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Men arrested for 20 Benidorm burglaries

By Paul Deed POLICE in Benidorm have arrested two people on

suspicion of carrying out more than 20 burglaries in the the town.

One detainee has an extensive criminal record with 40 previous arrests

Tandem sky dives raise €12,000 TWENTY people raised €12,000 by taking part in at charity tandem sky dive. It was organised by Stuart and

Andrea Aitchison (pictured) of Jalon and Orba Lions Club and took place at El Pinar Aerodrome in Castellon.

for robbery and theft in Mallorca, Madrid, Valencia and Benidorm, whilst the other has one single previous conviction.

The two suspects were transferred to Benidorm Police Court, which ordered the principal detainee to be remanded in custody, whilst releasing the second on bail, citing the fact that the man (a foreign national) had never been in prison despite having apparently been arrested in Spain 42 times in the last three years.

They are thought to be behind last week’s robbery at the home of Manolo Escobar, the Spanish singer who wrote the holiday favourite ‘Que Viva España’.

After two months of investigations, the police finally tracked down and detained the two Romanians.

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Toxic sweet warning A WARNING about the potential toxicity of a liquid sweet, Roller Crazy, made in China, has been issued by the Spanish Food Safety Agency after a girl suffered burns to her tongue.

Charity night JAVEA School of Bridge and Social Club raised €755 at a bridge night for their charity Cancer Care which donates to research, hospitals, and the Cancer Care Centre in Javea Park.

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Julio Iglesias vs Tom Jones REVENUE from Julio Iglesias’ concert in Gandia was more than double that of the Tom Jones’ one. While Iglesias brought in €190,000 out of 729 attendees, Jones brought in just €65,000 from 812 attendees. Of the proceeds, €12,000 is to be split between the soup kitchen ‘Buñoleres sense Fronteres’ and ‘L’Associacio de Familiars de Malalts d’Alzheimer’.

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the new terminal. AENA requires all airlines that operate at the new terminal to use the air bridges at a cost of around €2 million a year.

It had conceded that Ryanair could continue to board passengers by foot as agreed in a contract signed when the airline flew out of the old terminal - in the winter months but deemed it too ‘dangerous’ in the peak season.

“The loss of these connections to national and international destinations could mean a loss of 2.5 million passengers a year,” said the town hall’s Popular Party (PP) spokesman Manuel Rodriguez.

Among the flights cancelled were domestic destinations including Zaragoza, Santander, Valladolid, Palma de Mallorca as well as international connections to Pisa, Venice, Paris, Poznan, Fez and Marrakech, among others.

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19 arrested for ‘stealing’ electricity NINTEEN men were arrested in Pinoso - a town inland from Alicante - for the alleged manipulation of electricity meters. The fraud amounted to €66,300, according to official sources.

Two of the accused were apparently the perpetrators of the activity and would offer owners of property a 50 per cent saving on their electricity bill, charging €1,000-€1,200 for the service.

Railway line closed THE stretch of railway between Olla d’Altea and Calpe stations on Line 9, Benidorm to Denia, is currently closed due to improvement works expected to last four months.

An alternative bus service between the closed section has been arranged and the train timetable between Benidorm and Olla d’Altea modified to ease passenger transfer.

Two close shaves A PARAGLIDER escaped death twice when his motorized glider crashed into electrical wires in Tavernes de la Valldigna and then burst into flames.

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9 in 10 breathe polluted air ALMOST 41 million people in Spain breathe polluted air.

This was revealed in a 63-page report released by Spanish environmentalist federation Ecologistas en Accion (EA), which shows 87 per cent of Spain’s 47 million people breathe air which exceeds World Health Organisation pollution limit recommendations.

According to the report, if less stringent EU levels are applied, 37 per cent of the

population would fall below the recommended limit, i.e. 17.4 million people.

Despite the seriousness of the findings, the results suggest slight improvements since 2008, ‘mainly due to the recession’.

Each year 20,000 people die in Spain due to contaminated air, according to Paco Segura from EA. In January 2009, the European Commission started proceedings against Spain for failing to comply with air quality

Petrol ‘thieves’

Mortgage woes

TWO Spanish brothers were arrested in Gandia for allegedly siphoning petrol from a motorbike.

THOUSANDS in 40 Spanish cities are calling for a solution to the current mortgage situation.

Their principal demands are a halt to evictions, availability of social housing and the option of settling mortgage debt by returning the property.

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Ferrying drugs TWO Spaniards were arrested within two days of each other for allegedly attempting to take 27kg of hashish on to a ferry from Denia bound for Palma de Mallorca.

Bullfighting ban BULLFIGHTING fans and animal rights activists jeered and jostled each other after Cataluña’s last bullfight on Sunday.

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Ex-wife sting A ROMANTIC weekend in Rome with his ex-wife left Gerardo F.G. with a bank balance of just 69 cents.

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legislation. One of the biggest contributors to air pollution in Spain is road traffic.

Madrid and Barcelona are the two Spanish cities with the most contaminated air, according to the report.

In February, Madrid hit the headlines as the council issued a smog warning to commuters, calling for them to take public transport to stop a spike in pollution levels.

Nitrogen dioxide levels were recorded more than five times above EU safety limits.

In action: Gisela rules the waves.

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A pink themed event THIS Saturday (October 1) Jalon Valley Help is holding a pink themed coffee morning at the Pensionistas Library in Jalon to raise funds for children’s and local cancer charities. The Costa Barber Singers will make an appearance. www.jalonvalleyhelp.com

Stolen column THE base of a Roman column, that was stolen in 2008 after a Murcia resident attempted to sell it on the black market, has been returned to Denia’s Archaeological Museum.

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Great escape A SHORT film entitled ‘Culpable’ (Guilty) made by prisoners premiered without its lead because he had escaped from prison.

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A MAN is on trial for the alleged assault and harassment of two women in a field in Vistahermosa (Alicante) in July 2008, one of whom was his partner, but both have refused to testify against him.

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MORE than a third of passengers travel without travel insurance, risking huge medical bills if they have an accident or become ill abroad.

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BENIDORM’S economic situation is ‘similar to that of Greece’, according to the central democratic liberal party, CDL.

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OR 17-year-old Gisela Pulido, all her free time in life is spent kitesurfing.

Holding seven Freestyle, one Wave, and several Second Discipline world titles, Gisela she has won more kiteboard world titles than anyone.

And now the high school student is looking ahead to next month when she has been picked to captain Spain in the three-nation Red Bull

Battle of Trafalgar in Cadiz.

This competition between leading kitesurfers from Spain, France and England is scheduled over six days, starting on Friday, October 7, and running until Wednesday, October 12.

Nicknamed Gigi, Gisela lives in Tarifa with her parents, with the family

Mother and gran held for threats THE mother and grandmother of a six-year-old boy in Girona, Northeast Spain, have been arrested for threatening to kill his teacher and headmistress.

relocating from Barcelona where they previously lived so that she could spend more time training while also focusing on her schoolwork.

But, despite being on top of the kitesurfing world, Gisela also has other dreams in life. “I

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would like to go to university to study journalism. I think I’ll be able to combine it with the sport,” she says.

Gisela also one day hopes to be an Olympian.

For a girl who has already crossed the Gibraltar Strait competing against the ferry from Tarifa to Tangiers, and rules the women’s kitesurfing world, nothing should be ruled out as not being highly likely.

NEARLY 200 cyclists participated in the first ‘Marcha BTT’ event in Finestrat on Sunday.

Lions concert PLEASE note that the Teulada Moraira Lions concert at La Senieta featuring the Dolce Divas will be held on the evening of Friday, October 7, and not Tuesday, 11, as previously stated.

Dear Barcelona SPAIN’S most expensive shop rents are in Barcelona.

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5 held suspected of financing terrorists FIVE Algerians were arrested in the Basque Country and Navarra (Northern Spain) suspected of providing support to terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, the Interior Ministry said.

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Last bullfight in Barcelona

By Annie Maples BULLFIGHTING fans and animal rights activists jeered and jostled each other after Cataluña’s last bullfight on September 25.

Police quickly intervened but no arrests were made, they said later. Jose Tomas and Serafin Marin, carried out on the shoulders of fans after cutting two ears apiece from their bulls, were unaware of the fracas as they left Barcelona’s Monumental for the last time.

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Rabbits dig up graves THE discovery of human bones and teeth beside graves at Kinloss Abbey in Moray has been blamed on rabbits.

Old stuntman Bullfighters celebrate their success on Sunday.

People flock to La Monumental for last bullfight.

Cataluña voted to ban bullfighting last year and although the law does not

regarded as a cultural tradition by some Spaniards but which began to lose ground to football decades ago.

Cataluña may have banned formal bullfights but bull-running and bullbaiting, integral to many towns’ annual fiestas throughout Spain, remain.

Opponents to bullfighting claim that spectacles where, for instance,

come into effect until January 2012, this was the last bullfight of the season in the region’s only remaining ring.

With a bill headed by Jose Tomas, probably the best bullfighter in Spain, touts were offering entrance tickets for up to €300 earlier in the day.

On the internet prices were as high as €3,500 to see a spectacle still

flaming torches are attached to a bull’s horns, are no less barbaric and should also be abolished.

In Tordesillas (Valladolid) where earlier this month 100 men attacked a reluctant 600-kilo bull with spears, lances and, in one case, a screwdriver as it tried to escape, townspeople defended their right to maintain a long-standing tradition.

Unfinished business Blondie in pink: Melanie Thompson raised €500.

€500 in support of Mel’s ‘Race for Life’ SPONSORED by the Original Charity Shop and Library, their volunteer Melanie Thompson once again completed the Javea ‘Race for Life’.

This year proceeds will be donated to AECC, MABS and Children’s Cancer Charity ESPANION. Mel crossed the finishing line in 55 minutes.

WHEN Spain’s national parliament was dissolved last Monday, the fate of 19 new laws became uncertain.

With a general election on November 20 and regional elections in Andalucia on the same day, 17 of the initiatives could now come to nothing. The state Budget Act is the most important of these and with time running out this year’s provisions will instead be extended.

Legislation on equality, the right to dignity in death and religious freedom are unlikely to go ahead, as are laws on collective arbitration and workplace inspections to combat fraud and legislation.

A planned law on criminal trial proceedings

is destined to fall by the wayside, as is another centring on sports doping.

The outgoing government did, however, manage to push through some of its legislation on the rights, responsibilities and retirement age of the police with an act of parliament.

Many of the laws yet to be fully debated touched on a wide range of subjects, from telecommunications and improvements in the food-chain supply to a high court tribunal project intended to amalgamate different courts in the same judicial districts. Legislation on funeral facilities will also be affected, together with supervision of private insurance.

BRITAIN’S oldest stuntman, 64-year-old Rocky Taylor, from Cobham has broken a Guinness World Record by hurtling through a 19ft by 13ft sheet of breakaway glass in a car.

Miss Earth AMANDA QUINN won the Miss Earth Scotland title wearing a dress she made out of Tunnocks Caramel Wafer wrappers.

Her prize includes a month-long trip to Thailand where she will compete against other finalists in the Miss Earth global competition.

Hairy art CREATIVE art student Kerry Howley from Middlesex University spent 60 hours on each of the five necklaces she made from human hair.

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Ex-wife ‘empties’ bank accounts leaving just 69c

By Staff Reporter A ROMANTIC weekend in Rome with his ex-wife left Gerardo F.G. with a bank balance of 69 cents.

He is now suing both his Venezuelan ex, 33year-old Monica Irene G.O., for taking €240,954 from his bank account and her friend, lawyer Yolanda G.M., for helping with the sting.

The couple married in 2004 but separated in 2008, shortly after 45year-old Gerardo sold shares in a family business for €575,000 and put his assets in their joint name.

The husband remained in Alicante while his wife and their five-year-old son went to Venezuela.

Some months later, the wife suggested the Rome weekend as a way of getting back together for the sake of their son.

Gerardo then gave her €4,000 to organise the journey.

After an intimate dinner ‘with a great deal of wine’ on their last night in Rome Gerardo woke to find that his wife and son had disappeared.

The worried man went to the police following an

STUNG: Weekend in Rome ‘cost’ Gerardo €240,954. unsuccessful search for them but on returning to the hotel learnt that his wife had left.

Once at the airport, he also discovered that she had bought only one-way tickets.

Worse was to come when he found that Monica had emptied his bank accounts, leaving him with just 69 cents.

Neither could the bank contact him to confirm the withdrawal as Monica claimed to have lost their mobile shortly before they left for Rome.

After nine months without news of his wife or child, Gerardo hired a private detective who

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located them in Elche.

Despite his protestations, Monica was adamant that she had her husband’s permission to use the money to open a shop in central Alicante.

She also admitted wanting to prevent him from wasting the family money on his cocaine and gambling habit, an accusation which Gerardo denied.

The Prosecution Department initially recommended a four-year sentence for Monica and her accomplice, but said it is now reconsidering whether their conduct actually constituted a crime.

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Mortgage protests throughout Spain THOUSANDS in 40 Spanish cities are calling for a solution to the current mortgage situation.

Their principal demands were a halt to evictions, availability of social housing and the option of settling mortgage debt by returning the property.

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The demonstrations, backed by the 15M and Democracia Real Ya movements, were organised by PAH and ADICAE, two support groups for home-owners and bank customers with mortgage problems.

The Madrid demonstration attracted 5,000 protesters according to the organisers, although municipal sources put the figure closer to 500.

Hundreds protested in Andalucia’s cities, including Malaga and Almeria, where ‘We want a flat like the Prince’s’ was a popular chant with the crowds.

Valencia, a region with an estimated 72

There were 16,000 evictions in Spain due to repossession during the first three months of the year, Ruiz claimed, and proceedings had begun against a further 1.5 million defaulters.

Thousands demanded a halt to evictions. repossessions and evictions each day, also saw protests in its capital city. The common theme was a halt to evictions during a time of crisis and unemployment and the possibility of settling a mortgage debt by giving

the property back to the mortgage provider.

Legislation should be modified to allow this to be done retroactively so that families did not find themselves on the street, said PAH spokeswoman Chema Ruiz.

There were 16,000 evictions in Spain due to repossession during the first three months of the year, Ruiz claimed, and proceedings had begun against a further 1.5 million defaulters. She had asked the present government, and would ask whoever won the November 20 election, to turn empty flats and houses into social housing so that the sector ‘became a public service instead of a business’.

A three-year mortgage moratorium was ADICAE President Manuel Pardos’ suggestion. This would enable a ‘peaceful discussion’ in the new parliament of the best course to take, he believed.

Europe’s low-cost, high flyers give Spanish tourism a boost

By John Jackson MORE than half of the 7.4 million foreigners

who flew to Spain in August used a budget airline.

Ryanair, easyJet and

Air Berlin accounted for 54.2 per cent of lowcost airlines (LCA) arrivals to Spain.

And seven out of 10 LCA passengers were from Britain, Germany or Italy, Ministry of Tourism figures show.

In August, the number of British travellers using a LCA increased by 7.9 per cent year-onyear, ahead of Germany’s 2.4 per cent, but below Italy’s 13.1 per cent rise.

The increase in the number of French passengers was the biggest rise with 25.6 per cent.

But, by destination, the Canary Islands with 20 per cent more was the Spanish region which saw the biggest monthly rise.

The Canaries was followed by the Balearics (11.1 per cent) and the Valencia Region

(7.9 per cent).

Forty-three million foreign people arrived at Spanish airports in the first eight months of 2011, 11.7 per cent more than the same period of 2010.

Of these, 25 million (57.3 per cent) used a LCA, a 14.4 per cent yearly rise.

Again, the Canaries led the way with four million foreign tourists year-to-date, 27.5 per cent more than the same eight months of 2010.

This is thought to be due to political unrest and rioting in Tunisia and Egypt at the beginning of 2011, leading to a flood of holiday cancellations in favour of the islands.

The Canaries usually enjoy a milder climate in the winter than mainland Spain and the Balearics.

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Happy in Hamburg PEOPLE living in the northern port city of Hamburg are the most content Germans, while the grumpiest residents live in the eastern state of Thuringia, according to a recent study.

Mozart fans OPERATORS of a sewage treatment plant in Treuenbrietzen in Eastern Germany saved around €10,000 last year, apparently by playing Mozart to their microbes.

More fruit SOON, palm trees and exotic fruit will grow and flourish in a remote part of Bavaria known for its long winters thanks to the Klein-Eden – Little Eden – tropics project.

Penis demand THE number of German men paying for surgery to enlarge their penis is increasing, doctors say.

Smart pants SMART trousers are undergoing field-testing

by German researchers.

They hope they will reduce the risk of chainsaw injuries by being able to tell when a saw is getting too close and switching it off.

Oktoberfest MUNICH’S 178th Oktoberfest is officially in full swing. On the first day of the festival nearly 80 people were treated by the Red Cross for alcohol poisoning and an organisation has accused beer sellers of pouring less beer into the mugs.

Space date GERMAN astronaut Alexander Gerst has been chosen to fly aboard a Russian rocket to the International Space Station in 2014 and be on board for half a year conducting zerogravity experiments.

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The odyssey is over for Odyssey TREASURE-HUNTERS must return 500,000 gold and silver coins salvaged from a Spanish warship sunk by Britain in 1804.

The greatest treasure ever recovered from the seabed belonged to Spain, ruled an Atlanta tribunal, rejecting an appeal by Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc against an earlier decision in Spain’s favour.

The Appeals Court decision was ‘a complete victory for Spain’ declared James Goold, the US lawyer representing the Spanish government.

Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, carrying 17 tons of gold and silver coins, set sail from Peru in 1804 but was sunk off the Algarve coast by the British navy.

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Police gun left in Ikea toilet The sinking of the Mercedes.

Odyssey co-founder Greg Stemm, left, and project manager Tom Dettweiler examining a coin recovered from the ‘Black Swan’ shipwreck.

There it lay until 2007 when Odyssey divers located the vessel and began shipping coins back to Tampa in what it maintained was

Colombian drug trafficker on trial in Alicante A COLOMBIAN man in Alicante faces six years in prison for allegedly receiving cocaine packages of up to 295g from trains arriving from Barcelona.

This is in addition to a three-and-a-half-year sentence for previous drug trafficking offences he was convicted of.

a legal operation in international waters.

The Mercedes was on a commercial mission when it went down, argued Odyssey, and the cargo was not covered by Spain’s sovereign immunity.

The Atlanta court rebutted the company’s claims and ruled that as a foreign navy vessel the Mercedes was immune from normal salvage rules. It was carrying gold and silver pesos as well as almost 2,000 copper and tin ingots ‘partly to pay off France amid a three-way tangle of war involving Britain, France and

Spain’.

