Costa del Sol 15 - 21 November 2012 Issue 1428

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Harsh reality

THE Costa del Sol today (Thursday) will begin to count the cost of yesterday’s General Strike. As this picture of striking workers in

Marbella shows, the harsh reality of present life in Spain is at times a sad one!

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TV fraud case THE Fuengirola local television fraud case has seen a new sentence handed down. The exhusband of the accountant who diverted €40,000 from the publicly-owned corporation has been found guilty as an accomplice.

Humanitarian aid

Unkindest cuts

EVICTIONS have built the first bridge between the PP and the PSOE since the 2011 elections. A police union will support officers who call in sick rather than eject mortgage defaulters from their homes. Now it remains for the villains of the piece to play their part and it looks as though the banks might do so.

Not from shame, but to protect their reputation.

Such as it is.

SPAIN’S regions face the biggest spending cuts they have yet experienced. Soon it will be apparent whether regional pride expressed as nationalism is genuine or opportunist. Local and regional politics have traditionally been regarded as permission to mint money but the big-spending days are over. Can all that regional pride and passion survive the new ordeal of penury? Or will it turn out to be cupboard love?

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Taxi problems TURNOVER from Estepona taxi cabs decreased by 50 per cent during October due to the heavy rains, the increasing number of fake tax drivers and several hotels temporarily closing, Estepona Radio Taxi company has reported.

AN office giving legal assistance and practical information to those affected by flooding has been reopened in Cartama. Its services will be available from 11am-2pm until January at the town hall.

FLASHBACK: Christmas in full flow last year, but October has seen shops begin the 2012 festive build-up.

40 days left, and counting down

School plea

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UST 40 days are left until Christmas.

Shop shelves and window displays have been increasingly festive in recent weeks, and with the number of shopping days remaining now down to a mere 33 - plus perhaps the bonus of some Sundays by some stores - the countdown is clearly under way.

Whether the big celebration is on December 25, or January 6 for the Spanish who tend to identify more with Three Kings, family budgets are always squeezed at this time of year.

But on the plus side with the dire economic woes ongoing, many stores fighting for their

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AROUND 20 homes in the town of Arriate, near Ronda, were flooded after heavy rains saw more than 50 litres per square metre fall in halfan-hour.

Lunch boost

Flood help

A NEW €7 million hotel is to be opened in Malaga city centre.

The same hotel chain recently opened the three-star Itaca Hotel on Fajardo Street.

Ronda rains

INVESTMENT in Research and Development grants will be cut by 20 per cent to €800,000 at Malaga University next year, due to government budget cuts.

MEMBERS of the Malaga PP party will visit the site of the ongoing works on the Health Centre for Special Diseases (CHARE) in Cartama, which was scheduled to open in early 2012 by the Andalucian Government.

New hotels

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Uni budget

Centre delay

PARENTS of students from Mario Vargas Llosa Primary School in Marbella have urged the Andalucian Government to get on with building the new premises.

Students have been studying in prefabricated classrooms for the past three years.

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I can’t believe that banks bailed out by the government won’t even answer the phone.

This is why we ordered the withdrawal of €1.5 million of City Hall funds from Bankia.’

Santa Cruz de Tenerife Mayor Jose Manuel Bermudez

tills to ring continue to offer special discounts to attract extra business, with these set to remain in the festive build-up.

“I will not have money to spend on many extras this Christmas with a tight family budget, and rising electricity and other costs following the VAT increases,” said local expatriate mother Lisa Stewart.

“But by adding odd extras to the food cupboard over the next four or so weeks there will be some extra treats along with a few presents. Also I will save money this year by not sending as many cards, using the internet to greet friends back home in England,” added Lisa.

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Iberia airline staff members may be fired and pilots’ salaries could be cut by up to 47 per cent, according to plans submitted by the company to the trades unions.

BUSINESS lunches held every month at the Marbella Tourist Initiatives Centre (CIT) – gathering representatives from 450 member companies – are to be sponsored by Unicaja Bank.

Bye, sea centre THE Centre for Endangered Sea Species Care (CREMA) in Malaga may be closed by the Andalucian Government next year, due to budgetary cuts.

Leisure card APPLICATIONS can be made for the Citizen’s Card in Benahavis until January 31, 2013.

Cards are available for €10 or €20 depending on the sport or leisure activities involved.

and finally...

A CANCER study conducted by the Barcelona Biomedical Research Institute has proved successful in preventing the spread of colon cancer in cases where a tumour had been previously detected.

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Getting back to normal as Costa counts cost of strike

By Dilip Kuner THE Costa del Sol will today (Thursday) get back to normal while counting the cost of Spain’s General Strike.

Workers, the unemployed, teachers and students yesterday (Wednesday) took to the streets as the Costa del Sol found itself amid keen support for the national strike call.

Whilst many businesses stayed open some workers eager to report for duty found themselves faced with skeleton commuter services. Many bus services were cut and trains between Malaga and Fuengirola were running once an hour, one third of the normal service.

But air travellers fared better with few local flights cancelled, though national figures given out at midday reported 700 flights grounded.

Whilst schools remained open

STRIKERS: Union pickets.

SYMPATHISER: José Miguel Lopez, with his father Miguel Lopez. many children were left with reduced lessons when teachers joined the strike, and some school transport was cancelled when supervisors failed to report for work.

But for many life carried on as normal. Most shops and

supermarkets remained open on the Costa del Sol and while in Marbella some strikers carrying placards tried to make shops shut, National Police stepped in to move the protestors on. Two hundred people gathered in the city’s Plaza de los Naranjos before

moving on to La Cañada shopping centre to carry on their protest, and to picket in the car park.

Yesterday’s strike came just eight months after the last Spanish General Strike on March 29. It coincided with General Strikes in Portugal, Malta, Cyrus, and Greece, and was called by unions to protest at austerity plans in the face of the present economic crisis.

Union Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) said there was ‘no other option’ to the strike call, while the Union General de Trabajadores (UGT) stressed that people should not be ‘afraid to lose a day’s pay’ because the issues at stake nationally were more important. In some places the two main unions were joined by smaller sector alliances, as well as by student and residents’ groups.

In Fuengirola the CCOO organised a small demonstration in front of the town hall.

Striker José Miguel Lopez, 27, said: “The people are suffering because of the actions of the rich.

That is why I am on strike. Why should we pay for other people’s greed? It is very difficult for the young people today. I am lucky I have a job. Many do not have the chance.”

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Reducing plane noise AIRPORT management company Aena has almost completed its €13.8 million plan to soundproof 830 homes near Malaga Airport.

They are currently working on the last 34 properties.

Busy office UP to 649 consultations were recorded during October at Fuengirola’s Foreign Residents Department, which saw an average of 20 people every day.

Coast Law BEACH bar association representatives from Costa del Sol and Costa Tropical voiced their opinions on the upcoming Coastal Law at a meeting with the Environment Ministry.

Abuse advice THE 12th Gender Violence Prevention Day will be held at the Bil-Bil Castle in Benalmadena, next Wednesday at 9.30am.

Attendees will receive legal information.

Skyfall against 300 for Mamma Mia, but now we are down to about 150 a day. That is still good, though,” said

Arbos. He added that the 300-seat theatre showing the Bond movie had been sold out several times.

286 medical negligence cases reported on the Costa del Sol COURTS in Malaga Province have dealt with or are investigating up to 286 cases of medical negligence so far this year.

Malaga Medical Association reports that most of the cases were filed in civil courts

(‘juzgado de lo civil’), but some went to criminal courts (‘juzgado de lo penal’).

Though it may seem the contrary, not all cases are a consequence of medical malpractice but some have been filed only because the patient was

THE Andalucian Gastronomy Foundation, which has been promoting regional cuisine in Andalucia since 1999, has been phased out by the regional Tourism Board.

MORE than 5,000 birds will be exhibited for the 27th Andalucian Bird Competition in Fuengirola’s Palacio de la Paz, starting today (Thursday) until this Sunday.

Entrance is free.

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CROWD PULLER: Daniel Craig as James Bond.

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Bond breaks records JAMES BOND has left Mamma Mia shaken, and possibly a little stirred, after becoming the expatriates’ favourite movie.

Long queues formed as Skyfall played to packed houses at Fuengirola’s CineSur and easily over took Mamma Mia’s previous attendance record.

Delighted manager of the 12screen complex, Javier Arbos, said: “In my eight years here it has been the best supported movie. And it is the British who want to see it. More people have seen the movie in its original language than in Spanish.”

He added that in its first 10 days more than 5,000 people saw the film in English, beating the previous best of 3,000 who viewed Mamma Mia. “We were averaging 500 a day for

FLASHBACK: Storms left the galleon stranded.

Galleon to set sail

THE galleon which ran aground near the port of Marbella is to be transported to Sotogrande (Cadiz) to be repaired. The 35-metre-long ‘La Grace’ was initially transferred to Estepona.

However, mechanical problems made it impossible for the port’s crane to haul the 100 tonne-ship.

being whimsical or was unsatisfied with the service – the association

said – and they need investigation.

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GUARDIA CIVIL officers sailed to the rescue of four crew who were spotted aboard a brokenmasted yacht.

Having been alerted by a sailor in Benalmadena port that the yacht was in danger of capsizing, the Guardia’s Maritime Service sent a patrol boat and launch to help.

They found the crew clinging to the mast but unable to put it upright because of the strong winds just south of Torremolinos.

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Money for animals is pilfered away THE President of the shelter in Torremolinos which was closed for culling animals allegedly spent

almost €376,000 on shopping and holidays.

The Guardia Civil have revealed that between 2008 and 2010, this amount, which should have been destined for the upkeep of the shelter and animals, was spent on trips abroad, hotels, gym fees, shopping, restaurants, driving lessons, car expenses and spa treatments, the local press has reported.

Carmen Marin, who is now charged with animal abuse, was arrested in 2010 for allegedly killing more than 2,865 animals, using low amounts of euthanasia drugs which caused them unnecessary

suffering. She and her family allegedly used the money paid to the shelter for these reasons and others which have not yet been discovered.

It has also been revealed that the president sub-let a building which had been granted to the animal association for its headquarters. From 2005, a private citizen opened a restaurant there and paid more than €38,000 in rent, water and electricity.

This money was not paid into the association’s accounts and the money for electricity was allegedly kept by the president, as the bills were already paid by the town hall.

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Driver freed from dangerous truck FIREFIGHTERS had to anchor a truck that was in danger of toppling onto houses in the Sierra de Mijas.

Only then could they free the driver who had been trapped in his cab when the truck left the road and lodged precariously on a steep bank leading to the Mijas La Nueva urbanisation.

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School uniform complaint A MALAGA woman has reported her daughter’s school because it admonished her for wearing sports attire every day.

The woman has made a formal complaint to a Malaga Court against the headmistress and

pedagogical coordinator for Secondary Education at the Santa Teresa Academy.

She claims her daughter, who was a pupil there in 2010, was a victim of assault, coercion and abuse of authority for wearing leggings and shorts with her school tracksuit.

BISCUITS have been scientifically proven to taste better when dunked in tea – according to TV chef Heston Blumenthal.

The tea experiment features in the third episode of new Channel 4 series Heston’s Fantastical Food.

Alien ears BBC bosses told Professor Brian Cox that he could not attempt to listen to a newly-discovered planet on the TV show Stargazing Live in case aliens breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines.

Red faced TWO robbers faced an embarrassing wait to be rescued after they leapt 20ft down an embankment in a bid to avoid arrest, only to find themselves stranded on a riverbank. The pair had to wait half an hour until West Midlands Fire Service rescued them.

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Influx of British tourists expected for 2013 season ANDALUCIA has high expectations for British tourism next year.

This follows their participation at the World Travel Market in London.

British tourists are expected to stay more nights in 2013, according to Jose Carlos Escribano, president of the Costa del Sol Hoteliers

Assocation.

This summer International tourism to Spain was up by 6 per cent, with the British making up nearly a third.

Meanwhile, Tenerife is also happy with their numbers of British visitors.

The island expects to end the year with 1.6 million Britons.

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Translation now by phone EXPATRIATES using Malaga city’s Carlos Haya hospital will get translation services by phone, starting on December 1.

They will be available all day long, all year round, and in 46 different languages, including the most spoken in Europe.

It is expected by the Andalucian Health authorities that €130,000 will be saved every year with this measure.

Since 2009, a team of seven professional interpreters provided more than 34,500 in-person translation services in six languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Moroccan Arab and Italian.

NEW SERVICE: Soon available.

The service was limited to Monday-Friday 9am – 2pm, but not at weekends and holidays.

During the period between early 2009 and last October, English was the most required language - 73

per cent of the cases – followed by Arab, German and Mandarin Chinese. Around 64 per cent of the patients who asked for translation services came from Malaga province. Most of the times, services were provided in Emergency Health centres.

There are four health centres under the umbrella of Carlos Haya Hospitals in Malaga city, including: the General Hospital (at Carlos Haya Avenue), the Women and Children Hospital (Arroyo de los Angeles Avenue), the Civil Hospital (Civil Hospital Square) and the CARE Jose Estrada Emergency Hospital (Manuel Agustin Heredia Avenue).

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Malaga peak snow topped THE first snows of the season in Malaga province were spotted on La Maroma peak. This is the highest spot – 2,068 metres - in the Sierras Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park, in the Axarquia region.

The temperature drop, heightened by the strong winds last weekend made the rainfall turn into snow flakes. Most of the snow had melted, at press time, but it may be back again if the weather gets worse.

Snow has not fallen here since last May.

Snow drifts in to set up ski season SNOW has fallen on the Sierra Nevada with two weeks to go before the skiing season opens.

Between 10 and 15 centimetres of snow fell in the Borreguiles and Veleta districts. That is enough to have let workers start preparing the pistes for the planned December 1 opening.

Now local shops, businesses and hotels have started getting ready for what they hope will be a busy season.

Pedro Rodriguez, of the Kenia Nevada hotel said: “It is very good

ALMOST READY: It is hoped that the season ahead will be a busy one. weather now. It is cold and we have had some snow, so we are in a good

Two Costa del Sol hospitals nominees THE Hospiten and USP Hospitals in Estepona and Marbella, respectively, are running as nominees for the 2012 ‘Premio TOP 20’ awards. This is the second nomination in a row for the Marbella health centre.

Estepona’s Hospiten Hospital is being nominated for the ‘Best Safety Area for

Patients.’ Marbella’s USP Hospital may get the award for the ‘Best Global Hospital Management.’

The awards are given by IASIST, a company that specialises in health information services.

Among the nominees, 60 are Social Security run centres and 14 are private centres.

position for the opening. We need just a little more snow and then it will be perfect. There is not enough snow to ski now, but by the end of the month it should be very good.”

He added: “It is definitely better than last year. We are looking forward to a good season.”

Workers have also been clearing 10 cm of snow from the Andalucia and Pradollano squares and hauling it to the slopes for use. With more snow being collected from gulleys to prepare the hard base for the pistes, the slopes look set to open on time.

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Dutch treat planned for Mijas WHITE village Mijas is hoping for a huge boost to tourism after a planned visit by 400 Dutch and Belgian travel agents.

Famous for its beautiful views, cobbled streets and donkey taxis, the municipality already hosts 10,000 tourists a year from the Benelux countries, said councillor for tourism Santiago Martin. Now he is hoping the visit by Thomas Cook agents could multiply the number of visitors.

The agents, due to visit on Saturday, November 27, will be treated to free tapas and wine in Mijas restaurants, and will be taken on tours of the town by donkey taxi. The hope is they will push Mijas as a destination.

This is a unique opportunity to boost the Mijas brand in The Netherlands and Belgium.

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All day, every day shopping AS Malaga city may be officially named a ‘High Tourism Affluence Area,’ shops will be free to open 24 hours, all year round.

The Andalucian Government is considering the application by the Malaga City Hall, asking for this special condition for an area that includes 1,200 shops and five shopping centres, including: El Corte Ingles, Muelle Uno, Vialia, Centro Comercial Larios and Malaga Plaza.

The regional government has a deadline - January 15, 2013 – to make a decision. If positions between the two parts are close enough, this could be brought into force before deadline. Otherwise, changes may be considered.

“Boosting trade will be both appealing for tourism and good for economic development,” Mayor Francisco de la Torre said. “I believe there are synergies. I believe opening a large shopping centre helps the small and medium business. The results have been positive in regions where similar plans were put in place,” he said.

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Latest rains hit Cartama and Alhaurin de la Torre hard

Estacion was inoperative for most of the day last Friday.

In the town of Alora, around 50 countryside areas were isolated for many hours. The same happened to neighbours living in the stretch between Antequera and Alora.

Evacuations were also carried out in Alhaurin de la Torre’s Santa Amalia area, with 14 people rescued as the Guadalhorce River water levels rose.

Although there were no reports of serious damage in the area between Alhaurin el Grande and Coin, the private COLLAPSED: The private bridge. bridge which leads to the property of one Also in Cartama, a woman and her son British resident collapsed due to the force were evacuated and taken to a hostel by of the water. the Red Cross services. And the road The 83-year-old told EWN, “I can no connecting Cartama town to Cartama longer get in or out via the bridge. Luckily there is another exit, but that is only any good if you are on foot. I don’t know how my granddaughter is The 15th century building bad weather. Residents fear going to get her car off the has been neglected by that it may collapse. property. It was parked authorities and its The tower was last here when the bridge degradation has been renovated in 1796, according collapsed. It’s a good thing accelerated by the recent to reports. no-one was hurt.”

HEAVY rains yielded more than 50 incidents in Malaga region last week. Most of them were home floods, landslides and i water pools 0n traffic roads.

Areas suffering most damages were the Guadalhorce and Abdalajis Valleys, especially the towns of Cartama and Alhaurin de la Torre.

According to the Weather Office (Aemet), between 1am - 8am last Friday, 40 litres per square metre were recorded in Manilva, 37 in Fuengirola, 31 in Malaga Airport and 26 in Ronda and Estepona.

In Cartama’s Doña Ana neighbourhood, house owners refused to evacuate their buildings as recommended by the safety authorities. Instead, they built small walls with bricks and materials they had been storing for these eventualities.

Watchtower needs urgent repairs RESIDENTS are urging for the urgent repair of the historic Torreguardiario Torre Vigia watchtower near Sotogrande.

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New Year party ban FOLLOWING the Halloween disaster in Madrid in which four youths died Mijas town hall has banned end of year parties from any municipal premises or land.

And the council will not give permission for the occasional use of property for commercial parties that does not meet safety standards.

Juan Carlos Gonzalez, councillor for industry at Mijas said the aim was not to ban family and private functions as long as they were not publicised or tickets being sold.

“A restaurant or nightclub in operation will have no problem, but parties will not be permitted in tents or in bullrings”, he added.

The councillor warned that Mijas employees would be keeping an eye open for publicity about illegal New Year parties.

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New Euro notes will be harder to forge NEWLY designed Euro notes are to be introduced from next May. The notes will make ‘life as hard as possible’ for counterfeiters, with three security features: Watermark with a portrait, hologram with a portrait and an emergency green number.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has ruled the first note to be introduced will be the €5, with the €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500 following later, and all in their same main colour.

The €500 notes - nicknamed the Bin Laden because they are so hard

Kyla Ella and Connor Crump. to find - will be the last to be changed and an increasing number

of people want them totally removed from circulation.

It is estimated that 80 per cent of operations carried out with €500 notes in Spain - where 70 per cent of the money circulating is in €500 notes - are fraudulent.

The new series features a portrait of Europa - a figure from Greek mythology - in the watermark and in the hologram.

The design for the new €5 note will be revealed on January 10, with all new notes introduced gradually, and old notes introduced 10 years ago being removed gradually.

Hipodromo losing out on funding MIJAS Town Hall has asked the tax minister to do something to stop the Costa del Sol Hipodromo not getting all the funding it should be

getting from the horseracing pools lottery.

It is getting less than half its allotment and could face closure, says the town hall.

Racetracks included in the Quiniela Hipica pools lottery are supposed to receive €80,000 per race held at their facilities as their share of the revenues from the Quiniela and television rights for the races says Mayor Angel Nozal.

Under the current system, the money is given by the state lottery

office to the Zarzuela racetrack in Madrid which then distributes it to the other tracks.

“We receive less than half; €39,000 for some races and €35,000 for others,” said the mayor in a letter to tax minister Cristobal Montoro.

The rest is retained by Zarzuela to “cover its own deficit,” he said.

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Stories making headlines from Germany

Top awards WITH a total of 255 restaurants, Germany has surpassed its top number of restaurants awarded with Michelin guide stars.

Coffee tax STARBUCKS café chain has not paid federal income taxes since it started operating in the country back in 2002, a report by Reuters said, which was denied by the company.

Lucky slip A BANANA skin slip stopped a 39-year-old man from Bochum when he was about to stab his wife, court sources told Bild newspaper.

She believes CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel publicly spoke about her faith for the first time: “I believe in God and religion is my constant companion,” she said in a video blog.

So corrupt FORMER treasurer of the Brandenburg Green Party Christian Goetjes admitted in court he stole more than €200,000 from the party’s accounts and spent it on prostitutes.

Teen horror RONDA: Close to being officially recognised.

UNESCO World Heritage site… soon THE town of Ronda is closer to being officially named a UNESCO World Heritage site. Ronda’s town hall has been provided a report by the Andalucian Government, stating the guidelines for successfully receiving this award.

Among their suggestions, Ronda should point out its historical and architectural authenticity, quoted by the poems from Czech writer Rainer Maria Rilke. The Romantic bandolier figure and the bullfighting are other symbols Ronda should use.

A YOUTH aged 19 was sentenced to 10 years in prison as he stabbed an elderly woman to death in Bielefeld, wearing a Halloween latex horror mask.

Bunny escape A RABBIT jumped out of a compost bin in Görlitz when it was opened. “It would have died a miserable death,” an animal rights centre told Die Welt.

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Goldfinger case coming to court THREE of the main suspects in the Goldfinger case will appear in court tomorrow (Friday). Two of them are lawyers of the Diaz-Bastien & Truan Marbella firm that managed Sean Connery’s businesses while he and his wife were living in Puerto Banus until the late 90s.

The suspects’ declarations will be linked with a report by the Spanish Tax Administration Agency.

Investigations will go deeper into the different tax inspections that unveiled tax fraud irregularities on the sale of the Marbella villa owned by Connery and his wife Michelle Roquebrune, and the subsequent construction of 70 apartments.

It is estimated by the Tax Agency that the whole operation produced €53 million in benefits for the 20 people involved.

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Singer involved in money laundering case was broke SPANISH singer Isabel Pantoja had debt problems before meeting former boyfriend and Marbella Mayor Julian Muñoz.

Her economic situation got worse

as she then bought two more properties, a ‘Malaya’ money laundering case investigator said.

In fact, an employee of the bank that issued the mortgage of

one of these properties in Marbella’s La Pera urbanisation declared in court that she had not paid for two years, specifically since January 2007.

Both Isabel Pantoja and Julian Muñoz, as well as seven other people including Muñoz’s ex-wife Maite Zaldivar, are involved in the Malaya case.

In a court appearance, the money laundering police specialist said it was Maite Zaldivar’s brother, the one who gave the instructions for evading €890,000 to Swiss accounts.

The story of the Malaya case was depicted in a fiction series for Spanish television, dedicated to the life of Isabel Pantoja.

In a recent parallel sentence, television producers RTVE have been fined €18,000 for implying in the series that a Marbella town hall worker had leaked information to the BAD SMELL: Up to two full-loaded dumper trucks were used for the cleaning. defendants.

Man suffering Diogenes syndrome saved A SMALL house in Estrecha de Las Lagunas Street, Mijas, was cleared as his owner was believed to be suffering from Diogenes syndrome. Local police officers found hundreds of kilograms of waste piled up inside the building.

Police officers as well as firemen and members of the Health and Welfare services helped with the cleaning. The 71-year-old owner was finally taken to an elderly centre, where he was given clean clothes.

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€0 for public investment but no debt FUENGIROLA will not invest a single euro from public funds in 2013, Mayor Esperanza Oña has announced.

However, this does not mean that projects won’t be carried on, as there will be funds from other public administration sources, but no private companies will be involved. Moreover, the budget adjustment plan set to be passed in December will see all town hall debts gone, Oña said.

The mayor stressed that these measures will make it possible for the current administration staff to keep their jobs.

However, she admitted ‘the share of investment in public services will be stretched’.

Prescription fraud arrests in Marbella TWO chemists and a pharmacy worker in Marbella have been arrested on fraud charges.

Twenty-three doctors have also been implicated in the alleged fraud which involved bogus prescriptions for medications billed to the public health system and then sold on the black market.

The amount of the fraud amounted to around €500,000.

A Marbella court ordered the investigation in October last year after the regional government’s inspectorate of pharmacies raised the alarm.

A high volume of sales of the drug Rubifen at a chemist’s shop in San Pedro de Alcantara was detected.

Rubifen is used to treat hyperactive children and the

PRESCRIPTION FRAUD: Pharmacy workers and doctors implicated. usage was much higher than the national average. When the

Families at risk get help MARBELLA Town Hall is to give up to €20,000 to families whose homes face seizure, as they cannot afford their mortgage payments.

They will be housed in a town hall-owned apartment and their rent paid for three months. The town hall has also arranged for food to be donated to Ser Humano Association by several municipal market businesses.

Guardia Civil were called in to investigate, they discovered this was not the only drug involved.

There were also high sales of cancer-related drugs known to be used by athletes to enhance performance.

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Pro-smoking restaurant to get a reduced fine THE Marbella steakhouse owner who defied the Tobacco Ban Law in January 2011 is to get a reduced fine of €6,000 instead of the original €84,000.

When the law was first applied, he allowed smoking in his restaurant, saying he would never remove the ‘smoking allowed’ signs.

A local court ruled initially that he was guilty of a ‘serious infraction’, but the Andalucian High Court recently lowered it to a ‘major infraction’.

One of the reasons taken into account for this new sentence was the economic hardship the owner had suffered, as he was forced to temporary close his business, which he ran with a staff of 16.

Dangerous dogs

SOCIAL AID: “We are trying our best to soften the situation of unprotected families,” Mayor Angeles Muñoz said.

A FUENGIROLA dog census has revealed there are 385 dogs from potentially dangerous breeds registered in the town.

They include Rottweilers, pit bulls, dogo argentinos, Staffordshire bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Dobermanns, amongst others.These dogs must be kept on a lead at all times when in public and their owners must have civil liability insurance of €175,000.

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HE Grill at the Marbella Club opened in October 1962 as a small and exclusive fine dining restaurant which served the best meat for miles around.

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Stage star set to shine in Marbella ON Wednesday 21st November, West End star Shona White will be giving a gala concert at the Marbella Club’s glamorous Champagne Room to celebrate The Grill’s 50th anniversary. She will be performing classics from a range of musicals from Broadway and the West End, sprinkling theatre magic on the proceedings.

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Danger on death bend A DISASTER is waiting to happen on the notorious La Cala curve, say local residents after a lorry crossed the central barrier and narrowly missed a packed bus.

“What are they waiting for?” asked Francisco Sepulveda, President of La Cala Neighbours Association, which has been demanding action on this dangerous bend of the A7 in Mijas Costa since 2009.

“For a lorry to crash into a Portillo bus? For 50 people to die?” he added.

In the last fatal crash, on September 12, a lorry crossed the central barrier colliding with a van and car. The lorry driver was killed and the drivers of the other vehicles injured.

But it could have been much worse as just metres away was the Fuengirola–Marbella bus filled with passengers.

Now the residents’ association, backed by Mijas Council, has written again to the government and roads authority demanding a definitive solution to the problem.

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CONSEQUENCES: Owner of the car involved in the Mijas accident got trapped inside.

These measures, according to Sepulveda, could include improved banking and compulsory purchase of land so the bend can be straightened.

“The problem is that the curve is poorly laid out. The radius of the curve is such that it causes lorries lose their balance,” he

added. And that makes the bend one of the most dangerous points for articulated lorries in Spain, according to Mijas Town Hall.

So far this year there have been 13 serious incidents, one death and numerous injuries at the blackspot between Km199

and Km201 on the A7.

Mayor of Mijas Angel Nozal has called for action similar to the roadworks which improved the once even more dangerous El Faro bend. In the short term he would like to see speed cameras installed to try and slow down traffic.

€38m to be shared among Malaga’s small towns MALAGA towns with populations under

Caught with hands full LOCAL police arrested three Romanians who allegedly tried to walk away with €825 worth of goods from a supermarket without paying.

The officers were called to the LIDL store in Calahonda when the two men and one woman tried to push three trolleys laden with bottles of whisky and spirits, cosmetics, razors, soap, and nine boxes of prawns through a service exit.

25,000 can apply for a grant. Up to €38 million will be specifically distributed to these town halls by Malaga’s regional government in 2013.

This is 40 per cent higher than this year’s allocation in the same aid plan.

Public works (roads, schools, hospitals, etc) will be addressed by 63 per cent of the investment.

The remainder will be used in different areas including tourism policy, cultural activities, sport and leisure, and local festivals..

There are a total of 101 municipalities in Malaga Province, out of which 12 have a population of more than 25,000 inhabitants.

SWEDEN – A woman was found dead in the Ore Lake in Furudal, after her car crashed on a bridge over the lake and sank around 15 metres to the bottom.

New tunnel DENMARK – A new 27,000 million kroner (€3,620 million) port tunnel designed to reduce traffic congestion was approved in Copenhagen by the city council.

Chief goes SWEDEN – The director of the national Counter-Terrorism Cooperative Council resigned, saying the government ‘retains a structure from the Second World War’.

US ally NORWAY – Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg congratulated Barack Obama on his US election victory, saying he was looking forward to co-operating for another four years.

Nordic share DENMARK – Defence Minister Nick Hækkerup signed an agreement with Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland whereby they will share war planes.

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Travel editor on sex charges A COSTA DEL SOL journalist has been charged with sex offences, including 18 against children.

Mike Souter, travel editor for a leading English language newspaper in southern Spain, has a home in La Cala and an apartment in El Faro.

He lives locally for about half the year and spent time in El Faro last month before returning to the UK with plans to attend the World Travel Market in London.

He was at one time an officer with the Costa Del Sol Press Club.

A former BBC Norfolk presenter, he has been charged with 18 offences relating to boys, plus an offence against a man and one against a woman.

His residential address released by police in the UK was given as Loddon, in Norfolk, where he has a home.

Local police said the offences date back to between 1979 and 1999 in Norfolk.

Fifty-six-year-old Mr Souter, a former presenter for BBC Radio Norfolk, is due to appear in court in the UK on November 30.

In a statement, he said it is the third time that police have investigated the alleged offences “which I strenuously deny and will vigorously defend.

“On both previous occasions, the Crown Prosecution Service advised against making charges.

“It has taken Norfolk police nearly 20 years and two years in the current investigation to get to this stage using methods that are now subject to a judicial review in the High Court.

“For that reason, plus the fact I have now been charged, you will understand I cannot go into detail.

€7.5m upgrade plan for the Costa del Sol ACCESS to beaches all along the Costa del Sol will be upgraded for the upcoming summer season. An

ambitious €7.5 million plan will be set by the Qualifica Consortium, which gathers the main tourist

towns and businesses under the same umbrella.

The intention is to start the works as soon as possible, so visitors are not bothered during the summer, the Andalucian Tourism and Trade Councillor Rafael Rodriguez said.

The share of investments in the Plan Qualifica is distributed as follows.

Torremolinos will be awarded €900,000 and Fuengirola €949,000. The Santa Ana beach accesses in Benalmadena will get €878,000 for repair.

The three beaches in CHEERS: Benalmadena Tourism Councillor Adolfo Fernandez seen with Mijas-Costa will be given ABTA’s John McEwan. €1.05 million, while for the full repair of the three Marbella beaches the consortium will invest €1.58 million, the largest share.

Besides this schedule of THE British and Russian tourist Magazine, which can be found on works, four additional markets are the main targets of board in all European flights by tourism programmes with a Benalmadena Tourism Board. the British airline company. total €900,000 budget have Loyalty campaigns will also be set “We are very satisfied with our been announced by the up in Germany and Portugal. results during the WTM. I would Malaga Government. For Representatives visited the World especially underline the meeting example, €200,000 will be Travel Market tourism trade show with John McEwan, head person invested on promotion and in London. of the ABTA Association of British technological support for Among the agreements signed, Travel Agents. We have really private tourism companies.

Benalmadena will be featured in strengthened our relations with The remaining €200,000 all editions of Thomas Cook Travel the UK”, said the local mayor. will be used to support new tourist products.

Tourist promotion intensified for UK and Russian markets

Collective art exhibition MORE than 20 different artists show their best works in the free ‘Este o Este’ collective exhibition. Everyone is welcomed to visit it at Alhaurin el Grande’s Municipal Library, in the town centre, until January 10. Artists include Paco Aguilar, Rafael Alvarado, Robert Harding, Margaret Harris, May Herman and Ernst Kraft.

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Left babies A BOX in which parents can leave their babies anonymously without any legal risk has opened in the maternity department of Kirishi’s hospital.

Manslaughter AT least six people died, at press time, after a man aged 30 opened fire on his work colleagues in a Moscow office which is part of pharmaceutical company Rigla.

US elections PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin congratulated US President Barack Obama on his reelection, while Prime Minister Medvedev said he was pleased Romney did not win.

Minister fired DEFENCE Minister Anatoly Serdyukov was fired in connection with a corruption scandal, President Putin announced. Moscow Governor Sergei Shoigu was appointed in his place.

Happy b’day RUSSIAN billionaire Vladislav Doronin was congratulated on his 50th birthday with a luxury party in India, organised by his girlfriend, the supermodel Naomi Campbell.

ART SUPPORT: The exhibition is organised by the Culture Council.

If you want to feed pigeons, think again PEOPLE feeding stray animals and pigeons in the streets of Malaga will be fined. Not picking up a pet’s poo from the ground will also be charged with a €75 to €500 fine.

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These are some of the new rules passed by the local board in Malaga city, in order to avoid unsociable behaviour.

Rules also mention the ‘inadequate use of public

areas,’ the regulations say.

In this sense, those who ask for sexual services may be fined up to €1,500, while prostitutes will be fined up to €750 whenever they offer their

services.

However, prostitutes will be able to commute their sentence by attending courses and doing probation services for the community.

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Family aid UP to 30 families with under 18-year-old children have received economic support by the Fuengirola town hall, so far this year.

Sports city BURNT OUT: The area will hopefully soon be back to green.

Back to life for Mijas mountains REFORESTATION of the Mijas Mountains burnt after the August blazes are finally starting.

The town hall is investing €150,000 on hiring forestry experts and on the purchase of 13,000 plant seeds.

Volunteers from Riviera del Sol and Calahonda urbanisations, the La Cala

women’s association and various parents groups are working closely with experts.

Everyone is invited, no matter if they are a member of an NGO, an association or just a concerned citizen, Mijas Environment Councillor Carmen Marquez said.

The town hall expects the first operations to start this Saturday 17 November.

Burlesque in Banus AN adaptation of the Moulin Rouge is sashaying its way to Marbella.

On Tuesday, La Sala will host a charity evening in their Private Dining Room, where members of the Marbella Dance School will entertain.

The evening will include a welcome glass of cava, a threecourse menu and the Moulin Rouge show.

Tickets are €40.

Big winners TEN lottery ticket winners in Torremolinos were given €35,000 each. The lucky ones had bought the ONCE lottery tickets in Carrefour Costa Sol shopping centre.

Bye to chairs

Photo news COME WHAT MAY: Marbella Dance School can-can.

Golden monkey Bioparc star THREE golden-cheeked gibbons are being taken care of by Bioparc Fuengirola zoo. This is a pioneering action in zoos for reproduction of this endangered species. Last year, only three broods have been born in captivity in the whole world.

Visitors can admire this beautiful ape species for a special €10.50 ticket fee.

ESTEPONA was officially appointed European Sports City 2013 by the EU Parliament, acknowledging their wide sport premises offer.

Mayor Jose Maria Garcia was given the award in Brussels.

A MASSIVE removal of chairs and tables is expected, as a third of bar terraces in Malaga’s El Palo and Pedregalejo areas are estimated by the Trade Council not to meet the local regulations.

History spot THE 16th century Spanish Armada will be on the spotlight today (Thursday) in a history conference at Fuengirola’s Casa de la Cultura, 8.30 pm, free entrance.

Hospital halt

UNIQUE: The only successful breeding of goldencheeked gibbon in Spain was ‘Ares’, born in Bioparc, Fuengirola in 2005.

