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Experts urge residency before Brexit arrives T

he team of experts from the British Embassy in Madrid and the Consulate in Alicante has been on the road meeting with the expat community across Spain to discuss the latest information available on Brexit. Last week the team hosted meetings in Torrevieja,

Orihuela Costa and San Miguel and the Costa Blanca People went along to see what was said.

The Orihuela Costa meeting was hosted by local Councillor SofĂ­a Alvarez and was standing room only as the briefing got underway at 10.30am. In the audience

were a mix of residents, business owners, charities and good causes - all keen to understand what Brexit and the Withdrawal Agreement will mean for them.

The expert team was lead by British Consul Sarah-Jane Morris and included experts from HMRC tax office, healthcare, citizen rights and residencia. The British Consul explained the process for Brexit is in two parts; firstly the Withdrawal Agreement and then will come the outline for Future Relations with the EU. There will Continued on page 4

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Extra help from the health service Breast implants for mastectomy patients and coclear replacements are among new services funded by State health service. Implants including aureola micropigmentation will now be funded entirely by the State health service for women who have undergone mastectomies because of cancer, Minister María Luisa Carcedo has announced. And diabetic adults will be able to get 'flash' glucose-o-meters on the public health system.

Until now, both had to be paid for, although a reconstruction was still possible for women who had lost their breasts to cancer. Among a list of extra services soon to be funded by the State healthcare service, facial restoration following scarring or disfigurement, eye 'readers' for those with serious neuro-motor disorders, and replacement parts for external hearing apparatus such as coclear implants have been added and will no longer carry a cost for the patient.

Smear tests will become routine and automatic for women in the same way as mammograms for those within the recommended age range, and age groups for those eligible to obtain funding towards hearing aids

will be widened.

All these elements are 'extremely important for those affected', Sra Carcedo says.

“When you meet with these people, they are very interested in these elements, because they will allow them to lead a more normal life without having to make prohibitive payments,” she explains.

For the first time, 'flash' glucose measuring apparatus will come on prescription for patients with Type I diabetes who need to take multiple doses of insulin and have to carry out at least six blood-sugar checks a day. The 'flash' device makes the process much easier and does not involve finger-pricks.

Priority will be given to those with eyesight problems or serious functional limitations, patients with repeated hypoglycaemia episodes, pregnant women, and those with uncontrolled levels of HbA1c, defined as above 7.5 percent, plus under-18s. Those already using the 'flash' apparatus will automatically receive them free, Sra Carcedo says.

The list of new elements included within State healthcare financing stipulates cost limits, but in the vast majority of cases, the health service will cover the full amount.

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Amazon warns of new card-theft scam Warnings have been issued by global media about a 'phishing' scam affecting Amazon customers in an attempt to hack their credit card and bank details. Amazon Spain has flagged up this latest cyber-fraud and released a series of recommendations on its site.

Customers have reported receiving emails after purchasing, typically with a subject heading claiming: “Your order cannot be shipped.” Once opened, the email – which appears very authentic – asks the reader to click on a link to resolve the delivery problem.

The link takes the customer to a page which looks exactly like Amazon's site and which asks the customer to confirm his or her name, address and credit or debit card details.

Amazon.es urges customers not to click on links or open attachments in any email purporting to be from the online store, and if it is too late, to visit the page on the Amazon site titled Proteger tu sistema ('Protect your account').

“Fraudulent emails that are not from Amazon usually contain a confirmation of an order you have not purchased, or data attached relating to confirmation of an order,” the site says. They may also contain 'questions about your username, password or any other type of personal information' which

may include DNI for Spanish nationals or NIE for foreign residents, card or bank account number, PIN codes or card security codes, name and surname or other information that may identify the customer, such as town or city of birth. Some mails may contain 'requests to update your payment method information' via 'a website that does not belong to Amazon', according to the company.

Genuine Amazon emails include instructions on how to verify your data and will tell you to enter the site in a different tab.

“Click on Gestionar métodos de pago ('Manage payment methods') in Mi cuenta ('Your account'),” Amazon.es warns. “If there is no warning message on this page asking you to update your payment methods, then the email you have received is not from Amazon.

“Links in genuine Amazon emails will only ever start with https://www.amazon.es/xxxx, and legitimate website addresses carry a dot before 'amazon.es', with no other characters, such as hyphens, and Amazon never uses IP addresses or domains such as 'http://123.456.789.123/amazon', which are often found in bogus emails.”

Real emails Legitimate messages from the

company will never include attachments to open or downloads to install, spelling or grammar mistakes, and will never come from an address other than amazon.com, amazon.es, amazon.co.uk, or domains from other countries where the firm has a presence such as Italy (.it), Brazil (.com.br), Australia (.com.au), Germany (.de), Canada (.ca), China (.cn), France (.fr), India (.in), Japan (.co.jp), México (.com.mx), The Netherlands (.nl), or Turkey (.com.tr), but only the branch from which the customer has ordered – you will not receive an amazon.com email in relation to an order from amazon.co.uk, for example.

In the event of any uncertainty, enter your Amazon site via a separate tab and log in, ignoring any links in the email received.

Where customers know, or suspect, they have received a 'phishing' attempt, they should forward it in full to stopspoofing@amazon.com.

With 'Black Friday' just days away and Christmas shopping fever about to break out, most expatriates in Spain who will not be travelling back to their country of origin for the festive season will probably be using Amazon to send gifts to friends and family, and should be extra-vigilant about possible scams at these times of high website traffic.

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Next neighbourhood watch meeting The next San Luis/ La Siesta neighbourhood watch meeting will be held on 26th November and local residents are invited to attend. This meeting will have something of a Christmas feel to it with a seasonal drink and music played by the Torrevieja Pipes and Drum band. The Mayor, José Manuel Dolón, is also expected to attend and this will be a good opportunity to hear first hand the plans for the area and to place your questions.

The meeting takes place in Casa Ventura at 4.30pm and the continued activities of the group have been a positive influence in the area. President Doug Allen invites you to attend what will be the last meeting for 2018 before the forum picks up the baton again in January.

Plans are already in place for the January meeting and these include the attendance of a number of suppliers who will demonstrate home security and safety products. The Guardia Civil have also been asked to come along to address concerns about criminal activity in the area.

The group has recently become proactive in making their own plans and preparations for an earthquake. Following the simulation exercise in Torrevieja, they have now appointed an emergency/ earthquake coordinator and have started a new linked Facebook site to support the communication of information.

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This is the second year that Torrevieja will hold their‘Hackathón’competition. This is an opportunity for people to devise their own mobile‘apps’in support of Torrevieja’s tourist industry. The event will take place on 24th and 25th November in the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre.

It’s a marathon event that takes place over the course of 36 hours and aims to bring together technology and the needs of tourism. It’s mostly of interest to students who create the mobile apps to address problems and find solutions.

‘It’s a different type of event for Torrevieja,’ explained Councillor Fanny Serrano, ‘We’re looking for innovative approaches to tourism. We cannot imagine tourism now without social networks. An event such as this increases the opportunity for us to make use of these for the benefit of tourism in our town.’ During the event technicians employed by the town will also be on standby to help out with any questions and provide any assistance needed.

There are some new categories that have been included. Alongside the category ‘application development’ will be that of ‘data science and artificial intelligence’. Both

of these will have a first prize of €800 and a second of €400. The award ‘Invat-tur Emprende’ will not only command €600 prize money but the winner of this category will also have the opportunity for their app to be developed, tried out and tested.

Many more businesses are involved this year and are providing the competitors with real problems that they encounter and suggestions for the types of apps they need.

Part of the web page has been established to enable these challenges to be recorded and to invite suggestions for how they can be overcome.

Last year the event was a success with 72 people participating but the atmosphere could become a little tense with people going outside for a break. This time a rest room has been created so that those taking part can take a moment out without having to go outside. A ‘surprise’ is also being planned for Saturday night in this relaxation area.

Already, 20 people have registered and for anyone else who is interested you can register on the web at www.hackeatudestino.org Suzanne O’Connell

Heavy rain causes chaos As heavy rains early on Monday morning caused flooding and chaos across Torrevieja, the outlook for the remainder of the week is looking slightly better with some showers forecast but nothing compared to the rainfall earlier this week.

Approximately 100 litres of rain per square metre fell over just a few hours, causing flood defences to overflow. Schools were closed by order of the town hall and public transport was suspended until

flood waters subsided.

Some underground car parks in the town centre were dangerously flooded while in the usual ‘black spots’ across the town where flood waters tend to gather were completely impassable – these included many of the major roundabouts on the CV95, many roads beside Playa de los Locos, the area beside the secondary school on Avenida de las Cortes Valencianas as well as the Torretas.

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be a transitory phase between March 2019 and December 2020. Currently, the process is still firmly focussed on the first stage and although there is still some wrangling over the Withdrawal Agreement the citizen rights elements of it were agreed back in December. The next stage will be for the Withdrawal Agreement to be put to a Parliamentary Vote.

The meeting began with an absolute reassurance that all expats who are currently legally resident in Spain would be able to stay. Therefore, the first and strongest message of the day was that everyone who wishes to live in Spain, remaining for three months or more each year, needs to become a Spanish resident by completing the ‘residencia’ process immediately.

It was made clear that having an NIE number or being registered on the Padrón, although recommended, are not the criteria that will be used post Brexit to determine who is legally resident to stay in Spain – only those with residencia will be automatically entitled to stay.

The team was also keen to ensure that expats avoid all the rumours and scaremongering by only getting information from www.gov.uk the only source of true information on expat rights. A search on this site for ‘UK nationals in the EU: essential information’ will give the latest details on citizen rights and what the Withdrawal Agreement means for those living in Spain.

This site is updated immediately and visitors can set an alert notification so they are always the first to know what is happening.

In addition to the huge importance of having residencia, the team updated the meeting on some of the elements that have already been agreed that are of concern to British Nationals living abroad in the EU. It has been agreed that British Pensions will continue

to be ‘uprated’ and contributions will still be able to be added to provide a combination pension, if a person has worked in more than one EU country. Reciprocal healthcare will also continue to be provided – there will be no changes to the current healthcare provision provided to expats living in Spain. The voting rights of expats are still under discussion with a bilateral agreement being discussed.

Although there is little information on what a ‘No Deal’ agreement would mean for expats abroad in Europe, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has stated very clearly that Spain will not force ´legal Expert team residents´ to leave Spain under any circumstances. Again, legal residents being those who have Spanish residencia.

Also attending as a guest speaker at the meeting was Richard Hill, Vice President of Brexpat Spain, a group which aims to assist Britons through the Brexit process – whatever that may be. Richard also had a Richard Hill, team of advisors on law and tax Brexpat Spain with him and explained that the group is free to join and it calling for new members given the momentum of the Brexit procedure. The larger the membership the louder the voice expats will have in the process.

Members of the audience were then given the opportunity to speak individually to the experts regarding their specific concerns and situations. After the main Q&A session, attendees also had the opportunity to speak to Francisco Morales of the N332 group who was present to answer questions relating to driving matters. Many of those present had queries about how to change their UK licence for a Spanish licence.

Francisco had information handouts from the DGT traffic authority available for audience members to take home.

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As we are coming up to Christmas we can see a usual spike in the number of opportunist crimes and burglaries.

Homeowners should be alert to the possibility of walk in theft if they leave doors and grills open. There have been two recent reports of people entering property without permission. In the first case a man just walked into the property and was chased away. In the second, the intruder turned violent and a woman was attacked. There are many desperate people out there and it is important that homeowners take sensible measures to protect themselves and their property.

Park meeting A meeting to discuss the La Siesta park will be held on Friday 30th November at Casa Ventura Restaurant in San Luis. It will start at 4pm and people interested in this issue are invited to attend to put forward their point of view. Present at the meeting will be Eduardo Dolon, Rosario Martinez and Graham Knight.

Tidy up for old town hall The old town hall in Torrevieja has had a quick makeover. Its front has been washed and repainted as part of a general tidy up of some town hall facilities. The building, situated on calle Ramón Gallud and Caballero de Rodas, is currently unused but is now looking a little more loved.

The old town hall has remained closed since it was inspected in 2014 and considered unfit for public offices. Those who were occupying the site at the time have been rehoused in other premises and no decision appears to have been made as yet about what should be done with the building in the long term.

In previous years it has also been used as the setting off point for the ‘Giants and Big Heads’ procession that takes place as part of the patron saint fiestas in the town.

This will not happen this year.

Library opening hours increased As examination season approaches at the end of the autumn term, the library on calle Diego Ramírez will be opening its doors for longer.

From Monday 19th November until 15th February the library will be open for another three and a half hours until 12 at night from Monday to Friday. ‘It’s the time when there are many exams,’ explained the councillor for culture, Domingo Pérez.

‘Now students in the town can study for longer.’

Quality mark for tourism industry The SICTED (Sistema Integral de Calidad Turistica en Destinos) is a quality mark that is available to support and improve services working within the tourism industry. Companies are offered, free of charge, training plans, workshops and work teams to help develop improvements. The process concludes with the achievement of an award.

The Councillor for Tourism, Fanny Serrano chaired a meeting with other tourism sector representatives to inspect the files of companies and municipal services who are entered for the award.

Altogether 51 companies have been evaluated and improved and have been put forward for approval by the Comité de Distinción in December.

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in no-deal Brexit Britons will not need a visa when travelling to EU countries in the event of a no-deal Brexit, it has been announced.

British expats will still be able to move between Spain and the UK without paying for a holiday visa.

Officials had previously discussed the option of making the UK a ‘third country’, requiring travellers to pay €60 for a visa to cross the channel or for an entry permit.

But European Commission vice president, Frans Trimmermans, has announced that the visa plan will be waived, providing the UK gives EU citizens the same rights.

The announcement came as Brussels reveals its preparation plans ahead of a potential no-deal Brexit.

“On visas we propose to amend the visa regulation to allow UK nationals to be

exempt from any visa requirement for short stays in the EU once EU law stops applying to the UK,” said Trimmermans at a press conference in Strasbourg.

“But of course an important point: this is entirely conditional on the UK also doing the same thing for EU nationals, reciprocating.”

A European Commission document states the rules would apply to Brits travelling to Schengen Area countries, which includes all western European EU member states and eastern ones including Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

It would apply to trips of up to 90 days within any 180-day period, starting from March 30 2019 in the event of a no-deal Brexit and from the end of any transition period if a deal is achieved.

Torrevieja’s tapas route!

It is now time for the 16th Ruta de la Tapa.

This very popular event will take place from 15th to the 18th and from 22nd to the 25th November. It is always held from Thursday to Sunday over the course of two weekends and those bars and restaurants taking part usually open for two sessions a day. In the morning from 12pm until 4.30pm and in the evening from 7.30pm until 11pm.

Altogether this year 43 different establishments will be taking part serving up around 172 different tapas dishes. The announcement about the event took place in the CdT building and there was opportunity to sample some of the tapas dishes that will be available to buy. They cost either €2 for a house tapas or €2.50 for the more expensive ‘gourmet’ tapas.

Both include a drink in the price.

Councillor Fanny Serrano explained that this year the selection of tapas has

become even more creative and elaborate and there is an intention next year to make some changes to the event to give it even greater status.

The main aim of this special food festival is to encourage people to try different things and enjoy this traditional way of serving food. It’s also a showcase for many of the town’s restaurants and bars and encourages people to try new venues they may not have entered before.

Those participating can vote for their favourite tapas by downloading the App ‘Ruta de la Tapa’. If you have collected at least 10 stamps from the different participating restaurants you can also then be entered in a raffle with a range of prizes available. It makes good business sense too, as Torrevieja becomes busy again over the course of these weekends in November.

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Fire fighters rescue catamaran The catamaran was rescued from Los Náufragos beach in Torrevieja as the engine had broken down and it drifted onto land. The single crewman, from New Zealand, was unable to control the boat due to the bad weather.

The plea for help came at about 7.45 pm. as the boat was drifting following engine failure and its only occupant could not control it. The skipper was unable to steer the boat towards the port area and was anxious to avoid the rocky coastline

to the south of the beach.

The weather during the day had been bad and the sea was stormy at the time.

He was unable to leave the boat because of the waves and called for help.

Firefighters stepped in without having any marine rescue equipment and were able to throw the man a line that enabled him to leave the boat and come to shore safely. The boat was then towed from the beach to the port the next morning.

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Earthquake drill in Torrevieja A total of 1,000 people were brought together in a huge earthquake simulation exercise on 14th November. The simulation ‘followed’ an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 and different services practised how they would respond. Many school children also took part as their schools went through the drill just as they would a fire drill in the UK. The simulation was organised by the Valencian regional government and included 25 different organisations including public, private and voluntary groups. An earthquake of 5.5 would be sufficient to destroy buildings and cause significant damage to the water, electricity and gas supplies. Mobile telephones would also be affected.

The practice included rescuing families from different buildings as well as preventing pillage by people on the lookout for unoccupied buildings.

Consideration was given to how to preserve historical artefacts, for example in the casino.

The market area was used as the media reception centre and command post and this is where the decisions would be made to coordinate such an emergency. The exercise included how to cope with the influx of media enquiries and politicians and was generally conducted in a realistic fashion.

Schools in the area joined in on the day and teachers and students were put through their paces, evacuating buildings and seeking shelter. Headteachers had opportunity to try out methods of contacting parents as quickly as possible. Some students from schools in Alicante and Elda acted as ‘extras’ and took part in the role-play of families affected by the earthquake.

Rescue protocols were carried out for people trapped and buried in the rubble and search teams practised using canine units and drones. Some of the firefighters engaged in this can also be called on to support in national and international emergencies.

Altogether 25 different agencies were involved and

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a major part of the simulation exercise was the coordination of these different groups. The town hall, local police, fire service, forest fire fighters, security forces,

civil protection volunteers, Red Cross and the military emergency unit were all involved.

During the day, regional government officials as well as the mayor of Torrevieja, José Manuel Dolón, toured the different sites where simulations were taking place.

The idea being that although there are protocols written on paper, you can’t be sure just how well they will work until they are put into practice. Exercises such as this on Wednesday allow the protocols to be amended where problems are identified.

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Urban planning meeting A meeting took place in the town hall of Torrevieja on November 16th to discuss how to ensure the right balance between urban development and sustainability across the Vega Baja. The Councillor for urban planning, Fanny Serrano, was there to represent Torrevieja, alongside representatives from San Fulgencio, Guardamar, Rojales, Callosa, Benejuzar, San Isidro and Rafal.

The meeting was attended by Luis Ferrando from the Valencian regional council who wants to put together a plan for the area. ‘We want to make the plan compatible with green spaces,’ he explained. However, there is also a need for improvements in infrastructures and road links within the region. ‘There is a series of urban problems here,’ said Councillor Fanny Serrano. ‘These need solving whilst also defending our environmental values such as our green spaces and the links between Torrevieja Natural Park and the Sierra Escalona.’

Christmas lights go up It must be coming up to Christmas as the lights are going up in Torrevieja. However, it’s not just for Christmas that the festive lights have been installed on calle Ramón Gallud. The end of November and beginning of December sees the town celebrating its patron saint, and the lights are installed for this reason too.

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footbridge After a decade of complaints and risk, the Orihuela Costa may soon get at least one of the requested footbridges over the road network that would provide a safer passage for pedestrians.

The Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, recently announced that the developer of the “Lomas de Cabo Roig” sector of the Orihuela Costa now has a “favourable” and “binding” report from the Ministry of Development for the installation of a footbridge to be built over the motorway in an area that is dangerous for those on foot.

The lack of this report was the excuse that the developer had previously given for not building the footbridge, which was a requirement when the land was purchased for the development of the urban area several years ago.

There is now no excuse, according to the town hall, to delay the building of the footbridge, so much so that if it is now not installed then there will be repercussions for the developer.

According to the law, if the developer does not build the bridge, then the government will be able to complete the work and the charge the developer for the construction - potentially at a higher rate than the developer would have completed the construction.

The municipal council has publicly stated that it requires the developer, by virtue of this report, to provide details that it has started the initial process for the completion of the pending works. It has a period of fifteen days to confirm the schedule.

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The concentration camp at Albatera

The horrors of the Spanish civil war are a difficult subject for Spaniards. But now more information is gradually being published about the exact depth and breadth of the atrocities, eighty years on.

The archaeologist and historian, Felipe Mejías, from the University of Alicante has been studying what he believes was the most important concentration camp in Spain after Franco and the nationalists took over the country.

And it wasn’t very far away, but in San Isidro, Albatera. There died countless numbers of people from hunger, disease and also by shooting.

Now, the political party Compromís has put forward a proposal to the Congress of Deputies that the area where the concentration camp was located should be investigated and a memorial established there. All across Spain there are believed to be unmarked pits where the bodies of soldiers and civilians, men, women and children, were dumped during and after the Spanish Civil War. Conditions at the camp The concentration camp in Albatera was, during

the time of the Republic, a prison and work camp.

The Second Spanish Republic was the democratic government that existed in Spain from 1931 to 1939. According to Mejías, during this time there were good conditions in the prison with some prisoners even having weekend permits, a hospital and food every day. This was not the case when Franco’s government took over the facilities.

Mejiás has been trying to piece together what evidence is left of Albatera’s concentration camp. There was plenty of time for Franco and his followers to destroy any evidence of the atrocities that took place there.