The ship was commanded by a Spanish navy captain who delayed departure from Lima to comply with Spanish navy Approximate orders to location of the prepare for galleon. war with the British, said the court.

An undeterred Odyssey is now planning an appeal to the Federal Court and, if necessary, the Supreme Court. The 500,000 coins and ingots sent to Spain 207 years ago are in one of Odyssey’s vaults and they could remain there, far from their original destination, for some time to come.

SWEDEN – A police officer stopped for lunch at an Ikea branch in Stockholm only to discover a couple of hours later that she had left her gun in the toilet.

Children first DENMARK – Copenhagen’s 2012 budget prioritises children, bicycles and business growth.

New ideas NORWAY – More than two months after the July attacks, new anti-terrorism measures now include a ban on semi-automatic weapons, and more money for the Civil Defence.

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Tour of Calpe’s medieval village

By Paul Deed CALPE’S Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment has organised a set of six guided tours for the autumn in the Parque Natural del Peñon de Ifach.

This should be of great interest to Spanish speaking expatriates who have an interest in the wealth of antiquarian sites, as well as the indigenous flora along the Costa Blanca.

The objective of this initiative is to publicise this protected area of Calpe, one of the most visited in the region, which also has a valuable heritage and unique flora with important endemic species.

Visits scheduled for this autumn will begin October 5, to be followed by other excursions on October 19, and then November 2, 16 and 30, and finally on December 14. All guided tours will take

of this protected area from antiquity to the present.

One of the most interesting aspects of the route will be to experience at first hand, the rich cultural potential of the medieval Villa d'Ifac .

Calpe’s Peñon de Ifach. place between 10am and 12.30pm.

The tours are aimed at adults, and the route is a guided interpretation of the nature reserve with staff from the archaeological site at the medieval village d'Ifac, including access via the tunnel through the mountain.

Throughout the tour, participants will observe the culture, environment and landscape of this protected area.

In addition, technicians of

Great escape by lead actor

By Staff Reporter A SHORT film entitled ‘Culpable’ (Guilty) made by prisoners premiered without its lead because he escaped from prison.

Serving a six-year sentence for drugs offences, the star of ‘Culpable’ was an inmate of the ‘respeto’ cellblock at the Mansilla de las Mulas jail in Leon, northern Spain, where prisoners accept strict rules regarding work and conduct in return for privileges.

Despite being a model prisoner, the would-be actor failed to return after a weekend leave even though he was due to return to Chile on probation in the New Year. A warrant is now out for his arrest.

The film was shown on September 23 in honour of the patroness of

prisons, Our Lady of Mercy, but the 36-yearold Chilean prisoner in the principal role was not present.

The short, which took the 20 prisoners involved five months to film, needed to have some scenes cut to mask the lead actor’s absence and some close-ups were eliminated, said Rodolfo Herrero, the film director who volunteered to lead the project.

Happily, the film still made sense, he explained, especially as the more complex scenes, all of them involving the Chilean runaway, were shot at the beginning.

“I knew where I was going to be filming and I knew the limitations and bureaucracy involved but I didn’t expect the central character to run off,” Herrero admitted.

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The event is free but is not recommended for children under 12 years.

Alicante park assault TWO men and a woman were arrested in Alicante City for allegedly attacking the girlfriend of one of the accused in Canalejas Park.

The victim was admitted to hospital with serious injuries to the face.

An off-duty policeman raised the alarm and arrested them together with an undercover agent.

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Parador de Javea Avda. del Mediterráneo, 233 DIAMONDS WANTED 2ct or more We can check your diamonds size at the show We travel throughout Europe buying all these items for collectors, and pay the highest prices.

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Document falsification and fraud is to be investigated by the Guardia Civil.

Harleys could be seized in ITV probe

By Jennifer Leighfield A SPECIALIST group within the Guardia Civil has opened an investigation into document falsification and fraud in the sale of Harley Davidson motorbikes.

Some 5,000 Harley Davidsons could be taken off the roads after the discovery that some importers may have sent them to privately-owned ITV centres willing to overlook legal requirements.

The investigation began at the beginning of this year when the Guardia Civil detected an ‘unusual’ number of Harley Davidsons were being taken for ITV testing in Las Pedroñeras, Cuenca.

Harley Davidson España informed them that since 2003, motorbikes for the European market must have a 5HD code on the technical data card, while those from the USA have 1HD codes. They were also able to inform the Guardia Civil that

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some of the motorbikes they had requested information about were in unusual situations because they had been authorised in Spain, although they were configured for the US market.

This led the Guardia Civil to request reports for more than 100 motorbikes, all checked in Las Pedroñeras, a town located between Albacete and Madrid. They found that the technical data card issued for these motorbikes had the US specifications and were illegal in Spain.

Buyers, sellers, importers, ITV staff and engineers were called to give statements.

Meanwhile, some importers accused Harley Davidson España of tampering with the cards, and buyers who have paid up to €16,000 for their motorbikes complain that the company’s official dealers in Spain are attempting to stop second-hand imports so they can sell more.

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Angels land in El Cid

By Ron Williams GUARDIAN ANGELS are holding a Red, White and Blue themed fund raising dinner this Friday October 1 at 7.30pm in the El Cid Restaurant at Benidoleig.

They promise a two meat choice plus a veggie option and live entertainment from Wayne Horne, Terry Rowley and Al Saint, plus Bunty and the Beanos all at €10. Book on 622 795 542.

The Red, White and Blue theme will give Brits an opportunity to wave the colours of the Union Jack again - and not forgetting the French Tricolour or the flags of Cambodia, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech and Dominican Republics, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Laos, Luxembourg, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, USA plus even North Korea and certainly not forgetting Commonwealth flags of Australia, Fiji and New Zealand.

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MORE than a third of passengers travel without travel insurance, risking huge medical bills if they have an accident or become ill abroad.

This was revealed in a survey of 4,000 passengers by low cost airline Ryanair which also shows 82 per cent with insurance did not know if their policy offered ski, business travel or sports (golf) cover.

Ninety per cent of those who travelled without insurance were unaware that medical repatriation flights within Europe could cost them more than €18,000, and substantially more from other parts of the world, should they become seriously ill when abroad.

British Embassy spokesperson, James Birkett told EWN: “Medical treatment abroad can be very expensive and to avoid being faced with large bills if taken ill or after having an accident, the Foreign Office is urging people to take out a comprehensive travel insurance policy before travelling to Spain and other foreign destinations.

“The UK has mutual health care agreements with many countries, but these arrangements do not cover all expenses”.

In 2010, around 12 million UK residents visited Spain, and the first six months of 2011 unrest in North African destinations produced a 25 per cent year-on-year increase, Foreign &

1 in 3 travellers risk huge medical costs

Medical treatment abroad can be very expensive without insurance.

Commonwealth Office figures show.

But experts warn not all travel insurance policies are the same.

"It is important to know exactly what is and what is not covered by your travel insurance policy, so don't select a policy simply on price," David Deveson from Globelink Travel Insurance said.

Retired Britons David, 80 and Gloria Smith, 69 paid the price of not having travel insurance during a visit to Spain earlier this month.

The couple travelled to the Costa del Sol from London to attend the wedding of their granddaughter.

“We didn’t think to get travel insurance because

Woman murdered by her husband A 39-YEAR-OLD Moroccan woman was killed by her husband in the hairdressers she ran near her home in Puçol, Valencia.

She had reported the 62year-old Spanish man a month earlier for beating her in the street.

He tried to flee after stabbing her to death but was arrested by Guardia Civil shortly afterwards.

He allegedly waited until she was alone in the salon and attacked her. She was able to call the Local Police

herself. However, she died just minutes later.

The woman had told her friends he abused her and a restraining order was issued against him and she began procedures for a separation. The couple had a 16-year-old daughter.

The victim lived in Puçol for 20 years and was very popular. The couple met when he was travelling as a lorry driver when she was just 19. He was a widow and smuggled her into Spain illegally in his lorry.

we thought it was just a short trip within Europe,” Gloria said.

They were due to fly back to London two days after the wedding and just hours before they were due to depart for the airport, David

collapsed in the hotel.

He had suffered a heart attack.

David was taken to the nearest clinic which was a private one, where he was stabilised.

“When the clinic found out I did not have

insurance I had to leave a €2,000 deposit,” she said.

A few hours later David was transferred to the state hospital in Malaga City.

“But before leaving, the clinic asked for a further €4,000 deposit,” she said.

The clinic later returned €3,000, so the cost of him being there for a few hours was €3,000.

“My husband was in a critical state, and we were very distressed as hardly anyone in the Spanish hospital spoke any English,” she said.

Two weeks later David was discharged from hospital and has since returned to London.

“I feel so stupid for not taking out travel insurance” she admitted.

“It has been an expensive and stressful lesson which we have learnt.”

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5:00am BBC News 7:00am Breakfast 10:15am Helicopter Heroes Rav Wilding follows the work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.

A paraglider crashes to earth and a vintage car enthusiast is runover by his own vehicle.

11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm To Build or Not to Build Series following some of the UK's 20,000 self-builders. Dentist Stephen Robinson and wife Rachel set out to build a stylish new home for their family in Marlow, but it is not without its teething problems. 12:45pm Cash in the Attic 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Celebrity MasterChef

7:00am Little Robots 7:10am Guess with Jess 7:20am The Pingu Show 7:35am Little Charley Bear 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Safari 8 8:30am Trust Me I'm a Genie 8:40am LĂŠon 8:45am The League of Super Evil 8:55am Newsround 9:00am Trapped 9:30am Green Balloon Club Goes on Holiday 9:55am Dirtgirlworld 10:05am The Koala Brothers 10:15am Driver Dan's Story Train 10:35am Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:45am Nuzzle and Scratch 11:05am Get Squiggling 11:20am ZingZillas 11:45am Waybuloo 12:05pm In the Night Garden 12:35pm The Pink Panther Show 1:00pm The Daily Politics Conference Special 2:00pm Diagnosis Murder 2:45pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

4:00am Gorillas in the Mist Powerful drama based on the life story of crusading zoologist Dian Fossey, who journeyed to Rwanda in 1967 to research the effects of poaching on a rare breed of mountain gorillas. Over nearly 20 years, Fossey built up a strong bond with the creatures, but it was her antipathy towards the jungle's human population that would eventually result in tragedy. 6:15am ITV Nightscreen 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal

5:40am Countdown 6:25am Cookery School 7:20am Sali Mali 7:25am The Treacle People 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Supernanny US 10:55am Supersize v Superskinny 11:55am A Place by the Sea 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm Four in a Bed 2:05pm Rio Grande

6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am Roary the Racing Car 7:20am The Adventures of Bottletop Bill and His Best Friend Corky 7:35am Elmo's World 7:50am Peppa Pig 7:55am Milkshake! Music Box 8:00am Little Princess 8:15am The Mr. Men Show 8:25am Thomas and Friends 8:40am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:35am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm LIVE with Gabby 1:05pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

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4:00pm Wanted Down Under 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Reel History of Britain 8:00pm If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home 9:00pm The Marvellous Mrs Beeton, with Sophie Dahl 10:00pm Shirley An intimate and revealing drama that looks at the life of singer Dame Shirley Bassey.

11:10pm Mock the Week 11:40pm Newsnight

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm There's No Taste Like Home 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale Chas realises the full extent of Aaron's torment.

8:30pm Tonight 9:00pm Emmerdale Aaron refuses to let a desperate Chas help him.

9:30pm Coronation Street Peter breaks down as Carla's life hangs in the balance.

10:00pm Billy Connolly's Route 66 Third in a new four-part series in which Billy Connolly travels the world's most famous highway - Route 66. This episode sees Billy in cowboy country as he joins ranch-hands on a cattle drive to Oklahoma City. Over the border in Texas, he stops off at the ghost town of Glenrio. In Los Alamos, New Mexico, Billy meets two men who helped create the atomic bomb. Driving off-route, he finds himself in Monument Valley, a sacred Navajo site and a location familiar from countless westerns.

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4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Coach Trip 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:55pm BT and Channel 4 Present...

Channel 4 and BT introduce Jonnie Peacock, Paralympic athlete.

9:00pm Country House Rescue 10:00pm Educating Essex 11:00pm Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA In this new episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA, Gordon Ramsay once again heads stateside in a bid to rescue failing restaurant owners from imminent disaster. In this show Gordon travels to Eagle Rock California, to visit Capri - a restaurant in a rut owned by overgrown identical twins, Jim and Jeff. The twins could have walked straight out of Alice in Wonderland and their method of running a restaurant is just as fantastic. Half comedy act half cry-babies, Jim and Jeff seem oblivious to the grime and dust riddling their restaurant. It hasn't seen a deep clean or a damp cloth for years.

4:10pm Loving Evangeline 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours Toadie impresses his boss by getting a result on a tough work assignment, but his reward may turn out to be a curse. Rhys takes advantage of Karl's prescription slip, shamelessly schmoozing the senior doctors on the golf course. Noah withdraws Sophie's invitation to the open mic night, after learning Kate will not be there.

7:00pm Home and Away A proposed visit by Sid's ex-wife causes problems. Jake is out on bail and looking for Brax. Casey and Ruby are used as bargaining tools. Leah tells Miles she does not want the baby.

7:25pm OK! TV 8:00pm 5 News at 7 National and international news.

8:30pm UEFA Europa League Live Europa League football action from the latest round of this year's competition. Spurs take on Dublin's Shamrock Rovers, the most successful club in Irish footballing history.

11:10pm Big Brother Coverage of all the latest goings-on from inside the Big Brother house.

12:35am 71 Degrees North Paddy McGuinness and Charlotte Jackson present the extreme adventure competition. 1:30am The Zone For shopping and special features from QVC, plus roulette with Jackpot247. 3:30am Tonight 3:55am ITV Nightscreen 5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show

12:05am Seven Dwarves 1:05am The Vue Film Show 1:35am Ibiza Rocks on with Xbox Kinect 2:05am Music on 4 Favourites 2:30am DJ Shadow 2:40am Rockfeedback Presents...

2:55am Embarrassing Bodies 3:50am Dispatches 4:45am Smallville 5:30am Countdown

12:15am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:10am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel.

5:05am Meals in Moments 5:15am Brian Sewell's Grand Tour

4:00pm BBC News 4:05pm Natural Born Hunters 4:35pm Wingin' It 5:00pm Copycats 5:30pm Richard Hammond's Blast Lab 6:00pm Newsround 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm EastEnders 9:00pm Watchdog Consumer series.

10:00pm Outnumbered 10:30pm Would I Lie to You? Rob Brydon hosts the comedy panel show, with team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack.

11:00pm BBC News at Ten The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

11:32pm BBC Weather 11:35pm Question Time 12:35am This Week 1:20am Holiday Weatherview 1:25am Panorama Current affairs. After Libya, will Syria be the next Arab dictatorship to fall to people power? 1:55am Countryfile 2:55am Antiques Roadshow 3:55am Food Fighters 4:40am BBC News

BBC3 5:15am The World's Strictest Parents 8:00pm Top Gear 9:00pm Don't Tell the Bride 10:00pm Young Soldiers 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Lee Nelson's Well Good Show 12:00am Family Guy 12:20am Family Guy 12:45am Young Soldiers 1:45am Lee Nelson's Well Good Show 2:15am Wilfred 2:35am World's Craziest Fools 3:05am Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum 4:05am The Real Hustle 4:35am Wilfred

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10:00pm 12:30am Today at Conference Giles Dilnot presents highlights of the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool. 1:00am BBC Electric Proms This sumptuous slice of the BBC Electric Proms 2009 shows Dame Shirley Bassey on sparkling form. 1:20am Imagine... Alan Yentob gains an insight into the creative world of Shirley Bassey. 2:15am BBC News 4:40am Pages from Ceefax 5:00am Engineering for the World

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Top of the Pops: 1976 9:00pm When TV Goes to War 10:00pm The Perfect Suit 11:00pm Time Shift 12:00am Only Connect 12:30am Regimental Stories 1:00am Top of the Pops: 1976 1:30am When TV Goes to War 2:30am The Perfect Suit 3:30am Only Connect 4:00am Time Shift

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5:20am It's Me or the Dog USA 6:10am Tabatha's Salon Takeover 7:00am Oops TV 7:30am Oops TV 8:00am London Ambulance 8:30am London Ambulance 9:00am Stargate SG-1 10:00am Stargate SG-1 11:00am The Chicago Code 12:00pm Lie to Me 1:00pm Sun, Sea and A&E 2:00pm Luton Airport 2:30pm Luton Airport 3:00pm The Real A&E 3:30pm The Real A&E

5:20am You Again 7:10am Driving Aphrodite 8:50am The Invention of Lying 10:35am The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 12:10pm Bulletproof 1:40pm Couples Retreat 3:40pm Macgruber

5:30am Titan A.E. 7:20am 35mm 7:50am Eight Legged Freaks 9:35am The Matrix Reloaded 11:55am Clash of the Titans 1:45pm The A-Team 3:45pm The Matrix Reloaded

5:20pm A Serious Man 7:15pm The Invention of Lying 9:00pm Dinner for Schmucks 11:00pm Jackass: The Movie

4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm A League of Their Own 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons Lisa decides that she doesn't want to end up like her mum, Marge.

8:30pm Futurama 9:00pm Futurama 9:30pm The Simpsons A trio of smartly scripted and spirited Halloween tales.

10:00pm Glee 11:00pm An Idiot Abroad Digging out his passport for series two, Karl works through the 'Bucket List'.

4:40pm Invictus 6:55pm Awakenings 9:00pm Sex and the City 2 11:30pm The Bounty Hunter After a minor traffic accident, journalist Nicole jumps bail to follow up a lead.

12:00am Ross Kemp on Gangs 1:00am Law and Order 2:00am Road Wars 2:50am Night Cops 3:40am The Dresden Files 4:30am The Dresden Files 5:20am It's Me or the Dog USA

1:25am Bad Girls Wild West hooker Cody is sentenced to hang for killing an abusive customer of her pal Anita. 3:15am Fireflies in the Garden 5:05am 35mm 5:35am Turn the Beat Around

12:35am Macgruber 2:10am The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 3:40am Jimmy Hollywood 5:40am A Golden Christmas

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:00am The Last Song 7:00am Agora 9:10am The Top Ten Show 2011 9:30am Weather Girl 11:10am Meet Joe Black 2:10pm Sex and the City 2

6:05pm The Sorcerer's Apprentice 8:00pm Clash of the Titans 10:00pm The A-Team 12:00am Eraser 2:00am Lethal Weapon 3:55am The Killing Machine 5:30am The Sorcerer's Apprentice

TCM 6:00am Off Set 7:00am Butterfield 8 9:05am Maverick 10:05am Gunsmoke 11:35am The Last Challenge 1:30pm Maverick 2:30pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Good Guys and The Bad Guys 6:00pm Little Women 8:20pm At Gunpoint 10:00pm Blazing Saddles 11:50pm Private Benjamin After the surprise termination of her second marriage, a spoiled Jewish princess joins the Army.

