RTN North Marina Baixa/Benidorm Edition 829 by Round Town News

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Migrant found wrapped round car engine

north (marina baixa/Benidorm edition) Friday September 4 - Thursday September 10 2015

Issue 829

INCREASINGLY DESPERATE attempts are being made by migrants trying to get into mainland Europe as a man is discovered under the bonnet of a car in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. Read the full story on page 4. Read your English newspaper online at www.roundtownnews.com

School bus transport aid withdrawn THERE IS outrage at a sudden decision to withdraw special transport aid for the Salto del Agua school’s area in Benidorm. by Jeanette Rice On Monday the Ministry of Education announced that the system of aid that is used for all towns in Valencia would be applied to Benidorm despite other agreements in place. The government department said “there will be no special treatment and the same criteria will apply to all towns in order to streamline and unify our policies”.

In past years the government and Benidorm have financed school transport to the primary and secondary schools in the Salto del Agua educational area of the town with students having a card which they could use to travel to their school, a system which it was understood would continue this year.

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Hospital Marina Baixa at Villajoyosa

Marina Baixa hospital expansion A MEETING took place on Thursday where all the local town mayors were set to sign a document to approve plans to expand the hospital in Villajoyosa. by Jeanette Rice THE HISTORIC event was the idea of the union of the Marina Baixa de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) as the extension plans have previously been blocked by authorities at county level and the support of all the surrounding mayors, it is hoped, will give the project the support it needs to get approval. The joint document details the different needs of all the departments within the hospital including the need for a new block to reduce the current space problems in the existing buildings. When the plans were originally proposed the then Minister of Health, Manuel Llombart said that such projects were not among the priorities of the Government. The hospital often experiences a lack of beds and a stretched emergency department along with many other issues that could be improved with the proposed expansion. The current Minister of Health, Carmen Stack, provided a statement that merely said “this project is in a process of assessment and planning”. The CCOO expressed their gratitude to all the local mayors despite their differing political views saying “they are all eager to press forward with the plans as it affects all the local towns not just Villajoyosa where the hospital is based”.

A BENIDORM council spokesperson said “we are totally surprised by this decision and have asked for an explanation on the decision that has broken the historic agreement between Benidorm and the Valencian government. The councillor for Education, Antonio Perez, said “the new policy will make many students fall out of the assistance as the formula to be used will exclude them”. The Ministry will offer grants for those who are over three kilometres away from the schools however these particular schools are in an area of high traffic density where pupils will no doubt live within the three kilometres but would have to travel by foot and risk crossing heavily congested roads. Ministry guidelines from the resolution of 14th August 2015 allows for schools that have difficult access due to terrain, dangerous pathways or are not easily accessible to be excluded from the three kilometre ruling, something that the council is looking to appeal with. Isabel Arredondo, president of the local Apas Benidorm group which helps parents stay informed, said “I am very concerned about this news as some children may lose the free transport due to the changes in the criteria”. With only days to go before pupils are due to return after their summer break parents are at a loss as to how they will be able to afford to get their children to the schools safely, particularly having already spent hundreds of euros on the new terms books and equipment. One local parent said that they would probably have to drive their daughter to her school if she loses her free transport, which would surely make the roads more congested.

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Migrant found wrapped round car engine INCREASINGLY DESPERATE attempts are being made by migrants trying to get into mainland Europe as a man is discovered under the bonnet of a car in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. by Jeanette Rice IN WHAT is being described as the biggest refugee crisis since World War II, with thousands also fleeing from Syria into Hungary, European countries are finding themselves in the difficult situation of how to deal with such numbers. The Guardia Civil in Ceuta were carrying out a roadside inspection on vehicles when the discovery of the man stuffed behind the car’s engine was made. The officers reported that the man was suffering from severe dehydration and lack of oxygen. Another man was then discovered in the same vehicle hiding under the car’s back seats also suffering from dehydration and lack of oxygen. It is believed that both men are originally from Guinea and were being driven by a Moroccan national and a passenger who were both arrested at the scene. The two migrants were taken to a local

hospital for treatment before being interviewed by the Guardia Civil. The European Union announced that they will hold emergency talks on 14th September to discuss how to deal with the current crisis as Austria has expanded checks on lorries near its eastern borders following the discovery of 71 dead migrants in a lorry last week. The checks which began on Sunday night in Austria immediately found migrants trying to gain access by hiding in vehicles as figures for July were released showing that for the first time numbers of migrants reaching the EU borders had topped 100,000, which was three times the figures recorded in the previous July. As reported in recent weeks migrants are attempting an almost “suicide mission” in desperation to get to mainland Europe with hundreds drowning in the Mediterranean seas travelling from Libya.

Man hiding under a car bonnet

In Hungary queues could be seen for miles and security personnel searched each vehicle as it crossed the border in Nickelsdorf. Hungary has been condemned by other European countries such as France with Laurent Fabius, Foreign Minister, saying “Hungary is flouting the common values

of Europe”. The UN refugee spokesperson, Baba Baloch has also criticised the Hungarian government saying “the authorities have gone to their public and tried to vilify the refugees, portraying an image that the migrants do not deserve international protection”.

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French train attacker’s home searched

Ayoub El-Khazzani escorted into court

by Jeanette Rice SPANISH POLICE raided a flat in the early hours of Tuesday morning where the French train attacker Ayoub El-Khazzani had lived with his family. The apartment, in Algeciras, was the Spanish home for the attacker along with his parents and his sister. All family members were taken for questioning after the officers had completed their search and removed evidence to nearby vehicles. The raid, which started in the early hours concluded at around 11am following a request made by French investigators. The Spanish authorities have been criticised for not conducting the search immedi-

ately after the terrorist attack on the French train, when the details of who the captured suspect was were released. Ayoub El-Khazzani’s father said that he could not believe that his son was a terrorist although he had not spoken with him since he left Algeciras in 2014. “I wasn’t on the train, but I honestly do not think my son is capable of what they are saying he has done”, he said. The police raid on the property coincided with a visit being made by Spain’s defence and interior ministers to Rabat where they were due to talk with their Moroccan counterparts about how to increase their efforts to stop Islamist militancy.

news... byInternational Patricia Thompson

Tragic images

POWERFUL IMAGES are flooding the social networks and television screens showing the human element in the current migration crisis. A small boy was discovered washed up on the beach in the coastal town of Bodrum in Turkey and pictures of the tragedy were shared around the world. The boy, aged 3, was one of 12 Syrian refugees found dead after they drowned trying to cross the Mediterranean on two boats bound for the Greek island of Kos, The tragic images serve as a stark reminder of the desperate situation that these families have found themselves in, fleeing from their war-torn country, as European governments increasingly feel the pressure to act immediately to help the migrants and stop any further deaths occurring.

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Local news...

Copper theft on rail track

A MAN has been arrested in Villajoyosa on suspicion of stealing copper wire from power lines along the track area. The Guardia Civil made the arrest having received information that a man was acting suspiciously as they were on their patrols. The Guardia reported that they believed the suspect was also planning to steal aluminium bars from the area of track that passes through Villajoyosa.

Multi national gathering in Finestrat THE TOWN hall of Finestrat has organised a set of meetings for residents who are of differing nationalities called “Ron Meetings”.

by Jeanette Rice The initiative, which starts with its first gathering on Tuesday 8th September at 10am, is aimed at breaking down the barriers between the nationalities and will be held both in the Finestrat town area as well as La Cala. Victoria Curtis, representative for foreigners (RON) said that “the main hope is that the meetings can create a closer and more personal relationship within the neighbourhoods, breaking down existing barriers that form not only through language or cultural differences but also helping everyone with government red tape”. The meeting on the 8th will take place at Llar del Pensionista (Casa de Cultura). Further details can be found at www.ayto-finestrat.es.

Alan Martell RIP

SADLY ON August 30th 2015 Alan Martell, local magician and funny man lost his battle with cancer. Alan passed away at the St Johns Hospice, run by the Sue Ryder organisation, in Bedfordshire but was a resident of Relleu and well know locally as the magical grandad. A full time professional magician since 1970, Alan worked with many international stars and was a former associate member of the Inner Magic Circle. His talents knew no bounds with his skills ranging from ventriloquism, balloon animals and magic tricks to performing on stage as Fagin in Oliver Twist or the Lion in the Wizard of Oz. In the past few years Alan performed in local film projects with the British director John McCormack. The world will be slightly less magical without Alan but family members have set up a charity page to raise funds for the hospice who made his last few days more comfortable. Donations can be made to www. virginmoneygiving.com/team/ starlighthike44.

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Murder suspect flies to Spain DAVE MAHON, accused of murdering Dean Fitzpatrick in May 2013, flew into Malaga on Tuesday morning with his wife Audrey Fitzpatrick. by Jeanette Rice DESPITE THE Garda in Dublin fearing Mr Mahon will not return for his trial local magistrates allowed him to travel to Spain under strict conditions. Dave Mahon, aged 44, is accused of murdering the brother of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick. Amy went missing in Spain on New Years Day in 2008 and has not been seen since. In what appears to be a very complex case Mr Mahon flew into Malaga, where he had previously lived with Amy, Dean and their mother Audrey saying that they had returned in an attempt to find Audrey’s daughter. Mr Mahon told a local reporter at the airport that he did not know why the Garda tried to block his trip to Spain which is intended as a mission to find missing Amy. Following Amy’s disappearance the family relocated to Ireland, and although Amy was missing and Mr Mahon had been accused of Amy’s brothers murder, their mother Audrey

Fitzpatrick and Mr Mahon married recently. The trial is scheduled for April next year and the accused, who has been out on bail, was granted a two week visit to Spain with variations being made to his signing on conditions until he is due to return to Dublin on September 15th. Detectives in charge of the murder investigation had pleaded with the courts not to grant the special bail conditions as they believed Mr Mahon was a flight risk but the defence counsel stated that previously Mr Mahon had returned to Dublin even though he knew he was accused of murder and this showed his honest intentions. Arriving on the early morning flight to Malaga Mr Mahon said to the local reporter “this is the first time we have travelled since getting married, but the real purpose of the visit is to find Amy. We have 5,000 flyers that we will be giving out to remind people that Amy is still missing”.

Little Mix at Gibraltar Festival THIS SATURDAY and Sunday Gibraltar hosts its 2015 music festival with a last minute addition of the X Factor winners Little Mix being included as a headline act. Other artists due to perform over the two days are Kings of Leon, Duran Duran, Paloma Faith and Ella Henderson. There will be around 30 acts performing varying styles of music to entertain the crowds with tickets prices at 65€ for each day or a combi ticket for 79€. Further information can be found at www.gibraltar music festival.com.

Dave Mahon and Audrey Fitzpatrick at Dublin airport

National news...

Kidnapped man freed

POLICE IN Spain freed a kidnapped Spaniard on Tuesday who was being held with a ransom demand of 35,000€ and had been a hostage for six days.The police arrested ten French nationals in a mountain town of Benahavis near Marbella where the 27 year old was being held. Family members reported that the 27 year old was kidnapped in Mijas and that they had received a ransom demand. Officers also found fake euro notes and marijuana at the villa and have charged the 10 French nationals with kidnapping, drug trafficking and membership of an organised crime group.

Explosion kills six at firework factory

National news...

August occupancy best since 2007

BENIDORM CLOSED its August books showing a 93.7% hotel occupancy. The best recorded figures since 2007 when figures reached 96%. HOSBEC, who released the figures detailed domestic tourism was responsible for approximately 50% with British holidaymakers 32.7%.

AN EXPLOSION in northern Spain has killed six and left several injured after a blast at a firework factory on Monday afternoon. Police and fire fighters searched the area for reports of missing people but were hampered by several smaller blasts as any remaining explosives ignited. The explosion happened at the Pirotecnia Zaragozana factory in the town of Pinseque as locals reported a dense plume of white smoke shoot into the air that could be seen for miles immediately following the blast. A local spokesperson said the dead were four men and two women who were linked to the factory. Two of the six currently receiving hospital treatment in the nearby hospital of Zaragoza are said to be in a critical condition. The Zaragoza town hall declared a day of mourning and the mayor asked for everyone to gather for a minutes silence. Police have begun an investigation into the cause of the explosion although their preliminary searches were also hampered by the smaller blasts and fires after the main explosion.

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Projects help Film crew in La Nucia the young Local news...

A NORWEGIAN film crew were on location in calle Levant, La Nucia on Wednesday to complete their fly on the wall documentary about neighbours from hell and crime. The programme, a mixture of “neighbours from hell” and “crimewatch” in the UK has been following the man and his problematic neighbours concluding with the Norwegian man packing up and heading back to his homeland. The removal team packed late into the evening with everything being captured on camera ready for final editing before the programme is aired on a national Norwegian television channel. The unhappy house

Presentation of iniatives

by Jeanette Rice BENIDORM HAS launched two projects to help families with children in situations of exclusion and the prevention of child sexual abuse. The projects will have three specialists in the fields being employed with funding from the Youth Wage programme, as well as the employment and social welfare services receiving reinforcements. Both projects started on Tuesday 1st September with Maria Jesus Pinto, councillor for employment, and Angel Llorca, councillor for social welfare making the announcement. The prevention of child abuse project

will be held in local schools and aims to provide children with the tools to remove being a defenceless person in such situations and also raise awareness with parents and teachers. Firstly the parents will receive a talk to explain the contents of the project and then the children will receive sessions where through play they will be taught to recognise what is unacceptable behaviour towards them. The expert in this field has been employed full time and is specialised in criminology. Their salary will be paid fully by the SERVEF (Valencian Employment Service and Training) using the

“young salary initiative” For the second project two part time social teachers have been employed under the same payment scheme. The social teachers will work alongside families where their children are in situations of exclusion. Each case will be taken on its own merits and advice given to the families will be specific to their needs, with continual monitoring and support being offered. The Benidorm Council received the grant to employ the three specialists as they were professionals under 3 years old who were unemployed and within the local area.

Film crew

Sports facilities neglected

New roundabout plans THE TRAFFIC lights on the old N332 going into Villajoyosa are to be replaced with a roundabout. The lights, which are situated at the junction that takes you either into the town, towards the motorway, towards Benidorm or the industrial area will be replaced with a roundabout to improve safety and provide an improve traffic flow. The changes will cost almost 200,000 euros with the government giving a grant of 64,000 euros towards to costs. No date has been set yet to make the improvements as the agreement between the county council and local council to jointly fund the changes has not yet been signed.

THE SPORTS complex in Altea la Vella has been allowed to fall into a poor state of repair following years of neglect. Residents in the area have been forced to take to social media to complain about the unusable facilities in a bid to get the authorities to take notice. One councillor for the area, Marga Riera, who has now seen the complex said “it is incredible that everything has been allowed to get so shabby, especially for the young people who should be able to use the facilities”. The football pitch is particularly bad but apparently it was built on uneven land and in a rush to complete the project the ground was compacted rather than levelled making it almost impossible to play on. The councillor went on to say “I am urging the current government to make this a priority as it is the only sports and recreational facilities in the Altea la Vella area”.

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Discover the flora of Valencia in Alfaz del Pi

The best seats in the house?