EXPANSION of the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella is being halted by conditions imposed by the town hall, the Andalucian Health Council said.

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Damage by works CONSTRUCTION company OHL will be investigated and probably sued by the Marbella Town Hall.

The public authorities are suspicious the A-7 carriageway tunnelling works done

by OHL in the San Pedro de Alcantara area led to damages in street furniture.

Up to 15 waste bins, 44 park benches, eight drinking fountains, 76 street lamps and 115 trees are believed to be harmed by the carriageway works, a report by the town hall says.

Technology hub and hotels join agreement

HOTEL representatives on the Costa del Sol will enhance their technological knowledge and acquire new professional skills under a new cooperation agreement with the Andalucia Lab technology centre.

Members from the Costa del Sol Hotel Businessmen Association (Aehcos) will carry out a string of activities, including workshops, conferences and research programmes.

The aim is to optimise resources in the hotel business industry, applying new technologies and specialised knowledge. For example, they will be taught how to maximise their internet reputation and public profile, so this will include managing social networks, mobile phone solutions, web analytics and 2.0 sales channel management.

“Most hotels in the Costa del Sol run their own website enabling online room booking. The first step is done, so now we have to look ahead towards new sales channels, the social networks and phone solutions,” President of Aehcos Jose Carlos Escribano said.

GREEN ACTION: The Old Town of Marbella gets ready for tourism.

He added that applying new technologies is one of the three main priorities for PRUNING of the parks and gardens town hall set several weeks ago. hotel businesses, along in Marbella Old Town is being done Other actions include painting with corporate social by town hall operatives. This is part walls, repairing streets and responsibility and job hiring of the ‘Embellece’ Plan that the embellishing decorations. promotion.

Marbella gardens get a ‘trim’

Drivers choose old bangers over new in economic crisis FOUR second-hand cars were sold for every new vehicle last October.

Ownership transfers were carried

out for 170,757 used cars, a 29 per cent increase. The year’s total rose to 1,322,980 and if second hand sales

An Italian end THE 26th edition of the Malaga Jazz Festival ended last Saturday with two live concerts at the Teatro Cervantes.

It was an evening with Italian flavour, as swing singer Gino Paoli and piano player Danilo Rea were the leading artists. The Javier Denis’ Andalusi Trio then put the icing on the cake with a mix of jazz and Arab-Andalucian folk.

continue at this rate they could reach 1.6 million by the end of December.

In 2007, as the economic crisis made itself felt, sales were evenly split between new and used cars.

DUET: Danilo The average age of a Rea has used car in Spain will reach played the 9.4 years by the end of the year although the number piano with of cars over 10 years old is Gino Paoli for increasing, dealers said. five years on Sales grew by 39 per cent their ‘Due in October, but private come noi transactions accounted for che…’ show.

57 per cent of the total.

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Metro claims MORE than 1,000 claims for damages mainly in homes and businesses – have been made to the Malaga Metro managing companies, out of which 20 per cent were accepted.

Bicycle hit A 16-year-old was brought to the Carlos Haya hospital Intensive Care Unit in Malaga, as he was hit on the head after falling from his bicycle in Pinares de San Anton.

School drugs UP to 269 cases of drug distribution near schools have been reported to the authorities in Malaga province during this year’s first nine months, meaning a 40 per cent increase.

Drink back RESIDENTS reported street drinking in Malaga City’s Plaza de la Merced and surrounding streets, although it has been banned since 2009.

Safety web A WEBSITE launched by the Malaga City Hall publishes updated information on what the different safety authorities do.

Visit: www.seguridadma laga.eu.

British favourite places BOTH Andalucia and the Balearics are expected to be the favourite destinations for British tourists next year. According to managing director Manuel Butler from Tourespaña, these two regions are in a privileged position for benefiting from the estimated growing demand for Spanish holidays in Britain.

The reasons behind this are believed by Butler to be the recovery in British economy, as well as the lowering demand in competitors like Tunisia and Egypt, after the Arab Spring riots.

“It is not only that the British economy is healthier, but the appreciation of the Pound and the prices in Spain,” Butler said.

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Madrid Arena admitted too many people TOO many people were admitted to the Madrid Arena mini-festival which claimed four lives in a crowd-surge last month, police confirmed.

Only 9,600 entrance tickets were issued, organisers Diviertt later claimed. Investigators now believe 19,600 were sold for the Halloween electrohouse concert featuring American DJ Steve Aoki, sources revealed. A further 3,000 people gatecrashed the event and many jumped turnstiles when the Aoki began his act, they said.

Around 23,000 people were crammed into an installation authorised for 10,660. Most were on the ground floor although the public was supposed to be distributed uniformly throughout the Madrid Arena building’s three floors.

El Prado budget cuts not a pretty picture CASTELLON airport has not received one passenger since opening in March 2011 but receives better funding than El Prado.

The Madrid art museum, which houses one of the world’s best

collections, has been allocated only €11.2 million for 2013 compared with €17 million for the Valencian Community airport.

He was shocked when El Prado’s allocation was slashed

Market research improves FED-UP with the copious bazaars selling the same old products? Look no further than the crafts market in the marina of Sotogrande on Sundays from 10am - 2.30pm.

The stalls showcase figurines, jewellery, ceramics, paintings, cosmetics and clothing.

BOUNTIFUL BEAUTIES: One of the stalls.

by 30 per cent and he learnt it was 35 per cent less than the airport’s, admitted the director Miguel Zugaza.

“We have reached a point where we have to question whether certain initiatives and projects like airports and auditoriums were timely or necessary,” said the director when asked to comment on the allocations.

There should be more Administration support for the country’s heritage of art and history as both have an “enormous influence” on the Spanish economy, Zugaza maintained.

“For this reason there should be no budget cuts in the area of culture or at least they should be considered more carefully,” he suggested.

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Spain in hot waters A SPANISH navy corvette Vencedora sailed through Gibraltar waters flying a large Spanish flag; twice in a week. The warship and a Guardia Civil launch were tailed by vessels from the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron but ignored radio warnings to leave British waters.

Bordering on dangerous GIBRALTAR’S two Conservative MEPs have tabled a joint question in the European Parliament following last month’s six-hour border queues. Charles Tannock and Ashley Fox described the serious impact lengthy queues have on Gibraltar’s road network.

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Three acquitted of raping British girl in caravan

THREE men have been acquitted of the rape of a British girl. Malaga Regional Court found no evidence of rape or violent assault.

On February 2010, three Malaga City residents were accused of raping a tourist inside a caravan at the Montes de Malaga Natural Park. After a night of partying and drinking in Malaga city centre pubs, a group of four youngsters, the alleged victim and a friend of hers drove to the mountains. According to various reports, neither the alleged victim nor the attackers were able to tell with certainty what really happened, as they admitted they had drunk too much alcohol.

Burglary spate TWO men, one a Spaniard the other a Portuguese, are being held in connection with a series of burglaries on the Ircosol urbanisation in Benalmadena Pueblo.

A MAN aged 25 was arrested in Mijas Pueblo for allegedly stealing a tourist’s handbag at Jardines de la Muralla. Although the suspect denied the charge, he was later identified by the victim.

Gang fight

CRIME STOP: Counterfeit operation blocked by Guardia Civil.

Own goal for German shirt seller A GERMAN national aged 42 was arrested in Teulada, Alicante, for allegedly selling counterfeit clothes. Around €40,000 worth of goods were seized by the Guardia Civil at his apartment in Benissa and at Alicante Airport, including more than 500 football shirts and other items. The operation was ongoing at Press time and the police have

SO far this year 56 disabled parking permits have been withdrawn by the Local Police in Mijas. Most of them were fake or had expired, and had been issued in Britain or France, police sources said. Able-bodied drivers parking in spaces reserved for the disabled may face fines of up to €200.

Jacket.’ In fact, the suspect’s nickname was ‘Kubrick.’

‘Full Metal’ expat arrested

Payback for Ronda bully officers

A BRITISH man aged 29 has been arrested Benahavis. He is wanted by the British authorities in connection with a drugs case, but managed to escape to Spain. He was thought to be the boss of a drug-dealing network. Members of the drug ring used nicknames coined after Stanley Kubrick’s war movie ‘The Full Metal

CHARGES against two National Police officers, two Local Police officers and two Guardia Civil officers in Ronda have been reduced by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The officers were sentenced to different jail terms and compensation payments, for extortion involving immigrants belonging to a prostitution ring in Ronda,

not ruled out further arrests.

The suspect is believed to have received the goods from Bangkok (Thailand), via several postal addresses in Northern Alicante and Barcelona City.

The items were then sold through the internet and despatched to other European countries.

during 2005 and 2007.

The other two were caught after a car chase in Mijas, where they are resident.

Bank robbers caught in the act Bar brawl A GANG of four were arrested

by Fuengirola police officers as they left the bank they had just robbed.

Bank staff had managed to alert the police without the robbers knowing. Two were arrested, reportedly in possession of a gun and a knife, as well as €1,500 in cash and a mobile phone stolen from a bank employee.

A MAN was sentenced to two years and six months in jail for glassing another in the neck, during a pub fight in Marbella.

Violent robbery ONE person was arrested and two chased by the Malaga police as suspects in five violent robbery cases, involving a knife and a chisel.

Armed gang threaten supermarket staff A MAN aged 43 and his 33-year-old accomplice were arrested by police in Malaga for an alleged

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attack on a supermarket.

A third suspect was still being hunted by the authorities at the time of

going to Press. The assailants are reported to have used a gun and several knives, punching

and intimidating the supermarket workers.

They covered their faces with helmets and stole a

motorbike to make their get-away, although the vehicle was later recovered.

A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been discharged from hospital after recovering from an attack by a 17-yearold during a gang fight in Puerto Banus, involving 15 people.

Stowaway A BOY aged 10 who is suspected of stowing away in the boot of a tourist coach from Tangiers was discovered by Mijas Local Police.

Drug raids AN Antequera couple have been detained for alleged drug trafficking. Cocaine, hash and items for weighing and packing small amounts of drugs were seized after two police raids.

Shop fire MIJAS police suspect a fire was deliberately set in a telephone booth shop on Los Lirios Avenue. They are seeking a North African-looking man driving a Volkswagen Golf in connection with the blaze.

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GO GREEN: Puente Romano Hotel is not only a beautiful place, but also an environment-caring company.

Renewable energy saving plan for hotel THE Puente Romano hotel-resort in Marbella announced they are setting up a €384,000 ecofriendly plan to cut out up to 792 tons of CO2 emissions every year. The hotel is replacing two 1,266 kW heating oil boilers for three new renewable energy boilers. Olive stones will be used as combustible. This will be used for heating up water and the air conditioning system. Also, the system they are incorporating switches off and on whenever it is needed.

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…and the poor get poorer during crisis SOCIAL benefits in Spain do not reach the people who really need them, it was claimed last week.

They help to reduce poverty by only 51 per cent, according to Jaime Lanaspa, managing director of the bank’s social

foundation. After two years on benefits, 54.6 per cent remain poor, he revealed.

Around 30 per cent of Spaniards escape poverty by their own means, compared to the EU average of 20 per cent. “In other words, when things

get bad they have ways of getting by,” said Lanaspa.

Poverty has grown in Spain more than almost any other EU country and 2.4 million people now live below the poverty threshold of €3,700 a year, found the report. Families,

Navarra ‘embassies’ to close NAVARRA, despite being one of Spain’s most prosperous regions, is to close its delegations in Madrid and Brussels.

The Madrid delegation, whose offices are the property of the Navarra government, will close early next year, bringing savings of an annual €90,000 in staff wages and upkeep.

It opened in 2001 to promote Navarra’s business interests and tourism while liaising with the central government as well as other national

and international institutions in Madrid. Despite closing its offices in Brussels, which cost an annual €72,000 to rent, Navarra will maintain its presence there by moving to Spain’s Permanent Representation to the European Union.

This step was recommended by Mariano Rajoy when he took over last year and offered Spain’s Brussels’ premises and foreign embassies to help regional government reduce their administration costs.

which have acted as buffers during the crisis, are now stretched to the limit, it warned.

The difference in Spain between the 10 per cent on high incomes and the 10 per cent on the lowest has increased by 16 per cent since 2007.

Of the EU’s 27 member states, only Lithuania and Latvia have higher levels of inequality than Spain, which is followed by Portugal and Romania.

Car cutbacks THE government is to reduce its fleet of official cars, it was confirmed last week, however, it was not revealed how many cars would go or who would be affected.

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Age-linked diseases prevention a priority AS the European population over 65 is expected to double in the forthcoming 50 years, the viability of the public health system may be at risk. Thus, prevention of chronic diseases linked to aging has been reported

by Spanish authorities as being a top priority for the European Union.

The elderly population in Spain is nearly as high as 17 per cent, and the share of people over 80 years old – which currently stands at 4.1 per cent – will keep growing in the next few years, Spanish Health and Consumption Secretary General Pilar Farjas recently said during an EU summit.

In mid October, the Spanish Ministry of Health published its Strategy for addressing Chronic Diseases. Aim of the new strategy is to set goals and recommendations that will effectively manage health service deliveries to improve population’s health and its determinants, strengthen prevention of health conditions and reduce limitations in chronic and comprehensive care.

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MPs must keep an eye on their free iPads

Moving in Spain for a job

THE Speaker of the national parliament in Madrid has put his foot down as too many MPs lose free iPads.

Provided for the opening of the new parliament in November last year, the iPads replaced the free laptops MPs were then using. They are part of a €500,000 package that

SPANIARDS are beginning to migrate to different regions within the country in search of a job. This is a relatively new trend among Spanish people, which have traditionally been very close to their roots and refused to move out of their province.

Obviously, there are ‘winners’ and ‘losers’ in this new national migration trend. Thus, figures by the National Statistics Institute say that – from January to September, 2012 - more than 8,300 people moved away from Castilla-La Mancha, while some 7,400 moved away from the Castilla y Leon region.

In Andalucia, more than 5,800 had to pack their suitcase and try their chances elsewhere.

Most migrants (13,650) chose Madrid to move to.

Picasso sold for €32 m AN oil painting from Malagaborn Pablo Picasso, featuring his mistress alongside tulips and fruit ‘Nature morte aux tulipes’ sold for $41.5 million (€32.6 million) at Sotheby’s in New York. The pre-sale estimate for the work had been between $35 and 50 million (€27.5 – 39.3 million).

includes a smart phone, a home ADSL connection and travel cards for all MPs. Since then, 30 tablets have been lost, stolen or broken and the IT section’s stand-by store is now depleted.

A request for replacements was put in last week, but turned down by

the Speaker, Jesus Posada. All MPs will instead receive letters reminding them that the need for austerity ‘in these times of crisis’ obliges them to be careful with the parliament’s resources.

Tablets can be repaired once, but MPs will now be responsible for subsequent repairs.

Lost or stolen iPads will automatically lose their connection to ensure they are useless to anyone else.

Spokeswoman for the PSOE opposition party, Soraya Rodriguez, was in favour of the measure. An iPad is a work tool and should be looked after.

Santiago Cervera, an MP for the governing PP, also backed the move.

But it was disappointing, he said, that the Parliamentary Budget Committee had spent all day discussing 3,000 amendments but the iPads EROTIC: Picasso’s sold painting has a issue attracted more strong sexual charge, art experts say. attention.

HAM DAY: Political personalities, including Mayor Jesus Galeote (centre), did not miss the event.

A nice day to eat Iberian THOUSANDS visited the town of Campillo, near Antequera, for the 5th Iberian Ham Trade Show.

Around 60 companies from all around the region set up their own stall at the Hinojosa Park, selling ham, sausages, cheese, wine and similar products. The weather was merciful as it was partially a sunny day, which made the event more inviting.

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Back to the ‘campo’, where the flavour is Get to know the Spanish way of life from Raul Candela, a Spaniard born and raised.

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RURAL PRIDE: It is not all sun, sea and siesta in Spain. Discover a different way of life in small towns.

FUNNY beverage advertisement on Spanish television proposes “bringing together countryside towns who need people, and people who need countryside towns.”

The advert is very symptomatic of the new migration and cultural trends going on in Spain.

Traditionally, living in the countryside - the ‘campo’ - was a synonym of being a country bumpkin (a ‘paleto’) with poor cultural skills, unsophisticated manners, weak patrimony and a bleak future.

But especially since the present economic crisis first broke out, people

have started to build some sort of countryside rural pride.

There is increasing nostalgia, especially among those born in towns who have then moved to cities, as well as among people raised in urban areas and who are now thinking outside the box.

The fact is, for many, living in the city is not the life that appeared promised.

Such a lifestyle can take a lot of time to get to work and back; petrol prices have significantly increased; and many find no time to raise the children, so hire a babysitter.

This has led to some realising it may not be worth spending 12 hours a day away from home to hardly make it through the month because they have a mortgage to pay.

Our grandparents sought life in the city because in Franco’s dictatorship there were almost no public welfare services elsewhere.

Life was miserable back then, but there have been huge improvements in the last 40 years, with good health, education and other services now widely available.

Who would have thought that Spain would be able to boast availability of the internet to middle-ofnowhere areas by this early in the Third Millennium?

But with some salaries no longer balancing out with the extra expense of living in cities any more and with five million people unemployed, staff speak some English. some Spaniards are beginning to move back to certificate (or family book if born the countryside, where life is in Spain). If living with just one not only simpler, but parent, authorisation will also be also cheaper and healthier.

Of course, owning a vehicle needed from the other parent • If the parents are separated or is a must, but that is a small divorced, an agreement price to pay.

My advice is that for people confirming custody of the child who have a Spanish friend must also be presented • With the correct documents to living in the countryside - or hand, registration should be one who has relatives there completed within about 10 don’t miss the opportunity to minutes. Most expatriates will find spend a few days and try to that staff in the municipal register discover what the campo is offices - especially within areas really all about. Mix with the with a large foreign community - locals and you will get to meet ‘the real Spain’. usually speak English.

Signing on the padron is easier than many fear EXPATRIATES signing on the municipal register - despite many beliefs - do not face mounds of paperwork.

It is now possible to be included in the municipal register - officially known as the padron - with only a passport or national ID card following changes earlier this year in the Spanish Immigration Law. Padrons are issued at the municipal register office (oficina del padrón), normally within local town halls. However, on occasions registration is at Tourist Offices and Foreign Resident Council departments.

For this reason is it advisable to make phone or email contact before setting off to register.

Padron benefits - including sport and leisure activity discounts, bus passes and a number of other issues - can vary, according to locations. To register, the following

AYUNTAMIENTO DOS HERMANAS: Often registration department documents - originals plus a photocopy - are required: • Passport or national ID card (in force)

Q AND A: Question: My wife works and finds it difficult to go to the town hall to register. Can I sign her up on her behalf?

Answer: You can register all relatives - including your children - as well as friends, but only with the full required documentation. It is not sufficient to merely present a signed authorisation on their behalf.

• The EU Certificate of Residence is not required by law, though some town halls may seek it for further confirmation • Title deed (if a property owner), rental contract (if renting a home) • People living as guests (relatives or friends) in a property for more than three months should produce an authorisation signed by the owner or the tenant plus a copy of their ID card and the title deed • People under the age of 18 should also produce their birth

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Suzuki to close factory SUZUKI are closing their motor-cycle factory in Spain with the loss of at least 170 jobs.

The factory in Gijon, Asturias, will close next March, with the decision by the Japanese-owned company being “irreversible” said Graciano Torre, head of the regional government’s department of Economy and Labour.

Javier Fernandez and Suzuki representatives unsuccessfully met in an attempt to negotiate an alternative to closure, which Torre described as “disastrous.”

Suzuki pinned the decision to cease production on economic losses which have risen to €30 million over the past four years.

It now remained to negotiate the closure with the Gijon employees. Around 200 work at the plant but 30 could still keep their jobs.

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€135,000 cost to taxpayer to destroy drugs after storage DESTROYING drugs costs an average €135,000 a year, courtesy of the Spanish taxpayer.

When drugs are found, they are tested, catalogued and a sample taken as court evidence. Then they are shipped to the only two plants in Spain licensed to dispose of them.

These are in the far north of the country, in

Asturias and Galicia. They are transported with the protection of an Armed Forces convoy.

It cost an average 50 cents per kilo of drug for their destruction. About 270 tonnes of various drugs were burnt under control in the first quarter of 2012.

EWN Head of Design weds in Malaga EURO WEEKLY NEWS Head of Design Marcos Poyastro, who has been with the newspaper for almost six years, married Paola Mendez in a ceremony at Malaga Register Office, followed by a reception for family, colleagues and friends at their home. The couple have known one another since childhood.

Marcos and Paola on their wedding day.

The most seized drugs are marijuana and cocaine followed by amphetamines, ecstasy and heroin.

Because the process of destroying illegal drugs is slower than confiscating them, the problem of theft arises while they are stored in warehouses.

Recently negligence charges were brought against 12 National Police officers after 400kg of hash were stolen from a Cadiz drug deposit. This was the third drug deposit robbery in a year. The other two were in Sevilla and Malaga.

The officers face disciplinary action for failing to guard and secure these warehouses, used to store substances confiscated from dealers and smugglers.

CiU set to rule again in Catalonia, say the polls

Fuengirola’s new tourist train

THE electoral campaign started in Catalonia for a new regional Government to see the light on November 25. First polls run by the national Sociological Research Centre (CIS) and its equivalent in Catalonia (CEO) yielded similar conclusions.

CiU pro-autonomy right-wing party would win the elections again and socialist party PSC will notably decrease its number of

IT has been a month since the new tourist train began in Fuengirola.

So far, nearly 3,000 people have hopped on, 60 per cent of them foreigners and 40 per cent Spaniards.

The City Tour passes

congress representatives.

But while CIS polls say CiU will not make enough Congress seats to be a majority, between 69 and 71, would be enough.

It is not clear which will be the second political force. CEO estimates PP right-wing party will get 18 to 19 seats, while PSC would drop to the current 28 to 15.

Participation is expected to be notable.

through the town’s main highlights, including the Roman ruins, the coast promenade, the Bioparc leisure park and all the beaches.

Passengers can hop in and off the train as many times a day as they want.

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Mayors seek factory talks FAMOSA is moving its Ibi and Onil toy factories to Alicante City.

The mayors of both towns have asked to meet management to discuss how the move will affect local employees.

A PRIVATE bank has opened a branch in Palma with the aim of attracting as many as possible of the 8,000 Mallorca residents it estimates are worth more than €300,000. Banca Madrid said tourism and expats were motivating factors in the move.

Fake own goal

Waste enquiry TWO directors at Emaya, the Palma municipal waste collection firm, have been suspended over irregularities in the awarding of contracts.

A GERMAN man has been arrested in Teulada for selling fake football shirts on the internet. Police seized around 500 items which would have raised around €40,000 on the black market.

News from our editions

ONCE again

Gas scare EMPLOYEES were evacuated after workmen damaged a gas main near an Ondara shopping centre. They were allowed to return at midday.

THERE WE GO: The peak at Puig Campana.

Health offer THE Hospital Clinica in Benidorm is providing ‘health tourism’ for Norwegians, Russians, Libyans and Algerians, with cardiac and cancer the principal treatments offered.

Mushroom find THE Guardia Civil rescued a 78year-old man in Vallada after he had become disorientated by heavy rain and mist while mushroom-picking in Moixent, Valencia.

Scots scale the peak

SCOTTISH volunteers were monitored by members of Finestrat’s Special Mountain Police Unit (GAMO). The folk from Fort William did some climbing practice at Puig though this is the lowest since the financial crisis began in 2007.

Bikes for disabled

Campana peak, guided by the officers.

“Knowing the landscape is crucial to guarantee safety in case of emergency,” the local Safety Councillor said.

ALMERIA

A7 car chase

THE Rotary Club of Alicante has donated four bicycles adapted for wheelchair users to the Lucas Kosch Foundation, which is dedicated to children and youths with multiple disabilities.

TWO men were arrested by the Guardia Civil after a car chase on the A7 to Murcia. When their van was searched, officers found 12 stolen construction crane counterweights and discovered the vehicle had been started by hot-wiring it.

€65,000 aid

Cheese, please

A €65,000 GRANT has been given to the APANEE charity which helps children with special needs by Torrevieja Town Hall.

MILK exported from Almeria is being made into Brie cheese in France, with sales worth €5.3 million, a 47 per cent increase.

€300m down

Looking ahead

Work death trial

MUNICIPALITIES in Alicante, Benidorm, Denia, Elche, Elda, Orihuela, San Vicente, Torrevieja and Xàbia have seen their incomes drop by more than €300 million in three years,

ABOUT 200 trees and shrubs were planted as part of a reforestation campaign in Aigües d'Elx by parents and children from Elche, Santa Pola and Alicante.

FOUR bosses at the Briseis toiletries factory in Benahadux have gone on trial accused of negligence, which led to an explosion that killed two workers five years ago. They face up to

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Museum hope RENOVATION work on La Alcudia Museum in Elche should be finished so it can reopen in spring, with window and electrical fitting installation now under way. The work began in August 2010.

three years and three months in jail if found guilty.

Testing times MORE than 300 Almeria students aged 20 and over are taking their Baccalaureate exams this month, with the majority sitting humanities and social science papers.

Northern nosh ALMERIA’S fifth Spanish traditional cooking festival focusing on dishes from the northern provinces of Asturias, Avila, Navarre and Ourense - will end at the La Encina restaurant in the old town on December 2.

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Doctors protest ABOUT 100 doctors at Son Espases Hospital held a demonstration to protest about the length of waiting lists for surgery and consultations.

TWELVE people who bought ONCE lottery tickets in Palma have scooped €35,000 each.

The lottery, organised by a charity for the blind, has handed out winnings of more than €4 million since October 10.

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Petrol theft THREE people were caught ‘red handed’ by the Local Police in Archidona, as they were siphoning petrol from construction vehicles parked at a quarry. Officers seized 14 petrol cans each containing between 20-25 litres.

Up in flames GUARDIA Civil arrested a German man on suspicion of staging the theft of his car and then setting it on fire in an attempt to claim €15,000 insurance. The car was found burned out in Rincon de la Victoria.

White peaks THE first snows of the season in Malaga province were spotted on La Maroma peak. This is the highest spot - 2,068 metres - in the Sierras Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park.

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THE Spanish Industrial Production General Index fell 11.7 per cent in September compared to the same period in 2011, the 13th consecutive month with negative numbers.

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Ringing up profits Latin America better for Telefonica than Europe TELEFONICA now earns more money in Latin America than Europe, where Spain continues to be the company’s weakest EU market.

The multi-national Spanish company globally earned €3,455 million in the first three quarters of this year, reducing its debts by €5,500 million to ‘just’ €58,823 million.

Germany seeks Spanish workers

By Linda Hall GERMANY needs workers, and is looking at Spain to provide them!

The Hesse region in the heart of Germany has contacted Madrid Chamber of Commerce with job opportunities.

There is nearly 50 per cent unemployment amongst Spain’s young but Hesse, with its six million population, has jobs available for 150,000 people.

The region is looking for two different types of jobseekers.

It needs young people combine to wanting vocational training with in experience work exchange for a salary of around €500 a month.

Some programmes also offer training and include

board and lodging.

Employers are also looking for students with technical qualifications, especially engineers and architects, as well as those with Spain’s equivalent of ‘A’ levels..

Additionally, companies want practising professionals ready to step into existing jobs, particularly architects and engineers.

Spanish-trained engineers have a good reputation in Germany, hence the interest in engaging them, explained Bernd Haug, President of Hesse’s professional association of engineers.

Many come from the construction industry, a sector where Germany wellrequires badly qualified workers, Haug added.

South America now brings in more money for Telefonica than its concerns on the other side of the Atlantic, generating 49 per cent of turnover, compared with 48 per cent in Europe.

Telefonica had a total turnover of €46,519 million by the end of September - 0.3 per cent less than in 2011 of which Latin America accounted for €22,578 million.

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SPANISH energy company Repsol has discovered 105,000 cubic metres of natural gas in Algeria.

Law study WAYS to regulate mortgage contract clauses considered ‘abusive’ are being studied by government, Spain’s Deputy PM Soraya Saénz has said.

Energy loss SPANISH energy company Endesa reported €1,622 million in net benefits during the first nine months of the year, a year-toyear 16 per cent loss.

Vueling flying high with agreed merger A TAKEOVER bid has been made for Vueling, the Spanish low-cost airline company.

IAG, the company resulting from the Iberia and British Airways merger, is offering €7 per share, which means a 28 per cent liquidity premium. Stakeholders have agreed the bid terms.

IAG’s main stakeholder is Banco Financiero y de Ahorro (BFA), through its subsidiary Bankia bank, with a 12.05 per

RIGHT LINE: Telefonica is reducing its debts.

cent share. Investment corporations Blackrock, Schroeder and Templeton jointly own a 13 per cent share. Vueling shares in Madrid rose 51 per cent to €5.84 from the end of 2011 until trading in the stock was suspended.

“This acquisition would be positive for Spain,” IAG chief executive Willie Walsh said. “We would retain Vueling’s Barcelona base and create new Spanish jobs.”

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This means that I do not have a British pensioner’s access to Spanish healthcare, You and the and as I do not work in Spain, I do not pay Social Security Law in Spain

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There are many exclusions and problems with pre-existing conditions which make a private medical insurance not suitable for me. We are here legally, with the Certificate of Registration for EU citizens resident in Spain.

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by Real Decreto-Ley 1192/2012, which provides that a EU citizen from a country that has reciprocal agreements with Spain can access the national health system simply by applying. The citizen must reside legally in Spain, with his Certificate of Registration and he cannot have an income of more than €100,000 a year. There is still some confusion about the exact form of the application but I do know of a success story from Valencia.

The applicants simply filled out Social Security application form TA1 and received provisional cards. So it can be done.

David will respond to queries but reserves the right to select letters which will be of interest to the greatest number of readers.

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Taxman Osborne proves real-life nightmare THE taxman, it seems, is everyone’s worst fear, with Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne the public figure who most often appears in British nightmares, a study has found.

£££ A FEAR of failure is holding back businesses as entrepreneurs play it safe, according to Barclays who in a survey of 1,000 small firms found they put off spending

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£££ LONDON financial firms have laid off more than 100,000 employees

since 2007, after four years of crisis. Now another 13,000 staff are set to go in 2013 as vacancies also drop in Europe and Asia, studies indicate.

£££ SALES at Morrisons slipped 2.1 per cent from July to September as they battled fragile consumer confidence and big discounting from rivals including LIDL and Aldi who saw business grow.

Random thoughts from bailout for Spain to the world of drugs SO much seems to be going on, without resolution, that the news generally is difficult to follow.

Rajoy, after insisting since mid-summer that Spain does not, and will not, require an European Union (EU) bailout, now admits that one might be necessary but that he won’t know until the end of the year.

Well, circumstances do change, and it is rather refreshing to find a politician who admits to uncertainty.

Not so Artur Mas, the Catalan president, who, being quite sure he is correct, bangs on about regaining Cataluña’s independence.

However, having searched the web for information, I can find no reference to Cataluña having ever been an independent state.

Perhaps an historian reader will put me right.

Carme Chacón, herself Catalan, who was

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narrowly beaten by Alfredo Rubalcaba for the leadership of PSOE earlier this year, has come out in the national Press with a quite different point of view, rejecting any possibility of Cataluña breaking away from Spain.

They cannot both be right, but if asked, I’d put my money on Chacón.

Getting away from that, I see the EU is asking for an increase in its budget, with a figure of some €8 billion being mooted.

Perhaps instead of expecting the already cash-strapped citizens to fork out even more, the bureaucrats should make cuts, and - horror of horrors - inflict some austerity measures upon themselves.

For instance, does the EU really need two European Parliament buildings, one in Brussels and another in

A juicy orange deal for Don Simon ALMOST 250 Huelva citrus fruit growers have agreed to supply 30 to 50 million kilos of small or skin-damaged oranges a year for Don Simon fruit juice. The fruit would otherwise be

rejected for EU sale. The agreement will make Garcia Carrion group’s Villanueva de los Castillejos plant Europe’s leading manufacturer of squeezed orange juice

Strasbourg, between which the overpaid and underworked MEPs migrate every two months?

Additionally, does the EU need Baroness Ashton, the second-highest-salaried woman in the world? She has, after all, failed to attend two-thirds of the commission’s meetings over the past year, and has, apparently, voiced her dislike of Brussels, the city not the institution.

Finally, a thought concerning the trade in narcotics.

The ‘Narcos’ running their multi-billion dollar international businesses are evil people to be sure, but why are their customers not more severely castigated?

Without buyers the drug trade would wither on the vine, and when you think about it, these self-absorbed users of ‘recreational’ drugs frequently cocaine - share responsibility for the thousands of murders committed worldwide by the ‘narcos’ fighting their turf wars and ‘adjusting’ their accounts.

The users are, in my view, accomplices, plainly and simply, to murder before, during and after, the fact, and should be prosecuted and punished as such.

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www.euroweeklynews.com Arguably, the most important aspect of portfolio planning is your asset allocation – how much of your investment capital is allocated to equities, to bonds, to property, to cash etc. Before you buy or sell investments you need to have established the most appropriate asset allocation for your personal circumstances and objectives.

Bonds play an integral part in many investment portfolios, and could prove very beneficial for you. As a diversification measure they can help reduce overall risk, and, importantly for many people, they also provide a regular income. Bonds also have the potential to generate capital growth over the longer-term.

Bonds are an asset class known as fixed interest securities. With the way bonds work, the rate of interest they pay holds up even when capital values fall. Your income stream is therefore unlikely to be impacted by events like the Eurozone crisis.

Bonds, by their nature, generate a natural income, so you can receive regular income without having to touch your capital. The capital therefore remains invested to continue producing income in the future, with the ability to also generate capital growth.

If you do not need income, with a bond fund you can reinvest the income in the fund as additional shares to enjoy accelerated growth

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rates. These are known as accumulation units In order to establish how much of your capital to allocate to bonds you should seek professional advice from an experienced wealth manager to expatriates such as Blevins Franks.

Asset allocation can account for around 80 to 90% of portfolio performance according to academics, so getting it right is key to your investment success.

Different types of bonds Bonds issued by governments are known as gilts in the UK and Treasuries in the US, both of which are issued in the local currency.

Government bonds issued in a foreign currency are known as sovereign bonds. Since they are generally considered a more reliable investment than corporate bonds,

government bonds usually pay a lower rate of interest.

Corporate bonds, which are issued by companies and sold to investors, are a major source of capital and financing for many companies. The issuers are grouped by their credit rating, with higher quality bonds classified as ‘investment grade’. Noninvestment grade bonds are those which have a lower credit rating; they are known as ‘high yield bonds’ since they typically pay a higher rate of interest and can be a very attractive investment opportunity for many investors.

High yield bonds can be categorised into two categories – ‘fallen angels’ and ‘rising stars’.

Rising stars are relatively new companies which do not yet have the history, or track record, of borrowing or paying back debt to be classified as investment grade.

Fallen angels are bonds which were once investment grade but have been downgraded because their financial strength is not as strong as what it previously was, therefore affecting their credit worthiness. Nokia is a recent example of a company whose credit rating has fallen below investment grade and is therefore now classified as a fallen angel.

An article in the Financial Times on 28th September highlighted how the difficult corporate environment in the Euro crisis and subsequent rating downgrades is resulting in an unprecedented number of companies becoming fallen angels.

This could prove very beneficial for the European high yield market, since it would inject new money and liquidity and create fresh market opportunities for fund managers.

This therefore actually provides an opportunity for investors.

The article explained: “If all the major corporates in Italy, Spain and Portugal, now teetering on the edge of investment grade, lost that status, it would help to more than double the market’s size to €500 billion over the coming years and over time it would help the high yield market on its way to being as large, deep and efficient as in the US.” The European high yield bond market has been one of the star performers of 2012, with the major index posting strong double digit returns year to date to the beginning of October, in both Euro and Sterling terms.

Buying bonds Bonds are best bought through a professionally managed fund, which

invests in a wide range of bonds depending on its mandate, providing you with a high level of diversification and the expertise of a recognised fund manager.

Although bond interest is fixed, their capital values can rise and fall over their term. Fund managers actively buy and sell bonds and can make significant gains on some bonds if they buy them when values have fallen and hold them to maturity.

These views are put forward for consideration purposes only as the suitability of any investment is dependent on your objectives, time horizon and attitude to risk. The value of investments and the income arising from them can fall as well as rise. Past performance should not be seen as an indication of future performance. Seek advice from an authorised wealth manager such as Blevins Franks Financial Management Ltd. Blevins Franks Financial Management Ltd is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority for the conduct of investment and pension business.

