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Lisdoonvarna in the sun
What began as a somewhat off the wall idea between two local businessmen grew into a weeklong festival of love, music and out-and-out ‘craic’. the Lisdoonvarna in the sun festival took place all last week, drawing to a close on Monday evening. Organisers brian Kiernan and dermot Moore felt that Cabo roig and La Zenia needed a boost after the impact the global pandemic had on local bars, all of which are
heavily reliant on the tourism industry. the pair decided to fly ireland’s famous matchmaker Willie daly, and two of his daughters elsha and Judy, to spain for a week long matchmaking festival. the original Lisdoonvarna matchmaking festival has taken place every year in Co Claire in ireland for almost 200 years. With the event cancelled for the second year running due to Covid, brian and dermot decided to take a chance and
invite Willie to spain instead.
Willie told the Costa blanca People that when he first got the invite, he had to “think on it...for about five seconds!” he knew nothing of the area, or what the week would entail – but he prefers it that way and likes to let events unfold naturally. Willie’s role in ireland sees him match prospective singles based on his experience and intuition, taking into
account their interests and personality. the physical experience of meeting someone in the flesh is key to the process, said Willie, something which modern day apps and websites cannot provide. Willie thinks there is a ten minute ‘barrier’ when people first meet – that short period of awkwardness which he feels can be broken down best by dancing. “Once bodies bump together on the dance floor, you’ll have
Don’t forget to change your clocks this weekenD! a fair idea if you like a person or not,” he explained. As we spoke to Willie and his daughters (one of whom, elsha, is earmarked to perhaps take over the family tradition passed to Willie by his father and grandfather) people were lining up to touch the ‘lucky book’ a 150 year old tome containing the details of thousands of matches. Others, hoping to find love during the festival, passed Willie a completed matchmaking form. Meanwhile, his phone was ringing, a call from a rural irish farmer looking for love. Willie explained that he had “just the lady” in mind for the caller and he would make arrangements on his return home. everywhere Willie went this week, people arrived, and he had time for everyone – a smile, a photo and a few words of wisdom. there were singles Continued on page 3
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Government brings back tolls (but with a different name) the spanish government is set to present its proposal to bring back motorway tolls in 2024 however, the payments will not be called tolls and instead will be referred to as ‘usage charges’ (tarificación por uso). the charge system will be implemented no later than 2024 as was confirmed this week by Minister of transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, raquel sánchez who remarked in a press conference that the Council of Ministers is working to have its final proposal ready in “a few months” to have a “charging system ready for use” with a “maximum start date of 2024.” sánchez said that this is part of the commitment signed by the government with brussels within the recover Plan framework in which it promised to have a new toll system ready on all the country’s motorways before June 30, 2022 in order to begin applying it in fiscal year 2024. Just hours before sánchez addressed the press, the secretary General and infrastructure of the Ministry of
transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, sergio Vázquez, asked not to use the term “toll” but rather “charging for use”, and defended the implementation of a system that pays for the maintenance and conservation of road infrastructure, instead of using “the taxes of all spaniards.” the Government argues that there is a need to charge for motorway use given the existence of a state network that exceeds 26,466 kilometres in length, of which about 12,000 are high-capacity highways - the longest in europe, with increasing maintenance costs which are becoming increasingly difficult to meet by budgetary resources alone. the Ministry of transport is currently carrying out studies in order to have a final proposal for the intended ‘charging system’ which was first revealed when it announced that it would not be extending the concessions for toll roads any longer. sánchez explained that a deep “analysis” and “reflection” is being undertaken with the economic and social agencies, mainly in the transport sector
due to their involvement and “concerns” and that a “political consensus” will be sought to determine the “best option.” the new system, she assured, will not generate “territorial grievances” but instead will be “fair and subject to consensus with the social, economic, territorial agents and with the autonomous communities.” Among the options that the Government is considering is a fixed rate for a specific period of time through a toll based on a vignette, a sticker similar to that of the itV or the environmental badge that would be placed on the car window to show paid use for a certain road or set of roads. this system is already used in countries such as Austria, switzerland or the Czech republic, although the Portuguese model of payment for mileage is also being studied. Whatever system is finally chosen, the head of transport has defended the need for a system in the first place, recalling that of the 27 member states that currently make up the european Union, 24 of them already have a pricing system.
The vignette system is used in Switzerland
New grants for Orihuela based self-employed and small businesses affected by the pandemic New aid aimed at minimizing the economic impact that the COVid-19 pandemic is having on sMes, micro-sMes, and selfemployed entrepreneurs in the municipality of Orihuela in 2021 was announced this week. the department of industry, directed by Víctor bernabéu, has allocated €308,102.34 of funding that will be financed by the Alicante Provincial Council. the deadline for submitting applications is November 18 2021. these subsidies can be applied for by sMes, microsMes, self-employed workers and other entities that meet the criteria. Applicants must have a fiscal address in Orihuela or be able to show that activities are carried out at premises located within the Orihuela municipality. Applicants must be able to prove
a certain amount of reduction in their average monthly billing for the months for which the aid is to be requested (which must be between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021). they must also be in operation on the date on which the application is submitted and be up-to-date in the fulfilment of their tax obligations with the state treasury (AeAt), with
the General treasury of social security (tGss) and with no outstanding debt of any nature with Orihuela City Council. the full terms of the criteria for application can be consulted at http://sede.diputacionalicante. es/consultas-bop/ and on the Orihuela City Council website https://orihuela.sedelectronica. es
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looking for love as well as couples and groups of friends wanting to join in the fun and enjoy the live music, but not necessarily searching for a match. the bars involved were delighted with the turnout and with an estimated 800 arrivals from ireland for the festival alone, it is no wonder. Not only that but the festival was covered in almost every major irish newspaper and radio
station – putting Orihuela Costa on the map. Organiser brian Kiernan said, “ryanair had to put on another flight such was the demand for this week! the bars involved were packed out every night and everyone was happy with the attendance – so much so we’re going to do it all again next year from the 18th to the 25th of October!”
the british embassy is hoping that the spanish government will grant british drivers in spain extra time to continue driving with their UK licences within the spanish territory. the embassy wrote on Facebook, “We recognise that many people are concerned about the long-term arrangements for UK driving licence exchange here in spain. Negotiations continue between the UK and spanish governments on this issue. however, under current spanish law, residents with valid UK licences will only be able to use these to drive in spain until 31 October 2021.” We are asking the spanish Government for an extension to the 31st October date and will update you as soon as we know the outcome. in the meantime, UK licence holders could, if they wished to, apply for a spanish licence. this includes taking both a
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Man arrested for dousing a bar and customers in petrol A man was arrested in Alicante by the National Police after he doused a bar terrace, and the customers seated therein, with petrol while threatening to set fire to the premises. the 41 year old was arrested after he was accused of emptying two canisters of petrol on tables and customers of an Alicante bar, threatening to burn the place down after a disagreement over a motorcycle. the man is believed to have purchased a motorbike from a relative of the owner of the bar and apparently, when the man found out there was an embargo on the bike he decided to retaliate. the incident occurred in the Florida neighbourhood in northern Alicante. After the bar owner told the man that she had called the police, he fled the scene. According to the Police, the man parked his motorcycle at the door from the bar first thing in the morning and emptied two cans of petrol right in front of customers, some of whom were on the terrace and were also doused with the fuel. After police arrived, fire fighters sprayed the area with a special foam to avoid a spontaneous combustion.
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Free talks for Britons seeking residencia A series of information and oneto-one assistance sessions is being held for UK Nationals. the talks are being held by association babelia in collaboration with the diputación de Alicante and town halls across the region. A spokesperson for the british embassy told the Costa blanca People, “We know that many UK Nationals may still have questions or be experiencing difficulties applying for residency and these sessions are specifically designed
to help them. babelia is particularly keen to encourage people who may struggle with the paperwork to come along.” the series of talks began last week in Pilar de la horadada. talks to come over the next few months include: 8 November torrevieja 11 November san Miguel de salinas 11 November rojales
15 November Algorfa 18 November teulada/Moraira 23 November L’Alfas del Pi tbC Javea 2 december san Fulgencio You can find more details, plus information on how to confirm attendance at babelia’s website: https:// asociacionbabelia.org/en/informativetalks-and-one-to-one-assistance-foruk-nationals-applying-for-residency/
?fbclid=iwAr1ppNpQ5h7qPsqGKVA nbNL6fW9FWbtfis2t9hKZLAL5Aq3JY JesNYgVuni For more information on the three organisations providing free, confidential support to UK Nationals and how to contact them visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ uk-nationals-suppor t-fund-uknsfapplying-for-residency-in-eu-or-eftacountries#spain
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Torrevieja doctor shortage torrevieja needs 5 paediatricians and 16 doctors to adequately meet the patient/ doctor ratio, it was revealed this week. doctors have demanded that health Minister Ana barceló orders that the necessary staff be hired urgently. the warning came from the medical union when it warned that torrevieja health department urgently needs to hire 16 GPs and 5 more paediatricians in order that doctor-to-patient ratios are within the limits as set out by the Valencian Community – that is, 1500 patients per GP and 900 per paediatrician. General secretary of the Community Medical Union, Víctor Pedrera, has written
directly to the minister Ana barceló where he explains that he must “inform her of the serious deficiencies in the staffing of both family doctors and primary care paediatricians.” Pedrera claims that the health Ministry “must hire immediately” 16 family doctors and 5 paediatricians so that professionals and patients “do not see their working conditions and their rights diminished, the need to replace all absences must also be taken into account in order not to worsen the care overload”. A report which emerged over the last few days includes some striking figures: of the 74 GPs currently working in local health centres, 71 have over
1500 patients. For example, in Orihuela Costa health centre, 8 out of 9 staff are overloaded and of these, 7 have more than 1900 patients on their registers. in La Loma, one of the busiest health centres, 13 of the 14 GPs have over 1500 patients each and in the same health centre, all four paediatricians exceed the 900 patient quota. the data provided by the Ministry of health differs from that provided by the Medical Union with the Ministry claiming that there are 85 GPs in place. sources at the regional health administration admit that there is a shortage for doctors and pediatricians, but that the objective is that the ratio is lowered to the average of the Valencian Community.
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completed. this means mains water and electric will not be connected. 3. Would the vendor sell to you, even if you needed a mortgage? if the vendor or their agent say they are only looking to sell to a cash purcha-ser, ask yourself why? Mortgages in spain are quite straightforward if the property you are purchasing is legal. banks will not lend money on illegal builds! For expert guidance from award winning Real Estate Agents, head to www. BuyMyHomeInSpain.com to download a complimentary guide to buying Spanish property in 2021.
