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Santa Walk Success As always hundreds of people gathered at Zenia Boulevard to join in the festive fun and raise money to fight cancer at the Santa Walk. osted by Maria and the Pink Ladies, 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.

The walk started on Sunday at 12 noon and saw around 120 people putting their best foot forward for charity and raising more than 1,000 euros for the AECC and collecting two trolleys worth of food stuffs and toiletries for Reach Out. The 5k walk meandered in a circuitous route from the Boulevard and through Playa Flamenca and was a sight to behold as every was dressed as a Christmas character from Santa to snowmen, reindeer (or rein-

dogs), Mrs Christmas, snowflakes and even a Grinch or too.

Entertainment was aided by Simon Morton of Sunshine FM and the acts

All of the money raised goes to the AECC Early Detection Programme, which saves lives by allowing members of the public of any nationality, race, creed or

included: The Crazy Ladies and the Honeys an singers Shirley and Marion. A special thanks goes to Councillor Sofia Alvarez for making all the arrangements for the day with the local police and of course to the Zenia Boulevard management team for all its help and support.

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Two Christmas parties for the orphanage children It should be a special year for the children at San José Obrero orphanage in Orihuela. Not one, but two parties will be held for them this year. The first, in time for Christmas will be held on 14th December on the plaza opposite the church in Benijofar from 6pm until 8pm.

Now, it’s also been announced that the children can look forward to a party to celebrate the Three Kings too.

This will be held on Saturday 5th January at Bar Carmens from 2pm.

There are 70 children altogether in the orphanage and although many of them spend at least part of the festive season in a family home, many do not. It’s for these children that the parties will cater and previous parties have shown just how appreciative the children are of the care and attention they are given.

La Mata’s giant raffle A giant raffle will be held along with other entertainment on Sunday 16th December from 11am in the Plaza Encarnación Puchol in La Mata. The event has been organised by the restaurants and businesses of Torrelamata in conjunction with Torrevieja’s town hall.

There will be dancing at 11.30am

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Sea rescue has picked up 16 men and seven women from a boat on the coast of Torrevieja. Salvamar, Cruz Roja and the Guardia Civil were in attendance after the boat was spotted by a fishing boat out at sea. Those on board have come from Libya and Algeria on two small boats with outboard motors.

The immigrants were taken to the dique de Poniente where they were attended to by emergency services. Three of the 17 men are believed to be less than 18 years old and two of the women may also be minors. Two of the boats’ occupants had symptoms of hypothermia but the rest appeared to be in reasonable health. One of the boats contained nine people and these were taken ashore at 11.15 by Salvamar Mirfak from Salvamento Marítimo. The boat had been spotted at 8.30am by the fishermen around 60 kilometres from the shore.

After taking the people from this first boat aboard they then noticed a second boat containing 14 immigrants who were then rescued at around midday.

A total of 24 immigrants were then taken to Torrevieja port and arrived at around 2.30pm. On Thursday another two boats had been spotted off the coast of the Vega Baja, although this boat was attended to in Cartagena. These immigrants from North Africa take to the sea in small boats with fuel, some food, coats and little else to protect them from whatever conditions they meet at sea.

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The 4th December saw 47,000 kilos of anchovies brought in to Torrevieja’s fish market. The record catches were displayed in more than 5,000 boxes ready to be snapped up by wholesale and retail buyers. The fishing boats that brought in the haul were mostly from the ports of Murcia and Almeria.

There will now be a break in fishing for the anchovies to allow them to breed and replenish. This ‘veda’ has been in operation for decades and allows the fish to populate the water again.

The pause in fishing will continue until the first week of January 2019 with fishermen compensated for not fishing during this time. It coincides with a period when weather conditions are not usually conducive to fishing, although this year may have proved an exception.

You may see some of this impressive catch yourself. One of the main purchasers of fresh fish from the market is Mercadona. However, many of the fish are bought by murcian wholesale companies too.

Torrevieja’s fish market has recently expanded its ice production capacity and is popular with boats from south of Torrevieja which enjoy its affordable fishing services and fish market auction. Torrevieja only has three larger boats of its own that are dedicated to fishing although there are smaller enterprises.

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Two more strikes are scheduled from 30th December to 2nd January and from 4th January to 7th January, although it is worth knowing that the union has voted for Christmas strikes in previous years, without causing disruption to services.

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Arrests made for credit card fraud The Guardia Civil have arrested three people in Torrevieja charged with crimes of fraudulently using credit card details. Those arrested include two women of 42 and 19 years old and a man of 26. The woman attracted men on social media by offering companionship and friendship and then photographed their bank cards.

The other guilty members of the gang would

then use these details to buy designer clothes online, luxury cosmetics and hotel breaks. Those arrested are all members of the same family. The discovery was made following an analysis of denuncias made by elderly gentlemen with a

similar profile. They were foreign men of advanced age with high spending power who then became victims of credit card fraud using online purchasers.

The men assured the Guardia that they had never used the cards to purchase the items that were showing on their bills and that, in fact, the card hadn’t even left their wallets. The Guardia made the link between these men and discovered that they had something in common. They had all been friends with a 42 year old woman who they had contacted on social media.

Once the woman had their confidence she was in a position to access credit cards and the passwords to go with them. Having left their homes she would pass the details to the other two members of the family involved in this and they would make the purchases.

In order to avoid detection they would arrange to have the orders delivered in different places, changing the telephone number constantly and using the names of a minor, less than 17 years old, to make reservations. The three have been charged for fraudulently using cards eight times and being part of a criminal group. It’s believed that altogether they have stolen €12,500 from their victims.

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BITE SIZE Civil Protection volunteers celebrated NEWS: Continued from page 3 the raffle will begin at 1.30pm. Three prizes will be available but you must be present at the event to claim your prize if you win. Father Christmas will also make an appearance on the day and will be accepting letters from the children. It’s the second year that this event has been organised and it should continue to be an attraction this year too.

The Agrupación Local de Protección Civil de Torrevieja celebrated their heroes on the morning of Saturday 8th December.

The recognition of those who give their time to help others was held in the Hotel Fontana and was attended by the mayor, José Manuel Dolón.

The head of the group, Enrique Pizana, was honoured for his tireless work and for the longevity of his contributions which have continued for the past ten years. The deputy head, Estela Prieto, was also recognised for her work which has

continued for the last five years.

Various awards and certificates were handed out to individuals who had been particularly noted for their actions. There were also certificates presented to those volunteers who had completed different training courses and the new team leaders.

A video was shown of activities that the volunteers are involved with. They are often in attendance at events around the town where they provide much needed back up to the emergency services. Their

Swimming pool opening hours Over the Christmas period there will be special opening times at the public swimming pool. The pool will be closed on 25th and 26th December and on 1st and 6th January. However, to compensate it will be open on 24th and 31st December and 7th January from 8.15am until 3pm.

The volunteers receive their awards

Astorias closes its doors The town centre clothes shop Astoria is to close. The shop, which is located where calle Pedro Lorca meets Rambla Juan Mateo, has been a popular store for the last fifteen years.

It’s built on four floors and is owned by the Oriolan Patrimi group who also own hotels, restaurants and real estate businesses. The clothing stores were, however, their initial interest.

Astorias has been one of the few stores that doesn’t close at 2pm and will be missed by those looking for a shopping opportunity during this time.

Opportunity to meet councillors In May next year there will be opportunity for residents who are registered to vote in the town council local elections. In preparation for this, councillors will be campaigning for your vote. The councillors governing in Torrevieja for the past four years are made up of four different parties. In opposition are councillors from the PP (Partido Popular) who previously governed the town for 27 years.

On Tuesday 11th December Eduardo Dolon and Rosario Martinez of the PP are on the campaign trail outside the La Siesta Salud to answer questions on current affairs. They will be there from 10am until 12.30pm.

Courses for volunteers The councillor for volunteers, Carmen Morate, has announced a free course for volunteers at the Casa de la Tercera Edad San Pascual on 17th and 19th December. The course will run from 5.30pm until 8.30pm and is the second course this year. On the course the different types of volunteering are explained and how volunteers stand legally.

In addition there will be a talk for volunteers held in Torrevieja’s casino.

This is at 7pm on Thursday 20th December. The talk is called ‘The importance of associations’ and is delivered by Trudy Páez who is a social worker and personal coach.

Afterwards there will be a round table discussion about the importance of being a volunteer.

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Great turn out for paella One of the highlights of Torrevieja’s patron saint activities is that of the paella competition. On Thursday 6th September thousands of people turned up to watch teams take part in this annual paella cooking challenge. The competition used to take place by the port but for the past coupe of years has been based in the new market area. On a beautiful December day, with the majority of people off work, it was to be expected that it would be a busy occasion, and it was.

It wasn’t just about paella and there were plenty of other dishes on offer around the market area. A number of different performances had been arranged on the stage too with many young people enjoying the midafternoon DJs and bands. In spite of the large crowds it was a good atmosphere although Civil Protection and the Local Police did have to attend to at least two cases of intoxication.

It was the team ‘Las Yenis’ who actually won the competition, beating 79 other competitors. They were followed by ‘Chapinaso’, ‘Tapacaña’, ‘Arrosame’ and the ‘Rotary Club’. There was also a special prize to ‘Tiki-tiki’ and ‘1,2,3 Charamita otra ves’ won the prize for the best t-shirt design.

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Payment for services without contracts can go ahead Changes to the law mean that Torrevieja council can now pay for some uncontracted services. A total of 2.3 million euros can now be paid out for some essential services that have not been placed on an official contract since the last ones ran out.

The first and largest of these is for waste disposal. There has been no contract for this service since June 2016 and payment for cleaning and collection of rubbish and landfill amounts to a total of €1,973,602. The second payment is to Costa Azul, the bus company, which amounts to €131,680. The town hall had wished to bring both services into the public sector but had been voted down on this.

Money was also authorised to be

paid to the lift maintenance company for a total mount of €10,527 and the rental of the padrón office building for August which was €3,078.49. Several of the buildings that local government uses are not owned by the council and they must pay rent. The final bill was for home help services which came to €169,469. Bills are still pending for payment of mobile phones and internet services.

The new procedure means that invoices first pass through a verification process whereby it’s agreed that the service took place although it was without a contract. It is also confirmed that the amount to pay is at market price and that the relevant councillor requests it.

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presence helps ensure that the town’s people remain safe during many of the fiestas and other festivities that people have come to enjoy. The mayor thanked the volunteers on behalf of everyone in the town.

The force consists of 41 volunteers as core members with 20 who remain in reserve if they should be needed. In 2018 the team were in attendance on 205

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occasions and supported services at 35 emergencies. ‘In three of these,’ said Councillor Javier Manzanares, ‘they intervened rapidly and were responsible for saving lives. We can count on this first class team who are there 365 days a year whenever we need them.’ Time was also taken to thank the families of the volunteers.

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BITE SIZE The constitution Wet wipes blocking NEWS: can be improved up the system Continued from page 5 crash that took place when one of the cars jumped a red light. The accident happened where calle Fuensanta meets Pedro Lorca at 5pm on Tuesday. Each vehicle had two occupants. One included a Spanish couple and the other a British couple.

The fire brigade had to be called to intervene as one of the car’s occupants was trapped and couldn’t get out.

However, finally this person had been able to get out on her own. For more than half an hour the road was closed whilst the cars were removed and the street was cleaned. The impact had been so great that one of the cars had overturned.

Virgen del Carmen open again The mayor of Torrevieja, José Manuel Dolón, has announced that the Virgen del Carmen cultural centre has opened again after its temporary closure.

The theatre and arts building had been closed on 30th November due to some defects in the fire precaution systems. The deficiencies have now been corrected and the building was opened again on 7th December in the afternoon. The mayor apologises for any difficulties this temporary closure might have caused people.

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Thursday 6th December was the 40th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution.

This was the agreement that was signed and sealed following Francisco Franco’s death. At the latest event to celebrate its creation the mayor of Torrevieja, José Manuel Dolón, has also pointed out that wonderful though it may be, we should also consider how it might be improved upon.

‘It isn’t untouchable,’ said the mayor.

‘We shouldn’t only work to maintain it as it is but to expand and improve on it.’

He made this announcement in the town hall’s large meeting room in front of leaders of the security services and education. ‘It was the result of an agreement between different sides for the good of everyone. People had to put aside their individual differences in order to create a place of peace’ The constitution was agreed in 1978

and represented a huge achievement for a country that had been governed by a dictator for nearly 40 years.

However, the mayor now points out that it was meant to create a space for the Spanish people to redraw their democracy and perhaps now is the time to look again at what was drawn up at this very difficult time.

In the meantime many people had congregated to recognise the importance of the constitution and the day’s events continues with the raising of flags, including those of Spain, Torrevieja and the Valencian Community. The Unión Musical Torrevejense (UMT) played the hymns that accompany each one. It’s a ceremonial occasion with much significance.

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As if Torrevieja doesn’t have enough problems with its sewage, now we learn that wet wipes are contributing to its difficulties. Every day a combination of the wipes that are used for cleaning have to be removed from the sewage machinery at the treatment plant. Some of them are used for removing make-up, others are baby wipes which have been thrown down the toilet instead of being properly dispensed with.

The wet wipes are not biodegradable and do not degrade before reaching the treatment plant. They cause the pipes to clog up and these need constant cleaning to enable to sewage to move freely again.

Agamed are asking people to remember that only toilet paper should be dispensed of down the toilet and it shouldn’t be used for other materials.

Wet wipes aren’t the only items that are guilty of causing problems in the

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The general admission price is 5:90€, and tickets can be purchased from the box office at the centre, although children under 3 can enter for nothing, if they are accompanied by an adult. The event is on until 6th January, having been extended beyond the Christmas period to give everyone a chance to enjoy this great exhibition.

system. Over use of household cleaning agents can cause problems when poured into the sewers in large quantities. Some people put their medicines down the toilet and others oil, paint and any items that they are unsure where to put them.

Where blockages occur it’s often accompanied by an unpleasant smell and can even result in sewage spilling out onto the streets. Where these blockages take place in an urbanisation this can lead to costs incurred for the community in calling in private firms to unblock them.

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The wolf takes a tumble The Charamita is the rather strange procession that takes place during Torrevieja’s patron saint festivities. It comprises ‘Giants and Big Heads’ that are carried by people around the streets of Torrevieja. The giants include a wolf (el Lobo), Lyly and the Ogre and they are large effigies of around four metres high. The big heads are, just that, big paper maché heads.

These strange characters parade around the town accompanied by families and children who sing ‘Serafina, Serafina’, a traditional song, to the accompaniment of flutes and drums. They do their tour every day around the same time at 17.45.

Last week, during one of the wolf’s first outings, the person who carried this costume tripped and fell, apparently due to the slippery nature of the streets. Now the mayor, José Manuel Dolón, is asking members of the public to refrain from spraying snow on the roads and pavements during the parades as this is adding to the risk of falling.

In a letter to owners of kiosks and shops in Torrevieja he has asked that they stop selling the snow spray which he claims has caused lots of

complaints as well as falls due to irresponsible use. It is the street sellers who follow the Charamita procession that are mostly responsible for selling these sprays.

However, the mayor cannot prohibit them but can only recommend that they aren’t sold.

Along with contributing to the slippiness of the pavements, the spray can cause stains on clothing, glass and walls and can irritate the eyes if it’s sprayed directly onto them.

The Charamita has a rather decadent feel to it and groups of teenagers can get ‘carried away’ with the spirit of this carnival using the spray snow on each other. At times the police have had to intervene to calm things down and occasionally have had to confiscate items from youths.

The ‘Lobo’ or Wolf is a particular target for the children and on the occasion of the fall, had became fed up of the constant snow spraying which contributed to it. After falling over, he bowed out of the procession.

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Electricity price increase After two months of decreases, the cost of domestic electricity has risen again in the first week of December, according to the analysis of FACUA-Consumers in Action group. The average bill is now 80 euro again, with the price of a kWh placed at an average of 16.61 cents (13.06 plus 27.19 percent indirect taxes).

The consumer group is criticising the government for continually failing to take measures to reduce the price of domestic bills, especially as we head towards dark and cold nights, when more power is needed in the home, and so bills will increase with usage.

The government and supply companies had seemingly been taking action, after the most expensive bill of the year was recorded in September, with an average of 83.55 euro, followed by August at 80.73 euro, and October at 80.66 euro. In November it fell to 79.64 euro, although this was still more expensive than the same month of 2017, when it stood at 79.36 euro.

FACUA’s records show however that the most expensive electricity bill in history was in the first quarter of 2012, when it stood at 88.66 euro for the average user

(after the correction of the tariff fixed by the Government following a judgment by the Supreme Court).

In September, FACUA filed a complaint with the government, effectively demanding a reduction of the average electricity bill.

Lowering the VAT on electricity is one of the demands of the association, as a reduction to 4% would save the average user almost 130 euro per year. This is evidenced by an analysis carried out by the association, taking as a reference the tariffs for the twelve months between September 2017 and August 2018 with the application of indirect taxes currently in force and the reduction of almost 18 percentage points that would represent the

application of super-reduced VAT. The main measure proposed by FACUA is the creation of a regulated tariff for all families that do not exceed 10 kW of contracted power and certain consumption limits. The analysis carried out by the legal team of the association shows that with the due regulatory development, this formula would not imply contradictions with the community legislation. The disproportionate prices of electricity, the absence of competition in the sector and the economic situation of Spanish families justify the establishment of a tariff set by the Government to protect consumers.

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Get to know Spanish traffic law Understanding Spanish Traffic Law has taken a huge leap forward this week, with the publication of a new eBook by the N332 Road Safety Group.

A team of volunteers have been working on the publication for over a year, translating the official Spanish traffic law, the ‘Reglamento General de Circulación’, into English, overseen by Guardia Civil traffic officer, Francisco Morales, who has also added commentary and pictures to

the publication to ensure that there is no ambiguity in understanding every single element.

The eBook was officially launched to a VIP group in the Quironsalud Hospital in Torrevieja, where the attendees, including the Costa Blanca People, got a sneak preview of the eBook, whilst presented with a talk about the history and reasoning behind the publication.

The eBook has already gained the

support from the main traffic accident associations in Spain, Stop Accidentes, Association for the Prevention of Traffic Accidents (P(A)T), AESLEME, and the Federación Europea de Víctimas de la Carretera, as well as the European Council on Road Safety keen to support the entire project.

With just over 500 pages of text and pictures, the publication, which has been edited by Mark Nolan, who has also been involved in the project since the beginning, some 3 years ago, is now available to download from the N332 website, at n332.es/ebooks.

The Reglamento General De Circulación is one of four main legal documents for driving in Spain, and the most important, as it details the basics, and intricate elements of procedures

Orihuela lights up your Christmas The Mayor of Orihuela, Emilio Bascuñana has presented this year’s Christmas campaign, which includes a wide program of activities that will run until 6th January. There are more than a hundred events spread over the town, coast and districts.

The motto of this year's campaign is "Orihuela illuminates your Christmas” and the programme can be consulted and downloaded from the website of the City Council www.orihuela.es, as well as on the social networks Facebook and Twitter.

The councillor of Festivities, Mariola Rocamora talked about the big lights switch on and the inauguration of the Municipal Bethlehem that took place last Wednesday (5th December) at the Plaza de Ramón Sijé and the

coastal switch on, on Friday 7th December accompanied by the choirs "Generation XX", "Crisol", and "Alameda del Mar".

For the arrival of Santa Claus to Orihuela, there will be two parades, one on the coast this Saturday 22nd at 6:00pm and

another in the city on Sunday, 23rd December at the same time.

The Three Kings Parade, the traditional lead up to present giving in Spain will depart from Las Espeñetas on Saturday, 5th January 5 in the city. In the morning, the Magi will receive the children at the Circus Theater "Atanasio Die", after passing through the City Hall. On the coast, the cavalcade will start at 6:00pm from Calle Nicolás de Bussy to La Zenia Boulevard Shopping Centre.

The Councillor for Social Welfare, Sabina Goretti-Galindo, highlighted the celebration of the second Christmas Solidarity Market, which takes place from 13th to 16th December in Plaza Nueva, in which the numerous associations of Orihuela will participate.

The Councillor for Culture Mar Ezcurra announced the Christmas themed exhibition of dioramas by Manuel Zambrana, which will open on Wednesday, 12th December at 8:00pm at the Holy Sepulcher. In addition, the council has also organised three traditional Christmas concerts: one on the 25th December by the Orihuela City Orchestra, the New Year concert by the Wind Orchestra of the Orihuela Municipal Conservatory at 7:00pm and the final one on the day of the Kings 6th January by the Union Lírica Orcelitana at 12 noon.

In addition, Sunday 16th will be a special Christmas edition of Mercadearte from 10.00am in the Alameda de San Francisco which includes a solidarity campaign to collect toys.

Toys for underprivileged children are also being collected at: the Town Hall, Teatro Circo, Maria Moliner Municipal Library and the Town Hall on the Coast.

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ranging from drugs and alcohol to children in cars, which includes many of the points that drivers are still confused about, such as who can sit where, how goods are to be carried and stowed, which lane to drive in, who has priority and when, and what the road signs and signals actually mean.

The good news is that thanks to the support from the volunteers and sponsors, this eBook can be downloaded for free, and so you can have your own copy on your mobile phone, tablet, or computer, and can then either read it from cover to cover, or simply refer to it if you have any doubts.

There will also be a supporting website launched in the New Year, followed by a

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mobile phone app, as the development in this part of the project continues.

Although there may be some disappointment that the publication isn’t being printed, the size alone would make it extremely expensive, but being a digital publication means that it can be updated easily, without having to throw away the original paper copy. Moreover, the website means that these updates can be published instantly.

In the second half of this year we have seen changes to the law such as all emergency service vehicles having blue lights, taxis having blue number plates, and the introduction of eco stickers. In the first half of 2019 we expect to see other changes such as the regulation of personal mobility vehicles, such as scooters, and stricter controls for speed, and so, with such a frequently changing canvas, the need for ease of updates is crucial in ensuring that the information is always up to date and accurate.

Be sure to download your own copy of the eBook from the N332 website, n332.es/ebooks.

CHRISTMAS FAIR SUCCESS Cruz Azul’s fundraising events helps pet owners on low incomes with vet bills and enables the charity to work with local communities to humanely control feral cat colonies. The latest event, organized by A Time 4 A Change in Los Alcázares, proved very popular, raising 345€ for the charity.

The owners of A Time 4 A Change provided the venue and invited stallholders to take part in what turned out to be a very busy and successful event. Spangles Ladies’ Harmony Chorus provided some festive singing while shoppers browsed the myriad stalls, which included pottery, glass, curry kits, clothes, Christmas decorations, Christmas cards, customised signs, a tombola and a raffle.

“We are overwhelmed by the

support of our local community and owe a huge thank you to Kerry Lucas at Time 4 A Change for making it all happen.” said Lyn Baines, Cruz Azul President. “Our thanks must also go to all the lovely stallholders, Spangles and everyone who came to the fair”.

Because of the continuing generosity and support from the public and local businesses, the amount raised at this event and the growing success of the Donation Centre in San Javier, Cruz Azul can continue to help more pets whose owners are on low incomes,as well as promoting responsible pet ownership with sterilisation, vaccination and microchipping and helping communities with their‘Trap, Neuter and Return’ campaigns.