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Save the planet and then save those expensive material items WHEN disaster strikes suddenly people are worried about the world around them and their own possessions.

A perfect recent example is Hurricane Sandy and the amount of concern people are showing over the devastation left in its wake.

Some people lost their homes, cars, belongings or livelihoods.

Compassion poured out to affected individuals via news A look channels and social at finance media sites, as for females sympathisers tried to imagine what it must Jane Plunkett be like to lose jane.plunkett@euroweeklynews. everything in the blink com of an eye: savings, property, everything that financially supports people.

STAY GROUNDED: Flying off for parties It’s hard to fathom. has an invisible cost!

Yet the irony of all this is that the amount of concern people show about Sandy is directly proportional to the amount of time they add to distances or lighting up their property like a climate change by flying around the world for Christmas tree. bachelor or hen parties, driving cars short Experts have proven that climate change is

Loose change

driving extreme weather, which will only lead to more intense storms like Hurricane Sandy, as well as droughts, frequent flooding and wildfires.

According to Greenpeace, the world’s oceans are on the brink of destruction.

Tuna companies are killing thousands of sea birds, sea turtles and sharks and putting global food sources at risk through destructive fishing practices. Still, less than 1 per cent of the world’s oceans are set aside and protected as marine reserves.

In Brazil last week, an agri-business lobby pushed through dangerous legislation which has weakened local forest laws, opening up a section of rainforest the size of Minnesota to deforestation.

All the carbon emitting activities that we partake in cost us money, and the result of polluting our environment to such an extent is that in return it may some day cost us our belongings or even our lives.

If we really are concerned about losing the material goods we paid so much to attain, maybe it is time to start thinking about how we can live more sustainably in this world.

If not just to save the fish, at least to save that fancy flat screen TV!

Toxic homes could be rented out PROPERTIES acquired by BARES - Spain’s ‘Bad Bank’ - from nationalised banks, could be rented out.

The proposal has come from Jose Luis Centella, spokesman for leftwing Izquierda Plural, a threeparty alliance in the national parliament.

There is nothing in the management model chosen for the bank that prevents this, conceded the government in a written reply.

Economic reforms passed in February and August oblige a nationalised bank to transfer toxic assets consisting of loans for properties and land unlikely to be recouped.

At least 5 per cent of these must be disposed of to a third entity unconnected to its group.

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Profits fall for nationalised YPF

Car route to saving €10.5m

THIRD quarter profits for Repsol subsidiary YPF, nationalised by the Argentinian Government last April, have halved compared with last year.

Spanish-owned Repsol had invested too little in YPF, said President Cristina Fernandez, and made Argentina increasingly dependent on expensive fuel imports.

But while Repsol has recovered from the loss with an adjusted net profit of €496 million, its former subsidiary earned €126 million - 51 per cent less - between June and September. This was the first quarter that the company was entirely in Argentinian hands.

MANY of Spain’s top politicians are to lose the use of their official cars with a 66 per cent cut from 307 to 103 vehicles.

The Spanish Government’s planned austerity measure will affect both the state and regional governments with an expected €10.5 million saving from the public budget.

This decision will leave general directors without an official car, while deputy officers will have to share their vehicle with other work colleagues.

Ship stops here...

CRUISE LINERS are helping buck the recession in Malaga as more passengers visit the city. Dilip Kuner looks at the 2012 success story.

With 700,000 passengers due to have landed at the new Malaga port by the end of the year, foreigners for the first time now outnumber Spanish tourists to the city.

Cruise liner passengers are being credited with breathing new life into the city’s streets and businesses, boosting trade during the worst recession of a generation.

Malaga is an increasingly popular port of call, with the city enjoying a 11.25 per cent rise in cruise ship passengers up to the end of August.

In contrast the Balearic Islands saw passenger arrivals fall 25.2 per cent and Barcelona 14.3 per cent in the same period.

While Barcelona remains mainland Spain’s busiest cruise port by far, Malaga is now second, with much of its success credited

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PORT OF CALL: Malaga is now the second busiest in Spain.

Malaga cruising up the Spanish port rankings to the new cruise passenger terminal opened earlier this year.

As part of an extensive port redevelopment, a €21.3-million terminal capable of accommodating 200-metre-long ships and cruise liners - was built.

A state-of-the-art, 900-squaremetre two-level pier at Quay Two has a mobile bridge to connect liners to the dock. Meanwhile,

Land ahoy CULTURAL and leisure attractions are Malaga City’s main draw, according to Councillor for Culture, Tourism and Sport Damian Caneda.

The city now offers an increasing number of chic restaurants in the winding lanes of the old city, along with tapas bars frequented by tourists and locals alike, with Malagueños nicknamed ‘boquerones’ after the huge amounts of fried fish they consume.

While some bars are cool and modern in design, others are more traditional tavernas.

Art lovers can visit the Picasso or more recently opened Carmen Thyssen museums, and the Roman amphithetre is an increasingly popular tourist destination. The cathedral is ever-popular along with trips to the Gibralfaro, and there is also superb shopping with Calle Larios the top attraction.

Quay One offers passengers and city tourists alike shopping and leisure space along with restaurants and food outlets.

Malaga’s tourist board representative, Antonio Montejo Romero, described the new cruise passenger terminal as an exciting addition to Malaga’s extensive offering for tourists during its opening.

Changing tides MALAGA has been a port for 3,000 years.

Originally called Malaka and founded by the Phoenicians in 1,000BC, the city was once capital of the Islamic Kingdom of Granada.

Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries the port grew rapidly as an export base for cereals and goods, and in the 20th century was expanded, though following a decline in use in the second half parts were converted for residential use. Nowadays 10 wharfs are in use, including three for cruise liners and mega-yachts.

In total as well as the arriving cruise liners, the port handles major imports including cement, cereals, grains, petrol and fertilisers. It also handles 39,000 vehicles a year and 450,000 containers.

“We now give a unique experience for arriving passengers in that they can be in the heart of the city in five minutes,” he said. Anxious for the city to cash in, since the opening Malaga City Hall has agreed to shops staying open on Sundays and bank holidays to provide cruise passengers the opportunity to shop and spend more during city visits.

Meanwhile, the Malaga-Costa del Sol Cruise Tourism Forum has been set up to promote the city, and Malaga City Hall invested more than €61,000 in a campaign at the recent World Travel Market exhibition in London. Britain is one of Malaga’s main markets, with 36 per cent of arriving cruise liner passengers from the UK. October - traditionally one of the busiest for cruises - saw 45 liners dock, and November started well with 12 ships arriving between November 2-9.

But it is not all plain sailing for the port, with reports indicating that Royal Caribbean and Costa Cruises are considering pulling out in 2013.

‘Pay up’ notaries are told CONSUMERS’ association OCU has called for Spain’s notaries and property registrars to return €400 million overcharged between 2007 and 2012.

Last year OCU detected ‘excessive charges’ in 92 per cent of notaries and registrars’ fees for mortgage cancellations.

The association lodged a formal complaint with the Public Prosecution Office, requesting an investigation into irregular conduct by both and reimbursement where overcharging occurred.

Between December 2007 and May 2012, mortgages were cancelled on 1.6 million homes, according to national statistics’ office, INE. Notaries should have charged a fixed fee of €30.5 regardless of the value of the mortgage, OCU claims.

Together with other expenses the total should in no case have exceeded around €70 but instead they charged an average of €260.

Registrars were charging an average of €144 instead of OCU’S estimated €24.

The Prosecution Department has finally concluded that OCU’s accusations are founded.

The association now intends to write to Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon as well as the General Directorate of Notaries and Registrars, asking what steps they propose to take.

Solar wars THE heat is rising following a European Commission-launched probe into alleged illegal subsidies in the €21 billion import trade of solar panels from China.

Deadly dream THE Catholic Church has been angered by a Polish coffin-maker who produced a calendar featuring topless models next to his caskets in an effort to boost sales.

€6bn cuts GERMAN giant Siemens will cut €6 billion from its running costs by the end of 2014 as it fights to stay competitive during the global downturn.

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A sunny outlook for buying in Costa del Sol property market IN an exclusive interview for Euro Weekly News, our local reporter, Raul Candela, speaks to Jose Prado, President of the Malaga Builders and Developers Association (ACP) about the property market on the Costa del Sol. - You recently met with British real estate businessmen in the Spanish Embassy. What were their thoughts?

We confirmed that Costa del Sol is still highly interesting for the British market. Their message was clear: they want a transparent market with tight prices, quality product and legal safety.

- What is your association’s message to the British market?

The same conditions that encouraged more than 150,000 British nationals to buy properties in Costa del Sol in the past are still there.

Besides, we now have very competitive prices, as they were

MR PRESIDENT: Jose Prado has been promoting the Costa del Sol. adjusted by around 30.98 per cent in Malaga and Costa del Sol. We are back to 2003 rates. Moreover, British clients have an extra advantage as the Pound is more valuable than the Euro.

- What does the new ‘Living Costa del Sol’ product offer?

This is a top quality product in a

top quality landscape, with legal safety fully guaranteed.

We have been able to gather together more than 1,000 properties from different developers in Malaga province. It is now easier for potential foreign buyers to find the property with the features they are looking for.

The market is regaining - What do British, and European buyers in general, look for in Costa momentum after several rough years, suffering the consequences del Sol? I honestly think this has not of the economic recession.

Nowadays, the market is changed a bit. They are looking for sunny weather and high becoming as dynamic as it once temperatures throughout the year. was. Prices have severely been They also look for high standards adjusted and the legal background in transportation, leisure and is definitely settled.

Most of the towns and cities in health services, so they are well Costa del Sol, including communicated with their Marbella, have passed home country. They “This is expect services will be definitely the new plans regulating construction, known as good as they are right time to as PGOU. This topic is used to, or even invest on Costa especially relevant better. del Sol.” since we are aware that Finally, they are certain past events were looking for competitive harmful for legal safety in Costa property prices, in regards to their cost of living. And obviously del Sol. there is the social, economic, Sales are being reactivated, not political and legal climate in the only among traditional markets like country/ region/town they have Britain or Germany, but also from picked for buying a residence. emerging markets such as Russia, - Can you assess the current Scandinavia or China.

This is definitely the right time to state of the real estate market in invest on Costa del Sol. Costa del Sol?

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Border crossing foiled A MASS emigration attempt from Morocco to Melilla was foiled.

Moroccan police prevented around 200 SubSaharan would-be emigrants from climbing the border fence in Melilla to get into Spanish territory.

The group advanced on the border fence around 11.45am close to the Rio de Oro area, although not a single person managed to reach the fence as the authorities managed to stop them.

Having seen the large crowd of people on the other side of the fence, Guardia Civil had set up an extra security zone around the frontier as a preventative measure, deploying officers from the National and Local police forces, although there was no need for them to intervene.

Andalucian city to be created in China AN Andalucian city is to be created in China.

A team of architects from Andalucia, Baum and Sodimor, in collaboration with West Line from Giuyang won a competition to create a new city for 400,000 inhabitants in the Dushan municipality in the Guizhou region, Diario Sevilla reported.

The city will cover 630 hectares and boast five universities and all the facilities the public may need including schools, hospitals, a road network sewage system and water supplies to commercial areas, stadiums, parks and residential areas. There will be micro climate areas with an urban system to give ventilation like natural winds. The buildings will have thermal and sun panels, intelligent illumination systems and a sustainable cycle of water with catchment areas of rainfall.

Currently, Dusham is a city that developed along the highway and was not precisely planned.

NEW CREATION: To be in the Guizhou region of China.

However, the team is reportedly finding Chinese fast construction times a problem. The union of cultures between China and Europe

and the speed of construction needed were cited as the most difficult part of the project by Chinese architect Wei Haobo.

UNIQUE: Of interest to stamp collectors.

Commemorative stamp for victory THE Spanish national football team will mark the UEFA 2012 Eurocup Tournament victory with a commemorative stamp.

The circle-shaped stamp portrays the team exactly when they raised the cup to the 60,000 people who were seated at Kiev’s Olympic Stadium during the final atch.

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Saudi’s ‘Pilgrim Express’ CONSTRUCTION has begun on the MeccaMedina ‘Pilgrim Express’ a high speed rail link in Saudi Arabia.

The line is expected to open by December 2016.

Spain beat France to win the contract last year, making it the biggest overseas contract ever to be won by Spain.

It will involve 12 Spanish companies including Renfe and Talgo.

The pilgrim train will travel 450km between the two Saudi Arabian cities and cost €6.7billion.

The new rail link will alleviate a four hour car drive that pilgrims currently need to endure in the Arabian heat.

It will include 35 high-speed trains and carry 160,000 passengers a day, which is 10 times that of the MadridBarcelona service.

Special measures need to be considered regarding the large amount of luggage pilgrims usually have, including big bottles of holy water, according to Inesco.

The main problem from a technical view point is sand. It gets between the wheels and the rails as well as inside machinery, which really complicates things.

Iberia to cut 4,500 jobs SPAIN’S airline Iberia announced they will be cutting 4,500 jobs. This is nearly a quarter of its 20,000 strong workforce.

This cut is part of a restructuring plan which includes changes in all areas of the business as part of an attempt to shake off its losses and return to profitability.

These cuts were announced just a day after International Airlines Group (IAG) launched its €113.4 million takeover bid for Vueling in a bid to get the remaining 54.5 per cent of the capital of the company led

by Josep Pique that is not already controlled by Iberia.

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Spanish need a lesson on school books AS a former high school teacher in US public schools, American families do not pay one single dollar for student textbooks, unless the material is damaged due to borrower ‘negligence’.

Students must ‘cover’ them adequately, but the taxpayer never has to pay for textbooks or other pupil school supplies.

That is precisely why they’re called Public Schools: they are paid for via our federal (Washington DC) and state (Massachusetts) budgets.

Quoting two recent Spanish Press complaints regarding textbook cost abuse: ‘Textbooks: €400 Heist’, El Mundo, and ‘Armed Robbery: €900 Euros: textbooks for 3 sons’, 20 Minutos, I have never understood why in crisis Spain it is obligatory to buy new textbooks annually in every school subject, with the exaggerated expense this entails for a struggling family of two or more school-aged children.

The list of reusable textbooks for the following years and future student use is almost unending.

Some privileged publishing companies and other fat cats are ‘making hay while the sun shines’ at the expense of many already downtrodden, down-and-out families in Spain.

Richard M McBride, Benidorm, (Alicante)

Pricey Endesa WHAT does Endesa do with the money it extorts for an overpriced and unreliable service?

On November 7 the electricity went off six or seven times in Mijas Pueblo.

It’s getting to be a daily occurrence.

We are now paying probably double the price that it was about five years ago.

I’m certain the Endesa shareholders will be very happy with their dividends but what about the poor customers having an inadequate service?

Each time the power fails we worry about what will be the next appliance ruined, not to mention the freezer food contents!

I am a very disgruntled Endesa customer.

Gerry N Hill, Mijas (Malaga)

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By Celia Fernandez of Alora, Malaga

15 - 21 November 2012 Costa del Sol unaware of the linguistic discrimination against the Castilian language currently enforced by the Generalitat government in Cataluña.

I therefore would encourage you to travel there and speak to the many Catalonians whose mother tongue is not Catalan. They will reveal what doesn’t appear in the Press or on the news. Also check with some parties in Cataluña who are trying to fight this.

The totalitarian adjective would have been better applied to the current government in Cataluña, which ironically is applying the same linguistic cleansing that Franco applied there after the Civil War. Tony Partida, Alhaurin de la Torre (Malaga)

Clean-up praise NORMALLY a 4x4 is the ideal vehicle for residents and visitors alike using a dry river bed to reach properties in Los Lagares, an outlying rural district of Alora. But following the recent heavy rains, this photograph by Alora based expatriate Celia Fernandez clearly shows a dinghy would be more useful.

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Letters may also be edited.

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Cry for help WHEN will the Spanish government start to do something to help the tourist trade?

Bar and restaurant owners have to pay huge amounts in social security and town hall rates, but get very little in return.

Spain needs more of the golfing tourists who kept many restaurants profitable in out of summer months to return.

What does the government do?

Raises IVA from 8 to 21 per cent.

Are they mad?

Be prepared for a lot more bar and restaurant closures this winter.

We have already been bled dry.

J Evans, Fuengirola (Malaga)

Religious joke HOW can the Catholic Church be so insular spending half-a-million euros restoring the Nuestra Senora de Encarnacion Church in Torrox!

What have they done it for, the people’s souls?

What about the stomachs, shelter or education of the people?

Such money could provide so much for homeless families in need.

If ever anything was going to convince me to be an atheist, this has to be it. Catholicism is a joke!

Norma by email, Competa (Malaga)

ALL the staff of Orihuela Town Hall should be thanked for the great improvement in service since the coalition has taken over.

It is now a pleasure to attend the offices and meet the staff who are helpful, pleasant and co-operative.

Veronica and the staff of the basura office after listening to concerns about the standard of service have made a great difference to our El Ghalan area.

We have noticed there are lots of other clean-up procedures in place over Orihuela Costa which are appreciated by the community.

Mill and Syd Bull, Orihuela Costa (Murcia)

Kind neighbours I DISAGREE with Jennifer Rogers’ letter ‘So anti-social unless family’ (Issue 1427). We have wonderful Spanish neighbours.

My motto is you reap what you sow.

Maureen Turner, Rambla de Oria (Almeria)

So misleading

Honest staff

YOUR editorial Totalitarian mind (Issue 1420), about the Spanish Education Minister J Wert is misinformed and misleading.

While the minister’s choice of words were rather poor, you have to understand what he meant.

He wants to try to enforce the current laws about protecting the linguistic rights of the Spanish speaking Catalonians, almost half of the population there, specifically in education.

I must assume that you are

AFTER losing my cash card, my last hope was ExPats where I had been shopping.

I called them and not only had they found my card, but had also put notices all over the shop asking me to contact the manager.

In this day and age when one loses items like cash cards, one can normally kiss them goodbye.

It is very refreshing that places like ExPats exist, and my thanks go to staff for being so honest.

R Smith By email

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Collections needed PEOPLE are encouraged to donate bric-a-brac to the Age Concern shop in Estepona. More information: 608 587 538.

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Poppy appeal off to a flying start

ESTEPONA Floral Art Club will be holding its next flower arranging demonstration at Tikitano restaurant on Tuesday from 3.30pm5.30pm, run by Anne Marie Kendrick, a National demonstrator of NAFAS UK.

THE Coin Branch of the Royal British Legion raised more than 688 euros towards the poppy appeal at the dinner dance at the Alhaurin Golf Club. Having a power cut at the start of the evening didn’t deter the diners, who were entertained by Karl Knight and Ray Bower, ‘The Wizard’. Last year’s poppy appeal raised a total of 11,669.95 euros, and this year looks set to match, if not better it.

Best foot forward

Sweet tooth

The Protección de Animales Domésticos (PAD) Sponsored Walk takes place on Sunday, meeting at the Castle car park in Fuengirola.

Registration from 10.15am, then ramblers will walk the shelter dogs to the Port, and back to The Gun Pub for a well earned drink and BBQ. More information: 658 351 642.

MIRAFLORES Bowls Club enjoyed a trip to Rute, where they visited many of its famed landmarks.

The Galleros chocolate factory was the sight of the day, where Granada’s Alhambra was recreated entirely out of chocolate.

Next followed the Museo del Anis, a

Floral fancies

FOR a great chance to pick up some inexpensive Christmas gifts, head to the ADANA Christmas Fayre on Sunday November 25 at the Palacio de los Congresos in Estepona from 11am. Stalls will include arts and crafts, jewellery, flowers, preserves, cosmetics, even live falconry and a gift from Papa Noel for the kids.

Refreshments and snacks will be available from the Adana Cafe-Bar, with many traditional festive treats.

Lions Club host their yearly festive fayre POPPY APPEAL: Raising money and having a laugh.

distillery of brandy, and to the sweet factory Flora de Rute.

Composing lyricists LOCAL writing enthusiasts are encouraged to join the Spanish region workshop of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). More information: 608 440 964.

Remembering the fallen

BIG BAND: Rehearsals are well under way.

String when you’re winning DO you play violin, viola or double bass? Choir and orchestra Collegium Musicum are looking for new musicians to join their chamber orchestra as they prepare for their annual concerts on December 16 and 18 in Fuengirola and Marbella Churches respectively. Rehearsals take place every Tuesday at 6pm in Fuengirola.

For more information, call 952 775 492 or 659 111 526.

THE annual La Cala Lions Club ‘Spirit of Christmas’ fayre will be held at the Tamisa Golf Hotel on Sunday from 11.30am. Entry is, of course, free, with plenty to entertain both adults and children alike,

Yuletide market

ALHAMBRA: Granada’s coco landmark.

Pony club no more ARCH, the Andalucían Rescue Centre for Horses, no longer hold their Saturday Kids Club at Viña Borrega, but welcomes visitors and volunteers to the stables on Saturdays from 10am-2pm. More information: 635 798 219.

Pick up a gift in Estepona

ST. GEORGE’S English Church hosted the annual service of Remembrance, conducted by The Reverend John-Henry Bowden. Several readings preceded a two-minute silence, and wreath-laying, where attendees planted their personal poppies to be displayed throughout November.

Donations received are divided between the Church and the English Cemetery.

SERVICE: Paying respects.

ALOHA College will be holding its annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday December 1 between 11am and 4pm. Stalls will be fashioned with festive gifts and decorations, cakes and international dishes.

For children there will be a bouncy castle and Santa’s Grotto.

More information: 952 814 133.

Festive feast MIRAFLORES Restaurant will host the annual Christmas Party on Saturday December 1 in aid of Age Care Association charity shop in El Zoco. The evening includes a welcome cocktail, three-course meal and entertainment from Johny G. Tickets: 675 874 308.

including Santa in his grotto. Also, a buffet luncheon is available from just 18 euros. All proceeds will be donated to Debra Spain, perhaps better known as the Butterfly Children’s charity.

A taste of Spain A WINE Tasting and Open Day will be held next Friday November 23 from 4pm at Estepona Port Business and Internet Centre. In conjunction with Casa de la Rey, they wish to raise awareness of a range of local wines and products. More information: 952 793 476.

Folk show THE Stolen Gnomes Celtic fusion band will be playing tomorrow (Friday) at Ponderosa Roadhouse Fuengirola at 8.30 pm.

Tapas awards A PRIZEGIVING will be held on November 27 at Salon Varietes Theatre at 8pm, following the tapas competition held in autumn.

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By Ric Polansky IN a not so surprising election victory, America has turned its back on an ‘independent thinking’, strictly business approach to running what has grown into a multifaceted government of gargantuan size and opted for reliance upon a ‘Big Brother’ arrangement.

The choice between the two major parties couldn’t have been more distinct. In a US economy barely keeping afloat, radical changes should have had to be made to keep the ship of state afloat. Most likely, the choice was just too simple. Nevertheless, the voting populace gave the nod to sitting down and reaching for the weekly remuneration cheques, stamps and welfare cards posted to them.

The populace has spoken and by no means with a majority voice. It is somewhat like a family of seven deciding to go on holiday. The patriarch and sons choose Pakistan as their ideal destination while the three remaining women are in fear of their lives but are forced to pay

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US votes for European socialism

NEWLY RE-ELECTED: President Barack Obama. allegiance to the over-whelming majority (of one) that then condemns them to make the trip.

Worse yet, the contradicting closeness of the individual votes has created a disturbing and frightening polarity dividing the country, possibly irreparably.

Maybe the Conservative

Republican party will disappear forever. They are the ones that wanted to curb spending.

The Democrats (Labour) of the next election could most likely be divided into differing groups depending upon what promises and gifts they are to bestow on the voter.

The European ‘Big Brother’

system with the large helping hand has been stroking the consciousness of the American masses for some time. Its well established system of gifted reim-bursements has kept Mediterranean EU countries full to the brim with refuse collectors, gardeners, and street sweepers all living well from their government remunerations.

Since the Second World War, Europe has created a situation wherein those who know how to use the system can live for free while the less know-ledgeable, or more proud, work and are heavily taxed for their efforts.

Europe is possessed by friendly governments not too necessarily bothered by those extorting it or internal spending corruption. In both insider and outsider trading deals, few if any regulations are in control and no accounting done to arrive at possible checks and balances.

Benefits are the awards for those clever enough to forcibly insist on their continued rainfalls of manna from the heavens.

Those workers not receiving

the benefits will either soon learn how to do so or opt out for another country with just rewards and less taxes - a legalised ‘con within a con’ govern-ment recognised and approved. But as Europe is learning this, it creates a selfinflicted brain drain. What is left behind are the political wolves pledging to guard the sheep!

The staunch personal individualism so preferred by America’s founding fathers, like Thomas Jefferson, has become rationalised away to the point of simplistic pragmatic ‘comfort for the masses’ at any expense.

The opening line of newlyelected President Obama’s speech will in fact be the opposite of his words ‘better times are just ahead’. In any case, America got just what its pandering masses pleaded for, four more years of continued mediocrity flowered with colourful oratory and a united feeling of going down the bunghole together, embracing and waving those flags deliriously.

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5:20am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Series about properties that have gone to auction. 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard 5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef Series looking for the country’s best young cook.

6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Young Apprentice 10:00pm Hunted 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Question Time

ITV

Channel 4

Channel 5

7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What's New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm Animal Park 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

5:20am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. Sue Hill needs your help solving more crimes. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby. Sue Hill needs your help solving more crimes. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories

5:30am Deal or No Deal 6:25am Countdown 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away The contrasting locations of Bournemouth and Sicily provide food for thought for Paul and Chris.

1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not The superspending Earle family's weekly grocery bill comes in at a staggering £200. 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown

5:45am Michaela's Wild Challenge 6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots!

7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Best House in the Street 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series.

5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals Double Michelin starred Michel Roux Jr and MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace put on the pressure in their search for Britain’s next culinary superstar. The six best chefs from this week’s heats return for this week’s quarter final. This is where the battle really begins. First they must prove to Michel and Gregg they have what it takes with a dish of their own invention.

10:00pm Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide.

11:00pm Hebburn 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines, with Kirsty Wark.

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal David and his team of David Ford, Ian Towning and Alison Chapman are in Watford today.

5:00pm Midsomer Murders Conclusion.

6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale Desperate for answers, Debbie braces herself to visit Chas in prison. Kerry is on a mission to prove to Amy she can pull her weight. Gennie is fuming when she uncovers Nikhil's plan.

Debbie's hard exterior finally cracks after visiting Chas. Kerry and Amy are annoyed to discover why Kerry did not get the factory job. Nikhil finds himself in big trouble with Gennie.

9:00pm Coronation Street Michelle is furious at Steve’s childish attempts to dupe Rob. 9:30pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

The celebrity reality competition continues into day five.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands

4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks In the aftermath of the accident, Hollyoaks falls into disrepair.

8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Kirstie’s Vintage Home 10:00pm Everyday 11:50pm 999: What’s Your Emergency?

4:15pm A Decent Proposal Thriller about a pregnant woman whose intrepid husband dies whilst on an assignment abroad.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic 9:00pm The Big Dig Two-part documentary series.

10:00pm Hatfields and McCoys Star-studded drama series about two feuding families in post civil-war America.

11:00pm Valkyrie

Shirley Henderson.

CH4

10:00pm Everyday John Simm.

12:35am This Week 1:25am EastEnders Omnibus 2:50am Holiday Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:55am Panorama A report from the weekly current affairs programme. 3:25am Countryfile 4:20am Antiques to the Rescue 5:20am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm The Premier League’s Most Amazing Moments 10:00pm Russell Howard’s Good News 10:30pm Impractical Jokers 11:00pm World’s Craziest Fools 11:30pm EastEnders Billy’s attempt to make Alexa drop the case against Lola backfires.

12:00am Family Guy When a bully harasses Chris, Peter goes to the bully’s house and ends up assaulting him.

12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Russell Howard’s Good News 2:00am Impractical Jokers 2:30am Some Girls 3:00am Unzipped 3:45am The Premier League’s Most Amazing Moments

12:20am Dara O Briain’s Science Club 1:20am The Culture Show Andrew Graham-Dixon goes stateside to meet Tom Wolfe. 1:50am BBC News 5:00am Young Legal Eagles

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1977 9:00pm Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 10:00pm The Year the Town Hall Shrank 11:00pm The First Master Chef: Michel Roux on Escoffier 12:00am Heath v Wilson 1:30am Tales From the Wild Wood 2:00am Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 3:00am Top of the Pops: 1977 3:35am The Year the Town Hall Shrank Series telling the story of how Stokeon-Trent struggles to cope with the impact of huge government funding cuts. It’s summer 2011 and having just made the biggest budget cuts in a generation, the council is staring down the barrel once again, expecting to slash another £20m.

12:05am The Jonathan Ross Show 1:05am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show

12:50am Random Acts 12:55am Embarrassing Fat Bodies 1:55am Freaky Sleepers 2:50am Time Team Special 3:45am Unreported World 4:10am Dispatches 5:05am Deal or No Deal

1:25am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

5:00am HouseBusters 5:25am House Doctor 5:45am Michaela’s Wild Challenge Michaela Strachan undertakes a range of wildlife-related dares in exotic locations.

Satellite channels SKY1 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Raising Hope 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Middle 9:30pm Modern Family 10:00pm Spy 10:30pm Trollied 11:00pm A League of Their Own 12:00am Road Wars 1:00am Road Wars 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am

Road Wars 3:55am Road Wars 4:50am Road Wars 5:20am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:30am Dragnet 7:20am The Fighting Temptations 9:30am The Top Ten Show 2012 9:50am It's Kind of a Funny Story 11:40am Friends with Benefits 1:35pm Justin Timberlake 2:00pm Little Fockers 3:45pm The Stepford Wives 5:30pm Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 7:10pm It’s Kind of a Funny Story 9:00pm Friends with Benefits 11:00pm Little Fockers 12:40am The Stepford Wives 2:20am The Pool Boys 4:00am You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 5:40am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:10am The Age of Innocence 7:35am Henry’s Crime 9:30am The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 11:30am Lucky Christmas 1:05pm Life as We Know it 3:05pm The Top Ten Show 2012 3:20pm The Chateau Meroux 5:00pm That Thing You Do! 6:55pm Burlesque 9:00pm Life as We Know it 11:00pm Something Borrowed 1:00am 8 Mile 2:55am The Whistleblower 4:55am The Top Ten Show 2012 5:10am Prom

SKY MOVIES ACTION 6:05am Angel Flight Down 7:40am The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 9:30am Jaws 2 11:30am Batman Forever 1:35pm Transformers: Dark of the Moon

4:10pm Broken Arrow 6:00pm Shanghai Noon 7:55pm Batman Forever 10:00pm Transformers: Dark of the Moon 12:35am Broken Arrow 2:30am Rush Hour 4:15am 22 Bullets

TCM 9:15am Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 10:30am The Capture 12:15pm Thunder Over the Plains 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm The High Chaparral 4:00pm Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 5:15pm The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 6:55pm The Hallelujah Trail 10:00pm Passenger 57 11:35pm My Cousin Vinny 1:55am The Yakuza 4:00am My Cousin Vinny

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Travel smart... leave bags at home EXPATRIATES living in Spain planning a Christmas trip home are being urged to take hand luggage only in an effort to save baggage costs.

Whilst many low cost airlines already charge extra for hold baggage, some insurance companies are now offering discounts for passengers travelling light.

With extra charges a minefield for the unwary, travellers are advised to look closely at the small print.

British Airways charge nothing for hold luggage - one 23kg bag is included in the price of the ticket - but Flybe adds £30.99 (€39) for the same bag - each way. This adds up to £248 (€310) on a return trip for a family of four, each with check-in baggage.

On Ryanair return costs would be between £100-160 (€125-€200) for four 20kg bags .

Of the low cost carriers easyJet checked-in baggage in general works out the cheapest though prices vary depending on the flight.

If a 10 per cent discount on travel insurance offered by some companies is factored in, if no hold luggage is taken, the potential cost benefits rise.

One travel agent said with such costs, it would make more sense to buy Christmas presents in the UK rather than run up extra costs hauling gifts bought in Spain back home.

But unwary travellers still need to be wary even if opting to travel light.

For different airlines have different definitions of what hand luggage is, with easyJet allowing one piece of luggage with no weight limit measuring 56cm by 45cm by 25cm to be taken on board.

Ryanair, meanwhile, allows one bag weighing up to 10kg measuring 55cm by 40cm by 20cm.

While easyJet and Ryanair allow just one piece of hand luggage including handbags and laptops - Flybe allows one bag (50cm by 35cm by 23cm) as well as a laptop or handbag.

Monarch allows a 56cm by 45cm by 25cm bag but limits the weight to five kilos.

Stuart Bensusan, spokesman for insurance company Essentialtravel.co.uk said: “The average claim cost for hand luggage is lower

than for a hold bag, so we can offer a lower priced policy.”

He added that the company had introduced a discount for no hold

baggage passengers in response to a 233 per cent increase in British travelling light to save money.

“The increasing costs

of travelling with hold luggage is forcing travellers to travel smart.

“Our customers are recognising travelling

with hand luggage not only saves time and avoids the concern of lost luggage, it can also save money,” he said.

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15 - 21 November 2012 Costa del Sol

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BBC1

BBC2

5:20am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Series about properties that have gone to auction. 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country

ITV

9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm Animal Park 2:00pm Restoration Roadshow 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link 4:00pm Real Rescues

Channel 4

5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. 1:30pm Loose Women Steps join Andrea McLean, Sherrie Hewson, Carol McGiffin, Jane McDonald to chat and perform live.

2:30pm ITV News and Weather Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories

6:00am Countdown 6:45am Make Do and Mend DIY Jo faces a flat pack challenge, and Lucia tries her hand at charity shop chic. 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim Jim’s not pleased when he finds out that Andy's trying to sell a grill that he gave him. 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond Ally is constantly getting into bed with her parents, complaining of monsters in her room. 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Come Dine with Me 2:05pm Channel 4 Racing It’s day one of Cheltenham’s much coveted Open Meeting.

4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

4:05pm Deadly 60 Wildlife series.

4:35pm Lockie Leonard Live action comedy series following the adventures of 13-year-old Australian surf rat Lockie.

5:00pm Blue Peter 5:30pm Junior MasterChef 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Children in Need 2012

4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series.

5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm Mastermind John Humphrys puts the questions to four more contenders.

9:30pm An Island Parish Series following the community on the tiny crown dependency of Sark in the Channel Islands.

10:00pm Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 11:00pm Children in Need 2012 11:40pm Newsnight

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Midsomer Murders 6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather James Mates and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale Cain decides it is time to give Cameron a warning.

8:30pm Coronation Street A jealous Eva and Steve head to Sheffield to confront Michelle and Rob. 9:00pm Island Hospital 9:30pm Coronation Street Eva sets her sights on Nick after Rob’s betrayal.

Is this the end for Michelle and Steve?

10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

Another update from the jungle as contestants endure their sixth day.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather James Mates and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm Wanted Action-packed thriller.

4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks One resident hears life-changing news, but can they live with the consequences?

8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:30pm Unreported World 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Come Dine with Me In this brand new episode Come Dine with Me visits the island of Jersey for the very first time.

10:00pm Derren Brown BAFTA-winning Derren Brown concludes his specials for 2012 with his customary inventive, intelligent mix of thought-provoking, compelling entertainment, stunts and suggestion, combined with tried and tested psychological tricks and experiments.

11:00pm Alan Carr: Chatty Man

11:00pm BBC News at Ten The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide. 11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 11:35pm Children in Need 2012 2:30am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:35am BBC News

12:10am The Review Show 12:45am The National Lottery Friday Night Draws The National Lottery Friday Night Draws presented by OJ Borg. 12:55am Later... with Jools Holland 2:00am Backstage 3:25am Battle Beyond the Stars Sci-fi adventure based on the ‘Seven Samurai’ theme.

1:35am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Enter the Dragon Martial arts action thriller. 5:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

12:05am Friday Night Dinner The boys come home to find the house in a real state. 12:35am 8 Out of 10 Cats 1:25am Random Acts 1:30am Full English 2:00am The Ricky Gervais Show The Ricky Gervais Show continues its third season.

2:25am My Name is Earl 2:50am My Name is Earl 3:10am Bob’s Burgers 3:35am Bob’s Burgers 3:55am Charlie's Angels 4:40am 90210 5:20am Deal or No Deal

4.00pm - midnight

BBC3 8:00pm Merlin 8:45pm Doctor Who 9:30pm Impractical Jokers 10:00pm Unzipped 10:45pm Russell Howard’s Good News Extra 11:30pm Some Girls 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy Animated comedy about family life.