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Should you merge your pension pots? savers collect a string of pension pots during their working lives but only one in four have merged any of them, new research reveals. some 47 per cent of people have two or more pensions, while 20 per cent have three or more, and 4 per cent have five or more pots - and the higher the number, the more likely you are to lose track of them. A tidying up exercise can reduce fees and paperwork and bring new investment options. it’s definitely not right for every situation, but doing nothing leaves millions of people at risk of building up lots of small pots and
losing track of them. Not only does consolidating your pension help you keep an eye on it, it also helps you manage your pensions more effectively. As your pension is likely to be your second largest asset after your home, it is vitally important to consider what would suit you best in regards to receiving an income as well as inheritance planning. if all this sounds daunting, then help is at hand as the seagate team has a wealth of experience and can offer a free pension tracing service as well as looking after your existing pensions. there are a number of financial advisers
on the Costa blanca so the question is “why choose seagate?” i believe that we offer a unique service to our clients. We have a fully staffed local office in benijofar with a back-up admin team, a Client Account Manager and a relationship Manager. this means that we have a team that will support you with six monthly reviews of your investment or pension and we provide full administration for withdrawals, encashments and tax guidance. do not delay making a decision, call us today. For a free no-obligation chat with a UK qualified adviser, call 965 704 338 or email: contact@seagatewealth.es
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New radio gear for San Fulgencio police
san Fulgencio town hall announced this week that it has invested in a new radio system and devices for local police officers. the new tetrA radio devices and control unit represent an investment of €10,636 by the town hall. the Mayor of san Fulgencio José sampere said that the new system will allow officers to connect to and be part of the COMdes network – a state of the art mobile communication infrastructure for security and emergency services within the Valencian Community. the Mayor went on to say that the new radios “are a fundamental tool for coordinating actions in case of emergency, such as the
floods produced by dANA in 2019.” these 13 new devices have end-to-end encryption to ensure the privacy of communications, excellent audio quality and batteries with a duration of up to 16 hours, which “will allow better communication and coordination of actions with fire fighters, health services or Protection Civil,” said sampere. Local Police officers in san Fulgencio have already received the necessary training to learn how to use these devices and to be able to incorporate them into their daily duties. in other news, the town hall has acquired a new vehicle for the police fleet through the
renting system, which will be added to by another vehicle before the end of the year. the acquisition of these vehicles is part of a process initiated by the town hall last year aiming at the entire renewal of the Local Police fleet. Concerns had been raised previously that the age of the cars being used by officers could result in a risk to the security and safety of the police themselves. the mayor highlighted the importance of having “a wellequipped police unit with the appropriate tools”, since “it is the only way to ensure that they can perform their functions correctly and at the same time guarantee the safety and protection of all the citizens of san Fulgencio.”
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South African lemon fills shelves while Spanish lemon left on trees supermarket chains across the Alicante province have been displaying south African lemons in recent weeks while the spanish lemon, arguably of better quality, remains unpicked on local citrus farms. President of AsAJA (the Young Farmers’ Association of Alicante), José Vicente Andreu, criticized the situation claiming that the quality of the south African lemon is negligible while lemons from the Alicante province – spain’s main lemon producing area – are among the best in the world. he claims that the spanish lemons are being left on the trees and in some cases are already outgrowing the size requirements for sale. the main supermarket chains in the Alicante province, says Vicente Andreu, have flooded their shelves with south African lemons, many of which contain preservatives and fungicides, not allowed for use in spain, in order that the product can be shipped to europe. the trade agreement between the eU and south Africa benefits countries like Germany and the Netherlands, but is quite
damaging to spain’s indigenous lemon trade. Vicente Andreu said that many chemical substances are used so that the lemons survive a month long sea journey between Africa and spain. in addition to the chemicals, bringing these lemons to europe to sell represents a huge carbon footprint: that of the fuel necessary for its transport to south African ports and then a long sea voyage. the result is that a consumer in Alicante may be buying a fruit picked from the tree more than two months previously. And what is worse, says Vicente Andreu is that the consumer often does not know that
they are not buying a spanish product. investigations by spanish newspaper información found that lemons on sale in a torrevieja supermarket did not have a south African origin label but were marked as containing the same additives and preservatives only allowed in south Africa. the lemons in question were labelled by a Murcian distributor which AsAJA say is confusing to the consumer. the farmers’ group also claims that the same situation is happening with local oranges and even accuses one of the biggest supermarket chains in the Alicante province of relabeling south African oranges as a spanish product.
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Scaremongering! By Sam Kelly dipPFs, eFA, bA (hons) Managing Partner Chorus Financial
Without fail, every time there’s a new piece of legislation or an update that may affect brits living in spain, certain financial advisory companies will shape it into something to encourage you to send your hard-earned money to them! We saw this very obviously with the Modelo 720 in spain, where financial advisers, left right and centre, would use our lack of familiarity with this simple form to encourage you all to move your monies into ‘compliant investments’. Now, compliant investments in themselves, for example ‘spanish Compliant investment bonds’ can be very useful products for those looking to invest, but moving monies into them that you didn’t intend to invest, simply to avoid completing a simple asset declaration, may not be the best advice.
We then saw my industry having a field day with brexit! Over the last few years there’s been a rush to try to encourage people to move their money into trusts, QrOPs, all sorts of exotic (and often expensive) arrangements- basically anything outside the UK. As if the UK would suddenly prevent those living in the eU from having a pension or some savings! there are brits living all over the world who still have UK based pensions, bank accounts, savings etc. the idea that those of us living in the eU will suddenly lose access to ours is simply not true. the latest trend is back to good old QrOPs! QrOPs, which are overseas pensions recognised by hMrC, are an effective pension vehicle for certain clients. For example, if you are approaching your pensions Lifetime Allowance (currently £1,073,100) then Chorus may well recommend a QrOPs because this may offer significant benefits. however, for most of you, a UK siPP designed for brits living overseas should likely provide you with everything you need. You can enjoy a well-regulated and flexible pension product without the need for a QrOPs. Chorus clients would generally pay around £500 per year more for a QrOPs than a UK siPP,
so we must ensure this additional cost is justified.With other firms in spain, we’ve seen clients pay over 6% in layered(andpossibly hidden) fees on their QrOPs, which is why we always urge caution before moving your pensions to such arrangements. so, right on cue, i’m seeing adverts scaremongering people to move their pensions out of the UK on the basis that UK based pensions ‘may’ be exposed to Wealth tax… one day… possibly… in our post-brexit world! Let’s be clear here, there is a small risk of this, but would you really consider a significant financial decision based on something that is very unlikely to happen? beyond that, do we really believe that spain, a country that has been embracing brits for decades, that has employed thousands of people to help brits with their residencias etc, would introduce such damming and illogical legislation against an essential group to spain’s economy? Come to think of it… i suspect many of you may think they would! but let me reassure you, spain has never demonstrated any negative bias to us brits here and i cannot imagine them being motivated to do so in the future. Let’s be practical here, if such
legislation were ever confirmed, then clearly Chorus would assess those of our clients potentially affected and take the appropriate action. if that meant moving our UK siPP clients to QrOPs, then we would work with those clients to find the best, lowest price solution, ensuring no client is left out of pocket. We would certainly not be moving them to a QrOPs layered with unnecessary fees, product tie-ins, hidden commissions etc. Financial advice should always be appropriate and client focussed, not a ‘one-solution-fits-all’ approach where every client is encouraged to go into the same products, the same funds, possibly even an unnecessary trust. Our industry should focus on low cost, transparent, high quality advice and ensure each client has their individual needs considered. if you want to seek a second opinion on your savings, pensions and investments from a company who guarantee no unnecessary or hidden fees, and a 100% ethical and clientfocussed approach, then contact me direct Chorus Financial on info@ chorusfinancial.es, +34 965 641 163 or visit www.chorusfinancial.es for more information.
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GBP / EUR UPdatE GBP in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in europe, talk of inflation and potential interest rate hikes were inescapable. the pound delivered a solid performance over the week, bettered only by the NZ dollar and the Norwegian krone. sterling was sustained mainly by the idea that the bank of england will take interest rates higher before the end of the year. it strengthened by an average of 0.4%, having led the major currency field over the weekend. reuters did try to pour some cold water on the higher rates story when it published the result of a survey of economists. the consensus among them was that the first boe rate hike would not come until early next year. investors paid little attention. they paid equally little attention to the two main sets of UK economic data, which also tended to weaken the case for higher rates. inflation at 3.1% was lower than the market had anticipated and retail sales unexpectedly fell in september. the fall would have been bigger had it not been for a 2.9% jump in petrol and diesel sales. EURO inflation was the statistic that mattered on the continent too. the eurozone’s 3.4% headline inflation rate was the highest in 13 years. eurostat had nothing to say on the
matter, other than to identify the outliers, with estonia and Lithuania reporting 6.4% price rises while in Malta they were up 0.7%. the official word from the european Central bank is still that the inflation spike is “transitory”, though not all members of the Governing Council share that opinion. bank of France governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Wednesday that eurozone inflation is expected to drop back below the eCb’s target of 2%, therefore “there is no reason, for example, for the european Central bank to raise interest rates next year”. A significant development at the eCb was the resignation of one of its ex officio Governing Council members, bundesbank President Jens Weidmann. he will leave at the end of the year. Analysts see Mr Weidmann’s departure as further evidence of a rift between those, such as Chief economist Philip Lane, who defend the “transitory” theory of inflation and the more conservative northern european members, including Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, who fear that monetary relaxation has gone too far for too long. elsewhere, German producer prices saw another rise, reiterating the general trend worldwide. the index of producer prices for industrial products saw a 14.2% rise against september 2020, the highest year-on-year rise since October 1974.
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Two movies in English this week
english speakers in torrevieja have a choice of two movies in english this week. For those readers who are not aware, it might be interesting to know that iMF cinema in torrevieja shows a movie in V.O. (that is, the original soundtrack – usually in english – with spanish subtitles). the screening information changes on a thursday for a Friday so the information the Costa blanca People has this week is valid until this thursday (28th October). the english language movie may change on Friday, or if it is proving popular, may remain for another week. As always, it is best to check online before visiting the cinema to be sure (https://cinesimf. com/es/cartelera/imf-torrevieja) and remember to look for V.O. or VOse which will indicate the movie in english. As an extra bonus, Mondays and Wednesdays have a reduced rate of just €5 entry. this week, the new James bond Movie No time to die (sin tiempo Para Morir) remains in the iMF cinema and is being shown weekdays at 6pm and saturday/sunday at 5pm. Also being screened in english is Venom 2 starring tom hardy which is also being shown at 6pm and saturday/sunday at 5pm.
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The future of the Spanish property market in 2022 the ups and downs of the Costa blanca property market have been crazy this year so far. A real rollercoaster, to say the least. Although there were plenty of property sales during the 3rd quarter of 2021, the average house price fell by 5% compared to the 2nd quarter of 2021. however, was 14% higher than the 1st quarter of 2021. so you can see what i mean about a roller coaster of ups and downs! so what’s in store for 2022? the interest in spain continues to grow as the world is trying to balance the economy with travel. euribor rates are pre-dicted to decrease to 0.32%. this means mortgage repayments will be lower. Mortgages will help the economy recover quicker as it gives the public confidence to buy property again. We may see a few minor price adjustments as we head into 2022, however as a whole, property prices are pretty stable right now and we expect them to remain the same for at least the first two quarters of 2022. there are genuine buyers out there. if homes stay on the market for sale for an extended amount of time, it will be the market proving their asking prices are just too high. Like them or not, virtual viewings are here to stay. the way in which people purchase property has changed
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Vega Baja Garden Club
since 2020 and there’s no going back. the reality is, viewing and choosing a home online without even being in spain is time efficient and super easy to do. 2022 will prove virtual viewings are just another option for the time conscious buyer that don’t want to miss out on a bargain, if they can’t visit in person. As we look forward to a positive 2022, the Costa blanca will continue to attract property buyers to its shores, both for its convenience for commuting and more importantly, its climate! Rebecca Serwotka
After a long break due to covidrelated restrictions Vega baja Garden Club will be resuming meetings from Monday 1 November, from 2.15 to 4pm at bar trasgu, Formentera del segura. Organisers have an interesting programme planned; beginning with a talk on garden pests, a seed swap where members bring any excess seeds from their gardens to swap for something different, and instead of a plant raffle there will be a bingo game with plants for the prizes. there is always a Plant of the Month as the top prize. For only €2 per person, with drinks and food available at the bar, it will be a very pleasant afternoon. A spokesperson told the Costa blanca People, “New members are always welcome, even if you are only here part time. Most of our members have very
small gardens, terraces or balconies. We are just an ordinary group of people who enjoy growing things. ideas can be swapped and advice sought for garden-related problems.” “We would be delighted if there is anyone out there would like to give a talk of around 30 minutes on anything garden-related. We have laptop and projection equipment available, and you would need to provide a memory stick with your pictures. You don’t have to be a professional, just a person with an interest in any or all things garden, who might like to tell us about your experiences with your garden, terrace or patio. if you feel you might be such a person, then check out our Facebook page VeGA bAJA GArdeN CLUb, or e-mail us at vegabajagardenclub@ gmail.com for further details.”