Best spot for the Vuelta?

by Jeanette Rice

WITH THE local area buzzing on Sunday in anticipation of the Vuelta bike race passing through the region getting the prime viewing space was of utmost importance to some racing fans. These two gentlemen had decided that as the road was closed there should be no problem with them getting their prime spot on the chevroned area of the N332 in Albir. The men had even gone to the trouble of taking their own deckchairs and refreshments to ensure their wait was as comfortable as possible. Unfortunately for them the on duty police officer did not think that their location was appropriate and they were kindly asked to move back to the designated viewing area, all of which was done with good humour.

A NEW area in Carrascos Park, Alfaz del Pi, has been created to allow visitors to see first hand typical flora for the Valencian region. Covering 11,000 square metres and housing 123 native and endemic species the Centre for Landscape and Environment (CIPM) has a rich and varied natural heritage. Vicente Soler, councillor for the Environment, said “we want Carrascos to become an open area especially for children to be used as an educational project and outdoor classroom, with it becoming part of the agenda on the schools and colleges in the area”. Snr Soler went on to say “we have managed to increase the health of some of the endangered species and have had full cooperation with organisations such as the CEIF, Centre for Forest Research and Experimentation”. The work was carried out by employing 20 unemployed from the area to prune and clear a nursery zone used to recover and reproduce some of the native plants and also an information centre. The councillor described the natural area that connects with the Serra Gelada Park as a unique opportunity to see fauna in its natural environment. Further works planned will regenerate the quarry area using the same employment workshop scheme as before.

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Threat of travel chaos

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Holidaymaker has YET AGAIN travellers can expect to face delays if lasting reminder of the proposed strike action by Spanish baggage visit to Magaluf handlers goes ahead over September. by Jeanette Rice ALTHOUGH THE official strike plans are at Madrid airport today 4th September and also 11th,18th and 25th there are also plans for staff to walk out at Barcelona, Malaga, Palma and Alicante. As with previous actions the workers will refuse to perform their duties between 4.30am to 7.30am and again 7.30pm to 9.30pm. It is thought that Easyjet and Vuelling passengers will be the most affected in Madrid but with other forms of transport, such as the proposed rail workers strike in Spain not working at full capacity, travellers can expect a difficult month. The last baggage handlers protest didn’t have much affect on travellers after the government borough in a new law stating a minimum service must be provided. However the Spanish military had to be called in during the last air traffic controller strike as staff began calling in sick on mass. With complications for travellers occurring throughout Europe, particularly at the port of Calais and the Euro tunnel, it seems that although the summer is over the unrest is not. Many times planned strike action is cancelled at the last minute and if you are concerned about any of your travel arrangements we rec- Madrid airport protesters ommend you contact your travel provider.

SEBASTIAN TAMMINEN, aged 24 from Sweden woke up from a heavy night drinking in Magaluf with a permanent reminder of his holiday, Justin Biebers name tattooed on his bottom! Sebastian said “me and my friends were out drinking and maybe had a bit too much, they had this great idea of getting tattoos, with each of them having a diamond tattooed on one foot but for some reason I ended up with the words Justin Bieber on my bottom, to be honest its all a bit blurred”. When Sebastian posted the picture on Instagram the photo went viral although he did say that his girlfriend was not impressed.

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Take it to the O.M.I.C

HAVING READ the story about the excessive gas bill in edition 827, I thought that this situation was exactly what the consumer associations were established for. The agent who was representing the gas company had a responsibility to make sure that the lady was put on to the correct tariff for her circumstances. The lady should take her problem to her local O.M.I.C. (Oficina Municipal de Informacion al Consumidor) office which is probably in her town hall. A letter explaining the problem should be in Spanish along with other documents such as the contract and the high bills. Make it clear in the letter that you want the difference paid back between the normal tariff and the holiday tariff. I have submitted a complaint about a garage using the Freetranslate.com website in which you can type your letter in English and the Spanish version will appear on the right hand side of the page. The beauty of this is that you have the English version and the Spanish one on the same piece of paper for reference. I would suggest that the lady produces the documents first and then makes enquiries at the Algorfa town hall to find out if there is an office there or if not which one covers her area. Regards, A Fisher, Quesada.

We’re still British

WHAT A crass letter by Mr Spurrier in edition 827. My wife and I moved to Spain on retirement having worked all our lives including in my case 35 years in the Armed Forces. We paid all our NI payments and continue to pay tax to UK on my Military pension which is taxed at source. We did not cease to be British when we moved here and the policies of the Govt. affect us and our family in UK . We are British Citizens. We are taxpayers. We have earned the right to express our opinion via the ballot box. There are many like us in Spain and to be called egoistic and selfish by a very naive person is insulting. B Mc Donnell OBE Note: UK is one of very few countries that do not allow citizens to vote after a certain time abroad.

Free school in Spain? As if the school holidays of 12 weeks are not long enough or expensive enough , the average of 400€ per child is needed just to get back to school! Books are the first expense where at least 200€ for a set of books that are compulsory in the Comunidad Valenciana have to be purchased! No discounts are given depending on family circumstances. If you have no transport and walking is out of the question a school bus costs upwards of 30€ per month. If you don’t want to make 8 trips per day to and from school then lunches have to be paid for which are not far off a menu of the day price (minus beer or wine obviously!!) Then there are the materials! Pencils, exercise books, rubbers etc, etc... Shoes ,clothing, bags on wheels are all an added expense! These costs are bad enough for one child, imagine having numerous! There is no such thing as FREE schooling in Spain! Claire Wickers, Alfaz del Pi

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New driving rules involving child passengers WITH ONLY one month to go until the new driving regulations come into force relating to carrying children in vehicles many are still not aware of the rules. by Jeanette Rice Although many of the changes are merely tweaks on the old regulations with the new rules having been designed to simplify the law and make it easier for parents to understand and adhere to the law. The most commonly known law relates to height restrictions but there has always been some confusion as to if the age of the child overrules the height. The law effective from 1st October will be â&#x20AC;&#x153;any child under the height of 1m 35cm must sit in the back of the vehicle. It is forbidden for them to sit in the front unless they are taller than this height, which usually is a child of approximately 12, but it is the height that is the law not the age, so if a child of 15 falls under the height they must sit in the back of the vehicleâ&#x20AC;?. There is only one exception to this rule. If a car is carrying other smaller children on the back seat in appropriate car seats and there is no room for the older child then they can be placed in the passenger seat but must be in a child seat approved for their age, weight and height. They

cannot simply sit in the passenger seat. Other clarifications include when a child is travelling in a taxi. A child can travel in the back of a taxi without special seating providing they are only travelling in an urban or city area, so if you are travelling from the airport to Benidorm the child must be appropriately restrained. When using car seats the law states that they must be assembled and placed as instructed by the manufacturer. It is not obligatory to have a baby sitting in a rearward facing seat although it is an accepted rule. Again there is only one exception to this where air bags are present in the front passenger area it is prohibited to have the chair facing the front and it must be placed so the young child faces away from the windscreen. In vehicles that have the capacity to carry more than nine passengers, such as mini buses, the person driving is legally obliged to tell all passengers that they must wear their seatbelts. The information must also be visible from each seat using either signs or pictures. Further information can be found on www.dgt.es.

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Tarick helps La Fe kids BIG-HEARTED TARICK of Goldrush

in Javea and Benidorm took on the tough sporting Spartan challenge in Madrid and raised 4,000€ in sponsorship. by Jack Troughton

THE MONEY was donated to Cancer Care Javea and last Thursday Tarick and two of his children travelled with charity volunteers to the Le Fe Hospital in Valencia. The money is being spent in the children’s cancer department – putting televisions in the waiting room where youngsters wait hours for diagnosis and treatment and in another part of the department, hand held electronic devices to stimulate kids spending time recovering. Cancer Care and senior paediatric oncologist Adela thanked Tarick and his friends and

Tarick with his children, oncologist Adela, and charity volunteers

customers who sponsored him for the generous donation to help children facing their own challenge.

Local news...

Alfaz del Pi Feria weekend

THIS WEEKEND the town of Alfaz del Pi welcomes local businesses to showcase their products and offer special discounts in a special “shopping night” event. The event officially opens today at at 5.30pm at the Placa de la Casa de Cultura in the town with various activities planned throughout the weekend to entertain all. There will be demonstrations given by gym clubs, dance clubs and food tastings together with live music and the opening of the Alfaz del Pi Jazz festival. For further information please go to www.ferialalfas.com.

Tourist trains back on track

HOLIDAYMAKERS WERE denied the fun of the Benidorm tourist train as a battle over contracts failed to be resolved. As reported in RTN back in July, the company who held the contract for running the famous open train tours around the resort were told that they could not renew their licence and that a new operator would be put in place following tenders from interested parties. The contract for a new operator, however, was delayed throughout August and has only just been approved this week, meaning that anyone visiting Benidorm was unable to take a tourist train around the town. Bids had started at 30,000 euros for each year of the four year tenders with the winner offering 728,000 equating to 182,000 euros per year. The service will now be operated by a joint venture formed by Classic Bus SL and Autocares Vista Alegre SL. Hopefully visitors and residents will soon see the tourist trains winding their way through the streets of Benidorm, although with the substantially larger price paid there is sure to be a rise in the ticket price.

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Kids and back pain BACK PAIN among children from as young as the age of five is becoming more prevalent primarily due to the weight of school books. by Keith Nicol ACCORDING TO experts from the Hospital Quirón Torrevieja and Quirón Valencia, one in four students goes to the doctor for back pain, and many other sufferers just try to ignore it. A mixture of a sedentary lifestyle, too many hours computer gaming or on the mobile phone or tablet, carrying heavy backpacks full of school supplies all leads to poor posture, which is among the most frequent causes of this ailment. Back pain in children and adolescents has become one of the most common reasons for visiting the doctor’s office. According to experts at Hospital Quirón Torrevieja and Quirón Valencia, it is estimated that up to 25% of schoolage children go to the doctor for back problems. “There are many factors influencing the onset of spinal pain,” said Dr. Héctor Rupérez, head of the Unit of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology Hospital Quirón Valencia, “the incidents are sedentary, transportation and school supplies plus a lack of postural awareness for certain activities, such as video games consoles and mobile phone use. These and other factors cause a functional overload on a child’s spine. Some of them are complex and difficult to avoid, but others are eas-

Children should not load their backpacks with more than 10 to 12% of their bodyweight

ily remedied, such as the correct use of school backpacks and proper posture when sitting in class.” Choosing the right backpack for transporting school supplies helps avoid overloading the back of our children, but it’s not enough: “we also have to consider the proper use of it,” said Dr. Rupérez. On the choice and use of the backpack he recommended: “Choose a backpack with wide, adjustable straps. The bag width should not exceed the area where you will be supported, ie upper thoracic area. It must also be fitted with adjustment straps for the abdomen. Hang the backpack straps over both shoulders, never resting it on the lower lumbar area. When filling the backpack, try to put things with more weight in the zone that is more in touch with the back.” The main question that parents have is: “But how much weight can my son or daughter take in their backpack?” According to Dr. Ramon Fernandez, a specialist in rehabili-

tation medicine Hospital Quirón Torrevieja, “in most cases back pain is not a disease, but a warning of the muscles of the sword that something is not being done well. In Spain we have not specified what is excessive weight, but following the rules of European countries like Germany, Austria or Italy, we can consider that carrying more than 10-15% of body weight can be harmful; so a child who weighs about 40kg, should not take more than 4-6 kg of weight in your backpack. But we must take into account other factors such as high intensity sports or sedentary lifestyle. It is recommended, sitting upright in your chair and bringing to school only the necessary school supplies. In the case of specific pain we must try to make life as normal as possible, without rest, and relieve discomfort with medication. If pain is organic, treatment will depend on the specialist. Finally, if pain stays with the child for more than a day or is suffering repeated traumatic symptoms without a known cause, you should see a specialist.

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New activation of the Stroke Code at the HCB Stroke Center with a British tourist Effective and efficient intervention by Dr. Bernal, Dr Rodríguez and the team, and the application of treatment in little more than an hour, enabled the British patient to quickly recover mobility on his right side and the progressive recovery of speech. Since its creation in 2013, HCB Stroke Center has worked to provide information on the disease and its symptoms so that the general public know how to detect them in time. The HCB Stroke Center, or 24 hour Integrated Centre for the Treatment of Stroke of the Hospital Clínica Benidorm, activated a new Stroke Code in August, after a number of cases during the summer in which time was once again the essential factor for the recovery of the patient. On this occasion, a 54-year-old English patient, who was spending his holidays in Benidorm, was taken from his hotel to the Emergency Department of the HCB, where the Stroke Code was activated, assembling the required specialists for the case in a very short period of time. The neurologist in charge of the case, Dr. Araceli Bernal, explained that “the patient arrived at HCB with speech difficulties and a lack of mobility in the entire right side of his body. The Emergency Service activated the Stroke Code and one hour later the patient received intravenous fibrinolysis therapy (a treatment that helps break the clot that blocks the artery). Given the partial recovery of the patient, it was decided to contact Neuroradiology, Dr Claudio Rodríguez, for a mechanical thrombectomy. This was successful and we achieved the complete rechanneling of the artery”. This means that on this occasion, the door-to-needle time (the time taken for treatment to be administered after the patient enters the hospital door) was 1 hour, thus complying with standards set by international units and Stroke guides that indicate 60 minutes in 50% of cases. Effective and efficient intervention by Dr. Bernal, Dr Rodriguez and the team, and the application of treatment in lit-

tle more than an hour, enabled the British patient to quickly recover mobility on his right side and the progressive recovery of speech. FAST Protocol, FAST TO HCB Since its creation in 2013, HCB Stroke Center has worked to provide information on the disease and its symptoms so that the general public knows how to detect them in time. Thanks to various campaigns and actions, HCB has promoted wider knowledge of the FAST Protocol or Stroke Code, which helps people to recognise the symptoms of the accident and provides guidelines on how to act with the aid of simple drawings. F stands for Face, A is for Arm, S is for Speech, T is for Time to summarise FAST brings together the initials of the main first symptoms of an Stroke: paralysis of a part of the face and also the arm, difficulty with speech and logical discourse, and time, an essential factor for receiving treatment in time, or at least in getting to a doctor. HCB Stroke Center The service operates at any time and on any day, and involves the ambulance service, Emergency, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Radiology, Intensive Care, the blood bank, Interventional Neuroradiology, Cardiology, Physiotherapy, Rehabilitation, Speech Therapy and the most advanced technology, with the sole purpose of

ensuring the best possible medical attention. In two years, HCB Stroke Center has set new standards in the treatment of strokes, being the only 24 hour integrated centre in the private health care sector of the Valencian Community.