It is believed that around 15,000 people were kept prisoner over a period of six months after the civil war was over. There was no clemency.

Prisoners were kept without food or drink for days and suffered inhumane conditions, being regularly tortured and eventually killed. Some estimates suggest that as many as 25,000 people died there.

The inmates Those kept in the camp included not only those

who had been key people in the Republican government, such as mayors, councillors and politicians but also ordinary civilians, such as journalists, trade union members, artists, homosexuals and teachers. In fact, anyone who could be shown to have a sympathy, however small, with the Republican government.

Some of those there had been caught whilst trying to flee the country from the last post at Alicante. Alicante was the last unoccupied city to which many republicans fled from across the country. It is believed that around 25,000 people congregated there in the hope of leaving Spain on board the Stanbrook. It was 28th March, 1939, two days before the end of the civil war and Francisco Franco’s 36 years of military dictatorship.

The Stanbrook was a British ship in the Alicante port at the time when Franco’s armies were approaching the city. It left the port loaded with 3,000 people desperate to flee the terror and torture that they knew would follow in Franco’s rule. Many of those who didn’t secure a place on the overloaded ship chose to drown

themselves in the Mediterranean rather than be captured by the Franco army.

Bones unearthed The camp was open from 6th April 1939 to 27th October and it is believed that there is still a large mass grave there and smaller pits around where the concentration camp was located. The prisoners saw dead bodies in trucks and heard the shots but did not know where the bodies were taken.

Occasionally bones have been unearthed whilst farmers have worked in the fields around the area. ‘I have four witnesses,’ explains Mejías, ‘ who state that they have found bones in the ground. One reports that 60 years ago he and his sister found a skull whilst their father was working the land with his tractor.’

The testimony which has perhaps caused the most impact, however, was that of a retired worker who had been putting pipes in the area in 1977. When making a ditch he and his coworkers discovered two bodies covered with quicklime. Their foreman ordered them to cover the ditch and dig another one. They did, around

10 metres away and again found more corpses.

Trying elsewhere they uncovered yet more bodies.

According to some accounts, the concentration camp at Albatera was even visited

by Hitler himself and there are suggestions that he might have based some of his own concentration camps on what he found there.

Whether this is true or not, the fact remains that many aspects of Spanish history around this time have not been given the light of day. Spanish law has protected the perpetrators of crimes in a way that didn’t happen in Germany.

Investigation of war crimes did not take place here and the relatives of those who carried out the most horrendous crimes against humanity continue to benefit from them. Unfortunately almost all those who could give first hand evidence are now dead themselves. However, as relatives of Franco battle to ensure his body continues to rest in peace, perhaps those he is responsible for killing should also have a descent burial.

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Torrevieja celebrates its patron saint The‘fiestas patronales’are usually week-long fiestas that are held in a town to celebrate and honour its patron saint. The councillor for fiestas, Domingo Pérez has now presented the programme for Torrevieja’s forthcoming patron saint celebrations 2018.

It aims to be a mixture of traditional festivities with some new and novel ideas.

The programme starts shortly with one of the first activities being 30th November at 5.45 pm when the ‘Giants and Big Heads’ parade around the town’s Plaza de la Constitución. It is a procession that’s repeated every day until 7th December and is a rather bizarre collection of costumes and effigies supported by people underneath.

It might not be to everyone’s taste but if you’re a resident of Torrevieja you should see

it at least once. On Saturday 1st December Torrevieja hosts its own‘San Fermin’bull run, but without the real bulls. It sets off from calle Maestro Vallejos and continues until the Paseo Vista Alegre. It’s a popular activity and the town hall requests that participants dress in white. Traditional red scarves will be handed out to those taking part according to supply. There’s also a treasure hunt on the same day and information about this can be obtained from the CIAJ building on the town sea front. One of the more traditional parts of the festivities is the floral procession on 1st December. Ninety five different associations from the town have already signed up for this display of thanksgiving.

In calle Maldonado on 5th December there will be entertainment with a magic

show for children at 7pm. On Thursday 6th December it’s the Diá de la Constitución and a bank holiday. On this day the 27th great paella competition is being held. This is a very popular event that will take place in the new market area and there is still opportunity for people to sign up who would like to join in. Finally, on Sunday 9th December there will be special musical concerts taking place in both Torrevieja and La Mata. In Torrevieja la Unión Musical Torrevejense will play on the Paseo Vista Alegre and ‘Los Salerosos’ in the Plaza Encarnación Puchol in Torrelamata. Both performances will begin at 12pm. The budget for the festivities amounts to €140,000.

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A morning coffee does more than wake you up Drinking coffee will protect against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, a new study has suggested. According to the Krembil Brain Institute, specific compounds created in the process of roasting coffee beans help stave off the debilitating diseases.

The Canada-based researchers looked into three different types of coffee – light roast, dark roast and decaffeinated dark roast.

Dr. Donald Weaver, the study’s lead author, said: “Coffee consumption does seem to have some correlation to a decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease.

“But we wanted to investigate why that is – which compounds are involved and how they may impact age-related cognitive decline.”

He added: “The caffeinated and decaffeinated dark roast both had identical potencies in our initial experimental tests.

So we observed early on that its protective effect could not be due to caffeine.”

The researchers then identified a group of compounds known as phenylindanes, which are created during the roasting process.

Phenylindanes are the only compound investigated in the study that inhibit beta amyloid and tau, two protein fragments

common in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, from clumping.

As roasting leads to higher quantities of phenylindanes, dark roasted coffee appears to be more protective than light roasted coffee.

“It’s the first time anybody’s investigated how phenylindanes interact with the proteins that are responsible for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s,” added Weaver.

“The next step would be to investigate how beneficial these compounds are, and whether they have the ability to enter the bloodstream, or cross the blood-brain barrier.”

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WEEKLY EURO UPDATE GBP As Harold Wilson remarked in the run-up to the 1964 election, ‘A week is a long time in politics.’ It probably seems like that to PM May after a week of high political drama surrounding her draft EU withdrawal deal.

Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab led the exodus of ministerial resignations, followed by Eurosceptic MP Jacob Rees-Mogg writing to the chairman of the 1922 Committee calling for a vote of no-confidence adding further pressure. With reports that other Conservative MPs have penned their letters, a possible noconfidence motion now appears the most immediate threat facing the PM. There’s also the potential of Parliament not passing the draft deal.

UK currency investors appear to be bracing for further bad news.

Sterling had its biggest one-day drop against the euro since June 2016.

Meanwhile, implied volatility, a measure of how volatile investors expect the UK currency to be, spiked to its highest level for over two years.

EUR While there was plenty of activity in

Westminster, there was little chatter from Brussels at this sensitive stage.

EUR/GBP had its best single day performance on Thursday since June 2016.

Britain reported 0.6% growth in gross domestic product, while the Eurozone managed 0.2% expansion in the same third quarter. Germany limped in last with 0.2% economic shrinkage. The forecast was 0.1%, with the euro dipping in response to Germany’s lacklustre news until more results came out. Eurozone industrial production was in fact better than expected, falling only slightly by 0.3% in September.

Earlier in the week it was announced Italian industrial production fell by less than forecast in September. Italy has been weighing heavily on the euro - Back in September, prior to the announcement of the deficit budget, Italy had to pay 2.36 percentage points more than Germany to borrow 10-year money. This week that premium is 3.06 percentage points.

The gap could widen further on a downgrade of Italy's credit rating, potentially weighing on the euro.

Santa Walk Fun and fundraising often go hand-in-hand here on the coast and December sees local charity Maria and the Pink Ladies host one of its bestloved events of the year – it’s Santa Walk. This event has been running in aid of the anti-cancer charity the AECC for many years and is always a great day out full of Christmas and community spirit.

This year the event will take place on Sunday 9th December, beginning at 12noon with the walkers setting off around 2.30pm. As always those taking part and those providing moral support or just coming along to enjoy the atmosphere are being asked to join in the festive fun by dressing in Santa suits or as any Christmas character such as snowmen, reindeer (or rein-dogs), Mrs Christmas, snowflakes or even the Grinch. Many wear Christmas jumpers or onesies.

The fundraising part is a 5k walk, run, jog, stroll or cycle ride starting and finishing at Zenia Boulevard shopping centre and it’s an event for all the family, young, old and fourlegged to enjoy. Money is raised through sponsorship, personal donation and the 5e registration fee.

As well as the walk itself, the event also includes festive music played by Sunshine FM and carols sung by the Honeys in addition to entertainment from the Crazy Ladies. Members of the public are also being asked to donate food and hygiene products, which will be donated to less fortunate families and individuals by Reach Out Torrevieja.

Of course, all of the shops, bars and restaurants will be open in the Boulevard, so why not make a day of it and enjoy everything that’s on offer as well as raising money for a very deserving cause.

Since its inception eight years ago, Maria and the Pink Ladies has raised almost 420,000e, not bad for a group that was only going to organise a one-off event.

Every penny raised has been donated to the AECC to

help in the fight against cancer and to support its early detection program.

Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. Breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancers together accounted for more than half - 53 percent - of all new cancer cases in the UK in 2015 (the latest year that full statistics are available for). Each year more than a third (36 percent) of all cancer cases in the UK are diagnosed in people aged 75 and over (2013-2015).

The AECC Early Detection Programme saves lives by allowing members of the public of any nationality, race, creed or culture access to subsidised private healthcare cancer testing. These are offered to men and women to test for cancers including: skin, bowel, prostate, breast, cervical and ovarian. The tests can be complete in Alicante or at the IMED clinic in Torrevieja.

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WELCOME TO SETE with Vivalia Travel Sète offers many attractions, mostly within a few minutes walk from the cruise ship terminal, including art galleries, museums, water jousting, fine Mediterranean beaches and an unrivalled indoor market

It was Louis XIV, the Sun King, who chose Sète as the point where the canal du midi would join the Mediterranean, inaugurated on July 29th 1660 with a jousting tournament, the port of Sète was always destined to be a maritime town.

Today, its traditions, its way of life and its wealth and culture make it a little piece of southern France all on its own.

By royal decree of King Louis XIV the site of the town of Sète was declared a port in 1660. Its harbour provided the perfect location sought by the King to begin work on the Canal du Midi, which would link the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean.

First and foremost a port, Sète has become a vitally important presence in southern France. The Sun King would be pleasantly surprised if he could see today's vibrant, bustling town. Ever since excavation began on the Canal in 1666 Sète has had its toes in the water: on one side the Étang de Thau lagoon, on the other the

Mediterranean. Between the two are a network of canals and bridges that make Sète a little reminiscent of Venice.

Sète offers many attractions, mostly within a few minutes walk from the cruise ship terminal, including art galleries, museums, water jousting, fine Mediterranean beaches and an unrivalled indoor market, known for fish, seafood and local produce. Quality restaurants serving local or international cuisine are in abundance, and to wet the appetite some visitors opt for tours of local merchants and sample delicacies such as the famous oysters, cheeses and wine.

Séte is a jewel anchored in the Mediterranean, and day-to-day life in Séte is governed by a passion for the sea. The fishermen, sailors and oyster-farmers that mine the riches of the Etand de Thau (Thau Lagoon) and the deep blue sea all have something in common: the maritime environment that is the source of such wealth and fine southern living.

On the beach, on the quays, in the upper district, at the “Theatre de la Mer”: the entire town pulls out all the stops to provide a stunning seasons of Music, poetry, photography, literature and painting. Séte, the scene! Open to all the arts.

Sea, sun, and a long strip of golden sand stretch as far as the eye can see from Séte to Marseillan, one of the finest beaches on the French coastline! Perfect for enjoying whatever nature has to offer, whatever the season.

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Obesity-Related Diabetes raises the likelihood of dying from a cardiovascular disease six fold Obesity-related diabetes can raise the likelihood of dying from a cardiovascular disease six fold, states Doctor Carlos Sala, Head of theObesity Unit and Specialist in Metabolic Surgery at Hospital Quirónsalud Valencia.

The origin of type-2 diabetes, the most common type of the disease, is found in multiple factors, with the most significant ones being excess weight, physical inactivity and poor nutrition. Lifestyle changes, a sedentary life and a movement away from the Mediterranean diet have caused an increase in excess weight and obesity in the population. This disease does not usually have any symptoms during the initial phases, “which often causes diabetes to be diagnosed years later, when it has already affected the organism and caused complications,” explains Doctor Guillermo Negueruela, Endocrinology Specialist atHospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja, “because if glucose levels remain high, diabetesrelated illnesses begin to appear.”

Obesity increases the risk not only of type-2 diabetes, but also of severe illnesses such as

A Possible Cure for Diabetes

type-2 diabetes, who usually stop using insulin and medication in the weeks after the intervention,” explains Doctor Juan Luján, Head of the Digestive System Surgery Service and the Obesity Unit at Hospital Quirónsalud de Murcia.

Metabolic surgery for weight loss is indicated for obese patient with a body mass index over 40, or over 35 if there are related co morbidities. However, “due to the world diabetes and obesity epidemic, which has started to be known as diabesity, for the past decade, we have been focusing interventions on the resolution of type-2 diabetes, even in patients with excess weight or grade I obesity, who are not yet morbidly obese, but suffer from type-2 diabetes,” clarifies Doctor Carlos Sala.

People with obesity have a risk of suffering from diabetes three times greater than those who are not obese. Diabetes, like obesity, can be cured with surgery, and the data are clear: over 70% of patients with obesity that undergo a metabolic or bariatric surgery intervention cease to be diabetic. “The effectiveness is immediate in patients with

Doctor Guillermo Negueruela, Endocrinologist at Quirónsalud Torrevieja, together with the Torrevieja Diabetics Association, will offer a talk on Wednesday, November 21, about diabetes prevention and control titled “Advances in Diabetes Treatment.” The talk will be held at the city’s Casino at 19:30 hours, and entry will be free.

dyslipidaemia, high blood pressure, coronary disease, stroke, sleep apnoea, etc., which create a very high cardiovascular risk, multiplying the risk of dying from a cardiovascular disease times six.

“All this evidence leads us to consider type-2 diabetes and obesity a single disease, and to treat them jointly,” declares Doctor Sala.

In the world, it is estimated that 400 million people suffer from diabetes, of which 90% have type 2, “a number that has increased four-fold in the last 25 years, and will reach 600 million people by 2035. The 55 million diabetics living in Europe will become 70 million in just over fifteen years,” forecasts the specialist.

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Furious with my ex

Insufferable work colleague

My father in law died recently, and I discovered that my ex husband had taken our children to the funeral without my consent. The children are 10 and 12, and I feel they are too young to attend funerals. He argued that they loved their granddad and needed to say goodbye. All this I might add was done without my knowledge, so I couldn’t object at the time, and I feel my ex-husband knew exactly what he was doing. Why weren’t my feelings taken into account?

I enjoy my job but work with a woman who does nothing but talk about herself constantly. To say she is insufferable is an understatement. I am a pleasant, tolerant person who can usually get along with anyone, but this woman is seriously making me want to leave. I am not the only who finds her unbearable. Everyone gives her a wide berth.

This Christmas, I drew her as my Secret Santa, and I feel like buying her a gag to shut her up!

I agree with you that this appears to have been done sneakily because your ex knew you might have prevented it. It was clearly important to him that the children attend the funeral, and by rights he should have consulted you.

Of course what is done is done. How do the children feel about it? Do you they wish they hadn’t have gone?

Unfortunately these are the stark realities of life and sooner or later they will have to attend a funeral. Are you and your husband perhaps making this situation more about yourselves?

Don’t let this problem force you out of a job you love.

Have a quiet, diplomatic word with her. If you are feeling brave let her know that by always talking about herself she is alienating people by not showing interest in others.

It is possible she is not even aware of her behaviour. You would be doing her a big favour by helping her. There’s a good book called The Art of Conversation by Catherine Blyth - perhaps your secret Santa gift to her could be this!

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La Ponderosa

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o you know La Zenia? If so, then sure enough you will know La Ponderosa jewellers and gifts.

Opened 20 years ago, when the route up to Villamartin golf course was nothing more than a little road with no traffic whatsoever, La Ponderosa opened its doors in the Zenia Golf centre, just next to what is now the La Zenia roundabout.

La Ponderosa has changed its assortment over the years from souvenirs and gifts, curtains and bedding, Belgian chocolates and teas to now selling the best known brands of silver jewellery such as Thomas Sabo, Nomination, Majorica Pearls and Pandora to name just a few.

The ever changing seasonal decorations are very popular along with the greeting cards and scented Yankee Candles. With the La Ponderosa team speaking 5 languages between them, rest assured that you will be helped to find that perfect gift for your loved one.

Now located at brand new premises on La Zenia roundabout just of the N332, with easy parking at Consum supermarket, the team will be looking forward to greeting you from Monday - Saturday from 10am - 8pm.

La Ponderosa, with 20 years experience and a truly international team, is the perfect place for your seasonal gift shopping with items to suit any budget.

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Think winter is the wrong time to sell a home! NO! 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! Featured on Best Buy Spain – Property TV – Sky Channel 189.

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s we are heading towards December, many homeowners think that they should take their property off the market or not put their home on the market at all right now and wait for spring, as buyers will be too busy preparing for Christmas. This is not true!

Not only will you be helping other homeowners sell their homes before yours, due to the fact that buyers won’t even have the opportunity of looking at yours if you’re not on the market in the first place, but buyers love walking through a home that has the smells of the season from biscuits baking in the oven to pine scented candles.

Some properties actually show better during winter. Especially if they are south facing. Winter sun purchasers often have “South facing” at the top of their wish list!

Buyers that visit this area during the winter months are generally serious purchasers. They are usually the type of people that don’t have the chance to take the time off during the rest of the year. Families especially, often search during the school holidays.

If your property is on the market and you’re tempted to remove

it until January, find your willpower and stay the course.

There is always lower inventory during the winter. If you wait until spring to list your property for sale, you’ll be competing with everyone else that has that very same opinion. You don’t want to be competing with your price! Low inventory (properties on the market for sale) = higher price. High inventory = lower price.

Remember, your home won’t ever sell, if it’s not on the market!

SELLING YOUR HOME? ENJOY THE JOURNEY! 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.esto request the link.

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Pretty 122m2 villa in cul-de-sac on 563m plot, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, private pool, glazed terrace, C/H, gge, solarium. Ref 4644.

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Detached villa on a 270m2 plot, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, A/C, private pool, car port, solarium with salt lake views. Ref 4762.

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Top floor spacious apartment, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, A/C, glazed terrace, communal pool, solarium with storage room. Ref 4775.

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Age Concern Christmas Fair

On Saturday 1st December Age Concern will be holding their Christmas Fair from 11am at their Day Centre in calle Paganini, La Siesta. This popular event will feature the Phoenix International

Concert Band who will play traditional carols for everyone to join in.

There will be stalls at the event including those selling clothes, jewellery, bric-a-brac, cakes, handbags and a variety of small electrical items.

A number of activities are being organised including a tombola, bottle tombola, lucky dip and a Christmas stall. There will be a raffle for a huge Christmas Hamper and tickets will be available to purchase on the day.

The big prize draw this year will include a €100 voucher to spend in Carrefour and a €75 voucher that you can use to buy all your favourite treats in Iceland. Other prizes include a daytrip to

Benidorm, a Kingsize duvet set, a double bed set, a Christmas hamper, a basket of spirits, a wine basket and others.

Tickets for the prize draw can already be purchased from Age Concern’s Day Centre or in one of the charity shops on Avenida del Mar in Los Montesinos or calle Patricia Zammit 41 in Torrevieja.

For refreshments you will be able to buy hot sausage rolls and cups of tea and mince pies will be on sale for one euro.

The money raised from the fair will go towards the maintenance of mobility aids, the running costs of Age Concern’s two vehicles as well as the upkeep of the centre.

Funds will continue to provide care for the most vulnerable and those in need over the age of 50.

The event should be an enjoyable morning that will get everyone into the Christmas spirit.

Big Radio Festive Food & Toy Appeal Big Radio Spain are launching our first ever Festive Food & Toy Appeal to help those in need here in the community.

We are looking to make up food packages for families and individuals who have difficulty in making ends meet over the festive period.

We are asking for donations of non-perishable foods that have long shelf lives e.g., pasta, tinned fruit or vegetables, tinned meat or fish, sugar, UHT milks, and other foods that would take the strain off the budget of those people that have little or nothing.

For the children of these families, we are asking for donations of toys or gifts. We only ask that they are wrapped with a label on stating whether it is for a boy or girl and age range, (e.g. Boy 7-9 Years) or even gift vouchers from any of the supermarkets or toy stores.

They don’t have to be big amounts, just remember anything is probably better than what they may receive for Christmas.

So, if you are shopping and can think of something that may make someone else’s

Christmas that little bit better, please throw it in your basket and drop it of at one of the drop off points.

If you would like to become involved in this appeal, please do get in contact with the staff at the studio. You may have an hour to sort goods that have been donated or have a public accessible area which could be a drop off point.

Maybe you know a local businesses that would like to become involved?

All assistance will be welcome.

The studios are at Calle Blanca 1, Ciudad Quesada and the opening hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 9am to 2pm. There is also a drop off point at The Food Cupboard in San Miguel de Salinas.