1:30am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:55am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

2:15am American Dad! 2:35am American Dad! 2:55am Impractical Jokers 3:25am Russell Howard’s Good News Extra 4:10am Unzipped

BBC2

10:30am - Wibbly Pig

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective.

8:30pm The Solti Centenary Concert 10:25pm Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 11:55pm Sound it Out Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days.

12:55am The Genius of David Bowie 1:55am Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 Documentary chronicling our everchanging love affair with the British singles chart on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.

3:25am Sound it Out Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days.

Channel 5 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Best House in the Street 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

CH5

9:35am Roary the Racing Car

4:10pm The Perfect Marriage 6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm The All New Gadget Show Entertainment show devoted to gadgets.

9:00pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan Dominic Monaghan travels in search of weird creatures.

10:00pm The Mentalist 11:00pm Castle Quirky US crime drama series about a bestselling author who teams up with a young New York detective to solve murders, gaining inspiration for his books along the way.

11:55pm Law and Order: Criminal Intent

12:55am Inside Hollywood Get your daily fix of the latest film and TV news from the USA. Presented by Mark Morris. 1:05am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am Motorsport Mundial The latest motor racing action from around the world. 5:25am House Doctor 5:45am Michaela’s Wild Challenge

Satellite channels SKY1 5:20am Stargate SG-1 6:10am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Futurama 6:30pm Raising Hope 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm Spy 10:00pm Trollied 10:30pm Trollied: Behind the Scenes 11:00pm A League of Their Own

12:00am Don’t Sit in the Front Row 12:30am Road Wars 1:00am Ross Kemp: The Invisible Wounded 2:00am Road Wars 3:00am Road Wars 3:55am Road Wars 4:45am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am Win a Date with Tad Hamilton 7:20am Dunston Checks In 8:50am Swingers 10:30am Ramona and Beezus 12:20pm Eurotrip 2:00pm Johnny English Reborn 3:45pm Swinging with the Finkels 5:15pm Ramona and Beezus 7:00pm White Men Can’t Jump 9:00pm Johnny English Reborn 10:45pm Eurotrip 12:25am Swinging with the Finkels 2:00am Jimmy Hollywood 4:00am White Men Can’t Jump

SKY MOVIES DRAMA

5:50pm Shanghai Knights 7:50pm Batman and Robin 10:00pm Green Lantern

5:10am Prom 7:00am Mask 9:05am Frankie and Johnny 11:05am Honey 2 1:00pm Black Swan 3:00pm The Help

12:00am Gone in 60 Seconds 2:00am The Chronicles of Riddick 4:00am Species

5:30pm The Art of Getting by 7:00pm Black Swan 9:00pm Water for Elephants 11:00pm The Help 1:30am Beautiful Wave 3:10am Conviction 5:00am Cherrybomb

SKY MOVIES ACTION 4:15am 22 Bullets 6:15am The Chaperone 8:05am The Top Ten Show 2012 8:20am Batman and Robin 10:30am Green Lantern 12:30pm Braveheart 3:30pm Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

TCM 6:00am Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 7:15am Gunsmoke 8:15am The High Chaparral 9:15am The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 10:50am The Hallelujah Trail 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Spider Woman 5:10pm Sherlock Holmes in Washington 6:30pm Downhill Racer 8:30pm Wichita 10:00pm The Silence of the Lambs 12:15am Dead Calm 2:00am The Silence of the Lambs 4:10am Bad Company

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TV

15 - 21 November 2012 Costa del Sol

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BBC2

2:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Baking Made Easy 1:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 1:10pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 1:15pm Football Focus 2:00pm Cycling Jonathan Edwards presents highlights of cycling’s Track World Cup from Glasgow. 3:00pm Rugby Union

4.00pm - midnight 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 6:20pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

6:30pm Children in Need 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Merlin 9:45pm The National Lottery Saturday Night Draws 9:55pm Casualty 10:45pm Live at the Apollo The BAFTAnominated Live at the Apollo returns for an eighth series.

11:15pm BBC News The latest national and international news from the BBC. 11:30pm Match of the Day

1:00am The Football League Show Manish Bhasin presents all the action from the Football League. 2:15am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 2:20am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Rugby Union 9:00pm Top Gear 10:00pm Russell Howard’s Good News Extra 10:45pm Bruce Almighty 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Family Guy 1:05am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:30am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:50am Impractical Jokers 2:20am Unzipped 3:05am Some Girls 3:35am Russell Howard’s Good News 4:05am Unsafe Sex in the City

ITV

Channel 4

Channel 5

7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine Animation following the adventures of the vehicles of Friendlyville. 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Roar Rani Price and Johny Pitts present the show packed with wild animal action and creature fun.

8:30am Bear Behaving Badly Comedy series starring Barney Harwood and Nev the bear.

8:55am The Scooby-Doo Show 9:20am Dennis and Gnasher 9:30am Trapped: Ever After 10:00am Jedward's Big Adventure 10:30am Sorry, I’ve Got No Head 11:00am The Ministry of Curious Stuff 11:30am Deadly 60 Bites 11:35am Splatalot 12:00pm Prank Patrol 12:30pm Ooglies 12:45pm MOTD Kickabout 1:00pm That Darn Cat! 2:50pm Miracle

5:45am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 7:25am The Hive 7:35am The Hive 7:45am The Hive 7:50am Canimals 8:00am Canimals 8:05am The Avengers 8:25am Rated ‘A’ for Awesome 8:40am Rated ‘A’ for Awesome 8:50am Horrid Henry: The Movie 9:05am Horrid Henry 9:20am Horrid Henry 9:35am Shake it Up! 10:00am My Phone Genie 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 11:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show US 12:20pm Dinner Date Australia 1:15pm ITV News and Weather 1:25pm All Star Family Fortunes 2:10pm Holiday Home Sweet Home 3:10pm Holiday Home Sweet Home

5:20am Deal or No Deal 6:15am Countdown 7:00am The Treacle People Times are hard for the Treacle People. 7:10am The Hoobs Tula's got the hoobyhics. 7:35am The Hoobs It's not a good day for Tula. 8:00am Freesports on 4 HIghlights from Freeze 2012. Freeze is the UK's biggest après ski party. 8:55am The Morning Line Turf tips and news from the Channel 4 Racing team. 9:55am BT and Channel 4 Present... 10:00am Example at Itunes Festival 2012 Special 10:30am Made in Chelsea 11:35am Suburgatory 12:05pm The Big Bang Theory 12:40pm The Big Bang Theory 1:10pm The Simpsons 1:40pm Deal or No Deal 2:45pm Channel 4 Racing

7:50am Abby’s Flying Fairy School 8:00am Roobarb and Custard Too 8:05am Bananas in Pyjamas 8:20am Animal Antics 8:25am Noddy in Toyland 8:40am City of Friends 8:55am Little Princess 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Angelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:25am Roary the Racing Car 10:40am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35am ThunderCats 12:20pm Looney Tunes 12:25pm Highland Emergency 12:55pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 1:55pm The Train Robbers 3:45pm Brannigan

5:00pm Flog It! Members of the public are invited to try to make money out of their antiques by taking a risk at auction.

6:00pm Rugby Union Gabby Logan is joined by Keith Wood and Jeremy Guscott for live coverage as Ireland XV take on Fiji at Thomond Park in Limerick.

Remarkably, this will be only the fourth time Ireland have played the Fijians. The previous encounters have all been emphatically won by the Irish, including a 41-6 victory the last time they met in Dublin in 2009. This match for Ireland is sandwiched in between the Test with South Africa and the visit of Argentina. The Irish will be desperate to end 2012 on a high after a disappointing year in which the senior side managed just two wins coming into the autumn internationals. The Fijians arrive in Ireland following their match at Twickenham against England. Eddie Butler is joined in the commentary box by Phillip Matthews.

8:30pm Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild 9:30pm Dad's Army Classic wartime sitcom.

10:00pm F1: Grand Prix Qualifying 11:15pm Rolling Stones: Crossfire Hurricane

4:10pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Tim Burton’s retelling of Roald Dahl's classic children’s story.

6:15pm London Tonight Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather.

6:30pm ITV News and Weather Lucy Meacock with the latest headlines from around the world.

6:45pm The Golden Rules of TV Comedian Robert Webb reveals more of TV’s best kept secrets.

7:15pm You’ve Been Framed!

More surreal comedy from the mind of Harry Hill, inspired by viewers’ home videos.

7:45pm Take Me Out Paddy McGuinness presents another episode of the fun dating show.

9:00pm The X Factor 10:20pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush.

11:20pm ITV News and Weather Lucy Meacock with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm Fast and Furious Fourth film in the wheel-squealing action series.

4:55pm Come Dine with Me 5:25pm Come Dine with Me 5:55pm Come Dine with Me Night three's host is shortorder cook Gerald Cox. 6:25pm Come Dine with Me 6:55pm Come Dine with Me 7:25pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Heston's Fantastical Food 9:00pm Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 11:50pm The Crazies

5:55pm 5 News Weekend National and international news.

6:00pm Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 8:40pm NCIS 9:35pm NCIS 10:25pm CSI: NY New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series.

11:25pm CSI: Miami Crime drama.

12:15am ... Sings The Rolling Stones TV tribute to the song writing skills of enduring 60s rockers The Rolling Stones. 1:15am The Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus 2:20am Later... with Jools Holland 3:25am Night of the Living Dead Low-budget horror classic in which radiation from a space probe reanimates the dead, who become ravenous for the flesh of the living.

1:30am The Store 3:35am In Plain Sight Drama series about US Marshals involved with a witness protection programme. 4:55am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

1:50am Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 3:40am Hollyoaks Omnibus 5:45am Countdown

BBC4 8:00pm Metalworks!

9:00pm Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity 10:00pm The Killing 11:00pm The Killing 12:00am Chateau Chunder: When Australian Wine Changed the World 1:00am Metalworks!

2:00am Top of the Pops: 1977 2:30am Duets at the BBC 3:30am Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. This series tells of dazzling leaps of imagination and extraordinary experiments - a story of maverick geniuses who used electricity to light our cities, to communicate across the seas and through the air, to create modern industry and to give us the digital revolution.

CH5

BBC1

6:00pm Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes.

12:20am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

5:00am House Doctor Home improvement series. 5:25am The Great Artists Art historian Tim Marlow looks at some of the western world’s most famous artists. 5:50am County Secrets Series that throws a spotlight on some of the UK’s most scenic counties.

Satellite channels SKY1

5:00am Best of Oops TV

5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Top Ten Show 7:10am Stargate Continuum 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 11:00am Soccer A.M. 1:00pm Futurama 1:30pm Futurama 2:00pm Futurama 2:30pm Futurama 3:00pm Modern Family 3:30pm Modern Family

SKY MOVIES COMEDY

4:00pm Modern Family 4:30pm Modern Family 5:00pm Modern Family 5:30pm Stargate: The Ark of Truth 7:30pm A League of Their Own 8:00pm Hawaii Five-0 9:00pm Hawaii Five-0 10:00pm The One 11:40pm Road Wars 12:40am Night Cops 1:40am Inside Gatwick 2:40am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:40am Road Wars 4:10am Road Wars

6:00am Dunston Checks In 7:35am The Cat in the Hat 9:05am Snow Dogs 10:50am Chalet Girl 12:35pm Team America: World Police 2:20pm The Hangover Part II 4:10pm The Cat in the Hat 5:40pm National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 7:20pm Chalet Girl 9:00pm Team America: World Police 10:45pm The Hangover Part II 12:35am Little Nicky 2:10am Eddie Murphy: Raw 3:45am Wild Cherry 5:15am Snow Dogs

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:00am Cherrybomb 6:30am Listen to Your Heart 8:15am Prom 10:05am Africa United 11:35am Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 1:45pm Jane Eyre 3:50pm Beastly 5:20pm Sweet Home Alabama 7:15pm Going the Distance 9:00pm Jane Eyre 11:00pm My Week with Marilyn 12:45am The Bodyguard 3:00am Purple Rain 5:05am The 5th Quarter

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:50am The Longest Day 8:50am Spy Kids 10:25am Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 12:10pm Tron Legacy 2:20pm Haywire 4:00pm Killer Elite

6:00pm Twister 8:00pm Colombiana 10:00pm Haywire 11:45pm Killer Elite 1:45am Déjà Vu 4:00am Machete

TCM 6:00am Downhill Racer 7:50am Gunsmoke 8:55am Gunsmoke 9:55am The Spider Woman 11:10am Sherlock Holmes in Washington 12:30pm Wichita 2:05pm Escape from Fort Bravo 4:00pm Monte Walsh 5:55pm Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 8:10pm Legally Blonde 10:00pm When Harry Met Sally 11:55pm Two Days in the Valley 1:55am Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4:15am When Harry Met Sally

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I

T was truly a night to remember.

And it will have a lasting effect on the lives of 17 families in Almeria badly hit by the recent floods.

The event was a charity dinner-dance followed by an auction and raffle at the El Mar La Mar in Villaricos, which raised an amazing €12,000 for the flood victims.

Prizes at the big fundraising event attended by around 100 people included a round of golf with English cricketer Ian Botham, a weekend for two at the fivestar Don Carlos Hotel in Marbella and a meal with James Hewitt at The Polo House restaurant, plus a flat screen television donated by Euro Weekly News (EWN).

EWN Publishers Michel and Steven Euesden attended the function accompanied by key staff from the newspaper’s Costa del Sol headquarters, as well as representatives from the company’s local Almeria office in Mojacar.

EWN was the only newspaper with representatives at the charity evening.

Michel Euesden said she has always believed that charity begins at home, and “this evening has proved this once again without any doubt.

“I have always been fond of Almeria but sadly in recent times it has been hit by a catastrophic chain of events.

“Between political decisions - which I am not equipped to comment on raging fires and then the recent floods, this small corner of enchantment was turned by unimaginable nightmares into a zone disintegrating before the eyes of residents,” she said.

“However, the local families are not quitters and none more so than the dynamic Richard and Louise Shepherd of El Mar La Mar. “Involved in many charitable events over the years, they put their money where their mouth was, paying personally for all the food and wine.

“This means that all - and I mean all the money raised

€12,000 boost for flood victim families HATS OFF: Michel and Steven who believe charity begins at home.

through people buying tickets for tonight’s event will go straight to the Red Cross.

“And the staff have even donated their tips.

“The atmosphere tonight was incredible and credit must also go to Jessica and Richard Shanley, owners of the local Spectrum Radio station.

“Their attendance reflected their efforts in both the lead-up to, and the night itself,” added Michel.

Richard Shanley was equally exuberant over the event.

“I am thrilled with the funds raised. I can’t think of an event in the area that has

raised so much, and I can’t thank everyone involved enough.”

Richard Shepherd, owner of El Mar La Mar, said: “The local community should be proud of what has been achieved. I will be happy sitting down to my Christmas dinner knowing that the families affected will be close to gaining normality in their lives again.”

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EWN

TV

15 - 21 November 2012 Costa del Sol

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BBC1

BBC2

2:20am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 8:25am Match of the Day 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:00am Sunday Morning Live Samira Ahmed hosts live interactive debates on the topical issues of the week. 12:00pm Sunday Politics Andrew Neil and Tim Donovan with the latest political news, interviews and debate. 1:25pm Countryfile 2:20pm Bargain Hunt 3:20pm Escape to the Country Series in which prospective buyers are helped to find their dream home.

4.00pm - midnight 4:20pm Nature’s Miracle Babies 5:20pm Lifeline 5:30pm Points of View 5:45pm Songs of Praise 6:20pm Nigel Slater’s Dish of the Day 6:50pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team.

7:10pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

7:20pm Countryfile John Craven and Julia Bradbury head to rural Leicestershire.

8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Antiques Roadshow 10:00pm The Secret of Crickley Hall Drama. When Eve Caleigh and her family arrive at Crickley Hall, they hope to escape the past.

11:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

11:15pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

11:25pm F1: Grand Prix 1:25am Hooper 3:00am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast. 3:05am Holby City Ric returns from holiday and is shocked to find Serena running the hospital in Hanssen's absence. 4:05am The Paradise Drama series.

5:05am Film 2012 with Claudia Winkleman 5:35am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

9:00pm Gavin and Stacey 9:30pm Gavin and Stacey 10:00pm Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 11:00pm Him and Her 11:30pm Him and Her 12:00am American Dad! 12:25am American Dad! 12:45am Family Guy 1:10am Family Guy Animated comedy series about family life.

1:30am Some Girls 2:00am Him and Her 2:30am Him and Her 2:55am Superstorm USA: Caught on Camera 3:55am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents

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Channel 4

Channel 5

7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine Animation following the adventures of the vehicles of Friendlyville. 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Roar 8:30am Deadly Art 8:45am Copycats 9:15am The Scooby-Doo Show 9:40am Wingin’ It 10:00am 12 Again 10:30am Gastronuts 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Great British Bake Off Masterclass 1:30pm Rugby Union 2:30pm Cycling

4:55am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Engie Benjy 7:10am Jungle Junction 7:25am Jungle Junction 7:35am Signed Stories 7:50am Canimals 7:55am Canimals 8:05am Matt Hatter Chronicles 8:25am Almost Naked Animals 8:35am Almost Naked Animals 8:50am Almost Naked Animals 9:00am Phineas and Ferb 9:15am Phineas and Ferb 9:30am Big Time Rush 10:00am Good Luck Charlie 10:25am ITV News 10:30am There’s No Taste Like Home 11:25am Dinner Date 12:25pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 1:25pm Countrywise 1:40pm ITV News and Weather 1:55pm Carry on Henry 3:40pm The X Factor

5:45am Countdown 6:30am Make Do and Mend 6:55am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:00am The Treacle People PC Pendle needs wheels. 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs Tula wants to write a poem. Will she ever be able to find a word that rhymes with ‘hoobacious’? 8:00am Extreme Sailing Series 8:30am Sailing Russell Coutts gives an update on the latest construction crisis within his team, Oracle Team USA. 8:55am BT and Channel 4 Present... 9:00am Will and Grace 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm The Big Bang Theory 1:25pm The Simpsons 1:55pm Channel 4 Racing

7:50am Abby’s Flying Fairy School 8:00am Roobarb and Custard Too 8:05am Bananas in Pyjamas 8:20am Animal Antics 8:25am Noddy in Toyland 8:40am City of Friends 8:55am Mio Mao 9:00am Little Princess 9:10am The Adventures of Bottle Top Bill and His Best Friend Corky 9:25am Angelina Ballerina 9:45am Rupert Bear 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:30am Roary the Racing Car 10:40am Jelly Jamm 11:00am Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35am Thunder Cats 12:10pm Looney Tunes 12:15pm Looney Tunes 12:20pm Meals in Moments 12:30pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic 1:35pm You’ve Got Mail 3:50pm Open Season

6:15pm Coast A look back at part of an episode of coast.

Series exploring Britain's coastline.

6:30pm Indian Ocean with Simon Reeve 7:30pm Fawlty Towers 8:00pm Operation Iceberg Chris Packham and Helen Czerski and a team of explorers and scientists investigate a massive tabular iceberg floating at sea 50 kilometres from the Canadian coast. Their aim is to discover the forces that gradually destroy an iceberg these stunning natural phenomenon.

As they seek out these mysteries, the team confronts dangers including polar bears and a partial disintergration of the iceberg beneath their feet.

9:00pm Sandy: Anatomy of a Superstorm 10:00pm Dragons’ Den Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaires.

11:00pm Harry and Paul Harry and Paul re-invent themselves as Ricky Gervais, and the 1930s movie original of The King's Speech is unearthed along with ‘Sherlock On The Buses’.

11:30pm Match of the Day 2

5:00pm The Home of Fabulous Cakes In an episode devoted to everything chocolaty, Fiona Cairns creates a veritable feast.

6:00pm The Nation's Favourite Number 1 Single 7:30pm London Tonight Regional news update for the capital and the South East, plus local weather.

7:45pm ITV News and Weather Steve Scott with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Surprise Surprise Holly Willoughby hosts another bumper night of surprises.

9:00pm The X Factor Results Show Dermot O’Leary returns with the second of this weekend’s shows.

10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush.

11:30pm ITV News and Weather Steve Scott with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:45pm Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

4:10pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things For the second week of the food competition the chefs turn their attention to meat.

4:40pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things 5:10pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things 5:40pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things 6:10pm Hugh’s 3 Good Things It's the final day of meat week and it's time for beef to take centre stage.

6:40pm Home Alone 8:40pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm How Britain Worked 10:00pm Homeland 11:00pm Watchmen

5:35pm Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Comedy action adventure.

7:40pm 5 News Weekend National and international news.

7:45pm Stealth Action thriller in the Top Gun mould, complete with jet plane heroics.

10:00pm Unforgiven Uncompromising western.

12:20am Hebburn 12:50am Never Mind the Buzzcocks Ed Sheeran and Caroline Flack also join the team for some pop-quiz antics. 1:20am My Year Without Sex 2:50am BBC News

12:45am Rugby Highlights Martin Bayfield presents the pick of the action from the AngloWelsh tournament which encourages the promotion of young rugby talent. Featured games include Northampton Saints’ trip to Newport Gwent Dragons. 1:40am The Store 3:40am Motorsport UK 4:35am ITV Nightscreen Textbased information service.

2:05am American Football Live Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers 5:45am Grudge Match Humorous tales of longstanding rivalry in the world of sport and competition. 5:55am Deal or No Deal

12:30am Hatfields and McCoys Star-studded drama series about two feuding families in post civil-war America. 1:30am How Do They Do It? 2:00am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

5:00am The F.B.I. Files 5:50am County Secrets Series that throws a spotlight on some of the UK's most scenic counties.

11:00pm Game of Thrones

3:40am How Do You Know

12:15am NCIS: Los Angeles 1:15am NCIS: Los Angeles 2:15am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 3:10am Night Cops 4:05am Road Wars 5:00am Best of Oops TV

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Thunderbirds 8:40am Sanctum 10:40am Kingdom of Heaven 1:05pm I, Robot 3:00pm Independence Day

BBC4 8:00pm Time Shift Documentary which tells the surprising story of how Britain entered a new age of steam railways after the Second World War and why it quickly came to an end. After the war, the largely destroyed railways of Europe were rebuilt to carry more modern diesel and electric trains. Britain, however, chose to build thousands of brand new steam locomotives.

9:00pm Michael Wood: The Story of India 10:00pm Storyville 11:15pm Undertow 12:50am Michael Wood: The Story of India 1:50am Pop Charts Britannia: 60 Years of the Top 10 3:20am Sound it Out Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days.

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3:50pm Open Season

Satellite channels SKY1 6:00am Best of Oops TV 7:00am The Hour of Power 8:00am Lion Man 8:30am Lion Man 9:00am UK Border Force 10:00am The Glee Project 11:00am World Wrestling Entertainment Superstars 12:00pm WWE Experience 1:00pm WWE Presents: You Think You Know Me...

2:00pm Best of Oops TV 3:00pm Road Wars 3:30pm WWE Survivor Series Preview 4:00pm The Middle 4:30pm The Middle 5:00pm The Middle 5:30pm The Middle 6:00pm The Middle 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Raising Hope 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Ross Kemp: The Invisible Wounded

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:15am Snow Dogs 7:00am Blackball 8:40am Death Becomes Her 10:25am Take Me Home Tonight 12:10pm Beavis and Butt-head Do America 1:40pm Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son 3:30pm Bad Teacher 5:10pm Take Me Home Tonight 6:55pm How Do You Know 9:00pm Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son 11:00pm Bad Teacher 12:40am Stan Helsing 2:15am Beavis and Butt-head Do America

5:05am The 5th Quarter 6:45am The Top Ten Show 2012 7:00am Cupid, Inc 8:25am Beautiful Wave 10:05am Stepping Out 12:00pm Morning Glory 1:55pm I.Q. 3:35pm A Little Bit of Heaven 5:25pm You May Not Kiss the Bride 7:10pm Morning Glory 9:00pm A Little Bit of Heaven 11:00pm Just Go with it 1:00am Boys Don’t Cry 3:00am The Art of Getting by 4:25am Cherrybomb 5:55am I.Q.

SKY MOVIES ACTION 6:00am The Amazing Spiderman: Premiere Special 6:30am X-Men: First Class Special 7:00am

5:25pm Real Steel 7:35pm Kingdom of Heaven 10:00pm Independence Day 12:25am I, Robot 2:30am Circle of Pain 4:15am Jaws 3

TCM 6:00am Invasion Quartet 7:40am With a Song in My Heart 9:55am Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 12:10pm Escape from Fort Bravo 2:05pm Monte Walsh 4:00pm Trooper Hook 5:35pm The Horse Soldiers 7:55pm Bridge to the Sun 10:00pm Posse 12:05am Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever 1:50am The Boston Strangler

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Thoughts of selling a bar, football and yoghurt as ‘end of world’ date nears THE end of the world is nigh with December 21, 2012, earmarked as the last day of life by the Mayans.

Dilip Kuner sought down-to-earth views from people in the street FORTY-THREE three days and counting.

If doom-mongering believers in the ancient South American Mayans’ prediction that the world will end next month are to believed, time really is rapidly running out.

So do people in the street believe the end is nigh?

And if so, what are their final wishes and hopes.

Diane Hendren from Fuengirola does not believe it will happen, but would not be overly disappointed if it does! “The world will definitely not finish then, but if it should, it cannot come soon enough,” she said. “That’s what comes from being a bar owner in Spain.”

And her unfulfilled ambitions? “I would like to sell the bar first,” she laughed.

Ex-submariner Brian Mathieson says he would like to win the lottery by December 21. “I might not have much time, but I would spend, spend, spend, and travel around the world for a month,” said the 49-year-old from Paisley, Scotland.

“And I’d buy St Mirren Football Club, just to say I owned it for a time.”

As far as Kirsty Johnstone is concerned, wolf has been cried once too often.

“No way are the Mayans right. There have been lots of times when the world has been supposed to end, but we are still here,” she said.

But if doomsday is set to happen, then she would like to see her family in the time remaining. “I have relatives in Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Newcastle in the UK. I would want to say goodbye to them all.”

And the 19-year-old from Fuengirola - thinking of herself - would also like to go skydiving.

For Charlotte Batt from Riviera del Sol, thoughts of the world ending next month saw her thinking of yoghurt. “I have some in the fridge with a January sell-by date, so I hope the world will last that long,” said the 18-yearold. “I would love to travel the world before the end, particularly America and Australia,” she added on a more serious note.

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Businessman and journalist Kari

Karjalainen has no overall regrets on life, and does not believe the world will end shortly.

But he believes every day could be a person’s last anyway.

“If you live life like it will go on forever, the danger is you will put things off and miss out,” said the 61-yearold Finnish expatriate who now lives in Calahonda.

“Do not leave until tomorrow what you can do today.”

But chef Jamie Dyson believes the Mayan prediction could be right.

“But I am hoping they are wrong and that it does not happen until at least after Christmas, and in reality after the New Year which would be even better,” said the 20-year-old from Glasgow.

As for any unfulfilled ambitions, Jamie would like to buy a boat before the world ends. “You never know – it might be another flood – a boat would be handy then.”

Twenty-one-year-old Jay Moule from Kent, in England, puts his faith not in ancient Mayans but in modern technology.

“If it was really going to happen I am sure Apple would have come up with an App for the iPhone to predict it!

“In fact wasn’t the end of the world supposed to

happen earlier this year?” he asked.

But before any apocalypse, Jay would like to give London Mayor Boris Johnson a wedgie. “A wedgie is pulling someone up hard by the waistband of their underpants, just to give everyone a laugh.”

And for me?

“I find it hard to believe the world will end in a little over a month. And so do scholars, with many claiming that the Mayans’ calendar ends on December 21, but that will not signify the death of the world.

“It merely means a calendar cycle has finished and a new one is due to begin.”

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5:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC’s Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London. 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard 5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

11:35pm Four Born Every Second 12:35am Seraphim Falls 2:20am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

2:25am Question Time 3:25am The Choir The Semi-Final. 4:25am Wartime Farm 5:25am BBC News

8:00pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

8:30pm Snog, Marry, Avoid?

9:00pm Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands 10:00pm I Want to Change My Body Young body-obsessed Brits turn the cameras on themselves.

11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy Animated comedy about family life.

12:45am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:10am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

1:30am I Want to Change My Body Young body-obsessed Brits turn the cameras on themselves.

3:00am Russell Howard’s Good News 3:30am Impractical Jokers 4:00am Unsafe Sex in the City

Channel 4

Channel 5

7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What's New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Royal Upstairs Downstairs 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

4:35am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories

5:55am Deal or No Deal 6:50am BT and Channel 4 Present... 6:55am The Treacle People 7:05am Sali Mali Sali Mali and Jackdaw make masks and play a trick on Thomas Carradog. 7:10am The Hoobs Roma has been asked to look after a squigglytiddlypeep while its mum and dad are out.

7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown

6:40am Thomas and Friends 6:50am Roary the Racing Car 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Best House in the Street 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: NY

4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series.

5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm University Challenge 9:30pm MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain's next culinary superstar continues.

10:00pm The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader - fuelled by anger, incapable of forming normal human relationships and unwilling to debate political issues. Such was the depth of his hatred that he would become a war criminal arguably without precedent in history. Yet this strange character was once loved by millions.

11:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks Comedy pop quiz.

11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Jeremy Paxman.

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal David Dickinson is in Bedworth with Brenda Haller, James Layte and Mike Melody.

5:00pm Midsomer Murders Conclusion.

6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale Jimmy fights his emotions and comes to a decision about the business.

8:30pm Coronation Street Eva’s jealousy spirals out of control. Kirsty grows suspicious of Tyrone.

9:00pm Little England 9:30pm Coronation Street Nick falls into Eva and Kylie’s trap. Fiz’s concerns grow for Tyrone. Rob tries to make amends.

10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm The Agenda

4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Dispatches 9:30pm Stephen Fry: Gadget Man Stephen Fry, Britain’s favourite clever clogs, doesn’t live life like the rest of us.

10:00pm 999: What’s Your Emergency?

11:00pm 8 Out of 10 Cats 11:50pm Full English Meet the Johnson family in Channel 4’s brand new animated satirical sitcom.

4:15pm Angel in the Family 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan 9:00pm The All New Gadget Show 10:00pm The Contract

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12:05am A few Good Men Military drama. A young and impetuous naval lieutenant and a more experienced officer are given the job of defending two marines accused of murder. As the two officers come to terms with one another, their investigation uncovers some sinister secrets and collusion at the highest level.

Tom Cruise.

12:10am Coogan’s Bluff Deputy Sheriff Walt Coogan, a tough Arizona cop, travels to New York to collect a wanted man. 1:45am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am UEFA Champions League Weekly 4:25am ITV Nightscreen 5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show

12:20am Dragons’ Den Series in which budding entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to multimillionaires. 1:20am BBC News 5:00am Make a Musical A bully and his victim find themselves lost in a fantasy world.

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Timothy Spall: All at Sea 9:00pm Nature’s Microworlds Series in which Steve Backshall looks at some of the world's most iconic ecosystems.

9:30pm Only Connect 10:00pm Calf’s Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of English Food 11:00pm Storyville 12:25am The Killing 1:25am Timothy Spall: All at Sea 1:55am Nature’s Microworlds Series in which Steve Backshall looks at some of the world's most iconic ecosystems.

2:25am Only Connect 2:55am Calf's Head and Coffee: The Golden Age of English Food

12:20am Rory Peck Awards 2012 12:25am Alan Carr: Chatty Man 1:30am Secret State 2:25am Derren Brown 3:20am The Good Wife 4:00am Moonfleet 5:30am Supernanny US

12:05am A Few Good Men Military drama.

2:30am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice. 5:45am Divine Designs

Satellite channels Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 10:30am Galaxy Quest 12:15pm Down to Earth 1:45pm Bridesmaids 3:50pm Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

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BBC3

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7:00am Airline

SKY1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Raising Hope 6:30pm Futurama

7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Arrow 10:00pm Road Wars 11:00pm Game of Thrones 12:15am Fringe 1:15am Road Wars 2:15am Miami SWAT 3:05am Road Wars 3:55am Road Wars 4:45am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am A Nanny for Christmas 7:10am Down to Earth 8:40am

5:40pm Galaxy Quest 7:25pm Cyrus 9:00pm Dragnet 11:00pm Bridesmaids 1:10am Swingers 2:55am Cyrus

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 9:30am Mean Girls 11:15am The Age of Innocence 1:35pm Just Married 3:15pm The Help 5:40pm Mean Girls 7:20pm Mean Girls 2 9:00pm The Help 11:30pm Just Married 1:10am Legends of the Fall 3:25am Henry’s Crime

SKY MOVIES ACTION 1:40pm Jaws 2 3:40pm Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 6:00pm Gone in 60 Seconds 8:00pm The Tourist 10:00pm The Delta Force 12:10am Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection 2:10am Missing in Action

TCM 10:05am Trooper Hook 11:45am The Horse Soldiers 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Vera Cruz 5:55pm The Last Challenge 7:45pm Red River 10:00pm Blown Away 12:20am City Heat

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money manipulators who provide the billions of dollars to place their own pet puppets in these positions of power? These people are the real schemers and shifters in this world we laughingly refer to as ‘ours’.

Well, I’ve got news. It’s not ours. This planet is not a democracy. This is simply the illusion they create. It’s theirs.

Each and every one of us who are outside their shadowy financial portals of power exists under their sufferance and is completely expendable.

This small, faceless bunch of bandits are nothing more than gamblers dealing in inconceivable amounts of money and power stakes. The losers who backed Romney in this latest two-horse race saw untold billions wiped from their stock market ‘bookie shops’ when their man came second. Mind you, when your income is in the region of millions a minute, I doubt they’ll be crying in their beer for too long.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

Positive back-fire A MAN who took his exgirlfriend’s pregnancy test for a joke discovered that he had testicular cancer after it was revealed as positive.

Croc alert A CROCODILE, on the loose for two years, has been recaptured by police in the Gaza Strip. It took an internet search, shark nets and two weeks of floating in a sewage pond before the reptile was rounded up.

Magic ink A ‘SORCERER’ tattooist has been arrested in Thailand after several brawls involving his disciples who believed his body art made them invincible.

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5:25am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast The latest news, sport, business and weather from the BBC's Breakfast team. 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer Series about properties that have gone to auction. 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard 5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under 5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef The pressure is on for the final four cooks left in the competition.

6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Last Tango in Halifax 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm Imagine...

12:40am Hollywoodland 2:40am Weatherview Detailed weather forecast.

2:45am Exploring China: A Culinary Adventure 3:45am Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs Series about the real history of Britain’s servants. 4:45am Lorraine’s Fast, Fresh and Easy Food Lorraine Pascale creates amazing food, completely from scratch, in super quick time. 5:15am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Total Wipeout 9:00pm Don’t Tell the Bride 10:00pm Transsexual Teen, Beauty Queen 11:00pm Some Girls 11:30pm EastEnders 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad! 1:10am American Dad! 1:30am Some Girls 2:00am Transsexual Teen, Beauty Queen 3:00am Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents 4:00am Russell Howard’s Good News 4:30am Some Girls Comedy series about the lives and loves of a group of quirky 16-year-old girls who play on the same school football team and live on the same inner city estate. Viva invites her friends to help babysit, but then struggles to keep control of the situation.

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Channel 4

Channel 5

7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What’s New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm BBC World News 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Royal Upstairs Downstairs 2:30pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world.

Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Nina Hossain with the latest headlines from around the world.

3:00pm Crime Stories Documentary-style police drama series.

5:30am Supernanny US 6:10am Deal or No Deal 7:05am BT and Channel 4 Present... 7:10am The Hoobs Tula is outside in the cold painting a picture of some penguins. 7:35am The Hoobs Tula has knocked over Groove’s tray of hooboblubbers.

8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News Includes news headlines and weather. 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown

6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr. Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! Antiques series.

5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two All the backstage gossip and behind-the-scenes action from the world of Strictly Come Dancing.

8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip TV entertainers Neil Stuke and Penny Smith hit the road with £400 to invest in antiques.

9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain’s next culinary superstar continues.

10:00pm Dara O Briain’s Science Club Experts and a lively audience join Dara O Briain to tackle the biggest ideas in science.

11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland 11:30pm Newsnight In-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day’s headlines with Jeremy Paxman.

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Midsomer Murders A glassware factory in Midsomer Magna faces ruin after the death of its co-owner Alan King.

