing

7.30pm

Louis and Luca: The Big Cheese Race

9.00pm

Why Him?

11.00pm 1.00am 2.45am 4.30am 6.15am 6.30am

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk The Escorts My Father Die Let Her Out The Top Ten Show 2017 Blade Runner 2049

7.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

7.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans

8.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

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Good Morning Sports Fans

9.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

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Good Morning Sports Fans

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Good Morning Sports Fans

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Premier League Daily

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Sky Sports Daily

1.00pm

Live ATP 500: Vienna

7.00pm

Live ATP 500: Basel

8.40pm

Football

10.45pm

My Icon

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Boxing

11.30pm

Sky Sports News at Ten

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Sky Sports News

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My Icon

2.15am

Live NFL: Washington @ Philadelphia

5.45am

My Icon

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Sky Sports News

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Hollyoaks Charmed Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy How I Met Your Mother New Girl The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs How I Met Your Mother New Girl The Goldbergs Stage School The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Extreme Cake Makers The Big Bang Theory Made in Chelsea Tattoo Fixers The Big Bang Theory Rude Tube Made in Chelsea First Dates Tattoo Fixers 2 Broke Girls Rude(Ish) Tube Charmed

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Dickinson’s Real Deal Alphabetical Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Countrywise Coronation Street Piers Morgan’s Life Stories ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London The Best: The FIFA World Football Awards 2017 Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine Jackpot247 The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

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King of Queens

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Puffin Rock

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King of Queens

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Poppy Cat

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King of Queens

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Simon

8.40am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.25am

Bob the Builder

10.05am

Frasier

7.35am

Fireman Sam

11.05am

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

7.50am

Thomas and Friends

12.00pm

Undercover Boss USA

8.00am

The Secret Life of Puppies

1.00pm

Channel 4 News

8.05am

Nella the Princess Knight

1.05pm

Come Dine with Me

8.20am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

2.05pm

A New Life in the Sun

8.35am

Paw Patrol

3.10pm

Countdown

8.50am

Rusty Rivets

4.00pm

Find it Fix it Flog it

9.05am

Digby Dragon

5.00pm

My Kitchen Rules

9.15am

Floogals

6.00pm

Four in a Bed

9.35am

Peppa Pig

6.30pm

Steph and Dom’s One Star to Five Star

9.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

7.00pm

The Simpsons

10.05am

Mofy

7.30pm

Hollyoaks

10.15am

The Wright Stuff

8.00pm

Channel 4 News

12.15pm

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

9.00pm

Dispatches

1.10pm

5 News Lunchtime

9.30pm

Tricks of the Restaurant Trade

1.15pm

The Gadget Show

Sky 1

10.00pm

My Week as a Muslim

2.15pm

Home and Away

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First Dates

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Neighbours

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The Flash Modern Family It’s Me or the Dog The Dog Whisperer Attenborough Modern Family NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles The Simpsons Futurama The Simpsons Supergirl A League of Their Own Weekend at Burnsies Love Springfieldian Style A League of Their Own Ross Kemp The Force: Essex Road Wars Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Stop Search Seize The Dog Whisperer

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Celebrity Hunted

3.15pm

NCIS

1.15am

How’d You Get So Rich?

4.15pm

Dangerous Lessons

2.00am

The Secret Life of the Zoo

6.00pm

5 News at 5

2.50am

The Dirty Picture

6.30pm

Neighbours

5.15am

Grand Designs

7.00pm

Home and Away

6.10am

Draw it!

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

6.35am

Countdown

8.00pm

MotoGP

9.00pm

All New Traffic Cops

10.00pm

Paddington Station 24/7

11.00pm

Hunted and Confronted:

7.00am 7.55am

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Beyond 100 Days

8.30pm

Oak Tree: Nature’s Greatest Survivor

12.05am

Tears of the Sun

10.00pm

A Year in an English Garden:

2.05am

Super Casino

4.10am

GPs: Behind Closed Doors

5.00am

Burglars and Break-Ins:

5.25am

Caught on Camera

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House Doctor

6.10am

Divine Designs

6.35am

Wildlife SOS

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Snooker v Darts The Chase Counting Cars Pawn Stars Ironside Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney The Avengers Ironside Quincy, M.E. The Sweeney The Avengers Counting Cars Pawn Stars River Monsters. American Shark River Monsters Car Crash Global Out for Justice FYI Daily Out for Justice Hard Target FYI Daily Hard Target Motorsport UK ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

Flicker and Pulse 11.00pm

The Vietnam War

11.55pm

The Vietnam War

12.50am

Lost Kingdoms of Central America

1.50am

Dan Cruickshank’s Adventures in Architecture

2.50am

I Know Who You are

4.00am

This is BBC Four

Coronation Street

9.55am

A Place in the Sun

Heartbeat

11.00am

Trapeze

8.55am

Wild at Heart

1.10pm

Kirstie’s Vintage Gems

9.50am

Judge Judy

1.35pm

Grand Designs

11.15am

Inspector Morse

2.35pm

A Place in the Sun

1.35pm

Wild at Heart

4.45pm

Coast v Country

2.40pm

Heartbeat

6.50pm

The Supervet

3.40pm

Coronation Street

7.55pm

Car S.O.S

4.45pm

Inspector Morse

8.55pm

Grand Designs

7.00pm

Heartbeat

10.00pm

The Mystery of the Crossrail Skulls

8.00pm

Murder, She Wrote

11.00pm

999: What’s Your Emergency?

9.00pm

Agatha Christie’s Marple

12.05am

24 Hours in A and E

11.05pm

Lewis

1.05am

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

1.00am

Inspector Morse

2.05am

999: What’s Your Emergency?

3.15am

ITV3 Nightscreen

3.05am

24 Hours in A and E

3.30am

Teleshopping

4.15am

8 Out of 10 Cats

The CECOPAL emergency coordination team meets The Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana has chaired a meeting of CECOPAL, together with the Councillor for Emergencias, Victor Valverde, and the other members that form the Municipal Coordination Centre. These include representatives from Citizen Security, Environment, Infrastructure, Health, Education, Road Cleaning, Beaches, the Coast and Communication, as well as Civil Protection, Local Police, National Police, Regional Police, Firefighters, Civil Guard, Red Cross, Vega Baja Hospital, Hidraqua and the municipal meteorologist. For the first time at this meeting the Hydrographic Confederation of the Segura, the Private Water Court, Town Planning and the Civil Guard for Pilar de la Horadada were also in attendance. The purpose of this meeting was "to grease the machinery in the face of possible emergency situations such as those experienced last December with floods," explained Valverde, who also said that among the points to be discussed in this annual meeting was "to present the reports from all departments involved in the actions carried out in December, as well as review pending actions to avoid

ITV1 7.00am 9.30am 10.25am 11.30am 1.30pm 2.30pm 2.55pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.45pm

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Real Lives Reunited Money for Nothing A Matter of Life and Debt The Big Family Cooking Showdown Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics The Code Restoration Home Family Finders Full Steam Ahead Sea Cities Flog It! Eggheads Strictly - It Takes Two Grenfell Tower: The 21st Floor BBC Newsnight University Challenge Autumnwatch 2017 Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents W1A Newsnight Chris Packham: Asperger’s and Me Lucy Worsley’s Nights at the Opera Countryfile The Human Body: Secrets of Your Life Revealed This is BBC Two