For more information please email info@bigfm.org or call the studio on 965020265

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Local woman to tackle Mount Everest Local woman Emma Mennie is taking on the incredible challenge of trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp. This is a 14 day, 130km hike, 8 of those days are spent getting up there including overnight stays for the acclimation process.

This once in a life time challenge is to raise as much money possible for Finca Castellana, a local animal rescue centre.

After visiting Finca Castellation on a charity dog walk, Emma decided to take part in helping them raise funds. Having lived in various countries around the world had always volunteered in dogs home and has re homed rescues herself.

Finca Castellana needs more than €3,000 each month just to

How you can also help

cover food and general care of the animals they are caring for and in the last few years they have had to fund themselves.

They have had around 600 animals left to them in the last four years and re-homed over 500 but that does not solve the problem. There is a continuous follow on of abandoned and injured animals every day, week, and month, all of which need the care that they deserve.

Emma is looking for sponsors, trainers anyone who can help her promote this event. Her aim is to create awareness and raise money and this can be done with quiz nights, raffles, charity sports events… .anything you can think of! If you want to take part in helping Emma please contact info@premiermovespain.com This trip is being paid for by Premier Removals so all donations go directly to this non profit registered charity.

Have a look at Premier Removals’ Facebook page for all the updates of Emma’s training (...they promise to publish all the sweat and tears photos too!) facebook.com/donate/285806 202054529/

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Ryanair sacks staff who staged photo of themselves sleeping on airport floor Ryanair has sacked the six cabin crew members who posed for a photo of themselves sleeping on the floor of Málaga airport after their flights were disrupted due to the effects of Hurricane Leslie on 13th October. The Portugal-based staff were revealed to have staged the image by the Irish

airline, which shared security camera footage of the incident.

The low-cost carrier has justified the sackings because the image, which quickly went viral on social media and was also published by media outlets, “damaged the reputation of the

company,” causing “an irreparable violation of trust” of the six employees.

The Spanish union SITCPLA responded to the disciplinary action by calling it “a new violation of all fundamental rights, not just as members of a union or as cabin crew or employees, but also as citizens.”

“Ryanair believes that it was damaged by the publication of that photo,” said Luciana Passo, the head of the SNPVAC cabin crew union in Portugal, “when it was nothing more than a display of the feelings of justified indignation by the members of the crew.”

The unions, who will appeal the sackings in the courts, say that the cabin crew members returned to Oporto the next day after the events of the photo “without proper rest, without sleeping at all,” and on the return flight to Portugal they were not given sandwiches or refreshments.

After the photo was revealed by Ryanair to have been staged, the unions – some of which had shared the image on social media – admitted that it was, in effect, a “visual staging” – but insisted that the employees had suffered appalling conditions overnight as a result of the disruption.

A total of 24 Ryanair staff – 16 cabin crew and eight pilots – spent 13 hours in a crew room given that the company did not arrange accommodation for them.

Ryanair has had a torrid year in terms of relations with its workforce, with a number of strikes taking place over an ongoing battle between crew and the airline over their conditions, with the carrier insisting staff be taken on via Irish contracts rather than those from the employee’s country of origin.

The company has since said that it will seek to reach an agreement with unions by Christmas on the issue.

Around the world with World Cruises are very much what the team at Worldwide Horizons are focusing on at the moment. With MSC about to launch their very first in Jan 2019, the offices in Benijófar and La Zenia both have clients ready to board for this 118 night epic journey which includes some

staggering 32,250 nautical miles taking in 6 continents and 32 countries. These lucky cruisers will, in effect, spend over 30% of the next year on this holiday of a lifetime.

The cruise sold out pretty quickly early 2017 when it was first announced, with the majority of it being from Barcelona to Barcelona, although there was the possibility to join the cruise for partial routes. Hardly surprising that it proved so popular considering that the cruise price also included 15 excursions and much, much more.

In fact, it has been such a success for MSC that they have launched another one for 2020, again with availability

quickly filling up, however there are still some cabins available. MSC Cruise members are also eligible for an extra discount, the level dependent on how many cruises they have previously undertaken.

The 2020 cruise has a very exciting itinerary and taking in some new destinations that the 2019 won´t include, so there will be no repetition for anyone that cruises on both.

World Cruises have proved so popular that Worldwide Horizons are offering cruises with Holland America, Princess, Cunard & Cruise and Martime too, the latter being a great deal as they offer a Buy One Get One Free on all cabin types.

What has surprised everyone is how fast these cruises do book up, with the best cabins and deals being available at the earliest opportunities. So if this is something on your bucket list, best get in touch with the team sooner, rather than later!

Contact them on travel@whtravel.es or call their offices in La Zenia and Benijófar for more information.

On top of any discounts offered by the cruise companies, Worldwide Horizons also offer further discounts, for example up to 1000€ discount per cabin on the MSC World Cruise. See their advert on page 7 for more details.

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Noel Edmonds beats Harry Redknapp to become the highest ever paid I’m A Celebrity contestant after securing £600K fee for late arrival Harry Redknapp had been dubbed the highest ever paid contestant to appear on I'm A Celebrity after securing a £500,000 pay-out for his appearance.

But it seems he has already been knocked off the top spot, as reports claim Noel Edmonds, 69, has managed to bag himself £600K for his late arrival on the show’s new series.

According to The Sun, Edmonds will be paid £100,000 more than the former football manager, with sources dubbing the Deal or No Deal host as bosses dream signing. It has been widely speculated that Noel will be I'm A Celeb’s late addition and will join the original ten stars once they have already set up camp.

Usually the show sees two celebrities enter the jungle at a later date, but show bosses have decided to cut back on numbers for the first time in 11 years, due to the expenses they have paid out already for this year’s stars.

Sources told the publication: ‘Bosses for I’m A Celebrity have been trying to sign Noel for years. He’s their dream signing.

‘They have really pushed the boat out this year in terms of signings and have spent more than ever before. They’ve spent so much that there’s only 11 contestants planned at the moment that’s the first time since 2007 it’s been so few, but the characters will make up for it.'

When rumours of Noel’s addition first surfaced this week, insiders claimed: 'Bosses think (Noel will) have loads of stories to tell and will be a great talker around the campfire.

‘They’ve been desperately trying to keep him under wraps as he’s the cherry on the top of the series for them’.

It’s claimed Noel has only agreed to sign up for I’m A Celebrity to publicly reveal the difficult time he has endured over the last few years, which saw him attempt to commit suicide. He is preparing to launch a claim of up to £300 million against Lloyds Banking Group, the owner of HBOS, in London’s High Court.

It’s Elton John Lewis! Singing legend is revealed as star of retailer’s £7million festive advert, telling the tear-jerking story of how he rose to stardom after unwrapping his first piano • John Lewis has taken its 2018 Christmas campaign in a new direction by choosing a big star at its heart • Your Song is the soundtrack to a festivetinged retrospective of Sir Elton John’s extraordinary life and career • Department store’s Christmas adverts have usually been built around cuddly animals and funny monsters • It harks back to Elton’s stadium tours, travelling on a private jet and playing gigs in a local pub as a teenager • Tearful end shows four-year-old Elton unwrapping his first piano given as a gift by his beloved grandmother • Stars and fans describe it as wonderful others point out that Elton is selling tour tickets and film out in 2019.

Bryan Ferry’s four sons join the singer at memorial service to pay agonising farewell to their mother Lucy Birley who died four months ago aged 58 following long-running battle with depression The family of socialite Lucy Birley turned out to bid their final farewells at a memorial service in Mayfair yesterday.

Former Vogue model Lucy, who was married to Roxy Music singer Bryan Ferry for 21 years, and was mother of his four sons - Otis, Isaac, Tara and Merlin - was found dead in July at a farmhouse in Ireland owned by her brother. She was 58 and had been suffering from depression.

There was standing room only at the Farm Street Church where interior designer Nicky Haslam gave an address and Lucy’s second husband, nightclub owner Robin Birley, gave a reading.

Her mother-in-law, Lady Annabel Goldsmith, sister-in-law Jemima and brother-in-law Zac wore sombre black.

Lucy’s third son, Tara, 28, read his own poem, For Mum. ‘I couldn’t be prouder of you,’ he said, wiping tears from his eyes.

‘The eternal love we share is our greatest gift. Forever beautiful. Forever loving.

Forever smiling.’

Lucy’s eldest son, huntsman Otis, 36, accompanied by girlfriend Lady Alice Manners, gave a moving tribute, revealing that his mother had left handwritten notes for all of her family.

‘My darling Otis,’ she wrote to him.

‘Please forgive me. I am so sorry that you are reading this, but I never wanted to grow old.’ Otis told the congregation: ‘Of course I forgive you.‘ We all forgive you.

I am missing you so much. I just wish I could have said goodbye.’

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Breakfast Island Medics Homes Under the Hammer A Matter of Life and Debt The Sheriffs are Coming Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food Make Me a Dealer Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders Holby City Informer BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Car Crash: Who’s Lying?

Stacey Dooley Investigates: Sex in Strange Places Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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A Matter of Life and Debt Escape to the Country MasterChef: The Professionals BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank The House That £100K Built Highlands - Scotland’s Wild Heart Yellowstone Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman’s House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals School I’ll Get This Newsnight NFL Made in Great Britain Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth?

Home Front Heroes This is BBC Two

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Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

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Eastenders Shirley returns to the square and is horrified by what she learns. Stacey discovers the truth about Martin’s betrayal.

Louise offers an olive branch to Keanu.

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Emmerdale Leyla has a crisis of conscience. Nicola and Robert join forces. Chas confides her feelings.

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Gogglebox The Sex Robots are Coming The Money Shot: Walter Presents Ramsay’s Hotel Hell Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it Building the Dream French Collection Fifteen to One Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures Countdown

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The Yorkshire Vet at the Great

8.00pm

Beyond 100 Days

8.30pm

University Challenge

9.00pm

The Story of Wales

10.00pm

Blood

10.00pm

The Quest for Bannockburn

11.00pm

The Outback Killer

11.00pm

Royal Cousins at War

12.05am

Killer Girlfriends

12.00am

Britain’s Lost Masterpieces

1.05am

Violent Child, Desperate Parents

1.00am

Lost Kingdoms of Central America

2.00am

Super Casino

2.00am

Horizon

4.10am

Robbing Your Relatives

3.00am

Ryan Gander: The Idea of Japan

5.00am

Inside Britain’s Biggest Mosque

4.00am

The Quest for Bannockburn

5.45am

Wildlife SOS

5.00am

This is BBC Four

6.10am

House Doctor

9.55am 10.30am 11.30am 12.35pm 1.05pm 1.35pm 2.10pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 3.40pm 4.15pm 4.50pm 5.20pm 5.50pm 6.55pm 7.55pm 8.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.05am 2.10am 3.15am

Food Unwrapped A Place in the Sun A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Escape to the Chateau: DIY The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet Grand Designs Escape to the Chateau Great Canal Journeys 24 Hours in A&E 999: On the Frontline 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown George Clarke’s Amazing Homes on Wheels 8 Out of 10 Cats

7.00am 7.45am 8.10am 8.30am 9.30am 10.30am 11.35am 12.40pm 1.45pm 2.50pm 3.50pm 4.55pm 6.00pm 7.05pm 7.35pm 8.05pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.05pm 11.10pm 12.40am 1.45am 2.50am 3.45am 4.00am

The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Made in Britain GoldenEye FYI Daily GoldenEye River Monsters The Sweeney Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

ITV3

9.00pm

www.costablancapeople.com

Yorkshire Show

More 4

4.15am

ITV4

Television: Wed. 21st November

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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 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.45pm 12.15am 1.15am 1.20am

BBC2

Breakfast Island Medics Homes Under the Hammer A Matter of Life and Debt The Sheriffs are Coming Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food Make Me a Dealer Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Watchdog Live The Apprentice BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather A Question of Sport Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7.30am 8.15am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.15pm 2.00pm 2.10pm 2.55pm 3.55pm 4.45pm 5.45pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.15am 1.20am 2.20am 2.50am 3.35am

ITV2 7.00am 7.50am 8.10am 9.00am 9.25am 10.25am 11.20am 11.50am 12.50pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.45pm 3.40pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 12.55am 1.55am 2.25am 3.20am 6.50am

7.00am 7.30am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Good Morning Sports Fans Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News at 5 Sky Sports News at 6 Sky Sports Tonight Sky Sports Tonight Sky Sports Tonight Sky Sports News at Ten Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News Sky Sports News

7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.10am 3.15am 4.10am 5.00am 5.40am 6.25am

Hollyoaks Mike and Molly Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine Fantastic Four The Big Bang Theory Married at First Sight USA The Inbetweeners Gogglebox First Dates Married at First Sight USA The Big Bang Theory Mike and Molly Rude(ish) Tube

Sky Movies Premiere Moana: Special

7.30am

Bent

9.20am

Mom and Dad

11.00am

Seven Days

1.00pm

Game Night

2.55pm

Bohemian Rhapsody: Special

3.25pm

The Christmas Cottage

5.10pm

The Grinch: Special

5.25pm

Bent

7.15pm

Mom and Dad

9.00pm

Game Night

10.45pm

Seven Days

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 11.35pm 11.45pm 12.45am 1.40am 4.00am 4.50am 6.05am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Paul O’grady: For the Love of Dogs Coronation Street I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Peston The Jonathan Ross Show Jackpot247 Marcella ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

Sky Sports 1

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You’ve Been Framed!

Britain’s Got Talent Emmerdale You’ve Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show Planet’s Got Talent I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

You’ve Been Framed!

Emmerdale You’ve Been Framed!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

You’ve Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Family Guy I’m a Celebrity ... Extra Camp Family Guy American Dad! Bordertown Two and a Half Men Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

7.00am

A Matter of Life and Debt Make Me a Dealer Great British Menu BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Lifeline Think Tank The House That £100K Built Coast Yellowstone Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman’s House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals The Contraceptive Pill: How Safe is it?

The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

Newsnight Louis Theroux’s Altered States: Choosing Death Avalanche: Making a Deadly Snowstorm The Lakes with Paul Rose Home Front Heroes This is BBC Two

12.30am

Corbin Nash

2.15am

Stephanie

3.45am

The Christmas Cottage

5.25am

A Bramble House Christmas

Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 1.10am 2.10am 3.10am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am

Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue Road Wars Babylon 5 Warehouse 13 NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 MacGyver Modern Family The Simpsons Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons DC’s Legends of Tomorrow The Last Ship Collateral Damage Micky Flanagan: Thinking Aloud The Russell Howard Hour Most Shocking Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Babylon 5 Futurama

7.00am

Classic Coronation Street

7.25am

Classic Coronation Street

7.55am

Heartbeat

8.55am

The Royal

10.00am

Judge Judy

10.30am

Judge Judy

11.00am

Judge Judy

11.25am

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

1.35pm

The Royal

2.40pm

Heartbeat

3.40pm

Classic Coronation Street

4.15pm

Classic Coronation Street

4.50pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

6.55pm

Heartbeat

8.00pm

Murder, She Wrote

E4

Emmerdale Nicola and Robert’s plan goes ahead.

Paddy fears for his relationship. Tracy seeks a new direction.

7.30am 7.55am 8.20am 8.45am 9.10am 9.40am 10.05am 10.40am 11.05am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.05pm 2.05pm 3.10pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.40am 4.05am 5.00am 5.55am 6.50am

9.00pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

10.00pm

Vera

12.00am

In Plain Sight

1.05am

Law and Order: UK

2.05am

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

3.00am

ITV3 Nightscreen

3.30am

Teleshopping

Hollyoaks Donna Marie’s daughter Juliet is joining Hollyoaks High. Damon tries to play matchmaker with Sienna and Brody, while James is organising a networking event at The Hutch.

3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 News A New Life in the Sun Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Secret Life of the Zoo Grand Designs Trans Kids 24 Hours in A&E Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure Evil Dead Unreported World Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it French Collection Fifteen to One Countdown

BBC 4 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.20am 4.20am

ITV3

SOAP watch

Coronation Street Duncan twists the knife as Sally’s trial begins. A jealous Gemma accuses Chesney of treachery. Phil orders Brian to oversee the school’s Christmas production. Paula and Sophie seek a crucial alibi for Sally. Phil brings down the curtain on Brian’s theatrical ambitions.

Spike's confession shocks Gemma

Channel 4

Beyond 100 Days University Challenge Invasion! With Sam Willis The Quest for Bannockburn Britain’s Nuclear Bomb: The Inside Story Sleuths, Spies and Sorcerers: Andrew Marr’s Paperback Heroes British Empire: Heroes and Villains - A Timewatch Guide Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence The Quest for Bannockburn This is BBC Four

Channel 5 7.00am

Mofy

7.05am

Peppa Pig

7.10am

Peppa Pig

7.15am

Luo Bao Bei

7.30am

The Secret Life of Puppies

7.35am

Wissper

7.40am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

7.55am

Thomas and Friends

8.05am

Fireman Sam

8.15am

Shane the Chef

8.35am

Peppa Pig

8.45am

Peppa Pig

8.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

9.05am

Paw Patrol

9.25am

Floogals

9.40am

Shimmer and Shine

9.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

10.05am

Peppa Pig

10.15am

Jeremy Vine

12.15pm

Christmas Getaway

1.45pm

Make You Laugh Out Loud

2.10pm

5 News Lunchtime

2.15pm

Home and Away

2.45pm

Neighbours

3.15pm

12 Gifts of Christmas

5.00pm

Friends

5.30pm

Friends

6.00pm

5 News at 5

6.30pm

Neighbours

7.00pm

Home and Away

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

FIA World Rally Championship

9.00pm

GPs: Behind Closed Doors

10.00pm

Blood

11.00pm

Bride 23, Groom 68: Big Age Gap Love

12.05am

The Hangover Part III

2.00am

Super Casino

4.10am

100 Years of the RAF

5.00am

Never Teach Your Wife to Drive

5.45am

Wildlife SOS

6.10am

House Doctor

6.35am

House Doctor

7.00am 7.45am 8.10am 8.30am 9.30am 10.30am 11.35am 12.40pm 1.45pm 2.50pm 3.50pm 4.55pm 6.00pm 7.05pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 12.10am 1.10am 2.10am 3.15am 4.00am

The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special Britain’s Busiest Airport - Heathrow Death Race FYI Daily Death Race The Sweeney Minder Lethal Weapon Teleshopping

Highlights

More 4 9.55am 10.30am 11.30am 12.35pm 1.05pm 1.35pm 2.10pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 3.40pm 4.15pm 4.50pm 5.20pm 5.50pm 6.55pm 7.55pm 8.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.05am 2.05am 3.00am 4.10am

Food Unwrapped A Place in the Sun A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Escape to the Chateau: DIY The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet Grand Designs Titanic: The New Evidence Jutland: WWI’s Greatest Sea Battle 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Ugly House to Lovely House with George Clarke 8 Out of 10 Cats

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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

BBC2

Breakfast Island Medics Homes Under the Hammer A Matter of Life and Debt The Sheriffs are Coming Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors Impossible Escape to the Country The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food Make Me a Dealer Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders Salisbury Nerve Agent Attack - the Inside Story Ambulance BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Question Time This Week Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

7.30am 8.15am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.45pm 3.45pm 4.45pm 5.45pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.15am 1.15am 2.15am 3.15am 4.00am

ITV2 7.00am 7.50am 8.10am 9.00am 9.25am 10.25am 11.20am 11.50am 12.50pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.45pm 3.40pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.30pm 12.35am 1.00am 1.55am 2.25am 2.55am 3.20am 6.50am

A Matter of Life and Debt Make Me a Dealer MasterChef: The Professionals BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank The House That £100k Built Highlands - Scotland’s Wild Heart India: Nature’s Wonderland Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman’s House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals Inside the Foreign Office Live at the Apollo Newsnight Surgeons: At the Edge of Life The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story Louis Theroux’s Altered States: Love Without Limits Home Front Heroes This is BBC Two

7.00am

Stephanie

8.45am

Black Panther: Special

9.15am

Bent

11.05am

The Christmas Cottage

12.50pm

Game Night

2.45pm

Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald: Behind the Scenes

3.15pm

Mom and Dad

5.05pm

The Grinch: Special

5.25pm

Corbin Nash

7.15pm

Bent

9.00pm

Game Night

11.00pm

Thumper

12.40am

Mom and Dad

2.25am

Corbin Nash

4.15am

Top Ten Show, the 2018

4.30am

Seven Days

6.30am

Bohemian Rhapsody: Special

Live European Tour Golf

9.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans

10.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm

Match Centre Match Centre Sky Sports News Sky Sports News

3.00pm

To be Announced

6.00pm

Live NFL: Atlanta @ New Orleans

10.30pm

Live ICC Womens World T20

12.30am

Live ICC Womens World T20

4.30am

ICC Cricket 360

5.00am

Cricket

7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 12.10am 1.05am 2.10am 3.10am 4.05am 4.25am 4.50am 5.35am 6.15am

Hollyoaks Mike and Molly Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey The Big Bang Theory The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Brooklyn Nine-Nine The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon Happy Together New Girl The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory Rude Tube Gogglebox First Dates Happy Together New Girl The Big Bang Theory Mike and Molly Rude(ish) Tube

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.30pm 12.00am 12.20am 1.20am 4.00am 4.25am 6.05am

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Tenable Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Trump and the Truth: America’s Conspiracy Wars - Tonight Emmerdale Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

ITV News ITV News London Tonight at the London Palladium Jackpot247 Trump and the Truth: America’s Conspiracy Wars - Tonight ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 2.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.30am 1.30am 2.00am 2.30am 3.00am 3.50am 5.00am 6.00am

Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue Road Wars Babylon 5 Warehouse 13 NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 MacGyver Modern Family The Simpsons Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Flash A League of Their Own The Russell Howard Hour The Reluctant Landlord An Idiot Abroad Road Wars A League of Their Own A League of Their Own Most Shocking The Heist Babylon 5 Futurama

7.00am

Classic Coronation Street

7.25am

Classic Coronation Street

7.55am

Heartbeat

9.00am

The Royal

10.05am

Judge Judy

10.30am

Judge Judy

11.00am

Judge Judy

11.30am

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

1.30pm

The Royal

2.35pm

Heartbeat

3.40pm

Classic Coronation Street

4.15pm

Classic Coronation Street

4.45pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

6.55pm

Heartbeat

8.00pm

Murder, She Wrote

E4

SOAP watch

Eastenders Keanu is confused by Sharon’s confession. Shirley sees red when Linda tries to take control. Kim gets revenge on Ian.

