Euro Weekly News - Costa del Sol 10 - 16 November 2016 Issue 1636 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

ISSUE NO. 1636

10 - 16 November 2016

COSTA DEL SOL

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London is calling By Matt Ford & Matthew Elliot Even the doom and gloom over Brexit couldn’t take the shine off a fantastic showing from both the Costa del Sol and Marbella at the World Travel Market (WTM) megaevent in London this week. The Junta de Andalucia’s tourist board splashed out on two massive video displays being broadcast daily on giant screens in Piccadilly Circus and Camden Town until December 18. Marbella’s stand was spruced up with a clutch of current and ex-Premier League football superstars, including Luke Chambers, Dean Austin, and Alan Hutton, with referee Mark Clattenburg and agent Rob Segal adding to the snazzy exhibition. City Mayor Jose Bernal said that associating the name of Marbella with elite

sport was worth its weight in gold, while the Costa del Sol’s tourism chief Elias Bendodo waxed lyrical about a new promotion campaign in Scotland and plans to get both Rangers and Celtic over to train.

If the claims sound dramatic it’s because the stakes are high. Very high. There are travel fairs and then there’s the World Travel Market. November’s special Brexit edition brings more Turn to page 2

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PAYING OUR TRIBUTE

Remembering the fallen ON the eleventh hour of the ele v e n t h d a y o f th e eleventh month of 1918 an armistice was signed between the Allies and Germany putting an end to the horrors of the First World War. For nearly a century we You may remember behave commemorated that ing told that devoting one day by paying homage to hour a week on a Sunday to the fallen, and to all those give thanks wasn’t much to who have since given their ask for the gift of life. Well lives in the service of their let us make the most of the country. two minutes and a day that A two-minute silence is we dedicate to those who held at 11am on Armistice died in our service. D ay an d , o n t h e Su n d a y It is often said but rarely closest, millions remember remembered that a picture the co n t r i b u t i o n o f all DON’T the clocks change onaSunday is worth thousandOctober words. British andforget Commonwealth 30 at 03.00, marking the end of Daylight Savings servicemen and women and Time for another year. Following the old adage Turn to page 44 for our civilians in the two World ‘Spring forward, Fall back,’ enjoy an extra hour’s modest EWN tribute to the Wars a n d a l l su c c e e d in g sleep on Sunday morning. fallen. conflicts.

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Potential is there From Front Page

By Matt Ford & Matthew Elliot than 50,000 industry experts together and sees the Costa del Sol pit its wits, a ttra c tions a nd a bunda nt s uns hine against competitors from 190 countries. The region is fighting for its share of the wealth brought by the 90 million pensioners in the EU who make up a hugely disproportionate chunk of the lucrative tourism market. Guests from far-flung corners of the globe in J a pa n, the U S a nd South A me ric a a re a ls o priz e d highly by Spain and its competitors across Europe. But this was a London market, with Brexit the theme, and Brits at home and abroad the audience. Andalucia has played a strong hand, dispatching the president Susana Diaz and sharpening an already fierce focus on the British market, indentifying the Costa del Sol as a ‘second home’ for millions of Brits. Some 50,000 copies of a speciallydesigned leaflet were also distributed during the international event, as the region steps up its promotional cam-

WORLD TRAVEL MARKET: Andalucia played a strong hand. paign for the 2017 tourist season. And not only over summer. Together the Andalucia and Marbella contingents made it crystal clear that they plan to transform the region into a year-round paradise that shuns the seasonal economy in favour of a modernised appeal. Sports like golf and football will

form a major part of the ‘winter destination’ plans which explains the apparent premiership partnership on display in London. Whether the grand words will be backed up with solid action remains to be seen. The potential, promise and PR is there. Now is the time for infrastructure and investment.

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EWN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

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Your papers, your views Our readers have been expressing their views about the Battle against Brexit interview with Charlie Mullins.

www.euroweeklynews.com Here are a few comments some of which have had to be cut due to size. We are always happy to hear from everyone.

False outrage WHY are Leavers so upset that the court ruled in parliament’s favour? Wasn’t the whole point of Brexit to bring power back to parliament? Leaving such an important decision in the hands of a (very tight) popular vote has no constitutional precedence in the UK and is utter folly. James

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DISASTROUS MISTAKE: For Britain Charlie Mullins believes.

Battling against Brexit By Matthew Elliott “EVEN Stevie Wonder can see what’s happening,” says Charlie Mullins, who has never been one to mince his words. Speaking exclusively with Euro Weekly News, the brains behind Pimlico Plumbers is adamant that leaving the EU is a disastrous mistake for Britain. “There’s already a skills shortage and the lack of free movement will drive construction to a standstill,” he replies when pressed on what Brexit’s immediate impact will be. “You’ve got 80-90 per cent of workers on site are from the EU... and they’re taxpayers too!” “Now many are returning home, jumping ship because of the uncertainty,” he says, arguing that without migrant labour the Olympics and Heathrow’s expansion would be pipe dreams. Mullins knows what he’s talking about. One of the UK’s most successful and outspoken businessmen, he founded Pimlico Plumbers from scratch in 1979 and transformed it into a household name with an annual turnover of £20 million. Appearances on Panorama, donations to the Conservative party, and impassioned defence of Britain’s place in Europe has seen the businessman and philanthropist evolve into a political activist. So much so that he helped fund the successful High Court challenge over the government’s right to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval. “People are happy that we’re standing up to fight,” he says on the case, which has pitted pro-Brexit me-

People were misled over the £350 million... the 350 million lie on that bus, and Boris Johnson selfishly trying to become prime minister, did it for the UK.” dia against the judiciary, “even if we leave, we should at least do it right.” But should the referendum result not supersede the influence of parliament? “A 52/48 vote wasn’t really the ‘will of the people,’ plus you’ve 650 MPs who didn’t even get involved.” Mullins is scathing of the Leave campaign, which he accuses of blatant dishonesty. “People were misled over the £350 million (promised from the EU to the NHS)... the 350 million lie on that bus, and Boris Johnson selfishly trying to become prime minister, did it for the UK.” He describes the High Court ruling that parliament must trigger Article 50, not ministers alone, as a victory for common sense. “You’ve got three judges, two of them the highest in the land, and they took less than 120 seconds to sum it up and blow the government’s case out of the water. It’s black and white, in 1972 parliament voted to join the EC and only they can vote to leave.”

Mullins notes with a tinge of irony that the “top two people in the country, Theresa May and Philip Hammond, were Remain people who switched horses after the fact” and are now muddying the waters by trying to make a case they clearly don’t believe in. So how can you make the ‘remain’ case and change people’s minds? “Well, you’ve got a mixture of Leave people who are now worried nothing will change and Remainers who are very happy with the court case and don’t want to leave, so it’s hard.” Mullins says it’s important to focus on simple facts, which he has a keen eye on as a businessman. “Boiler parts are more expensive, there’s job losses, supplies, food and fuel costs are all going up, the pound’s dropped, the writing’s on the wall.” He speaks to big business owners he says, and the money flow has stopped. The UK is not a place to be looking to invest. “Look at the facts,” he implores, “it’s not a coincidence that the pound fell and then rose after the court judgement.” “The disadvantages of leaving clearly outweigh the benefits, we will be in a mess and we will be poorer.” Where do British expats fit in to all this? (Mullins spends five months of the year in Spain and is a huge contributor to local charities) “People are concerned with their pensions, they want to know, can I survive and stay in Spain? “Now they know they can expect less for their money... people may have voted for Brexit, but nobody voted to lose their money.”

THANK you! Finally someone who actually knows what they’re talking about putting this terrible decision in context. We here in Spain are losing money, our pensions are under threat and the situation back in the UK gets worse by the day. Mullins knows the system, we ignore his warning at our peril. Heather

Storm and stress OF course it’s right that parliament should vote on Article 50 but Mr Mullins doesn’t realise that this is simply the final nail in the ‘remain coffin.’ MPs won’t dare vote against the referendum or they’ll lose their jobs. They will vote for it, give Brexit full legitimacy and then we’ll wait for Boris’ ‘sturm und drang.’ Thomas

Decision time FRANKLY I’ve lost the ability to care if we leave or not. Just make a decision either way! If we knew it was a hard Brexit at least we could all start preparing. Right now everyone is clueless even on the basics, we’ve become a laughing stock that markets and other countries simply can’t trust. It’s time to make our minds up. Arlene

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INDEX News 1 - 52

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Tragedy in surgery By Matthew Elliott

European Press 54

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Leapy Lee 65

Daily TV 70, 72, 74, 76,

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Letters 84

Time Out 85 - 88

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AN investigation has been launched into the death of a woman after she underwent surgery at a private cosmetic clinic in Marbella. The 46-year-old’s family expected her to spend no more than 24 hours at the Humanline Banus hospital recovering from a routine facelift and liposuction treatment. She went in on Friday for eyelid reduction, and liposuction on her arms and was told she would likely go home the same day or the following morning. Unfortunately she suffered complications during the surgery, with preliminary reports suggesting that she was deprived of oxygen and went into cardiac arrest. Clinic staff called an ambulance and she was rushed to the Costa del Sol hos-

ROUTINE PROCEDURES: Resulted in complications.

pital and placed into a coma. Despite the best efforts of medical teams she died on Sunday. Her body was taken to Malaga

for a post mortem and her family are waiting to find out exactly what caused her death.

Help the needy in Nepal THE Monsalvat Charity Association is attempting to provide social assistance in the most deprived areas of Nepal, and among its flagship projects is construction of a new school. Casino Marbella has joined this laudable initiative, and is to host an event at 8pm on Thursday, November 10, during which a dozen valuable original works by Spanish will go on sale with a symbolic price, to which all guests will be encouraged to contribute. The casino entry price of €10 will also be donated to

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CHARITY EVENT: To raise funds for deprived areas.

Among its flagship projects is construction of a new school.” the cause; while there will be a raffle of luxury products and a special cocktail offered by the casino bar. The singer La negra Mayte will also perform free of charge, while Filmasur will be on hand to record proceedings, and floral decoration will be donated by Roberto Silvosa.

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IN a world where people are losing faith in their political masters, John Brown is a politician with sincerely held views and genuine charisma. But for the fact that he is not a well man, he is the natural leader of his party…the Green Party. This is the background to David Tristram’s play ‘Going Green’ being staged by the International Theatre Studio in November. The plot is peppered with dark humour and intrigue as our hero prepares to deliver his definitive message - Go Green…or Die! Directed by Kate Jackson and featuring Martin Curd and Ruth Baldwin in the principal roles, this powerful and moving play is at the same time hugely entertaining. ‘Going Green’ will be on at the Atalaya Park Hotel from Friday November 18 to Sunday November 20. Tickets from the usual sources or call 629 261 309 (daytime) or 952 880 240 (evenings and weekends).

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Holiday ruse leaves hotel owners reeling By Sam Croft A NEW scam has begun to spring up with increasing frequency along the Costa del Sol. The primary victims are hotels and the primary perpetrators are shady British lawyers. Typically these lawyers set up their vans near hotels and then approach tourists, asking them if they would like their holidays to be completely free. The question appears innocent enough at first glance but it is in fact only the tip of the iceberg in a far-ranging scam which has put a huge dent in the bank accounts of many Spanish hotel owners. The next step in the scam is for the holidaymakers to lodge a false complaint against the hotel once they arrive back in Britain. Food poisoning is a typical claim. The es-

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‘Go Green!’ You heard what the man said!

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HOLIDAY HOTELS: Are being targeted by shady lawyers. tablishments are typically left in a state of complete helplessness against these claims, for two reasons: on one hand it is difficult to disprove the claims once the patient has recovered, and on the other

hand, because the legal costs involved in going to Britain to launch a defence are often too expensive to justify. Many establishments have decided to cut their losses and pay off the complainants in order to be

done with the nasty business. The scam has been so successful mainly because of legal differences between Great Britain and Spain. In Britain, the system gives priority to the complainant due to the presumption of guilt and the accused is forced to demonstrate their innocence. Aehcos, the Hotel Owner’s Association of the Costa del Sol, is looking into ways nip this problem in the bud before it gets out of control. Some representatives from Aehcos have suggested a proposal that any complaints against hotels must be presented in Spain. The association, has noted, however, that as British tourists make up a huge portion of the visitors to the Costa del Sol, it will attempt to avoid implementing any regulations which will complicate the lives of holidaymakers.

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Singer Malia loves Marbella By John Smith PERHAPS best-known for being removed from ITV’s Love Island within 24 hours of arrival, Cheshire born Malia Arkian has just appeared in her first film Name of the Game and as well as promoting her musical career, she has also signed up to take part in the

Soccer Six celebrity tournament to be held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on November 12. Despite all this activity, Malia took the time to explain to Euro Weekly News why she hopes to come over to the Costa del Sol to perform in one or more of the tremendous clubs in Marbella.

“First and foremost I love Marbella,” she told the newspaper. “The fact that it’s surrounded by beautiful beaches and warm people always brings me back. The energy is right! It’s a stunning city filled with character and potential, coming out there to perform would be amazing to capture those vibes. “I visited Marbella as a child with family and we always had the best holidays. So I have very positive memories. My favourite town is Puerto Banus, it’s a refined area filled with a lot of excitement. Just my cup of tea!”

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MALIA ready for the Mediterranean.

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Shanty towns need a decision for the future POLITICIANS continue to argue over the future of a 17-hectare plot of land in Malaga City while locals complain of the state of the area and the shanty towns tucked amongst the undergrowth. Known as the Repsol plot, the land housed huge petrol tanks from the 1960s up to 2000, when the petrol company dismantled them and moved on, leaving a distinct whiff of petrol and an abandoned expanse of land. The mayor of the city seems intent on the land becoming the site of a complex of skyscrapers but has met harsh resistance from the left-wing opposition parties, which insist the urban woodland planned for

in 1983 is created. Meanwhile Ciudadanos party is stuck in the middle, suggesting a bit of both would be the obvious agreement. As the bigwigs bicker, inhabitants of the tents and camps set up on the land go about their usual daily business of begging money to send home to their children in Romania and wait to see what is to become of their temporary home. Local residents’ opinions are split as, they say, those occupying the land cause no trouble. However, everyone in the area agrees that something should be done about the huge abandoned eyesore which continues to gather rubbish.

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Burgling brothers nabbed by police TWO brothers have been arrested in Torremolinos for allegedly committing various robberies in the centre of Malaga City. The two men, 41, allegedly targeted businesses and offices, which they typically accessed by scaling the sides of the buildings and breaking the locks on windows. In other instances, they used tools to bust the locks on the front doors. They allegedly stole money, computers, and other objects of value.

The investigations initially began after owners of various businesses reported having been burgled. On apprehending the two men, National Police officers searched several storage rooms and vehicles belonging to them, as well as their residence. During the searches, the officers not only discovered some of the stolen goods, but several handguns, handcuffs, and identification the brothers apparently used to pose as National Police officers.

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Activist raising plight of climate AN environmental activist has been cycling through Spain to highlight the damage mankind is doing to the natural world. Martin Hutchinson has spent nine years walking, cycling and making his case to whoever will listen, much of it in Latin America. He wants to galvanise ordinary people into putting pressure on their governments to stop the dumping of waste in particular. The starkest example, he says, is the unprocessed rubbish being tipped by the truckload into the Amazon River. “They are just dumping rubbish into the Amazon four times a day and this has been going on for 20 years and nobody’s doing anything about it,” he said. “We live on a most incredible planet but we’re not doing enough to protect it.

“For instance, everyone talks about protecting the Amazon but nobody’s doing anything to stop the damage.” Martin says his journey has not been without hardship and he has been attacked three times, one of those with an axe, but he is not put off and is determined to continue. He has set up a petition at https://goo.gl/Wm2JV7 in the hope of raising awareness and pressurising government bodies to act, and hopes EWN readers will join the campaign.

We all need to be aware of the impact we have on the natural world. If we don’t the long-term consequences will be very severe,” said Martin.

MARTIN: Has been cycling through Spain.

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‘Parliament must approve Brexit’ BREXIT PAGE By Matthew Elliott and Simon Firth

THE UK government has lost round one. The High Court ruled only parliament has the authority to trigger Article 50 and inform Brussels that the UK intends to leave the EU. Delivering the judgement, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, said “the most fundamental rule of the UK constitution is that parliament is sovereign.” Alth o u g h su b j e c t to ap p e a l at th e Supreme Court, the decision is a blow to Theresa May who planned to trigger Article 50 nex t Ma r c h u si n g ro y al p re ro g a tiv e alone. The reaction to the judges’ ruling was met with vitriol by some sections of the UK press, the Daily Mail running the headline ‘Enemies of the People’ and the Daily Express dubbing it ‘the day democracy died.’

HIGH COURT RULING: Was met with vitriol by some of the UK press. G in a M ille r, the inve s tme nt ma na ge r whose funds backed the legal challenge, accused some politicians and the media of “whipping this up because they are the ones inciting racism and violence and acrimony.” Somewhat belatedly, the Lord Chancellor Liz Truss, who is also the justice secretary, issued a short statement.

She did not rebuke the papers for their coverage, stating merely that the judiciary “is rightly respected the world over for its independence and impartiality.” The government’s appeal will be heard next month before the Supreme Court. Some observers have even suggested, somewhat tongue in cheek, that if she does-

n’t like what they have to say she can Although subtake it further to ject to appeal the European Court at the Supreme of Justice. Court, the deciIf the Supreme sion is a blow to Court does agree Theresa May who wi t h t he j udges then MPs will efplanned to trigf ect i vel y be r eger Article 50 next March using qui r ed t o vot e on Brexit, with no forroyal prerogamal necessity that tive.” they follow the referendum’s plurality vote. The majority of MPs are believed to be firmly against Brexit but defying the result would be hugely controversial and could spark a constitutional crisis. That poses no problem for the markets. Within seconds of the judgement sterling rose dramatically. Meanwhile, Theresa May has insisted the government will not be distracted and that it is ‘business as usual’ where Brexit is concerned. One respected political commentator put it this way: “The only way of making this headache go away could be an early general election.”

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Brakes put on mendacious motorist THE Guardia Civilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traffic detachment in Marbella has arrested a 33-year-old man over an alleged hit-and-run incident on the A-7 motorway in Sabinallas, close to Manilva. The incident took place at around 8.30am on November 1, when the detainee apparently ran over a cyclist before fleeing the scene, leaving the latter lying by the road with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;serious injuries.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Specifically, the unfortunate Casares resident suffered two pulmonary edemas, five broken ribs, a damaged vertebra and several cuts to the head, although he is said to be recovering well. The perpetrator then drove his Opel Zafira to a shopping centre car park, where he set fire to the vehicle and beat a hasty retreat.

A few hours later the suspect filed a report that his car had been stolen, but a police investigation revealed that he had fabricated the story in an attempt to cover his tracks. Having seen the story emerge on social media, the thief panicked and fled to Algeciras, where he was eventually found by police investigators.

No child without a toy By Sam Croft THE No Child without a Toy campaign will soon be in full swing in Estepona. This fundraising initiative aims to ensure that all children in the community, even those with limited resources, will have something to play with over the Christmas holidays. This is the 22nd year in a row that the Frente Bolillon Association has organised the campaign, which has also been supported by numerous local organisations and businesses, including the San Lorenzo Nursery, the

Kempinski Hotel, Carrefour, and the Guadalmina Golf Club. These entities have agreed to donate money and toys, which families can pick up between November 14 and December 9. Those interested should go to the office of the Council for Youth, in the Carmen Sports Complex. Children must be accompanied by their parents who will need to present the appropriate identification. Those interested in collaborating with or supporting this campaign by donating toys or cash can send an e-mail to frentebolillon@hotmail.com.

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Family’s gruesome graveyard discovery By Matt Ford A FAMILY group who visited the grave of a relative at the Parque Cementerio in Malaga City were shocked by the macabre sight of a real heart on his tombstone. Although initial tests indicate the grisly remains to be of animal origin, police scientists will conduct forensic work, including DNA tests, in order to be sure. The family stopped by at the security guard’s quarters

on their way out of the cemetery to inform him that they had found ‘something strange’ on the grave, and had placed it in a plastic bag before throwing it into a nearby bin. The guard informed his boss who decided to alert the police given the bizarre nature of the find, and a patrol removed the heart following the same protocol as if it were a dead body. They were able to confirm that it was a heart at

the scene, but could not verify if it was human or not since it was partially decomposed. It was transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine, who sent samples to the Institute of Toxicology in Sevilla to determine its origin. Should it turn out to be animal, the most likely candidate is a pig, since their hearts share quite similar morphology to those of humans.

Ex jailed for keeping cash A MALAGA Provincial Court has jailed a man for two years for keeping €136,707 he should have given his ex-wife after selling the marital home upon their divorce. The defendant was found guilty of falsely claiming to have made investments with the

money, which he had obtained after being given power of attorney to sell the family home, while actually keeping it for himself in 2003. Now, along with the jail sentence he will have to give his former partner the money and pay a €1,080 fine.

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French Halloween hitman arrested Photo Credit: National Police

PROPERTY RAIDED: Where police found the mask, money and ID of the arrested man. By John Smith A PRESS RELEASE issued on November 4 reveals that acting on a European Arrest Warrant, officers of the National Police raided a property in Malaga City in mid-October where they discovered two guns, a silencer, large amounts of ammunition of different calibres, eight mobile phones, false identity papers and â&#x201A;Ź5,000 in cash.

The officers were searching for one of Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most wanted men, a 47-year-old French Algerian who was believed to be leader of a group of killers involved in the world of drug smuggling. The French police were looking for this man in connection with a number of crimes and he was eventually tracked down to a warehouse in the Muelle Uno area of Malaga City on Halloween night October 31.

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Foreign buyers are on the increase FEARS of negative effects of Brexit on the Costa del Sol real estate market seem to have been unfounded if the latest data on property transactions in the province are anything to go by. A new report from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing on the first half of this year has revealed 14,364 homes were sold in Malaga, 13 per cent more than the same period in 2015. The fig-

ure was the highest registered in a six-month period since 2008. International buyers are still the driving force behind recovery of the sector, the report revealed, with foreigners snapping up 5,570 of the homes sold between January and June, the greatest number ever registered in the first six months of the year, beating even 2007 at the pinnacle of the property boom.

British buyers are responsible for about 20 per cent of foreign demand for property in the province, followed by Scandinavians, French, Belgians and Germans, and the majority already live in Spain with just 4 per cent non-resident according to the Ministry. Sales to non-Spaniards in Malaga province (39 per cent) were almost double the national average, reported to be at 20 per cent.