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possible problems that may arise from any emergency.” Mayor Bascuñana stressed the importance of "being able to respond to any event that may happen and to ensure a quick, effective, and above all coordinated response". The Mayor said he valued "the involvement of all members of CECOPAL, and that they were ready to continue improving across all of the areas”. Both Bascuñana and Valverde also explained that "after the good result of the drill performed last year, we are preparing another simulation exercise to prepare for possible emergency situations." The birthplace of world-renown Orihuelaborn poet Miguel Hernández has now opened its doors, becoming a cultural centre dedicated to the life and work of the poet. The facility has a space for documentation and a digital archiv with more than 2,000 documents. There is also a Visitors Centre which offers information, not just on Miguel Hernandez, but on

the general cultural offerings of the municipality. The Councillor for Culture, Mar Ezcurra said: “It will also be the start, the first stop, of the Hernandiana walking route that runs through the main places of the city related to Miguel Hernández and his work.” After the opening of this house, anyone who wishes to see the thousands of documents, ‘of incalculable value’ can now do so and in the house that belonged to Miguel Hernández and is now owned by the cultural foundation that bears his name. Documents such as: the first editions of works by Miguel Hernández, magazines in which the poet collaborated, documentary material of tributes made in Orihuela to Miguel Hernández, very important translations of his work, the first issue of Gallo Crisis magazine of 1934, one of the first biographies of Miguel Hernández written by Concha Zardoya, a sculpture by Arcadio Blasco for the 50th anniversary of the poet or an original poem written by Miguel Hernández from

prison in 1938 are all here to see. “To these jewels are to be added the most important digital archive also belonging to the Miguel Hernández Cultural Foundation which includes private archives related to the poet like Ramón Sijé, María de Gracia Ifach and Juan Guerrero”, said the councillor, who thanked the director of the Miguel Hernández Foundation, Aitor Larrabide, for his generosity and commitment to Miguel Hernández. The Councillor explained that it has been the director who, together with the Department of Culture has created this documentary bank and made it available to anyone who wishes to consult it. A documentary bank that also has a children’s space. In addition to the documentary collections, visitors to the birthplace will be able to enjoy a small exhibition of posters about events related to the poet made in Orihuela since the 70s as well as paintings by renowned artists from Orihuela. Mireille Toddington

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Record October temperatures Temperatures have been soaring to up to an unseasonable high, with 33ºC being recorded midweek last week. This has lead to the unprecedented sight of full beaches in mid-October. The hottest climates, however, were in landlocked provinces such as Sevilla, Córdoba and Badajoz, although east and south coast areas also saw the mercury soar to around 30ºC. So far, this year has seen the warmest October this century after a mostly-sweltering September and an unusually cool and wet August. The end of last week, Thursday and Friday, saw the Guadalquivir Valley – which covers parts of the provinces of Córdoba and Sevilla – reach

temperatures of upto 36ºC. It is thought this month’s temperature could even beat the October record set 23 years ago – on the first day of the month in 2004, thermometers in Sevilla reached a whopping 36.6ºC. Normally, by this time of the year, practically everyone in Spain – even the Canary Islands – has the quilt back on the bed and needs anything from a light jacket to a full winter coat by the middle of October. Most of the country has seen cloudless skies and bright sunshine this week – conditions expected to continue for at least a few more days, according to the State meteorological agency, AEMET.

Spain’s education system could do better New research shows that Spain’s education system one of the worst among developed nations and that it is trailing behind Europe and other world leaders. Figures have revealed that 35 per cent of young Spaniards lack a highschool education, double the OECD average, putting Spain on a par with Argentina and Colombia. Spain is also among the leaders when it comes to pupils repeating courses, with a rate of 32 per cent. The average in the OECD, which includes countries outside Europe, is 12.4 per cent. In a crushing report by the European Commission, Spain was also listed as the EU country with the biggest number of school dropouts. Meanwhile, Spain doesn’t figure in the respected Shanghai Ranking’s 100 best universities in the world, despite the fact it is the 12th most powerful global economy. Switzerland, with just six million inhabitants, has five universities ranked on the list. These new findings underscore revelations last month that Spain is at the tail-end of Europe in terms of investment in education, sitting at the same level as Bulgaria and only just ahead of Romania, Ireland and Italy - out of a total of 28 countries. Spain earmarks barely 8 per cent of public

spending on education, compared to the EU average of 10 per cent and the OECD of almost 1 2 per cent. As a percentage of GDP that’s 4.1 per cent, one of the lowest levels in the EU.

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Tuesday 17th October

Coopers Arms, Quesada Darren Jones & Richie Alexander 8.30pm St James Gate, Torreta II Tony Capaldi – 8.00 pm

Wednesday 18th October Emerald Isle, Playa Flamenca

Live Entertainment from Sunshine FM & Stevie Spit 12 nooN Fusion from Benidorm Palace – 9.00pmn Emerald Isle, La Florida Fusion from Benidorm Palace – 9.00pm La Herradura, Los Montesinos Spanish Soul – 8.30 pm Spice Hut, Quesada Happy Diwali Bollywood Dancing – 7.00pm The Club, Quesada Costablanca Legends – 7.30 pm

Thursday 19th October

Coopers Arms, Quesada Darren Jones & Richie Alexander 8.30pm St James Gate, Torreta II Tony Capaldi – 8.00 pm Laurel’s, Quesada Bee Rumble Punjabi Palace, Quesada Diwali Celebrations

Stevie Spit Comedy drag show – 11.00 pm La Herradura, Los Montesinos GyspyTears – 8.30 pm Yolo, Cabo Roig Richie Alexander St James Gate, Torreta II Shirelle – 8.00 pm

Friday 20th October

La Herradura, Los Montesinos Pure Flamenco – 9.00 pm Coopers Arms, Dona Pepa Cherry K – 8.30pm Celtic Isle Richie Alexander Pool Party 4pm Casa de Cultura, Benijofar Costa Blanca People Pride of Spain Awards – 7.30 pm Punjabi Palace, Los Montesinos Diawli Celebrations St James Gate, Torreta II Motown Show with Pid – 8.00 pm

Saturday 21st October

La Herradura, Los Montesinos Andalucian Roots – 8.30 pm Spice Hut, Quesada Frank, Guitar Vocalist – 8.00pm The Local, La Florida Richie Alexander – 10pm The Club, Quesada The Welsh Wizard Russ Stevens Laurels, Quesada Debbie H

Friday 27th October

Celtic Isle Richie Alexander Pool Party 4pm Coopers Arms, Quesada AJ Swing – 8.30 pm La Herradura, Los Montesinos October Andalusian Festival – 9pm Emerald Isle, La Florida Richie Alexander – 9.00 pm

Saturday 28th October

The Local, La Florida Richie Alexander – 10pm Spice Hut, Quesada Frank, Guitar Vocalist – 8.00pm Punjabi Palace, La Murada Diwali Celebrations La Herradura, Los Montesinos October Andalusian Festival – 8.30 pm Emerald Isle, La Florida Richie Alexander – 9.00 pm Laurels, Quesada Maria O´Hara

