RTN Newspaper - Costa Blanca South 23-29 November 9-15 2018 Issue 994 by Euro Weekly News Media S.A.

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Belgian fugitive caught by Darren Parmenter

Stranded sailor rescued

Photo credit: Guardia Civil

A 34-YEAR-OLD Belgian national considered as ‘extremely violent and dangerous’ was arrested in Torrevieja in an operation that involved more than 30 members of the Guardia Civil. According to reports, the man was in Spain posing as his brother and was detained thanks to cooperation between the Spanish and Belgian authorities, as well as Europol. The man, understood to be of North African origin, fled Belgium after committing more than 20 violent robberies. In addition, he was being sought in connection with alleged drug trafficking and ar ms dealing as part of a larger criminal organisation. Sixteen fellow members of this group have already been arrested according to a statement released by the Guardia Civil. The now detained man gained a reputation for making sure his movements were well covered after committing his crimes, and of-

DRAMA: Peaceful Torrevieja was scene of a dramatic police operation (inset). ten used his brother’s ID - with whom he shared many physical characteristics - as well as two houses in which he hid. His ar rest was the culmination of three months of investiga-

tions that ended with a surveillance operation for 24 hours. Belgian authorities issued a European Arrest Warrant, the Guardia Civil carried out the instructions and the man now awaits his extradition.

FIREFIGHTERS wer e called to help the captain of a catamaran which had r un aground of f the Playa Naufragos in Torrevieja. T he engine had broken down and the New Zealand skipper lost contr ol of the boat in the bad weather as he tried to avoid being dr a g ged a gainst this rocky part of the coast. According to repor ts, the entr y to the Tor r evieja por t was only 200m away, but the strong winds blew the boat off course to where it hit the beach instead. T h e h e av y s e a s s t o p p e d t h e man from getting of f the boat, and he needed the help of the fire brigade who threw him sever al lines to escape and leave the ship to be towed into por t the following morning.

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Driver freed after N332 crash

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by Darren Parmenter FOLLOWING close to 10 years of complaints and safety concerns, the many residents and visitors to the Orihuela Costa m ay a t l a s t g e t a f o o t bridge to be built on the CV-941 as it crosses over the AP-7 motorway. Making the announcement, the mayor of Orihuela Emilio Bascuñana said that the developer of the Lomas de Cabo Roig zone of the Orihuela Costa has received both a ‘favourable’ and ‘binding’ report from the Ministry of Development for the much requested crossing to be built. According to reports, it was due to such positive results not being previo u s l y co nt a i n e d i n s u r -

Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Orihuela

FIREFIGHTERS from Almoradi were called out to free a driver after his car was involved in a collision on the N-332 close to the entrance to Urbanisation La Marina. The incident happened during the rush hour just before 7pm and involved a white van and an SUV containing four people. The impact left the driver of the SUV trapped and needing rescuing from the back door before being taken to Torrevieja Hospital. Traffic in both directions was cut off for over an hour.

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FAVOURABLE: Mayor Emilio Bascuñana ‘building bridges.’ veys that prevented the developer from building t h e b r i d g e. . . a re q u i re ment laid down when the land was purchased. Now, according to the town hall, there is no reason why the project cannot be delayed any further and if it is, there will

be repercussions for the developer. If any excuse is given, then the crossing will be built at a potentially higher cost than could have been previously carried out, and then charged to the developer.

Torrevieja police honoured A LARGE number of police of ficer s from Torrevieja have paid a trip to Valencia to pick up an award from a number of different categories connected with their wor k and their professionalism. T hey joined police officers from across the Valencian Community, with one of them,

Jose Antonio Marcos from the National Police, picking up one of the four ‘red badges’ awarded after being nominated by the Torrevieja Council. The ‘red badges’ are given to those w ho have shown courage and dedication that go beyond the call of duty.

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Cabo Roig migrants found A MIGRANT boat with 11 people on board arrived on the Cabo Roig beach along the Orihuela Costa on Saturday morning. Originally, two of the 11 were unaccounted for but they were later found by the Guardia Civil. At first, the nine men - all claiming to be Algerians and between 20 and 30 years old - were stopped by the Local Police when they noticed they were wet through and smelling of petrol. It was only after talking with them that they suspected they’d ar rived by boat nearby.

One of the best in Spain by Darren Parmenter ORREVIEJA’S Depar tment of Health is one of the most efficient in the Valencian Community. This will come as no sur prise to an overwhelming number of people and has now been confir med by a Ministr y of Health audit that shows the Torrevieja University Hospital is saving €45 million a year and 30 per cent more efficient than the rest of the public hospitals in the Community. In addition to the savings, patients questioned as par t of the s u r ve y showed a satisfaction level of 85 per cent at the ser vice received across the municipality, and is well a bove the average across the Valencian region. Thanks to the levels of care, the audit also details that there is a higher life-expectancy a c r o s s To r r ev i e j a and also, thanks to good management,

Photo credit: Hospital de Torrevieja

THREE policemen have been injured following a car chase on the road between Alicante and Monfor te del Cid after a vehicle was stolen in Elche. T he incident resulted in two people - a 34-year-old man and a 41-yearold woman - being arrested after being suspected of stealing fuel and batteries from the Las Atalayas industrial area. However, before their arrest the couple tried to ram the police officers in the stolen car and had earlier failed to stop at a check point when requested. During the highspeed chase, the car drove through a number of red traffic lights and narrowly missing other vehicles. The couple were eventually detained after a short pursuit on foot when they were found hiding in a house.

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EFFICIENT: Survey shows Torrevieja Hospital has saved €45 million.

the propor tion of beds occupied is lower than other hospitals. At a national level, both the Tor r evieja and Vinalopo Hospitals - managed by the Rivera Salud group - have been honoured, and b o t h h a ve f o u n d t h e m s e l ve s o n c e again in the prestigious top 20 list. Between them, they won a total of

eight prizes in diffe r e n t c at e g o r i e s that include being among the best in

Spain in the ar eas of kidney and urin a r y t r a c t ( To r r e vieja) and heart, di-

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3 arrested for iron theft by Darren Parmenter THE Guardia Civil has arrested three men in Alicante in connection with the theft of 62 tons of ir on. T he h a u l i s v a l u e d at around €60,000 and in addition, the lorr y i t wa s o n wa s a l s o s t o l e n a n d i s wo r t h €30,000, with both the material and the vehicle having been recovered. T h e i nve s t i g at i o n star ted a month ago when the Guardia Civil became awar e of three people trying to sell a large quantity of iron which was transpor ted in an equally large lorry. T h e o f f i c e r s we n t to the place where the lorry’s occupants we r e l a s t s e e n a n d fo u n d i t h i d d e n i n a countr y lane near to Bacar ot. During the inspection of the veh i cl e , t h e y d i s c ov -

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NATIONAL POLICE officers have opened an investigation after discovering a body in Alicante with a number of gunshot wounds. The body of a 27-year-old man was found in the early hours of Sunday morning and the police are looking for those responsible for the alleged murder. The alarm was raised by local people after they noticed the body lying in a pool of blood in the northern part of Alicante city.

OVERLOAD: Sixty-two tons of iron in one broken truck. ered that the excess load it was car r ying had broken the axle a n d d a m a g e d t wo w h e e l s , a n d wa s probably the reason the men - aged 22, 28 and 43 - a bandoned the lorry. T h e ow n e r o f t h e vehicle was contact-

e d a n d wa s n’ t eve n a wa r e o f t h e t h e f t . H e t h e n a r r i ve d at the scene and had to organise three trips back and forth to his warehouse with the stolen iron, such was the amount stored in the discovered lorry. Subsequent investi-

gations over a number of weeks led the Guar dia Civil to the thr ee Spanish men, with one of them having p r ev i o u s l y wor ked for the comp a n y a n d k n ow i n g h ow t o o p e r at e t h e cranes to load the lorry.

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A GROUP of local fir efighter s have r efused to car r y out any training activities in the River Segura. Of ficials fr om the Fir efighte r s U n i o n ( Fe S P - U G T ) i n t h e M u r c i a Re g i o n h ave s a i d t h at the river has already been de-

clared as unsuitable for swimming due to the quality of the water as it passes through the area. According to reports, a swimming exercise had been organised for the firefighters but had to be suspended.

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Early morning storm rescue FIREFIGHTERS had to rescue a driver after his car became stuck in a ditch full of water and mud in Pilar de la Horadada. The incident took place shortly before 6am when, in the middle of the storm which hit the area, the man took his car to work in Torrevieja. During his journey, he and his vehicle got caught in the flood water and as he lost control he ended up in a ravine. The driver called the 112 emergency number from his mobile phone, explained his plight and that he was unable to get out. Three fire engines from Torrevieja arrived at the scene and were able to park close enough to the car door and carry out a safe rescue.

Antibiotic overuse warnings THE European Day for the prudent use of antibiotics was celebrated by medical professionals from the Orihuela Health Department on Sunday. The aim is to raise awareness in society about the responsible use of such medication. Antibiotics are used for the treatment of a number of conditions, although there has been a progressive loss of their beneifit due to the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resistance and a lack of new products being developed. Therefore, the campaign is to stop people using them inappropriately and is believed to be one of the main causes for their lack of effectiveness.

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Multi-identity criminal arrested by Darren Parmenter A 39-YEAR-OLD Polish national has been arrested in San Fulgencio in connection with alleged fake documentation. According to repor ts, the man used six false identities to carry out a series of crimes, and there were war rants out for his ar r est fr om three cour ts in Castellon and Denia - in Alicante - and Tor rente in Valencia. The detained man is also believed to be a member of a dr ug trafficking gang and had b e e n l i v i n g i n t h e Va lencian Community for at least 10 year s. T he number of fake identities used ena bled him to commit his crimes and evade justice... until now.

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CAUGHT: Suspected faker produced fake ID when arrested. The end of the road for the man be gan in J u n e t h i s y e a r, w h e n the Guardia Civil based in Javea wer e suspicious of the documents presented when he opened a bank account and wanted to rent a car. Collaboration with t h e Po l i s h a u t h o r i t i e s showed that the person didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist, and so the

ef for ts of the Spanish i nve s t i g at o r s c o n c e n trated on finding out his real identity. O n c e t h e y â&#x20AC;&#x2122; d u n c ov ered who he was and where he was, the arr est took place in San Fulgencio, but even then the man of fered fake ID when stopped. The man has been sent to prison without bail and awaiting trial.

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Fake porn profiler arrested accepted on Facebook and gaining trust with her ‘friend’ the ar rested man then began to send and receive images. His real identity was discovered by investigators who followed the digital trace left by the messages and was able to identify the WiFi network from where he sent the images. The man was arrested for crimes associated with identify theft and privacy issues.

Factory explosion injures four FOUR workers have been injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion at a latex factory in Crevillente. According to reports, the cause of the blast is still being investigated but it appears to have happened while an amount of silicone was being handled. Two men - aged 39 and 42 - were rushed to a specialist department of the Alicante General Hospital suffering from 60 per cent and 30 per cent burns respectively. The other two involved were taken to Elche Hospital with an eye injury and first and second degree burns. The explosion also severely damaged the factory.

by Ray Chadwick BRITISH dr ug trafficker Brian Char rington has been sentenced by a court in Alicante to 15 years and six months in prison for smuggling 192 kilograms of cocaine from South America into Spain between 2012 and 2013. Originally from Teeside in the North East of England, Charrington was high up on the Europe’s mostwanted list when one of his many Costa Blanca homes was raided by police in 2013. He is well-known in Spain as “el narco de la Wikipedia” because he allegedly updated his own W ikipedia biography, which listed his prolific criminal career after starting out as a car dealer who “eventually built a criminal empire with links to Germany, France, Spain and Austria as well as con-

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NATIONAL POLICE in Elche have arrested a 42-year-old Spanish man for allegedly using a fake identity in order to exchange pornographic images on social media. According to reports, the detained man used both the name and a photograph of another person to create his false online profile, understood to be the name of someone the female victim knew. Once the friendship was

Most-wanted drug Briton sentenced

PROLIFIC CRIMINAL: Brian Charrington shortly after his arrest in 2013. nections in South America and the United States.” Char rington, who has previously served time for dr ug trafficking in both France and Germany, has

now been found guilty of crimes against public health and money laundering, and ordered to pay more than €31.2 million in fines.

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TO R R E V I E JA’ S opposition Partido Popular (PP) have revealed the cost of the emergency security measures undertaken in the municipality following the terrorist attacks in Barcelona during summer 2017. According to reports in the Spanish media, the 42 concrete security bar riers and 22 plastic bollards installed days after the Barcelona attacks cost €12,884 to hire for a year, when the same equipment could be purchased for closer to €3,000 on the open market.