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Sufferers of butterﬂy skin in Spain to receive their bandaging materials for free by Patricia Thompson THE MINISTRY of Health and the Regional Government recognise the rights of those affected by Butterfly Skin to have access to essential bandaging materials for free. After many years and numerous meetings with representatives of the Public Health System, both on a national and regional level, the Butterfly Children Charity (DEBRA Spain) has managed to get the Ministry of Health and the Regional Government to agree to and to finance the bandaging materials necessary for those affected by Butterfly Skin throughout the whole of Spain. The agreement was formalised on 30th July 2015 in a meeting of Inter-Territorial Council of the National Health System at the request of the”Committee of benefits, insurance and financing.” Thanks to the agreement, those affected by Butterfly Skin can go to their local health centre and receive all the materials essential to treat the disease (dressings, bandages, disinfectants and creams) totally for free. This “rare” disease creates extreme fragility of the skin, even the slightest touch causes the skin to blister leading to open wounds. Unfortunately there is no cure, wound care and protecting the body from further lesions are the only treatments available. In the more severe cases up to 80% of the body can be affected with wounds, some remaining open for months and years. Not having the appropriate materials can aggravate the wounds causing infection and new lesions, sacrificing the survival of those affected. The high financial cost of the materials has normally been the responsibility of the families adding to the burden of the condition so today’s historic agreement ensuring easy access and free dispensing of the essential materials has been revolutionary for all those involved! Since the recognition of this basic right the Butterfly Children Charity and over 1,000 affected families across Spain have been celebrating! Going forward we will continue to work hard to achieve more of our dreams; the designation of a specialist centre, support for schooling, correct assessments for disability access, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and access to psychological care. If you would like to know more about the condition and support the work of the Butterfly Children Charity please visit www.butterflychildrencharity.com ABOUT THE BUTTERFLY CHILDREN CHARITY (DEBRA SPAIN) Founded in 1993, this is a non profit-making organization formed to provide support and to improve the quality of life of those affected by Butterfly skin and their families in Spain. The charity works hard to provide the following: Emotional and medical support to families and carers, as well as social services professionals with information and guidance. Fully trained nurses who travel throughout Spain visiting

This “rare” disease creates extreme fragility of the skin

families in their own homes. Information and advice on all aspects of the disease, coordinating with doctors and health services to ensure patients receive the correct treatment. Support for research programmes into a possible cure. Media campaigns to promote awareness and raise funds through numerous events and charity shops. A number of yearly national meetings to bring affected people together, as well as conferences for medics and other professionals. A link to DEBRA in all other countries. Member of DEBRA International Continuous work to obtain private and public grants. ABOUT THE BUTTERFLY SKIN CONDITION: Butterfly Skin (Scientific name Epidermolysis Bullosa or

EB) is an incurable, rare and terrible genetic condition that affects the skin. It causes the skin to endlessly blister, shear and scar. In severe cases it hurts to walk, eat and bathe. The skin can be so sensitive that the body must be wrapped in gauze to protect it from the mildest friction. Even the brush of a bed sheet can cause another burnlike blister.Blistering also occurs internally (in the mouth, oesophagus, intestine, airways, urinary tracts and even the inside of the eyelids) leading to further suffering and serious health problems. Butterfly skin also becomes a disability because people suffering from this condition require intensive daily care from their relatives. They also tend to lose the use of their hands and feet due to the extent of the blistering and the retraction of the skin in these areas. Life expectancy is unfortunately short; hence the majority of our members are children.

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Tourist Board supports Church services Alzheimer’s Torrevieja ON TUESDAY the vice president and deputy of Costa Blanca Tourism, Eduardo Dolon, met with representatives of the Rotary Club of Torrevieja.

By Jack Troughton TORREVIEJA CHRISTIAN Fellowship is a lively English-speaking church located at Avenida de las Valencianas 68, Torrevieja. Residents and visitors are welcome to attend the services, with communion and a popular ‘kids church’ every Sunday at 10.30am and a Fellowship Meeting, a Bible study, is every Wednesday at 6pm. For more information visit the website www.tcf-Spain.org or call 96 670 0391. THE PURPOSE of the meeting was to establish a collaboration between the Tourism Board, The Rotary Cub and the invaluable work that AFA Torrevieja, the Association of Patients with Alzheimer provide to the City of Salt and surrounding region. This charity project is being supported by the Costa Blanca Tourism Board by an investment of 6,000 euros, with 500 cases of tourism promotion materials, targeting all the benefits that association provides for patients and their families. “This is a charity project with which we collaborate with the Association of Alzheimer of Torrevieja and the Rotary Club of the town, in its social and solidarity aspect, while the Tourist Board provides promotional support,” remarked Eduardo Dolon. The meeting was attended by the president of the Rotary Club, Julio Ballester, and other board members.

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Happy Ben seeks home HAPPY, HEALTHY, and raring to go to a loving ‘forever home’, Ben was rescued by Jalon Valley ARC on 14th July.

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Campoverde Canine Club ESTABLISHED IN Spain in July 2000, the Campoverde Canine Club is still going strong teaching dogs (and their owners) in all aspects of obedience, with plenty of fun along the way. The new classes will begin very shortly. Last week the final examinations took place at the training ground of the C.C.C. in Campoverde, with the club sponsored by “Design a Right”. The results from the Basic Class showed the winner as Colin Chatfield and his little dog Millie, scoring 108.5 marks out of 110. Patience and perseverance works wonders. The Intermediate Class was won by Angus MacTavish and his dog Magnus. The score of 120.1 shows the effort put in by Angus and his best friend. The Advanced Class was a big disappointment showing no passes in this harder and demanding group. The Agility Class covering a total of ten different obstacles was mastered by “Rebel”, handled by his more than competent owner, Heather Powell. Sometimes it appears that “Rebel” finds that the jumps are all too easy. All jumps were marked on ability and control and to achieve 95 out of 100 marks shows the effort Heather has consistently put into the training exercises. New classes will start very soon. If you are interested in training your best friend please contact Roy by email: campoverdecanineclub@outlook.com.

Ben

by Jack Troughton THE SMALL Podenco is about 10 months old and was emaciated state covered with ticks and fleas when the animal charity began to work its magic. ARC is looking to home Ben. The charity also has nine puppies aged between 13 to 18 weeks; two other Podencos; and 20 kittens available.

And this week ARC’s charity was opened by the Mayor of Jalon. It is in Calle Valencia, opposite ‘The Cut’ hairdressers, just along the street from Pepe Santos, and near the primary school. It is open between 10am and 2pm and volunteers are needed to run the shop. Donations of stock will be gratefully re-

ceived – as will food donations for rescued animals and cash left in collection tins to help care for them. For more information, call Jayne on 649 310 285 or Sally on 625 985 689. Email jalonvalleyarc@yahoo.co.uk; or visit the website www.jalonvalleyarc. com, or visit the Facebook page.

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Mechanics karting for charity by Jeanette Rice ON SUNDAY at midday go-karts revved their engines for the start of the garage vs garage races in aid of Pepeyn. Although the event was rivalled by the Vuelta de Espania bike race and the bike show in Albir over 1000 euros was raised during an afternoon of fun and competitiveness. Pepeyn’s father said “the doctors here in Spain really don’t know how to help

our little boy, so as soon as he is stable we will take him to a specialist in Holland”. Readers may remember that the one and a half year old boy fell into a swimming pool and has since suffered from blindness amongst other complications. The garages that took part were Auto Impulse (event organiser Steve), Sean’s in La Nucia, the ITV station, Recambios

Vincente, Auto Escandinavia, Soledad, Eurocars, Albircar, Autocaenree, Bigtoys and El Pla. Everyone taking part had a great day despite some crashing in the second race, and who knows this may become an annual feature on the local events calendar.

ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO... The garage v garage race proved to be a great success

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La Nucia Instagram competition closes THE COMPETITION to take the best Instagram picture during the festivities in August had received 519 entries when it closed on 31st August. Anyone could participate in the competition and now judges will sit and decide on the winners. The winning photographs selected will be shown at the #LaNuciaEnFestes exhibition which will open on the award ceremony date of September 11th. Winners will receive their prizes and have the opportunity to see their snapshots in the exhibition.

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Torrevieja’s La Vuelta attracts a million and a half viewers SUNDAY’S NINTH stage of La Vuelta, attracted an estimated Spanish TV audience of more than one and half million viewers. by Keith Nicol THE STAGE started from Torrevieja for the first time in the city’s history of the 70th edition of the race. The ninth stage of the Tour ran entirely through the province of Alicante and attracted 14% of television audiences in Spain alone, with the worldwide audience reaching many millions more. This important sporting event is also broadcast in more than 190 countries, promoting the Costa Blanca and its varied and extraordinary attractions worldwide, as was acknowledged by the President of the Delegation of Alicante, Cesar Sanchez. “Sunday’s stage was undoubtedly one of the best stages of the Tour of Spain 2015 with a major impact in more than 190 countries around the world. The excellent television audience in Spain was around 15% and in some countries reached even 40%,” he said. With an unprecedented departure from the city of Torrevieja, the stage ran a full 168.3 kilometres through the province of Alicante, ending in Poble Nou de Benitachell. Viewers could see for the first time many of their home towns such as Guardamar del Segura and its dunes, Alicante and Castle of Santa Barbara, Benidorm and its beaches and distinctive

buildings plus Calpe with its impressive Rock of Ifach, and other locations such as Elche, Santa Pola, El Campello, Villajoyosa, Altea, Teulada-Moraira, Javea and Gata de Gorgos. The president of the provincial government stressed; “this is an exceptional event that we can feel proud off. It’s great to see such commitment to tourism, sports and welfare generated by attracting tourists to our area” and he added that the provincial government: “will continue to work to bring events of this nature to the Costa Blanca and continue building on a worldwide TV audience thus adding more attractions and contributing to job creation.” Sanchez also appreciated the response of the tens of thousands of people who lined the streets of the Alicante provence, making this a great holiday event. The Costa Blanca Tourist Board did their best to involve citizens and promote tourism in the province. They developed a complete program of activities, which included raffles, a podium on which to take pictures, a virtual simulator and other attractions that received a great response from the public. At the beginning of the stage, as the riders

Thousands lined the streets in Torrevieja for the start of Stage Nine of La Vuelta

just loosened their legs for the first 8.5 kilometres before the flying start took place, the 190 riders passed the spectators in around 12 seconds and were gone on their way. Not great value for money if you’d been paying for it, but for a ‘free’ spectator event, the

atmosphere, fun and enjoyment that echoed through the crowd was well worth the wait. For fans of double Tour de France winner Chris Froome, he was beaten in the last 50 metres into second place by race leader, Dutchman Tom Dumoulin.

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Costa Blanca bike show success ON SUNDAY Albir was packed with motorbikes for the fifth Costa Blanca custom bike show.

by Jeanette Rice TEMPERATURES DIDN’T deter riders bringing their customised bikes and spending the day perusing the stalls and listening to the live music. As everyone parked their bikes on the road outside the Eucalyptus Park the local police ensured that safety was the main priority with only two bikes being asked to move as they were parked outside the designated area. Live music was played on the large outdoor stage with the beer tent doing a roaring trade as well as the Cuba Bar with their “mojito stand”. The live music started at 10.30am with La Moes playing music from Creedence Clearwater Revival, AC/ DC and Led Zeppelin amongst other well loved rock bands. Following on was Bluesweiser with their unique style and then White Coast Rebels who performed their “hangin with the bad boys” song and tracks from their soon to be released album. The competition for best bike was fierce this year with the judges finding it increasingly hard to decide who should get the coveted first place. In the end first place went to Norwegian Rume who won 500 euros, second place went to George who won 200 euros and third place was taken by Rudi. The people choice award went to local favourite Kino. One of the organisers, big Steve said “we have seen over 2000 attend this year, probably up 700 on last year and we cannot thank the town hall of Alfaz del Pi enough for all their help and cooperation. The police have also been amazing which has helped us run the event so successfully”. 50 percent of the money raised goes to the bike club with the other 50 percent being donated to local charities.

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Expat Divorce in Spain: Advantages

Carlos Baos

from White & Baos Abogados Solicitors Lawyers

DEAR LAWYER, we are a married British couple living in Denia, Alicante. Most of our assets and real estate are in Spain, although we have some investments in the UK. We want to get divorced, is it advisable to return to our country to apply for the divorce there, or can we get divorced here? Thank you for your help. DEAR READERS, thank you for your enquiry. In principle, and as prescribed in Article 3 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility, if both spouses have their habitual residence in Spain, it will be the Spanish courts that will have jurisdiction to decide on the divorce. Although this rule has some exceptions, ( if you return to your country, or if you have kept domicile in your country for example), normally, it is advisable to file for divorce before the Spanish courts. In addition, under Article 8 of the COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 1259/2010 of 20 December 2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the law applicable to divorce and legal separation, it is established, that if the spouses had not choosen any law as the applicable one for the divorce, the divorce should be subject to the law of the State: (a) where the spouses are habitually resident at the time the court is held; or, failing that (b) where the spouses were last habitually resident, provided that the period of residence did not end more than 1 year before the court was held, in so far as one of the spouses still resides in that State at the time the court is held; etc. Therefore, we understand that if you want to apply for a divorce by mutual agreement or consent, it would be easier and advisable, to apply for it in front of the Spanish courts, for various reasons: Proximity, you will not have to deal with the courts of your country of origin where you no longer reside. Registery. Having goods and assets in Spain, the

Spanish Courtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision will be directly registrable in the relevant registers, as the Land Registry, etc. This is important, as sometimes there are serious problems in recognizing foreign divorce judgments in Spain, as their wording, structure, and content are sometimes very different from the Spanish judicial decisions, which can affect the type of tax to be paid, and the possibility being directly registered, etc. Ease. Under Spanish law it is not necessary to prove a cause or reason for the divorce, and therefore there

is no need not prove the existence of a separation, lack of coexistence, etc., it being enough that one of the spouses wish to get divorced. Cost. It is very economical, we understand that it would not be necessary to prove the law of your country or nationality, therefore one would not need to provide certificate of laws, thus avoiding much more expensive procedures . If you are getting divorced and want to know your rights, obligations, opportunities, etc. Contact Us.

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues. White & Baos Abogados. Tel:+34 966 426 185. E-mail: info@white-baos.com White & Baos 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; All rights reserved, Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com

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Best Income for Ex-Pats

Keith Littlewood International Financial Adviser

TODAY HERE is a brief resume of what is exactly available in the Market Place for investors and the rates you can expect to receive.

GETTING THE best income possible from your investments is crucial in the current economic climate. UK Deposit Accounts–Birmingham Midshires offer web based instant access offering 1.6%. This is only for the first year as 1.35% is in the form of a bonus at year-end so then reverts to a very poor rate.The Post Office offers a similar online account with 1.4% but again after 1 year this reverts to only 0.65%. Unless you are willing to tie money up for a number of years the rates offered are still not very good despite Mark Carneys promise that things will improve soon for savers. Annuities - The rates are around 3% at the moment- the older you are the better rate you get. This does lock you in for life and you give up the capital. Not the best time to purchase in my opinion as rates are low but as a Spanish fiscal resident these have fantastic tax benefits so you should not overlook them entirely. Spanish Compliant Bonds – Rates vary and depend on the size of investment and currency of investment. Prudential offer a Cautious Fund that is paying around 4.% after charges. This type of investment is great for people wanting medium to long term income or growth. 5% of capital is allowed to be withdrawn each year penalty free. These offer very good tax benefits but are only available if you are a Spanish Fiscal resident. Structured Notes – These are very sophisticated investments but can offer income rates of between 5% and 10%. The main risks with these are counterparty, market and the conditional risk. There are lots of issuers of these notes and it is best to discuss with a Financial Adviser before entering to make sure all the conditions are fully understood. The higher the rate offered then usually the more risk is involved. In today’s financial climate it is essential you do everything you can to make sure your money is as safe and secure as it can be. If you need advice or if have any questions regarding the above you can contact me on 657 684 094 or email keith.littlewood@blacktowerfm.com The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity. Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is licenced by the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority and is registered with both the DGS and CNMV. Blacktower Financial Management (Int) Ltd is licenced in Gibraltar by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Licence No: 00805B and registered with the DGS in Spain.

