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Two arrested with 3 million Euro haul THE NATIONAL Police arrested two men in Benidorm following an investigation into several thefts in the area.

by Jeanette Rice

Benidorm Pride colourful extravaganza See page 36.

THE MEN, who had booked into a local hotel for the month to carry out their crime wave, between 23rd and 26th August, managed to disable alarm systems undetected in a bid to steal from venues such as a commercial gallery.

One of the crimes saw police officers attend the commercial gallery following a report from a security guard that he had seen two men in the roof area acting suspiciously and carrying a bag.

Following a search the officers found the bag which contained various tools but saw no signs of tampering with any of the locks and so any theft was considered to have been thwarted. It wasn’t until the next morning that staff going to work found that they had been robbed.

The two men had accessed the building via a hatch above, disabled the alarm and removed 5000â‚Ź from the safe.

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Try not to give birth after 8pm

by Jeanette Rice SHOCKING NEWS for soon to be mothers reveals that the Marina Baixa hospital do not offer epidural’s from 8pm through until 8am.

In what can only be described as a completely outrageous situation to cut costs the expectant mothers need to try and time their newborns arrival during the day or seek to have their babies at other hospitals such as San Juan and Alicante, as the Marina Baixa hospital only has an anaesthetist 8am until 8pm.

The Villajoyosa hospital policy is that an anaesthetist will only operate out of the stated hours in the case of an emergency and that giving birth is not considered an emergency.

The hospital briefs all expectant mothers of this policy and suggest that they can use alternative hospitals if they go into labour at night, however, many have found themselves travelling the long journey to Alicante only to find that they were having false contractions but had feared labour without an epidural.

Giving birth is supposed to be the most magical moment for parents but the lack of an anaesthetist is not only stealing that special time for the expectant mothers but also allowing a patient to suffer in pain

when it could be avoided, with over 60% of women opting to have an epidural whilst in labour.

A spokesperson from the Marina Baixa hospital said “we can only ensure the provision of an epidural if we have an anaesthetist. In the morning we have two, one of whom is dedicated to giving epidural’s as well as other duties”.

When a mother is in labour the hospital policy is that an epidural will be given when she is between 2 and 4cm dilated, so even if the patient gets to hospital at 7pm by the time the required dilation is met the anaesthetist may have left the building.

It will come as no surprise to learn that the Patient Services Department of Health has received 34 complaints in the last year regarding the lack of provisions for pain relief for expectant mothers, however, the hospital says that they are bound by regulations where the Ministry does not allow funding for a second anaesthetist because of the “ratio” for the centre.

The proposed expansion of the hospital would, apparently, allow for increased staffing of such specialists but until that time it seems pregnant women must play the lottery of when they go into labour.

Giving birth in Villa

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OFFICERS ARRESTED the two men in their hotel room and found various tools that could be used to commit crime including a spray which disables motion sensors and other relatively high technical equipment.

It transpires that the two have over 63 criminal records between them and following them giving evidence at the Benidorm police station they were immediately taken to a judge who ordered that they be immediately remanded in custody.

Police have linked the men to four other crimes in the area which had the same modus operandi (M.O) and calculated the total haul to be over three million euros.

Improved access for Xirles

ALICANTE COUNCIL has announced a 90,000 euro investment to improve the access into Xirles, Polop in the Marina Baixa. The work, which will take approximately three months, will include new footpaths, public lighting and signalling. The provincial government will also carry out the urbanisation of several streets in Xirles itself, making improvements where necessary. The municipal council also announced plans to improve the signalling of the road network in the area with an investment of over 636,000 euros.

These works will begin next year and last for approximately eight months covering areas such as Pego, Ondara, Benissa, Alcoy, Villajoyosa and Alicante.

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Spain backs EU reform BRITAIN’S PRIME Minister David Cameron has won Spain’s support in pressing for European Union reform before the UK stages a referendum on membership.

by Jeanette Rice

THE PREMIER met counterpart Mariano Rajoy in Madrid last Friday for talks. The Spanish leader said afterwards it was “unthinkable” there would be a British exit.

Mr Cameron wants Britain to remain in a changed EU and is confident he can win reforms that would allow him to recommend a ‘yes’ vote in a membership ballot he has promised by the end of 2017.

The two leaders’ talks over EU membership were overshadowed by the ongoing refugee crisis in the Mediterranean but are crucial for member states as Mr Cameron continues to lobby fellow leaders.

In a joint news conference in Madrid after “very positive talks”, Mr Rajoy said in principle, his country would “do everything in its power for things to go well” in renegotiations.

He said: “IT would be unthinkable and a step backwards – that I don’t even want to think about – if the United Kingdom was not in the EU.” No details were given of the reforms the UK is seeking but it was revealed the two leaders had

discussed the EU single market and competitiveness. A source said there was still “a long way to go” before reaching any consensus.

And also on Mr Cameron’s agenda is pruning EU regulation, increased free trade, and guarantees that Britain’s interests in the single market would not be damaged from further Eurozone integration.

Both leaders made a joint call for reform to make the EU more competitive. Central to this is a binding free trade agreement with the United States.

Mariano Rajoy with (right) David Cameron in Madrid

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Four die in heavy rains

SOUTHERN COAST towns in Spain felt the full force of the storms on Monday and Tuesday as three people died. The first fatality was a 61 year old man who’s car was washed away in Polopos La Mamola on Monday. The same afternoon the body of a 50 year old man was discovered in Albunol, Granada once the flood waters had receded. The third victim, a man in his 60’s, was discovered on Tuesday morning washed up on the beach in Castell de Ferro, south of Granada. On Wednesday a fourth victim was discovered, they had been washed up at the mouth of a river on nearby beach between Castell and Calahonda. Although there had been weather alerts no one could have prepared for the 80 litres of rainfall per metre that fell in just 40 minutes in the area. Authorities reported that on Monday afternoon over 300 emergency calls were received from Malaga, Almeria and the Jaén provinces.

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Operation Captura’s success THE OPERATION Captura’s most wanted list is one less today as Robert Mortby handed himself into the authorities in Gibraltar.

Captured

by Jeanette Rice MR MORTBY, aged 28, is wanted on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was attacked at the Rose and Crown pub in Rodney Road, London back in July 2012 and featured as one of the most wanted in the Operation Captura campaign run jointly between the National Crime Agency and Crimestoppers.

It is believed that Mr Mortby had been staying in a nearby Spanish town but travelled to Gibraltar to hand himself in to the British authorities. He simply walked into the New Mole House Police Station, announced who he was and was immediately arrested and remanded into custody whilst extradition proceeding began to return him to the UK.

In a statement, Dave Allen, from the National Crime Agency said “following increased interest in the Operation Captura fugitives campaign of late, Mr Mortby realised his time was up and the best option was to hand himself in. The last five weeks have seen three of our most wanted fugitives arrested. I have no doubt that these successes will highlight to the remaining 15 individuals that we will not stop until they are all brought to justice”.

Operation Captura identified 86 serious criminals that it believed to be in Spain, with this capture only 15 remain on the list as the pressure increases on them from the general public and law enforcement agencies to “give it up”.

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Mobile ITV station in Finestrat

FINESTRAT HAS announced that they will have a mobile ITV unit in the town during the month of October.

The unit is for vehicles such as mopeds, motorcycles, quads and agricultural tractors etc, and appointments will be necessary. The unit will be stationed on the Plaza de la Union Europea in Finestrat, with appointments available from 10.30am on 7th October. The inspection will cost 12.74 for agricultural vehicles and 17.56 euros for mopeds and motorcycles. Payment can be made with cash or credit card at the mobile unit at the time of the appointment. You can make an appointment by calling 965 107 977 and will need to inform at the time of booking the make, model and registration number of the vehicle together with a contact number.

Props taken off the streets of Benidorm THE STREETS of Benidorm may seem unusually quiet, not because summer holidaymakers have gone home but because the street PR workers (props) are not allowed to work.

by Jeanette Rice Starting on the 1st September the police began enforcing their new policy of not allowing props to stand outside venues promoting their shows and drink offers. Primarily it is thought because of complaints that the individuals were not legally in the system and that some may be involved in illegal activities.

For the past few months the props have been required to wear high visibility jackets when working on the pavements and constant checks have been carried out to ensure that the bars are employing the workers legally, however this latest move by the authorities has resulted in the tourists wondering around not sure where to go or what is on, passing by many of the bars that they may have frequented.

Many bar owners are up in arms about this latest attack on their businesses with meetings between them and the police ongoing to try and find a resolution. Initial reports are that the issue will be reviewed two weeks from the enforcement date, which means that many bars will miss out on enticing customers in during the Benidorm Pride Festival.

Props have been considered as much a part of Benidorm as mobility scooters, for better or worse, and it is hoped that the town hall can find a way to re-instate the promoters, even if not in such high numbers as before, to help the bars invite trade in.

Any bar still using props in this interim period face a fine of up to 3,000€, a figure that would see most of the businesses struggling to remain open when combined with the lack of trade.

One local bar worker told RTN that “I am not the only person who feels weird now the props are gone, I think they are a vital part of this place and yeah, they can be annoying but without them people don’t have as much motivation to go into bars and may be missing something great”.

She went on to say “there are more police patrols now, I guess they are hoping to catch anyone with a prop working illegally, they are killing this town one thing at a time”.

The general consensus from social media and speaking with workers in the Rincon de Loix area is that particularly in the Square the props helped keep the pickpockets and other unsavoury characters at bay, with tourists feeling more vulnerable without the chatty workers out on the streets.

When the situation between the owners and the police is reviewed it has been suggested that a limit is set per venue of 3 prop workers however this has yet to be confirmed.

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Car rally kills seven A CAR rally ended in tragedy on Saturday as one of the vehicles veered out of control in Carral, north west Spain.

by Jeanette Rice GUARDIA CIVIL reported that amongst the dead were two girls aged 11 and 13 with a further 15 being treated in hospital, two of whom are said to be in a critical condition.

The cars taking part in the rally were driving through Carral just before 8pm where a crowd had gathered waiting to see the high speed competitors pass through. At this point one of the cars, a Peugeot 206, crashed into the spectators having lost control.

Guardia Civil have reported that the driver and co driver were receiving psychological attention following the accident and that the car’s wheels had touched the edge of the road on a downhill curve and spun out of control.

Of the seven dead, five have been confirmed as being local to the area. One local couple, Miguel Caridad and his girlfriend Ana Cayazzo, who was nine months pregnant, were amongst the dead.

The rally car driver, Sergio Tabeayo and his co driver Luis Prego were unharmed in the accident and were questioned by the police on Sunday.

José Luis Fernández Mouriño, mayor for Carral said “this was a holiday time, everything was going well and then you get called to something like this, such a terrible tragedy”.

The town of Carral and also the neighbouring town where some of the victims live, Cambre, declared three days of official mourning as the rally was immediately suspended.

A spokesman for Spain’s Higher Sports Council said “we deeply regret the accident at the Coruna rally and send our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the deceased”.

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AS THE media continues to show the growing crisis across Europe with hundreds of thousands of people travelling across borders, Spain has had a change of heart and increase the number of refugees that it originally offered to help.

Originally Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister, said that Spain would take 2,749 migrants and refugees but on Wednesday the government announced that they would accept an additional 14,931.

The announcement comes after a groundswell of sympathy from many Spaniards and local governments who have applied pressure to the central government.

Deputy Prime Minister, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, said on Wednesday “we are working hard to ensure that these people are guaranteed not only a positive reception, but, in the medium and long term, the integration that they deserve in our country.

Ironically Ms. Sáenz de Santamaría had argued that Spain’s capacity to absorb refugees was saturated previously.

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At the scene of the accident

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Expats media campaign against thieves

by Jeanette Rice

Two of the four

SOCIAL MEDIA on the Costa Blanca is warning residents and visitors of two suspected thieves operating in the town of Benidorm. The picture, taken by a resident shows a couple of “ladies” who stand in the Rincon area of the resort outside the hotels Rosamar, Sol Pelicanos and Sol Ocas.

Along with the photo is a description of what the two have been doing. “They work in two different ways. They will either pretend to help you down the stairs of the Sol Ocas whilst robbing your hand luggage of money and valuables or they will watch you get your suitcase from the coach and whilst you are waiting for your friend/partner to get theirs they will again open up your hand luggage and take everything”.

The British Benidorm facebook page advises people to make sure that they are vigilant when getting off their coaches, pushing their cases rather than pulling them into the hotel and not to accept help from anyone that they do not know.

The local Spanish media has picked up on the story but many of the Benidorm reps and coach drivers report that this is not a new crime wave and the couple along with others have been working in the resort for some time.