Cruz Azul’s Donation Centre is

situated on the Avenida de la Unión in San Javier, next door to Yorkshire Linen. Open Monday to Saturday from 10.00 am until 2.00 pm and has a wide range of clothes, accessories, jewellery, household goods, furniture, bric-abrac and more. Why not pay them a visit? Or donate your unwanted clothes, furniture and items to show your support. Call 693 017 616 for more information.

Cruz Azul Murcia is a registered charity (No. 11.720/1a)and exists to provide veterinary care for the sick and injured pets of people in need and to promote responsible pet ownership.

If you or someone you know needs help, or you would like to volunteer or donate, please call 693 017 616 or visit their website: www.cruzazulmurcia.com

Almost half of Spaniards want to get rid of monarchy A YouGov poll for the Huffington Post found that 48 percent of Spain favours a republic compared to just 35 percent who want to keep the royal family. As Spain celebrated 40 years of its constitution last week, the study also revealed that a majority of Spaniards would like a vote on the future of the monarchy.

The other 17 percent chose not

to comment on proposed changes to the first article of the Spanish constitution, which says a parliamentary monarchy is ‘the political form of the Spanish State’.

The poll of 1,002 people showed that Spain’s young were the most vehement in their support of a republic, with 59 percet of 18-24-year-olds saying ‘no’ to King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.

Felipe had initially restored some credibility to Spanish royalty, following the abdication of his father Juan Carlos I in 2014. However, since the bearded king expressed negative views about a Catalunyan independence challenge, his popularity appeared to dwindle somewhat.

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Minimum wage increase to be law this month The promised minimum wage rise will be enshrined in law later this month, the government has announced – and will see an increase in monthly pay for over 6.3 million residents in Spain. As at the beginning of this year, a total of 34.7 percent of employees in Spain were earning the minimum wage or less, out of the total of 18.3 million who are in jobs on contracts, as opposed to selfemployed.

This translates to an increase in minimum-wage earners of 1.1 million in a decade, despite the number of employees having fallen by a million in that time.

Of those 6.3 million, the average income is around €7,400 a year.

At present, the minimum wage for a full-time, 40-hour working week is €735.90 per month over 14 months – based upon the gradually-declining system of a double wage packet at Christmas and in August, which is rarely seen outside the public sector – being €10,302.60 a year or, in 12 monthly payments, €858.55.

As the income tax threshold

starts at €12,000, these amounts are net, as well as gross.

Before this month is out, the minimum wage will rise officially to €900 in 14 monthly payments, equating to €12,600, or €1,050 in 12 monthly payments.

It is not clear whether this is the net or the gross figure, but assuming it is the latter, the average worker earning the new minimum wage will take home €964.50 a month if they receive 12 salaries a year rather than 14.

Spain's government believes this will ease the financial pressure suffered by the lowest-earning households, and will also increase tax and Social Security (National Insurance) income for the State, as well as spending in general, which will eventually lead to more jobs being created.

The increase, of 22 percent, was not due to happen until the middle of 2019 as it would take that long for the budget to come into effect – and although pension increases at a minimum of the rate of inflation are also due to start from next summer, these would be

backdated to January, whereas salaries would not.

Now, though, the government has decided to bring the wage increase forward to December, meaning the first payment at the higher figure will be received by employees on or around 1st January.

To do so, it has had to draw up a Royal Decree, or Bill of Law. The wage rise was part of an agreement with the left-wing party Podemos as a condition of their approving the PSOE (socialist) government's budget, and in accordance with this deal, will increase to €1,000 a month €14,000 a year, being €1,167 a month in 12 payments if this is the net figure or €1,029 if it is the gross figure.

Spanish president Pedro Sánchez initially hinted that if he could not obtain enough backing from opposition parties to approve the 2019 budget, he would consider calling a general election, although he has now clarified this will not necessarily be the case.

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Christmas concert for the animals

With Christmas just around the corner the ASOKA animal rescue centre in Orihuela is holding its 8th Annual Christmas Concert, entitled ‘Star’, on Saturday 15th December.

Nick Moore the concert’s creator, said: “It’s not just a few people singing carols. Star is an annual event with uplifting songs that reflect the passion with which

ASOKA rescue over 800 animals a year.”

It is truly a special event. The concert has specially created projections with wonderful images of their volunteer work plus the happily homed cats and dogs that have been adopted across Europe in 2018.

The concert will be held at the La Lonja Concert Hall, Calle Aragon in Orihuela.

It starts at 7pm. Tickets are 5€ and can be reserved by email donacionparaanimales@gmail.com or bought on the night. There will also be a donation point for any dog/cat food, or much needed blankets and bedding to keep the abandoned animals warm at night.

For further information please call 692 747 685.

Carols in the square on Friday On Friday 14th it will be time for the annual Carols in the Square concert. The concert is held outside Torrevieja’s town hall and in front of the Inmaculada church in the main plaza, Plaza de la Constitución.

The carols will be played by the Phoenix International Concert Band accompanied by local choirs.

It’s a special event for Costa Blanca People too as our paper provides the lyrics so you can sing-a-long.

It starts at 5pm and along with

the carols there will be a charity Christmas Fair with local organisations setting up stalls. It is an international event and everyone is invited to come and take part.

The Belén nativity scene is out in the square and with the church decorated with flowers from the patron saint celebrations it is one of the most enjoyable and integrated events in Torrevieja’s calendar.

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WEEKLY EURO UPDATE There was no shortage of action or excitement. Between Monday morning and Wednesday morning Germany's DAX equity index dropped more than 6%, mirroring similar declines in Britain and elsewhere. The euro covered a range of one US cent twice as investors struggled to interpret what might or might not be a trade deal between America and China. Global sentiment was very much the order of the week as economic data went mostly unnoticed and investors turned a blind eye to riots in Paris.

Some of that sentiment related to the future course of US interest rates. Where at the beginning of the week it had been almost universally assumed that the US Federal Reserve would deliver another rate increase in 12 days' time, by the end of it the probability had fallen to just 60%. All in all, investors could not make up their minds; the euro was just about unchanged on the week against the US dollar and British pound.

USD weekly currency update A volatile week in global equity and bond markets led investors to wonder at the commitment of the Federal Reserve to its pursuit of higher interest rates. A month ago they had fairly confidently assumed that a rate increase this month was a done deal and that there would be more hikes in 2019. By the end of the week even a December hike was no longer inked in; futures pricing put the likelihood at just 60%.

The other imponderable stalking the dollar was the alleged trade agreement which Trump said he had struck with Chinese president Xi at last weekend's G20 summit. Whatever the shape of that deal, it was evident that there was no coherent story from Washington and Beijing. Any support for the dollar stemmed mainly from its status as a safe-haven but it was far from consistent.

Investors did not know which way to jump and in the end the dollar was almost unchanged against sterling and the euro.

CAD weekly currency update Uncertainty weighed on the Loonie, which lost half a US cent and fell by more than a cent against sterling. The uncertainty was a combination of doubts concerning the trade deal allegedly struck by Trump with China at last weekend's G20 meeting, US Federal Reserve monetary policy, oil prices, turmoil in global equity markets and the future direction of Canadian interest rates. The last of those created the biggest problem for the Loonie. Whilst the Bank of Canada left its benchmark rate unchanged at 1.75%, as expected, the tone of its

statement was uncharacteristically muted. Investors got the idea that the BoC is in no hurry to tighten policy and that impression cost the Canadian dollar an immediate cent and a half.

Sterling had a surprisingly successful week, losing ground only to the safe-haven Swiss franc and Japanese yen. Developments in Parliament led investors to believe that the risk of a calamitous nodeal Brexit had been lessened, whatever the outcome of next Tuesday's vote in the Commons.

AUD weekly currency update Any idea that the Aussie had turned a corner in the sentiment stakes was put to rest this week as it moved lower on a broad front. It held its own until Tuesday but then headed decisively south. The Aussie lost almost one US cent and it fell by nearly two against sterling. Its troubles were the result of a cocktail of confidence-denting developments. Reports of a trade deal between Washington and Beijing looked ever less plausible as the White House failed to spell out what had been agreed. Turmoil in global stock markets killed investors' appetite for "risky" currencies. When the Reserve Bank of Australia kept its Cash Rate benchmark unchanged at 1.5% its statement gave no hint of any increase in the pipeline.

As for sterling, investors became less boot-faced about it after a government defeat in the Commons appeared to hand more control of Brexit decisions to Parliament. Therefore, or so the thinking went, a hard, cliff-edge, no-deal Brexit had become far less of a possibility.

NZD weekly currency update True to form, New Zealand released vanishingly few useful economic statistics during the week. The terms of trade index, which measures the relationship between imports and exports, deteriorated to -0.3%.

The fortnightly GDT index of milk prices was up by 2.2%. ANZ's commodity price indicator fell 0.6% in November. On balance the numbers did not work well for the Kiwi.

It was external factors, however, which had the greatest potential impact on the NZ dollar. Optimism about a trade agreement between the US and China faded as the White House failed to spell out any details. Turmoil in global equity and bond markets sapped investors' appetite for risk. The safe-haven Swiss franc and Japanese yen were the week's top performers while the commodity-oriented currencies struggled. Nevertheless, the NZ dollar came out of it unscathed, actually strengthening by four fifths of a cent against sterling and adding a fifth of a US cent.

66 bridges in Spain have serious safety problems, ministry admits There are 66 road structures in Spain, many of them bridges, with serious signs of damage that could compromise their safety, according to a restricted government database that this newspaper has seen. Most of these structures have recently undergone urgent repairs, said government sources.

This figure represents just 0.29% of the nearly 23,000 structures – bridges, viaducts, overpasses and underpasses – built on roads that are managed directly by the Spanish state, which says there is no risk of collapse. Only 6.5% of the analyzed elements were completely free of anomalies.

Of the 66 structures, 17 have already undergone repairs, one is being currently fixed, and another one has been torn down as it was no longer necessary because it was located on a secondary road, according to a written reply by the Public Works Ministry to queries from EL PAÍS. The ministry keeps a database called Bridge Management System (SGP) detailing each structure, the inspections it has undergone, the problems that were detected, and corrective measures undertaken if any. This database is restricted and the government refuses to make it public “for security reasons.” This newspaper accessed the information after filing an official request backed by Spain’s Transparency Law, passed in 2013.

The collapse of a bridge in Genoa, Italy last August has drawn attention to

the safety of road infrastructure in Spain, where a deep economic crisis caused cuts to infrastructure maintenance funds.

Germany has disclosed information about the state of its structures, but Spain has been keeping this information under wraps.

The nearly 23,000 structures along Spain’s roads have been inspected at least once in the last five years, according to this data. Inspectors assessed the damage based on several criteria and applied algorithms to obtain a figure ranging from 0 to 100, where a lower number means the structure is in better shape.

Those with 81 or more points suffer from “potentially serious pathologies that could affect their resistant behavior” and are targeted for special oversight. There ae 66 bridges and viaducts in this category, scattered across 26 provinces.

Over half of them are in the southern region of Andalusia (34), followed by Galicia with 10 and Castilla y León with nine.

A report dated October 3, which this newspaper has seen, shows that there are many other structures in Spain suffering from some form of deterioration. A score of 21 points and over means the damage “could have a pathological evolution affecting the durability or the conditions of service.”

Of the 22,961 elements facilitating travel on Spanish roads, 93% are deteriorated to some degree. Only 1,486

had “no evident pathologies, or showed deterioration with no relevant consequences for durability, conditions of service or safety,” according to the report.

Nearly half of bridges fall within the 41-to-60 point category, meaning that wear and tear “may entail reduced conditions of service or structure durability” and “may require action in the midterm.”

The potentially serious problems can occur in just one specific element – a support, a load-bearing tower, a stay – in which case a one-time, targeted repair can be conducted. When several elements are damaged, a complete repair is ordered.

Between 2014 and October of this year, the ministry spent around €116 million in emergency repair work to infrastructures whose state “represented a serious danger.”

The secretary general for Infrastructure, Javier Izquierdo, said that his department is planning to introduce improvements to the review system, including annual evolution reports and a technical platform to centralize control over all monitoring systems on bridges.

The ministry also wants to use drones to inspect bridges with a span of over 300 meters.

Izquierdo underscored that none of the 66 structures in the worst category has any “serious problems,” and that there is no fear that any of them will collapse.

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A new report by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) warns some drawdown providers default funds into cash or cash‐ like assets, meaning savers risk missing out on valuable stock market returns.

Part of the problem is that, according to FCA data, a third of those who had gone into drawdown did not know where their money was invested, and another third had just a 'broad' idea.

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Forty years of the Spanish Millions of phone customers hit by Constitution glitch Whichever way you look at it, the Spanish Constitution is something to celebrate.

Now exactly four decades old, the Magna Carta signed on 6th December, 1978 put an end to a dictatorship that had lasted nearly as long.

The contents of this lengthy text ensures such a régime can never happen again: the sovereignty of the State, henceforth a Parliamentary Monarchy, lies firmly in the hands of the people, and although the King or Queen (fast forward half a century or so from now and the newly-teenage Crown Princess Leonor will be Spain's first-ever female monarch since Isabella of Castilla) holds the position of head of State, he or she can never 'interfere' with national politics.

The current Constitution – the second-longest standing in history after the Magna Carta of 1876 (which was valid for 47 years) – was created as a result of a referendum, something never seen before in Spain's living history.

Just over two-thirds of those eligible to vote opted to do so, and 88.5 percent were in favour of the Constitution; in Catalunya, whose current leaders very much oppose it because the text bans any action that threatens the 'unity of Spain', such as an attempt at secession, the number of voters was very slightly higher and those in favour totalled 91.1 percent.

Still a good idea Today's Magna Carta protects the fundamental rights of not only Spaniards, but all other nationalities living in Spain: that of 'dignified' and 'fair' housing, and healthcare for all residents (despite ongoing confusion and misinformation expats have long faced, Article 43 of the Constitution enshrines all foreign residents' right to free medical treatment via the State system and has done since its signing 40 years ago Thursday), and although the PP attempted to use the Magna Carta to challenge the legality of same-sex marriage after this became official in early 2005, the Constitutional Court found nothing in the text to stipulate that nuptials were only valid if they were between two lovers of opposite sexes.

Or is it out of date?

But the argument that the Constitution may no longer be as relevant now as it was then is a valid one. Spain and its society in December 2018 are unrecognisable from those of December 1978, when it was little more than a third-world nation and not yet a member of the European Union, where divorce would not be legal for several more years and military service was compulsory on pain of prison or losing one's nationality.

Back then, national terrorism was a very real threat for practically

everyone – although ETA's last violent attack was in 2009, when it blew up a police car in Palmanova, Mallorca, in the 1970s it was very active and blasts and shootings would take dozens or even hundreds of lives at once.

Spain was also in the grip of a financial crisis far worse than that which has been dragging on (albeit vastly improved now) since 2008, only a quarter of university students were female, abortion was a crime, and its military was strongly aligned with the values of the dictatorship; democracy had just been born, but remained tenuous and fragile.

The Constitution paved the way for Spain's 17 regions – 19 including the self-governing enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the northern Moroccan coast – to enjoy autonomous leadership, something the more rightwing politicians in the country oppose in various degrees, and for those with their own languages to make these coofficial: catalán and its variants valenciano, mallorquín, menorquín and ibicuenco, and galego and euskera in Galicia and the Basque Country.

And 40 years on, with Spain now a mature, established democracy, with a life expectancy among the top five on earth and set to become the highest on the planet by the year 2030, and generally a much older population - it could be that parts of the Magna Carta are no longer relevant to the nation today.

Britain’s Spanish-owned mobile phone operator O2 and Japan’s SoftBank has said that millions of customers were unable to use data due to a glitch. O2, a division of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica, blamed a third-party supplier, while Sweden’s Ericsson said it had identified an issue that affected a “limited” number of customers in “multiple” countries.

“We’re aware that our customers are unable to use data,” an O2 spokesman told Spanish news agency AFP. “One of our third party suppliers has identified a global software issue in their system which has impacted us.

“We believe other mobile operators around the world are also affected.”

The UK outage began in the early morning and was still ongoing at 5pm GMT. O2, which has 25 million customers in Britain, also has another seven million people whose mobile providers “piggyback” its network.

SoftBank added that its customers had faced a near five-hour outage “caused by Ericsson-made software errors related to its packet switches, covering our customers nationwide”.

The Japanese company also cited an Ericsson report that indicated that telecom carriers in 11 countries were hit.

In Stockholm, Ericsson added it had taken “immediate action” over the incident.

“Following network disturbances in a number of Ericsson’s customer networks, Ericsson has taken immediate action to minimize impact and support the restoration of services,” it said in a statement.

“Ericsson has identified an issue in certain nodes in the core network resulting in network disturbances for a limited number of customers in multiple countries.”

The group’s chief executive Borje Ekholm also issued an apology in the late afternoon.

“The faulty software that has caused these issues is being decommissioned and we apologise not only to our customers but also to their customers,” Ekholm said.

“We work hard to ensure that our customers can limit the impact and restore their services as soon as possible.”

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WELCOME TO LA PALMA with Vivalia Travel LA PALMA is known as the beautiful islan (la isla bonita) because of its incredible landscapes, imposing volcanoes, deep forests, welcoming beaches and star-filled night skies.

LA PALMA is known as the beautiful islan (la isla bonita) because of its incredible landscapes, imposing volcanoes, deep forests, welcoming beaches and star-filled night skies.

Cigars: From the Caribbean came this plant, with its leaves as large as parchment scrolls. On the island it found loving hands willing to take it in. Hands which nurtured and sowed it, harvested and fermented it. And which gave it the optimum shape so that, on contact with fire, it could once again evoke its Antillean stories.

Boat trip: A fin breaches the surface below the bows. Soon after there will be two, three, five.. All at once the fins turn into silver bullets, racing ahead along intertwining paths, refusing to let the boat overtake them. Below deck, a turmoil of clicking sounds and playful whistling: this is how an encounter with the island’s dolphins begins.

Puerto de Tazacorte, on the west coast of La Palma, is the island base for boat trips. In addition to the numerous caves and underwater ledges found along the island’s coasts, you also have the chance to see cetaceans, an extra bonus for all those in search of an unforgettable day at sea.

El Paso: Located in the middle of the island, this is the only municipality without coastline. El Paso, besides, has got the privilege of having the Caldera de Taburiente National Park. Birthplace

of the silk manufacture, it is also home to Canary pine trees, attractive walks, panoramic views.

Rum: Everything that contains sugar ferments and, of course, sugar-cane as well. In the north east of La Palma, close to where the San Andrés sugar mills once stood, this elementary chemical principle has been preserved intact for, unlike many of its Caribbean relatives, rum from La Palma is made from the first distillation of sugar-cane juice.

In San Andrés y Sauces, the exploitation of sugar-cane plantations has a long history. They already occupied the area at the beginning of the 16th century, first for sugar production, and later for rum. As a matter of fact, the Canary Islands were an obligatory stop for the first shipments of sugar cane, which left the eastern shores of the Indian Ocean for the Caribbean countries. This forged the rum tradition in the Canary archipelago, where nowadays extraordinary liquors can be enjoyed, resulting from the fermentation and distillation of sugar cane juice or molasses, and which have an alcohol content of between 40º and 70º.

Banana Museum: The only museum dedicated exclusively to bananas in all Europe is housed in an old, two-storey Canarian house.

On the top floor there are various information panels about the history of banana growing, its impact on society, and the biology and export of bananas. The ground floor contains a meeting room and a lobby dedicated to the exhibition of leaflets. There is also a kitchen which is expected to produce traditional local products in the near future: banana liqueur or a sweet drink called mistela.

Caldera de Taburiente National Park: La Palma harbours in its interior a replica of itself. A mirror image turned to the south west, which reproduces the island’s mould inversely. It looks as if some diabolical creature has dug it out with a blow of its claws, leaving behind a scar with jagged stitching. In its bowels, sheltered by cyclopean walls, the auaritas took refuge. La Palma’s nature shows its wildest and most inaccessible facet there.

Enter the National Park, and contemplate its jagged cliffs and pine forests as you go down into its centre. Listen to the shouts and squeals of people taking a dip in the stream. Feel how all your muscles relax in the water, after the hard hike. Descend the ravine, taking time to admire the capricious rock forms. Imagine the geological processes involved, and the park’s human history.

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The music of John Williams You might not know the name John Williams, but I can almost guarantee you know his music.

John Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history, including those of the Star Wars series, Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Superman, E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial, the Indiana Jones series, the first two Home Alone films, Hook, the first two Jurassic Park films, Schindler's List, and the first three Harry Potter films.

This month, the Film Symphony Orchestra is coming to Torrevieja’s Auditorium to stage a spectacular tribute to the work of John Williams.

This concert is a fitting tribute to John Williams’ career, which so far has spanned six decades, with five Academy awards, 51 Oscar nominations, seven BAFTAS, 24 Grammys, four Golden Globes, five Emmys and numerous gold

Swan Lake Tchaikovsky's magical ballet tells the story of the doomed love of Prince Siegfried and Princess Odette.

Prince Siegfried goes out hunting one night and chases a group of swans – one of them transforms

guests – it is Odette! The prince dances with her and asks for her hand in marriage.

But it's not Odette – the mystery woman is the daughter of the evil von Rothbart, Odile.

Odette has witnessed the

depth was not, they thought, the kind that should accompany their balletic moves.

Today, the ballet is adored by young and old: from the graceful Waltz in Act I to the playful Dance of the Cygnets, this is wonderfully innocent music. Tchaikovsky evidently enjoyed composing the music for Swan Lake, writing far more material than would ever be required. It’s now the world’s most frequently performed ballet.

This coming 21st December, a crew of 40 elite dancers will perform Swan Lake in Torrevieja’s Auditorium, offering local audiences the chance to see this wonderful ballet performed at a fantastic venue.

into a young woman, Odette, who explains that she and her companions were turned into swans by the evil Baron Von Rothbart.

The spell can only be broken if someone who has never loved before swears an oath of undying love and promises to marry her. The Prince declares his love to Odette and promises to be loyal forever.

At a grand reception at the palace, the Prince must choose a bride – but he can think only of Odette. Suddenly a fanfare announces the arrival of two

whole scene. Too late, Siegfried realises his mistake.

Siegfried follows Odette to the lake and begs her forgiveness. She says she forgives him but nothing can change the fact he broke his vow. They decide to die together. The lovers throw themselves into the lake.

Win tickets

The music of 'Swan Lake' The dancers who performed in the ballet's premiere declared Tchaikovsky's music to be simply too difficult to dance to.

Music of such richness and

With thanks to the Auditorio de Torrevieja, the Costa Blanca People has three pairs of tickets to give away! To be in with your chance to win, simply answer the following question before the closing date (Wednesday 19th December, 4pm): What is the name of the princess? Email your answer to office@costablancapeople.com (please mark the subject – Swan Lake Competition) and ensure to include your name and contact number. T&Cs apply.

and platinum records.

The Film Symphony Orchestra is a ground-breaking artistic project. They are an elite, professional symphony orchestra made up of more than 70 musicians, exclusively dedicated to music for cinema and related art

forms. Led by the internationally acclaimed composer and conductor Constantino Martínez Orts, the FSO performs a rich program of film music concerts, sometimes accompanied by visual projections.