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Falling in love all over again

LOVE WAS certainly in the air this summer, as evidenced by the number of couples tying the knot or renewing their vows on the Costa Blanca. Two such couples were Alan and Katharine plus Eddy and Jean, long time friends, who shared two very special occasions with each other.

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by Keith Nicol For Alan and Katherine, their 40th, Ruby Wedding Anniversary fell on August 22nd, while for Eddy and Jean, after knowing each other for 65 years, it was wedding bells. For Eddy and Jean, their love story is certainly something that a film script might not be out of place, looking at the success of such films as The Exotic Marigold Hotel. First meeting as teenagers, Jean actually fell for Eddy’s younger brother and married when she was only 20 only for tragedy to strike and for him to pass away from Leukaemia in 1966. She remarried but her second husband passed away in 1997. For over thirty years, back in the days when Christmas greetings usually meant signing a card, putting it in an envelope, writing an address, putting a stamp on it and going to the post box, rather than hitting the ‘send’ button, Jean and Eddy had always stayed in touch with their annual newsletters. Having received news from Jean in December 1997 of the passing of her husband, Eddy decided that the time was right for him to pay her a visit and catch up on old times. Eddy was invited round for dinner, and the former London cabbie decided it was too good an offer to miss up. They caught up with all their important news of what had been happening in each others lives over the last quarter century, Jean with her family, her work as a hairdresser and her hobbies and pastimes, and Eddy with his tales of life as a confirmed bachelor and London Cabbie for fifty years, his love of following his childhood team of QPR, stories of celebrity clients with such famous names as George Best, Adam Faith and countless others and his love of playing football and training in Battersea Park, where he often shared the track with the likes of Olympic greats such as Coe, Ovette and Cram, and where he continued to play competitive football into his fifties. Over the course of the evening, the wine flowed and Eddy asked Jean if it would be OK if he spent the night in the guest room, as he’d been drinking wine and couldn’t drive home. Jean agreed and Eddy stayed not just the one night but three, and romance blossomed. However, what Jean didn’t reveal at the time was that she’d been plying Eddy with non-alcoholic wine all night so obviously Eddy was just feeling light headed over Jean’s charms. The couple moved in together shortly thereafter and enjoyed a full and active social life, which included regular cycling trips, visiting their various local clubs and Jean even started to discover an appreciation for the beautiful game, as Eddy was a lifelong season ticket holder at his beloved QPR. A few years later, the couple decided they’d like a change and thought about the possibility of moving to Spain. Word got out among the neighbours that they were thinking of moving and on Boxing Day 2001, they received a knock on the door, with a couple saying they heard they might be moving and if they could have first refusal on the house. A few days later the couple returned once again asking if Jean and Eddy had made any decisions, so after a little thought, Jean and Eddy decided that maybe it was time for a change, sold their house privately to the couple and ended up purchasing a property in what was still the still the quiet village of Quesada, back in July 2002, where they call home. Over the years the couple have been involved with a great number of social activities and clubs, including the Friday 5 O’Clock Club, Euro Club, Quesada Ladies Club and the Torry Army, CD Torrevieja’s International Supporters Club. You can always find them running the club’s office in San Luis on a Wednesday and Friday morning and at the team’s home games. Which brings us around to this summer. With Eddy’s 80th birthday looming on July 15th, it was Jean who popped the question of marriage to Eddy, he said ‘yes’ and along with Alan and Katherine, they headed down to Gibraltar to be married on Eddy’s birthday. A small celebration was then planned to coincide with Alan and Katherine’s 40th Anniversary on August 22nd, but this soon grew and grew and on the day, dozens of family and friends, joined both couples for Pastor Keith Brown to give a blessing to the four of them. And so, love in sun, continues on the Costa Blanca.

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Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

Your New Garden CONGRATULATIONS ON purchasing a property in Spain whether with an established garden or a bare patch of sun baked poor quality soil full of stones waiting to become a garden. Hopefully you have relaxed during the hot summer months leaving the development of the garden to cooler autumn and winter days. With luck within a few weeks you can start on the garden in earnest without collapsing or dehydrating in the heat to which you are not yet acclimatised. In the short term restrict hard work to the hours before eleven am. To set you on your way we highlight some of the most important first things to be done with an entirely new garden. 1. Evaluate the quality of your soil. Most plants grow best in a fairly rich well draining soil and not in unimproved heavy red clay soils full of rocks, very sandy soils full of stones or solid rock with little top soil on which many new homes are being built. Clay and sandy soils will need to be improved by adding copious amounts of composts and well rotted manures. Luckily there are Eco-parks in Benissa and La Xara that compost municipal and contract gardeners

waste with sea weed cleared from beaches and sell the finished compost at low prices. But you will need to add dried animal manures for essential nutrients. Fortunately there are a good number of stables around from where you can obtain sacks of horse manure and many agricultural cooperatives sell inexpensive sacks of dried goat or sheep manure. 2. Only improve soils where you need to. Improving large areas of poor soil is a time consuming, back breaking and expensive task. So improve only those areas of soil where you will be planting things whether individual trees, shrub beds or a vegetable plot. If you have inherited very shallow soil over bedrock it is wise to plant everything in raised beds or large containers. 3. Reduce the risk profile of the garden site. Improving your soil will certainly help plants to grow but there are other important things to do. Firstly although most days in Spain are pleasantly warm and sunny we do get days or weeks of cold or scorching winds not liked by many plants. So start out by planting hedging shrubs and trees or building walls to be clad in climbing plants as wind breaks especially where you have no attractive views beyond your boundaries. Secondly only plant low risk plants appropriate to your local climate until you have established a sheltered microclimate in the garden. Then you can plant the more vulnerable subtropical and tropical plants in the warmest and most sheltered corners. My books’ Your Garden in Spain – From planning to planting and maintenance’ and ‘How to use less water in your garden’include lists of the most suitable plants for Spanish

gardens. Most importantly the drought and frost resistances are indicated based on the hottest and coldest weather we have experienced during our twenty five years of gardening in Spain. My well planted garden has survived temperatures from a scorching 47 degrees centigrade down to a minus 15 wind factor night. It has also survived up to six months of drought with minimal watering and then later three weeks of continuous rain. Thirdly recognise that locally grown naturalised plants and trees are often easier to establish than plants imported from the greenhouses of northern Europe or the tropics

in many areas. I therefore recommend that you plant up the less thirsty plants listed in the book ‘How to use less water in your garden’ . Naturally all new plants will need watering until they are established but they will put down the important deep tap roots quicker if you water deep once or twice a week rather than shallowly twice a day.

4. Grow fruit and vegetables from day one. Spain is a wonderful country in which to grow fruit and vegetables. So plant a few fruit trees and bushes and start a vegetable plot as early as possible. Your garden may take years to complete - especially if you are not planning to live in Spain all the year round - so ensure that you have healthy organically grown home produce to eat while you are progressing the rest of the garden. The book ‘Living well from our garden Mediterranean style’ describes the history of our garden and how we progressed towards an ecological Mediterranean diet. One thing you will be surprised by when you first arrive in Spain is that in many areas it is difficult to buy organic vegetables as most are exported to the UK and other northern European countries.

7. Don’t work in the midday sun! Straw hats and siestas are essential to happy and healthy gardening in Spain.

5. Recognise that water is a valuable resource. The urbanisation of the coastal areas of Spain is putting unprecedented pressure on water supplies. As a result summer water restrictions and increased prices are becoming the norm

6. Use ergonomic tools. You will soon find that a Spanish collection of short and long handled mattocks are less muscle straining than a full sized fork or spade and hand trowels and forks in Spanish soils.

I hope that the above thought help you make a productive start with the development of an enviable garden of Eden in Spain.

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Everyone’s invited to Benidorm Pride THE FLAMBOYANT Costa Blanca resort will celebrate a 5th Gay Pride from September 7th. by Dave Gaskell THE LOCAL Lesbian, gay, transsexual and bisexual association of Benidorm (ALGTB) in conjunction with the town hall have confirmed the dates for Pride weekend as September 11, 12 and 13 plus a series of great events from Monday. The gay friendly resort has seen a total transformation and change in perception in recent years from the cheap booze style holiday into (and you heard it here first) the cool and trendy resort it is today. Oh yes it is! Benidorm and in particular the Old Town where the gay village is located offers the perfect Mediterranean backdrop for one of the newest non-commercial pride events in Europe. A seven day event when Benidorm showcases the biggest community led gay event of the year culminating in the big colourful parade which runs directly along the famous Levante beach on Saturday September 12th from 5pm ending at the main stage in the purpose built Julio Iglesias arena. Party goers will enjoy a traditional camp Tea Dance with a line up international DJ’s and will be entertained FREE in a showcase of amazing local talent. Benidorm Pride is a free party week reminiscent of the good old days when people made their own fun in their own way. Benidorm has enjoyed a long gay friendly history dating back to the early 1970`s when the first gay bar opened. The safe and friendly tradition continues in the scene of today, offering over twenty five fun and lively intimate bars in the compact gay village. With over 100 hotels from 5 star to budget within five minutes of the gay village, Benidorm absolutely gives more bang for your euros than any other Mediterranean resort. The super star resort quietly ticks all the boxes in the ‘must try one day‘, list of emerging gay destinations. The best of pride weekend will be in the Gay Village every night until the sun comes up. No door charges or

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wrist bands required. This year there will be an open air “WHITE PARTY” at the viewing point at the top of the Old Town (The Mirador del Castillo) on Thursday 10th from 8pm until 2am. The entrance price is just 10€ and that includes a drink! Buy your tickets on line at www.benidormpride.com. The resort is split into three distinct areas each very different. The “late and lively” Playa Levante where most of the big hotels are located, the “lazy days and early to bed” Playa Poniente more sedate and a little bit posh! And the Casco Antiguo or old town where the gay village, best bars, best restaurants, smaller hotels are located and where all the fun is to be had. Benidorm Pride is the perfect time to say hello to Benidorm for the first time or to say hello again! For the latest news visit the one stop Benidorm Pride website www.benidormpride.com or go to BENIDORM PRIDE on facebook.

Pride Programme WEDNESDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER

“Tapa and wine route” at participating establishments in the Old Town. 8pm – 12.30am: Opening party at OHAVE on the Levante beach. Midnight until late: Parties organised by bars and clubs in the Old Town.

THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER

“Tapa and wine route” at participating establishments in the Old Town. 8pm – 2am: Open air ‘White Party’ at the Mirador del Castillo by the church in the Old Town- International line up of DJ’s, Go Go Dancers, Drag performers, Live acts. Midnight until late: Parties organised by bars and clubs in the Old Town.

FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER

“Tapa and wine route” at participating establishments in the Old Town. 7pm – 9pm: Fresh radio ROCKS - Main Stage Opening Party sponsored by FRESH radio. 9pm – Midnight: Main stage (Auditorium Julio Iglesias) - Line up of local and International artists. Midnight until late: Parties organised by bars and clubs in the Old Town.

SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER

5pm -7pm Pride Parade – Rincon de Loix - Levante Beach. 7pm - 9pm “SEXY SATURDAY” - Sponsored by FRESH radio, Pride Arena (Auditorium Julio Iglesias). 9pm - Midnight Main Stage (Auditorium Julio Iglesias) - Showcasing home-grown and International artists. Midnight – 6am “SaturGAY” BIG FREE party at OVAHE, Levante Beach. Midnight until late: Parties organised by bars and clubs in the Old Town.

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life&leisure horoscopes

Kenny Corris kennycorris@hotmail.com 686 361 594

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If It’s Your Birthday This Week Challenge is the keynote and your reason for success helps show your versatility and refusal to give in when the going gets tough. There are many new opportunities coming your way in an astrological year that promises to put you back where you belong!

Not enough love

DAILY, I find myself saying that there is not enough love in the World. As events globally go hand in hand with a distinct lack of care, I can’t help but to think that so much love has already departed our lives, and that something has to be done. But what? We as spiritual people know that love is our goal and our motivation, but we are facing so much negativity in each and every direction. The various crises of the World are spilled out, as in this, the Modern Age, we have refugees dying in the back of lorries, children dying from having to drink infected water and people being stoned to death, beheaded and flung from buildings. Every twenty seconds a child goes missing and paedophilia rocks World religions and care organisations, as the sins of the pasts of many are revealed. Satanism is now rising too as a religion and Churches are empty on a Sunday. It’s a crazy mixed up World, but it is getting worse and not better. Social media allows for teenagers to take their own lives because of internet trolling and scarcely does a week past without someone running amok with a gun, shooting to kill. With the desecration of ancient temples in Syria and bombings in Thailand, death is cheap and murders ever increasing. You may blame it all on the pressures of living in this World, but you don’t have to look too far to see what is happening Worldwide and to realise that we are going sadly wrong. When I left the UK to come to Spain to live, some twenty one years ago there was no such thing as road rage here in Spain. Today if you just take a little look around you there is grave evidence that stress and strain and a lack of politeness alone, now daily affects our car journeys here around the Costa. People do not seem to have the time to spend with other people because of a variety of reasons; let alone passing on any loving care on the way. Families can no longer pull together to help ailing and aged relatives. Neighbours very often aren’t neighbours really any more. It is a dog eat dog World. Spiritualism cannot work enough magic to resolve and counsel every wrong and to be able to make it right. We know that this life is a big test, and that however difficult it may get, that we have an absolute promise that our time on Earth may see us sorely tested. We can cope with that rather better than some people may be able to do. Is it because we are a soft touch? Well, no, I don’t think so, and part of our strength is made even stronger by our determination; a realisation that we are making our journey of life, and that we may fall over on the way, and the promise that comes with our subsequent reincarnation after death, if we choose for it. I am asked where are the Angels that the World should see such unnecessary pain and conflict, where the unjust survive and the innocent can be slain. This I would answer in saying that I couldn’t imagine what it would be like if we didn’t have angelic assistance because things may be a lot worse. Dominion Angels that take responsibility for whole Countries and Territories must be tearing their feathers out of their wings because we are burdening them with our own responsibilities, by not all pulling together and bringing tender loving care back onto the menu. The Archangels, who each have the divine dispensation to visit Earth, must be working long shifts too, to get through the backlog. Things get passed over because priorities have to be adhered to. We cannot wait for all solutions to come from other sources, and taking responsibility is the keynote of care in a World that should never forget that we are all here on Earth for a purpose, known or unknown. We walk together the pathway of peace that serves to do its very best to protect us, and hopefully, it always will.