1:55am Flirting Danny has been sent to boarding school, in this sequel to "The Year My Voice Broke".

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11:00am Homes Under the Hammer 12:00pm To Build or Not to Build 12:45pm Cash in the Attic 1:15pm Bargain Hunt 2:00pm BBC News at One 2:30pm BBC London News 2:45pm Doctors 3:15pm Celebrity MasterChef

7:00am Little Robots 7:10am Guess with Jess 7:20am The Pingu Show 7:35am Little Charley Bear 7:45am Rastamouse 8:00am Safari 8 8:30am Trust Me I'm a Genie 8:40am LĂŠon 8:45am The League of Super Evil 8:55am Newsround 9:00am Trapped 9:30am Green Balloon Club Goes on Holiday 9:55am Dirtgirlworld 10:05am The Koala Brothers 10:15am Driver Dan's Story Train 10:35am Raa Raa the Noisy Lion 10:45am Nuzzle and Scratch 11:05am Get Squiggling 11:20am ZingZillas 11:45am Waybuloo 12:05pm In the Night Garden 12:35pm The Pink Panther Show 1:00pm The Daily Politics 1:30pm GMT with George Alagiah 2:00pm Diagnosis Murder 2:45pm To Buy or Not to Buy 3:15pm The Weakest Link

5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women 2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal Today David and the team are at the seaside in Blackpool, where Corrie Jeffery makes a deal on a presentation baton from a Diamond Jubilee Band. But it is a spelter lamp that really steals the show.

5:30am Countdown 6:15am Cookery School 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:30am Frasier 10:00am Supernanny US 10:55am Supersize v Superskinny 11:55am A Place in the Sun 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm BT and Channel 4 Present... 1:10pm Cheyenne Autumn

6:35am House Doctor 7:00am Thomas and Friends 7:10am Roary the Racing Car 7:20am The Adventures of Bottletop Bill and His Best Friend Corky 7:35am Elmo's World 7:50am Peppa Pig 7:55am Milkshake! Music Box 8:00am Little Princess 8:15am The Mr. Men Show 8:25am Thomas and Friends 8:40am Noddy in Toyland 9:00am Fifi and the Flowertots 9:15am Peppa Pig 9:25am Peppa Pig 9:30am Roary the Racing Car 9:45am Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00am Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom 10:15am The Wright Stuff 12:10pm LIVE with Gabby 1:05pm 5 News Lunchtime 1:15pm Big Brother 2:15pm Home and Away 2:45pm Neighbours 3:15pm CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

4.00pm - midnight

4:00pm Wanted Down Under 4:45pm Escape to the Country 5:30pm Flog It! 6:15pm Antiques Road Trip 7:00pm Eggheads 7:30pm Reel History of Britain 8:00pm The Culture Show 9:00pm Escape to the Country Series in which prospective buyers are helped to find their dream home in the country.

9:30pm Gardeners' World 10:00pm Digging for Britain 11:00pm QI Stephen Fry comes over all indecisive.

11:30pm Newsnight

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm There's No Taste Like Home 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm London Tonight 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale Alex has his revenge on Declan. Chas is forced to take desperate measures to help Aaron.

8:30pm Coronation Street Kevin and Pam are horrified when Bill collapses during their argument.

9:00pm Love Your Garden Gardening series. Alan Titchmarsh is in Harlow in Essex, where he shows how the smallest of gardens can be turned into a private sanctuary.

He also transforms a tiny hot tub area into an intimate tropical garden.

9:30pm Coronation Street Bill's heart attack brings Kevin and Sally closer.

10:00pm DCI Banks Detective drama series based on the novels by Peter Robinson.

11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather The latest headlines from around the world.

11:35pm Sextuplets: The Little Lambs Documentary about the first sextuplets born in England for 17 years.

4:10pm Countdown 5:00pm Deal or No Deal 6:00pm Coach Trip 6:30pm Come Dine with Me 7:00pm The Simpsons 7:30pm Hollyoaks 7:55pm 4thought.tv 8:00pm Channel 4 News Includes sport and weather.

8:30pm BT and Channel 4 Present...

8:35pm The IT Crowd Classic episode Smoke and Mirrors.

9:00pm Come Dine with Me 10:00pm The Million Pound Drop Live Extraordinary game show in which contestants can win or lose life-changing amounts of money live on TV. Filmed in a highly secure location, contestants are given their prize of a million pounds at the start of the show, but are then faced with eight tough questions that are linked to four trapdoors, each representing an answer, in order to hold on to the cash.

11:30pm 8 Out of 10 Cats Channel 4's ever popular comedy panel show returns for a 12th series, including its 100th episode. Stand up comic and presenter Jimmy Carr is back to oversee the disputes and deliberations on all the topical events that set the great British public's chins wagging.

4:10pm We'll Meet Again 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away 7:25pm OK! TV 8:00pm 5 News at 7 National and international news.

8:30pm Pawn Stars Series following pawn shop owners in Las Vegas.

9:00pm Ultimate Police Interceptors Highlights of the documentary series following expert high-speed police chase teams.

10:00pm Big Brother 11:00pm The Bachelor Reality series.

12:35am Rugby World Cup 2011 Expect sparks to fly as South Africa face Samoa in the final group match for both teams.

1:00am Smugglers Second of two programmes following the work of UK Border Agency officers.

1:55am The Zone For shopping and special features from QVC, plus roulette with Jackpot247. 4:15am Rugby World Cup 2011f

12:05am Al Murray 2:10am The Drums 2:20am On Track with Seat 2:50am My Name is Earl 3:10am My Name is Earl 3:30am Without a Trace 4:20am The Real Housewives of New Jersey 5:05am Accidentally on Purpose 5:30am Countdown

12:00am Big Brother 12:30am Big Brother's Bit on the Side 1:15am Super Casino Live interactive gaming featuring roulette, blackjack and autowheel. 5:05am Motorsport Mundial 5:35am The Gadget Show

4:00pm BBC News 4:05pm Natural Born Hunters 4:35pm Wingin' It 5:00pm Dick and Dom Go Wild 5:30pm Planet Dinosaur Files 6:00pm Newsround 6:15pm Pointless 7:00pm BBC News at Six 7:30pm BBC London News 8:00pm The One Show 8:30pm Nigel Slater's Simple Cooking 9:00pm EastEnders 9:30pm Celebrity MasterChef 10:00pm Strictly Come Dancing 11:00pm BBC News at Ten The latest national and international news, with reports from BBC correspondents worldwide.

11:25pm BBC London News The latest news, sport and weather from London.

11:32pm BBC Weather The latest weather forecast.

11:35pm Come Fly with Me

Digging for Britain

10:00pm 12:05am Mrs. Brown's Boys Comedy series about a loudmouthed Irish matriarch.

12:35am The National Lottery Friday Night Draws 12:45am Veronica Guerin 2:15am Weatherview 2:20am Question Time 3:20am Monty Halls' Great Irish Escape 4:20am The Code 5:20am BBC News

BBC3 5:25am Don't Tell the Bride 8:00pm Doctor Who 8:45pm Doctor Who Confidential 9:00pm The Real Hustle 9:30pm E20 10:00pm Little Britain 10:30pm Lee Nelson's Well Good Show 11:00pm EastEnders 11:30pm Him and Her 12:00am Family Guy 12:25am Family Guy 12:45am American Dad 1:10am American Dad 1:30am American Dad 1:50am Lee Nelson's Well Good Show 2:20am Little Britain 2:50am Him and Her

12:00am The Review Show 12:50am Later... with Jools Holland 1:50am It's Alive 3:20am The Culture Show 4:20am BBC News 5:20am Pages from Ceefax

BBC4 8:00pm World News Today 8:30pm Mahler's 1st Symphony with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic 10:15pm Singer-Songwriters at the BBC A compilation of some timeless and classic performances from the BBC archives.

11:15pm Songwriters' Circle 12:15am Troubadours 1:40am Singer-Songwriters at the BBC 2:40am Songwriters' Circle 3:40am Mahler's 1st Symphony with Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic

The Bachelor

11:00pm

Satellite channels SKY1 5:20am It's Me or the Dog USA 6:10am Tabatha's Salon Takeover 7:00am Oops TV 7:30am Oops TV 8:00am So You Think You're Safe? 9:00am Stargate SG-1 10:00am Stargate SG-1 11:00am Lie to Me 12:00pm Lie to Me 1:00pm Sun, Sea and A&E 2:00pm Luton Airport 2:30pm Luton Airport 3:00pm The Real A&E 3:30pm The Real A&E 4:00pm Stargate SG-1 5:00pm Stargate SG-1 6:00pm The Simpsons 6:30pm The Simpsons 7:00pm A League of Their Own 7:30pm The Simpsons 8:00pm The Simpsons 8:30pm The Middle 9:00pm Modern Family 9:30pm The Simpsons 10:00pm An Idiot Abroad The next 'thing to do' for Karl to, er, do is a trip aboard the Trans-Siberian Express.

11:00pm Glee 12:00am Mount Pleasant 1:00am Brit Cops: Frontline Crime 2:00am Road Wars 2:50am Night Cops 3:40am The Dresden Files 4:30am The Dresden Files 5:20am It's Me or the Dog USAf

SKY MOVIES COMEDY 5:40am A Golden Christmas 7:15am Suburban Girl 8:55am Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

10:35am The Proposal 12:30pm Vampires Suck 2:00pm Killers 3:45pm Barbershop 5:30pm Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 7:10pm Cop Out 9:00pm Killers 10:45pm Vampires Suck Hilarious spoof of the Twilight Saga, plus a host of other pop culture targets.

12:15am Elektra Luxx 2:00am The Informant!

3:55am I Love You Phillip Morris 5:40am Housesitter

SKY MOVIES DRAMA 5:35am Turn the Beat Around 7:15am The Top Ten Show 2011 7:30am The Race 9:05am The Greatest 10:55am Bandslam 12:55pm All About Steve 2:45pm The Social Network 4:50pm Remember Me 6:45pm Julie and Julia 9:00pm The Social Network 11:10pm Brothers

4:00pm Kick-Ass 6:00pm Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 8:00pm Terminator Salvation 10:00pm 2012 12:40am Kick-Ass 2:40am Wild Target 4:20am Far Cry

TCM 6:00am Off Set 6:20am Off Set 6:55am Little Women 9:20am Maverick 10:20am Gunsmoke 11:50am At Gunpoint 1:30pm Maverick 2:30pm Gunsmoke 4:00pm The Boy From Oklahoma 6:00pm Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 8:05pm Big Jake 10:15pm Pale Rider 12:25am Lethal Weapon 4 3:00am Off Set 3:50am Teleshopping

1:05am Whip it! 3:10am Men of Honor 5:30am The Race

SKY MOVIES ACTION 5:30am The Sorcerer's Apprentice 7:30am Wild Target 9:20am Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 11:20am Terminator Salvation 1:20pm 2012

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Stat of week Marketing Directors are the best paid executives of large companies in Spain, with an average annual salary (gross) of €123,724, according to infoempleo.com.

• THE Fairway Golf Hotel & Spa, located in Benlaup Casas Viejas, between villages Viejer de la Frontera and Medina Sidonia won categories ‘Spain’s Leading All Inclusive Resort’ and ‘Spain’s Leading Spa Resort’ 2011, in the World Travel Awards.

This is the fourth time they have been awarded in Spain’s Leading Spa Resort since 2007.

Hotel Barcelo Formentor in Mallorca was named Spain’s Leading Boutique Hotel for the second consecutive year.

• SPAIN’S treasury sold €3.2 billion in two short-term debt auctions but was forced to pay higher interest rates.

Car registration:

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7.3% UK Plates

92.7% Spanish

Source: 2010 Euro Weekly News Over 55 survey

• SPANISH chain El Arbol has acquired 19 new supermarkets from Oascual Hermanos in Burgos, Northern Spain.

Excluding this latest deal, El Arbol currently operates 467 supermarkets in Spain.

• FOR the third year running, France was named first choice for Britons buying property abroad, with 39 per cent, according to the latest overseas property ‘hot spots’ report by mortgage specialist Conti. Spain was in second place with 31 per cent of all enquiries received, up 7 per cent against last year.

Portugal was in third place with 12 per cent.

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Barcelona rings up the top shop rents in Spain

By Business Editor Brendan Small SPAIN’S most expensive shop rents are in Barcelona.

And top of the pile are retail rental premises in Portal de l’Angel in the Ciutat Vella district of Barcelona by Plaça Catalunya, with business people paying up to €3,120 per square metre per year This means that a 100-square-metre shop premises costs a staggering €312,000 per year or an even more amazing €855 per day including Sundays when businesses are normally closed.

This was revealed in the 2011 survey of the world’s most expensive retail rental locations in 63 cities around the world by property consultants Cushman and Wakefield.

The Spanish city has the 13th most expensive retail rents in the world ahead of prime locations in Moscow, Dublin, Amsterdam and Buenos Aires.

New York’s famous Fifth Avenue - ranked the

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MOST EXPENSIVE: The much sought-after Portal de l’Angel in Barcelona. most expensive street in the world by Forbes in 2008 - has the highest price on the global rental list with €16,704 a year for a square metre.

In second place is Causeway Bay in Hong Kong (€14,426/m2/year).

But renting a retail space in Avenue des Champs Elysees in Paris is the most expensive in Europe, ahead of London’s New Bond Street and Via Montenapoleone in Milan, in second and third place respectively.

Mobile services prices to fall SPAIN has the most expensive telecommunications services in the EU, according to a Eurostat report But prices in Spain are falling and will continue to drop as a result of increased competition from mobile virtual network operators, according to a study by consultants Neoris. The results of the study of the tariffs of seven major mobile service providers in Spain - Movistar, Vodafone, Orange, Yoigo, plus the virtuals Simyo, Pepephone and MASmovil - revealed the latter three were cheaper in 25 price bands.

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More mortgage problems

Q:

I READ your column every week and I hope you can help with my problem.

I have held a Spanish mortgage since 2005. Half of the mortgage is with my daughter, who has never contributed and who has now returned to England and cannot pay.

I am finding the payments increasingly difficult, so I asked the bank if I could pay interest only for a time. They say they need my daughter’s signature to do this and it would cost me €1,000 to amend the mortgage. I do not have the money to do this. Can I get her name off the mortgage?

She never contributed towards the payments and now we are no longer in contact. Also, I would like to sell the property and buy something less expensive. Can you please give me some advice?’

A:

You and the 1. I SHALL assume Law in Spain

your daughter owns

By David Searl half of your house if she has signed for half of the mortgage. Does she know that the bank can pursue her assets in the UK if mortgage payments are not made in Spain?

2. If your daughter owns half the house, you need her signature to sell it as well as to amend your present mortgage. Perhaps you should establish contact with her.

3. The figure of around €1,000 to modify your existing mortgage sounds about right. However, there is no way simply to remove your daughter from this existing mortgage without her agreement.

4. One possible way forward is to take out a completely new mortgage with another bank. In the new mortgage you could include a sufficient amount to pay for the cancellation of your existing mortgage as well as the opening fees and other charges.

5. It appears that you have income and are able to make small monthly payments. It also seems that you have paid on the existing mortgage for six years so you have a start. A new mortgage over a longer time period, even at a higher interest rate, might enable you to continue making your payments.

6. A mortgage offer from another bank can often make your present bank suddenly more helpful so my counsel is to visit a new bank immediately.

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

You can also consult David through lawyers Ubeda-Retana and Associates in Fuengirola. ask@lawtaxspain.com or call 952 667 090.

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• RISING household fuel bills will net the Treasury a £200 million (€229m) windfall in extra VAT this year, new research from Energyhelpline.com shows.

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• SMALL businesses and startups are still struggling to secure bank loans and overdrafts, says Bank of England.

1.9 per cent in the last seven weeks following a strong first half of the year with a 5.3 per cent rise.

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• BRITAIN’S pharmaceutical trade body is calling on the

government to rethink its planned overhaul of how drugs are priced as the new system ‘doesn’t seem to do anything to encourage innovation’.

£££ • CUADRILLA RESOURCES claims to have found a gas field near Blackpool with 200 trillion cubic feet of ‘shale’ gas and could create 5,600 jobs.

Famine stalks Europe and looters wear suits FOR the first time since the Second World War, famine stalks Europe.

It is a clear signal that the European Union (EU) has failed in its first objective: strength through unity. Many already claim the EU is no longer fit for purpose; found wanting at its first major crisis.

Its largely unaccountable system of government, influenced by unelected shadowy figures, was useless when looters in suits hijacked the economies of the 27 member states. In fact, it collaborated in the bank burglary of each nation’s wealth through cyberloans and injurious rates of interest.

On September 19, the Greek parliament, which accounts for only 2 per cent of the EU economy, submitted to rapacious demands imposed by the European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

If the EU makes worse rather than fixes the Greek economy, which is hardly the basket case it has been made out to be if one removes debt usury, what chance has it got of

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Paul Polke resolving Europe’s economy? This will be Greece’s sixth repayment using its credit card.

In the streets of Greece, people used to relative prosperity, search through skips for scraps. Survival for many is precarious; millions look for ways of supplementing a declining income whilst handicapped by price increases. It is Weimar Germany all over again.

Until recently, scavenging was confined to occasional gypsy, Roma

and Third World immigrants foraging for leftovers and cast-offs.

Now, many searching through bins and skips are Greek nationals, says Giorgos Pouliopoulos.

“I sometimes give food to people I know,” he says.

“I don’t think we have seen the worst of this tragedy yet. Things are getting worse.”

“There is real famine,” says Amat Eftehar. “I don’t mean famine where there is nothing to eat, like in Africa. I am, though, talking about a famine in which people cannot afford to eat meat once a month.”

If famine stalks Europe, it is artificial, similar to the Ukrainian famine caused

by Stalin exporting life-

giving wheat when the USSR needed to repay foreign loans. Again, it is the bankers screwing the nations’ coffers. Politicians are impotent; often collaborative.

It is an artificial famine inasmuch as there are still pockets of prosperity in Europe. The EU’s 27 member states still discard 89 million tonnes of food each year. This represents 180 kilos of food for each of its 502 million citizens.

Greece is being hung out to dry by the EU-ECBIMF troika.

Greek newspaper o Ethnos warns its readers of ‘blood and tears’. It is what happens when the lunatics are running the asylum.

Scared? You should be!

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www.euroweeklynews.com IT was only to be expected, really. Just three years after the unpopular tax was abolished, the government had no choice but to reinstate wealth tax as it searches for measures to increase revenue to reduce the public deficit and try to restore financial sustainability.