6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Alastair Stewart and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm UEFA Champions League Live 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:35pm UEFA Champions League

4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know Comedian Sandi Toksvig hosts Channel 4’s brand new general knowledge quiz show.

5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me Second host in this brand new competition in the West Midlands is mortgage adviser Andrew Devey.

6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 10:00pm Heston’s Fantastical Food 11:00pm Fresh Meat 11:50pm Rory Peck Awards 2012 Homs in Syria: a city under siege.

11:55pm Homeland

4:15pm Together Again for the First Time 5:55pm Looney Tunes Classic Warner Brothers animation. Tweety thwarts all of Sylvester’s ingenious plans to capture him.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours Paul manages to put Ajay off the scent when he goes looking for Priya.

7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Highland Emergency Documentary series. RAF Rescue 137 responds to a massive car crash.

8:30pm Highland Emergency Documentary series.

9:00pm Rolf’s Animal Clinic Documentary series presented by Rolf Harris.

10:00pm Body of Proof US mystery series.

11:00pm CSI: NY New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series.

11:55pm CSI: NY New York-based spin-off of the crime drama series.

1:00am Pokerstars.co.uk European Poker Tour 2:00am BT and Channel 4 Present...

2:05am Sailing 2:35am KOTV Boxing Weekly 3:00am Beach Volleyball 3:55am Bullrun 4:20am Freesports on 4 5:20am Extreme Sailing Series 5:50am Volkswagen Racing Cup

12:55am CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 1:40am Forensic Files Documentary series examining the application of modern technological advances in crime-fighting.

2:05am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor 5:45am Divine Designs

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8:30pm UEFA Champions League Live 12:20am Storyville 1:45am BBC News 5:00am L8r Youngers 2 Short dramas in the Baftawinning series about the journey from primary to secondary school. 5:40am Seeking Refuge

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day's events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury 9:30pm Britain on Film 10:00pm America on a Plate: The Story of the Diner 11:00pm Rick Stein Tastes the Blues 12:00am The Killing 1:00am Storyville 2:15am Canal Walks with Julia Bradbury 2:45am Britain on Film 3:15am Rick Stein Tastes the Blues

12:35am Take Me Out Paddy McGuinness presents another episode of the fun dating show. 1:45am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly.

4:00am Loose Women 4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

Satellite channels SKY1 5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Raising Hope 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm Last Resort 10:00pm A League of Their Own 11:00pm The One 12:40am Miami SWAT 1:40am Road Wars 2:40am Road Wars 3:40am

Road Wars 4:40am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 4:35am Swingers 6:20am Dragnet 8:10am High Anxiety 9:50am Harry Potter: The Magic Lives On 10:20am Diary of a Wimpy Kid 12:00pm Raising Arizona 1:40pm No Strings Attached 3:35pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 5:40pm The Stepford Wives 7:20pm Diary of a Wimpy Kid 9:00pm No Strings Attached 11:00pm Crazy, Stupid, Love 1:00am Best Defense 2:40am The Stepford Wives 4:20am Raising Arizona

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:15am The Age of Innocence

7:35am The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 9:35am The Lake Effect 11:15am Deck the Halls 1:05pm The Top Ten Show 2012 1:20pm An Affair to Remember 3:20pm New York, I Love You 5:10pm All I Want for Christmas 6:50pm Burlesque 9:00pm The Bodyguard 11:15pm Morning Glory 1:05am Against the Ropes 3:00am Cherrybomb 4:30am Stay Cool

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:35am Jaws 2 7:40am The Amazing Spiderman: Premiere Special 8:10am Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 10:10am Crimson Tide 12:15pm Déjà Vu 2:30pm Black Hawk Down 5:00pm Sucker Punch 7:00pm Shanghai Noon

9:00pm Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 11:00pm Black Hawk Down 1:30am Sucker Punch 3:25am American Ninja 2: The Confrontation 5:00am American Ninja 3: Bloodhunt

TCM 6:00am Vera Cruz 7:45am Gunsmoke 8:45am Gunsmoke 9:55am The Man From Snowy River 12:00pm The Last Challenge 1:50pm Gunsmoke 2:55pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm Valerie 5:40pm Elmer Gantry 8:30pm The Ride Back 10:00pm Ocean's Eleven 12:15am Body Heat 2:25am Ocean’s Eleven 4:20am Who’s That Girl?

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5:15am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Neighbourhood Blues 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Watchdog Daily 12:45pm Cash in the Attic Series looking at whether household junk could be worth a small fortune. 1:15pm Bargain Hunt Tim Wonnacott presents the antiques contest from the Newark Antiques and Collectors Fair.

2:00pm BBC News at One The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather. 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Escape to the Country

4.00pm - midnight 4:00pm BBC News The latest national and international news stories from the BBC News team, followed by weather.

4:05pm Deadly 60 4:35pm Lockie Leonard Live action comedy series following the adventures of 13-year-old Australian surf rat Lockie.

5:00pm Prank Patrol Down Under Comedy prank series.

5:25pm Léon 5:30pm Junior MasterChef 6:00pm Newsround Topical news magazine for children.

6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm Supersized Earth 10:00pm Crimewatch 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:25pm BBC London News 11:35pm The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws 11:45pm Crimewatch Update 11:55pm Would I Lie to You? 12:25am Film 2012 with Claudia Winkleman 12:55am Shank An action film for the youth generation, set in a decaying future London.

2:25am Weatherview 2:30am See Hear 3:00am Ian Hislop's Stiff Upper Lip: An Emotional History of Britain 4:00am Paul Martin’s Handmade Revolution 4:45am Cash Britain 5:15am BBC News

BBC3 8:00pm Young Apprentice 9:00pm Gavin and Stacey 9:30pm Gavin and Stacey 10:00pm I Hate My Body: Skinny Boys and Muscle Men 11:00pm Unzipped 11:45pm Family Guy 12:10am Family Guy Animated comedy about the everyday trials and tribulations of American family life.

12:30am American Dad! Animated adventures of a hapless CIA agent and his family.

12:55am American Dad! 1:15am I Hate My Body: Skinny Boys and Muscle Men 2:15am Unzipped 3:00am Impractical Jokers 3:30am Russell Howard’s Good News 4:00am Him and Her 4:30am Him and Her

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7:00am Zigby 7:10am Finley the Fire Engine 7:20am Little Robots 7:30am 64 Zoo Lane 7:45am Chuggington 7:50am Rastamouse 8:00am School of Silence 8:30am Pet Squad 8:40am Eliot Kid 8:55am Newsround 9:00am What's New Scooby-Doo? 9:25am Mister Maker Comes to Town 9:45am I Can Cook with You 10:00am ZingZillas 10:15am Baby Jake 10:25am Dipdap 10:30am Wibbly Pig 10:40am The Koala Brothers 10:50am Big and Small 11:05am Big Barn Farm 11:20am Charlie and Lola 11:30am 3rd and Bird 11:40am Waybuloo 12:00pm In the Night Garden 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm See Hear 2:30pm Lifeline 2:40pm Coast 2:45pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

4:50am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service. 6:30am ITV Morning News The latest national and international news. 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning Presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield. 12:25pm ITV News The latest headlines from around the world. Followed by a local weather forecast. 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world. 3:00pm Crime Stories Documentary-style police drama series.

5:50am Volkswagen Racing Cup 6:15am Deal or No Deal 7:10am The Hoobs Not only is ‘Brainbox Iver' full of bright ideas today, he’s boasting about them. 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am According to Jim Jim is determined to sabotage his own surprise 50th birthday party. 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond Ray is shocked when Debra takes all their baby stuff to a garage sale. 9:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 10:30am Frasier 11:00am Undercover Boss Canada 12:00pm A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm Superscrimpers: Waste Not, Want Not 1:35pm Come Dine with Me 2:35pm Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 3:40pm Countdown

6:10am Wildlife SOS 6:35am Wildlife SOS 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am The Wotwots! 7:20am Fireman Sam 7:30am Jelly Jamm 7:45am Peppa Pig 7:50am Olive the Ostrich 7:55am Little Princess 8:10am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 8:20am The Mr Men Show 8:35am Thomas and Friends 8:45am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Tickety Toc 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm The Hotel Inspector 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Miami

4:00pm Real Rescues 4:45pm Flog It! 5:30pm Breakaway Hosted by Nick Hancock, Breakaway is a race to the finish line with up to 10,000 pounds to be won.

6:15pm Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals The competition to crown Britain's next culinary superstar continues.

10:00pm The Hour 11:00pm The Culture Show 11:30pm Newsnight

4:00pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 5:00pm Midsomer Murders Conclusion.

6:00pm The Chase Quiz show hosted by Bradley Walsh.

7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather Mark Austin and Natasha Kaplinsky with the latest headlines from around the world.

8:00pm Emmerdale Bernice creates waves, but holds her cards close to her chest.

8:30pm Coronation Street Fiz feels the full extent of Kirsty’s anger.

Leanne makes a big decision. David drops a bombshell.

9:30pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!

The celebrities have survived a week in the Australian bush.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Mark Austin and Julie Etchingham with the latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm Exposure Update

4:30pm 1001 Things You Should Know 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Come Dine with Me 6:30pm Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm 4thought.tv 9:00pm Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Secret State

4:10pm Snowman’s Pass Adventure drama.

6:00pm 5 News at 5 National and international news.

6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Alf is concerned that Roo and Harvey are getting on too well, until a fresh row eases his fears.

7:30pm 5 News National and international news.

8:00pm Emergency Bikers Action-packed documentary series following the work of emergency bike crews.

9:00pm The Removal Men Observational documentary series following the Pickfords removal teams at work.

10:00pm The Transporter 11:55pm Attack Force Action thriller in which the leader of a strike team loses his men in a cold-blooded attack.

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11:00pm The Culture Show

12:20am Great Continental Railway Journeys Michael Portillo retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide.

1:20am BBC News 5:00am Love Hurts 5:30am Coping Adolescence can be an emotional assault course, yet teenage mental health is rarely discussed.

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective.

8:30pm Great British Railway Journeys 9:00pm Britain’s Best Drives Actor Richard Wilson follows routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago.

9:30pm Tales From the Wild Wood 10:00pm Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 11:00pm Getting On Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan, Ricky Grover, Sandro Kopp, Tilda Swinton.

11:30pm Frost on Satire 12:30am Metalworks!

1:30am Britain’s Best Drives Actor Richard Wilson follows routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago.

2:00am Tales From the Wild Wood 2:30am Getting On 3:00am Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

12:35am The First Great Train Robbery 1:30am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. 4:00am Columbo The dishevelled detective is called in to investigate when a popular actor is found murdered. 5:40am ITV Nightscreen Text-based information service.

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12:05am Rory Peck Awards 2012 12:10am The Town That Caught Tourette’s 1:15am Abbey Road Studios: In Session with VW Beetle 1:45am Superstar DJs 2:10am Stooshe: Intro 2:25am Spotlight 2:40am Las Acacias 4:10am St. Elsewhere 4:55am Deal or No Deal 5:50am Countdown

2:40am Las Acacias

1:45am Ricky Hatton: The Comeback 2:35am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 4:55am HouseBusters 5:20am House Doctor Home improvement series with Californian interior designer Ann Maurice and Alistair Appleton.

5:45am Divine Designs

Satellite channels SKY1 5:10am Stargate SG-1 6:05am Stargate SG-1 7:00am Airline 7:30am Airline 8:00am Modern Family 8:30am The Middle 9:00am Dog the Bounty Hunter 9:30am Dog the Bounty Hunter 10:00am Glee 11:00am NCIS: Los Angeles 12:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 1:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 2:00pm NCIS: Los Angeles 3:00pm Glee 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm Raising Hope 6:30pm Futurama 7:00pm Futurama 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Simpsons 9:00pm The Glee Project 10:00pm Last Resort 11:00pm Fringe 12:00am Trollied 12:30am Road Wars 1:00am A League of Their Own

2:00am Road Wars 2:55am Miami SWAT 3:55am Road Wars 4:45am Road Wars 5:10am Stargate SG-1

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 6:00am A Nanny for Christmas 7:30am Death Becomes Her 9:20am Snow Dogs 11:05am Orange County 12:35pm Marmaduke 2:10pm Johnny English Reborn 4:00pm The Hangover Part II 5:45pm Snow Dogs 7:30pm Marmaduke 9:00pm Johnny English Reborn 10:45pm The Hangover Part II 12:35am Orange County 2:05am Blackball 3:50am Vampire in Brooklyn 5:40am Death Becomes Her

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Phew! What is that bad smell lingering around here?

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HAT a difference a few months make! Now you can hardly open a UK newspaper without reading about the latest example of corruption being laid bare or scandal uncovered somewhere or other.

Take, for instance, the recent failure of a politically-motivated attempt to sue a Greek journalist for naming and shaming alleged Greek account holders in an offshore bank ‘safeguarded’ for two years from tax investigation.

A Greek court acquitted Lagarde List magazine-editor Kostas Vaxevanis on all charges.

This left Greek leaders at a loss to explain why Greece harbours so many super-rich tax evaders at a time of austerity, shortages and painful cuts for the rest of the country intermittently on strike and on the brink of running out of cash to pay its public servants and pensioners.

Breaking Views NORA JOHNSON Nora, who has lived on the Costa del Sol for a number of years, is the author of psychological suspense and crime thrillers. To comment on any of the issues raised in Nora’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/norajohnson

Meanwhile in Mexico, hundreds of police officers in Acapulco were fired after failing tests specially aimed at flushing out officials in a corruption scandal enveloping the country’s security services. Mexico, you’ll recall, is engaged in an ongoing battle against corruption with drugs gangs bribing low-paid police officers and state officials.

And while we’re on the subject of scandal and corrupt practices, don’t let us forget Britain where even the former Europe Minister,

CORRUPTION: Scandals are being uncovered on a regular basis.

Denis MacShane, was fiddling his expenses, where the richest escape tax by offshore deals and where it’s common for tradesmen to suggest VAT can be avoided by paying cash. In fact, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Boris Johnson have all admitted they’ve made cash-in-hand

payments in the past.

Still in the UK, there’s additionally the ever-widening, unfolding story of the child abuse scandal at Welsh care homes in the ’70s and ’80s. While the focus is on the alleged involvement of a

former Conservative minister, it’s also claimed that MPs, police officers, lawyers and businessmen were implicated. Indeed, many are demanding an overarching public enquiry into child protection failings generally - by the BBC, NHS, police as well as care homes.

Simply put, these past few months have fuelled those conspiracy theorists who question the fundamental integrity of the UK media, police, judiciary and politicians …

I’m reminded of the time when Gandhi was asked by a Western journalist what he thought of Western civilization and he replied: “I think it would be a very good idea.”

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www.euroweeklynews.com HENRY VIII was a tyrant. Grossly overweight with bad breath and a foul smelling wound on his leg; at the age of 48, convinced he was still the handsome prince of his youth, he took a wife of barely 16 and then had her executed.

During the last years of his reign, England lived in fear of his whims, for the whim of a king could mean death for his subjects. The sight of 16-year-old Catherine Howard being dragged screaming to the executioner’s block was not one of England’s finest moments.

Nor was the execution of the two young courtiers (framed by Catherine’s ambitious uncle the Duke of Norfolk), who suffered the traitor’s fate of being hung, drawn and quartered.

That Henry was mad is in no doubt, pain from his leg would have been excruciating and his life as a monarch feared and fawned over had engendered in him an ego the size of a football stadium and a belief he was God’s envoy on earth.

England’s most powerful families sent him sycophantic men who used their young daughters, nieces, granddaughters as pawns in their games of power.

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Surviving the whims of kings That Norfolk survived both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard after having been the architect of both their rise and subsequent fall must have caused their severed heads to spin wildly on Traitor’s Gate.

The Tudor attitude towards women is well documented; they were ciphers used solely at the whim of the men who ‘owned’ them.

The whims of men have steered us through the centuries.

Ultimately, it is the people who indulge or not indulge the whims of great men, the people who allow tyrants to rule and leaders to commit genocide or to rise up

Suzanne Manners Suzanne has a degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and an MA in Writing from Lancaster University. She is currently teaching in Alicante and writing a book for teenagers (which doesn’t have a vampire as its central character). To comment on any of the issues raised in Suzanne Manners’ column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/suzanne-manners.

in dissent. In a democracy the people vote, or protest and stand against a failing leader. In dictatorships, brave souls work from within to topple the throne.

Importantly, we women who once whispered in the darkness now lead. Elizabeth I was a great

HENRY VIII: How women have moved on since his times. monarch; she may have been vain and suspicious but at least she didn’t allow her whims to guide her.

So as I sit knitting (yes knitting) I reflect on how far we women have grown and developed. No longer at the mercy of tyrant

kings or ambitious uncles, free to dissent and to vote and to make our voices heard above the din of male power; no longer forced to bow to the judgement of men. All men and women deserve to be free from tyranny... I must go now, my son wants his lunch.

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Gay Australian MP to marry in Spain A GAY Australian MP plans to will be recognised in something come to Spain to marry his long- like 20 countries but not in Australia where he is a... term partner.

Ian Hunter will exchange vows respected politician.”

A bill to recognise same-sex with Leith Semmens - his partner marriages is likely of more than 20to be introduced in years - in the small the Australian town of Jun in It will send a Parliament this Granada Province in year.

January next year. ‘positive In Spain, gay This will make message’ that marriage has been Hunter the first recognised since sitting gay politician the law should 2005 and Tuesday’s of any Australian be changed ruling which parliament to be rejected a married, although their marriage will challenge by the not be recognised under ruling Popular Party to the law Australian law. means it will continue to be so.

Their marriage will send a Hunter and Semmens had ‘positive message’ that the law originally planned to marry in should be changed, said Alex New York last year, but the Greenwich, the national Federal Government reportedly convenor of lobby group refused to grant the necessary paperwork to allow the Australian Marriage Equality.

“Things like that have a huge ceremony to be conducted in the impact. This is a marriage that United States.

All by myself

M

Y one big desire this weekend is simple… to let my hair down and forget about the troubles from my drinkdrive episode!

But there is now an even bigger problem to face up to.

For last weekend was the final one in Marbella for one of my closest girlfriends.

She left for pastures new on Monday.

A fellow singleton, we have been like two olives in a Martini. Always after the same men, sharing clothes; you know the deal.

Gal pals for four years; I will never forget the moment we met.

In one of my favoured local Spanish watering holes, the bartender called out ‘free Jäger’. She and I were the only ones to bolt to the bar. I instantly knew we would get along.

Anyone who sprints on the promise of free shots is a friend of mine.

As I see it...

Ana JeffersonSmith takes an irreverent look at life as a singleton expat in Spain

The following week she celebrated her birthday.

Invited to her party, we marked our new-found friendship, drinking and clinking glasses to the mischief we anticipated would come.

Not covered during our first meeting, I asked what ripe old age she was turning. Only to find out it was in fact her 17th birthday.

Oh, b…….!

I’d just found a drinking buddy two years older than my little sister, and in reality, illegal trouble!

However, even with a few

years between us, we’ve spent every weekend without fail in clubs – some the wrong side of nearseedy – flirting our way to free vodka and celebrating when one of us found a squeeze for the night!.

I’ll always remember trying to sneak backstage at Peter Andre’s first concert on the coast.

We tried to blag being members of the Press… I think the fact that we were, let’s say, a little more provocatively dressed than most reporters, is what gave us away.

But my left-hand chica has now gone. How am I going to cope on the coast surrounded by couples?

Hopefully, I won’t end up hanging out in bars alone.

But if I am seen propping up a Puerto Banús bar, just quietly suggest I go home… because the chances are, I will have been there since lunch-time.

Hats off!

IT has to be admired, the fact that people pick up and go, without blinking an eyelid. Decide they want to come down to the sun and start afresh. What makes us do it is a combination of things and yet individual to each one of us.

Admirable, because it takes a lot of audacity to go to a foreign place to live where you haven’t been before or speak the language; except maybe in your dreams or when you get sucked in by one of those - very popular - TV programmes. These show you the ideal, derelict, used-to-be-house-now-ruin, in the middle of nowhere with breathtaking vistas over spectacular mountains and deep blue sea, that idealise a lifestyle of setting up your own B&B or yoga retreat, growing your own -- far from your regular two-up and two-down terrace/semi and takeaways.

More so because it is actually true that not only Brits but other Europeans choose to live in these remote and isolated areas. Places where they can’t be ‘overlooked’ and most probably involve driving through a dry river bed (‘rambla’), or praying all the way up what was once a cattle track, now a long and narrow dirt road, up a side of

South of the Border KERRY SASTRIAS Kerry Sastrias is a director at www.espanglish.net language school in Vera, Almeria. Read more on: elbloginglesespanol.blogspot.com.es

a mountain and where the nearest neighbour is miles away. Not to mention water mains, electricity or much else for that matter. How on earth they even manage to get building materials to reconstruct these dilapidated abodes is in itself nothing short of a miracle!

God forbid if it rains, because even though there isn’t much of it round this area (in this case – thank goodness), when it rains it pours and you could be left isolated for a while if the rambla or the mountain road was washed out.

I can’t even begin to imagine what I would do in case of an emergency (medical, fire, etc) or simpler still, if I ran out of petrol or needed a pint of milk for my cuppa! No, not for me, thank you very much! I am too much of a big city rat trying to manage being a town cat at the moment.

STARTING AFRESH: It takes courage to move to another country.

I can also appreciate the fact that many of these people are successful in their endeavour to building a life for themselves here.

Making friends, joining existing or establishing clubs and associations, starting a business to serve their fellows, helping each other with whatever is needed in their community,

well even creating suburbs of their own countries. Have you noticed that there are even towns around here where the Spaniards look out of place?

In all, though much can be said about foreigners (such as me) I feel that this is certainly something to be commended: staying true to where they come from.

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SU DOKU

TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) For all of the things that you want to do, there are three others that you wish to do. Maybe they are waiting for their own time to come. During the course of this week you will be thinking of what the future could hold, even though dealing with practical issues.

HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) When it isnʼt possible to change something, often it is just as effective to rearrange it. That is the solution which comes to you this week. Instead of being frustrated at a delay, try changing the conditions or times.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

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ARIES (March 21 - April 20) Rarely has your mind been as sharp as it is at the moment. There have been some awkward and downright bad periods in the recent past, but this week everything falls into place. Why, you wonder, have you worried so much about things which could not be changed?

CANCER (June 22 - July 23) When we have long-standing friendships, these are often taken for granted and yet often we could make so much more of them.

Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once. Solution on website.

Just joking Did you hear about the guy who lost his left arm and leg in a car crash?

He’s all right now.

What lies at the bottom of the ocean and twitches?

A nervous wreck.

What did the fish say when he hit a concrete wall?

“Dam”.

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LEO (July 24 - August 23) Consider what is the most important thing to you at the moment? Is it wealth or social position? Your work, or how it may be possible to afford that new conservatory are minor considerations compared with your greatest asset which is your health. This week, then, is all about boosting this valuable commodity and building its future.

Nonagram

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Pat yourself on the back for all of your efforts of recent weeks. Looking back just

TARGET: Average: 16 Good: 21

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION aged, dang, drag, dreg, edge, edgy, egad, gale, gean, gear, geed, geld, gene, glad, glee, glen, grad, gran, gray, grey, gyre, rage, rang, yang, agley, agree, angel, anger, angle, angry, eager, eagle, eager, edger, elegy, gayer, genre, glade, gland, glare, glary, glean, gnarl, grade, grand, greed, green, gyral, lager, large, ledge, ledgy, leger, raged, range, rangy, regal, agreed, anergy, angled, angler, argyle, danger, dangle, energy, enrage, gander, garden, geared, gender, genera, glared, gnarly, grande, grayed, greedy, greeny, greyed, ledger, legend, ranged, regale, regnal, angered, dangler, derange, eagerly, enlarge, enraged, general, gleaned, gleaner, gnarled, grandee, grandly, greenly, grenade, regaled, enlarged, LEGENDARY

Word ladder CAME

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) As the saying goes, ʻno one ever said it would be easyʼ. In the past few months you have found this to be true. Hard work is not alien to you, but there is a point where you want to shout ʻenoughʼ. It may be business or home life needs some rearranging, or that someone is moving job and the routine is severely disrupted.

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) As a home-loving Libran, you are torn between making changes to your surroundings and getting some cash in on the business side. Apparently, it is not possible to do both because energy levels fluctuate.

Very good: 31 Excellent: 38

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case L) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

WITH

Move from the start word (CAME) to the end word (WITH) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

CAME CASE CASH WASH WISH WITH

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) When you are at home this week I would like you to consider how you

a few months, would you have thought so much progress could be made? Because of your efforts, home life is enhanced and you are more appreciated. Give yourself a break at the weekend and do something with a loved one that you have not done together for some time.

1. TINKY WINKY, DIPSY, LAA-LLA and PO, 2. IDAHO, ILLINOIS, INDIANA and IOWA,

view your surroundings. This is a good week to make changes and have discussions about future directions.

3. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY (GWR), LONDON AND NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY

feelings about being at or near home this week, with thoughts of more progress possible elsewhere.

(LNER), LONDON, MIDLAND AND SCOTTISH RAILWAY (LMS) and SOUTHERN RAIL-

Expecting too much help from others has held you back in the recent past. It makes sense to be part of a team only when everyone is pulling their weight. Some things are best done alone for real progress.

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She has performed in more than 20 films, including ʻVidocqʼ and ʻThe Lost Cityʼ.

She was the face of Lancômeʼs perfume Trésor.

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family and distinctly damaged life, aided by his best friend Harry Biscuit and definitely not aided by his cruel and ironically named guardian Mr Gently Benevolent and his accomplices, the fearsome Hardthrasher siblings. Add in grim circumstances, mistaken

(kneecap), TIBIA (shinbone) and FIBULA (calf bone), 6. GRYFFINDOR, HUF-

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) The enthusiasm of your bright Capricorn mind is also capable of making you restless. There are mixed

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SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Is playing the waiting game really to your advantage? Your Sagittarian character naturally leads you to be optimistic, and why not? It wonʼt hurt to hurry someone along rather than having them go at their own pace.

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SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) There is so much in you that is determined and looking forward to a fresh start, but something that you are trying to get rid of, or give up, may be giving you more trouble than anticipated. Some things have to be done alone, or so you think, but others have gone through this before you so they are able to give support.

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Crosswords CRYPTIC

ENGLISH - SPANISH

Across 1 Like a bird slightly injured (6) 5 Dairy food for a dirty fighter (6) 8 Spanish painter involved in yoga (4) 9 Ignominious hoax leads to fuel spill (8) 10 War paint in defeat across one quiet street (8) 11 Streak without South African tramp (4) 12 The beloved compilerʼs expression of dismay (4,2) 14 Portray part of old epic tale (6) 16 Cold weather from the first of September, instantly (4) 18 False encouragement before debts (8) 20 Fashionable police force at hospital department event (8) 21 Female with hole in her footwear (4) 22 Weigh a female donkey (6) 23 Syʼs red, can look stylish (6) Down 2 Adore lookers (but not doers), we hear (7) 3 Flies the deer back north in (5) 4 Detest scruffy kidʼs lie (7) 5 Capital of Belgium has a dearth of ebony (5) 6 Move otter record to canopy (7) 7 Draw out end, but crew regularly

Funagram 1. Unscramble the name of a bestselling American author: BINS ROLL BY 2. Unscramble the name of a popular type of (sweet) biscuit (two words): ECOLOGISTS HID ACE VET

Across 1 En alguna parte (9) 5 Fechas (días precisos) (5) 7 Letter (mail) (5) 9 Pulgar (5) 10 Anillos (5) 11 Carreteras (5) 12 Italia (5) 14 Navajas (9)

Down 1 Triste (persona) (3) 2 Lavabo (9) 3 Scorpion (9) 4 Hierba (5) 6 Truffle (5) 8 Income (from property) (5) 9 Late (after usual time) (5) 13 Sí (3)

Co d e B r e a ke r missing (5) 13 War returning? Conceal television series (7) 14 Wasnʼt sure about party, but confused journalist (7) 15 Slips company up on

25 See 23 Down 1 Flower part (5) 2 Diluting agent (7) 3 Dreamy happiness (5) 4 Tremble (6) 5 Pilotʼs compartment (7) 6 Last letter of Greek alphabet (5) 7 Money matters (7) 12 Roosts (7) 13 Menacing (7) 15 Flags (7) 16 Worldʼs largest desert (6) 18 Bohemian dance (5) 19 Overly sentimental (5) 20 Terminated (5)

Play on Words

AREA

CHAOFRGE

Answers: A grey area, In charge of

QUICK

Across 1/6 Postpone (3,3) 3 Fundamental (5) 6 See 1 8 Capital of Georgia (7) 9 Free from dirt (5) 10 Loans (5) 11 Make clear (7) 12 Forgive (6) 14 Balanced (6) 17 Duplicate (7) 19 Slightly burn (5) 21 Greeting (5) 22 Put to use (7) 23/25 Neptune, for example (3,3) 24 Frightening (5)

The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet.

In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents Q and 3 represents L, so fill in Q every time the figure 1 appears and L every time the figure 3 appears. Now, using your knowledge of the English language, work out which letters should go in the missing squares.

As you discover the letters, fill in other squares with the same number in the main grid and the control grid.

Saturday (7) 17 No points on afternoon prayers (5) 18 A dialectic name for various ducks seems backward (5) 19 An edition for the children (5)

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Socks, 4 Random, 9 Trained, 10 Slaps, 11 Less, 12 Purpose, 13 Rat, 14 Fine, 16 Easy, 18 Pad, 20 Extreme, 21 Bait, 24 Ranks, 25 Chicane, 26 Spends, 27 Sings.

Down: 1 Settle, 2 Chaps, 3 Song, 5 Absorbed, 6 Dragons, 7 Master, 8 Adept, 13 Released, 15 Intense, 17 Beards, 18 Peach, 19 Others, 22 Again, 23 Digs.

QUICK - Across: 1 Decent, 4 Tennis, 9 Stature, 10 Tutor, 11 After, 12 Realise, 13 Ale, 14 Rebel, 16 Eager, 18 Son, 19 Gnocchi, 21 Focus, 23 Evict, 24 Narrate, 25 Seethe, 26 Defeat.

Down: 1 Despair, 2 Chant, 3 Neutral, 5 Extra, 6 Nothing, 7 Serve, 8 Depressions, 15 Bromine, 16 Enforce, 17 Respect, 19 Guess, 20 Catch, 22 Chase.

ENGLISH - SPANISH Across: 1 Ruta, 3 Obras, 6 Syrup, 8 Truth, 10 Rat, 11 Llave, 12 Ounce, 13 Nun, 14 Sound, 15 Steep, 16 Zorro, 17 Head.

Down: 1 Results, 2 Tartamudo, 4 Buttons, 5 Aguanieve, 7 Prender, 9 Huesped.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

Hexagram The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (DANCED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ACTING CINDER COURSE DANCED (10) DEALER DESIRE INLAND

Quote Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me

‘

Steve Jobs (1955-2011), American entrepreneur, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.

INTENT ISLAND MISERY NORMAL RENDER SENDER SEVERE

SLAYER STEEDS STENCH TASTES TINDER

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION 1 Estate, 2 Bitten, 3 Either, 4 Render, 5 Hearts, 6 Suited, 7 Header, 8 Tumble, 9 Neatly, 10 Halted, 11 Dreams, 12 Rioted, 13 Barest, 14 Floats, 15 Metres, 16 Barley, 17 Awaits, 18 Aflame, 19 Seared

FUNAGRAM SOLUTION 1. BILL BRYSON 2. CHOCOLATE DIGESTIVES

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An offer you can’t refuse

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T the risk of finding a severed horse’s head in my bed, I thought I should address the perilous subject of organised crime.

Being an optimist (naive, if you prefer) I actually thought that the realms of the Mafia in the developed world - apart from Russia - had pretty much faded into obscurity with the likes of Al Capone and John Gotti.

But as recent events show, it has once again raised its ugly head; the Mafia is alive and very well, indeed. Well, were it not for some 80 of their Chinese contingent being arrested in Madrid and Barcelona in October and, not forgetting, the recent resignation of Japanese Justice Minister, Keishu Tanaka, amid revelations that he was buddies with some top honchos in the Yakuza.

These incidents are, of course, the mere tip of the cement-booted iceberg; the UN Office on Drugs and Crime estimates that organised crime accounts for $870 billion (€682 billion) in the many sordid and heinous activities they engage in.

With such power, the real question is; why are they not more visible? At a time when politicians and the police seem unable or unwilling to act against everyday crime like robberies, assaults AS family budgets become increasingly stretched, more than 60 per cent of mothers in the UK return to work because they cannot afford to stay at home.

While many Spanish parents call on family living locally to look after the children while they are at work, many expatriates do not have this support, but still find dual incomes within the family unit much more a necessity in the present tough economic climate.

In an exclusive survey into the lifestyle of mothers in the UK, Research company Mintel discovered that financial needs top the reason why mothers go back to work.

Aside from economic reasons, keeping the mind active (28 per cent), being more independent (25 per cent) and not wanting to give up a career (21 per cent) were the other main reasons for returning to the workplace.

Moreover, less than one in 20 mothers said their partner wanted to stay at home with the baby.

One in five British mothers return to work when their baby is between seven and 12 months and almost one in six do so

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ULRICA MARSHALL ulrica @euroweeklynews.com

and general hooliganism, isn’t this the exact time that the Mafia could gain both political power and public favour?

These major league criminals do not wish their hunting ground to be disturbed by the seething masses of low-life crime; these people have ‘respectable’ fronts, and you may even find that your kids share the same school… Presumably, they, too, want to keep ‘their’ streets safe, regardless of the drugs shipment they just ordered.

After a spate of robberies in her street, one friend asked the police what they were doing about it; any extra patrolling, intensified search for the perpetrators or anything at all? The answer was no. So she got together with some neighbours to see if they could hire a private security company to patrol the area. This turned out to be impossible or prohibitively

SECRET SOCIETY: Do you really know your neighbours? expensive (even when divided by some 100 property owners). This friend lives here in Spain, but the same problem is echoed in most European countries.

New mums find work a must in modern life when their baby is less than six months old.

By contrast, just 8 per cent return once the child is five or older.

But while lack of income forces many women to return to the workplace, this year more mothers have decided against returning to work after having a baby compared with 2011.

In September, nearly a quarter of mothers reported they did not return to work after giving birth, up from 18 per cent in June 2011. They highlighted high childcare costs as a key reason for not returning to work.

Ina Mitskavets, Senior Consumer and Lifestyles Analyst at Mintel, said: “Job security is highly prized in the current climate of uncertainty with many mothers returning to work within the 12 months that their job has to be legally held open for them.

“Affordability of childcare, or lack of, is keeping lower-income mums and those with more children at home.

“Lower salaries are frequently not covering childcare costs, which are rising more rapidly than the average salary.”

However, 61 per cent of stay-

I am in no way condoning the Mafia, but it strikes me it may be in their interest to control the lawlessness of today, in the same way that the Yakuza in Japan has kept petty crime at bay in the past. As a civilian, you could walk the streets of the capital quite safely, (assuming you were not caught in any rival Yakuza gang crossfire) returning to find your home intact.

Simple human rights we should be able to take for granted.

Of course, the preferred method of regaining control would be to follow the lead of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who succeeded in turning the city from one of the most treacherous in the States to one of the safest in the 90s. He achieved this with hard hitting policies like zero tolerance, even for minor offences; this comes at a price, but I think we could all live without new government buildings or road extensions in favour of some basic safety and security.

Do you feel safe? Let me know your thoughts (anonymously if you wish) on ulrica@euroweeklynews.com and I will follow up with a summary of responses in the next few weeks.

STAYING AT HOME: Raising a family is more important for some. at-home mothers surveyed said that raising a family was more important than a career outside the home, and 54 per cent said they loved being a homemaker.

But, for four in 10 mothers, not working poses a difficult position socially, as they say ‘I find myself justifying to others why I don’t work’.

Less than one in five said they felt less equal than their partner and around one in 10 believed not working was harming their career.

Overall, 65 per cent of

mothers said parents should equally share responsibility for raising children.

Proving life is not a bed of roses for Britain’s children, 47 per cent of mothers make their children help out with household chores and one in three admit to being strict.

Around a third limit the amount of time children spend online and 34 per cent restrict the time their children watch TV. By contrast, 21 per cent of British parents say their children are free to do what they want most of the time.

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T is a mystery to me why those most useless at communicating are those whose trade is communication.

Many advances rival those of the Victorian age; only the postal service stays in the Penny Black era.