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KENNY, MY Aunt died back in April, and just lately I have been dreaming of her. She comes to me with her arms wide open and I never seem to know what she wants me to do. We weren’t close while she was alive, but I want to do the right thing to help her if she needs me for something? Brenda C. Brenda, thanks for your mail. Spirit often appear with their arms wide open to show that they have no need for attachment and that they are free of pain. Your Aunt probably thinks that, since you have spiritual energies, that she can come to you. Maybe the rest of the family does not have such spiritual faith? Her presence is to let you know that she has survived and is in the Spirit World, presumably wanting you to pass the message on. Are you sure you are dreaming this?

Friday September 4 - Thursday September 10 2015

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Quick Crossword

Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 53

ACROSS 6. Malady (7) 7. Beneath (5) 9. Crease (5) 10. Least (7) 12. Command (11) 14. Component (11) 18. Unaffected (7) 19. Amusing (5) 21. Player (5)

Doodle box

22. Move forward (7) DOWN 1. Passage (5) 2. Keep (6) 3. Employ (3) 4. Maintain (6) 5. Assault (3,4) 8. Alcoholic cordial (7) 11. Moral (7) 13. Sovereign (7) 15. Coma (6) 16. Usual (6) 17. Negligent (5) 20. Uneven (3)

Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS 6. Late tributes to somebody coming from the wars! (7) 7 & 9 Across. Could they be the barriers between political factions? (5-5) 9. See 7 Across 10. Daily record at the saw-mill? (3-4) 12. A man with unbelievable relations! (5-6) 14. He displays an advertisement for William’s watch (4-7) 18. Strike another match (7) 19. Could possibly be synonymous with power (5) 21. Young attendants used by bookmakers (5) 22. One who will produce hand-made predictions (7) DOWN 1. Put your weight on a rung of the ladder (5) 2. Plaque that shows a different battle (6) 3. No-one who is brazen will be cast! (3) 4. A jagged point will get the Spanish fish (6) 5. Swimming movements for oarsmen! (7) 8 & 20 Down. Get in touch with the fellow - he’s an intermediary (7,3) 11. See 17 Down 13. According to the letter, it’s illuminated with real variation (7) 15. He conducts the German songs we hear (6) 16. This is quite a problem - give me a gin well mixed (6) 17 & 11 Down. Could they be authors of “The Wraith” and “The Phantom Spirit”? (5-7) 20. See 8 Down

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Travel to Galicia with APASA

JAVEA ANIMAL charity APASA has organised an excursion to the beautiful sights of Galicia from Monday 12th October to Sunday 18th October. by Jack Troughton The party will spend four nights in O Grove and one night in Salamanca. The trip is on a ‘half board’ basis and costs 430€. For more information, call Sue on 96 574 1668 or 606 588 197; or Mandy on 639 603 880.

And the charity is staging a music night at Mr Punch Bar in Javea Park on Friday 25th September from 6.30pm until 11pm. A barbeque, food and drink will be available along with tombola.

British Market at the Marjal The charity is also staging a music night

On Tuesday 8th September another British Market at the Marjal has been organized. There will be plenty to day to ensure a great day out including a BBQ and over 40 stalls to look over, as well as Charity stands. The event starts at 11am until 4pm and tickets will also be available for the Grand Charity Raffle.

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Life Coach

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WITH A background in family and matrimonial mediation, Life Coach Sara Bell helps Readers with their daily worries. If you are having difficulties with relationships, family, work or any other aspect of your life, then help is at hand.

Dreading the new term I am about to start University and live away from home for the first time. None of my friends from college are going to the same Uni, so I won’t have anyone to go around with. I am quite a shy person, and don’t make friends easily. I am dreading the new term. You are starting a new chapter of your life, and it will be a big change. I am sure you have started new terms at school in the past, and had the same sort of feelings. During Freshers week there will be many social activities. If you are staying in Halls, you will have the opportunity to pal up with your room mates. Be brave, and be the first to make a move and start up a conversation with someone. You may not realise, but most people will be feeling the same as you, and will welcome someone to talk to, and go around with.

Too strict

I brought up my daughters to strictly follow my example regarding cleanliness, and keeping the house tidy. My eldest has recently left home and I am shocked to discover that she is quite slovenly when it comes to housekeeping in her own house. When she was at home, she was very tidy, as she knew what was expected of her. Now she is the exact opposite. Dishes regularly go unwashed, and she doesn’t change her sheets every week. I instilled all these things and more, into both my daughters, and feel I have wasted my time. Should I say something? I am wondering if it is possible that you have been too forceful in your approach to teaching your daughters responsibility. If you come down too hard on children, it can sometimes have the opposite effect, and make them rebel against any conditioning. Your daughter has just left home for the first time, and is still adjusting to a new situation. Any cajoling may be unwelcome, and come across as interfering.

Write to Sara in confidence. A pseudonym will be used if you wish. Sara reads all letters and can give a personal reply. Email your question to agonyaunt@roundtownnews.com or Sara is available for private consultations, telephone 633 614 476.

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Segovia & Salamanca ALONGSIDE THE mountains of central Spain and only a fairly short drive from the Capital city of Madrid are three of the most outstanding cities of Spain. TRAVELLING TO our city centre hotel based in the beautiful Segovia we arrive in time for you to start your explorations by enjoying an evening meal in one of its many restaurants, possibly trying the cochinillo (suckling pig), for which Segovia is famous. Segovia is built on a rock, this city has the appearance of a ship sailing between the mountain ranges. The ships bough formed by the fairytale castle sitting right at the front peak of the rock and overlooking a valley cut out by two rivers, Eresmas and Clamores. This medieval marvel has looked over the valley for centuries. Its rooms are filled with souvenirs of a fascinating past which include some of the most important people in Spanish history. Statutes and paintings which amount to a gallery of who’s who in medieval Spain, fill large grey walled rooms. While the castles location offers magnificent views over the well irrigated landscape which tumbles down to the burbling water of the two rivers. The massive cathedral, situated in the centre of the rock provides the sail for our ship. Sitting alongside a town square where people watching could become addictive, some time should be given to the interior of this stunning building. But even before you reach any of this, you are confronted with the most magnificent entry gate to any city anywhere in the world. The Segovia Roman Aquaduct. This 92 feet high, 2,883 feet long marvel of Roman architecture has stood in its present position, welcoming visitors to the town for over 2,000 years. A sight once seen, never to be forgotten. This is central Spain at its memorable best.

After a day of rest and discovery of Segovia, day 3 takes us to Salamanca which orbits round the largest Plaza Mayor in the country. In spring time storks circle over head and nest in the upper extremities of the attractive buildings which form the borders of a square, which provides a meeting, eating and drinking centre for locals and tourists alike. Uniquely, Salamanca boasts not one, but two universities and again uniquely two cathedrals. The unusual gold coloured stone used to construct the buildings glinting in the late evening sunshine, and taken from a nearby quarry, can be seen from a long way off across the flat planes surrounding

the town. Boat rides are offered on the ample waters of the river Tormes which is straddled by a Roman bridge. Reminding us that not only the Romans, but before them the Carthaginians, and after them the Moors and then the Christian Monarchs ruled this land. A day in Salamanca opens the door to ancient Spanish culture mingling with the energy of young Spain. Many young people fill the Plaza Mayor, the streets and the cafes. These are young people who come here from all over the world to study in the world famous universities of a town of great character which has over the centuries, marked its place in history as an outstanding centre of learning. On our way back to the hotel it would be silly to pass by the historic city of Avila without taking a quick stop.

Avila, is famed for almost perfect medieval city walls. Storks nesting in the turrets of the walls add to the excitement of a visit to the fabulously historical city. Inside the walls once gathered the “Knights of Avila” giving faithful service to the Christian monarchs in their battle against the Muslim Moors. Now cobbled streets lead you past ancient Celtic sculptures to the massive old cathedral. Our final day gives us a short morning visit to Madrid, where the capital city has many different aspects for you to enjoy with time for lunch before making our way back to our original destination.

You can travel to all of these cities on an excellent 4 day excursion which is being offered by David’s Coachtrips SL for only 199€. The excursion is based in a 3* Segovia city hotel on a bed and breakfast basis and includes all excursions. Dates 4 days 28th Sept - 1st Oct. Great Value !!

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With Downton Abbey now off our screens it’s rumoured that ITV are considering bringing back the much revered ´Cold Feet´ to fill the gap. The show ran for 5 series from ´98 to ´03 and was ´must viewing´ with its rich blend of characters playing a group of 30 something couples living in Manchester. Filming could begin early next year and, if so, the new series will be ready to go by next spring. Fan-dabbie!!

Video of the Week!

Phoebe’s ‘Smelly Cat’ hits the heights again after she sang it onstage with Taylor Swift. Check out the original: Smelly Cat by Phoebe Buffay – Friends: Then watch make-up artist displaying her magic! Real best friends have matching faces.

BBC now stands for Bad Bleedin Corporation!

Its old news that Tom Jones was axed from The Voice last month, and it’s extremely bad news that it’s taken the BBC all this time to speak out on the matter. The Welsh singer is a genuine icon in the business, and having been a judge on the talent show since it began in 2012, it’s nothing short of a disgrace that he was dumped in such an unholy manner. Tom didn´t hold back at the time of the axing, and here we are four weeks later with BBC’s director of television Danny Cohen saying “I’ve got huge respect for Tom and I’m truly sorry he’s upset, because I am a big fan of his, I think he’s a gentleman, I think (I think!) he’s an extraordinary figure in music and you’ll have seen the huge respect all of the artists had for him on ‘The Voice’ throughout. “Apart from the late hour Danny boy, your choice of words comes across as the biggest load of old schmaltz I´ve heard in a long time. Then just when you think this debacle couldn’t get any worse Tom´s replacement Boy George is on record as saying in 2013 “The Voice! it’s a TV show and these pointless vocal battles are proof that it’s nothing to do with creativity or growing! It’s drama!” Tom Jones had quite some start in the business making No1 with his first release ´It’s Not Unusual´ in 1965, and fearlessly going on to record across the genres of pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul, and gospel, and selling over 100 million records along the way. After finishing his rant on Facebook Tom added “Having been through plenty of transformations throughout the years, I support and admire creative change, but being informed as a matter of duty and respect is an important part of creative relationships.” Right on TJ!

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Miley Cyrus is just 22 years old, has both a singing and RudeGirl career, and now has taken another giant leap for girl kind by appearing on late night US TV show “Jimmy Kimmel Live” as a frumpy undercover reporter. Her brief was to go out onto the streets of Los Angeles asking the question “what do you think about Miley Cyrus?” No information of any black eyes as yet!

Sylvester Stallone finally explains why he fired Bruce Willis from ‘The Expendables 3’ last year “Greedy and lazy ... a sure formula for career failure!’ Gotya big guy! For all the young ladies who have an eye on a modelling career but don’t have much confidence about your looks, check out this pre-teen photo of Kate Moss that appeared last Tuesday on the cover of the very first issue of Spanish magazine L’Officiel. Kate must have agreed to the picture appearing in the magazine, which suggests she´s become a woman of real substance.

I´ve spent many an enjoyable holiday in Cornwall over the years, a seriously relaxing place to get away from nutty city life. Ben Fogle, he of BBC´s reality show in Castaway 2000, could well dispel that illusion as he´s hot on the trail of the Great White Shark which has apparently has been spotted off Land´s End. Ben might not be too welcome by the landladies of the Grand Duchy.

Music Notes

Halfwit Louis Walsh ceased the opportunity to throw in his tuppeneth on the news that One Direction are planning a one year hiatus from the business starting next year. Louis baby got his name in the papers on the back of saying “it is going to be a 5 year break! All the greats did it; it’s the best way to go out when you go out on a high and they´ve been phenomenal!” What is he talking about?

With so much good music coming through in the 80´s on the back of keyboards becoming a featured instrument, it’s interesting to discover that in a poll carried out of the 200 best songs of the decade, Prince and the Revolution´s ´Purple Rain´ a guitar orientated song made it to No1. I´m sure there´s copious amounts of you screaming your heads off at such a decision, but that’s the beauty of music, it’s all in the ear of the beholder.

Friday September 4 - Thursday September 10 2015

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BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Wanted Down Under Revisited 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 12:30 Countryside 999 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Link 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Oxford Street Revealed 17:30 Flog It! 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Would I Lie to You? 22:00 Ripper Street 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 Mountain Goats 24:05 Pound Shop Wars 24:35 Paycheck

08:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 08:30 Countryside 999 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Great British Menu 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 My Life in Books 13:30 Britain’s First Photo Album 14:00 The Rockford Files 14:45 Yes, Prime Minister 15:15 Yes, Prime Minister 15:45 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 16:15 ‘Allo ‘Allo! 16:45 Natural World 17:45 Great British Railway Journeys 18:15 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 20:00 The Farmer and the Food Chain 20:30 Great British Menu 21:00 Mastermind 21:30 Gardeners’ World 22:00 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice 22:30 Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Weather 24:05 Milk

saturday 5th September

ITV1

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:55 ITV News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Tipping Point 17:00 Hello Campers 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Tonight 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 The Fast and the Furious

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Australia 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Three in a Bed 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Celebrity Fifteen to One 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 23:00 The Last Leg 24:05 Bad Robots 24:40 Adam Hills: Happyism Live

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 08:10 Little Princess 08:20 Bob the Builder 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:50 Noddy in Toyland 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Her Husband’s Betrayal 18:00 5 News at 5 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 Aircrash: Collision in the Skies 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:30 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 24:30 Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House

itv2

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 09:05 Coronation Street 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 14:10 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Bourne Identity 24:20 Tricked

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Baby Daddy 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Bad Teacher 23:50 The Big Bang Theory 24:50 Gogglebox

22:00 Bad Teacher

BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 13:00 BBC News 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Live Rowing 15:30 Athletics 16:30 Bargain Hunt 17:15 Escape to the Country 18:00 Formula 1 19:10 BBC News 19:20 BBC London News 19:30 Pointless Celebrities 20:15 Strictly Come Dancing 21:35 The National Lottery: Five Star Family Reunion 22:30 Casualty 23:20 BBC News 23:40 Mrs Brown’s Boys 24:10 Meet the Fockers

07:25 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 09:10 Hans Christian Andersen 11:00 Animal Park 12:00 More Creatures Great and Small 12:30 More Creatures Great and Small 13:00 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 13:30 Great British Menu 14:00 Great British Menu 14:30 Great British Menu 15:00 Flog It! 15:40 That’s Entertainment! III 17:30 The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure 18:30 Gardeners’ World 19:00 International Rugby Union 20:00 Proms Extra 20:40 Natural World 21:40 Dad’s Army 22:10 Goodness Gracious Me 22:40 Cradle to Grave 23:10 Boy Meets Girl 23:40 Country Strife: Abz on the Farm 24:10 Boyz N the Hood

07:00 Childrena TV 09:00 Young Justice: Invasion 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:20 Jeremy Kyle Show 12:20 Jeremy Kyle Show 13:25 ITV News 13:34 ITV Central Weather 13:35 Jeremy Kyle Show 14:40 All Star Family Fortunes 15:25 You’ve Been Framed! 15:55 The X Factor 17:00 ITV News Central 17:15 ITV News 17:30 Live International Football 20:15 Keep It in the Family 21:15 The X Factor 22:30 Through the Keyhole 23:30 ITV News 23:44 ITV Central Weather 23:45 International Football Highlights