Other hotels where the couple have stalked their victims include the Flamingo Playa, Helios and Levante Club Apart-

ments. One holiday rep said that they had seen the couple many times following holidaymakers as they disembarked from their coaches.

The majority of holiday reps warn their customers to be extra vigilant and some have even been attacked in the past for trying to help when they have witnessed the pickpockets.

Residents and visitors to the town are calling for more plain clothed police officers to be put on the streets saying that if they can openly see these thieves working why can the local police not be there to arrest them?

The original posting has been seen by over 2 million people now with everyone sharing the post both here and back in the UK. Further developments were posted on the “British Benidorm” facebook page stating that “seeing as the Town Hall seem unable/unwilling to stop the crime in Benidorm, we will continue to post photos of the thieves”.

Pictures have been posted of four Spanish gypsies who “work” in the Rincon de Loix area. The post continues with “the two wearing sunglasses work with a man who drives a silver car. When they are working the car is never far away as they steal your valuables and then throw them through the open car window therefore if they are caught they have nothing on them”.

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Defiant Albert signs off

by Jack Troughton

DEFIANT PENSIONER Albert Fereday has written his last letter to the corridors of power at Westminster over the Winter Fuel Payment – with a broadside against the government.

The 87-year-old believes when the axe falls on the payment this month for expats living in ‘hot’ countries like Spain and France it will be discriminatory and “illegal”.

He has twice penned protests to Prime Minister David Cameron and twice received replies from the Ministerial Correspondence Office – he branded the writers of the letters as government “tea ladies and cleaners”.

The latest reply apologies Mr Cameron could not respond directly but the Premier received “huge numbers of letters” and while attending to the “business of the government” could only see a random sample of the correspondence.

It read: “Your comments are noted. Our records show that a full correspondence in this matter has been provided. The policy intention is quite clear and there are no plans to change it.”

Albert, who lives in Benidorm, told RTN said the letter also underlined there would be no further correspondence on the matter of the winter fuel allowance...so he was sending a third.

“My question is and always has been, that

stopping this payment to certain groups of pensioners is discriminatory and I am quite sure illegal,” he said. “My arguments are not about temperatures – but it is as cold here in winter as it was in Cornwall where i used to live.”

He said he thinks it unfair pensioners resident in Spain would lose the payment but retired people living in the UK but coming to Spain for the winter would still receive it.”

UNIVERSAL Currently the allowance is £200 for people aged over 62 rising to £300 to those aged over 80. Officially it is a universal benefit to help keep pensioners warm in winter – and an EU ruling said it should be available to expats.

However, Iain Duncan Smith, Secretary of State for Works and Pensions, introduced a controversial temperature test that means expats in countries deemed to be warmer than an average for south East England would be denied the payment – Spain, France, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Malta and Gibraltar are the losers.

The politician said it was “absurd and offensive” pensioners in warmer countries should receive the payment and it was an “obscene” waste of taxpayers’ money.

However, in his final letter, Albert has slammed Mr Duncan Smith and “his cunning plan” to reduce the welfare bill by attacking pensioners and disabled people.

“The gloves have to come off now over what he is doing – he is attacking pensioners and disabled people – always attacking people who cannot defend themselves. This last letter supports these people,” said Albert.

“If someone will back me I will bring a prosecution against Mr Duncan Smith and the government; for myself and everyone living here – a law firm could be on a winner.

“And if they win a case in Brussels this time, people in Spain should sue...now that’s a cunning plan.”

He added: “I have finished now – they tell me they will just ignore me – but I have not forgiven them, I don’t forgive them.”

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Long to reign over us QUEEN ELIZABETH II became the longest-reigning UK monarch on Wednesday and was greeted by cheering crowds as she arrived in Edinburgh on a ‘normal’ working day.

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Who wants a job, a house and a rural life?

AS SMALL towns struggle to cope with residents moving to the cities, Bufali, a rural village in the Valencian region has taken drastic action to save their school.

Bufali school is short of two pupils so the town hall advertised that in exchange for relocation they would offer one family a house with a rent of €200 and a permanent job at a waste collection company paying €15,000 annually.

The school, which currently only has four students, is set in the small village that has a population of just 150 people. As two of the four pupils are due to leave the school next year the village is being pro active and starting to address the problem now.

Dozens of families from around Spain have applied to be considered and the council will be conducting personal interviews with the families before making their decision.

The Queen in Edinburgh on Wednesday morning

by Jack Troughton AT 89, she has reigned for 63 years and seven months – which approximately breaks down at 23,226 days, 16 hours and 30 minutes.

The exact moment is not known as her father, George VI, passed away in the early hours of 6th February 1952.

However, 9th September was the day she passed a record set by her great-

great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.

Victoria became queen aged 18, Elizabeth was 25. And times have changed; Queen Victoria ruled over an empire of 400 million people – Queen Elizabeth is head of state for 138 million.

In the House of Commons, business was suspended as politicians paid tribute to the Queen.

Prime Minister David Cameron said she was a “rock of stability” in an ever changing world and described her reign as a “golden thread running through three post-war generations” with a “selfless sense of service.”

And acting Labour leader Harriet Harman said without exaggeration, Her Majesty was “admired by billions

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Let the seller beware

Many ex-pats are selling their properties at giveaway prices in a panic to get back to the UK. This has given the impression that the value of all properties on the Costa Blanca have fallen. I would advise them to research prices, before they approach an estate agent.

Many paid high prices but are now selling for a low price.

Dubious estate agents want you to buy high and sell low.

The fall in prices are caused by some British property owners finding themselves in financial difficulties, being unable to pay their mortgages or having lost their local jobs. Some have had to return their properties to the banks or sell their property hastily at a knock-down price in order to return to the UK. This is a joy to greedy estate agents who are quick to advise sellers that their asking price is too high. The estate agent may present property adverts showing you that similar houses are much cheaper than yours. This has generated a belief that all properties are ‘going for a song’ on the Costa Blanca.

Many other Europeans are taking advantage of the cheap properties on the market and some estate agents are doing very well. The Norwegians, Finnish, Russians and other Europeans coming here to buy property have the money to pay higher prices for those properties they are now buying at knock-down prices.

I would advise property owners not to fall prey to the present ‘reduced price scam’.

Anyone joining the bandwagon of reduced or discount properties prices are helping to make the situation worse, in which they themselves become victims. Don’t give your home away, at present only some British ex-pats in financial trouble have sold quickly.

Will we go back?

We already have!

A well known Indian food chain has three restaurants including at Los Dolses and Playa Flamenco but we paid a visit the Cabo Roig Branch recently to try their Early Bird offer. This is available from 5pm to 8;30pm costing €9.95 per person.

Too good to be true? Well think again. I went for the spicy chicken wings to start.

They were fiery but not incendiary followed by a medium hot lamb tikka. It was simply the best lamb ever. So tender it was like biting into marshmallow. To wash the superb food down, I chose the very drinkable house rosé. Even adding a full bottle of wine to the cost did not break the bank with an excellent choice of reds, whites and rosés, all under €10.

The service is excellent and a warm welcome is given on arrival. Nothing is too much trouble for the friendly (english speaking) staff . With luck you can park right outside but there is ample parking in nearby streets although it can get very busy. We did not book in advance but such is it’s popularity, it may be advisable.

Will we go back? Well,with a banquet of a meal for five with an extra bottle of wine costing a total of under €60, and enjoyed by all, I can tell you, we already have. Highly recommended!

Arthur Blenkinsop, Fuente Alamo

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Over 2,000 England fans expected

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ENGLAND VS SPAIN friendly match will help tourism in November.

by Jeanette Rice DESPITE THE uncertainty of a planned friendly game between Spain and England, due to be held on November 13th, keen fans are already looking and booking their stays in the Benidorm resort to ensure that they have somewhere to stay relatively local to Alicante.

Tour operators say that some customers are looking to combine their love of football with the opportunity to enjoy the British fancy dress party in Benidorm on November 12th,, a hugely popular event with expats and holidaymakers.

However, anyone booking now will have to wait and see if the friendly match between the two nations actually happens as

Spain still need to qualify for the Euro 2016.

If they do not qualify The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) have confirmed that the match will not take place.

The match is already causing complications for the organisers as it was originally scheduled to take place in the Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium.

Organisers were forced to change the venue to the Jose Rico Perez stadium in Alicante, only an hours tram ride from the British resort of Benidorm, following fears that there would be a hostile reception for the Spanish and Barcelona defender Gerard Pique in Madrid.

Tickets will not be sold for the match un-

Keen fans are already booking their stays in Benidorm

til the event is confirmed but with fans already booking their accommodation feel-

ing sure that Spain will qualify it is good news for the Marina Baixa area

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Renewal of European driving licenses EU driving licenses are valid for driving throughout the Spanish territory. The renewal of EU driving licenses requires the holder to undergo psychometric aptitude tests and be legally resident in Spain.

WHO NEEDS TO RENEW? The latest EU Directive 2006/126/CE states that holders of EU driving licenses that have expired or are about to expire need to renew their license.

Holders of EU driving licenses that are valid indefinitely or for more than 15 years for Group 1 (AM, A1, A2, A, B & BE) or valid for 5 years or more for Group 2 (BTP, C1, C1E, C, CE, D1, D1E, D, DE) need to renew their license providing they have been legally resident in Spain for 2 years since 19th January 2013.

TWO EXAMPLES EU license holders that are valid indefinitely or for more than 15 years, who are legally resident in Spain before or up to 19th January 2013, should renew their driving li-

cense from 19th January 2015.

EU license holders that are valid indefinitely or for more than 15 years, who are legally resident in Spain since 6th June 2014, should renew their driving license from 6th June 2016.

HOW TO RENEW This can be done in the local office of the Spanish Traffic Department, by calling 060 and making an appointment, or online at www.dgt.es DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED • Official application form (available from local Spanish Traffic Dept. or download from www.dgt.es) • Proof of identity and residency

Call now on: 902 123 148 • EU driving license. Original and a photocopy • Results from psychometric aptitude tests from recognised and authorised centre • A recent photograph 32mm x 26mm IN THE INTERESTS OF ROAD SAFETY These procedures have been implemented to comply with driving license regulations

(Directive 2006/126/CE) in an effort to help increase road safety in general. Countries of the European Union have a single driving license for all 28 members, in a drive to harmonise the more than 110 different types of driving licenses currently in circulation.

We hope the information provided in this article is of interest.

If you would like to contact Línea Directa please call 902 123 148 More information on Línea Directa online at www.lineadirecta.com

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Benidorm colour Patchwork fiesta for Emaus race postponed Local news...

THIS SATURDAY, 12th, the Patchwork Studio of Altea will be holding an International Patchwork Day to raise funds for the Emaus baby home in Altea.

The event will be held in the street outside the studio, Cuesta de Las Narices 32, Altea and will include a raffle, workshops, table sale and exhibition of patchwork quilts.

Refreshments and delicious home made cakes will also be available.

For further information please call 639 566 692.

A previous colour race

by Jeanette Rice THE CROWDS gathered on Sunday to participate in this years Benidorm colour race but due to bad weather the event eventually had to be postponed until this Sunday 13th.

The race, which is 5km for adults and children offers an unforgettable experience whilst promoting sports and outdoor activities with fun.

The event, which uses more than a ton of powder colour, is divided into areas, each kilometre being a multi col-

our zone and as participants run past they are sprayed with the paint powder whilst still running. Fun music is played throughout the event to encourage the participants and for the enjoyment of the spectators.

The organisers were forced to announce that the event could not take place due to the heavy rain and issued a statement saying “because of the weather we are forced to postpone the race until Sunday 13th at the

same time 11am, it is not safe for the runners and we apologise for the inconvenience”.

Anyone who was due to take part but cannot make the 13th is being offered a full refund and will need to contact the organisers.

Hopefully the weather will be better this Sunday as the organisers challenged everyone to return and enjoy “the experience of the colour race that they share all over Spain”.

Swimmers compete despite the weather

ON SUNDAY morning brave swimmers took part in the X Crossing Albir “Memorial Carlos Pardo” in a bid to win the 2.5 kilometre race. Despite the weather many still turned up to take part in the event and watch from the shoreline as at 9.30am the swimmers entered the colder waters and began the race.

Originally the competition had 180 registered to take part but as the weather turned the numbers dropped to 120 participants.

The first swimmer to cross the finish line was José Luis Larrosa Chorro from Elche Tennis Club with a time of 43:50. Second place was for Oscar Estrada Niñoles from the CN Alicante Arena with 45:57 and third place went to David Galvez Navarro of CN Benidorm with 47:17.

In the female category Eliana Sotelo CN Krist Benidorm was first with a time of 47:25, followed by Gema Pérez Beviá from the CN Alicante with a time of 50:13, and third was the junior Sandra Ortolá 50:16.