Sunday 29th October

The Fairways, Villamartin Richie Alexander – 10pm La Herradura, Los Montesinos October Andalusian Festival – 8.30 pm Emerald Isle, La Florida Johnny Dillon – 1.00 pm

Pat Coyne – 9.00 pm

Tuesday 31st October

Mumbai Blue, La Florida Richie Alexander La Herradura, Los Montesinos Halloween Flamenco – 7.00 pm

Wednesday 1st November

La Herradura, Los Montesinos SpanishSoul – 8.30 pm The Local, La Florida Richie Alexander – 7pm-9pm

Thursday 2nd November

La Herradura, Los Montesinos GyspyTears – 8.30 pm Yolo, Cabo Roig Richie Alexander – 7pm-9pm

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Sunday 22nd October

The Fairways, Villamartin

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Wednesday 25 October

La Herradura, Los Montesinos Spanish Soul – 8.30 pm The Local, La Florida Richie Alexander – 7pm-9pm

Celtic Isle Richie Alexander Pool Party 4pm La Herradura, Los Montesinos Pure Flamenco – 9.00 pm The Club, Quesada Maria O´Hara – 7.30 pm Emerald Isle, La Florida Richie Alexander – 9.00 pm

Saturday 4th Novemberr

The Local, La Florida

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Thursday 26 October

La Herradura, Los Montesinos October Andalusian Festival – 8.30pm Yolo, Cabo Roig Richie Alexander

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Spanish equine sanctuary rescues yet another skeletal pony A severely malnourished pony stallion showing signs of physical abuse is now in the care of Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre in Rojales, Spain. Rescued from the streets of Algorfa in conjunction with Almoradí police on September 21, the pony known as Fudge is the sixth rescued by the sanctuary in five months, confirming an alarming trend of ponies being abandoned in public places. “When we started the centre nine years ago, we were rescuing animals that had been locked away and left to starve,” said Easy Horse Care co-founder Sue Weeding. “Now, they’re literally being dumped in the streets.” The influx of ponies is putting the centre under increasing financial pressure as it looks to provide the medical attention and care each abused equine needs. “They all come to us needing castration and with a whole host of health problems,” said Sue. “We pride ourselves on caring for them properly. We don’t just give them a bit of food to keep them alive.”

The latest rescue, which has gained international attention, was found in a skeletal state, with a massive infection in one eye and showing signs of what could well be deliberate physical abuse. A visible scar on his neck suggests Fudge suffered a significant blow that left two of his vertebrae broken, causing him to walk with a wobbly gait. Donations to help cover Fudge’s rehabilitation costs are gratefully received and can be made online: easyhorsecare.net/donate/one-offdonation. “This old boy is about 20 years old and it's absolutely heartbreaking to think what he’s suffered through,” said Sue. “It will be a time game for this fellow and we'll just take it one step at a time. Whatever the outcome, we will give him anything and everything he needs, and a whole lot of love on top.” Miniature ponies like Fudge can live well into their thirties, so once he’s had time to grow in strength, Fudge’s infected eye will be surgically removed and he’ll also be castrated. But in the short time since he arrived at the centre, he’s already

shown remarkable improvement. “When we arrived to rescue him, he wouldn’t even lift his head,” explained Sue. “Now he calls out to us and eats all day. I think he believes he’s in paradise now.” Fudge’s rescue takes the total number of equines at the sanctuary to 108. While Sue and her husband Rod Weeding continually work to re-home their rescues, they worry that without other options, the number of equines in their care will only continue to grow. “The situation is dire, because if we don’t take them, they’ll stay where they are,” said Sue. “And how can we, as caring people, say no when there’s no one else?” The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre relies entirely on donations to fund its important animal welfare work, including the feeding and care of the centre’s horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from abuse, neglect and abandonment. Donations of cash or items for the centre’s network of six charity shops across the Alicante province are gratefully welcomed. A pick-up service is available to collect large donated items such as

furniture and each shop also offers a delivery service for large items purchased in-store. The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, located just outside Rojales at Partido Lo Garriga, 59, opens to the public on the

first Sunday of every month between 1pm and 4pm. Free horse tours run throughout the afternoon and refreshments are available in the café. For more details and directions, please visit www.easyhorsecare.net

Fashion for a good cause The popular "Reach Out" Free Fashion Show is back. As usual the venue is the Marina Bar, Calle de las Rosas and the date for your diaries is Friday 27th October at 2pm. The show will again showcase the fabulous bargain fashions of Reach Out shop 2 in Calle doña Sinforosa 8. There will be a Tombola and Raffle and a chance to buy bargain clothing, bags, shoes and jewellery. Rita and Dave of the Marina Bar, together with their loyal staff will once again be on hand to provide refreshments and various other

stalls will be there too to compliment the afternoon. It is hoped the support will be as good as previous shows. Organisers David & Lorraine Whitney and their volunteer helpers hope that they can top the monies raised before and are looking forward to seeing familiar faces and of course new people who like a bargain buy and who will enjoy the unique atmosphere of these fabulous "Fashion Shows".

Pink Ladies and Panthers back in full swing After a not so quiet summer Maria and the Pink Ladies and Panthers are back into full swing with fund raising for the AECC. September 29th saw two coffee mornings in aid of the charity. Looking Good Boutique at La Zenia jazzed up their coffee morning with a mini fashion show, a cake auction and lots of cava! Louise was very pleased to present Maria with €300 at the end of the event. The coffee morning at Bar La Vista, La Finca Golf Algorfa, was organised by the Algorfa Ladies and the money raised on the day was equally split between AECC, MacMillan Nurses and Paul

Cunningham Nurses, all receiving an amazing €650 each. Local businesses very kindly provided the raffle prizes including a spa day for two from Welcome Estates, who also donated 30 bottles of cava on the day. And last but not least! A big thank you to Smile who presented a cheque for €500 at Oasis Bar, Benijofar. Contact the AECC for information about booking appointments for mammograms, smear tests, prostate exams and skin cancer tests, a couple of minutes out of your day could save your life.