The word ‘abolish’ is not strictly speaking correct. The tax was not actually abolished but rather the government established a tax credit of 100 per cent of the tax and eliminated the obligation to declare.

We, therefore, always knew that it would be simple enough for the government to reinstate it at short notice and the threat has been hanging over Spain’s wealthier residents virtually since the tax was dropped from 1st January 2008.

After weeks of speculation, on 15th September, the Spanish government announced that wealth tax would be reinstated to ‘reinforce budget stability’.

The government approved the real-decree law the following day.

It is a little bit of a turnabout for outgoing Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who had argued that it unfairly targeted middle-class savers and who until now had resisted bringing it back.

The threshold has, however, been raised from previous

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levels, so that it now targets Spain’s wealthier taxpayers. It is also meant to be a temporary measure. So far it only covers the tax years 2011 and 2012 (therefore tax returns and payments due in 2012 and 2013 respectively).

The personal exemption has significantly increased and will now be €700,000 per person (up from €108,182 in 2007).

This exemption will now also apply to non-residents of Spain. Couples are assessed for wealth tax separately, and jointly held assets are treated as belonging to each individual on a 50:50 basis, so the threshold for a married couple can be up to €1.4 million.

The main home exemption has also increased, this time from €150,253 to €300,000 (so €600,000 per couple if the property is in joint names).

You are only entitled to one main home deduction.

There have been no changes to the tax rates, so they will remain the same as the previous ones, ranging from 0.2 per cent to 2.5 per cent, applicable to your net tax base of wealth owned on 31st December.

Wealth tax can be varied by region to make it more favourable (not more penal) but I would not expect too many concessions in the current economy.

If you are resident in Spain you are liable to wealth tax on your worldwide assets, net of liabilities.

Non-residents are only liable on assets located in Spain but under the old regime they did not get any of the personal or main home deductions.

The new law specifically allows non-residents to benefit from the personal allowance.

However, you cannot get the main home exemption if you are not resident in Spain. If you are resident in the UK (for example) and own a holiday home in Spain, it will be liable to wealth tax if its value exceeds €700,000 (or €1.4m if owned jointly). The rates above this figure would start at 0.2 per cent.

Non-residents who operate through a permanent establishment in Spain, or who

have a wealth tax liability in relation to their Spanish assets, are required to appoint an accredited tax representative resident in Spain to assist with their wealth tax obligations. Failure to do so will incur a €1,000 penalty, and will be increased if the offence is repeated.

Liabilities in general reduce taxable wealth, but not where it is a loan used to buy an asset that is specifically exempt or covered by exemptions. So where a mortgage is for the purchase of the main home (the value of which is covered by the main home exemption), no deduction is available for that mortgage.

For a non-resident, only Spanish liabilities are taken into account.

It is estimated that 160,000 people will be caught by this reinstated wealth tax, which is expected to earn the government over €1.08 billion a year. In 2007 (the last year it was levied) it had brought in €2.1 billion.

The money is needed to help close one of Europe’s largest budget deficits.

Finance Minister Elena Salgado told a press conference: “The economic crisis makes it necessary to

reinstate this tax, that will allow us to tax the wealthiest so those who have more contribute more to help us out of the crisis.”

Only time will tell, though, if the tax does turn out to be just temporary. We do not know what will happen once elections are out of the way, and much depends on how the economy performs over the next two years and if the governments succeed in bringing the budget deficit down to 3 per cent in 2013, a rather Herculean task.

These are taxing times in Spain. An effective tax planning and wealth management strategy could help you legitimately limit the amount of tax you pay while aiming to protect your wealth.

A financial manager specialising in these areas such as Blevins Franks can advise you on your specific requirements.

Statements relating to taxation are based upon current taxation laws and practices which may be subject to change.

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website www.blevinsfranks.com

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LONDON - FTSE 100

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Aggreko

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2,264.00

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Antofagasta

950.00

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3.59M

ARM Holdings

564.00

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5.02M

Ashmore Group

341.10

-9.90

-2.82

4.29M

Associated British Foods 1,137.00

48.00

4.41

1.57M

AMEC Anglo American

AstraZeneca

2,783.50

7.50

0.27

2.60M

Autonomy Corporation 2,534.00

11.00

0.44

2.05M

Aviva

17.70

6.38

19.03M

295.00

BAE SYSTEMS

271.60

-2.20

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Barclays

156.00

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6.85

97.35M

BG Group

1,144.00

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BHP Billiton

1,747.00

-14.50

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11.34M

BP

384.70

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33.69M

British American Tobacco 2,709.00

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0.26

2.82M

C O M PA N Y British Land Co

PRICE(£/100) 477.00

British Sky Broadcasting

683.50

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2.83M

171.00

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0.13

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1,309.00

-32.00

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1.54M

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0.72

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Capita Group (The)

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-1.61

1.69M

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AA Alcoa Inc

10.16

+0.09

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1.6M

AXP American Express Co

46.30

-0.15

-0.32%

148.2K

T AT&T Inc

28.25

+0.40

+1.44%

994.9K

BAC Bank of America Corp

221.3K

6.40

+0.085

+1.35%

7.0M

BA Boeing Co

61.53

+2.02

+3.39%

244.3K

CAT Caterpillar Inc

75.42

+1.56

+2.11%

282.4K

CVX Chevron Corp

89.68

-0.32

-0.36%

414.0K

CSCO Cisco Systems Inc

15.80

+0.19

+1.22%

3.3M

KO Coca Cola Co

68.52

+1.10

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430.8K

DD E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co

41.06

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477.4K

XOM Exxon Mobil Corp

70.35

+1.04

+1.50%

1.9M

GE General Electric Company

15.37

+0.16

+1.05%

2.3M

HPQ Hewlett Packard Co

22.85

+0.52

+2.35%

1.6M

HD Home Depot Inc

33.46

-0.26

-0.77%

788.3K

INTC Intel Corp

22.12

-0.04

-0.18%

3.7M

IBM International Business Machine... 172.42

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225.7K

JNJ Johnson & Johnson

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435.6K

JPM JPMorgan Chase and Co

30.47

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33.95

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341.3K

MCD McDonalds Corp

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+0.83

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215.4K

MRK Merck & Co Inc

31.53

+0.48

+1.55%

845.4K

MSFT Microsoft Corp

25.19

+0.13

+0.52%

3.7M

PFE Pfizer Inc

17.60

+0.145

+0.83%

1.5M

PG Procter & Gamble Co

62.14

+0.89

+1.45%

486.1K

TRV Travelers Companies Inc

47.53

+0.41

+0.87%

174.3K

UTX United Technologies Corp

71.21

+2.29

+3.32%

832.5K

VZ Verizon Communications Inc

36.19

+0.31

+0.86%

847.8K

WMT Wal-Mart Stores Inc

51.34

+0.54

+1.06%

598.8K

DIS Walt Disney Co

29.97

+0.14

+0.47%

426.9K

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Most Advanced Zions Bancorporation Primo Water Corporation Westwood One, Inc. ImmunoGen, Inc. Innodata Isogen Inc The Fresh Market, Inc. Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. Vera Bradley, Inc. Entropic Communications, Inc. Ceradyne, Inc. Matrix Service Company Vitran Corporation, Inc. Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc.

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Essar Energy

245.00

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Eurasian Natural Res.

550.00

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Experian

704.50

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1.37

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Fresnillo

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1.21M

260.20

5.90

2.32

3.16M

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1,329.50

20.00

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G4S GKN GlaxoSmithKline Glencore International

414.60

2.20

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Hammerson

367.00

0.50

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Hargreaves Lansdown

438.40

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HSBC Holdings

499.90

1.90

0.38

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ICAP

432.00

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IMI

729.50

4.00

0.55

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2,128.00

42.00

2.01

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Imperial Tobacco

487.90

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2.11

InterContinental Hotels 1,055.00

17.00

1.64

1.98M

Int. Consolidated Airlines 147.10

5.00

3.52

12.80M

Intertek Group Investec ITV

Natural Alternatives International, Inc. BTU International, Inc. American Superconductor Corporation Sina Corporation Le Gaga Holdings Limited Charm Communications Inc. First Cash Financial Services, Inc. EDAP TMS S.A. Horsehead Holding Corp.

Stamps.com Inc. Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. Acacia Research Corporation Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. Syms Corp

$4.37 $4.58 $4.63 $79.55 $5.25 $8.58 $41.15 $2.13 $8.14 $20.30 $2.93 $37.58 $3.06 $9.01

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59.55

1.80

3.12

1,531.00

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1.00M

Kazakhmys

782.00

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3.25M

Kingfisher

241.60

0.80

0.33

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Land Securities Group

633.50

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97.45

5.85

6.39

25.58M

Johnson Matthey

Lloyds Banking Group

35.23

1.09

3.19

201.65M

1,067.00

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0.69M

Man Group

227.60

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7.88M

Marks & Spencer Group

327.00

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Lonmin

Morrison (Wm) Super.

287.10

2.90

1.02

7.33M

National Grid

623.50

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-0.56

8.07M

2,547.00

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106.60

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2.50

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Inmarsat

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BT Group Burberry Group

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Pearson

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4.00

0.35

Petrofac

1,229.00

-19.00

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561.00

14.50

2.65

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Randgold Resources

6,170.00

-180.00

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0.67M

Reckitt Benckiser

3,259.00

60.00

1.88

0.99M

Reed Elsevier

497.30

10.70

2.20

3.21M

Resolution

249.20

9.40

3.92

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Prudential

REXAM Rio Tinto Rolls-Royce Holdings Royal Bank of Scotland Royal Dutch Shell RSA Insurance Group SABMiller Sage Group (The) Sainsbury (J)

306.90

6.00

1.99

3.70M

2,964.50

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8.09M

599.50

3.50

0.59

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23.57

0.74

3.24

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1,999.50

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2.90

2.71

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9.50

0.46

3.21M

257.90

0.10

0.04

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270.90

4.60

1.73

1,228.00

34.00

2.85

0.67M

Scottish & Southern E. 1,281.00

-3.00

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1.83M

Schroders Serco Group

499.80

5.20

1.05

0.78M

Severn Trent

1,494.00

30.00

2.05

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Shire

1,965.00

17.00

0.87

1.11M

581.00

3.50

0.61

2.21M 1.14M

Smith & Nephew Smiths Group

922.00

10.00

1.10

1,275.50

3.50

0.28

4.06M

Standard Life

199.90

5.20

2.67

4.97M

Tate & Lyle

592.50

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Standard Chartered

Tesco

371.40

6.20

1.70

Tullow Oil

1,290.00

-6.00

-0.46

2.77M

Unilever

1,981.00

0.00

0.00

3.08M

United Utilities Group

601.50

2.50

0.42

3.50M

1,070.00

-43.00

-3.86

1.58M

162.50

0.90

0.56

84.06M

Weir Group

1,601.00

55.00

3.56

2.44M

Whitbread

1,600.00

5.00

0.31

0.61M

Wolseley

1,437.00

12.00

0.84

1.98M

Vedanta Resources Vodafone Group

WPP

609.00

7.50

1.25

5.54M

Xstrata

820.00

-6.00

-0.73

18.26M

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It always baffled me how I can extract money from any cash machine in Dublin without paying a commission, but here in Spain if I want to withdraw money I have to go to one of my bank’s machines or else I’ll be charged a small fortune for the service.

Globally, banks and bankers have always had a shady image… the phrase: ‘I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could throw them,’ quickly springs to mind.

Their dodgy dealings have led us into an economic crisis; we – the public – were forced to bail out their backsides, and yet all the while they don’t seem to have changed their ways.

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respect for humanity. In light of the global financial crisis, it appears many investors are turning their backs on traditional lenders and looking into alternative solutions for investing. And one of the fastest growing alternative solutions for investing is ethical banking.

‘Derivatives’, ‘hedge funds’; does any Joe Soap actually fully understand where and how their money is being invested within traditional banking?

This is where ethical banking is different and more attractive.

Ethical banking only invests in the real economy and finances projects related to sectors including renewable energies and ecological agriculture. And, unlike traditional banking, ethical banking stands for total transparency.

There are now more than 50,000 ethical banking clients in Spain, with five entities currently operating in the country.

Triodos Bank, which was born in the Netherlands, has some 300,000 clients worldwide.

Since May, the entity says it has attracted 9,000 new clients thanks to a media visibility amplified by the M-15 movement.

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• ONE of the world’s cheapest cars has been transformed into its most expensive after being encrusted in gold jewellery. The special version of the Tata Nano, unveiled in Mumbai, is covered in 22 carat gold, silver and assorted gemstones, raising the car’s price from the standard €1,500 to an estimated €3.3 million.

• CREATED to purge Irish banks of their risky real estate loans, the National Asset Management Agency is selling helicopters and private jets as well as skyscrapers and five-star hotels to try and claw back the €31 billion it paid out for loans.

• A CHINESE businessman has put down a deposit for a rare bottle of Dalmore whisky costing nearly $200,000 at a duty-free shop in Singapore’s Changi airport.

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Nervousness about European banks remains firmly in place DURING one of the busiest and chaotic trading days seen, there was almost a complete financial meltdown in equities, with my favourite safe haven investments including Gold suffering enormous losses.

Europe’s banks face a capital hole of at least €200 billion if Greece forces them to slash the value of its debt and other troubled eurozone countries like Italy and Ireland follow suit.

Fear that Europe needs to shore up its banks is gathering steam as talk of a possible Greek default gains pace. That in turn is increasing speculation that banks will have to write down debt from governments right across the region. A technically very bearish scenario.

The International Monetary Fund reckons Europe’s banks could need to recapitalize to the tune of €200 billion and many bank analysts are far gloomier than the Fund. I estimate the recapitalisation at more like €500 billion. Credit Suisse calculates banks

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IN THE RED: Stock market falls hit the global financial scene. may need €400 billion of capital by 2012 to fill a hole left by a recession, losses on sovereign debt and higher funding costs.

But private investors are clear that they will not provide the money to stop the capital gap such writedowns would cause, for as long as Europe struggles to find a joined-up strategy to exit its spiralling debt crisis.

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fails to hammer out a deal about a second bail-out, Greece’s Finance Minister has said, according to two national newspapers.

The country’s government later said it

was still focusing on getting its second bail-out done, but a statement from the French regulator saying that 15 to 20 banks needed more capital kept the worries about Europe’s banks firmly in place.

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IRPORT ‘security’ becomes more Aerosols and laboratory testing? We all bizarre by the day. One is forced know what camphor (mothballs) smells to question the like, for goodness sake! sanity and procedures When travelling by air, I of those charged with am far more apprehensive imposing passenger about the mental state of Images of and airline safety. To functionaries than I am of Spain my mind, they are potential terrorists. either as thick as a

By Mike Walsh nuclear bunker or e learn that www.michaelwalsh.es eccentric; the Neanderthals, who travelling public by once lived in the contrast are a sensible Torremolinos area, did a spot bunch. of fishing there. Carbon dating has In a flight of fancy, Guardia Civil placed the revelatory fossils in the officers at Madrid’s Barajas Airport Cueva Bajondillo as being 150,000 charged Panamanian doctor, Juan years old; the oldest in recorded Rodriguez Lizondro, with carrying history. clothing impregnated with cocaine. The One much-celebrated cover of the officers had been attracted by the Saturday Evening Post by US artist pong, which the 34-year-old claimed Norman Rockwall depicted a family was that of mothballs, used by his group of animal skin-clad Neanderthals doting grandmother. squatting at a river’s bank. Whilst one The clothing was aerosol tested and crouching primitive was fishing and the the trial judge decided the aerosol offspring played with bones, mother couldn’t possibly be wrong. The was doing the cooking. Underneath unfortunate Seventh Adventist, a was a picture of a modern family doing teetotaller and non-smoker, was exactly the same; the only difference thrown into the calaboose until more being the clothing and the toys. accurate tests six months later proved Maybe we will end up back were we him right. They were indeed mothballs. started.

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Transitions in transit Trader Kweku Adoboli.

Two sides of the coin THE markets, now more powerful than governments, are the stamping grounds of casino bankers. Although they are all ‘rogue traders’, according to former Lib-Dem Treasury spokesman Lord Oakeshott, unlike UBS employee Kweku Adoboli they are seldom exposed.

There is little doubt that if Adoboli had been better at placing his bets instead of losing £1.3 billion, he would be on a bonus, not remand.

‘OBAMA coordinates Syria transition with Turkey’, announced a recent headline. Much as Syria deserves a transition, who knows if the aftermath of Al Assad’s removal will lend itself to coordination? Who, apart from Obama, can be sure that Turkey’s assistance would be welcome? Libya’s transitional government is already displaying symptoms of disunity in a reminder that too many North African and Middle Eastern factions are more interested in conserving power than sharing it with the society they liberated from tyranny.

Slap bang in the middle ANYONE in work is now regarded as middleclass, a description which would once have raised bourgeois eyebrows. But the label is apt, because people with jobs are crushed between the unemployed on benefits and the rich who pay accountants to avoid as much tax as possible. Wealth taxes come and go, but it is the money of the non-wealthy that makes the world go around.

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Schoolteachers to run military operations in Afghanistan!

‘UK Education Secretary, Michael Gove, today announced plans to enable primary schoolteachers to run elite military units’. Yes, I made that up but you get the idea where this story’s going.

Breaking It’s said that in London Views you’re never

By NORA JOHNSON more then nine feet from a rat. Well, on a visit to the capital over the summer, I was less than that, scarcely inches from hundreds of screaming, rioting feral kids.

Then I read about the proposed Phoenix free school in Oldham for deprived children to Deprived children will be taught be staffed ‘exclusively’ by exsoldiers and said to offer its 1600, marching skills and square students ambitious academic bashing!” goals, outdoor activities and a Now, have I got this right? demonstration of ‘martial values’. Teachers are trained to teach Great, I thought! children. Soldiers are trained to, “So, look sharp there, Form 1B er, kill people. squaddies! From 0900 until On the face of it, the idea of this 1200, it’s basic tank-driving and proposed school is truly amazing. bayoneting; from 1300 until It makes about as much sense as

by former soldiers. selecting people for the SAS special forces entirely from the membership of the NUT. But really, isn’t the idea of teachers as enforcers where we’ve been heading all this time, anyway?

After all, isn’t that why nobody wants to be a teacher any more?

Government policy and the

refusal to exclude badly-behaved children have made schools so woefully undisciplined that only those who enjoy endless confrontation would want to put themselves through teaching in them.

It’s been getting to the point where what seems to be required

by the job spec isn’t a trained subject specialist any more but rather a glorified bouncer. This is just the logical conclusion of that process.