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 Triathlon 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:25 The Simpsons 13:00 The Simpsons 13:30 The Simpsons 14:00 Rude(ish) Tube 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:10 Come Dine with Me 17:45 Come Dine with Me 18:15 Come Dine with Me 18:45 Come Dine with Me 19:15 Come Dine with Me 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Great Canal Journeys 21:00 Our Guy in India 22:00 It Was Alright In 23:00 Immortals

07:00 Childrena TV 08:25 Paw Patrol 08:40 Little Princess 09:00 Wanda and the Alien 09:15 Zack and Quack 09:30 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:45 Jelly Jamm 10:05 LazyTown 10:30 Dora and Friends 11:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 11:35 Cowboy Builders 12:30 McLintock! 15:05 Shenandoah 17:10 Psycho Pussies: When Cats Attack 18:10 Elizabeth II: The Longest Reign 19:05 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 20:00 Cricket on 5 20:55 5 News Weekend 21:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 22:00 Football League Tonight 23:30 Celebrity Big Brother 24:30 Tattoo Disasters UK

07:00 Emmerdale 10:05 Coronation Street 13:00 The Xtra Factor 14:05 You’ve Been Framed! 15:10 Catchphrase 15:55 Small Soldiers 18:10 Peter Pan 20:20 Dante’s Peak 22:30 The Xtra Factor 23:30 American Pie Presents the Naked Mile

07:00 Jane the Virgin 07:45 Rules of Engagement 08:10 Suburgatory 08:35 Suburgatory 09:00 Melissa & Joey 09:35 Melissa & Joey 10:00 Baby Daddy 10:30 Baby Daddy 11:00 The Goldbergs 11:30 The Goldbergs 12:00 How I Met Your Mother 12:30 How I Met Your Mother 13:00 Made in Chelsea LA 14:00 The Goldbergs 14:30 The Goldbergs 15:00 Melissa & Joey 15:30 Melissa & Joey 16:00 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Priest 23:50 Rude Tube 24:55 Bad Robots

24:10 Meet the Fockers

18:10 Peter Pan

Pick of the week

Strictly Come Dancing Saturday 5th September, BBC1, 8.15pm

Friday September 4 - Thursday September 10 2015

sunday 6th September BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 Breakfast 10:00 Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Homes Under the Hammer 13:00 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:10 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:15 Escape to the Country 15:15 Eat Well for Less? 16:10 The Great British Bake Off 17:10 Points of View 17:25 Songs of Praise 18:05 Formula 1 19:35 BBC News 19:50 BBC London News 20:00 Countryfile 21:00 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Lady Chatterley’s Lover 23:30 BBC News 23:50 BBC London News 24:00 Kolkata with Sue Perkins

07:15 The Instant Gardener 08:00 Countryfile 09:00 Gardeners’ World 09:30 Beechgrove Garden 10:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 11:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 12:00 Great British Menu 12:30 Great British Menu 13:00 Live Rowing 15:00 Natural World 16:00 Burghley Horse Trials 18:00 Jungle Atlantis 19:00 World’s Weirdest Events 20:00 World’s Busiest Railway 2015 21:00 Dragons’ Den 22:00 Special Forces - Ultimate Hell Week 23:00 Odyssey 23:40 Family Guy 24:05 Family Guy 24:25 Family Guy 24:45 Soul Men

07:00 Childrens TV 08:00 Sooty 08:15 Sooty 08:30 Super 4 08:45 Fish Hooks 09:00 Young Justice: Invasion 09:25 ITV News 09:30 Weekend 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 12:30 ITV News 12:44 ITV Central Weather 12:45 The X Factor 14:00 Cycling: Tour of Britain Live 17:00 Catchphrase 17:45 Mr Bean’s Holiday 19:15 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 19:45 Animal Mums 20:45 The X Factor 22:00 Trials of Jimmy Rose 23:00 ITV News 23:14 ITV Central Weather 23:15 Notting Hill

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 British GT Championship 08:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Big Bang Theory 14:00 The Big Bang Theory 14:30 The Big Bang Theory 14:55 The Simpsons 15:25 The Simpsons 15:55 The Simpsons 16:25 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 17:25 Location, Location, Location 18:30 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 The Queen’s Big Night Out 21:00 Time Crashers 22:00 Iron Man 2 24:30 The Hurt Locker

07:00 Childrena TV 08:30 Paw Patrol 08:40 Little Princess 09:00 Wanda and the Alien 09:10 Zack and Quack 09:25 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:40 Jelly Jamm 10:00 LazyTown 10:25 Dora and Friends 10:55 SpongeBob SquarePants 11:30 Football League Tonight 13:00 Police Interceptors 13:55 Message in a Bottle 16:20 White Fang 18:25 Superman II 21:00 5 News Weekend 21:05 Police Interceptors Unleashed 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 20 Moments 24:30 Alien Hunter

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:25 Emmerdale 10:25 Coronation Street 13:20 Cats & Dogs 15:05 The Flintstones 16:50 You’ve Been Framed! 17:20 The X Factor 18:35 The Xtra Factor 19:40 ET the ExtraTerrestrial 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 Pitch Black

07:00 Suburgatory 07:20 Suburgatory 07:40 Suburgatory 08:05 Suburgatory 08:35 Rules of Engagement 09:00 Baby Daddy 09:30 Baby Daddy 10:00 Made in Chelsea LA 11:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Couples Come Dine with Me 14:35 Couples Come Dine with Me 15:35 Bad(ish) Robots 16:00 Rude(ish) Tube 16:30 The Big Bang Theory 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel 19:20 Rude(ish) Tube 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:30 The Big Bang Theory 23:00 The Big Bang Theory 23:30 Gogglebox 24:35 Gogglebox

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Heart of the Country 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 Beware 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 Supersized 24:00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:15 Psych 07:55 Emmerdale 08:30 Coronation Street 09:00 Coronation Street 09:30 Dinner Date 10:30 Psych 11:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:15 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 The Bourne Supremacy 24:10 The Job Lot 24:40 Two and a Half Men

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Rules of Engagement 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Baby Daddy 17:30 Baby Daddy 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Baby Daddy 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Made in Chelsea LA 23:00 Young, Free & Single 24:05 Gogglebox

monday 7th September BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Blitz Cities 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Decimate 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 The Queen’s Longest Reign: Elizabeth & Victoria 23:00 BBC News 23:35 Room 101 - Extra Storage 24:15 Live at the Apollo

08:00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 08:30 Countryside 999 09:15 Escape to the Continent 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Athletics 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Rockford Files 14:45 Triathlon 16:15 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 16:45 Great Bear Stakeout 17:45 Great British Railway Journeys 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 20:00 This Wild Life 20:30 Great British Menu 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 Only Connect 22:00 Bletchley Park: CodeBreaking’s Forgotten Genius 23:00 The Perfect Morecambe & Wise 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Britain As Seen on ITV 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Doc Martin 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Australia 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Jamie’s Super Food 21:30 Food Unwrapped 22:00 The Catch 23:00 It Was Alright In 22:00 Doc Martin 24:00 24 Hours in A&E

tuesday 8th September BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Blitz Cities 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Decimate 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 New Tricks 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 The World’s Worst Place to Be Disabled? 24:35 Who Do You Think You Are?

BBC2

08:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 09:15 Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Super League Show 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Two Greedy Italians 16:15 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 16:45 Great Bear Stakeout 17:45 Great British Railway Journeys 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 20:00 This Wild Life 20:30 Great British Menu 21:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Northern Exposure 22:00 India: Nature’s Wonderland 23:00 Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience

ITV1

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:59 ITV Central Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:15 ITV News 19:45 Emmerdale 20:15 Live International Football 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:45 International Football Highlights

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Australia 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 Educating Cardiff 23:00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 24:05 The Catch

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:10 My Neighbor’s Keeper 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 I Want That Wedding! 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 The Hotel Inspector Returns 24:00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

itv2

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:15 Psych 07:55 Emmerdale 08:30 Coronation Street 09:30 Dinner Date 10:30 Psych 11:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

23:00 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Baby Daddy 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 14:30 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Baby Daddy 17:30 Baby Daddy 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Baby Daddy 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Rude Tube 23:00 Bad Robots 23:35 Tattoo Fixers

Friday September 4 - Thursday September 10 2015

wednesday 9th September BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Blitz Cities 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Decimate 16:00 Escape to the Country 16:45 Money for Nothing 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Pound Shop Wars 21:00 The Great British Bake Off 22:00 Doctor Foster 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 A Question of Sport 24:05 Mountain Goats 24:35 Deadly Pursuit

BBC2

08:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 09:15 Claimed and Shamed 09:45 Antiques Roadshow Detectives 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 The Rockford Files 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Two Greedy Italians 16:15 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 16:45 The Bear Family & Me 17:45 Great British Railway Journeys 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 20:00 The Hairy Bikers’ Bakeation 20:30 Great British Menu 21:00 Horizon 22:00 The Ascent of Woman 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:59 ITV Central Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 ITV Changed My Life 22:00 The Nick 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 Through the Keyhole 24:40 Wild Ireland

07:45 Draw It! 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Australia 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Posh Pawn 22:00 Grand Designs 23:00 Million Pound Movers

07:00 Childrens TV 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:45 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Defending Our Kids: the Julie Posey Story 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Super Skyscrapers 21:00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 Wentworth Prison 24:00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

itv2

07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 You’ve Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 The Cube 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 20:30 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Through the Keyhole 23:00 White Chicks

thursday 10th September BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Blitz Cities 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News 14:45 Doctors 15:45 Decimate 16:30 Escape to the Country 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Eat Well for Less? 22:00 Who Do You Think You Are? 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC London News 23:35 Motorway Cops 24:35 The Unbreakables: Life and Love on Disability Campus

BBC2

08:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 09:15 Natural World 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Rockford Files 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Two Greedy Italians 16:15 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 16:45 The Bear Family & Me 17:45 Great British Railway Journeys 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 20:00 Real Peak Practice 20:30 Great British Menu 21:00 World’s Weirdest Events 22:00 Cradle to Grave 22:30 Boy Meets Girl 23:00 Mock the Week 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:59 ITV Central Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Coronation Street 21:30 Flockstars 22:00 Stephen Fry in Central America 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:40 Central Lobby 24:10 Perspectives

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Australia 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 14:35 Channel 4 Racing 17:00 French Collection 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Location, Location, Location 22:00 Hunted 23:00 First Dates 24:05 9/11 Firehouse

07:00 Childrens TV 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 Cowboy Builders 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Celebrity Big Brother 14:15 Home 07:00 and Away Childrens 14:45 NeighTV bours 15:15 NCIS 16:15 Garage Sale Mystery III: The Deadly Room 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Underground Britain 21:00 The Last Secrets of 9/11 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 Special Needs Hotel 24:00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

itv2

07:00 You’ve Been Framed! 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 08:35 Coronation Street 09:10 You’ve Been Framed! 09:35 Dinner Date 10:35 Psych 11:25 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 12:20 The Real Housewives of Atlanta 13:10 Emmerdale 13:40 Coronation Street 14:15 You’ve Been Framed! 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 Jeremy Kyle Show 20:00 You’ve Been Framed! 21:00 Two and a Half Men 21:30 Two and a Half Men 22:00 Hell’s Kitchen USA 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 American Pie Presents the Naked Mile

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 13:00 Hollyoaks 13:30 Baby Daddy 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 15:30 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 Melissa & Joey 16:30 Melissa & Joey 17:00 Baby Daddy 17:30 Baby Daddy 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Baby Daddy 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 New Girl 22:30 The Mindy Project 23:00 Rude Tube 24:00 The Big Bang Theory

Friday September 4 - Thursday September 10 2015

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life&leisure events

RTN are proud to sponsor MacMillan Coffee Morning THE RTN are extremely proud to have been asked to sponsor a local official MacMillan coffee morning to be held on 21st September. by Jeanette Rice THE EVENT Is being organised by a group of ladies known as “‎Morning Miss-Chief - Ladies Coffee Morning” who meet every Monday at the L’Estacion Bar which is located at the Alfaz del Pi tram station, this is also the venue for the MacMillan coffee morning. All proceeds will be sent to the MacMillan UK charity and the day promises to be an opportunity for the local community to help raise funds by donating money in exchange for cakes, bric-a-brac, clothes etc. The coffee morning will start at 11am and finish around 2pm when the raffle will be drawn and the winners of various competitions such as “how many spots are on the cake” will be announced. If any local businesses or individuals would like to donate raffle prizes, bake some cakes or simply make a donation they can either contact the group via facebook, or send a private message to Caroline Tyszka on facebook or email caroline.tyszka@gmail.com. Further information will be available over the next couple of weeks of the competitions and raffle prizes.

All proceeds will be sent to the MacMillan UK charity

Friday September 4 - Thursday September 10 2015

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Hi Aunty, Can you help with a problem I am having with my smartphone - a Samsung Core. Every time I go into Google or Chrome search I am constantly getting unwanted ads, this has suddenly started to happen. Have tried everything to get rid of this but am now at a loss at what else to do! Can you help with this problem at all. Many thanks, Andrea Aunty says: It sounds like your pop up blocker on Chrome is not set up correctly. Open up the Android / Chrome browser. Click the three dots menu icon you can see in the top righthand corner. Choose ‘Settings’ from the list. Now select ‘Advanced’ from the menu that appears. Ensure that ‘Block pop-ups’ is enabled. And now you shouldn’t ever see a pop-up ad on your Android smartphone when you use the Android browser.

Eliminating the problem Hi Aunty Virus, For about three weeks I have had this displayed on my screen when I run up. There is a problem starting Windows:\Systen32\\nvpcap64.dll The specified module could not be found. I have been on to Google to see if I could trace and eliminate the problem, but each thing that I try still leaves me with the same problem when I run up again. Please can you advise. Regards, Tony Aunty says: “nvspcap64.dll” is a driver for your Nvidia GeForce Graphics card. It appears from a few people who have also had this issue that an uninstall and reinstall of your graphics drivers should cure the problem.

PC keeps freezing when sending attachments Hi Aunty, The problem I am having is when I click onto the attachment I wish to send the pc freezes. This has only started to happen in the past few days. Can you help. PJ

Aunty says: It may be that the file association for that attachment, which tells Windows what program to use to open that attachment, is not set up correctly. If not set up, Windows can freeze as it simply does not know what program to use to open up the attachment. Now what program you use to open that attachment, depends on the type of attachment. If you save the attachment to your PC, and then right click on the attachment, and then “Open With”, you can then choose which program to open that attachment up in. If you are having issues with sending attachment, well that depends on many things, like what email system you are trying to send the attachment on, your antivirus system may be blocking that type of attachment. If you are using Internet Explorer for your Outlook / Hotmail emails, perhaps using another browser like Chrome can solve the problem.