This latest tour by the Film Symphony Orchestra is the most ambitious tribute ever paid to the greatest composer of all time: John Williams. This monumental tribute will deliver a double bill of the best from the great composer. More than 30 soundtracks, over 4 hours of music, played in 30 cities including right here in Torrevieja on December 15th.

With thanks to the Auditorium of Torrevieja, the Costa Blanca People has three pairs of tickets to give away to the John Williams tribute concert.

All you need to do to enter is answer the following question: What nationality is John Williams?

Email your answer, along with your name and phone number to office@costablancapeople.com The closing date is December 13th at 5pm. The draw will take place on December 14th and winners will be contacted by telephone. T&Cs apply.

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Business profile

A family company ready for all your transport needs W

e have some very interesting news about a well established and reputable travel agent called BENICONNECT who have been operating for many years in the North of the Costa Blanca offering shuttle and private vehicle transfers serving Alicante, Murcia and Valencia airports.

Beniconnect, a British / Spanish family business has a wealth of experience in the transport sector and offers a wide range of services for every occasion as well as airport transfers.

They have improved their transfer portfolio by launching a new shuttle service to and from Alicante airport to the South of the Costa thereby allowing customers easy airport connections for both residents and tourists in the south. They call in at San Pedro Del Pinatar, Pilar de la Horadada, Dehesa de Campoamor, Cabo Roig, Villamartin, La Zenia, Playa Flamenca, Torrevieja and Ciudad Quesada.

Beniconnect is the sister company of Autocares Grupo Benidorm their very own coach company boasting a fleet of modern vehicles that are fully licensed and comply with all local and European health and safety regulations.

In Alicante airport Beniconnect has two Meet & Greet reception desks

which are manned by their experienced uniformed airport representatives.

The Company prides itself on delivering excellent customer service which is why to date, many of their customers return time and time again choosing Beniconnect as their preferred transfer provider. In fact, 98 per cent of their customers will travel with Beniconnect again and recommend them to family and friends (customer survey results 2018).

Beniconnect has recently obtained certain awards or certificates: They are on the 3rd cycle of the SICTED (certificate of commitment for the continuous improvement of quality in destination) Last July, the Minister of Tourism, Irene Maroto, presented them in Madrid with the award of Best Quality Transfer Company in Spain.

In Autocares Grupo Benidorm, they have also obtained certifications: They are on the 3rd cycle of the SICTED (certificate of commitment for the continuous improvement of quality in destination) Last August, they obtained four ISO certificates: OHSAS 18001 ( Safety and Health Management System at Work); UNE-EN 13816 ( Transport Management System, the Logistics and Passenger Transport, UNE-EN ISO 9001 ( Quality Management System),

and UNE-EN 14001 ( System of Environmental management).

They have a very user friendly website www.beniconnect.com which has recently been updated where with four easy steps you can make your reservation with a safe and secure payment system.

After making a reservation you will receive written email confirmation with full joining instructions and a 24 hour emergency contact number.

While offering very competitive

prices they also provide different ‘Special Offers’ each month.

Beniconnect are also available to “tailor make” anything to customers requirements, be they excursions, tours, transport for weddings guests, golfing groups. Nothing is too small or too large for them to organise for you.

They have a ‘Customer Information Centre’ open seven days a week between 9am and 8pm for enquiries and bookings. However booking discounts for transfers only apply

when customers book on their website.

The local Spanish number is + 34 965 850 790 and the local UK number is 0207 096 0052 (both operating from 9am to 8pm).

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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Tapas awards

Worthy winners

The Councillor for Tourism, Sofía Álvarez, has presented the prizes for the VI edition of the Ruta de la Tapa and Gin-Tonic, which ran from 16th to 18th November in Orihuela. The Councillor stressed the high participation of both people in the bars during the weekend of the route, and the number of voters on the mobile app, which this year has risen by 30 percent over last year."

In this edition, the winners in the traditional tapa category were "Tapería La Casica" for its duck stew, in the Gourmet category the "Bistro La Catedral" for its Mini tagliatelle with oxtail soup and foie gras, in the sweet tapas category, the winner was "The Temple of the Tapa Bar Quintín" with its Tiramisu de Baileys, and the most voted Gin-Tonic on the ‘Rutappa’ was for "La J Mágica" cafeteria with its ‘Your gin Explosion’. Finally, the person on the app who was named winner of the voter competition was Francisco Javier García Pascual.

Sofia Álvarez presented the awards alongside this year's sponsors, which were: Salazón Pertusa, Conservas Victoria, Onda Cero, Central Hisumer and Caja Rural Central. The Councillor wanted to thank all the establishments for their participation, highlighting that "Orihuela has the best route of the tapas in the whole region thanks to our chefs adding value to our gastronomy". In addition, the Councillor announced that the Department of Tourism has already scheduled the VII Ruta de la Tapa for next year, which will also be held in November and "will have even more impact and receive even more visits will be held coinciding with the Halloween weekend."

Finally, Alvarez said that this event has been consolidated in Orihuela as a dynamic initiative within the sector, as "more and more are the neighbours and tourists come to enjoy our cuisine through this programme."

Almoradí school wins Festival of Carols for Young Choirs The Councillor for Tourism, Sofía Álvarez, has presented the prizes for the VI edition of the Ruta de la Tapa and Gin-Tonic, which ran from 16th to 18th November in Orihuela. The Councillor stressed the high participation of both people in the bars during the weekend of the route, and the number of voters on the mobile app, which this year has risen by 30 percent over last year."

In this edition, the winners in the traditional tapa category were "Tapería La Casica" for its duck stew, in the Gourmet category the "Bistro La Catedral" for its Mini tagliatelle with oxtail soup and foie gras, in the sweet tapas category, the winner was "The Temple of the Tapa Bar Quintín" with its Tiramisu de Baileys, and the most voted Gin-Tonic on the ‘Rutappa’ was for "La J Mágica" cafeteria with its ‘Your gin Explosion’. Finally, the person on the app who was named winner of the voter competition was Francisco Javier García Pascual.

Sofia Álvarez presented the awards alongside this year's sponsors, which were: Salazón Pertusa, Conservas Victoria, Onda Cero, Central Hisumer and Caja Rural Central. The Councillor wanted to thank all the establishments for their participation, highlighting that "Orihuela has the best route of the tapas in the whole region thanks to our chefs adding value to our gastronomy". In addition, the Councillor announced that the Department of Tourism has already scheduled the VII Ruta de la Tapa for next year, which will also be held in November and "will have even more impact and receive even more visits will be held coinciding with the Halloween weekend."

Finally, Alvarez said that this event has been consolidated in Orihuela as a dynamic initiative within the sector, as "more and more are the neighbours and tourists come to enjoy our cuisine through this programme."

Taxi driver who raped Brit tourist on Costa del Sol jailed A taxi driver has been sentenced to seven years in prison after raping a British tourist on the Costa del Sol. The incident occurred at around 3.23am on 21st June 2014, having picked up the client at the bus stop in Plaza Solymar in Benalmadena.

After realising the victim was drunk, the 35-year-old man veered away from the route to her hotel and took her to Parque Olivar in Torremolinos.

There he stopped the car, got into the backseat raped the British woman. She tried to push him off but he grabbed her arms ‘in order to undermine her sexual freedom’, revealed court documents from the Malaga Provincial Court, reported Diario Sur. Following the attack he dropped her at the hotel where she was staying, Hotel Bali, where the receptionist helped the woman and called the police. The judge concluded that the defendant’s version of events were not credible.

The victim gave evidence in court through a video

conference, assisted by a translator, and explained how she had taken a taxi thinking it was safer than walking home alone, having had a ‘few drinks with friends’. She described how he pinned her down and raped her after parking in the urbanisation, despite her attempts to push him away.

However, the defendant claimed the intercourse was consensual and said ‘when we finished she wanted more’ and asked him to come to her hotel room.

He alleged that she called the police ‘in spite’ because he did not want to go to her room.

The injuries the victim sustained were found to be ‘compatible with this type of aggression’ and concluded the incident was not consensual.

The taxi driver was sentenced to seven years and fined €6,000 for the ‘moral damages’ imposed on the victim. A second fine is yet to be confirmed for the injuries she sustained.

Tenth Anniversary of Sunny Jim's Saturday the 1st December was the 10th Anniversary of Sunny Jim's - a wee Scottish bar down near the sea front at Playa Flamenca promenade. Jim and Lorna celebrated with a private party joined by regular customers, friends and family.

The party was to say ‘Thank you’ to the ‘regulars’ who have been coming to the bar a couple of times a week for the last 10 years. Several are day time regulars, who enjoy a coffee and Lorna’s fresh baked scones and cakes. The others are ‘sun downers’ who enjoy an evening drink before retiring home for dinner.

A very enjoyable evening was had by all.

Jim and Lorna said: “It was a great night and we would like to thank all our customers for their support over the years. I should add that the bar was named Sunny Jim’s because it faces south and has the sunshine all afternoon and evening, and has nothing to do with Jim’s disposition! Here's to the next few years.”

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Most dangerous gang on the Costa del Sol brought down The members of what police have described as the most violent gang ever seen in southern Spain have been arrested, allegedly leaving behind them a trail of ruthless crimes. The group – North African in origin, but from Malmö in Sweden, hence their nickname of los suecos – is thought to have carried out point-blank shootings in the middle of the street from bicycles, motorbikes or cars, while wearing hoods.

Their victims have been gunned down leaving their homes or even just after attending a First Communion church service. They are a group of nine people, led by two pairs of brothers – none of them older than 30.

Thought to be planning on setting up an operational hub in Málaga, they were being sought by the Spanish and Swedish authorities, who have tied them to as many as 10 murders in that country.

But the police dealt them a deadly blow last week. “It needs to be made clear that the Costa del Sol is not, nor will it be, an easy place for criminals to take root,” explain officers from the organised crime squad of the National Police (UDYCO), which blames this gang for at least two of the six killings that have been carried out recently in this area of southern Spain, which is a strategic location for organised crime chiefs.

On 12th May, a man dressed in black and riding a black 500cc motorbike without a license plate stuck a pistol through the window of the car being driven by David Ávila Ramos, known as “Maradona” in the Marbella drug underworld, and fired off five shots.

The killing took place as the victim was leaving his son’s First Communion ceremony, just opposite the San Pedro de Alcántara church, in a scene that could have been lifted straight out of a mafia movie. Ramos was 37 years old, and had dedicated his life to cocaine trafficking. He also had pending debts and had received a number of warnings.

“In May they burned down his gym, in the same municipality, by crashing a stolen car full of gasoline into the building, and days later they did the same with the Heaven nightspot, which he joint-owned with his partner on a beach in Estepona,” officers explain. At the time of his death, Maradona had his two young children and his wife in the car. The latter maintained the law of silence that reigns over the business.

The beginning of what came to be known as Operation Rueda, an operation carried out in close conjunction between the Spanish and Swedish police, was an investigation into the theft of the all-terrain vehicle that was crashed into the gym. The

work of more than 30 officers led the police to the hideouts of what they described as the “worst gang of hitmen that the Costa del Sol has ever seen.”

The investigation led them to solve a second murder: that of Sofian Mohamed A. B., another well-known drug trafficker known as “El Zocato.” He was shot nine times – an entire magazine of bullets – on the doorstep of his house. The shooting was carried out by “a hooded man on a bike,” a mode of transport that, along with the black motorcycle with no license plate, was located in one of the five properties that the group of killers was

renting in a number of luxury developments in the area.

“They slept in a different house nearly every day, and took a lot of security precautions, as well as travelling to Malmö and Morocco a lot,” investigators explain. Of the nine men arrested, five were captured in Málaga – three are already in jail – and four in Sweden, where they are known by the police, according to Swedish police chief Petra Stenkula, who explains that there are as many as 10 organisations of this kind currently operating in the aforementioned city.

In total, seven of the nine suspects have been jailed, and are facing

charges of murder, criminal association and document fraud. A Marbella court is heading the Spanish side of the investigation.

As an example of the hardened criminals that make up this gang, the officers recall that, on one occasion, a member was targeted supposedly by a rival gang in a cafeteria in Malmö. The hit-man got away despite getting shot in the leg, but a couple next to him that was having coffee died in the shootout. “Fortunately, here in Spain no one innocent has been affected, no one that wasn’t already involved in the drug world,” explains one of the investigators. “They only settle scores like this when they’re dealing cocaine,” explain investigators, who suspect that organizations of Spaniards and Colombians are behind the ordering of these killings, albeit without having managed to get close to them in ongoing investigations.

During the operation against the gang there have been a total of nine searches carried out at properties in Málaga and Malmö, which have turned up a bulletproof vest, a holster, a Taser, computers, pepper sprays, 11 mobile phones, €4,165 in cash, clothing worn during the incidents being investigated and three expensive watches, one of which was made with diamond-encrusted gold and has been valued at nearly €250,000.

Banksy’s works on show in Madrid without his approval Banksy has been Banksied! The guerilla artist who puts up his work in public spaces without asking authorisation is the subject of a new show in Madrid featuring his works — without his authorisation.

“Genius or Vandal?” opened Thursday at the Ifema centre in the Spanish capital and will run until 10th March. It has already pulled in half a million visitors at its previous venues Moscow and Saint Petersburg, according to a statement from the organisers.

The show’s curator Alexander Nachkebiya, who assembled the works from private collectors, describes Banksy as “a phenomenon and one of the most brilliant and important artist of our epoch”.

The street artist himself remains something of an enigma. All he has revealed about himself is that he is British and that his home town is Bristol in southeast England.

But the dark wit of his art and a certain talent for selfpromotion has helped him build up an international reputation, to the point that his works have fetched more than a million pounds.

In August, Banksy used his Instagram account — 5.1 million followers — to make his position clear on the original Moscow show. He posted an exchange of messages between him and a follower who tipped him off to the unauthorised exhibition.

Told they were charging a £20 (22 euro) entrance free, Bansky replied: “I wish I could find it funny. What’s the opposite of LOL?” But at the suggestion that he put out a statement denouncing the fact that it was made to look like an official show, he replied: “…not sure I’m the best person to complain about people putting up pictures without getting permission.”

Nevertheless, his website does carry a message warning

visitors about this and other shows. “They’ve been organised entirely without the artist’s knowledge or involvement.

Please treat them accordingly.”

In the meantime, his subversive style continues to attract admirers. His most recent stunt was at the October auction of one of his works, “Girl with Balloon”, at Sotheby’s in London.

Moments after it sold for £1,042,000 — a joint record for the maverick artist — it unexpectedly passed through a shredder hidden in the frame.

Only partially destroyed, the buyer went through with the purchase and some art experts said it was probably now worth more than it had been before the stunt.

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A Christmas “property” song

Rebecca Serwotka

With apartments or villas, bungalows or semi’s, They’ll want to see that, they’re getting value for every penny, Buyers will be coming, to town.

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A Little Fun Song, About The Property Market. Singa-long to the tune of Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

BUYERS WILL BE COMING TO TOWN! You want to move out? You don’t need to cry, Do not freak out, I’m telling you why, Buyers will be coming to town.

They’re making their lists, & checking them twice, Gonna find out, which home will be nice, Buyers will be coming, to town.

They research when you’re sleeping, they research when you’re awake, They know if you are overpriced, so price it right for goodness sake.

Ohhhhh… You want to move out? You don’t need to cry, Do not freak out, I’m telling you why, Buyers will be coming, to town.

Maternity and paternity leave income tax to be refunded Income tax deducted from maternity and paternity leave will be refunded – in a decree that started last Tuesday - after a Supreme Court ruling that these contributory State benefits are exempt.

The verdict came after a Madrid woman appealed against a tax demand for €361.13 after not having included the nearly €9,000 she had received in 2013 in maternity pay. This case eventually reached the highest contentious court in Spain.

Tax minister María Jesús Montero pledged to refund all income tax, or IRPF, deducted from maternity and paternity pay for each and every child born since 2013 inclusive.

According to consumer protection organisation OCU, typical amounts refunded are expected to be around €1,000 to €2,600 per child.

It is also payable for adoption or fostering leave and relates to all maternity and paternity payments, not just those directly from the State but also from those town councils or regional governments which offer a top-up.

Soooo… You want to move out? You don’t need to cry, Do not freak out, I’m telling you why, Buyers will be coming, to town.

Now buyers can be busy, so show them that you care, Open up your home, & invite them in, But remember not to stare!

Ohhhhh… You want to move out? You don’t need to cry, Do not freak out, I’m telling you why, Buyers will be coming to town.

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Catalan independence leaders on prison hunger strike Catalan independence leaders Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Turull have started an indefinite hunger strike to protest against the Constitutional Court for blocking their appeals to the European Court of Human Rights.

Sànchez and Turull are in pre-trial detention at Lledoners prison in Barcelona for their involvement in events surrounding last year’s unauthorised referendum on Catalan independence. Prosecutors are seeking a 17-year jail term for Sànchez for rebellion and a 16-year term for Turull for rebellion and misuse of public funds. They are due to be tried next year.

Since their announcement, two more independence leaders have joined the hunger strike: Josep Rull and Joaquim Forn. The ousted deputies, who are also in pre-trial detention in Lledoners prison for their involvement in the separatist drive, explained: “It is an extreme protest measure. Our decision is legitimised by the injustice we suffer, the abuse of our fundamental rights and the judicial arbitrariness.”

The independence leaders claim that the Constitutional Court has systematically blocked all of their attempts to appeal to the EU court. All eight of their constitutional complaints were admitted by the Spanish court but have not yet been resolved,

meaning the politicians cannot take their case to Strasbourg.

In a statement, the Catalan independence leaders argued: “The Constitutional Court has blocked us from appealing our cases with the European justice system. Their action is as simple as it is poorly disguised: they agree to process 100 percent of the appeals and resolve none.”

“We are not asking for favourable treatment, but nor are we asking for discrimination and unjustified delay.

Not even for a favourable sentence: simply that they reject or dismiss the appeals. This is the only way to unblock access to European justice,” they explained in the press release.

“We are not going on a hunger strike against anyone but rather to raise awareness and stop what is not normal from becoming the norm.”

The first constitutional appeal was filed on 22nd November, 2017 and according to the independence leaders, it should have been resolved within 30 days.

The pro-Catalan independence association Òmnium Cultural released a photo of Sànchez and Turull with other independence leaders in pre-trial detention with the caption: “Today, like yesterday, unity, serenity and courage.

Long live the Republic.” Authorities at the penitentiary said they had not authorised the sharing of the photo.

Fair trial Following the announcement of the hunger strike, the Socialist Party (PSOE) government of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez maintained that the politicians will receive a fair trial: “The government reminds the independence leaders that they have the protection and the guarantees of a state of law.”

The doctor responsible for Sánchez and Turull, Jaume Padrós, said he informed the politicians of the health risks of a hunger strike, which include fatigue, digestive problems, disrupted sleeping patterns and loss of muscle mass. The first complication is hypoglycemia, a condition caused by low blood sugar, and ultimately the risk of coma and death.

Prison authorities said Sànchez and Turull must continue to follow the daily routine at the prison, and, like the rest of the inmates, must go to the mess hall at meal times.

“In the case of a hunger strike, the doctors at the penitentiary centre monitor the inmates’ state of health checking blood pressure, weight, and conducting blood tests, among others,” said prison authorities, who added that the politicians would be moved to the hospital unit of the Terrassa prison if they need medical attention. “As an extreme measure, a judge could authorise forced feeding administered through a drip,” they added.

Catalan premier Quim Torra has supported the hunger strike as a “strong and drastic measure against the violation of citizen, civilian and political rights.” “The criminal code is being applied shamefully, establishing ad hoc legality to attack political dissidents,” he added.

Ousted Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont, who is in self-imposed exile in Brussels, has also backed the measure, writing: “Shame on the Spanish state! Power and strength to you.”

Rull, Turull and Sànchez are members of the pro-independence party Together for Catalonia (Junts per Catalunya) which is headed by Puigdemont. Forn was a deputy for the party but gave up his seat in early January.

The four independence leaders from the Catalan Republican Left (ERC), which is considered the more moderate nationalist party, and Jordi Cuixart, the former president of the civic association Òminum Cultural, have not joined the protest A website called vagadefam has been set up to explain the reasons for the hunger strike. A total of 18 people – including the hunger-striking independence leaders – are due to face trial in the Supreme Court in early 2019 for their involvement in the Catalan independence challenge.

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Chocolate for the orphanage

It will be a real Christmas treat for the children at the San José Obrero Orphanage this year. The staff and customers at the Irish Rover, La Rosealada, have been raising money for the orphanage and have collected altogether over €2,000. In time for Christmas, the proprietors Viv and Alan have bought 100 selection boxes for the children who live there.

Gifts such as this are very much appreciated by the orphanage which is not publicly funded and which

struggles to provide the little extras that most children come to expect. There are 70 children in the orphanage which acts as both a home for the children and a school.

This year, along with the chocolate gifts, the children will be treated to a Christmas party on Friday 14th December in the town square of Benijofar. Everyone is welcome to join in this event between 6pm and 8pm.

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CHRISTMAS FAIR SUCCESS FOR CRUZ AZUL Cruz Azul’s fundraising events helps pet owners on low incomes with vet bills and enables the charity to work with local communities to humanely control feral cat colonies. The latest event, organized by A Time 4 A Change in Los Alcázares, proved very popular, raising 345€ for the charity.

The owners of A Time 4 A Change provided the venue and invited stallholders to take part in what turned out to be a very busy and successful event. Spangles Ladies’ Harmony Chorus provided some festive singing while shoppers browsed the myriad stalls, which included pottery, glass, curry kits, clothes, Christmas decorations, Christmas cards, customised signs, a tombola and a raffle.

“We are overwhelmed by the support of our local community and owe a huge

thank you to Kerry Lucas at Time 4 A Change for making it all happen.” said Lyn Baines, Cruz Azul President. “Our thanks must also go to all the lovely stallholders, Spangles and everyone who came to the fair”.

Because of the continuing generosity and support from the public and local businesses, the amount raised at this event and the growing success of the Donation Centre in San Javier, Cruz Azul can continue to help more pets whose owners are on low incomes,as well as promoting responsible pet ownership with sterilisation, vaccination and microchipping and helping communities with their‘Trap, Neuter and Return’ campaigns.

Cruz Azul’s Donation Centre is situated on the Avenida de la Unión in San Javier, next door to Yorkshire Linen.

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Baby Kisses highlights animal rights

Less than a day after his rescue by the Easy Horse Care Rescue team, a baby donkey died of pneumonia. Disgusted by the actions of the person who caused this the centre wants to use this story to raise awareness of animal cruelty and animal rights.

Sue and Rod Weeding co-founders of Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre received a phone call early in the morning from a man who had found a little donkey dumped in a blue plastic bag near the River Segura in Las Heredades.

Whoever left the donkey there also left a clear message – for them this baby animal didn’t deserve to live and had been dumped like a piece of rubbish at less than one year old. The poor thing was covered in faeces and so emaciated his intestines had started to come out of his body After a quick examination, it was decided that the donkey needed to be transported immediately to hospital

and the extraordinary team at the Hospital Veterinario San Vicente in Alicante received him with open arms to try to give him a chance of life.

However, the little grey donkey couldn’t stand up and looked exhausted leaving everyone guessing as to what had happened to him during his short life.

Sue and Rod posted the images of the donkey on Facebook and shared his story with the world. The images went viral and have been shared more than 5,500 times.