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CHEERFUL PLANTING: Across parks, gardens and green areas.

Colourful for Christmas By Eleanor Hawkins ESTEPONA Council has announced it has started planting 130,000 plants across the tow n to c he e r up its pa rk s, gar dens and green areas for the festive period. Along with the traditional Poinsettias, of which there are to be 8,000 this year, the municipal greenhouses have produced thousands of geraniums, pansies, violets and other colourful seasonal plants, services councillor Blas Ruzafa reported.

These wi l l be put i n pl ace on busy streets and roundabouts and in the districts and residential areas to boost Estepona’s image as the Garden of the Costa del Sol over the next few weeks, the councillor said. “Our gardens are one of our best assets and we want the town to look really good for Christmas,” Ruzafa said. Altogether the council will have planted more than 500,000 plants across the town by the end of this year.

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Messy web of crime comes quickly undone NATIONAL POLICE in Malaga have arrested three women aged 21 to 25 as the presumed perpetrators of a violent robbery. Additionally, one of the women and her 28year-old boyfriend are also accused of extortion. The investigation originally began at the beginning of October, after two people came to the police to report seemingly unrelated crimes. In the first case the victim claimed he borrowed €100 from a couple who had then threatened him with violence for not repaying them on time.

Additionally, they demanded €50 in interest and said they would continue to demand €5 more for each day the debt remained unpaid. The other victim reported that three women had broken into his home and stole €400 in cash. He speculated that the robbery could have been related to a loan of €200 which he had received a few weeks before and had failed to pay back within the time frame. After investigating, officers were able to determine the loan sharks in each case were the same two people.

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Cancer survivors sail for life By Eleanor Hawkins FIVE incredible women who beat cancer stopped off in Malaga on Tuesday November 8 on their way to complete the Pelayo Life 2016 Challenge, which will see them sail from Valencia across the Atlantic to Martinica. Although they had not met before, the five all have one main thing in common, they won the fight against cancer and are now once again looking forwards. Marian, Susana, Patricia, Carmen and Yolanda all spoke during their brief stop in Malaga of the battles they had fought against the disease, which has now become Spain’s number one killer surpassing heart disease. Though none have any previous experience in sailing, all five said when they heard about the challenge they knew they had to take part to raise awareness and prove there can indeed be life after cancer. After setting off from Valencia a week ago and stopping in Malaga on Tuesday, the next call for the Cannonball yacht was Tenerife, before it embarked on the ocean crossing itself. The women are due to arrive in Martinica, in the Caribbean, on December 1. The boat’s crew consists of 12 people altogether, including Alberto Frances, an experienced traumatologist from Infanta Elena Hospital, while Quironsalud are acting as the official medical partner for the trip.

INCREDIBLE WOMEN: Are sailing across the Atlantic to Martinica.

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Bars facing hefty fines over street drinking BARS which fail to adhere to municipal by-laws will soon be paying the price, now that Malaga City Council has begun to crack down on public drinking in a big way. The Local Police have been given permission to punish bar owners with fines of up to €60,000 if their patrons are caught drinking in the street. Although the municipal by-law against public

drinking is well-established by now, so far the offending bars have only been given a slap on the wrist and ordered to pay the minimum fine of €301. Under the tougher new rules, establishments could be facing fines numbering in the tens of thousands. Each time a bar is caught violating the by-law, the fine will increase by €1,000, until it ultimately tops out at a

whopping €60,000. Additionally, in an attempt to ensure that bars are complying with regulations and timetables, a greater police presence has been placed on the streets during weekends. However, many bar owners are up in arms about the changes, with some even insinuating that they are being harassed and that the police officers are writing up false reports.

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A real slam dun local basketball Sam Croft THE Mijas Basketball Club is thrilled to announce that international basketball coach Terry Layton will pay a visit to the town this week. This gifted globetrotter, who has coached for both university and national leagues, is scheduled to lead a workshop at the Las Lagunas Sports Club at 8pm on November 14. Impressively, Mijas will be only one of three stops that Layton plans to make in Spain, along with visits to Sevilla and Cordoba. Attendees will be able to enhance their knowledge of the sport by hearing about Layton’s personal and professional experiences. During the workshop he will discuss many of the fundamentals of the sport, touching

MIJAS BASKETBALL CLUB: Is to receive a visit from internatio upon everything from tactics to teamwork. Participants will then have a chance to test out their skills in front of a seasoned coach who has worked with topnotch players for decades.

Jesus Vara, coordinator of the basketball club, chimed in with his two cents, adding: “Our young athletes are growing every day and Mijas is seeing a rise of talent in the sporting

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onal coach, Terry Layton. sphere. For us it is a huge satisfaction that little by little we can see advancements in this area and that we can continue working to make important events like this one a reality.”

British cannabis grower weeded out in Malaga AN unnamed British man has been arrested after agents representing Malag a ’s N a t u r e P r o t e c t i o n Service stumbled across an extensive marihuana plantation at his home in Colmenar. The discovery was made during a routine inspection of potentially illegal properties in the Montes de Malaga Natural Park, as officers peered o v e r t h e e x p a t ’s g a r d e n wall. The green-fingered Brit was evidently none too concerned about the potential of being rumbled since the patrol spotted the illicit vegetation growing in a glass greenhouse located within an interior patio.

Suspecting that there may be a full scale drug factory on the property, the crafty officers retreated before applying for a search warrant, which was duly approved. They then returned to the house, where they unearthed 101 cannabis plants in various stages of maturity, plus a sophisticated system for indoor cultivation, using which temperature, humidity and light could be accurately controlled. The homeowner was arrested at the scene, while a kilogram of prepared buds, 40 grams of hashish pollen, €5,870 in cash and a vehicle were seized in addition to the plants and equipment.

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Art sales on the fake NATIONAL POLICE investigators have arrested three people in Granada and a fourth in Torremolinos for allegedly defrauding an art lover to the tune of €140,000 via the sale of a false oil painting. The work was claimed to be an original by Cuban surrealist Wilfredo Lam, with one of the suspects posing as the son of a diplomat in an attempt to lend credibility to the sale. The buyer was then told that there was a collector in Torremolinos willing to part with €150,000 for the work, thus guaranteeing an immediate profit of €10,000 on his investment. Police became aware of the scam when the brother of the buyer contacted them to express his concern that the painting was a fake, after he had used his house and garage as collateral to assist his relative in buying it. Investigators discovered that the swindlers had previously attempted to sell the work to another man in Granada, showing him the painting in the boot of their car. On that occasion the sale was not finalised after the potential buyer sent photos to the son of the artist, who confirmed it to be a forgery.

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MONARCH AIRLINES: The airline will be increasing the number of flights this winter.

New agreement now in the sack By Eleanor Hawkins MONARCH Airlines has agreed to help promote Malaga as the ideal place for city and cultural breaks in the UK, the city council has reported. Mayor Francisco de la Torre and Monarch’s commercial director Ian Chambers signed a collaboration agreement on Monday (November 7) which will see the airline improve the

49 flights per week are currently run by Monarch. part of its website dedicated to Malaga among other things. With this agreement, the mayor explained, the city’s Tourism Department hopes to cover more promotional channels and reach a large group of prospective vis-

itors in areas of interest in the UK, especially the southern part of the country. Monarch currently runs 49 flights per week between Malaga-Costa del Sol and the UK, connecting the coast directly to Manchester, Birmingham, Gatwick, Luton and Leeds. For the winter season, the airline will be providing 281,464 seats, an 80 per cent increase on last winter’s figure.

TWO people, one a police officer, were injured in a fire in a restaurant in central Marbella on Monday afternoon (November 7) believed to have been caused by a deep fat fryer. The authorities were alerted to the blaze at 5.15pm, 112 Emergency Services reported, and Local and National Police officers, firefighters and paramedics dispatched to La Venencia 2 restaurant on Avenida La Fontanilla. The two people injured, one believed to be a worker or customer who tried to put out the flames and the other a police officer, were taken to Costa del Sol Hospital for treatment, emergency services reported. Meanwhile, the building in which the restaurant is located had to be evacuated due to the strong smell of burning and smoke extractors employed to clear the air after the flames were put out.

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Increased shade and less damage MALAGA intends to replace 12,000 trees across the city with the aim of reducing damage to pavements and urban fittings, increasing shade and making it easier to get about. An extensive study and Tree Plan has examined the more than 34,000 trees dotted about the city to identify the most conflictive species. Around 12,000 were found to be causing problems, however, there are 3,500 which have proved to be the most annoying or damaging and require urgent action, the council reported. Most of these problems are caused by a bad choice of species and bad location, especially on narrower streets where they affect buildings, pavements and fittings. “Ficus are a species with too much presence on the streets of Malaga which need to be kept to a specific size to keep costs and

problems down, so I proposed they be removed from some narrow streets where they are breaking pavements and becoming dangerous,” Tree Plan creator Gerard Passola explained. This doesn’t mean they will all be removed though, the plan creator explained, just kept in areas where there is enough space. Orange trees are another species marked for changes as they have often been placed where there is space for larger trees which would provide more shade. They will however remain on narrow streets and in the historical centre, Passola said. Oriental planes are the third species which will be gradually reduced as they pose a high risk of falling branches. In fact, one of the first jobs under the plan is to remove 108 of these trees from Calle Martinez de la Rosa and replace them with other, low maintenance species.

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CAMINITO DEL REY: Visitors were targeted. By Matt Ford THE Guardia Civil have apprehended two young ‘Eastern European’ men who performed numerous robberies on cars parked at famous tourist spots throughout Malaga province.

The looters were spotted breaking into cars at the iconic Caminito del Rey in Ardales, although it later transpired that they were also guilty of committing similar break-ins in Mijas, Fuengirola, Nerja and Coin. They targeted foreign

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paid to air MIGRATION SURVEY: Some 465,000 birds were noted crossing the Strait of Gibraltar.

Birds on the wing tourists driving hire cars, smashing one or more windows to gain access before plundering valuables from the interior and boot. The crooked couple were caught red-handed as they attempted to ransack a vehicle parked near the Caminito,

with booty from robberies carried out in Fuengirola and Mijas earlier the same day discovered in their car. A subsequent search on their homes resulted in many other items being recovered, and the villains have now been imprisoned.

ORNITHOLOGISTS from the Migres Foundation, supported by 50 collaborators and volunteers have been recording the daily passage of birds on their spectacular postnuptial migration from Europe to Africa over the last few months. Between Tuesday July 5 and Saturday October 16, the team noted an impressive 465,000 soaring birds crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, including 131,000 storks and 334,000 raptots belonging to 33 different species. The most common of these were black kite, with 147,000 individuals counted, white

stork (126,000), honey buzzard (97,000), booted eagle (43,000) and short-toed snake eagle (29,000), with smaller numbers of endangered species such as the black stork (4,900) and Egyptian vulture (4,400). Also observed were large contingents of herons, spoonbills, and bee-eaters, plus tens of thousands of swifts, swallows, martins, finches and sparrows, while 37 individuals of the critically-endangered bald ibis were also spotted making the crossing. The censuses were non-exhaustive, with thousands more birds expected to have made the exhausting 14-kilometre hop over to

Morroco, after which they continued their long journey to sub-Saharan Africa, where they will spend the winter. These counts are extremely important in monitoring the effects of climate change, habitat destruction and other human-related factors on the ever-dwindling populations of migratory birds, with important stop-off points such as DoĂąana National Park subject to increasing pressures. The Migres Foundation wishes to extend their thanks to all those who participated in the surveys, which took place at the Algarrobo, Cazalla, and Estrecho watch-points.

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Super moon ON the evening of Monday, November 14, Spain will witness an event not seen since 1948, a hiatus of 68 years, as the ‘supermoon’ phenomenon will make the moon appear 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than usual.

Holy smoke A 46-YEAR-OLD man from Benalmadena was detained in Zaragoza after stopping at a Guardia Civil tax checkpoint with 2,500 packets of cigarettes purchased in Andorra worth an estimated €11,600 in the boot.

Latest tech TORREMOLINOS Council said it has received two high-tech machines which will replace the current obsolete units for tidying and cleaning the beaches.

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Let the good times start to roll By Sam Croft MARBELLA Council has approved planning permission for €4.1 million worth of development and renovation work which is set to be carried out in the near-future. When added to the €12 million worth of projects greenlighted by the council during the month of October, this indicates that more than €16 million worth of permits have been conceded in only the last six weeks. In a press conference, Marbella Deputy Mayor Javier Porcuna stated that the latest permits will go towards the construction of a handful of new singlefamily residences, as well as the demolition of several other buildings. He was quick to add that “demolition always implies remodelling and reform.” Porcuna pointed out that “there are many groups of national and international investors with a lot of money who are looking to invest in Marbella” and that these investors need to snap up the land to successfully map out their future endeavours.

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It’s a fine time to talk about swine CARTAJIMA Council has held a public meeting to discuss the problem of the proliferation of wild boars and feral pigs in the area surrounding the town. The talk was spearheaded by Juan Jesús Tenorio, the owner of Wolf Security, a company dedicated to rural surveillance and the administration and management of farms. Tenorio explained the boars and pigs are causing a wide range of damage. On one hand, the huge presence of these rambunctious beasts is causing other animals, such as rabbits and partridges, to migrate to other areas. Additionally, the boars are known for leaving a trail of destruction on private farms, where they knock down fences, flatten gardens, damage irrigation canals, and devour food intended for livestock. There also exists a risk they could transmit diseases like tuberculosis and trichinosis to other animals. Tenorio expressed his opinion that some sort of intervention has become necessary, and indicated that his business would offer a free service to capture the animals. Farmers wishing to comply with this plan must first apply for the appropriate permits. The Junta de Andalucia regional government recently launched an emergency hunting plan in the hopes of controlling the population of wild boars and feral pigs. In the past, captured boars and pigs would have been incinerated, but there has recently been a modification of the law. This means Wolf Security may be able to sell and distribute the meat this time around.

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Construction worker dies A 61-YEAR-OLD bricklayer was killed in Malaga City on Tuesday, November 7, after he fell from the fifth floor of a building on which he was performing renovation work. The tragedy occurred at around 5.15pm at a block of flats on Calle Carpio, as the victim prepared to lower some debris from a terrace, and is the 10th case in which a person has died in an industrial accident in Malaga Province this year.

A pulley had been installed on the balcony to raise construction materials and lower waste to the street below, with some railings removed in order to support the cable. Local reports suggest the anchorage of the pulley, a large plastic tube running from the roof to the floor of the terrace, gave way and dragged the victim over the edge as it plummeted to the pavement. He was killed by the impact.

Brexpat experts THE Age Care Association is hosting an informative talk and discussion on Tuesday November 15 at the Calahonda International Baptist Church as part of their regular Tuesday coffee morning which starts at 10.45am. The Brexpat team, a group of experts and those interested in the future will be speaking about some of the concerns expats have expressed since the Brexit vote to leave the European Union. The mayor of Mijas will also be attending and everybody is welcome to attend what promises to be an informative and useful discussion.

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Animal cruelty coward collared in Estepona By Matt Ford A 55-YEAR-OLD German man has been arrested in Estepona by agents working on behalf of the Guardia Civil’s nature protection branch SEPRONA. Investigators were working within the Guardia’s ongoing anti-animal abuse campaign ‘Yosipuedocontarlo’ (I can tell you), and the detainee is suspected of intentionally mistreating a number of dogs at his country home. His neighbours raised the alarm after becoming suspicious about the man’s neglectful care of his pets, and when officers arrived at the scene they encountered 12 dogs “covered in accumulated dirt and grime” and suffering from severe dehydration and malnutrition. The lifeless bodies of six oth-

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DESPERATE DOGS: Some of the animals rescued during the raid. er dogs, five of which were in an advanced state of decomposition, were also unearthed during an inspection of the garden.

Eight of the animals were taken to nearby veterinarians due to their state of health, with the other four transferred to a

local shelter, while their owner has been placed behind bars pending a court appearance.

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Costly fault CIUDADANOS political party has accused the PP council team of bad management over the Puente de Colores bridge, which will cost the taxpayers of Fuengirola an extra â&#x201A;Ź251,896 due to faults in the original construction.

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MIJAS will soon have its first dog park in Calahonda, the council has announced. The â&#x201A;Ź30,000 contract for the project to create the park has been awarded to Axaplay.

Fair justice ALMOST 100 people gathered in Torremolinos on Sunday (November 6) to demand justice for the more than 2,000 dogs and cats the authorities have accused Parque Animal refuge of killing inhumanely in 2010.

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CLOWN MASKS: Concealed identities.

NATIONAL POLICE officers have arrested a 25-year-old man in La Linea de la Concepcion for his presumed involvement in a violent robbery. The accused allegedly broke into a family residence in an urbanisation in La Linea along with two other people. The three men, who were wearing clown masks to conceal their identities, threatened the family using a firearm. They demanded that the family hand over

any money or narcotic substances in their possession. Police began to investigate the incident, which originally occurred in March of this year, and did not rule out that it was a settling of scores between rival gangs. They began to search for the culprits, and eventually managed to apprehend two of the presumed perpetrators of the crime. The officers then continued in their quest to clarify why the robbery had occurred and locate the third assailant. Eventually they found the suspect, prowling the streets in the vicinity of his residence in La Linea. He was arrested for his presumed involvement in the robbery and handed over to the appropriate judicial authorities.

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Mijas go cycling IN an effort to try to reduce the amount of traffic on the roads and to encourage children to take up exercise, the Mijas Council is appealing to parents and their children to consider cycling or walking to school. To assist and to ensure that the youngsters are aware of the proper procedures to take including following the rules of the road and respecting street signs, the council has agreed to appoint up to 30 trained monitors to indicate the most appropriate routes and the way in which the children should approach them. The measure will be introduced on separate days in La Cala, Laguna and Mijas Pueblo and it is hoped that parents will encourage their children to participate especially as it is good for the environment and should make the children more alert whilst at school.

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All tied up A WOMAN in Malaga has received a €400 fine for trying to exchange a tie that wasn’t hers for money, after she found the item of clothing in the street.

Bag snatcher A MOROCCAN man has been arrested in Marbella for allegedly snatching a young woman’s handbag as she was walking along the seafront.

A LOCAL POLICE officer from Alhaurin el Grande has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for processing a false traffic report against a teenage girl. The officer’s brother took down the girl’s licence plate after he was involved in an incident with her as she was driving her moped.

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MIJAS COUNCIL: Held a minute’s silence under a giant banner in honour of the victims.

United against violence By Eleanor Hawkins MIJAS Council has joined the campaign against gender violence by hanging a giant banner from the town hall building announcing the village’s rejection of all types of violence against women. Council members and municipal employees held a minute’s silence under the banner in honour of the more than

30 women who have lost their lives at the hands of men in Spain this year. “Mijas Council condemns these murders and places the fight against gender violence as a main priority, carrying out preventive and educational measures, supporting women completely and raising awareness,” said Equality councillor Mari Carmen Carmona. All the different local political groups spoke out against violence and

agreed everything possible must be done to put an end to women’s deaths. “We’re doing everything within our possibilities, working on education, raising awareness, protecting women and boosting education in real equality amongst our young and we will work with the hope that next year there will be zero victims and we will not have to hold any minutes of silence,” Carmona said.

FOUR people have been arrested in Marbella after trying to sell on a luxury car stolen in Italy. Three of the arrestees, a 53-year-old Spanish woman, 27-year-old Spanish man and 41-year-old Italian man, went to a car showroom on Calle Juan de la Cierva and offered to sell the car, valued at about €50,000, for less than half the usual price. Staff found this suspicious and called the Local Police and a patrol arrived minutes later. When officers asked for the vehicle’s papers, the arrestees claimed they only had photocopies as the originals were in Italy. Yet upon searching the car, the policemen found original paperwork in the glove compartment and discovered it had been reported stolen in its country of origin. The three were taken to the police station, where a fourth person who turned up claiming to be the owner of the car was also arrested.

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Eyes on Diabetes in November NOVEMBER 14 is World Diabetes Day and the theme is Eyes on Diabetes. This important awareness day is focusing on promoting the importance of screening to ensure early diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and treatment t o r e duce t h e risk of serious complications. Specsavers Opticas have been work-

ing alongside their local diabetic associations for years to offer free diabetes screenings and advice on keeping eyes healthy. They have also invested in the latest technology to ensure their eye tests are also health tests, which can spot the signs of di-

abetic retinopathy developing. “Many people don’t realise that diabetes can affect your sight,” explains Amrik Sappal from Specsavers Opticas Fuengirola, “but in fa c t, of the 415 million a dults w orldw ide living with diabetes in 2015, over one third will develop some form of diabetic retinopathy - a complication of dia be te s tha t c a n lead to vision impa irme nt a nd blindness. “Careful management of diabe te s a nd

screening for diabetic eye disease can help prevent visual impairment and blindness. This is why we want to encourage everyone to get themselves screened for diabetes on World Diabetes D a y a nd to ge t a c ompre hensive eye test, which inc lude s he a lth c he c ks a nd technology such as digital retinal photography.” All Specsavers Opticas stores on the Costa del Sol now ha ve digita l re tina l cameras, allowing the opticians to take a detailed picture of the back of the eye. This helps identify changes tha t might be a s s oc ia te d with certain eye conditions, such as diabetic retinopathy. If necessary, the optician can refer patients directly for further medical exami-

EYE TESTS: Digital retinal cameras are now used.

nat i on t o t he hospi t al or general practitioner. They believe this technology is so important, that it is included as part of the eye test at no extra charge.

To book a free eye test or find your nearest store, visit www.specsavers.es to find out more about World Diabetes Day visit worl ddi a betesday.org.

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Falling into a trap By Matt Ford THE Junta de Andalucia’s environmental agency has seized 192 items of illegal hunting and fishing gear in five separate raids this week, as the regional government continues its offensive against the use of poison and other prohibited methods. A farm in Gaucin concealed a veritable arsenal of paraphernalia, including 132 ‘snap traps’ used for songbirds, three gin traps, and 24 snares of varying sizes which are used for wild boar and

ILLEGAL HUNTING: Various traps were discovered and subsequently confiscated by the environmental agency.

predatory mammals such as foxes. In Arriate the team confiscated cage traps for boar and other large mammals, while in Estepona two forays on the same farm resulted in the requisition of 10 pig snares which had been set around the grounds. In the latter case the farmer

himself faces a court trial following repeat offences, while a third sortie in Estepona saw 18 snap traps, 12 gin traps and an aping snare recovered. The environmental agency patrol was assisted by a Specialised Dog Unit, which was created in 2004 for the detection of illegal toxins, bait and poisoned corpses.