The Victorians crossed the bridge from centuries-old horse dependency to air, motor, rail, mail, and telegram and telephone familiarity. Beat that, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates!

Unable to keep up, we plebs find ourselves in the slipstream of emerging innovation. As a consequence many of us are clueless as to what new devices do and how we can best use them to benefit our lives.

Coming from a sales background I can see a fortune to be made by explaining how gadgets work. This cannot be left to the geeks running the business.

They may be iPod and Kindle tablet savvy but when it comes to communication they are knuckle-shuffling Neanderthals.

What they’re doing is manufacturing pens for a largely illiterate market; doh!

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Mike Walsh vwww.michaelwalsh.es International Journalism Europe Broadcaster Commentator International Radio Awarded ‘Writer of the Year’ Mobile 0034 662 067 490 To comment on any of the issues raised in Mike’s column, go to www.euroweeklynews.com/columnists/mikewalsh

I was delighted with my first digital camera. It was as far removed from traditional photography as the laptop and Word are from typewriters. Now digital cameras have passed their sell-by date; that is progress for you.

I could hardly wait to use my first digital and downloaded the instruction manual. Yes, it is not a booklet, you download them. Imagine my dismay when having printed the guidebook I found it to be the

Its content was so geek that it may as well have been written in Egyptian hieroglyphics; a waste of space and rain forest.

To their credit I did see an enterprising couple making pin money by holding two-day courses showing new users how to get the best from their digitals.

They would probably make a fortune by showing those yet to buy these cameras their advantages then taking orders for them.

Geeks don’t think that way.

You see, that is how sales work: I was a very successful salesman and sales manager.

USER FRIENDLY? You have to be joking! This was because I had the nous to size of a telephone directory. explain the benefits of my

company’s products in a way that could be understood. Our philosophy was you’ll get what you want when you convince the customer he will get what he wants: ‘don’t sell the steak, sell the sizzle’.

What happens when we visit a geek-gadget store? The behind-the-counter staff have their heads so far up their hard drives they can’t communicate except in a language we do not understand.

User friendly; you have got to be joking. They speak geek and haven’t the patience of a fruit fly.

If only an enterprising geekgadget entrepreneur with an engaging personality would set up short introduction courses.

He could at the close take orders and trouser a fortune.

Would someone please explain to me what an iPod, an app and e-book are in simple language, please? I might well buy one.

Habits that’ll get on your nerves A British survey of men and women aged 17 to 77 has highlighted what most annoys and irritates them. Now Tony Matthews takes a look at his pet hates.

Arrogant people: Those who thinks they are the cat’s whiskers.

Know-alls: After sulking, they disappear

when they cannot give the right answer.

Quiz moaners: Contestants who complain ‘Oh, not sport, or not pop music.’ Why enter in the first place? What would they expect on Pointless, The Chase or The Weakest Link?

Miserable shop assistants: It costs nothing to smile when serving a customer.

Pushy parents: Mums and dads who without a please or may I, guide a buggy down a shop aisle,

over the footpath or into a crowd at a packed market, muttering ‘get out of the way.’

Singer who mime: This is embarrassing, along with those who sing out of tune.

Directionless drivers: Those who don’t indicate when turning right or left, or do so only at the very last moment. Also drivers who cruise slowly in the fast lane, and motorists who tailgate .

Wrong entry: Customers who enter or

exit shops through the wrong designated door and who blame other shoppers for being in the way.

Mobile shouters: People who talk loudly in a restaurant/bar/hotel, on public transport, or in company! They should move away.

Messy walkers: Pet owners who fail to clean up the mess.

Litter louts: They are still around, and the authorities should impose more fines.

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VISITORS: Not many express their gratitude for your generosity.

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OTELS are used to disappearing towels and cutlery, often disappearing with an unpaid bill. Those of us resident in Spain will know the feeling. How often do we have visitors who, after a week or so of wining, dining; sharing the good life and the bed and roof, then disappear with a cheery wave.

Most even get free airport pick-ups and watch whilst you enter the contents of your wallet into the supermarket check-out lady’s lap. I had a 12month cuckoo in my nest.

Not many leave a box of chocolates on the coffee table to express their gratitude at such largesse.

It comes with the territory.

A record you don’t want to break HE was one very unlucky guy to make it into the record books. For the first time on record there was only one fatality on Spanish roads over a recent weekend. The average is 10 accidents resulting in death.

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Traffic accidents occur for many reasons but a new factor is reduced traffic and speeds due to the economic crisis. There have been 1.2 million fewer drivers on the road in 2012; a 10 per cent drop in traffic fatalities.

The unfortunate victim was Damià Badia Serentill, a teacher from Raimat in Lleida. He had been out collecting mushrooms when the accident happened. His wife was critically injured.

Austerity woes - who will help now?

When after World War Two the United

Nations (UN) imposed a trade embargo on Francoist Spain in an attempt to starve it into submission, Juan Peron’s Argentine government came to Spain’s aid.

Vital foods and medicines got through; for this reason, Eva Peron is still a revered icon for many in Spain.

Austerity measures, it is said, are plunging Hispaniola back into the severe shortages and endemic poverty of the Franco period.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services concede that 8 million people are now registered as being in need of state aid. Not good when this appalling figure is set against Spain’s small population.

Spain is a country big enough to be a selfsufficient major exporter of foodstuffs.

It could have taken over the Ukraine’s preCommunist position as ‘bread basket of Europe.’

What went wrong? Who will now come to Spain’s aid?

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It’s never too late to stop smoking SMOKING still remains the leading cause of preventable death in the UK and quitting can, in some cases, virtually eliminate the increased risk of premature death.

The survey Professor Richard Peto of Oxford University and his colleagues have just released their findings from a new study of more than a million women.

Between 1996 and 2001, the researchers recruited 1.3 million female participants aged between 50 and 65.

These women were among the first generation of females to smoke regularly throughout their lifetimes and tracking these women into the 21st century provided the most comprehensive look at the prolonged effects of smoking, as well as the benefits of quitting.

The participants were made up of the following: 20% smokers, 28% former smokers, 52% never smoked The Findings By 2011, 66,000 had passed away and from those, these are just some of the findings.

Fact: Women smokers more than triple their risk of dying early compared with non-smokers Fact: Women who smoke are at greater risk of heart disease than male smokers.

The reason isn’t clear but it’s thought that it could be smokings’ effect on dampening protective effects of estrogen on the heart or simply that women tend to inhale deeper than men.

Fact: Even light smokers who smoked one to nine cigarettes per day had two times the mortality rate of non-smokers.

All is not lost More encouraging, however, was the positive effect that quitting seemed to have on the women’s lifespans.

Those who quit smoking before they reached 40 avoided more than 90% of the increased risk of premature death from cigarettes.

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Marbella HC for high-tech care A PRE-OPERATIVE testing for all candidates for dental surgery offers a study in 3D images.

Specialists from the Radiology Unit affirm that this technique allows a suitable and complete projection of the procedure and lowers the risk of complications.

The Radiology Unit of the International Hospital HC Marbella provides patients and the specialist in dental implants a service, called Dental Scan, which allows a study of 3D images and of 360 degrees of jawbones and cross sections to the dental arcade to be made.

As the radio-diagnosis specialists of the hospital complex indicate: “This imaging technique offers innumerable advantages in the dentists’ and maxillofacial surgeons’ work, since with a suitable and complete projection of the procedure, the rate of complication decreases.”

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DENTAL SCAN: Provides 3D images. of implants, cysts, tumours and surgical procedures.

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Sunday market moved

This classic Porsche model won’t surely go unnoticed.

Busy Christmas for classic cars CLASSIC car owners have a bumper December lined up with a string of events planned by a local club.

The Classic Car Club of Andalucia (CCCA) is organising a Christmas party at the Hotel Tamisa Golf on Saturday, December 15. Canapes, dinner, wines and music by Ricky Lavazza are all included in the €35 ticket price.

December 8 sees the Christmas Classic Car Run. “This will be a superb affair and we would like everyone to bring a gift for a lady or gent. Father Christmas himself will be journeying from Lapland to distribute the gifts at the Vitania Beach resort afterwards!”

CCCA chairman Ian Giles said.

“There will be a party atmosphere with live music, drinks, a really good three course lunch with all wines included,

An enthusiast’s dream. coffee, petit fours etc.

And all for only €25 per person.¨ Enthusiasts from many European countries have already signed to the club, bringing classics cars such as AC Cobras, Mercedes Sports, MG’s, Jaguar E-Types, Morgans, Triumphs and Sunbeams.

American classics in the club include a stunning, original Corvette, a rare Shelby

Ten euro menu for 50th anniversary THE Grill at the Marbella Club is celebrating its 50th year anniversary for three nights on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with a special three-course meal for just 10 euros. It originally seated a maximum of 14 people but now is one of the culinary landmarks of The Marbella Club Hotel.

500GT and a Shelby Cobra.

For more information about the club, email info@cccandalucia.com.

SINCE reporting on the welcome expansion of the Mijas Costa Hipodromo Sunday Market in the Euro Weekly News, it has been revealed Mijas Town Hall have now taken over the business from the organiser.

Mr Mason, a British national, states that he has run the car boot sale since July 2010, investing more than 60,000 euros, but was given no notice or explanation as to why it was taken off him.

He informed us that letters were handed out to all sellers stating the town hall is looking for “a better location and organisation”.

Representatives from the Costa del Sol horse racetrack, owned by the town hall, state that as the market was growing, it was having to take place in the car park of the racecourse, meaning visitors to the market were unable to park their cars anywhere.

The market has now been moved to inside the racetrack and to a designated outdoor area adjacent.

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Spice magic at Punjab Palace

Curry: Universally admired cuisine. like the Lamb Balti which is pieces of lamb cooked with spring onions, ginger and fresh coriander.

Service is good at the Punjab Palace where the staff has a friendly and laid-back attitude.

This time we decided to try something a little different and opted for the Chicken Dopiaza which is a medium strength dish with chicken cooked with cubed onions, tomato, green pepper and coriander;

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By Bryan Rand INDIAN curry is now recognised as one of the most universally-admired food types.

The art of Indian cooking has been mastered by the chefs at the Punjab Palace, led by the owner Sahib.

We have visited many times before and have yet to be disappointed with our meals.

Punjab is located in Playa Marina close to El Faro. The inside of the restaurant is brought to life by wood panelling with subtle lighting, and table linens finishing the cosy look.

Indian music plays in the background, but conversation is easily had.

The menu is a customary Indian one, with variations from Northern and Southern India.

Certain dishes have become firm favourites,

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and a Garlic Chilli Lamb, beautifully cooked with fresh garlic, tomato and hot chillies. I enjoyed the way the curry can envelope itself around the meat and complement the overall flavour rather than masking it.

All in all a very satisfying meal and the bill didn’t shock us, either.

Punjab Palace have priced their meals sensibly.

If you would rather have an Indian in the comfort of your own

home, Punjab Palace offer a take-away and free home delivery service within an extensive radius of the restaurant.

The entire menu is available for viewing on their website www.punjab palaceplayamarina.es We are happy to repeat the Indian saying: “If you visit once, you will visit again and again.”

It is certainly true in this case.

Punjab Palace Playa Marina Mijas Costa 952 583 594

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A legendary night out in La Cala

FOR a great night out in the La Cala area, an evening at Legends is impossible to beat.

They feature some of the coast’s top entertainers and you are always sure of a warm welcome from Andrea and Paul and their staff.

The bar is attractively decorated with photos of Marilyn Monroe and 60s’ music legends.

The bar is quite compact and has a very cosy atmosphere; there is a large bar and a stage area for the many wellknown acts that appear there throughout the week.

Recently the seating area has been expanded but this has not changed the splendid cosy ambience of this very pleasant venue.

Andrea and Paul are 100 per cent dedicated to ensuring that their clients enjoy a fantastic night’s entertainment by providing the coast’s top vocal acts in a pleasant and secure environment with free entry the majority of the week.

Legends has a predominantly more mature clientele who come from far and wide to enjoy this excellent 50s, 60s and 70s music bar Some of the top tribute acts appear at Legends and entertainers vary

from week to week.

Andrea is always careful to choose the best acts available on the Costa with names like Mario Ross, Paul Anthony, Mr Maph, Buddy Walker and the Reverend Gary Toon, to name but a few.

Legends have a well stocked and well priced bar. In fact, the drinks cost less than in some ordinary bars. In addition, Legends offer some seriously wild cocktails at just €6 each including: • Hot Lips (Peach Schnapps, Amaretto, cranberry and pineapple juice) • Rock ‘N’ Roll (Vodka, Midori, Triple Sec and pineapple juice) • Sex Goddess (Southern Comfort, Amaretto, Gin and orange juice) Appearing at Legends this week is vocalist Juliet Williams and on Saturday the cabaret Duo Divalicious. Don’t miss this fantastic musical event!

Another great act appearing this week is the new vocalist Gary Jon. Thursday night this week is Karaoke night hosted by Paul and Andrea. Don’t miss your chance to be the star of the show!

Don’t be disappointed!

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Proud as a peacock

THE PEACOCK on Avenida Bonanza in Benalmadena is a popular watering hole for ex-pats and tourists, and Katrina has made some changes that can only improve on the already existing successful formula.

The premises have been redecorated and the whole place has a very comfortable look. The front terrace is completely covered, offering comfortable seating sheltered from the elements.

Full meals are available with homemade soups and paté as starters and all the retro favourites for main courses.

However, the star of the show is the two- or three-course menu which changes daily to reflect the fresh produce available at the market. Usually there is a choice of five or six starters and even more main courses and, of course, a selection of homemade desserts.

A two-course menu costs just €10 and three-courses just €12. This is truly gourmet dining at pub-grub prices.

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THE PEACOCK: Gourmet dining at pub-grub prices. available at reasonable prices.

The Peacock has a reputation for its Sunday roasts, which include a selection of roast meats, fresh vegetables, cauliflower cheese and homemade Yorkshire pudding, priced at just €5.95, with dessert.

Katrina is now taking bookings for the fabulous Christmas menu.

The Peacock is also available for private parties and special food requirements can be catered for.

Parking is available close to the restaurant.

The Peacock Grill Avenida Bonanza Benalmadena Costa 677 443 461

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Mijas has the mmm factor!

WHAT to do on a rainy day in the Costa del (sometimes ‘Poco’) Sol? With its focus on the sun and all things outdoorsy, it can often be difficult to figure out what to do when the rain and cold hits the Costa.

One new and entirely novel activity on offer is the highlyrated ‘Chocolate-mmmaking Experience’, which can be found in Malaga Province’s only artisanal chocolate factory – the Mayan Monkey Mijas (mmm!!!!) up in Mijas Pueblo.

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that the gift vouchers are edible!

It’s an exciting run-up to Christmas at the Mayan Monkey Mijas Chocolate Factory, with all sorts of exciting new delicacies available on the heaving shelves. There are chocolates packed with superfoods for the health conscious, as well as pure unprocessed delights, like 100% cacao in the form of nibs (this nutrient adds a delicious nutty crunch to confectionery, ice-cream, salads, and can also be eaten alone for a mega energy burst), cacao butter (an excellent all-round skin

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CHOCOLATEY DELIGHTS: Make your own at the Mayan Monkey Chocolate Factory.

In a 50-minute workshop, you will learn all about the fascinating origins and history of chocolate - including a tasting session of fine Single Origin chocolates from around the world - as you initiate yourself in the craft of the chocolatier in a fun-filled practical session in which you get to design, decorate, mould, vibrate and demould your very own creations.

Customised labels are provided so the chocolate you make can also become unique Christmas gifts. The workshop experience itself is of course also a great gift option, and the best part is

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regulator thanks to its moisturising and anti-burn properties).

For the connoisseur, the range of premium Single Origin chocolates is growing (chocolates from Trinidad, Congo and Ghana will be on offer next week), and gift pairings with select Single Origin coffees are also now available. And, if you don’t find what you are looking for, Bespoke Chocolates are available, so there is something to suit everyone’s taste!

More Info: 951 052 772/ 600 088 542/ info@mayanmonkey.es

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Society seeks to replicate success THE British Society will be hosting two events this month, a Christmas Fayre on Sunday November 25 and a dinner-dance on Friday November 30 in celebration of St Andrew’s Day. This follows an Armistice Day lunch held at Villa Luisa being such a success, they hope to repeat this in subsequent soirees.

For more information call 952 590 795.

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Flowers are not just for show WHEN I retired in 1994 following two cancer operations, I followed the surgeon’s advice of eating a healthy Mediterranean diet rather than undergoing a debilitating programme of radio and chemotherapy.

Fortunately, our holiday home was in a then selfsufficient valley which ate and exported fresh produce daily and the older folks still gathered wild herbs and flowers for culinary and medicinal purposes.

For decades we had eaten globe artichokes, the flower bud of the plant and when harvesting nastur-tium leaves to add zest to salads, we added a few flowers for decoration and their subtle taste.

Then within five years of living full-time in Spain the village and valley lost its self-sufficiency as families moved off the land to work in the construction industry.

So we started to grow all we could ourselves to be self-sufficient.

In 2002 we went Cuba for a month and visited the research department of the Havana Botanic Garden. There we were introduced to a garden speciality: a brightly coloured hibiscus salad.

We learned that the flowers were a relaxant, cooled one down and helped to control blood pressure.

When we returned home, we researched what other beneficial flowers we had in our garden and what others we should grow.

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The following are from ‘Living well from our Mediterranean garden’: • Chive flowers while still fresh to add interest to salads • Begonia flowers for a healthy liver • Broccoli flowers for folic acid and vitamin content • Borage flowers to add to cider or cold herb infusions • Courgette flowers for

stuffing to steam or bake • Day lilies, good for hair and nails • Marigold petals are a good addition to salads • Passion flower infusions for relaxation • Rocket flowers and leaves add a spiciness to salads • Sunflower seeds can be dried as a snack • Viola flowers taken as an infusion can relieve hay fever and allergies • Violets as infusions were a traditional relief for varicose veins.

Hope that these thoughts add to a new interest in what you grow.

But do not spray flowers that you intend to eat with chemical insecticides. ©Clodagh and Dick Handscombe www.gardeninginspain. com November 2012

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Sensitive ears A DOG’S ear is very sensitive, full of sensory nerves that help to preserve hearing.

Never blow into a dog’s ear, even gently can hurt. It’s not the actual act of wind, but the frequency at which we blow. It’s like running fingers on a blackboard, amplified hundreds of times.

Puppies are born deaf and cannot hear until they are about 21 days old. During this time, they rely solely on scent.

By the time their sense of hearing is completely developed, they can hear about four-times the distance of a human who has normal hearing.

Dogs have 18 or more muscles in their ears allowing them to be mobile, whereas a human has only six.

Dogs with perked ears

LISTEN UP:Vulnerable. can usually hear better than dogs with hanging ones, especially if they can move their ears in the direction of the sound.

Dogs can hear higher pitched sounds that humans cannot hear, often barking at vacuums because they hear a very loud annoying pitch to their motors.

Did you know that at the end of the Beatles’ song ‘A Day in the Life’, an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by Paul McCartney for his Shetland sheepdog.

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Saying hello to a new dog IF you have cats that are not used to dogs, you should think carefully before doing this. If you must, then make sure it is a puppy as young as possible.

Chasing breeds like greyhounds or hounds, or terrier breeds, are more likely to go for small furry running things like cats than gundog breeds like labradors or spaniels.

NEVER ever expect cats to live with a dog that hates cats or, worse still, has been trained to chase them. It is cruel. What is a joke to some humans is death or severe injury to the cat. In this case, either cat or dog must be rehomed. Cats that are chased will probably leave home eventually, if they are lucky enough to survive the attack.

The best way to proceed is to start with the cat, and only when the cat is established in the family, add the dog.

Both should be young, before six months of age in cats and before one year in dogs (though a dog this age should only be introduced if it has a known record of not being hostile to cats). They need to be young so that

BE CAUTIOUS: Cats and dogs. they can learn each other’s body language.

The cat must be able to go towards and retreat from the dog without being chased or needing to run.

Borrow a dog crate, where you can put the puppy with his bedding and bowls. When he comes out for walks, make sure he is on a lead.

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IT’S a myth dogs are colour blind. They are not. The colours they see may not be quite as vivid as we see, but they do see colours.

They can tell the difference between blue, yellow and gray. They may not see red and green, or see them differently than we do.

It’s a cat fact THE top two rows of a cat’s whiskers can move independently of the lower two rows.

This allows maximum perception of the cat’s immediate surroundings.

LOVING: I ‘lick’ you!

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OUR two-year-old black cat Leyla is a loving little girl who is always licking people on the nose to greet them. Here she is saying hello to the teddy bear.

June Arch, Alhaurin el Grande.

Submit fun pet pictures to petoftheweek@euroweeklynews.com, in as high a resolution as possible. Please include name of the pet, your full name, where you live and if relevant a couple of lines to explain the circumstances of the photo.

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Let the cats first see him when he is safely in the crate. Do not let the cats get scared in the first place. For them it is life or death. One snap of a big dog, and they’re dead. Speak to your vet.

If you can’t get a crate, keep the puppy on a lead every single moment.

Tie him to furniture, when you are not holding the other end. While he is tied, or in the crate, make a fuss of the cats so that he realises they are valued family members.

Take this process carefully over several days. The aim is NEVER to let a chase occur in the first place. If things are going okay, let him out of the crate but with a houseline (made out of old rope) trailing from his collar, so that you can grab it if necessary.

You can also mix their scents, by placing pieces of an old towel in the dog’s bed and in the cats’ beds, then swapping them round. Remember, at this point the cat’s welfare must take priority.

Consult ‘Introducing our cat to other cats and dogs’ on www.fabcats.org or send an s.a.e. and small donation for it to Feline Advisory Bureau, Taeselbury, High St, Tisbury, SP3 6LD.UK For your local radio frequency log on to www.talkradioeurope.com.

Not just for Christmas RABBITS have a lifespan of about eight to 10 years. But of course it depends on how well you take care of your rabbit. If you forget to feed it a lot, and if you only feed it pellets and don’t give it any hay, your rabbit will probably not live as long as someone who is consistent about feeding their rabbit.

You also need to make sure you are brushing your rabbit frequently because when a rabbit licks itself clean, it will lick up all of the loose hair and then it will

get into their systems, and that is not good for your rabbit.

BUNNIES: 10 year lives.

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Spain’s new buy to let property laws EXPATS could benefit from Spain’s soon to be new buy to let property laws.

Current rental laws are more favourable towards tenants.

The new measures set to be unveiled reportedly give more power to landlords.

With the new legislation, property owners will be able to take their home back after two months’ notice. Tenants will be given 10 days to pay overdue rent before they can be evicted.

There will also be a tax relief on rental income, ranging from 60 per cent to 100 per cent on the condition the property is rented out to working people younger than 30.

The tenant’s right to live in the property will be cut to three years

NEW MEASURES: More in favour of the landlord. with a one-year agreed extension, instead of the current five years plus a three-year extension.

Meanwhile, foreigners bought 12 per cent more

properties in the second quarter of the year compared to the same period in 2011, according to Spain’s public works ministry.

UNCOVERED: The Neolithic village was found during works on the AVE line.

4th Century discovery uncovered in Andalucia A NEOLITHIC village has been uncovered in Andalucia.

Workmen found the fourth century site under the mud at Arroyo Saladillo while working on the AVE fast track railway line between Antequera and Bobadilla.

Although the site was already known about, it turns out it is

much bigger than expected.

It could be the biggest of its kind in the Malaga Province at 1,400 metres in width.

A decision has not yet been made as to what to do with the find as they will need to decide whether it will be preserved or not.

The Malaga Province was among the most popular areas.

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Thursday

•BRIDGE CLUB Los Boliches: 645 684 756.

•HARMONY SINGING in Benalmadena Costa 952 560 651.

•ROTARY CLUB MarbellaGuadalmina: 2pm lunch at Restaurante Cortijo del Guadalmina, San Pedro de Alcantara. 952 888 077. w w w . r o t a r y c l u b marbella-g.org.

Friday

•ADANA COFFEE MORNING, 11am in Plaza Manilva (Estepona): 952 800 975.

•BRIDGE CLUB Los Boliches meets at Cafe Manilla 1.45 to 5pm.

New players welcome. 645 684 756/951 081 984.

•DIABETIC SUPPORT GROUP 952 464 184.

•BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY group meets at Marbella sangha in English at 8.30pm. Contact tonybillings@telitec.com or 952 852 190.

•U3A Marbella COFFEE MORNING 11am. www.u3a.es or 622 670 158.

•TRIPLE S SOCIETY – Sports and Social club - meets 12pm at Lauro Golf Clubhouse on the A404 between Alhaurin el Grande and de la Torre. Membership is free and money raised divided between Cudeca and SOS. Call 952 411 463.

Saturday

•MALAGA HASH HOUSE HARRIERS - a drinking club with a running problem - meet friendly people who enjoy running and walking in the Malaga countryside. www.malagahhh.com, robertand marisa@hotmail.com or 637 544 761.

•CAR BOOT SALE at petrol station Europe on A357 between Cartama and Alora.

Sunday

•ICE Coffee morning: www.siberme.com or 952 802 549.

•PAD OPEN DAY first Sunday of month: 952 486 084.

•SEPE CAR BOOT SALE, La Alqueria, last Sunday of month: 610 775 413.

•TABLE-TENNIS CLUB, Benalmadena. Children welcome. Call

Costa del Sol’s best guide to the local scene...

Church services •ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY, St Andrew’s Church, Los Boliches: 952 472 140.

•ANGLICAN CHURCH Costa del Sol West: Holy Communion Sundays.

952 808 605.

•ARK CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, Fuengirola - Evangelical family church - Sundays 11am. 952 592 171.

•CALAHONDA CHURCH - Evangelical Christian Fellowship - Sundays 4.30pm 952 588 160. www. calahondachurch.com.

•CHURCH OF SCOTLAND Service Lux Mundi, Fuengirola, Sundays 10.30am. 951 260 982.

•ELIM

FAMILY

FELLOWSHIP

461 662 or 952 582 499.

Sunday service: 11am in Benalmadena Costa and 3.30pm in San Pedro de Alcantara. www. elimfamilyfellow ship.com. 695 115 496.

•ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS in English IS NOW IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF Virgen del Carmen y Santa Fe at 5.30pm instead of St Andrew’s Chapel. Marbella Sunday 11am at Calvario Church. 951 153 340.

•ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS in English, Arroyo de la Miel, Parroquia de la Inmaculada, Plaza de la Estacion, with Father Joe Crawford, Saturdays 1pm.

•ST ANDREW’S CHAPLAINCY - 952

BAPTIST CHURCH, Arroyo del la Miel: Sunday English Service 4pm, Conjunto Zodiaco, Edificio Aries, C/ Sagitario. Call 952 447 967.

•EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Paseo Maritimo 77, Los Boliches. Sunday ‘Breaking of Bread’ at 2.45pm; worship and Bible teaching at 4pm.

Wednesday Bible study and prayer at 7.30pm. Call 952 460 728.

•THE WAY – Christian Counselling Ministry – Fuengirola. 634 369 414 or 663 708 224.

•CALAHONDA BAPTIST CHURCH: Calle San Jeronimo 1. Worship Sunday 11am with Sunday School.

President Terry Webb 952 815 528. www.calahondabaptistchurch.com.

663 138 062 or drtfranklin kim32@yahoo.com.

Monday

•ALANON – Help for family and friends of alcoholics – meets 8.30pm. 670 635 201.

•BRIDGE CLUB Los Boliches meets at Cafe Manilla 1.45 to 5pm.

New players welcome. 645 684 756/951 081 984.

•COSTA BOOK CLUB, Hotel Tamisa, second Monday of month.

677 251 058.

•WELSH SOCIETY COFFEE MORNINGS, 11am on last Monday of month at Bar Mediterranea, Avenida Gamonal in Arroyo de la Miel. Call Anne 622 922 207.

•ROYAL ANTEDILUVIAN ORDER OF BUFFALOES España No 1 Lodge meet at Woodies/Peacock Bar, Avenida de Bonanza, Benalmadena at 7pm. Call 952 563 950.

•THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, Benalmadena Branch meets at The Lounge, Avda. Bonanza, Benalmadena Costa at 10.30 for 11am.

Enquiries to 952 442 655.

•ROYAL AIR FORCES ASSOCIATION meets third Monday of each month at the Peacock Bar, Ave de Bonanza, Arroyo de la Miel at 2pm.

Tuesday

•AGE CARE ASSOCIATION: El Zoco, Calahonda 11am-1pm – 655 903 182. www.agecarecosta.org.

•AGE CONCERN Estepona and Manilva: 650 163 928 or acesteponaymanilva@age concern-espana.org.

WEST END GIRL: Shona White

• FREE CONCERT by West End star Shona White. Champagne Room at Marbella Club Hotel. Wednesday at 8pm.

•BRIDGE CLUB Casaes: 655 459 576 or www.bridgeweb/casares.com.

•COLMENAR DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB: 951 163 071.

•ESTEPONA FLORAL ART CLUB flower arranging demonstrations third Tuesday of month except July, August and December. 610 950 810. www. facebook.com/esteponafloralartclub.

•LUX MUNDI DUTCH LANGUAGE LIBRARY, Calle Nueva, Fuengirola open from 3pm-5pm.

•MABS Cancer Support Group: 952 833 568.

•MARBELLA HEALING CIRCLE fortnightly:

Email whatson@euroweeklynews.com Fax 952 440 887 Post Euro Weekly News, Calle Moscatel 10, P-62, Poligono Industrial Arroyo de la Miel, 29631 Benalmadena, Malaga.

www.marbellahealingcircle.com.

•SOUTHERN SOUND BARBERSHOP CHORUS Lux Mundi, Fuengirola, 5pm-6pm. 952 473 051.

•ACE BRIDGE, 4pm at Pueblo Lopez, Fuengirola. Computer scoring also Mon, Thurs and Sat. Contact 952 485 678 or ace.bridgeclub@yahoo.com.

Wednesday

•COFFEE MORNING and Charity Shop every Wednesday 10.30 to 12.30 in St Andrew’s Church Los Boliches 952 580 600.

•CHICAGO BRIDGE, Estepona – small friendly group – 4.30pm Age

Concern drop-in centre. 952 780 243.

•LIONS CLUB La Cala de Mijas: Second and fourth Wednesday of month. 952 494 323.

•SEPE COFFEE MORNING, La Alqueria: 610 775 413.

•THE ACHIEVERS TOAST-MASTERS CLUB, Nueva Andalucía: 646 533 112.

•TORREMOLINOS & DISTRICT SOCIAL CLUB meets at ‘The Bailey’ off Plaza de la Independencia, Torremolinos. Call 952 386 172.

•ANDALUCIAN RESCUE CENTRE FOR HORSES are holding a horse tack sale on the first Wednesday of the month at the stables behind Miralmonte, phone Claire on 635 798 219 for more info.

•PARASOL SINGERS, friendly amateur singing group, welcomes new members who can hold a tune.

We rehearse Wednesday evenings between Sabinillas and Estepona.

Call Mike on 692 558 041 or email parasol.singers@btinternet.com

Others

•AGE CARE ASSOCIATION drop-in centres various locations: 691 761 088 or www.agecarecosta.org. CHARITY SHOP, El Zoco, Calahonda, Monday-Friday 10am-4pm, Thursday until 7pm, Saturday 10am2pm.

•FUN PAELLA NIGHTS at The Yucatan, San Pedro, in aid of animal rescue: €15 without drinks.

Call 952 781 177 or info@animalcharter.com.

• G A M E S : Whist on Mondays,

Dominoes on Thursdays, 2pm at Bar Calla Bella in La Cala Village.

Proceeds to Mijas La Cala Lions Club and Cudeca. Call 633 748 558.

•MOTHER AND TODDLER GROUP The Ark Christian Fellowship, Fuengirola, Tuesday and Thursdays, 11am, •NADFAS (National Decorative and Fine Arts Society) illustrated lectures: Second Monday of month, Salon Varietes Theatre, Fuengirola, 4.30pm; Second Tuesday of month, Danish Club.

Telephone 952 382 713 or www.nadfascostadelsol.org.

•THE GOOD COMPANIONS CLUB Los Boliches raise funds for CUDECA: 952 494 730.

•THE INTERNATIONAL TABLE T E N N I S C L U B welcomes new players of good club standard or higher. Play every Thursday and Sunday, no membership fees. Call Barry for further details on 952 373 813 mornings.

•THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION meets throughout the week, various locations. www.britishlegion.org.uk/ counties/spain-south/branches.

• ESTEPONA, Casares and Manilva Jewish Social Club meets regularly for various social events etc.

Contact by email gerrycee@yahoo.co.uk or esteponajcom@btinternet.com.

•DEMENTIA/ALZHEIMER’S plans for a support/advice Group.

Contact rememberthe person@ymail.com •FREETHINKERS GROUP: Informal get-togethers for humanists, rationalists, secularists, atheists, agnostics and sceptics to exchange views and ideas and have social outings with like-minded people. Email mailto:costadelsolfreethinkers@ gmail.com

Coming Up

• XMAS BAZAR CLUB NARANJA Calahonda. Saturday 1st December. To book stall call 952 934 378 • TAPAS CHOIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT November 24 at Marbella Golf and Country Club.

• CHRISTMAS FAIR St George’s Anglican Church. Sunday December 2 at 12.30pm. Mince pies, jams and preserves and a raffle..

Any photos of groups or activities can now be submitted to whatson@euroweeklynews.com. Please provide a caption description.

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Emergency UK tax returns also handled. Full translation service offered.

Call Jonathan Porter FCA on 678 451 788 or email jonathanp@aims.co.uk.

ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Please see our main ad on page 99. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / aceofshadeslacala@hotmail.com

Air Conditioning

BLINDS, awnings, mosquito screens, curtains, vast choice. All areas covered!

Coast and inland. 655 825 931

AIRFLOW Air conditioning for cooling and heating units. Professional, fully guaranteed installations. Tel: 952 443 222 (203104) AIR CONDITIONING repairs and servicing. Airflow. 952 443 222 (203104) AIR CONDITIONING heating installation, servicing, repairs and regassing, 24/7. Prompt reliable service 620 020 232, 951 165 090 (204246)

Airport TRANSFERS

Antiques WANTED! All types of antiques, paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc. Any condition, immediate cash settlement.

For more information call into Anthony´s Antiques and Jewellers shops, extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola. Mobile 609 529 633. Tel 952 588 795 (85364)

Architects PROJECTS, constructions, new buildings, extensions, reforms, licenses & legalizations. chedacoarq@hotmail.com 680 700 430 (204223)

Art TIFFANY, FUSING & ENGRAVING, LUXURY ART WORKS. Customised according to your needs and ideas.

Free Estimate! 647 874 547 (95493) ARTISTIC PAINTING. All techniques: Oil, aquarel, pastel … Custom portraits on demand. 647 874 547 HAND MADE Artistic Cards. Customised according to your needs and ideas. Free Estimate! 647 874 547

BEDS - NEW top quality British beds or just mattresses at unbeatable prices.

Also top brands of bankrupt stock including Silentnight, Sealy, Relyon, Rest Assured etc, direct from our new larger premises on the Camino de Coin (A7053) KM 13, heading out of Fuengirola opposite Littlewoods. Tel 600 633 986 / 634 187 700 (203130)

UPHOLSTERY for boat cushions in fabric and leather, boat cover for sailing and motor boats. www.iris seegert.com phone 647 764 426 (204415)

Books

CONCRETE Ozbuild specialist imprinted concrete. Reseals, brickwork, tiling, plastering, screeding. 10 years coast/campo. Competitive prices, quality finish. 952 426 074 / 606 745 920 www.ozbuildspain.com Quote EWN when calling (200763) SWINGLES CASAS SL. For all your building needs. Visit www. swinglescasas.webs.com for more details or call 952 428 067 / 666 960 262 (88621)

Bespoke Clothing LADIES AND GENTLEMEN’S suits to measure. Be measured in the comfort of your own home or office by a qualified English tailor. Linen suits a speciality. Phone 634 378 085 for the travelling tailor to call. (204860)

GET PUBLISHED on Amazon.com and other e-book websites from as little as £250 for a 50,000 word book. Contact Angela@euro peaxess.com (100158)

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L.G.S CONSTRUCTION. All building work undertaken. New builds, extensions, reforms, driveways, slabbing, brickwork, internal & external tiling. Ground works & concrete specialists. All work guaranteed. For a free quote. Tel: 699 049 296 light gaugesystems1 @gmail.com (204202) PROFESSIONAL Building Services.