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

Sky Sports 1

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You’ve Been Framed!

Britain’s Got Talent Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Planet’s Got Talent I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

You’ve Been Framed!

Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

You’ve Been Framed!

Two and a Half Men Family Guy I’m a Celebrity ... Extra Camp Family Guy American Dad! Bordertown Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

Emmerdale Chas reaches breaking point. An intruder is revealed. Nicola considers her plan to work part time. Chas receives food for thought. Pollard revisits his past. Frank confronts Clive.

Hollyoaks James vows to be a better dad than Mac could ever be. Louis asks Prince what’s wrong, and Prince opens up about how terrified he is about the lump he has.

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Channel 4 7.30am 7.55am 8.20am 8.45am 9.10am 9.35am 10.05am 10.35am 11.05am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.05pm 2.05pm 3.10pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.05am 1.35am 2.30am 3.25am 4.20am 5.15am 5.40am 5.55am 6.35am 6.50am

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

10.00pm

Vera

12.00am

A Touch of Frost

2.05am

Liverpool 1

3.00am

ITV3 Nightscreen

3.30am

Teleshopping

3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun 3rd Rock from the Sun Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Frasier Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA The Simpsons The Simpsons Channel 4 News A New Life in the Sun Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News George Clarke’s Old House, New Home The First Naked Attraction First Dates Random Acts Trans Kids Lego Masters Walks with My Dog Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it Buy it Now Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free Fifteen to One Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free Kirstie’s Vintage Gems

BBC 4 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm

2.30am 3.30am 4.30am

Beyond 100 Days The Sky at Night The Most Courageous Raid of WWII Tomorrow’s World Live: For One Night Only The Wonderful World of Blood with Michael Mosley Andrew Marr: My Brain and Me Tunes for Tyrants: Music and Power with Suzy Klein Invasion! With Sam Willis The Most Courageous Raid of WWII This is BBC Four

9.55am 10.30am 11.30am 12.35pm 1.05pm 1.35pm 2.10pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 3.40pm 4.15pm 4.50pm 5.20pm 5.50pm 6.55pm 7.55pm 8.55pm 10.00pm 11.05pm 12.10am 1.15am 2.10am 3.15am 4.20am

Food Unwrapped A Place in the Sun A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Escape to the Chateau: DIY The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet Grand Designs Berlin Station 24 Hours in A&E 24 Hours in A&E Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 24 Hours in A&E Berlin Station Food Unwrapped

11.30pm 12.30am 1.30am

ITV3

9.00pm

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Channel 5 7.00am

Mofy

7.05am

Peppa Pig

7.10am

Peppa Pig

7.15am

Luo Bao Bei

7.30am

The Secret Life of Puppies

7.35am

Wissper

7.40am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

7.55am

Thomas and Friends

8.05am

Fireman Sam

8.15am

Shane the Chef

8.35am

Peppa Pig

8.45am

Peppa Pig

8.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

9.05am

Paw Patrol

9.25am

Floogals

9.40am

Shimmer and Shine

9.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

10.05am

Peppa Pig

10.15am

Jeremy Vine

12.15pm

The Sweetest Christmas

1.55pm

Britain’s Greatest Bridges

2.10pm

5 News Lunchtime

2.15pm

Home and Away

2.45pm

Neighbours

3.15pm

Back to Christmas

5.00pm

Friends

5.30pm

Friends

6.00pm

5 News at 5

6.30pm

Neighbours

7.00pm

Home and Away

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

Esther Rantzen’s House Trap

9.00pm

Shop Smart, Save Money:

10.00pm

Blood

11.00pm

Tortured by Mum and Dad?

12.05am

Young, Dumb and Banged Up

Black Friday Special

- The Turpin 13 in the Sun 1.00am

Super Casino

4.10am

Portillo’s Hidden History of Britain

5.00am

My Mum’s Hotter Than Me!

5.45am

Wildlife SOS

6.10am

House Doctor

7.00am 7.45am 8.10am 8.30am 9.25am 10.30am 11.35am 12.40pm 1.50pm 2.50pm 3.55pm 5.00pm 6.05pm 7.10pm 7.35pm 8.05pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 12.10am 1.15am 2.20am 3.15am 3.45am 4.00am

The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Storage Wars Storage Wars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Devon and Cornwall Cops Devon and Cornwall Cops Inside London Fire Brigade High Plains Drifter FYI Daily High Plains Drifter The Professionals The Americans The Protectors ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Weather network grows

HELP FOR THE ELDERLY

The town of Rafal has become the latest town to boast a state of the art weather station.

The move follows an agreement signed between the town hall and MeteOrihuela with the objective of gathering temperature readings and rainfall measurements in the municipality.

Thanks to the new agreement, Rafal now has a professional weather observatory through which all kinds of data will be gathered and recorded.

The new equipment will monitor temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, UV index, solar radiation and more.

Thanks to the latest technology, all of the data being recorded can be consulted in real time through the town hall website.

In addition, users will be able to see daily, weekly and monthly data.

Rafal is the latest town to become part of the MeteOrihuela network with weather stations already in place in areas such as Orihuela, Playa Flamenca, Albatera, Redován, Catral, Almoradí and Guardamar del Segura.

It is hoped that the data gathered will be useful in future weather studies in the Vega Baja region.

What will be very interesting to local residents it that the new device can be used to record singular weather phenomena so if an individual needs proof of extreme weather for an insurance claim, the information will be available at their fingertips through the MeteOrihuela network, accessible through the Rafal town hall website.

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The Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana, and the Councillor of Social Welfare, Sabina-Goretti Galindo, have announced that the Local Government Board will shortly approve the bases of the subsidy for the granting of individual aid to elderly people.

This is the first time that the City of Orihuela takes forward this line of subsidies “aimed at a group as important as the Third Age and who so need our help,” said the Mayor, who also added that these grants have a total budget of 300,000 euros. Emilio Bascuñana said: “We comply with our commitment to the group of elderly people covering a need that other administrations do not cover”.

Councillor Galindo noted that these grants are included in the budgets of 2018 and that “respond to some needs that we will cover from Social Welfare for the acquisition of orthopaedic materials, as well as for the adaptation of the homes of the elderly to improve function and quality of life”.

The Mayor explained that older people can opt for this financial aid to allocate for example to adapt the toilet or the bathroom, widen and change doors, place handrails, construction and placement of ramps, elimination of interior and exterior steps, as well as non-slip floor installation.

Life of Spain PM threatened by weapons enthusiast A man who owned an “arsenal of weapons” was arrested in September for threatening to kill Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, officials have said.

The man was detained in the north-eastern city of Terrassa in Catalonia, the region’s Mossos d’Esquadra police force said on Twitter.

The 63-year-old Spaniard wanted to kill Sanchez because he was furious at the prime minister’s move to exhume late dictator Francisco Franco from his highprofile resting place near Madrid, Mossos spokesman Albert Oliva told reporters. He owned “a total of 16 weapons,” he said.

News of the arrest in September only emerged recently after daily Publico broke the story, saying that among the suspect’s weapons were sniper rifles and a submachine gun.

The man, who has not been identified and is currently in custody, had “the clear intention to carry out actions against the prime minister and he was only lacking logistical support,” Oliva said. As such, he looked for help in messenger chats and social media, saying he was “willing to make a sacrifice for Spain.”

Catalonia’s high court said he is suspected of “conspiring to wage an attack against authorities using weapons.”The man is also accused

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The Spanish government said in a statement that the prime minister’s security “had never been compromised.”

“We consider it an isolated incident,” government spokeswoman Isabel Celaa told reporters, calling for “serenity and caution.”

According to a judicial ruling revealed by the high court, the suspect had asked a member of Spain’s small, far-right party Vox for help with the killing via WhatsApp messages.

In a statement, Vox said one of its local coordinators “alerted authorities of this plan,” adding that the suspect was never a party member.

Sanchez has made exhuming Franco’s embalmed body from the grandiose Valley of the Fallen basilica where he currently rests near Madrid one of his priorities since he came to power in June.

The issue has taken centre stage in Spain. Sanchez wants to move the former dictator’s remains to a more discreet spot where it will be harder for Franco followers to pay homage.

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Record breaking month for wind power in Spain

Rajoy’s PP administration may have shunted wind power into the doldrums, but this squeaky clean source of energy is back on the map with the amount of electricity generated by turbines in October breaking all records for that month and contributing to a 5.3 percent PVPC saving for the consumer, the Business Windpower Association said.

Adding to this gale of good news, wind went from covering 12.2 percent of total demand on the Iberian Peninsula in September to 20.6 percent in October, contributing to a 8.7 percent drop in the price of the so-called pool – the wholesale price of energy.

This surge has also meant that the monthly CO2 emissions from electricity on the Peninsula dropped to the lowest for the month of October since 2010.

“Wind is once again the main source of energy during various quarters,” said Spain’s Windpower Monthly correspondent, Michael McGovern, who adds that Spain was the only country in the world to have wind as its main source of power in 2013, just before Rajoy’s moratorium took effect.

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BA,owner of Iberia in talks with EU and government over Brexit Brexit is fast approaching, and the uncertainty about what will happen the day after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union is growing.

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n the absence of a deal setting out exactly what the country’s relationship will be with the other 27 countries in the bloc after 29th March, 2019, the parent group of Spanish airlines Iberia and Vueling, International Airline Group (IAG), is negotiating against the clock to prevent the divorce from affecting its business. The group – which also owns British Airways and Aer Lingus, and is legally based in Spain but controlled by British capital – is in talks with the Spanish government and the European Commission to try to ensure that IAG continues to be considered an EU-based company, and as such covered by community rules.

Since the start of the Brexit process – when 51 percent of participants opted to leave the EU in a 2016 plebiscite – the airline industry has been considered a priority. Aware that the unknowns surrounding IAG’s two Spanish brands, Iberia and Vueling, were damaging both airlines, Spain was one of the countries that put on most pressure in Brussels to try to achieve this distinction.

At the time, few politicians entertained the thought of a “no deal” Brexit, nor did IAG take great steps to clarify what its situation would be in the instance that it was left as a company belonging to a third country outside the EU. But as the date of the divorce looms, nerves have increased, and talks with the Spanish government and Brussels have been pushed for mostly

by Iberia. According to three government sources and one from the EU, it will be Brussels that will have to ratify the nationality of the group.

The management of IAG and the Public Works Ministry have exchanged a number of letters in which they have been analyzing this strategy. One of them, dated 1st October and sent to the chairman of the group, Antonio Vázquez, confirms the contact with the European Commission to “deal with the impact of Brexit on the ownership and control of the IAG group airlines based in Spain.”

According to this text, the government has conveyed to Brussels the efforts of the group to meet the European regulations that set out the criteria for an airline or group to be considered as European: it must have its main headquarters in a member state, and be majority owned or controlled by a person or entity based in the EU. Brussels has doubts as to whether IAG meets this last condition, while the company claims it does.

While all sources consulted trust that there will be a deal between the EU and the UK that sees the airline sector protected from the effects of Brexit, the risks remain high. “It should not be overlooked that the companies from the IAG group must, just like any other EU aerospace company, take the necessary steps to ensure that all regulations are complied with after the United Kingdom leaves the EU, and thus guarantee the maintenance of its operating license,” the letter from the Public Works Ministry reads.

Thanks to its current membership of the European single market, British airlines can operate in the rest of the EU without having to request prior approval.

They can also do so in 17 other non-EU countries, thanks to deals signed by the bloc. Among these is the United States, a key market, and one that is covered by the

European “open skies” agreement. When the UK is no longer subject to this EU legislation, the British authorities will have to draw up new deals with the EU and those 17 countries, which also include Canada and Morocco. Airlines that are dependent on British legislation will be bound by whether or not those deals are signed.

The Public Works Ministry reveals in its letter that IAG had not initially considered the risks of the group being linked to a third country after the British divorce. “The Commission received this news with satisfaction, given that it was not aware that IAG was being sufficiently active to deal with the risks posed by this exceptional situation.”

European and British ownership and control rules after Brexit,” it has limited itself to saying. This plan will be presented in the coming days, according to government sources.

The government’s initial suggestion was for changes to be made to the business structure in order to ensure that European control takes precedence. IAG will now have to communicate to Brussels the precise plan it has in mind.

Magic The CEO of the group, Willie Walsh, brushed off the uncertainty. Asked by the Financial Times how he was going to show Brussels that the group should be considered European after Brexit, he answered: “Magic.” An EU source with knowledge of the situation said that the group was in “a state of negotiations” until recently.

The group continues to express its confidence that an ambitious agreement on air travel will be reached within the Brexit framework. “Even if there is no deal, both the EU and the United Kingdom have said that they will apply an agreement that will allow for flights to continue,” said an IAG spokesperson. As for the three-way talks with the Spanish government and the European Commission, the same source said: “IAG has had significant involvement with all of the relevant regulators and governments, and will continue to do so.”

The group refuses to give any clues about what it is doing to prove that it is Spanish. “We trust that we will meet

“Even if there is no deal, both the EU and the United Kingdom have said that they will apply an agreement that will allow for flights to continue.”

Spain’s richest and poorest towns revealed Spain’s wealthiest and most hard-up towns have been revealed, with similar results to the last study, in August 2016, which put the Madrid 'celebrity belt' satellite town of Pozuelo de Alarcón as the richest in the country.

Home to footballers, actors, politicians and property tycoons, many of whom live in gated urbanisations – particularly the luxury complex known as La Finca, the most élite housing estate in the country – each resident in Pozuelo de Alarcón earns a gross average of €72,993 per year.

This is up from €70,298 in 2016, showing the town's inhabitants are not suffering the effects of wage cuts – and, in fact, according to tax office data, not a single person in Pozuelo is registered as unemployed.

Contrast this with the village of Zahínos in the far-western land-locked region of Extremadura – sitting in the province of Badajoz just a few kilometres from the Portuguese border, its 2,819 inhabitants live off the coal industry and their gross average income per head is just €11,166 – below the tax threshold, meaning a monthly income of just €863.60 compared with Pozuelo's €4,136.20.

Once again, the wealthiest towns in Spain are those within roughly a 40kilometre radius of Barcelona and Madrid: Pozuelo is just 27 kilometres north-west

of the city, whilst the second-richest town, Matadepera, is 31 kilometres outside of Barcelona with a gross annual per capita income of €54,113, taking over from Majadahonda, 32 kilometres to the north of Madrid, whose annual per-head income has gone down from €56,000 in 2016 to around €51,000 in 2018.

Number six is the only exception – the sole town in the top 10 wealthiest in Spain outside of a 40-kilometre radius of Madrid or Barcelona is the Valencian town of Rocafort, which has started making real money from the services industries, abandoning its traditional trades of farming, stone and marble mining, and whose residents now declare average perhead earnings of €51,056 a year.

Living in a town in the same region as one of Spain's largest two cities does not automatically translate to wealth: Cenicientos, in the Greater Madrid region, averages an annual gross income per resident of €16,736, or about €1,172.50 per month, assuming these earnings come from employment rather than selfemployment, in which case they would drop to €906.59 a month.

Catalunya residents are less likely to be well-off if they live a long distance from the Barcelona metropolitan area: in the southernmost province of Tarragona, inhabitants of Batea earn just €15,339 per year, translating to a monthly income of

€1,091 if employed, or €807.63 if selfemployed.

Balearics After Madrid and Catalunya, the richest region is the Balearic Islands – probably fruit of its thriving mainstream tourist industry and its high-end celebrity holidaymaker culture, given that some of Spain's most expensive homes are in these islands, principally in Ibiza. Here, the wealthiest town is the picturesque enclave of Valldemossa, Mallorca, with a gross annual income of €39,689, and even in the poorest town in the region, earnings are higher than Extremadura's average.

In terms of mean average wages, Asturias is the fourth-wealthiest with a figure of €25,502 per person per year, although its richest municipality, Oviedo, has an average individual wage of €28,851, beaten by several others in different regions which break the €30,000 barrier. Those who live in Asturias' poorest town, Villayón, earn just €14,888 per year.

Cantabria is the fifth-richest region in terms of average earnings, which currently sit at €24,989 per person per year, with Santa Cruz de Bezana being its wealthiest town with wages of €30,432 per capita, two-and-a-half times those of the poorest town of Soba, where average gross earnings are just €12,815 a year.

The Comunidad Valenciana squeezes in seventh, largely thanks to Rocafort's €51,000 a year, forcing the average annual pay up to €23,436.

Whilst Torrevieja, in the far south of the region, was named Spain's poorest town in 2016 with average earnings a few euros under €14,000, this research was based upon municipalities of roughly 50,000 to 100,000 or more inhabitants; current figures show the poorest location in the Comunidad Valenciana is the hinterland village of Venta del Moro in the far west, where residents earn just €13,396 per year, or just €1 per year less than in Torrevieja.

The two middle-of-the-road regions in terms of income in Spain are the Canary Islands, with salaries of a typical €23,243 per annum, rising to €35,904 in Santa Brígida and falling to €13,603 in Garafía, and Castilla y León at €23,119, rising to €38,394 in Simancas (Valladolid province) and falling to €14,055 in Casavieja (Ávila province).

Bottom half Despite being home to one of the wealthiest towns in the country – Oleiros (A Coruña province) being Spain's 11th richest with gross earnings of €40,385 per annum – Galicia is in the lower half of the earning scale by regions at €22,762 per annum, and in its poorest town, Cervantes

(Lugo province), residents earn €12,054 a year.

Murcia, despite being an excellent tourism destination thanks to the thermal waters of the Mar Menor, its proliferation of spas and luxury golf courses and swathes of urbanisations, comes 11th out of 17 regions with average earnings of €22,286 per annum, up to €27,000 in Molina de Segura and down to €15,022 in Albudeite.

And although residents in Tomares (Sevilla province) earn a lucrative €33,637 per annum, Andalucía – a thriving tourism hotspot with excellent beaches and home to the celebrity getaway town of Marbella – comes 12th out of 17 with an average annual income of €21,799, and its poorest town is Puerto Serrano (Cádiz province), where residents earn €13,342 per year.

Data were not available for the Basque Country, Navarra and La Rioja, which may have slotted in with the above list displacing wealthier regions and pushing them further down, but based upon the remaining 14, Castilla-La Mancha is second from bottom, with gross annual earnings of €21,449 – nearly €10,000 lower than the central region's wealthiest town of Cabanillas del Campo (Guadalajara province) at €31,283, and almost €10,000 higher than its poorest town, Nerpio (Albacete province), where residents earn €12,582 per year.

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Emmerdale Paddy searches his soul. An act of kindness causes friction. Clive’s true colours emerge.

Coronation Street Abi and Sally collude to carry out Sophie’s plan. Cathy worries about the pressures of work on Brian. Emma fears that Gemma has designs on Chesney.

Duncan’s story convinces Gina to take action. Cathy urges Brian to stand up to Phil. Angie hinders Mary’s efforts to trace Jude.