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Your tech questions answered by Brian Hoile of the Costa Blanca Technology Help Group, helping over 200 members with their PCs, smartphones and more. Find the group on Facebook (Costa Blanca Technology Help Group) or attend the meetings in person or online via Zoom. if you have a question or a problem that needs my help then please send an email to brian at cbtechnology.help@ gmail.com. if i receive the email by lunchtime on Friday it will appear in the next edition. if you want to join the technology help Group search Facebook for “Costa blanca technology help Group”. if you do not use Facebook you can still join by sending an email with your details to cbtechnology.help@ gmail.com. When joining on Facebook please make sure that you scroll all the way through and answer all questions and give your email address. i use your email address as the primary means of communication. Barry of Algorfa asks “Do I need regular maintenance on a Windows 10 laptop”? the short answer is yes.A this has been covered beforei will give details with a Qr code below. install a Qr Code reader
and scan the Qr code. Qr Code is pointing to “General housekeeping 2“file from One drive Cloud storage. Susan from Rojales asks “I use Google Drive Cloud. It seems if I delete a file from Google Drive it also deletes it from the original location. What can I do”? i have found this out when trying to reduce the amount stored in Google drive storage. i have contacted Google to complain that this was not made clear. No sensible answer was given. it seems they want you to use more and more of their “free” storage until you are forced to buy more storage. if you remove files from Google drive using a laptop or desktop computer the deleted files will be available in the “recycle bin”. From there you can copy them to any destination you require. A friend was having trouble with a currency exchange issue and did not know how to keep their chosen currency exchange website open and also use online banking at the same time on their laptop. in any internet browser you can open multiple “tabs” and switch between them. in this case i suggested that they open
their browser and connect to the currency exchange website. After the transfer was set up i told them to open another “tab” by clicking on the “+” sign on the top line of the browser. this opens a new page. here you can select your internet banking website. both “tabs” remain open and active until closed down. You can switch between them as necessary to complete the task. Note that this can also be done using an Android smartphone. if you have a currency exchange App open to create a transfer but need access to your online banking App you can press the “home” button and open the banking App. both Apps are now open. On all Android smartphones there are 3 “Navigation” symbols at the bottom of the screen. the centre “circle” is the home button, the left symbol is the “back” button and the square one shows all the “Open” Apps. to switch between Apps select the “square” and navigate to the previously opened App now required. Note: On some Android smartphones the square is replaced by 3 vertical lines and on the left of the screen.
Join the Group by searching Facebook for “Costa Blanca Technology Help Group” Send your questions to cbtechnology.help@gmail.com
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This Week´s Movie Picks The Addams Family
Beetlejuice
Saturday 30th October – ITV, 12.55pm
Sunday 31st October – Channel 5, 5.35pm the Addams Family steps out of Charles Addams’ cartoons. they live with all of the trappings of the macabre (including a detached hand for a servant) and are quite wealthy. Added to this mix is a crooked accountant and his loan shark and a plot to slip the shark’s son into the family as their long-lost Uncle Fester. Can the false Fester find his way into the vault before he is discovered?
Adam and barbara are a normal couple... who happen to be dead. they have given their precious time to decorate their house and make it their own, but unfortunately a family is moving in, and not quietly. Adam and barbara try to scare them out, but end up becoming the main attraction to the money making family. they call upon beetlejuice to help, but beetlejuice has more in mind than just helping.
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Tuesday 26th October 02:45 Joins BBC News 03:00 BBC News 03:30 Life at 50 Degrees 04:00 BBC News 04:30 The Travel Show 05:00 BBC News 05:30 HARDtalk 06:00 BBC World News 06:30 World Business Report 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Morning Live 11:00 Dom Delivers 11:45 Expert Witness 12:15 Homes Under the Hammer 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One 14:30 BBC London 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Impossible 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:30 BBC London 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 20:50 Holby City 21:30 Would I Lie to You? 22:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC London 23:35 I Like the Way U Move
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01:15 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 02:05 24 Hours in A&E 03:00 The Fault in Our Stars 05:05 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 06:00 Location, Location, Location 06:55 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures 07:05 Countdown 07:45 The Big Bang Theory 08:10 The Big Bang Theory 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 The King of Queens 09:30 The King of Queens 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Frasier 11:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:25 Channel 4 News 12:30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 13:30 Steph’s Packed Lunch 15:10 Countdown 16:00 A Place in the Sun 17:00 Chateau DIY 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 The Great British Bake Off 22:15 Murder Island 23:15 Stath Lets Flats 23:50 Gogglebox
07:45 Fireman Sam 07:55 Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! 08:05 PAW Patrol 08:20 Milo 08:35 Peppa Pig 08:45 Peppa Pig 09:00 Pip & Posy 09:10 Go Green With The Grimwades 09:25 The Adventures of Paddington 09:40 Circle Square 09:55 Ricky Zoom 10:10 Sunny Bunnies 10:15 Jeremy Vine 12:15 Shoplifters & Scammers: At War With The Law 13:15 5 News at Lunchtime 13:20 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 Crossword Mysteries 17:00 Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors 21:00 The Yorkshire Vet 22:00 Our Yorkshire Farm 23:00 1000 Years A Slave
00:25 American Dad! 00:50 Peckham’s Finest 01:35 The Emily Atack Show 02:15 Hellboy II: The Golden Army 04:30 Teleshopping 07:00 FYI Extra 07:15 Secret Crush 08:20 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Coronation Street 10:30 Supermarket Sweep 11:30 The Boxtrolls 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Coronation Street 14:30 Coronation Street 15:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 16:00 Dress to Impress 17:00 Secret Crush 18:00 Catchphrase 18:50 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 Family Guy 23:00 Plebs 23:30 Plebs
00:05 Agatha Christie’s Marple 02:05 Scott & Bailey 03:00 Man About the House 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Coronation Street 07:30 Coronation Street 08:00 Emmerdale 08:30 Emmerdale 09:05 Man About the House 09:35 Man About the House 10:05 George and Mildred 10:35 Agatha Christie’s Marple 12:40 Heartbeat 13:40 Heartbeat 14:45 Emmerdale 15:15 Emmerdale 15:50 Coronation Street 16:20 Coronation Street 16:55 A Touch of Frost 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Heartbeat 21:00 Midsomer Murders 23:00 Scott & Bailey
00:10 BBC Weather 00:20 Beverley and Jordan: 00:15 NFL This Week Destination Wedding 01:05 TV’s Black 00:50 Charlene White: Renaissance: Reggie Yates in Empire’s Child Hollywood 01:40 Sorry, I Didn’t Know 02:05 Our Lives 02:05 Ideal World 02:35 Weatherman Walking 04:00 FYI Extra 03:05 This Is BBC TWO 04:15 The Long Call 07:30 Dom Delivers 05:05 Unwind with ITV 08:15 Money for Nothing 06:05 Tipping Point 09:00 The Hairy Bikers Go 07:00 Good Morning Britain North 10:00 Lorraine 10:00 BBC News 11:00 This Morning 11:00 BBC News 13:15 ITV News Special 12:15 Politics Live 14:50 ITV News London 16:00 Antiques Roadshow 15:00 Bling! 16:45 Born to be Wild 16:00 Winning Combination 17:15 Back to the Land with 17:00 Tipping Point Kate Humble 18:00 The Chase 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 ITV News London 19:00 Richard Osman’s House 19:30 ITV Evening News of Games 20:00 Emmerdale 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: 20:30 Coronation Street It Takes Two 21:00 Beverley and Jordan: 20:00 Back in Time for Destination Wedding School 21:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Autumnwatch 22:00 The Long Call 22:00 Universe 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 ITV News London 23:30 Newsnight 23:45 Peston
01:50 Taskmaster 02:45 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell 03:35 The Royal House of Windsor 04:45 Couples Come Dine with Me 05:40 Building the Dream 06:35 Beat the Chef 07:05 Countdown 07:45 The Big Bang Theory 08:10 The Big Bang Theory 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 The King of Queens 09:30 The King of Queens 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Frasier 11:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:25 Channel 4 News 12:30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 13:30 Steph’s Packed Lunch 15:10 Countdown 16:00 A Place in the Sun 17:00 Chateau DIY 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 Stand Up to Cancer 21:00 Location, Location, Location 22:00 Extraordinary Extensions 23:00 The Love Trap
08:05 PAW Patrol 08:20 Milo 08:35 Peppa Pig 08:50 Peppa Pig 09:00 Pip & Posy 09:10 Go Green With The Grimwades 09:25 The Adventures of Paddington 09:40 Circle Square 09:55 Ricky Zoom 10:10 Sunny Bunnies 10:15 Jeremy Vine 12:15 Shoplifters & Scammers: At War With The Law 13:15 5 News at Lunchtime 13:20 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 Lethal Love Letter 17:00 Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 The Gadget Show 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Police: Hour Of Duty 23:00 Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
00:00 Family Guy 00:30 American Dad! 00:55 American Dad! 01:25 Killer Camp 02:30 Release the Hounds 04:15 Unwind with ITV 04:30 Teleshopping 07:00 FYI Extra 07:15 Secret Crush 08:20 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 You’ve Been Framed! 10:30 Supermarket Sweep 11:30 Step Up Revolution 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 You’ve Been Framed! 15:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 16:00 Dress to Impress 17:00 Secret Crush 18:00 You’ve Been Framed! 18:30 Catchphrase 19:15 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 Family Guy 23:00 Peckham’s Finest 23:45 Family Guy
00:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 02:00 Scott & Bailey 03:00 Man About the House 03:25 Unwind with ITV 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Coronation Street 07:30 Coronation Street 08:00 Emmerdale 08:30 Emmerdale 09:05 Man About the House 09:35 Man About the House 10:10 George and Mildred 10:40 Agatha Christie’s Marple 12:40 Heartbeat 13:40 Heartbeat 14:45 Emmerdale 15:15 Emmerdale 15:50 Coronation Street 16:20 Coronation Street 16:50 A Touch of Frost 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Heartbeat 21:00 Endeavour 23:00 Scott & Bailey