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Last chance to Escape from Butlitz

THE Smile Charity Group has one remaining date for their latest show, Escape from Butlitz which is one of the funniest plays staged this year. It’s tonight (Friday) and the venue has been changed last-minute to THE CLUB, QUESDADA. Escape from Butlitz takes you back to the start of the mass market in organised holidays, before the big tour operators started of fering trips to the Costas, when enjoying your fortnight at a Holiday Camp was seen as a real luxur y. But the Butlitz holiday camp is anything other than luxury, being a closer to Colditz than Butlins. There have already been two packed out perfor mances of Escape from Butlitz held

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at The Club, Quesada and the consensus from both nights was that the play and the acting was a perfect example of British comedy and humour at its best.

HILARIOUS: One of the scenes from Escape from Butlitz in front of an appreciative audience.

Tickets are still available for the last night (tomorrow) from the venue - The Club Quesada - T he Post Room, Benijofar; Oasis Bar, Benijofar, or by calling 665 222 974.

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What to do in the event of an emergency in Spain LIVING in Spain can bring with it an array of issues which may not have been encountered when living in the UK. There are lots of things to consider, and we are here to help try to make the transition and life in Spain a little easier by compiling a series of helpful facts and figures relating to a variety of topics. made, claimants have 48 hours to HERE in Spain there is a general check and sign their statement at number for all emergencies, 112. the police station of their choice. No area code is needed and the In the case of robbery, where number can be called from any threat or force has been used, phone, including mobiles without victims should call 091 at the a Spanish SIM card. time, then go directly to a police The responders speak a numstation to make a report. ber of languages, and you can alThe Guardia Civil is a military so fax or SMS 112. In addition, there are individual force which operates mostly in emergency numbers, depending rural areas and is responsible for on the type of assistance you drug offences, fatal car accineed. It’s a good idea to keep a dents, robberies and murders, printout of them and can be conhandy, in your tacted on 062. Local Pobag or wallice (Policia let, in the municipal) home and in cover their the car. And local town or it can’t hurt from 9am to 2pm city area for to have a few traffic offences helpful Spanish and control, lost property and medical/emergency terms written crimes such as theft and neighdown, just in case you don’t get bourhood disputes. You can an English-speaking member of reach them on 092. staff. And a special helpine, 016, has National Police, also known as been set up specifically to report National Police Corps (Cuerpo instances of gender violence. Nacional de Policia, CNP), deals For an ambulance (ambulancia) with criminal offences and public and health emergencies, call 061 order in towns and cities, and can or 112, and in the case of a fire be contacted by calling 091 or 902 102 112. call the fire brigade (cuerpo de The latter was set up for nonbomberos) on 061 or 112. Spanish to report burglaries, car For problems at sea, the Martheft or a break-in when docuitime Rescue Service (Salvamenments and belongings are lost or to Seguridad Maritmo) can be stolen. Available in English from contacted by calling 900 202 202, and the Red Cross (Cruz Rojo) on 9am to 2pm, all week long, the 902 222 292. There is also a Red ser vice is also available in Cross 24-hour helpline 900 100 French, German and Italian. 333. Once the telephone report is

091 or 902 102 112

This information is for guidance only, and should not be taken as legal advice. If in any doubt, seek professional help.

www.rtnnewspaper.com You can see the doctor... soon SANTA POLA Council has taken the first steps for the renovation of the medical centre in Gran Alacant, although the works will not get underway until a subsidy of €90,000 has been resolved. According to repor ts, this is one of the clauses in the contract currently open to the tender process. The new additions to the building will see better use of the space in the accident and emergency areas which at present need patients to be moved between three rooms before reaching the final treatment room. There is also little room for stretchers and wheelchairs to adequately move around; something that will also have to be addressed.

A little ‘test’ for taxi drivers

A MEETING was held between Orihuela Council and representatives of the local taxi drivers associations about how they improve their ‘knowledge.’ Councillor Begoña Cuartero, said that during the meeting “tests prepared by the city council will be for all taxi drivers, including those who already have current licences”. There was no timescale given as to when this would take place, but all taxi drivers in the municipality, including Orihuela Costa, must pass a written test on the city’s culture, historical buildings, the environment and a driver’s relationship with his passengers.

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Putting the pieces together A SPANISH woman living in the village of Heredades between Benijofar and Almor adi - has recentl y finished one of the largest jigsaws in the world. Paquita Parres, 55, com-

pleted the 40,320-piece puzzle in her spare time ove r 1 3 m o n t h s , a n d h a s p u t i t u p fo r s a l e fo r €2,500. The jigsaw is made up of several scenes from clas-

sic Walt Disney films such a s ‘ B a m b i , ’ ‘ T h e Ju n g l e B o o k ’ a n d ‘ S n ow W h i t e , ’ a n d Pa q u i t a s a y s h e r s e c r e t i s t o “ s e p a r at e t h e pieces by shapes and look at the drawings.”

The final piece measures 6.8m long and 1.92m wide. H e r n ex t ch a l l e n g e i s a ‘ Ro u n d t h e Wo r l d ’ j i g s a w made up of 42,000 pieces and consider ed to be the largest in existence.

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DECREASING: Numbers of smokers have dropped over a 25-year period.

One in five still regular smokers

by Glenn Scott

CCORDING to a recent study, ther e is still a habitual smoker in 22 per cent of households acr oss the Valencian Community. The figures produced in a r epor t by the Depar tment of Health, with the cooperation of medical exper ts, citizens associations and scientific societies, shows that 23.4 per cent are men and 20.3 per cent are women. Commenting on the findings, Health Minister Ana Bar celo said that “this strategy is an example of the effort being carried out

by the Depar tment of Health to coor dinate a n d d eve l o p a l l t h e necessar y measures to reduce smoking, c r e at e m o r e s m o ke f r e e zo n e s a n d , i n shor t, to pr otect the members of the Valencian Community from the harmful risks that accompany smoking.” The last Health Survey of the Valencian Community took place in 2016, and proved that the number of people who smoke on a dail y basis has been decreasing over the years. As an example, 19.5 per cent of people over 14 years old declared themselves as h a b i t u a l s m o ke r s i n

2016 compared to 35.4 per cent in 1991. Over the same 25 year period, the number of occasional s m o ke r s dropped from 13.3 per cent to 6 per cent. On the occasion of Wor ld Lung Cancer Day, Ana Barcelo said that the number of people being diagnosed with tumours related to smoking accounted for 38.9 per cent of men and 17.7 per cent of women. “T herefore, we must continue to emphasise to member s of society a bout the impor tance of giving up smoking,” she said.

Courts see gender violence surge ACCORDING to figures released by the General Judiciary Council, the courts in Elche are dealing with a case of gender violence every four hours. The data covers the entire Baix Vinalopo region and shows an increase of 26 per cent compared to the same period of 2017. During the second three months of this year, the court saw 577 new cases which equates to more than six per day, and can be ex-

plained not so much by an increase in the amount of violent attacks but by more awareness and involvement by the police and health services. This is backed up by the fact only 53.6 per cent of the complaints are made by the victim and 52.6 per cent following a police report. However, out of the 577 cases only 50 men were brought in front of a judge mainly because of a lack of evidence.

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Flat fares from December COMING into effect from December, Alicante is offering a flat rate for €40 a month to use all the buses and the TRAM service. T he new 30-day voucher will allow unlimited trips on both services, and was announced following an agreement between Alicante Council, bus and TRAM operators, drivers and representatives of local business. The €40 ticket will cover the entire TAM (Alicante Metropolitan Transpor t) system which integrates the buses and TRAM across Alicante, San Vicente del Raspeig,

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by Darren Parmenter

ACCESS: Monthly voucher from December for buses and TRAM. San Juan de Alicante, Muchamiel and Campello. Councillor Jose Ramon Gonzalez said that “the commitment to provide access to

all users is met without age limits and will benefit everyone in Alicante who uses the public transport system.” He went on to say

that such a measure of a flat fare subsidised by the council was a promise when the new government team arrived. “We are convinced that it will be a success,” said Councillor Gonzalez. In addition, a new package of measures were agreed for the introduction of a free bus during the Christmas period that will go around the city centre of Alicante and encourage drivers to leave their cars at home. Plans were also announced for the introduction of five new buses next March four of which will be hybrids - as well as the installation of WiFi in all public transport.

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Butcher’s worker gets hand caught in mincer by Darren Parmenter

DURING March 2019, something very unique is going to take place in order to raise much-needed funds for the animal rescue centre, Finca de la Castellana. Local lady, Emma Mennie, has decided to take on the incredible challenge of trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp. This is a 14-day, 130km hike, with eight of those days spent getting up there, including over night stays on route for the acclimatisation process. Emma wanted to help raise money for the Finca de la Castellana after visiting during a charity dog walk. Having lived in various countries round the world had always volunteered in dogs home and has rehomed rescues herself. Whilst travelling around Australia she came across a Shih Tzu who was due to be euthanised as he was unwanted and in need of

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AN employee of a butcher’s shop in Los Montesinos was injured when she caught one of her hands in an electric mincing machine. For reasons that are being investigated, one of her hands got trapped in the entrance to the machine that crushes the meat before moving on to the grinder. Members of the fire brigade from Torrevieja, with the help of the SAMU emergency paramedics and the Guardia Civil, managed to completely dismantle the machine to release the limb. The woman was transferred to hospital in Torrevieja.

A mountainous challenge for Emma INSPIRATION: Emma thought of her fundraising idea after a visit to the animal rescue centre.

a carer who could financially meet his medical needs. Finca de la Castellana need €3,000 plus each month just to cover food and for the general care of the animals they are caring for and in the last few years they have had to fund themselves. They have had around 600 animals left with them in the last four years and rehomed

over 500, but that does not solve the problem. There is a continuous follow on of abandoned and injured animals every day, week, and month, all of which need the care that they deserve. Emma is looking for sponsors, trainers, and anyone who can help her promote this event. They want to create awareness, and this can

be done with quiz nights, raffles, charity sports events... anything you can think of and want to take part in helping. Please contact her on info@premiermovespain.com and have a look at the Facebook page www.facebook. c o m / d o n a t e / 285806202054529/ This trip is being paid for by Premier Removals.

Orihuela’s differences exposed THE decision to spend significantly different amounts on the Three Kings Parade in Orihuela City and the Orihuela Costa has again exposed the differences between the two areas. Orihuela Council has allocated €108,900 for the January parade

in the city whereas just €24,200 has been earmarked for the similar event along the Orihuela Costa. In addition, the Father Christmas parade also shows a difference in spending of €6,000 in favour of the city centre.

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Politically incorrect? I plead guilty by Barry Duke

THERE are countless vinta ge comedy r ecor dings lost to new generations because they are now considered far too politically incorrect for today’s snowflakes and ar e r ar el y r eissued. Well, not totall y lost, because many titles do wash up on YouTube. W hen I discover ed that Ruth Wallis, one of my favourite singer s of the 1940’s and 50’s, had a presence on YouTube, I recently beseeched a Benidorm bartender to access the Internet and play a couple of her best known numbers, Queer Things and De Gay Young Lad from Trinidad. As a teenager I was smitten by Wallis because she was the first entertainer I’d

ever heard who tackled the issue of homosexuality in a risqué but far from offensive manner. She was way ahead of her time and was a major influence in my teena ge ‘coming out’ years because her lyrics made me understand my ‘condition’ was absolutely no cause for concern. None in the bar had heard Wallis before and they loved her. But one humourphobic gay g r ump asked me whether I understood how ‘objectionable’ Wallis - who died aged 85 in 2007 - was. I r aised an eyebr ow and asked ‘how so?’ ‘Well, he replied, one song used the word ‘pansy’ and the other used ‘fairy’ and ‘queer’.’ I rolled my eyes and tried to explain that Wallis used the terms in an affectionate rather than a nasty way. Indeed millions, I would say, were helped out of the closet with her humor ous boundary-breaking songs. Queer Things , for example, ends with the line: We have decided it cannot be / I’m not for him and he’s not

SPEAK UP: Don’t let political correctness go too far.

for me / He can do what he wants and I’ll do what I can / But the both of us have gotta get a man. Nothing offensive there, but he wasn’t buying it and accused me of bigotry. Today, there are no witty w r i t e r s l i ke W a l l i s b e cause the PC brigade would destroy their careers with accusations of ‘hate speech,’ a tactic which all too often now is

used to suppress good oldfashioned humour. Was Oxford student Sam Br own guilty of ‘hate speech’ when, in 2006, he asked a mounted policeman: ‘Excuse me, do you realise your horse is gay?’ Yes, was the initial reaction. His ‘homophobic’ question was deemed likely to cause ‘harassment, alar m or distress’ and he was arr ested under section 5 of

the Public Order Act. To its credit the Crown Prosecution Service recognised the idiocy of the char ge and dropped it. In 2009, Flintshire County Council’s canteen changed the ‘offensive’ name of spotted dick to ‘spotted Richard.’ A year before Tunbridge Wells Borough Council instr ucted staff to drop the wor d ‘br ainstor ming’ and suggested ‘thought showers’ instead. It argued that brainstorming might offend mentall y ill people and those with epilepsy. And in 2015 an unnamed UK school banned a pupil from using a Wonder Woman lunchbox. It told the kid’s parents: ‘We have defined ‘violent characters’ as those who solve problems using violence. Super heroes certainly fall into that category.’ It’s a cliché now to say ‘political cor rectness has gone mad’ but it really, REALLY has! I want no part of it, and to hell with the consequences.