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FACIAL FILLERS Facial fillers help to reshape the facial contour and correct fine wrinkles around the eyes and lips. Fillers are one of the star treatments in beauty clinics. Filler materials are biocompatible and absorbable. Their main indication is an ability to reposition lost volume. There are several absorbable fillers: Hyaluronic acid, polylactic acid, polycaprolactone or fat extracted from another body part. The most commonly used is Hyaluronic acid, a natural substance present in all living organisms and therefore also in our body, which can retain large amounts of water and whose use is ideal for volume and lubrication of the tissues. It is used to increase the volume of the cheekbones, chin, outline the lips and treat dark circles. APPLICATION It is applied through intradermal injections to revitalize the collagen, or subdermal - deeper - to replenish volume. Find out more at Clinica Mejorate (see advert on page 55)

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Natural remedies for winter The weather may well be one of the warmest October´s on record but there still seems to be a huge amount of colds, sniffles and coughs lurking about. So here´s a few remedies to help fight the winter lurgy... The herbs here can ease coughs, congestion, and sore throats, and some may help prevent illness altogether. Seek out teas and herbal extracts at naturalfoods stores, and dried herbs from

sources such as jeansgreens.com or mountainroseherbs.com. As always, talk to your doctor before trying new remedies, particularly if your symptoms are severe, if you take medication, or if you have a chronic health condition. Echinacea A go-to herb for colds, this plant (Echinacea purpurea and E. angustifolia)

may help support your immune system to fight viruses. The root, leaves, and flowers are all medicinal. How to use: Take 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of tincture (herbal extract) every two hours until symptoms are gone. Echinacea also comes in tea blends. Elderberry The classic form for elderberry (Sambucus nigra) is a tasty syrup: European studies have shown it to be helpful for seasonal flu’s (talk to your doctor before using it for H1N1, or swine flu). How to use: Follow package directions for the syrup at the first sign of symptoms. Goldenseal For short-term use only, goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis) can help to clear up bacterial infections and restore the respiratory system lining after a bad cold. How to use: Goldenseal is very bitter, so stick to tinctures or capsules. Use small doses of this potent herb. Safety note: Pregnant women and those with hypertension should not use goldenseal. Elderflower The flower form of the elder plant (Sambucus nigra) can induce sweating, which may help reduce fever. How to use: Look for elder in cold formulas. To make a tea, pour boiling water over a teaspoon of dried elderflower. Steep for 10 to 15 minutes, then strain. Drink up to three cups per day. Or make a tea that combines elder, echinacea, and a pinch of peppermint. Ginger A cup of tea made with ginger (Zingiber officinale) can help ease congestion and warm the body, which helps your system fight infection. Its antiinflammatory properties make it a good sore-throat remedy, too. How to use: Simmer fresh or dried ginger for 20 minutes; strain and add a touch of honey and a squeeze of lemon, if desired. Incorporate ginger liberally into stir-fries and soups. Slippery Elm A sore-throat soother extraordinaire, slippery elm (Ulmus rubra) products are high in "mucilage," a substance that coats

the throat and helps relieve coughs. How to use: Look for slippery elm lozenges at health-food stores; follow package directions. To make a tea, simmer 1 tablespoon dried slippery elm bark per cup of water; strain and drink. Thyme Loaded with antibacterial compounds, fresh or dried thyme (Thymus vulgaris) is a cold-season powerhouse. How to use: Use fresh or dried thyme in stews and soups. To make a steam, pour near-boiling water into a pot. Add a pinch of fresh or dried thyme, turn off heat, and create a tent by draping a towel over your head and the pot. Breathe in steam for five minutes. Astragalus Astragalus (Astragalus membranaceus), which has been used for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine, may help to strengthen the body against illness when used over time. How to use: Take astragalus in tincture or capsule form throughout the cold and flu season. You can also incorporate dried astragalus slices into soups or rice; remove the astragalus before serving. Eucalyptus With antibacterial and expectorant properties, eucalyptus (Eucalyptus globulus) can loosen congestion and help you breathe easier. How to use: Pour near-boiling water into a pot. Add a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil, turn off heat, and drape a towel over your head and the pot. Breathe for five minutes. Safety note: Do not use essential oils internally. Eleuthero Also known as Siberian ginseng, this well-studied herb (Eleutherococcus senticosus) can help your body resist the effects of stress and boost your immune system. How to use: Take in tincture or capsule form, or make an immunity chai by blending eleuthero with cardamom, ginger, and cinnamon. Simmer for 20 minutes and strain; drink two to three cups daily. Mullein Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) has expectorant and soothing properties that

make it a cough treatment supreme. How to use: For coughs, try mullein tea: Pour a cup of boiling water over a tablespoon of mullein leaves; let steep for 20 minutes and strain. Add honey and lemon to mask the bitter taste. Treat ear infections with drops of oil infused with mullein and garlic. Tulsi Believed to boost overall health, tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) -- also known as holy basil -- contains antiviral and antibacterial compounds. It may help prevent illness when used over time. How to use: Tulsi makes a delicious tea; look for it in packaged form or brew your own with loose tulsi. Aim for two to three cups daily. Yin Chiao This centuries-old Chinese formula stars a number of immune-boosting herbs and can help ease cold symptoms such as sneezing and congestion. How to use: Use at the first sign of illness; follow package directions or consult with a TCM practitioner. Sage Common culinary sage (Salvia officinalis) can help to ease sore throats and dry up sinuses. How to use: For a sore throat, make a strong tea by pouring 4 ounces of water over 2 teaspoons of dried or fresh sage. Cool to room temperature. Gargle until the mixture is gone. Repeat three times daily. For drippy sinuses, drink a cup of regular-strength sage tea. Licorice Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) has immune-boosting and throat-soothing properties that make it an excellent addition to cough and cold formulas. How to use: For coughs, make a tea that combines mullein leaf with a pinch of licorice. Safety note: People who have high blood pressure should avoid this herb or use the deglycyrrhizinated form (look for "DGL" on packaging). Sip Oolong Tea Research suggests that people with mild eczema who drink oolong tea three times a day may show improvement in itching and other symptoms. Compounds in the tea called polyphenols appear to be responsible. Rub Your Temples Tame tension headaches by rubbing peppermint oil, Tiger Balm, or white flower oil into your temples. All three remedies contain menthol, which has analgesic properties. Enjoy Ginger The volatile oils in ginger have long made it a useful herbal remedy for nasal and chest congestion. Pour 2 cups of boiling water over a 1-inch piece of peeled, grated ginger; steep for 10 minutes; and strain. Add a pinch or two of cayenne pepper to the water and drink as needed. Sniff Rosemary According to some research, catching a whiff of this aromatic herb may increase alertness and improve memory. To stay sharp, try smelling fresh rosemary or inhaling the scent of rosemary essential oil before a test or meeting. Embrace Bitters Combat a yen for sugar by following a Chinese medicine approach: Eat foods such as endive, radicchio, cooked greens, and olives.

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If you fancy having a copy of Aunty Virus automatically delivered to your email inbox then go to www.enetcomputers.net and click on the “Subscribe” button. Sue via email asks: Hi Aunty, I hope you can help. I have an Apple Mac laptop which has worked fine until recently when I returned from the UK to Spain. Now when I want to send a message I get an error that says “the password or outgoing server settings may need changing”. I haven't changed anything and my password is definitely correct. I can use the passwords on the MSN website and on my iPhone and iPad. Any help would be greatly appreciated because although I can get into my mail on my laptop through MSN it is inconvenient and I have difficulty sending attachments because they are all in Pages. Aunty Says: Hello Sue. Unfortunately Microsoft are forever messing around with their email systems and I suspect this is what has happened with your MSN account. If you go to the website www.apple.com/support/mail-settingslookup/ and enter your MSN email address you will get a list of all the correct settings that you can check against the ones you have setup in your Mail app on your Macbook. There is also an option to add a new account in

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Apple Mail which is via “Preferences” “Accounts” and click the plus sign beneath the accounts list. Good luck and let me know how you get on. Meg via email asks: I unplugged my 32GB USB stick from my laptop without ejecting it properly and now every time I plug it in, Windows says there are errors that need fixing. I click on the Scan & Fix message which it finishes after around