Everyone was hopeful, and Sue and Rod were ready to do whatever it took to give that little donkey a home and a future but it was not to be the hospital discovered that the donkey’s lack of energy was due not only to dehydration and starvation but to a severe case of pneumonia. A set of X-rays revealed that the donkey had blood clots in his lungs. The frail little creature died less than 24 hours after his rescue. The staff

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at the San Vicente hospital made sure that he felt loved and taken care of during his last hours in this world.

The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre has been able to rescue more than 160 equines and this donkey is the first one that has passed away within hours of his rescue. And although Sue and Rod have worked with the police in extreme cases of abandonment and neglect, the conditions in which this donkey was found are some of the worst they have witnessed, particularly because it was dumped like rubbish and left to die in a place that was very hard to find.

After the baby donkey story was shared on social media, many people sent kisses for this poor creature. Sue and Rod decided to name him Kisses because that is one of the many things he needed to feel loved.

“We just hope the story of baby Kisses helps us highlight the importance of animal rights not only in Spain but in the world,” said Sue. “No animal should be treated like this.”

“We would like to thank the two Rojales Police officers for their urgent response and help with this rescue.”

The non-profit Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre relies entirely on donations to fund its important animal welfare work. Small donations can change the future and help

Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre continue with its mission to rescue, rehabilitated and provide a home for equines in need. Those interested in volunteering at the rescue centre or in the charity shops can call Sue on 652 021 980.

The Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre, located just outside Rojales at Partido Lo Garriga, 59, opens to the public on the first Sunday of every month between 1pm and 4pm. Free horse tours run throughout the afternoon and refreshments are available in the café. For more details and directions, please visit www.easyhorsecare.net

am until 2.00 pm and has a wide range of clothes, accessories, jewellery, household goods, furniture, bric-a-brac and more. Why not pay them a visit? Or donate your unwanted clothes, furniture and items to show your support. Call 693 017 616 for more information.

Cruz Azul Murcia is a registered charity (No. 11.720/1a)and exists to provide veterinary care for the sick and injured pets of people in need and to promote responsible pet ownership.

If you or someone you know needs help, or you would like to volunteer or donate, please call 693 017 616 or visit their website: cruzazulmurcia.com

Quirónsalud Hospital Torrevieja Christmas solidarity campaign Until tomorrow, 12th December donations of toys and Christmas cakes/pastries for disadvantaged children can be donated in the hall of the hospital The campaign will consist of collecting toys and Christmas cakes/pastries in for the charities Alimentos Solidarios and Caritas of Torrevieja. The Association of estate agencies of the Vega Baja (ASIVEGA) and more than fifty associations of foreign residents from the area are collaborating towards this charity campaign.

The campaign will be present on social networks with the hashtags #CuidamosLaNavidad and #Xmas4all and, under the motto "Join the Solidarity Campaign of the Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja", the toys or Christmas cakes/pastries can be left at the information point located in the hall of the hospital.

The campaign will end on Wednesday12thDecember at 16:00 at the entrance of the Hospital Quirónsalud in Torrevieja and will feature a performance by the British Choir ICA, who will put the finishing touch to the campaign by offering a Christmas concert.

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Madrid takes historic step to becoming a car-free city M

adrid has joined a global list of pioneering cities fighting air pollution through local initiatives. In a historic move, the Spanish capital has introduced Madrid Central, a raft of measures aimed at

reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the city centre. The project is part of a larger move to improve the quality and safety of a space that is shared by cars, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles and a growing number of personal mobility devices.

Viewed as a legacy-making project for Mayor Manuela Carmena, of the leftist Ahora Madrid party, Madrid Central has made 472 hectares of the city centre off-limits to traffic, except for

local residents and public transportation. Non-residents with appropriate energy labels may enter to leave their vehicle in a public parking lot, and exceptions are made for people with reduced mobility, ambulances,

taxis, private-hire cars and delivery vans. Electric vehicles will also be allowed into Madrid Centro.

City officials added that ongoing reforms in several downtown streets will increase space for pedestrians by nearly 22,000 square meters. In the spirit of favouring sustainable mobility in this crowded space, there are also new rules in effect since 23rd October affecting speed limits, approved parking areas for motorcycles, priority

for pedestrians and proper use of mobility devices.

City Hall said in a release that during December there will be no action taken against violators, as officials conduct an awareness campaign about the benefits of Madrid Centro. In January there will be automatic controls and notices will be sent out to offenders, although no fines will be issued for the first two months.

Improving the air quality in cities is a EU mandate, and the European Commission has set 2020 as the deadline for Madrid to meet its targets.

City officials say that Madrid Central will reduce emissions by 40 percent as a result of eliminating through traffic and banning the biggest polluters from the area.

Many European cities have taken steps to curb emissions, but only four have gone further than Madrid and introduced fees to access the city centre: London, Milan, Stockholm and Gothenburg.

however, an opposite trend began to take back the cities for pedestrians by eliminating space for private vehicles.

Madrid joined this movement, and one of the earliest controversies involved the decision, made by a Socialist administration, to close off Retiro Park to traffic.

The next steps were taken by a PP mayor, Ruiz-Gallardón, who pedestrianised many streets in the downtown area and created the first Resident Priority Zones (APZ) in 2004.

These areas, located in the neighbourhoods of Cortes, Letras and Embajadores, are restricted and nonresidents may only enter to go to a parking lot – the same as Madrid Central.

In 2006, Ruiz-Gallardón attempted to extend these traffic restrictions to an area very similar to today’s Madrid Centro, but he was unable to gain enough support. Ana Botella tried it in

2014, but strong opposition from local business owners made her shelve the plan. Today, the PP is opposed to Madrid Central, which it has appealed before several authorities.

Historic day “This is a very important moment for the city,” said Inés Sabanés, the local head of environment and mobility issues, who called Friday “a historic day.”

The project has met with fierce opposition from local retailers, transportation professionals and citizens alike, mirroring similar reactions in places like London, where the congestion charge introduced 15 years ago initially drew broad condemnation, which later turned into support. London has reduced traffic in the centre by a third, and become a role model for Milan, Stockholm, Gothenburg and Singapore. Officials in New York City are considering it.

An old project The initiative is not brand new – it had been proposed previously by former mayors Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón and Ana Botella, both of the Popular Party (PP).

In the 1950s and 60s, European cities transformed themselves to dedicate most of their public space to cars, building wide avenues and ample parking spaces. In the late 1980s,

Thousand protests against farright party Vox in Andalusia

Thousands of people marched in several cities in southern Spain last night to protest the rise of Vox, a farright party that has burst onto the political scene after an unexpectedly strong performance at the recent Andalusian regional election.

Anti-Vox demonstrations took place in provincial capitals across Andalusia, including Granada, Málaga and Seville, where marchers cried out slogans such as: “We are not afraid.”

The anti-immigration party, which wants to recentralise power, lower taxes and toughen up the criminal code, could be the kingmaker in Andalusian politics as parties scramble to form a coalition in the wake of an inconclusive election that was technically won by the Socialist Party (PSOE) with 33 seats.

But the incumbent Socialists, who have governed Spain’s most populous region for 36 straight years, could be

ousted if the conservative Popular Party (PP), the centre-right Ciudadanos and Vox put together their collective 59 deputies in the 109seat house.

In Granada, around 5,000 people joined an anti-fascist protest in front of City Hall, according to local police estimates. Demonstrators walked down Camino de Ronda, one of the city’s main arteries, to Vox headquarters. The protest was called

spontaneously on social media, and downtown traffic was affected as thousands of youths blocked lanes, leading to verbal confrontations with motorists.

In Seville, hundreds of people marched from Plaza de la Encarnación to the regional assembly and City Hall.

Waving Andalusian and Republican flags, the protesters blocked traffic while chanting: “It is fascism, not democracy,” and: “Refugees welcome.”

“Vox’s presence [in the Andalusian parliament] is shameful,” said Carlos Caballero, a law student at the march.

“There are people who think like them, and now they’ve seen that their vote could be useful,” added Julia García, another protester.

In Málaga, several hundred youths protested in the Plaza de la Constitución, where they held signs against Vox and in favour of feminism.

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Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham split: Love Island winners’ work commitments thrown into chaos with reality show and NTAs hosting gig still on the cards Love Island winners Dani Dyer and Jack Fincham’s work commitments have been thrown into chaos following the end of their six month romance on Thursday.

Dani, 22, announced the end of the couple’s relationship in a emotional Instagram post, admitting their romance just wasn’t meant to be long-term. And although they have gone their separate ways, their professional lives remain interlinked, with reality shows and presenting stints lined up for the duo as a couple. Reflecting on their new role at the time, the pair both enthused that it was an honour to be considered.

‘It has already been such an exciting

year for us and to top it off, we’ve been asked to work alongside TV legend Dermot O’Leary at the National Television Awards,’ they said.

‘Last year we were at home on the sofa watching the show so it’s an honour to be involved this year, we can’t wait! Fingers crossed Love Island is in the running on the night too. Bring on 2019!’

Just around the corner is the Love Island Christmas special, where the former castmates of the hit ITV2 reality show will reunite at a festive retreat to socialise and settle old scores. A awkwardly timed Love Island: The Christmas Reunion trailer dropped during I’m A Celebrity’s advert break. In the 15-second video it sees Jack and Dani exchanging festive presents, as well as dancing with each other. So far, there are only three surviving couples from this season - Megan Barton Hanson and Wes Nelson, Kaz Crossley and Josh Denzel, and Adam Collard and Zara McDermott.

The former lovebirds also spent the last few months filming for their reality show spin-off series, Jack and Dani: Life After Love Island - however, it has been confirmed that the ITV2 series will still be broadcast. Jack said: ‘You can expect some laughs as it’s really funny and it’s lighthearted.’

Holly Willoughby was beaten by I’m A Celebrity’s Emily Atack in FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women ... and she only finished at number 24 They’ve both never been shy of showing off their incredible figures. The 28-yearold Inbetweeners star finished in tenth place on the star-studded list when it was published in 2013, while Holly made the list 14 places lower at number 24.

It came to light after Emily joked about the hilarious but horrific experience she was having during her time in the I’m A Celebrity jungle. During Wednesday’s show she said: ‘I was once voted tenth sexiest woman in FHM - now I’m picking cockroaches out of my a***hole.’

Meanwhile Holly finished much further down the list at 24, behind Kate Upton and Cher Lloyd. However she did employ Hollywood heavyweights such as Angelina Jolie, Scarlett Johansson and Michelle Keegan.

Mark Wright risks ruining his US presenting career if he quits Extra ... as it’s claimed he wants to return to the UK and wife Michelle Keegan Reports claim Mark has asked to leave US entertainment show Extra. He relocated to Los Angeles after landing a presenting role on the show and has interviewed some of Hollywood’s biggest stars over the last 15 months.

A Hollywood insider said the former TOWIE star risks ruining his career Stateside if he does walk away from Extra.

It’s alleged Mark wants to return to Essex to spend time with wife Michelle

Keegan and pursue UK-based presenting opportunities.

Mark Wright has allegedly asked to leave US show Extra in order to return to the UK. It’s been claimed that the former TOWIE star is considering moving on from his Hollywood role to pursue presenting opportunities at home and spend more time with wife Michelle Keegan.

However, a Hollywood agent has said that Mark risks ruining his US presenting career and future success Stateside, claiming: ‘He should be thanking his lucky stars that he was given this job.’

Responding to claims the reality star has asked to leave Extra, the agent hit back: ‘If Mark does in fact leave Extra he is abandoning his chance of ever achieving commercial success in the United States.’

They continued: ‘He should be thanking his lucky stars that he was given this job as it is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity.’

Stressing that Mark could compromise his reputation across the pond, they added: ‘With such a wide talent pool to choose from in Hollywood and New York, there are no longer second chances for a British personality who hasn’t been able to click with the American television audience.’

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The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Made in Britain at Christmas The Motorbike Show Executive Decision FYI Daily Executive Decision The Sweeney Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

ITV3

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ITV4

Television: Wed. 12th December

www.costablancapeople.com CostaBlancaPeople 11th-17th December

BBC1 7.00am 10.15am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.45pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 3.15pm 4.15pm 4.45pm 5.30pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 11.45pm 12.15am 1.20am 1.25am

BBC2

Breakfast Defenders UK Homes Under the Hammer Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats A1: Britain’s Longest Road Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Doctor Blake Mysteries Escape to the Country The Best Christmas Food Ever Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Christmas Shop Well for Less 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 8.38am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.15pm 2.00pm 2.45pm 3.15pm 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 4.55am

ITV2 7.00am

The Best Christmas Food Ever Bargain Hunt Bargain Hunt Great British Menu Trust Me, I’m a Doctor BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank Reel History of Britain Railways: The Making of a Nation Who Do You Think You Are? The Polar Bear Family and Me Eggheads Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Richard Osman’s House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals Death and Nightingales The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

Newsnight Escape From Dubai: The Mystery of the Missing Princess School Babies: Their Wonderful World Trust Trust This is BBC Two

7.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize

You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas!

7.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize

8.10am

Ninja Warrior UK

8.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

9.00am

Emmerdale

9.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

9.25am

You’ve Been Framed!

10.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

10.25am

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

11.00am

Sky Sports News

11.20am

Planet’s Got Talent

12.00pm

Live Par 3 Challenge

1.15pm

Emmerdale

3.00pm

Sky Sports News

1.45pm

You’ve Been Framed! Special

2.45pm

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

4.00pm

Sky Sports News

3.40pm

The Jeremy Kyle Show

5.00pm

Sky Sports News

7.00pm

You’ve Been Framed!

6.00pm

Sky Sports News at 5

7.30pm

You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas

7.00pm

Sky Sports News at 6

8.00pm

You’ve Been Framed!

8.00pm

Soccer Special Pre-Match

8.30pm

You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas

8.30pm

Gillette Soccer Special

9.00pm

Two and a Half Men

11.00pm

The Debate - Live

10.00pm

Love Actually

12.00am

Sky Sports News

FYI Daily

1.00am

Sky Sports News

11.05pm

Love Actually

2.00am

Live NBA: Oklahoma @ New Orleans

12.45am

Family Guy

4.30am

Sporting Records

2.35am

American Dad!

5.00am

Sky Sports News

3.30am

Teleshopping

6.00am

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 10.00pm

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 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Dracula Untold Married at First Sight USA The Big Bang Theory Mike and Molly Rude(ish) Tube

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

We Wish You a Marry Christmas

8.40am

Katie Says Goodbye

10.15am

A Yeti Adventure

11.45am

In Darkness

1.30pm

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

3.55pm

The Blind Spot

5.45pm

We Wish You a Marry Christmas

7.30pm

A Yeti Adventure

9.00pm

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

11.25pm 1.15am

The Blind Spot

Katie Says Goodbye

4.55am

Top Ten Show, the 2018

5.15am

12.20am 2.05am 3.55am 5.15am 5.55am

A Gift for Christmas

Sky 1 7.00am 7.30am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 12.40am 1.40am 2.35am 3.05am 4.00am 5.00am 6.00am 6.30am

Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Babylon 5 Warehouse 13 NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 MacGyver Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons DC’s Legends of Tomorrow The Prestige The Russell Howard Hour An Idiot Abroad Road Wars Most Shocking A League of Their Own Babylon 5 Futurama Futurama

7.00am

Classic Coronation Street

7.25am

Classic Coronation Street

7.50am

Heartbeat

8.55am

The Royal

9.55am

Judge Judy

10.25am

Judge Judy

10.50am

Judge Judy

11.20am

Inspector Morse

1.35pm

The Royal

2.40pm

Heartbeat

3.40pm

Classic Coronation Street

4.15pm

Classic Coronation Street

4.45pm

Inspector Morse

7.00pm

Heartbeat

8.00pm

Murder, She Wrote

9.00pm

Agatha Christie’s Marple

11.00pm

Liar

12.00am

A Touch of Frost

2.05am

Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans

3.00am

ITV3 Nightscreen

3.30am

Teleshopping

E4

In Darkness

3.10am

11.00pm 11.30pm 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 Dickinson’s Real Deal 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!

Coming Out ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Peston The Jonathan Ross Show Jackpot247 Safe House ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

Sky Sports 1

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

7.50am

11.00pm

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

Emmerdale Charity lashes out. Pete has a misunderstanding. Jessie is left thoughtful.

7.30am 7.55am 8.20am 8.45am 9.10am 9.40am 10.10am 10.40am 11.10am 12.05pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.05pm 2.05pm 3.10pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.05am 2.00am 3.40am 4.35am 5.00am 5.55am 6.50am

Hollyoaks Prince goes into hospital for his operation. Liam is worried that he’ll have to sell the salon after Jamie demands her money back for the dodgy vodka. Jamie kidnaps Jesse.

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 My Family Secrets Revealed Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Secret Life of the Zoo Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds at Christmas The World’s Most Expensive Presents 24 Hours in A&E Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure The Stag The People’s Vet Embarrassing Pets Big House, Little House Fifteen to One Countdown

BBC 4 7.58pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 4.00am 5.00am

ITV3

SOAP watch

Coronation Street Chesney, Beth and Kirk make a mug out of Dev. Cathy forces Brian to confront his problems. Robert lies to Michelle and sneaks off with Kate. Beth’s cash offering sets Sinead’s mind whirring.

Brian receives a sincere apology from Phil. Michelle challenges Robert’s story.

Channel 4

This is BBC Four Beyond 100 Days University Challenge Vikings Digging for Britain Vic and Bobs Big Night Out Inside No 9 Nature’s Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution An Art Lovers’ Guide Collateral Digging for Britain This is BBC Four

Channel 5 7.00am

Peppa Pig

7.05am

Peppa Pig

7.10am

The Day Henry Met

7.15am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

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

Digby Dragon

9.55am

Shimmer and Shine

10.05am

The Secret Life of Puppies

10.15am

Jeremy Vine

12.15pm

Home for Christmas Day

1.45pm

Neighbours

2.15pm

Christmas in the Smokies

4.00pm

Christmas Connection

5.45pm

5 News at 5

6.00pm

Friends

6.30pm

Friends

7.00pm

Neighbours

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

World’s Strongest Man:

9.00pm

Kids a&e at Christmas

10.00pm

Secrets of Ss Great Britain

11.00pm

The Sex Business

12.05am

My Secret Sex Fantasy

1.05am

Nanna Love: 50 Shades of Granny

2.00am

Super Casino

4.10am

Britain by Boat

5.00am

Get Your Tatts Out: Kavos Ink

5.45am

House Doctor

6.10am

HouseBusters

6.35am

Wildlife SOS

7.00am 7.45am 8.10am 8.30am 9.30am 10.35am 11.30am 12.35pm 1.40pm 2.45pm 3.50pm 4.50pm 5.55pm 7.00pm 8.05pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.05am 1.05am 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 Ironside Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special The Motorbike Show On Deadly Ground FYI Daily On Deadly Ground Hornblower The Protectors ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

Giants Live 2018

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 12.10am 1.10am 2.15am 3.10am 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 The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet The Supervet Grand Designs Egypt’s Great Pyramid: The New Evidence Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24 Hours in A&E Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 8 Out of 10 Cats

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ITV4

CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN THE SQUARE 2018 - 5.30pm FRIDAY 14th DECEMBER 1. HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING 1. Hark the herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled" Joyful, all ye nations rise Join the triumph of the skies With the angelic host proclaim: Christ is born in Bethlehem" Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King 2. Christ by highest heav'n adored Christ the everlasting Lord!

Late in time behold Him come Offspring of a Virgin's womb Veiled in flesh the Godhead see Hail the incarnate Deity Pleased as man with man to dwell Jesus, our Emmanuel Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King 3. Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!

Hail the Son of Righteousness!

Light and life to all He brings Ris'n with healing in His wings Mild He lays His glory by Born that man no more may die Born to raise the sons of earth Born to give them second birth Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King

5. GOOD KING WENCESLAS 1. Good King Wenceslas looked out, On the feast of Stephen; When the snow lay round about Deep and crisp, and even; Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in-sight, Gath’ring winter fuel.

2. ‘Hither, page, and stand by me, If thou know’st it, telling, Yonder peasant, who is he?

Where and what his dwelling?’

‘Sire, he lives a good league hence, Underneath the mountain; Right against the forest fence,

By Saint Agnes’ fountain.’

3. In his master’s steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted; Heat was in the very sod Which the Saint had printed.

Therefore, Christian men, be sure, Wealth or rank possessing, Ye who now will bless the poor, Shall yourselves find blessing.

2. ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY 1. Once in royal David’s city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for a bed: Mary was that Mother mild, Jesus Christ her little Child.

2. He came down to earth from heaven Who is God and Lord of all, And his shelter was a stable, And his cradle was a stall; With the poor and mean and lowly Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

3. And through all his wondrous childhood He would honour and obey, Love and watch the lowly Maiden, In whose gentle arms he lay: Christian children all must be, Mild, obedient, good as he.

4. Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by, We shall see Him; but in heaven, Set at God’s right hand on high; Where like stars his children crowned All in white shall wait around.

THE 6. ANGELS FROM RY REALMS OF GLO 1. Angels from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth; Ye who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth: Come and worship, Come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King!

2. Shepherds, in the fields abiding, Watching o'er your flocks by night, God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the infant Light; Come and worship, Come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King!

3. Sages, leave your contemplations, Brighter visions beam afar; Seek the great desire of nations, Ye have seen His natal star; Come and worship, Come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King!

4. Saints before the altar bending, Watching long in hope and fear, Suddenly the Lord, descending, In His temple shall appear: Come and worship, Come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King!

3. AWAY IN A MANGER 1. Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head.

The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

2. The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes, I love Thee, Lord Jesus!

Look down from the sky And stay by my side until morning is nigh.

3. Be near me, Lord Jesus: I ask Thee to stay, Close by me for ever, and love me, I pray, Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care And fit us for heaven, to live with Thee there

4. WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED 1. While shepherds watched their flocks by night, All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around.

2. ‘To you in David’s town this day Is born of David’s line A Saviour, who is Christ the Lord; And this shall be the sign:’ 3. ‘The heavenly Babe you there shall find To human view displayed, All meanly wrapped in swathing bands, And in a manger laid.’

4. ‘All glory be to God on high, And on the earth be peace; Good-will henceforth from heaven to men Begin and never cease.

8. JINGLE BELLS

7. THE HOLLY AND THE IVY 1. The holly and the ivy, When they are both full grown Of all the trees that are in the wood The holly bears the crown Chorus O the rising of the sun And the running of the deer The playing of the merry organ Sweet singing of the choir 2. The holly bears a blossom As white as any flower And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ To be our sweet Saviour Repeat Chorus 3. The holly bears a prickle As sharp as any thorn And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ on Christmas day in the morn.

Repeat Chorus 4. The holly bears a bark As bitter as any gall; And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ For to redeem us all.

Cascabel, cascabel, Musica de amor.

Dulces horas. Gratas horas, Juventud en flor.

Cascabel, cascabel, Tan sentimental.

No ceces, oh cascabel, De repiquetear.

Dashing through the snow In a one horse open sleigh O’er the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh O jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh.

Now the ground is white Go it while you’re young Take the girls tonight And sing this sleighing song Just bet a bobtail nag Two forty as his speed Hitch him to an open sleigh and crack!

You’ll take the lead.