Channel 5

7.05am

Countdown

7.00am

Mofy

7.45am

3rd Rock from the Sun

7.05am

Peppa Pig

8.05am

3rd Rock from the Sun

7.10am

Peppa Pig

8.30am

3rd Rock from the Sun

7.15am

Luo Bao Bei

8.55am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.30am

The Secret Life of Puppies

9.20am

Everybody Loves Raymond

9.55am

Formula 1

7.35am

Wissper

11.35am

Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

7.40am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

12.30pm

The Simpsons

7.55am

Thomas and Friends

12.55pm

Channel 4 News

8.05am

Fireman Sam

1.00pm

A New Life in the Sun

8.15am

Shane the Chef

1.55pm

Formula 1

8.35am

Peppa Pig

4.00pm

Fifteen to One

8.45am

Peppa Pig

5.00pm

A Place in the Sun

8.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

6.00pm

Four in a Bed

9.05am

Paw Patrol

6.30pm

Come Dine with Me

9.25am

Floogals

7.00pm

The Simpsons

9.40am

Shimmer and Shine

7.30pm

Hollyoaks

9.55am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

8.00pm

Channel 4 News

10.05am

Peppa Pig

8.30pm

Unreported World

10.15am

Jeremy Vine

9.00pm

Alone at Home

12.15pm

Merry Ex-Mas

10.00pm

Gogglebox

1.55pm

Cruising with Jane McDonald

11.00pm

The Last Leg

12.05am

Naked Attraction

2.10pm

5 News Lunchtime

1.10am

Speed 2: Cruise Control

2.15pm

Home and Away

3.15am

The First

2.45pm

Neighbours

3.15pm

Finding Father Christmas

4.05am

On the Edge

4.30am

Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it

5.00pm

Friends

5.25am

Food Unwrapped

5.30pm

Friends

5.55am

Fifteen to One

6.00pm

5 News at 5

6.45am

Kirstie’s Fill Your House for Free

6.30pm

Neighbours

7.00pm

Home and Away

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

The Gadget Show

BBC 4 8.00pm

World News Today

9.00pm

Britain by Boat

8.30pm

Top of the Pops

10.00pm

Blood

9.00pm

The Live Lounge Show

11.00pm

Air Force One

10.00pm

David Cassidy: The Last Session

1.25am

Police Interceptors

11.25pm

Country Music Awards 2018

12.25am

Country and Beyond with the Shires

1.25am

Country at the BBC

2.25am

Top of the Pops

3.00am

Depeche Mode at the BBC

4.00am

2.15am

Super Casino

4.10am

The Yorkshire Vet at the Great Yorkshire Show

5.00am

GPs: Behind Closed Doors

The Live Lounge Show

5.45am

Wildlife SOS

5.00am

This is BBC Four

6.10am

House Doctor

9.55am 10.30am 11.30am 12.35pm 1.05pm 1.35pm 2.10pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 3.40pm 4.15pm 4.50pm 5.20pm 5.50pm 6.55pm 7.55pm 8.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.05am 2.05am 3.05am 4.10am

Food Unwrapped A Place in the Sun A Place in the Sun Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Escape to the Chateau: DIY The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet Grand Designs Shades of Guilt 24 Hours in A&E 24 Hours in A&E Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 24 Hours in A&E 8 Out of 10 Cats

7.00am

The Chase

8.00am

Pawn Stars

8.30am

Kojak

ITV3

SOAP watch

Eastenders Following his return, Phil is on the warpath. Stuart charms Dot into giving him information.

Channel 4

39

More 4

ITV4 9.30am

Quincy, M.E.

10.35am

Minder

11.35am

The Sweeney

12.40pm

The Professionals

1.45pm

Darts

6.00pm

The Professionals

7.00pm

Storage Wars

7.30pm

Storage Wars

8.00pm

Darts

12.00am

The Glimmer Man

1.00am

FYI Daily

1.05am

The Glimmer Man

1.55am

The Professionals

3.00am

Minder

3.55am

ITV4 Nightscreen

4.00am

Teleshopping

40

Television: Sat. 24th November BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

7.00am

Breakfast

7.40am

Top Class

7.00am

Children’s programmes

11.00am

Saturday Kitchen Live

8.10am

All Over the Place

10.25am

ITV News

12.30pm

Classic Mary Berry

8.40am

Wild and Weird 2

1.00pm

Football Focus

8.55am

Show Me What You’re Made of

2.00pm

BBC News

9.25am

Got What it Takes?

2.15pm

Bargain Hunt

10.00am

Super Smart Animals

3.00pm

Rugby Union

5.30pm

Final Score

6.10pm 6.20pm

10.30am

Saturday Morning with James Martin

12.40pm

Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape

1.10pm

The X Factor

11.00am

Bearwalker of the Northwoods

2.10pm

ITV Lunchtime News

12.00pm

Homes Under the Hammer

2.30pm

ITV Racing: Live from Haydock

1.00pm

Rick Stein From Venice to Istanbul

5.00pm

The Chase

BBC News

2.00pm

Talking Pictures

Regional News and Weather

2.45pm

Move Over, Darling

6.30pm

The Time it Takes

4.30pm

Flog It!

7.00pm

Pointless

5.15pm

Make Me a Dealer

CostaBlancaPeople 20th-26th November

9.10pm

Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show

10.10pm

Casualty

9.30pm

Dad’s Army

10.30pm

I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

10.00pm

Evita: The Making of a Superstar

11.30pm

11.00pm

QI XL

11.45pm

Snowfall

Shimmer and Shine

1.35am

Jackpot247

5.35pm

Location, Location, Location

10.00am

Pirata and Capitano

10.15am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

6.40pm

Channel 4 News

10.30am

Floogals

7.10pm

Rugby Union

10.50am

Paw Patrol

9.30pm

John and Yoko: Above Us Only Sky

11.00am

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja

11.20pm

The Other Woman

1.30am

Criminal

11.35am

Make You Laugh Out Loud

3.20am

Hollyoaks Omnibus

11.55am

The Secret Life of Puppies

12.40pm

A Prince for Christmas

2.25pm

Miss Christmas

4.00am

Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs

4.25am

ITV Nightscreen

Sky Sports 1

5.15am

Cricket

7.00am 8.35am 9.05am 9.35am 10.40am 11.45am 1.20pm 3.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 11.50pm 12.50am 1.55am 2.25am 2.55am 3.55am 4.45am 5.10am 5.30am 6.20am

The Dog Who Saved the Holidays Prep and Landing Prand Landing: Naughty v Nice Couples Come Dine with Me Made in Chelsea Rugrats Go Wild Small Soldiers Brooklyn Nine-Nine Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Transporter Gogglebox Gogglebox The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners Rude Tube Gogglebox Happy Together New Girl Don’t Tell the Bride Rude(ish) Tube

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

Mom and Dad

8.45am

Game Night

10.40am

The Grinch: Special

11.00am

Maya the Bee: The Honey Games

12.40pm

Father Figures

2.50pm

Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald: Special

3.10pm

Bent

5.00pm

Mom and Dad

6.45pm

Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald: Behind the Scenes

7.15pm

Maya the Bee: The Honey Games

9.00pm

Father Figures

11.00pm

Game Night

12.45am

Corbin Nash

2.35am

Thumper

4.25am

Top Ten Show, the 2018

4.45am

The Christmas Cottage

6.30am

Bohemian Rhapsody: Special

movie PICK

Sky 1 7.00am 7.30am 8.00am 9.00am 10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.55pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 6.15pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 12.30am 1.30am 2.40am 3.35am 4.30am 5.00am

Futurama Futurama Supergirl The Flash The Simpsons The Simpsons Soccer A.M. Football’s Funniest Moments Live Abu Dhabi F1 GP:Quali Preshow Live Abu Dhabi F1 GP: Qualifying Duck Quacks Don’t Echo Gillette Soccer Saturday Premier League Greatest Games The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons An Idiot Abroad The Perfect Storm The Russell Howard Hour The Heist The Last Ship S.W.A.T. Road Wars Futurama

7.00am

Judge Judy

7.20am

Murder, She Wrote

8.10am

Columbo: Playback

9.50am

The Mirror Crack’d

12.00pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

2.00pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

4.00pm

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

6.00pm

Lewis

8.00pm

Midsomer Murders

E4

10.00pm

Midsomer Murders

12.00am

Vera

2.00am

On the Buses

2.30am

On the Buses

3.00am

ITV3 Nightscreen

3.30am

Teleshopping

WHITE HOUSE DOWN 11.10pm Channel 5

While on a tour of the White House with his young daughter, a Capitol policeman springs into action to save his child and protect the president from a heavily armed group of paramilitary invaders.

Turtles

5.30am

Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it

6.25am

Kirstie’s Vintage Gems

4.10pm

Rocky Mountain Christmas

6.45am

King of Queens

6.00pm

The Family Man

8.20pm

Shop Smart, Save Money:

9.10pm

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take it Away!

10.05pm

5 News Weekend

10.10pm

Revealed

11.10pm

White House Down

1.45am

Mobs and Yobs: Caught on Camera

BBC 4 8.00pm

The Secret History of Our Streets

9.00pm

Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

10.00pm

Beck: The Devil’s Attorney

11.30pm

Emeli Sande: Radio 2 in Concert

12.30am

David Cassidy: The Last Session

1.55am

Black Friday Special

2.35am

Super Casino

Top of the Pops

4.10am

Violent Child, Desperate Parents

2.30am

The Secret History of Our Streets

5.00am

Killer Girlfriends

3.30am

Blackadder Goes Forth

5.45am

Wildlife SOS

4.30am

This is BBC Four

6.10am

House Doctor

9.55am 10.25am 11.25am 12.30pm 1.35pm 2.40pm 3.40pm 4.15pm 4.50pm 5.20pm 5.50pm 6.20pm 6.50pm 7.20pm 7.55pm 8.25pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.05pm 11.35pm 12.10am 1.10am 2.15am 3.10am 3.45am 4.20am

Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas George Clarke’s Old House, New Home George Clarke’s Old House, New Home Location, Location, Location Location, Location, Location Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Snowstorm: Britain’s Big Freeze The Storms That Stole Christmas Father Ted Father Ted 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Father Ted Father Ted 8 Out of 10 Cats

7.00am

World Cup Rivalries: England v Argentina Kojak The Professionals Motorsport UK ITV Racing: The Opening Show Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars Storage Wars World of Sport Darts Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Darts The Fugitive FYI Daily The Fugitive The Americans ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

ITV3

THE FAMILY MAN movie 6pm Channel 5 PICK

Wall Street Banker Jack Campbell has it all: more cash than he can shake a stick at, oodles of power and, above all, his freedom.

But on Christmas Eve he challenges an armed robber, then on Christmas Day he wakes up to the life he would have had if he’d stayed with his college girlfriend: two noisy kids, a dead-end job selling tyres, and a people carrier instead of his Ferrari.

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

Nella the Princess Knight

This is BBC Two

Cricket

Peppa Pig

9.00am

Formula 1

9.55am

A War

4.45am

Peppa Pig

8.55am

10.55am

A Place in the Sun

4.00am

Cricket

Rusty Rivets

8.45am

4.35pm

BBC News

4.30am

8.25am

The Mask

1.20am

Live ICC Womens World T20

Bob the Builder

Off the Grid

11.45pm

Cold in July

12.30am

8.10am

Paw Patrol

2.15am

Live International Fight Night

Thomas and Friends

Frasier

9.30am

12.30am

9.00pm

7.55am

Countdown

Weather for the Week Ahead

Rugby Union

Frasier

3.45pm

1.15am

6.30pm

Fireman Sam

9.20am

ITV News

The NFL Show

Live Autumn International: Engvaus

Digby Dragon

7.45am

9.15am

12.45am

3.30pm

Luo Bao Bei

7.35am

Formula 1

Match of the Day

Football

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

7.20am

King of Queens

12.55pm

BBC News

1.00pm

Peppa Pig

7.10am

Hamilton v Vettel: The Fight for Five

11.20pm

Cricket

King of Queens

12.25pm

11.00pm

7.00am

Peppa Pig

7.05am

Everybody Loves Raymond

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the

The X Factor

7.00am

8.50am

6.30pm

9.00pm

Triathlon

Everybody Loves Raymond

10.20am

Rugby Union

Channel 5

8.25am

ITV News London

Rugby Union

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

Celebrity Catchphrase You’ve Been Framed! Gold Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang FYI Daily Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory FYI Daily Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Hellboy II: The Golden Army FYI Daily Hellboy II: The Golden Army I’m a Celebrity ... Extra Camp Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Bordertown Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

7.55am

ITV Evening News

8.30pm

7.00am 7.10am 9.30am 12.25pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.35pm 4.40pm 4.45pm 5.50pm 6.55pm 8.00pm 8.05pm 9.10pm 10.20pm 10.25pm 11.30pm 12.35am 1.05am 1.35am 2.05am 2.30am 2.55am 3.25am 3.50am 6.50am

7.30am

6.15pm

6.00pm

ITV2

7.05am

6.00pm

Strictly Come Dancing

7.50pm

Channel 4

9.50am

Clones

www.costablancapeople.com

More 4

ITV4 7.20am 8.20am 9.25am 10.30am 11.30am 12.00pm 12.25pm 12.55pm 1.20pm 1.45pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.25pm 8.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 1.05am 2.40am 3.40am 4.00am

Television: Sun. 25th November

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BBC1 7.00am 9.35am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.30pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 2.15pm 2.55pm 3.40pm 5.05pm 6.05pm 6.20pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 8.20pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.20pm 11.30pm 12.30am 1.05am 2.05am 2.35am 2.40am

Breakfast Match of the Day The Andrew Marr Show Sunday Politics Homes Under the Hammer Bargain Hunt BBC News Songs of Praise Escape to the Country Shrek 2 Dynasties BBC News Regional News and Weather Countryfile Doctor Who Strictly Come Dancing Dynasties Little Drummer Girl BBC News Regional News and Weather Match of the Day 2 The Women’s Football Show The Apprentice The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

BBC2 7.50am 8.20am 9.20am 10.05am 11.00am 12.30pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 6.10pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.35am 1.05am 2.05am 3.05am 4.05am

ITV2 7.00am 7.25am 9.50am 12.50pm 1.50pm 2.50pm 3.50pm 4.50pm 4.55pm 5.55pm 7.00pm 7.05pm 8.20pm 9.20pm 9.25pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.35am 1.05am 1.35am 2.05am 2.30am 3.00am 3.20am 6.50am

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

Celebrity Catchphrase You’ve Been Framed!

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams FYI Daily Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams The Mummy Returns FYI Daily The Mummy Returns Creed FYI Daily Creed Family Guy I’m a Celebrity... Extra Camp Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

Game Night

8.45am

Maya the Bee: The Honey Games

10.20am

Father Figures

12.20pm

The Christmas Cottage

2.00pm

Bent

3.40pm

Sweet Country

5.40pm

Maya the Bee: The Honey Games

7.15pm

Game Night

9.00pm

Father Figures

11.00pm

Sweet Country

1.00am

Mom and Dad

2.45am

Thumper

4.35am

Corbin Nash

6.30am

Solo: A Star Wars Story: Special

movie PICK

ITV1 7.00am 10.25am 10.30am 11.25am 12.30pm 2.25pm 2.35pm 4.00pm 4.30pm 5.30pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.30pm 11.50pm 12.50am 1.15am 4.00am 4.50am 6.05am

Children’s programmes ITV News The Martin Lewis Money Show Live Doc Martin Midsomer Murders ITV Lunchtime News The X Factor Paul O’grady: For the Love of Dogs The Chase Tipping Point Tenable ITV Evening News ITV News London The Chase: Celebrity Special The X Factor I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

ITV News David Walliams Presents ... Revenge of Alright on the Night Football Genius Jackpot247 Motorsport UK ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

Sky Sports 1 7.00am

Cricket

1.00pm

Cricket

1.30pm

Live F1 GP: On the Grid

2.05pm

Live F1 Grand Prix

4.30pm

Live Renault Super Sunday

7.30pm

Live NFL: Sunday

10.00pm

Live NFL: Sunday

1.45am

My Icon

2.00am

My Icon

2.10am

Live NFL: Sunday

5.30am

Cricket

7.00am 9.30am 10.35am 11.35am 1.05pm 1.35pm 2.00pm 2.35pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.25pm 4.55pm 5.25pm 5.50pm 6.20pm 6.45pm 9.00pm 11.05pm 11.35pm 12.10am 12.35am 1.05am 2.05am 3.10am 4.05am 4.30am

Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Don’t Tell the Bride The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Fantastic Four The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Extreme Rude Tube Rude Tube Rude(ish) Tube Hollyoaks Omnibus

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

Greatest Gardens Great British Garden Revival The Instant Gardener Countryfile Saturday Kitchen Best Bites The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure A Cook Abroad Rugby Union Talking Pictures Reach for the Sky Flog It! Colombia with Simon Reeve Britain’s Biggest Warship Dragons’ Den Louis Theroux’s Altered States: Take My Baby A Great British Injustice: The Maguire Story The Mash Report I’ll Get This Inside Obama’s White House Question Time Holby City This is BBC Two

Sky 1 7.00am 8.00am 10.00am 11.30am 12.30pm 1.30pm 2.05pm 4.30pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am

The Hour of Power Futurama The Simpsons WWE Raw Live Abu Dhabi F1 GP:Pit Lane Live Live Abu Dhabi F1 GP: On the Grid Live Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix Landscape Artist of the Year Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons A League of Their Own S.W.A.T. Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles MacGyver S.W.A.T. The Force: Manchester Road Wars Supergirl The Flash

7.00am

Murder, She Wrote

8.00am

Heartbeat

9.00am

Heartbeat

10.05am

Jane Eyre

12.20pm

Hidden Treasure

2.20pm

Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind

4.00pm

Columbo

6.00pm

Endeavour

8.00pm

Foyle’s War

10.00pm

Vera

12.00am

Changeling

2.45am

A Touch of Frost

4.30am

Road to Avonlea

5.35am

Road to Avonlea

6.30am

ITV3 Nightscreen

E4

Channel 4

8.20pm ITV 2

King of Queens

7.00am

Peppa Pig

7.35am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.05am

Peppa Pig

8.00am

Everybody Loves Raymond

7.10am

Peppa Pig

7.15am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

7.30am

Luo Bao Bei

8.25am

Frasier

8.55am

Frasier

7.40am

Digby Dragon

9.25am

Jamie Cooks Italy

7.50am

Fireman Sam

10.00am

Sunday Brunch

8.00am

Thomas and Friends

1.00pm

Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Live

8.15am

Bob the Builder

8.30am

Rusty Rivets

8.50am

Peppa Pig

Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race

9.00am

Peppa Pig

Live

9.05am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Live

9.20am

Paw Patrol

9.35am

Nella the Princess Knight

Build Up 1.45pm

4.25pm

Reaction

SAN ANDREAS 7pm Channel 5

When a huge earthquake hits, a helicopter pilot and his estranged wife search California for their daughter.

9.55am

Shimmer and Shine

10.05am

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja

5.35pm

Back to the Future Part II

7.35pm

Channel 4 News

8.00pm

Great Canal Journeys

10.35am

Friends

9.00pm

Escape to the Chateau

11.05am

Friends

11.35am

Friends

12.05pm

Friends

Turtles

10.00pm

A Very British Country House

11.00pm

Tin Star

12.35pm

Friends

11.55pm

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

1.00pm

Friends

1.00am

The Gunman

1.30pm

Friends

3.05am

The Last Leg

2.00pm

Friends

4.00am

A Year in the New Forest

2.30pm

Friends

3.00pm

Friends

5.00am

Kirstie and Phil’s Love it or List it

3.30pm

Northpole 2: Open for Christmas

5.55am

Fifteen to One

5.10pm

Deck the Halls

6.50am

Countdown

7.00pm

San Andreas

8.00pm

5 News

BBC 4

8.05pm

San Andreas

9.05pm

Britain’s Parking Hell

8.00pm

A History of Christianity

9.55pm

5 News Weekend

9.00pm

Jazzology with Soweto Kinch

10.00pm

Mad Max: Fury Road

11.00pm

5 News

10.00pm

BBC Young Jazz Musician 2018 Final

11.05pm

Mad Max: Fury Road

12.00am

Rich Hall’s Countrier Than You

12.20am

Homefront

1.30am

Lucy Worsley:

2.00am

Super Casino

4.10am

Bride 23, Groom 68: Big Age Gap Love

5.00am

Britain’s Greatest Bridges

Mozart’s London Odyssey 2.30am

Giselle

5.45am

Wildlife SOS

3.30am

Jazzology with Soweto Kinch

6.10am

House Doctor

4.30am

This is BBC Four

6.35am

House Doctor

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Orihuela has celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Fair Trade alliance in Orihuela, with local businesses joining forces to join it the initiative. Orihuela’s councillor for commerce, Miguel Ángel Fernández, presided over the celebrations to mark the anniversary of the implementation of Fair Trade in Orihuela.

The celebration took place last Thursday La Lonja exhibition hall in the city, itself a former centre of local trade when it performed its function as a market hall.

Launching the event last week, Miguel Ángel Fernández was accompanied by

Andrés Javaloy, president of Comercio Justo in Orihuela, and volunteers of the store. On behalf of Fair Trade Orihuela, it was explained how the concept of Fair Trade “is an alternative trade to promote decent wages, equality between men and women, protection of the environment and the prohibition of child labour.” In addition, they added that the establishment has developed over the years and offers a wider range of items on sale in order to achieve a better and fairer world.

“The Government Team has continued to collaborate with this solidarity trade and this

has been especially important to make it known more and more.”

The councillor for commerce recalled that Orihuela was declared as the first Fair Trade city of the Valencian Community on 7th November, 2013, which also made it the tenth Spanish city to obtain this distinction.

“We are in this group of cities committed to fair trade thanks to the work of volunteers especially and the administrations, businesses, companies and associative fabric that bring Fair Trade products to citizens,” said Fernandez.

Another of the commitments of the City of Orihuela is the public purchase of Fair Trade products for municipal events and activities. “It is a commitment we have with Fair Trade as that tool for sustainable development and the fight against climate change,” added the councillor.

Finally, Miguel Ángel Fernández stressed that “we as an administration will continue to support and collaborate with Fair Trade,” and also wanted to thank the volunteers who “every day strive to make Fair Trade continue to grow, with products with which it is possible to create a more dignified and sustainable world for all.”