01:10 Ballet Black: Eightfold 01:55 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 02:50 Complaints Welcome 03:40 Undercover Boss USA 04:30 Couples Come Dine with Me 05:25 Building the Dream 06:20 Beat the Chef 06:45 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems 07:05 Countdown 07:45 The Big Bang Theory 08:10 The Big Bang Theory 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 The King of Queens 09:30 The King of Queens 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Frasier 11:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:25 Channel 4 News 12:30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 13:30 Steph’s Packed Lunch 15:10 Countdown 16:00 A Place in the Sun 17:00 Chateau DIY 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker 22:00 Taskmaster 23:00 Complaints Welcome
08:05 PAW Patrol 08:20 Milo 08:35 Peppa Pig 08:50 Peppa Pig 09:00 Pip & Posy 09:10 Go Green With The Grimwades 09:25 The Adventures of Paddington 09:40 Circle Square 09:55 Ricky Zoom 10:10 Sunny Bunnies 10:15 Jeremy Vine 12:15 Shoplifters & Scammers: At War With The Law 13:15 5 News at Lunchtime 13:20 Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 To Be Announced 17:00 Bargain Loving Brits in the Sun 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 Eggheads 20:00 Autumn Gardening With Carol Klein 21:00 World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys 22:00 Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead 23:30 Casualty 24/7
00:15 Family Guy 00:40 American Dad! 01:05 American Dad! 01:35 Killer Camp 02:40 Hey Tracey 03:35 CelebAbility 04:15 Unwind with ITV 04:30 Teleshopping 07:00 FYI Extra 07:15 Secret Crush 08:20 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:00 Coronation Street 10:30 Supermarket Sweep 11:25 The House With a Clock in Its Walls 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Coronation Street 14:30 Coronation Street 15:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 16:00 Dress to Impress 17:00 Secret Crush 18:00 You’ve Been Framed! 19:00 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 The Emily Atack Show 23:45 Family Guy
00:05 Agatha Christie’s
Thursday 28th October 02:30 Climate Change on Trial 03:00 BBC News 03:30 100 Women Extra 04:00 BBC News 04:30 Click 05:00 BBC News 05:30 HARDtalk 06:00 BBC World News 06:30 World Business Report 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Morning Live 11:00 Dom Delivers 11:45 Expert Witness 12:15 Homes Under the Hammer 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One 14:30 BBC London 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Impossible 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 UEFA European Women’s Championship Football 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:30 BBC London 20:00 The One Show 20:35 EastEnders 21:00 Shop Well for the Planet? 22:00 Ambulance 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC London 23:35 Question Time
Channel 5
00:10 BBC Weather 00:45 Ashley Banjo: Britain 00:15 The 80s: Music’s in Black and White Greatest Decade? 01:35 The Long Call 01:15 Countryfile 02:30 Ideal World 02:15 Saving Lives at Sea 04:00 FYI Extra 03:15 Inside Culture with Mary Beard 04:15 Loose Women 03:45 This Is BBC TWO 05:05 Unwind with ITV 07:30 Dom Delivers 06:05 Tipping Point 08:15 Money for Nothing 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:00 Your Home Made Perfect 10:00 Lorraine 10:00 BBC News 11:00 This Morning 11:00 BBC News 13:30 Loose Women 13:15 Politics Live 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:00 Head Hunters 14:55 ITV News London 14:45 Eggheads 15:15 Antiques Roadshow 15:00 Bling! 16:00 Heir Hunters 16:00 Winning Combination 16:45 Born to be Wild 17:15 Back to the Land with 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase Kate Humble 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 ITV News London 19:00 Richard Osman’s House 19:30 ITV Evening News of Games 20:00 Emmerdale 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: 20:30 Heathrow: Britain’s It Takes Two Busiest Airport 20:00 Back in Time for School 21:00 Love Your Garden 21:00 Autumnwatch 22:00 The Long Call 22:15 Impeachment: 23:00 ITV News at Ten American Crime Story 23:30 ITV News London 23:15 Squeamish About... 23:45 On Assignment 23:30 Newsnight
Wednesday 27th October 02:50 Weather for the Week Ahead 02:55 Joins BBC News 03:00 BBC News 03:30 The Travel Show 04:00 BBC News 04:30 Panorama 05:00 BBC News 05:30 HARDtalk 06:00 BBC World News 06:30 World Business Report 07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Morning Live 11:00 Dom Delivers 11:45 Expert Witness 12:15 Homes Under the Hammer 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News at One 14:30 BBC London 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Impossible 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News at Six 19:30 BBC London 20:00 The One Show 20:30 The Bidding Room 21:00 The Repair Shop 22:00 Shetland 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:25 BBC London 23:35 Bump
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00:10 BBC Weather 00:45 Goodwood Members’ 00:15 Wildlife Meeting 01:55 Dementia & Us 01:35 The Long Call 02:55 Dementia & Us 02:25 Ideal World 03:55 Antiques Roadshow 04:00 FYI Extra 04:55 This Is BBC TWO 04:15 Cooking with the Stars 07:30 Dom Delivers 05:05 Unwind with ITV 08:15 Money for Nothing 06:05 Tipping Point 09:00 Gardeners’ World 07:00 Good Morning Britain 10:00 BBC News 10:00 Lorraine 11:00 BBC News 11:00 This Morning 13:15 Politics Live 13:30 Loose Women 14:00 Head Hunters 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 14:45 Eggheads 14:55 ITV News London 15:15 Antiques Roadshow 15:00 Bling! 16:05 Lifeline 16:00 Winning Combination 16:15 Heir Hunters 17:00 Tipping Point 17:00 Born to be Wild 18:00 The Chase 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 19:00 ITV News London 18:15 Pointless 19:30 ITV Evening News 19:00 Richard Osman’s House 20:00 Emmerdale of Games 20:30 Tonight 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: 21:00 Emmerdale It Takes Two 21:30 The Martin Lewis 20:00 The Hairy Bikers Go Money Show Live North 22:00 The Long Call 21:00 Autumnwatch 23:00 ITV News at Ten 22:00 Guilt 23:30 ITV News London 23:00 QI 23:45 The Jonathan Ross 23:30 Newsnight Show
Marple 02:00 Scott & Bailey 03:00 Man About the House 04:00 Teleshopping 07:00 Coronation Street 07:30 Coronation Street 08:00 Emmerdale 08:30 Emmerdale 09:05 Man About the House 09:35 Man About the House 10:05 George and Mildred 10:35 A Touch of Frost 12:40 Heartbeat 13:40 Heartbeat 14:45 Emmerdale 15:15 Emmerdale 15:50 Coronation Street 16:20 Coronation Street 16:50 A Touch of Frost 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Heartbeat 21:00 Vera 23:00 Scott & Bailey
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00:10 BBC Weather 04:00 BBC News 00:45 All Elite Wrestling: 00:15 The Ranganation 04:30 Panorama Dynamite 01:00 Frankie Boyle’s New 05:00 BBC News 02:30 Ideal World World Order 05:30 HARDtalk 01:35 Blair & Brown: The 06:00 BBC World News 04:00 FYI Extra 06:30 World Business Report New Labour Revolution 04:15 Wild China with Ray 02:35 Strictly Come Dancing 07:00 Breakfast 04:25 Strictly Come Dancing Mears 10:15 Morning Live 05:15 This Is BBC TWO 11:00 Dom Delivers 04:40 The Long Call 07:30 Dom Delivers 11:45 Expert Witness 05:30 Unwind with ITV 08:15 Money for Nothing 12:15 Homes Under the 09:00 Chris and Meg’s Wild 06:05 Tipping Point Hammer Summer 13:15 Bargain Hunt 07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Mortimer and 14:00 BBC News at One Whitehouse: Gone Fishing 10:00 Lorraine 14:30 BBC London 10:00 BBC News 11:00 This Morning 14:45 Impossible 11:00 BBC News 15:30 Garden Rescue 13:30 Loose Women 16:00 Escape to the Country 13:15 Politics UK 14:00 Head Hunters 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 16:45 Money for Nothing 14:45 Heir Hunters 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 14:55 ITV News London 15:30 Eggheads 18:15 Pointless 16:00 Antiques Roadshow 15:00 Bling! 19:00 BBC News at Six 16:45 Born to be Wild 16:00 Winning Combination 19:30 BBC London 17:15 Back to the Land with 20:00 The One Show 17:00 Tipping Point Kate Humble 20:30 A Question of Sport 18:15 Flog It! 18:00 The Chase 21:00 EastEnders 19:00 Richard Osman’s House 19:00 ITV News London 21:30 Richard Osman’s House of Games of Games Night 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: 19:30 ITV Evening News 22:00 Have I Got News for It Takes Two 20:00 Emmerdale You 20:00 MOTDx 20:30 Coronation Street 22:30 Mrs Brown’s Boys 20:30 Grand Tours of 23:00 BBC News at Ten Scotland’s Lochs 21:30 Midsomer Murders 23:25 BBC London 21:00 Autumnwatch 23:20 ITV News 23:35 The Graham Norton 22:00 Vienna Blood Show 23:30 Newsnight 23:50 ITV News London
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Channel 4 01:15 Murder Island 02:10 Taskmaster 03:05 Joe Lycett vs the Oil Giant 04:00 Dispatches 04:55 Unreported World 05:20 Couples Come Dine with Me 06:10 Building the Dream 07:05 Countdown 07:45 The Big Bang Theory 08:10 The Big Bang Theory 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 The King of Queens 09:30 The King of Queens 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Frasier 11:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:25 Channel 4 News 12:30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 13:30 Steph’s Packed Lunch 15:10 Countdown 16:00 A Place in the Sun 17:00 Chateau DIY 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:30 Unreported World 21:00 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 22:00 Gogglebox 23:00 The Last Leg
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00:15 Family Guy 00:40 American Dad! 01:10 American Dad! 01:40 Killer Camp 02:40 The Stand Up Sketch Show 03:10 The Stand Up Sketch Show 03:35 Don’t Hate the Playaz 04:15 Unwind with ITV 04:30 Teleshopping 07:00 FYI Extra 07:15 Secret Crush 08:20 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Emmerdale 10:00 You’ve Been Framed! 10:35 Supermarket Sweep 11:35 The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Emmerdale 14:30 You’ve Been Framed! 15:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 16:00 Dress to Impress 17:00 Secret Crush 18:05 You’ve Been Framed! 19:10 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Family Guy
00:05 Agatha Christie’s Marple 02:00 Scott & Bailey 03:00 Man About the House 03:25 Unwind with ITV 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Coronation Street 07:30 Coronation Street 08:00 Emmerdale 08:30 Emmerdale 09:05 Man About the House 09:35 Man About the House 10:05 George and Mildred 10:40 Agatha Christie’s Marple 12:40 Heartbeat 13:40 Heartbeat 14:45 Emmerdale 15:15 Emmerdale 15:50 Coronation Street 16:20 Coronation Street 16:55 A Touch of Frost 19:00 Heartbeat 20:00 Heartbeat 21:00 Doc Martin 22:00 Doc Martin 23:05 Scott & Bailey