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Basic Spanish for everyday needs by Jane Cronin

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for the Translation of text Not Vicar’s Wife! and commentary Last week’s article ended with a short text in Spanish and I have actually bumped into a few people since then who told me they enjoyed translating it but were unsure of a few details, so without further ado here is the text and the translation below. “Cuando yo era niña jugaba todos los días en el parque con mis amigas. Tenía un perro y me gustaba mucho andar con él a la playa. Mi madre cocinaba al mediodía y yo siempre volvía a casa para comer. La verdad es que nunca comía muy bien y mi madre se enfadaba mucho conmigo. No veía mucha televisión porque había pocos programas para niños y además pasaba mucho tiempo en la calle. Mi padre trabajaba hasta tarde y cuando volvía a casa por la noche me sentaba con él para contarle mis cosas. Mientras tanto mi madre recogía la cocina y preparaba todo para el día siguiente. Siempre iba a la cama a la misma hora y leía un libro debajo de las mantas antes de dormir. Mi hermana dormía en el mismo dormitorio pero normalmente no la oía entrar porque ya estaba durmiendo profundamente.” “When I was a little girl I used to play in the park with my friends every day. I had a dog and I used to like walking with it (him) to the beach. My mother cooked at midday and I always went back home for lunch. The truth is that I never ate very well and my mother used to get very angry with me. I didn’t watch much television because there weren’t many programmes for children and anyway (furthermore) I spent a lot of time in the street. My father worked until late and when he came home at night I used to sit with him and tell him about my things. Meanwhile

my mother would tidy up the kitchen and prepare everything for the next day. I always went to bed at the same time and used to read a book underneath the blankets before sleeping. My sister slept in the same bedroom but I didn’t usually hear her come in because I would already be fast asleep.” Well, I’m sure you got the sense of all of that, but those of you who wrote it out probably found that you phrased things slightly differently here and there. This is exactly as it should be because a big part of translation is interpreting or thinking “How would we say that in English?” Actually, if I had written it in English in the first place I would probably have expressed quite a few things differently. Another thing you might be interested to notice is the different ways of translating the tense we have been studying. Sometimes I have said “I used to go”, other times “I went” and still other times using the word “would” as in “my mother would tidy up”. All three forms in English communicate the same idea of past description and sometimes the variation between them is as much to do with “style” as anything else. This is what makes this particular tense a little tricky if we are worried about word-for-word translations, but also perhaps might give you an insight into how much harder English is to learn for foreigners. How would you explain to a Spanish person learning English when to use “I used to go”, “I went” and “I would go” ?! There are quite a few other points of interest here, but first and foremost I wanted to illustrate the use of the past continuous tense in a real context, so hopefully that has been achieved! See you next week.

Crossword Solutions for Last Week CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Relish; 4 Swamps; 9 Readyreckoner; 10 Tablets; 11 Fifty; 12 Steal; 14 Close; 18 Ahead; 19 Upstart; 21 Provincialism; 22 Emerge; 23 Beings. Down: 1 Rarity; 2 Lead by the nose; 3 Style; 5 Wakeful; 6 Manifestation; 7 Strays; 8 Least; 13 Addling; 15 Sample; 16 Punch; 17 Stamps; 20 Stale. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 1 Battle; 4 Secret; 9 Ask for trouble; 10 Content; 11 Inlet; 12 Scamp; 14 Inure; 18 Amass; 19 Unequal; 21 Recrimination; 22 Dispel; 23 Beagle. Down: 1 Branch; 2 Take no chances; 3 Loose; 5 Emotion; 6 Rabble-rousing; 7 Treaty; 8 State; 13 Massive; 15 Hatred; 16 Quail; 17 Glance; 20 Elate.

Suduko Answer

Are you looking for a bit of a grin? Are you up for a shot at getting those chuckle muscles of yours on the move? Are you interested in taking a stroll down laughter street? If the answer to all these three questions is in the affirmative, then cancel all other engagements on Saturday October 3rd and get yourself down to The Madhouse for a night of mirth and madness, especially if you like joining in! I´ll tell you how to find it in a minute as I firstly want to tell you what’s on the menu. Our very own Peter Taylor, he of Showbiz Goss, will be performing his ´One Man Show´ bringing his very distinctive brand of humour to the stage, with what he calls ´Rudi Toons´ also on offer! This brings me neatly on to letting you know that it is ´Strictly for Adults Only,´ so if you spot the vicars wife showing interest please bring her up to speed. Taylor´s One Man Show is the result of a lifetime of sitting around in bars and other similar type dens of iniquity chewing the fat with all and sundry, as well as a lengthy career in music, on the road, live performance and running radio shows, when out of nowhere the humorous moment pops up like magic! If you are still reading you could well be considering getting yourself a ticket to watch the show and maybe enjoy some nosh as well, if this is the case, here´s how you get that done: Tickets 8e Mob 666551816 e-mail matrixstudiospain@ gmail.com. Menu Available from 7pm. To find it: google map, matrix studio madhouse.

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Rescue centre supporter wins gold at Special Olympics World Games A young British equestrian who spends her summers riding at Rojales’s Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre has won three gold medals at the Los Angeles Special Olympics World Games.

Georgina on Dakar in LA

by Patricia Thompson Georgina Maton, 25, was part of Great Britain’s squad of more than 100 athletes with learning disabilities and competed against 170 other countries in the 2015 World Games from July 25 to August 2. Georgina took out gold in equitation, dressage and working trail. “I find lots of things hard and have had some difficult times in my life like school, but I understand horses – and they

don’t judge me,” she said. Georgina, who has been riding since age five, is a strong supporter of the Easy Horse Care Rescue Centre after riding there while her family vacationed in Spain about seven years ago. “Georgina used to love riding in Spain to get her ‘horse fix’ – excellent training for riding in the heat of LA!” her mother, Barbara Maton, said.

Speaking from LA, Georgina praised the rescue centre for its important animal welfare work. “The staff are friendly and the horses are relaxed,well cared for and enjoy their environment. I’m happy they stop people mistreating horses and care for them,” Georgina said. The rescue centre, which relies solely on donations to fund its work, now houses more than

90 horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from terrible situations of abuse and neglect. Volunteers are desperately needed to keep its network of eight charity stores open, especially in the Pilar de la Horadada shop. Those interested in volunteering to work in the shops can call co-founder Sue Weeding on 652 021 980. Donations of large items such as furniture are also sought, and a

pick-up service can be arranged to collect them from your house. Each shop also offers a delivery service for large items purchased from the charity store. The rescue centre, located just outside Rojales at Partido Lo Garriga 59, opens to the public on the first Sunday of every month from 1pm to 4pm. For more details and directions, please visit www.easyhorsecare.net.

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New spa opening success

A NEW Spa opened on Tuesday at the Residencia Ciudad Patricia in Benidorm. by Jeanette Rice RESIDENTS AND the general public were invited to attend the opening and have a tour of the facilities along with a glass of cava and nibbles. Vikki Caton, who owns Hepburns hair salon and now also the Sparadise facilities at the Ciudad Patricia location said “I am overwhelmed by the response we have received today and want to thank everyone for making the day so special”. The spa offers a wide range of beauty treatments as well as having a fully equipped hair salon and various classes through the week. For further information call 965 994 824 or visit www.hepburnsbenidorm.com.

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Preventing hearing problems

IT IS estimated that more than 2,500,000 people over the age of 65 in Spain alone suffer from Presbycusis - a gradual loss of hearing: this figure will likely increase in the coming years due to longer life expectancy and an increasingly aging population. Hearing loss can affect any age, although older people are the most affected. Studies indicate that this condition increases with age and those affected gradually lose about 9 decibels per decade from the age of 40. The data, collected in the first White Paper on presbycusis in Spain, suggests that hearing loss in those over 55 years of age (the age at which problems generally start to appear) is the third chronic disease after hypertension and osteoarthritis. In Spain it is estimated that Presbycusis affects approximately 25 % of older people aged 65 to 75. After 75, the incidence can reach up to 65% and from age 80 reaches 80% of the population.

The genetic background may be a key in the development of Presbycusis. However, there are other risk factors that may predispose us to getting it, including: having worked in noisy environments; suffering from cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension; or from having type II Diabetes. ALLEVIATE HEARING LOSS BEFORE IT AFFECTS QUALITY OF LIFE The onset of Presbycusis has serious consequences for our quality of life (congnitive isolation and deterioration). Some symptoms that warn of hearing loss are the need to increase the volume of the TV, asking others to repeat words or having difficulty

following a conversation. When these problems begin to hinder our daily lives and relationships with others, it’s time to take steps to alleviate hearing loss before it is too late to recover 100 % of our hearing, so GAES recommends an annual hearing review/check from age 50 onwards. In GAES, hearing reviews are always free. GAES, founded in 1949, has more than 65 years’ experience and over 500 hearing centres in Spain, at the forefront of the hearing industry offering a total satisfaction guarantee or your money back. Don’t wait, book your free hearing check up today at your Local GAES hearing clinic. See our advert every week on Page 13 in RTN.

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Calling all blood donors

LA NUCIA will be holding a blood donor afternoon on 14th September at the Centro de Salud between 5pm and 8.30pm. THERE ARE many myths about who can and cannot donate blood but the general rule in Spain with the Cruz Roja (Red Cross) is that you must be over 18 and weigh more than 50 kilos. To help anyone who is unsure these are the guidelines that the Cruz Roja provide: YOU CAN DONATE IF - You have menstruation, take oral contraceptives, you have taken aspirin and / or anti-inflammatory medication, you have an allergy and are taking antihistamines - provided you do not have breathing difficulties, you have high blood pressure - even with medication, if at the time of your donation levels are correct. YOU CANNOT TEMPORARILY DONATE IF - you have undergone surgery – one week for minor surgery and four months for major surgery, you have had a fever – you should wait fifteen days, you have had an endoscopy – you must wait four months, you have undergone acupuncture without disposable material – you should wait four months, you have been vaccinated for hepatitis – wait five days – chickenpox, rubella, measles, mumps wait twenty eight days, if you have been

vaccinated for the flu there is no waiting. If you have had tattoos, ears pierced etc you must wait four months, women who have given birth must wait six months including those who have had an abortion. If you have had hepatitis B or C you must wait four months from when you were clear and finally if you have engaged in any activity or risky behaviour you will need to speak with the on-site doctor. YOU CANNOT DONATE IF - you have hepatitis B or C, HIV syphilis and all diseases that are transmitted by blood, you are an insulin dependent diabetic, you are epileptic, you have a serious illness or are chronically ill. If you are a regular donor you will know that you must have eaten prior to attending and that it must be two months since your last donation, with men being able to donate four times a year and women three times. There is often conflicting information about if you are British. According to the Cruz Roja information you can donate provided you were not in the UK for more than one year between 1980 until 1996. Further detailed information can be found on www.donarsangre.org.

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Pego Golf Society “singles Benitachell stableford competition” Bowls Club Oliva Nova golf course Tuesday 1st of September 2015

Loftus Trophy The Loftus competition was started in memory of Beryl & Terry Loftus who were early members of the club and whose family have donated the trophy. The competition is open to BBC members who have been bowling for less than two years. The competition is huge fun and this year there will be harmony in the Bouttell household will Angela & Dave Bouttell both winning a cup - however Angela was the overall winner!!! Our picture shows the whole squad of up and coming newbies, with Angela & Dave centre stage.

On the night before the match, we had a big storm coming through, with more lightning hits and thunderclaps than I have ever seen or heard in my life. I expected the course to be flooded, but today presented itself as a lovely day for golf, with a great course at Oliva, and in prime condition with good greens, and both greens and fairways running fairly fast. We had four guests today, and we were delighted with this, and they were Barry Carter, Jason Webb, Terry Oram and Neil Ewell. We did have a visitor’s prize today, and that was won by Jason Webb with 33 Points. In the main competition the winners were as follows:Division 1 Winners 1st Place: Martin Gates with 36 Points playing off 6.2 2nd Place: Nigel Siddall with 35

Points playing off 13.8 3rd Place: Bill Pike with 32 Points playing off 17.7 4th Place: Shaun O’Gorman with 31 Points playing off 4.5 Division 2 Winners 1st: Alan Simpson with 39 Points playing off 24.4 2nd: Mervyn Joseph with 38 Points playing off 20.2 3rd: Peter Brown with 33 Points playing off 29.8 4th: Tony Jerman with 32 Points playing off 20.7 Well played gentlemen. There were six 2’s today from Alan Simpson, John Nicol, Stella Fox, Martin Gates, Barry Carter, and Neil Ewell. “Balls in the Water” was won by Ian Campbell with 116 balls in the water, so well done Ian. “Nearest The Pin” at hole No 5 with

their second shot was Penny Barden with 1.40 meters, and at hole No 16, the nearest tee shot was by Celia Cronin with 2.02 meters. So, very well played the girls today There were many match play games today, and the results were as follows:John Evans beat Russ Peters by 8/7, Paul Trigwell beat Mike Cuerden by 3/1, Penny Barden beat Stella Fox by 5/3, Terry Langley beat Mike Holloway by one hole, and Colin Foster and Brian Barden were all square If any guest would like to play with Pego Golf Society next Tuesday 8th of September and who wouldn’t, because we are away to Galiana Golf Course for a “Texas Scramble” competition. We already have 39 players and guests, as I write this. Please enter through our website www.pegogolfsociety.com or send an e-mail to Donna Green at pegohandicapsec@gmail.com

Have you thought about learning to play Lawn Bowls? Why not try our structured, purposeful Beginners Course at the Benitachell Bowls Club, or a FREE half-hour Bowling Session with our Instructors. Coaching ethos at Benitachell is one of encouragement and constructive advice, and is carried out by well qualified and experienced personnel with the theme of friendliness and encouragement, with a certificate presented on successful completion. For information contact Terry Setford (Club Instructor) on 96 574 0066 or contact us directly on line at www.benitachellbowlsclub.com .