Another issue for me is that the school is described as ‘exclusively’ ex-military. If I wanted to run a school staffed exclusively with MPs or bankers or hedge-funders, would anyone think that a good idea?

And, implicitly blaming the riots on inadequacies in the teaching profession is a huge jump in logic, too. The idea that former soldiers should become teachers and that this will somehow put the country instantly to rights is equally illogical. I accept that more male role models are needed, but looking exclusively to the military for them is not the answer.

It might mean, though, that the next riots at least have that precision military edge …

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By Tony Matthews A BRITISH company is reportedly considering purchasing La Manga Club, the famous luxury sports and leisure resort in Murcia, according to a Spanish press report.

A little over two years ago the picturesque La Manga Club – which has some of the finest golf courses anywhere in Spain - applied for bankruptcy protection when it stated it could not finance its €97 million debt.

London based property company – London & Regional Properties (L&R) - has made serious enquiries about purchasing

the club which was previously run by P & O before being taken over by MedGroup Inversiones SL. This group owned by brothers Ian and Richard Livingstone, L&R already owns more than 60 quality hotels and buying such a well established club like La Manga would certainly expand the company’s footing in the Spanish market.

L&R is one of Europe’s largest privately owned property companies with a world-wide investment and development programme exceeding €9 billion, according to the company.

A spokesman for the workers’ union CGT at La

Manga Club seems to think a deal is imminent.

But while La Manga boss, Antonio Ros, confirmed to Spanish daily La Verdad de Murcia talks had taken place with L&R, he said there is “no information at present.”

When contacted by EWN a representative of La Manga Club said “there is nothing we can confirm.”

Easily one of the biggest and best sporting complexes in the southern regions of Spain, a change of ownership for the La Manga Club will hopefully boost interest, increase bookings and give everyone associated with the club a massive lift

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Is the La Manga Club to be sold one more time?

Hotel La Manga Club Príncipe Felipe.

Meanwhile, Alfonso Gonzalez from CGT said MedGroup has been more focused on developing the property aspect of their investment, and he believes L&R would be more beneficial for the hotel’s future.

La Manga Club was voted ‘Spain’s Leading Golf Resort’ in 2004 and 2006, and ‘Europe’s Leading Golf Resort’ 2004 and 2005 in the World Travel Awards.

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From left: Tevye (Tony Sim) and Golde (Val Turner) being spooked by the ghosts of Fruma-Sarah (Vivienne Gingell) and Grandma Tzeitel (Barbara Lloyd).

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Dutch and German patrons will know the show as ‘Anatevka’.

The show will be presented in Alfaz del Pi on Friday and Saturday, November 11 and 12; then in Calpe, on Monday and Tuesday, November 21 and 22.

The following day, the cast of 30, plus scenery and props, head south,

for a performance on Wednesday, November 23.

This will be presented in association with the Royal British Legion in Spain, District North, in the splendid new Teatro Municipal in Torrevieja.

This will be Footlights’ first ever show in Torrevieja, and they are delighted to be supporting RBL’s wonderful work and raising funds for the 90th Anniversary Poppy Appeal.

Footlights have also recently taken over the tenancy of New Med Studio in Calpe (behind Hotel Diamante) so their ‘fiddler’ now has his own ‘roof’ over his head!

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By Bernard King THE play ‘Art of the Dabble’ will perform from next Thursday, October 6, until Saturday 8, at the Careline Theatre in Alcalali.

Should you wish to know a little bit more about the art of the ‘dabble’ wives and their lawyers call it adultery - you should follow Cliff and Maurice out to the pub courtyard in ‘The Day of the Dog’.

This illuminating play is one of the four that make up Graham Swannell’s ‘A State of Affairs’.

Cliff (played by Andy Crabb) and Maurice (played by Jim Sissens) have two motivations for taking their pints out to the courtyard; Terri and Valerie (played by Candida Wright and Leigh Patterson) who are there sunning themselves and being a little lascivious.

To their amazement, they find sitting there, nursing a glass of whisky and looking absolutely ghastly, their old

chum, Alan. The girls will have to wait.

They must find out what has happened to Alan.

It comes as no surprise to them to find that cause of Alan’s deep depression is his wife. They have had experience of such things and she is a bit vicious because Alan has had a ‘dabble’. What is totally beyond their comprehension is that Alan told her he had had a ‘dabble’.

Too late, by far, the lads acquaint Alan about the intricacies of ‘dabbling’.

It does not do Alan much good but is highly entertaining, and possibly illuminating, for the audience.

The other three plays in ‘A State of Affairs’ are ‘Stuttgart’, ‘Commitment’, and ‘Consequences’.

Curtain-up each evening is at 8pm.

For information and tickets call 652 294 750, part of ticket proceeds which will benefit local cancer research. www.carelinetheatre.com

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Another history altogether WHAT exactly is history? Well, I suppose it’s often what’s seen as truth by the victors of battles fought over centuries.

The losing sides, of course, never get the opportunity to write their version of events, having been beaten into submission, and probably enslaved.

It’s been said many times that traitors never prosper simply because if the cause favoured by their treachery wins, they are no longer considered traitors. Truth, it seems, suffers much the same historical fate.

A British film called ‘The History Boys’ came out a few years ago. It concerned a group of sixth form history students preparing for their entrance interviews for Oxford.

They are all fairly middleclass, with one lad, clearly of a lower order, the only exception.

When asked “What is history?” this one replies: “Just one damn thing after another,” and this answer, honestly given, gets him through. However, as we all know, life is different, and relying on that sort of response would not normally

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be all that well received.

But going back to ‘History’: we are taught that the Ancient Greeks gave us philosophy, science, art, and certain basics of hygiene; but mentioned less frequently are the slaves who, by carrying out all the day-today tedious tasks, gave the great thinkers and artists the time they needed to exercise their intellects.

Slaves have played an important role in the development of civilisations over the centuries.

They were there in Greece, and in the Roman Empire which gave us much of our modern language and history.

They were there even in Britain, where technically speaking, slavery hadn’t existed since feudal times.

However, and although this is something history tends to ignore, the industrial expansion of the Victorian era could not

Adolf Hitler (right) meets Francisco Franco have taken place without the 19th-century working classes; slaves in all but name.

Historical plays, films, novels and romances are perhaps more popular today than in any past era, and include those involving what is known as ‘alternate history’, where the author looks at how the world might have been changed if,

for instance, Napoleon had been the victor at Waterloo, or if the South had been successful in the American Civil War. If I had the writing ability, my favourite theme would explore a fictional world in which the Republicans had come out on top in the Spanish Civil War.

The Spain of 1940 probably would have had a left-wing government with strong ties to Moscow, whilst Germany, straddling a prostrate France and threatening a weakened Britain, would be standing, with its mighty war machine, on the Spanish-French border.

Britain, depending for its very survival upon its merchant shipping, would be under serious threat (as it was in the non-fictional history) by U-boats based on the French Atlantic coast, and at times almost on its knees.

If Germany, invading a Spain weakened by three years of civil war, had succeeded in taking Gibraltar, and thus closing the Mediterranean and the Suez Canal, perhaps the entire European continent, and even Russia, might now be under the control of the thousand-year Reich.

If the Republican navy (more ‘ifs’) had been used to block the arrival of Franco’s Moroccan reinforcements, the outcome of that war might have been different; another history altogether.

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FROM time to time, I note references in Letters to the Editor about some of the bureaucracy in Spain.

I have been told that the mother of bureaucracy is often corruption!

Recently, I have spent more than €300 in obtaining papers to prove that my wife and I are still legally married so that her shortly due to expire Spanish residencia can be renewed on the back of my own already approved papers as a European national.

Though we produced documents fully certified from our marriage in Singapore in 2004, they demanded a freshly certified marriage certificate ‘to prove you have not since divorced’.

They refused to accept that joint ownership of a property bought last year, Spanish tax payments by us both in the last five years plus a joint bank account actively used by us both as proof of our ‘togetherness’.

I realise that some people may try to ‘cheat’ the system, but a little common sense should be allowed so that clearly above-the-board foreigners can live in Spain without having to get papers from halfway across the world… plus the added cost of then having them translated into Spanish, and the additional hiring of a Spanish lawyer to handle the case!

N Sutton, Huercal Overa (Almeria)

No, no, no!

I GET really annoyed over frequent cold-call phoning by company representatives trying to sell a variety of things, including internet services and insurances.

Many people have told me there are plans to make cold calling by phone to private numbers in Spain illegal.

If this is true, I trust it happens sooner rather than later.

As it is, I receive numerous calls frequently after 5pm in the afternoon - and invariably from people who do not speak more than a few words of English, trying to get me to buy or subscribe to something.

At times I wonder what part of ‘no’ the more persistent do not understand!

N Childes, Los Boliches (Malaga)

Holiday plea THERE has just been a feria in Mijas, which saw many local businesses close for one day in surrounding locations in Mijas Costa.

However, not only did I not see any reference to the feria ahead of the event in EWN but nor did I see a report saying that a

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Costa Blanca North I have received letters, emails, etc, with many forms of this letter, the most recent supposedly from a British woman trapped in Libya with money to invest in a business.

When something seems too good to be true, it usually is.

Tracey Thompson, Torrevieja (Alicante)

Vera beaches

THIS was taken in the Molina gardens, near the water park in Torremolinos (Malaga).

We go regularly as the gardens change with the seasons but are always beautiful; there is a small charge for entry but for local pensioners it is free.

I have many other photos, but this is my favourite.

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local holiday was planned.

You always point out - ahead of any national holidays - when they are due. Advising readers of local holidays would be an added bonus.

MA, Name and address provided Editor’s note: EWN advises readers of all national Spanish holidays as part of its editorial service. With more than 100 local feria holidays throughout our circulation area - many of them very small village ones stretching from the Costa Blanca down to Gibraltar and across to Mallorca, it would be impossible to publish details of all of them, though we will in future attempt to inform readers of the main ones.

Those who do not agree with bullfights, bull running or even people throwing tomatoes at each other should remember they are guests.

One week in the UK or even reading the British papers should remind many expatriates what kowtowing to immigrants has done to their nation.

Last week in Mercadona, I heard a lady, with a strong regional accent, complaining that she could not find Bird’s custard powder.

We live in Spain, for goodness sake... I had to rush home for a glass of vino blanco and a siesta.

Sash Harvey, Albir (Alicante)

Business plea WHILE I agree that rogue traders are detrimental to legal shops (Costa Blanca South, Issue 1368), Spain should make operating a business easier.

Having opened and tried unsuccessfully to close a business here I can attest to the difficulties, especially if your Spanish is limited and you are given incorrect advice.

Tom Hilton, Torrevieja

Please remember Just amazing EVERYBODY has moved to Spain for their own reasons and they should respect the Spanish customs and way of life.

WHAT amazes me about the Nigerian letter scam (Costa del Sol, Issue 1368) is that people still fall for it.

I WOULD like to comment on the article about Vera beaches (Almeria Issue 1365).

Whilst I agree the beaches require attention, I do not agree about the need for a promenade on Vera Playa.

This area has an abundance of wildlife that inhabits the lagoon and grassed area, and is probably the only beach in this area with this type of natural surroundings.

This would disappear if a promenade was to be built!

I suggest that the Veraplayazul association walk the existing promenade outside the Zimbali Hotel one evening and try to avoid the cyclists, joggers, roller-skaters, prams and dogs’ mess that is in abundance there.

I am sure people would prefer to walk on the natural beach path, free of concrete, less busy and enjoy nature as it was intended.

Jim, Vera Playa (Almeria)

Feral cats I HAVE a point to add to Connie’s Pets Corner article on local feral cats (Issue 1368).

Feral cats actually provide a service, much as they have since ancient history to man; they keep rat numbers down.

When faced with the choice between feral cats and rats, I know which one I would choose.

While feral cats that have not be neutered breed a lot, they do not usually live much more than three years and many of the kittens do not survive even that long.

Kathryn Carter, Mijas Costa (Malaga)

Extra attraction WHILE I am not a golfer, I can see the attraction of buying on a golf course (Issue 1368).

You are virtually guaranteed a green view with no chance of a building site sprouting up next to you in the future.

There is often a clubhouse nearby which offers social activities, a restaurant, bar and other services.

Janet Harrison, Benidorm (Alicante)

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Yet another stupid PC brigade decision LEAPY LEE

Carnival off

SAYS IT OTHERS THINK IT number of points. Firstly, and most disturbingly, just who are these people, who appear free to dictate their wishes to a government elected by and answerable to those of us who put them into power?

Secondly, we only have the word of this apology for a human as to what his treatment would be were he to be deported to his own country.

And, thirdly, who gives a damn?

This lump of garbage was part of a plot to cause misery, terror and pain to innocent people in his host country, while he was probably living off the benefits of their generosity. Who cares what happens to him? Who cares if they string him up by his proverbials the minute he steps off the plane? To me that would be justice well served, anyway.

A 40,000 CROWD made up entirely of women and children watched a Turkish league match after sports authorities took the decision to bar men ‘to remind supporters of the beauty and values of football’.

Actually, my second example of political correctness gone mad is even more alarming.

It appears that the magazine Nursery World has put forward a number of guidelines aimed at children as young as two. I’ll list a few and you can make up your own mind. Witches, who have traditionally dressed in black since the Wizard of Oz, should now be dressed in different colours, i.e. with pink hats!

Children should be given paper other than white to draw on.

Get rid of PC and justice will be served.

Crayons should be in flesh coloured tones and teachers prepared to lie and answer ‘black or brown’ when asked as to their favourite colour.

Well, I don’t know about you but I have NEVER come across a twoyear-old racist. It is not our innocent offsprings, it is this dangerous PC mob that create the divisions in our society.

Keep the faith Love Leapy leapylee2002@gmail.com

A DOG-EATING carnival in China was banned after public outrage at the way the dogs are slaughtered. It celebrates a victory during the Ming dynasty when dogs were killed so that they could not alert the enemy.

Living dead A TOWN council in central Turkey has built a morgue with a warning system in case dead bodies come back to life. They have equipped it with refrigerators sensitive to movement inside.

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WOULDN’T it be wonderful if just one week would pass without some blood boiling, incomprehensible decision being taken by the PC or ‘uman rights brigade?

What happened to all those promises (hah!) from our esteemed leaders to stamp out the often dangerous nonsense issuing from the obscure offices of a race of individuals who reside on a totally different planet from the rest of us?

Safe to say this week has been no exception.

Yet another toerag has escaped being thrown out of the country because it would breach his human rights.

This hate-filled psychopath was jailed for aiding the failed July 21 bombers, who sought to repeat the carnage of July 7. He has now been released after serving just half of his sentence (don’t ask!).

Apparently, although the British government is desperate to deport this object back to his native Ethiopia, they have been told they cannot do so because he could face ‘inhumane treatment or punishment’. This decision raises a

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By Caroline Dowdall, Mojacar EWN EXCLUSIVE For me, and probably for countless other female sufferers, the most profoundly traumatic effect was the impact my phobia had on me during pregnancy, which in its early stages is a period almost defined by nausea and vomiting.

Then came the fear that my children might get bugs that would cause them to vomit. And, of course, they

Famous people with emetophobia

IVING with any kind of phobia must be, at best, inconvenient, and no doubt can become a living hell.

It depends what you’re phobic about: if it’s something that’s easy to avoid, like heights, it’s not likely to cause too much difficulty.

On the other hand, if the object of your phobia is something that is an inescapable part of everyday existence, it must make life difficult to bear.

One well-known example is agoraphobia, a fear of being in places where there is a chance of having a panic attack.

Less well-known, but apparently very common, is emetophobia, which is narrowly defined as a fear of vomiting, but usually includes the additional fear of seeing other people vomiting, and also extends to a general fear of feeling nauseous.

Generally, the effect on the life of an emetophobe is that he or she lives a life dictated by a constant programme of trying to avoid becoming nauseous or being exposed to people who are.

Cameron Diaz did, leading to anxiety and compulsive preventative and curative behaviour. This has made me feel that I didn’t adequately perform

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my duties as a mother, despite being so evidently devoted to that role.

Aside from my children, there were many other

strands of life that this phobia affected.

For instance, I am still troubled by guilt that I didn’t adequately support friends who were ill

because of a fear of them vomiting in my presence.

More trivially, there was fear of travel sickness, which was so bad I avoided travelling by plane for 30 years.

I am now a grandmother to three beautiful children; I live in Southern Spain and my dearest wish is to be able to have them come and visit me for holidays.

My story is a compelling account of life with a near-debilitating fear and how I managed to keep it a secret for 46 years. But, through my own shame and with the love and understanding of my third husband, I have almost managed to overcome it.

I am fully aware now that I am not alone and through a lot of research I am astounded at how many emetophobes there are throughout the world.

Readers can email me at caroline.daw@talk21.com or visit my facebook page: dowdallcaroline

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Jennifer Cunningham Insurances SL WHILST I am sure many have either heard about JCC or hopefully are already a client, there will, of course, be others who have not.

I have lived in Spain for more than 20 years and have always worked very hard.

If anyone had asked me then why I had decided to live in Spain, I would have answered ‘to get away from the work stress and weather’.

What a joke the first part of that statement is!

I suffer from even more stress and being that much older, sometimes find it very overwhelming.

Managing a company that is growing all the time in Spain is very demanding.

The bureaucracy is daunting and the roles and regulations are so very different.

The labour laws alone make it very hard for any employer, and I am not at all surprised there is a black market running alongside bona fide companies. However, here I am despite many unpleasant

happenings, and many willing me to crash, but I am still hanging in there and going from strength to strength.

Over the years I have seen the insurance market change from no real competition to ruthless competition.

Despite this I am delighted to say the company enjoys a well earned reputation with thousands of satisfied clients.

All the staff are prepared to go that extra mile and often do.

Their knowledge is vast and they always take care that the clients receive the correct insurance for them.

Incorrect insurance can be worse than no insurance.

Price, I realise, plays a big factor, but in the long-term it can lead to unhappy clients.

I often hear a client say that the cheaper policy they are looking at has exactly the same benefits as the one given by us.

How can this be?

Sadly, as the insurance world in Spain is not regulated

By Jennifer Cunningham in the same way as in the UK, it is much easier to get away with very misleading advertisements and incorrect advice.

No, it is not all gloom, and I am still feeling optimistic and taking a big breath, as I am intending to open a new office before Christmas, which I find very exciting. I hope to welcome loads of new clients, where they are assured of a

big welcome with complete honesty, supported by excellent policies.

On Thursday, October 13, the company, along with Paul Cunningham Nurses, will be holding a very interesting open day at the Herradura restaurant in Los Montesinos.

Various specialists will be available to assist you with any questions you may have on Life and Mortgage protection, Community and Commercial.