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Heavy rains causes chaos THERE WAS no doubt that the region need rain, but on Monday and Tuesday the skies opened and literally dumped a months worth of water onto hard and dry land.

by Jeanette Rice

AS SOCIAL media went into a frenzy of postings, people reported being stuck in their vehicles, power failures and torrents of water flowing through the streets in various towns.

The Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET) issued weather alerts for the entire region although that this was not a “gota fria” situation but a heavy storm front.

La Cala de Finestrat flooded as the beach became a river flowing into the sea, taking the sand with it. The local police declared that the area would be closed on Tuesday whilst they assessed and repaired the damage only to find themselves in another onslaught of heavy rain. It wasn’t only the beach area of Finestrat that the council had to contend with, as water flooded the public parking at the entrance of the town breaking a pipe and cutting off the Casa de Cultura.

It was a stark reminder to those that were in La Cala in October 2011 when the market flooded and a British couple lost their lives in the ravine area and several others were injured.

In Benidorm the heavy downpour saw images of people floating down streets on lilo’s as the holidaymakers tried to enjoy themselves despite the weather as the road network struggled to cope.

Water flooded the roundabout area of Avenida Alfonso Puchades and the Avenida Doctor Orts Llorca, a roundabout renowned for flooding every time it rains, but as fire fighters attended to rescue stranded vehicles they themselves fell victim to the flooding as their truck fell into the flowing waters.

El Mural bridge was closed to traffic until the water flowed down the ravine and several garages were flooded in the Levante area.

A spokesperson for Benidorm, Jose Ramon Gonzalez de Zarate, said “the sewerage network functioned well with the storm water run off ravines providing fairly quick drainage”.

Altea and Alfaz del Pi experienced problems with flooded bridges and garages as owners had to abandon their vehicles.

In Altea the ravine of Arcos which flows into the mouth of the river became clogged with the long grasses and machinery had to move in to clear the blockage and prevent further damage.

The commercial area on the N332 between Altea and Alfaz del Pi saw road diversions as the water sought the easiest route to flow. Albir residents shared images of the flooding via facebook and twitter as one vehicle owner had to abandon their car severely damaged having become stuck in the water over one of the man hole covers. The overwhelming pressure in the drainage system force the cover to launch into the air catching the underpart of the vehicle.

La Nucia experienced similar incidents and as you travelled along the CV70 each roundabout was flooded with vehicles abandoned in the deep waters.

As towns began the clean up on Monday and residents mopped out, the repeating rains on Tuesday saw the clean up start all over again.

Everyone was pleased to see that Wednesday brought a return to normality with the sun shining and the vegetation a little greener.

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Brussels ghost busters CASTELLON’S NOTORIOUS ghost airport is the subject of a European Commission probe just as commercial flights are due to start touching down.

by Jack Troughton THE COMMISSION is investigating multi-million payments to a Canadian company drafted in to manage the airport was legal under EU legislation and also whether the Valencia government offered an economic incentive to Ryanair – scheduled to start flights from the UK on Tuesday.

Castellon became a symbol of Spain’s wasteful spending during the boom years and when the bubble burst and the country was plunged into economic crisis; the plane free airport regularly featured internationally as a folly.

Built by former Castellon provincial leader Carlos Fabra – now behind bars for tax fraud – the airport was officially opened in 2011 and until last year, it lacked the necessary licences for air traffic.

The project was intended to be funded by the private sector. However, Valencia had to step in with a bailout – 120 million Euros for construction work and another 50 million Euros in compensation, cost overruns, and external work.

Last year Canadian group SNC-Lavalin was awarded management of Castellon-Costa de Azahar Airport; taking up the challenge of bringing planes and passengers to the

Ryanair due to begin flights

facility in return of 24.5 million Euros in payments from Valencia over nine years.

CONCESSION SNC-Lavalin was also made exempt from paying for its 20-year concession until passenger numbers top 1.2 million a year. The Canadians, who have heavily invested in maintenance, do not expect to achieve traffic in those numbers until 2029.

The European Commission is investigating if the payments comply with current EU legislation or constitute an illegal public subsidy.

And Brussels also wants to know whether the Valencia

government, the Castellon provincial government, or public body Aerocas has worked with SNC-Lavalin to offer any kind of economic benefit to Ryanair, to date the only commercial airline to announce it will regularly use the airport.

The commission will look at whether the low-cost carrier has received any financial advantage that could be seen as a “market distortion”.

Brussels admits its investigation has been slowed down by the regional and municipal elections of last May – the government in Valencia changed from being a Partido Popular controlled body to a Socialist and Compromis coalition. And insiders at Valencia have admitted the investigation is ongoing as they review linked paperwork in a bid to understand the true picture.

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And the award goes to…. Benidorm ITV’S BENIDORM series picked up the TV Choice award for best comedy show on Monday night.

by Jeanette Rice The London Hilton Hotel on Park Lane was packed full of celebrities on Monday evening as the TV Choice awards were presented, hosted by Lenny Henry.

This year the Benidorm programme (ITV) competed against Birds of a Feather (ITV), Peter Kay’s Car Share (BBC1) and W1A (BBC2).for the best comedy show as voted for by the public.

As the nominees were read out representatives of the Benidorm programme including some of the cast, the directors and the writer Derren Litten sat anxiously at their table until they heard the words “and the winner is …… Benidorm”.

The programme, which was first aired in 2007 and completed filming of its latests series (8) in July of this year, has promoted the resort of Benidorm and even received an award from the mayor in June for it’s contribution towards to tourism in the town.

As the writer, Derren Litten and the cast made their way to the stage to collect their award no doubt Sherrie Hewson wished she could have been there instead of being in the “Celebrity Big Brother” house.

Ant and Dec picked up three awards, although they could not attend the evening and send in a video message of thanks with Broadchurch winning the best drama series.

Aidan Turner who played Poldark picked up the award for “best new drama” with his co star Eleanor Tomlinson as the award ceremony continued to represent the public opinion.

In what was a poignant moment, Sheridan Smith was presented with the best actress award for her portrayal of the late singer and entertainer Cilla Black, who died just over a month ago.

As she collected her award Sheridan said “obviously, it’s tinged with sadness, it is an absolute honour and privilege to play such an amazing lady, thank you Cilla”.

Other winners of the evening included best soap – Eastenders, best talent show – Britain’s Got Talent and best food show – Saturday Kitchen.

As the ceremony wrapped up and everyone headed towards the after

show parties Derren Litten tweeted “Hey! Guess what? We won!! Hooray!! Thank you to all our team! And to all who voted” Series 8 is schedules to be aired in January 2016.

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Back to school “pencil case infringements”

by Jeanette Rice AS SPANISH children head back to their schools to start a new year pupils at a school in the UK were isolated for “pencil case infringements”.

Pupils at the Magna Academy in Poole, a school praised by David Cameron for raising standards, were astounded to find out that having the wrong ruler could mean that they were not allowed to attend classes following pencil case checks.

Normally issues between pupils, parents and their school are over bullying, inappropriate dress and hair styles. Understandable when a school is wanting to project a certain image but it seems the Magna Academy has gone a step too far.

The school, which has 708 pupils aged between 12 and 18, isolated 40 pupils for their “pencil case infringements” One parent, Miranda Crumpler, said “I was amazed when my son told me he had been put in isolation. We were told the first week that he would be punished if he did not get a 30cm pencil case and ruler by the following week”.

Ms Crumpler went on to say “I wrote a note saying I would not have my son put into isolation, and that he had a 30cm ruler but it was folding - and it does not state in school policy that it couldn’t be folding!”

As parents complained to the principle, Richard Tutt, said “correct equipment is vital for students with clear and specific requirements being communicated to parents”.

Other parents including Hannah Sills, were outraged by the action.

Hannah said “parents were in tears, one girl told her mother that she was isolated for not packing a pair of compasses, even though she didn’t have maths that day.”

Magna Academy

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UK’s oldest gay bar gets listed status

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THE ROYAL Vauxhall Tavern (RVT) in South East London has always been knows as an iconic lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) venue and it has now received listed status from the heritage minister.

by Jeanette Rice Tracey Crouch, Heritage Minister, announced on Wednesday that the building would receive a Grade II listing and said “the iconic cultural hub in the heart of London is of huge significance to the LGBT community. The building is not only of architectural interest but the venue has a long standing historic role as a symbol of tolerance and alternative entertainment.”

As Benidorm gears up for its own Pride celebrations the news was relayed to the supporters of the RVT which include Sir Ian McKellen, Paul O’Grady and Graham Norton.

The building which was originally a Victorian music hall now hosts drag cabaret shows and featured in the 2014 film Pride.

A spokesperson for the pub, Amy Lame, said “this is fantastic news and we will continue to ensure that the RVT remains a vibrant space for the LGBT community and culture for generations to come.”

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Blooming talent in Madrid

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PABLO BLOOM, Benidorm’s very talented local musician and funny man, headed off to Madrid at the weekend for “Spain has talent”.

by Jeanette Rice IN WHAT was an exceptionally long day Pablo queued patiently and said thank you to all his supporters on facebook for “helping me calm the nerves with offers of support and well wishes”.

The audition process, which was eleven hours long, saw hundreds of hopefuls register in a bid to be the lucky few selected to be seen by the producers.

Pablo auditioned on his own as a musical comedian and performed a comedy song about wanting fame and about the show that he had written himself.

Pablo said “it seemed to go down really well with the producers, but lets see what the judges say, hopefully they will like it”.

Performed in Spanish, as it is the “Spain’s got talent” competition, Pablo promised to post a copy of the video with subtitles as soon as he was able to with any updates. RTN wishes Pablo the best of luck and will keep the readers updated of how he does.

Pablo at auditions in Madrid

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Guadalest museums reach top ten

THE TWO museums that are located in Castell de Guadalest have been announced as being in the top ten of rarest collections in Spain. The salt and pepper museum (El museo de Saleros y Pimenteros) also appears as having one of the strangest collections. Housing 20,000 sets of salt and pepper shakers it has taken the owner, Andrea Ludden, over 25 years to gather her collection from around the world.

The second museum which has micro miniatures (Museo de las Microminiatura) houses miniatures of the Statute of Liberty and other well known places and towns.

Number one position for most unusual goes to a potty museum in Salamanca (Museo del Orinal) which has 1,320 potties from 27 different countries.

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Charity news...

Mar Menor charity walk for The Butterfly THE VOLUNTARY English Teaching Group is a group of around 30 volun- Children DEBRA

teers who have been successfully teaching English to unemployed residents of Javea for the past 5 years.

Walk Start Lo Pagan from Airport Hotel Costa Narajos Rambla del Albujon

We are now looking for a Coordinator for the conversation classes

by Patricia Thompson

CLASSES ARE held every morning from 9.30 to 12.00 at the Escola d’Adults FPA Xábia, Calle Ramon Llido, situated in Javea old town. The next course starts on October 19 and finishes at Easter. We are now looking for a Coordinator for the conversation classes, which are held on Wednesday mornings. This is a key role, and knowledge of teaching, or teaching English as a foreign language, and of Spanish, would be a huge advantage. The Coordinator will liaise with the teachers and assistant

THERE IS a walk along the Mar Menor on the 19th September to raise funds for research into Butterfly Skin (E.B.).

These children suffer from, Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).

This is a rare, chronic and incurable disease, often described as, “The worst disease you have never heard about.”

Characterised by extreme fragility of the skin, even the lightest touch causes blisters and very painful open wounds.

Help us to Help these Children with Butterfly Skin You can: - Participate in the sponsored walk or Donate & you could win a share of a Euro millions Lottery

teachers of the grammar classes (which are held Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) and will be responsible for planning and coordinating the conversation classes, which are taught at 5 different levels to reflect the grammar classes.

Although we have filled most of the teaching and assistant teaching posts, we also have one vacancy for an assistant teacher to work Fridays at an intermediate level, and for conversation teachers to work on Wednesdays. For

these roles, Spanish is not essential.

Over the past 5 years, we have provided English lessons, support and encouragement to 500 students, made friends, deepened our understanding of the place we live, and drawn huge amounts of satisfaction from knowing that our work is appreciated and valued.

If you are interested in finding out more about these roles, please contact Tanya Sedgwick at tanyasedg@gmail. com or on 605 780 689.

Time 9.30am 12pm

Distance 25 Kms 15 Kms

Finish of Walk Paddy Singh’s bar Estrella de Mar

1pm

10 Km

5pm Buffet

2.30pm

5 Kms

8pm return

Transport for Walkers Contact details for Sponsorship forms Euromillion Cards Bernard Ash Tel: 968134355 or 659751611 E-mail:- bernardhelpmmm@gmail.com Megan: - Tel: 658706203 Vivian: - Tel: 968173083 Anne: - 966718134 or 672511160 Debra Butterfly Children Charity Walk C/ Jacinto Bernavente No. 12 info@debra.es Tel: 952 816 434

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Could you be paying more than you should for your Spanish IBI (Local Property Tax)?