All aspects of work undertaken.

Fast, reliable service. References available. 952 492 681 / 606 143 829 (204485)

ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 / aceofshadesla cala@hotmail.com (101730)

DAMP PROOFING

SOLAR BLINDS SOLAR BLINDS ES Ideal for large glazed areas to reflect heat / glare and stop furniture fading and still keep the view. SAVE HEAT IN THE WINTER TOO improve your living environment. Solarblinds.es @gmail.com Tel Ian 644 546 176 (204325)

Jim’s home improvements. bathrooms / kitchen reforms, repairs, plumbing, carpentry, painting, tiling, maintenance. Give us a call no job too small. 692 207 799 / 645 559 423 (204228)

DR DAMP leaking roofs, damp walls, all mould cured. All work guaranteed. Call 689 515 558 (96789) MIKANN BUILDING SERVICES. Extensions, kitchen/bathroom reforms. All maintenance/repairs.

Carpentry, decking. Phone Mike on 605 269 066 Estepona area

PLASTERING PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings. Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed. 689 515 558 (96789)

Car Hire

CAR HIRE long term from €300 / month. Short term from €70 / week.

Delivery & airport service, call 607 334 610 (200753)

REFORMS & REHABILITATION. Specialists in all types of building works. Free estimate! 647 874 547 PLASTERING, RENDERING, Water damage. Tradesman, over 20 year’s experience, references available. Call: 618 776 864

CASAS MOVILES EUROPA has an experience in the mobile home trade, all over Europe for the last 25 years. You can put your trust in us! Ring Jane now on 952 119 053 (204408)

BOOK your Gibraltar/La Linea car hire online at www. brunoscar.com. Malaga and Gibraltar car hire with inclusive rates. Also cheap airport parking, Malaga.

952 891 415 (204494) T1

PLASTERING, rendering, dry lining, coving, suspended ceilings. Fitted kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms. All work guaranteed. 689 515 558 (96789)

Bath Repairs

Beds

FLYING to Stanstead or London Southend? For pre-booked (legal) taxi, ring or text (0044) 7440 629947 or email ed.drive@ya hoo.com. Safe and sound to any destination, any time (200841)

Business Opp

EXPRESS Toldos. Any colour. Any size.

Choice of patterns. Roller shutters supplied and fitted. Urbanizations catered for. Express ordering. Express delivery.

Express fitting. expresstoldos1 @gmail.com 952 485 261 or 617 065 636 (203065)

BATHOLOGIST. Specialist in repairing chipped baths or refurbishing old / worn baths. No mess or disruption. 678 808 837 (101382)

PLASTERING, RENDERING, Water damage. Tradesman, over 20 year’s experience, references available. Call: 618 776 864 (100417)

Boats

EXCELLENT recession proof business with no overhead! 20 Pringle vending machines €19.900, set up with guaranteed sites, all areas, great cash income!

For more info call 600 608 138 (204962)

Buy & Sell

CAR HIRE. Quality, legal cars from €70 per week. Tel 658 031 285 (204167) CAR HIRE. Exeter Airport from £80 week. 0044 1803 312 253 / 0044 7880 921 421 lowcostdrivehire@hot mail.co.uk (203009)

Car for Sale

POOL TABLES, Snooker Tables, Table Tennis Tables, Darts. Tel: 666 933 726 www.spainpool.com (201992) CD’s, DVD’s, collections, large or small., TC will buy them all. Tel. 652 072 600 SUPERPOOL est. 1985. Pool tables, boxing and mini-vending machines on profit share, also new / second hand domestic tables and accessories.

Tel 629 530 233 - www.superpool spain.com (203772)

Caravans

Car Transport www.cartransportunique.com Spain UK Spain, car transport, best rates. Call 664 600 806, www.cartrans portunique.com (204793) RECOVERY SERVICE car / light plant transported, cars disposed of with official destruction certificate, fully insured. 600 868 056 (203856)

Carpentry PARKING, STORAGE & SALES. Caravans - Motorhomes - Boats - Cars and Vans etc. Short / long term - Safe & secure, drop off & collections. Excellent rates, discount for long term, 5 mins from Fuengirola. Established 25 years. www.eurodog.es / info@eurodog.es 679 786 669 / 606 101 807 (88614) TIMBER Building SL has been a leader in a prefabricated market for the last 28 years with more than 5,500 happy customers. Ring for wooden houses, garden sheds, pergolas, reforms. 666 819 689 (204408)

CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc, 30 years experience, very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (101611) IRISH CARPENTER. Doors, decking, kitchens, bathrooms, all aspects.

Established 2002. 952 196 457, 696 064 019. www.complete-car pentry.com (200837)

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Catering PRIVATE Chef Service. Hire your own chef for that special occasion.

Gift vouchers available. 637 802 743. www. cookingholiday spain.com (204493)

Chimney Services APEX CHIMNEY SERVICES, professional chimney sweeping and smoke testing. NACS Qualified. Clean and efficient Tel: Bob 696 320 202 (95283) PROFESSIONAL chimney sweeping services, all areas covered. Call 654 184 242 or 607 441 959 (204943)

Chiropractors CHIROPRACTIC Steiner Clinics.

British trained, fully qualified, registered chiropractors. Specialists in back and neck pain, sciatica and sports injuries. Edif. Panorama 2a floor no 20 Marbella Torre Real, km 184 in front of Funny Beach, Coca Cola Can. For appointments call Marbella 952 866 661, Estepona 952 798 296 (100457) MARBELLA Chiropractic. Free spinal check. Mark Lane, Australian trained, licensed chiropractor. C.C. Guadalmina. San Pedro de Alcantara. 952 880 398 www.marbellachiropractic.com

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TOTAL CLEANING SOLUTIONS. PROFESSIONAL AND EXPERIENCED CLEANING SERVICES FROM HOUSE CLEANS, CHANGEOVERS TO FULL COMMERCIAL CLEAN, INCLUDING BAR AND RESTAURANT KITCHENS. CALL 633 061 607 / 659 945 915 (95531) OVEN CLEANING, DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL, COMPLETE FITTINGS. LET PROFESSIONALS DO HARD, DIRTY WORK, FROM €35. 632 569 282 oven cleaningcostadelsol.com (98222) WINDOW Cleaning - professional, established 12 years. friendly, reliable service. Call Mike 670 765 742 (99341) L & B CLEANING services, no job too small, professional ladies. Tel 645 561 716 (204204)

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MARBLE FLOORS polished. Fast service. Reliable, family run. TERRACOTTA CLEANED and sealed. Wooden floors treated. No job too small.

Family run. Cleansol 10am - 10pm 7 days all areas. 952 930 861 / 607 610 578 Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (200973)

GARDENER for private homes, communities, tree pruning, pool maintenance, garden design. Specialist in water systems. Tel: 666 953 892 (100065) PALM TREE PROFESSIONALS cleaning, pruning and fumigation. Qualified, experienced and insured. Free estimates. Competitive prices. Tel: 600 558 569 www.costapalmeras.com

TONY’S MARBLE RESTORATION SERVICE. Marble and terrazo floors, professionally refurbished, quotations without obligation. +34 620 726 875 (203825)

29€/WEEK. Cleaning. Garden maintenance and more … 634 355 441 LANDSCAPING ARCHITECTURE. Water features, computer design, all inclusive. Company established 1990.

Free quotation! 634 355 441 (95493)

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30€ PALM CLEANING. Pruning & fumigation. Tree felling. No tree too tall.

Free quotation! 634 355 441 (95493) ARBOLISTA Tree Surgery, No. 1 for trees and palms, on the Costa since 1998. 600 260 534 - 952 117 486 Kit Hogg C.G.Arb www.spaintree.com

COSTASYS computer support and maintenance. Home and office visits. Support Contracts, ADSL, Wireless, Antivirus, Networks, PC Repairs, Hardware and Software. www.costasys.com or call Steven 622 253 592 (89638) T1 COMPUTER HELPLINE. Desktop, laptops, upgraded, repaired. New and used supplied. Internet, Email problems solved. 952 564 274 / 677 702 501 (89597)

QUALITY hand finished curtains & soft furnishings, professionally qualified, contact Rachel 952 825 766 or visit www.curtaincouturemarbella.com (99478)

PRIVATE Villas & Communities.

Cleaning, gardening, fumigation, pruning, irrigation systems and much more … Free estimate! 951 088 826 (95493) GARDENER. Trees, hedges, palms pruned, lawns, fencing, strimming, garden tidied, maintenance. Steve 952 485 941 / 616 669 285 / 654 320 567 (100418)

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CONEJO CLEANING. All types including regular rentals and holiday lets. Most areas. 20 yrs on the coast. Wendy 635 630 370 / 952 964 407. See website for out of season specials!! www.conejo cleaning.com (204417)

DOMESTIC Appliance repairs - washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, water heaters, gas / electric, professionally repaired. Christian 608 337 497 (97989)

MARBLE FLOOR (2.50€/m2) WHY PAY MORE. WE CLEAN, CRYSTALLISE THEN POLISH TO HIGH GLOSS NON SLIP. PROFESSIONAL FAST SERVICE. COVER ALL COSTA DEL SOL. 15 YEARS EXPERIENCE. TEL: 671 244 683 (95517) T1

LEATHER Suites, Upholstery and carpets thoroughly cleaned. Tel: 952 930 472 or 667 430 518 (203082)

WINTER MED CRUISES - 7 days for less than £300! www.cruises frommalaga.co.uk (204950)

CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST, RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382)

Domestic App Repairs

BE CLEAN SWEEP S.C Property Management and Cleaning Company. Honest and reliable. Call 635 152 313 or 630 614 412 (200804)

Cruises

UPHOLSTERY and steam cleaning sofas, carpets etc… JA Cleaning Services 626 357 955 (86049)

DAMP Problem!! Sourced and cured by master builder, longest established damp company on the coast. Call Ed 693 859 894 (200930)

PROFESSIONAL cleaner / House keeper. Tel 633 461 951 (204205)

PC PROBLEMS solved! Error messages fixed, viruses removed. Hardware and software upgrades available. Also one-to-one training. Experienced and reliable service, no call out charge. Paul 630 652 338 / 952 493 859 (99398)

Cleaning Services

ROOFS, WALLS, BASEMENTS. Without Damp nor Leaks. Your Local Specialists in Damp Proofing.

Free Estimate! 690 049 011 (95493)

IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. New installation and problem solving.

General gardening. Free quotation!

647 874 547 (95493) T1

Friendship

CLEARFLOW DRAIN SERVICES. All drain problems solved. More than 25 years on the coast. Tel 952 885 661 or 630 200 600 (99408)

FIND LOVE IN THE SUN www.iwant2meetyou.com. Browse for free Spain’s No 1 online dating site. Bringing ex-pats together.

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TREE SURGEONS No tree too tall, removal of dead palm trees and limbs, eco gardening, mulch and manure fertilizer, palm pruning.

686 948 552 / 661 129 146 www.top-jardin.com (204796)

Electricians

Entertainment

PROFESSIONAL GARDEN CARE. All inclusive. Cleaning, pruning, fumigation and much more …

647 874 547 (95493) T1 SECOND HAND TOMS. In San Pedro. Furniture bought and sold.

House clearances. Best prices paid.

Tel: 951 136 531 / 615 404 405 (100053)

CURTAINS, black-out curtains, 30 colours, voiles, blinds, headboards, soft furnishings and upholstery.

Complete Service. Mary 675 813 348 (99368)

PARTYTIME KARAOKE. Karaoke, disco, top cabaret artist, affordable entertainment, for your bar, restaurant or private party www.party timekaraoke.moonfruit.com Tel: 699 767 451 (85885)

ALL styles of furniture designed and made to measure,built-in or freestanding. Residential/Commercial. Portfolio available. 635 878 116 stu art_macg@hot mail.com (204127)

Damp Proofing

Fencing Services

Garage Doors

CHAINLINK FENCING erectors, general builders, really competitive prices. Free quotation, no job too big or small, very reliable. Tel: 655 218 466 (97757)

Floor Polishing POLISH your marble floor professionally at half price. 671 244 683 (95518) T1

SECURE - IT . Manufactures of gates, railings, staircases, stainless steels etc. You price it, we slice it.

We’ll beat any genuine quote. Call for free estimates. 652 625 050 / 952 465 230 www.secureit-spain.com

Furniture

UNBLOCKED DRAINS. New Installation & Problem Solving. Professional Service Guaranteed. All Inclusive. Free Estimate! 690 049 011

ELECTRICIAN 16th Edition BS7671 qualified 24 years experience.

Rewires, extra sockets, lights, fault finding etc. www.electrician costadelsol.com Contact electri cian.in.spain@gmail.com Call Ian 650 151 569 (95433)

Gates

39€ / PALM PRUNING!!! General Tree Care. Dead Tree Removal.

Free Quotes! 647 874 547 (95493) T1 TREE SURGERY. Pruning and felling of all kinds of trees, dead tree removal. Free Quotation!!!

692 960 142 (95493) FUMIGATION. LOCAL EXPERTS for all kinds of pests. General garden care. Free quotation!

647 874 547

Genealogy LET ME TRACE your family tree, go back three generations, learn about your family history, find missing relatives, UK and Europe. References available.

Russell 665 016 374 (203820)

Handyman HANDYMAN & general maintenance. No job too small. 15 years on coast. Honest, trustworthy & reliable. Call Mark 675 382 808 (99445)

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EU INSURANCE DIRECT Extra Special Offers. Up to €50 cash back for car and home insurance (conditions apply) for new customers. For all your Insurance Needs and the Best Price and Best Cover in English, call Wendy on 952 830 843 / 676 098 464 email info@euinsur ancedirect.com www.euinsurancedi rect.com (204452)

Insurance

HEALTH

SAYAN MASSAGE. Your best traditional & tantric massage for ladies and gentlemen. 952 586 339 - 608 977 260 www.masajessayan.es (204418) BOTOX, fillers, mobile therapist. coast / inland Tel 609 347 086. www.al tered- image.eu (200932)

The way insurance should be.

HOSTING - Carrier grade data centre in Elviria, two diesel generators, multiple backbone symmetrical carrier-class connections, BGP4 routing, aircon, secure facilities. For dedicated housing or hostings with serious bandwidth and 99.99% uptime, we can host your servers and applications in our data centre in Elviria. Feel free to visit us to discuss your needs. 951 055 676 www.mercuryinternet.com (98184)

SANITAS. Affordable private medical insurance linked to B.U.P.A. Phone 952 383 127 or 670 217 272 (96805)

Interpreters

Internet

PROFESSIONAL INTERPRETERS. All major languages; literary. Legal, technical, scientific 647 874 547 (95493)

Lawyers

PAIN? Neck, Arms, Back, Legs. Acupressure. Fast results. No cure – no pay. Fuengirola 651 172 474 (200814) NON-SURGICAL LIPOSUCTION IN BANÚS. WWW.TRANSFOR MALL.COM TEL 605 865 755

You could save up to 83€ on your Home Insurance More Information and details call us, telephone areas:

NON-SURGICAL FACELIFTS IN BANÚS 35€ WWW.TRANSFOR MALL.COM TEL. 605 865 755

952 893 380 - Costa del Sol 956 795 453 - Cadiz 965 745 097 - Costa Blanca

PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL AND SKIN TREATMENTS USING IPL IN BANÚS. WWW.TRANS FORMALL.COM TEL 605 865 755

Abbeygate is a trading name of Wyedean Insurance Services Ltd, Authorised and regulated by the FSA (305487)

sales@abbeygateinsure.com www.abbeygateinsure.com/es

MINI DIGGER / dumper hire.

Property maintenance and small building projects. Reliable, references available. Simon 678 450 051 (203874)

Hot Tubs/Spas HOT TUBS, new, used, bought, sold, hired. Also move & repairs 691 973 131 / 952 793 398 (93498)

Loans ABBEYGATE INSURANCE If you are renewing your policy or looking for new cover. Call us, as we are the only Insurance Company in Spain to offer protection on your no claims bonus. Call 952 893 380 (68259)

LOANS AVAILABLE on all types of paintings, jewellery, watches, silver etc, any condition, immediate cash settlement. For more information call into Anthony’s Antiques & Jewellers shops extensive premises at C/Ramon y Cajal 40, Fuengirola Mobile 609 529 633 Tel: 952 588 795 (85364)

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Make the right choice and join the thousands of expatriates who have. We provide a friendly personal service, for all your home, motor, health, travel or marine insurance. Call 952 893 380 (68259)

holaCREDITO.COM offering short term loans on your valuables. Also cash for your old GOLD, top prices paid, guaranteed. Please see web for details or call Banus office 951 319 538 (203889)

HEALTH INSURANCE Competitive prices, English worded policies. Pay monthly or annually. All levels of cover.

Premiums from €25 a month. Tel: 956 795 453 Abbeygate Insurance (68259)

24/7 Locksmith

ABBEYGATE INSURANCE Car insurance exclusive for expatriates, save up to 50%. Find out about our price pledge on UK plated cars. Home insurance from €50. Tel: 952 893 380 (68259)

Locksmith emergency / appointment.

Doors opened without damage, locks changed, patio doors and windows secured, 24 hour honest, fast and reliable service. Call Paul 657 466 803 (83235)

House Sitting YOUR HOME SECURE from burglars and intruders during your absence. Reference available! 647 874 547 (95493)

SECURITY OF SPAIN – 24 HOUR LOCKSMITH – Lock / safe opening service. Locks changed / upgraded. Contact Darren, Tel 636 770 865 www.se curityofspain.com (204407) T3

WANTED FURNITURE & household items houses gardens garages cleared top prices paid fast reliable service 639 229 607 / 649 977 723 (203868)

CAR KEYS lost or need a spare? Keys cut & paired with car, car opening, car key & remotes, Specialist. Call Ray 679 831 166 (93449)

Medium MEDIUM Terry Rose. She can help you by giving more insight in your live and future. By card reading, psychic or mental reading and / or regression therapy. Even reading photos, bracelets or watches. In Nueva Andalucia. Call 693 583 569 email terry.rose@foryou.nl

WE BUY, Sell, remove all types of mobile homes. We pay CASH and cover all of Spain. More details call Suzi Caley 616 250 727 / 951 063 059 or email suzicaley@gmail.com (100120)

COSTALOCKS 24/7, LOCKSMITH/ HOME SECURITY, NEW KEYS, KEYED ALIKE, WINDOWS SECURED, SAFES OPENED / INSTALLED, FREE HOME SECURITY CHECK, CALL Debby or Bob 952 660 233 / 667 668 673 CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED WWW.COSTALOCKS.COM (99468)

House Clearances

Locksmith Auto

Mobile/Static Homes

Health & Fitness

MINI digger and driver, self drive hire available, sand and stone delivery service. 649 526 922 (204976)

LOCKSMITH Unlock doors, strong box / cars. Change security locks, emergencies, 24 hours. Marbella 630 333 615

WOODY´S LOS BOLICHES. Greeting Cards, mail to and from the UK. Passport renewals and all adverts for Euro Weekly News – display or classified.

Open 9.00-2.00PM (Sat 10.00 – 2.00PM) One street behind the Confortel, just off Plaza San Rafael, Los Boliches, on C/Poeta Salvador Rueda 93 (Passports Mon to Fri Only) Tel: 952 471 877 (95705)

WEIGHT LOSS or Quit Smoking Consultations. International Health Author BSc qualified. Home visits 632 731 164 any time

Hire Services

24 HOUR locksmith. Emergency opening of doors and safes, established since 1993. 617 921 824

Miscellaneous

Home Insurance 50+

TEETH WHITENING IN BANÚS FROM 75€ WWW.TRANSFOR MALL.COM TEL. 605 865 755

KRAV MAGA - The most effective self defence system! Easy - effective - crucial - fitness - fun. Marbella & Torremolinos. Also private classes! Tel 655 689 455 www.kravmagamarbella.com

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MOBILE HOME WOODEN HOUSE ?

We buy & sell new and second hand units. Remove, level, repair, transport and build extensions. 30 years experience nationwide. Call us, Casas Moviles Europa 952 119 053 (204408) WANT TO RELOCATE? We can transport your home and install on to a 12 month park from £4,995. Annual site fees from €3,000 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) BRAND NEW WILLERBY Siena 32m² home sited within a stylish gated community, 45 minutes from Malaga airport £19,995 Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143) WILLERBY COTTAGE 28x10 sited in ‘La Serrana Hills’ of Pizarra, site open all year round, swimming pool, only £13,495. Want to view? Freephone: 0044 1782 90 80 70 (85143)

24/7 Mobility MOBILITY SCOOTERS, electric wheelchairs, wheelchairs, walking frames etc for sale and hire. Delivered to home or hotel. Always a good selection of quality used scooters in stock with guarantee. e.g. used 4 wheel scooter, new batteries €350. Electric wheelchair can go into car €1,595. Rascal Eco 4 boot scooter €2,100 for €1,395.

New wheelchairs from €250. Mobility scooter batteries supplied and fitted. For same day delivery phone 609 581 139. Mobility Scooters Direct. www.mobili tyscootersdirectspain.com

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All models serviced and repaired. Two years guarantee. Free delivery 952 584 302 / 633 127 901 / 633 128 104 www.mobility-spain.com (204042) T1

Mortgages NEW purchase mortgages from 1.55% up to 100% LTV, resell mortgages 70% from 4.25% with LTV equity release up to 50% LTV. All status considered. Tel: 952 801 401, 666 709 743 www.thefi nancebureau.com (99475)

THE MOSQUITO Screen Company.

Screening the coast for 10 years. Quality products at affordable prices. 622 244 116 www.mosquitoscreenco.com MOSQUITO SCREENS - Call Mosquito Nick - 647 072 861 / www.mosquiton ick.ws (203822)

Motor Homes MOTORHOMES & caravans for sale / wanted www.hispavan.com. Tel Leo 687 845 730 (204610)

Motoring

VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG V6 3.2 Petrol, 2003, Autotiptronic, Sat Nav, alloys, immaculate condition, all extras, Spanish registered €9,995. 600 868 056 (203856)

ONLY 58,000kms, rarely used holiday car. Opel Corsa, year 2000, 1.2 limited edition “2000”, one owner, midnight blue, 5 door, 5 speed, brilliant condition, cheap to run, a genuine bargain at €2,500. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 608 658 785 / 952 832 173 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (99491)

CITROEN Jumper, 2008 mwb van, direct citroen leasing, only 80,000klms, aircon, electric, 8,995€ 600 868 056, fivepeastrad ing@aol.com (203856)

(NEW SHAPE) 2008 Chevrolet Matiz 0.8 li8tre S model, silver, only 50,000kms, approx 31,000 miles, 5 door, 5 speed, air conditioned, power assisted steering, elderly lady owner leaving Spain, small car, big bargain, €4,500. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars- spain.com

Mosquito Screens ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds. Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 /aceofshadesla cala@hotmail.com (101730)

WANTED expat owned Spanish cars. If you have a quality car with service history that you want to sell, please phone us and we will pay the top price in cash for it. Remember Robertson, the name you can trust. Over 46 years buying and selling cars and more than 26 years in Spain. We are a small family business and will make sure that all documentation is correctly taken care of. Phone my husband Gordon 608 658 785 or ladies you can ring me, Samantha Robertson on 952 832 173. See our web page www.robertson cars- spain.com (99491)

WANTED

SPANISH PLATED CARS

INSTANT CASH SAMANTHA – GORDON

952 83 21 73 608 658 785

www.robertsoncars-spain.com www.benalcars.com Sports, prestige and 4x4’s. Always buying and selling. Tel 661 351 877 (95435) CHIPS AWAY, Marbella, San Pedro.

10% discount. Tlf. 952 853 350. See advert on page 114 (204112)

CAR SERVICES MECHANIC workshop & mobile. All work undertaken. ITVs done, reasonable rates, prompt, reliable services 24/7. 620 020 232, 951 165 090 CABRIOSOL soft tops, German top quality, for all Cabriolet cars & jeeps. Professional fitting, repairs & change of plastic windows. Cabriosol. 639 580 372 (Camino de Coin km 13.2 Mijas Golf ). Opening hours: 9am to 6pm, Monday to Friday (203919) AUTOMATIC gearbox specialist. Transmatic. All models including classic cars, serviced, repaired and reconditioned.

Also 4x4 transfer boxes and power steering Call/fax 952 796 166 / 952 805 804 email: transmatic2005 @yahoo.com. www.transmatic.es (200809) RECOVERY SERVICE car / light plant transported, cars disposed of with official destruction certificate, fully insured. 600 868 056 (203856)

FOR SALE WANTED all cars. Any registration, runners, non runners. Finance no problem. Call now, cash waiting.

687 049 592 or 622 156 022 (203809) (T1)

DIESEL SEVEN SEATER Opel Zafira 2.2DTi, 2005, Blueline, 16 valve (125bhp), blue with alloy wheels, climate control, great people carrier, was €5,995, now €5,500. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com 4X4 DIESEL LAND ROVER Discovery 2.7TDV6 SE Mark III, one owner, 113,000kms, FSH, black with beige leather, many extras, a massive saving on new price. Jeremy Clarkson loved it, can be yours, was €18,995 now €17,995. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (99491) 4X4 DIESEL MITSUBISHI Montero 3.2GLS long wheel base, 2003, “top of the range”, one lady owner, gold, alloy wheels, air con, 5 speed, was €7,995 now €6,995. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (99491) AUTOMATIC Honda FRV 2008 1.8i Vetex Executive only 52,000kms, six seater, full service history, CD, ABS, PAS and air con, electric everything, gunmetal grey with alloy wheels, save a fortune on new price, this is like new condition for 12,995€ Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 or 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com DIESEL Ford Fusion 2007, 1.6 TDCi Ambiente only, 26,000kms, one owner, CD player, air conditon, electric locking, windows etc, outstanding condition, looks right in white with grey interior, be quick, €6,995. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (99491) AUTOMATIC Jaguar “S” type, year 2001 model, 3 litre, executive, electric sunroof (top of the range), service history, immaculate condition, a credit to private golfing gentleman owner, must be seen, in metallic aquamarine blue, €4,995. Samantha or Gordon Robertson 952 832 173 / 608 658 785 www.robertsoncars-spain.com (99491) CITROEN BERLINGOS 2008 vans / Multispaces Combis, direct Citroen lease, FSH, low KLMs, from €3,995.

600 868 056 (203856)

PEUGEOT 207 new shape, 2008 1.6hdi silver, 5 door f.s.h. excellent condition throughout. 5,995€ 600 868 056 fivepeastrading@aol.com (203856) TOYOTA Yaris 2007 1.4 d4d black diesel, alloys, aircon, 120,000klms f.s.h. very economical, excellent condition. 5,450€ 600 868 056 fivepeastrading@aol.com (203856)

FIESTA 1.4, TDCI 2004, silver, 5 door, 100kms, air con, electric, fantastic condition. 3,750€ 672 550 037 (203856) AUTOMATIC Renault Megan Classic, white, 2.0 petrol, 5 door, only 100kms, 1,995€ 672 550 037 five peastrading@aol.com (203856) ESTEPONA ACCIDENT Repair Centre, car body specialists, Insurance repairs, vandal scratches, bumper scuffs, alloy wheels, car valeting, full car polish, full car repair, major crash repairs. 951 316 862, 692 401 665, 603 199 798 (204110) FIAT Doblo multi space, Nov 2009, top of the range safeline model, multijet diesel, 80,000klms, side steps, bull bars, aircon, etc..etc. absolutely mint condition inside and out, 8,995€. 600 868 056 (203856) FORD TRANSIT CAMPER Alpha, 1994, Diesel, LHD / UK, 4 berth, full spec, excellent condition, drives perfect, 6,995€ px considered.

Details, 600 868 056 (203856) 2005 FORD MONDEO 6 speed, 130bhp, Diesel, Spanish, black, air con, CD, excellent condition, €5,995. 600 868 056 (203856) FORD FIESTA, silver 2006 1.4 tdci, 5 door, aircon, newer shape, very clean car. 4,995€ fivepeastrad ing@aol.com 600 868 056 (203856) 2004 FORD RANGER Double Cab Pick Up, 2.5 Diesel, air con, alloys, carrybox top, FSH, “high KLMs” new tyres, €3,995. 600 868 056 (203856) 2008 CITROEN C3, 1.4hdi diesel, deep metallic burgundy, great little car, 5,995€ fivepeastrading @aol.com 600 868 056 (203856) NISSAN TERRANO 3.0 Diesel 4x4, SWB, RHD, UK, 78,000 miles, alloys, air con, like new, black, €3,995. 600 868 056 (203856) E55 AMG MERCEDES 5.5 silver, 2001, fully loaded, 130klms, full service history, very clean example. 6,995€ fivepeastrading @aol.com (203856) BOX TRAILER blue star twin wheel with ramp, 2011, ideal return to uk, brand new. 1,995€ fivepeastrading@aol.com 600 868 056 (203856) 2003 Model Mercedes E Class, blue, contrasting blue interior, C7C, Sat Nav, CD, alloys, VGC. €8,000. Tel 639 928 090 or 952 283 908 (203098)

BILL BRADY CARS has been established on the Costa del Sol since 1986, in which time he has helped thousands of expatriates to buy or sell their quality used Spanish cars and also keeping all the documentation simple so you understand all that is going on (which is important). You can contact Bill direct on 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 or billbradycars.com (204276) JAGUAR XF Diesel 2.7 Premium luxury, Automatic 2008, only 48.000km.

Bought from main dealer Marbella, Sat/Nav, parking sensors, front and rear memory seats, too many extras to list , metallic silver, black leather, this car has been garaged since new and immaculate condition. Price slashed WAS €29.995 NOW ONLY €27.995. Tel 952 838 842, 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) CAMPER VAN Adria Sloop 2+1 Fiat Ducato 110hp 2.3 JTD 2004 ITV until 2014, 80,500km. Just serviced and cam belt changed at 76,000km. Trauma gas hot water and central heating. Fiamma F65s 3.2m Awning, 300w inverter and much more, great offer at only 22,995€. 952 838 842, 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) No 1 FANTASTIC opportunity Ford Fiesta 1.25 Inj 16V 2009 5 door (new shape) from lady owner bought from Ford Malaga and serviced by them. Parrot hands free, great first car or coastal car, metallic silver, looks and drives fantastic, yes this price is correct, reduced to only 7,500€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) AUTOMATIC/Diesel 4x4 Land Rover Discovery 11, 2.5TDI, 5 door, Spanish plates, very low klm, too many extras to list, including tow bar and in fantastic condition, don’t delay at this low price, 7,995€ 952 838 842, 608 950 221. billbradycars.com (204276) No 2 THIS has to be seen Citroen C-3 Exclusive 1.4 Inj 5 door, 2005, one private owner, only 69,000klm (48,000mls) with service history, climate control, cruise control, full electric pack, six CD changer and lots more and only yes now from 4,995€ 952 838 842 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) No 3 MASSIVE SAVING (new model) VW Polo 1.4 2010 5 door from lady owner, full service history, metallic black, climate control and full electric pack, alloy wheels, a very scarce car, leaving Spain hence this low price, was 9,995€ reduced again to only 8,500€. 952 838 842 / 608 950 221 billbradycars.com (204276) NEED A CAR? - Can’t get credit? Self employed? - Why not “Rent to Own” your next car? - No loans, no credit checks. HispAuto.com 952 564 912 (204784) LAND ROVER 2001 Freelander TD4 2.0 Diesel. Green, A/C. Spanish plates.

125,000km, good condition. €4,500.

Tel: 675 314 854 (203916) 4x4 KIA Sorrento 2003/4 2.5CRDi EX from private owner (Spanish jeep), well maintained and drive great, metallic silver, wanting sell quick, price slashed was 5,995€, now only 5,500€. 608 950 221 (204276) SEAT LEON, 1.9TDI, 2007, Diesel, Manual, 98,000kms, Radio, CD, Mp3, Grey, ITV till September 2013, 8,700€ O.N.O. 652 072 739 (203950) HYUNDAI i-20,2010, 4 DOOR, ALL EXTRAS, AS NEW 5,750€ Tel: 952 473 400 (203005)

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INSURANCE ABBEYGATE INSURANCE. No automatic annual increase on our Motor Insurance, renewal policies. Call 952 893 380 (68259) MOTOR INSURANCE. For the most competitive quotes in English call Linea Directa on 902 123 153, you could save as much as 30% and you can transfer your existing no claims bonus. Call Linea Directa on 902 123 153 for motor insurance with a human voice in English from Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm and save money now! (95302)

MECHANICS

SEPE the horse and donkey charity is open to the public week-ends from 10.00 to 5.00. Volunteers are much needed in all departments and are welcome at anytime. For our riding for the disabled classes, we are also in need of extra helpers. We are nationally registered by the Spanish Ministry of the Interior (164640) but only with your support can we give the equine a voice. If you can just commit to 2 or 3 euros a month it will really help make a difference. You can find us at Lauro Golf Equestrian Centre, Alqueria, Alhaurin de la Torre. Tel. 608 258 950 info@sepe online.net www.sepeonline.net

Music PROFESSIONAL live music for any event. Weddings a speciality. Solo Spanish guitar to dance band.

Some dates available this Xmas.

Details David 687 627 434 (Not an Agent) (204219)

Multiservices MULTISERVICES. General building & reforms. Painting, gardening, pool cleaning, all areas covered.

Free Quotation! 647 874 547 (95493)

Painter/Decorator

BRITISH MOBILE MECHANICS. Fully qualified, home visits, reasonable prices and repairs for all cars. ITV’s €80 we come to you.

951 400 189 www.mbcmechan ics.com 695 913 592 (101500)

COCKROACHES, ANTS, insects, fleas, mice, rats, wasps, termite specialists. Fumigations, bars, restaurants, houses, etc. Sanitary department officially registered certificates. Guarantee, serving the coast since 1985. Only legal English owned pest control Company on the coast. If you want the best then phone N.P.S. Nigel 606 008 940

REPAIRS AUTO ELECTRICAL Specialist. Over 30 years experience. Cars, commercials & boats. Latest diagnostic equipment.

Petrol / diesel fuel injection problems solved. No job too small. Tel: 647 289 753 (99376)

Pets YOUNG DOMESTICATED cats rescued from the killing station need kind homes. Fully vaccinated and neutered, free of charge. We will also deliver to England for a donation to the charity.

Please give one of these beautiful cats a home so we can save more from death. Can be seen without obligation at Cat and Dog World Kennels. Tel. 630 197 435 (93398)

REGISTRATION CAR TRANSFERS AND IMPORTS PROBLEMS WITH EMBARGOS ON ROAD TAX? SAME DAY COLLECTION OF PAPERS. ENGLISH SPEAKING. PLEASE CALL 633 271 274 (101382)

CHIHUAHUA pedigree puppies with passport. All year round available. 952 112 870 / 654 285 667 (97945)

WANTED

ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service.

Denise www.petchauffeur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauf feur.eu

CHARITIES

WANTED all cars. Any registration, runners, non runners. Embargos no problem. Call now, cash waiting. 687 049 592 (99453) WANTED. CARS & JEEPS & camper vans for cash. All makes, LHD, any condition. 693 357 000 (204332) CARS, VANS UK OR SPANISH BOUGHT FOR CASH. FREE COLLECTION IN SPAIN AND UK. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 OR 952 669 701 (101382) WANTED cars / vans / light plant, anything considered, even with paperwork problems, cash buyer, instant decisions made. 600 868 056 fivepeastrading@aol.com CAR, VANS BOUGHT WITH OR WITHOUT PAPERS. CASH WAITING 678 808 837 (101382) WANTED LHD Range Rover Sport, TDV8 2007-2010 Model, must have light colour leather interior, preference paint colour white Tel: 659 006 050 WANTED Legal Spanish Cars and Commercial, under 10 years old, any condition, including non-runners and damaged. Cash paid. Buyer collects.

Transfer included. Tel: 605 109 796 (200754)

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PROFESSIONAL HOUSE PAINTING and decoration. Tidy service guaranteed. Free estimate!

References available 690 049 011 (95493) PAINTER & DECORATOR If you just want the job done, then call the rest, but if you want the job done right call the best. Sam “Simply the Best” 18 years Mijas area 952 666 025 / 629 546 128 (204830) PAINTER & DECORATOR Lounges from 120€, bedrooms, halls 60€. Paper hanging, plastering, tiling and paint spraying. Call Dennis, Calahonda. 670 774 527 (204975) POLISH painters and builders, 18 years experience. Damp problems, interior or exterior. Free quotes. 626 954 440

Pest Control PEST CONTROL. Legal full certificates. British 952 449 591 Graham (see our module above) (97919) T1

ANCRAA – The Andalucian Giant Donkey sanctuary is open to the public every Sunday from 11.00am to 2.00pm, free of charge and needs volunteer helpers for all the Andalucian Giant Donkeys. The Sanctuary can be found by taking the N340 from Marbella/San Pedro towards Estepona and leaving at km164 (just after Agro Jardin Vivero Grande) Look for signs for Parque Botanico, about 3kms to Finca Los Pajaritos for the incredibly interesting, informative and educational few hours.