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Food bank appeal by Darren Parmenter Photo credit: Gran Recogida de Madrid/Facebook

THERE has been a big shout out to get as many expats to join in with the local Spanish people and support one of the country’s annual food bank charity events. Jenny Dodd, who lives in Tor revieja on the Costa Blanca, came up with the idea that foreign residents could also get involved with the annual Gran Recogida (Big Collection) after she saw a report on Spanish TV. Jenny said: “I am trying to bridge the gap between British people and the Spanish.” During the event, volunteers hand out plastic bags in supermarkets, with the idea being for people to buy something extra to donate to the food banks. Jenny explained: “It can be anything you can af for d - a bag of rice or a can of food.” She added: “The problem is I think a lot of expats don’t know what is happen-

GIVE GENEROUSLY: It’s for a good cause. ing and as many don’t speak Spanish they get a bit uncomfor table. I have seen people shooing away the volunteer s and looking slightly embarrassed by it all.” She said: “But really I know British people are ver y generous when it

comes to charity and if they know what it is all about I am sure they would be all too willing to help.” The annual Gran Recogida is a significant event in the calendar and for this year runs from Friday, November 30 to Saturday, December 1 with many collections or-

ganised by volunteers in super mar kets across the countr y… so keep an eye out for it in yours. This year the target is to collect 22 million kilos of non-perishable food, with 130,000 volunteers helping at a total of 11,000 collection points.

The signs are there G U A R DA M A R D E L SEGURA Council has announced an investment of €15,000 with the aim of improving the road signage in the municipality. Much of the money will be spent on r epainting the zebra crossings and other signs on the roadways such as give way signs, symbols, ar rows and wor ds that have deteriorated with the passage of time. T he scheme was announced by Councillor Ana Mar tinez who said that the works would be carried out at cer tain p o i n t s t o i m p r ove the current signage, and not to change any road layouts.

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PART of the CV-85 road between Dolores and Elche had to be closed to traffic after a parked car was reported as being on fire. Two units from the Elche Fire Brigade were sent to the scene of the blaze which is understood to have affected a car that had been parked at the side of the road for several days. According to reports, the car had French number plates, and was completely burned out after a fire that took around an hour to bring under full control.

San Javier anniversary celebrations SAN JAVIER will shortly be celebrating its 40th anniversary since their constitution was formed in 1978. The series of events will include a number of lectures and informative talks looking at the relatively short history of the municipality which Councillor David Martinez describes as “an ideal time to gain some knowledge about our own Magna Carta.” The first of the talks was held last night (Thursday) and will conclude next Wednesday with how the Constitution impacted on San Javier.

Making animals happy BAR WOLFIES in Blue Lagoon were proud to host a charity night w h i ch r a i s e d m o n e y for the Happy Animales Orihuela that suppor ts around 50 animals at Finca V illamartin. Ukes Abroad played f o r w e l l ov e r t w o hour s and ther e was a raf fle or ganised by the charity’s founder Mona Nowak. Ever yone a g r eed that it was a g reat night with a superb atmosphere, with a massive thank you going to Ukes Abroad w h o p r ov i d e d t h e i r enter tainment for fr ee, to John, Paula and the staf f at Bar Wolfies and to ever yone w ho came along and r aised a total of €370 for the ver y worthwhile cause. Happy Animales Orihuela organise an Open Day at Finca Villamartin ever y last Satur day of the month, with the next

Photo credit: Happy Animales Orihuela

Parked car blaze

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DONATION: Sol (left) from Happy Animales Orihuela with John, owner of Wolfies.

one planned for tomor row (Satur day). You can find the centre on the canal road which links Villamartin to San Miguel. P l e a s e fe e l f r e e t o bring apples, carrots, l e t t u c e , d o g a n d c at food, dog and cat biscuits, or a little donation, as ever y eur o helps. There is also a Fashion Show and Charity Raffle being h e l d a t C h e e r s B a r, E a g l e ’ s N e s t o n Fr i d a y, D e c e m b e r 7 . Doors open at 12.30pm and the show is on fr om 1pm to 2pm. Yo u c a n b u y t h e clothes on display from 2pm to 3pm; and for just €2 on ar rival you can purchase a r a f f l e t i c ke t a n d a glass of Bucks Fizz. Fo r m o r e d e t a i l s about Happy Animales Orihuela, call or WhatsApp Mona on 616 792 355 or Sol on 678 224 728.

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Feeling brave for a New Year dip? EVERYONE at the Costa Calida Age Concer n would like to wish all their clients, friends, and suppor ters a ver y Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Please note that the Drop-in Centre will be closed over the Christmas period from Friday, December 21 until Monday, January 7. There are two impor tant for thcoming events coming up so please make a note in the diary: F r i d a y, D e c e m b e r 1 4 f r o m 9 a m t o 1 p m Table Top Sale outside Mercerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, Camposol Sector B . Please suppor t by donating items of bric-a-brac and any other useful bits and pieces, as well as coming along and ch e ck i n g o u t s o m e b a r g a i n s a n d h e l p i n g t o raise funds for Age Concern. Tuesday, Januar y 1 at 1pm - New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Sponsored Swim. Feeling brave? Sponsorship for ms are now available for this fun event on the Bahia Beach, and all you have to do is be in the sea up to your knees for a minimum of one minute. Fo r m s c a n b e p i c ke d u p f r o m t h e D r o p - I n C e n t r e o r f r o m t h e Ta b l e To p S a l e eve n t o n December 14. The Bahia Hotel will be open for that war ming drink after the dip, so why not come along and support a superb cause. For more details of Age Concer n Costa Calida, call 634 344 589 or pop into the centre on Calle Valencia 12, Camposol Sector A. Open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 1pm.

Speed reductions from January

MEASURES: Number of deaths on Alicante Province roads is increasing.

by Darren Parmenter THE Spanish Traffic Department (DGT) has announced that it will be lowering the speed across 2,000 kilometres of roads across the Alicante Province. The reduction from 100kph to 90kph across secondary roads is part of a packa ge of measur es which will be implemented in Januar y 2019 with the aim of curbing the amount

of deaths. Accor ding to the latest data from the DGT, in 2016 a total of 947 traffic accidents wer e r ecor ded acr oss the Alicante Pr ovince in w hich ther e were 27 fatalities, 91 serious injuries and 1,330 minor. The number of deaths shows no sign of slowing down as in 2013 there were 17. The limits will not only affect cars and motorbikes, since vans, buses and lor-

ries will also have to r educe their speed fr om 90kph to 80kph when the Royal Decree comes into effect. It was also announced that the speed limit signs could be amended using adhesive metal plates, and similar to what was implemented back in 2011 when the then PSOE government reduced limits from 120kph to 110kpm as an ener g y saving measur e... w hich lasted for four months.

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GET ready to experience the most incr edible Black Frid a y d e a l s at t h e Habaneras Shopping Centre. Beginning today (Friday) and going through to Sunday, you’ll be a b l e t o e n j oy d i s counts of up to 70 per cent and a ch a n c e t o w i n a n amazing IKEA designer living room. Mana ged by JLL, the Habaneras Shopping Centre is ready to offer their customers the best B l a ck Fr i d a y eve r, a n d t h e p e r fe c t ch a n c e to get ahead on yo u r Christmas shopping on one of the

‘blackest weekends’ of the year. Besides shopping until you drop, visitors to the Habaneras Shopping C e n t r e ove r t h e Black Friday weeke n d c a n e n j oy n o t o n l y a l l t h at i s o n offer, but a glass of Champagne, some ex q u i s i t e sw e e t s and cakes, all suppor ted with a numb e r o f l i ve p e r fo r mances. D o n’ t m i s s t h e spectacular gymnasts from the Jennifer Colino Club on S at u r d a y eve n i n g which is the prelude for the spectacular switching on of the Christmas lights.

The new president celebrates by David Hudson WITHIN days of being elected as president of the biggest classic club in the Alicante Province Mª Angelica Cayuelas Escudero resur rected the clubs tr aditional exhibition and recor rido (parade) around the streets of Orihuela. T his was to suppor t the second Feria Intercultural of Orihuela that encourages integration and interchange o f c u l t u r e s , fe at u r ing a number of exhibition tents that showed exceptional cultur e dif fer ences from five continents and a stage that gave demonstrations on dance and music. At 10.30am on a ver y war m and sunny mor ning the club member s tur ned up in their classic vehicles in the Glorieta. Immediately the members began to mingle and meet old friends then on the hour Angelica summ o n e d a l l t o fo l l ow her for our free al-

Photo credit: Club of 600.

Black Friday weekend begins

CHANGE: The new President. Mª Angelica Cayuelas Escudero. muerzo. T his r eminded me when, back in Januar y 2003, 14 of us sat around a table to fo r m t h e f i r s t cl a s sic club in the Ve ga Baja. Our main aim was to save the Seat 600 from the scrap yar d and to give a suppor t for classics i n t h e Ve g a B a j a .

The next few weeks w e r e t a ke n u p b y signing documents including checks by the police on us and we became a legally registered club. The early days w i t h t h e cl u b w e r e difficult especially with communication as the Inter net was in its infancy and we

r elied on the phone or post. To impr ove communication I wrote and produced newsletters and a book on the first two year s of the club in Spanish and English to help in the integ ration of the foreigners . I still remember as Vice President joining the President Venancio with our wives as we left early on cold dar k winter mor nings in our 600s. We drove 200+ kms to ar rive at 10am to support other club events. Being only the 11th club to be for med in Spain it was essential that we supported each other. I was pleased that I came to suppor t the new president and I felt proud that the club was alive and kicking after 15 years. U n fo r t u n at e l y b e ing a couple of year s of f 80 I can onl y give a little suppor t to the club, but I wish Angelica and the members all the best for the new year.

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Talented Bella Luna return to Mazarron for charity FOLLOWING their previous huge successes, Bella Luna, known as ‘one of the best live acts on the Costas,’ are now retur ning to Mazarron to perform for supporters of the charity Helping Hands who are celebrating their Christmas party. Helping Hands, based in Lorca and Aguilas, are a small charity with a huge workload. Like many other charities, sadly so necessary in Spain, they rescue, heal and rehome abandoned, illtreated and homeless dogs and wherever possible help people in emergency situations. Fundraising is very much dependent on events and Helping Hands have gained the reputation for only featuring the very best in topquality enter tainment for their supporters. The evening promises to

provide a non-stop entertaining show, featuring Bella Luna’s fabulous vocal abilities and interaction with their audiences. These enter taining and so ver y talented young Spanish guys (definitely one for the ladies!) ‘will have you up on the dance floor all night, with tributes to the Gypsy Kings, Michael Jackson, Elvis and so much more.’ This great show will take place on Saturday December 1 at Marianos, Los Palacios, Camposol. This is most certainly an evening not to be missed! Tickets, already selling, are available from Mister Print at Camposol or by calling Linda on 634 456 701 . A line up of events is already in place for 2019, featuring top quality artistes, details of which will be released shortly.

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around the regions COSTA BLANCA NORTH

No laughing matter LOCAL Police arrested a young British woman for allegedly selling laughing gas in capsules to fellow UK citizens during the famous Benidorm fancy dress party. She was spotted in Calle Gerona around 6pm acting suspiciously outside one of the busy bars in the area and passing the gas container to a customer. The 28-year-old was detained after discovering she had a number of the capsules with her, as well as €400 in cash suspected to be from earlier sales. The nitrous oxide gas is known to cause serious damage to those that inhale it, and isn’t always a laughing matter.