IN SPAIN, it is usually this time of year when we pay the local IBI tax (depending on which municipality you are in).

THE TAX is sent by our Town Hall, or in some municipalities by entities responsible for the local tax management (IBI, vehicles, waste, etc.), such as SUMA, etc.

This tax is based on the cadastral value of the property, which depends on many factors, mainly on the description of our property on the Catastro, i.e: the nature of the property (urban, rustic, etc.), the surface of the plot, the building area, type of construction, etc.

It is very common when we review our clients catastral property description for the first time, that we discover that the details on catastro do not correspond to the physical reality, and often taxpayers have been over paying local taxes for years, especially property tax,

due to these cadastral mistakes.

Cadastral errors occur for many reasons; improper measurement of the land or plot surface or construction or built area, or attributing a different use to the property different to the real one, for example understanding the property to be commercial or industrial in use when it is not, etc.

An error in the cadastral data of our property not only can have implications on the payment each year of local tax IBI, but it can also affect the inheritance and gift tax, property transfer tax, etc., as the tax authorities usually review the declared values comparing them with the cadastral values.

In addition, the wrong cadastral property value could cause us to pay more in the tax commonly known as local Plusvalia when we sell our

property (or inherit it, etc.), and also affect the income tax for non-residents in Spain because it is paid applying a % on the cadastral value.

Given all of the above, we encourage our readers to check the cadastral value and description of their properties on the website of the Virtual Office of Cadastre, or requesting this information from their Town Hall or the competent SUMA office or equivalent.

Also if you have recently received notification that confirms that your

The information provided in this article is not intended to be legal advice, but merely conveys general information related to legal issues.

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cadastral value has been modified, or received a request for an extra payment for IBI regarding prior years under a new revised cadastral value, be aware that depending on the cause of the revaluation, the administration could claim against you for the IBI tax you failed to pay, for up to 4 years.

If you have any questions regarding the property tax you pay, or your property cadastral information or value, or if you disagree with them, please contact us.

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Christina Brady

Regional Manager of Blacktower Costa Blanca

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What will an interest rate rise mean for you WITH THE Bank of England and the Federal Reserve in the US moving ever closer to an interest rate rise, what impact will this have on investments?

IT LOOKS like the Federal Reserve in the US may raise its interest rate this year, followed by the Bank of England in the first half of 2016.

The UK has had rock bottom rates now for 6 years , not only have interest rates been low, but they have been below inflation for the past six years so that savings have been effectively wasting away in terms of what they will buy in the future.

But before you rush out and convert your investments to cash in anticipation or those of you that are currently holding cash in a Bank or Building society account get overly excited at this news, this rise will be small 0.25% to 0.50%, so in reality that will add very little to the growth potential of your savings left languishing in cash.

Is a rate rise good or bad for investors?

Periods of rising interest rates are often associated with volatile stock and bond markets , however in this instance we also need to recognise that rising rates in the UK and US are a sign of economic progress.

The UK grew at a healthy 0.7 per cent in the second quarter of this year, the ninth consecutive quarterly gain since the economy turned at the beginning of 2013.

Unemployment is returning to its pre-crisis rate and output is now some 5.5 per cent above the level when the financial crisis struck.

When we look at the performance of markets during interest rate hiking cycles it is important to make this distinction between times where rates are rising

in response to stronger growth, or when the central bank is responding to an economic problem such as overheating or a currency crisis.

Not surprisingly, markets do better in the former as investors look ahead to better growth; consequently investors should remain positive on markets as interest rates are gradually pushed up.

So what lies ahead?

Equities should continue to make progress, in the Euro zone quantative easing continues a pace for the next year or so, which over time will encourage investors into equities bringing growth. Government bond yields are likely to move modestly higher. For the most part Company balance sheets are strong which is good news for dividends.

However, there will be volatility. Rising rates will expose weaknesses in the world economy so investors should be wary of riskier areas like emerging markets and low grade credits. There is also the possibility that the pound continues to rise, particularly against the rest of Europe where interest rates are not likely to rise for some time.

If you would like expert independent, professional and impartial advice regarding investments and wealth management please contact me via email christina.brady@blacktowerfm.com or on my mobile 658 892 330.

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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Golden Leaves International acquires Millie Munro Services!

Golden Leaves International, a market leading Funeral plan and Health insurance provider serving the expatriate communities of Spain is expanding its current operations.

As part of Golden Leaves International’s continued expansion, they have purchased Millie Munro Services, a well established Insurance business that has been trading for nearly 14 years, providing Health insurance and funeral plans products to expatriates living in the Costa Blanca.

All new and existing clients will still receive the same continued level of exemplary support from the Golden Leaves / MMS team now and going forwards. Millie Munro has been working in a consultancy capacity throughout the last 12 months, helping smooth the business’s journey through this transitional period.

“We are extremely happy to have acquired the MMS business as it has had a reputation for providing a superior standard of client advice and after sales service to its extensive client base.

An approach that is in direct harmony with our own well known and impeccable customer service standards. It is the first of many planned acquisitions by us as we move to further consolidate

our business footprint in the expatriate marketplace” Barry Floyd – Managing Director of Golden Leaves International.

The increased upturn in business throughout the Cost Blanca has necessitated that Golden Leaves International which now incorporated MMS has relocated to new and larger office premises in Javea, situated in the Arenal at Avenida De La Pla 123 – 125, Edificio Caribe, Locale 1 Javea 03730 Alicante.

Tel. 0034 966 493 082 Golden Leaves International extend an open invitation to all our recent and any existing MMS clients to visit the new offices, have a cup of tea and meet their new support team in their new Javea home!

The Golden Leaves International Team x For further information please contact the Press Team at Max Media International.

Email: Emma.wood@maxmediaint.com Tel: +44 (0)208 464 8787

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Second show for Stompers NEW ORLEANS jazz band the Bourbon Street Stompers will play a second show on the Costa Blanca this autumn to satisfy demand for tickets.

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Gestational Diabetes: Part 2 IN OUR last article we looked at signs, symptoms and diagnosis of gestational diabetes.

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Finleys footie day Sept 26th 2015 FINLEYS FOOTIE day is taking place again here on the Costa Blanca for the second year running on Saturday 26th September.

by Patricia Thompson Although the South Yorkshire Police “The jolly boys” have been holding this event for many years for other chosen charities, they will be here to participate in their annual charity football tournament in aid of their chosen charity “ Finleys chair fund” (see www.justgiving. com/Finleyschairfund/) .

The Jolly boys first met Finley two years ago when his family lived here in Spain and they were enamoured by this little boys determination and zest for life despite all the difficulties and challenges he has to face on a daily basis.

Since their first meeting, they have continued to raise funds, just recently, they all took part in the London Triathlon together with Ricky Baker (Finleys dad) and Finleys 5 year old brother Charlie who did the duathlon to raise funds for his brother.

At 19 weeks old Finley was diagnosed with two rare syndromes Potocki Lupski syndrome and Charcot Marie tooth disease. This means many different things for Finley but for the most part right now, his biggest hurdle is his physical needs. Because of his syndromes he is very weak in all areas of his body, predominantly on his left side.

He has struggled throughout his almost four years to achieve most things we take for granted. Finley isn’t a quitter though and has never let his physical needs stand in the way of something he wants to achieve, he is extremely determined and always finds a way to do things, however unconventional they are! This does mean however, that Finley spends his time exhausted, he doesn’t walk so shuffles or knee walks his way around. But he’s desperate to keep up, he wants to get up and run with his peers and play like any typical 3 year old! Finley starts school in September and he will be needing a powered chair to help him. As he can’t walk we are hoping to raise enough money to get him a chair that can be lowered to the ground so he can climb in himself without an adult to lift him, and then he will be able to lift himself up. This will give Finley the independence and freedom he deserves. He is such a happy boy and very willing so with the addition of the right apparatus, his life will be transformed and he won’t have to spend his days feeling so exhausted and drained, it will give him the chance to keep up with his peers and most importantly it will be his safety net, and sanctuary. We will be trying to raise the money for Finley’s chair through various charity events and are more than grateful for any donations that are made.

Should we exceed the target amount (or if we do not raise enough funds, or if they cannot be used for any other reason) the funds raised will go to the general funds of Tree of Hope to assist other sick children. (£6,651.97 raised of £20,000.00 target) Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Please come and enjoy a fun filled day with us sponsored by Sunshine FM at Centro Deportivo Municipal, Playa Flamenca from 12pm-4pm then The Abbey Tavern, La Florida 4pm8pm then onto The Hub Sports Bar, Villamartin Plaza from 8pm toll late.

Exciting new Art exhibition in Calpe A GREAT opening night party started an exciting new Art exhibition in Calpe Casa de Cultura on Friday 4th September. There was a really good turnout, the cava was flowing and there was a real buzz with 80 visitors enjoying the art and the party.

Twelve artists from the Painting for Pleasure Art Group of Rafol d’Almunia in the Orba Valley are showing 73 paintings, silk paintings and collages. There are flamenco paintings and tigers, horses and landscapes, abstracts, flowers and seascapes.

The exhibition is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 10pm until Tuesday 29th September and almost every day one of the artists will be there, painting and ready to talk to you about their art and the group. The group hold an exhibition every year, perhaps at Denia next September.

The group meets once a week just 10 minutes from the Ondara shopping centre.

For more information email Jan on jantheartist1@yahoo.co.uk or see the website www.artonoffer.com

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Growing your own fruit

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Dick Handscombe Holistic gardener and author

RECOGNISING THE sense behind the widely promoted message ‘Eat five or more portions of fresh fruit and vegetables a day for a healthier diet’ no Spanish garden or apartment terrace should be without some fruit trees or plants.

EVEN IN less than a square metre it is possible to grow alpine or ordinary strawberries in a strawberry barrel or window box and citrus, peach, apple, pear, pomegranate, avocado and fig trees on dwarf root stocks grow perfectly well in containers provided you fill the containers with a rich in nutrients and water retaining/ well draining soil mix. In a larger garden it is not difficult to fit in plant ten types of fruit that mature in different months of the year and be able to harvest one fruit crop or another on every day of the year.

The thing is to select varieties of fruit that you like to eat raw or cook and which are appropriate for the microclimate of your garden. Over seventy types of fruit are described in ‘Growing healthy fruit in Spain’ with indications of their frost and drought hardiness. Further the book ‘Ling well from your garden Mediterranean style’ illustrates the specific healthy benefits of many of the fruits to help you make a wise choice. There are plenty of possibilities for all regions and locations.

Favourites from our garden have been the winter tangerines and mandarins, spring to winter raspberries (yes for eight months of the year), early summer wild strawberries plums and apricots, late summer figs almonds and grapes (plus mangoes until the heavy frost of 2005), autumn cacti fruit quince and persimmons, and lemons on almost every day of the year from a perpetual flowering and fruiting Lunar

lemon tree and the winter avocadoes.

Most families do not require a large orchard. Indeed, many inland expatriates with 10.000 square metre plots have discovered that it impossible to cope with the ripening fruit of several hundred trees and vines when Spaniards are feeding surplus oranges to their sheep and goats as it is less expensive to do so than pay to harvest fruit that can be only sold for very low prices.

Luckily many fruit trees have multiple benefits so they easily fit into mixed gardens for they are among the best trees for spring blossom, then the colouring fruit add interest followed by the vivid autumn leaf colours of the deciduous trees and early winter colours of persimmons and pomegranates well after the leaves have fallen.

Combine the above with growing your own vegetables and you can become largely self sufficient in fruit and vegetables even with only a moderate sized garden here in Spain, and it’s much easier to do so than in rain ravished Britain. When you get gluts it’s not difficult to process many excess crops for later use by freezing, bottling, making jams and chutneys, and drying them in the sun or rather easier in a heated air tray dryer. There is a full article on our website www. gardenspain.com telling you how.

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SATURDAY 12TH is the big parade day for the Benidorm Pride event which will start at the McDonald’s restaurant in the Rincon de Loix area at 5pm. 15 floats will make their way through the Levante area to their final destination of the Auditorium Julio Iglesias.

THERE ARE sure to be plenty of brightly coloured floats with with the event being open to everyone.

Fancy dress is openly encouraged to make the afternoon as fun and lively as possible.

The fun starts the night before, Friday, with Fresh Radio giving you the opportunity to meet Big Brother stars Mark and Ryan together with this year’s winner Chloe Wilburn, as well as many giveaways on their Fresh Radio Rocks show at 7pm on Friday 11th.