Repeat chorus above

Television: Thurs. 13th December

www.costablancapeople.com CostaBlancaPeople 11th-17th December

BBC1 7.00am 10.15am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.45pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 3.15pm 4.15pm 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 Defenders UK Homes Under the Hammer Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats A1: Britain’s Longest Road Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Doctor Blake Mysteries Escape to the Country The Best Christmas Food Ever Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show EastEnders This is My Song The Apprentice: Why I Fired Them 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 3.15pm 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 4.05am 4.50am

ITV2 7.00am 7.50am 8.10am 9.00am 9.25am 10.25am 11.20am 12.15pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.45pm 3.40pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.00am 1.55am 2.25am 3.20am 6.50am

The Best Christmas Food Ever Bargain Hunt MasterChef: The Professionals BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank Reel History of Britain Railways: The Making of a Nation Who Do You Think You Are? The Polar Bear Family and Me Eggheads Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Richard Osman’s House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals Amazing Hotels Christmas Special Live at the Apollo Newsnight Babies: Their Wonderful World Inside the Foreign Office Made in Great Britain Trust Trust This is BBC Two

7.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize

7.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize

8.00am

Live Indonesian Masters

11.30am

Live European Tour Golf

4.30pm

Sky Sports News

5.00pm

Sky Sports News

6.00pm

Sky Sports News at 5

7.00pm

Sky Sports News at 6

7.30pm

Live World Championship Darts

12.00am

Sky Sports News

1.00am

NFL Gameday

1.30am

Live NFL: La Chargers @ Kansas

6.00am

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 9.30pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 12.10am 1.05am 2.10am 3.10am 4.05am 4.25am 4.50am 5.30am

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 The Good Place Happy Together The Inbetweeners The Big Bang Theory Naked Attraction Gogglebox The Inbetweeners The Good Place Happy Together The Big Bang Theory Mike and Molly

Sky Movies Premiere We Wish You a Marry Christmas

8.45am

A Yeti Adventure

10.15am 11.50am

Katie Says Goodbye The Christmas Contract

1.30pm

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

4.00pm

In Darkness

5.45pm

A Yeti Adventure

7.15pm

The Christmas Contract

9.00pm

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

11.30pm

In Darkness

1.30am

The Blind Spot

3.30am

Katie Says Goodbye

5.15am

A Gift for Christmas

12.45am 1.40am 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 Dickinson’s Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Meghan: The Story So Far - Tonight Emmerdale Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape Billy Connolly’s Ultimate World Tour ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Sir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private Tonight at the London Palladium Jackpot247 Meghan: The Story So Far - Tonight ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

Sky Sports 1

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You’ve Been Framed!

Ninja Warrior UK Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Planet’s Got Talent Britain’s Got Talent Emmerdale Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show You’ve Been Framed!

You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas Two and a Half Men Family Guy Celebrity Juice Family Guy American Dad! The Cleveland Show Bordertown Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

7.00am

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

Sky 1 7.00am 7.30am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 5.30pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.00am 2.00am 3.00am 3.50am 5.00am 6.00am 6.30am

Monkey Life Monkey Life RSPCA Animal Rescue RSPCA Animal Rescue Brit Cops: Frontline Crime Babylon 5 Warehouse 13 NCIS: Los Angeles NCIS: Los Angeles Hawaii Five-0 Hawaii Five-0 MacGyver Modern Family Modern Family The Simpsons Futurama Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Flash Dc’s Greatest Moments The Russell Howard Hour An Idiot Abroad An Idiot Abroad The Force: Manchester Most Shocking The Heist Babylon 5 Futurama Futurama

7.00am

Classic Coronation Street

7.25am

Classic Coronation Street

7.55am

Heartbeat

8.55am

The Royal

9.55am

Judge Judy

10.25am

Judge Judy

10.50am

Judge Judy

11.20am

Inspector Morse

1.35pm

The Royal

2.40pm

Heartbeat

3.40pm

Classic Coronation Street

4.15pm

Classic Coronation Street

4.45pm

Inspector Morse

7.00pm

Heartbeat

8.00pm

Murder, She Wrote

9.00pm

Agatha Christie’s Marple

11.00pm

Liar

12.00am

A Touch of Frost

2.10am

Paul O’Grady’s Animal Orphans

3.00am

ITV3 Nightscreen

3.30am

Teleshopping

E4

SOAP watch

Eastenders Emmerdale Recent events catch up with Linda as Dawn is mortified. Jessie receives some everything comes to a head. news. Anxious Debbie makes preparations. Harriet’s hopes are dashed.

Debbie’s determined to spend time with Sarah. Vanessa makes a big move.

Channel 4 7.30am 7.55am 8.20am 8.45am 9.10am 9.40am 10.10am 10.40am 11.10am 12.05pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.05pm 2.05pm 3.10pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.10am 2.05am 2.55am 3.50am 4.15am 5.10am 5.40am 5.55am 6.50am

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 My Family Secrets Revealed Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Amazing Spaces Winter Wonderland The First Naked Attraction Gogglebox First Dates Walks with My Dog The People’s Vet Embarrassing Pets Big House, Little House Food Unwrapped Jamie’s Cracking Christmas Fifteen to One Countdown

BBC 4 7.58pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.30am 1.30am 2.00am 4.00am 4.55am

This is BBC Four Beyond 100 Days University Challenge Secret Life of Farm Animals Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur Mel Smith: I’ve Done Some Things Smith and Jones: The Home-Made Xmas Video Time Shift Mystery of the Moor Collateral The Treasures of Ancient Rome 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 11.00pm 12.10am 1.15am 2.15am 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 The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet The Supervet Grand Designs 24 Hours in A&E Berlin Station 24 Hours in A&E 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Berlin Station 8 Out of 10 Cats

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Channel 5 7.00am

Peppa Pig

7.05am

Peppa Pig

7.10am

The Day Henry Met

7.15am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

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

Digby Dragon

9.55am

Shimmer and Shine

10.05am

The Secret Life of Puppies

10.15am

Jeremy Vine

12.10pm

The Perfect Christmas Village

1.45pm

Neighbours

2.20pm

The Christmas Calendar

4.00pm

Call Me Claus

5.45pm

5 News at 5

6.00pm

Friends

6.30pm

Friends

7.00pm

Neighbours

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

Esther Rantzen’s House Trap

9.00pm

Shop Smart, Save Money

10.00pm

Oxford Street 24/7

11.00pm

Edge of Tomorrow

1.15am

Super Casino

4.10am

GPs: Behind Closed Doors

5.00am

Get Your Tatts Out: Kavos Ink

5.45am

House Doctor

6.10am

HouseBusters

6.35am

Wildlife SOS

7.00am 7.45am 8.10am 8.30am 9.30am 10.30am 11.30am 12.35pm 1.40pm 2.45pm 3.50pm 4.50pm 5.55pm 7.00pm 8.05pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 12.05am 12.55am 3.05am 3.50am 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 Ironside Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special The Motorbike Show Source Code FYI Daily Source Code Hornblower The Americans ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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Television: Fri. 14th December BBC1

7.00am 10.15am 11.00am 12.00pm 12.45pm 1.15pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 2.45pm 3.15pm 4.10pm 4.40pm 5.30pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 10.30pm 11.00pm 11.25pm 11.35pm 12.25am 12.50am 1.10am 2.50am 2.55am

BBC2

Breakfast Defenders UK Homes Under the Hammer Britain’s Secret Charity Cheats A1: Britain’s Longest Road Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Doctor Blake Mysteries Escape to the Country The Best Christmas Food Ever Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show A Question of Sport EastEnders Not Going Out Have I Got News for You Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special 2016 BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather The Graham Norton Show Enterprice Hounslow Diaries Tropic Thunder 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 3.15pm 3.45pm 4.45pm 5.45pm 6.15pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 11.30pm 12.05am 1.30am 2.00am 3.00am 3.50am 4.40am

ITV2 7.00am 7.50am 8.10am 9.00am 9.25am 9.55am 10.25am 11.20am 11.50am 12.15pm 1.15pm 1.45pm 2.15pm 2.45pm 3.40pm 4.45pm 5.50pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 9.30pm 10.00pm 12.05am 12.35am 1.00am 1.30am 1.55am 2.25am 2.55am 3.20am 6.50am

The Best Christmas Food Ever Flog It! Dynasties BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank Reel History of Britain Railways: The Making of a Nation Who Do You Think You Are? The Polar Bear Family and Me Eggheads Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Strictly: It Takes Two Richard Osman’s House of Games Mastermind Nadiya’s Party Feasts Made in Great Britain Inside No 9 Newsnight Roots Panorama Doctor Who Trust Trust This is BBC Two

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

Sky Sports 1

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records You’ve Been Framed!

Ninja Warrior UK Emmerdale Emmerdale You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas The Ellen DeGeneres Show Planet’s Got Talent Planet’s Got Talent Britain’s Got Talent Emmerdale Emmerdale You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show You’ve Been Framed! Special You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas Two and a Half Men Two and a Half Men The Fast and the Furious Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! Bordertown Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

7.00am

The Christmas Contract

8.45am

A Yeti Adventure

10.25am

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

1.00pm

The Shape of Water

3.10pm

The Christmas Contract

4.50pm

A Yeti Adventure

6.30pm

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

9.00pm

The Shape of Water

11.10pm

In Darkness

1.10am

Katie Says Goodbye

2.55am

The Blind Spot

4.55am

Top Ten Show, the 2018

5.15am

We Wish You a Marry Christmas

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Dickinson’s Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street The Imitation Game Coronation Street Through the Keyhole ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Take Me Out Play to the Whistle Jackpot247 Cold Feet ITV Nightscreen

Sky 1 7.00am

Monkey Life

8.00am

RSPCA Animal Rescue

9.00am

Brit Cops: Frontline Crime

7.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize

8.00am

Live Indonesian Masters

10.00am

Babylon 5

11.30am

Live European Tour Golf

11.00am

Warehouse 13

1.30pm

Live World Championship Darts

12.00pm

NCIS: Los Angeles

2.00pm

Hawaii Five-0

4.00pm

MacGyver

5.00pm

Modern Family

5.30pm 6.00pm 7.00pm

Football Centre Sports News Sports News

8.00pm

Football

10.45pm

Live World Championship Darts

12.00am

Cricket

1.30am

Live NBA: Indiana @ Philadelphia

6.00pm

The Simpsons

6.30pm

Futurama

7.30pm

The Simpsons

9.00pm

Modern Family

10.00pm

The Heist

11.30pm

The Late Late Show

12.30am

The Simpsons

4.00am

Cricket

2.00am

A League of Their Own

6.30am

Cricket

3.00am

Hawaii Five-0

4.00am

A League of Their Own

6.40am

Cricket

6.50am

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 10.00pm 12.10am 1.15am 2.20am 3.25am 4.15am 5.10am 5.50am

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 The World’s End The Big Bang Theory Naked Attraction Tattoo Fixers Gogglebox Rude Tube The Big Bang Theory Mike and Molly

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize

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5.00am

Babylon 5

6.00am

Futurama

7.00am 7.25am 7.55am 8.55am 9.55am 10.25am 10.50am 11.20am 1.35pm 2.40pm 3.40pm 4.15pm 4.45pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 11.00pm 12.00am 1.05am 3.00am 4.50am 5.40am 6.30am

Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Heartbeat The Royal Judge Judy Judge Judy Judge Judy Inspector Morse The Royal Heartbeat Classic Coronation Street Classic Coronation Street Inspector Morse Heartbeat Murder, She Wrote Agatha Christie’s Poirot Liar Liar A Touch of Frost Inspector Morse Murder, She Wrote Murder, She Wrote ITV3 Nightscreen

E4

Eastenders Hayley worries that her secret will be exposed, and Tiffany fears the worst

Emmerdale Debbie steels herself. Vanessa experiences chaos. Harriet is being watched.

Channel 4 7.30am 7.55am 8.20am 8.45am 9.10am 9.40am 10.10am 10.40am 11.10am 12.05pm 12.30pm 1.00pm 1.05pm 2.05pm 3.10pm 4.00pm 5.00pm 6.00pm 7.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 1.05am 3.00am 3.50am 4.45am 5.40am 6.00am 6.55am

Coronation Street Robert and Kate agree to proceed with their pact. Chesney falls on his sword for Sinead. Brian comes under observation in the classroom. Kate is excited to share her plans with Rana. Brian admits to Cathy that he might lose his job. Tyrone and Roy join Evelyn’s hunt for her dog.

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 My Family Secrets Revealed Countdown Fifteen to One A Place in the Sun Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast Gogglebox The Last Leg Ministry of Justice Predator The First The Great Songwriters Big House, Little House Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures Fifteen to One Marathon

BBC 4 7.58pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm

3.35am 4.35am

This is BBC Four World News Today Christmas University Challenge 2017 Top of the Pops The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand TOTP2 Xmas 2017 The Story of Fairytale of New York Top of the Pops The Sound of Movie Musicals with Neil Brand Classic Cellists at the BBC 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 11.00pm 12.00am 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 The Secret Life of the Zoo The Supervet 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

11.00pm 12.30am 1.30am 2.35am

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Channel 5 7.00am

Peppa Pig

7.05am

Peppa Pig

7.10am

The Day Henry Met

7.15am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

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

Digby Dragon

9.55am

Shimmer and Shine

10.05am

The Secret Life of Puppies

10.15am

Jeremy Vine

12.15pm

Rock and Roll Christmas

1.45pm

Neighbours

2.20pm

A Christmas to Remember

4.00pm

A Very Country Christmas

5.45pm

5 News at 5

6.00pm

Friends

6.30pm

Friends

7.00pm

Neighbours

7.30pm

5 News Tonight

8.00pm

The Gadget Show

9.00pm

Britain by Boat

10.00pm

Eamonn and Ruth Do Vegas

11.55pm

When Magic Goes Horribly Wrong

12.50am

Lip Sync Battle UK Xmas Special

1.15am

Super Casino

4.10am

OAPs Behaving Badly

5.00am

My Secret Sex Fantasy

5.45am

House Doctor

6.10am

HouseBusters

6.35am

Wildlife SOS

7.00am 7.50am 8.10am 8.30am 9.35am 10.40am 11.40am 12.45pm 1.55pm 2.30pm 5.00pm 5.15pm 6.20pm 7.25pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 10.00pm 11.05pm 11.10pm 12.20am 1.20am 1.25am 2.40am 3.40am 4.00am

The Chase Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Kojak Quincy, M.E. Minder The Sweeney The Professionals The Protectors ITV Racing: Live from Cheltenham World of Sport The Sweeney The Professionals Ironside Pawn Stars Monster Carp The Specialist FYI Daily The Specialist American History X FYI Daily American History X Quincy, M.E. ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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9. JOY TO THE WORLD

10 O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

1. Joy to the World, the Lord is come!

1. O Little town of Bethlehem, Let earth receive her King; How still we see thee lie!

Let every heart prepare him room, Above thy deep and dreamless sleep And Heaven and nature sing, The silent stars go by.

And Heaven and nature sing, Yet in the dark street shineth And Heaven, and Heaven, The everlasting light; and nature sing.

The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight.

2. Joy to the World, the Savior reigns!

Let men their songs employ; 2. O holy Child of Bethlehem, While fields and floods, rocks, Descend to us, we pray; hills and plains Cast out our sin, and enter in; Repeat the sounding joy, Be born in us today!

Repeat the sounding joy, We hear the Christmas angels Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.

The great glad tidings tell; 3. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders, of His love.

O come to us, abide with us, Our Lord Emmanuel!

11. CAMPANA SOBRE CAMPANA 1. Campana sobre campana, y sobre campana una, asómate a la ventana, verás el Niño en la cuna.

Chorus Belén, campanas de Belén, que los ángeles tocan qué nueva me traéis?

Belén, campanas de Belén, que los ángeles tocan qué nueva me traéis?

1. Silent night, Holy night, All is calm, all is bright; ‘Round yon virgin mother and Child, Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.

2. Noche de Dios, noche de paz, Claro sol, Brilla ya, Y los angeles cantando astan Gloria a Dios, Gloria al Rey eternal.

Duerme el Nino Jesus, Duerme el Nino Jesus.

3. Noche de bien, noche de paz, Canta alegre el mortal, Nace Dios en un pobre portal, Y a Maria sonrie su faz, Duerme el Nino Jesus, Duerme el Nino Jesus.

1. O Come , all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him, Born the King of angels: Chorus O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.

2. Recogido tu rebano A donde vas pastorcillo?

Voy a llevar la portal Requesón, manteca y vino Repeat Chorus

2. See how the Shepherds, Summoned to his cradle, Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze; We too will thither Bend our joyful footsteps:

3. Campana sobre campana, y sobre campana dos, asómate a esa ventana, porque ha naciendo Dios.

Repeat Chorus

Repeat Chorus

4. Caminando a media noche, Donde caminas pastor Le llevo al nino que nace como Dios mi corazon

14. SILENT NIGHT

12 O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL

15. DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY 1. Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la, la la la, la la la.

Troll the ancient Yule tide carol, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

2. See the blazing Yule before us, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Strike the harp and join the chorus.

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Follow me in merry measure, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

While I tell of Yule tide treasure, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

3. Fast away the old year passes, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Sing we joyous, all together, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa la la la la, la la la la.

3. Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above: ‘Glory to God In the highest’: Repeat Chorus

16. FELIZ NAVIDAD Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Año y Felicidad.

Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Feliz Navidad Prospero Año y Felicidad.

We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas We wanna wish you a Merry Christmas From the bottom of our hearts.

13. FUM, FUM, FUM 1. Veinticinco de diciembre Fum, fum, fum Veinticinco de diciembre Fum, fum, fum.

Un niñito muy bonito Ha nacido en un portal Con su carita de rosa pareció una flor hermosa Fum, fum, fum.

2. Venid, venid pastorcitos Fum, fum, fum Venid, venid pastorcitos Fum, fum, fum Venid con la pandereta y castañuelas al portal Y adorad al Dios del Cielo Que ha aparecido en el suelo Fum, fum, fum.

3. Desde el cielo Estás mirando Fum, Fum, Fum. Desde el cielo Estás mirando Fum, Fum, Fum, A la Tierra rutilante que relumbra con su luz y al amor del firmamento celebrando el nacimiento de Jesús.

17. WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS 1. We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas We wish you a merry Christmas And a happy New Year.

Chorus Good tidings we bring To you and your kin, We wish you a merry Christmas, And a happy New Year.

2. Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding Now bring us some figgy pudding And bring some out here.

Chorus repeat 3. We won’t go until we’ve got some We won’t go until we’ve got some We won’t go until we’ve got some So bring some out here.

Chorus repeat

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Television: Sat. 15th December BBC1

BBC2

7.00am

Breakfast

7.45am

All Over the Place

11.00am

Saturday Kitchen Live

8.15am

Wild and Weird 2

12.30pm

Nigel Slater’s 12 Tastes of Christmas

8.30am

All Over the Workplace

1.00pm

Football Focus

9.00am

The Dengineers - Christmas Den

2.00pm

BBC News

9.25am

Danger Mouse

Sports Personality 2018: A Great

9.50am

Bee Movie

Sporting Year

11.10am

Bears on Top of the World

Christmas Shop Well for Less

12.00pm

Homes Under the Hammer

2.15pm 3.15pm 4.15pm

Escape to the Country

1.00pm

A Cook Abroad

5.00pm

Final Score

2.00pm

Railways: The Making of a Nation

6.20pm

BBC News

2.30pm

Talking Pictures

6.30pm

Regional News and Weather

3.20pm

The Ipcress File

6.40pm

Pointless

5.05pm

Flog It!

7.30pm

Strictly Come Dancing

6.00pm

Swallows and Amazons

10.00pm

Michael Mcintyre’s Big Show

7.30pm

Winter’s Weirdest Events

11.00pm

BBC News

8.30pm

Match of the Day

9.30pm

Dad’s Army

12.45am

The NFL Show

10.00pm

The Big Short

1.15am

The Apprentice

12.00am

All Girls Live at the Apollo

2.15am

The Apprentice: You’re Fired!

12.45am

Alpha Papa

2.45am

Weather for the Week Ahead

2.15am

The British Guide to Showing Off

2.50am

BBC News

3.45am

This is BBC Two

ITV2 7.00am 7.35am 10.00am 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.25pm 2.55pm 3.55pm 4.00pm 4.40pm 5.40pm 5.45pm 6.45pm 7.50pm 7.55pm 8.55pm 9.55pm 10.00pm 11.00pm 12.05am 12.35am 1.05am 1.30am 2.05am 2.30am 2.55am 3.25am 3.50am 6.50am

Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus Celebrity Catchphrase You’ve Been Framed!

You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas!

Spy Kids 3: Game Over FYI Daily Spy Kids 3: Game Over Jack Frost FYI Daily Jack Frost Yes Man FYI Daily Yes Man The Mask FYI Daily The Mask Celebrity Juice Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show Bordertown Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

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Live Indonesian Masters

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Good Morning Sports Fans

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Good Morning Sports Fans

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Live European Tour Golf

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Football

4.00pm

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Gillette Soccer Saturday

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Sky 1 7.00am 7.30am 8.00am 8.30am 9.00am 9.30am 10.00am 11.00am 12.30pm 1.30pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 6.15pm 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 5.30am 6.00am 6.30am

Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Futurama Dc’s Greatest Moments Soccer A.M. Supergirl The Flash The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Gillette Soccer Saturday Premier League Greatest Games The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Football’s Funniest Moments A League of Their Own The Russell Howard Hour An Idiot Abroad Road Wars A League of Their Own SEAL Team The Heist Futurama Futurama Futurama

12.00am

Live Fight Night International

7.00am

Olive, the Other Reindeer

7.00am

Murder, She Wrote

7.55am

Baby Daddy

7.55am

Goodbye Mr Chips

9.55am

Columbo: Forgotten Lady

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The Christmas Contract

8.35am

A Yeti Adventure

10.05am

The Time Team

9.55am

Nanny for Christmas

11.35am

In Darkness

11.40am

Made in Chelsea

12.45pm

Baby’s Day Out

2.40pm

Rude(ish) Tube Shorts

9.30am

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas

11.35am

Agatha Christie’s Marple

1.35pm

Santa Claus

3.45pm

Housewife 49

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The Goldbergs

5.00pm

Young Sheldon

5.45pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

5.30pm

The Big Bang Theory

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Midsomer Murders

10.00pm

Taken 2

11.50pm

Gogglebox

12.55am

Gogglebox

12.00am

Vera

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

1.55am

Rude Tube

2.00am

On the Buses

1.40am

In Darkness

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Celebrity First Dates

3.35am

Katie Says Goodbye

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A Yeti Adventure Maze Runner: The Death Cure The Time Team The Shape of Water

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We Wish You a Marry Christmas

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2.30am

On the Buses

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4.55am

Happy Together

5.15am

Rude(ish) Tube

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THE BIG SHORT 10pm BBC2

Comedy starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel, 2008. After attending a self-help seminar, a man sets himself a challenge to say yes to everything for a whole year.

Oscar-winning drama based on real experiences featured in Michael Lewis’ bestseller. Defying market reasoning, a few shrewd but oddball fund managers and traders start betting against the US mortgage system’s stability. They are predicting (and counting on) its collapse, but the unforeseen consequences prove devastating.