20 minutes but it does this every time and it terribly annoying. Is this something I can fix permanently? I never normally unplug my USB stick without ejecting it properly but I thought Windows had closed properly but it was still running 10 minutes after I had shut down. Aunty Says: Hi Meg. There are loads of free tools available that can check and fix errors

on USB sticks but personally once they show any signs of playing up I ditch them, and for under €10 for a 32GB it’s not worth risking losing your data. As you know we must always use the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the bottom right corner (maybe need to click the tiny arrow to see it) but sometimes even doing this doesn’t always work & like most things electronic these days, it is probably made in China and will just go wrong. Gavin from La Mata asks: Hello Aunty. I keep getting a message saying “OneDrive cannot sync with the server” I don’t know what Onedrive is and how it got on to my laptop as I haven’t installed it myself, is this some type of spyware? Aunty Says: Hello Gavin. OneDrive is a Microsoft product which now comes bundled with Windows is simply a internet storage service (The Cloud) where you can upload files and photos and maybe share them with your phone etc. If you don’t want to use this service you can switch it off in Windows 10 by right clicking on the small cloud icon in the bottom right corner of your desktop and go to “settings” where you can stop OneDrive automatically starting. Any questions you can email me at auntyvirus@costablancapeople.com and I’ll see you all next week.

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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.

quick ACROSS 4. Sanction (7) 8. Cited (6) 9. Continue (7) 10. Hope for (6) 11. Panegyric (6) 12. Mirth (8) 18. Bright (8) 20. Trick (6)

21. Relinquish (6) 22. Pleasure (7) 23. In same pitch (6) 24. Merrymaking (7)

ACROSS 4. What the parson gets for a living (7) 8. The French included in smooth running team (6) 9. Foreign lady drops in after marriage (7) 10. Lost, as a dog may be (6) 11. Disturbance of increasing volume (6) 12. Stable charge for a horse (8) 18. There are many sides to them (8) 20. With a look, the little devil may injure one (6)

21. Train for Rugby, for example (6) 22. One must do it to survive (7) 23. Emphasise it's a cause of tension (6) 24. In which actions speak louder than words (7)

cryptic

DOWN 1. Go from bad to worse? (7) 2. Apparently the bride wouldn't think of him as such (4,3) 3. Happen to exist before autumn comes (6) 5. Test about food in court (8)

6. Worker to snoop about the butler's quarters (6) 7. Usual or unusual Roman number (6) 13. I am conclusively shown to be better (8) 14. Disorderly crooner in court (7) 15. To economise is of no avail (7) 16. In which the early bird lies awaiting the worm (6) 17. Some canvas or tar (6) 19. Boats may be Cathy's (6)

SOLUTIONS 705 QUICK Across: 1 Correctness; 9 Rub; 10 Bountiful; 11 Alien; 13 Emblems; 14 Garret; 16 Belief; 18 Mislaid; 19 Bogus; 20 Narrative; 21 Rye; 22 Never-ending. Down: 2 Orb; 3 Robin; 4 Caused; 5 Notable; 6 Suffering; 7 Arrangement; 8 Close-fisted; 12 In reserve; 15 Emanate; 17 Admire; 19 Blend; 21 Run. CRYPTIC Across: 1 Hard and fast; 9 Inc; 10 Seductive; 11 Entry; 13 Scissor; 14 Narrow; 16 Entomb; 18 Saddens; 19 Molto; 20 Elevation; 21 Bye; 22 Astronomers. Down:2 Arc; 3 Dusty; 4 Nudist; 5 Fiction; 6 Swiss-roll; 7 Hide and seek; 8 Heartbroken; 12 Tiredness; 15 Open-air; 17 Assign; 19 Minim; 21 Bar.

Solution for Logic Puzzle Cecilia

August

Theresa

July

Ollie

June

Darlene

May

Tree frog Cane toad Bullfrog Newt Horned toad

Quimby Inwood Cool Malcom Thomaston

Sudoku Solution

Susie

1. Cecilia's pet is either the animal bought in July or the amphibian purchased in Inwood.. 2. The amphibian bought in July isn't the horned toad.. 3. Of the tree frog and Darlene's pet, one was purchased in Thomaston and the other was purchased in Quimby.. 4. Neither the bullfrog nor the newt is the animal bought in August.. 5. Darlene's pet wasn't bought in August.. 6. The amphibian purchased in Cool is either the animal bought in July or Ollie's pet.. 7. Ollie's pet wasn't bought in May.. 8. Of the newt and the animal bought in July, one was purchased in Malcom and the other is Theresa's.. 9. The animal bought in September, the amphibian purchased in Inwood and the horned toad are all different amphibians.. 10. Of the amphibian bought in September and the newt, one was purchased in Quimby and the other is Ollie's..

DOWN 1. Even (7) 2. Perplex (7) 3. Look for (6)

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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.

5. Maintain (8) 6. Outcome (6) 7. Countenance (6) 13. In concert (8) 14. Illness (7) 15. Stranded (7) 16. Rigorous (6) 17. Share out (6) 19. Quantity (6)

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The Members Golf Society 40 members “found” their way to this tricky little course nestled between Rojales and Ciudad Quesada. It’s not so easy to find and certainly do not rely on your sat nav! It can’t find it either. But when you do find it what a surprise you’ll have, forget all of that bad publicity of years ago; this course is definitely on the up! It is a pleasure to play it. That having been said we are now in the “silly season” whereby all of the courses are flooded with too many players, so the 5 hr round is now the normality once again. Results: N.T.P.’s hole 5 K. Winton, hole 11 M. Kennedy, hole 15 J. Hettrick, hole 17 L. Holmberg. Two “2’s” winners this week each receiving €20 well done to Kenny Winton and Lars Jernberg. Best guest was Mrs. C. Martin. 36 points. Bronze cat: 3rd S. Twentyman 32 pts. 2nd L. Holmberg 34 pts. 1st K. Krog 40 pts. Silver cat: 3rd T.

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San Miguel Golf Society Not well signposted, and even with a different name (Terrazas de La Torre) on arrival to that expected it was not surprising that some people got lost, the final 4 ball making their way to El Valle before backtracking and arriving just before their tee off time. So, eventually, 30 members and 10 guests took to the course. The curse of Saurines is the collar edging the fairways and dirt mounds scattered about therein. Up against that and there is often little one can do except wedge out. The somewhat woolly greens that have, apparently, been hollow-tined and treated 5 times this summer and are only now getting back to being reasonable, meant the many borrows present weren’t always followed by the ball as expected. However, quite a number of players overcame the difficulties to score well. Best returns of

the day went to Noel Bannon and Richard Cleary, both with 38 points. The day’s stableford competition results, by category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 3rd Mary Cleary (34), 2nd Ralph Tilbrook (37 on CB), and 1st Brian Butler, also with 37 points. Silver Category: 3rd Brian Mulligan (35), 2nd Dave Blackburn (37), and 1st Richard Cleary with 38 points. Gold Category: 3rd Humphrey Kelleher (36 on CB), 2nd Norman Cahill (36 on CB), and 1st Noel Bannon with 38 points. Nearest the pins on the par 3’s (open to all) went to Norman Cahill (hole 6), Peter Devlin (10), Dave Whitby (14) and Tony Smale (18). The Abacus was won by Derek Johnston. The Best Guest prizes went to Phil

Bache (38) and Graham McNeill (37) Our thanks go to the staff at Saurines for their contribution to the day. Keep up to date with all SMGS matters by logging on to our website www.smgs.org or simply give Tony Smale a call on 628227687 to find out more about the society and its weekly golf gettogethers. Next week we willbe at Font de Llop.