At 9pm on Friday the main stage events start.

An amazing line up of local talent including Jill Ryan, the Katie Perry tribute, the Olly Murs Tribute and many more, will take to the stage area to entertain the crowds.

After the parade on Saturday at 7pm Fresh Radio will be live from the Auditorium with their “Sexy Saturday” after parade party, hosted by DJ Rusty, DJ Adam X, DJ Dog, DJ Azza and Ultrabeat which will lead up to the main stage events at 9pm.

Following on from Friday’s main stage events Saturday’s promise to showcase the very best talent that the Benidorm club scene has including the Benidorm Palace review, Eva Iglesias from Britain’s got talent, the Kylie experience, Mother Monster and many more.

With all of the events being free and a full bar/food service being offered this weekend promises to be vibrant and full of fun.

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Two helpings of classical music CLASSICAL MUSIC fans are in for a double treat on Saturday night (12th September) when ‘Cadenza’ and ‘Dolce Divas’ perform at the El Cid Restaurant in Benidoleig.

by Jack Troughton THE ‘CLASSICAL Magic’ is performed on the terrace as the sun sets – featuring music by Mozart, Bach, Handel, Delibes and Debussy among others – and followed by a three-course dinner.

Talented Moraira-based musician Kirsty Glen takes centre stage, firstly with the outstanding cellist Paul Kears as duo Cadenza, then with superb soprano and flautist Clair HarknessPost as Dolce Divas.

Kirsty studied music at Napier University, Edinburgh, and has performed at many of the most prestigious venues in Scotland, throughout the UK, as well as in Cyprus and the Middle East. Since moving to Spain she has developed an enviable reputation for her versatile and empathic musicianship across a range of genres.

Paul was principal cellist for both Symphony and Chamber orchestras at the London College of Music.

His wonderful tone, accuracy and sensitivity to the demands of the music has ensured that he has been much in demand for solo and chamber work, recording sessions and playing for West End Shows.

And Claire needs no introduction to those who have heard her before.

Her pure soprano voice and lyrical presentation are the end result of a successful career throughout Europe, which has seen her perform as a soloist in Berlin, Moscow and Madrid.

She is currently soprano soloist with Coral Benissenca and Musical Director of the Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir.

The concert starts at 7pm and dinner is served at 8.45pm, dress code is ‘smart’. Tickets are 25€ and can be reserved by calling 96 640 4364 or by email to bookings@headlinerscb. com. The menu can be viewed at www.facebook.com/elcidspain

Kirsty, Paul and Claire

Second show for Stompers THE BAND is performing at the Auditori, Teulada, on Friday 30th October – and will now take the stage twice with a matinee performance at 5pm, followed by a cava reception at 7pm, before the sold-out evening performance.

And the Stompers will again be joined by guest vocalist Joshua Stewart, a trained opera singer from New Orleans, who has sung with the band on their last two annual visits to Spain.

Tickets for the earlier concert are also 17€. They can only be reserved by email to info@concertscostablanca.com and people should include their name; the number of seats required; type an email address in full; and provide a mobile telephone contact number.

Promoter Concerts Costa Blanca will reply with a confirmation and banking instructions. The tickets will be available to collect on the afternoon of the show from about 4.15pm.

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Kenny Corris kennycorris@hotmail.com 686 361 594

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Time is of the essence if you are to turn things around and it would seem that your strength and determination have had good results so far. Since there is no smoke without fire go for the source and aim to win out.

A lucky chance comes with a midweek action between a voracious Jupiter and an ebullient Neptune, both in opposition. If the tried and tested hasn’t worked this time around go back and find the loophole that will bring release and timbre to a situation that could be described as a ticking bomb. Keep cool above all now!

It is actions of the Sun this week that may help you come to terms with your current feelings. Although it is time to bring in the new there are aspects that mean you certainly have your doubts and reservations....as well you should.

Somebody isn’t pulling their weight, and you have to say what has to be said and not be afraid of the truth.

Congratulations on a job done well! Now there comes a time for you to put your feet up and enjoy some much needed rest and relaxation. A busy time is coming and it is high time to charge the batteries in preparation for what comes next. The Sun sets on a good deal this week just be absolutely sure that it will make everybody happy.

Dual actions of the Sun with Uranus, planet of inventions and star seed Kora allow you to show your hidden depths.

Your highly psychic inner sense comes to the fore as you are left to answer a question you are afraid to ask, for good reason. Be prepared for repercussions, but know that you have done what nobody else wanted to do.

Mercury remains in cahoots with Pluto as rival Jupiter aligns with Neptune in opposition. Above all take great care of finances as it seems that after all, you are the one to balance the books. Unexpected expenditure will leave you feeling bereft, but it is high time that a better financial agreement was thrashed out for all concerned.

Polish those scales because you have much to celebrate right now. In the current scheme of things you have made choices that have opened things up. Be very unafraid that the steps that you take right now may take you to new heights, but you have to value yourself, take credit when it is due and allow the magic to work for you.

Time was when you could give a damn, but since you have done your very best it is time to walk away with your head held high. This is not running away but you do need to move on. Blame everything on the transit of warring Mars with the energies of a calculating Kora, and know that anything could happen, so watch your back.

Jupiter opposes Neptune, and this could just work very well for you right now. Negative energies are in play, but they are no match for your ever embracing, lucky planet, Jupiter. Though absolutely nothing is written in stone it is time to make tentative plans to avoid conflict and show all concerned that you are not to be messed with.

Changes are embracing and just what is wanted right now. It is time for you to take on something new, and you need to get your teeth into something. Your body energy is responding to new ideals and past promises, and it isn’t selfish to put yourself first for a change, it’s about time you were recognised for the great work that you do!

Feeling indecisive and unsure is becoming a strong feature in your life just lately, and though you are sick of fighting do not fight with yourself above all. The Sun shines at the start of this the new week, so be open to all offers, especially those that see you back where you used to be, ready to embrace the better future you deserve.

Such a lot is going on all across the Cosmos, and you appear to have your fingers in a lot of pies. This is a time to consolidate all that you hold dear and to look towards what the future should be. Of course you deserve the very best, but it would appear that you are not always getting it, and this action alone is taking you down a peg.

If It’s Your Birthday This Week Significant planetary changes are bringing the Cosmos to its knees, but this sparks a challenge that you cannot afford to ignore. Pride sometimes prevents you from taking every opportunity, but it should be swept away if it is going to interfere with your truly deserving destiny.

God bless!

HELGA IS old and infirm. She lives in a palatial farmhouse in the wilds of Western Norway with a distant view of the sea from her net curtained windows. When she smiles a lifetime of love and energy comes from her, but you just know that she hasn’t always had an easy life. A step away from her museum-like sitting room is an enormous red roofed cowshed and some fifty cows. Back in the house every shelf contains treasures across time as ornaments pictures and gifts line up to be counted. The walls are adorned with black and white framed pictures and there are colour snaps slid into every frame. Evidence of some nimble crochet work adorns the doilies and the antimacassars and the grand table seems to be always laid for a sumptous tea.

Helga heard that I was a healer and I heard that she needed healing, and that is how we met. But we really almost never did. Helga had consulted with her local priest and had asked him if it was good to have healing from this man she knew as Kenny. I expected the worst, imagining that a polite refusal would keep Hilda and I apart, since the priest would say that I was going against the wishes of God. To my surprise he simply asked Helga if I believed in God, and sharp as a button Helga remembered that I had said “God bless” when we spoke on the phone. Her affirmative reply meant that I was welcome into the house and that God and the Church of Norway were on my side. It is good to have permission especially as the priest concerned gave his support, though, sadly, he declined the invitation to join in the proceedings.

Helga had prepared a banquet of smorgasbord sandwiches for me. She had baked two cakes. There was enough coffee to rival any downtown Starbucks barista, a pitcher full of fresh cow’s milk and a chair was placed in front of hers so that I could facilitate the healing . So keen was Helga that it was first things first and though my eyes danced attendance on the beauty of her creative afternoon tea it was for afterwards, because we had work to do. My healing hands rested on Helga’s shoulder and she felt the heat almost immediately. When you are older nobody touches you anymore and Helga was delighted that I had made contact with her ready for the healing.

I cannot tell you everything that came through to me during the healing. There was a lifetime of love locked inside this devout woman and her pain; and it was my sincere intention to take that pain away. The rain was pouring down and faint thunder was rumbling in the distance but a shaft of sunlight came straight through the window and illuminated Helga’s face. Just like that test we all did as children holding up a buttercup to a chin to see if someone liked butter, a golden glow lit up Helga’s smile. We connected for almost a half an hour, and as I took my hands away from Helga a big sigh came from within. I had a strange and disconnected feeling, and was aware of a presence of somebody with me. Helga saw it too, and was transfixed to her chair as a tear ran down her pale cheek and onto her crocheted shawl At the age of 27, Helga’s youngest son, Knut, was killed in a freak accident; he was struck by lightening whilst ploughing on the farm and died. Knut had returned through me and it was him, not me, that healed Helga that day, through my hands. As we both devoured our delicious tea I explained that Knut had survived in the Spirit World and that his love had allowed him to return to be with his needy Mother. I explained that this was a one off situation, and that he would be happy now to move on to where he needed to be, he was obviously waiting for the opportunity to help his dear Mother, because she needed it and he wanted it, I facilitated it.

Helga has rallied and has stopped having to take some of her medication. Her Doctor wanted to know why she was so much stronger and more positive. Helga knew when to stay silent, as he was a local gossip, and told him that she had had a visit from her son, and had met a new friend, Kenny. After all, she told me, he would never ever understand, and she didn’t need to share her newly rude health with anyone except her family. I told Helga that I would share her story one day with whoever wanted to read it... and God bless you, now I have!

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KENNY I asked you for healing and you kindly sent this to me in an email. Not only do I feel better, but a long awaited tax return cheque has arrived and I found two white feathers in my bed last night. Marie de. V. Marie, often feathers are the work of angels, said to be a gift sent directly from their wings. When I heard of your current plight I lit a candle for you and asked for the healing help that you needed. I sent you an email to this effect too. I am delighted that you have had the healing, lucky you with the feathers, but most of all great news about the tax cheque, that’s a new one for me, but I asked that you should get what you deserved.... seems as if you have!

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Doodle box

Quick Crossword ACROSS 1. Wither (4) 3. Closet (8) 9. Non-professional (7) 10. Parrot (5) 11. Hymn (4,2,6) 13. Diffident (6) 15. U.S. inventor (6) 17. Sea bird (6,6) 20. Unsuitable (5) 21. Bandits (7) 22. Enrolled (8) 23. Boss (4) DOWN 1. Terrible (8) 2. Empty (5) 4. Immature (6) 5. Artillery attacks (12) 6. Charges (7) 7. Daybreak (4) 8. Shows (12) 12. Enveloped (8) 14. Obedient (7) 16. Past (6) 18. Respond (5) 19. Reign (4)

Cryptic Crossword

ACROSS 1. You need capital to go all over the place, we hear (4) 3. An alarming rush associated with stock (8) 9. A short dress, mother, to say the least! (7) 10. Plane in trouble in the Himalayas (5) 11. Outstanding occasion when the mail from Moscow arrives! (3,6,3) 13. What employees in the box-room do? (6) 15. Fruit ring is given scope (6) 17. The scene of fighting is part of the engraving just inside the cover (12) 20. A place for storing hay high up (5) 21. Rouse no confusion - it’s oppressive (7) 22. She produces an unusual stir in the army canteen! (8) 23. Provide sustenance, being paid for services (4) DOWN 1. Observed and checked by the teacher again (8) 2. Laid with explosives - be careful, one hears (5) 4. The automaton envelops juicy food (6) 5. Sounds like an insignificant gain for Malachi, maybe (5,7) 6. Account for what was once flat country (7) 7. They slip from the reel, squirming (4) 8. He’s not himself! (12) 12. Marsh grass round the fields no longer enclosed (8) 14. Loads for the motor works! (7) 16. Somehow I stop about fifty navigation experts (6) 18. Parcel opened - bolt inside! (5) 19. Laboratory comes up with the start of mysterious ointment (4)

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Choir backs church

THE POPULAR Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir launches a busy new season with a Teulada concert on Saturday 10th October to support the Church of England’s work on the coast.

by Jack Troughton In a show called ‘Just Us’, the choir will sing its traditional repertoire under the direction of Claire Post-Harkness together with soloists and songs by its own acapella group.

The concert starts at 7pm and is in the Salon de Actos, the auditorium below Teulada Town Hall, and the venue holds 250, so tickets priced at 10€ are expected to sell fast.