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Parking space sales picking up MALAGA City’s municipal car park company, Smassa, may have finally found a way to increase sales and get rid of its stock of empty spaces which it has been trying to sell off for years. While the sight of hundreds of hopeful locals queuing up to try and get their names on waiting lists to buy a space are a thing of the past and look to remain that way for the foreseeable future, there has at least been an increase in interest since a new rent-to-buy option was introduced, Smassa has reported. Sales plummeted when the recession struck some years ago and attempts were made on the company’s part to try and encourage buyers with initiatives ranging from taxfree purchase prices to free car repairs or cheques for €800 for those who introduced a new buyer. Interest free loans were also offered unsuccessfully and the company was then forced to offer spaces for rent instead of for sale in order to obtain some income from them. Now, however, Smassa has started to offer those renting spaces at the various municipal car parks across the city the opportunity to pay a similar amount per month, interest free, and eventually obtain ownership of the space in a period of no more than 30 years. Discounts on the prices of spaces (€20,000 on average, depending on location) have also been introduced and for the first time buyers do not have to be residents of the area.

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Costa del Sol crime gang busted in joint police venture IN a co-operative venture between the Guardia Civil and the National Police in Costa del Sol, five people who are believed to have committed 73 burglaries have been arrested. The gang which consisted of three men and two women was organised on military lines and targeted wealthy properties in a number of

towns including Estepona, Marbella, Mijas and Torremolinos and using specially created tools entered properties noiselessly at night removing property whilst householders were asleep. The cheeky crooks stole small items of value including jewellery, computers and cash and invariably found keys to cars parked out-

River clearance

CLEANING UP: The works include removing accumulated brushwood and sediment. By John Smiith WORK is being undertaken to clean various parts of the river bed of the Rio Guadaiza thanks to the involvement of the Marbella Council, the deputy mayor of San Pedro de Alcantara and the Andalucian Water Agency and is expected to take three weeks.

There are three phases with the first concentrating on the mouth of the river, the second north of the bridge on the A-7 to the institute Vega del Mar and the third at the junction between Potril Lane and Miguel de Cervantes Avenue. The aim of this activity is to remove brushwood and sediment which has accumu-

lated over a period of years and could dam up the river causing floods once it is in full spate. In conjunction with this, action will be taken to remove invasive species of vegetation to allow native species to flourish and any reptiles or amphibians discovered in the area will be moved to safer habitation.

side of the property and made their getaway in those. Officers first became aware of the fact that a criminal gang was targeting properties in Elviria and Nueva Andalucia and members were surprised and fled from one burglary when officers came across them.

After considerable investigation, the members of the gang were arrested during raids on properties in Granada and Torremolinos and three homes in Benalmadena and Torremolinos were also searched with a number of stolen items and property recovered together with 19 stolen vehicles.

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Successful horse training day at Coin Equine Rescue Centre DESPITE Spain’s Met Office issuing dire warnings of storms and torrential rain, SEARCH’s Demonstration Day of Horse Sense, Communication and Training with Michelle Peschke at the charity’s Finca El Sueño Rescue Centre on Saturday, October 22, was an unqualified success. It offered a great opportunity to make new and helpful contacts and generally raise awareness, with more than 50 horse lovers, horse owners, well-wishers and supporters of the charity attending the event together with local vets Andrés and Rocío as well as Coin-based farrier Salvador. Working, in turn, with several of the equines being cared for by SEARCH, Paddy, Toper, Jeanie and her daughter Ebony, plus the sanctuary’s newest arrival Amada, Michelle, who also teaches horse riding, jumping and dressage, demonstrated how, with infinite patience, kind words, a deep understanding and intuition, it is possible to connect,

GAINING TRUST: With infinite patience it is possible to eventually connect with the horses. communicate with and gain the trust of even the most badly abused and neglected of horses.

Michelle demonstrated how equines so traumatised they had to be anaesthetised before having their

hooves clipped, or so frightened that they had a reputation for attacking anyone who came near, actually al-

lowed farrier, Salvador, to pick up their legs and loosen mud from their soles. What a result! “All too often, people see a starving or abused horse and, understandably, their initial reaction is ‘please someone, rescue this poor animal’,” says Sue Barnes, joint founder of SEARCH with her husband Alan. “But then, that result hopefully having been achieved, they wrongly assume it’s the end of the story, that the horse ‘lives happily ever after,’ and they lose interest. “The truth is though, that’s only the first step on a long and difficult journey not only towards health, but to rehabilitation and rehoming. Receiving no government funding and relying solely on the generosity of supporters, you can help SEARCH to achieve these objectives by donating, sponsoring, adopting, fostering, fundraising or volunteering. For information www.serch.es, in fo@serch.es or call Sue 660 220 700.

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Estepona Floral Art Club news THIS month the group have organised something a little different. There is no floral demonstration as the group are taking a coach trip to the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens, The Alemada. The coach is full so unfortunately there is no space left on this trip. Also this month, by popular request the Club are holding another quiz night at the Bistro del Puerto in Estepona Port on Monday, November 28. The quiz starts at 8pm and everyone is welcome so bring along your friends and family for a fun evening. There are some lovely prizes including a flower arrangement by one of our very talented members. Entry costs just €5. Next month, the club are taking their annual trip to see the Malaga lights on December 7. The coach leaves Estepona at 4pm and returns from Malaga at 10pm. There are a few places left on this trip so please contact Janet asap to avoid disappointment. December 13 is the Club’s Christmas lunch at La Grappa restaurant with a demonstration by local events florist Maxine Bygraves. Tickets cost €20 for a two-course lunch followed by mince pies and coffee. For information see the club’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/esteponafloralart club or call Janet on 694 425 219 or email esteponafloralartclub@hotmail.com.

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November lectures of Costa del Sol’s DFAS Magnificent Mosaics - windows into the colourful Roman world THIS lavishly illustrated lecture from Christopher Bradley features only mosaics from start to finish, bringing the distant world of the Romans gloriously back to life with vibrant, colourful images full of action. The event takes place at 4.30pm on Monday November 14, at the Salon Varietes Theatre in Fuengirola. Tickets cost €10 and non-members are welcome. The Spanish Indiana Jones in Northern Africa, 1900-1948 A story of war, kidnappings, Berber Bandoleros, and some Spanish Indiana Jones. This lecture by Manuel Parodi is about the intrepid Spanish archaeologists and historians who worked in North Morocco at the time of what in Spain is called the ‘African War’(1909-1927), when Spain was trying to establish her Protectorate in this part of Morocco as a result of

LECTURES: Will cover mosaics of the Roman world and the Spanish Indiana Jones in North Africa. the International Treaties signed in the Conference of Algeciras (1906); these scholars worked in the field under war conditions, among them César Montalbán at the Roman (and pre-Roman) site of Tamuda, a war

front from 1919 to 1925 when the war situation made the archaeological research stop not to be resumed until 1940. It also covers the period of WW II, when some Spanish archeologists who had contacts with the Allies through the American Consulate in Tangiers were researching and excavating several sites such as Lixus, Alcazarsequer or Tamuda. Pelayo

Quintero, was one of these heroes of Archaeology and History. The lecture is scheduled for 10.30am on Tuesday November 15 at the Danish Club in the Haza del Algarrobo urbanisation on Carretera de Mijas. Tickets cost €10 and nonmembers are once again welcome. www.costadelsoldfas.com. Tel. 952 858 952 or 617 368 414.

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Not quite so rubbishy COSTA BLANCA NORTH

NEW: Recyling bins are being replaced in Moraira and Teulada.

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Knowing limits By Linda Hall TEULADA-MORAIRA has been awarded a Green Igloo for its commitment to recycling. The non-profit glass recycling concern Ecovidrio is giving out these awards to municipalities that increased the amount of glass they returned last July and August. In this time Teulada-Moraira recycled 335,650 kilos of glass, 12.4 per cent more than during the 2015 high summer season. The hospitality trade generates 50 per cent of the glass that is collected for recycling in the area, most of it in the summer despite year-round trade. Both parts of the town are committed to recycling more than just glass and to make this simpler for the local population, recycling bins are now being replaced in both localities.

COSTA BLANCA NORTH

TO coincide with the World Day without Alcohol on November 15, Nerja’s Council for Youth has organised some informative chats about alcohol consumption and the risks that come along with it. The discussions will be headed by students from different secondary schools in the town.

Projects approved THE Malaga Provincial Council has approved several improvement projects which will take place in the inland municipalities of Benamargosa where €47,000 will go towards the renovation of the town cemetery and Moclinejo where €30,000 has been set aside for the remodelling of the town hall.

Second school

Mass grave

Lady Luck

Gravel news

Pensioner visits

CALLS are being made for a second secondary school to be built in Pilar de la Horadada. The town hall wants an agreement between the Department and the municipality to build the second institute as soon as possible.

THE excavation of the Porreres mass grave is well underway and at least 10 full skeletons have already been discovered. There are thought to be around 120 bodies at the Mallorcan site where Republican prisoners of war were lined up and shot in 1936 by Nationalist forces.

A TICKET bearing the winning code for the ‘One Million’ prize on the Euromillions draw was stamped at Tijola’s number two lottery office. This is the third big win the office has delivered during 15 years of business.

PEGO Town Hall appealed against a Valencia Upper Court (TSJ) ruling that declared the l’Atzaila gravel pit illegal. The court supported claims by the Adsubia-Gelibre environmentalist association that the quarry was unlawful and should cease all activities.

Drug abuse

Double density

Almeria’s best

Enticing offer

NEARLY 1,000 pensioners from Melilla will make their way to Frigiliana over the course of November, thanks to a new agreement signed between the two municipalities and the expeditions will arrive every Thursday, with each group made up of approximately 215 pensioners.

MORE than 100 people attended a conference in Elche on drug and drink abuse and its effects on family. Held at the University Miguel Hernandez, students, specialists and those who attend the APAEX Ex-alcoholics group took part.

ONE day in August saw the largest volume of people ever recorded on the Balearic Islands. The Human Pressure Index confirmed that on August 9 there were 2,036,132 people cast across the islands, about 15,000 more than the previous record set last year.

CALPE Town Hall is recommencing its €1 special offer to persuade the hospitality trade and shops to open new businesses in the Old Town. Businessowners will pay just €1 for their opening, operating and works permits.

Lingua Franca

Woeful mothering

NIJAR has been chosen to host this year’s Day of the Province awards, organised each year by Almeria Provincial Council to honour the most note-worthy people from the area. The ceremony, set to take place on November 12 at the Scenic Arts Centre, will see four medals presented.

VALENCIAN to come first is the aim of a decree regulating and promoting the use of official languages in the administration. If approved by the Consell, once it comes into force, government workers and officials as well as contractors, will have to brush up their Valencian language skills.

A CALVIA woman has been given an eight-month suspended sentence and years of social services supervision after being found guilty of neglecting her young son. She left the eight-year-old and his friend unattended while she nipped out to buy some cigarettes and didn’t return for hours.

Belly art ELCHE’S Vinalopo Hospital has hosted an exhibition of ‘Creativity for Pregnant Women’ showing photos of a pregnant woman’s belly being transformed into a canvas for artwork.

No reception ABOUT 20,000 Almanzora Valley residents were cut off for almost 24 hours last week when mobile phone reception and the internet went down, causing major difficulties for banks and businesses.

Rhapsody of the Seas Fewer unemployed AN award-winning cruise ship docked in Palma to a hero’s welcome from local nautical aficionados who awarded the Captain, Johan Malmberg with a special medal. The 279-metre-long ‘Rhapsody of the Seas’ is part of the Royal Caribbean Cruises family.

THE number of unemployed people registered at job centres in Almeria fell by 3,082 (4.42 per cent) in October, the Ministry of Employment and Social Security has reported, bringing the number of jobless people in the province down to 66,570.

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Big boys BENIDORM’s shopkeepers’ association AICO is fighting plans to install big shopping centres inside the town and will consider taking legal action following adjustments to the town’s Urban Development Plan (PGOU) that will enable the council to remove existing obstacles.

Caterpillars beware MUCHAMIEL Town Hall is already taking steps to ensure that processionary caterpillars pose no problems next spring. The town’s pine trees are now being sprayed with a biological insecticide containing bacteria that will eliminate the larvae that are now beginning to feed on the foliage.

Doctors needed THE CCOO workers union has emphasised that the Rincon de la Victoria Health Centre is one of the most understaffed in all of Malaga Province and believes it would be advisable for the centre to contract at least four doctors and four nurses to arrive at an appropriate ratio of patients per doctor.

New building THE Giner de los Rios Centre has formed part of Nerja’s urban landscape for more than four decades. The council first intends to knock down the existing building, hopefully before the beginning of next summer. Then the construction of the new building is expected to begin.

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The Game of Thrones

Finally finished

CAST and crew of the Game of Thrones could arrive in Norway as the show’s producers hinted they were looking at the country, attracted in part by its tax break for film production.

SIX years later than scheduled and substantially over budget, but Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie concert hall has finally finished. A four-star hotel and restaurant a tta ched t o i t ar e al so due t o open.

Peace prize

Asylum arrests

THE Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to the President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos in recognition of his efforts to end decades of war in the country.

POLI CE r ai ded sever al re fug ee shel t er s and ar r est ed seven asylum seekers on suspicion that they had raped an Iranian girl, aged 17, and filmed the act.

EUROPEAN PRESS

Top spot THE University of Munich has been ranked the best in Germany. It was ranked 57th globally and came in at the 11th best in Europe. Heidelberg University was Germany’s second best.

Wholesome ban ‘WHOLESOME’ describes something with health benefits and as a result, a court has ruled it is not allowed to be used by breweries in Germany in adverts for their beers.

More visitors

BELGIUM

JUNE saw a record 2.45 million overnight visitors in the country’s hotels; 3 per cent more than last June. Foreign visitors also rose by 10 per cent.

NORWAY COUNTRYSIDE: Could be used for filming.

ARTISANS and patissiers in Verviers spent three hours creating the largest chocolate éclair ever made. The 676-metre éclair used more than 70kg of butter, 2,000 eggs and will be divided into 6,000 delicious slices.

FRANCE

Save the Children CHILDREN taken from the infamous Calais ‘Jungle’ could be being put at risk, according to the charity Save the Children. They say although the children are currently safe they may be tempted to flee if held in detention too long.

Database row IN a bid to crack down on identity theft the French government is

Chocolate triumph

creating a massive new database s to rin g in fo rma tion on a lmos t everyone with an ID card. Some parts of the French media have reacted with dismay, with one paper calling it “terrifying.”

Erotic downturn FRANCE’S only erotic museum is to close its doors after nearly 18 years. The owners put it down to

high rents, falling tourist numbers and so-called creeping gentrification.

Aging population FR A N C E w ill ha ve a round 270,000 people over the age of 100 by the year 2070, according to new figure s . The c ountry is a lre a dy home to the highest number of centenarians in Europe.

Hefty fine THE Belgian state is ordered to pay a €4,000 a day fine for failing to send a visa to a Syrian family trying to flee Aleppo. The Secretary of State for Asylum and Immigration, Theo Francken, has appealed the ruling.

SWEDEN

DENMARK

HOLLAND

Re-offenders

Money seized

Cruise move

A SWEDISH study found that there was a notable reduction in the rate of violent criminals re-offending amongst those who had been given medication for antipsychotic conditions. They analysed 22,275 prisoners over five years.

AUTHORITIES seized 117,600 kroner (€15,805) from asylum-seekers after a new law came into force in February.

Beer day

Customs clearance

THIRSTY Danes enjoyed J-Day where party-goers decked themselves out in Santa hats and elf costumes to celebrate the release of Tuborg’s new Christmas beer.

THE USA and Sweden has signed a new agreement allowing customs procedures to be carried out in Sweden before passengers board their flight. They would then enter the US as a domestic passenger.

Gossip girls

Checks continue SWEDEN is extending ID checks on the borders for a further three months. Checks on rail, bus and ferries were introduced in January this year and will continue into next year.

TWO magazine editors might end up in prison over allegations they illegally spied on credit card transactions made by Danish royalty and national celebrities.

Magical fairytale A MUSEUM devoted to the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, is set to open in Odense.

Lady luck A BELGIAN man scooped more than €50 million in the Euromillions, just two week after a compatriot won an incredible €168 million. Belgians forked out more than €3 million on tickets last month.

Légion Étrangère FORMER Belgian football team coach Georges Leekens has moved onto ‘yellower pastures’ with his new role in charge of Algeria. The Meeuwen man will hope to get his side into the 2018 World Cup.

AMSTERDAM wants to move the cruise ship terminal in a bid to relieve pressure on the city by the growing number of tourists. Last year 134 cruise ships arrived in Amsterdam, eight more than in 2014.

share, Air France-KLM is planning a new airline initiative dubbed ‘Boost’ to compete with Gulf state airlines, which will be ‘simple, modern and innovative’ according to the airline.

Off the paths

Sustainability lacking

THE transport minister has permitted Amsterdam to ban small mopeds from city bike paths, forcing them to use the roads and wear a helmet.

Airline boost IN a bid to win back market

UN sustainable development targets were agreed in September 2014, but the Netherlands is not performing well enough in some of the areas. The country is lacking in climate protection and renewable energy.

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NEWS

RUSSIAN PRESS

A powerful enemy

PUTIN’S PAL: Theatre director criticised the new ‘moral police’ of Russia. A THEATRE director has made a powerful enemy in the leader of a patriotic biker gang that is pally with Putin. Konstantin Raikin, director of Moscow’s Satirikon theatre publicly criticised the new ‘moral police’ of Russia but Night Wolves biker gang leader Alexander Zaldostanov suggested his theatre was part of Russia’s degeneration into filth.

Pitch problems FIFA has said that the new Zenit football stadium isn’t up to scratch and needs serious work if it is to be fit for the 2018 World Cup. The 69,000 seat stadium is already five times over budget. In September 20 Orthodox priests arrived on site to pray for its

successful completion.

recalled by Stalin to finish shooting a film.

Amnesty anger HUMAN rights organisation Amnesty International claim that their Moscow office was broken into and the locks changed by Russian officials. The city claims that the standof is over unpaid rent, but the NGO suspects a political motivation given the recent crackdown on foreign groups across the country.

Thespian tribute

Putin’s pride RUSSIANS caught an unusual glimpse of the woman believed to be Putin’s daughter. Katerina Tikhonova appeared on national television performing in an acrobatic rock’n’roll competition. ‘Outed’ by media as the president’s daughter last year, Tikhonova is married to the billionaire son of one of Putin’s closest friends.

Lenin love

VLADIMIR ZELDIN, believed to be the world’s oldest actor, has died aged 101. The Russian was still acting in October, playing a role in The Dance Teacher. He began his career just before the Nazi invasion in 1941 and was sent to the frontline before being

COMMUNISTS are campaigning to have Vladimir Lenin’s portrait on newly minted coins and notes celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution next year. One MP wants around 10 million coins produced with Lenin’s image and suggests it would show Russia’s allies and enemies that it was a world power once again.

Super Seagal NINETIES action star Steven Seagal has been awarded Russian citizenship by Kremlin decree. The decorated martial artist has described Putin as one of the great living world leaders and showed his support for the annexation of Crimea at a gig with the Night Wolves biker gang. STEVEN SEAGAL: A Russian citizen.

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Tesla to set up in Barcelona By John Smith DESPITE the controversy concerning the possible secession of Catalonia from Spain, the California-based manufacturer of luxury electric cars, Tesla has without fanfare decided to open new headquarters in Barcelona from which it will distribute its cars and accessories within Spain. This is considered to be something of a vote of confidence in the Catalan

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$3,000 (€2,700) is the amount of capital invested by Tesla when setting up its new Spanish subsidiary.

DUE to the fact it proved so easy to forge a £1 coin (make a mould using an existing coin, fill it with lead and paint it gold coloured) it is conservatively estimated that more than 3 per cent of all pound coins in circulation are fakes. This doesn’t take into account the number of one lilangeni coins of Swaziland which are worth about 6p (7c) which found their way back to the UK after some bright spark in the Royal Mint produced them using the same blanks! Suffice to say that the Treasury was sufficiently worried about the problem with the £1 coin that they instructed the Royal mint to come up with something that was more secure and in keeping with the dignity of sterling. This new, 12 sided coin will be made from two metals, will contain a latent image changing the £ symbol to 1, microlettering and a ‘secret ingredi-

government although the decision has not actually been announced by the currently loss-making company but was spotted by eagle-eyed reporters when the registration of the new company Tesla Spain SL was spotted in the Official Bulletin of the Commercial Registry at the end of October. The parent company has seen a great deal of interest in the development of the self-driving model of the car which is currently in develop-

By taking my term in office beyond the expected period of the Article 50 process, this should help contribute to securing an orderly transition to the UK’s new relationship with Europe,” Bank of England Gov. Mark Carney

New pound coin due in 2017

The new £1 coin ent’ to strengthen security. The new coin will be introduced in March 2017 and for six months, will run parallel with the old pound which will then become obsolete and be withdrawn. All sounds good, except that anybody who operates machines that take coins will have to adapt them to accept both types for six months and then adapt them again to reject the old £1 coin. This is just another expenditure that companies and consumers will have to carry.

BUSINESS EXTRA

Egyptian economics IN a move aimed at trying to obtain a $12 billion (€10.8 billion) loan from the International Monetary Fund, the Egyptian government has announced a range of economic measures which whilst possibly bringing short term hardship to consumers should help to replace lost tourist revenue in the medium term. Measures include the floatation of the Egyptian pound which could see an effective devaluation of up to 50 per cent against the dollar and an increase in interest rates of 3 per cent to 14.75 per cent.

Jamie Oliver down under FOLLOWING the news that Australian company Keystone Group had gone into liquidation, Naked Chef Jamie Oliver made it clear that he wished to purchase the six Jamie’s Italian restaurants he had franchised to the group and bring them back under his control.

Directors looking for comfort WORKING on the assumption she is going to take any notice, the Association of Spanish Directors (AED) wrote to Theresa May following a meeting at the British Embassy in Madrid co-sponsored by the AED and the British Chamber of Commerce in which the matter of Brexit was discussed.

$32 billion (€29 billion) is the value of the company formed by a merger between the oil and gas division of General Electric and Baker Hughes in anticipation of an increase in the global price of both raw materials.

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The gist of the letter is that as the Ambassador had been fairly vague in his comments on the future of Spanish workers and trade in the UK, the AED wanted some assurance from the Prime Minister there would be no restriction on the movement of workers or capital once Britain left the EU.

ment, but it does seem a considerable way from being completed and then accepted by US regulators before seeing its new models navigating Spanish roads, although hopefully the Spanish version will be able to recognise turning cars who don’t bother to indicate. It is expected there will be showrooms in both Barcelona and Madrid which are considered the two most attractive markets for the electric cars.