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The big cheese Three cheeses produced in Spain have been elected among the top 15 in the world out of nearly 3,500 others from more than 40 countries – and some of them are very affordable indeed. This year, this prestigious competition was held in Bergen in Norway, and featured 3,472 cheeses from 41 different countries.

While the top spot went to ‘Fanaost Aged-Gouda’, a Norwegian cheese elaborated on a tiny farm with only 12 cows, Spanish cheeses occupy the 6th, 11th and 14th positions, with a further 12 Spanish cheeses being awarded the ‘Super Gold’ medal and featuring in the top 80 cheeses globally.

The Madurat, created by Formatges Mas El Garet in Tona, Barcelona province came sixth in this year's World Cheese Awards – considered the Oscars of the cheese industry. The others which made it ahead of the Madurat from Spain were the Agour Pur Brébis AOP Ossau Iraty, from France; the Helfeit, Brun Geitost, Tinn tradisjøn, by Stordalen Gardsbruk in Norway; the Almnäs Tegel by Almnäs Brukal, Sweden; and the Italian Riserva del Fondatore by Caseificio Il Fiorino.

The Mas El Garet cheese beat Denmark's Lihmskov Grand Fromage; France's Taupinette Jousseaume; and Italy's Baffalo Blu by Caseificio Defendi Luigi and Caciocavallo Azienda by Agricola E Zootecnica Posticchia Sabelli.

Maxorata medium-matured with paprika, or Semicurado con

Pimentó by the livestock farmers' group in Puerto del Rosario on the Canarian island of Fuerteventura came 11th.

This came ahead of South Africa's Kilembe Belnori from Boutique Cheesery, and the only

British brand in the top 15, the eponymous brand made by Golden Cross Cheese.

Number 14 is by the Valladolidbased Entrepinares cheese factory, and comes under the title of La Reserva, or 'The Reserve'.

This is very frequently seen in Mercadona supermarkets and comes in at just €10.20 a kilo, meaning a typical 200-gram chunk would cost just €2.04.

And under the ‘super gold’ category, and therefore amongst the 80 best cheeses in the world, are the following Spanish cheeses: Miss Capra (Valdecabras), Musgo Lavado (Elvira García), Queso Portugués de Cabra (Quesos de Almazora), Queso de cabra curado leche cruda (Quesería Artesanal Las RRR), Bodega Oveja (Finca de Uga), Ybleu (Los Payuelos), Chisquero Semicurado (Agrícola La Merced), Marantona Curado (La Casota), Ibérico García Baquero(Lácteas García Baquero), Curado Subaida (Subaida), Queso de vaca, cabra y oveja curado con vino de CastillaLa Mancha (Don Apolonio) and Cremositos del Zújar (Arteserena).

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MAIN COURSE: Mediterranean fish stew with garlic dippers

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500g clams 400g large raw prawns handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped

3 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, sliced 2 garlic cloves, sliced 1 red chilli, finely chopped 2 tbsp tomato purée 1kg tomatoes, roughly chopped 200ml white wine 350ml fish stock 3 strips orange zest 1kg skinless halibut fillets, cut into large chunks (if you can’t find halibut, you can use cod – bacalao in Spanish)

For the garlic dippers

STARTER: Melon with mint and feta

DESSERT: Lemon tart

Serves 4 Ingredients 2 x 5cm wedges of watermelon (sandia) 40g feta, crumbled handful chopped mint 2 wedges of lime Method Take each wedge of melon and slice between the rind and flesh to separate them, then cut downwards to make bite-size chunks. Flick out the seeds, scatter over the feta and mint, and squeeze over the lime before serving.

1 large ciabatta loaf, cut into 1cm slices 5 tbsp olive oil 2 garlic cloves, halved Method 1. To make the garlic toasts, drizzle the bread with oil, then griddle or grill until golden all over. While the toasts are still hot, rub them with garlic and set aside.

2. Heat the oil in a wide, deep frying pan. Add the onion and cook over a gentle heat for 5 mins until softened. Stir

For the pastry 50g butter, cut in pieces 140g plain flour 1 tbsp icing sugar 1 tbsp extra virgin rapeseed oil 1 medium egg yolk For the filling 3 medium eggs, plus 2 medium egg whites 140g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting 2 tbsp finely grated lemon zest (about 4 lemons) 125ml lemon juice (from 4-5 lemons) 200ml tub half-fat crème fraîche Method 1. Rub the butter into the flour until the mix looks like fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the icing sugar, then make a well and use a round-bladed knife to stir in the oil, egg yolk and 1½-2 tbsp cold water until

Bank of Spain, the global financial situation, the so-called Troika (the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission), big business, household debt, the European Union, globalisation, and immigration, which came in last: 28.6 percent of respondents blamed migrants to some degree.

Many respondents were critical of the way the international community dealt with the situation: 43.5 percent believe the austerity measures were counterproductive and only prolonged the crisis. And fully 67.2 percent think that the Troika issued guidelines that only deepened the slump.

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through the garlic and chilli and cook a couple of mins more. Add the tomato purée and tomatoes. Turn up the heat and cook for 10-15 mins, stirring until the tomatoes are pulpy. Pour over the wine and cook for 10 mins more until most of it has boiled away.

Add the fish stock and orange zest and heat until gently simmering. Nestle the halibut chunks into the liquid and cook for 5 mins. Add the clams and prawns and cook for 5 mins more until the fish is cooked through and the clams have opened (discard any that haven’t).

Sprinkle the parsley over the stew and serve with the garlic toasts.

dough comes together. Without overhandling, gather into a ball. On a lightly floured surface, roll out so it fits a 23 x 2cm loose-bottom flan tin. Ease the pastry into the tin, then trim the edges by rolling the rolling pin over the top.

Press the pastry into the flutes so it sits very slightly proud of the edge (this extra height helps in case of any shrinkage).

Lightly prick the pastry base with a fork, then chill for about 10 mins. Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5.

2. Meanwhile, make the filling. Beat the eggs and egg whites together with a wooden spoon until well mixed. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl, then gradually beat in the eggs. If the mix is at all lumpy, simply beat with a wire whisk.

Stir in the lemon zest and the juice. Leave to stand so the lemon flavour can develop.

3. Sit the chilled pastry case on a baking sheet. Line with baking

Most Spaniards expect another financial crisis before 2023 A majority of Spaniards believes that there will be a new economic crisis before 2023, according to a survey commissioned by a national Spanish newspaper. A poll by the consulting firm 40dB found that 81.7 percent of respondents think Spain will experience a new slump within the next five years.

Nearly a fourth of those polled, 23.2 percent, are certain of it, while 58.5 percent view it as probable. Broken down by political affinities, Socialist Party (PSOE) voters are somewhat less pessimistic, with 15 percent expressing certainty that a new crisis is approaching.

There is, however, a nearly unanimous opinion that the political and economic elites have failed to introduce sufficient regulations and mechanisms to prevent such a crisis from taking place. Fully 91.8 percent of those surveyed defend greater controls on the financial sector and on large companies.

Causes Asked who they believe was chiefly responsible for the crisis, banks and the political class came out on top, followed by the housing bubble, the government, the

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And 71.4 percent also said Spain should have a “decent pension system, even if it means paying more taxes.” However, younger respondents are less favourable to this view, with the figure falling to 59 percent.

Recovery The survey was conducted between 30th October and 7th November, and asked 2,000 respondents 21 questions about the impact of the economic crisis that began in 2008 and officially ended in 2014.

Asked if they thought Spain has emerged from the crisis, only 0.8 percent said that there has been a full recovery, while 13.5 percent said “yes, although not all indicators have improved.” A majority, 53.4 percent, view it the other way: Spain is still in a crisis, even though some indicators have improved. And 31 percent said Spain has not emerged in any way.

parchment and baking beans and bake blind for 20 mins until well set. Carefully lift out the beans and paper, then bake the pastry case for another 3-5 mins until the base is cooked and pale golden.

4. Strain the lemon mixture through a sieve. Beat the crème fraîche in a medium bowl until smooth, then slowly stir in the lemon mix until well blended.

Transfer to a jug, then carefully pour two

thirds into the warm pastry case. Place in the oven with the oven shelf half out, pour in the rest of the filling, then carefully slide the shelf back in. Reduce the heat to 150C/130C fan/gas 2. Bake for 25-30 mins until barely set with a slight wobble in the middle. Cool for about 1 hr, then serve with a light dusting of icing sugar and decorate with fruit if desired. Best eaten the same day.

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hen you purchase a VIP membership at Máximo beauty, you have the peace of mind knowing that looking your best is just a phone call away!

Máximo beauty’s memberships have been designed for individuals who need to be polished and professional for work, for mums in need of a little TLC, or for anyone who wants to look and feel their best on a regular basis.

The Máximo team is determined to accomplish two things every time you come in to Máximo Beauty.

• “To make you feel good and look even better. As soon as you walk in, we want you to forget about your worries because the time you spend with us should be all about you.

We’ll pamper you and provide a special experience every time you come and visit us.

• “With our experts we do a lot more than just give you a blow-dry. We take in to account face shapes, hair types, skin conditions, skin tones, makeup tones and the type of event your blow-dry is for on that day”.

Is it really unlimited? Yes really, its unlimited. You can come in as often as you

want, you also can schedule up to two appointments at one time with a 48h interval in between.

How long does the blowdry membership last? Memberships last for one month.

Starting from the day/date it is purchased to that same day/date of the next month.

Are there any hidden extras? No, not at all.

Your blow-dry includes shampoo, conditioner, any mousse, volume spray, leave in conditioner, waxes or hairspray. There is a menu with extra treatments available to add on.

What if I have extensions? An extra €5/8 will be charged per appointment depending on the thickness of the extensions.

On Saturday 24th November Máximo is celebrating its official Open Day and you are invited! Come & Celebrate! We will be launching our amazing VIP Unlimited Blow Dry Memberships.

On the day, there will be free blow-dry sessions! Mojitos, Moet and Chandon, Tapas, Music, Raffle Reveal, Giveaway Vouchers and more!

For more information and contact details, see Máximo’s advert.

Please note that all information contained within this Costa Blanca People Business Profile has been provided by the client, and is therefore deemed correct and accurate. Any errors, omissions or inaccuracies are the sole responsibility of the client.

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fter becoming established in 2005 as a successful medical clinic for expats, providing an invaluable GP service, Medcare soon entered the Aesthetics market and has been flourishing in this realm ever since as well. Offering non-surgical antiageing treatments as well as surgical cosmetic procedures, Medcare can help with nearly every medical and aesthetic concern than you might have.

One of the keys to success for any cosmetic surgery clinic is the surgeon that operates on the patient. In this instance Medcare is incredibly fortunate to have one of the leading surgeons in the region, Dr Teresa Bernabeu.

Dr Bernabeu brings more than 20 years of cosmetic surgery to the Medcare team. Her wealth of experience in the field includes teaching facial rejuvenation at Complutense University of Madrid, working as a professor of plastic surgery at Alicante University, and working as a consultant plastic surgeon in the burns unit of Alicante Hospital. She also has experience in head and neck reconstruction, micro-surgery and correcting congenital malformations.

Not only is she greatly experienced, but Dr Teresa is also very popular with patients for her manner. Tummy tuck patient, Norma said, “I cannot thank my surgeon enough.Teresa was so nice and kind, and the aftercare was

first class. All I had to do if I wanted her was to phone, but with such good care I didn’t need to.”Dr Bernabeu removed nine kilos of fat, leaving Norma thrilled with the result.

Other than tummy tucks, Medcare sees patients for many procedures. Popular ones include Face-lift and eye lift andliposuction.

Also breast lift, enlargement and reduction and reconstruction after mastectomy.

Operations on male patients are becoming more popular as men discover that they too can look younger and/or slimmer for longer with a little surgical help!

Medcare stands alone and above other clinics in the Costa Blanca not only because of vastly experienced clinicians such as Dr Bernabeu, but because it has become a polyclinic. With numerous departments for health and well-being, patients can attend to their medical ailments, dental check-ups, cosmetic concerns, back pain and mental issues all under one roof. In fact, there are many patients, such as Mrs J, who originally came to Medcare for a face-lift, and has since been returning regularly to see the dentist and for her Glo skin care products!

You can book your FREE consultation with Dr Bernabeu. Also at Medcare are GP services, dentist and dental implants, non-surgical antiageing, osteopathy, physiotherapy and psychotherapy.

Call 966 860 258 or email doctors@medcarespain.com. Clinics in Benijofar and Alfaz del Pi. Monday to Friday 09.00 to 17.00 Please note that all information contained within this Costa Blanca People Business Profile has been provided by the client, and is therefore deemed correct and accurate. Any errors, omissions or inaccuracies are the sole responsibility of the client.

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Spain set for world's highest life expectancy Life expectancy in Spain is already the highest in Europe and the fourth on earth, beaten only by Japan, Singapore and South Korea – but Spaniards are predicted to become the longest-living on earth within the relatively near future.

Outstripping Japan and Singapore, who are on course to have an average life expectancy for men and women of 85.7 by the year 2040 – Spain could be the country where people live the longest, with a forecast average of 85.8 years, or 10-and-a-half weeks short of 86.

A recent article in The Times, which revealed that the UK's life expectancy is forecast to be 2.5 years lower than that of Spain in the year 2040, asked what Spain is 'doing right': “They drink, they smoke, so why are the Spanish living so long?”

The report wanted to know.

Spaniards 'smoke more but live longer' According to The Times' figures, 16 percent of UK residents smoke compared with 33 percent of people. A terrace culture, even in winter, the tolerant attitude towards smoking among the public– shows the rate of smokers, regular or 'social', is likely to be much higher than 30 percent, whilst in the UK, the practice is heavily frowned upon.

Spaniards drink 'nearly as much' as Brits Spaniards' experience of Brits as tourists and expatriates is that UK nationals appear far more likely to drink alcohol. This is mainly because alcohol is

much cheaper in Spain and measures are larger, and the drinking is less 'taboo'; in Spain, where alcohol has always been readily available at any time of the day and at low prices.

Among Spaniards binge-drinking is rare except among the alcoholdependent, and drinking at all has its time and place. Glasses of wine with a meal, shots afterwards, often in coffee, and boozing during fiestas are the 'norm', and anecdotal evidence shows that many younger adults, particularly women, do not typically bother much with alcohol except for the occasional cold beer on a hot day.

Longevity There are six commonly recognised reasons why the Spanish life expectancy is, and looks likely to stay, higher than the British – the most obvious would appear to be the famous Mediterranean diet, based upon fruit, fresh vegetables including salads, grilled oily fish, olive oil, olives, limited amounts of bread for dipping and plate-wiping, and a glass or two of a good wine designed to complement the food.

Processed and convenience food is less likely to find its way into Spanish households. Hot summers mean more salads and portion control is greater – restaurants tend to provide dishes just large enough to be filling and waste is rare, with desserts being much smaller.

Tapas, are fitted into the five main

eating times and are frequently shared, and their small size is another reason The Times quotes for Spain's greater longevity.

Walking is another reason – for most people living in Spanish towns, taking the car to the local shop would be unthinkable, especially as parking is invariably too difficult, and as cities tend to be more compact and self-contained, walking from place to place is much easier. Whilst Spaniards tend to be less likely to go to the gym than Brits, threequarters of them say they walk for at least 10 minutes four days a week.

The famous siesta is also key; although Spaniards work much longer hours than Brits – a typical week being 40 hours, unlike the UK's 35-hour 9-to-5 week, and a high number of jobs requiring staff to be present right up to the 48-hour maximum – their long lunch breaks mean taking a 20- or 30-minute post-meal nap is usually possible. For those living near enough to home that they can return, cook and eat a full meal, digest it and take a brief sleep, the gap of between 2pm and 4.30pm in the middle of the day can be relaxing and healthy.

The Times article speculates whether the fact that Spaniards statistically have more sex – 2.1 times a week compared with Brits' 1.7 times, according to pharmaceutical firm Gedeon Richter – may help them live longer, and also cites

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Continued from page 54 the 'positive attitude' inherent in the language: a study by Vermont University involving a corpus of thousands of words from the planet's 10 most-spoken tonuges found that Spanish is the 'most cheerful' of all, with no difference in this sense between that of Spain and of Latin America.

Sun, daylight and better weather The most obvious of these is the sun. Not just the warmer weather, but the number of hours of daylight: winters on the south and east coast and in the islands are typically mild, which is also conducive to exercise and fresh air, and ski slopes are reachable by car, so even the short winters do not have to keep Spaniards indoors.

And whilst winters in the UK mean grey, dull skies, in much of Spain, even when it is bitterly cold, the sun is frequently shining: in fact, the east coast accumulates 300 days of sunshine a year.

This is likely to be why Spaniards are less likely to go to the gym than British people: on the whole, they prefer to exercise outdoors, and the climate and daylight hours are perfect for doing so.

These may also be factors that explain why life expectancies in Italy, Greece, Malta and Cyprus are not far behind those of Spain and typically higher than those

elsewhere in the EU. Free and efficient medical care Healthcare is also a very probably factor.

Spain's healthcare system is free to use for all residents, irrespective of their status in terms of work or retirement, and can be used by tourists from the EU via their European health cards.

Efficiency, availability of modern methods, and relatively unrestricted medication supply are among factors that make Spain's healthcare top in Europe;

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in fact, out of 56 countries analysed, the UK came 35th and Spain came third, beaten only by Hong Kong and Singapore. If treatment exists, Spanish residents will get it, irrespective of cost to the system, and appointments for consultations and operations come through much quicker than in the UK. Family culture and communities Family is another important factor cited by many Spaniards, particularly those who have lived abroad. Traditionally, mobility was limited with Spaniards preferring to stay closer to the nest – even students tend to apply for the university nearest their homes and return at weekends – meaning entire generations living in the same or neighbouring towns. It is only in recent years and with the financial crisis that younger adults have been relocating across the country or even abroad to find work and many express a desire to return to Spain one day if ever they can find similar working conditions and pay in the same industry at home.

The Chartered Insurance Institute in London explained that selling life and health insurance in Spain had been notoriously difficult – as Spaniards believe any help required, including elderly or disabled care, was 'the family's job' – until agents began to explain how these policies actually increased families' capacity to help each other. With

family close by, intimately knowledgeable about each others' lives and troubles and on hand to provide support, and lack of mobility meaning earliest school chums become friends for life, mean loneliness, social isolation or having to 'bottle up' problems are less of an issue for Spanish people.

Being 'outspoken' Some Spaniards cite their stereotypical 'outspokenness' as a reason for living longer: what The Times, in an earlier article,

called 'rudeness' and 'loudness' is, in Spanish people's view, a way of getting their feelings off their chest immediately, preventing them holding grudges or stewing inside, which are proven to cause psychological stress that affects physical health.

Working to live, not living to work Work is another factor Spaniards mention as a possible issue affecting life expectancy: most Spanish people admit they work to live, rather than living to work, and status and money are not important to them beyond what they need to lead a comfortable lifestyle.

Collectivist 'non-judgmental' culture Psychological experiments over the years have shown Spain to be a more collectivist than individualist culture, where people work together for the common good rather than focusing on 'finding themselves', and it is arguable that this attitude is better for mental health.

More centenarians in sunnier parts However, even throughout Spain, levels of longevity differ.

Naturally, a higher life expectancy does not necessarily mean an individual person will live longer, but is a sign of reduced death rates at younger

ages: low infant mortality and staying healthy in middle age help push life expectancy up, although it appears that those who want to live to over 100 should move to Galicia, Andalucía or the Costa Blanca area of the Comunidad Valenciana: well over 25,000 people in the province of Alicante are aged over 90, and even 15 years ago, the Costa was home to 500 centenarians, a figure expected to swell to 9,000 by the year 2053.

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Spain adopts 'Nutri-Score' labelling for supermarket food Spain’s health ministry has launched a nutritional labelling system for all food sold in supermarkets, with five colours and an A-E grading scale.

In response to requests of five major global food and drink producers, the 'Nutri-Score' labels will begin to reach the shelves from this week.

Designed across the food industry, the scale is based upon universal algorithms which weigh up 'good' nutrients against 'bad' ones per 100 grams of content and give an overall score.

A sliding scale of colours from red, or grade E, which is the worst, to green or grade A which is the healthiest, applies to each item of food, down through light green (B), yellow (C) and orange (D) gives consumers an idea of whether what they are buying has nutritional value, and how much, and whether it contains large amounts of sugars, saturated fats, salt, calories, fibre or protein.

Nutri-Score has been in use in France for nearly two years, since last January and is soon to reach Belgium and Portugal along with Spain. Labels will be compulsory and will be placed on the front of all packaged groceries.

It will take up to a year before labels are on all foodstuffs in Spain, the health ministry says, but some supermarkets have opted to get ahead – Eroski started rolling out the Nutri-Score system in September and expects to have it in place in all its branches nationwide by the end of this year.

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Valencia backtracks on cremation ban for obese bodies Authorities in Spain’s Valencia region have backtracked on a plan to ban the cremation of bodies with morbid obesity because the burning process generates too many toxic emissions.

The regional health department recently issued a release announcing changes to draft regulations that would have meant discrimination against severely overweight people.

“Although it is true that the cremation of people with morbid obesity can generate technical problems and require special needs (relating to the volume of the facilities and emission evacuation systems), these circumstances […] do not pose a differentiated health risk for public health in the terms established by the regulations,” said the official statement.