To reserve a ticket call Martin Bentley on 671 152 933 or 96 574 4657, or email martinbentley1@gmail.com.

The choir is performing to support the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy which is entirely self-funding. As well as conducting funerals and offering pastoral care to the sick and bereaved, it runs seven local churches and supports such good causes as Caritas; EMAUS; World Vision and the Gandia Hospice.

For more information about the church, which serves a community between Valencia and Alicante, visit www.costablanca-anglicanchaplaincy.org.

The Costa Blanca Male voice Choir rehearses every Thursday evening between 6pm and 8pm at Bar Mediterraneo in Teulada. It welcomes new members; find out more by visiting www.costablancamalevoicechoir.wikidot.com

The Costa Blanca Male Voice Choir

GASP theatre group Final rehearsals; done, Costumes; made, Stage Props; found, but there seems to be something missing.

AH YES!! THE AUDIENCE. They won’t be there until 18th September at the Casa de Cultura, Santa Pola at 7.30pm. Tickets priced at 4€ are available in advance and may be reserved by calling 966 699 845 or 606 800 272 or 676 281 656. Or you can e-mail gasptheatre@hotmail.co.uk. Also tickets are available on the door.

The show is a collection of Comedy Sketches in both English and Spanish,which include the need for Vincente to give up smoking, a Butler with the fondness of a bottle, a Restaurant with a high turnover of diners and Mavis and her planning permission.

As usual GASP Theatre will be making a donation to the Cruz Roja from the proceeds of the show.

Time to dance

IT’S TIME to slip those dancing shoes back onto those twinkle toes and get ready for the new dance year in Torrevieja. The Municipal School of Dance is just finishing up preparing the new course that will begin in a few days. The classes take place in the studios at the Virgen del Carmen Cultural Centre and will start on September 15th.

However, the school just announced that the deadline for registration will remain open until the first days of October, in order to accommodate all the demand and allow time also to the many Torrevejenses families who have been taking the opportunity to enjoy their holidays.

In addition to formal education, the classes, which are taught by the teachers, Nuria Girona, Lola Morales, Carmen Olmedo and Concha Die, will face a few new challenges as their dances prepare for the city’s regular festivals to show off the talents of local students, as well as taking part in a number of recreational events where their presence is always expected, following the ingrained tradition that dance has in Torrevieja.

Classes are taught at many different levels and application forms can be sought at the Virgen del Carmen or visiting the Town Hall. Students are of various ages from children through to adults. Classes in Ballet Espanol are taught at beginners and intermediate level, as over the past decade the demand and facilities has not produced a need for the city to expand their teaching levels to the higher conservatory level.

Those dancers obtaining advanced levels then study in Murcia, Alicante, Valencia, Barcelona or Madrid, for the most part.

During the year a number of speciality dance are also taught through the municipal school system, or the Department of Sports, on a more recreational level. These classes include Zumba, Yoga, Body Combat, Tango and various other styles, with even further classes taught at the CMO for those over 50, on a regular basis. More information from the Town Hall as to where one can find out more details. Details for the regular adult recreation classes can be found at the Infanta Cristina Sports City.

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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.

Missing makeup My friends come round to my house regularly. We all bring our make-up with us and do makeovers on each other. Recently my friend’s cousin has come along. I noticed that some of my things have gone missing, lip colours and eye pencils. It happened again the next time, and I don’t know what to do.

I’d feel bad about accusing anyone. I don’t want to upset my friend, but I have a good idea who it is.

If you want to handle it yourself, the next time the group comes around, you could ask everyone to check that they haven’t accidentally taken home some of your stuff. That will alert the girl to the fact that you know things are going missing. If the situation doesn’t improve, you could try having a quiet word with her yourself - don’t accuse, just say you are wondering if she has accidentally taken your make-up by mistake. If nothing changes, you might need to get your Mum involved.

I’m so hurt

I left my 15 year marriage recently. My husband had an affair something I could not tolerate. He has told his family that it was I who had the affair, and caused the break up. This is completely untrue. I had a good relationship with his parents - better than with my own Mum and Dad, and I am devastated that my husband has lied and blamed me for the split.

Now they won‘t see me, and I am so hurt.

Although unfair, it is often the case that family are forced to take sides when there is a divorce. However, I understand your need to be vindicated. You had a close relationship with these people, and it is unfair for you to be blamed. Have you thought about writing them a letter? Try not to be angry when you write, but point out the facts, that the break-up was not your fault.

Once you have got your side of things across, don’t expect for your once close relationship with your in-laws, to revert back to the way it was.

Your husband is their son, and they will naturally support him.

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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Cuba

CUBA IS nestled between the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas and is the largest Caribbean Island.

HUGELY POPULAR in the early 1950’s as a holiday destination, the tourism industry declined sharply following the Cuban Revolution. However as diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US continue to improve, it is likely to recover its status as a top destination for the US and International market.

The cities of this Caribbean Paradise are varied in what they offer; Havana being a cosmopolitan capital with a thriving night life, Baracoa, which was the first Capital of Cuba and is now a quaint beach-side town. Trinidad has achieved World Heritage status, with its colonialera architecture and of course, Varadero, the beach area close to Havana, one of the most popular beach resorts of the Island.

There are many attractions and activities to take part it – explore the old city of Havana, with some of the best preserved colonial buildings dotted thoughout the narrow streets and plazas of the city, or a visit to a tobacco plantation with a guided tour to the industry.

Stroll along the Malecón, Havana´s 5 mile long port wall walkway where the city´s inhabitants meet to walk, chat, sell their wares and much more. Of course Cuba and Habana are synonomous with the Classic American Cars which you can hire to explore all of the country.

On foot you can hike into the mountains and visit some of the base camps used by Fidel Castro during the Revolution. Continuing in the Military theme, you can also visit the Museo Presidio Modelo, where Castro and his commandants were incarcerated. Don’t forget to keep some energy for the famous nightlife of Cuba, embodied in sultry Salsa bars where the dancing never stops!

When you have had your fill of the city and its sights, take a few days vacation to the Varadero area, miles of stunning white beaches, fabulous 4* and 5* all inclusive resorts where you can truly relax. Diving, snorkelling, swimming with dolphins, boat & catamaran trips – all that you would expect from this Caribbean paradise.

The language of the island is Spanish, given its long history with Spain, and the currency is the Cuban Peso, or Cuban Convertible Peso. Both are equally usable, however it is likely that as a tourist, you will only ever use the Cuban Convertible Peso. Cuban currency cannot be pre-ordered, the best way to obtain it at the best exchange rate, is in an official bank in Cuba. The rate is approximately 1 CUC (Cuban Convertible Peso) to $1.

In it’s infancy, cruises are available to Cuba from Spain this December, and the return in April 2016. There are also a number of options of flights, hotels & cruises whilst you are in Cuba.

Contact Worldwide Horizons on 966 761 492 or email travel@whtravel.es for details.

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Jennifer Aniston on her recent secret wedding to Justin Theroux “The dogs were the ring bearers, and it’s nice to be able to look down and see a new piece of jewellery on my finger.” Jennifer!!

Spielberg takes us directly to the Future

Music Notes

Tony Sheridan’s and the Beat Brothers singed a contract in 1961, to record ´My Bonnie´ in Hamburg, Germany. They were paid around 18 pounds each, and now the contract is to be sold at auction with estimates of 500,000 pounds being bandied about. The six-page document, signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and then-drummer Pete Best, is being sold by the estate of Uwe Blaschke, a German graphic designer and noted Beatles historian who died in 2010. A Bonnie wee sum indeed!

A Spongebob Squarepants stage show is underway with David Bowie, Steve Tyler and Cyndi Lauper amongst others writing songs for the production.

“The stage show will be a lot different to the TV show and the 2 movies” said director Tina Landau before adding “We’re taking our leads from the TV show but this is an original story, and we´ll present the world of Bikini Bottom and its characters in a whole new way that can only be achieved in the live medium of theatre.” Umm.

In terms of notoriety in the business of popular movie making Steven Spielberg is possibly the most renowned film director in behind Alfred Hitchcock. The late ´Hitch´ began making movies way back in the 1920´s, started to shine in the 30´s and of course reached brilliance with ´Psycho´ and ´The Birds´ in the 60´s.

Spielberg’s career began in the 70´s with ´Jaws´ establishing him in ´75, followed by ´Raiders of the Lost Ark´ and ´ET´ in the 80´s, his list of directorial credits is quite remarkable. Raiders of the Lost Ark of course featured Indiana Jones, a character that went on the star in three more films, the last one being in 2008, and Spielberg is often credited with being the director who began the superhero era. He was interviewed by Yahoo News US last week and had a lot to say about the crop of superhero films that are currently saturating the business “Superhero movies are a fad with a limited shelf life. We were around when the western died and there will be a time when the superhero movie goes the way of the western, these cycles have a finite time in popular culture, there will come a day when the mythological stories are supplanted by some other genre that possibly some young filmmaker is just thinking about discovering for all of us.” On a purely personal level I hope that day comes real soon.

Other directors have been a lot more vitriol in their comments, like Oliver Stone, who last year said “the superhero genre has infected the American culture; you young people believe all of this s**t!

Batman and Superman, you’ve lost your minds, and you don‘t even know it!” Love you Oliver!

US comedian Jerry Seinfeld has 2 sons, and last week they were arrested for selling lemonade, illegally! Gods Honest! They set up a stall to raise money for charity in the sassy Hampton area of New York where they live but the police shut them down. Jerry´s wife Jessica got the last laugh posting a pic on Instagram of the lawbreakers with their hands above their heads with the caption “Lemonade dreams crushed by local neighbour!”

Video of the Week!

A US Comedienne vid that should carry a government health warning Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, followed by something that will tear at your heart strings Adorable Toddler Sings Les Mis by Heart.

I recall my time working on local radio earning not too badly I´m happy to say. I now take you to the other end of the scale and a guy called Howard Stern, a 61 year old man who recently signed a deal with Sirius Satellite Radio for $500 million a year and an additional $250 million in bonuses. WHY?? Because he´s totally fearless when it comes to asking ´in your face´ questions to famous celebs, and the world loves him for it!

Eddie Redmayne won Best Actor Academy Award for his brilliant portrayal of Stephen Hawking in ´The Theory of Everything´ and might well do it again with his new movie ´The Danish Girl.´ It tells the story of transgender pioneer Lili Elbe who was born in Vejle, Denmark in 1882. This emotionally charged subject matter suggests Redmayne is a very courageous actor indeed.

Release date; January 1st. Trailer; The Danish Girl: Global Trailer.

The following happened in Belfast in Ireland, and is likely to have already entered folklore up there.

Location: The Culloden Hotel. Occasion: A wedding party for Tom and Sarah Lenihan. Suddenly someone spotted bearded Robert Pattison having a pint at the bar and instantly it was all about iPhones and selfies. The incident made ´Belfast Live´ with wedding guest Jamie Reid saying “Robert Pattinson was lovely, he could have said no but he didn’t.”

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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 and Weather 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 Regional 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 Regional News 23:35 Mountain Goats 24:05 Pound Shop Wars 24:35 The Stepford Wives

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Saints and Scroungers 08:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 09:15 Gardeners’ World 09:45 Great British Menu 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 and 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 Real Peak Practice 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 24:05 Rabbit Hole

saturday 12th September

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

07:20 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 The King of Queens 08:35 The King of Queens 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Canada 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 Celebrity Fifteen to One 22:00 Gogglebox 23:00 This is England ‘83 - ‘90 23:05 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:10 First Dates

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 09:30 Milkshake! Show Songs 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 16:20 The Front 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 The Missing Evidence 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:30 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 24:30 Celebrity Big Brother: Live from the House

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:59 ITV Regional News 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 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 Regional News 23:40 2 Fast 2 Furious

CHANNEL 5

itv2

07:00 You’ve Been Framed!

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 Supremacy 24:10 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

E4

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 09:30 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 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 17:00 Baby Daddy 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 Baby Daddy 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Priest 23:50 The Big Bang Theory 24:20 The Big Bang Theory 24:50 Tattoo Fixers

BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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E4

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 13:00 BBC News and Weather 13:10 Football Focus 13:50 Saturday Sportsday 14:00 Athletics 15:00 Live Athletics 17:00 Final Score 18:10 Kung Fu Panda 19:30 Now You See It 20:00 BBC News 20:10 BBC Regional News; Weather 20:20 Pointless Celebrities 21:10 The National Lottery: In It to Win It 22:00 Last Night of the Proms 23:30 BBC News 23:50 Match of the Day

07:05 Hue and Cry 08:25 Wonder Man 10:00 The Women’s Football Show 10:30 Animal Park 11:00 More Creatures Great and Small 11:30 More Creatures Great and Small 12:00 Labour Leadership: The Result 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 Live Golf: Walker Cup 19:45 Dad’s Army 20:15 Last Night of the Proms 22:00 Mock the Week 22:30 Cradle to Grave 23:00 Boy Meets Girl 23:30 Defiance

07:00 The Aquabats!