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Sanchez accused IT is almost as if the Spanish tax system is run by Real Madrid supporters as after high profile investigations and prosecutions of some of Barcelona’s finest including Messi, Mascherano and Neymar, the microscope is now firmly fixed on the financial affairs of Chilean and Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez. It is suggested the player ‘actively withheld’ tax amounting to a little under €1 million through a Maltese company during his period as a Barcelona player from 2011 to 2014 although this is strenuously denied by the striker’s agent.

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ONE of Spain’s poorest regions Extremadura was proud of the fact that a company called Zetta Smartphone has set up in the province and was producing what appeared to be a potential world beating product which had the potential to rival Apple in the long term. A great deal of excitement surrounded the fact that these technically advanced mobiles with large screens and most of the facilities expected in an iPhone were being manufactured in Spain and offered for sale at prices up to three times less than an Apple product. Taking advantage of perceived images, the company created its own special logo which was an acorn (representing the oak forests found in the province) with a bite taken out of it in homage to Apple. During October however, matters began to unravel for the company as it appears that rather than being a newly created Spanish product, what the owners were doing was purchasing two handsets made in China by local manufacturers Xiaomi and then

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BHS DEMISE: The end of an era. two-edged sword as it is most likely that any money received from the pair, would actually go into the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and not directly into the BHS pension fund.

According to Sir Philip, he does have a plan to help the pension fund directly which would see a better result for pensioners and he claims that the chairman of the trustees of

the pension fund agrees in principle that his scheme would be advantageous and on the afternoon that he received the demand he offered £250 million (€280 million) to the fund but

it is believed that the Pension Regulator is looking for him to increase the offer to £350 million (€392 million). The actual investigation into the pension scheme which has

Mobile phone company in Extremadura caught out Thomas Nilsson flickr Wikimedia

By John Smith AS if it wasn’t bad enough for Sir Philip Green to be threatened with the removal of his knighthood over the BHS fiasco but he has now been advised that enforcement action with regards to the pension scheme is also being taken by the Pension Regulator. In a fairly unusual action which demands large contributions from both Sir Philip and Dominic Chappell who purchased BHS for a pound supposedly in order to protect the pensions of the 20,000 staff who were members of the BHS pension scheme. Sir Philip had indicated some time ago that he would be looking at options to top up the scheme which appears to have had a shortfall of some £570 million (€627 million) by the time that the company finally went into liquidation but with a lack of concrete proposals, the Regulator has clearly run out of patience. This could however be a

PHONEY PHONES: Zetta rebranded the Xiaomi Mi4 mobile phone with their own logo. simply rebranding them with the Zetta logo! The Chinese company does not export its products to Europe at the moment, concen-

trating on the Chinese market and exporting only to Singapore and Taiwan with an interest in newly emerging markets within Brazil and India.

As the Xiaomi phones were not exported to Europe and were therefore unlikely to be recognised, Zetta simply imported stock from a third par-

ty and rebranded them as if they were their own. When the ‘Zetta phones’ were put on sale on the company’s web site and through

resulted in a 300-page document sent to those considered liable to make payments was opened in March 2015 long before BHS closed and has therefore taken 19 months to complete. This action will not however result in any immediate assistance for the pensioners and former employees of BHS as those being challenged will have the absolute right to respond and then if they refuse to comply with the enforcement action, the matter will be sent for independent arbitration, but any decision has to be agreed by all parties. In other words, this gives the impression of being a formality which may not resolve the situation in the short-term but may be a sensible ploy which prompted Sir Philip in particular to finally release his proposal and if considered acceptable could see some relatively speedy activity rather than watch the matter drag on for years.

shops, they simply added about €100 to the price that they had paid for their stock and renamed the phones Conquistador 4.7 and Conquistador 5.5 Plus. Since this information has been revealed in specialist press as well as some Spanish language newspapers, the company website and Facebook page have ceased to carry updated news and the website says that it is in the process of being upgraded. Reports suggest that only a few thousand of these mobile handsets have been sold in Spain compared to the millions sold by Xiaomi but it does leave those consumers who have purchased phones from Zetta unsure as to whether they will have any rights in the event that their phone goes wrong or whether they can return the phone for a complete refund. For so many years, Chinese companies were accused of ‘pirating’ western product and manufacturing it locally so it is ironic that Zetta co-founded by Chinese national Cu Bojan should be reversing the traditional roles.

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China beginning to take over Hollywood

SYLVESTER STALLONE: With his daughters at the 2016 Golden Globes. By John Smith TURNING his back, possibly temporarily, on Spain, China’s richest man Wang Jianlin is over in Hollywood where he has just spent $1 billion (€900 million) on purchasing Dick Clark Productions set up by the former TV presenter. Owning as he does already, America’s second largest cinema chain AMC and Legendary Entertainment a film company which has co-produced a whole range of hit movies with Warner Bros including a number of Batman and Superman hits as well as the incredibly successful Hangover, Jurassic World and 300 he is certainly an important figure already in the industry. If you are producing films and then placing in your cinemas, it makes sense to purchase the company that produces the Golden Globe Awards presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for film and TV with the show being part of the Dick Clark collection. The newly purchased company produces a whole raft of television shows and award ceremonies so is a natural ex-

There appears to be some fear that if he does manage to become a really major player in the film world that he will somehow indulge in trying to influence audiences to appreciate China and its rulers.”

tension to the company Mr Wang owns, Dalian Wanda which has until recently been predominantly involved in property development and ownership although it has diversified and has even taken over Sunseeker yachts as well as Atletico Madrid. It is no secret that the billionaire, said to be worth in excess of $32 billion (€29 billion), has been anxious to not only diversify but to spread his investments around the world and he has certainly been flirting with various major movie companies looking to possibly take over or partner with one of them. Despite his international expansion, he has also made it clear that he wants to en-

sure that Chinese culture is more readily promoted and accepted in the West and many politicians and pundits in America see him as a potential threat to the traditional Hollywood movie empires and would certainly look to resist any major takeover. Mr Wang has produced a hugely successful business despite the fact that China can still be quite draconian in the way in which it invades individual privacy and there appears to be some fear that if he does manage to become a really major player in the film world that he will somehow indulge in trying to influence audiences to appreciate China and its rulers. This is something he denies, saying that he is motivated by financial reasons rather than political ones and that in order to obtain the best financial results from the Chinese market then films have to be made which are aimed at that market. To this end, he has invested in the Hong Kong film industry and one of his companies is producing The Great Wall starring Matt Damon and well-known Chinese actors which has been financed from Hollywood but filmed and produced in China.

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Yesteryear comedies still make us laugh LEAPY LEE SAYS IT

OTHERS THINK IT AS someone who earns most of his living after dark, daytime television is often a major contributor to my psyche of amusement and entertainment. In a stroke of, probably financially instigated genius, the BBC has recently decided to present reruns of some classic comedies of yesteryear and what a treat they are. Open All Hours, with the wonderful Ronnie Barker, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em starring the amazing talents of Michael Crawford, Only Fools and Horses with David Jason, plus the antics of the zany cast of Hi De Hi, are just a few of a whole host of sitcoms gracing the box this year. Of course, ITV have been doing it for some time with programmes like Rising Damp. Another great series of days gone by, containing marvellous dialogue, full of witty innuendoes, completely innocuous non-PC statements, pathos and hys-

CLASSIC COMEDIES: Are a joy to watch. terical situations, these classics of comedy are a pure joy to watch. And do you know the most grati-

fying aspect of them all? Not a swear word or statement of filth in sight. To me acceptable comedy on

TV died at the end of the 80’s. Since then it has sunk into a desperate morass of sleaze and slimy stagna-

tion, its success being measured by just how low its writers and performers can take it. And do you know why? These days there are no proper comedy writers around. The morons who churn out the modern day rubbish, whose success is generally judged by how often you can say the word **** in any given minute, should hang their heads in humiliated shame. Talk about taking money under false pretences. They should all be weeded out and sent back to the gutter where they unquestionably belong. Alternative comedy? I’m sorry, in my book, today’s alternative comedies are the unforgettable, utterly unmissable ghosts of comedy past. Long may they shine as examples of the presentations that should really be making us forget our worries and delivering us a real good laugh. Come back the likes of Galton and Simpson, Roy Clark and Ray Allen, all is forgiven! Keep the Faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

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Politicians who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones Nora Johnson

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FOLLOWING the recent fiery debate in the Commons in which Sir Philip Green was lambasted as an ‘asset stripper’ and compared to Robert Maxwell, MPs voted to strip him of his knighthood. (I’d go further and suggest he deserves to be stripped of his knighthood, his retail reputation AND a couple of his superyachts as well). Labour MP, Iain Wright, claimed Green “took the rings from BHS’s fingers, beat it black and blue, starved it of food and water, put it on life support and then wanted credit for keeping it alive.” David Winnock, another Labour MP, labelled Green a “billionaire spiv.” Yet neither Winnock nor Wright, both MPs when Green was knighted by Tony Blair (enough said), objected then but, like many others, delight in his downfall now.

HYPOCRITICAL MPS: Are hardly squeaky clean themselves, often failing to uphold the reputation of their profession.

Leaving aside the corrupt Honours system which needs reforming or scrapping (Cameron’s resignation list, anyone?), this hypocritical lot are hardly squeaky clean themselves. Take former MPs Jonathan Aitken, Jeffrey Archer and Chris Huhne (all jailed: Aitken and Archer, who is still entitled to wear ermine, for perjury; Huhne for perverting the course of justice) and, more recently, MP Keith Vaz. One of the major reasons why MPs are so

often bad-mouthed is their failure to uphold the reputation of their ‘profession.’ Vaz’s alleged behaviour with male prostitutes is a classic example, but there are countless others. All other professions hold sacred their reputation, and bringing that into disrepute is considered a cardinal sin. A former Lord Chief Justice famously stated that “a profession’s most valuable asset is its collective reputation, and the confidence which that inspires,” and this principle is upheld by lawyers, doctors, etc. But not, it seems, by politicians. They’re good at telling others how to behave, but not themselves (“do as I say but not as I do”) If this hypocritical bunch just cleaned up their act and did their jobs properly, bullies like Green (who called a journalist a word ending in ‘-unt’ that isn’t ‘aunt!’) would never be given a gong in the first place and Parliament wouldn’t have the reputation it has. Nora Johnson’s thrillers ‘No Way Back,’ ‘Landscape of Lies,’ ‘Retribution,’ ‘Soul Stealer,’ and ‘The De Clerambault Code’ (www.no ra-johnson.com) available from Amazon in paperback/eBook (€0.89; £0.79) and iBookstore. All profits to Costa del Sol Cudeca cancer charity.

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7:00am Planet’s Funniest Animals 7:20am Dinner Date 8:10am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 9:00am Emmerdale 10:00am Coronation Street 10:30am Royal Pains 12:15pm Dinner Date 1:15pm Emmerdale 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:45pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm Take Me Out 8:00pm You’ve Been Framed Rides Again! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm Family Guy 12:00am Prank Pad 1:00am American Dad!

7:00am Man About the House 7:25am On the Buses 7:50am Heartbeat 8:50am Where the Heart is 9:50am Wild at Heart 10:50am Judge Judy 11:15am Judge Judy 11:40am Judge Judy 12:05pm Murder, She Wrote 1:05pm The Darling Buds of May 2:10pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Wild at Heart 4:15pm Where the Heart is 5:20pm Man About the House 5:50pm On the Buses 6:25pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Midsomer Murders 11:00pm Appropriate Adult 12:35am Cold Blood 2:05am Wycliffe 3:25am Long Lost Family 4:20am Rory Bremner’s Great British Views 5:10am Rory Bremner’s Great British Views

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Countdown The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier A New Life in the Sun Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Channel 4 News Summary Jamie’s Money Saving Meals Channel 4 Racing Deal or No Deal Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me My Kitchen Rules UK The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News Unreported World Jamie’s Super Food Food Unwrapped Gogglebox The Last Leg First Dates

8:20am Thomas and Friends 8:35am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:50am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:00am Wissper 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:45am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm House Doctor 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS 4:15pm The Santa Incident 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm The Gadget Show 9:00pm Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud 9:30pm The Ant and Dec Story 11:00pm Most Shocking Talent Show Moments 1:50am Super Casino

The Professionals The Chase Quincy, M.E. Ironside The Professionals Action-packed drama series about two criminalintelligence agents. Cash Cowboys Storage Wars Texas Snooker Cash Cowboys Storage Wars Texas Snooker The Snooker Mavericks Fastest FYI Daily Fastest Snooker v Darts Sports short film. ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. Teleshopping Shopping from home.

3:15pm The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 5:15pm Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 7:00pm Ant-Man 9:00pm Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens 11:25pm The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 1:30am Walking Tall

7:00am Santa’s Little Helper 8:45am Big Hero 6 Special Alex Zane travels to Disney Animation Studios in LA to discover how Oscarwinning animation Big Hero 6. 9:15am Joy Offbeat biopic of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano. Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence. 11:30am Krampus 1:15pm Despite the Falling Snow 3:00pm Ride Along 2 5:00pm Doctor Strange: Special 5:30pm Santa’s Little Helper 7:15pm Krampus 9:00pm Ride Along 2 11:00pm Joy 1:10am Dark Signal 2:55am Camino 4:45am Despite the Falling Snow

7:00am Definitely, Maybe 9:00am The Cable Guy 10:45am Four Weddings and a Funeral 12:50pm The Intern 3:00pm Trainwreck 5:15pm Welcome to Me 6:55pm Four Weddings and a Funeral 9:00pm The Intern 11:10pm Trainwreck 1:20am The Interview 3:20am Billy Madison 5:00am The Pink Panther

Charmed Hollyoaks Rude(Ish) Tube Black-Ish Rules of Engagement Rules of Engagement Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Charmed Charmed The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Baby Daddy Baby Daddy The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Hollyoaks Black-Ish Tooth Fairy The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory Rude Tube Rude Tube

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7:00am Cricket 1:00pm Sporting Greats 1:30pm Chronicles of a Champion Golfer 2:00pm NFL Highlights 3:00pm Cricket 4:00pm Cricket 5:00pm NFL Highlights 6:00pm Cricket 7:00pm Cricket 8:00pm Rugby Union 11:00pm Sporting Mavericks 11:30pm Cricket 12:30am Cricket 1:30am NFL Highlights 2:30am Cricket 3:30am Cricket The verdict from day three of the first Test between India and England at Saurashtra Cricket Association. 4:30am Cricket Day four of the first Test between India and England at Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot.

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7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Saturday Kitchen 11:45am The Lord Mayor’s Show 2016 1:05pm Football Focus 1:35pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Rugby League series 4. 3:00pm Rugby Union 5:30pm Escape to the Country 6:15pm Mastermind Celebrity Special 6:45pm BBC News 6:55pm BBC London News 7:05pm Pointless 7:55pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:10pm The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins 10:00pm The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2016 11:40pm BBC News 12:00am Room 101 12:40am Asian Provocateur 1:10am Rebound 2:40am Weather for the Week Ahead 2:45am BBC News

7:10am Government Girl 8:40am The Women’s Football Show 9:10am Suspicion 10:45am Secret Britain 11:45am The Good Cook 12:15pm The Hairy Bikers’ Best of British 1:15pm Coast 1:45pm Homes Under the Hammer 2:30pm Talking Pictures 3:15pm Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 5:00pm Flog It! 6:00pm Rugby Union 8:30pm Rugby Union 9:30pm Balletboyz - Young Men 10:30pm Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom 12:55am Red Tails Action-packed depiction of a lesserknown aspect of World War Two. Italy, 1944. 2:50am This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:00pm India’s Frontier Railways Series about the international trains crossing borders in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. 9:00pm The Incredible Human Journey 10:00pm Deep Water Australian crime drama series inspired by true events. 10:55pm Deep Water 11:50pm Jeff Lynne’s ELO at Hyde Park 1:15am Tubular Bells: The Mike Oldfield Story Documentary about the musician and composer Mike Oldfield. 2:15am Top of the Pops David Jensen presents the weekly pop chart show, first broadcast on 5 August 1982. 2:55am Top of the Pops

7:10am Gillette World Sport 7:40am Mobil 1 The Grid 8:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:35am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:00am Frasier 9:30am Frasier 10:00am The Morning Line 11:00am The Big Bang Theory 11:30am The Big Bang Theory 12:00pm The Big Bang Theory 12:25pm The Simpsons 1:00pm The Simpsons 1:30pm Deal or No Deal 2:30pm Channel 4 Racing 5:00pm Jamie’s Super Food 5:30pm Location, Location, Location 6:35pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 7:30pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm China Between Clouds and Dreams 9:00pm Formula 1 10:30pm Non-Stop 12:40am Underworld: Awakening 2:20am Hollyoaks Omnibus 4:25am Phil: Secret Agent Down Under

8:40am Little Princess 8:55am Paw Patrol 9:15am Blaze and the Monster Machines 9:40am Noddy in Toyland 10:00am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:10am Shimmer and Shine 10:35am Peppa Pig 10:50am Peppa Pig 11:00am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 11:10am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:45am House Doctor 12:45pm A Bride for Christmas 2:25pm Christmas Angel 4:30pm FIA Formula e Live: Marrakech 6:30pm 2012 7:30pm 5 News Weekend 7:35pm 2012 9:25pm NCIS: New Orleans 10:20pm NCIS: New Orleans 11:15pm That’s So 1985 12:15am Football on 5 1:15am Super Casino 4:10am The Yorkshire Vet 5:00am Storm Force 5:50am House Doctor

9:23am Scrambled! 9:30am Be Cool, ScoobyDoo! Mystery 101 9:58am Scrambled! 10:05am Adventure Time 10:21am Scrambled! 10:25am ITV News 10:30am Murder, She Wrote 12:20pm Wild Australia with Ray Mears 12:50pm Judge Rinder 1:50pm ITV News and Weather 2:00pm Cash Trapped 2:55pm This Time Next Year 3:55pm Big Star’s Little Star 5:00pm Thunderbirds are Go Ser. 2. 5:20pm The Chase 6:25pm ITV News London 6:40pm ITV News and Weather 7:00pm Tipping Point 8:00pm Meet the Parents 9:00pm The X Factor 11:30pm ITV News and Weather 11:45pm The Bourne Ultimatum 1:50am Jackpot247

7:00am The Hot Desk 7:10am Emmerdale Omnibus 9:35am Coronation Street Omnibus 11:30am Celebrity Catchphrase 12:30pm You’ve Been Framed! 1:30pm The Lake House 2:30pm FYI Daily 2:35pm The Lake House 3:35pm Honey 4:35pm FYI Daily 4:40pm Honey 5:40pm Beethoven’s 2nd 6:40pm FYI Daily 6:45pm Beethoven’s 2nd 7:25pm Arthur 8:25pm FYI Daily 8:30pm Arthur 9:30pm Scorpion 10:30pm The Xtra Factor 11:00pm Celebrity Juice 12:00am Prank Pad 1:00am Prank Pad 2:00am Family Guy 2:30am American Dad! 3:00am Bordertown 3:25am Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records

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8:45am Enemy of the State 11:10am Spectre 1:45pm G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 3:55pm True Lies 6:25pm Spectre 9:00pm G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra 11:10pm The Terminator 1:10am The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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Football’s Greatest Tommy Cooper The Professionals Motorsport UK Bundesliga Ironside Cash Cowboys Cash Cowboys Snooker Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Storage Wars Snooker Born to Raise Hell FYI Daily Born to Raise Hell Monster Carp Tommy Cooper Comedy and magic from Tommy Cooper. Guests include Bernard Cribbins. 3:45am ITV4 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 4:00am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

7:30am Valentine’s Day 9:40am Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 11:25am The Top Ten Show 2016 11:45am Sisters 1:55pm The 40 Year Old Virgin 4:00pm Grimsby 5:30pm Drillbit Taylor 7:20pm Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 9:00pm Sisters 11:10pm Grimsby 12:40am Borat 2:10am Ali G Indahouse

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Animals Unleashed Animals Unleashed Animals Unleashed Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey Made in Chelsea How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Black-Ish Black-Ish The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Aliens in the Attic Rude(Ish) Tube Shorts The Big Bang Theory Magic Mike Gogglebox Rude Tube The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners New Girl New Girl New Girl New Girl

7:00am Krampus 8:45am Despite the Falling Snow 10:30am Fast and Furious 7 Special 11:00am Get Santa 12:50pm Ride Along 2 2:40pm Santa’s Little Helper 4:25pm The Top Ten Show 2016 4:45pm Joy Offbeat biopic of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano. Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence. 7:00pm Get Santa Santa Claus enlists the help of a father and son after crashlanding his new sleigh in London. 9:00pm Ride Along 2 11:00pm Krampus 12:45am Camino 2:35am Dark Signal 4:20am Pioneer

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Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold Premier League Legends Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Game Changers International Football The Fantasy Football Club Soccer A.M. Football Live International Rugby Union Football Football Wales host Serbia at Cardiff City Stadium in Group D World Cup qualifying action. Football Football Football Football Football Football International Rugby Union Highlights

Cricket Sporting Rivalries Sporting Rivalries Live Grand Slam of Darts Football Live Fight Night International Boxing Gold Football Gold Football Gold Boxing Gold Great Sporting Moments Great Sporting Moments Football Gold Football Gold Cricket Cricket The verdict from day four of the opening Test between India and England at Saurashtra Cricket Association. Cricket

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7:00am Breakfast 10:00am The Andrew Marr Show 11:20am Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph 1:30pm The People Remember 2:30pm BBC News 2:45pm Rugby League series 4. 5:15pm Planet Earth II 6:15pm Songs of Praise 6:50pm BBC News 7:05pm BBC London News 7:15pm Countryfile 8:15pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Planet Earth II 10:00pm My Mother and Other Strangers 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Sikh on the Frontline 12:00am DIY SOS at Great Ormond Street Hospital 1:00am Citizen Khan 1:30am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:35am BBC News

8:30am Life in a Cottage Garden with Carol Klein 9:00am Greatest Gardens 9:30am Countryfile’s Ramble for Children in Need 10:30am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:00pm The Good Cook 12:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:00pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm Rugby Union 3:00pm Tennis 6:00pm Flog It! 6:30pm Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph 7:30pm Miss Potter 9:00pm Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow 10:00pm Will Britain Ever Have a Black Prime Minister? 11:00pm Black is the New Black 11:30pm Later... Sound of Black Britain: Groove and Grime 12:30am She’s Out of My League

8:00pm Canals: The Making of a Nation 8:30pm Books That Made Britain 9:00pm Jeremy Deller: We’re Here Because We’re Here 9:30pm Railway Walks with Julia Bradbury 10:00pm Destination Titan 11:00pm The Sky at Night The Sky at Night team investigates the ongoing hunt for life on Mars. 11:30pm Cathy Come Home 12:50am Nature’s Wonderlands: Islands of Evolution 1:50am Stuff: A Horizon Guide to Materials 2:50am Destination Titan 3:50am Wild Burma: Nature’s Lost Kingdom 4:50am This is BBC Four BBC Four is the BBC channel for people who want more. More depth, more range, more to stimulate the mind.