Driver trapped THE driver of a lorry involved in a serious accident on the AP-7 motorway has been freed after getting trapped in the front cabin. The incident happened around 9.30am close to the Villajoyosa exit and, according to reports, the lorry probably jackknifed in the wet conditions after losing control on breaking. However, the cause is still being investigated. Three fire engines were deployed from Benidorm where firefighters freed the man from the vehicle after his cab, in effect, collided with his own truck after spinning on the road, leaving him unable to get out. There were no reports of the man suffering any injuries.

Racist attack on teenagers

Burial of Brit holidaymaker THE funeral for a British motherof-two who died of a suspected heart attack a day after arriving on the Costa del Sol is set to take place today (Friday). Jackie Lee, 57, from Senghenydd in Wales, had been having dinner with her husband Colin last month, when she told him she could not breathe. She told her husband: “I’m dying, tell the kids I love them,” before passing away just one day into the couple’s holiday in Benalmadena. Jackie’s husband Colin said his first thought was that she was having a panic attack. He added: “Within minutes of that we think she’d passed away. It was devastating.” Jackie’s family had to pay for her body to be repatriated back to Britain as the couple did not have holiday travel insurance. “Jackie always made a point of getting insurance as she had a pacemaker, but getting ready for the holiday was a little bit more rushed than normal as we only knew we were going about a week or so earlier,” Colin said. A Go Fund Me page subsequently set up by family members to pay for the repatriation raised more than €14,850, exceeding the more than €11,210 goal. Jackie’s family said they would donate the difference to the Aber Valley charity which helps families in similar circumstances.

Gunned down POLICE continued to search for a man yesterday (Thursday) who shot another dead in a Marbella

CREDIT: Shutterstock (main), Lee family, via Go Fund Me (inset)

SUDDEN DEATH: Jackie Lee (inset) was staying in Benalmadena. urbanisation and remains at large. The shooting is said to have taken place on the Sierra Blanca urbanisation, one of the most affluent in the city, at around 8.30pm last Tuesday. Police believe the killing may have been gang-related. Initial investigations suggest the shooter approached the victim while the latter was stood in a private garage between Calles Pizarro and Zabalea. The gunman then opened fire, shooting the victim several times before riding away on a motorcycle. Some reports claimed that the gunman had used an AK47 assault rifle but police have not yet confirmed this. The National Police’s UDYCO homicide squad was called in after the killing and they have now taken over the investigation which remains ongoing. The shooting follows a spate of similar incidents on the Costa del Sol this year. Many of them are believed to be connected to organised crime.

Drugs group bust AFTER working on it for 15 years, Benahavis now has a new PGOU master urban plan, which is expected to come into force in the next week, once minor alterations have been made. The Junta de Andalucia approved 92 per cent of the plan this week, and the council is convinced that it can put the few changes the Junta demanded into effect within a fortnight. Benahavis will now be able to build about 2,000 new homes, which will increase the present total by more than 10 per cent. Most of them will be luxury properties, making the municipality a leader of such accommodation in Andalucia. With the new PGOU plan, Benahavis becomes one of the areas in Malaga Province with the most land for public facilities and green zones, as 30 per cent of the total has been reserved for this purpose.

Youth council meets

THE thir d meeting of the Teulada youth council took place in the town hall plenary chamber at the star t of November. The next one is scheduled for May and is one of the few youth councils in the Valencian Community. Children from the 5th and 6th grade and the 1st ESO grade are part of the council and they discussed topics that

Photo credit: Ayuntamiento de Teulada

A GROUP of alleged racist extremists have badly beaten up two young African boys in Denia. The teenagers - both aged 14 were kicked and punched all over their bodies and such was the extent of their injuries that they were both taken to hospital. According to repor ts, the first stages of the investigation suggest that the attacks were planned and were carried out by about 15 people with their heads and faces covered with hoods and dressed in dark clothes. Both boys are now being cared for in a juvenile centre.

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FUTURE: Members of the youth council with their diplomas.

inter est them in the company of Mayor Carlos Linares and Councillor Daniel Ibanco. Some of the suggestions the youth council have presented in previous year s were to improve street lighting, basketball nets and goals in unused areas, better public transport and bus connection between Teulada-Moraira and Benitatchell.

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by Colin Bird The opinions published in Colin’s weekly column are not necessarily representative of those of the publishers, advertisers or newspaper sponsors. IT’S that time of year again when we are reminded of the onset of winter and the need, for some of us at least, to get our jabs to ward off the dreaded gripe, aka flu. Having suffered a very bad bout of influenza some years ago which left me permanently with asthma, I am fully aware of the seriousness of the disease. But in spite of that and after much research and soul searching, I decided five years ago that I would forego the annual injections and concentrate on prevention in other ways. This was a personal choice and I do not advocate others necessarily following my example. But that aside, I have been reflecting on the wonders of medical science today and how once fatal diseases can now be alleviated routinely. And having recently reread The Great Plague in London by Walter George Bell, a fascinating and often gruesome account of a ravaged 17th century London, it for cefull y br ought home to me

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what precarious lives our ancestors lived. It is estimated that at least 100,000 people succumbed to the plague in London alone - a quarter of the population. And no wonder that the disease developed and took hold so rapidly considering some of the less than hygienic practices of the residents, and the complete absence of a sewage disposal system. Well, not quite tr ue, because slops and human waste were disposed of by simply tossing the contents of chamber pots and other rubbish into the streets or the River Thames. My dad used to call chamber pots Jerries, because they resembled a German soldier’s helmet, or gazunders, because they gazunder the bed. But I’m rambling . . . T he stench alone must have been dreadful and imagine the truly appalling job of driving a horse and cart through the streets, calling for the dead to be brought out for transpor tation to the plague pits for mass burial. And the plague was not limited to the towns and cities alone with great swathes of countryside vil-

DEADLY TIMES: Plague headstones are a reminder of precarious lives. lages and hamlets also laid low by the disease, mostly contracted fr om the city r efugees w ho believed that they were safer in more rural surroundings.

In my village in Suffolk there is a broken headstone that sits in the church porch and depicts a carved skull and crossbones, the common symbol denoting a victim of the Black Death or plague. Whether it was an isolated case or just one surviving tip of an iceberg, nobody knows for sure as the script on the stone has been eroded away with age. Who knows, there may have been a plague pit in the village and if the pathetic appearance of my carrots and leeks were anything to go by year on year, it was probably under my vegetable garden. Bell Alley was a poor area on the banks of the Thames and stood in what is Westminster today. It is one of the many areas mentioned in documents from the time and was a depressing slum of crumbling timber houses in a stifling cul-de-sac, separated only by a narrow pavement. Infection was rampant, with the locked doors of plague sufferers marked with red crosses along with the supplication: ‘Lord have mercy upon us.’ Some might say that a pestilence still thrives in this area. It’s called the House of Commons.

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by John Redfern

CREDIT: BBC

IT was now 1963 and I was 14. My g lass bottle retur n enter prise was ove r, m y d i r t y f a c e a n d scr uf fy clothes became too well known to the offlicences and cor ner shops, so my mind wandered back to the rag and b o n e m a n ! I w a s b r o ke and needed some money. I was picking up l o n g n u b e n d s f r o m t h e gutter and with the aid of a rose thor n smoked this nub end until it bur nt my lips. I needed money and my Mum and Dad were skint! So I made a decision! C O L L E C T R AG S . T h e l o cal r a g mer chants in C ov e n t r y w a s i n H e a t h Ro a d , w h e r e t h e o w n e r sat in a chair next to scales w hich wer e cemented into the g round, w hich had a lar ge platfor m at the bottom and a sliding bar at the top that was slid by his hand and

From rags to riches…

FREE CASH: Rag and bone men became John’s role models! read out stones, pounds and ounces. I star ted to knock on doors and ask for any old rags and the door was shut in my face str aight away. But one night I hit a Br ucy bonus. A lady said to me, give me a minute, I waited and waited then this lady

came out with a bundle of clothes in a couple of old pillow cases. My first hit yippee ! I hit the road and opened this loot. I couldn’ t b e l i eve i t ! A s c o u t ’s jumper with loads of achievement badges on it was par t of this booty and it fit me - so the next

night I knocked on doors with this jumper on and told them I was collecti n g r a g s fo r t h e s c o u t s . Ruddy Nor a! T he r a gs just kept coming in and I took them to the rag man in Heath Road and he put them on his scales and gave me a few bob. He became my mentor.

He couldn’t read or write and he had a head on him like Quasimodo, but I began to enjoy being in his company. He was a wise man and slowl y became my friend. Then one day I put some stones in the pockets of the clothes to m a ke t h e m h e a v i e r h e put them on his scales, h e s l o w l y m ov e d t h e weight bar looked at the pile of rags, then glanced at me and said: “Never for get young man, you can never bullshit a bullshitter!” I left his shop with my tail between my legs without a penny for my effort. But it taught me a lesson w h i ch I n eve r fo r g o t fo r the rest of my life: ‘Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom’ (Thomas Jefferson) And : ‘Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with impor tant matter s’ (Alber t Einstein).

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keyboardcosmetics@gmail.com RACISM is widespread throughout the European Union, it is institutionally anti-white and the worst culprits are whites themselves. Spain currently tops the list of Mediterranean countries by the number of migrant sea ar rivals. Over 47,500 migrants arrived here since the beginning of the year. As soon as migrants set foot on Spanish soil they high five each other and frolic on the red car pet laid out for them. Undocumented migrants will be protected and enjoy access to the public purse. Very few migrants are refugees in the accepted sense of the term: they are economic migrants. However, self-sufficient ethnic-Europeans are obliged to jump through bureaucratic loops to acquire right of residency without guarantee of success. Is this not anti-

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Anti-white Europe IMMIGRATION: Is there a level playing field? white racism? The British Home Office said ‘it cannot be satisfied’ that Inga Lockington, a former mayor of Ipswich Office is per manently resident in England. She has lived in the UK since 1979. (Editor’s note: Inga won an appeal against the decision ear lier this year). Why do self-sufficient married ethnic-Europeans who relocate to other parts of Europe face onerous bureau-

cratic challenges when applying for resident status without guarantee of success? Many whose British forebears emigrated to the Dominions are denied resident status and sent back to Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Simon Milne MBE, 58, ser ved in Northern Ireland and Bosnia. He is one of 27 Gentlemen at Ar ms who guard the Queen on royal oc-

casions. His French-born wife Francoise, 50, applied for resident status but was refused as she could not prove she was ‘self-sufficient.’ A couple of Dutch and Spanish bir th has lived in Britain their entire adult lives. They have told of their ‘devastation’ after the Home Office refused their application to have their English-bor n children recognised as permanent residents of the country.

Jan-Dinant and his wife Monica, 49, found themselves in a ‘bureaucratic nightmare’ when told their 15-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter had to provide evidence that they lived permanently with their parents. “What evidence are they supposed to have? They don’t have council tax bills or proof of where they live. They are children; they have gone to school here all their lives, English is their mother tongue. I was just so shocked when we got the refusal letters.” (Editor’s note: The couple won an appeal earlier this year). Imagine the racket and media uproar if such cases as these, and there are hundreds of similar refusals, were applied to non-whites. If we are going to root out racism then let it begin at home and let us look instead for anti-white prejudice. It isn’t hard to find.