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Your week in sport

La Siesta Bowls La Siesta began their preparations for the Winter League Season with a friendly triples fixture against local neighbours Greenlands in beautiful sunny weather. Four rinks being played at La Siesta and four at Greenlands. At La Siesta the home team won on 3 rinks and lost on 1 so it was up to the four rinks at Greenlands to see if La Siesta could maintain their advantage. With La Siesta winning comfortably on two of the rinks and finishing level on the other two the overall result saw La Siesta coming up tops. Members from both clubs now travel together for an away trip to Benalmadena to play matches in the Costa del Sol with no doubt some shopping in Gibraltar for good measure. Whilst members were away in the Costa del Sol a 3 rink match was played against Campsie Bowls Club who hail from Scotland. The match was a close encounter throughout and finished up with the shots score equal at 46 shots each. La Siesta winning on two rinks by 15-13 and 17-15 whilst Campsie won the other rink by 18-14.Norma Adcroft, skipping for La Siesta ,on the final end managed to get 2 shots with his final bowl to obtain his rink’s 2 shot victory. Our Winter League team commenced their season with an away fixture that is always tricky against formidable near

neighbours San Luis. However, on this occasion La Siesta rose to the task and came away with victory by 10 points to 2.The shots difference being 82 to 64 which was helped by an outstanding performance by Joy Gardiner, Jim Hudson Dave Blackie and Jean Cooper who won by 20 shots to 6. The other wins came from Pat and Trish Reilly with Mike and Florence Edwards who won 14-11,Val Dalton, Derek Smith, Brian Gardiner and Irene Mangan who won 19-13 and Barbara Cooper, George Richardson, Sue Jordan and Brian Fraser who won 18-15. In the Southern League B Division the Blues entertained Quesada Swifts winning on 5 rinks and drawing the other gaining 13 points to their opponents 1 with

a shots advantage of 109 to 82.The best winning rink was Sheila Chorley with Bill and Sue Jordan who won 25-10.There was a good win for Pat Moore, Dave Blackie and George Richardson 18-11.The remaining rinks were all close affairs with the biggest winning margin being 2 shots. In the Southern League C Division the Golds took the long trip to La Manga Crusaders to play their hosts on the grass surface which is always difficult for visiting teams.So it was no surprise that the Golds were well beaten the home side winning on all rinks gaining a 14-0 win by 179 shots to 51.Best triple for La Siesta was Hilary Clarke,Derek Smith and Pat Reilly who lost by 16 shots to 13.

Eurogolf Society On Thursday 11th October 69 players took part in the October Monthly Medal and Millennium Trophy (for players who won a Trophy, Medal, Stableford, or Toffs Trophy last season). A very enjoyable day's golf, the course in excellent condition and perfect weather, and I suspect much celebrations in the Gillett household tonight. Congratulations to Mike Gillett who won the October Medal and Sue Gillett who won the Millennium Trophy. Results: Cat. 1 (0-17) 1st B. Lawson 72, 2nd S. Taylor 73, 3rd P. Cleaver 74. Cat. 2 (18-22) 1st S. Gillett 70, 2nd S. Sayers 74(c/b), 3rd M. Rogers 74. Cat. 3 (23-28) 1st B. Shorley 70, 2nd M. Turner (c/b) 71, 3rd J. Shorley 71. Cat. 4 (29+) 1st M. Gillett 68, 2nd B. Evans 75 3rd C. Daye Gretton 76. Best Front 9: H. Armstrong 33.5, Best Back 9: R. Porter 35. CBA: 0 NTPs: 5th G. McCallum, 11th P. Cleaver, 12th in 2 H. Paehlig, 15th S. Taylor, 17th L. Hill. Best Guest B. McLachlan 73. Football Draw: P. Perito, S. Taylor, P. Cleaver, B. Martin & S. Pegg. Tuesday Toffs On Tuesday 10th October 89 players took part in the weekly Toffs Stableford competition. Once again, weather conditions were perfect and some excellent scores were recorded. Cat. 1 (0-15): 1st P. Cleaver 39, 2nd B. Buckeridge c/b 37, 3rd G. McCallum 37. Cat. 2 (16-22) 1st J. Kirkwood 42, 2nd J. Fairhurst 37, 3rd D. Blanchette 35. Cat. 3 (23-28) 1st B.

Fairhurst 38, 2nd C. Daye Gretton 36, 3rd C. Hobden 34. Cat. 4 (29-36) 1st K. Bonser c/b 34, 2nd B. Evans c/b 34, 3rd B. Jones c/b 34. Overall Winner: J. Kirkwood . CBA: 0 Best Front 9: P. Sanderson 20, Best Back 9: B. Martin 21. Best Guest: D. Johnson 34, 2nd B. McLachlan 31. NTPs: 5th J. Kirkwood, 11th I. Turner, 12th in 2 G. McCallum, 15th D. Horne, 17th S. Tombs. Football Draw: M. Turner, D. Lewis, A. Rogers, G. Grierson, F. Gentili. If you would like more information about Eurogolf and Toffs Societies please go to our website www.eurogolfquesada.co.uk .

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You probably know this column well enough now to know that if I am mentioning equestrian, boxing and tennis without bringing up any cricket, F1 or governing body shenanigans then it has been a quiet week in sport. Actually, hang on. Some governing bodies have been acting like fools once again. Even on a quiet week, eh? Hot on the heels of the GB bobsleigh team holding an internal investigation of their head coach making inappropriate comments to some of the squad, and the England Women’s football team Head Coach being sacked for previously being believed to have had inappropriate dialogue with players when in charge at Bristol and having been passed fit to employ by the FA it is time for British Equestrian to investigate claims of “alleged elitism, self-interest, bullying and corruption”. What’s that? Alleged elitism in equestrian? I think we can remove the alleged from that, can’t we? It’s the horses I feel sorry for. Their corrupt little culture is about to get blown

ROCKETS GOLF SOCIETY Short trip to Vistabella for our October home game on a well manicured course. Greens in very good condition. Weather, well what can on say! Sun again. The results of the day were: Gold Category winner our Handicap Secretary Rodney Smith, coming in with 36 points. In second place was Seamus Martin with 35 points and Arthur Williams in Third place with 33 points. In the Silver Category Ken Hopkins came in with 36 points followed by new member Andy Stenning with 33 points and Rocket Ron in third place with 30 points Nearest the Pins were P Daggatt Hole 4 A Stenning hole 7 P Mutter Hole 16 Longest Drive was taken by Rodney Smith and guest was Johnson Next game on the 24th is for the Ivie Davies Perpetual Trophy. Ivie was one of the Founder members of the Rockets Golf Society and is sadly missed by everyone . Back to bar Patricia in Torreta 3 for Munchies and Presentation. If anyone would like to join our Friendly Society or just want a knock whilst on holiday give Ron a ring on 678 849 142 or email sanmigron@gmail.com