10:30am Bear Grylls Survival School 11:00am Peston on Sunday 12:00pm Gino’s Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 12:30pm Murder, She Wrote 1:35pm The Chase 2:35pm The X Factor 4:05pm Midsomer Murders 6:00pm Tipping Point 7:00pm ITV News London 7:15pm ITV News and Weather 7:30pm Off Their Rockers 8:00pm The Next Great Magician 9:00pm The X Factor Results Show 10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:45pm ITV News and Weather 12:05am The War Poets Forbidden Love 1:00am Peston on Sunday 1:50am Jackpot247 4:00am Motorsport UK 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

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The Hot Desk You’ve Been Framed! Emmerdale Omnibus Coronation Street Omnibus The X Factor The Hot Desk I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie FYI Daily The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie The Smurfs FYI Daily The Smurfs Yogi Bear FYI Daily Yogi Bear Jack and Jill FYI Daily Jack and Jill The Xtra Factor Family Guy The Hot Desk I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Family Guy Family Guy

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Frasier Imagine That Sunday Brunch Channel 4 Racing Rango Johnny English Channel 4 News Last Heroes of the Somme Great Canal Journeys Humans Formula 1 The Sitter The Last Leg The award-winning show continues live on Fridays with its unique brand of irreverent satire. Killing Kennedy Kirstie’s Vintage Gems Deal or No Deal Show in which players could win up to ú250,000 as they open 22 boxes and decide whether to do a deal or no deal when the Banker calls.

9:05am Blaze and the Monster Machines 9:30am Noddy in Toyland 9:50am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:05am Shimmer and Shine 10:25am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:00am Football on 5 12:00pm 5 News Special 12:05pm The Gadget Show 1:05pm House Doctor 2:05pm The Heart of Christmas 3:50pm Road to Christmas 5:35pm One Christmas Eve 6:35pm 5 News Weekend 6:40pm One Christmas Eve 7:15pm Married by Christmas 8:15pm 5 News Weekend 8:20pm Married by Christmas 9:00pm Ice Road Truckers 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm Pompeii 11:00pm 5 News Weekend 11:05pm Pompeii 12:05am Red Dawn 1:45am Criminals: Caught on Camera

Football’s Greatest The Professionals The Professionals Fifth Gear The Classic Car Show The Big Fish Off Storage Wars Storage Wars Cash Cowboys Cash Cowboys The Cimarron Kid FYI Daily The Cimarron Kid The Man From the Alamo FYI Daily The Man From the Alamo British Touring Car Championship Review World Cup 2018 Qualifier Live Storage Wars World Cup 2018 Qualifier Highlights Fastest FYI Daily Fastest

12:05pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 2:35pm King Arthur 4:50pm Minority Report 7:25pm Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher 9:00pm Avengers: Age of Ultron 11:25pm Blade 1:40am Rush Hour 2 3:25am Death Wish

7:25am The Top Ten Show 2016 7:40am 27 Dresses 9:40am Raising Helen 11:45am Fast and Furious 7 Special 12:15pm Twins 2:10pm Sister Act 4:00pm Norbit 5:50pm The Simpsons Movie 7:25pm Hot Pursuit 9:00pm Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 10:45pm Year One 12:35am Entourage

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Rude(Ish) Tube Baby Daddy Baby Daddy Melissa and Joey Melissa and Joey How I Met Your Mother How I Met Your Mother Hollyoaks Omnibus Made in Chelsea Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Scrooged The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Big Bang Theory The Day After Tomorrow Tattoo Fixers on Holiday The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners The Inbetweeners Top Ten Moments

8:00am Despite the Falling Snow Cold-war romance about a beautiful Russian spy who falls for her mark. 9:40am Joy Offbeat biopic of Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano. Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence. 11:50am Get Santa Santa Claus enlists the help of a father and son after crashlanding his new sleigh in London. 1:35pm Concussion 3:40pm Santa’s Little Helper 5:25pm Ride Along 2 7:10pm Get Santa 9:00pm Concussion 11:05pm Ride Along 2 12:50am Dark Signal 2:35am Camino 4:25am Pioneer

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Football Football Football Football Football The Sunday Supplement Goals on Sunday Football Football Sporting Triumphs Sporting Triumphs Football Boxing Gold Football Gold Football Football Football Football Football Goals on Sunday Boxing Gold Spanish Gold Football Football Football Football Football Gold Football Gold Football Gold

7:00am Cricket 1:00pm International Rugby Union Highlights 2:00pm Live Grand Slam of Darts Day one of the Singha Grand Slam of Darts, held at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall. 6:00pm Darts Gold A chance to relive some classic darts matches. 6:15pm Darts Gold 6:30pm Live NFL A match from the NFL. Denver Broncos are reigning Super Bowl champions. 10:00pm Live NFL A match from the NFL. Denver Broncos are reigning Super Bowl champions. 2:00am Live NFL 5:30am Darts Gold

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10:15am Oxford Street Revealed 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 12:45pm Rip Off Food 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Moving On 4:00pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm Money for Nothing 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Panorama 8:57pm BBC News and Regional News 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Children in Need Rocks for Terry 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Have I Got a Bit More News for You 12:30am The Graham Norton Show

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Coronation Street 9:00pm Gino’s Italian Escape: Hidden Italy 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather 11:30pm ITV News London 11:45pm The Agenda 1:25am Jackpot247 4:00am The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:55am ITV Nightscreen

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My Life in Books Claimed and Shamed Flog It! Animal Babies Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live The Daily Politics Coast Hi-De-Hi! Tennis The Wonder of Animals Antiques Roadshow Eggheads Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip University Challenge Only Connect NW Newsnight Will Britain Ever The Great British Bake Off Class of 2015 The Choir This is BBC Two Highlights of programmes on BBC Two.

8:30pm World War I at Home 9:00pm Forest, Field and Sky: Art out of Nature 10:00pm Penny Blacks and Twopenny Blues: How Britain Got Stuck on Stamps 11:00pm Hotel Deluxe 12:00am The First World War 12:50am Dan Cruickshank’s Adventures in Architecture 1:50am Constable: A Country Rebel 2:50am Forest, Field and Sky: Art out of Nature 3:50am Penny Blacks and Twopenny Blues: How Britain Got Stuck on Stamps Timeshift charts the evolution of the British postage stamp and examines how these sticky little labels became a national obsession.

7:20am King of Queens 9:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00am Frasier 11:00am A New Life in the Sun 12:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 2:05pm A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Deal or No Deal 5:00pm Coast v Country 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 9:00pm Supershoppers 9:30pm Tricks of the Restaurant Trade 10:00pm SAS: Who Dares Wins 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am The Lie Detective 12:55am 60 Days in Jail 1:50am Derren Brown

7:00am Dinner Date 7:50am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:30am Emmerdale 9:00am You’ve Been Framed! 10:00am Psych 10:50am Catchphrase 11:35am I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm The Cube 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:50pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:35pm You’ve Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm American Dad! S11 11:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 12:00am Family Guy 12:30am American Dad!

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Superman Returns Run All Night Everest The Top Ten Show 2016 Troy Superman Returns Everest Run All Night The Rock The Marine 4: Moving Target

9:50am Despite the Falling Snow 11:35am The Squeeze 1:20pm Concussion 3:30pm Santa’s Little Helper 5:15pm Get Santa 7:15pm The Squeeze 9:00pm Ride Along 2 A pair of odd-couple crime fighters head to Miami to take down a drug dealer. Comedy sequel. 11:00pm Concussion 1:05am Dark Signal 2:50am Ride Along 2 A pair of odd-couple crime fighters head to Miami to take down a drug dealer. Comedy sequel. 4:35am Camino A photojournalist is forced to flee through the Colombian jungle when she captures something she wasn’t supposed to. Survival thriller.

7:50am The Top Ten Show 2016 8:10am What About Bob? 10:00am Billy Madison 11:40am Life 1:40pm Daddy’s Home 3:25pm Nine Months 5:15pm Me, Myself and Irene 7:20pm Bad Words 9:00pm The House Bunny 10:45pm Daddy’s Home 12:30am There’s Something About Mary

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7:00am My Life in Books 7:30am Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 8:15am Money for Nothing 9:00am Coast: The Great Guide 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 1:00pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Countryfile 2:25pm Hi-De-Hi! 3:00pm Tennis 5:45pm The Wonder of Animals 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm The Choir 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am NFL 1:05am Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow 2:05am The Apprentice 3:05am The Victorian Slum 4:05am This is BBC Two

8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. 8:30pm World War I at Home 9:00pm Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency 10:00pm Women, Sex and Society: A Timewatch Guide We are living through one of the greatest revolutions in history. 11:00pm The Secret History of Our Streets 12:00am India’s Frontier Railways Series about the international trains crossing borders in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan. 1:00am Beautiful Equations Artist and writer Matt Collings takes the plunge into an alien world of equations.

7:00am Good Morning Britain 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:55pm ITV News London 3:00pm Judge Rinder 4:00pm Tenable 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm International Friendly 11:15pm ITV News and Weather 11:50pm ITV News London 12:00am International Friendly 1:00am Murder, She Wrote 1:50am Jackpot247 Join the presenters live and play roulette on your telly. Join in now at Jackpot247.com. 4:00am Loose Women 4:50am ITV Nightscreen

7:00am Dinner Date 7:50am The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8:35am Emmerdale 9:05am Coronation Street 9:35am Coronation Street 10:05am Psych 10:55am Catchphrase 11:40am I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 12:40pm You’ve Been Framed! 1:15pm Emmerdale 1:45pm Coronation Street 2:15pm Coronation Street 2:45pm The Ellen DeGeneres Show 3:35pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 4:40pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 5:50pm The Jeremy Kyle Show 7:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 8:00pm You’ve Been Framed! 8:30pm You’ve Been Framed! 9:00pm Two and a Half Men 9:30pm Two and a Half Men 10:00pm Family Guy 10:30pm Family Guy 11:00pm I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 12:00am American Dad!

7:00am Movies Now 7:10am Man About the House 7:35am Heartbeat 8:35am Where the Heart is 9:35am Wild at Heart 10:40am Judge Judy 11:05am Judge Judy 11:30am Judge Judy 11:55am Murder, She Wrote 1:00pm Wycliffe 2:05pm Heartbeat 3:10pm Wild at Heart 4:10pm Where the Heart is 5:15pm Man About the House 5:50pm On the Buses 6:20pm On the Buses 6:55pm Heartbeat 8:00pm Murder, She Wrote 9:00pm Doc Martin 10:00pm Lewis 12:00am Blue Murder 1:35am Inspector Morse Feature-length murder mystery. 3:25am ITV3 Nightscreen Text-based information service. 3:30am Teleshopping Shopping from home.

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Countdown The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier A New Life in the Sun Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Channel 4 News Summary A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Countdown Deal or No Deal Coast v Country Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds Married at First Sight Gogglebox 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

8:05am Pip Ahoy! 8:20am Thomas and Friends 8:35am Noddy: Toyland Detective 8:50am Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 9:00am Wissper 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Paw Patrol 9:45am Toot the Tiny Tugboat 10:00am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:15pm House Doctor 1:10pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Can’t Pay? Special: Agents Under Attack 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm NCIS: New Orleans 4:15pm The March Sisters at Christmas 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Traffic Cops 9:00pm The Yorkshire Vet 10:00pm Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild 11:00pm Medical Mysteries 12:05am The Hotel Inspector Returns

The Professionals The Chase Quincy, M.E. Ironside The Professionals The Chase Cash Cowboys The Car Chasers Storage Wars Storage Wars Texas Storage Wars Texas Quincy, M.E. Ironside Cash Cowboys Motogp Highlights Pawn Stars Pawn Stars The Chase: Celebrity Special Benidorm Costa del Sol-set sitcom following British families on their summer holidays. First Blood FYI Daily First Blood The Snooker Mavericks Fifth Gear River Monsters Teleshopping

9:35am Fantastic Four 11:35am John Wick 1:25pm Exodus: Gods and Kings 4:00pm Chappie 6:10pm Collateral Damage 8:10pm Fantastic Four 10:00pm John Wick 11:50pm Chappie 2:05am AVP: Alien vs. Predator

8:10am Pitch Perfect 2 Special 8:40am Concussion 10:55am Despite the Falling Snow 12:40pm Get Santa 2:40pm Strangerland 4:40pm Fast and Furious 7 Special 5:10pm Ride Along 2 A pair of odd-couple crime fighters head to Miami to take down a drug dealer. 6:55pm Concussion 9:00pm Get Santa Santa Claus enlists the help of a father and son after crashlanding his new sleigh in London. 10:45pm Strangerland 12:45am Ride Along 2 A pair of odd-couple crime fighters head to Miami to take down a drug dealer. 2:30am Dark Signal 4:15am Camino

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7:00am My Life in Books 7:30am Secret Life of the Hospital Bed 8:15am Flog It! 9:00am Great British Menu 9:30am Great British Menu 10:00am Victoria Derbyshire 12:00pm BBC Newsroom Live 12:30pm The Daily Politics 2:00pm Just Good Friends 2:30pm Just Good Friends 3:00pm Tennis 5:45pm The Wonder of Animals 6:15pm Antiques Roadshow 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Black and British: A Forgotten History 11:00pm The Premier League Football Show 11:30pm Newsnight 12:15am No Such Thing as the News 12:45am The Choir 1:45am Saving Africa’s Elephants: Hugh and the Ivory War

8:00pm World News Today The latest national and international news, exploring the day’s events from a global perspective. 8:30pm World War I at Home 9:00pm Fighting for King and Empire: Britain’s Caribbean Heroes 10:00pm Horizon Series exploring topical scientific issues. 11:00pm The Undiscovered Peter Cook 12:00am How to be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell 1:00am No Body’s Perfect with Rankin and Alison Lapper 2:00am The Secret History of Our Streets 3:00am Great Artists in Their Own Words Documentary series unlocking the archives to tell the story of the birth of modern art.

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Countdown The Goldbergs The Goldbergs The Goldbergs Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier A New Life in the Sun Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Channel 4 News Summary A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun Countdown Deal or No Deal Coast v Country Four in a Bed Come Dine with Me The Simpsons Hollyoaks Channel 4 News The Supervet 24 Hours in A and E Kids on the Edge Cutting Edge The Great Songwriters The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds Silent Running

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12:35pm In the Heart of the Sea 2:40pm Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods 4:40pm Sahara 6:55pm The Man From U.N.C.L.E. 9:00pm In the Heart of the Sea 11:05pm Sherlock Holmes 1:15am Armageddon 3:50am Close Range

7:00am Get Santa Santa Claus enlists the help of a father and son after crashlanding his new sleigh in London. 9:00am The Squeeze 10:45am Ride Along 2 A pair of odd-couple crime fighters head to Miami to take down a drug dealer. Comedy sequel. 12:45pm Pitch Perfect 2 Special 1:15pm Concussion 3:30pm The Squeeze 5:15pm Get Santa 7:15pm Ride Along 2 9:00pm Concussion 11:15pm Living is Easy with Eyes Closed 1:10am Strangerland 3:05am Dark Signal 4:50am Despite the Falling Snow Cold-war romance about a beautiful Russian spy who falls for her mark.

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Living in cloud cuckoo land DEAR Sir, with regard to your article (Why doesn’t England just leave the UK?), the simple answer to that question is that without England there would be no United Kingdom. Without England the rest of the United Kingdom member countries would struggle to cope financially particularly with the vast amount of money that the EU would still expect if, as you say, the UK would still remain, so nothing would change for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Gibraltar. You’re living in cloud cuckoo land if you think the EU would accept such a thing as you propose. When Scotland, and not forgetting all the Scottish people living outside of Scotland, get a second vote as Nicola Sturgeon is gunning for, then you’ll see just how much the ordinary Scottish person appreciates being a member of the United Kingdom, in or out of the dreaded EU. Len

Superiority complex THE answer to this is fairly straightforward. England thinks it owns the UK. Asking England to leave to them will seem like the renter kicking out the landlord. This is what the Scots and Irish nationalists have been arguing about for decades - the unjust dictatorship by the English elite over the rest of the island. You can’t expect England to voluntarily give up its will to dominate. It would rather take Scotland and Ulster kicking and screaming than leave them to their own affairs. Paul

Prospect of poverty MY husband and I live in Spain and are alarmed about the possibility of not receiving any annual increases in our pension once Brexit is completed. We are upset about this as it will condemn us all living outside the UK to a life of poverty in the future as prices rise over the years. The value of our pensions will drop and we will struggle to live. We do not ask or indeed receive any form of benefits from the UK but if we also have to pay for our healthcare as well as reduced pensions, then surely this is infringing on our human rights. Anyone living in the UK in this situ-

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winter fuel allowance. These are entitlements...not benefits! I’ve started a petition on change.org regarding these issues. I am also in touch with and support Nigel Nelson. I also sent a letter to Downing Street asking for an explanation on all these issues. So far after over one month, no reply! A reminder has been sent. Dave

Brexit backwater

Cheeky immigrants I REMEMBER David Cameron (the chap who brought Britain to its knees then sailed off to Panama) said that the UK should only take in refugees from the camps out in Turkey and Lebanon, instead of those on the march across Europe. It was a nice PR-friendly, never to see the light of day, gesture but I respectfully disagree. Having seen the tremendous hard work these souls have put into crisscrossing an inhospitable continent, getting from Morocco to Manchester, from Syria to Sweden, I say let’s welcome them! These young men have proven themselves worthy of a passport and a job. They have the hunger for

ation would get help from the government to enable them to live, but we will have no such recall. We ask that the government think again about all the pensioners living abroad and leave things as they are. It is our generation who worked all the years, paying into the National Health Service so that we could have a pension for our old age. Ann & Colin

Vast majority? LEAPY, I suspect you already know the vast majority of Scots passionately want to remain in the UK. I still find it astonishing 45 per cent of my fellow Scots behave like demented turkeys and vote for Christmas. Ever since I

success most of our own youth unfortunately lack and might inspire a few to get up off the sofa. Some of the methods they’ve used are ingenious. The other day an Iranian commandeered a bloomin’ inflatable and almost paddled his way across the Channel. And he was a Christian software engineer! Our society could do with a bit of a shake-up so I suggest we treat those who made it this far with a little more respect. If we’re destined to become a cold, wet Caliphate anyway we might as well have a decent labour force to pump money into our sinking pensions. Raymond

was a kid I have detested the attitude of some Scots to hate the English. The Scots and English are so alike that our blood runs through common veins. Together with Northern Ireland and Wales we form a formidable union that has stayed the test of time and seen us through two World Wars. The incumbent ‘government’ in Holyrood is so incompetent and narrow-minded it simply can’t run a small country of five million people. The astonishing fact is it retains its large share of the vote despite its utter incompetence. The SNP mantra of anti-English, anti-Tory and ‘promise them the world’ still draws the votes from the deluded section of the Scottish electorate. It saddens me greatly so many of my fellow Scots can be so easily duped

- I thought my fellow citizens were well educated... how wrong I was! Alexander

Entitlements not benefits I WOULD like an answer as to how the UK Government thinks it has the right to freeze expats pensions and also to withdraw our winter fuel allowance. I was born and worked all my life in the UK. I am a fully paid-up National Contributor since the age of 15. I decided to spend my retirement years outside of the UK. That was my choice. As I have paid all my dues to the UK Government, I am entitled to all pension increases including the

THE Scottish independence campaign was as much a referendum on staying in the EU as it was in the UK. The unionists won by a narrow margin because they convinced many wavering minds to ‘vote with their heads not their hearts.’ That vote was annulled when Brexit beckoned, which is why calls for a second referendum are entirely justified. The wheels are set in motion. The demographic that voted against independence is dying off fast. Cultural changes, the need for localised solutions, and the democratic deficit of Tory rule make Scottish membership of the union untenable, especially if the country is dragged into some Little England anti-everyone post-Brexit backwater that is a stain on the pants of global society. Barry

Thank you DEAR Euro Weekly, Thank you for your great coverage regarding our various pensions organisations, and the work we’re doing to try and unfreeze them. I’ll report back once we return from our London visit. Very interesting court decision last week with respect to triggering Article 50. The UK government are appealing to the Supreme Court. Whatever side loses that challenge can then go to... the European Court of Justice! How ironic is that... Kind regards Nigel from British Pensions

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It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It’s called living.” Terry Pratchett

in history 1035 - King Canute of Norway died. 1276 - English King Edward decided to invade Wales after becoming suspicious of the intentions of Llwelyn ap Gruffydd, the Prince of Wales. 1501 - Arthur Tudor married Catherine of Aragon. 1533 - The Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro arrived in Cuzco, Peru. 1556 - The English explorer Richard Chancellor was drowned off Aberdeenshire on his way back from a second journey to Russia. 1851 - The London-to-Paris telegraph went into operation. 1859 - Jules Leotard performed in the first flying-trapeze circus act at the Circus Napoleon in France. 1880 - Australian outlaw and notorious bank robber Ned Kelly was executed by hanging in a Melbourne jail at the age of 25. 1902 - A cartoon was published in the Washington Star, after President Teddy Roosevelt refused to kill a captive bear which had been tied up for him to shoot while on a hunting trip. This would inspire the Teddy Bear Craze. 1908 - Albert Einstein presented his quantum theory of light. 1918 - World War I officially came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed an armistice. 1920 - The body of an unknown British solider was put to rest in Westminster Abbey. The funeral was recorded using the very first electronic recording process, which had been developed by Lionel Guest and H O Merriman. 1927 - Joseph Stalin emerged as the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union after Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party. 1940 - The majority of Coventry was destroyed during World War II after around 500 German bombers launched an attack on the town. 1942 - Germany completed its occupation of France during World War II. 1965 - Rhodesia declared its independence from British. The nation would later become known as Zimbabwe. 1970 - The Great Wall of China officially opened for tourism. 1992 - The Church of England voted in favour of ordaining women as priests. 1994 - Sweden voted to join the European Union.