The measure was part of a set of new rules aimed at curtailing air pollution from cremation, an end-of-life choice that is in growing demand. The draft document, which is still undergoing public review, was flagged by the regional daily Levante-EMV, which highlighted the ban on incinerating large bodies. Other provisions include a ban on incinerating the bodies of people who “underwent cancer treatment with radioactive needles.” The draft rules also prohibit the use of coffins containing resins, plastics or

other elements that could create organochloride compounds or other highly toxic substances during combustion. Coffins containing lead or zinc will also be forbidden, as well as metal jewellery or accessories.

The preamble to the document notes that past experience and the numerous petitions for new crematoria “make it advisable to establish new considerations regarding their location and operation, with the goal of minimising their impact on the health of the population.”

This introductory text also admits that plans to build any new crematorium never fail to “create a social alarm in the area where it is meant to go up.” All new facilities will have to be built at least 200 meters from homes, health centres, schools, parks and sports arenas, and preferably on industrial land.

The project builds on the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, an international treaty signed in 2001 and ratified by Spain three years later. Other sources of inspiration include the conclusions of the Commission of the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR), which established a minimum distance of 200 meters between crematoria and residential buildings.

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sudoku

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 7. Praise (5) 8. Representative (7) 9. Plaintiff (7) 10. Speedy (5) 12. Very ancient (10) 15. Reward (10) 18. Buffoon (5) 19. Wave (7)

21. Disprove (7) 22. Cleave (5)

6. Doubter (7) 11. Take counsel (10) 13. Impetus (8) 14. Narration (7) 16. Badge (6) 17. Lurk (5) 20. Simple (4)

DOWN 1. Figurative (10) 2. Adhere (5) 3. Additional (4) 4. Famish (6) 5. Counterfeit (8)

cryptic DOWN 1. Timely reports from the Bible (10) 2. The boat trade (5) 3. This port is a beastly place to settle!

(4) 4. One’s professional life is a mad rush (6) 5. Here most will be diverted to a sanatorium (4,4) 6. Anxiety about order for material once providing illumination (7) 11.Supplying different gear and

providing compensation (10) 13.Scoundrels from a house in the south (8) 14.Applaud a demand on the insurer, we hear (7) 16.Prophetic agencies, but they sound as though they could be boring (6) 17 & 18Ac. Noted system loudly appearing in different locations (5,32) 20.Advance unaccompanied, one hears (4)

SOLUTIONS 762 QUICK Across: 1 Promenade; 8 Run; 9 Descriptive; 11 Builder; 12 Emend; 13 Stable; 15 Demean; 17 Align; 18 Artists; 20 Intersperse; 22 Eat; 23 Congruent.

Down: 2 Rue; 3 Erred; 4 Aspire; 5 Evil eye; 6 Predecessor; 7 Incidents; 10 Suitability; 11 Bespatter; 14 Lunatic; 16 Barren; 19 Taper; 21 Sin. CRYPTIC Across: 1 Hard Times; 8 Map; 9 Partnership; 11 Regards; 12 Ledge; 13 Pot-boy; 15 Tramps; 17 Reins; 18 Untuned; 20 Directorate; 22 Roe; 23 Eye-opener.

Down: 2 Ada; 3 Tenor; 4 Morose; 5 Scholar; 6 Impedimenta; 7 Oppressed; 10 Right-minded; 11 Reporters; 14 Observe; 16 Muscle; 19 Troop; 21 Tie.

Solution for Logic Puzzle Cali

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Skyler

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Cristian

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Macy

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Infiniti BMW Toyota Hyundai Mitsubishi

Sudoku Solution

Hazel

1. The one with the 7:30am wake-up call doesn't live east of city hall.

2. The driver of the Hyundai has a later wake-up call than the person who lives west of city hall.

3. The driver of the BMW has a later wake-up call than the person who lives east of city hall.

4. The one with the 7:00am wake-up call drives the Hyundai.

5. The 5 people were the person who lives east of city hall, Cali, the driver of the Toyota, the one with the 8:30am wake-up call, and the person who lives west of city hall.

6. The person who lives southeast of city hall is Cali.

7. Cristian has an earlier wake-up call than the driver of the Toyota.

8. The one with the 8:30am wake-up call is Hazel.

9. The one with the 7:00am wake-up call is not Skyler.

10. The person who lives east of city hall is not Macy.

11. The person who lives west of city hall is not Skyler.

12. The driver of the Infiniti lives northeast of city hall.

13. The one with the 7:30am wake-up call doesn't live southeast of city hall.

22.Neil is disturbed by a foreigner (5)

8:30am

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.

7. The man with the cane was a childhater (5) 8. Mean to make a statement a long time afterwards (7) 9. The crime of one who takes suspect goods (7) 10.It’s currently to be seen in Rome (5) 12.Put on too much weight (10) 15.In which one may read of neighbouring hostelries? (5,5) 18.See 17 Down 19.The head of the government permits equipment for capital punishment (7) 21.Top cotton-mill operative (7)

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Carol via email asks I am still using Windows Vista on my Acer laptop and I’ve been told it will stop working and I will have to upgrade to windows 10 or someone said I would be best going with Windows 7? Will my computer run either of these or is it time for a new laptop?

Aunty Says Hi Carol. Windows Vista is now 10 years old and was officially unsupported around April 2017 but it won’t actually stop working. What will happen is certain apps will no longer update (Chrome for example) and devices such as printers won’t come with the necessary Vista version of their software. I would recommend going for Windows 10 over Windows 7, simply because it is the latest version and I have no doubt that Microsoft have already reduced their support for Windows 7. Whether or not your laptop will be able to run Windows 7 I will need you to email me the exact model and I can investigate further for you.

Tina from San Luis asks: Hi Aunty, I use Amazon for most of my online shopping and books and everything has been fine for years but all of a sudden it has changed to a Spanish format and all the books for sale are Spanish versions. Also there seems to be far less for sale and I am struggling to understand the

Employment boost in Orihuela The councillor of Employment Víctor Valverde has reported that the department will proceed with the recruitment of 19 people in different jobs thanks to a subsidy of 250,000 euros from SERVEF. "This grant comes in two parts, one to help the long-term unemployed and one for the unemployed of over 30 years of age," said Valverde.

The councillor said that the City Council, as usual in this type of grants, will proceed to provide SERVEF with the occupations they need and in return will be supplied with a list of possible candidates who will have to then pass for selection.

"To qualify for one of these positions is essential to be registered as a job seeker in any of the occupations that the City will request from SERVEF." Key occupations will be those of masonry officers, masonry workers, painting officer, cleaners, social worker, electronic electrical technician, plumbing official, administrative assistants, economics graduates, senior technician in international trade, gardening and technical labourers, managers in forest management and natural environment.

As soon as the list of candidates is received from SERVEF, the assessment will be made and these people must be hired by 15th December, explained the Councillor.

Finally, Víctor Valverde stressed that this will be an opportunity for "many young people to apply for jobs what they have been trained in and also to serve fellow citizens and their local society and community”.

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Brit “Wikipedia narco” gets 15 years for drug smuggling A court in Alicante has sentenced British drug trafficker Brian Charrington to 15 years and six months in prison for smuggling 192 kilograms of cocaine from South America into Spain between 2012 and 2013.

Charrington, who is originally from Teesside, in northeast England, was on Europe’s most-wanted list when police raided his home in 2013. He was operating out of the Costa Blanca, where he owned numerous properties that police believe also served as hideouts for other wanted criminals.

He is known in Spain as “el narco de la Wikipedia” because he allegedly updated his own Wikipedia biography, which listed his prolific criminal career after starting out as a car dealer who “eventually built a criminal empire with links to Germany, France, Spain and Austria as well as connections in South America and the United States.”

Charrington, who has previously served time for drug trafficking in Germany and France, has now been found guilty of crimes against public health and money laundering, and ordered to pay more than €31.2 million in fines. His son Ray Charrington has also been convicted of money laundering.

In its ruling, the provincial court of Alicante said that the drugs were

brought into the port of Altea, a small resort near Benidorm, on a yacht with fake identification papers. In addition to the two key arrests, two of Charrington’s aides were handed 10- and 12-year sentences for criminal association.

Five more defendants were acquitted of all charges, including Charrington’s partner Isabelle Danielle Lydie Robert, who is already serving a nine-year sentence for drug trafficking imposed

by Spain’s High Court, the Audiencia Nacional.

At the trial, the 61-year-old drug baron denied the charges and claimed he is a real estate entrepreneur and lawabiding taxpayer. “I buy and sell villas and I pay my taxes,” he told the court regarding his business interests.

His gang was broken up in July 2013 as part of a joint operation between Spain’s organised crime police unit (Greco) and law enforcement agencies from Venezuela, France, UK, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. The police impounded assets worth €5 million, including a dozen luxury properties, high-end vehicles, six recreational craft and bank accounts.

Charrington had previously been arrested in Spain in 1997 for allegedly participating in the purchase of four tons of hashish.

text. Can you please tell me how to get it to go back to English?

Aunty Says: Hello Tina. Probably the best way is to use www.amazon.co.uk (rather than .com or .es) as this will force the UK English version. Windows often tries to be a bit too clever and checks your location and decides what language you need, and as .com sites are global this can cause this kind of problem.

Elaine via email asks: Hello Aunty. I have started getting a warning message when I switch on my HP Pavilion laptop "Warning: the battery cannot be identified. This system will be unable to charge this battery. Press any key to continue."

When I continue my laptop starts up and runs without any problems and the battery level indicator says I have 1 hour and 45 minutes which seems fine as it is the original battery and I know the deteriorate over time. Can I do any damage by not getting a new battery or should I continue to use it?

Aunty Says: Hi Elaine. It very likely that your battery is simply on its way out. A new battery for one of them won’t be very expensive, around €40 for a good one, so maybe have a nose on amazon or ebay. As long as it is partially working you won’t do any damage to the laptop or Windows so it may just be worth putting up with the problem.

Pete via email asks: Dear Aunty. I have a new laptop with windows 10 and with my old one, when I opened my bank statement from my bank, it automatically went to a spreadsheet program. Now when I open the same download it brings up Microsoft Excel but it says my trial period has expired and I need to go online and purchase a copy. I don’t remember exactly how it worked before but I think it was Office but was a free program you had recommended.

Aunty Says: Hi Pete. What you probably had before was the free Apache Open Office from www.openoffice.org which does pretty much everything Microsoft Office does. You may want to remove the trial version of Office via “control panel” “programs and features” That’ll do for this week, email me your questions to auntyvirus@costablancapeople.com and I will see what I can do.

ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SERVICES 2018 In addition to the normal Services (see Footnote) the following special Services are planned over the Advent and Christmas 2018 period: LA SIESTA Tue 4 Dec 18 Chaplaincy Advent Carol Service 11:00 am Mon 10 Dec 18 Ecumenical Carol Service 6:00 pm Mon 24 Dec 18 Midnight Mass – Holy Eucharist 11:30 pm LOS BALCONES Wed 12 Dec 18 Traditional Nine Lessons and Carols Service with the Royal British Legion Band 6:00 pm Sun 16 Dec 18 Christingle Service 10:30 am Tue 25 Dec 18 Christmas Day - Holy Eucharist 10:30 am CAMPOVERDE Thu 13 Dec 18 Traditional Nine Lessons and Carols Service with Coro Pilar 6:00 pm Sun 23 Dec 18 Carols at the 'Rusty Nail' 6:00 pm Mon 24 Dec 18 Holy Eucharist 8:30 pm Sun 30 Dec 18 Christingle Service 6:00 pm

SAN FULGENCIO Sun 9 Dec 18 Ecumenical Carol Service 6:00 pm LAGO JARDIN Thu 20 Dec 18 Carol Singing outside Lago Jardín – (followed by Tapas) 6:00 pm LA MANGA Mon 24 Dec 18 Christmas Eve – Holy Eucharist 6:00 pm (St Teresa's, Las Lomas Village) FOOTNOTE For more information on the workings of the Chaplaincy - and other planned activities and events – please view their web-site: http://www.c-of-e-torrevieja.com/wp/ The specific location of the various Churches together with their normal Services can be found here: http://www.c-of-etorrevieja.com/wp/where-we-are/ Also follow them on their Facebook pages too: https://www.facebook.com/anglicanto rrevieja/ The Anglican Chaplaincy extends a very warm and friendly welcome to all denominations who live in or are visiting our area and our Church Centres.

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Category F tyres banned from sale In a bid to further reduce the environmental impact of vehicles on the roads in Spain, the sale of poorly performing tyres has been outlawed.

All tyres for sale in Spain follow the European Standards for safety rating. As of November 1, the sale of tyres which are in the “F” category for roll resistance, and which are intended for use on passenger cars and vans, have been prohibited.

Roll resistance directly influences fuel consumption of the vehicle, and therefore, its pollutant emissions, especially that of greenhouse gases. The lower the resistance, the lower the consumption and, according to the Tyre Manufacturers Commission, "up to 20% of fuel consumption is related to this factor."

According to Jose Luis Rodriguez, president of the

Commission, "the prohibition to sell these less efficient tyres in the European market highlights again the informative work and the protection of the consumer interests of the tyre Label".

The special tyre labelling system came into force on July 1, 2012. Its objective was to inform the consumer by means of colours, symbols and letters, of the roll resistance, the braking grip on wet roads and the sound level of the tyre, helping consumers to choose the tyres that provide the best performance for their vehicle, but that are also safe, durable, efficient and respectful to the environment.

The sale of "G" rated tyres, in other words the least efficient, was already outlawed in 2014.

The Professional Organization of Tire Specialists (OPEN) insists that tyres are the vehicle's only

contact with the road. They ensure that the adherence and direction that the vehicle travels in is the one desired by the user and also cushions imperfections of the road. At the same time, they insist on the need for adequate maintenance of the tyre, including pressure and depth.

According to a study by the University of Edinburgh on vehicle gases, it was stated that 2/3 of the particles emitted by a vehicle are due to tyres, vehicle maintenance and roads. OPEN underlines that "the use of efficient tyres could represent a decrease of 50 litres per 10,000 kilometres in the use of fuel.

There is a transitional period for garages which have stock of these Class “F” tyres, in that those manufactured before November 1, 2018, may still be sold for a period of 30 months, i.e. up until May 1, 2021.

Speed limits look set to reduce soon When the new Director General of the DGT took over, Pere Navarro vowed to turn around the increase in road traffic injuries and fatalities, as he had done whilst previously in the post.

Recently, the DGT has reverted back to hard-hitting advertising campaigns on TV and in print, showing the reality of what is left behind after a serious incident, and what those who have to deal with the aftermath have to put up with.

Practical improvements were also on the cards, as was the intention to rush through legislation as quickly as possible.

It is now believed that the first such change is set to be rushed through for January, which would see the maximum permitted speed limit on some 7,000 kilometres of secondary roads reduced from 100 kilometres per hour to 90

kilometres per hour.

In the final draft of a document prepared by the Ministry of the Interior and Traffic, it is stated that "this Royal Decree will come into

force on January 2, 2019".

However, it is important to note

that the time specified is subject to change as, no matter the intention, there is still a minimum time for legislation to work its way through the system and become law, and so, unless something changes, the specified date is unrealistic.

That said, the point is that the DGT, under the management of Pere Navarro, is set to implement significant change to the laws that should make the roads safer for all, so long as those laws are adhered to.

However, also on the cards are more radars, fixed and portable, stricter penalties for such things as mobile phone use, and more resources to allow the Guardia Civil, police and the DGT to enforce the laws and penalise those who still choose to ignore the dangers on the roads.

Spanish government planning to ban sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2040 A draft law covering Spain’s approach to climate change and the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy is expected to reach Congress before the year is out. But the Ministry for Environmental Transition has already informed the country’s political parties of some of the key elements of this legislation.

And among the proposals is a 2040 ban on the sale of all vehicles that use fossil fuels, whether they be powered by petrol, diesel or natural gas.

What’s more, in 2050 the government hopes to be working with local councils to prohibit the circulation of such vehicles, and is also proposing the obligatory installation of electric charging points in gas stations.

Transportation in Spain – and in most of the European Union – is the straggler when it comes to the fight against climate change.

While the use of renewable energy continues to grow in the power sector – with a realistic target of 100 percent of electricity coming from clean sources in the future – road transportation is not progressing at the same speed in the fight against climate change.

Just over a quarter of all greenhouse gases emitted in Spain are from the transportation sector, and most of those come from the roads.

Forecasts from the government

suggest that if measures are not taken, these emissions will grow 15 percent from here to 2030.

In the draft text presented last Tuesday, the 2040 ban on “passenger and light commercial vehicles with direct emissions of carbon dioxide” would also mean an end to the sale of hybrids, which also burn gasoline or diesel. This kind of veto has already been announced in other EU countries, such as the United Kingdom and France, which have also set a target date of 2040, and Denmark, Ireland, Germany and the Netherlands, which have set a date of 2030.

The ministry’s proposal also includes measures that would see municipalities with more than 50,000 people have lowemission zones installed “no later than 2023.”

The law, which also sets a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (compared to 1990 levels) will have to be negotiated in Congress, and given that the Socialist Party (PSOE) is governing in a minority, the process may take a long time as the government seeks crossparty support.

The PSOE and the left-wing anti-austerity party Podemos have already created a work group in Congress, and the rest of the political parties received the draft document several days ago. The ministry claims that its objectives are very ambitious

and go further than what has been demanded by the European Commission (EC).

Measures Among the measures in the draft is a plan to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a controversial process used to extract oil and gas from the ground by fracturing rock using pressurised liquid. What’s more, once the law comes into force the government will no longer issue new permissions for the prospecting and exploitation of hydrocarbons, neither on land nor at sea. Current licenses will not be valid from 2040 onward.

The climate change law will be completed with the so-called Energy and Climate Plan, which Spain will have to present to Brussels in December. This plan will set out the energy sources that the country will count on over the next decade; for example, whether it will count on coal, nuclear or natural gas for its energy needs.

This document is still being drawn up, but in the draft climate change law there are measures to encourage the use of renewables. Between 2020 and 2030, a total of 3,000 megawatts will have to be installed every year. Currently, the country counts on 48,000 megawatts, and in 2017 this clean technology generated 32% of all the electricity in Spain.

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VW and Ford confirm collaboration, deny merger The VW Group and Ford will jointly develop commercial vehicles and have "identified other potential cooperation", CEO Herbert Diess has confirmed at its annual board meeting press conference.

Rumours of a VW and Ford tie-in have been circulating since the start of the month, with speculation that the brands will also develop electric vehicles together. Diess confirmed the joint development of commercial vehicles is "core to the alliance", and went on to say that bosses had "identified other potential cooperation with Ford outside of commercial vehicles".

However, Diess denies the relationship will extend to a rumoured full merger with Ford, claiming "that was never the objective of our talks".

Diess also revealed the Group has increased its five-year investment into electric vehicles, autonomous and connected technology from â‚Ź34bn to â‚Ź44bn, around a third of the car maker's total expenditure for the period. Of that sum, â‚Ź30bn will be put into electric mobility, including everything from platform and powertrain development to infrastructure investment.

He also sees "few reasons" why the majority of car buyers won't be going electric by 2020, claiming "for those who drive less than 30,000km a year, electric will be their first choice".

Also discussed were plans to improve production efficiency, essential in the cost-cutting aftermath of Dieselgate, by

30% by 2025.

VW Works council head Bernd Osterloh discussed the brand's desire to be "part of battery manufacturing close to where the cars are produced". Diess added that it "doesn't make sense" to spread EV production across Europe. VW's current trio of dedicated electric vehicle plants across Germany is claimed to be the largest network of EV production across Europe.

Despite the continued focus on electrification and future mobility services, the brand confirmed that internal combustion engines "will remain important" for several years. "We will offer diesel engines with reduced NOx and carbon levels", Osterloh confirmed.

VW CEO Herbert Diess

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San Miguel Golf Society Mar Menor is quite possibly SMGS members’ generally preferred course of those managed by GNK, due to it having not quite so many bunkers or as much pampas grass as the others, and being relatively short. However, it has its difficulties, with some holes closely bordered by water and well protected greens. Some difficult pin positions, slowish putting surfaces and a gusting wind added to the complexity for the 40 members and 2 guests taking on the course and, whilst scoring was good overall, only 3 players, all low handicappers playing in the Gold Category, beat their handicaps. Richard McCann had the day’s best return by some distance, scoring 40 points.

Results, by Category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 5th Neil Oliver (34 on CB), 4th Chris Hamblett (34 on CB), 3rd Mick Seymour (34 on CB), 2nd Mike Jordan (34 on CB) and 1st Norman McBride with 36 points.

Silver Category: 5th Brian Mulligan (33),

4th George Brown (34 on CB), 3rd Noel Connellan (34 on CB), 2nd Kyrre Skarsmoen (35) and first Ken Flaherty with 36 points.

Gold Category: 5th Noel Bannon (35 on CB), 4th Phil de Lacy (35 on CB), 3rd Russell Bailey (37 on CB), 2nd Theo Boelhouwer (37 on CB) and 1st, with the day’s best score (and so a Ray Seaman donated gift), Richard McCann with 40 points.