It’s not just equestrian that is under the spotlight. The GB Paralympic swimming head coach is also under investigation for alleged bullying. It has also come to light that Rob Greenwood resigned from his senior role within the police for being caught making fun of a disabled person with a colleague. But of course, these reference checks always get done properly, don’t they. Maria Sharapova is back doing what she does best (no, not that - she got banned for that) and has won her first title since being banned for drug taking earlier this year. Her reward for winning the Tinjan Open was being forced to have a photo taken with the trophy

and a lifesize Angry Bird. I do hope that Sharapova is forced to have her photo taken with all kinds of animated games brought to life until she admits she knew exactly what she was taking for all those years. Rafa Nadal’s cracking little run was brought to an end by Roger Federer in the men’s draw at Tinjan and, rightly so as it’s Rog, there were no Angry Birds loitering for photo opportunities. They have semi-finals and everything in boxing now, and George Groves won his supermiddleweight bout against Jamie Cox, meaning he now gets to box at Wembley in the final, walking out in front of 90,000 fans, singing Abide with Me and probably losing on penalties. Oh no, sorry. That’s football, not boxing, Still, those guys at Wembley have got to keep chipping away at paying for that stadium somehow.

Ruby’s Golf With the tricky El Valle course, our venue for this month’s Trophy game, and 6 or so players all within a few points of the top of the table, the day had much excitement in store. Despite some maintenance issues the course played well although a bit slow, however all went well and some good scores were returned, the results are as follows; Nearest the pin on the par 3's were Jim McCarthy, Roger Clarke, David Jones and Nigel Wright, who also hit nearest the pin in two shots. Best front nine was Brian

Wilson and best back Tony Harrison, the gold division winner was Jim McCarthy, the silver and overall winner was Mike Thomas with a handicap cut that takes him back into the gold division, and he beat his wife at last ! The two's pot was shared between Roy Stanley and Nigel Wright. Back at Rayz bar where we had a nice buffet, thanks for that, the luck kept coming for Jim McCarthy who also won the football card. Our next trophy game is at Alicante on the 20th of October where this year’s fight for the top spot continues. To contact Ruby's golf email us on rubysgolf@yahoo.co.uk

Las Ramblas Social Club On Monday we played 6. 6. 6. Stableford. And the winning team with 91 pts were Bryan Neal, Nick Campbell, Reg Akehurst and Maria Oldenzeil. Wednesday was one of our Championship Medal Days and the results were as follows: Cat 1 : 1st Dave Pulling 68 pts, 2nd Lindsay Forbes 74 pts, 3rd Olga Douglas on a count back 74 pts. Cat 2 : 1st Dougie Wright 72 pts, 2nd Terry Cullen 75 Pts and Ulrika Barthe 78

Pts. 2´s Club: Dave Pulling, Lindsay Forbes. Friday was the 2nd round of our Pairs Championship and the Semi Finals will be held next Friday. Those not involved played “Hidden Partners” Stableford Format. With Partners being matched after all scores were in. The lucky two drawn out of the hat were Jan Svendsen and Peter Reffell with a total score of 58 pts. Mike Mahony

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Once more, the Premier League returned to our TV screens this weekend. And once more, there was worldwide shock, anger and dismay as a post international break early kick off involving Jose Mourinho ended a 0-0 borefest. But, as Jose will no doubt attest to, it’s 0-0 draws at Anfield that lead to winning titles - especially when you have a team that typically puts away the lesser teams in the league unlike a team like, for example, Liverpool. Or Arsenal. Or, on this weekend’s showing, Chelsea. To the naked eye, it was quite easy to understand why Mourinho elected to play incredibly deep against Jurgen Klopp’s men. He was without his main man, his key midfielder, the heartbeat of the United side. Yes, Marouane Fellaini picked up an injury playing for Belgium

so was unavailable. United sat so deep that Romelu Lukaku only had about 20 touches of the ball in the entire game, and at least 6 of them were used up trying to bring his first touch under control. The other 14 were equally unremarkable. Klopp was not impressed with United’s approach after the match, but rather than moan about it Jurgen, why not come up with something that resembles a plan B so you can break down teams that play like this against you? It’s not just United that have successfully shut up shop against Liverpool’s alleged “electric attack”, plenty of others have camped out in their own penalty area and left with at least a point. It wasn’t just Kloppo having a good old whinge after the game, he was joined by Arsene Wenger somewhat predictably. Yes Arsene, Richarlison took a bit of a tumble and got a penalty where he shouldn’t have but really? You are away to Watford, and even if they are having a good start to their season you don’t go to Watford and lose if you plan to win 4th place, do you? And even if you were hard done by for the spot kick, what excuse is there for not clearing that ball into Row Z in injury time, before Cleverly got the third chance to score the winner? There is none Arsene, there is none and you will do well to be top six this season playing like that. It’s no wonder that Alexis Sanchez might be “mentally” not quite right at the moment. Troy Deeney had a slightly different view on the Arsenal, claiming they merely lack the “cojones” to compete in matches like that. Coming from a fat lad playing up front, that’s a great shout from Troy.

Roy Hodgson, I take it all back. I honestly believed that you are nothing but an old man who is massively out of touch with the modern game. I had money on the fact that your Crystal Palace team would go ten games without winning or even scoring. I saw Chelsea putting more than two past you at Selhurst Park. In true Palace style, they did not even manage to score their first goal of the season - they left that honour to Chelsea’s Cesar Azpilicueta. But even though they gave Chelsea a freebie equaliser, Palace rallied and Wilf Zaha did what he does best, scoring and then celebrating with the most genuine passion you will see in this circus of a Premier League. Never leave Palace again, Wilf. It’s just not worth it. As for Chelsea? If anyone can find Michy Batshuayi’s dummy, would they mind returning it to the Belgian international? You won’t catch Roy Hodgson getting carried away though, oh no. He immediately made it clear that Crystal Palace “would be foolish to think they’ve earned a fresh start” just because they finally managed to score some goals, get some points and beat the league champions. Way to rally the troops Roy, way to rally the troops. Allow me to be the first one to point out that if Sam Allardyce was still the manager at West Ham United and they scored the goal they scored at Burnley, the fans would be demanding his resignation. Pep Guardiola said Joe Hart could not pass a ball. Pep was clearly wrong, as Joe launched one hell of a pass over the Burnley back four for Antonio to run on to and score. There is nothing wrong with a bit of hoof ball at the right time, boys. Burnley battled back as normal and Chris Wood

equalised. Andy Carroll is clearly having to come up with new ways to play as few minutes as possible, managing to pick up two yellow cards in a matter of minutes and leaving the Hammers with ten men. You won’t catch Manchester City scoring many goals like West Ham’s. They cruised into a 3-0 lead against Stoke City before Stoke massively upset them by scoring two of their own. That proved to be Stoke’s downfall as City turned it on again, scoring a further four and winning 7-2. I reckon there is an office sweepstake going on, where City staff are guessing how many times the players can pass it to each other in the opposition penalty area before sliding it into an open goal. There was more shock horror at Wembley as Tottenham not only won a league match, but Harry Kane did not score the goal for Harry Kane FC. This time the honour fell to Christian Eriksen and Bournemouth were the fall guys. Pochettino also said he would be “honoured” to manage England one day. Fancy a one month gig sometime next summer, Mauricio? Gareth won’t mind, he looks like he has aged a decade already. Saturday will also be a day that Huddersfield Town look back on as the day it became clear they will be relegated. Their goalkeeper picked out Swansea’s Tom Carroll perfectly who laid it on for Tammy Abraham, scoring a goal that has “going down” written all over it. Abraham got a second, and he may well look back at this Saturday as the moment he became a Premier League striker.