Along with Car, House, Boat, Golf, Travel and Pet. As well as the associates specialising in QROPS (no fees) investments, funeral and health plans. Many of the policies carry special discounts.

Come and meet some of the team and feel confident that you will be looked after well whilst living in another country and culture. At the same time enjoying what is a beautiful old finca serving lovely food with full bar

facilities.

The dreadful relentless recession continues, which our wonderful politicians and banks have managed to get us into, with the politicians worldwide not having a clue when and how to handle the appalling situation they seem to have got us all into.

I am sure you feel so helpless just standing there watching mess after mess occur, and finding it harder to be optimistic.

The bright side for many of us here is the wonderful sun which helps make us all feel better and, looking at the sea with the moon shining on it, always takes my breath away.

Another wonderful sight is watching the glorious sunsets whilst sipping a glass of Rioja wine.

Can’t be bad, and at least we can forget all the nasty and frightening things that always seem to be going on in the world, even if it is only for a little while.

Please visit our web site or contact one of our offices for a quote now....

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Surviving retirement on the Costa del Sol

LIBRA (September 24 - October 23) Some legal matters need your attention. That's not really what you want at this time of the year. A decision has to be made and it needs a fine balance.

Asking others may just confuse matters, so only seek expert advice. At the end of the day, you will know what is both best and acceptable.

SCORPIO (October 24 - November 22) A last-minute invitation turns out to be just the ticket in more ways than one.

An invitation to join a holiday may be proffered. This is unusual, certainly, but keep an open mind. Your company is clearly well appreciated so why not make that a point of pride? Let's face it, who is best equipped to blow your trumpet?

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 - December 21) Someone you mistrust offers to add to your celebrations. Why not call a truce?

We both know that little long term will come out of it, but who cares? Sometimes, it is better to share one good moment with someone than none at all.

CAPRICORN (December 22 - January 20) As you are very much in the limelight,

FILMS amongst others, Pat, newly widowed and looking for companionship, know-all Mick (known as ‘Mr Wikipedia’) and his nemesis Malcolm, and Julie who is desperate to

integrate into Spanish life.

Not to mention the mysterious Trish.

Covering the rain, the heat, the World Cup, volunteering in a hospice shop, Spanish lessons and quiz nights, Not Joined Up covers the full spectrum of the

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British abroad. Funny, detailed, and at times, poignant, Carole Hart paints a colourful picture of life on the Costa, that sheds new light on the realities of the Spanish dream.

Available as Kindle Download (from Amazon.com) Other books by Carole Hart available from the same sources: Leaving England, an autobiographical tale of running a small B&B whilst discovering Cornwall, its traditions and its people.

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Born October 2, 1951, Sting is an English musician.

When he was small, his ʻbest friendʼ was an old Spanish guitar with five rusty strings which had been left behind by an uncle who had emigrated to Canada. He worked as a bus conductor, a construction labourer, and a tax officer, while playing in bands in his free time.

it comes as no great surprise that admiration comes your way. What may surprise you, however, is the direction it comes from. Who would have thought that such a situation would arise? Strange things happen sometimes. Treat life with humour and kindness and you will not go far wrong.

AQUARIUS (January 21 - February 19) There is a wonderful enthusiasm about you at the moment. Seeing the reaction of others to you, it occurs that you should have taken this attitude before. Therefore, make a resolution to put more energy into everything

IF ITʼS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK:

Asking too much of yourself is unrealistic. You need to pace yourself and make plans.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20)

that you do. The rewards are both social and financial. There is no great progress in love this week but patience is a virtue.

Being totally inspired this week, you could be tempted to let enthusiasm run away with you. It is a lovely feeling, like being a child again. Be sure to have fun, but do keep as much money in your pocket as possible. With many demands at the moment, restrict your exuberance on finances.

PISCES (February 20 - March 20) Something new which you started in recent weeks becomes more than a passing interest. Although it may be surprising to you, it is owing to a predictable situation. In opening your mind, you also seem to have opened your heart. Many people do that at this time of the year and so you are not alone.

Trusting is sometimes difficult but it must happen sometime.

SU DOKU

REST OF THE WEEK Alicante TODAY: CLEAR, MAX 26C, MIN 18C Fri -26 18 S Mon - 27 17 S Sat -26 18 S Tues - 27 17 S Sun - 26 17 S Wed - 27 18 S

Almeria TODAY: SUN, Fri - 26 19 S Sat - 24 18 S Sun - 24 18 S

MAX 26C, MIN 19C Mon - 24 18 S Tues - 24 18 S Wed - 23 18 S

Barcelona TODAY: SUN Fri - 26 16 S Sat -25 16 S Sun - 25 16 S

MAX 26 MIN 16C Mon - 24 18 S Tues - 24 18 Cl Wed - 24 18 Sh

Benidorm TODAY: CLEAR, MAX 26C, MIN 18C Fri - 27 18 S Mon -27 17 S Sat -26 18 S Tues - 27 17 S Sun - 27 17 S Wed - 28 18 S

Madrid TODAY: SUN, MAX 29C, MIN 10C Fri - 27 10 S Mon - 27 11 S Sat -28 10 S Tues - 27 11 S Sun - 27 11 S Wed - 25 11 Sh

Malaga TODAY: SUN, Fri - 26 19 S Sat -26 19 S Sun - 25 18 S

GEMINI (May 22 - June 21)

Mallorca

With everyone busy round you, the chance may be taken to show what you are capable of. Instead of watching someone make a pig's ear of a work project, offer to help. It's important, though, to let them think any bright ideas were theirs.

MAX 26C, MIN 19C Mon - 25 18 S Tues - 26 18 S Wed - 26 18 S

TODAY: SUN, MAX 27C, MIN 15C Fri - 27 15 F Mon - 27 15 S Sat -26 15 F Tues - 27 15 S Sun -27 15 S Wed - 27 15 S

Murcia TODAY: SUN, MAX 27C, MIN 17C Fri - 27 16 S Mon - 27 16 S Sat -27 16 S Tues - 28 16 S Sun -27 16 S Wed - 28 15 S S Sun,

LEO (July 24 - August 23)

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A business partnership takes on a romantic tinge this week. It is possible that the other party sees this as more significant than you. To avoid problems later it would be best to let them do all the running.

VIRGO (August 24 - September 23) Your outgoing attitude is spot on.

Some may say you are a little crazy, the way you go for things. Each person has their own way and yours can be quite unique but that certainly does not make it wrong.

People who make the world around us that little bit more colourful are gems. Let's hope that you will be more fully appreciated in this exciting week.

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There will be a certain amount of discussion regarding holiday plans. You know what you want but how do you persuade others? It's quite easy really. All you have to do is to get someone else to suggest a certain place.

CANCER (June 22 - July 23)

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TAURUS (April 21 - May 21)

You are so sharp that there is a danger you will cut yourself! Seriously, though, try not to appear pompous over a certain matter.

You may be right and you may be clever, but smarty pants are rarely popular. Some of that sharpness gets things going for you in the love department.

HOW TO PLAY Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3X3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved. You solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic.

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Alicante Murcia

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Cl Clear,

Fog,

Sh Showers, Th Thunder

Funagram 1.Unscramble the name of a Major League Baseball team: INTRINSIC DANCE 2.Unscramble the name of a famous singing duo: OLD MAN SANG FUNKIER

FUNAGRAM SOLUTION 1.CINCINNATI REDS 2.SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

‘Not Joined Up’ is a novel set in the little seaside town of Orilla del Mar, in the Eastern Costa del Sol. It tells of the interwoven lives of a mixed bunch of British ex-pats as they struggle with the many bewildering aspects of living in Spain.

We meet Brian and Lynne who have taken over the El Marinero bar where the regulars are only too happy to initiate them into the lifestyle.

Their customers include,

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CRYPTIC Across 1 Arrests singer Stevie (5) 4 Arranged loans for the beauty parlour (5) 8 Retire mid-afternoon, unruly soldier (7) 9 Wounded in Stirling or Edinburgh (5) 10 Sounds like thereʼs plenty of paper for the church group (5) 11 Pilots travelling South must carry hand guns (7) 12 Stand in the middle of Bourbon city outskirts (6) 14 Fruit for disoriented nomads (6) 18 Sadly I belong to the worthless (7) 20 Cathyʼs new boat (5) 22 False statement admitted by an incomer (5) 23 Tramp on the dock, itʼs rougher (7) 24 Made off with a scarf (5) 25 False report from womenʼs lib election (5) Down 1 Becomes aware of a new section (7) 2 Madagascar goatherd carries a load (5) 3 Romeo, Romeo! I rest awkwardly without troublemaker (7) 4 Fights for leftovers (6) 5 African cityʼs exceptional goals (5) 6 Anxious, I left funny souvenir (7) 7 Fateful day with teams heading off (4)

13 Criminals appear in nightclub and itʼs mayhem (7) 15 Poor babyʼs malnourished inside (7) 16 Unspoilt old city in South African region (7) 17 Weak coffee blend is found here (6) 18 Islamic leader governed country (4) 19 Old groaner has nothing but lotto (5) 21 Scale the end of rheumatic arm or leg (5)

Across 1 Maybe (7) 5 Cut (5) 8 File (7) 9 Gains by labour (5) 10 Additional (5) 11 Hoping for (7) 12 Broken into pieces (6) 14 Hateful (6) 17 Hair cleansing agent (7) 19 Fourth month (5) 22 Expel (5) 23 Devalue (7) 24 Sweet yellow liquid (5) 25 Remainder (7)

Each number in the Code Breaker grid represents a different letter of the alphabet.

In this week’s puzzle, 9 represents M and 14 represents K, so fill in M every time the figure 9 appears and K every time the figure 14 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.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS: CRYPTIC - Across: 1 Stopgap, 5 Cried, 8 Entraps, 9 Remit,

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

10 Knows, 11 Lesotho, 12 Steady, 14 Preset, 17 Artisan, 19 Crepe, 22 Sober, 23 Tonsure, 24 Ahead, 25 Dessert.

QUICK

Down: 1 Sleek, 2 Outdo,

Down 1 Chaplain (5) 2 Adjust again (5) 3 Stir violently (7) 4 Write illegibly (6) 5 Paces (5) 6 Dizziness (7) 7 Stands down (7) 12 Beg (7) 13 Stopping-place (7) 15 Underwear (7) 16 Agree (6) 18 Minor (5) 20 Swift (5) 21 Thrust (5)

3 Grassed, 4 Pestle, 5 Cures, 6 Inmates, 7 Detroit, 12 Swansea, 13 Eatable, 15 Recants,

H ex a g r a m The purpose of the Hexagram puzzle is to place the 19 six-letter words into the 19 cells. The letters at the edges of interlocking cells MUST BE THE SAME. The letters in the words must be written CLOCKWISE. The word in cell 10 (CHASED) and one letter in four other cells are given as clues.

16 United, 18 Shred, 20 Etude, 21 Exert.

QUICK - Across: 1 Boss, 3 Saucepan, 9 Servant, 10 Adept, 11 Badge, 12 Cornet, 14 Desire, 16 Scheme, 19 Native, 21 Needs, 24 Agile, 25 Explain, 26 Fearless, 27 Heal.

Down: 1 Busybody, 5 Chair, 6 Precede,

1 Kissed, 2 Tested, 3 Absent, 4 Settee, 5 Beards, 6 Melted, 7 Stress, 8 Cereal, 9 Messes, 10 Earned, 11 Pieces, 12 Dreams, 13 Engine, 14 Sealed, 15 Reined, 16 Denied, 17 Sledge, 18, Ranges, 19 Eating

20 Ideal, 22 Evade, 23 Calf.

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"Not everything that can be counted counts,

and not everything that

counts can be counted."

Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity.

7-star quiz NAMESAKES

1. How many months of the year are named after real people?

2. Also known as a ‘double-magnum’, which over-large Champagne bottle, approximately equivalent to six normal-sized ones, is named after the first king of the northern kingdom of Israel who led Israel into sin?

3. Which Womble was named after the chief town of the Hebridean island of Mull?

4. What type of coffee is named after a brotherhood of monks, as it is said

that the drink’s froth resembles the monk’s white hood?

5. Named after its pilot’s mother, what was the name of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

6. Which famous food spread is named after a covered earthenware or metal cooking pot?

7. Which soft-nosed expanding bullet is named after an arsenal near Calcutta where it was first made?

1. TWO - July and August (Julius Caesar and Emperor Augustus), 2. JEROBOAM, 3. TOBERMORY, 4. CAPPUCCINO, 5. ENOLA GAY, 6. MARMITE, 7. DUM-DUM.

17 Canopy, 18 Defers,

Nonagram

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

13 Personal, 15 Stamina,

TILF

Adverb Brooms CHASED(10) Enters Fierce Floats Gentle Misses Months Netted Notice Parted Recent Solved Survey Taught Things Turned Yelled

2 Shred, 4 Attack, 7 Note, 8 Career,

Play on Words

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Target: Average: 10 Good: 13 Very good: 19 Excellent: 25

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

bake, bane, bank, bare, bark, barn, beak, bean, bear, berk, bier, bike, bier, brae, bran, kern, verb, vibe, bairn, baker, barer, barre, biker, brain, brake, brave, break, briar, brier, brine, brink, banker, barker, barren, braver, RIVERBANK

How many English words of four letters or more can you make from the nine letters in our Nonagram puzzle? Each letter may be used only once (unless the letter appears twice). Each word MUST CONTAIN THE CENTRE LETTER (in this case Y) and there must be AT LEAST ONE NINE LETTER WORD. Plurals, vulgarities or proper nouns are not allowed.

Answers: Half baked; Lift out of order; To know you is to love you

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5:35am The Jeremy Kyle Show 6:30am ITV Morning News 7:00am Daybreak Lively breakfast show featuring the latest news alongside showbiz, entertainment, health and lifestyle features. 9:30am Lorraine 10:25am The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30am This Morning 12:25pm ITV News 12:30pm This Morning 1:30pm Loose Women The Loose Ladies share the latest news and views from the day's papers, and cover a bushel of gripes and gossip, too.

2:30pm ITV News and Weather 3:00pm Dickinson's Real Deal Why let your antiques collect dust in the attic when you can sell them?

Take money on the spot from a dealer - or if you think the item's worth more, turn the dealer down and choose to sell at auction instead.

5:55am Cookery School 6:50am Wat's Pig 7:05am Sali Mali 7:10am The Hoobs 7:35am The Hoobs 8:00am Freshly Squeezed 8:30am Everybody Loves Raymond 8:55am Everybody Loves Raymond 9:25am Frasier 10:00am Supernanny US 10:55am Supersize v Superskinny 11:55am Help! My House is Falling Down 1:00pm Channel 4 News Summary 1:05pm Four in a Bed 1:35pm BT and Channel 4 Present... 1:40pm Brief Encounters of the Sporting Mind 1:45pm The Cassandra Crossing

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7:30pm Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two All the latest news and gossip from behind the scenes of Strictly Come Dancing.

8:00pm Dragons' Den Series in which budding entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to multimillionaires.

9:00pm The Great British Bake Off 10:00pm Hairy Bikers' Meals on Wheels The Hairy Bikers made their name cooking real food for real people. Now they are riding to the rescue of one of our great national culinary treasures - Meals on Wheels.

11:00pm Later Live... with Jools Holland British music show hosted by Jules Holland, usually featuring a mix of both new and established bands and solo performers.

11:30pm Newsnight Comprehensive coverage of the day's important national and international news stories.

4:00pm The Alan Titchmarsh Show 5:00pm There's No Taste Like Home 6:00pm The Chase 7:00pm Regional News and Weather 7:30pm ITV News and Weather 8:00pm Emmerdale 8:30pm Mayday Mayday Documentary series following the work of RNLI volunteers.

9:00pm Missing Millions 10:00pm 71 Degrees North 11:00pm ITV News at Ten and Weather Round-up of the day's news.

11:35pm DCI Banks Detective drama series based on the novels by Peter Robinson.

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4:15pm Murder in Greenwich 6:00pm 5 News at 5 6:30pm Neighbours 7:00pm Home and Away Dex witnesses Sid comforting Jody after Indi rejects her. With the baby's first medical checkup imminent, Miles makes a life-changing decision and lays VJ's concerns to rest. Romeo puts Indi's problems before Alf's and fails to turn up to support him at the council meeting to discuss his mooring.

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8:30pm Real Food Family Cook Off The search is on for the country's best home cooks.

9:00pm Superior Interiors with Kelly Hoppen New makeover show featuring award-winning interior designer Kelly Hoppen.

10:00pm CSI: Miami Crime drama. The team recreate a crime scene that has been washed away.

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7:30pm Murder is Easy A mathematician (Bill Bixby) travels to a small village believing recent deaths were not accidents but the work of a serial murderer.

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An holistic approach to cruelty?

All this nonsense reminds me of the pre-Second World War advice to smack a child who wets the bed INCREASINGLY, the irascibility that came with my red hair is fading as the colour itself is silvering into embers of its former with state; though surely Ron Williams that has been caused by the sun rather than the passing years?

A few things can still stir the old passions, though, including the concept that when a newborn child dies it will roast for all eternity in the furnace of hell if a man-in-a-dress doesn’t perform a magic trick.

Another was the now discredited teaching that children should be left to cry and fed only according to an inflexible Is there a kind home out there for us? We promise not timetable.

Surprisingly, that view distressed by loud noises raised slightly.

The was almost universally like fireworks, you should pattern is repeated and accepted, at least in the not rush to comfort it but repeated again and again Anglo Saxon world, just a instead display a ‘cold increasing the intensity couple of generations attitude’ in case sympathy until the dog ago. is taken as approval of demonstrates calmness Most readers would the dog’s automatic and no anxiety. The readily accept that response to pain and process goes on until the children - just like adults - discomfort - barking. loudness is as loud as a need comfort and security ‘Tender loving care’ was firework and the dog and that we cannot be said to be undesirable. does not react in fear’ dehumanised by a clock.

Only when the dog and is presumably by Few in Spain have overcomes its fears and then nearing either probably ever acceded to presumably when the deafness or insanity. that ignore-the-child bangs stop assaulting the How would the lady like concept and could that dog’s acute sense of to forced to become indeed have contributed hearing, are you accustomed to the to the reduced youth permitted to then comfort howling of mopeds by criminality here? it. But, instead of patting repeated subjection in The concept that it, the article advised that her lounge to their noise children should be treated we could rather comfort at ever increasing levels? strictly and live the dog by issuing a Especially if we could apparently devoid of series of brusque, one- improve her hearing to parental affection, came word training commands. canine levels. largely from academics, That sounds like Gulag Readers were then of course rather than therapy to me. advised to bring the parents. But, this week, I Dogs are, even more probably insensible dog read an advertorial here than humans, pack around by the application in Spain expressing a animals and seek comfort of such aromatherapic similar diktat from one of from their fellows. In my delights as Mimulus, Rock those new breed of personal opinion, it is Rose or Cherry Plum, or ‘holistic advisers’. unnatural in the extreme best of all, Buddhist Reiki The author claimed to to ostracise an animal sessions for the dog (not have previous experience from its pack (yourself) the owner) provided, of as a veterinary assistant and treat it in such an course your dog speaks but is now running an inhuman manner. fluent Japanese; mine is animal care business How can anyone still teaching me Spanish. and into all things holistic advocate such treatment?