Super Show!

07:25 Pat & Stan 07:30 Pat & Stan 07:40 Dino Dan 07:55 Dino Dan 08:05 Signed Stories 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Super 4 08:40 Adventure Time 09:00 Marvel Avengers Assemble 09:30 Fish Hooks 09:45 Horrid Henry 10:00 Jessie 10:25 Murder, She Wrote 11:20 The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:15 The Jeremy Kyle Show 13:20 ITV News and Weather 13:24 ITV Regional Weather 13:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 14:30 The Unforgettable 15:00 The Chase 16:00 The X Factor 17:15 ITV Regional News 17:30 ITV News and Weather 17:45 Back to the Future 20:00 Keep It in the Family 21:00 The X Factor 22:15 Through the Keyhole 23:15 ITV News and Weather 23:30 United 93

07:15 How I Met Your Mother 07:40 How I Met Your Mother 08:05 Great North Swim 2015 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:25 The Big Bang Theory 11:55 Come Dine with Me 12:25 Come Dine with Me 12:55 Come Dine with Me 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:05 Couples Come Dine with Me 17:40 Couples Come Dine with Me 18:30 Channel 4 News 19:00 Location, Location, Location 20:00 Grand Designs 21:00 Our Guy in India 22:00 It Was Alright In 23:00 This is England ‘83 - ‘90 23:05 Gogglebox 24:10 Chronicle

07:00 Childrens TV 07:55 Paw Patrol 08:10 Little Princess 08:25 Wanda and the Alien 08:35 Zack and Quack 08:50 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 09:05 Jelly Jamm 09:20 LazyTown 09:50 Dora and Friends 10:20 SpongeBob SquarePants 10:55 Cowboy Builders 11:50 Cowboy Builders 12:50 Cowboy Builders 13:50 Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star 15:50 Columbo: Murder, a Self-Portrait 17:40 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door 18:40 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 19:30 5 News Weekend 19:35 Firefox 22:00 Football League Tonight 23:30 Celebrity Big Brother 24:30 Tattoo Disasters UK

07:00 Emmerdale 09:40 Coronation Street 12:35 The X Factor 13:50 The Xtra Factor 14:50 You’ve Been Framed!

15:20 Catchphrase 16:05 The Flintstones 17:50 Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde 19:55 ET the Extra-Terrestrial 22:15 The Xtra Factor 23:15 Celebrity Juice 24:05 Safeword 24:50 Safeword

07:00 Jane the Virgin 07:45 Suburgatory 08:10 Suburgatory 08:35 Suburgatory 09:00 Suburgatory 09:30 Rules of Engagement 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Baby Daddy 11:30 Baby Daddy 12:00 The Goldbergs 12:30 The Goldbergs 13:00 Made in Chelsea LA 14:00 Melissa & Joey 14:30 Melissa & Joey 15:00 Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel 16:45 Rude(ish) Tube 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 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 Independence Day 23:50 Rude Tube 24:55 Bad Robots

ET the Extra- Terrestrial 19:55

Pick of the e week

Kung Fu Panda

Working in his family’s noodle shop, Po the panda (Jack Black) dreams of being a kung-fu master.

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sunday 13th September BBC1

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CHANNEL 5

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07:00 Breakfast 08:05 Match of the Day 09:30 The Andrew Marr Show 10:30 Live Athletics 14:30 BBC News 14:40 Weather for the Week Ahead 14:45 Bargain Hunt 15:15 Eat Well for Less?

16:15 The Great British Bake Off 17:15 Points of View 17:30 Lifeline 17:40 Songs of Praise 18:15 Pointless Celebrities 19:05 BBC News 19:20 BBC Regional News 19:30 Countryfile 20:30 Antiques Roadshow 21:30 An Inspector Calls 23:00 BBC News 23:20 BBC Regional News and Weather 23:30 Match of the Day 2 24:35 The Hunted

07:15 The Instant Gardener 08:00 The Instant Gardener 08:45 Countryfile 09:45 Gardeners’ World 10:15 The Beechgrove Garden 10:45 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:15 Great British Menu 12:45 Great British Menu 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 Flog It! 14:30 Live Golf: Walker Cup 19:00 Athletics 20:00 World’s Busiest Railway 2015 21:00 Top Gear 22:00 Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week 23:00 Odyssey 23:40 Family Guy 24:05 Family Guy 24:25 Family Guy 24:45 The Big Kahuna

07:00 The Aquabats! Super Show!

07:25 Pat & Stan 07:30 Pat & Stan 07:40 Dino Dan 08:05 Signed Stories 08:10 Sooty 08:25 Super 4 08:40 Matt Hatter Chronicles 09:00 Marvel Avengers Assemble 09:30 Fish Hooks 09:45 Horrid Henry 10:00 Horrible Science 10:25 ITV News 10:30 Murder, She Wrote 11:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 12:30 ITV News and Weather 12:44 ITV Regional Weather 12:45 Problem Child 14:15 Tipping Point 15:15 The X Factor 16:30 ITV Changed My Life 17:30 Midsomer Murders 19:30 ITV Regional News 19:45 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Coronation Street 21:00 The X Factor 22:00 The Trials of Jimmy Rose 23:00 ITV News and Weather 23:14 ITV Regional Weather 23:15 Casino Royale

07:20 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 How I Met Your Mother 08:10 The Grid 08:35 Volkswagen Racing Cup 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Frasier 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Big Bang Theory 13:55 The Simpsons 14:25 The Simpsons 14:50 Fast Girls 16:35 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent 17:40 Location, Location, Location 18:40 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun 19:40 Channel 4 News 20:00 Battle of Britain: The Day the War Was Won 21:00 Time Crashers 22:00 This Is England ‘90 23:00 The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World 24:30 The Place beyond the Pines

07:00 Childrens TV 07:20 Angelina Ballerina 07:30 Pip Ahoy!

07:45 Milkshake! Show Songs 07:50 Tickety Toc 08:00 Chloe’s Closet 08:10 Roobarb and Custard Too 08:20 Make Way for Noddy 08:30 Milkshake! Monkey 08:35 Paw Patrol 08:50 Little Princess 09:00 Wanda and the Alien 09:15 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 Friends 18:00 Zookeeper 20:00 Cricket on 5 21:00 Police Interceptors Unleashed 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 Most Shocking Reality TV Moments

07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:25 Emmerdale 10:05 Coronation Street 13:00 Catchphrase 14:00 You’ve Been Framed!

14:30 You’ve Been Framed!

15:35 Sweet November 17:55 The X Factor 19:10 The Xtra Factor 20:10 Bean 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 Burlesque

07:00 Suburgatory 07:20 Suburgatory 07:40 Baby Daddy 08:05 Baby Daddy 08:35 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 09:00 The Goldbergs 09:30 The Goldbergs 09:55 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 16:35 The Big Bang Theory 17:00 The Big Bang Theory 17:30 The Big Bang Theory 18:00 The Big Bang Theory 18:30 Edward Scissorhands 20:35 The Big Bang Theory 21:05 The Big Bang Theory 21:35 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 The Big Bang Theory 22:30 The Big Bang Theory 23:00 Gogglebox 24:00 Gogglebox

Burlesque 23:00

Editor’s Choice The X Factor Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th 2015, 9pm, ITV1

monday 14th September BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

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E4

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 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; Weather 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 Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Inside Out 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 All Change at Longleat 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Room 101 Extra Storage 24:15 Live at the Apollo

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Saints and Scroungers 08:45 Break-in Britain The Crackdown 09:15 Escape to the Continent 10:15 Victoria Derbyshire 12:00 Athletics 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 The Rockford Files 14:45 Equestrian 16:45 Life Story 17:45 Coast 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 Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You 23:00 6 Degrees of Separation 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Top Gear

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional 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 Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 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 Regional News 23:45 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories 24:45 River Monsters

07:20 How I Met Your Mother 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Canada 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Posh Pawnbrokers 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 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 24:00 This Is England ‘90

07:00 Childrens TV 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 Profile for Murder 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away 21:00 Police Interceptors 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 The Woman with No Face 24:00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 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 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 The 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 Ultimatum 24:15 Celebrity Juice

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 09:30 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 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 The Big Bang Theory 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

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

tuesday 15th September BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 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 and Weather 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 Regional News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 New Tricks 23:00 BBC News 23:25 BBC Regional News 23:35 Bomber Boys

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Saints and Scroungers 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 The Super League Show 14:45 Cash in the Attic 15:15 Two Greedy Italians 16:15 Tom Kerridge’s Proper Pub Food 16:45 Life Story 17:45 Coast 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 The Gamechangers 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Special Forces Ultimate Hell Week

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:59 ITV Central Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Parking Wars 22:00 Britain’s Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 Through the Keyhole 24:40 Benidorm

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Canada 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Posh Pawnbrokers 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 Battle of Britain: Return of the Spitfires 22:00 Educating Cardiff 23:00 The Changing Room 24:05 Bodyshockers

07:00 Childrens TV 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 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 Taken Back: Finding Haley 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ultimate Police Interceptors 21:00 The Yorkshire Vet 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 07:10 Psych 07:55 Emmerdale 08:30 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 14:40 Dinner Date 15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 The 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 White Chicks 24:20 The Job Lot 24:55 Two and a Half Men

E4

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 09:30 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 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 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 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 23:30 Tattoo Fixers 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

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wednesday 16th September BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 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 and Weather 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 Regional News 23:35 A Question of Sport 24:05 Mountain Goats

BBC2

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Saints and Scroungers 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 Lifeline 14:10 The A to Z of TV Gardening 14:25 The Rockford Files 15:15 Two Greedy Italians 16:15 Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes 16:45 Life Story 17:45 Coast 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 20:00 Iolo’s Great Welsh Parks 20:30 Great British Menu 21:00 Horizon 22:00 The Ascent of Woman 23:00 Later Live - with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight 24:10 Weather 24:15 Countdown to Life: The Extraordinary Making of You

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Canada 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Posh Pawnbrokers 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 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 Frontline Fighting: The Brits Battling ISIS 24:00 Hunted

07:00 Childrens TV 08:35 Thomas & Friends 08:45 Milkshake! Monkey 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 Dead on Campus 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ultimate Police Interceptors 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

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 The Sound of ITV: The Nation’s Favourite Theme Tunes 22:00 The Nick 23:00 UEFA Champions League Highlights 24:00 ITV News and Weather 24:30 ITV Regional News 24:45 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time

CHANNEL 5

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07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 09:05 Coronation Street 09:35 Coronation Street 10:10 You’ve Been Framed!

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 Coronation Street 15:10 You’ve Been Framed!

15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 The 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 The Break-Up

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07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 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 The Big Bang Theory 19:00 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 Jane the Virgin 23:00 Nashville 24:00 The Big Bang Theory 24:30 The Big Bang Theory

thursday 17th September BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Rip Off Britain 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 and Weather 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 Regional 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 Regional News 23:35 Question Time 24:35 Disabled in an Instant

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07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Saints and Scroungers 08:45 Break-in Britain - The Crackdown 09:15 Eat Well for Less?

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 Best Ever Dishes 16:45 Life Story 17:45 Coast 18:15 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Terry and Mason’s Great Food Trip 20:00 Iolo’s Great Welsh Parks 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 24:15 Horizon

07:00 Good Morning Britain 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 11:59 ITV Regional Weather 12:00 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News and Weather 14:55 ITV Regional News 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Who’s Doing the Dishes?

16:59 ITV Regional Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV Regional News 19:30 ITV News and Weather 20:00 Emmerdale 21:00 Coronation Street 21:30 Flockstars 22:00 Stephen Fry in Central America 23:00 ITV News at Ten and Weather 23:30 ITV Regional News 23:40 UEFA Europa League Highlights

07:00 Countdown 07:45 Draw It! 08:10 3rd Rock from the Sun 08:35 3rd Rock from the Sun 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 For the Love of Cars 12:00 Undercover Boss Canada 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Come Dine with Me 14:05 Posh Pawnbrokers 15:10 Countdown 16:00 Fifteen to One 17:00 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun 18:00 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 22:00 Hunted 23:00 First Dates 24:05 Gogglebox

07:00 Childrens TV 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 16:20 Lethal Obsession 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 5 News Tonight 20:00 Ultimate Police Interceptors 21:00 Benefits Britain: Life on the Dole 22:00 Celebrity Big Brother 23:00 The Special Needs Hotel 24:00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side

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07:00 Totally Bonkers Guinness World Records 07:20 Psych 08:05 Emmerdale 09:05 Coronation Street 09:35 Coronation Street 10:10 You’ve Been Framed!