With seven minutes to go, you could have forgiven Ronald Koeman for putting a call into his PA to start clearing his desk at Goodison Park. Brighton led 1-0, heading for their third straight win. Yet, with one minute remaining, it became clear why Koeman had gambled on leaving Rooney on the pitch. It was just in case they got a penalty. They did, Rooney took it and Rooney scored. Rooney was promptly substituted and Koeman probably lives to see another week. “Rafa is the master of the 1-0,” they said on Sky Sports as Newcastle led Southampton 1-0 at St Mary’s. Wise words you’d imagine, especially as Southampton typically fail to hit a cow’s bottom with a banjo. Yet Marco’s son, Manolo Gabbiadini (and he scores so rarely now that gag has got mothballs) managed to score a fine individual goal to level matters, only to see big Fraser chuck one in 84 seconds later. Still, he’s the master of the 2-1 is Rafa. Well maybe not, as Gabbiadini was gifted the chance to level things once more from the spot. In fairness, the game was a shed load more entertaining than anything else on Sky this weekend. We end today with a little aside on the state of Scottish football. There’s good news and bad news for the Scots. Actually, that’s incorrect. It’s bad news and bad news. The bad news is Sam Allardyce is “tempted” by the job but the timing is not right. The other bad news is that David Moyes “could not turn down his country” and the timing is absolutely bang on for the sacked Sunderland and Manchester United manager who is currently completely unemployable.

3rd World Oceanman Championships On Sunday Benidorm hosted the 3rd World Oceanman Championships. Over 1000 swimmers participated in 3 races distances 9.3km, 5.5km and 1500m around the rock which can be seen off the coast in Benidorm. After a sell-out registration for the event the atmosphere on Mal Pas Beach was electric. At 8am swimmers in the 9.3km race left Mal Pas Beach and the 5.5km swimmers were ferried by boats to the front of

Benidorm Island were they began the race in the water. The 200 swimmers had to race around the island and back to Mal Pas Beach. Lastly the 1500m race started on Mal Pas Beach. Local swimmers from “Club Natación Elche”, Zoe and Vicki Connolly, qualified for this year’s competition after success in the Oceanman 5km Isla Tabarca race in May 2017. And after a hard swim on Sunday success was once again achieved. Zoe’s swim

earned her 1st place and she is this year’s Junior World Half Oceanman Female Champion. A title she has kept for the second year running. Zoe finished as the overall 2nd female from all age categories in the World 5.5km race with a time of 1:28:52. Mum, Vicki, was placed 3rd in the 50-59 years category in the same race and finished 16th female with a time of 1:50:54. This was a rewarding end to the Open Water Swimming Season 2017.

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Children in Cars

Back to school time has come and gone and, across the country, children are setting into their routine, with many taking to the bus, some walking or cycling to school, and many others traveling in cars. It is important to remember that children are amongst the most vulnerable passenger groups in vehicles, and their protection should be of the utmost concern to all. Sadly, it only takes a momentary lapse for the defences to fall and those children to be placed in the utmost danger, often when the adults are distracted, but sometimes because of a lack of knowledge or ignorance. All children measuring 135 cm in height or less must ride in the rear seats of a vehicle, irrespective of their age, and in addition to the requirements of the correct seat being provided appropriate to their size and weight. There are a number of exceptions to the rule, for example, when the vehicle does not have rear seats, when all rear seats are already occupied by others under the same characteristics, and where it is not possible to install approved

child restraints in those rear seats. These are the only occasions when children may occupy a front seat, but they must always use the restraint system approved for their height and weight. This new provision entered into law in 2015, and also stipulates that child restraints must be installed in the vehicle in accordance with the instructions provided by the manufacturer and the instructions that will indicate how and what kind of vehicles can be used safely. With this modification the EU Directive 2014/37 / EU on the compulsory use of safety belts and child restraints in vehicles is applied. The modification of the law also reflects the scientific evidence from numerous studies that demonstrate the benefit of children traveling in the rear seats of vehicles in order to strengthen their protection. A study in the United States looked at 5,751 vehicle occupants under the age of 15 who had suffered a serious car incident. The report shows that sitting in the back seat had a protective effect with respect to serious injury or death.

A further study in Australia concluded that the risk of death in children under 4 years of age involved in an incident whilst travelling in a car was doubled if they sat in the front. The risk of death was four times higher if the person was under 1 year of age, according to the study. Not only is the overall risk of injury higher in the front seats, but also the severity of injuries sustained, according to the CIREN institution, the Crash Injury Research Engineering Network. The change to the law in Spain was prompted on account of the DGT seeing growing concerns for the safety of children in vehicles. In 2014, 2 of the 14 children under 12 years of age who were killed whilst travelling in vehicles were not wearing any safety device at the time. It was the same for 9 out of the 82 children who were seriously injured, they too were not wearing any kind of restraint. The DGT therefore made it one of their priority objectives in the 2011-2020 Road Safety Strategy, to ensure that no child loses their life as a

result of not being properly restrained. Therefore, as well as clarifying the laws and making them easier to understand, the DGT have also increased the powers of the traffic police in dealing with adults who fail to take necessary responsibility for children, including the immediate immobilisation of a vehicle where children are found to be travelling without appropriate safety restraints. To make the matter even clearer, there are a number of Golden Rules that must be followed regarding children in vehicle. Never carry a child in your arms or use the same seat belt that is protecting the adult. The use of child restraint systems (CRS) reduced the risk of death by 75% and the severity of injuries by 90%. Make sure the seat is properly installed. It should not move and ought to be properly secured, the recommended option being the Isofix anchorage system

The child's head should never hover higher than or over the back of the seat. If this happens it must be replaced by another of a suitable size. If the child has to ride in the front seat, because of one of the three exceptions, if the vehicle has front airbags, you must only use a rear-facing restraint if the airbag has been deactivated. Always make sure that the restraints are well anchored, even on short journeys, where the highest number of risk behaviours accumulate. It is recommended that you continue to use appropriate and approved child restraint system until the child reaches 150 cm in height. Once a child is taller than 150 cm, then they must use the vehicle seat belt. It is important to note that it is the responsibility of the adults transporting children to ensure their safety, as well as their own

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