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Seven Days Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 7:00am Moana: Special 7:30am Bent 9:20am Mom and Dad 11:05am Corbin Nash 1:00pm Father Figures 3:15pm Game Night 5:10pm Bent 7:00pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 7:15pm Mom and Dad 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Game Night 12:45am Thumper Gritty thriller about a high-schooler who gets mixed up with a local drug ring. 2:35am Corbin Nash 4:30am Seven Days

12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm EFL Greatest Games 2:45pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm EFL 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm Football Countdowns 7:30pm SPFL Matters 8:00pm Football 11:15pm The Debate - Live 12:15am EFL Greatest Games 12:30am Football Countdowns

6:00am 6:30am 6:45am 7:00am 7:15am 7:30am 7:45am 11:00am 12:30pm 1:00pm 4:00pm

SATURDAY 2:35am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30pm Classic Mary Berry 1:00pm Football Focus 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Bargain Hunt 3:00pm Rugby Union 5:30pm Final Score 6:10pm BBC News 6:20pm BBC London News 6:30pm The Time it Takes 7:00pm Pointless 7:50pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:10pm Michael Mcintyre's Big Show 10:10pm Casualty 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm Match of the Day 12:45am The NFL Show 1:15am Weather for the Week Ahead 1:20am BBC News

4:20am 7:40am 8:10am 8:40am 8:55am 9:25am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:00pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 4:30pm 5:15pm 6:00pm 8:30pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:45pm

12:40pm 1:10pm 2:10pm 2:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:15pm 6:30pm 9:00pm 10:30pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 1:35am

The Powerpuff Girls Toonmarty Robozuna Mighty Magiswords ITV News Saturday Morning with James Martin Gino's Italian Coastal Escape The X Factor ITV Lunchtime News ITV Racing: Live from Haydock The Chase ITV Evening News ITV News London Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones The X Factor I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! ITV News The Mask Jackpot247

Triathlon King of Queens King of Queens Everybody Loves Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Frasier Frasier Off the Grid Formula 1 Hamilton v Vettel: The Fight for Five Formula 1 Countdown A Place in the Sun Location, Location, Location Channel 4 News Rugby Union John and Yoko: Above Us Only Sky The Other Woman Criminal Hollyoaks Omnibus

10:30am Floogals 10:50am Paw Patrol 11:00am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 11:35am Make You Laugh Out Loud 11:55am The Secret Life of Puppies 12:40pm A Prince for Christmas 2:25pm Miss Christmas 4:10pm Rocky Mountain Christmas 6:00pm The Family Man 8:20pm Shop Smart, Save Money: Black Friday Special 9:10pm Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! 10:05pm 5 News Weekend 10:10pm Revealed 11:10pm White House Down 1:45am Mobs and Yobs: Caught on Camera

6:30am Solo: A Star Wars Story: Special 7:00am Mom and Dad 8:45am Game Night 10:40am The Grinch: Special 11:00am Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 12:40pm Father Figures 2:50pm Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald: Special 3:10pm Bent 5:00pm Mom and Dad 6:45pm Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald: Behind the Scenes 7:15pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Game Night 12:45am Corbin Nash 2:35am Thumper 4:25am Top Ten Show, the 2018

8:00am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:25am Frasier 8:55am Frasier 9:25am Jamie Cooks Italy 10:00am Sunday Brunch 1:00pm Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Live Build Up 1:45pm Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Race Live 4:25pm Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Live Reaction 5:35pm Back to the Future Part II 7:35pm Channel 4 News 8:00pm Great Canal Journeys 9:00pm Escape to the Chateau 10:00pm A Very British Country House 11:00pm Tin Star

9:55am Shimmer and Shine 10:05am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:20am Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 10:35am Friends 11:05am Friends 11:35am Friends 1:00pm Friends 1:30pm Friends 2:00pm Friends 2:30pm Friends 3:00pm Friends 3:30pm Northpole 2: Open for Christmas 5:10pm Deck the Halls 7:00pm San Andreas 8:00pm 5 News 8:05pm San Andreas 9:05pm Britain's Parking Hell 9:55pm 5 News Weekend 10:00pm Mad Max: Fury Road 11:00pm 5 News 11:05pm Mad Max: Fury Road 12:20am Homefront

4:45am The Christmas Cottage 6:30am Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 7:00am Game Night 8:45am Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 10:20am Father Figures 12:20pm The Christmas Cottage 2:00pm Bent A ruined former cop attempts to bring down the conspiracy that killed his partner and put him behind bars. Crime thriller 3:40pm Sweet Country 5:40pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 7:15pm Game Night 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Sweet Country 1:00am Mom and Dad

8:50am 9:20am 9:50am 10:20am 10:55am 12:25pm 12:55pm 3:45pm 4:35pm 5:35pm 6:40pm 7:10pm 9:30pm 11:20pm 1:30am 3:20am

6:15pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 10:15pm 10:30pm 10:45pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm 12:00am 1:00am

Football's Greatest EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games Football Soccer A.M. SPFL Matters Football Live Gillette Soccer Saturday Football EFL Goals: Championship One2eleven One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games SPFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games EFL Greatest Games EFL Goals: Championship EFL Greatest Games

SUNDAY 11:00am The Andrew Marr Show 12:00pm Sunday Politics 12:30pm Homes Under the Hammer 1:30pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News 2:15pm Songs of Praise 2:55pm Escape to the Country 3:40pm Shrek 2 5:05pm Dynasties 6:05pm BBC News 6:20pm BBC London News 6:30pm Countryfile 7:30pm Doctor Who 8:20pm Strictly Come Dancing 9:00pm Dynasties 10:00pm Little Drummer Girl 11:00pm BBC News 11:20pm BBC London News 11:30pm Match of the Day 2 12:30am The Women's Football Show

7:50am Greatest Gardens 8:20am Great British Garden Revival 9:20am The Instant Gardener 10:05am Countryfile 11:00am Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30pm The Hairy Bikers' Asian Adventure 1:30pm A Cook Abroad 2:30pm Rugby Union 3:30pm Talking Pictures 4:00pm Reach for the Sky 6:10pm Flog It! 7:00pm Colombia with Simon Reeve 8:00pm Britain's Biggest Warship 9:00pm Dragons' Den 10:00pm Louis Theroux's Altered States: Take My Baby 11:00pm A Great British Injustice: The Maguire Story

8:50am Ben 10 9:10am The Bagel and Becky Show 9:30am Spy School 10:05am Mighty Magiswords 10:25am ITV News 10:30am The Martin Lewis Money Show Live 11:25am Doc Martin 12:30pm Midsomer Murders 2:25pm ITV Lunchtime News 2:35pm The X Factor 4:00pm Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs 4:30pm The Chase 5:30pm Tipping Point 6:30pm Tenable 7:30pm ITV Evening News 7:45pm ITV News London 8:00pm The Chase: Celebrity Special 9:00pm The X Factor 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:30pm ITV News

10:30am Sunday Supplement 12:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 12:30pm Football 3:30pm Football Countdowns 4:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 5:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 7:30pm Football Countdowns 8:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 8:30pm Best Championship Goals 9:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 9:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 10:30pm EFL Greatest Games 10:45pm EFL Greatest Games 11:00pm EFL Greatest Games

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www.rtnnewspaper.com Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

WE were looking at ‘possessives’ last week and we haven’t quite finished with them yet. To be more specific, we went through possessive adjectives, and this is what we found out that they look like:

My mi, mis Your (familiar singular) tu, tus His/her/its/your (formal) su, sus Our nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras Your (familiar plural) vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras Their/your (formal) su, sus Now, you may or may not realise that we have not yet translated the wor d for ‘mine’ or ‘your s’ w hich ar e also ‘possessives.’ These words are in fact possessive pronouns, not possessive adjectives, and I think this statement is going to require some more explanation. We saw that we can say, for example ‘This is my book,’ in which case

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the word ‘my’ describes the book as belonging to me, so is therefore an adjective. However, I could also say ‘This book is mine.’ We ca n n o t sa y ‘T h is is min e b oo k’ a n d n e it h e r c a n we sa y ‘T his book is my,’ so it is clear that the wor ds ‘my’ and ‘mine’ p er for m d if fe r e n t f u n c t io n s. The word ‘mine’ can be used to replace ‘book,’ for example in the sentence ‘It is mine’ (ie ‘It is m y b oo k ’) a n d t h e r e fo r e is called a possessive pronoun.

Now her e ar e the possessive pronouns in English and Spanish.

Mine mío, mía, míos, mías Yours tuyo, tuya, tuyos, tuyas His, hers, its, yours (formal)suyo, suya, suyos, suyas Ours nuestro, nuestra, nuestros, nuestras Yours (familiar plura) vuestro, vuestra, vuestros, vuestras Theirs, yours (formal)

suyo, suya, suyos, suyas.

If you run your eye over these lists you will see that there are some overlaps between the two for ms in both English and Spanish. English gener all y adds an ‘s’ to the possessive adjective to m a ke t h e p r o n o u n , e x c e p t i n ‘his’ and ‘its’ which already have an ‘s’ in the adjective for m, whilst all the for ms of ‘nuestro’ and ‘vuestro’ are the same as adjectives and pr onouns in Spanish. T h i s i s w h y i t ’s ve r y h a r d t o tr anslate these wor ds singl y without seeing them or hearing them in the context of a full sentence. Yo u m i g h t f i n d the following a good way of remembering exactly how we use possessive pronouns. W hen you listen to small children fighting over a toy you may well hear: ‘¡Es mío!’ ‘No, es mío,’ ‘No, es mío’ and after a lot of pulling and tugging, one of them bites the other one, and the other one screams.

MONDAY 12:00pm A Matter of Life and Debt 12:45pm Ill Gotten Gains 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:15pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Panorama 10:00pm The Truth About the Menopause 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News 11:45pm Tina Turner

10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm

BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank The House That £100k Built The Secret History of My Family Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip Only Connect University Challenge Babies: Their Wonderful World People Just Do Nothing Newsnight

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 Dickinson's Real Deal 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 The Martin Lewis Money Show 9:30pm Coronation Street 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News Midday Summary 2018 1:05pm A New Life in the Sun 2:05pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Liam Bakes 9:30pm Food Unwrapped 10:00pm 24 Hours in A&E 11:00pm First Dates 12:05am Emergency

BBC News at 9 Victoria Derbyshire BBC Newsroom Live Politics Live Think Tank The House That £100k Built The Secret History of My Family Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands Eggheads Flog It! Richard Osman's House of Games Strictly: It Takes Two Celebrity Antiques Road Trip MasterChef: The Professionals School I'll Get This Newsnight NFL Made in Great

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 Dickinson's Real Deal 5:00pm Tipping Point 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm ITV News London 7:30pm ITV Evening News 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Judge Rinder's Crime Stories 9:00pm How to Spend it Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield 10:00pm I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! 11:05pm ITV News at Ten and Weather

9:10am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:40am Frasier 11:05am Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA 12:00pm The Simpsons 12:30pm The Simpsons 1:00pm Channel 4 News 1:05pm A New Life in the Sun 2:05pm Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm Lego Masters 10:00pm 999: What's Your Emergency? 11:00pm Gogglebox

9:05am 9:25am 9:40am 9:55am 10:05am 10:15am 12:15pm 1:45pm 2:15pm 4:00pm 5:45pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 12:00am

Paw Patrol Floogals Shimmer and Shine Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Peppa Pig Jeremy Vine A Prince for Christmas Neighbours Stealing Christmas A Royal Christmas Ball 5 News at 5 Friends Friends Neighbours 5 News Tonight Gallagher Premiership Rugby Highlights Police Interceptors Warship: Life at Sea Narcos UK Air Force One

4:35am 6:30am

Corbin Nash Solo: A Star Wars Story: Special 7:00am The Christmas Cottage 8:45am Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 10:20am Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 12:05pm Father Figures 2:05pm Bent 3:45pm Sweet Country 5:45pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 7:15pm Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Sweet Country 1:00am Thumper 2:45am Corbin Nash 4:30am Mom and Dad

12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm

One2eleven SPFL Greatest Games Football's Greatest Football Countdowns EFL Goals: Championship EFL Greatest Games EFL Football's Greatest Football Countdowns One2eleven Football Years Football Countdowns Soccer Am Best Bits Football Countdowns EFL Goals: Championship EFL Greatest Games Football Countdowns EFL Greatest Games Soccer Am Best Bits EFL Goals: Championship SPFL Round Up Show

TUESDAY 11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm A Matter of Life and Debt 12:45pm Ill Gotten Gains 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:15pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Holby City 10:00pm Mrs Wilson 11:00pm BBC News at Ten 11:30pm BBC London News

10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 1:15pm 2:00pm 2:45pm 3:45pm 4:45pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 12:15am 1:05am

9:25am Floogals 9:40am Shimmer and Shine 9:55am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:05am Peppa Pig 10:15am Jeremy Vine 12:15pm Miss Christmas 1:45pm Neighbours 2:15pm Coming Home for Christmas 4:00pm Christmas Next Door 5:45pm 5 News at 5 6:00pm Friends 6:30pm Friends 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm UK's Strongest Man 2018 9:00pm Our Yorkshire Farm 10:00pm Egyptian Tomb Hunting 11:00pm Inside Russia's Toughest Prisons 12:05am 8 Years Old and Smuggling Drugs

4:30am Mom and Dad 6:15am Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald: Special 6:30am Bohemian Rhapsody: Special 7:00am Bent 8:40am Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 10:15am Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 12:05pm The Christmas Contract 1:50pm Father Figures 3:50pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 5:25pm Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 7:15pm The Christmas Contract 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Corbin Nash 12:45am Sweet Country

12:00pm One2eleven 12:30pm SPFL Greatest Games 12:45pm SPFL Greatest Games 1:00pm Football's Greatest 1:30pm Football Countdowns 2:00pm Football's Greatest 2:30pm EFL Greatest Games 2:45pm EFL Greatest Games 3:00pm EFL 4:00pm Football's Greatest 4:30pm Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm MLS Round Up Show 7:30pm Soccer Am Best Bits 8:00pm Football 11:15pm EFL Goals: Championship 11:45pm MLS Round Up Show