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Frasier

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Peppa Pig

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Frasier

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Peppa Pig

8.10am

Frasier

7.10am

Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

8.35am

The Big Bang Theory

7.20am

Luo Bao Bei

7.35am

Noddy: Toyland Detective

7.45am

Fireman Sam

7.55am

Thomas and Friends

8.10am

Bob the Builder

9.00am

The Big Bang Theory

9.30am

The Big Bang Theory

9.55am

The Simpsons

10.25am

The Simpsons

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Digby Dragon

10.55am

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Peppa Pig

11.30am

Heineken Champions Cup Rugby

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Peppa Pig

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Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom

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The Simpsons

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Paw Patrol

9.30am

Nella the Princess Knight

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Heineken Champions Cup Rugby

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Shimmer and Shine

10.00am

Pirata and Capitano

10.15am

Rusty Rivets

10.35am

Floogals

4.10pm

Miracle on 34th Street

6.00pm

A Place in the Sun

6.30pm

Location, Location, Location

7.30pm

Channel 4 News

10.50am

Paw Patrol

8.00pm

The Mystery of the Crossrail Skulls

11.00am

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja

9.00pm

Churchill’s Secret Affair

10.00pm

Ghostbusters

11.15am

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja

12.45am

Ender’s Game 11.35am

Make You Laugh Out Loud

12.00pm

Maggie’s Christmas Miracle

1.45pm

Nativity 3: Dude, Where’s My Donkey?!

3.55pm

101 Dalmatians

Turtles

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2.50am

Ministry of Justice

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Hollyoaks Omnibus

5.55am

Kirstie’s Vintage Gems

6.00am

Big House, Little House

6.05pm

Keep Dancing: 14 Years of Strictly

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Britain’s Lost Waterlands: Escape to

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Swallows and Amazons Country

8.30pm

5 News

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The Queen Mary: Greatest Ocean Liner

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2012

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The Sinner

10.25pm

When Christmas Goes Horribly Wrong

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Easter Island: Mysteries of a Lost World

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Super Casino

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Top of the Pops

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Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

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The Christmas Session

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Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild

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Britain’s Lost Waterlands: Escape to

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House Doctor

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HouseBusters

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The Queen Mary: Greatest Ocean Liner

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Wildlife SOS

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Food Unwrapped Does Christmas

11.00am

A Place in the Sun

12.05pm

Location, Location, Location

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Sink the Bismarck!

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Four in a Bed

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Four in a Bed

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Four in a Bed

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Come Dine with Me

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Come Dine with Me

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Come Dine with Me

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Britain’s Wildest Weather

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24 Hours in A&E

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24 Hours in A&E

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24 Hours in A&E

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Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA

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24 Hours in A&E

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24 Hours in A&E

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8 Out of 10 Cats

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World of Sport The Protectors Ironside Ironside Motorsport UK ITV Racing: The Opening Show Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars ITV Racing: Live from Cheltenham The Battle of Britain FYI Daily The Battle of Britain Hornblower World of Sport Rambo: First Blood Part II FYI Daily Rambo: First Blood Part II Tremors FYI Daily Tremors The Americans The Protectors ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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The Shape of Water

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Children’s programmes ITV News James Martin’s Saturday Morning at Christmas The Specsavers National Book Awards 2018 Gino’s Italian Coastal Escape ITV Lunchtime News The Martin Lewis Money Show Catchphrase Tenable Tipping Point The Chase Big Star’s Bigger Star ITV Evening News ITV News London Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Happy Hour with Olly Murs The Jonathan Ross Show ITV News Jaws 3 Jackpot247 Paul O’Grady for the Love of Dogs ITV Nightscreen

Sky Sports 1

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Attenborough’s Wonder of Eggs

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Breakfast Match of the Day The Andrew Marr Show Sunday Politics My Faith and Me: Gavin Peacock Bargain Hunt BBC News Songs of Praise Lifeline Money for Nothing Escape to the Country Shrek Forever After Dynasties BBC News Regional News and Weather Countryfile Sports Personality of the Year 2018 The Apprentice The Apprentice: You’re Hired BBC News Regional News and Weather Point Break Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

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Nigel Slater’s 12 Tastes of Christmas

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

Coming Out You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas You’ve Been Framed Gold at Christmas The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol Despicable Me FYI Daily Despicable Me The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor FYI Daily The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor Iron Man FYI Daily Iron Man Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! American Dad! American Dad! The Cleveland Show Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Teleshopping ITV2 Nightscreen

Moana: Special

7.30am

The Time Team

9.00am

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

11.30am

The Shape of Water

1.40pm 3.30pm

The Exception A Yeti Adventure

5.00pm

The Time Team

6.30pm

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

9.00pm

The Shape of Water

11.10pm

The Exception

1.00am

In Darkness

3.00am

Katie Says Goodbye

4.45am

Aquaman: Special

5.15am

We Wish You a Marry Christmas

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Flog It! David Attenborough’s Natural

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Cycling

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Top Gear

8.00pm

Inside the Christmas Factory

9.00pm

Brooklyn

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QI

11.15pm

Match of the Day 2

12.20am

George Best: All by Himself

1.50am

Question Time

2.50am

Holby City

3.50am

This is BBC Two

Curiosities

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Sky Sports 1 7.00am

Total Goals

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Total Goals

10.30am

Live European Tour Golf

11.30am

Fight Night International

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Live Renault Super Sunday

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Live Renault Super Sunday

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Live World Championship Darts

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Live NFL: Sunday

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My Icon

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My Icon

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Live NFL: Sunday

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Sky Sports News

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Hollyoaks Omnibus Celebrity Couples Come Dine with Me Made in Chelsea Don’t Tell the Bride Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Father Christmas The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine Brooklyn Nine-Nine 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 Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Dracula Untold The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Tattoo Fixers Rude(ish) Tube Hollyoaks Omnibus

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The Hour of Power Supergirl The Flash Futurama The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons WWE Raw Movie Musical Greats with Hugh Jackman Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal Terry Pratchett’s Going Postal The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York Carpool Karaoke A League of Their Own An Idiot Abroad Trollied Hawaii Five-0 NCIS: Los Angeles MacGyver Road Wars Road Wars

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Royal Stories

7.20am

Murder, She Wrote

8.15am

Heartbeat

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Heartbeat

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Santa Claus

12.35pm

Columbo

2.40pm

Death Becomes Her

4.40pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

6.55pm

Agatha Christie’s Poirot

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Children’s programmes ITV News Doc Martin Midsomer Murders ITV Lunchtime News Paul O’Grady for the Love of Dogs Big Star’s Bigger Star Catchphrase The Chase Tenable ITV Evening News ITV News London Tipping Point: Lucky Stars Elf Celebrity Chase Christmas Special Best Christmas Ever with Alexander Armstrong ITV News The Royal Variety Performance 2018 Football Genius Jackpot247 Motorsport UK ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

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Live Indonesian Masters

9.00am

Sky Movies Premiere 7.00am

Food and Drink

3.00pm

ITV2 7.00am 7.25am 9.50am 12.55pm 1.55pm

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Channel 4 7.00am

Everybody Loves Raymond

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Everybody Loves Raymond

7.45am

The Big Bang Theory

8.10am

The Big Bang Theory

8.35am

The Big Bang Theory

9.00am

The Simpsons

9.30am

The Simpsons

10.00am

The Simpsons

10.30am

Sunday Brunch

1.30pm

The Simpsons

1.55pm

The Simpsons

2.25pm

The Simpsons

2.55pm

The Borrowers

4.40pm

Jingle All the Way

6.20pm

Channel 4 News

6.45pm

The Day After Tomorrow

9.00pm

Escape to the Chateau

10.00pm

A Very British Country House

11.00pm

Tin Star

11.55pm

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

1.00am

Happy Christmas

2.25am

The Last Leg

3.25am

The People’s Vet

4.20am

Embarrassing Pets

4.45am

Come Dine with Me

5.40am

Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas

5.55am

Fifteen to One

6.50am

Countdown

8.00pm

A History of Christianity

9.00pm

Concorde

10.00pm

Charles Dickens and the Invention

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A Christmas Carol

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Time Shift

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Small Island

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Small Island

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Jamie’s Cracking Christmas Food Unwrapped Strategic Air Command Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me Come Dine with Me 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 The Great Christmas Bake Off 24 Hours in A&E 24 Hours in A&E 24 Hours in A&E Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 24 Hours in A&E 24 Hours in A&E 8 Out of 10 Cats

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AGATHA CHRISTIE’S CROOKED HOUSE 7.05pm Channel 5

Murder mystery based on the Agatha Christie classic and with an all-star cast.

Young Sophia returns after the war to find her grandfather poisoned and a family filled with suspects. Luckily her fiance Charles is the son of the assistant commissioner of Scotland Yard.

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7pm ITV1 Buddy was accidentally trans-ported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves.

Adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father.

As it happens, this is Walter Hobbs a cynical businessman. After a DNA test proves this, Walter reluctantly attempts to start a relationship with the childlike Buddy with increasingly chaotic results.

8.00pm

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Grantchester

11.30pm

Joanna Lumley’s Trans-Siberian

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Sunday Night at the Palladium

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A Touch of Frost

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Road to Avonlea

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Road to Avonlea

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Murder, She Wrote

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Judge Judy

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Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Luo Bao Bei Noddy: Toyland Detective Fireman Sam Thomas and Friends Bob the Builder Digby Dragon Peppa Pig Peppa Pig Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom Paw Patrol Nella the Princess Knight Shimmer and Shine Pirata and Capitano Peppa Pig Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cruising with Jane McDonald Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Friends Christmas in the Air Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 5 News Mrs Miracle 2: Miracle in Manhattan 5 News Weekend Agatha Christie’s Crooked House Inside Hamleys at Christmas Armageddon 5 News Armageddon Poseidon Super Casino Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild Never Teach Your Wife to Drive House Doctor HouseBusters Wildlife SOS

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Ironside Ironside The Professionals The Professionals The Sweeney The Sweeney Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Battle of Britain FYI Daily The Battle of Britain The Green Berets FYI Daily The Green Berets Hornblower The Outlaw Josey Wales FYI Daily The Outlaw Josey Wales The Adjustment Bureau FYI Daily The Adjustment Bureau Minder ITV4 Nightscreen Teleshopping

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NINE-YEAR JAIL TERM UPHELD FOR PAMPLONA RAPE GANG

A Spanish appeals court has upheld a nine-year prison conviction against five men found guilty of sexually abusing an 18-year-old woman at the 2016 Running of the Bulls festival in Pamplona.

The case became known as La Manada (the Wolf Pack) after the Whatsapp chat group that the men used to boast about their sexual exploits and the original court decision triggered nationwide protests in April of this year after judges found the men guilty of abuse but not of rape.

That decision also sparked a public debate about the definition of sexual violence, and about whether the Spanish justice system is addressing it adequately.

Now, the High Court of Navarre has ratified the conviction in a 3-2 vote. Two members of the five-judge panel entered a dissenting opinion, asking for the prison sentence to be raised to 14 years. The panel’s decision may be appealed before the Supreme Court.

In April, a lower court found that the victim’s consent was compromised when

she was led into a building lobby by the men, who took turns having sex with her and making mobile phone recordings.

Even though the judges described the woman as “stunned and unable to react,” they concluded that there had been no violence or intimidation, two necessary requirements for rape under Spanish law.

In its ruling, the lower court said that according to Supreme Court case law, there can only be violence if physical aggression is used against a victim - an act

the judges believe did not occur.

In September of this year, four members of La Manada returned to court in a separate case, accused of sexually abusing a 21-year-old woman in a moving vehicle while she was asleep and also capturing their actions on a mobile phone and then sharing the recordings via WhatsApp. The incident took place just two months before the Running of the Bulls fiestas.

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Breakfast Island Medics Homes Under the Hammer Matron, Medicine and Me A1: Britain’s Longest Road Bargain Hunt BBC News at One Regional News and Weather Doctors The Doctor Blake Mysteries Escape to the Country Money for Nothing Flog It! Pointless BBC News at Six Regional News and Weather The One Show Panorama EastEnders Mary Berry’s Christmas Party Would I Lie to You? BBC News at Ten Regional News and Weather Have I Got a Bit More News for You The Graham Norton Show Weather for the Week Ahead BBC News

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The Planet’s Funniest Animals Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records Ninja Warrior UK Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show Britain’s Got Talent Celebrity Catchphrase Emmerdale Coronation Street Coronation Street The Ellen DeGeneres Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show The Jeremy Kyle Show Take Me Out How the Grinch Stole Christmas FYI Daily How the Grinch Stole Christmas Love Island: The Christmas Reunion Family Guy Family Guy Family Guy American Dad! Bordertown A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas FYI Daily A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas Teleshopping

A Yeti Adventure

8.40am

The Time Team

10.20am

The Christmas Contract

11.55am

The Shape of Water

2.05pm

A Yeti Adventure

3.45pm

In Darkness

5.40pm

The Time Team

7.10pm

The Exception

9.00pm

The Shape of Water

11.10pm 12.50am

How to Get Girls The Exception

2.45am

In Darkness

4.45am

Aquaman: Special

5.15am

We Wish You a Marry Christmas

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Sky Sports 1

Good Morning Britain Lorraine The Jeremy Kyle Show This Morning Loose Women ITV Lunchtime News ITV News London Judge Rinder Dickinson’s Real Deal Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Britain’s Busiest Motorway Coronation Street Long Lost Family ITV News ITV News London Billy Connolly’s Ultimate World Tour Jackpot247 The Jeremy Kyle Show ITV Nightscreen The Jeremy Kyle Show

Sky 1

7.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize

7.00am

7.30am

Good Morning Sports Fans Bitesize

8.00am

Futurama

8.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

8.30am

Modern Family

9.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

10.00am

The Simpsons

10.00am

Good Morning Sports Fans

12.00pm

NCIS: Los Angeles

11.00am

Football Centre

2.00pm

Hawaii Five-0

12.00pm

Football Centre

4.00pm

Modern Family

1.00pm

Football Centre

5.30pm

The Simpsons

2.00pm

Sky Sports News

7.00pm

Futurama

3.00pm

Sky Sports News

7.30pm

The Simpsons

9.00pm

Arrow

Monkey Life

10.00pm

Romesh’s Look Back to the Future

11.30pm

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The Day Henry Met

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Police Interceptors

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This Farming Life Family Cooking Showdown The Week in Parliament BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Coast Canterbury Cathedral The Hairy Bikers Home for Christmas Who Do You Think You Are? Refugees of the Lost Rainforest Eggheads Celebrity Antiques Road Trip The Best Christmas Food Ever The Repair Shop at Christmas Only Connect University Challenge Inside the Christmas Factory People Just Do Nothing Newsnight The Millionaire’s Gift Guide The Apprentice Countryfile Roots This is BBC Two

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SPANISH WINES IN THE WORLD’S TOP 100 LIST

Anyone who lives in, or regularly visits, Spain will have no doubt about why it’s practically impossible to find imported wines - why bother selling coal to Newcastle?

With just about every grape variety on earth, prices ranging from 99 cents to several hundreds of euros, and wine regions in almost every province, whatever your palate and however much is in your pocket, you’ll find the perfect homemade tipple.

But Spanish wine has a poor reputation beyond its own borders. If you’re in the UK, you might occasionally see Spanish wine on the shelves. If youre in France, Spanish wine is also undefined when it’s on sale, is cheap, and sold purely for cooking.

Spanish wine is screaming out to be recognised, valued and understood.

Although seven types have reached the world’s top 100 list, only one is in the top 25, according to the global booze bible Wine Spectator in its 2018 edition.

Three-quarters of the top 100 are from Italy - including the winning red, the Bolgheri-Sassicaia 2015, which retails at €216 a bottle - or from France or the USA. The top 10 includes Chiantis, Burgundys, Dom Pérignon Champagne, Aubert Chardonnay, Dopp Creek Pinot Noir, Sonoma Valley Bedrock Heritage, Le Vieux Donjon - all from these three countries.

But in a rare coup, Spain has managed to creep into number four with its 890 Rioja Gran Reserva 2005, now officially the best wine in the country.

Next on the list is at number 26 and

the lowest-placed is at number 59.

Luckily, the top seven Spanish wines of 2018, according to Wine Spectator, are highly affordable - okay, a bit more than the very pleasant and quality brands in supermarkets .

These range from €1.50 to €8 a bottle on average, but for globally-endorsed varieties, they are excellent value for money.

NUMBER 4: Rioja 890 Gran Reserva Selección Especial 2005 (La Rioja Alta wine merchants) Mostly Tempranillo - and the remainder a blend of Graciano and Mazuelo, the 890 Gran Reserva is aged in barrel for six years, swapped into 10 different barrels which are each fumigated with a sulphur wick in advance.

Aromas of red cherries, aged leather, dried herbs, and fresh flowers, with a hint of vanilla and coconut.

Notes of raspberry, cedar wood, sour cherries and fresh herbs. Mellow and harmonious but with just the right level of acidity – a classic Rioja.

Price per bottle: €155 NUMBER 26: Valderiz 2015 (Ribera del Duero) An easy-to-drink red Tempranillo described as solid, rich, with aromas of blackberry, spices and violets, notes of chocolate, blueberry and cardamom, with well-integrated, assertive tannins, fullbodied and dark purple in colour.

Price per bottle: from €19

NUMBER 35: Descendientes de J. Palacios, Pétalos, Bierzo 2016 Made with the red Mencia grape, the Pétalos 2016 was aged in new French oak barrels for a few weeks then for six to 10 months in seasoned barrels.

Like most other Mencia varieties, the Pétalos is described as balanced with silky tannins, with an earthy, red-fruit taste and notes of flowers, spices and black pepper, black cherry, blackcurrant, licorice and mineral with a smoky flavour, firm but subtle, and an ideal introduction to Bierzo wines.

Price per bottle: average €17 NUMBER 37: Manzanilla La Gitana (Hidalgo wine merchants, Sanlúcar de Barrameda) The world’s most-sold Manzanilla sherry straight from the heart of fino country is made using Palomino grapes native to the province of Cádiz and is named after the gypsy woman who ran the bar in Málaga where the largest amounts of it were consumed.

Described as lively, dry, light and crisp, with aromas of yellow apple, lemon, camomile and dried flowers and a hint of sea breeze, its flavour includes discreet hints of salted almonds, light herbs and liquorice, with a short finish.

Price per bottle: approximately €8 to €15 NUMBER 41: San Román 2014 (Toro wine merchants) A Tempranillo wine from the Toro region

in the province of Zamora, close to the north-eastern border of Portugal, the San Román 2014 has a medium-long finish with fruity afternotes, just enough acidity to prevent it being too fruity or sweet and an exquisite structure with grippy tannins, aromas of cherries and fruits of the forest and notes of blackberries, black cherry, plum, vanilla, oak, and hints of cedar with a slightly smoky taste.

Price per bottle: average €28 NUMBER 47: Edetària Via Terra 2017 Garnatxa Blanca (Terra Alta) Among the most highly-acclaimed - and smallest - producers in the Terra Alta wine region near Barcelona, the Edetària’s star product uses 100% white Garnacha grape.

It contains aromas of orange zest and

tarragon and has a short, dry finish with notes of almonds and green melon, moderate acidity and a slightly salty aftertaste.

Price per bottle: from €7.90 NUMBER 59: Viña Gravonia Blanco 2008 (Rioja) A classic, oak-aged Rioja vintage, but nonetheless youthful and fresh, this white variety has a delicious flavour reminiscent of honey, nuts, dried flowers and petrol with hints of saffron and a salty, spicy finish, with highly-developed aromas of yellow fruit.

This Viura wine is relatively low in its alcohol content compared with its fellow Spanish brands in the world top 100 list.

Price per bottle: from around €15 to €21

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The 2019 Costa Blanca People Culinary Awards Costa Blanca restaurants are once more in line to receive prized accolades which celebrates all that is good about the dining scene in Spain. The 2019 Costa Blanca People Culinary Awards recognize excellence in the local dining industry, offering restaurateurs a standard to strive for, and diners a gauge by which to choose their eatery.

Fresh ingredients, imaginative recipes and mouth watering menus from around the world are available to diners in the Costa Blanca region. We are spoiled for choice when it comes to lunch menus, evening meals and even a quick and tasty snack. With so much on offer, it can be a minefield choosing a restaurant or café that suits your needs. The Costa Blanca People Culinary Awards are a mark of excellence which diners can rely upon to guide them to a quality restaurant.

Managing Director of the Costa Blanca People, Claire Richards, said “Last year’s Costa Blanca People Culinary Awards were a runaway success with hundreds of nominations received for restaurants and chefs up and down the Costa Blanca. The atmosphere the awards

ceremony created was electric – people were cheering and clapping and up on their feet for our winners, the attitude was positive and uplifting and everyone had a good night.

2019’s Awards will serve as a great platform for bar and restaurant suppliers and servicers to promote themselves directly to restaurant owners in a friendly and upbeat environment.”

Claire continued, “We feel that

having such a benchmark will really help consumers in choosing excellent restaurants.

For restaurateurs, the winning of a Culinary Award will boost morale for staff and owners, and will offer restaurants a tangible ‘seal of approval’ which they can strive to win again and again as the years go on.”

The 2019 Costa Blanca People

Culinary Awards are broken into a number of categories: Best Newcomer (open less than 12 months) Best Indian Restaurant Best European/International Restaurant Best Cafe/Bar Best Sunday Roast Best Coffee Shop Best Gourmet Restaurant Best Chef Front of House Award for Outstanding Service Once nominations have been processed and the finalists chosen, a panel of judges will begin reviewing each restaurant in secret before a grand gala dinner where the winners will be announced.

If you think your favourite restaurant should be in the running too, then get nominating! It couldn’t be easier – simply log on to www.costablancapeople.com and fill in the online form, or download a printable version of the form to distribute to your clients and encourage them to nominate you. If you do not have internet access, we are delighted to take nominations by phone on 966 70 10 60.

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MELTY CHEESE POT Ingredients 200g brie, rind removed, roughly chopped 100g cream cheese (not light versions) 100g gruyère , rind removed, grated 2 tbsp grated parmesan (or vegetarian alternative) 2 tbsp milk 2 tsp cornflour few thyme sprigs, leaves picked and roughly chopped 100g caramelised onion chutney crusty bread, to serve Method Put the brie, cream cheese, gruyère, half the parmesan, the milk and

CHRISTMAS COSMOPOLITAN 500ml vodka 500ml ginger wine 1l cranberry juice juice 5 limes, keep zest for garnish sliced stem ginger Method Mix the vodka and ginger wine in a jug. Stir in the cranberry juice, lime juice and some sliced stem ginger. Garnish with lime zest, if you like.

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cornflour into a food processor, and blitz until smooth. Stir through the thyme and a little black pepper. Spoon the chutney into an ovenproof baking dish (ours was 15cm round) and spread it over the base. Top with the cheese mixture, spread to cover the chutney, then scatter over the remaining parmesan. It can now be covered with cling film and chilled for up to 3 days.

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.

Put the baking dish on a baking tray and cook for 25 mins until bubbling. Turn the grill to a medium-high setting and grill for 2-3 mins or until golden brown and crispy on top. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 5 mins before serving with crusty bread for dunking.

TASTY PARTY BITES Mango & Prawn skewers

Sticky squash with sesame seeds

3 limes, 1 tbsp grated ginger, 1 crushed garlic clove, 1 chopped and deseeded red chilli and 1 tbsp chopped coriander. Cut a large mango into 20 chunks. Thread each onto a small skewer with a large cooked prawn (20 prawns will be about 250g/9oz).

Marinate the skewers in the lime dressing for 1 hr (makes 20).