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ANTEQUERA

MALAGA COIN TORREMOLINOS

RONDA

ESTEPONA

BENALMADENA MIJAS

FUENGIROLA

MARBELLA

ANTEQUERA

TOMORROW

MALAGA COIN TORREMOLINOS

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Ruth Lorenzo, Singer, November 10

Born in Murcia, this Spanish singer songwriter came fifth in the British X Factor in 2008 and then represented Spain in the Eurovision song contest in 2014. In 2016 she qualified for the Guinness World Record for performing 10 concerts in different cities in 12 hours.

• June Whitfield, Actress, November 11, 91 Having started her career in the 1940s on radio, this wellknown character actress has appeared with a whole host of comedy stars in a range of different TV programmes and films including the Carry On series and Terry and June. Most recently she was lauded for her role in Absolutely Fabulous. • Neil Young, Musician, November 12, 71 The Canadian-born musician found fame as a member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young as well as in his own right, often backed by Crazy Horse which featured guitarist Nils Lofgren. It is little known that as a young man he suffered from polio. • Gerard Butler, Actor, November 13, 47 Although a professional actor for many years, Scots-born Gerard Butler shot to fame in the Frank Miller produced film 300 and won an MTV Award for Best fight thanks to his starring role as King Leonidas. Since then he has starred in a number of comic roles with co-stars such as Jennifer Aniston. • Charles, Prince of Wales, Royalty, November 14, 68 Past retirement age, the Queen’s oldest son is still waiting for the chance to take the British crown although by the time that his mother finally dies, there may not be a United Kingdom to rule. His two sons William and Harry appear to have accepted his marriage to Camilla following the death of their mother, Diana. • Andrew Castle, Presenter, November 15, 53 Britain’s former No 1 men’s tennis player, whilst wellknown in the UK never found a great deal of success during his playing career although he reached one Grand Slam mixed doubles final. Now a regular face on morning television and a commentator at Wimbledon he has become something of a household name.

FUNAGRAM SOLUTION: DIE ANOTHER DAY, KEVIN BACON.

Directed by: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Starring: Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate, Jada Pinkett Smith From the writers of The Hangover this new comedy features Amy Mitchell who appears to have the perfect life but this busy mom of two has virtually no time for herself between caring for the kids, housework, PTA meetings, etc. After a tough day and the ridiculous PTA meeting with overbearing head Gwendolyn and the ‘perfect moms’ she reaches breaking point. Drowning her sorrows in a bar she meets two other mums fed up with the hardship of motherhood. Together they set off on a quest to have some freedom and fun, clashing along the way with Gwendolyn and the ‘perfect moms’ in this hilarious satire of

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Teacher: “If there are seven flies and I hit one with a ruler, how many are left?” Little Johnny: “Just the squashed one.” A bookseller conducting a market survey asked a woman, “Which book has helped you most in your life?” The woman replied, “That would be my husband’s cheque book.”

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 (LOUNGE) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

ANGLED ANYONE ASTRAY COURSE ERSATZ EXEUNT FUNGAL LIABLE LOUNGE (10) ORIGIN

OXCART PHRASE SHEAVE SLEETY STEREO SULTAN THWART TOUCHY URGING

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1 Worsen 2 Desert 3 Pander 4 Sodden 5 Averse 6 Prince 7 Teethe 8 Inroad 9 Inhere 10 Evolve 11 Rotten 12 Teeter 13 Repeal 14 Spread 15 Larval 16 Teacup 17 Errata 18 Usable 19 Bushel

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) It’s a better week for travel with less likelihood of delays. Should you be feeling a little lethargic and sorry about recent events, just count your blessings. Consider raising some money and having fun by indulging in a garage or car boot sale. AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) Spirituality seeps right through the week. As you are feeling particularly sensuous, invite someone special to dinner or on a trip. Visit garden centres and plan ahead. PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Satisfaction with your love life is paramount this week, and the opinion of others seems important to you. Perhaps you are looking for an excuse to make a change. It is possible that a change is not required so much as a different approach. ARIES (March 21 - April 20) A conversation with a colleague brings insights into how others live and it is quite an eye-opener. Friendships are particularly important this week.

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SALT AND PEPPER 1. According to the Book of Genesis, which patriarch’s wife was turned into a pillar of salt after disobeying orders and looking back at the destruction of the city of Sodom? 2. Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and Josh Klinghoffer are the current members of which American funk rock band? 3. In Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory what is the name of the greedy, manipulative, spoiled child, demanding every single thing she wants (and more) who is the second person to find a Golden Ticket? 4. Name either of the two pop artists who designed the cover of the Beatles’ iconic 1967 album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? 5. Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous municipality of which US state? 6. Which actress played the part of undercover officer Sergeant Pepper Anderson in the 1970s American television drama Police Woman? 7. Which celebrated nationalist and spiritual leader famously led Indians in challenging the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 kilometre (250 mile) Dandi Salt March in 1930? 8. Which carbonated soft drink marketed as having a unique flavour was created in the 1880s by Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas and first served around 1885? 9. Which strongly corrosive acid was historically called acidum salis, muriatic acid and spirits of salt? 10. With what type of music would you principally associate the American alto saxophonist and clarinettist Art Pepper? Not a lot of people know that… there is a very common misconception that Roman soldiers were paid in salt (hence the word ‘salary’), but in fact they were paid in normal money… however, during the Middle Ages pepper was so valuable that it was worth more than gold by weight, and individual peppercorns were widely accepted as legal currency.

YOUR STARS SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Look ahead to see how exactly you can make this winter extra special. The future, excitingly, holds deep pleasures and delights. All you need to do is decide what they could be.

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Thoughts come to you, perhaps in dreams, that are creative and energy boosting. Someone who recently moved out of your sphere is sadly missed but is in some ways still a part of you. A person at work who has been causing you concern needs investigation.

Answers 1. LOT, 2. RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, 3. VERUCA SALT (in some early editions she was known as Veruca Cruz), 4. PETER BLAKE and JANN HAWORTH, 5. UTAH, 6. ANGIE DICKINSON, 7. Mohandas Karamchand GANDHI, 8. DR PEPPER, 9. HYDROCHLORIC ACID, 10. JAZZ

Nonagram TAURUS (April 21 - May 21) There is something in you that needs a creative outlet. Perhaps you would like to write a book: memoirs, for instance, take up a craft or paint. GEMINI (May 22 - June 21) Being very much in demand for your talents this week means less time to spend socially, so it’s important to make time for loved ones at the weekend. Someone seeking your advice may simply be seeking your approval for an action they are going to take anyway. CANCER (June 22 - July 23) There may be some opposition to your ideas as Pluto turns this week. Perhaps your natural charm just doesn’t seem to be working. As you have helped others in the past, make it clear that you expect a bit of cooperation.

LEO (July 24 - August 23) This is a week when progress is fast and plans run ahead. Try new ideas and seek information to hone your knowledge. An organisation that is new to you offers insight and social involvement. An offer that thrusts you into the limelight might be avoided at first but would be to your advantage. VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Although you have perhaps been looking to money-making ideas to progress finances, think also of alternatives. Perhaps there are areas of your lifestyle where money could be saved. Items that are not used could be sold for a profit and rid you of clutter. LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Having suffered a bit of a setback last week, you may be feeling less confident. Revving up your social life will certainly help to bring spirits up again. Be with people who liven or inspire you in some way.

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 R) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

TARGET: • Average: 9 • Good: 12 • Very good: 18 • Excellent: 23

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION lire, lore, peri, pier, pore, prow, riel, rile, rill, ripe, roil, role, roll, rope, weir, wire, wore, iller, loper, lower, oiler, oriel, peril, plier, poler, power, prole, prowl, rowel, wiper, plower, lowlier, WILLPOWER

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Across 1 Her playing around in German river (5) 4 Come clean about scones and loud music (7) 8 Spoiling for a fight? Build green billet (11) 9 Peat’s arranged around small Scottish plant (8) 10 Be unsuccessful finding an Ivy League entrance (4) 12 More hasty to produce a slice of bacon (6) 13 French city girl is in Civil Service (6) 16 Belt an item of footwear (4) 18 Amusing request by school worker (8) 21 Horribly garish train is perfectly in order (5,2,4) 22 Cease to pay cash outside the US (7) 23 A byword for a commercial age (5) Down 1 Gowns worn in Hydro-Bessemer process (5) 2 Complaint I will put to head (7) 3 Let spies exchange letters (8) 4 One hundred and fifty always bright (6) 5 Could do with a massage by the sound of it (4) 6 Additional non-speaking role (5) 7 South African politician with the French models (7) 11 Alas, I may ruin an Asian country (8) 12 Feels bitter about presents not being opened (7) 14 Sun god, after climbing once more, falls (7) 15 Some of cadet Al Edward's return is euphoric (6)

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1 Warrant, 5 Spain, 8 Romeo, 9 Reliant, 10 Akela, 11 Rider, 12 Belts, 14 Bowls, 19 Elder, 21 Apple, 23 Element, 24 Agony, 25 Rolls, 26 Retinue. Down: 1 Warmed, 2 Rampage, 3 Atone, 4 Tartan, 5 Salerno, 6 Award, 7 Notary, 13 Targets, 15 Lie down, 16 Meteor, 17 Batter, 18 Groyne, 20 Dwell, 22 Plant.

QUICK Across:

17 Spades, for example, for California roads (5) 19 It is said that these marquees are on edge (5) 20 Stare at contents of Google Docs (4)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 1 represents C and 23 represents V, so fill in C every time the figure 1 appears and V every time the figure 23 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.

Across 1 Inquisitive (7) 4 Less perilous (5) 7 Fertile desert spot (5) 9 Sure (7) 10 Light hours (7) 11 Award (5) 12 Chooses (5) 14 Enthusiastic (5) 19 Ensnares (5) 21 Card game (7) 23 Ape (7) 24 Sailing vessel (5) 25 Take without the owner's consent (5) 26 Disloyalty to one's country (7)

Down 1 Overcast (6) 2 Dangerous (5) 3 Association football (6) 4 Undress (5) 5 Easily broken (7) 6 Jogger (6) 8 Awful smell (5) 13 Picture in the mind (7) 15 Irritate (5) 16 Blemishes (6) 17 Consider true (6) 18 Attach firmly (6) 20 Little (5) 22 Subdivisions of larger religious groups (5)

English - Spanish The clues are mixed, some clues are in Spanish and some are in English.

1 Designs, 5 Grabs, 8 Ounce, 9 Examine, 10 Swindle, 11 Plead, 12 Stench, 14 Helper, 17 Dumps, 19 Lottery, 22 Envious, 23 Alike, 24 Speak, 25 Dead end.

Down: 1 Drops, 2 Sunrise, 3 Greed, 4 Sweden, 5 Grapple, 6 Agile, 7 Slender, 12 Saddens, 13 Cassock, 15 Precise, 16 Closed, 18 Movie, 20 Tiara, 21 Yield.

ENGLISHSPANISH Across: 1 Remolacha, 8 Ebano, 9 Ritmo, 10 Head, 11 Eggs, 15 Zorro, 17 Queen, 18 Sometimes. Down: 2 Etapa, 3 Olor, 4 Aire, 5 Hot, 6 Hechizo, 7 Cousins, 12 Geese, 13 Bone, 14 Aqui, 16 Rio.

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Across 1 Otro (5) 4 Good-looking (5) 7 In the same way (5) 8 Después de (5) 9 Still (even) (3) 10 Equipo (deporte) (4) 11 Pulgada (4) 13 Peace (3) 15 Queen (5) 16 Now (at this time, immediately) (5) 17 January (5)

18 Oats (5) Down 1 Hatred (4) 2 Ama de casa (9) 3 Flash of lightning (9) 4 Hailstorm (9) 5 Alcachofa (9) 6 Work (4) 12 Libre (persona) (4) 14 Tin can (4)

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By N D Gomes In 1996, in the UK, 16year-old Sam’s brother walked into school one day and shot dead 14 of his peers before shooting himself. In the aftermath his mum flits between denial and distress, his dad shuts himself away in the garage, they are all ostracised by the local community and Sam is asked not to return to the school. Sam is desperate to hold on to the memories he had of his brother, but the media storm surrounding their family threatens to destroy everything. This is a thought provoking look at the issues faced by families struggling with grief and guilt in the aftermath of a destructive personal tragedy. books@euroweeklynews.com

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EL PRADO: Home to some of the finest arts in Europe. Delacroix, “‘Las Meninas’ by Velázquez and ‘Le dejeuner sur l’herbe’ (Luncheon on the Grass) by Manet. The Picasso Museum in Malaga is also well worth the visit. 5) Museo de Bellas Artes, Sevilla Originally founded in 1839 in an old convent, the architectural design of this building is a prime example of the Andalucian mannerist style of the 17th century. The works range from medieval to modern. Featured artists include Francisco de Zurbaran, Juan de Valdes Leal, and Bartolome Esteban Murillo. 6) Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga Probably the most popular museum in Malaga, a city which is quickly becoming a point of reference for art lovers due to its diverse cultural landscape, the Carmen Thyssen has a particular focus on 19th century Spanish art. It has a permanent collection of 230 paintings which belong to an avid art collector, the Spanish Baroness Carmen Thyssen, after whom the museum is named. 7) MUSAC, León The MUSAC, or Castile-León Museum of Contemporary Art, is somewhat of an oddity in Spain, in that it aims to be a ‘museum of the present’ and thus only features artworks made since 1992. Those wanting to know what’s happen-

ing in the contemporary art world may want to give it a whirl. 8) Dalí Theatre and Museum, Figueres A truly one-of-a-kind experience, this museum is located in Figueres, 143 kilometres from Barcelona. Figueres is notable for being the home town of the eccentric Catalan painter Salvador Dalí. The museum was actually designed by the artist himself, and includes sculptures, 3D collages, and a custom-made furniture set which looks like Mae West’s face when viewed from a certain angle. Dalí is buried there in a crypt underneath the stage in the theatre. 9) Thyssen, Madrid The third in the so-called Holy Trinity of Madrid museums, this one is also named after the art-loving Baroness Thyssen and also includes some of her personal collection. The museum contains everything from 20th century Pop Art to lush paintings by Impressionists and Post-impressionists. 10) Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia One of several Bellas Artes museums in the country, this one has an emphasis on the works of Valencian painters. There is also a collection of 11,000 drawings done by famous 16th-20th century painters, as well as curious artifacts dating back to the Roman times.

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Boggled How many English words can you find in the Boggled grid, according to the following rules? • The letters must be adjoining in a ‘chain’. They can be adjacent horizontally, vertically or diagonally. • Words must contain at least four letters and may include singular and plural or other derived forms. • No letter may be used more than once within a single word, unless it appears twice. • No vulgarities or proper nouns are permitted.

TARGET: • Average: 20 • Good: 28 • Very good: 40 • Excellent: 52

SCORING: 4 letters: 1 point • 5 letters: 2 points 6 letters: 3 points • 7 letters: 5 points 8 or more letters: 11 points

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION dose does deer dewier ionic icier icon ease eaves ewes ewer inweave inweaves coin coir conies cone aeon aves aver aces acer acre acres eased erne case cased casein cave caves caver cavern cease ceased cresol creed creeds crease creased crew crewed craw cran crane awed awes anion anionic ares area areas earn

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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.

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Some of the greatest artists of all time were Spanish, from Dalí to Picasso, from Goya to Velázquez. It should come as no surprise then that Spain also happens to be home to some of the most renowned museums in the world. Even if you don’t know the first thing about art, a trip to a museum can be a wonderful antidote to the hustle and bustle of daily life... not that Spain’s exactly known for that. Here are our top 10 Spanish museums: 1) El Prado, Madrid This massive building is home to some of the finest art in Europe, including 8,600 paintings covering the period from the 12th to the 19th century. It is particularly noted for its collection of Old Masters, which includes the work of classical painters like Velázquez, Goya, and El Greco, as well as foreign masters like Raphael, Van Dyck, and Rembrandt. 2) The Guggenheim, Bilbao This museum is as famous for its outer appearance as it is for its contents. Designed by the American architect Frank Gehry, it is one of a small handful of Guggenheims scattered around the world. The inside of the building has huge ceilings, which allows it to house very large works of art. The museum features modern art by such artists as Jeff Koons and Andy Warhol. 3) The Reina Sofia, Madrid Those interested in contemporary art, particularly cubism and surrealism, would be well-advised to check out this museum. It includes the work of such modern Spanish painters as Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Miró. Its most famous painting is Picasso’s Guernica, an imposing and powerful work which depicts the bombing of a Basque village during the Spanish Civil War. 4) Picasso Museum, Barcelona The Picasso Museum in Barcelona contains 3,500 examples of Picasso’s early work. It is noted for Picasso’s intepretation of three works by other masters: ‘Algerian Women at Home,’ by

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Move from the start word (FLEW) to the end word (SHIP) in the same number of steps as there are rungs on the Word Ladder. You must only change one letter at a time.

or FLEW FLED SLED SLID SLIP SHIP

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Drama in the jungle

All that Jazz for one night

Plastic ban called for

SPEAKING to GBC, Jon Bonfiglio a Gibraltarian who is involved with Ninth Wave Global, an environmental consultancy agency explained he was one of four explorers who had to cope in the Mexican jungle when their boats capsized and they lost food, clothes and communications equipment. Happily after five days, a team of local rescuers found the group.

AS part of the promotion of jazz in Gibraltar, the Ministry of Culture is organising a special concert featuring local musicians under the title One Night Only at 8pm on November 24 with free admission at the Central Hall. Those due to perform include The Soulmates, Paul Riley New Orleans Jazz Band, Surianne and Kind Of Blue.

WITH more and more countries trying to restrict the use of plastic bags and requiring shops to make a charge for them, Gibraltar has not yet joined in, possibly because of the number of tourists who purchase goods to export, but a ban has been called for by local company the Nautilus Project and a number of volunteer groups have come out in support of the proposal.

IT is not often that one can b o a st a b o u t a r e a l bargain food offer in Gibraltar, but La Sala on board the Sunborn is doing exactly that as they introduce a very special deal for diners on Mondays and Tuesdays with immediate effect. For the price of £25 per person, a couple can enjoy a c l a ss ic Chateaubriand or Fillet Steak for two and a bottle of the well-respected Spanish Crianza wine Izadi wh i c h n o r m a lly sells for £19.95. This is bound to be a popular offer so make s ure t h a t y o u v is it www.lasalagibraltar.com or call +350 20016 870 to make your reservation.

One significant absentee By John Smith WHEN the new ministers in the Spanish Government were formally sworn in before King Felipe VI, there was one significant absentee, José Manuel García-Margallo who has been replaced as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation by Alfonso Dastis Quecedo a career diplomat who was born in Jerez de la Frontera and is believed to be somewhat less bombastic in his political stance. The new cabinet is very much like the old cabinet, but the removal of Margallo will be seen as something of a triumph by British and Gibraltar governments and perhaps by some of the Spanish opposition parties who had been very quick to criticise his autocratic ways, although they were generally critical of the retention of so many of the ‘old guard.’ There is no question that if the Brexit negotiations between Britain and Spain are to actually be to the benefit of both countries then a squabble over 30,000 people in a

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SPANISH CABINET: The new ministers were sworn in before King Felipe VI. few square miles who don’t want to be Spanish was clearly an unnecessary distraction and whilst Spain

may well continue to make diplomatic representations over Gibraltar, it is to be hoped that the new minis-

ter will bring some dignity and sense of proportion to the discussions.

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Bunkering convention in Gibraltar By John Smith THIS year’s International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) annual convention took place in Gibraltar on November 9 and 10 and with bunkering such a useful addition to the economy of Gibraltar it is appropriate that the 2016 convention should be held in Gibraltar and on board the Sunborn Hotel. The event will feature a first class two-day IBIA Conference and Exhibition preceded by a number of professional training courses supported by the Gibraltar Port Operators’ Association and its members. About 150 delegates

BAY OF GIBRALTAR: Bunkering vessels were made available.

cluding legal, technical, operawere treated to a session at the tional, environmental and commerCruise terminal where bunkering cial aspects. vessels were made available by loRobin Meech, Chairman of IBcal suppliers, offering delegates IA said “Our decision to hold the the unique opportunity to see these annual convention in vessels close up. Gibraltar follows our The event brought successful event together global there in 2015, and bunker suppliers and with the support and traders, ship mandelegates were treated partnership of the agers, ship-owners, to a session at the Gibraltar Port Aulawyers, maritime Cruise terminal. thority, HM Governservices providers, ment of Gibraltar and local particiand members of the Gibraltar Port pants in the bunker industry, we Authority. It also offered a strong believe that this will be an even panel of bunkering experts who more successful and productive answered questions from delegates convention than last year.” on a wide range of subjects, in-

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Flu season has arrived THE flu season is officially upon us. As thousands of vaccines are prepared across health centres ready for administration, a number of cases have already been recorded in Spain. The penultimate week of October saw 11.68 cases per 100,000 people, the highest occurring in Andalucia, Aragon, the Balearic and Canary Islands. Flu is reported to be in a ‘preepide m i c ’ p e r i o d . Th e v iru s is main l y sp r e a d b y c o u g h in g o r sneezing or from touching contaminated surfaces. Frequent and thorough hand washing is often the best and most effective way of reducing the risk of catching the infection. High risk groups including the elderly, those with chronic diseases, pregnant women and medical professionals, are encouraged to hav e t h e f l u j a b . Vis it y o u r health centre for more information.

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Natural cocoa can help to keep our hearts healthy By Gemma Elvins-Quinn IT’S the news chocolate lovers w ill b e w aiting to he a r, c ould chocolate help protect the heart? Cocoa in its natural form, unfortunately not milk, white or in a box of treats, can help to reduce blood pressure and cholesterol levels. It is made up of hundreds of k n o w n co mp ounds a nd ma ny h a v e an tio x id a nt prope rtie s . These protect the body from destroying cells and causing premature ageing. It is also high in polyphenols, which, as well as being an antioxidant, also have anti-inflammatory properties that can maintain the elasticity of blood vessels and promote circulation, as well as reducing the so-called bad cholestero l; a ll fac tors in ke e ping a healthy heart.

SWEET TREAT: Natural cocoa is made up of compounds, many of which contain antioxidant properties that protect the body. Studies also suggest that cocoa has antidepressant benefits and can boost the body’s endorphins

and serotonin, known to give natural highs and the feeling of happiness.

So next time you fancy something sweet, go for natural cocoa for a healthier treat.