02:55 Weather for the Week 00:00 BBC Weather 08:05 Mighty Mike 06:50 Kirstie’s Handmade 08:35 Pip & Posy 00:00 Family Guy 00:05 A Touch of Frost Ahead 00:05 Blair & Brown: The 08:10 Mighty Mike Treasures 08:50 Odo 00:30 American Dad! 03:00 BBC News New Labour Revolution 08:20 Mr.Bean 07:05 The King of Queens 09:05 Fireman Sam: Norman 02:05 Scott & Bailey 03:30 Talking Movies 01:05 Panorama 08:30 Mr.Bean 07:30 The King of Queens Price and the Mystery in the 00:55 American Dad! 04:00 BBC News 01:35 Who Do You Think You 08:45 The Tom and Jerry 07:55 The King of Queens Sky 01:25 Killer Camp 03:05 Man About the House 04:30 Click - Short Edition Are? Show 08:20 Mike & Molly 10:15 Meet The Experts 02:25 Crossing Swords 04:45 Newswatch 02:35 This Is BBC TWO 08:55 The Tom and Jerry 08:40 Mike & Molly 10:30 Brave Bunnies 04:00 Teleshopping 05:00 BBC News 07:45 The Dengineers Show 09:05 Mike & Molly 10:40 The World According To 02:55 Crossing Swords 05:30 Our World 08:15 All Over the Place 09:05 DC Super Hero Girls 09:25 The Simpsons Grandpa 03:20 Apocalypse Wow 07:00 George and Mildred 06:00 BBC News 08:45 Ricky Wilson’s Art Jam 09:15 DC Super Hero Girls 09:55 The Simpsons 10:50 Floogals 06:30 The Travel Show 09:00 Blue Peter 09:30 Scooby-Doo and 10:25 The Simpsons 11:00 SpongeBob 04:15 Unwind with ITV 07:00 Breakfast 09:30 Deadly 60 Guess Who? 10:55 The Simpsons SquarePants 07:30 George and Mildred 04:30 Teleshopping 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 10:00 Operation Gold Rush 09:55 Craig of the Creek 11:25 The Simpsons 11:15 SpongeBob 07:00 Totally Bonkers 12:30 Nadiya’s Family with Dan Snow 10:10 Craig of the Creek 11:55 The Simpsons SquarePants 08:00 Coronation Street Favourites 11:00 Hugh’s Wild West 10:25 ITV News 12:25 The Simpsons 11:25 Entertainment News Guinness World Records 13:00 Football Focus 12:00 The Earthshot Prize: 10:30 James Martin’s 12:55 Couples Come Dine On 5 Omnibus 07:25 You’ve Been Framed! 14:00 BBC Weekend News Repairing Our Planet Saturday Morning with Me 11:30 Tales From The Zoo: 14:10 BBC Weather 13:00 The Hairy Bikers Go 12:40 Ainsley’s Good Mood 13:55 Four in a Bed Talking Animals 07:50 Secret Crush 10:50 George and Mildred 14:15 Bargain Hunt North Food 14:25 Four in a Bed 12:25 Friends 08:50 Secret Crush 15:00 Escape to the Country 14:00 The World’s Most 13:40 James Martin’s Great 14:55 Four in a Bed 12:55 Friends 12:50 A Touch of Frost 15:45 Money for Nothing Extraordinary Homes British Adventure 15:30 Four in a Bed 13:25 Friends 09:55 Love Bites 16:30 A Question of Sport 15:00 The Vikings 14:40 ITV Lunchtime News 16:00 Four in a Bed 13:55 Police Interceptors 10:55 Dress to Impress 17:00 Final Score 16:50 Talking Pictures 14:55 The Addams Family 16:30 The Secret Life of the 14:50 The Italian Job 14:55 Agatha Christie’s 18:10 BBC Weekend News 17:35 Flog It! 16:55 You’ve Been Framed! Zoo 17:05 Addams Family Values 11:55 Dress to Impress 18:25 BBC London 18:25 Natural World 17:55 ITV Evening News 17:35 A Place in the Sun 18:55 5 News Weekend Marple 12:55 Take Me Out 18:30 BBC Weather 19:25 Dad’s Army 18:15 ITV News London 18:35 Kirstie and Phil’s Love 19:00 Our Yorkshire Farm 13:55 You’ve Been Framed! 18:35 Pointless Celebrities 19:55 Universe 18:30 The Chase: Celebrity It or List It 20:00 Robson Green: Coastal 16:55 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 19:25 The Hit List 20:55 Grand Tours of the Special 19:30 Channel 4 News Fishing 14:55 Step Up Revolution 20:10 Strictly Come Dancing Scottish Islands 19:30 Moneyball 19:55 Bismarck: 24 Hours to 21:00 The Nile with Sir 18:00 Midsomer Murders 17:00 Goosebumps 21:55 Blankety Blank 21:55 The 80s: Music’s 20:30 Catchphrase Doom Ranulph Fiennes 22:30 Casualty Greatest Decade? 21:30 The Cube 20:55 Britain’s Forgotten 21:55 The Madame Blanc 19:05 Harry Potter and the 20:00 Midsomer Murders 23:10 BBC Weekend News 22:55 Later ... with Jools 22:30 Spitting Image Wars with Tony Robinson Mysteries 23:25 BBC Weather Holland 23:00 The Jonathan Ross 21:55 The Great Wall 23:00 When Live News Goes Half-Blood Prince 23:30 Match of the Day 23:40 The Exorcist Show 23:55 World War Z Horribly Wrong 22:00 IT 22:00 Midsomer Murders The listings for the Costa Blanca People’s TV pages are supplied by an external company – we regret that any changes or errors are not the responsibility of the Costa Blanca People
Torrevieja U3A Craft Fair in aid of the Stroke Association
Torrevieja U3A will be holding its first ever dedicated Craft Fair on Wednesday 10 November.
will be only €5. Book early in order to ensure your place at the Fair.
The fair will be open to visitors from 11am until 3pm thus giving exhibitors plenty of time to arrive beforehand and set up their stalls and for visitors to browse at their leisure. It will be held in the grounds of the Los Angeles Restaurant in Torrevieja.
Anybody wishing to exhibit, or requiring further information, should contact the Social team by email on torreviejau3asocialteam@gmail.com.
Food and drink will be available on site from the restaurant facilities so why not come along and have a good day out. The fair will be open to all and sundry. You do not need to be a member of the U3A to be able to take part. The cost of a table to show your goods
All profits from the table hire will be donated to the Torrevieja U3A Presidents charity which is the local branch of the Stroke Association. Should anybody require more information about Torrevieja U3A, or wish to join the association, then there will be members circulating at the fair who will be able to assist. Alternatively, you can visit the website torreviejau3a. org where you can find out all that the U3A has to offer.
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00:35 Impeachment: American Crime Story 01:35 Land of Mine 03:10 This Is BBC TWO 07:30 Walks of Life 08:30 Britain in Bloom 09:05 The A to Z of TV Gardening 09:50 Countryfile 11:00 Landward 11:30 Best Bakes Ever 12:15 Drowning in Plastic 13:45 The Hairy Bikers’ Comfort Food 14:15 Songs of Praise 14:50 Points of View 15:05 Live: Women’s International Rugby Union 17:30 Live: Women’s FA Cup Football 20:00 Cornwall: This Fishing Life 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 The Ranganation 22:45 Dave 23:15 Dave 23:45 What We Do in the Shadows
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08:00 Mission Employable 01:05 Slaughterhouse Rulez 08:05 Mighty Mike 02:50 Hollyoaks Omnibus 08:10 Mighty Mike 04:50 Food Unwrapped 08:20 Mr.Bean 05:15 Couples Come Dine 08:30 Mr.Bean 08:45 The Tom and Jerry with Me Show 06:10 Building the Dream 08:55 The Tom and Jerry 07:00 Mike & Molly Show 09:05 Ninjago 07:25 Mike & Molly 09:15 Ninjago 07:50 The King of Queens 09:25 The Rubbish World of 08:15 The King of Queens Dave Spud 09:40 The Rubbish World of 08:40 The King of Queens Dave Spud 09:05 The Simpsons 09:55 Makeaway Takeaway 09:30 The Simpsons 10:25 ITV News 10:00 The Simpsons 10:30 Cornwall and Devon Walks with Julia Bradbury 10:30 Sunday Brunch 11:00 Love Your Weekend with 13:30 The Simpsons Alan Titchmarsh 13:55 The Simpsons 12:55 All Around Britain 13:55 ITV Lunchtime News 14:25 The Simpsons 14:05 Ninja Warrior UK 14:50 The Simpsons 15:10 Goosebumps 2: Haunted 15:20 The Great British Bake Halloween 16:50 The Secret Life of Pets Off 18:35 The Pet Show 16:35 Transformers: Age of 19:30 ITV Evening News Extinction 19:50 ITV News London 19:35 Channel 4 News 20:00 Family Fortunes 21:00 The Larkins 20:00 The Great British Dig: 22:00 Angela Black History in Your Back Garden 23:05 ITV News 21:00 Escape to the Chateau 23:20 Sorry, I Didn’t Know 22:00 Widows 23:45 Caught on Camera
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08:35 Pip & Posy 00:15 Family Guy 08:50 Circle Square 00:40 American Dad! 08:55 Odo 01:10 American Dad! 09:05 The Adventures of 01:35 Killer Camp Paddington 02:40 Peckham’s Finest 09:20 PAW Patrol 03:20 The Stand Up Sketch 09:40 PAW Patrol Show 09:55 Fireman Sam 03:45 The Stand Up Sketch 10:05 Meet The Experts 10:15 Brave Bunnies Show 10:25 The World According To 04:10 Totally Bonkers Grandpa Guinness World Records 10:35 Floogals 04:25 Unwind with ITV 10:50 Ben & Holly’s Little 04:30 Teleshopping Kingdom 07:00 FYI Extra 11:00 SpongeBob 07:15 You’ve Been Framed! SquarePants 11:15 SpongeBob SquarePants 07:40 Secret Crush 11:25 Entertainment News 08:45 Secret Crush On 5 09:35 Dress to Impress 11:30 NFL End Zone 10:35 Dress to Impress 11:55 Friends 11:35 Dress to Impress 12:25 Friends 12:35 Family Fortunes 12:55 Friends 13:35 You’ve Been Framed! 13:20 Friends 14:40 You’ve Been Framed! 13:50 Friends 15:10 Tim Burton’s Corpse 14:20 Cocoon: The Return 16:40 The Witches Bride 18:35 Beetlejuice 16:50 Harry Potter and the 20:25 5 News Weekend Deathly Hallows: Part 1 20:30 Mcdonald’s: How Do 19:35 Harry Potter and the They Really Do it Deathly Hallows: Part 2 22:00 A Year In Provence 22:00 Family Guy With Carol Drinkwater 22:30 Family Guy 23:00 Susan Hill’s Ghost 23:00 Celebrity Juice Story
02:30 Weather for the Week 01:05 Let the Right One In 00:40 Ainsley’s Good Mood 00:35 The Last Tree 08:05 PAW Patrol Ahead 08:20 Milo 02:25 2:22 02:55 Question Time Food 02:35 Joins BBC News 08:35 Peppa Pig 04:05 The Last Leg 03:55 Holby City 01:30 Ideal World 03:00 BBC News 08:45 Peppa Pig 05:00 Couples Come Dine 04:35 This Is BBC TWO 04:00 FYI Extra 03:30 The Media Show 08:55 Pip & Posy with Me 07:30 Dom Delivers 04:15 Motorsport UK 04:00 BBC News 09:05 Go Green With The 05:50 Building the Dream 08:15 Money for Nothing 04:30 Dateline London 05:05 Unwind with ITV 06:45 Kirstie’s House of Craft Grimwades 09:00 The Repair Shop 05:00 BBC News 09:20 The Adventures of 06:05 Tipping Point 07:05 Countdown 05:30 HARDtalk 10:00 BBC News 07:00 Good Morning Britain 07:45 The Big Bang Theory Paddington 06:00 BBC World News 09:35 Circle Square 11:00 BBC News 08:10 The Big Bang Theory 10:00 Lorraine 06:30 World Business Report 09:50 Ricky Zoom 13:15 Politics Live 08:35 The King of Queens 11:00 This Morning 07:00 Breakfast 10:00 Peppa Pig 14:00 Head Hunters 09:00 The King of Queens 10:15 Morning Live 13:30 Loose Women 10:10 Sunny Bunnies 09:30 The King of Queens 14:45 Eggheads 11:00 Dom Delivers 14:30 ITV Lunchtime News 10:15 Jeremy Vine 10:00 Frasier 15:15 Antiques Roadshow 11:45 Expert Witness 12:15 Shoplifters & 14:55 ITV News London 10:30 Frasier 12:15 Homes Under the 16:00 Heir Hunters Scammers: At War With The 15:00 Bling! 11:00 Frasier Hammer 16:45 Born to be Wild Law 16:00 Winning Combination 11:30 Ramsay’s Kitchen 13:15 Bargain Hunt 17:15 Back to the Land with 13:15 5 News at Lunchtime 14:00 BBC News at One Nightmares USA 17:00 Tipping Point 13:20 Bad Tenants, Rogue Kate Humble 14:30 BBC London 12:25 Channel 4 News 18:00 The Chase Landlords 18:15 Flog It! 14:45 Doctors 12:30 Find It, Fix It, Flog It 14:15 Home and Away 19:00 Richard Osman’s House 19:00 ITV News London 15:15 Impossible 13:30 Steph’s Packed Lunch 14:45 Neighbours 19:30 ITV Evening News 16:00 Escape to the Country of Games 15:10 Countdown 15:15 A Christmas Mission 16:45 Money for Nothing 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing: 20:00 Emmerdale 16:00 A Place in the Sun 17:00 Bargain Loving Brits in 17:30 The Repair Shop 20:30 Coronation Street 17:00 Chateau DIY It Takes Two the Sun 18:15 Pointless 21:00 Save Money: My 18:00 Four in a Bed 20:00 Iolo’s Pembrokeshire 18:00 5 News at 5 19:00 BBC News at Six 18:30 Come Dine with Me Beautiful Green Home 18:30 Neighbours 20:30 Mastermind 19:30 BBC London 19:00 The Simpsons 21:30 Coronation Street 19:00 Home and Away 21:00 Only Connect 20:00 The One Show 19:30 Eggheads 22:00 Joanna Lumley and the 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Bidding Room 21:30 University Challenge 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:00 UK’s Strongest Man 21:00 EastEnders 22:00 Blair & Brown: The NewHuman Swan 20:55 The Political Slot 21:00 The Motorway Cops: 21:30 The Goes Wrong Show Labour Revolution 23:00 ITV News at Ten 21:00 Dispatches Catching Britain’s Speeders 22:00 The Outlaws 23:30 ITV News London 23:00 Frankie Boyle’s New 22:00 24 Hours in Police 22:00 Casualty 24/7 23:00 BBC News at Ten 23:45 Britain’s ‘Virginity’ World Order Custody 23:00 Police Code Zero: 23:25 BBC London 23:00 999: On the Front Line Officer Under Attack 23:35 RuPaul’s Drag Race UK 23:30 Newsnight Clinics Uncovered