Nearest the pins (sponsored by Property Shop): Hole 2 Gerald Bannon, Hole 8 Darren Hancock, Hole 14 Brian Mulligan, Hole 18 Spencer Andrews.

Abacus (sponsored by Mike Kaylor): Gary Beechey Best Guest Winner: Kevin Toner Our thanks go to all Mar Menor staff for their contribution to a very enjoyable day.

Next week we will be at La Torre, then on following weeks at El Valle and Lo Romero. Keep up to date with all SMGS matters by logging on to our website www.smgs.org or simply give Captain Tony Smale a call on 628227687.

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Sailing; Phew what a day 10 boats and their crews turned out for the SAMM race day on November 4th, the most for a day in the Autumn season.

Again the format was for Average Lap Racing with the majority wanting a race time of 75 minutes. The wind was a light westerly of 4-6 knots when the race started and all boats got away well except little Rosita with Mick on board who was 3 minutes late over the line and the Sailfish ‘Sirocco’, Nik, Leon and Trefor, who eventually gave up trying and did not start.

The ‘Omega’, Brian and Kent’ soon took the lead hotly pursued by the others and there were some exciting moments as various boats jostled for position when rounding the marks.

In the light wind, which had backed to the south west by the finish, the fastest boats completed 6 and the slowest 3 laps.

The winner was ‘Omega”, Brian and Kent, just 1.45 seconds ahead of Don in the Hartley 12.2.

During the lunch break the wind went

fully south, so blowing straight onshore, and started to build reaching 10 plus knots as the boats were trying to launch and get out to the start line. This required some very quick tacks back and forth across the channel, with the ‘Omega’ and Topaz getting in each other’s way. When the ‘Omega’ finally got out she unexpectedly turned back and did not compete.

By the 2.30pm start the wind had veered back to SW and increase to at least 12 knots and the waves started to build.

Another great start by all boats which were flying around the course so fast the Race Officer had the support boat move a buoy to increase the length of lags 2 and 3. Again there was some close competition throughout the race, especially as the faster boats were lapping the slower.

Close to the race end ‘Sirocco’ failed to go through the start/finish gate and, despite being alerted to the fact surprisingly carried on, she had to be

disqualified. The ‘Topaz’ capsized 3 times in quick succession but Julian managed to right her each time and continue to finish the race.

Then the Hartley 12.2 capsized right on the last mark before finishing. Don managed to get her back up twice but could not for the third time as some of the lines had become tangled. A great shame after such a great race. He had become very cold, and had to be taken aboard the support boat, which also took his boat in tow, and bought both safely back to shore. All thanks to those on duty, helm Martin and crew Dave and Graeme.

In the increased wind five boats completed 8 laps and the other two finishers 6. The winner was the largest boat competing Lavanter, Robert and Ian, with the smallest boat Rosita a close second.

No photographs were taken as some people had left whilst Don and his boat were being recovered.

AD BETIS2 CD MONTESINOS 0 TEAM:- CARLOS, FERNANDO, MANUEL, MORANTE, ALEXIS, OMAR, MACCAN, YERAY, DARIO, DIEGO, VAZ. SUBS MICHAEL, DIMITRY, GERMAN, DANIEL. Betis started as they meant to go on, they were quicker and hungry for the ball.

They were playing the ball into space and left Monte clutching at straws. After 15 minutes a through ball split our defence leaving Carlos facing a one on one which their forward made the most of. 1-0, Betis were in total control, however 5 minutes later Vaz broke through but his shot hit the goal-keeper’s leg and went over the bar.

Monte were second best in every department but failed to turn their pressure into goals.

Just before half-time a through ball to Vaz saw their keeper just get there first to clear the danger. In all the time I have been watching Monte I have never seen them give so many free kicks away.

We started the second half with more determination and a Maccan free-kick was well saved by their keeper. Just 2 minutes later a shot from Alexis went past the post and we began to hope. Dario was replaced by Patricio but Betis still controlled the game and on 62 minutes a long cross found their winger unmarked near the box with Fernando too far away to stop him running into the box exposing Carlos again. 2-0 game over.

German and Dimitry replaced Dario and Yeray but 12 minutes after coming on Patricio was given a straight red for an off the ball incident. The only good news was that the rain that was threatened didn’t come. Only 4 Monte members were there to see this awful performance although a large number of our Spanish fans were there. Next weekend we play Santa Pola, so check the Facebook site for details.

La Finca Golf Society Mondays roll up a stableford of the yellow blocks was won by Gavin Parke, results was as follows; 4th, Dave Friedman (33), 3rdJeff Ellis (33), 2ndAlex Duchart (34) and 1st, Gavin Parke (35).

Nearest the pins were Jeff Ellis(3) andDerek Braid (13).

On Wednesday we played a Stableford competition of the Yellow Blocks, results was as follows; 4th, Jeff Ellis (33), 3rdRoy Nicholas(36), 2nd,Stuart Tosh(39) and 1st,Mike Stott (41).

Nearest the pins were Ole Dibbern(3),Andrew Mills(6), Eric Owens (13) andShaun Locke(16).

Good turnout for our Poppy Day tournament which was sponsored by Mick the Grip who each year raises money on behalf of The British Legion Poppy appeal, well done to all the members at the prize giving ceremony the society presented to Mick 210-00 euro towards his appeal.

The competition was stableford of the Yellow Blocks due to the continuing

maintenance of the tees at La Finca.

Fairways and greens very wet after all the overnight rain but course still in good condition Results as follows for Saturday, 5th, Gavin Parke (36), 4thMick Elliot (37) 3rd,Ivor Turkington(38), 2nd,Jeff Ellis (40) and 1st, Ole Dibbern also with (40).

Nearest the pins were Jeff Ellis(3), Neil Maidment(6), Shaun Locke (13) and Mick Ellliot(16).

No members 2,s today but our guest Neil Maidment had one on hole 6.

Best dressed golfer was Russell Gordon.

Back to The Corner Flag Bar afterwards for food and presentation thanks to Steve and his staff.

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Saturday is main competition day with various competitions which are Spanish Federated, to be eligible to play you need a handicap of 16 or less.

If you are interested or require more information give Barry a ring on 666694467 or 966731033.

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CD Torrevieja brings Iñaki PADDY’S to the Club to strengthen POINT GOLF Society the left side CD Torrevieja has finalised a deal to bring Guido Iñaki Milanesi (Buenos Aires, 1995) to the Club. Iñaki plays in the position of left back and stands out for his youth, intensity, character and excellent ability of getting the ball into the opponent’s area of the pitch.

The Argentinian winger joins the Club from Elda Industrial CF, where he had only been a few weeks after coming from 3º Division Novelda CF. He has also played for Comunicaciones, Central Ballester and Real Pilar in his home country.

Welcome Iñaki!

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The 10th and final round of the winter Series was fished at the Embalse de la Pedrera on the 13th November.

The water levels are now rising slowly due to water flowing in from the canal, but it is very clear with bites hard to come by.

The two top weights coming off the point, and in first place was John Waples fishing the feeder with a weight of 8.180kgs, second place was Doug Hornblow with 7.960kgs and coming in third was Mick Hill with 1.700kgs.

1st John Waples with 8.180kgs 2nd Doug Hornblow with 7.960kgs 3rd Mick Hill with 1.700kgs All fishing the feeder using pellet The overall winners of the Winter Series best 8 from 10 matches FIRST Terry Screen 68points SECOND Mick Hill 57points JOINT THIRD Jackie Breslin 52points Richard Wood 52points There are still some vacancies available for membership at the club All details are available on our website www.abbeyangling.es

This week we fished on the river Segura at Murcia for the 10th round of the Summer Championship on the 14th November.

Despite rain having been forecast we had a dry day, the river was carrying a drop of water and it was a good colour.

First on the day was Dave Hutchinson with 15.300kgs, coming in second was Bill Reade with 9.700kgs and in third place Doug Hornblow with 9.070kgs 1st Dave Hutchinson with 15.300kgs 2nd Bill Reade with 9.700kgs 3rd Doug Hornblow with 9.070kgs All fishing the feeder using Pellet On the 23rd October Abbey angling was fishing the Embalse de Argos, unfortunately one of our members left behind his net bag and accessories. Last week on “places to fish on the Costa Blanca” site it had been posted that it had been found by a Spanish angler who managed after 7 days to speak to an English fisherman Gerard Mulligan who lives in Mazarron who arranged via the web site to meet with me at El Bosquet on Monday and he returned the bag to me intact. It gives you a very good feeling to know there are good honest people in the world and my thanks go again to Gerard Mulligan and the unknown Spanish man

For the first time in a quite a while we held our monthly outing at Lo Romero Golf and this proved very popular with the members. The course was in excellent condition and the rain had the decency to allow us a ‘dry’ round, however we did leave a substantial numbers of balls in the water at the 18th. On our return to the pub we were served up a delicious meal which was very much appreciated by us all, thank you Hazel, Rory and all the staff at Paddy’s Point.

NTP - Geoffrey Purcell, Arthur Lambe, Sean McCarthy & Ted Duffy. Longest Drive - Neil O’Dowd & Myra Coull. Best Guest John Stapleton 38pts. 2’s pot winners John Batterby, Eldon Carey & Geoffrey Purcell. 3rd place Eldon Carey 34ptsc/b, 2nd John Batterby 35pts Winner of the Caledonia Trophy - Maxie McBrien 36pts.

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Las Ramblas Golf Society Hola! And welcome to his week’s special Game Show edition of The Ramblas Golf report. On Monday it was ‘Come On Down ’as we competed in our own version of ‘Countdown’ with the best three scores out of four to count on each hole. ‘Playing their cards right’ and taking the honours with a credible 113 points (only 2 in front of the runners up) were Terry Field, Ron Phipps, Peter Wickham and Nora Betts, ‘Good Game’!To put that into context my team were fairly ‘Pointless’ as we only managed 89 points!

Despite the wet and windy conditions a ‘Surprise Surprise’ number of contestants took to the stage for Wednesday’s Stableford. For Nigel (the Price) was definitely right with a winning

score of 41 points. In second spot, with 37, was John Dobson ‘Chased’ by Brian Staines with 36. Nigel also took ‘Bulley’s special prize’ being the only player to get a ‘2’today. Must have been a ‘Golden Shot’!

Onto Friday’s Memorial Day 2 ball better ball and ‘Have I got news for you’.

Nigel Price (again) together with Trevor Pulleyblank scooped the jackpot with an incredible 49 points. John Shervell and Nora Betts put on a good show to take the runners up slot with a fine 45 points.

Trevor, playing off 14, finished his round at just 5 over par and commendably submitted his card for handicap. So he’s for ‘The Drop’ then!

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Your week in Sport Not content with finally winning a game of Test cricket on foreign soil, Joe Root’s England side have wrapped up the series in Sri Lanka by winning the 2nd Test by 57 runs.

England had named the same XI as the 1st Test meaning the went in with three spinners and given that 38 of the 40 wickets to fall in the Test came from spin, it was a good move. Equally, I think at least 30 of the wickets fell to people trying to play a sweep shot. Jack Leach, Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid were superb as they led England home in just 30 minutes of the final day.

Cynics might immediately suggest that it’s only Sri Lanka but winning a series there is something both South Africa and Australia have both failed to do in recent times - though, Australia not winning at Test cricket against anyone other than England is hardly a shock.

By the time next summer’s Ashes get underway on August 1, England should have their tails fully up with just one more match against Sri Lanka, a series against the Windies and then a one-off Test against Ireland. Oh, and winning the World Cup, of course.

Also not a shock is England failing to get off to convincing starts with the bat. Ben Stokes was promoted to bat at three this time as, well, it must have been his turn and he rewarded such faith with 19 and 0, though technically he batted at four in the second innings with Leach being sent out to open as a nightwatchman, something I have never seen before.

In the rugby, Ireland only went and beat the All Blacks. I don’t think I’ve ever written a sentence in this column involving the All Blacks and losing. The New Zealand Head Coach, Steve Hansen, laid a marker called

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Keaton Jennings followed up his 146 not out in the 1st Test with a performance more akin to what we know of Keaton Jennings to this point, with 1 and 26. Yet, Rory Burns made his first incision as a Test bat, scoring 43 and 59.

Poor starts are very England but what they do mean is that we get to see the real batting talent earlier in the innings and that can only be a good thing when Jos Buttler and Sam Curran get to score runs quickly in tight situations. Both got vital 60 odds in the first innings and it was captain Root, a man who finally looks like he might have learned to skipper, who scored a fine second innings ton to set England up to bowl themselves to victory.

pressure at the feet of the Irish ahead of next year’s World Cup, calling them “now the number one team in the world”. That’ll be £50 on the All Blacks lifting the trophy in 2019 then.

England beat Japan which was great, seeing that they only chose to play the second half.

In Wolverhampton, a place that from personal experience I have only ever found to smell lovely, was rocked last week. The world of professional darts may never recover from #StinkGate involving Gary Anderson and Wesley Harms who were playing in an official pro-tournament in the West Midlands. The arena, how can I put this, stank and both players were pointing the finger at the other and accusing their opponent of repeatedly breaking wind.

You see, it’s things like this that mean darts will never be in the Olympics.

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What's that? England are in another football semi-final? That's becoming a bit of a habit now, isn't it?

We'll head back to Thursday night's Wayne Rooney Farewell Tour in a moment because right now is the time to revel in the fact that England have booked their place in the semi-finals of the 'Greatest Football Tournament in the World TM' (after the World Cup, European Championships, Champions League and the FA Cup, of course).

If I put aside the fact it would have

England team. I mean, as an England fan, it's something we do very well; getting carried away about an England team.

Before the game at Wembley kicked off, pretty much all outcomes were still available to England. Had they lost they would have been relegated and a 0-0 draw would have seen them finish second, or something. Not that any of that matters now, right?

England battered Croatia in the first half but could not find a goal, Harry Kane once again looking like he was going to come up short against a half decent national side. Hold that thought.

Jesse Lingard should get a transfer to

Harry Kane

been great if England could have done this to Croatia a few months ago, it might actually be time to get a little carried away by the potential of this

Tottenham straight away as he only seems to be brilliant when he plays at Wembley. He came off the bench and

Wayne Rooney

equalised almost immediately before clearing one off the line at the other end. Add to that his goal against the USA on Thursday and the Poch should make his move in January.

Harry Kane, pretty anonymous for most of the game, chose the perfect moment to reappear in the eyes of the Man-of-the-Match sponsors by poaching the winner with a few minutes left in the game. That's the way to win a bottle of champagne, let your team do all the work and then steal the glory right at the end.

Given how England scored their equaliser, is there anyone out there (other than Andy Gray and Richard Keys) who still feels a throw-in coach at Liverpool is a daft idea? Joe Gomez launched a bullet into the Croatia area leading to a goal that had Tony Pulis yearning for Rory Delap to come out of retirement.

The UEFA Nations League is officially

brilliant. I never doubted it.

Days before, England fans flocked to Wembley to get a final glimpse of Wayne Rooney in an England shirt after it was decided that the match against USA needed an extra something to sell tickets. And that something was gifting Rooney his 120th cap, all in the name of the Wayne Rooney Foundation. Ah, it was all for charity. That's OK then, I shall step down. Eh? Not a single penny of the gate receipts, concessions, sponsorship or merchandise went to Wayne's charity? Punters were expected to make donations into a bucket having already spent their hard-earned on the match ticket? In any other week, that would have been the worst sold idea of the last few years, hey Theresa?

Even if the match was a glorified testimonial in theory, England put USA to bed 3-0 and young Jadon Sancho looks like a proper talent. Fortunately, he plays in Germany so there is a chance

he'll be able to develop in peace without the press and social media following his every single move.

Manchester City have been in the news once more over their interesting ways of financing their quest to become the biggest football club in the world. Don't get me wrong, Peppy G's team play football that is nice to watch but then I am sure my beloved Luton Town could do the same if they found a way to bend the FFP rules to the same extent, ahem, allegedly.

Yet, City's blatant disregard for following things to the letter is not the biggest story of 'the game's gone, lads' in the last seven days. Oh no, not even close.

Ex-Arsenal chairman David Dein, who I thought was a decent guy up until this week, has proposed that every Premier League club donates £250k to a a pot that will end up becoming a £5m farewell gift to the outgoing Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore. £5m for leaving a job. A job that he gets pretty well paid to do.

It's worth pointing out that very few Premier League clubs even pay their staff the living wage, yet all but five have agreed to this crazy, insensitive plan.

I am sure Scudamore has done a fine job for them, helping their pockets be lined by more TV rights money than they could have ever believed, but still.

In a British week of terrible PR moves, this one sticks out. At least those season tickets won't go up again at the end of the season, right? Oh.

The Celts Club de Quesada Bowls Club Golf What a fantastic turnout for our monthly Open day at La Serena, 93 players. There are many people to thank for the smooth operation of the event. The organising committee of Camillus, Philip and Terry, excellent job. To the pro-shop with Jose, Karolina, Paul, Jean and Leticia. To Vanessa, Gloria, the kitchen staff and Fina, thank you.

Our head green keeper Wayne and his team for the marvellous condition of the course again superb. To all those who stayed behind to collect their prizes and to those who were there to honour the victors well done and thank you. Our club keeps going from strength to strength.

This was our Captains’ swan song so to speak and on behalf of the Junta I would like to thank Terry Fitzgerald for all his hard work and support throughout the year. Our monthly winners, Golf prizes, Cat I, Pauvla Serakova 38, Denis McCormack 37 and James Woodham 36. Cat II, Catherine Bennett 41, Karen Neal 40, and Alan Perry 39. Crystal week 1, Alan Ewing 40, Chris Daw 38 and and the birthday boy Philip

Mountford 37. 70 years young and still collecting prizes. Week 2, William Mackie 43, Sally Hopkins 37 and Steven Hodgett 36.

Medal, Cat I Camillus Fitzpatrick 70, Cat II Jim Hayes 70 and Cat III Noel Murray 70. The Terry Fitzgerald Gold medal winner went to a very deserved Pauvla Serakova with 70.

The results of the day were as follows; NTP’s Alan Ewing, Ian Sadler, Pauvla Serakova, Richard

Beel, Mike Sephton and Bill Currie.

Cat I, Garteh Conroy 37, Terry Fitzgerald 3 and Colin Soones 34.

Cat II Chris Daw 38, Roy Ramberg 38 and Anthony Davis 37. Cat III, Gordon Anders 36, Martin Fitzpatrick 35 and Michael Hooke

35. Gross went to Alan Ewing 34, 2nd overall went to Robert Smith 38 and the winner with 39 Kjell Mundheim. Congratulations to all our winners and to all those who played on the day.

For those players who have asked if they can `play in the league next year can you please send me your name and contact details. Mick the Grip will be organising another team to compete in the league. The cost of playing in the league this year was 25 euro green fee on such courses as, Las Colinas, Alenda, Bonalba and the Spanish Open course El Saler.

We have a waiting list in operation for membership at La Serena, however membership of The Celts is always available.

If you would like information about joining our club or entering a team in The International League or any of the federation events why not send an e-mail to johnobrienalicante@gmail.com or call 615466398?

The rain in Spain fell mainly overnight this week (or on days without league matches). So apart from dealing with the morning dew on the rinks, the weather was kind to us.

Both of our squads in the Enterprise division of the South Alicante Winter League enjoyed success this week.

On a very sunny and warm November afternoon Quesada Diamonds entertained La Siesta Apollos. Quesada Diamonds won on 3 rinks and lost on 2 rinks.(Rink 5 was very unfortunate to drop 4 shots on the last end and lose by 1 shot). The points were 8-4 to Quesada and 97- 73 shots.

Meanwhile the Quesada Pearls were away to Emerald Isle Titans and enjoyed a win of 8 points to 4 with 104 to 79 shots. A competitive match as always but played in good spirit and enjoyable company.

In the Discovery Division however, the Rubies had a tough match against Emerald Isle Neptunes who won 10 points to 2 and 100 shots to 63.

The Wednesday Winter League team had a resounding win of 10 points to 2 against San Miguel and 118 shots to 45. This means they are now 2nd in the league only 2 points behind the leaders, Javea.

After the storms on Wednesday night and Thursdays heavy rain, the cloudy skies looked

threatening for the Friday Southern League matches. But thankfully the rain held off in the end and there were very close results for all 3 Quesada squads...

Quesada Swallows hosted San Miguel in a tough fought contest.

The Swallows managed to hold off the San Miguel Bulldogs narrowly winning the match 7-5 points with the shots 92-87.

The Swifts also played San Miguel this time at a tough fought away match where the San Miguel Boxers narrowly won 7-5 points and the shots were drawn 92 each. Although still trailing the league leaders Mazarron Miners by 9 points, The swifts remain in second place in the league. But with La Siesta Gold hot on their heels in third place only one point behind, Quesada Swifts will have

to pull out all of the stops next week!

Finally Quesada Swans played at home to La Siesta Golds and their match ended in a Quesada win 8-4 points and 83-81 shots.

Just a reminder that our popular Saturday morning chicken drive is open to visitors.

Green fees are only 6 euros if you have your own shoes and bowls and 7 euros if you need to hire them. Anyone interested in taking part, please report to The Club, Quesada for a 9.30am start.

For more information about our club, please contact our membership secretary Angie Goddard newleaf2014@hotmail.com New bowlers are always welcome and introductory coaching is available

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