Peel a large butternut squash. Cut into 20 x 3cm squares, then mix with 1 tbsp each of soy sauce, sesame oil and honey. Arrange the chunks on a large baking tray lined with baking parchment. Sprinkle with 2 tbsp sesame seeds, season and bake for 2025 mins at 200C/180C fan/ gas 6 until crisp. Put a cocktail stick in each chunk to serve (makes 20).

Little caviar jackets

Chorizo & chilli mini pizzas

Put 20 small new potatoes on a baking tray. Drizzle with olive oil and season. Roast for 25 mins at 200C/180C fan/gas 6, then cool to room temp. Cut a small cross in the top of each one, push open a little and top with 1 tsp crème fraîche and some caviar (makes 20).

Use a pastry cutter to cut out 20 x 6cm circles from a pack of soft Middle Eastern flatbread or wraps. Grate 75g/2.5oz Manchego and chop 75g/2.5oz chorizo and ½ a red chilli. Scatter over the bread bases, then bake at 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for 10 mins (makes 20).

Goat’s cheese on toast Roughly mash 250g/9oz goat’s cheese with 2 finely chopped shallots.

Toast 5-6 slices of sourdough and stamp out 20 small circles. Spread each

circle with some cheese, top with a small blob of chilli jam (you’ll need about 3 tbsp) and scatter with chives, snipped from a small packet (makes 20).

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Why was created Salgado Dental Institute?

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r Alberto Salgado and his team of specialists, with Dr Alfonso Diaz as head of Department of Aesthetics, have treated more than 18,000 patients in Guardamar del Segura in the last 12 years.

Dr Alberto Salgado is also guest Professor at more than 10 Universities, such as Miguel Hernรกndez in Elche, Francisco De Vitoria in Madrid and the Urbe University in Miami. Along with his team of Specialists, they have taught more than 200 dentists in the last 10

years, from different countries and nationalities.

The reason for creating this Dental Institute is to provide the perfect environment and a new experience of dentistry for patients and also to provide the best facilities for the education of dentists.

Come and visit the team at the new Salgado Dental Institute and you will discover that superior dentistry is possible and always the best quality at fair prices.

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Breakthrough breast reconstruction treatment

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he reconstruction of the breast through stem cells allows surgeons to reconstruct burned skin in patients following radiotherapy.

The head of Plastic Surgery Quirónsalud Torrevieja has conducted an investigation that standardizes the technique in two surgeries without hospital admission.

The research work led by Dr. Mario Márquez, head of the Plastic Surgery Service of the Quirónsalud Torrevieja Hospital manages to protocolize breast reconstruction technique with fat graft and implant, and what is more important, calculate the correct formula for fat volume necessary in patients who have lost their breast after undergoing radiation therapy to overcome breast cancer, something that was calculated by eyes until now.

This technique uses stem cells extracted from the patient's own fat to rebuild the tissue burned by radiotherapy, regenerating, and being able to place the implant using only an outpatient surgery, after which the patient does not enter the hospital while living a normal life, explained Márquez.

Currently the patient who has suffered breast cancer and receives radiation therapy should replace the radiated area with healthy tissue. If this is not done, the burn of the radiotherapy will cause painful wounds and contractures in the mastectomy that will force the removal of the prosthesis. This type of

intervention, explains Dr. Mario Márquez, "requires the making of flaps on the back or abdomen that require several days of admission, costly surgeries, painful and prolonged postoperations, in addition to very serious complications. " Against these conventional techniques, Dr. Márquez advocates the use of the patient's own fat for reconstruction after breast cancer surgery due to the high presence of stem cells in tissue that help the patient's early recovery. "Thanks to this new technique," says the plastic surgeon, "the intervention is performed with a minimal sequel through a liposuction where there is excess of the patient's fat. The process is relatively simple. The patient goes to the consultation and a study is made to determine the amount of fat she needs to regenerate the tissue affected by radiotherapy, which is calculated based on a mathematical factor (0.635) that multiplied by the area radiated from the breast, results in the exact volume of fat that the patient needs. Then, half of that lipograft is performed in a first outpatient surgical procedure, and the patient goes home. Stem cells take about three months to do their job, which is none other than removing the cells that make up the burned tissue and replacing it with a healthy one.

Then, the second intervention is performed, in which the other half of the necessary fat is injected and a special breast prosthesis is also placed,

which grows in size little by little, injecting a special substance, so that the skin adapts and gets stretched enough to recover the usual form.

"It's as if the patient had never undergone radiotherapy" Patients with breast cancer who have been treated with radiation therapy and who have to undergo breast reconstruction are usually operated on by means of so-called flaps, which consist of the extraction of tissue and muscle from the patient's back to place it in the radiated area of the breast, or through microsurgery, in which tissue is extracted from the abdomen with the same purpose.

Both interventions are complex, long, have consequences such as scars and require prolonged sick leave. "With this technique, the patient goes home after being operated on, and we rebuild all the affected tissue. It is as if she had never been subjected to radiotherapy", explains Dr. Márquez.

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Heart attack help You may have seen this on an email, on social media or maybe someone sent it you on a What’s App message. This is simple but affective advice, that may just help to save a life: 1. Let’s say it’s 7.25pm and you’re going home (alone of course) after an unusually hard day on the job.

2. You’re really tired, upset and/or feeling stressed.

3 Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to spread out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are only about five km from the hospital nearest your home.

4. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far.

5. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy who taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself!

6. HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE? Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack without help, the person whose heart is not beating properly and who begins to

feel faint, has just about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

7. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

8. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.

The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

9. Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save their lives!!

10. A cardiologist said that ‘if everyone who gets this information kindly sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we’ll save at least one life’.

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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 6. Amid (7) 7. Prepared (5) 9. Whim (3) 10. Necessary (9) 12. Nobility (11) 15. Hasty (11) 17. Cruel (9) 19. Sphere (3)

21. Indolence (5) 22. Wreath (7)

8. Rumour (6) 11. Prematureness (9) 13. Pliant (6) 14. Systematic (7) 16. Award (5) 18. Remain (4) 20. Cunning (3)

DOWN 1. Postpone (5) 2. Possess (3) 3. Minus (4) 4. Adroitness (9) 5. Progress (7)

cryptic 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.

1. The one who is fifth in line owns the parrot.

2. Braydon is farther down the line than the one who loves radishes.

6. Soft-soap and a face-cloth (7) 7. So American a composer (5) 9. Perform part of a play (3) 10.Fast vessel showing the way to others (9) 12.Public announcements of secret rites (6,5) 15.Shake hands and tackle the situation (4,2,5) 17.His work doesn't keep him fully occupied (4-5)

19.I get outpointed but emerge victorious (3) 21.Board and fare (3,2) 22.Supporter and friend, according to the law (7) DOWN 1. Fire about fifty for being lax (5) 2. The aim is to reach a conclusion (3) 3. I follow through with spirit (4) 4. Bring into force (9)

5. One may have a trying time at them (7) 8. More like the snow I threw out? (6) 11.Heed a command (9) 13.Exciting passion? (6) 14.Gave a fellow the wrong date (7) 16.Surrender the profit (5) 18.Flat-iron? (4) 20.He works hard and may be tipped (3)

SOLUTIONS 765 QUICK Across: 7 Quadrilateral; 8 Reliance; 9 Apex; 10 Duress; 12 Attire; 14 Detail; 16 Expels; 18 Shut; 20 Temerity; 22 Subordination.

Down: 1 Quietude; 2 Advice; 3 Sign; 4 Macerate; 5 Depart; 6 Maze; 11 Solitude; 13 Relation; 15 Action; 17 Purity; 19 Haul; 21 Mine.

CRYPTIC: Across: 7 Perambulators; 8 Satchels; 9 Taut; 10 Stupor; 12 Ushers; 14 Ideals; 16 Strove; 18 Cuff; 20 Madeline; 22 Mirror-writing.

Down: 1 Recanted; 2 Madcap; 3 Able; 4 Close-ups; 5 Stitch; 6 Frau; 11 Rosemary; 13 Ravening; 15 Affirm; 17 Relate; 19 Unit; 21 Dare.

3. Heidi is closer to the front of the line than Rachael.

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Eighth

Braydon

Fifth

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Second

Kale Turnips

Cat Pot-bellied pig Parrot

10. The dog owner is not Braydon and doesn't enjoy celery.

Celery

9. The one who is eighth in line is Heidi.

Taryn

8. Between Rachael and Braydon, one owns the dog and the other loves turnips.

Ninth

7. Taryn doesn't own the pirhana or parrot.

Dog

6. Billy is closer to the front of the line than the parrot owner.

Solution for Logic Puzzle Asparagus

the one who is ninth in line, Billy, and the one who loves asparagus.

Sudoku Solution

Rachael

5. The 5 people were the one who loves turnips, the pot-bellied pig owner,

Tenth

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So many slopes, so little time It Hardly seems possible that less than two months ago many residents in Spain were still on the beach, and yet this weekend, the ski slopes are already open.

Spain may be famous for its sundrenched, palm-lined shores, but is often overlooked when seeking out winter sports breaks, regularly losing out to Austria, Switzerland, the French Alpes and even the Italian Dolomites – despite Spanish pistes being some of the cheapest, most user-friendly and best-quality on earth and typically a short drive to non-snowy attractions.

For example, a two-night hotel stay complete with forfait, or lift pass, at Teruel's Javalambre or Valdelinares slopes (southern Aragón) starts at around €127 per person – add equipment hire and medical assistance cover and the whole lot comes in at around €190. Very similar prices, although on average around €50 more in total, can be found on Aragón's northernmost slopes, in the Pyrénéen province of Huesca at the resorts of Cerler and Formigal-Panticosa. If you're near enough to travel to the slopes for the day, equipment hire alone is around €20, medical assistance in region of €7, and lift passes about €25, depending upon offers available at the time – and promotional prices, discounts and packages are often advertised throughout the season. Bear in mind, too, that mid-week can be cheaper – and far less busy – than weekends and bank holidays.

If you live on Spain's east

coast, in Catalunya or here in the Comunidad Valenciana, it is perfectly possible to go skiing for a day and be back by nightfall or, at the very least, you're unlikely to have to drive more than about three hours in each direction.

Most of Spain's ski resorts are challenging enough for the most competent and experienced – even Javalambre and Valdelinares have black slopes, although these are the mostrecommended for beginners, novices or anyone who's a bit nervous.

If it's your first time on the piste...

Lessons are absolutely essential if you've never been skiing before, and this is where it can get expensive: given that they are priced by number of pupils, an hour's private tuition can be as much as €36, but if you can persuade a friend to come along, the cost drops to a typical €21 a head, or about €15.50 each for three, €13 each for four or around €11.50 if there are five of you. Group sizes are normally limited to six, where they'll cost you about €10 a head.

Once you've had a lesson or two to find out how to stop, start and turn, you can safely practice on your own for a while until you've either got the hang of it or reach a stalemate in your progress and need some early trouble-shooting – but lessons will ensure much quicker progress than trial-and-error sessions alone.

Until you've decided whether you want to stick to the sport, you probably won't want to invest too much in specialist clothing – equipment hire includes boots, skis, ski-poles, and although helmets are not normally part of the standard price, can be rented for a few extra euros – so the general rule is to dress as you would for a long day outside in the snow and cold (warm, waterproof, comfortable), with

good gloves; but do buy some ski goggles, even if you only plan to go once. Snow blindness is extremely unpleasant, and if it's actively snowing when you're on the piste, you don't want your vision obscured by getting a faceful of the white stuff. Also, proper ski goggles don't steam up when you breathe, and cut the glare from sun reflecting off the white stuff.

Remember to use sunscreen on any exposed flesh, even if it's -7ºC. As well as the reflection off the snow, the sun and UV rays are stronger at altitudes, particularly when wind is involved, such as when your whizzing down a slope at speed.

Which ski stations are open now?

Most of Spain's ski resorts were open by the bank holiday weekend, which includes Constitution Day (Thursday, 6th December) and the Immaculate Conception (Saturday, 8th December), but 11 were in operation from last Saturday (1st December), mainly in the Sierra Nevada (Granada province) and Catalunya.

The Sierra Nevada has the best snow for this weekend, according to the Tourism Association for Ski and Mountain Resorts (ATUDEM), up to 1.5 metres (4'11”) in depth and with 59 kilometres of pistes open.

In Catalunya, the Girona-province resorts of Masella and La Molina opened with 60 centimetres (two feet) of snow and 32 and 15 kilometres of 'skiable pistes' respectively, Vallter with 10 kilometres and Núria with eight.

Catalunya boasts some of the widest choice of slopes – in its land-locked province of Lleida, you can also head to Boí Taüll (31 kilometres of piste, 90 centimetres or 2'11” of snow), Baqueira Beret (27 kilometres of 'skiable piste' and a foot, or 30 centimetres of snow) Por Ainé (50 centimetres, or 1'8” of snow and 18 kilometres of piste), or Espot, with eight kilometres.

As yet, Port del Comte and Tavascán ski stations in the province of Lleida are not open, but are expected to be ready just after the weekend at the latest.

Two of the Cerler area resorts in the Benasque valley of northern Huesca, in the Aragonese Pyrénées, are also ready to roll – the main Cerler station right in the village of the same

name, and also the Llanos del Hospital resort, with 31 and eight kilometres of piste respectively. Astún, Candanchú, Formigal and Panticosa were closed until the bank holiday but made up for it with great opening skiing.

Where else to find ski resorts in Spain The next week or so will see a long list of ski stations gradually firing up for the winter; wherever there's a mountain range in Spain, there's likely to be a snowy resort.

Cantabria is home to ski slopes in Alto Campoo, and its western neighbour, Asturias, to Valgrande-Pajares, Fuentes de Invierno, and San Isidro.

Spain's most north-westerly region, Galicia, is where you can find the Manzaneda resort in the province of Ourense.

The huge centre-northern region of Castilla y León is another, off-grid option practically unknown to tourists – a day or two's skiing in Lunada, in the

Salamanca with a day tour of Salamanca city, considered the Spanish answer to Oxford, home to its oldest university and the epitome of classical Spain; or try out Leitariegos, in the province of León, or the Punto de Nieve Santa Inés ('Saint Inés Snow Point') in the province of Soria.

La Rioja is best known for its fine wines and excellent wine-region tours, but to Spanish residents, it is also famous for its major ski resort, Valdezcaray.

And if someone told you there were ski resorts in London and Paris, you'd laugh – unless you thought they were referring to dry slopes or indoor shopping-centre versions. But Spain is one of those rare nations whose capital does, in fact, have ski stations – at least, in the Greater Madrid region, if not in the actual metropolitan area. Close enough to drive to for a day's skiing and be back in the bright lights of Spain's largest urban hub for dinner, the

province of Burgos, could be combined with a trip to the city of Burgos itself and its mind-blowing cathedral, the secondlargest in Spain and arguably one of the most beautiful in the country, if not the world; you could also combine the slopes in La Pinilla, Segovia province, with an obligatory selfie in front of the colossal, spectacular Roman aqueduct in the city of the same name; a snowy break in the Sierra de Béjar in the province of

Valdesquí and Puerto de Navacerrada slopes mean Madrid-dwellers don't even have to leave their home county for a skiing trip, and can easily avoid hotel fees unless they want to hit the après-ski bars or don't feel like getting behind the wheel after an energetic session on the snow. But if you're travelling from farther afield, why not take a ski- and city-break, taking in the beautiful historic attractions, clean and colourful streets, superb restaurants and splendid shopping in Madrid as part of your snowy trip? Who says you can't have your cake and eat it in Spain!

Ski slopes nationwide are normally open until at least the end of March and often into April, so you've plenty of time to plan your winter adventures.

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Bill via email asks: Hi Aunty. I have a new Toshiba laptop with Windows 10 and I have managed to install the new Skype without any problems but every now and then I have a issue trying to make a call to the UK. I downloaded Skype from the proper Skype site and I can sign in OK with my username & password. The callback test thing works but frustratingly this is as far as it goes as I cannot see where I can select the Skype names that I want to call Aunty Says: Hi Bill. You should see all of your contacts either under the contact menu option and/or from the “contact” & “recent” headings on the

left. With the latest version of Skype you can simply type in people’s details in the search box on the top left, or better still type on their email address and pick the most likely match and send a request. Once they have accepted they will then appear in your contact list. I usually try find their email address first as this is guaranteed to be 100% unique.

Paul via email asks: Hi Aunty, When I try to some websites sites, it informs me it “cannot establish a secure connection” which is ok but it doesn't give me option of allowing access, I've tried searching for a solution but all answers seem to

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concern blocking rather than allowing, hope you can help with this problem as you have in the past, tanks in anticipation.

Aunty says: Hi Paul. The most common cause for this kind of error message is that the date/time on your computer is out. The security check between your tablet and some websites relies on a “certificate” being passed back & forth to verify that the website is genuine, kind of like showing some kind of ID. If the date is out on your laptop or tablet then this will invalidate the certificate. Of course it could be a plethora of other problems so let me know how you get on.

Liam via email asks: Dear Aunty, please can you recommend what free Security Software I need to install on my new Windows 10 Lenovo Laptop as there are so many of them to choose from? I use my laptop for banking, emails and browsing the internet.

Aunty Says: Hi Liam I still highly recommend SuperAntiSpyware and/or Malwarebytes and use the built in Windows Defender that comes preinstalled with Window 10.

That’s all for this week. Email your questions to auntyvirus@costablancapeople.com and I will see what I can do.

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Even on the sun-drenched Costa Blanca, we are less than an hour away from mountainous regions where snow can quickly close roads, shutting off towns and villages.

If there is a risk that you will be driving in snow, you really need to consider purchasing snow chains for your vehicle.

Carrying snow chains is not a mandatory requirement, but in some areas, where snow packs the road, it becomes compulsory to use them, and so having them ready is advisable.

The Guardia Civil, police or other authorities responsible for the road can

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Failure to adhere to the mandatory use is not only extremely dangerous, you risk a fine. If you see the “cadenas obligatorias”, or variant thereof, you must stop driving if you don´t have snow chains on your vehicle.

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When approaching most tunnels a blue rectangular sign provides some key information about the tunnel, such as the name and the length, as well as details about emergency help points within.

The speed limit in tunnels is controlled with the R-301 mandatory maximum speed limit sign (a red circle with the speed limit in the centre), although many also have an advisory maximum speed limit, indicated by the S-7 blue square with white numbers.

Recently, many people have commented that reducing speeds in tunnels isn’t always necessary, as most of them are in a straight line. However, that notion doesn’t take the change in lighting. During the day, you go from daylight to darkness and back again, and your eyes must adjust to those conditions. Keep in mind that it can take up to 10 seconds for your eyes to fully adjust to dark or light, if you are travelling at 60 kilometres per hour, you will cover more than 166 metres in 10 seconds. That is a long way to travel without full visibility.

Before entering the tunnel we will also see the R-413 sign, a blue circle with a headlight pictogram in the centre, telling us that it is mandatory for us to use headlights at all times.

There may be other signs on the entry to tunnels such as the R-306 which

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Some tunnels have indicators above the carriageway which shows if the lane is open or closed. This is sometimes by means of a standard red or green traffic light and sometimes by means of a green arrow or red cross. These indication signs must be observed at all times. All signs, whether fixed or temporary, visual or audible, must be adhered to at all times.

In tunnels or underpasses where the traffic flows in both directions, overtaking is prohibited, unless an additional lane or lanes are provided for this.

A safe distance must always be maintained from the vehicle in front, with a minimum of 100 metres being required between each vehicle, the equivalent of a 4 second gap. Some tunnels have markings on the lanes to assist in keeping this distance. For those with no markings the four second gap can be monitored by counting the time between the vehicle in front of you passes a fixed point and the time it takes your vehicle to pass that same place.

In the case of vehicles with a maximum authorized mass exceeding 3,500 kg, the safe distance is increased to at least 150 metres or a minimum interval of at least 6 seconds.

Tunnels of some length will have pedestrian exits and help points which are for use in emergencies only. The exits are indicated by the universal emergency exit signs of a pictogram of a figure about to leave a door, and often accompanied by the words “Salida” or “Salida de Emergencia”.

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In the event of being involved in an emergency in a tunnel, you must: Switch off the engine, switch on emergency hazard lights and leave your vehicle lights on.

If the emergency makes it impossible for the vehicle to continue, try to steer the vehicle to the area reserved for emergencies in the direction of travel, such as the hard shoulder if available, or an emergency layby. In the absence of these features, you must try to stop your vehicle as close as possible to the right side of the edge of the roadway.

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Hopefully our passage through the tunnel will be without incident and as we leave the tunnel, we will see more signs. As well as the S-6 sign indicating the end of the tunnel and subsequent restrictions, we sometimes a change in the speed limit but always a reminder about our headlights. This S-24 sign is different to the R-413 as it is a blue rectangle which displays a pictogram of the headlights along with a question mark. Whereas it is mandatory to switch lights on when entering a tunnel, it is not necessarily mandatory to switch them off, as it could be night time or during a period of poor visibility, so this sign is an informative version reminding us to check if we need to continue with our headlights illuminated.

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Tis the season to be jolly unless you are one of many Premier League managers right now.

December brings football madness as the games come on average every 2.6 days meaning rotation, tired legs, grumpy press conferences and if we are really lucky, even more things to make fun of.

can be the league’s top scorer this season. In 2018 (and I hate it when people call out stats in calendar years), Auba has scored 20 Premier League goals. That’s not bad considering he did half a year with Wenger and he doesn’t even start every week for Emery.

One player who won’t be scoring 20 Premier League goals for Arsenal ever again is Danny Welbeck. Welbz broke his ankle in a recent Europa League match and his contract is up in the summer and it is thought that Arsenal could well let him go. If only there was another London club stupid enough to take on injured Arsenal players.

Hi, West Ham. Yesterday Pellegrini was saying that Wilshere could have cost £100m and then Wilshere missed last night’s win over Cardiff with another ankle injury. Clearly what Mauricio really meant was £100m in medical bills.

Take poor old Peppy G, for example.

He had to rotate his side for last night’s trip to Hertfordshire replacing one internationally capped back four with another internationally capped back four. And not just any old internationally capped back four, oh no. Three England internationals and Belgium’s captain lined up to shackle Troy Deeney. Poor Pep. And he had to suffer watching City only beat Watford 2-1. Ben Foster was as heroic for the Hornets as City were wasteful. After the game, Guardiola said he had ‘trust’ in the club as the FFP chat refuses to die down and ‘faith’ in Jesus which means things must be getting very bad if he is turning to religion. Oh, he means Gabby Jesus who’s performances each week almost guarantee Sergio Aguero will get another new contract soon.

Jose Mourinho, who you just know loves Christmas, insists Manchester United’s poor/inconsistent/downright terrible form is not to do with the relationships with his players. He absolutely insists that OK? And, any exprofessional players who happen to now be stealing a living as pundits that suggest otherwise are hypocrites. I mean, if they think that Jose has players not trying their best for him then that definitely means that they will have thrown the towel in on some of their managers during their own playing careers, right? Well, not exactly Jose, no.

Considering the pundits you are calling out include Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand who all happened to play for the greatest manager in Premier League history I think we can all safely agree they were too busy winning titles to worry about downing tools.

Jose has ten players injured for tonight’s match against Arsenal and I am sure all ten are doing everything they can to be fit again ASAP to help their gaffer out.