All this nonsense including crystal Even crueller, in my reminds me of the prehealing, chakras, colour view, was her Second World War advice and aromatherapies, recommendation for to smack a child who kinesiology and mind curing the problem. She wets the bed. Both are far control; yes, indeed her went on to advise that more likely to increase advertisement listed the dog should be the existing distress ‘mind control’. subjected to the same considerably.

The good lady noises and ‘When the dog I prefer instead the advocated that when a shows no anxiety towards many who are setting up dog is obviously the noise the intensity is animal rescue centres

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to grow too big. such as Pego’s LAPS, Local Animal Protection Society, in Alicante Province.

I have just spent a happy morning there with

President Chrissie Edwards and her team of volunteers.

On rented land, they are building a rescue centre, literally with their own

hands, and have already this year saved 175 dogs including one I met whose ears and tail had been hacked with kitchen scissors, and an entire canine family. The police rang to ask LAPS to take two dogs but before Phil, the vice-president, could arrive the two became seven as ‘mother’ produced five gorgeous black puppies.

They are housed next to another family of five puppies whose pregnant mother was left tied to a gate.

Would you have a home for one? Ring Phil on 661 199 270 or Chrissie on 656 364 136 and may the LAPS concept overwhelm the ‘holistic’ lady’s approach to man’s best friend.

I will tell you more about LAPS in my next Charities’ Corner feature in the October 27 issue and, meanwhile, I promise to back off the holistic lady.

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CATCH IT EARLY. Prompt detection can improve survival rates.

Raising awareness of breast cancer OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

This is an annual international health campaign that aims to increase awareness of the disease and raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.

It is also an opportunity to remind women of the importance of early detection.

Education and screening programmes are essential to improve cancer mortality via early detection, WHO has suggested.

One in eight women who live beyond age 70 will develop breast cancer in their lifetime. This number decreases with less age so that women in their 60s have a one in 26 chance, in their 50s a one in 37 chance, 40s one in 69, 30s one in 229 and 20s one in 2,000 chance of getting breast cancer, according to figures from the American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Facts and Figures.

In 2010, nearly 1.5 million people were told they had breast cancer worldwide.

Despite this high incident rate, in Western countries 89 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer are still alive five years after their diagnosis thanks to detection and treatment, according to a study by doctors Max Parkin, Paola Pisani and J Ferlay in 2008.

The incidence of breast cancer per 100,000 persons in Spain is approximately 67, almost half that of Denmark and the Netherlands, which have the most elevated incidence in Europe, according to an article by Martin Jimenez in Clinical and Translational Oncology.

The UK and USA are also among the countries with the highest incidence of the disease.

Risk factors • Women are 100 times more likely to get breast cancer than men.

• Age; two out of three women with breast cancer are older than age 55.

• Women with a blood relative with the disease.

• Being Caucasian; white women are more likely than black woman to get breast cancer, but mortality rates are higher with black women.

Asian, Hispanic and Native-American women are the least likely to get the disease.

• Having denser breast tissue.

• Having started periods before age 12 or going through menopause after age 55.

• Not having children or having them after age 30, while frequent pregnancies from a young age decreases the risk.

• Not breast-feeding; by breast-feeding for two years the risk is greatly reduced.

• Using birth control pills, although this risk seems to go back to normal over time once the pills are stopped.

• Using hormone therapy after menopause.

• Alcohol; one drink a day only gives a small risk, while two to five drinks a day nearly doubles the risk.

• Overweight or obese, especially after menopause, or if weight gain took place during adulthood and if the weight is around the waist.

• Lack of exercise; as little as one hour and 15 minutes to 2.5 hours of brisk walking per week can reduce the risk by 18 per cent, while 10 hours a week offers greater protection.

Yawning cools the brain YAWNING can be good for one’s health, new research suggests.

Eighty people in winter and 80 in summer were asked to look at images of people yawning and then researchers from Princeton University recorded whether they yawned in response. Only half yawned in winter while a quarter yawned in summer. Yawning cools the brain via a heat exchange with cooler air drawn in, which means on a hot day yawning would be counter-productive.

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Smokers risk Sunscreen pill losing one third of everyday memory A SUNSCREEN pill made from coral could give weeks worth of protection.

The pill could be ready for testing on people in five years’ time and available in a decade, say the King’s College London scientists.

They worked out how coral shields itself from harmful ultraviolet rays in sunshine.

It was thought that the protection came from a compound made by algae that live within it.

“We found that the algae makes a compound that we think is transported to the coral, which then modifies it into a sunscreen for the benefit of both the coral and the algae,” researcher Dr Paul Long said. ”Not only does this protect them from UV damage, but we have seen that fish which feed on the coral also benefit from this sunscreen protection, so it is clearly passed up the food chain.”

Just one pill could provide weeks of protection for skin and eyes, reducing the risk of cancer and doing away with the need for creams and sunglasses and keeping sun ageing signs at bay.

On the down side, it would do nothing to bronze the skin.

Coral shields itself from harmful UV rays.

PEOPLE who smoke risk losing around one third of their everyday memory, warn experts.

Smokers lose more of their memory compared to non-smokers, a study by a team at Northumbria University shows.

The good news is that when someone kicks the habit, their ability to recollect information is restored to almost the same level as nonsmokers.

In the study, more than 70 people aged 18 to 25 were given a tour of the university’s campus.

They were later asked to recall small details including music acts listed to play at the students’ union and tasks completed at various points, known as ‘real world memory test’.

BREAK THE HABIT: And improve memory.

While smokers remembered just 59 per cent of tasks, those who had given up smoking remembered 74 per cent and those who had never smoked recalled 81 per cent of tasks.

“This is the first time that a study has set out to examine whether giving up smoking has an impact on memory,” said

Dr Tom Heffernan, who leads the Northumbria University’s Collaboration for Drug and Alcohol Research Group.

“We already know that giving up smoking has huge health benefits for the body, but this study also shows how stopping smoking can have knockon benefits for cognitive functions, too.”

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By EWN Staff Reviewer NEMO’S Bistro is a little gem of a place. Offering value for money at every level, through from breakfasts to menu del dias, and evening four course menus. All fantastic value and with a mountain of choice.

It’s open seven days a week from 11am to 11pm, so at any time of day you can pop in and find something to suit.

The atmosphere is cosy bistro style and anyone driving past at night could not fail to have noted the candle lit tables inside, giving Nemo’s an authentic intimate bistro feel to it.

“All fresh ingredients and value for money” is what Nemo’s stands for, said its owner Graham.

“By listening to what our regulars ask for we have changed our menu over time to provide exactly that.”

And it really is value for money. Breakfast is served from 11am to 1pm and depending on your appetite ranges from €3 to €5. Also, coffee and sandwiches

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more like an a la carte than a menu del dia.

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Nemo’s is open seven days a week.

theme is quality food with value for money, and for €9.95 you’ll get a choice of five starters, and seven main courses, with a choice of desserts, bread alioli and a half bottle of wine.

With starters such as homemade salmon fishcakes with a three cheese sauce, and mains such as beef in a red wine gravy with light pastry crust, you can see the chef knows his stuff.

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In these hard economic times Graham believes the way forward is to keep prices at an affordable level, and so everyone is happy.

You’ll find Nemo’s on the Benidorm La Nucia road, on the right hand parade before the BP garage.

Carrera Vall de Biar 4, C/a CV70 (La Nucia) Tel: 682 707 580

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How to make a website mobile-phone friendly CONTINUING on from last week’s article about the emerging mobile device market here are a couple of things you can do to make sure your site is mobile friendly.

If your business relies on the internet to generate revenue, then it is critical that you make adjustments to your website to accommodate mobile customers.

A lot of people don’t realise that iPads and iPhones will not play Flash video without a special application that you need to download. This also applies to Flash based websites.

If you have a lot of videos on your site that use Flash, you may want to post a

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link to the application on your site so that your iPad and iPhone users can install it and view your videos.

Another tip is to resize and compress images for the small screen to ensure fast page loading and eliminate any

images that are really unnecessary.

There are a lot of things that can be done to make viewing your website an easier and more enjoyable experience for mobile users: just visit Google and search ‘creating a mobile friendly website’ or something similar and you’ll find a wealth of information on the topic that will help you identify things you may or may not want to change.

Please keep your queries and questions coming in and I will try to answer as many as possible here in this column.

See you all next week

Happy car journey

Ask your vet to recommend a trainer or behaviourist who can help overcome your dog’s behaviourial problems.

Snappy dog woes DEAR Connie never know what We have a problem he is going to do. with our two-year-old We have tried a Connie’s dog. We got him from muzzle but he Pets a rescue home at wouldn’t keep it on. eight weeks old.

I would Corner He is a small dog, a appreciate any cross between a advice from you.

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Hi Carol, He has never really You do have a lot If you have any questions, please write to me at connie liked children and of problems! pets@euro weeklynews.co growls and barks Dogs that snap m I’ll be happy to help. whenever he sees a unfortunately get child.

He has worse. become very snappy You do not say if he if anyone comes up to him because has been castrated; if and I have to warn people he seems a totally different not, that is the first job. not to stroke him as he dog. I would rather cross I would suggest you then goes to nip their hand. the road than walk past ask your vet to recommend He is a loving dog in our other people. a trainer or better still a own home, but when we He sometimes snaps at behaviourist to help you as take him out I feel nervous people he knows, so you soon as possible. It does

not take long to change a dog’s behaviour, the problem is changing your way of thinking.

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MORE than one in three pet owners take their dogs or cats on car journeys on a regular basis, a new study shows.

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by Confused.com, 41 per cent said their pets enjoyed the journey.

Listening to the radio was one method pet owners used to keep their companions amused on longer journeys with Adele, Madonna and Lady Gaga the most popular artists.

Others admitted to singing to their pets and taking plenty of toys to keep them amused.

While 12 per cent of pet-owning motorists said they let their dog stick its head out of the window, experts at Dogs Trust say this is not necessarily a good idea.

“Dogs might really enjoy the sensation of having their heads out of the window, but it is dangerous for them so we would always advise keeping ears, paws and noses inside the vehicle while the car is moving,” said Veterinary Director Paula Boyden.

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The tasting at the end of the tour.

Wine bodega in Benidorm area LIKE many of us I enjoy the odd glass of wine and generally buy mine from the local supermarket. I usually drink Spanish wine and so was amazed to discover that literally down the road is a bodega! Located in Alfaz del Pi, only a Blogged 10 minute drive from down in Benidorm you will come upon the Benidorm ‘Enrique Mendoza

By Irena Bodnarec, blogger at Winery’.

It is a family run www.benidormallyearround.com bodega steeped in info@benidormallyearround.com tradition - in Spain on the birth of a son it was a tradition to plant vines ... Enrique had three sons and so the beginnings of his bodega took hold A cellar with hundreds of barrels. back in the 1970's.

You can book a tour where you will be they work with the moon. All the vine taken around the entire plant by Magda, plots are fitted with sensors for moisture, niece of Enrique. She is extremely humidity and stress levels of the plants knowledgeable and passionate about and are controlled centrally by computer. wine and will amaze you with facts and We were taken around the cellars and figures. For example, I was staggered bottling plant and learnt about the woods that a good quality cork can cost up to used for the barrels. Did you know that €1.50 ... in Lidl you can buy a bottle for once the barrels are five years old they less than that but its all to do with quality. send them off to Scotland for maturing Unlike many bodegas they do not buy whisky! in any grapes but only use the ones they After the tour comes the best bit - the have grown themselves and of those they tasting .... we were treated to six only use the best. From the grapes grown including the award winning Santa Rosa in Alfaz they produce mainly Moscatel and and an incredible dessert wine - which they have another vineyard in Villena was red! I was totally shocked as always from which they produce their reds. knew dessert wine to be like Moscatel ...

As we were there a fresh delivery was rather sweet but this one was really fruity being decanted into the barrels ready for rather than sweet. There were also plates maturing. They have strict guidelines as of tapas comprising of manchego cheese to how long the wine has to lay for from and salamis and obviously some delicious the provincial government. They produce chocolate to go with the dessert wine. approximately 300,000 bottles per year The tour costs €20 and lasts just over and export to many countries. ‘Santa 1.5 hrs but you each receive a bottle of Rosa Red’ is listed as one of the top 10 delicious red wine as a gift. You can also wines of Spain - and it’s produced here on purchase any wines tasted in the shop at our doorstep. the end of the tour. If you are visiting They do not use ANY pesticides on the Benidorm its a nice outing to get away vines but instead use traps and from the beach for a couple of hours or homeopathic methods such as cinnamon makes a great gift for a wine drinker! instead of sulphur and work a lot with For more information contact Magda on biodynamic techniques - I was stumped 965 888 639 or email on that one too but Magda explained how enoturismo@bodegasmendoza.com

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WHY not take a ramble around the beautiful countryside surrounding the valley of La Font de la Figuera, or wander down into the village and enjoy some refreshment at one of the many bars and restaurants.

Molino Granja mobile home park is an English owned and run country park licensed for mobile homes and not for camping. The site is set out to enhance the quality of the countryside with spacious plots and gardens, just the thing for the green fingered.

Competition can be a bit fierce though on who grows the best tomatoes! Winner stands the drinks in the site bar (tomato juice).

The village of La Font de la Figuera is a 10 minute walk from the site and boasts of every facility you could wish for. The sports stadium has everything including a triple swimming pool complex.

There is also a new modern health centre in case that game of tennis was a little too energetic. All this without losing its sleepy village type appearance and friendly and helpful attitude to its English visitors. (Hint: if you are popping to the shop for a bottle of milk, allow about an hour for chatting to all the villagers!)

There is something very special about a village that has its police station in a cupboard in the town hall because there is no crime, and does not justify having a proper station.

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On first impression you might think we are a long way inland, but Alicante airport is just 40 minutes away and Valencia airport is 50 minutes. The English community of Caudette is less than 10 minutes away with English shops and also a ladies hairdresser that visits the site.

There are also three good hairdressers in La Font. Shops and supermarkets are everywhere! You can find everything you need in la Font de la Figuera or any of the three surrounding towns.

No touring caravans or tents are allowed on the site.

The train station in Almansa has free parking and you can be in Madrid in a couple of hours. There are far too many things to write about in this short article so why not come and explore. Chat to the residents and locals. Allow yourself

time to soak up the atmosphere. Try of bottle of wine from our world famous bodega.

Prices for a fully sited mobile home start as little as €7,500 and for people who wish to bring their own units, there are no connection or site fees to pay just a very reasonable ground rent.

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Schoolteacher, Kate Sloan, with her daughter, Amy.

EWN asked readers how they feel about Ryanair’s latest revelation to introduce a ‘Ryanair Cash Passport’ via a prepaid Mastercard, which would allow travellers to save on admin fees.

Senior forensic scientist Jody Griffiths, who lives in Malvern, UK, said: “I have only flown with Ryanair once and it was a complete nightmare.

“My father-in-law had

Computer programmer, Steve Monk-Dalton.

Flying Ryanair: Is it really as cheap as chips?

Hardly a week goes by without Ryanair hitting the headlines. Despite criticism, their passenger figures continue to fly high.

Here EWN reporter Heidi Wardman asks Britons in Spain what they think about the low-cost airline.

agreed to take my husband and I to the airport but they changed it from Birmingham to

East Midlands with very little notice, which was much too far to expect him to travel at night.

“In the end we were forced to cancel the flights as we could not get to the newly appointed airport, and although it was Ryanair’s change of itinery rather than ours, it took months of angry emails to get any compensation.

“After that we vowed that we would never be tempted to ‘go cheap’ again because it wasn’t worth the aggravation in the long run, and when you account for all of the additions that keep mounting up, then you probably don’t make a huge saving any more, anyway!” she said.

Translator and interpreter from Torrevieja, Rafael Rodrigo-Morgan, said: “This is just another one of Ryanair’s moneygrabbing schemes which helps to justify a totally ridiculous pricing structure that wishes to claim to be a ‘no frills’ airline but, in the long run, can cost as much as some of the other budget charters once all the hidden costs are tallied.”

Meanwhile, 43-year old barmaid Faye Spencer, from Playa Flamenca, said: “People opt for Ryanair because when you initially start trawling for flights they appear to be the cheapest.

“I don’t always notice all of the additional charges until it’s too late, or I’ve reached a point where I’ve spent so long in-putting my personal information I just cannot be bothered to start the process again with another airline. So I just go with it.

“Either way, I’ve never really had reason to complain about the service so the admin fee isn’t going to put me off.”

Computer programmer from Las Filipinas, Steve Monk-Dalton, stated: “I think we get things quite easy with the cost of flights. Ryanair is still a cheap option, although the hidden charges are annoying. If they were up-front about these on the initial quote, it wouldn’t be a problem.

“Let’s face the facts here, it is often cheaper to fly to Spain from the UK than to travel half the length of the UK by rail or by car!

“You must account for the fact that Ryanair is a budget airline, so it is pretty basic. But it gets you there.”

Secondary schoolteacher from Villamartin, Kate Sloan, revealed: “I used to use Ryanair a lot when I was making regular trips between

Spain and the UK. I don’t think that there are ‘hidden costs’ as there is plenty of publicity about their extra charges.

“If people choose not the read the small print before starting to book, that’s their choice.

“At the end of the day, even with all the ‘added extras’, Ryanair are normally still the cheapest airline for the journeys which I make, so I am happy to travel with them.”

She went on to admit: “I did get an electron card when that was the free method of payment, then a prepaid Mastercard after that and, no doubt, I will apply for their prepay card.”

Builder Daniel Sampson, from Cabo Roig, commented: “I’ve read about the card on their website, and think it sounds like a good idea.”

Finally, retired accountant Colin Finlay, from Torrevieja, asked: “Why do the Brits always have to find something to complain about? A €10 surcharge is really not the end of the earth, if you ask me. We all have a choice of who we fly with, so at the end of the day if you don’t like Ryanair or some of their policies, then you don’t have to fly with them.”

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Performing the ‘Ritual Flier Dance’ when travelling by air IT isn’t unknown for us Europeans to look suspiciously at the strange customs of others, including those of Aborigines or Inuits, Native Americans and various Asian or African tribes.