00:00 Family Guy 00:30 American Dad! 00:55 American Dad! 01:25 The Emily Atack Show 02:10 Plebs 02:40 Plebs 03:10 Don’t Hate the Playaz 03:55 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 04:20 Unwind with ITV 04:30 Teleshopping 07:00 Secret Crush 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 09:00 Emmerdale 09:30 Coronation Street 10:30 Supermarket Sweep 11:30 Dress to Impress 12:30 Secret Crush 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Coronation Street 15:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 16:00 Dress to Impress 17:00 Secret Crush 18:00 You’ve Been Framed! 18:30 You’ve Been Framed! 19:00 Catchphrase 20:00 Superstore 20:30 Superstore 21:00 Bob’s Burgers 21:30 Bob’s Burgers 22:00 Family Guy 22:30 American Dad! 23:00 Family Guy 23:30 Family Guy
ITV3 01:00 A Touch of Frost 03:00 George and Mildred 03:30 Teleshopping 07:00 George and Mildred 07:30 Emmerdale Omnibus 10:25 A Touch of Frost 12:35 A Touch of Frost 14:55 Agatha Christie’s Marple 17:00 Agatha Christie’s Marple 19:00 Endeavour 21:00 Joanna Lumley’s Hidden Caribbean: Havana to Haiti 22:00 Long Lost Family 23:00 Vera
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Sport for all Torrevieja town hall has launched a comprehensive programme of free fitness events for winter. The activities began at the weekend and continue right through to December. The programme is called “Sport and Health for All” and was presented by Councillor for Sport Diana Box alongside the manager of Vive Fit, Verónica Pedrosa The programme is a series of sports activities, completely free of charge, that will take place outdoors in places such as the natural pools of Paseo Juan Aparicio, the pedestrian streets of the town center, the Plaza de Encarnación Puchol de La Mata, the Paseo Vista
Alegre, the Plaza de the Constitution as well as the Park of Nations. The activities are aimed at people with different abilities and include zumba, pilates, salsa-bachata, fitness, jumping, gluteboom, yoga, spinning, and more. Councillor Box said that the programme is designed to be enjoyed by young and old, as a family, as a couple or an individual. The aim, said Box is to “reactivate the socialization of sport in pleasant open-air environments, as well as to boost commerce and hospitality in the environments where they will take place.”
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British expats on a mission to simplify Spanish wine Spain produces exceptionally good quality wine at more than affordable prices. But it can be difficult for expats to get their head around it all. With around 150 native grape varieties and terms like denominación de origen or carbonic maceration, it can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to choosing a wine. So, two British expats in Spain have taken it on themselves to make the whole thing much easier with the launch of a brand-new online wine store – Simply Spanish Wine. On the one hand, Simply Spanish Wine offers a carefully curated list of wines for sale which represent the different styles and regions Spain has to offer, and which give wine lovers in Spain access to affordable, high-quality Spanish wines. But it also acts as a learning resource. Through a series of articles, videos and more, Simply Spanish Wine aims to cut through the clutter and give people a basic understanding of Spanish wine so they can make more informed choices about which wines to buy and enjoy. The project is the brainchild of Matthew Desoutter and Ben Giddings. They each made their home in Spain many years ago and have been passionate about Spanish wine for just as long. But they realised that it’s not an easy world to get into, especially if you’re a foreign national here who doesn’t yet have a strong grasp of the language. “When you go into a supermarket,
you’re faced with lots of bottles of wine, but very little to help you choose.” Says Matthew Desoutter one the two cofounders. “You can look at the label, but unless you know what to expect from a certain grape, or how one area of the country differs from another, you can’t really make an informed choice.” “So, we decided to launch an online wine store and Facebook page that make it easier to choose a great bottle of wine. Instead of having a huge selection of mass-produced wines, we offer a focused range of craft wines from family-run vineyards. And our store is built around easy-to-understand resources that help our customers choose a wine that they are going to get the most out of.” His business associate, Ben Giddings, explains further. “We give people an overview of different grapes, we talk them through the characteristics of wine regions, and we explain a bit
about winemaking techniques like barrel ageing. But we try not to go over the top. We don’t want people to feel overwhelmed or talked-down-to. We want to keep it simple – hence the name.” “And the great thing is, it not only helps people get a better understanding of the wine they’re buying, but we think it also helps people feel more at home here. Five million foreign nationals are currently resident in Spain. By explaining a bit more about Spain’s finest product, we hope we’re helping them to integrate into the culture and feel like they have more of a foothold in this amazing country.” To find out more about the resources on offer and sample some of Simply Spanish Wine’s fantastic wines, you can visit the website at www. simplyspanishwine.com or follow the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ simplyspanishwine.
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Dolores hosts Ornithological Championship
The City Council of Dolores and the Ornithological Association of Torrevieja have organized the XVII Ornithological Championship of the Valencian Community. The event began on Friday 22 October and
continues until October 31. Located in the Multipurpose Building of the town hall, 5,200 specimens from all over Spain are expected to be displayed. Mayor
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South Pacific just weeks away
Studio32 Musical Theatre Company is pleased to announce that they are only weeks away from putting on the latest show South Pacific. A spokesperson told the Costa Blanca People, “It is hard to believe that rehearsals for this show started way back in January 2020, but due to COVID everything came to a halt.” Tickets for this show purchased in 2020 are still valid for the day shown on the ticket. Pictured are various members of the cast who play military personnel stationed on a South Sea Island during WWII. They don’t see much of the action so they are bored and have to involve themselves in various activities
to preserve their sanity. The show which will be staged at San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga Theatre, Wednesday 24thto Saturday 27th of November with the performances starting at 7:30pm. Reserved seating tickets are now on sale, priced at 10 euros and can be obtained by emailing tickets@ studiothirtytwo.org or by calling Philip on 602 617 848.
Hernández, stressed the importance of “celebrating this type of event in our municipality, given the great fans that exist both in Dolores and throughout the Vega Baja region. It is an excellent opportunity, also to make it known and encourage those who want to start in the world of ornithology. Also, given the great participation we expect, it will bring competitors and their families to the town, as well as fans who come to see the exhibition. This is always positive for our people.”
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Almost 200 Spanish food and drink products featured at Great Taste Awards It was a great year for Spain at this year’s Great Taste Awards, the UK’s largest and most prominent awards scheme for speciality food & drink. The black and gold logo has become synonynous with great taste and quality and as such, producers from all around the world put their products forward to compete. Established in 1993 by the Guild of Fine Food, the awards sees 10,000 products vying to win a coveted one-, two- or even three-star award. Every entry is put through a rigourous judging process manned by industry experts. T h e judging pool is made up of m o r e t h a n 4 0 0 experts (including chefs, food buyers, critics and retailers), who attend sessions held over the
course of several months. The majority of judging takes place at the Guild of Fine Food’s purpose built HQ in Dorset but this year also saw judging held in Belfast and at the Speciality Food Show in Harrogate as well as specialist test centres for tea and coffee. In terms of Spanish entries into this year’s awards, 196 products received star ratings in 2021 with a wide range of products recognised including pickled figs, gin, turrón, smoked paprika and anchovies. Fifteen Spanish products took home three stars – the awards scheme’s h i g h e s t honour. T h e s e included chestnut honey from Miel Camino de Santiago, s m o k e d C a n t a b r i a n anchovies from Conservas Catalina, liquid
Jijona turrón from Coloma García, Cantabrian anchovies in organic butter from Conservas MA Revilla, Riojan chorizo from Musgrave Retail Partners; gin from Mallorca Distillery, Equilater stout from Damm, and Cecina de León PGI from Embutidos Ferju. Over 60 products received two stars including olive oil, beer, honey, chickpeas, vinegar, marinated artichokes and acorn fed ham. Lastly, of the 120 one star winners, the following stand out: PDO saffron threads from Bealar, smoked paprika from Seasoned Pioneers, dark chocolate with orange and marigold from ZooteeK, gourmet extra virgin olive oil from Picualia, aged Manchego cheese from Alimentias, and pickled green figs from Brindisa.
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being sensible, but this has made us think. Any advice?
Our thirteen-year-old son has asked to attend a sleepover at his friend’s house. I have long suspected that our son may turn out to be gay, and I definitely have a feeling that his friend may not just be a ‘friend’, but a boyfriend or potential boyfriend. My son is saying that this boy is his chum, and it is perfectly normal. He has never indicated to my husband and I that
he likes girls, and has never shown any real attraction to women pop stars or celebrities. Plus, his parents will not be there on this particular weekend. We don’t have anything against being gay, but we feel we are being hoodwinked in this situation. We haven’t said no yet, but that we are thinking about it. We’ve always been fairly easy-going parents, whilst
There are a few red flags here to consider. The first one being that the boy’s parents will not be at home during this stay-over, and that would be my first concern. Secondly, as you suspect your son may be gay; if he were a girl, you wouldn’t allow her to go and stay with a potential boyfriend overnight, and definitely not without parents being there. Thirdly, as
there will be no adults there, there is the potential for a party to be held at the house, without you knowing; (we have been teenagers ourselves and are aware how things could turn out). So, most parents would advise you say no to this weekend, but agree to a scenario where the boy’s parents are present. Or you could say the boys can come and stay at your place, while his mum and dad aren’t there.