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WEDNESDAY 3:10pm 4:10pm 4:45pm 5:30pm 6:15pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 9:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:30pm 11:45pm

The Doctor Blake Mysteries Escape to the Country The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food Make Me a Dealer Pointless BBC News at Six BBC London News The One Show Watchdog Live The Apprentice BBC News at Ten BBC London News A Question of Sport

4:45pm

Japan: Earth's Enchanted Islands 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Death and Nightingales 11:00pm The Apprentice: You're Fired! 11:30pm Newsnight

5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:00pm 11:35pm 11:50pm 12:50am

Tipping Point The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Coronation Street Paul O'grady: For the Love of Dogs Coronation Street I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! ITV News at Ten and Weather ITV News London Peston Play to the Whistle

2:05pm

Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 6:00pm Four in a Bed 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 8:00pm Channel 4 News 8:55pm The Political Slot 9:00pm The Secret Life of the Zoo 10:00pm Grand Designs 11:00pm Superkids 12:10am 24 Hours in A&E

1:45pm 2:15pm

Neighbours Rooftop Christmas Tree 3:55pm Santa Who? 5:45pm 5 News at 5 6:00pm Friends 6:30pm Friends 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm UK's Strongest Man 2018 9:00pm GPs: Behind Closed Doors 10:00pm Egyptian Tomb Hunting 11:00pm Curvy Girls

12:40pm 120 Bpm 3:15pm Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald: Behind the Scenes 3:45pm The Christmas Contract 5:30pm Against the Wild: The Great Elephant Adventure 7:20pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm 120 Bpm 1:30am Sweet Country 3:30am Thumper

4:30pm

The Chase ITV News London ITV Evening News Emmerdale Food Allergies: What's Really in Your Food? Tonight Emmerdale Gino's Italian Coastal Escape I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! ITV News ITV News London Frustrated Britain: Caught on Camera

2:05pm

4:00pm

11:00am A Very Sordid Wedding 1:05pm Father Figures 3:15pm Sweet Country 5:15pm Maya the Bee: The Honey Games 6:45pm Top Ten Show, the 2018 7:00pm A Very Sordid Wedding 9:00pm Father Figures 11:00pm Sweet Country 1:00am 120 Bpm 3:30am Thumper

5:00pm EFL Goals: Championship 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 7:30pm Football Countdowns 8:00pm EFL Matters 8:30pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two 9:00pm SPFL Greatest Games 9:30pm EFL Matters 10:00pm EFL Goals: League One and League Two

Football Countdowns 5:00pm One2eleven 5:15pm One2eleven 5:30pm One2eleven 5:45pm One2eleven 6:00pm Football Years 6:30pm Football Countdowns 7:00pm EFL Greatest Games 7:15pm EFL Greatest Games 7:30pm EFL Goals: Championship 8:00pm Football 11:30pm EFL Goals: Championship

THURSDAY 3:15pm

The Doctor Blake Mysteries 4:10pm Escape to the Country 4:45pm The Hairy Bikers' Comfort Food 5:30pm Make Me a Dealer 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm A Hotel for the Super Rich and Famous 10:00pm Ambulance 11:00pm BBC News at Ten

3:45pm

The Secret History of My Family 4:45pm Hotel Armadillo 5:45pm Eggheads 6:15pm Flog It! 7:00pm Richard Osman's House of Games 7:30pm Strictly: It Takes Two 8:00pm Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 9:00pm MasterChef: The Professionals 10:00pm Inside the Foreign Office 11:00pm Live at the Apollo 11:30pm Newsnight

6:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 11:30pm 12:05am 12:20am

Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 3:10pm Countdown 4:00pm Fifteen to One 5:00pm A Place in the Sun 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 Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 10:00pm The First 11:00pm Naked Attraction 12:05am First Dates 1:00am Random Acts

Northpole 2: Open for Christmas 5:45pm 5 News at 5 6:00pm Friends 6:30pm Friends 7:00pm Neighbours 7:30pm 5 News Tonight 8:00pm Esther Rantzen's House Trap 9:00pm Shop Smart, Save Money for Christmas 10:00pm Oxford Street 24/7 11:00pm Britain's Flashiest Families

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THE Society for the Protection of Animals and Plants in Murcia El Cobijo Cañana Hermosa - is a non-profit organisation that was founded with the primar y pur pose of defending the rights of, and protecting abandoned cats and dogs. T hey ar e kept and cared for in the El Cobijo shelter and then do their ver y best to get the animals adopted and into a c a r i n g a n d l ov i n g home. The Society continues to promote the subject of the abandonment of animals via a number of local and regional campaigns, especially in the local press and across all social media platforms and the internet in general.

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MORE and more of our members are joining Hous eSitMatch.com because t h e y n e e d c a r e fo r ageing pets. They describe their pets as m at u r i n g , a n d l e s s comfortable with any change in their lives. Debbie in Alicante tells us that Aldo is getting rather set in his ways and needs t h e c o m fo r t o f h i s daily routine. As a family they would travel around souther n Europe to discover the coasts of France and Por tugal on holiday, taking him with them wherever they went. N ow at t h e a g e o f 1 2 ye a r s h e s e e m s less able to adapt. His rheumatism limits walking to shor t familiar routes in the neighbourhood. So t h e y l o o k fo r a house-sitter to care fo r h i m i n h i s ow n h o m e d u r i n g fa m i l y holidays.

THE activities of two cats have gone viral after they have mysteriously spent the past two years attempting to get into an art museum in Japan. I t a p p e a r s t h at Ken- chan - a black cat - first tried to get into the Onomichi City Museum of Art back in 2016 during an exhibition of cat photography, but wasn’t allowed in by a very polite security guard. T he museum’s cur ator, Shinji Umebayashi, said: “I’m guessing that Ken-chan spotted some of the exhibits through the glass, a n d sin c e t h e p h o t os i ncl uded those of black cats, he must have

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What happens Cats’ when dogs mature? museum This is Aldo a trip mature black

BUBBLY: One of the many happy dogs at the El Cobijo shelter. They also use the same methods to adver tise the animals they cur r entl y have for adoption. A large par t of the very necessary funds which are raised go to a sterilisation and c a s t r at i o n prog r a m m e t h at p r e vents the animal popu l at i o n s g r ow i n g even further. The Society is always looking for anim a l l ove r s w h o c a n

spare some time to help and care for the a bandoned animals that are in the El Cobijo shelter. If you’d like to make a donation or are able to volunteer to help the team, please look on the websi te at https://elcobijo.net/en/ home-animal-shelter/, or e-mail: protectora anim@gmail.com. Alter nati vel y, pl ease call 640 179 862.

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La Bamba’s Dance Group - Paraiso Restaurant, Urb Jardin del Mar III 1a, Torrevieja. Sequence Dance Class 7pm - 7.45pm. Social Dance Ballroom, Latin & Sequence 8pm 10.30pm. Contact Andrea on 616 478 157 for more details. Cantabile Ladies Choir is a friendly group who take their music seriously but equally enjoy their regular social get-togethers as well. They rehearse every Friday at the La Siesta Church from 3pm to 5pm. Contact Valerie on 966 795 816 for more details. CARTAGENA - Cartagena Jazz Festival over the weekends in November. Tickets are now available. TORREVIEJA - Tapas Route across the weekend, during which you can try a home-made tapa and a drink at one of 43 participating venues for just €2.00 (or €2.50 for the Gourmet Tapa). There are 172 different tapas to choose from across the trail from 12 noon to 4.30pm and 7.30pm to 11pm. MONOVAR - The Feria de Santa Caterina held until November 25, begins tonight at 5pm with the Grand Opening in the Passeig de les Moreres.

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CARTAGENA - Cartagena Jazz Festival over the weekends in November. Tickets are now available. TORREVIEJA - Tapas Route across the weekend, during which you can try a home-made tapa and a drink at one of 43 participating venues for just €2.00 (or €2.50 for the Gourmet Tapa). There are 172 different tapas to choose from across the trail from 12 noon to 4.30pm and 7.30pm to 11pm. MONOVAR - The Feria de Santa Caterina held until November 25. From 10am until midnight, the Fair is open. 8.30pm - Procession in honour of Santa Caterina followed by the burning of the Hoguera.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25 Baker Foundation Spiritual Centre - Playa Flamenca. Sunday service with clairvoyance from 11am to 12 noon. For information, contact Linda on 606 990 665. A new rugby club - Bettas Torrevieja RFC - trains at the Nelson Mandela Stadium every Sunday between 8.30pm and 10pm. Call Javi on 603 727 179 for details. CARTAGENA - Cartagena Jazz Festival over the weekends in November. Tickets are now available. TORREVIEJA - Tapas Route across the weekend, during which you can try a home-made tapa and a drink at one of 43 participating venues for just €2.00 (or €2.50 for the Gourmet Tapa). There are 172

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What’s On

DO NOT MISS 135 years of tradition E V E RY ye a r ove r t h e l a s t weekend of November, the people of Monovar celebrate the ‘Feria de Santa Caterina’. T h e Fa i r d at e s b a ck t o 1883 following a request by the local merchants to promote the local agriculture, industry and trade. Over the ye a r s , t h e Fa i r h a s d eve l oped to what it is today with different tapas to choose from across the trail from 12 noon to 4.30pm and 7.30pm to 11pm. MONOVAR - The Feria de Santa Caterina held until November 25. From 10am until midnight, the Fair is open. 10am - Book Fair in the Placa de la Sala. 12 midday - Parade of the Giants and the ‘Big Heads.’

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Orihuela Costa Community Care Ramon de Campoamor Civic Centre on Urbanisation Monteznia. Every Monday is Beginners Spanish (12.30pm to 2pm): Flower Arranging (12.30pm to 2.30pm): Crafts (2.30pm to 4.30pm). For information, e-mail: oc.communitycare@gmail.com. Walking Wanderers Walking Football Club - They meet every Monday afternoon between 4pm and 6pm at the Orihuela Costa Municipal Sports Centre. There is also a very active social aspect to the club too. For more details, contact Bob Gorrill via e-mail: bobbyg2542@hotmail.com. Pilar de la Horadada Badminton Club meets every Monday at the sports centre between 10am and 12.30pm. Please contact John McGilvray on 868 700 235 or 634 658 506. E-mail: carolejohn_3@hot mail.com. For people over 50 who find themselves on their own, Phoenix Solos Club meet every Monday from 11am to 1pm at the Marina Club in the International Marina in Torrevieja.

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English Folk Music Club - Meet every Tuesday at the Madhouse, Urb Pueblo Principe from 8.30pm. It’s an opportunity for acoustic performers of all genres and it’s free entry too. There’s a raffle each week to raise funds to book visiting acts from the UK now and then. For more details, contact Carol via e-mail: divesmith@hotmail.com. Baker Foundation Spiritual Centre - Playa Flamenca. Every Tuesday, an evening of psychic clairvoyance from 7.30pm to 8.45pm. For infor-

more enter tainment and all the fun of the fair. However, as it takes place over t wo we e ke n d s , c u l t u r a l events have once again retur ned to the fore, and now includes a book fair. A number of local businesse s t a ke p a r t i n t h e Fa i r where they get the chance to bring their products to a mation, contact Linda on 606 990 665. Help At Home Costa Blanca (Orihuela Costa) - Every Tuesday at the Emerald Isle between 11am and 3.30pm. Funds are currently being raised for a special needs vehicle for disabled persons. Selection of stalls including clothes, shoes, art and crafts and jewellery among others. Pilar de la Horadada Badminton Club meets every Tuesday at the sports centre between 10am and 12.30pm. Please contact John McGilvray on 868 700 235 or 634 658 506. E-mail: carolejohn_3@ hotmail.com. CF Rojales Walking Football - Open to men and women aged 50 and over, they meet at the football pitches on Calle Limonar every Tuesday from 11am to 12 noon. You can just turn up on the day, or for more information, call Pat Stephens on 654 049 388 or e-mail: pat.stephens08@ gmail.com.