Unai Emery believes that Yo-Pierre

clubs, yet passionate derby. Palace are, as we already know, in trouble this season and if someone could take Wilf Zaha back to the time before he asked for more protection from referees then they might have a chance of staying up.

Along the South Coast Eddie Howe was feeling ‘uncomfortable’ and was full of ‘relief’ having watched Huddersfield absolutely batter Bournemouth for 90 minutes. Bournemouth won, of course, and Callum Wilson scored again, of course. He and Ryan Fraser really are quite the duo.

Everton’s Marco Silva would really like to get on-loan midfielder Andre Silva tied down to a permanent deal. Silva then kindly explained to us how transfers actually work.

‘There are three factors in this deal; Everton, Andre and Barcelona’.

The Hammers won two Premier League games in a row for the first time in years last night but, being West Ham, took the long way round as Cardiff should have taken the lead from the penalty spot. Joe Ralls, who has spent most of his season putting in knee-high challenges on his opponents wrestled a teammate for the right to take the kick and you know what happened next.

Well, of course, you do. I have already told you. Ralls’ pen was so lame that Fabianski actually caught it.

Thanks, Andre. You also forgot to mention the big bucket of cash and the agent, but hey.

Lucas Perez, remember him? Well, he was off the bench and scoring a brace for the Hammers condemning Neil Warnock to his first, and certainly not his last, defeat as a 70-year-old.

Building up to the big match at Old Trafford, the current Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suggested that his players, the players he has spent quite a lot of money on, didn’t have the ‘mad dog spirit’ he likes to see.

Jurgy lad has ‘no regrets’ over his mad dash on to the Anfield turf on Sunday night even though it has cost him an £8k fine by the FA. That’s not exactly throwing the book at him now, is it?

Mind you, tell me the last time the FA correctly pulled the appropriate punishment out of their ‘random punishment generator’.

Last night, Jose had to admit that his players had shown spirit as they managed to get a 2-2 draw against an Arsenal team who will be kicking themselves over their inability to defend properly having just scored.

So if the players showed hunger, spirit, cojones and all the other things Jose has been bemoaning the lack of in recent weeks, now can we point the finger at his tactics?

‘Win a trophy, then celebrate’ exclaimed the Poch, possibly explaining why you so rarely see Tottenham celebrating. He was referring to the post-match selfies posted by the Arsenal players following their win in the North London Derby. The Poch isn’t a fan. Of the selfies that is, not of winning the NLD. He does have a point but I cannot help feeling that all he has done is remind Arsenal that 4th place kinda counts as a trophy in this day and age and there is every chance the red half of North London could be celebrating come May. It all went off in Brighton last night.

Fans ejected for throwing pies, players sent off for throwing headbutts and Romanians scampering down the line as fast as they can. Brighton beat Crystal Palace in a weird, in the fact that there are quite a few miles between the two

No, of course we cannot. Jose is not ‘under siege’ believe it or not. Funny that, because for long spells in the match last night his team were. Arsenal played very, very nicely and Matteo Guendozi showed Marouane Fellaini that it is possible to have stupid hair and be able to play a bit. So much so that Fellaini had to resort to pulling Guendouzi’s hair at one point to stop him from running away, again. There has to be some kind of irony there somewhere.

We can all agree that David de Gea’s form has been patchy since last season but when he actually starts throwing the ball into the back of his own net then you have to start wondering what kind of shape Lee Grant is in. Yes, De Gea then responded with a couple of good saves, both from Yo-Pierre, but that is not the point. It was the initial goal that did the damage. Mind you, Marcos Rojo, playing his first game of the season, clearly felt bad for the Spaniard and wanted to reduce the heat on him by at least sharing some of the blame.

But it was not just United that were feeling free and easy about gifting their opponents some early Christmas presents in front of goal. Bernd Leno probably should have done better with Rojo’s free kick which ended up being turned home by Martial and, equally, Arsenal’s defence probably could have done more than standing still watching Herrera’s ‘cross’ trickle across their sixyard box before the Frenchman chipped Lucas Torreira from four yards. Yes, Torreira is that small.

And, having just seen Lacazette just about do enough to claim their second, Arsenal should be shot for conceding another equaliser just 15 seconds after the restart. Tony Adams, in the TV studio, must have been saying the serenity prayer over and over.

Post-match Jose gave a nod to Gary Neville saying that the ex-United rightback must be ‘very happy to see United have a good right-back for the next ten years’ making reference to the first Premier League start for Diogo Dalot.

Now, don’t get me wrong Jose. I am sure Dalot has lots of potential but Saed Kolasinac was made to look like Ryan Giggs in his prime over and over again over the course of that 90 minutes. Have the standards for a good United rightback dropped so low since Valencia and Young have been playing there?

Apparently, Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has four £300m bids on the table. I’ve never really understood this.

Given that the playing squad is probably just about worth more than £300m, how can the club be worth less?

Anyway, Peter Kenyon is believed to be spearheading one of the consortiums interested in taking on the club and it is unclear whether this is believed to be a good thing or not. Rafa called it ‘business as usual’ which must mean that nothing is actually going to change at all.

On the pitch, that ‘greatest Everton team in years’ didn’t live up to their post-Merseyside Derby hype falling behind to a Rondon goal. Richarlison bailed them out but maybe the Everton fans should calm down a little before booking time off work for a July jaunt in the Europa League.

Claudio Ranieri is already having a positive impact at Fulham. They conceded twice in his first two games in charge (I think, might have been three against Chelsea – who’s counting?) and already he has got that down to just one in the game against his old boys, Leicester City. Fulham led 1-0 but were unable to hold on but if he can just stop them shipping over 2.5 goals on average per game then he might just keep them up.

At Turf Moor, Liverpool managed to turnaround going behind to Burnley and keep themselves within touching distance of City if only on paper. Jurgen Klopp was ‘angry’ at Burnley’s roughhousing whereas Sean Dyche was happy to see some more ‘reasons’ he could point to as to why his side had lost again. Sean, mate, you can come up with 100 but until you see the big one standing in your goal you are going down.

One team that are no longer in touching distance of City, on paper or anywhere else, are Maurizio Sarri’s Chelsea. Sarriball officially needs a reboot right now as Chelsea fell to a 2-1 defeat to Wolves. I like Sarri, he doesn’t make excuses even when there a couple of very questionable refereeing decisions that could have influenced the outcome. He just comes out and says the team were not good enough. In fact, Sarri is ‘very worried’ about the attitude of the players, especially their non-reaction to Wolves equalising. Work to be done, Maurizio, lots of it.

I do like Nuno Espirito Santo as well, as it goes. His mini-crisis can be put back to bed again following this win. It was also good to see him give a debut to Morgan Gibbs-White, a very talented young Englishman who slips under the radar a little bit because he isn’t at Chelsea, United, City or Liverpool. Oh, or Spurs or Arsenal.

Mark Hughes has left a right old mess for Ralph Hasenhuttl to sort out. The Austrian was officially unveiled as Southampton boss yesterday and his special treat at the end of his first day was to go to Wembley and watch his new charges get totally spanked by Spurs. Southampton did actually play quite well for a little spell. The problem was, that little spell was after Spurs were already 3-0 up.

Crystal Palace have many problems at the moment but I am sure they were not expecting a mouse to be one of them. Their kitchens have been closed down due to the lack of health and safety. Poor Uncle Roy cannot catch a break at the moment.

We will end today with a little bit of transfer chat because that window will be open again before we know it.

Juventus’ Sporting Director has admitted that the idea of Pogba returning to Turin has been discussed ‘many times’. He did not go on to say, however, that considering the player is a ‘virus’ and ‘lazy with no mad-dog spirit’ that a deal was unlikely.

Manchester City have decided that Phil Foden is a bit lonely on the substitutes bench and could do with some friends his own age to play with.

As a result, Peppy G is being linked to Jack Clark, 18-years-old and of Leeds United.

Finally, Arsenal have identified the player they’d like to replace Danny Welbeck. Step forward AS Roma’s Cengiz Under. I am sure Arsenal fans are all over that deal.

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UNFORTUNATE MONTE Racing San Miguel 1 – 0 CD Montesinos CD Montesinos went down to a first half goal from the division leaders in a match they should have at least taken a point from.

Certainly the new Monte manager, Ruben, appears to have made an instant impact on the side. Having won his first game in charge the previous week against the club in third place, this week his team made the short journey to local rivals San Miguel who are riding high at the top of the division and looking as if they will walk away with the title and gain promotion to the Preferente Division.

However, if San Miguel thought they would be in for an easy game, they very quickly realised this was not the case. Despite going behind to a sloppy goal, CD Montesinos demonstrated that the previous week´s victory was not a fluke as they took the game to San Miguel who, especially in the second half, were forced to

defend to hold on to the three points.

With centre forward Liam and firm favourite Maccan having to be replaced before half time due to injury, the Monte side responded magnificently and more than deserved a share of the points which, unfortunately, did not materialise and needed some desperate defending from the home side to give them the three points.

This latest defeat leaves CD Montesinos in 12th position on 11 points and too close for comfort just above the relegation places.

The hundreds of Monte fans who had made the short trip around the salt lake gave their side a standing ovation at the end of the game. With the fighting spirit this side are now showing, a midtable place is well within their reach.

Next up for CD Montesinos is a HOME fixture against CF Rafal who

are four points and three places above Montesinos in the league table so a win is a must. The match will be played at the Campo de Futbol Municipal in Los Montesinos on SUNDAY, 9th December with a 4.30 pm kick off.

Before this match, the CD Montesinos Supporters Club (The Full Monte) will make their annual food donation to the Municipal food bank. As every season, the Town´s Mayor and Councillors will be in attendance to collect the food. If anybody would like to make a personal donation (of nonperishable foods), please bring them to the game and hand them in at the Supporters Club stand inside the ground BEFORE KICK OFF. Vamos Monte!!!

You can always email us at thefullmonte2011@hotmail.com Also..check-out CD Montesinos on Facebook and JJ’s Predictor League. TORREGOLF.EU

ABBEY ANGLING This week was our annual Xmas Contest which we held at the El Bosquet Complex section B on the 4th December.

The weather was great and it was a good turn out and Lennie Bolton along with his usual expertise at the draw bag and his first class fishing, taking the top spot with a very good 29.680kgs, following him in second place with a big drop in weight to 13.300kgs was Neil McBirnie and in third spot was Terry Brindley with 12.920kgs.

After the match a Buffet had been laid on at The Bar Ono in Catral for us all, which including the prize giving, and the food was first class and thoroughly enjoyed, and our thanks go to Mick Hill for arranging the buffet.

FIRST Lennie Bolton with 29.680kgs fishing the pole using

bread and pellet SECOND Neil McBirnie with 13.300kgs fishing the pole using pellet THIRD Terry Brindley with 12.920kgs fishing the pole using paste and pellet There are still some vacancies available for membership at the club All details are available on our website www.abbeyangling.es or from me on 965328368 RODS & REELS Our 12th round of the Summer Championship was held at the Embalsa de la Pedrera on the 5th December.

Although it was cold early in the morning, when the sun came out it was a lovely warm day. There was a nice ripple on the water, which died away in the afternoon to a mirror finish, which may have partly con-

tributed to a severe shortage of fish.

With only nine fish caught in total and the top weight being just 3.280kgs caught by Terry Brindley, in second place was myself with 2.460kgs, and Lennie Bolton coming in third spot with a good few less fish than he caught yesterday, but still in the frame with 1.880kgs, all three of us with two fish each.

1st Terry Brindley with 3.280kgs 2nd Terry Screen with 2.460kgs 3rd Lennie Bolton with 1.880kgs All fishing the feeder using pellet There are still some vacancies at the Club and if anyone is interested in joining please contact Richard Wood on 611451423 Tight Lines TERRY SCREEN

CD Montesinos MATCH 13 On Sunday 9th December 2018, CD Montesinos are at home, to play CF Rafal.

Kick-off is 4.30pm.

This match will be sponsored by The Full Monte Before the match, The Full Monte will present groceries for the Municipal Food Bank of Los Montesinos.

This will be presented to Officials of the Ayuntamiento of Los Montesinos.

If anyone has purchased any groceries for this worthwhile charity, can you please bring the donations early before the game, and we need volunteers to possibly help with the collection and distribution of the groceries.

The next home match against Callosa Deportiva "B" during the weekend of 23rd December will be sponsored by HEAT. More match sponsors are required for future home matches. The cost is 40euro, and can be shared by several members, or a business (potential local publicity), or as an individual.

Generous Gift to thank Ex-Commodore San Miguel Golf Society Earlier this year, Paul Shard the SAMM Commodore, was forced to stand down due to health reasons. His replacement, George Noden, organised the collection of donations from the various groups and individuals that make up the SAMM family, all generously given to show their gratitude for Paul’s hard work and dedication during his time in the role.

It was agreed that it would be best to give the cash to Paul as he was due to go on a trip with his wife Cynthia to celebrate

their wedding anniversary. During the monthly SAMM meeting held in the Las Claras social centre in Los Narejos in November, George reminded everyone present of Paul’s achievements and contribution to SAMM and presented him with the gift. Cynthia received a lovely bouquet in recognition of her support for Paul during his tenure.

Both were extremely surprised and grateful to receive these tributes.

Las Ramblas Turkey Trot What started out as a very cold crisp December morning soon turned out to be a Hot Texas Scramble for 48 hardy players at Las Ramblas, a course our members think is ideally suited to this format! As usual the course was in great condition albeit very challenging.

12 teams contested the event which included 4 nearest the pins sponsored by The Ale House and were won by Nick Lee, Anthony Flood, Jimmy Gray and Theo Boelhouwer for their respective teams.

The main event was a close run competition with Team Ron coming third with a net 62.11 score second was Team Darren with a net 61.9 and top of the pile was Team Callum playing with Russell Bailey, Steve Hitcham and Norman Killops scoring a brilliant nett 59.05.........well done to all the teams who celebrated the event in good style back at The Ale House thanks to Carl and his staff for looking after us.

The Society and Members on the day supported the Gandia Preventoria Children’s Home raising 320 euros to a very worthy cause organised by Liz

Holtham.

Our next event is next Friday 14th December at Vistabella GC with a few

places still available so please visit our website www.theplazagolfsociety.com to register or sign up in The Alehouse.

An early night to bed on Tuesday, or a short night’s sleep, as a 08.30 shotgun start meant a prompt arrival for all for the latest SMGS gathering. The sun had hardly risen as 41 members and their 3 guests took off on a course very much favoured by the SMGS membership. As always, it was in terrific condition, with the greens up to their excellent standard and quite slick compared to other courses played recently. The weather, as it has been since the heavy rains some 10 days previously, was beautifully bright and warm after the initial cold start. In fact so nice was it by mid-round that one member decided to go for a short and galvanising swim somewhere around the 9th green, although exactly where was not disclosed by either him or his playing partners. It did however act as an excuse to drive up the 10th fairway and ignore the very clear request to stay off it and stick to the buggy path. Presumably this was in an attempt to catch the sun and dry off, avoiding the shade of the requested route, as well as keep up with the group in front.

As per usual at this course, scoring was generally quite good without anybody being able to dominate it. Only Keith Wraithmell managed to beat his handicap, with 3 other members

matching theirs.

Results, by Category and in reverse order, were the following: Bronze Category: 5th Mick Seymour (28), 4th Mike Jordan (30), 3rd Alan Hill (33), 2nd Brian Butler (36) and 1st Keith Wraithmell with 37 points and the day’s best score.

Silver Category: 5th Adrian Roberts (29), 4th Phil de Lacy (32), 3rd Kyrre Skarsmoen (33 on CB), 2nd Roger Webb (33 on CB) and first Bjorn Pettersson with 36 points.

Gold Category: 5th Barry Roehrig (31), 4th Hugh Reilly (33), 3rd Robin Eastman (34 on CB), 2nd Russel Bailey (34 on CB) and 1st Darren Hancock with 36 points.

Nearest the pins (sponsored by Property Shop): Hole 5 Roger Webb, Hole 7 Graham Doel, Hole 12 Theo Boelhouwer, Hole 15 Nobody.

Abacus (sponsored by Gordon Wilson): Paul Cobain Best Guest Winner: Simon Speake (36) Our thanks go to all Lo Romero staff for their contribution to a very enjoyable day.

Next week we will be at Las Colinas, then on following weeks at Villamartin and La Finca. 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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Las Ramblas Golf Society A ‘Change Partners’ competition kicked off our week on Monday. In first place, with 85 points, were Bryan Neal (who contributed four birdies), Rod Doel, Yvonne Phipps and ‘Birthday Boy’ Alan McClusky (mind you can someone still be called ‘boy’ at 73?)

Onto Wednesday’s stableford which saw Ellen Drakesmith being the only player to score a ‘2’ today. Making a long awaited return to the winner’s podium,

with 40 points, was Alan Douglas and with a change in recent fortune our runner up was Ken Robertson with 37.

Ken only just pipped Ellen on countback though! Bryan Neal, Geoff Biggerstaff and Mike Mahony took the next three slots.

On Thursday we entered into the next round of Brexit negotiations aka our Annual General Meeting. Unlike our Parliamentary colleagues back home

and with some differences of opinion, almost all of our members supported the majority of the new proposals put forward. With thanks to our President Dave ‘Levi Strauss’ Pulling and the rest of the committee, we can now look forward to another enjoyable year’s golf.

Friday’s competition was a 2 ball better ball. With 45 points, Nora Betts and John Drakesmith took 1st place followed by John Collins and Ron Phipps

with 42.

Por ultimo, in the words of Jack Lemmon ‘If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball’.

Pues, hasta la semana que viene Peter Reffell

Quirónsalud gives its support to The Med Bar Golf Society Club Deportivo Torrevieja TheQuirónsaludHospital in Torreviejaand CD Torreviejahave drawn up an agreement of mutual support for the 2018-2019 season. During this period, the hospital will make its presence known at the Vicente García stadium, as well as on the Club’s kit.

Through this partnership, CD Torreviejawill support and promote the image of Hospital Quirónsaludin Torrevieja, whose main aim is to promote

health, encourage habits that lead to a healthy lifestyle as well as the values that help create a healthier and more responsible society. In this, sport plays an extremely important role, particularly in the prevention of illnesses and disease.

“This way,” said Francisco Fiestras, Regional Director of the Levante Quirónsalud Hospital Group, “QuirónsaludTorreviejaconfirms its commitment to promoting healthy living

habits, while reinforcing the values of effort and improvement characterised by so many athletes, whether sport is their profession or even just a hobby.”

CD TorreviejathanksQuirónsaludfor offering its support to the Club, which has given them further motivation to achieve one of the Club’s short-term objectives, which is getting the team back up to the bronze position in the league.

who wishes to play in the Society as a guest or join as a new member, contact Ian Henderson on 966 716 616 or 636

silver division runner up – phil harris Nearest the pins: john goulder, buck taylor, john mc adams, martin morgan & tony alcock Nearest pin in 2 on par 4 – ray muttock 2`s club winner: john goulder, john mc adams & eric owens Football card winners: john goulder x 2 & brian wilson Anyone wishing to join our society is welcome and we can either be contacted by e-mail at: medbargolf2016@gmail.com or pop into the bar where all details can be left and we will get in touch with you

Stop the actual press....

El Plantio 2 Golf Society Twenty members contested a Team Joker competition on a beautiful winter morning. Given the perfect conditions, the scoring was not particularly high apart from John Burke who posted an inward twenty-two Stableford points to finish with a handicap busting thirty seven, steering his team to a win by six clear points.

Nearest the pins, Hole 1 – Helen Beddows , Hole 6 – John O'Brien. Third Place, Brian Coupe, Mirielle Michels, Bryan Watson, Alan Janes – 122 points.

Second Place, John O'Brien, Barry Walthall, Rod Loveday, Allen Robinson – 122 points on C/B. First Place,Alistair Douglas,Brian Edwards, Claude De Wamme, John Burke – 128 points.

If anyone would like to join our Society, we play at El Plantio Golf Club every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. We use both courses - the Par 3 nine hole course and the main 18 hole course, so we cater for all abilities. The membership rates are very competitive, so call for more details. Anyone

Our last outing of the year towards our player of the year competition had us heading off to las collinas in lovely sunshine. What a day weather wise for December, lots of sunshine and no wind!

Once again las collinas golf course did us proud with the course in great condition although the greens were a little bit fast, overall a good day was had Pictured are the winners on the day gold division and overall winner – keith smith gold division runner up - bill martin silver division winner – paul owen

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Regards, David Swann

L to R, Barry Walthall, Helen Beddows, Alistair Douglas, Rod Loveday, John Burke, Brian Edwards,Claude DeWamme, John O'Brien, Alan Janes, Brian Coupe, Mirielle Michels, Allen Robinson, Bryan Watson.

I’ve just learned that Manchester City are not the 2018/19 Premier League Champions. Forgive me, I was under the impression that Peppy G’s men had already been awarded the title given the fact that they’d played some half-decent football since the start of the season and were unbeaten. Now I am being told that it was all fake news and they will have to play out the rest of the season like everyone else.

I am not blaming City for this at all, just that pesky British football media who loves to go well over the top at every available opportunity. Teams that have won a few games in the row are ‘great’ or the ‘the best ever’. Footballers that probably wouldn’t have coped with the game in the 1960s (in the same way that the players in the 1960s probably wouldn’t cope with the game today) are labelled ‘the greatest of all time’ etc etc.

Let’s be thankful to Chelsea for giving everyone a bit of a reality check. Being top of the league in early December doesn’t always mean you win the title, no matter how good you are and Manchester City received a ‘good lesson’ at Chelsea according to Pep. I might have suggested last week that Sarriball needed a bit of reconfiguring and I was delighted to notice that Maurizio Sarri did make a few subtle tweaks to his system at Stamford Bridge.

Given the fact that both Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud have been a waste of a shirt for large parts of the season it was understandable that the Italian shifted Eden Hazard central thinking that another of his best players out of position would be better than the other options available to him.

Chelsea became the first team to beat City in the Premier League this season thanks in the main to a fine goal from N’Golo Kante and a header from David Luiz. Now, considering that before the match 99% of the Chelsea chat was still around how Kante has to play in his better position of defensive midfield it must have felt good for Sarri to stick to his guns and see the French World Cup winner pop up on the stroke of half-time

to give his side the lead.

The game was marred somewhat by the alleged racist abuse aimed at Raheem Sterling from a Chelsea ‘fan’. That said, without the incident then we would have not got Sterling’s incredibly mature, poignant and accurate response via his Instagram account where he rightly, in my opinion, called out the Daily Mail for ‘fuelling racism’.

Sterling was classy enough not to refer back to the countless incidents where the Mail have put stories out involving himself, many of which could be considered to back up his claim. Instead, Sterling showed two stories run by the rag. Both involved young footballers at the start of their careers buying expensive houses for their mothers. One player is black and one player is white.

Unsurprisingly, given the editorial standards of the Daily Mail, Phil Foden (the young white footballer) was applauded for such a lovely gesture to the lady who had given up everything so Phil could become a professional footballer.

Of course, Tosin Adarabioyo (the young black footballer) was cast as a “Young Manchester City footballer, 20, on £25,000 a week splashes out on mansion on market for £2.25million despite having never started a Premier League match”.

It is so important people in Sterling’s position call things like this out in an intelligent manner as it is the only thing that might see this recent trend, in some circles, of racism starting to become acceptable behaviour end and end quickly.

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