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Essential Health Checks
The most important health checks for wOmEn according to age The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends undergoing at least one full check-up every four years before the age of 40. In the case of women, it is also necessary to consider that your body goes through significant changes as you age, so the experts at QuirónSalud hospitals advise applying preventive measures that could be essential for your health. Stages of Women’s health During each stage, different factors need to be considered. Firstly, during their adolescence and twenties, “for women in this age group, it is important to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STIs), as well as unwanted pregnancies, because most women are already sexually active,” explains Judith Catalá Serrat, a physician specialised in General Medicine at Hospital Quirónsalud Alicante. Doctor Catalá notes that during this stage, “it is also important to assess the consumption of toxic substances and eating habits, as well as undergoing to gynaecological controls and early detection tests such as smear tests.”
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Between 30 and 40 Years of Age “At this age, programmed smear tests should continue, and women should get sonograms and mammograms if there is any finding during a physical examination,” states Doctor Yaquelin Popa,a Family Medicine Specialist at Hospital Quirónsalud Torrevieja. At this age, women should also undergo blood tests to assess whether they have anaemia, or alterations to the kidneys, liver, thyroid or cholesterol.”
Between 40 and 50: Taking greater Precautions Between the ages of 40 and 50, the age at which women can contract diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, premenopause and cervical or breast cancer, among others, so women should enter a new preventive phase, warn physicians. To do this, “they must undergo an adequate examination that includes measuring blood pressure, weight, and body mass index, as well as a skin analysis, in order to rule out possible pathologies or melanomas,”
explains Doctor Catalá. This is the age range at which we start screening programmes for breast pathologies with yearly mammograms, and we start to perform colorectal cancer prevention tests, taking a faecal occult blood test (FOBT) every two years. After 60 Hearing and eyesight problems are two of the issues to consider after women turn 60. In this case, the specialists at Quirónsalud hospitals recommend annual check-ups with the ophthalmologist and the ear, nose, and throat specialist. At the same time, women over 60 are in a risk group for contracting the flu, due to which vaccinating the patient every winter should be considered. This age range is also when women should undergo control tests to check for the existence of osteoporosis, and measure calcium and kidney function; likewise, gynaecological sonograms and mammary examinations are recommended in order to rule out diseases in areas such as the ovaries or the uterus.
Essential health checks for mEn over 45 years of age Medical check-ups are critical to health. These types of check-ups not only serve to know the state of our body, but also allow early detection of diseases that do not present symptoms. Another benefit of having regular check-ups is to prevent some diseases from becoming chronic, as well as increasing the chances of treatment and cure. Cardiovascular diseases, cancer and respiratory pathologies are the three main causes of mortality of Spanish men. In many cases, death could have been prevented if preventive care had been performed. While in adolescence the revisions related to sexual health (sexually transmitted diseases, infections…) in older men we focus more on bone, cardiovascular, digestive and urological problems. In this case, the specialists of Quirónsalud Torrevieja explain which revisions are essential for men from the age of 45.
Medical check-ups for men from the age of 45 • Prostate antigen test (prostate cancer) or PSA test. “Recommended every 2 years, except if there is a family history of prostate cancer, in these cases a check-up is advised more frequently,” explain experts from the urology service of Quirónsalud Torrevieja. • G a s t r o e s o p h a g e a l endoscopy. An annual test is recommended for those men who have reflux or other gastrointestinal issues. Recommended every 10 years, unless there is a family history of colon cancer. • On the other hand, the cardiology experts of Quirónsalud Torrevieja advise greater cardiovascular control and recommend performing a stress test and an echocardiogram. “Another point to watch from the age of 45,” the specialists emphasize, “is type 2 diabetes, since it is in this
period when this disease begins to manifest itself.”
5 tips to improve your health and quality of life Taking into account that cardiological pathologies are the main cause of death in men in Spain, experts insist that “hypertension and cholesterol controls should also be more exhaustive from the age of 45, since the risk is higher”. To avoid cardiological pathologies, the key is to lead a healthy lifestyle. Quirónsalud Torrevieja offers some simple tips to avoid this type of problem. • No smoking • Avoid alcoholic beverages • Exercise regularly • Maintain a healthy weight • Eat a balanced diet. Avoid processed meats and sugary drinks in favour of legumes, fruits, and vegetables. Applying these simple tips will improve your overall health.
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new sign to protect the vulnerable The General Directorate of Traffic has published an instruction defining the new warning sign for the danger of blind spots in passenger and freight transport vehicles. Its objective is to warn vulnerable users of the danger posed by being in any of these non-visible areas when they approach, in order to avoid risks. This sign is a first measure framed in a set of actions that are being adopted in the European Union to reduce the risk of accidents by improving the visibility of the driver in delivery vans, buses and trucks. The ultimate goal is to get a direct view of these drivers, but until advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) are incorporated into all vehicles, the option of signalling on the vehicle itself, alerting to the existence of blind spots can be useful to prevent accidents. The sign, whose placement is voluntary, affects passenger transport vehicles with more than 9 seats, including the driver, (vehicles of categories M2 and M3 according to the General Vehicle Regulations), and goods transport vehicles of categories N1, N2 and N3 and to waste transport vehicles in urban areas. The signs must comply with the design and technical requirements defined in the instruction, to ensure maximum durability and visibility. They must be marketed through authorised establishments that are registered as licence plate handlers. They shall be positioned so that they are visible in all circumstances and in such a way that they cannot obstruct the visibility of the vehicle’s regulatory plates and inscriptions, the visibility of
the various lights and signalling devices and the driver’s field of vision. The instruction details the number of signs to place and the position depending on the vehicle. Major reasons The reasons that have led the General Directorate of Traffic to create this new sign have been the following: In 2020, 153 pedestrians, 134 motorcyclists, 21 bicycle users and 7 personal mobility vehicle users died on urban roads, of which a high percentage of accidents with fatalities and serious injuries occurred among vulnerable users and commercial and heavy vehicles. Change in urban mobility and therefore in road safety: Increased mobility for pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycles and new forms of mobility such as VMP in cities. Increase in the traffic of commercial and heavy vehicles due to the growth of logistics activity, electronic commerce deliveries, which in some cities reaches 25% of the circulating vehicles. The aging of the population. 70% of the pedestrians who died in the city were over 65 years old. It is in line with similar initiatives in the process of being implemented in other European countries such as France, the London Metropolitan Area, and various states of Germany. It is a first measure of a set of actions under study that are being analysed both at the European level, in Spain
and in local administrations, to reduce the risk of accidents by improving the space and the quality of the driver’s vision in commercial vehicles. Collaboration between administrations and the private sector The creation of this sign has been the result of work between administrations, since from the first moment, there were several municipalities such as Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza and Logroño and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB), -supramunicipal administration of the metropolis of Barcelona, which is made up of 36 municipalities - that have worked together with the DGT to design the sign. The involvement of these municipalities in reducing the accident rate in their cities has led them to commit to placing the vulnerable protection sign, when it is marketed, in their fleet of public service vehicles. To begin with, the Barcelona City Council will implement it in approximately 2,199 vehicles, AMB in another 800; the Madrid City Council in 2,600 vehicles, the Zaragoza City Council in more than 600 and the Logroño City Council in another 79 public service vehicles. In parallel, it has also been working with UNO (Logistics and Transport Business Organization) CITET (Innovation Centre for Logistics and Freight Transport) and AECOC (Association of Manufacturers and Distributors) for the implementation of this sign and for other actions to be carried out shortly in relation to the urban distribution of goods.
Tyre Safety Checks we Can All Do Tyres are arguably one of the most important elements of a vehicle, however they are often so easily neglected, despite the abuse they can face on a regular basis. They are worn down through normal use, must withstand heat and cold and are often bashed by potholes and kerbs, it is no real surprise that they can become easily damaged. It is for that reason that we must educate ourselves to pay more attention to our tyres, so that we can get the best out of them, and the safest driving experience possible. It is important that our tyres have sufficient tread to enable them to maintain contact with the road surface in any weather conditions. The grooves in the tyres are used to displace surface content to ensure the tyres grip the road, and so it is only if there is enough of a gap for that surface material, water for example, to go into that the tyres remain efficient. The minimum tread depth of a tyre is 1.6 millimetres across the central ¾ of the tread around the complete circumference of the tyre. Many vehicle manufacturers recommend replacing at 3 millimetres. At 1.6 millimetres in wet weather it takes an extra two car lengths (8 metres) to stop at 50 mph than if your tread was 3 millimetres. Over or under inflated tyres will cause uneven wear and so the tread might also be uneven, possibly deeper on one side than the other. We can and should check the tyres on a regular basis to ensure that they are at their optimum inflation and with consistent tread. We need to get close to the tyre and look at each one of them
separately. Firstly, we can feel around each tyre with our hands, including the sides, feeling for anything that doesn´t seem correct, such as bubbling or even items protruding from the tyre. It is possible for example for a tyre to contain a nail, but the nail is plugging the hole it has made and so deflation can be terribly slow, despite this potentially dangerous situation. As we look around each tyre, we should also check the tread. If the tyre is under inflated, then there may be more wear towards he edges of the tyres. If a tyre is over inflated there could be more wear in the centre. As we work our way around the tyre, we should also look within the tread pattern for ridges between the tread. These are called the Principle Grooves and are indicators of tyre wear. We should check each tyre individually, including the spare, to make sure that the tread wear is consistent and sufficient. We should also check the tyre pressure, although we may have to go to a local service station to do this. Most modern vehicles have a plate stuck to them, often on or near the door, which indicated the optimum pressure under normal driving conditions. If not, you might have to check your manual. You should always check tyre pressure when they are cold. The tyres themselves also contain a series of numbers and letters which reveals a wealth of technical information. The tyres your vehicle is fitted with are registered on your ITV card, although you can change them for another size with a tolerance up to 3% from the size you have on your ITV card. If you look at the side of the tyre
you will see a sequence which looks something like this sample, “195 / 55 R 16 87V”. Here, “195” refers to 195 millimetres, the nominal section width of the tyre. “55” is 55%, the aspect ratio, representing the height of the tyre sidewall as a percentage of the nominal section width, i.e., in our case, 55% of 195mm. “R” stands for radial construction. “16” is the diameter of the tyre´s inner rim, this time in inches. “87” is the load capacity of the tyre. “V” indicates the maximum permitted speed. Another code stamped onto the tyre reveals the month and year of manufacture. For example, a code “4108” indicates that the tyre was manufactured in week 41 of the year 2008. There are many cheap tyres on offer for sale which, when you look closely, might well be incredibly old tyres. This is something to be very conscious of, especially as the recommendations are that tyres should be replaced at least every 5 years, so you might not be aware that you are replacing your tyres with those already older than the recommendation. Because of the importance of tyres and the functions they perform, it is always worthwhile spending that little extra effort, time and even money to ensure they are correct. Garages will be able to check your tyres for you, if you have any doubt, and can recommend any remedial action you might need to take. However, it is also crucial that we each perform the basic checks mentioned here on a regular basis, at least monthly and every time before a long journey to ensure our vehicles are safe and at optimum performance for fuel efficiency.
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Halloween Punch
2l cherry juice Peel from 3 oranges , pared with a vegetable peeler 1 thumb-sized red chilli , pierced a few times but left whole 3 cinnamon sticks 10 cloves 6 slices ginger Dracula’s fangs sweets (available from sweet shops), to serve, optional For an alcoholic punch (optional) 200ml vodka , or 25ml per glass
STeP 1 Tip the cherry juice, orange peel, chilli, cinnamon sticks, cloves and ginger into a large saucepan. Simmer for 5 mins, then turn off the heat. Leave to cool, then chill for at least 4 hrs, or up to 2 days – the longer you leave it the more intense the flavours. If serving to young children, take the chilli out after a few hours. STeP 2 When you’re ready to serve, pour the juice into a jug. Serve in glass bottles or glasses and pop a straw in each. If you’re adding vodka, do so at this stage. Dangle a fangs sweet from each glass.