Oh! Of course the donkeys do enjoy a cuddle!! You can also visit the web site www.ancraa.org or email marlene@an craa.org Tel: 952 790 511 (93318) ADANA THE ANIMAL SHELTER IN ESTEPONA. We always need volunteers to walk and socialise with our dogs and help with cleaning. We also need good homes for our animals that you can see on www.adana.es. Kennels open every day 10-1.30, Camino de Casares, near Parque de los Pedregales, Estepona. (5 minutes from the Poligono) For more information call Marjorie 952 79 74 05 or 636 934 146 ACE CHARITY at El Refugio Kennels always needs volunteers to help with dog walking. It’s good exercise, a couple of hours any morning of the week.

Foster and permanent homes also needed for our many inmates! Vivien 639 991 079 (93320)

At SOS Animal Refuge we have dogs, young and old looking for homes.

Some of our dogs have been with us for some time and would love to find a cosy spot to curl up in and a knee on which to rest their heads. If you have room in your heart and home we would love to hear from you. We do not put our dogs to sleep - no matter how old, they are safe with us. For day to day needs and to pay for veterinary care, we much appreciate the support we receive. We desperately need items to sell on our market stall to help raise funds and are happy to come and collect. So if you are having a clear-out, please contact us on 665 682 919 or 605 227 155. If you would like to know more about re-homing, please call 653 257 875. Visit our website www.sos-an imals.org or please phone Sandy on 952 385 923 or 666 814 056 if you would like to make a donation or help in any way. (93317) ARCH - The Andalucian Rescue Centre for Horses welcomes visitors and volunteers to their stables on Saturdays from 10 - 12 or by appointment. Come and help out, drop your children off for the Kids Club on a SATURDAY or sponsor or adopt one of our horses, donkeys or mules. We always need help with fund raising to look after the abandoned and abused animals. Our aim is to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome. We are a small friendly team - why not join us.

Find us in Alhaurin El Grande, behind the Venta Miralmonte on the road from Alhaurin to Coin, (A404) Urb. Viña Borrego, follow the yellow signs. Charity registered with the Junta de Andalucia No 8448. www.horserescuespain.org info@horserescuespain.org archres cue@yahoo.co.uk Tel: - 635 798 219 or 656 935 613 or 620 175 828 (93322)

Pet Transport

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PET-COURIERS.COM – If you love your pet try us first – we are the best. Door to door service throughout Europe. Specialised vehicles – bespoke service. Full legal service including documentation if required. For further information call or e-mail us: Tel: (0034) 651 033 670 or (0034) 637 066 227.

Email: info@pet-couriers.com or www.pet-couriers.com (95495) THE DOG MOVER. Licensed professional transporters. Two handlers, so dogs never alone. 680 781 699 / 0044 (0) 7875 947230. www. moveyour dog.com (89749)

Property for Sale

LOOK NO FURTHER FOR YOUR PET TRANSPORT. WE OFFER A SERVICE TO TRAVEL WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR PETS/FURNITURE. ALL PETS TRAVEL WITH US IN AIR CONDITIONED PEOPLE CARRIERS. CALL FOR PRICES. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 WWW.SPAINUKSPAIN.COM PET TRANSPORTATION by air.

Complete service from professional licensed kennels. 630 197 435 www.cat-and-dog-world.com ACCOMPANY your pets to their new home. Fully licensed pet transport service. Denise www. petchauf feur.eu 952 197 187 / 696 233 848 info@petchauf feur.eu

Plumbing NEED a Qualified Plumber? No call-out charge. Call Vinny 662 682 220. www.costaplumber.es RETIRED REGISTERED PLUMBER / DRIVER. Needs beer money, any job considered. Free advice, lowest rates. Chris 652 665 380 (93499) PLUMBER: Water heaters repaired, replaced same day. Full bathroom and kitchen reforms, previous work can be seen.

References available. Mark Allan 608 454 778 / 952 937 244 (203807) THE Irish plumber for all your plumbing requirements, all areas covered. 7 days, reasonable rates.

605 206 394 (200961)

KENNELS EURODOG Boarding Kennels and Cattery. Under new ownership, fully licensed and sanitary approved, long/short term. Mijas Costa Tel 697 731 171 www.eurodogspain.com SPECIAL PROMOTION for new clients at Cat and Dog World Kennels.

Dogs €10 per day plus IVA Tel: 952 112 978. www.cat-and-dog-world.com PETCARE PET HOTEL. Holiday accommodation for dogs and cats. Individual heating available. Introductory offers for new clients. Tel: 952 112 284 / 685 400 216 www.petcarespain.com COOL KENNELS AND CATTERY. Air conditioned. Your pets lovingly cared for by English mother and daughter. Near Coin. LAGUNAKENNELS@hotmail.com Tel 952 112 021 / 606 838 983

Professional Serv TECNOALUMINIO.COM, Kommerling brand. Direct manufacturers of PVC & aluminium windows and doors, awnings, blinds, insect screens, security glass, conservatories. Phone 952 805 267 / 672 066 710. Showroom (we are front Estepona Wednesday market) email: info@tecnoaluminio.com (204126) NEED an administrative or computer job done, but don’t have the time or staff ? Computer literate women, Dutch and English, can help. Content management, data entry, mailings, typing jobs etc. Call Eva on 632 993 039 (204012)

Private Detective Pet Insurance PROTECTAPET. Spain’s leading pet insurance. 965 756 371 info@pro tectapet.eu (95962)

DETECTIVES PRIVATE, Entrellaves (1958), Marbella. All types investigations. www.entrellaves.es. 669 021 002

www.Quick-Sale-Deals.com. For The Latest Marbella Serious Investor and Quick Sale Luxury Property Deals Updated Daily: www.BobCallan.com Mob: 616 004 771 (203792) T1 WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Bargain inland properties for all budgets Tel 952 491 609 / 685 514 835 (100017) GREAT OPPORTUNITY. TORREBLANCA. Ideal detached villa offering two self contained separate levels - main upper level 3 beds/1 bath - lower level 1 bed/1 bath, ideal for rental or elderly person/teenager/guests, large plot, private swimming pool and spacious garage, quiet residential area. Original asking price €299,500 - no agents fees, now €240,000. Viewing recommended - 647 647 629 (101501)

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www.euroweeklynews.com MARBELLA centre, first line beach, 3 beds, 3 baths, suitable for cash buyer. Price €250,000. 671 244 683 (95518) LA CALA HILLS. Spacious 3 bed, 2 bath apartment, 160m2, underground parking and storage, good outlook and ideally located for all amenities. Realistically priced at €259,000 Call 647 379 427 for further info (99419) SANTA CLARA GOLF south facing, sea views, 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, intermediaries and estate agents abstain €475.000 librosysobres@hotmail.com Tel: 630 313 814 (203858) EL SOTO DE MARBELLA (lowest priced apartment), large, immaculate 2 bedroomed, ground floor apartment fully furnished to a high standard with outstanding views. Prestigious development with own on-site restaurant, 9 hole golf course, gym, sauna, spa & tennis courts and set in an area of natural beauty. Final price €135,000. Tel Paul 627 134 866 (92604) PUERTO BANUS - Price reduced. Private sale. Four bedroomed townhouse, Condes de Iza. 0044 (0)7801 427 884 (200913) REDUCED to €129,500 (was €169,500). Rancho Miraflores, furnished, 2 bed, 2 bath apartment. Sea views. Garage. 952 939 618 (203089) TORREQUEBRADA - Golf and sea views, fully furnished, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, garage, store room, 179,000€ 660 705 682 (204931) ALHAURIN - For sale, park home, two beds, 22,500€ 634 359 716 sim moc1941@yahoo.co.uk (204814) BENALMADENA Costa Townhouse, 3 bedroom, for sale, close to beach. www.casangela.co.uk VILLA frontline beach, 4 bed, pool, garden, new Golden Mile, unique opportunity, only 895,000€. 667 411 111 (99396)

BENALMADENA Arroyo 1 bed apt Corinto. Refurbished, pool, garden, great rental location €69.000. 1 bed Piscis, sunny spectacular views, spacious rooms, parking €79.000. 630 817 715 or 0044 1214 777 898 (204158) LUXURY Apartment For Sale. Reduced by 20,000€. See: www.mijasgolfapart mentforsale.co.uk 00+44+1322 839 009 (204817) EL PORTON, Calahonda. €139,500. 2 double bedroom apartment. Fully furnished. Fantastic views. Kevin 607 551 601 (203089)

Costa del Sol MARBELLA centre, rooms to let 671 244 683 (95518)

MARBELLA Banus, 3 bed, 2 bath, small sea views, €200.000. bravoele zovic@gmail.com 637 439 222 (204870)

Nr La Duqesa Port - 2 bed, 2 bath apartment, UK TV, garage, communal pool. 5 mins walk to beach €400 per month.

WWW.MIJASREALESTATE.COM Widest selection of property, all areas, inland and Costa, available / wanted 952 591 006 (204806)

HaciendaGuadalupe - 3 bed, 2 bath apartment overlooking country. Communal pool, UK TV, underground parking €500 per month Tel: 678 307 622 (204045)

Property to Let

www.costarents.com over 900 properties for long term rent 671 093 925 (204353)

ALHAURIN GRANDE Immaculate 4 bed, 3 bath, garage, 4,000 plot 199K€ neg. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834)

MARBELLA BANUS CENTRE. Apartment 2-3 bedrooms, pools, garage, private garden Tel: 34 637 439 222. bravoele zovic@gmail.com (204869)

ALHAURIN GRANDE. Duplex Penthouse, 2 terraces, 3 beds, 2 baths, 115K€ neg. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834)

PRETTY country house in Coin. Front porch, living room, kitchen with open fire, 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. Extras: A/C in bedrooms and living room, parking area, roof terrace with fantastic views and bbq area. Built: 70m2. Land 1,000m2 Price: 600€ including bills.

TLF: 656 917 342 (REF AQ_F-786)

ALHAURIN GRANDE Bargain 3 bed, 2 bath townhouse, 70K€ neg. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) ALHAURIN de la TORRE, Fabulous offer, character property, 4 beds, 4 baths, garden/land/pool, 420K€. Fabfincas 692 151 931 (203834)

COUNTRY house very close to Coin town. Front porch terrace area, living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms and bathroom. Parking area. Built 65m2. Price 450€. TLF: 656 917 342 (REF AQ_F697) (204315)

PLOT 1000m2 with Ruin € 26.000. Plot 500m2 caravan use only €11.000. Both excellent access, gorgeous views, water/electric. Cartama: 699 199 805.

MIJAS (Costa) Cerros Del Aguila (Pueblo Minea), Studio 40m2, direct from owner, €35,000 ono. 952 551 686 (203010)

24 HOUR warden assisted apartments for rent at Casares del Sol. For our great Christmas progamme please turn to page 101 for further details (203015)

OPPORTUNITY Benalmadena 138,000€. Charming bungalow villa, 2 bedrooms, 300m2 plot. Garage. www.first4property.es 606 526 618 (203011)

WWW.INMOANDALUZ.COM. Inland property rentals, long or short term, holidays 952 491 609 / 685 514 835

5 BED 5 Bath country house, Cartama.

Gorgeous elevated 4000m2 plot. Ideal retreat, glamping or equestrian business. Ten minutes Aljaima station. Was 300k now 250k, 90% finance! 699 199 805 (203917)

TRAVEL Agency in La Cala can offer excellent excursion rates/holidays. We also offer long and short term rentals. More listings welcome. 952 587 090 (204160)

Removals & Storage

TORREMOLINOS, Montemar, 1 bedroom apartment, renovated, fully furnished, south facing, sea view, 350 euros. 666 517 479 (203067) cheaprentalscostadelsol.com. Inland and coast. Alhaurin, Coin, Cartama, Villafranco. Call Maddy 665 452 917 or Trish 635 152 323 (99342) PLAYAMAR, Costa Lago, Torremolinos, on the beach, nice new apartment, 2 bedrooms, living room, well furnished kitchen, bathroom, garage, beautiful gardens, pool, 600€, ref. 1630, long term, www.inmouniversal.com; 952 381 280 (204491)

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www.euroweeklynews.com ALHAURIN EL GRANDE 3 bed, 2 bath countryhouse, pool, garden, close bus stop, 700€ month. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) ALHAURIN de la TORRE OFFER! Wonderful character 4 bed, 4 bath country house, huge kitchen & lounge, study, pool, 2,500€ for 6 winter months. FabFincas 692 151 931 (203834) WWW.MIJASREALESTATE.COM Widest selection of property, all areas, inland and Costa, available / wanted 952 591 006 (204806) 1, 2 and 3 bedroom from €450 pcm.

Calahonda, Riviera and Miraflores.

Call Kevin 607 551 601 (203089) TORREMOLINOS, La Carihuela, 1 bed apt, furnished, beach 50m, long term, €400/month, 670 539 504 (203084) TOWNHOUSE Playa Golf, Torrequebrada, 2 bed, 2 bath, private garden, furnished, fantastic mountain & sea views, very clean, €650pm. 634 123 652 ROOM TO LET Double room, shower, cooking facilities, within Finca, Alora area Tel 628 421 289 (204944) MARBELLA APARTMENT Rentals from 700 per month to 1500 per month.

1/2/3 bedrooms. Exclusive addresses.

Telephone 622 571 040 www.kingscastlemarbella.com kingscastlemarbella@gmail.com ALHAURIN TORRE / GRANDE / COIN / TORREMOLINOS. BIG OR SMALL WE HAVE THEM ALL €400 TO €1,500 PM. ESME / JULIA 678 457 784 / 629 487 762 (99448)

Property Wanted WWW.MIJASREALESTATE.COM Widest selection of property, all areas, inland and Costa, available / wanted. 952 591 006 (204806)

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URGENT London Landlords/Property Investors Needed, Guaranteed Rents – Excellent Tenants, Stressfree Rental Solutions, 622 817 211 (203945)

Roller Shutters ACE OF SHADES - Vertical, Venetian, Roman, Roller, Wooden blinds, various colours available, also black-out blinds.

Tel: 951 273 254 / 671 732 204 /aceofshadeslacala@hot mail.com (101730)

Pumps WATERWELLS waterwell drilling, well pumps, irrigation, pump tests, pressure pumps. Waterwells.org/ Sondein SL. Established on the coast since 1995. Web page www.wellsinspain.com. Enquiries info@wellsinspain.com 629 978 801 (Fax) 952 793 250 (98077)

ROLLER shutter repairs. 7 days a week.

Conversion from manual to motorized, new installations. All areas covered.

Coast and inland. 655 825 931

Scrap Metal

Refrigeration REFRIGERATION/AIR CONDITIONING. Service and repairs.

Fridges, bottle coolers, display cabinets.

Same day 24 hr repair service. Tel 627 769 969 (99451)

Removal/Storage NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL REMOVALS Local and International.

Full and part loads taken please call 952 816 582 www.focus-transport.com (86002) FLORIDA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (203120) USA SPECIALIST Combitrans Movers.

952 775 300 www.combitrans.es (203120) DUBAI SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.combi trans.es (203120) SOUTH-AMERICA SPECIALIST. Combitrans Movers. 952 775 300 www.com bitrans.es (203120)

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SCRAP METAL WANTED. HMS 1&2, Copper Wiring, Brass, Stainless Steel, Cars, Trucks, Tractors, Batteries, Plastic & Cardboard. Tel. 603 128 012 WWW.SPAINUKSPAIN.COM. Vehicle leaving Spain on 9th / 19th / 28th of each month, returning 10th / 20th / 29th of each month. Prices from £90 per cubic metre. Cars £525, bikes £325, jetskis/boats from £525, dogs £395, cats £295. All animals travel with us in air conditioned people carriers. 952 596 213 / 665 150 227 MOVING BACK TO UK? Removal vehicle departing weekly throughout 2012. Excellent, professional service & great rates. Ring (0034) 665 089 244 or (0044) 01543 467 777 & see www.elite-european.com (93139) 15 CUBIC metre van returning to the UK 30th November, space available Tel. 639 928 090 MULTIMOVERS CDS, local, international and overseas removals and storage. 952 423 128 or visit www.multi movers.com (93474) TRUCK leaving for the UK 21st November. Collections from UK arranged.

Space available at discounted rates Call 678 643 727 (93125) INTERNATIONAL and European Removals. Expert removals worldwide. www.universalre movals.com Tel: 951 247 834 MOVING MATTERS SL – removals and storage. Local or to and from the UK/Ireland/Portugal and across Europe.

Over 16 years experience. For free quotation Tel 951 311 118. www.moving matters.eu (204313)

MAN AND VAN VAN AND MAN. Removals, clearances. Experienced and 100% reliable. €20 per hr. Paul 622 793 989 (97996) MANVAN REMOVALS €20 / hour, 3 vans available. House clearances. Storage from €10 / week. Tel David 696 810 618 (89629) EUROPE / UK fortnightly, full or part load service. David 696 810 618 (89629) MAN & VAN Removals and transport, all areas covered 100% reliable 952 816 582 (100423) THE VAN MAN. Cheap and cheerful. €20 per hour. 677 251 025 (91628)

STORAGE REMOVAL BOXES Large, med, wardrobe, bubble wrap, tape, collect or delivered. Local and international removals also undertaken. 952 239 110 / 632 702 306 (44093)

Services NEED HELP AT HOME? Cleaning, ironing, shopping etc, honest reliable ladies, Estepona, Sotogrande, Gibraltar, good rates. Call 956 618 340 (203071)

EXPERIENCED Telesales staff required for immediate start. Full time and part time shifts available. COMPETITIVE RATES OF PAY for the right candidates, weekly paid. Please call Dean on 654 763 033 (100044) LOOKING for extra income? Visit www.yourfinancialopportunity.net CARERS REQUIRED! Join our team of carers who work in the UK. Earn from 868GBP - 1330GBP for 2 weeks.

Good written/spoken English/British or EU Passport required. Contact Sandra on 658 965 204 or email s.field@con sultuscare.com (99161) FULL TIME Administration Staff Required. Mijas town based photographic agency requires a computer literate, energetic person to help with general office administration. Must be fluent in spoken and written English. Please email your CV to: jobs@arcangel-im ages.com (204097)

Situations Wanted RELIABLE BILINGUAL COUPLE SEEKING HOUSE SITTING / MAINTENANCE POSITION. OWN TRANSPORT ALL AREAS. 644 167 561 (86212) T1

CARPENTRY CARPENTER cabinet maker, Irish. Available for all types of property maintenance, plumbing, painting, electrical, kitchens and bathrooms renovated etc. 30 years experience.

Very reliable. Tel: 952 441 955 / 677 087 575 (101611)

FURNITURE FRENCH POLISHING REPAIRS, restoration etc. restore your valuable furniture to its former glory. Tel 647 579 519 / 952 119 190 (86046)

WINDOW COIN WINDOWS Aluminium windows, Doors, PVC Blinds, Mosquito screens, Canopies, Glass Factory, shower screens etc. All at village prices. Spanish owned business. English 646 066 351 (204248)

Sewing ALL STYLES Curtains, upholstery, soft furnishings and bean bags made to measure. Sensible prices. Also repairs / alterations. All areas. Call 672 800 887 or email judeinspain@hotmail.com

Signs & Designs SIGNS, Vehicle Decals, Logos, Flyers, A-Boards, Digital Art, Banners. 670 583 779 (200926)

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Soft Furnishings CURTAINS, blinds, cushions and much more. Free estimates and home visits. Tel 657 369 343 or rosan nacarmella@hotmail.com (85968)

Solar SOLAR BEST DEAL IN SPAIN www.gosolarinspain.com (204791) AMAZING money-saving offers available, plug and play, free electricity, fantastic solar offers. www.espana-xx1.com Tel: 951 277 581 (99381)

Swimming Pools

POOL MAINTENANCE and repairs, friendly and reliable service. Estepona to Malaga and Inland. Special offers on re-grouts and heaters for 2011. 678 791 495 / 951 295 699 sparklenrip ple@hotmail.com / www.sparklenrip ple.net (86211) T3 18€/WEEK. Pool cleaning service.

Crystal clear water all year round. 634 355 441 (95493)

CONSTRUCTION / MAINTENANCE AFFORDABLE POOL MAINTENANCE - Professional maintenance from only €80 per month (exc. chemicals) Call Splash Pools on 952 591 053 - open 8am to 4pm (204460)

Tailoring LADIES AND GENTLEMEN’S suits to measure. Be measured in the comfort of your own home or office by a qualified English tailor. Linen suits a speciality. Phone 634 378 085 for the travelling tailor to call. (204860)

Tarot Reading MR EDUARD Spiritualist with 35 years experience, national and international healer, adviser. Call 952 824 446 / 626 502 803 (204361)

Therapists COUNSELLING, LIFE COACHING. All addictions, depression, other problems. 23 years experience.

Contact 634 369 414 (204201) PSYCHOLOGIST: Depression, panic attacks, hypnosis. Dr Frank Stahl Tel: 609 503 021 (204174)

Tiling TILING & REFORMATION. Bathrooms, kitchens. All areas covered. Tiling in general. Free estimate! 647 874 547

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www.euroweeklynews.com TILING, plastering, plumbing, bathrooms, kitchens, reforms and hot mini pools built. 605 206 394 (200961)

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Tuition LEARN SPANISH. Speak Spanish from 1st lesson. 1 to 1 or group lessons. Children and adults. Friendly teacher. Learn properly, gain confidence. GCSE & all levels. From Sotogrande to Fuengirola.

Great prices 664 209 839 (100297) PIANO/GUITAR lessons by professional musician. Nueva Andalucia. 677 626 655 (200982)

TV & Video

TRANSLATION certified and ordinary. All language combination.

952 776 803 info@translationsnet work.com (93470) TRADUCCIONES SAN PEDRO Official translations, all languages. 952 789 204 / 654 613 094 (204834)

Trophies LASER ENGRAVED Trophies, Prizes, quality glass engraving service, competitive prices, with 40 years experience.

Trophies, medal, badges from €1. THE SPORTS SHOP Fuengirola Tel: 952 473 530 (99494)

SKY PROBLEMS / Installers don’t turn up when they promise to?

Can’t or won’t sort out your satellite problems? Then call Steve @ Scansat. We supply and install full Sky Systems, Digiboxes, Dishes, Sky cards UK/Irish. Dish relocations and TV extensions. For a fast reliable service call Steve 676 533 209 problem solved! (100436) Sky and Sky+ Digiboxes Wide selection of quality tested receivers available at very competitive prices. Ian 659 812 995 (203877) REPAIRS – TVs, Plasmas, LCD’s, DigiBoxes, Video, Hi-fi and microwaves.

Free estimates, can collect. 35 years experience. John 952 491 723 or 600 706 201 (204868)

TV & Video

UK TV. Missing channels after 7pm, channels breaking up during your favourite part of Corrie or Emmerdale? Don´t waste any more viewing time, call the experts. A quick re-alignment and a change to a high gain LNB will sort out all your frustrations.

For a fast and reliable service. Robsky. Tel: 0034 617 169792 astra2sat@hotmail. com (203087)

NEAR Miraflores, Maria, attractive young Bulgarian, 25yr old, very cute, sweet and kind. My caresses will take you to the clouds above.

Your wildest dreams will come true. 602 690 036 (204105) RIVIERA, Cristal, cute and busty, very nasty, loving, spontaneous and discreet. Let my body drive you wild. French without, anal.

Home service. Www.butterfly girls.es 634 193 202 (204105) MIRAFLORES, Luna, Spanish blonde, super sensual and discreet.

My lips are honey, my kisses so intense, my body is highly addictive, seductive. Sleazy, sympathetic, special French, naughty toys and sexiest lingerie. www.butterfly girls.es 602 690 036 (204105)

SKY DIGIBOXES Free View and Sky+, HD Tested and new boxes, including warranty from an unbeatable €40 653 061 472 WWW.SKYSTHELIMIT.TV FOR ALL YOUR SATELLITE NEEDS, DISH ALIGNMENTS, RELOCATIONS, CALL OUTS FROM €30. SKY HD, TV WALL HANGING SERVICE, TV REPAIR SERVICE 952 371 699 OR 637 570 847 OR EMAIL SALES@SKYSTHELIMIT.TV (203847)

RIVIERA, Domina, fetish dom expert. Beginners, medium, hard. Real fully-equipped dungeon in luxury apartment. S&M, foot fetish, bondage, trampling, leather, latex, spectacular golden shower. Appointment only. 634 487 517 (204105)

Upholstery

RIVIERA, 6 gorgeous girls, max pleasure, sex, intimate, orgasm guaranteed. Give over to pleasure by professionals in a comfortable climate with nice music, super discreet. www.butterflygirls.es 50€ 951 274 723 (204105)

UPHOLSTERY work for your furniture. Window decoration, interior consulting, wall covering, luxury fabrics, outdoor fabrics. Home visits in all places for free. Iris Seegert. Berlin/Marbella phone 647 764 426 www. iris- seegert.com (204846)

NEAR Elviria - Angela, beautiful and discreet blue-eyed brunette.

Come feel the pleasure in your skin, relax on your mind and satisfaction in your body. www.butter flygirls.es 634 193 202 (204105)

CARPET & UPHOLSTERY PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE WET OR DRY CLEAN, HONEST,RELIABLE SERVICE. PLEASE CALL 678 808 837 / 952 669 701 (101382)

NEAR Calahonda, Latin, mindblowing brunette, perfect body with outrageous curves, so sensual and erotic, you won’t believe your eyes. Home service 24h. www.but terflygirls.es 602 690 036 (204105)

CARPETS AND SOFAS cleaned.

Reliable, fast service. Family run.

Cleansol 952 930 861 / 607 610 578. 10am - 10pm 7 days, all areas Discount Code: EWN 1 CLEAN (200973)

LOVELY Asian, Spanish, Russian, Lithuanian, hot and horny, discreet villa, Las Chapas, near Calahonda 679 126 231 (204237)

RE-UPHOLSTERY, loose covers, headboards, cushions, curtains, blinds. Call Jo: 695 842 192 (98026)

BEAUTIFUL young Spanish, Polish, Asian, Thai massage, relax luxury atmosphere, San Pedro near Banus 618 448 131 (204237)

Washing Machine

NEW - Thai girl, 19, non-stop sex.

Greek, rimming. Fuengirola 664 194 624 (99469)

REPAIRS

NEW - Blonde Venezuelan, 120cm breasts, deep throat, all services Fuengirola 658 913 924 (99469)

WASHING MACHINE repairs. No fix, no fee. Fast reliable service. Also sales from 70 euros. Can deliver. Joe 952 448 695 / 686 271 836 (200962)

TWO Lesbian slappers, double French `yes to everything´offer. Fuengirola 675 768 970 (99469)

Web Design

ELVIRIA Special sexy lady, come play, make your dreams come true. 634 355 751 Visits (203783)

WEBSITE design, Flash, Property Listing Software, PHP Developer, MySQL, www.netdelsol.com 671 995 005 (203096)

Window Tinting Mobile Service. ITV Legal. Solar Reflective tint for glass curtains, balconies, yachts. Stop fading, heat & glare. 958 496 571 – 644 546 176 solarshadetint ing@gmail.com (204325)

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Toyota celebrates the start of Auris in the UK (€105 million) of which was allocated to the supply chain.

This takes Toyota’s UK investment total to more than £2.1 billion (or €2.6 billion) since it launched its operations in 1992. The project is also boosting employment and already 800 temporary workers have been recruited by TMUK. Notably all of these have been offered Toyota production apprenticeships.

Business Secretary Vince Cable said: “I’m delighted to be here in Burnaston today to mark the start of

New Ford Fiesta safety technology captures EVEN the most attentive driver has to blink, and by the time they have opened their eyes Ford’s Active City Stop low-speed collision avoidance technology that is being introduced to new Fiesta in Europe will have captured and processed 15 images of the road ahead in its search for potential hazards.

Active City Stop uses a light detecting and ranging sensor to scan the road ahead 50 times every second – more than twice the speed of the movie industry standard frame rate – to help prevent collisions at speeds up to 15 km/h, and help reduce the severity of impacts at speeds of up to 30 km/h.

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TOYOTA’S record of manufacturing in the UK reached another landmark with the official start of production of the all-new Auris at its Burnaston factory. Toyota’s continued investment in its UK operations, will also see the new Auris Touring Sports estate car built there from next year.

The decision to build the new Auris hatchback and Touring Sports estate car at TMUK has been supported

by Toyota’s investment of around £185 million (€230 million), about £85 million

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production of the latest Auris.”

It marks another significant milestone as Toyota celebrates 20 years of manufacturing here in the UK. Toyota’s £185 million investment is good news for the UK supply chain and helping to improve skills and training.

“The automotive industry

is one of strategic national importance to the UK. The Automotive Council demonstrates how Government and business can work together to help promote manufacturing and growth.

We want to develop this sort of partnership in more key sectors as part of our industrial strategy.”

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New Maserati Quattroporte, Italian design at its best THE new Maserati Quattroporte is a highperformance sports luxury sedan that reinterprets the design features of classic Maseratis in a contemporary design language. Its style was born out of the guiding design principles of Maserati: harmony of shapes, dynamism of lines, Italian elegance.

More generous in size when compared to the previous model, the new Quattroporte has a graceful and sinuous design, fashioned to bring out the sporty nature of the car.

Some of the elements characterising the previous model have been purposely maintained: the front grille, the three side vents, the triangular C pillar. At the same time new style and functional features were introduced: the strong belt line that runs through the

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MRC on top MALAGA Rugby Club hammered Axarquia by 69 points to 15 on Sunday when they visited the Velez Malaga club’s Fernando Ruiz-Hierro stadium.

On Saturday the club won the Costa Tropical veterans’ tournament at the Las Tejas de La Herradura, stadium, Granada, by beating Rugby Escoriones Granada and Agrónomos Córdoba.

Sky high UNICAJA has given up the chase to sign one of the most exciting young talents in European basketball after deciding his wage demands were too high.

Although able to pay KK Zagreb €550,000 to buy Dario Saric, the Malaga club has decided it cannot afford to pay the Croatian a ‘millionaire’s salary’.

Willing to give Saric a long-term contract with escape clauses in case the American NBA showed interest, Unicaja were unable to stay in the auction for his services once some of the biggest names in European basketball came calling.

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Malaga CF offer package to Pamplona for Osasuna game MALAGA CF are travelling to Pamplona to face Atletico Osasuna in the next La Liga game.

The team has organised a travel package, in collaboration with Halcón Viajes, to attend the match this Saturday 17, with kick-off at 4pm.

The package includes charter flights, transfers, accommodation in the four-star AC Ciudad de Pamplona Hotel, as well as basic travel insurance, and costs €310.

Two hours before the match starts, the group will be taken to the Reyno de Navarra stadium, and return to the airport 45 minutes after the match to catch a flight back to Malaga.

Currently ranked in fifth position with 18 points, Malaga CF expect to recover from their

team has gained only one point in the last three league games.

An early goal for Real Sociedad 47 seconds into the game paved the way for a 1-2 defeat for Malaga CF. A successful tackle by Chori Castro on the right wing resulted in a pass from Ifrán to Vela who smashed the ball into the back of Willy Caballero’s goal from directly in front of the penalty area. The visitors were one up within the first minute.

Malaga began to come into their own after the first halfhour. Impressive play by Joaquin resulted in a powerful ‘MONSIEUR’: Malaga CF French midfielder Jeremy Toulalan played shot at goal from Eliseu; a league match after returning to the line-up against AC Milan. however, the locals were latest La Liga defeat against Champions League has been awarded a corner kick following Real Sociedad in La Rosaleda brilliant – they have already defence work from Real. stadium.

Although their qualified for the next round with Only seconds later striker performance in the UEFA two matches left to play – the Saviola took advantage of a fantastic ball, and curled it into the net leaving MALAGA CF has a huge army of British and foreign fans who follow their keeper Zubikarai no every move. This week The Euro Weekly News is starting an occasional series chance of preventing the Blue and Whites’ featuring the views of some of the foreign fans who follow ‘los blanquiazules’ equaliser.

GRAHAM EVANS, 58, The Guiri Army? If so we But a second goal for joined regular matchwant to hear from you.

Real was too much for the goers from Calahonda to Contact editorial@euro home side to overcome. watch Malaga’s 2-1 “Malaga were playing coming on and changing weeklynews.com if you An unlucky defensive defeat at the hands of pretty football, but there the game.” would like to give a fan’s error 13 minutes in, led to Real Sociedad. was no direction. They Evans added: “When view on los blanquiXabi Prieto upfront on his “It was very lacked penetration near Saviola’s goal went in the azules. It could be your own with Willy Caballero, disappointing to see the box. fans really woke up and opinion of the match or a which resulted in Real’s them lose again after “Best player was got behind the team. general comment about second and winning goal “We are probably a the club itself. their great draw against probably Saviola. He of the match.

AC Milan. The players tried hard but needed little spoiled with all the great Champions League seemed to be lacking a more support. but with bit of drive. Going a goal “Malaga has some matches, down in the first minute great players, but the success comes higher did not help, it really strength in depth is not expectations.” quietened the fans down there. There is no one on Are you a Malaga the bench capable of supporter? Maybe part of for a while.

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Unicaja Seniors Golf FOR the sixth year in a row John Robilliard has scooped the Unicaja seniors golf circuit top prize.

Real Club de Campo Malaga came top of the listings after finishing second at the Novo Sancti Petri, Cadiz event, which featured players from all eight provinces in Andalucia.

Ranking winners were John

Robilliard, Category 2 Steve Gilmore, Alboran Golf, Almeria. Ladies winner was Elena Minguiz Villar, Nuevo Portil Huelva.

Pictured above from left are, Steve Gilmore, John Robilliard, Andalucia Golf Federation’s Salvador Perez Merida and Unicaja’s Elena Minguez Villar and Calixto Gutierrez.

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Defoe and Hernandez are hat-trick heroes

FOOTBALL Congratulations to Celtic who last week pulled off their greatest win for 45 years by beating Barcelona in the Champions League.

Chelsea and Manchester United also won but Arsenal drew.

In the Europa League, Jermain Defoe’s hat-trick helped Tottenham beat Maribor 3-1, Newcastle drew in Bruges but Liverpool lost to Anzil in Russia. Spurs need four points from their last two games to qualify for the knockout stage; Newcastle and Liverpool are both virtually through.

Hot-shot Defoe is now Spurs’ second highest scorer in European competition with 15 goals, behind Martin Chivers on 22.

There was another hattrick hero on Saturday – Javier

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Hernandez for Premiership leaders Manchester United who came back from 2-0 down to beat Aston Villa 3-2.

HOT-SHOT: Jermain Defoe nets three for Spurs.

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There was a cracking 3-3 draw at The Emirates between Arsenal and Fulham. Gunners’ midfielder Mikel Arteta gave away a first-half penalty and then saw his 95th minute spot-kick saved by Mark Schwarzer.

Chelsea were held by Liverpool, Manchester City edged past Spurs, West Ham won at Newcastle, WBA likewise at Wigan and David Moyes celebrated his 400th PL game in charge of Everton who pipped Sunderland 2-1.

Unfortunately, Southampton can’t keep a cleansheet and QPR (beaten by Charlie Adam’s first goal for Stoke) and Reading can’t win. That’s why they’re all in the bottom three!

Elsewhere, Crystal Palace lead the Championship; Tranmere and Gillingham are five points clear in League One and Two respectively, and Hibs are top the SPL, with Celtic second.

This weekend it’s the North London derby between Arsenal and Spurs, Norwich welcome leaders Manchester United, neighbours City (second) take on Aston Villa, Everton (fourth) go to Reading, WBA (fifth) play Chelsea (third) and strugglers QPR and Southampton meet at Loftus Road.

England manager Roy

Hodgson named three ‘new’ players in his squad for last night’s friendly in Sweden, including Arsenal’s Carl Jenkinson who played for Finland at youth team level. This was the 24th international against the Swedes.

Other friendlies played this week featured Luxembourg-Scotland, Panama-Spain, Republic of Ireland-Greece, ItalyFrance and HollandGermany.

Northern Ireland met Azerbaijan in a WC qualifier.