I wonder if they scratch their heads at European peculiarities.

As one Arab said: ‘Europeans parade their women in a By state of Mike Walsh undress then get upset when www.michaelwalsh.es others desire them’.

We expose our children to adult imagery then throw up our hands in indignation when they follow AIRPORT SECURITY: Even grannies are subjected to ritual humiliation. the examples set.

Some rites are truly beautiful needed to identify each grannies, will be subjected to a each time you enter an airport and inspirational. Take for passenger’s entire, even personal, degrading sacrament, including where you find functionaries instance the Ritual Fire Dance of history, is painstakingly entered having to undergo forms of wearing colourful costumes.

Spanish composer Manuel De weeks before the acolyte arrives undress and functional fondling.

Their demeanour suggests they Falla. If you are not mesmerised at the airport.

Pawed over and pored over, take their performance seriously. by that orgiastic spectacle then Yet, despite being armed with one’s passport will be examined They presumably attend the witness instead the ‘Ritual Flier everything police national several times before one reaches same initiation ceremonies, for Dance’, or airport security. computers can throw up, one’s destination. their zombie-like expressions Before flying, everything passengers, even children and These rituals are performed suggest similar vapidity of

thought.

Once admitted to the plane, priestesses run through a welcoming ceremony. Standing between aisles leading to the heaven-bound altar, they demand the absolute attention of those gathered together. Waving their arms in carefully contrived motions, they draw captivated acolytes into the mysteries of flight.

A life jacket is said to be a survival aid if the plane ditches. It is carefully explained how to inflate, light its light and blow the whistle.

One cannot quite imagine survival when from 30,000 feet above the sea, 207,000kg of screaming, burning metal and plastic plummets to its watery grave at 600km per hour. It is, though, a comforting thought that one’s airliner may float whilst nearby helpful ships, responding to its Mayday call, circle to invite us on board for cocktails and sympathy.

Yes, we too love our rituals and strange customs.

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627 183 358 (94039) RUSTIC LAND. Finestrat 7,000m2 approx. 4,500€ Bargain. Or will part exchange 50% car/caravan.

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Property Management COMPLETE HOME SERVICES Villa changeovers, laundry, pool cleaning, gardening, and general maintenance. Everything You Need. North Costa Blanca. bridger8@hotmail.com Denise 667 298 576 (94049)

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Thursday • HELP INTERNATIONAL Benidorm meetings. www.help-benidorm.com www.help-benidorm.com .

• AECC BOUTIQUE opens at DejaVu Plus in San Isidro. Call 966 723 401.

• TUITION DANCE: Beginners class 10.30am - 12.30pm. Call 616 478 157.

• SQUARE DANCERS in Benitchell: www.avib.org/squaredance/index.html or 966 495 708.

• SSKF KEEP FIT CLASS in Benitachell Social Centre: 965 796 493 or 655042306.

• XABIA RUGBY CLUB: Pre-season training on the rugby pitch. Juniors 7pm; Seniors 8pm. Call 688 640 092.

• MARKET from 11.30am to 3pm next to the new Mercadona on the Bennitachell to Moira Road..

• LITTLE BUBBLES:creative art and music and dance classes for parents and children in Javea. Email littlebubblesmusic@gmail.com.

• SUCCESSFUL SLIMMING : Call 965 496 209 or 658 271 553.

• GANDIA AREA SOCIAL CLUB Area Social Club Dinners and Golf: Call 962 852 828.

• PIETER SWINNEN PAINTING CLUB Painting Club cultural meetings in Calpe.

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Friday • AUCTIONS FOR AECC. Items for donation wanted. Call 965 319 929 or 688 238 879.

• UFO AND WORLD MYSTERIES UFO and World Mysteries Discussion Group in Javea. First Friday of month. Call 966 459 976.

• JAVEA Bridge Club. Duplicate Pairs Tournaments. Call Margaret 965 793 413.

• GANDIA Area Social Club Petanca: Call 962 852 828. (Mon + Fri) • TUITION DANCE: Intermediates class 11am - 1pm. Call 616 478 157.

• BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCE beginners class starts Friday October 14 in Teulada. 965 770 774

• JAVEA INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST CHURCH in Javea: Sundays 11am.

Young Seekers Group and crèche available during sermon. Call 965 795 847 or see www.javeabaptist.com or the local Tourist Office.

• THE KINGS CHURCH in Benissa: English service Sundays 11am. See www.thekingschurch.net • CALPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH A in Perlamar: Sundays 11am. Call 965 835 502 or see www.calpechristianfellowship.org

• APASA QUIZ at Bar Mediterraneo, Teulada 7.30pm next Friday October 7: 965 744 449 or 639 603 880.

• UFO and World Mysteries Discussion Group at Social Club and Bar, Javea Old Town: Mike Glazier talking on the planets next Friday October 7 at 10am.

Saturday • BENIARBEIG RASTRO at the centre near where the mid-week market is from 9am to 1.30pm. There are two bars with toilets and ample car parking.

• EL VERGER MARKET at The Polygon from 9am to 1.30pm.

• PROTECTORA DE ANIMALES EL CAMPELLO table top sale at Pueblo Español in Campello from 10am to 2pm, the last Saturday of the month. Proceeds in aid of abandoned cats and dogs..

• COMPUTER CLUB IN ALFAZ DEL PI. CALL VICTOR 965 889 187.

• CHARITY AUCTION Exchange unwanted goods for cash. Call 965 743 292 or 667 074 130.

• GANDIA Area Social Club Walking Group: Call 962 852 828.

• WALKING GROUP next Saturday (October 8): Moderately strenuous 8km 4.5hrs– 626 366 690; Strenuous 12km 4hrs – 693 480 190. http://www.cbmwalkers.org.

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Be Encouraged - KB • CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY CHURCH Sundays 10.30am at the Europa Building, Avda del Pino.

• NEW HOPE CHURCH in Alfaz del Pi: Sundays 11am. Call 965 013 230.

Sunday • ARSENAL COSTA BLANCA SUPPORTERS CLUB: Cheers Bar, Javea Port to see Tottenham play this Sunday (October 2) at 5pm. arsenalcostablanca@gmail.com.

• PEDREGUER MARKET from 9am to 1.30pm.

• EL VERGER MARKET from 9am to 1.30pm.

• AECC BOUTIQUE opens at DejaVu Plus in San Isidro. Call 966 723 401.

Monday • SEQUENCE DANCE CLASS (beginners) at 8pm. Call 965 770 774.

• GANDIA Area Social Club Petanca: Call 962 852 828.

• PORCELAIN RESTORATION GROUP in Javea: 966 472 049 artcentrejavea@yahoo.com • SEQUENCE DANCE beginners class in Teulada. 965 770 774 • JAVEA BRIDGE CLUB Duplicate Pairs Tournaments. Call Margaret 965 793 413.

• COSTA BLANCA SAMARITANS Drop-in Café. www.costablancasamaritans.com. Call 902 883 535.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION, North Costa Blanca Branch, meets at Los Arcos Restaurante, Pedreguer (N332, west side) on the second Monday of each month at 12pm to 1pm, followed by

• SPIRITUALIST CHURCH in Alfaz del Pi: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm. Call 966 878 469.

• HOLY EUCHARIST at Nuestra Senora de la Merced Church in Calpe: Sundays 10.30am. Call 678 787 509 or email bill.ingram@angliac3.demon.co.uk .

• NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP in Oliva: Sundays 10.30am for worship and bible study. Women of Hope meet Fridays 10.30am. Call Kate and Craig 962 850 922.

lunch. We have nearly 140 members who enjoy friendship, help and support with RAFA; and we are always looking for new members who have, or have not, served in the RAF. For more information, visit: www.rafa-ncb.org or call 965 743 439.

• JALON VALLEY MUMS AND TOTS 10.30am to 12pm at the Town Hall (September to July). Call Fran 639 326 135.

Tuesday • DENIA Rugby Club seniors training 8pm on beach outside the Oasis Hotel • JAZZ MANHATTAN at ‘Tossa Gros Restaurant’ between Oliva and La Font d’en Carros.

Weekly Quiz before the Jazz Programme.

• SUCCESSFUL SLIMMING Call 965 496 209 or 658 271 553.

• AUCTIONS FOR AECC Donations welcome. Call 965 319 929 or 688 238 879.

• JAVEA RBL meet second and fourth Tuesday of month at Scallops Restaurant, Arenal at 11am.

• WORDS OF LIGHT Call 662 688 865.

• RAF Costa Blanca Branch meets third Tuesday of month. Call 965 724 256 or email nwhancox@hotmail.com.

• EVENING YOGA in Los Alcazares: Call 652 667 883.

• JAVEA Bridge Club. Duplicate Pairs Tournaments. Call Margaret 965 793 413.

• GANDIA Area Social Club Golf: Call 962 852 828.

• XABIA RUGBY CLUB: Pre-season training on the rugby pitch. Juniors 7pm; Seniors 8pm. Call 688 640 092.

• SSKF KEEP FIT CLASS in Benitachell Social Centre: 965 796 493 or 655 042 306.

Wednesday • COSTA BLANCA NORTH GARDEN CIRCLE meets first Wednesday of month in Moriara. Call 966 498 681.

• ALICANTE BUSINESS CLUB (ABC) meets third Wednesday of month in San Juan. Call 650 489 625 or see www.alicantebusinessclub.org .

• TUITION DANCE: Beginners class 8pm - 10pm. Call 616 478 157.

• WALKING GROUP this Wednesday (October 5): Gentle 8km 2.5hrs - 966 482 693; Moderate 9km 3hrs – 686 148 704; Strenuous 12.5km 5hrs – 966 482 932. http://www.cbmwalkers.org.

• GARDENING CIRCLE: AGM, competitions and talk on ‘Gardening in a dry climate’ in La Senieta, Moraira this Wednesday (October 5): 966 498 681.

• STALL for greeting cards and books at Luca’s Bar in Busot from 11am – 1pm in aid of the Animal Rescue Centre.

• APASA QUIZ in Teulada this Wednesday (October 5): Maggie 965 744 449 or Mandy 639 603 880.

• U3A DISCUSSION GROUP ‘Café Philo’ in Alfaz del Pi: 965 845 039.

Others • CANCER CARE WEBSITE LAUNCHwww.cancercarecharitycentre.org • ART EXHIBTION ‘Enclosed Space’ by local artist Natasha Marson until Sunday October 2 at the Museo Soler Blaco in Javea. Call 634 373 264 or see www.marsonartgallery.com

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I’M sure everyone knows about the very public sacking of Charlie Sheen from the hit American sitcom ‘Two and a Half Men’ and that Ashton Kutcher has ‘taken over’.

I’ve never really watched the show but Adam likes it so when he puts it on I’ll watch it, too. I thought it was funny, but it’s one of those shows that I will only watch if there’s nothing else on.

But with everything that is now going on around the show, I was eager to watch the first show with Ashton Kutcher to see what it was like.

It starts at the funeral of Charlie Sheen’s character, Charlie Harper, more than half the show devoted to it, and then up pops Ashton as Walden Schmidt, an internet billionaire with a broken heart.

For many, myself included, having Ashton on the screen is never a bad thing; he’s easy on the eye and very funny but, for me, it’s a hard show to watch.

It’s not down to Ashton Kutcher at all; in fact, I can’t think of anyone else who could possibly walk into such a big show like that and have a chance of pulling it off.

If you ever saw the old ‘Two and a Half Men’, it was quite funny, it jelled and it

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Kutcher is good but show doesn’t cut it

Angus T Jones with Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer in ‘Two and a Half Men’. seemed effortless for the actors.

With the new one, it seemed the writers of the show were trying too hard to make it even funnier and in fact it had the reverse effect.

We all sat there looking at each other, thinking: ‘What the hell is going on?’, not only was it not delivering but it also seemed as though it wasn’t filmed in front of a live audience and the same canned laughter could be heard throughout.

To be fair, Ashton Kutcher was great, as usual, but it

Whilst the new ‘Two and a Half Men’ was being aired so was Comedy Central’s Charlie Sheen ‘roast’. A ‘roast’ is Tune in to Fia on Spectrum FM when one celeb, in this case, Sheen, has to sit in front of guests and was more about the script. endure 10 comedians or Let’s face it, rather than friends tearing their life ‘Two and a Half Men’ it was apart in a humorous but more the Charlie Sheen harsh way. show and it seemed that Charlie’s ‘roast’ was the character was based on brutal but very funny. He his real life at times. took everything very well Sometimes you’ve just or seemed to - and he kind got to cut your losses. I of won me over from the don’t think they are going roasting. to but it’s not a show I will I recommend watching tune into again, even if it, but maybe after the little there’s nothing else on TV. ones have gone to bed.

Fia Tarrant

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A VENETIAN couple hired a lawyer after several failed attempts to convince their 41year-old son to fly the nest. The son has a good job, but refuses to leave and demands meals and ironing from his mother.

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A US collegiate golf tournament was halted after a branch fell from a tree near the 18th green and exposed a beehive, causing an estimated 70,000 bees to begin swarming and several people were stung.

Fatal feast A 77-YEAR-OLD Ukrainian man won a jar full of sour cream for coming first in a dumpling eating contest and then promptly died.

Ivan Mendel ate 10 dumplings in half-aminute to win first place.

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The timeframe grows much smaller if you are a resident as you only have one month to re-register your foreign plated car here and you will pay the standard registration taxes of in the process.

Matriculation (registration) taxes range from zero up to 16 per cent of the cars fiscal book value depending on the engine size, petrol or diesel and its C02 reading at the ITV. Not only is re-registering any car a long struggle and an unbelievably complicated process, but also when you add to this element the fact that you have to pay the taxes to do it, then it’s no wonder there are so many cars running around illegally in Spain.

The timeframe remains at a maximum of six months before you need to get the car onto Spanish plates and even if you are not a resident the car has to leave Spain after it’s been here six months. I call this the ‘six months in and six months out’ rule!

• The i40 has a luggage area of 553 litres • Inset: Hyundai i40 Blue Drive

Hyundai i40 The launch of the estate HYUNDAI recently held a ‘Family day’ at its Marbella showroom, Hyundmar, to celebrate the launch of its new estate, the i40.

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Pego Golf Society

By Brian West DUE to extensive course works at Oliva Nova, this week's competition was held at the recently opened La Galiana Golf Course near Tavernes de la Valldigna.

The course is set in stunning mountainous surroundings with many spectacular holes and incredibly challenging greens.

We had a very good turnout for an away day and we were unanimous in our positive impressions of the course.

Winners were: Category 1 (Handicaps up to 18.4) Andrew Harrison with a superb 40 stableford points off a handicap of 11.6 Runner up – Mike Phillips with 36 points off 14.9

El Salvador game a winner

By Ignacio Davila BEFORE the kick-off of the El Salvador game, La Vila’s first team was officially presented with the trophy for winning the Renfe honours league last year 2010/11.

The new captain Paco Martinez, the new Club President, Jason Craig

and the new Valencian Federation president, Ignacio Davila were on hand to receive the trophy from both the Spanish Rugby Federation President, Alfonso Mandado alongside Spanish Senator, Miriam Blasco, (both visiting Villajoyosa rugby club for the first time.)

La Vila played a commanding game beating last year’s Kings cup winners 36-22 Preparations for the European Amlin Cup are ongoing.

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La Vila beat last year’s Kings cup winners 36-22. games, please contact the club.

Anyone wishing to come along will find La Vila Rugby Club is situated at Carretera

Orba Warblers Golf Society THE scores at Villaitana were exceptional with more than half the field scoring more than 30 points and this on a course that when it opened, severe doubts were expressed about whether the Warblers should play it, as it was considered to be quite a difficult course to play.

Not the case for our top four this week, category two was topped by Sheila Dindar with a fabulous 41

points off 21.5, she was followed by Gordon Holloway with 39 off 19.3 now moved into category one and in third place with a handicap protecting 35 was Malcolm Robinson off 24.7.

Good as these scores were, they were outshone by category one, where Chris Field, who openly declares that, ‘he owns Villaitana’ came in with an unbelievable 43 points off 10.6. He was followed by

Mike Badain scoring 39 off 11.8 and in third was David Corcoran with 38 off 7.8, all three due for a cut.

Next week the Warblers will be at Bonalba on Wednesday October 5. Be there before 9.15am for a 10am first tee.

Guests are always welcome subject to a current handicap certificate and you can book in on the web site or by phone on 634 367 023.

Pantano, Villajoyosa.

Just take the motorway AP-7 exit nº 66 (Villajoyosa).

At the first roundabout head for the mountain. It is about 1 km from motorway exit nº 66.

Or take the Villajoyosa bypass, and take the middle exit, at the first roundabout, bare right towards the motorway entrance and at the second roundabout, bare left towards the mountain.

More information phone Jason Craig on 659 674 768 or Ignacio Davila 608 068 208 or the club 965 890 376 Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm.

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Northern League competition got underway this week, with all clubs in the northern Costa Blanca participating.

Some clubs field more than one team.

Javea has three teams; Onyx, Opal and Quartz.

The contest is played through to next March and Javeaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first games entailed playing interclub matches.

The first game was between Javea Green Onyx and Javea Green Opal, where the result was a 9 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1 win for Onyx.

The next game again featured Onyx, this time

By Dave Wood THE singles winner at the BBC Masters was Derek Eldon for the fourth consecutive year, in a closely fought final against Carol Meare (BBC).

The Pairs winners were Gail Chick with Clive English (BBC) and the Triples winners Lynne Eldon, Derek Eldon and Tony McKenna.

Finalists in The Rinks were Harry Chick, Gail Chick, Clive English (BBC) and Chris Evans (BBC).

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against Javea Green Quartz, with Quartz taking the honours at 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2.

Following on from the prize giving ceremony for the Iberian Open, as reported last week, all players and guests were invited to a follow-up of fun and excellent food prepared by Jan and her team and courtesy of Brian Taylor.

Javea Green and Inn on the Green are fast building a great reputation for their social events and this was no exception, with everyone having a fantastic time.

For greater detail of the above reports and for more information about our club, see the excellent Javea Green website at http://javeagreenbowls. org or just come along and see what is so compelling about this great sport.

BRENDON O'HAGAN

A great week for the Javea bowlers

Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rugby squad smashed Romania 67-3.

Rugby World Cup 2011 IRELAND, by thumping Russia 6212, qualified for the quarterfinals. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be joined by England who walloped Romania 67-3 with hat-tricks from Mark Cueto and Chris Ashton, and Wales, for whom Stephen Jones

won a record 101st cap in their emphatic 12-try, 81-7 victory over Namibia. But Scotland, after losing 13-12 to Argentina, will be out if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t beat England on Saturday. All the big boys are through!

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