Applying the newest dental technology What advantages are gained by applying new technologies to odontology treatments? The application of technological breakthroughs in the day-to-day running of dental clinics helps them to make better diagnosis, provide better treatment and quality of life for patients and detect illnesses ahead of time to be able prevent them. What treatment is a good example of technological breakthrough in odontology that can be seen today? Without a doubt dental implants are a fantastic example. To be able to install a dental implant, up-to-date technology is needed every step of the way. This means the latest x-ray machines, computer systems and surgical equipment continue to make the process easier, more reliable and even more precise every year. What is a 3D diagnosis? How is the necessary information to be able to carry out this procedure obtained? A 3D diagnosis is a technique that provides precise information about patients’ anatomies that helps with their diagnosis and treatment. The patient’s internal anatomy is shown on a scanner before the information is computer-analysed by a breakthrough programme that takes into account bone quality and quantity to work out the best position to install dental implants. Apart from its application in implantology, the 3D diagnosis can

also be used in dental surgery or planning. What role do dental laboratories play in all this? All the information collected by the 3D diagnosis is sent to the lab where a high precision surgical guide is made to show the exact position where the implant is to be fitted on the dentures the patient will wear throughout their treatment. What breakthroughs can be seen in dental laboratories? On one hand you can observe the digital printing technique used to manufacture high precision restorations using an intraoral scanner. The biggest advantages for the patient are avoiding the discomfort associated with having a traditional fitting and reliability of results. CAD-CAM (computer-aided design-CAD and computer-aided manufacturing-CAM) technologies help to offer patients maximum innovation in dentures and are available through the following process: • 1. Scanning the tooth, either in the model or directly in the mouth through digital printing techniques. • 2. Design of cosmetic dentures using 3D software. • 3. Last but not least, the carving and veneering of the new dentures.

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Prostate cancer: what to look for

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SPECIALIST: Doctor Luis Perez Belmonte. - HOW often is prostate cancer present in middleaged men? Prostate cancer is extremely common, although its exact cause is unknown. Around 29,000 men in Spain suffer from the disease each year, making it the most common form of male cancer, affecting up to 50 per cent of males over 70. - When to get checked? All men over 50 should get checked even if they present no symptoms. If any symptoms present themselves or if you have any queries before this age don’t hesitate to see a specialist. - What are the symptoms of prostate cancer? Symptoms can take a long time or even years to manifest. In the early stages, when the tumour is confined to the prostate, it may be asymptomatic or accompanied by mild obstructive symptoms such as urinary incontinence, interruption of the urine stream, increased frequency of urination, especially at night, difficulty urinating or a burning sensation during urination. When tumours are in an advanced stage they can be

accompanied by blood in the urine, infection, back pain and difficulties in sexual relations. When it comes to advanced tumours, legs may appear swollen , bone pain can present itself (due to the tumour spreading to the bone) and even weakness or loss of strength in the legs can appear (due to compression of the spinal cord or nerve roots). It can also cause kidney failure, loss of appetite and weight loss or anaemia. - What is the prognosis for the disease? The evolution of the disease is usually slow, allowing early and timely treatment to control the disease in the majority of cases. - If diagnosed, what is the treatment? Treatment depends on how the disease evolves and data, such as the grade and stage of cancer, age and health status of the patient are important to deciding treatment. Currently there are four ways to proceed to reduce and/or remove prostate cancer: surgery, radiation, hormonal therapy and permanent observation.

By Gemma Elvins-Quinn THE clocks have gone back and whilst many look forward to long winter nights cosy by the fire, for many it brings a bout the ons e t of SAD. Often referred to as the winter blues, seasonal affective disorder is a type of de pre s s ion linke d to changes in seasons. Symptoms include feelings of depression, changes

in appetite, gaining weight, feeling overly tired and irritable with low energy levels. It’s more c ommon in women and those living in countries with less sunlight. Although in Spain we enjoy more sun than the UK some pe ople s till s uffe r but the re ’s things tha t c a n help. Light therapy/phototherapy: Special light boxes ex-

pose users to bright light, tricking and boosting mood chemicals in the brain. Environment: Sitting in a cold dark office all day can enhance symptoms. Try to improve surroundings by opening curtains and blinds t o l et i n as m uch nat ur al light as possible, bring in a few bright home accessories and spend a f ew m i nut es outside soaking up the sun. Al t er nat i ve m edi ci ne:

Some believe these can help such as St John’s Wort, often used in the UK to help treat mild depression. Vitamin D supplements can also help if you don’t get enough sun. Eat r i ght : Avoi d processed and sugary food. Eat fresh fruit, vegetables and fish for essential nutrients that will boost your body and ward off depression.

Is a fix room for injecting drugs the answer to problem? THE UK has approved in principle the idea to have a s pe c ia l fa c ility to a llow drug addicts to be able to inje c t the drugs in a s a fe and controlled environment. Discussions and debates are still underway but Glasgow c ould be the c ity to house the UK’s first such supervised injection facility, w hic h is ofte n na me d the

‘fix room.’ In Glasgow it is believed there are around 500 drug users. This centre w ould give s ome of the m a c c e s s to me dic a l gra de heroin on the NHS and a supervised place to take it in a bid to reduce drug-related deaths and the spread of infection. However the plans have caused controversy and op-

ponents of the idea say drug taking in any form should never be condoned and more should be done in prevention work and getting people off drugs.

Si m i l ar pl aces al r eady operate in cities across Europe including in Switzerl and, Ger m any, Fr ance, Netherlands, Norway and Spain.

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More than fashion, what do your shoes say about you? By Estelle Mitchell www.thebodyworksclinic.com MORE than a fashion statement our shoes tell a story about how you move, how your muscles work and injury risk. Heels Look at your shoe from behind - is the outside edge worn away? This indicates a high heel impact and probably a rigid high arch foot. Solution - solid heel support and heel cushioning Big toe Is there a worn patch under the big toe inside your shoe? Or a bulge at your big toe? This means you are developing bunions and need to take the pressure off the toes. Solution - strong heel support and arch support. Flat feet vs rigid feet Again, look at your shoe from behind, does the shoe sit straight like a new shoe? Or is it distorted and leaning? If it leans inwards then your arch is collapsing and your foot is flattening. If it leans outward then your foot is more rigid and won’t deal well with high impact. Look at your footprint in

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the sand how much of your foot can you see? The more you see, the flatter your foot. Solution - a strong arch support for flatter feet. Rigid feet need a strong, deep heel cup and probably a cushion at the heel as well.

Toe of your shoe Are the toes of your shoes scuffed and worn? Then your arch isn’t working well and you are using your toes too much to push off.

This slows you down and stops you being able to ‘bounce.’ Solution ‘ arch support Insole Take the insole out of your shoe and look at it - do the worn areas match your pain? Or hard skin? Or blisters? Hard skin equals high pressure. Which causes pain and injury. Solution - take the pressure off with a solid heel cup, strong arch or extra cushions. Left vs right Do they match? If one shoe or insole is much more worn than the other you are compensating on that foot. This can cause injury on that side as you overcompensate (even though you might be compensating for an old injury on the other side!) Solution support both feet equally For more information on supporting your feet and understanding your gait check out our website www.TheBody worksClinic.com, our Facebook page Bodyworks Health Clinic or call us on 952 883 151.

Treat the person NOT the picture A KEY part of any presurgical diagnostic process these days is a picture, MRI, X-ray, Cat scan . . . . the list goes on. They give us amazing insight into the structures inside us. Without having to undergo surgery, we literally know what we will find. BUT they do not tell the entire story. Why a bed is important One of my top tips for spotting a good surgeon? Their consultation room includes, and they actually make use of, an examination bed. And, they will probably make you remove some clothes during the consultation. Why is this important? Because it means they are examining YOU, the person they are treating. By looking at how you move, taking the time to talk, ask and answer questions you get a much more accurate diagnosis. Knee, hip or back? They’re all connected, and if one is malfunctioning they can affect the entire kinetic chain. Which means checking all of them. I can give you the best new knee in the world, but it won’t make much difference if the real problem is your hip!

And a scan of your knee won’t give me that information. Options By talking to you and reviewing your real life, in person situation, we can also choose the most appropriate option and schedule for your operation. Perhaps we need to manage pain right now so that you can finish a busy summer season. Or you’re a younger patient for whom a less invasive method and quicker rehabilitation will be more successful. A detailed consultation can also reveal conditions that are hard to diagnose via scans alone, hip dysplasia being a common example. Treat the patient, NOT the picture You are so much more than a picture, while it gives us the final detail, we get more information from you.

Trying to be more mindful MINDFULNESS is a word starting to spring up all over. A form of meditation which originated from Buddhist thinking, it is about being more aware and in control of your surroundings and in the present moment. It allows people to be more in control and more appreciative of the little things. But mindfulness is more than just a meditative state and is being used in a wider range of situations. More and more schools are looking at the benefits of such programmes and in 2012 a US congressman received a government grant to teach it in schools believing it led to a calmer classroom with stu-

dents more receptive and enhancing performance and learning. Other schools are adopting it instead of issuing detentions to youngsters. Some business corporations have also reported introducing mindfulness into their offices offering coaching and meditation breaks to staff believing it leads to an overall improvement in productivity and worker satisfaction. Medical professionals are also increasingly encouraging patients to take meditation over medication to help treat symptoms of anxiety and depression. So how can you practice mindfulness?

You may find a local practitioner offering courses, but everyone can take on some of the main principles. It is about emptying your mind and to start with the mind constantly wanders, but with practice it becomes easier to sustain. Start by beginning to train your mind to be more mindful. Be aware of your feelings and focus on your breathing. Practice meditation as it will train your mind to be more mindful. Your can also practice being more mindful during your daily routines, when you wash up or take a shower; think about how the water feels, how the soapy bubbles smell etc.

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Why do we need to watch our weight? WHAT do hypertension, high cholesterol, type-2 diabetes, heart disease, strokes, gallbladder disease, osteoarthritis, body pain, depression, sleep apnoea and cancer have in common? They are all associated with obesity - but you knew that, didn’t you? In 2015, Public Health UK estimated that the cost of obesity exceeds £27bn (€30bn) annually. In the USA, reduced productivity costs employers over $500 (€450) per obese worker per annum!! “Hey, but here in Spain we eat the Mediterranean diet so we are OK, aren’t we?” I hear you say! Wrong!!! Obesity rates in Spain are rising and currently stand at 22.9 per cent, with a further 39.4 per cent of Spaniards considered overweight. This is significantly higher than 2003 estimates indicating that your Mediterranean lifestyle is not exempt from the obesity pandemic. Cambridge Weight Plan (CWP) is a world leading weight-loss product available in over 30 countries. Creat-

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Give your self-esteem a boost SELF-ESTEEM is maybe something you don’t think about much on a daily basis, but this le ve l of how you perceive yourself and value your own self worth is fundamental to a person’s emotional stability. For some, self-esteem comes easier than it does for other. It is about having love, self respect and recognition for yourself, but for those suffering how can you give yourself a boost? Appearance is often paramount to how people perceive themselves. Few of us a re luc ky e nough to be

Stop seeking approval from others. The opinion of others is valued, but do what makes you happy and what you believe in. blessed with model looks, but you can do something about it. Do more sport and become more active. It will ge t you on tra c k to the phys ic a l a ppe a ra nc e you

want, but exercise also releases endorphins, also known as the happy hormones, which give a feeling of well-being. But also accept your flaws, no one is per f ect and you have t o have a certain level of realism as to what you can obtain. St op seeki ng appr oval from others. The opinion of others is valued, but do not get caught up in dressing or speaking to please others or seeking their praise and attention. Do what makes you happy and what you believe in.

Surround yourself by niceness. Some people are negat i ve and t hese bad vi bes can i nf l uence you even on a sub- consci ous level and bring you down. Free yourself from these toxic people and socialise in different circles to see how surrounding yourself with posi t i vi t y can al so boost your positive attitude. Don’t be t oo har sh on yourself. Stop listening to your inner critic too much and r ef ocus on posi t i ve thoughts, taking time out of each day to appreciate what you have.

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AS part of the series, we answer some common driving questions and keep you updated on the latest driving and road news kindly provided by members of the Guardia Civil based in Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, who set up the N332 website and Facebook page to help break down barriers.

LIGHTING UP: No mandatory requirement to have headlights on during the day. lar sign with a white headlight symbol on it. Coming out of the tunnel you should see another sign reminding you to turn them off. Headlights may also be used more at this time of year when the sun is lower and visibility can be problematic. As a result, the DGT can recommend headlights being on during the day to increase visibility. Aside from these, there is no mandatory requirement to have your headlights on during the day and it is not required, as many people think, to have headlights on when you are going through road works. However, for vehicles travelling on reversible, or bi-directional lanes, which can alter the flow of traffic at different times of the day, increased illumination can be of benefit as well as when travelling along an additional lane created with a series of cones to avoid an obstruction or to improve traffic flow in one direction.

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What is ‘useable area’? I AM the Vice President of a Community of 22 semi-detached bungalows. Our ‘quotas’ have always been assessed on the size of each plot. We have just received from our Administrator the updated version of the Horizontal Property Act. Article 5, paragraph 3, now defines how the quotas should be assessed, with specific reference to ‘useable area’ as the basis for calculation. Our question then, is how do we define usable area? Does this include extra storage space that has been created or just bedrooms and bathrooms or under-builds? We have to be sure before we can proceed. K D G (Costa Blanca) ‘Useable area’ includes all the items you mentioned. However, it is only one of the factors which may be used to calculate the quotas, or Community fees. In housing estates or semi-detached with land, the

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size of the plots is generally used. Nothing in the recent revision of the Horizontal Property Law

changes this. The law even states that any subsequent changes to the properties will not change their fees, unless the Community votes unanimously to change its original Charter of Constitution. I see no need for any action.

Send your questions for David Searl through lawyers Ubeda-Retana & Associates in Fuengirola at Ask@lawtaxspain.com, or call 952 667 090.

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IT is quite a common sight to see cars travelling during the day with lights on, but these are often different to what most people know as ‘headlights.’ Daytime Running Lights (DRL) were installed on all cars from 2011 with the rule coming into force for buses and trucks in 2012. The DRL is a low energy consumption method of illumination that is designed more for making the vehicle more visible to other road users than it is to provide light for the driver. Studies show that they have made it easier for pedestrians and cyclists to detect vehicles with DRL than those without, making the road a considerably safer place for all. In terms of traditional headlights, there are certain times and locations when they must be turned on and used during the day. Areas where they are needed, such as when going through tunnels, are marked by a blue circu-

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In my opinion Views of a Grumpy Old Man I HAVE had loads of emails so thanks for that and in them are quite a few things which drive me nuts too. One from Peter has one of my pet grumps and that is being called ‘mate’ by someone that I have only just met. There are a few of my friends that we address each other as mate, but we have known each other for years. How can you meet someone for the first time and say, ‘Hello mate?’ One of my daughter’s ex-boyfriends did it. I’d never met him before and the first thing he said was, ‘Hello mate.’ Anyway, as I said, he is now an ex ... see ya later mate. I used to work the markets and in fairgrounds all around the UK and, to be honest, as a cockney it would not be unusual, when serving the public, if it was a female, I would call them ‘love’ or ‘sweetheart.’ But it was in a very casual and friendly environment and I think you will agree that it’s half expected when shopping in a street market. Where it is not acceptable is when being served in a very expensive restaurant. That’s why Mrs S got the right hump when the waitress said to her, ‘Is everything OK sweetheart?’ Now believe

me we are not snobs, far from it, but it’s all about being respectful. Maybe if we are in a cafe and we are regulars, but a top end restaurant, I don’t think so? Are we wrong? We don’t want to be called sir or madam just not sweetheart. Talking about manners - how hard is it to say thank you, in the form of a small hand gesture, if I stop to let you out in a line of traffic? I don’t want you to get out and present me with a gift or blow me kisses, but just say thanks for letting me out you miserable ignorant git. Another Peter shares a grump with me about the women that insist on getting their baby out of the car on the road side so you have their back door open and them manoeuvring their most treasured possession into oncoming traffic. Why would you do that? And if you ever try and say something all you get is a volley of abuse. Talking about mums and babies why on earth do they step off the curb onto a zebra crossing with their buggy without looking? I know they have right of way but sometimes if my car has just come off the roundabout and there is another car right up behind me, I need that extra second or so. It’s not fair on anybody concerned. Just stop for a second and give us drivers a chance to stop too. Something else I realised this week is that arguing with the wife is like reading a software licensing agreement. In the end you ignore everything and just click ‘I agree.’

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BING, a world-class Asian Fusion restaurant in Fuengirola, has announced it will be open throughout the whole Christmas period, including December 24 and 25! An a la carte menu will be served and diners will have plenty of options to choose from. At Bing, the food is

outstanding and top quality, features that have allowed it to gain great popularity in Fuengirola. It is no wonder the eatery enjoys such success, Sara and her husband, Bing, after whom the restaurant is named, have 14 years of experience running a restau-

rant in Marbella. The restaurant boasts an impressive terrace, although a separate indoor area is also still available for diners who would like to enjoy a quiet meal in the friendly atmosphere of this excellent restaurant. Bing is located in Paseo Maritimo Rey de España 40, in Fuengirola Port, and is open Monday to Friday 12.30pm to 4pm and 6.30pm to 12am. It now opens 1pm to 12am on Saturday and Sunday. If you would like more information or to view their extensive menu, please consult their website: www.asianfusion bingrestaurant.com.

A RARE opportunity has arisen for a small number of people to discover, enjoy and experience the Neolithic paintings within Malaga Province, under the guide of Dr Rafael Maura, a specialist in prehistoric art. First, guests will get to understand the context and significance of these paintings through a Power Point presentation and the following day, the group will visit the rocky outcrops of the prehistoric site of Peñas de Cabrera. This s ite c onta ining n um er ous r ock s he lte rs is loc a te d in the m uni ci pal i t y of Casabermeja and the entire surrounding a re a of La s Pe ña s de C a b r er a, r i f e wi t h na tura l mine ra ls , roc ks and f ossi l s, i s named after one of its districts of the same name. The entire complex of mountains and valleys consists of many shelters revealing rock art of paintings and engravings.

In 2016 32 rock shelters featuring more than 130 cave paintings, engravings and archaeological material, (mainly ceramic and flint), have been recorded. Al ongsi de t hese ar e al so a num ber of shelters being studied that show scientific potential, but which are pending investigation depending upon the results of further archaeological surveys. This extraordinary opportunity taking place on November 12 and 13 is limited to just eight participants. Saturday November 12, 7pm: Power Point presentation Sunday, November 13, 9am: Trip to the site which includes some relatively easy walking, and information will be given in both in English and Spanish. The price to participate is €65 (€58 for members) so to check if there is any space left call 690 073 871 or email ventana.abierta.acp@gmail.com

Art in Alhaurin on display AN exhibition by painters from the Alhaurin area entitled Our Seas (Nuestros Mares) will be presented at the municipal library in Alhaurin el Grande and will be open during library hours from now until Saturday December 3.

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St Nikolaus Dinner at Puente Romano By John Smith ONE of the high spots in the Marbella social calendar is the annual St Nikolaus Dinner at the Puente Romano Hotel which this year will be held on November 25 at 8.30pm in order to raise funds for the Concordia Anti-Aids Asociacion (ACAS). The association often referred to simply as Concordia was set up in 1994 in order to offer help and assistance to those people affected by HIV/AIDS and is run from a dedicated centre at Calle Carlota Navarrete, 21 in San Pedro de Alcantara which opened in 1997. Funds for this very worthy charity which is run with the support of the Marbella Town Hall are so important and their president Princess MarieLouise of Prussia, great grand-daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm II and cousin to Queen Sophia, works tirelessly with her colleagues to obtain funds for this very worthy charity. The St Nikolaus dinner is a very important way of bringing the never-ending problem of the disease to the attention of the public. This is an occasion where guests can enjoy an incredibly good meal in luxuri-

Queen Sophia and Princess Marie-Louise at the centre. Photos Credit: AC AS

ous surroundings and know that whilst they are having a good time, they are also helping

St Nikolaus at a previous dinner.

those who are struggling with this illness which happily thanks to advances in medical science - is no longer a guaranteed death sentence. Tickets for the dinner which cost €180 per person and include entertainment and a visit from St Nikolaus can be obtained by calling 952 785 997 or 952 588 322 or can be reserved by e-mailing info@concordia marbella.com. For more information on this valuable organisation and the work it does, please visit www.concordiamarbella.com.

Audition call for Run for your Wife By John Smith (no relation) THE complicated and highly amusing farce Run for your Wife written by Ray Clooney will be presented at the Salon Varietes in Fuengirola from January 27 to February 1 and auditions are being held by the director David Vincent between 2pm and 4pm on Sunday November 12.

6 characters play leading roles. The story revolves around a bigamist, the two women he loves but aren’t aware of each other and the investigations of well-meaning police

officers in Streatham and Wimbledon after he has been mugged. The first six characters are leading roles. Bobby Franklyn is a smaller but very important role and the reporter a very small role. Strong actors for all parts are required. Character list: • John Smith • Mary Smith • Barbara Smith • Stanley Gardener • Detective Sergeant Troughton • Detective Sergeant Porterhouse • Bobby Franklyn • Newspaper Reporter It’s an open audition but if you need more information call 600 012 085.

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VIP offers at Da Bruno’s five Italian restaurants By John Smith ESTABLISHED in the Costa del Sol in 1994, the familyowned and run Da Bruno chain of restaurants is dedicated to offering the finest quality Italian cuisine in luxurious surroundings with superb service in its five restaurants. Now open in Marbella on the Golden Mile and by the Sea, San Pedro de Alcantara, Cabopino and Mijas Costa,

each restaurant offers a unique taste of Italy to a standard that can only be described as of international standard. They don’t drown conversation with loud music but do from time to time offer high quality live entertainment from opera to musicals and quality tribute acts. For those who are regular visitors or indeed for those who simply want to visit the restaurants, there is an added

bonus as the group offers without cost the Da Bruno VIP card which rewards customers for their loyalty and ensures that they receive preferential treatment when they visit. All you need to do is sign a simple form next time you visit one of the restaurants and you will then become a VIP customer and for every €10 you spend, you will receive one bonus point. Each point is

worth €1 and you can save points until you have enough to enjoy a meal with the compliments of Da Bruno. It doesn’t just stop there as you can obtain a discount from a whole range of different companies who have come to an arrangement with the group and for more information on the VIP card as well as the restaurants in the group, visit www.dabruno.com.