Easy Halloween cookies 150g butter, softened 50g caster sugar 100g light brown soft sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 large egg 250g plain flour ¼ tsp baking powder 100g milk or dark chocolate chips
together with an electric whisk until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and egg and beat again to combine. Stir in the flour and baking powder with a wooden spoon until you have a stiff dough, then fold in the chocolate chips.
STeP 2 Divide the dough into 20 pieces and roll into balls. Arrange on the prepared baking sheets, well spaced out so there’s space for spreading (you may need to bake them in batches). Press the tops of the cookies down very slightly using the palm of your hand or the bottom of a glass. STeP 1 Heat the oven to 180C/160C Bake the cookies for 10-12 mins fan/gas 4, and line two baking until golden around the edges, sheets with baking parchment. then leave to cool on the baking Beat the butter and sugars sheets for 10 mins. Transfer to To decorate 60g dark chocolate, melted 60g royal icing sugar, mixed with 2 tsp water 20 Maltesers 5 cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies 10 caramel-filled chocolates
wire racks and leave to cool over the eyes to create pupils. completely. If you like, decorate the bodies with the royal icing. STeP 3 To make the spider cookies, lay 10 of the cooled cookies out in front of you. Spoon the melted chocolate into a piping bag and the royal icing into another, then snip off the ends using scissors. Pipe a dot of royal icing onto the back of two Maltesers, and arrange these onto one of the cookies to create the head and body of the spider. Repeat with the remaining nine cookies and the rest of the Maltesers. Pipe eight spider legs around the bodies of the spiders using the chocolate. Pipe two small dots of royal icing onto the heads to create eyes, then pipe very small dots of chocolate
STeP 4 To make the bat cookies, lay the remaining 10 cookies out in front of you. Separate the cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, and carefully scrape the cream filling off the chocolate cookie pieces. Cut the chocolate cookie pieces into semicircles using a small serrated knife. Stick a caramelfilled chocolate onto the middle of each cooled cookie using the royal icing, then use a little more to stick a chocolate cookie semicircle on either side of the chocolates to make the bat wings. Pipe eyes onto the chocolates using the royal icing and melted chocolate.
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Healthy Halloween stuffed peppers 4 small peppers (a mix of orange, red and yellow looks nice) 25g pine nuts 1 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil 1 red onion , chopped 2 fat garlic cloves , crushed 1 small aubergine , chopped into small pieces 200g pouch mixed grains (we used bulghur wheat and quinoa) 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste Zest of 1 lemon Bunch basil , chopped STeP 1 Cut the tops off the peppers (keeping the tops to one side) and remove the seeds and any white flesh from inside. Use a small sharp knife to carve spooky Halloween faces into the sides. Chop any offcuts into small pieces and set aside.
STeP 3 Squeeze the pouch of grains to break them up, then tip into the pan with the tomato paste. Stir for a minute or two to warm through, then remove from the heat and add the lemon zest, basil and pine nuts.
STeP 2 Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan for a few mins until golden, and set aside. Heat the oil in the pan, and heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Cook the onion in the oil for 8-10 mins until softened. Stir in the garlic, pepper offcuts and aubergine and cook for another 10 mins, until the veggies are soft. Add a splash of water if the pan looks dry. Season.
STeP 4 Fill each pepper with the grain mixture. Replace the lids, using cocktail sticks to secure them in place, and put the peppers in a deep roasting tin with the carved faces facing upwards. Cover with foil and bake for 35 mins, uncovered for the final 10. The peppers should be soft and the filling piping hot.
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domestic appliance repairs A launch event took place for the Women’s Handball Wold Cup which is set to happen in Torrevieja, one of four host cities, in December. The event saw the introduction of the mascot “Lola” who will visit all the local schools and will be present at each of the matches between December 1st and 19th. The event was attended by several important handball players from a number of age categories and in a novel addition, a backwards countdown to the start of the event was lit.
The event drew to a close with speeches by the councillor for sport Diana Box and the president of the Spanish Handball Federation Francisco Blázquez García, who was presented with a commemorative plaque and finally a speech by the mayor of Torrevieja Eduardo Dolón, who thanked all the associations and people who have made it possible that the world cup is held in Torrevieja, a huge coup for the town.
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Busters Golf Society October 2021 monthly report
Lee Barber memorial Trophy Our venue for this month was at an old favourite of ours, Alto Real golf course, we teed off just before 11:00 in perfect weather conditions. Alto Real has recently relayed their greens but they were all ready to play on, today the tees were well back making the course more difficult, after having a coffee then paying in we were all ready to go, the sun was shining what more could we want. After our game we returned to our sponsors bar Little Leias in Quesada for a few beers and sandwiches that Ian had laid on for us, onto our presentation, nearest the pins were on the fifth hole our new member Nick Monks the eighth was taken by Liam Clarke, and the seventeenth being won by Rob Ashman all received a bottle of wine,
we had three players sharing the two’s pot they were Phil Harris, Liam Clarke, and Peter List, Peter also won our soccer card by selecting Middlesbrough, in third place losing on countback was Joe Sheehan who also received a bottle of wine, Joe lost to Phil Harris who had a better back nine and took home bottles of red and white wine, but our winner on the day was Andy Rawlings receiving a bottle of Vodka and having his name added to our shield also his name has been added in our hall of fame on the society web site. If you are interested in joining our small friendly society (it’s free) please contact me at bustersgolfsociety@ hotmail.com stating your phone number, and handicap. Barry grinsell secretary
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TALES FrOm THE TOP FLiGHT n CHRIS DARWEN
LiVeRPOOL 5 - 0 MAn UTD
Not if a resurgent Arsenal have anything to do with it. It’s only fair to give Arteta a bit of praise given how much he gets kicked when Arsenal lose - they were very good against Villa and reminded us of a very clear Premier League fact; no matter how good a leader Tyrone Mings is, it does not hide from the fact he is not an international class central defender.
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“To never really be wanted, to feel that people wanted me to fail, to read people constantly saying I would fail, that I was useless, a fat waste of space, a stupid, tactically inept cabbage-head or whatever. And it was from day one.” Steve, my dear fellow, we’ve all felt like that. Last week was the week that the career of Steve Bruce came to an end as the new Newcastle board decided they wanted a failed Luton Town manager to guide them through the next three matches rather than endure another minute of Bruceyball.
West Ham continue to look like the second-best team in London. Fresh from another win and clean sheet in Europe, David Moyes’ men outplayed Spurs and fully deserved their 1-0 win. Harry Kane was close enough to Michail Antonio’s winner to fully appreciate the predatory instincts - but maybe he could have tried stopping him?
Bruce exits stage left, leaving us with one of the finest post-sacking quotes ever uttered - whilst totting up the millions he will have been paid off.
Brentford put on another good home show but came away beaten for the second game in a row at their shiny new stadium. Youri Tielemans thunderclapped home the opener before James Maddison nicked the winner for an ever-improving Leicester.
We’ll get on to how the Magpies got on against Palace as we have several more interesting things to get through before that. It was a quiet afternoon at Old Trafford, for example. Four Liverpool players pouncing on Pogba to create their 5th against United was the picture-postcard of the two clubs in this current Premier League era. Pogba came on at half-time to try and stop United getting further embarrassed. Pogba was sent off in the 61st minute. Was it wrong to smirk when Ronaldo’s “consolation” (if there can be such a thing when you are 5-0 down at home to your biggest rivals in 50 minutes) was disallowed by VAR? Probably, but still. Mo Salah helped himself to another hat-trick, making Luke Shaw and Harry Maguire look like they’d be better off in Norwich’s defence than United’s. £80m on United’s captain doesn’t look like the best money spent right now. When Harry met Salah, the perfect Sunday evening movie especially around Halloween. Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer has to be on borrowed time now, surely. Especially now Steve Bruce is available. Surely he cannot survive losing 6-1 to Spurs at home last season and then this against Liverpool? October is a month to avoid at OT, you’d think. Still, you have to
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applaud him for going to five at the back in an effort to preserve their 5-0 deficit. Manchester United - the absolute opposite of a team greater than the sum of its parts. Several Chelsea fans were concerned heading into the Norwich match minus Romelu Lukaku (no goal in ages) and Timo Werner (hardly prolific since he joined). Naturally, the Blues clicked into gear and stuck 7 (SEVEN) past the Canaries who, after two clean sheets in a row ahead of their trip to the Bridge, looked like rabbits in Mason Mount’s headlights. Mount helped himself to three and Ben Chilwell showed both Lukaku and Werner how it is done with yet another goal. Even Callum Hudson-Odoi, a player who Tuchel is hoping can put in another 249 decent performances in a row now, played and scored.
Peppy G’s lot were equally classy, given they were playing a team that won’t be finishing bottom of the table in Brighton. City went south and won 4-1, racing into a three-goal lead at half-time. Credit to Potter’s team, though. They had a real go themselves but weren’t helped by a bad day in the goalkeeping office for Robbie Sanchez. At Selhurst Park, Graeme Jones’ Newcastle were so bad even Christian Benteke scored. Fortunately for the new owners, they do have a decent striker in Callum Wilson who levelled things up with a proper overhead kick. Possibly the best performance of the match came from the Palace fans, though - with that banner. Things are coming together much quicker for Wolves than Leeds this season, but El Loco’s men got a late equaliser from the spot to keep them out of the relegation zone. Could
Villa look a little bit lost under Dean Smith right now in the post-Grealish era. A lot of money has been spent replacing their former skipper and it’s all feeling a bit washed down the sink at the moment. Danny Ings might have scored a couple so far, but if you’re going to play him in central midfield he won’t score many more. Chelsea’s U23s got a fine point at home to Burnley who, equally crazily, saw their Ivory Coast international score twice. Football has changed, right? Livramento and Broja, both formerly of the Chelsea parish, scored Southampton’s goals leaving Sean Dyche wondering what might have been had they bought a couple more like Maxwel Cornet in the summer window. The biggest shock of the weekend came up at Goodison Park. Here’s the deal, Rafa. People will accept the unadventurous football most of the time because you tend to keep it out of your own net pretty well. But losing 5-2 at home to Watford? That’s only going to remind people you used to manage another club in the area, isn’t it?
Elche CF Jekyll and Hyde
On Saturday 23rd Elche CF were back on their home turf where they faced Barcelona based Espanyol. Although only a couple of places separated the two teams in the table, Espanyol were the feeling confident after their 2-1 win against Real Madrid. The first half was a joy for the Elche fans. Elche were confident, comfortable and consistent, dominating play, possession and passing accurately. It seemed that the team had once again clicked, and were playing great football. After Lucas Boyle robbed the ball from a sleeping defensive David Lopez, he turned and covered the 15 yards undefended before finding the back
of the net in the 34th minute. Elche CF maintained their command until the half time whistle. Moreno made 3 changes to his Espanyol team as they emerged from the changing room. This was a pivotal decision which drastically changed the game. Elche CF lost all ability to play and it was like watching a completely different side. The visitors took advantage and scored two goals within two minutes. The celebrating Espanyol fans, the first time that the away zone has been occupied since covid, could be heard throughout the Martinez Valero. Escriba responded with several changes, bringing on Benedetto, who converted a lucky deflection in front of goal to even up
the scoreline. Then followed a festival of opportunities for both sides during which both keepers skills were tested and neither were found wanting.
Elche CF finished the weekend in 14th place, only 4 points off the relegation zone and 11 points behind the leading team, Real Sociedad. The Franjiverdes will travel to the Basque Country to play relegation zone placing Alaves on Tuesday evening before facing Real Madrid at home on Saturday 30th for a 2pm kick off.
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