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Market held at the Emerald Isle (Orihuela Costa) from 11am to 4pm, raising funds for the 12 to 18-yearolds living at Association Elche Children’s Care Home. La Bamba's Dance Group - Paraiso Restaurant, Urb Jardin del Mar III 1a, Torrevieja. Ballroom Latin & Argentine Tango. New Beginners Class 11am - 12pm, Intermediate Class 12pm - 1pm. Contact Andrea on 616 478 157 for more details. Orihuela Costa Community Care Ramon de Campoamor Civic Centre on Urbanisation Monteznia. Every Wednesday is Art, Sketching and Watercolour (2.30pm to 4.30pm): Spanish Beginners (2pm to 3.30pm). For information, e-mail: oc.communitycare@gmail.com. Amigos Friendship Group - Meets at El Bar, El Raso every Wednesday at 3pm for a get-together and a fun quiz. They also arrange a number of activities such as day trips, meals and holidays. Just turn up on the day or call Ann (642 774 399) or Ken

CONCLUSION: The final act of the Feria de Santa Caterina.

new audience... including a number of food stalls with the opportunity to taste and enjoy. T h e Fa i r c o n cl u d e s w i t h the traditional burning of the Hoguera of Santa Caterina. (642 703 488) for more information. Pilar de la Horadada Badminton Club meets every Wednesday at the sports centre between 10am and 12.30pm. Please contact John McGilvray on 868 700 235 or 634 658 506. E-mail: carolejohn_3@ hotmail.com. Benimar Social Club meets every Wednesday at the Rojales Steakhouse for a variety of activities such as bridge, chess, fundraising quiz, short mat bowls etc. Contact Sue on 685 339 179 or Richard on 660 825 390. A new rugby club - Bettas Torrevieja RFC - trains at the Nelson Mandela Stadium every Sunday between 8.30pm and 10pm. Call Javi on 603 727 179 for details.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29

Spangles Ladies Harmony Chorus - Meets at the Las Claras Centre in Los Narejos every Thursday from 10am to 1pm. New members are always welcome and the group would love to hear from you. Call 968 334 527 or 968 432 525 or e-mail: info@spangleschorus.com for more details. Dragon Riders - Whether you live in the area or just visiting, this is your chance to ride with like-minded people. All makes and models more than welcome. Meet every Thursday at 10am at Waldamars Restaurant, La Florida. Contact is Rob on 671 826 201. Orihuela Costa Community Care Ramon de Campoamor Civic Centre on Urbanisation Monteznia. Every Thursday is Card Making (1pm to 3.30pm): Sewing and Knitting (2pm to 4.30pm): Exercise to Music (12.45pm to 1.30pm): Drumming / Percussion Workshop (2pm to 4pm). For information, e-mail: oc.communitycare@gmail.com. Baker Foundation Spiritual Centre - Playa Flamenca. Every Thursday morning, Spiritual healing from 10.30am to 12 noon. Development group from 2.30pm open to all. Animal healing also available for pets. Contact Linda on 606 990 665.

www.rtnnewspaper.com HIKING outdoors is good for the body and mind, and gives you the chance to explore the world while you’re at it. While jogging remains a popular form of exercise among fitness enthusiasts, many don’t realise that walking in the outdoors may actually be better for you. This powerful cardio workout puts less pressure on the bones, joints, and heart and is a proven mood booster - especially if you trek around somewhere particularly scenic. Going on regular hikes could lower your risk of heart disease as it reduces blood pressure and blood sugar levels. It helps to build strength in your quadriceps, glutes, hamstrings, as well as muscles in the hips and lower legs. Rambling over a rocky terrain also, unsurprisingly, improves balance by strengthening the core - which will come in handy if you find yourself stumbling down a particularly steep slope. Hiking is as good for

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Take a hike

HAPPY HIKERS: Walking outdoors is proven to boost both fitness and happiness.

the mind as it is the body, as research has proven that it is effective at combating the symptoms of stress and anxiety. The president of the American Hiking Society claims this is because nature is ingrained in our DNA, and hiking helps us to escape from the noise and chaos of towns and cities. There are several ways you can make the most of your hikes, whether you’re an experienced stroller or setting off for the very first time: Tackle a few hills along the way as even a small hill will burn extra calories and intensify your heart rate. If you carry some extra weight in your pack, such as extra water reserves, this can help to build muscle strength in your back. Invest in a decent pair of hiking boots and dress according to the weather. Finally, always familiarise yourself with the route before you go and take a map just in case.

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Are you too stressed?

WHILE feeling stressed can sometimes be a good thing - it can help to conquer fears or motivate you to get things done - it can also have a ne gative impact on your physical and mental health. A staggering 90 per cent of all disease and illnesses are stress-related, according to the Centre for Disease Control and Pre-

ve n t i o n . T h e b o d y gives off a few telltale signs when stress is star ting to get you down and recognising the symptoms in time could help to pr event them fr om leading to anything more serious. Chronic cold If it feels like you can’t go a week without having a cough or a runny nose, this could be a consequence of

your wor kload rather than allergies or ger ms. Our bodies produce the stress hor mone cor tisol when under pressure which is needed to help fight illnesses and it can quickl y get used up. Troubled mind I f yo u h ave t r o u b l e c o n c e n t r at i n g d u r i n g t h e d a y, o r switching of f at night, this is also a big indication that you’re under too much stress. Excess amounts of cor tisol can cause your brain’s memor y centre to shrink w h i ch m a ke s i t harder to focus. If you feel tired but have a har d t i m e s h u t t i n g o f f, this could mean you have stress-related fatigue. Throbbing head A constant, throbbing headache is often a sign of mounting stress, and can be difficult to treat. Making small lifestyle changes can help but always see a doctor if the headaches become severe. Aches and pains If you suffer from a lot of unexplained joint, neck or back pain this could mean you’ r e spending too much time in a str essful envir onment. High str ess levels can cause muscles to tighten and leads to spasms.

UNDER PRESSURE: Too much stress can lead to health problems like headaches, depression, and heart disease.

HAPPY TEETH: Flossing every day could save your life.

String theory WHILE many people make a point of brushing their teeth every day, less people make the effort to floss. This small chore can sometimes feel like an unnecessary burden, and it’s easy to forget to do it. Dentists have a point when they emphasise how important flossing is as it actually plays a vital role in dental health. Flossing gets into the spaces between the teeth that a toothbrush can’t get to, and removes the stubborn bits of tartar and food that can get stuck in these places. The main risks of not flossing include an increased risk of developing cavities and gum disease, as dental plaque can lead to the growth of harmful bacteria that destroys the enamel between teeth and irritates the gum tissue. There is also evidence that taking good care of your teeth and gums does much more than give you a flashy smile. A healthy mouth can also help to prevent some serious illnesses which can be life threatening, such as diabetes and heart disease.

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info@psicologainmarodriguez.com INTELLECTUALLY gifted children show a high level of intelligence, creativity, imagination and curiosity that provide them with the ability to learn autonomously. These children are special, especially when regarding their needs and demands in comparison with other children. These special features can be a problem if they are not adequately addressed. I strongly recommend these children to be assessed by a trained professional. However, I would like to share with our readers some of the features we can observe in these children so parents can identify if their child is intellectually gifted. It is not difficult to identify an intellectually gifted child. We should observe some behaviours and emotional reactions that differentiate them from other children while being at school or at home. Either way, we should remember that a professional diagnoses is

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Intellectually gifted children needed in order to fully meet their needs. Some of the characteristics are: 1. Do not sleep much. 2. Learn to read in a short time. 3. Say his/her first word at six months. 4. Say his/her first sentence at one-year-old. 5. Able to maintain a conversation between 18 and 24 months, with an unusual vocabulary for his/her age. 6. Learn the alphabet and count to 10 at two and a half years. 7. Able to solve sums and straights up to 10 at three years. 8. Ask exploratory questions at early ages. 9. High creativity. 10. Shows sensitivity towards the world around them. 11. Worries about moral and justice issues. 12. Energetic. 13. Open to unusual situations. 14. Critical with himself/herself and others.

15. High attention and concentration. 16. Prefer to interact with older children. 17. Get bored at school because his/her abilities are higher than the school programme. 18. They seem to be distracted. 19. Their thinking is highly productive. 20. Lack of motivation towards the teacher. 21. They feel misunderstood and apart at times. 22. They are independent and introverted. What can families do in the case their child is an intellectually gifted child? Linda Kreger Silverman, a specialist at the US Department of Education, says that parents have very important work to do when helping these children to develop properly. Parents and families are the ones to be in contact with the professionals and the school.

If you have any questions about family therapy or any psychological issues, please do not hesitate to email your comments to info@psicologainmarodriguez.com, Tel: 722 254 848 â&#x20AC;˘ www.psicologainmarodriguez.com

If you think your child could be an intellectually gifted child, make sure this is addressed as soon as possible. Specialists recommend to have a full diagnoses between three and eight years old because they usually have social SPECIAL CASE: problems when not Gifted children treated properly. may have differKenneth Shore, ent needs. psychologist and an expert working with gifted children, says these children show diferent interests to their friends so they might feel not understood. They should have an education fully addapted to their needs. Even some gifted children might appear to have learing difficulties when is totally the opposite. If you consider your child is intellectually gifted, you can get professional help for your child.

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Word Ladder Can you by changing 1 letter at a time, get from the first word to the last word in the given number of moves?

Puzzles Page

LAST 1 2 3 4

Cryptic

Down 1 Stop filming a share of the profits (3) 2 Cop in estate car traps suspect (5) 3 Non-believer at home gets filed away (7) 4 Official instructions for religious groups (6) 5 In August one has enthusiasm (5) 6 Nobleman, one with the Queen previously (7) 7 Sure, spend liberally for an elastic strap (9) 10 Hybrid language or slang with fair translation (9) 13 State in which a Buddhist priest entertains a bishop (7) 15 Penny's up to be commended (7) 16 A Canadian's first coin, in a manner of speaking (6) 18 Turbulent times for pound (5) 20 Calling the exchange (5) 23 Agree to a court decision (3)

MEAL Weekly Stars

Across 1 Some exotic horizontal sausage (7) 5 Suppose guests lose time (5) 8 A criminal I got surrounded by the force's leader (5) 9 Wishes of French parents (7) 10 A slip, perhaps, if backing into tree (7) 11 Nothing evil about Popeye's girlfriend (5) 12 A baler is destroyed to make the land ready for cultivation (6) 14 Released and spread around (6) 17 Scruffy togas for Capricorns (5) 19 Escort a damaged ship (7) 21 Greed displayed by girl taking pudding (7) 22 Saint gets everything to come to a standstill (5) 24 A point to a story, kept too long (5) 25 Its diet is unusual but most neat (7)

Kenny Corris For Readings, Consultations and Castings kennycorris@hotmailcom www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 / Tel: 965 878 424

you the power you need to get something off your chest and well and truly dealt with. This is an ideal time for you to release that stored anger and to tell some home truths. It is time that there was some clarity in your life and this means the immediate clearance of all the debris!

Libra. A midweek tryst with both Mars and Saturn only serves to complicate your current situation. With options well and truly open take control of plans and do what you must to keep that wonderful balance in operation. Dare to challenge when you know that you must; and leave no stone unturned, as you are right to question.

Taurus. This may be a time for you to face facts, but you do not have to go cap in hand because there are some things that your pride would never allow. Mars trines Ceres midweek, and the solution to the immediate dilemma is to wait and see. Someone isn’t telling you the truth, but what are they trying to hide?

Scorpio. Talk about a sting! Mars sextiles Saturn early this week. You are very disappointed something didn’t pan out, and you must remain calm if you want to see where things really went wrong. This means creating an inner calm and playing the game, even if somebody seriously thinks you are playing by their rules.

Gemini. With Mercury squaring up to Mars there is an additional pressure on your resourceful and talented persona. With a decision having to be made, and with some highly inspiring energies around you it’s time to face the negativities full on! You have a right to be very angry, but now is a time to set a precedent.

Sagitarius. The Sun enters the ninth house this week releasing you and pointing you in the right direction. With the Mars sextile with Saturn calling the shots, influences abounding mean that you may have a fight on your hands, but winning will spur you on to make some progress in a matter that appears to have been overlooked.

Cancer. Actions in your opposing sign of Capricorn reflects a time to balance your wishes with the needs and aspirations of others. The Sun conjuncts Jupiter and it is clear you need to take the upper hand, but in the scheme of things is it worth it? You deserve a quiet life this week, but whether or not you get it depends on you!

Capricorn. Controlling Ceres trines with Mars bringing you some wonderful nostalgic connection with somebody from the past. You may have a changed routine this week, but not now why, but you will greatly benefit from the love and good energy from this surprise contact. Lighten your heart and soul with fond memories, above all!

Leo. Leave everything to others to sort out and just take a backseat. Your leadership style means that you can bulldoze a project at your whim, but there is so much to discover right now. Mercury conjuncts with Jupiter, so put your best foot forward when the time is right, you are best to stall for time in any immediate decisions!

Aquarius. Uranus hedges in on the Sun, known to bring conflict and disagreement. This week any anger that you have is focussed on those who are supposed to be helping you;, and don’t regret the chance to tell things just the way that they are! You need to be appreciated for all that you are doing to bring harmony against the odds.