Special car run and 2-course lunch THERE will be a special car run organised by the Porsche Owners Club of Andalucia and the Rotary Club Marbella-Guadalmina which is sponsored by HIFX on Saturday November 12. Registration will commence at 10am at the Smallworld Café, Ctr De Istan

and the run will return by 1.30pm so tha t a s e t lunc h can be enj oyed at charming restaurant El Potro near to the Manolo Santana Tennis Club. The e ntry fe e t o i ncl ude a t woc ours e lunc h in cl udi ng a wel com e drink as well as water and wine will be

€50 and any proceeds will be donated to ACEPSA which helps people with mental disorders. For further information or to register and to choose your menu, please call 677 600 638.

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A Uruguayan in Malaga THE Ur u g u a y a n a rtis t Joaqu í n To r r e s- Ga rc ía (1874 - 1 9 4 9 ) , h a s b e e n compared in some ways to Picasso , a s h e wa s s o involv e d i n a v a r i e ty o f different artistic genres including paintings, sculptures, d r a wi n g s, b oo k s , toys, frescoes, murals and monuments. In recognition of his diverse talents, the Picasso Museum of Malaga is presenting a retrospective ex-

hibition of his work that includes some 170 pieces by this artist who argued th at “o u r N o rth is the South.” The exhibition is being presented by the Museum of Modern Art of New York in collaboration with the Museo Picasso Malaga and also Fundacion Telefonica. The exhibition will be o p e n u n til F eb ru a ry 5, 2017.

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Chart-topping band signs television deal By John Smith WINNERS of a number of band competitions and currently with a hit single entitled Bipolar, a band made up of musicians from Malaga and Ronda, called Tarifa Plana (Flat Rate) has been signed to appear in a brand new music reality TV show Johnny Boy Music Inc which is already filming in London and Spain. The show follows the activities of veteran music producer John Ravenhall as he launches his new record label Johnny Boy Records and Entertainment and sees him working with up and coming bands from Britain, the USA and Spain with Tarifa Plana

being chosen as one of the bands that he will attempt to develop and promote. The show itself will be produced by Wanda Halcyon Television Productions and their spokesman Pat Andrew has indicated that the combination of John Ravenhall and Tarifa Plana working together on the show should make for great viewing and produce cutting edge music that will appeal not only to the Spanish market, but also to the 400 million Spanish-speaking listeners in North America which is considered the fastest growing music segment in the world.

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It is expected that the show will air in February 2017 with possible showings in some 50 countries and details of the channels transmit-

Tarifa Plana. ting the programme will be released nearer that date.

Annual Marbella bridge tournament THE third annual Marbella International Bridge Tournament organised by the Marbella Bridge Association will be held at the H10 Andalucia Plaza Marbella in Puerto Banus on November 11 and 12 with a warm-up session on November 10 which includes welcome cocktails. This is M a rbe lla ’s la rge s t bridge playing event and expects to greet more than 200 players of this inc re dibly popula r c a rd ga me which has an estimated 100 million players around the world.

A number of players have signed up from much of Europe as well as Egypt and Jordan and there will be a mix of

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veteran players and newcomers who want to savour the friendship and excitement of an international tournament. With prizes obtained thanks to sponsors including Linea Directo, this promises to be a very enjoyable yet hard fought event with winner s bei ng announced and applauded at the closing buffet dinner of November 12. For more details of the tournament please visit www.marbellabridge.com

SOCIAL SCENE Craftwork in Alhaurin THERE will be a Street of Artisans celebration in Alhaurin el Grande on Saturday November 12 and Sunday November 13 which promises to appeal to all of the family. Starting each day at noon in the Camino de Malaga, there will be at least 50 stalls offering a range of craft work as well as a number of special entertainments for children including face painting, balloon animals, bouncy castle, cartoonist and jugglers. With both children and adults catered for, the only missing ingredient is food and drink and that is taken care of with more than a dozen eateries offering a whole range of food and drink from full meals to ice cream, cakes and pizza.

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Great performers to appear in Cabopino By John Smith F O R a c o mb in atio n o f good food and great mus ic , th e o n e p la c e in Cabopino to visit is Alberts Bar & Grill where on Thursday November 10, Pete Nabarro will bring the house down with his Neil Diamond and Friends tribute. T h en o n T h u rs d ay N o v emb er 17, P e e t Rothwell w ill p re s e n t h is Michael BublĂŠ and Friends tribute. On Sund ay afte rnoons, you can enjoy a traditional Sunday Roast with all the trimmings or try their crackling hog roast and hear the beautiful voices of Eva Marie (Sunday November 13 and 27) and Helena Paul (Sunday November

Alberts Bar & Grill Cabopino. 20). Also, put a note in your diary that Voulez Vous is back with their ABBA Tribute Show on Thursday December 1. Bookings are recommended so to avoid disappointment call 952 836 886 or visit www.alberts-cabopino.com

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A trip to the ‘towering pizza’ Colin Bird A weekly look Each week, Colin brings his slightly off-thewall view of the world to the pages of EWN in his own irreverent style.

WE have just returned from Italy, the land of large arm gestures, small cars and even smaller coffees, as our friend Adrian observed when presented with a tiny glass cup, containing a half inch of cowering espresso. We agreed later that he should have asked for a fresh cup because the one served had a coffee stain in the bottom. But you always think of these smart retorts after the event. Wine tasting in Tuscany was yet another box on my lengthy bucket list that I have been able to sign off as accomplished. As we were preparing to land at Pisa airport, the Princess turned to me and asked, ‘Will we see the towering pizza?’ This will come as no surprise to those who know my lovely lady who has her own unique turn of phrase, and this

ITALIAN LANDMARK: The leaning tower of Pisa. is yet another entry for The Thesaurus of Brummie Sayings. Prior to our flight from Gatwick, we stayed overnight,

as usual, at the Premier Inn. We are fans of the hotel chain: the standard of the rooms is consistently good, the staff friendly and helpful, and

the food is excellent. But I have been a little dismayed of late, to see the bank of Dalek-like automatic checkin machines at reception.

These are supposed to make the process easier which they certainly do not in my opinion. These gadgets have their place, but not for ageing old gits like me who appreciate personal service. So I automatically turned to the only breathing staff member in the vicinity, who completed our check-in manually in 90 seconds, which is what I call quick and easy. It’s not about saving time of course, just saving on staff wages. However, as we arrived at 1pm and the rooms are not available until 3pm, it was suggested that we relax in the coffee lounge. I have always thought this ludicrous in a hotel that is situated at an international airport. However, we were informed that we could go immediately to a room if we would like to pay £10 for the privilege. In other words there were indeed rooms ready to be occupied, but only at extra cost and with 700 rooms, a nice little earner for Premier Inn. They obviously believe that it is worth the erosion of their ‘customer comes first’ reputation. Shame.

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Facebook blocks insurance firm John Smith Random thoughts... A BRITISH insurance company has fallen foul of Facebook which has told it that it may not proceed with a plan it had to offer young drivers a possible reduction in premiums if it was allowed complete access to their Facebook profiles. The trial which was to be undertaken by Admiral - which promotes its services on TV by showing a young woman dressed in an obsolete sailor’s outfit encouraging her staff to offer good deals – planned to use a computer review of the content of individuals’ Facebook profiles to analyse likely risks. If, for example, one of those reviewed was constantly referring to drunken nights out, bungee jumping and posting questionable images, then they would be likely to be considered less trustworthy than another youngster discussing flower arranging and making timed appointments for nights out. Facebook jumped in before the trial started saying that they could not

PRIVACY PROTECTION: No access allowed to analyse user risks. allow this to happen as there were serious privacy concerns, not so much centred on the person who had agreed to the review, but for those people who were friends who shared posts and timelines. “Protecting the privacy of the people on Facebook is of utmost importance to us. We have clear guidelines that prevent information obtained from Facebook from being used to

make decisions about eligibility,” said a Facebook spokesman. Indeed Facebook rules actually anticipate exactly this scenario and say “Don’t use data obtained from Facebook to make decisions about eligibility, including whether to approve or reject an application or how much interest to charge on a loan.” Admiral have been told that they can allow people to apply for a quote

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UK PM: Theresa May.

The British and Brexit AS a company owned by Britons who have based their lives in Spain and are very happy to have been accepted in this wonderful country, we are unashamedly pro-Europe as can be gathered from our masthead which proudly says Euro Weekly News. Part of our mission is to keep the large number of English speaking expats and the hundreds of thousands of annual visitors updated as to what is happening in our adopted homeland and how it will affect us all, especially as so many of our readers have to rely on pensions, many of which are paid in sterling and have to be converted to euros. It was no secret that the result of the referendum came as a disappointment and shock to us and it has hurt the financial position of many of our readers. There was at the time a great deal of speculation as to what would happen when Britain leaves the EU and scaremongering on both sides. A colleague was adamant it was pointless to speculate too early as no one knew what would unfold. How prescient he was as despite the expectation that the government could simply use the Royal Prerogative to initiate Article 50 this was challenged in court. The immediate result was a surge in the pound’s value, a dispirited Theresa May calling for an appeal to the Supreme Court and explaining what had happened to the President of the European Commission, statements of opposition from MPs like Kenneth Clarke and a general feeling things are by no means finalised. Plenty still want Brexit but there are now two imminent by-elections caused by Tory resignations which the disenfranchised may now vote in.

via Facebook and an Admiral App but they may not view the applicant’s posts. Clearly some youngsters between the ages of 17 and 21 will be disappointed that they can’t take advantage of this option to obtain a possible discounted quote for their first ever car insurance but there is no reason why Admiral can’t ask them to fill in a personality profile once they register their interest in obtaining a quote. Certain rights groups have applauded Facebook for their decision as they believe that the use of such analytical software is both unethical and intrusive. A cynic might suggest that this information is very valuable and therefore Facebook, which does sell advertising targeting specific users, has either developed its own analysis software or has been prompted to do so following this aborted trial. None of the media comments however appear to have taken into Now we account that after the purchase of want to WhatsApp, Facebook has made it hear your views. clear that it will be using comments by users to target advertising mesYOUR PAPER - YOUR VOICE sages and although users can opt - YOUR OPINION out from receipt of these messages it www.euroweeklynews.com is quite a complicated process.

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SOLAR IN SPAIN is a leading solar energy company that has been active in the Spanish market for the past 15 years and has recently opened a new office on the Costa Del Sol. At the public seminar at Miraflores on November 24, Solar in Spain will present the various applications of renewable energy and our staff will be on hand to answer all your questions regarding: solar electricity, solar pool heating, solar water heating, solar ventilation systems and wood pellet heating systems. Calling all Businesses... Would you like to see how you can really reduce your utility bills? Hotels, golf clubs, rental properties can all benefit from using our solar energy systems. Come along and find out how you can take your business forward and save money at the same time. ‘Grid Connected’ Solar Electricity Solar in Spain will be holding a seminar to explain how the new law on solar energy (introduced in November 2015) can benefit householders looking to reduce their electricity bills. Electricity bills in Spain have increased by an average of 20 per cent each year over the past five years and the cost is likely to increase by similar amounts over the next few years. The latest developments in solar hot water production Solar in Spain will also be presenting the latest in solar energy technology, the ‘Solmate Thermodyn,’ a solar water heating panel that works 24 hours a day regardless of the weather AND it does not have to be installed on your roof. It can be placed on a balcony, on a wall or even inside a carport. Now solar energy is a viable option for apartments with no roof space! Stay Warm in the Winter Are you worried about switching on your central heating in winter because it is so expensive to run? Solar in Spain cus-

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Warming up your home over winter ONE thing most expats have to deal with is the look of incredulity on the faces of old

friends when you tell them it’s actually cold in the winter, inside at least. Without

central heating we’re about to hit a long stretch of choosing between being warm and saving money. There are some relatively cheap tricks you can use to save as much heat and money as possible. Firstly, let sunlight sweep in during the day, then close the curtains at dusk to capture as much heat as possible. Speaking of curtains, use heavy and thick ones to prevent heat seeping out too quickly. You can also put curtains and rugs over doors to patch up any cracks, even letterboxes can cause a draught! Cover up bare floorboards which can quickly unleash heat from the home and watch out for open fireplaces, when they aren’t in use heat can escape through the chimney, or cold air come down from it.

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No tree is too tall SINCE 2001, Andres del Castillo has conducted forestry and gardening work all over the province of Malaga, especially in the Costa del Sol, but also in Granada, Antequera and Sevilla. He has designed and created all types of gardens over the years such as ecological urban gardens, low consumption configurations and even gardens with automatic irrigation systems. However, he has specialised in the pruning and treatment of trees and palms, using the latest methods of biological control and tree injections, ensuring the health of both the tree and the people and their pets that are around it. Andrés and his team have extensive experience, are specialised in the trade and have reliable equipment to ensure a professional and safe job in any situation. They can also manage the relevant permits needed from local town halls. Safety is paramount in this industry and risks are taken very seriously. Quotes for work are given at no cost and the team will always try to give the best advice for each individual garden. Andrés loves his work and his motto ‘No tree is too tall’ defines himself and his team as a company who is willing to perform any project with enthusiasm and professionalism. Tel: 952 312 335 Mobile: 686 948 552 Email: adjmalaga@gmail.com

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FUTURE FOLIAGE: Gardening could be controlled using a phone app. AGRICULTURE, one of man’s oldest habits, might soon be taken from him by robots who are simply better at the job. That development may well extend to gardening as technological advances suggest that the best thing you can do to ensure bountiful growth is to simply leave the process to the experts. The experts in this case are

new ‘e-farms’ which are smart garden boxes armed with sensors, alarms and settings which can grow all manner of plants hydroponically – without the need for soil. ‘Gardening’ in this world becomes merely following the instructions of a phone app or alarm which gauges to precision when more light or warmth is needed.

All the guess work is taken out of the equation and many even have an auto-watering reservoir. All you really have to do is set it up and wait. This is ideal if your only aim is to have high quality, home grown lettuce as soon as possible but the ‘e-farms’ will probably encounter resistance from people who enjoy gardening for gardening’s sake.

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Road testing the Suzuki Baleno by Nick Fletcher THE Baleno is Suzuki’s new five door hatchback, more spacious than the Swift and featuring a punchy yet economical 1.0 litre turbo-boost petrol engine. Prices start at £12,999 (€14,607) and while there is no diesel version, there is also a 1.2 petrol model with a hybrid system which offers a combined fuel figure of 70.6 mpg. Suzuki says most buyers will opt for the 1.0 litre turbo model, and this is the version I tested recently. It delivers nippy performance: top speed is 124 mph, 060 mph time is 11.4 seconds and it returns 62.7 mpg combined. The stats are typical of the sector, which includes rivals such as the Ford Fiesta, Skoda Fabia and Hyundai i20, but the Baleno scores well with generous equipment and greater interior space. All models get air-conditioning, satnav and Bluetooth, and my test model, in SZ5 trim at £13,999 (€15,731) featured 16inch alloy wheels, chrome detailing to grille, door-handles and

tailgate, door mirrors with builtin signalling and rear privacy glass. It also had tyre pressure monitoring, adaptive cruise control, keyless entry with push-button-start, a gear-shift indicator and DAB radio.

On the road, the three-cylinder 1.0 litre turbocharged engine has 110 hp, so it offers decent response and gives a nimble feel without having to work it hard. It’s a well-balanced car, displaying plenty of grip and com-

posure, and while the suspension set-up is a little softer than some, it gives excellent comfort without compromising the handling. The boot has 320 litres capacity with the rear seats in use or double with seats folded down.

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Congratulations go to number one Andy Murray, Chelsea and Ireland Tony Matthews International Sports A former player and now the world’s most prolific author of football books with almost 150 published since 1975, Tony is also the sports correspondent for Spectrum Radio and lives on La Pilica in the Sierra Cabrera Mountains overlooking Turre. Costa de Almeria

LAST weekend (Friday-Sunday inclusive) there were enough hours of sport on TV (and live outside if you chose to travel) to please everybody, young, old, bed-ridden, whatever. And there were some superb team and individual performances… effectively there were plenty of fireworks on and around 5 November! TENNIS • Last Saturday

afternoon, Andy Murray became the first Brit to reach number one in the world rankings when Milos Raonic pulled out of France’s BNP Paribas Masters semi-final, giving the Scot a free passage into the final. Murray, second behind Novak Djokovic in the world for 76 weeks, went on to beat American John Isner in the final to claim his eighth title of 2016 (six on the APT tour, plus Wimbledon and Olympic Games triumphs). Rankings were introduced in 1973. • GB’s Johanna Konta, by reaching the semi-final of the Elite Open in China, will end 2016 in the women’s top 10. Petra Kvitova won the final. • The annual ATP World finals are taking place in CHELSEA FC: Cahill and Costa.

London (November 13 - 20). FOOTBALL • Recent PL action saw Chelsea, playing superbly with some brilliant goals hammer Everton 5-0 to top the table temporarily before being overtaken by Liverpool who crushed Watford 6-1… Manchester City were held 1-1 by Middlesbrough… Arsenal drew 1-1 with Spurs in the London derby… WBA ended Leicester’s 20-match unbeaten home run, winning 2-1… 10man Sunderland gained their first win of the season, defeating Bournemouth 2-1… Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted twice as Manchester United won 3-1 at Swansea… Burnley squeezed home 3-2 against Crystal Palace… Hull hit back to beat Southampton 2-1… and Stoke drew 1-1 at West Ham. • In the Championship, leaders Newcastle beat Cardiff 2-1… Leeds won 3-2 at Norw i c h … Brighton (with a 5 0 yard

lobbed goal by Steve Sidwell) beat Bristol City 2-0… Derby 3-2 won at Wolves who now have Paul Lambert in charge… Aston Villa defeated Blackburn 2-1… and after their 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest, QPR sacked manager Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink. • In the FAC first round, non-League Macclesfield won 1-0 at Walsall… Eastleigh held Swindon 1-1… and Westfields, the lowest-ranked team in the competition, drew 1-1 with Curzon Ashton. • Celtic beat Inverness CT 3-0 to go 10 points clear in the SPL. • Congratulations to Edinburgh City who won their first-ever League game in Scotland, beating Montrose 10… and Berwick (reduced to eight men) drew 1-1 with Cowdenbeath. • There are no PL/Championship games this weekend owing to WC qualifiers which include England-Scotland and Northern Ireland-Azerbaijan tomorrow and Austria-Republic of Ireland, Spain-Macedonia and Wales-Serbia on Saturday. • England meet Spain in a friendly at Wembley next Tuesday. • Congratulations to Manchester City (3-1 v Barcelona) and Southampton (2-1 v Inter Milan) on their excellent

‘European’ victories. Nothing to say about Manchester United! RUGBY UNION • Ireland (with five tries) pulled off a memorable 40 points to 29 victory over New Zealand before 62,300 fans at Soldier Field in Chicago last weekend - their first-ever win over the All Blacks in 111 years, while also ending the Kiwis’ run of 18 successive wins. • In other internationals, the Barbarians drew 31-31 with South Africa and Australia beat Wales 32-8. • In the Pro12 League, there were victories for Munster 33-0 over Ospreys and Edinburgh 28-17 against Ulster. • This weekend we have ‘friendlies’ involving EnglandSouth Africa, Ireland-Canada, Scotland-Australia and WalesArgentina. CRICKET • The first of five Tests between India and England started in Rajkot yesterday. The tourists are without fast bowler James Anderson who’s says he’ll be fit for the

ANDY MURRAY: Ranked World’s No 1.

DID YOU KNOW? Rochdale player Calvin Andrew has been banned for 12 matches by the FA who found him guilty of violent conduct in the recent derby with Oldham. The referee missed the incident but the FA took action after video replays showed Andrew elbowing Peter Clarke in the face.

IRELAND RUGBY: Won over New Zealand.

remainder of the series. India, the top-ranked country in the world, have the best batsman in captain Virat Kohli and their spinners aren’t bad either! The second Test is in Visakhapatnam from November 17 - 21. ROUND-UP • Five days ago England beat Scotland 38-12 in the first-ever Rugby League international between the two countries. • On Sunday, Valencia stages the final MotoGP of the year while the F1 cars and drivers are in Sao Paulo for the Brazilian Grand Prix - another must win race for Lewis Hamilton! • Boxer Manny Pacquiao beat Jessie Vargas to reclaim his WBO Welterweight title on his return to the ring. • Tiger Woods (after a practice round) will play in the Bahamas Heroes World Challenge from December 1 - 4. • GB cyclists Katie Archibald and Manon Lloyd won the Madison gold in Glasgow. • Champion racehorse Highland Reel won the 2016 Breeder’s Cup, and a fund, in aid of jockey Freddie Tylicki who was paralysed after a fall at Kempton Park 10 days ago, has now topped £150,000.

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GREAT BRITAIN’S Johanna Konta reached the semi-final of the Elite Open in China and will end 2016 in the women’s top 10.

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FUENGIROLA TEAM: An important game. IT was a very important game for both teams who are currently n e c k a n d n e c k in th e table. The home team started the game nervously, which the visitors took advantage of to score the first goal early on. After conceding, the home team got things back together and scored three goals before half time.

When the game restarted it wasn’t as intense as before the break, with the visiting team s lo w in g it d o w n u n til the y were awarded a penalty which made it 3-2. Fuengirola managed to gain a goal back before conceding a penalty in the last minute of the game. This brought the final result to 4-3 for the home team.

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A busy couple of weeks NOW that the visiting team season has drawn to a close, the competitive bowling season on the Costa del Sol gets into full swing. As a result it’s a very busy fortnight approaching at Miraflores Bowls Club. Firstly it’s the Club’s annual Drawn Triples Competition starting on Monday, which as always has a very good entry from the members. Last season the competition was delayed and ended up being played in freezing cold conditions in January (see the picture of the finalists for confirmation). This year the weather forecast is excellent so we are looking forward to playing out the competition in balmier conditions. Secondly, the largest open bowls competition on the coast the ‘Miraflores Open’ commences on Saturday November 12. Entries closed on Friday 4th and as always there was a huge entry of around 300 for the different disciplines that are contested. There are two major sponsors in place, namely Ibex Insurance and for the first time Solar in Spain, both of

MIRAFLORES BOWLS: Drawn Triples Competition is due to start. whom will have representatives on site to answer questions about their companies to both players and spectators. The event runs until Sunday November 20. There are three disciplines: Mixed Triples, Mixed Pairs & Men’s and Ladies’ Singles. Entry fees are €8 per person per discipline, payable at the club on arrival.

Spectators are welcome at all times and there is a fully stocked bar with food available to satisfy everybody’s needs. Sunday November 20, which is finals day will feature all four finals and is normally a very popular event for spectators, especially the post final presentations and scorecard draw with prizes from local businesses for all entrants who are present, don't miss it!