Alfaz Fantasy Football League There was 1 Monday Night game and a Full Premier League at the Weekend going into this Weeks Fantasy which supplied 22 goals,9 clean sheets,47 yellow cards (most so far this Season) and 6 red ones.Newcastle’s Mitrovic,Norwich’s Whittaker,Stoke’s Adam & Affella,and Liverpool’s Countinho and West Ham’s Mark Noble making it 11 Players sent off in 4 Weeks. In a Weekend when there was plenty of action in Premier League Angie’s Blues held on to the top spot of A.F.F.L. by a slight 3 point lead over Eric’s City Slickers. Nick’s Blues & Gary’s Blue Moon F.C. remain in 3rd & 4th place.Lyn’s Team Handbreak City swapped places with Ann’s Bolton Wanderers at the bottom and are just 1 point behind the Wanderers. Leo’s Power Blueboys stretched their lead at the top of our U.K.T.V.SPAIN Junior League to 6 points over Ben’s Warriors.At the other end of the Table Casie’s Team Moon Kitten moved away from the danger Zone when they bagged 46 points which shot them right up the Table leaving Bradley’s Team Hero to Zero rooted at the bottom. We have new Leaders at the Summit of our Leonard Knowles Construction Golden Boot League as David’s Team The Podencos have replaced Leo’s Power Blueboys who have slipped down 1 place to 2nd. Ged’s Team Grand Kids XI are still stuck at the bottom with a minus 10 score. Angie’s Blues are not messing about at the top of our Mark Carter Ladies Section as they have moved 47 points clear of the chasing pack.Down at the foot of the

Table only 1 point separates Ann’s Bolton Wanderers and bottom placed Lyn’s Handbreak City.Angie’s Blues are the 1st team to collect a 20 Euro Voucher from QUICK SAVE in Albir after being the highest scoring Lady in August. We have 2 Teams going into the Hat for our Monthly Premier Imports Draw for a case of Cava and they are our top scoring Team which is Sam’s El.Presidente with 62 points to their name and Lenny’s Spreaders who were our lowest scoring team with a Minus 5. Manager of the Month for August has been kindly sponsored by Linda at Bar Tapas who are situated right on the front in Albir who provide an excellent International Menu as well as serving up some tasty Tapas.The lucky Winner this Month is the inform Angie’s Blues who just pipped Eric’s City Slickers by 3 points. Sam’s Team El.Presidente moved up 178 places to earn himself a super Breakfast for 2 at Rafters sponsored by Kate. The Results of our RTN Preliminary Round of our K.O.Cup Competition are up on our website which is www.alfazffl.com.Last Seasons Winner of this Competition Pam’s People knocked out Moey’s Simply Rojo by 35-20 while the closest game was between Mark’s No Bad Loser who scraped through by 1 point beating Mick’s Wakkden Town 32-31.We are now down to last 256 Team in this Competition. Don’t forget if you can’t access a Computer you can always call into one of our Bars which display all the Tables and results on their Notice Boards. In Benidorm Union Jack.in Albir The Local ans Wyndhams,in Moraira Bariloche and in Alfaz

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It is time to make the break IT MAY be hard but man-up and do it! By Tony Myles YOU HAVE been putting it off for a while. It bothers you every time you approach your first tee shot. Remember those early days when everything was new and secure, filling you with confidence which then transferred to your game. Now this has been replaced by doubts and uncertainty. When you execute the most excellent golf stroke will the club head stay on course and propel the ball on an accurate flight down the centre of the fairway or will you watch in anguish as it sails inexplicably out of sight? It is time to address the problem. SEEK HELP! The good news is that professional help is available. Yes once again Campbell is offering to change the grips on all twelve of your clubs and to check the alignment too. Then you can start to relive those wonderful halcyon days you thought had gone forever. Bring your tired old clubs into Campbell’s shop and one of his club fitters will restore your confidence. If it is many months or possibly years since you replaced them, it is important to consider that over several rounds and the occasional practice mat session, there is a good chance that the original alignment of your club head has moved and, as you know, even the slightest change to your set-up can have dramatic results. Campbell will check this and adjust as necessary. Then off with the old and on with the new as your worn out grips are discarded and replaced by brand new Golf Pride Velvets for a mere €99. According to Ray one of the fitters in Campbell’s Ondara shop, the best time to change your golf grips is when you start to lose confidence. For many regular player this is probably a once-per-year undertaking and at €99 per annum it is not an investment that will require much consideration. If you would like to have your clubs upgraded whilst you have a coffee then it is best to call in advance and agree a time. The telephone number is 965 996 244. Then enjoy your next round.

head 2 head S.A.D Tony M - Here we are just about at the end of the summer. Campbell - Yes soon be into autumn and then the shorter days and longer nights. Tony M - I suppose you can understand how it would make some people feel a bit sad. Campbell - Well maybe you should try to bring some humour into their lives. Try to give them a good laugh. Tony M - The last time I did that it wasn’t very pleasant and the bloke didn’t thank me for it. Campbell - Why would he react like that? Tony M - He had diarrhoea.

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Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

Peugeot 5008 MPV TRANSPORTING SEVEN people in comfort can present a problem, unless of course you don’t mind Transit vans. PEUGEOT HAS a solution though in its 5008 MPV (multipurpose vehicle). Unlike the earlier Peugeot 807 people carrier the 5008 is more compact, making it more enjoyable to drive but this does mean that if there are seven passengers there’s not a huge amount of room for luggage. Importantly for the driver it’s not too difficult to reverse or manoeuvre. This style of vehicle is quite van-like in terms of appearance but it is very much like a car to drive and driver appeal is one of the advantages of the Peugeot. The test model, a two-litre diesel Allure – top-of-the-range - is equipped with a six-speed automatic gearbox but it can also be driven like a manual. At low speeds, typically up hill, this gearbox is a little indecisive, not sure whether to go for third gear or second, which does make for the occasional uncomfortable jolt. It is quite frugal for a vehicle of its size, returning over 40mpg on average. I put it through its paces over a long weekend to Pembrokeshire where we experienced a variety of roads. On the motorway (the M4, over the Severn Bridge) it was very capable, happily cruising at 70mph, even though it was heavily laden with five passengers and luggage. Cruise control

makes life so much easier on such travels and the electric child lock engaged by the click of a switch on the driver’s door is easy to operate. The one-way streets, invariably up sharp inclines in this part of the world, certainly cause the tired motorist some confusion but thank goodness I’m driving the 5008 because the auto box makes light work of the hills. I’m not usually a fan of electronic handbrakes but the one fitted to this vehicle is quick and simple to engage and disengage. Inside, the Allure benefits from an enormous panoramic glass roof (with electric sliding cover), which makes the vehicle really light and airy as you can see in the video at testdrives. biz. The front passengers get captain style seats with pull down armrests that can be adjusted to the desired height. The driver’s seat is certainly comfortable, hardwearing and supportive although I do find that when my daughter’s baby seat is in place behind I cannot push my seat back quite as far as I might desire. There are all the gadgets the modern day

motorist could dream of including sat nav, a useful head-up display showing the speed and ensuring the driver doesn’t take their eyes off the road. Air conditioning and a good quality sound system are all part of the package. New price range: 22,223€ - 30,892€ Power: 163bhp 0-60mph: 10.2secs Top speed: 118mph Economy: 40mpg Watch the video at www.testdrives.biz

Advanced motorist Tim Saunders is the former Business and Motoring Editor of the Bournemouth Daily Echo. His regular test reports appear in numerous newspapers, magazines and websites throughout the UK, Ireland and Gibraltar. For more independent unbiased car reviews and videos visit www.testdrives.biz

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STRICTLY SOCIAL CLUB Why not come and join us for an afternoon of entertainment, fun, quizzes and games. We also have speakers, and arrange meals out and coach outings. We meet on the top floor at The New Asturias Restaurant, Punta Prima between 2.30 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each Month. Open to all age-groups. For more info call Margaret on 966730569 or Brian on 678807159. Looking forward to meeting you. “

only Transportation. Owners welcome to travel with there pets k9transportation@hotmail.com UK: (00)442380 668 000 SPAIN: 671 797 151 PET TRAVEL UK Family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www. pettraveluk.co.uk. Removals also arranged in other vehicles. Tel UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A DOG OR PUPPY please join our Facebook group. We have many dogs, large, small, scruffs and pedigree! Just go to Facebook and search Costa Blanca Dog Homing. Even if you cannot offer a home, rescues are always needing foster homes, and just sharing the dog posts really helps us to help them.

GOLD WANTED English Jeweller wishes to buy broken or unwanted Gold and Silver jewellery & coins for cash. Call for an appointment. Peter (7 days) 664 890 990. Member of the Nat. ASSN of Goldsmiths

RESTAURANT FOR SALE IN ALBIR Est.12 years..Seats 36 inside. Nice sunny terrace with further 20 seats. Very low rent 640 euro a month with lock up garage. 50,000€. Tel 634 369 353

TAPPY TOES DANCE CLASS FOR BABIES from 18 months, at 4kwatro in Albir, 11am, call Louise on 655 781 068 for more information. LADIES DANCEFIT WITH L.A DANCE at 4kwatro in Albir, Mondays at 7.30pm, call Louise on 655 781 068 for more information LA BAMBA’S - BALLROOM MODERN / LATIN / ARGENTINE TANGO / SEQUENCE DANCING Los Rosales Restaurant, Guardamar CV895 [near Lemon Tree Sunday Market] Monday - SOCIAL DANCE 8.30pm - 10.30pm [SEQUENCE CLASS 7.30pm 8.30pm] Friday - SOCIAL DANCE 7.30pm - 10.30pm Wednesday - New Beginners Class starting 2nd September 2015 [new beginners welcome every Wednesday] 2pm -3pm Intermediate Class 3pm - 4pm Intermediate Plus Class 4pm - 5pm Andrea Murphy [0034] 616 478 157

MR FIXIT FOR ALL YOUR DOG SITTING HOME FROM HOME Secure garden,Costa Blanca North 637 160 545 K9, PET ONLY TRANSPORTATION We only use fully fitted out ex police vehicles to transport your pet. DEFRA Registered, Fully legal.Specialist in Animal

ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, GENERAL & Appliance Repairs. No Callout Charge. 698 320 434

FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY Own your own lingerie, clothing and swimwear boutique. Prices from 10,000 Euros including stock and shop fittings. Full help and support given throughout. Established company with over 10 years trading in Spain. Call Peter on 660 170 355 without obligation.

WANT TO JOIN A REAL ESTATE NETWORK WHERE YOU ARE PAID PROPERLY FOR THE WORK YOU DO? We pay up to 50% of the selling fee directly to our Property Consultants. We are currently looking for Independent Property Consultants to work in their local areas. Real estate experience would be an advantage but not essential. Please email CV and covering letter with photo in the first instance to cbpropertynetwork@gmail.com

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Sign up for our virtual paper direct to your inbox at www.roundtownnews.com MJB MOBILE WELDERS Gates, grills, hinges etc., repaired or new. No job too small. Fast service. Low prices. Free Quotes. Call Terry: 966 845 414 / 625 995 470 WANTED I BUY ANY CAR van,Caravan,4x4 Etc.British, Spanish. Immediate cash 600781873 ibuyanycar@hotmail.com

HOT TUB 6 Seater Hot Tub, excellent condition. Buyer to remove. 2,000€ ONO Call: 966 405 405 or Mob: 687 753 495

SOS INSURANCE IN SPAIN Best prices available. CALL US FIRST for all your insurance needs, including best deals on Funeral plans. Buildings

GOLD WANTED English Jew-

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eller wishes to buy broken

82 euros per year & cars from

or unwanted Gold and Silver

120 euros. Tel 966787123 /

jewellery & coins for cash. Call

622275561 / 686116297 email info@sosinsuranceinspain.com

for an appointment. Peter (7 days) 664 890 990. Member of the Nat. ASSN of Goldsmiths

HOT TUB FOR SALE 6 Seater Hot Tub, excellent condition. Buyer to remove. 2,000€ ONO cALL: 966 405 405 OR Mob. 627 753 495

M.B. PAINTERS Interior and exterior walls only 7€ per M2 including all materials. Window Railings / Metalwork only 25€ per M2 including all materials. Tel Martin 965846489 or 679080184 for a No obligation quotation or more information.

PROBLEMS WITH INSECTS? Cockroaches, rats & mice. Call 626 828 974 All insects

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upgrades undertaken. Replacement pumps, filters, salt systems, ph regulators and accessories supplied and installed. All work guaranteed. British trained in the UK pool industry with over 18 years experience. 10 years served on the Costa Blanca. Torrevieja and surrounding areas including Costa Calida. Tlf:- Pristine Pools on 966-774-199 or 678-080-500 www.pristineswimmingpools. com NO CALLOUT CHARGE. SEE MAIN ADVERT ON FRONT PAGE OF CLASSIFIEDS

SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanishmoves. net. Pet transport also arranged in our air conditioned pet/people carriers. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537

MR FIXIT For all your electrical, plumbing, general & appliance & boiler repairs. No Call out charge. 698 320 434

POOL LEAK REPAIR SPECIALIST’S Pipe leaks pressure tested, detected and repaired. Structural leaks investigated and repaired. Professional, conscientious service to the highest standards. Refurbishments and

BENITACHELL/MORAIRA Villa for sale. 2 separate independant apartments.Ideal for residing and renting.4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms over 2 floors. Many extras. Villa set in communal grounds with pool. Price reduced from 230,000€ to 197,000€ For more information Call: 646 700 236 FINESTRAT Detached villa for sale. 2 separate levels. First Level: 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom. Entrance hall, large lounge and fitted kitchen. Second Level: 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom. Separate W.C. Large lounge, Fitted kitchen, Large terrace with 360 degree views of Mountains and Sea. Private pool. Villa set in beautiful Mature gardens.n 345,750€ negotiable Call: 965 878 594 ELS POBLETS, DENIA Beautiful detached house. 2 bedrooms downstairs with 1 bathroom.1 upstairs bedroom completely separate with en suite and beautiful private terrace. Large kitchen, lounge, dining room and naya. Private swimming pool set in beautiful easily kept gardens. Mountain views, 5 miutes to all amenities of the village. 275,000€ ono. Call: 966 474 685

VAN LEAVING UK TO SPAIN 5TH SEPTEMBER Space available. 679 042 805 / 0044 (0)7552 985 343 or email keithmarion9@yahoo.co.uk DIGBY REMOVALS Weekly removals to and from Spain. 1 box to full household. Storage - UK & Spain. Insurance included. Worldwide removals inc. USA, Australia & New Zealand. Call today for FREE advice no obligation quote. Tel: 676 582 333 or +44 1268 728 855 email: sales@digbyremovals.co.uk or visit: www.digbyremovals.co.uk

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IN NEED OF A TRANSLATOR?? Doctors and Hospital Appointments,Social Security,NIE Application visits.General Translations. 10€ per hour Altea to Villajoyosa Call: 647 143 945

I BUY RECORDS LP´S SINGLES AND CD´s ANY STYLE, JAZZ, BLUES, POP, PUNK, ROCK, ETC... TOP CASH PAID. 622 750 117 TURN YOUR UNWANTED FURNITURE Electrical, Household Goods and Bric-a-brac into Cash. Anything! Anywhere! 965-319-220/663-012-541

SOL, 30 NATURAL FRENCH Greek, Kisses, Fantasies, Opposite Zenia Boulevard, Air Conditioner. 656 314 941. www.sensualspain.net TORREVIEJA LADIES ENJOY A GENTLE SPANKING and much more. The Headmaster visits you at home. Details: headmaster@live.co.uk DENIA,BEAUTIFUL BRAZILIAN GIRL Sexy body, Affectionate. Call Victoria: 634 805 553 GENERIC VIAGRA Blue Pill Spain supplies all your generic Viagra at the best prices. Buy Super Kamagra, Kamagra, Kamagra Polo, Super P-Force, Aurogra, Tadalafil / Cialis or weight loss pill Sibutril. email bluepillspain@gmail.com or call 660 332 803. Nationwide Delivery Service ASHLEY English, Mixed Race S/American. Absolutely Stunning, Tall, Busty, Long Legs, Near Torrevieja Hospital 665 883 576 SOPHIE ESCORT Slim elegant naughty lady. Hotel/home visit available. Tel:693 357 526 CASA ANGELA TORREVIEJA Luxury Private Chalet, parking. Drinks invitation. Feeling alone? Just want some company? Exotic girls from South America. Call us, come and enjoy! Also Escort Service. Full discretion. Street: Avenida Asociacion Vistimas del Terrorismo. 609573468 or 639832118