Virgo. Love brings complication and somebody may not be what you thought that they were. It is high time that you shared the depths of your inner soul, so look deeply into your innermost energies to make sure that what is on offer is what you want too.. Mercury squares on Mars, so you have substantial astrological support!

Pisces. Mercury brings some financial pressure in the form of a warning, and you would be wise to adjust to a spending limit whilst carefully examining your financial situation as a whole. Broken promises don’t amount to much when cash in your hand is what is really needed. Clearly someone is not paying their way!

Aries. The entry of the Sun into Uranus brings

Code Breaker

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet. In this week’s puzzle, 4 represents C and 6 represents R, so fill in C every time the figure 4 appears and R every time the figure 6 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.

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23rd - 29th November Across 1 Collection of maps in book form (5) 3 Moderately warm (5) 6/18 Weapon that fires pellets (3,3) 8 Not strict (7) 9 Group of eight performers (5) 10 Honey producing insects (4) 13 Unpleasantly cool and humid (4) 14 Start (5) 17 Portending evil (7) 18 See 6 19 Sugary (5) 20 Soft or heavy with water (5)

Quick

Down 1 Partly open (4) 2 Soft white precious metal (6) 3 Heavily armoured fighting vehicle (4) 4 Existing or coming before (9) 5 Dislike intensely (6) 7 Restore friendly relations between (9) 11 Unequivocally detestable (6) 12 Playing in opposition to (6) 15 Young male horse under the age of four (4) 16 Covetousness (4)

Across 1 Nothing else (4,3) 5 Prensa (5) 8 Sustantivos (5) 9 To repeat (7) 10 Fourteen (7) 11 To ring (telephone) (5) 12 Against (6) 14 Cebollas (6) 17 Behind (at the back) (5) 19 Atrasos (financiero) (7) 21 To shave (7) 22 Cuellos (5) 24 Nickname (5) 25 Poppy (7)

Down 1 Monja (3) 2 Duda (5) 3 To show (7) 4 Pantalla (cine) (6) 5 Tuberías (5) 6 Tobacconist's shop (7) 7 Sorpresas (9) 10 Spoonful (9) 13 Norwegian (7) 15 Orange (7) 16 Homeland (6) 18 Place (5) 20 Wide (street, river, trousers) (5) 23 Mar (3)

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

Kakuro Fill all the empty squares using the numbers 1 to 9, so that the sum of each horizontal block equals the ‘clue’ on its left, and the sum of each vertical block equals the clue on its top. No number may be used in the same block more than once.

Sudoku

Funagram Unscramble the name of a term used in tennis (two words): RECORDER OF RUN Unscramble the name of a popular British television detective drama first aired in 1997 (two words): OR MISSED DRUMMER

Fill the grid so every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9

Kenny’s Postbag My Father died last Christmas and everyone in the family is going to find it hard to celebrate this year. There is a mixed blessing of the love that he had for anything Christmas, and the remembering that his life ended last Boxing Day. The whole family does not know what to do for the best? Rachael V. I know how you are all feeling Rachael. Guilty to enjoy yourselves! If your Father was actually with you this year how would you celebrate? The clue to me is that your Father loved to celebrate Christmas, and for him you have to carry on the traditions that he loved. The first Christmas is the most difficult, I know that because my Mother died one Christmas Morning. Ever since her passing I have celebrated a time of the Year she always loved. I like to think that if she looks down that the Christmas tree is decorated for her. Have a toast to your Father this year and you will feel as I do, that those we love come through when we are happy and celebrating, though you may shed a tear, as I have done many times too!

Kenny Corris

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BONALBA was the destinat i o n fo r t h i s m o n t h ’s t r o phy and Poppy Day game, and it was quickly agreed that the toughest challenge on the day was going to be the str ong wind w hich was described by many as ‘awesome.’ In fact, almost ever y p l a ye r t r i e d t o avo i d h i t ting the ball too high as if t h e y d i d , i t wo u l d e n d u p either finishing behind them or simpl y lost for g o o d . T h a n k f u l l y, t h e course was in reasonable condition and the accompanying weather was warm, so overall ever yone enjoyed the battle despite it being hard work. Results on the day were as follows: Gold Division Winner Nigel Wright Silver Division W inner -

Photo credit: Ruby’s Golf Society

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Ruby’s golfers deal with ‘awesome’ wind

TOUGH: Despite the conditions, there was some fine golf played

Poppy Day Tournament THE usual week for the La Finca Golf Society began with a Stableford of the yellow blocks on Monday. The results on the day were: 1st - Gavin Parke (35 points), 2nd - Alex Duchart (34), 3rd - Jeff Ellis (33) and 4th Dave Friedman (33). Nearest the Pins: Jeff Ellis (Hole 3) and Derek Braid (Hole 13). Wednesday was also a similar Stableford off the yellow blocks and the subsequent results were: 1st - Mike Stott (41 points), 2nd - Stuar t Tosh (39), 3rd - Roy Nicholas (36) and 4th Jeff Ellis (33). Nearest the Pins: Ole Dibbern (Hole 3), Andrew Mills (Hole 6), Eric Owens (Hole 13) and Shaun Locke (Hole 16). There was also a great tur nout for the Society’s Poppy Day Tour nament on the

Saturday, which was sponsored by Mick the Grip who always raises money on behalf of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Well done for the generosity of the members who presented Mick with €210 towards the appeal during the prize giving ceremony. Once again, it was a Stableford of the yellow blocks due to the continuing maintenance of the tees at La Finca, and the fairways and greens were very wet after the overnight rain. Overall, the course is still in good condition. Results were: 1st - Ole Dibbern (40 points), 2nd - Jeff Ellis (40), 3rd - Ivor Turkington (38), 4th - Mick Elliot (37) and 5th -Gavin Parke (36). Nearest the Pins: Jeff Ellis (Hole 3), Neil Maidment (Hole 6), Shaun Locke (Hole 13)

and Mick Elliot (Hole 16). There were no ‘two’s’ on the day achieved by the members, but guest Neil Maidment managed one on the 6th hole. Best Dressed Golfer went to Russell Gordon. Afterwards, it was back to The Cor ner Flag for some food and the presentations and thanks go to Steve and his staff. La Finca Golf Society meet ever y Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at La Finca with first tee time around 9am. Saturday is the main competition day with various competitions which are Spanish Federated, and to be eligible to play you need a handicap of 16 or less. If you are interested or require more information give Bar r y a ring on 666 694 467 or 966 731 033.

Theresa Wright B e s t Fr o n t N i n e w a s achieved by Roy Wilkinson and the Best Back Nine by Martin Collins. Nearest the Pins on Par 3’s were Alex Bolton, Buck Taylor and Barry Grinsell. Back at the newly named ‘Raso Rooms’ (ex Rayz Bar) the Society enjoyed a b u f fe t a n d t h e p r e s e n t a tion as well as doing their b i t f o r t h e Po p p y A p p e a l with some football cards. It was no sur prise when the winner s also donated their prize money to the cause and all in all a total of €160 was raised and will later be passed to Mick the Grip. If anyone wishes to play with the Ruby’s Golf Society or require any fur ther infor mation please e-mail: rubysgolf@yahoo.co.uk.

Las Ramblas find ‘Tipping Point’ AS Peter Reffell reports, there was more than a special ‘game show’ theme running through the latest day with Las Ramblas Golf Society. On Monday it was ‘Come On Down’ as we competed in our own version of ‘Countdown’ with the best three scores out of four to count on each hole. ‘Playing their cards right’ and taking the honours with a credible 113 points (only two in front of the runners-up) were Terry Field, Ron Phipps, Peter Wickham and Nora Betts, ‘Good Game’! To put that into context my team were fairly ‘Pointless’ as we only managed 89 points. Despite the wet and windy conditions a ‘Surprise Surprise’ number of contestants took to the stage for Wednesday’s Stableford. For Nigel (the Price) was definitely right with a winning score of 41 points. In second spot, with 37, was John Dobson ‘Chased’ by Brian Staines with 36. Nigel also took ‘Bully’s special prize’ being the only player to get a ‘two’ today. Must have been a ‘Golden Shot’! Onto Friday’s Memorial Day two-ball betterball, and ‘Have I got news for you’? Nigel Price (again) together with Trevor Pulleyblank scooped the jackpot with an incredible 49 points. John Shervell and Nora Betts took the runners up slot with a fine 45 points. Trevor, playing off 14, finished his round at just 5 over par and submitted his card for handicap. So he’s for ‘The Drop’ then.

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Range Rover Vogue: Still leading the way

THERE was a time w hen you could onl y drive a Range Rover if you wer e par t of the landed gentry. T hings have moved on, and Range Rover

ownership now starts at a bout €34,000 for the Evoque, and morphs through myriad hotels to this, the R a n g e R ov e r T DV 6 Vogue. This full-fat version is now in its fourth incar nation and is still r e gar ded as the pinnacle of luxury SUVs. Bentley, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce have fashioned expensive rivals but the Range Rover has lost none of its cachet. Even populating the brand with new models such as the Velar,

Sport a n d E vo q u e , hasn’t dented the desirability of the biggest Range Rover of them all. It’s one of the best luxur y cars money can buy. T he entr y level TDV6 version is powered by a 258bhp d i e s e l e n g i n e w h i ch blasts 0-60mph in 7.5 seconds, and the official fuel economy now tops 40mpg. If you demand more

IN VOGUE: Range Rovers are still the SUV market leaders.

diesel grunt, the ch e a p e s t 4 . 4 l i t r e V8 is another €19,000, roughly the same as the all-new, super-economical P400epetrol-electric PHEV version. The crazy 5.0 litre V8 petrol star ts at

€133,000 and is somewhat behind the times in the new, environmentallyf r i e n d l y L a n d Rove r fleet. An eight-speed aut o m a t i c g e a r b ox i s now standar d on the

R a n g e y, w i t h a r aft of ada ptive driving aids for ever y type of condition on and off the road. T hese include the now ubiquitous Hill Descent Contr ol and modes for snow, rock, or any off-road terrain you can think of.

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motoring THE British land speed record (LSR) attempt has run out of financial road and gone bust. Supersonic land vehicle Bloodhound requires another €28 million to guarantee funding for future record attempts, up to and including eventually going for 1,000mph on an 11.8-mile track at Hakskeen Pan in South Africa’s Nor ther n Cape. The administrator is FRP Advisor y LLP and Andrew Sheridan, its joint administrator, acknowledges the ground-breaking nature of the Bloodhound project. “Administration provides some breathing space to identify an investor who will bring the guaranteed funding, impetus and expertise required to drive the project,” he said. “The €28 million the Bloodhound requires to break the land speed record is a fraction of the cost of, for example, finishing last in a Formula 1 season or r unning an America’s Cup team.” It was always going to be an uphill task, both technically and financially. The project to build the 14-

Bloodhound out of breath RECORD-BREAKER: With funding, the Bloodhound can make land speed history.

metre 135,000 thrust horsepower jet and rocket-powered car has been overseen by Richard Noble, team founder and for mer LSR record holder. He and his co-founder and Bloodhound driver, W ing Commander Andy Green, have been full-time fundraisers since 2007 when the project was launched. Yet through endless public appearances, speeches to industr y leaders and schoolchildren, meet and greets at

conferences and endless press rounds, neither of them have flagged or been anything less than supremely enthusiastic. Many were called on in that time but few stepped up, though they have had crucial sponsorship and partnerships with Rolls-Royce, Castrol, Rolex, Cisco, Oracle and Geely, as well as the Ministry of Defence, which loaned expert staff and provided the EJ200. The public too, have been

inspired by the project, donating millions to have their name on the tail fin or to watch the first runs of the car at Newquay aerodrome last autumn. It was actually Paul Drayson, businessman, amateur racing driver and the then British Minister of Science back in 2009, who encouraged the duo to push on and try to break 1,000mph. With major skills shortages hindering UK manufacturing companies, Drayson was also

looking to inspire a new generation of scientists and engineers with the ‘Apollo Effect.’ To that end, education was always key to the Bloodhound project and in its role as a contributor to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) campaign, it has reached more than two million children since launch, including 120,000 UK schoolchildren a year. Even the low-level air-speed record, which is no longer contested, stands at ‘only’ 994mph. Unlike Formula 1, there are no restrictions on design, besides the stipulation for four or more wheels, two of which are required for steering. The rest is down to the imagination and creativity of the team, as well as the skill and bravery of the driver. Mar k Chapman, Bloodhound’s chief engineer, has kept the team plugging on in the face of adversity, and said: “With the right support we have no doubt that the project will achieve its aims and could be racing for the record in as little as 10 months.”