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 Coronation Street 15:10 You’ve Been Framed!

15:40 Judge Rinder 16:40 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:50 The Jeremy Kyle Show 18:55 The 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 The Break-Up

E4

07:00 Hollyoaks 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Revenge 09:00 Baby Daddy 10:00 Melissa & Joey 10:30 Melissa & Joey 11:00 Charmed 12:00 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 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 The Big Bang Theory 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 24:35 The Big Bang Theory

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Western day at Rastro Don Quijote

The Waterboys

Exclusive performance only a week away

by Jeanette Rice THIS TIME next week the stage will be set in La Nucia ready for a unique one off concert.

The Waterboys, The Animals and Loquillo will all perform at the same venue on the same night on the same stage, an evening which promises to be full of rock fans of all nationalities.

Organisers, MoonWorld, worked hard to finalise a date that suited all three groups and the September 18th concert will see

locals as well as travelling fans gather at the Ciutat Esportiva Camilo Cano, La Nucia.

The Waterboys, who last played in the province in 2012 are led by the British performer Mike Scott and no doubt they will be playing songs from their album “modern blues”.

Although founded in the 60’s, The Animals are as current now as they were then, famous for the song “House of the rising

sun” La Nucia is only one of two concerts that the band will be performing at in Spain.

Loquillo, a Spanish rock artist also known as “Loco”, who reached number one with his CD “rocker code” promises to have the audience dancing in the aisle.

Tickets are still available for the concert and can be purchased from Ticket Master, FNAC, Falcon Travel, Carrefour, Corte Ingles, Instanticket Onosca and the Bar La Nucia.

THE RASTRO at Don Quijote, Alfaz del Pi will be holding another “western day” on Sunday 1 3 t h September.

T h e popular event invites visitors to dress up western style in a bid to win a Sunday lunch with prizes going to the best dress gent and lady on the day.

The afternoon of fun and stalls will be accompanied by live country music.

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Alfaz del Pi Fair launches facebook competition

by Jeanette Rice

THE “FIRA” at Alfaz del Pi this weekend has launched a facebook photograph competition offering some fabulous prizes.

The fair, which opens today at the Casa de Cultura will host many local businesses and their products. Vicente Soler, councillor for local development said “this year we have combined a leisure market with business, which includes performances in the commercial area, with an attractive supporting program, which applies the concept of night shopping as one of the new features of this edition with the opening hours being 5pm to 2am in the morning”.

The department of local development have joined forces with Mondecom, joint organisers of the fair and launched the photographic competition using facebook.

To take part entrants need to link to the event and invite ten friends, then any picture they wish to enter they need to tag with the hastag #FiraLalfas. There is no limit to the amount of images that each entrant can submit.

Prizes include a night at the Suite & Pure Senses in half board and cirtuito Spa in Albir Playa Hotel & Spa; two nights for two

people in a double Deluxe Suite at the Sha Wellness Clinic, with hydrotherapy and Sha Academy activities; one night stay for two people on full board at the Hotel Kaktus Albir and, finally, a dinner for two at the Casino restaurant Mediterranean Alicante.

Maria Jose Tent, manager for Mondecom, said “these are very exciting prizes and we hope that many will participate”.

Each evening of the fair the town will host musical performances and on Saturday 12th members of the Harley Davidson Club will showcase their motorbikes in the car park area of the Casa de Cultura from 6.30pm.

Further information can be found at www.lalfas.es.

Casa de Cultura

MacMillan Coffee Morning update THE MACMILLAN coffee morning sponsored by the RTN on 21st September is promising to be a fun event with many local business donating raffle prizes. If you want to be in with a chance of winning a 300€ holiday, 100€ of kayak time on the water, beauty treatments, hampers, theme park tickets or meals for two plus many more prizes then the train station bar in Alfaz del Pi is the place to be between 11am and 2pm on 21st September. We are still looking for cake donations as well as raffle prizes and bric-a-brac, particularly books. If you can help please email caroline.tyszka@gmail.com, or contact the coffee morning ladies on facebook “Morning Miss-Chief - Ladies Coffee Morning”.

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Accessing my spam

Hello Aunty. I STILL work with a Dell desktop pc and Windows XP, which really suits me fine. I had no problems with it until about 10 days ago when I found out that a friend’s mail had gone into spam.

No problem, as I normally go about once a month into my gmail account through the internet to check things out. I have to do this because I cannot find a way to access spam mail through outlook express. However, through the internet, I can “access” my account, but cannot read it. Google comes up with a whole list of questions re. security, personal info, etc. and I am really cheesed off. I cannot find any way to say “later” or “go away” or whatever and get through to my mail. Can you please tell me how to access either spam through my outlook express or how to defeat Google so I can read my mail through the internet connection. Many thanks, Marijke (ps. I am a total dipstick as far as IT and computers are concerned, so admire you greatly.)

Aunty says: As far as I am aware there is no way to get gmail’s spam folder into outlook express. As for all the questions Gmail is asking you, that makes you “cheesed off”, it is for your own security, to help ensure your account is not hacked, and to help you get your account back if you have been hacked.

This is required more these days as people use different devices to access their emails, and they can see if one of these devices look suspicious and they can notify you that there has been an attempt to access your account elsewhere.

Providing security questions means that there is less chance of someone being able to change account settings, as they would need to know these details to do so.

So telling it to “go away” is a bad idea, as, at the end of the day, it is for your own security.

Reply: MANY thanks for your very prompt reply, which is very much appreciated. To be honest, I kind of expected the contents of your reply of course, because it makes sense. I sent my email to you when I was totally frustrated and not getting my own way.... I am sure that sounds familiar.

Yes, I do know that the security questions are there to protect me and my account, so I guess I will have to deal with them at some stage. I still don’t like them telling me to change my password, etc. and asking me for more detailed personal information. I am sure you can guess that I am of the older generation, and, also a typical female who doesn’t like to be told what to do! Ah well, the world doesn’t change.

Backing up my files Dear Aunty, I read your recent article about backing up files before installing Windows 10. I am interested in Windows 10. But as you mentioned backing up my files. I do have a (i think what you call) a pen-drive which I use for my down loads of Spanish Lessons but am unsure how I can back up my files on it and would appreciate info on

what and how I go about it as I am not all that knowledgeable about down loading windows 10 if there could be a risk would I be better to ignore the offer? Much appreciated past help you have given me I thank you for your guidance.

Kind regards, Hazel

Aunty says: The simplest way of backing up files is copy and paste.

Copy the files you want to back up (usually in “my Documents” folder) and then paste onto your back up drive. Or you can use some form of backup software that will back up files for you - most versions of Windows have a form of document back up built in, but can sometimes fail to back up documents that you have located on other drives or other folders.

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Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

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Introduction to reflexive verbs

I have just realized, to my amazement, that I have managed to get to lesson 87 without making any reference to reflexive verbs!

This is a most uncharacteristic omission and will be rectified immediately. As usual it will take more than one article to do the job properly, so here we go.

Reflexive verbs are extremely common in Spanish and you will have no doubt heard them and even used them in everyday phrases without even realizing it. However, I find that the best way to explain them is use examples in English first and build up the basic idea step by step. Reflexive verbs exist in English as well, but they are far more limited in use.

First of all let’s think of a simple sentence using a nice easy verb like “wash”. We can say: “I wash the car”, “I wash the child” “I wash the dog.” In each of these sentences “I” is the subject (the one who controls the action of the verb), “wash” is the verb itself and “the car”, “the child”, “the dog” are the object, in other words the person or thing that receives the action of the verb.

Now as well as washing something else, just once in a while I wash myself. This sentence “I wash myself” breaks down like this: “I” is the subject, “wash” is the verb and “myself” is the object. But, here we can see that “I” and “myself” are actually the same person. In other words, the subject and the object of the verb are the same. We could also say that the “object” is a reflection of the “subject”, and in fact this explains the name of what we are talking about, because the word “myself” is called a “reflexive pronoun”.

In English we have the following reflexive pronouns: “myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, oneself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves”. They can all be used in the kind of sentence we have just seen, for example: “I wash myself” “you dress yourself” “she looks at herself in the mirror”. In every example the object and the subject are the same person, and this is how the reflexive form works in English.

As you can already see, in English the use is very limited, because we usually express even these ideas rather differently. Instead of “I wash myself” I would normally say: “I have a wash”. Instead of “you dress yourself”, I would normally say “You get dressed”. In Spanish however, this reflexive form is used all the time.

I wash myself (or I have a wash) in Spanish is “Yo me lavo”.

“Yo” is the subject, “lavo” is the verb, and “me” is the object and the reflexive pronoun (myself). There are two quick things to say about this now. Firstly, notice that in Spanish the reflexive pronoun goes in front of the verb. In other words we are saying “I myself wash”. Secondly, as we already know, the subject pronoun (yo) in Spanish is often omitted, so we would usually just say “me lavo”. A common confusion is to think that “me” somehow replaces “yo” and means “I”, but it doesn’t. “Me lavo” means therefore “I wash myself”, or in real English “I have a wash”. I’ll leave you to meditate on that one and will carry on next week. See you then!

Crossword Solutions for Last Week Suduko Answer CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 6 Wreaths; 7 Party; 9 Walls; 10 Log-book; 12 Story-teller; 14 Bill-sticker; 18 Remarry; 19 Might; 21 Pages; 22 Palmist.

Down: 1 Tread; 2 Tablet; 3 Shy; 4 Barbel; 5 Strokes; 8 Contact; 11 Writers; 13 Literal; 15 Leader; 16 Enigma; 17 Ghost; 20 Man. QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 6 Disease; 7 Under; 9 Pleat; 10 Minimum; 12 Instruction; 14 Constituent; 18 Natural; 19 Droll; 21 Actor; 22 Advance.

Down: 1 Aisle; 2 Retain; 3 Use; 4 Insist; 5 Set upon; 8 Liqueur; 11 Ethical; 13 Monarch; 15 Stupor; 16 Normal; 17 Slack; 20 Odd.

Back on the Road Again Following the fantastic reception given to the performances of “Escape from Butlitz” earlier this year, the SMILE CHARITY GROUP have arranged 3 further dates for the end of September/early October.

These shows are at 3 new exciting venues as follows: 30th September at “The Olympia” Mil Palmeres 1st October at “ The Restaurant Fu”, Avda. Baleares, 36, Torrevieja 2nd October at the Casa Cultura in Benijófar.

Funds will be raised by these performances for our 3 nominated charities: Torrevieja Stroke Support, The Elche Children’s Home and the Benijófar Crisis Fund.

Tickets cost only 10€ for “The Olympia” and “Restaurant Fu”, and include food, prior to the performance, and 6€ for the “Casa Cultura” in Benijófar, which includes a wine, beer or soft drink per person. Food is not available at this venue, as the performance will be in the recently renovated Theatre – a first for the Group.

Tickets are available from “ The Olympia” and “ Restaurant Fu” and from the Post Room Benijófar – tel. 966 712 382. Tickets for the “Casa Cultura” are available only from the Post Room Benilófar.

If you wish to be heartily entertained, this is the show for you. Don’t dawdle, get your tickets now.

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Timewarp Duo: Tribute shows

Husband and wife duo Justin James and Jaime Lee are better known as “Timewarp”. Both Jaime and Justin have a true talent for singing whether performing haunting ballads, powerful rock anthems or pop classics. They have been performing professionally together for the past 15 years. All “Timewarp” shows are known for their feel good and upbeat music for all generations to enjoy, where the audience is invited to relax and sing along or get up and dance the night away. Phone: 671 354 188 or visit www.timewarpduo.com September Gigs: Friday 11: Rock n Roll Night, Rte. El Commercio, Denia Tuesday 15: Hotel Rosamar, Benidorm, 8.30pm (Every Tuesday) Wednesday 16: Bar Aleman, Urb. La Cometa II, Calpe, 8pm Thursday 17: Gandia Social Club, Viva Espania, 9pm Saturday 19: Bar Aleman, Urb. La Cometa II, Calpe, 8pm Thursday 24: Camping Calpe Mar, Calle Estovenia, Calpe, 8.30pm Saturday 26: Hotel Villa Marisol, Calpe, 8.30pm

2 Tone duo Benidorm - Reggae and Ska 2 Tone are Chris Holmes and Cathryn Glennon, a Reggae/Ska Duo from Benidorm, featuring Non-Stop music of both genres, between 1-2 hours. Live guitar and harmony vocals. On Friday 11th September they will be performing in The Tropicana Bar, Paichi Centre, Moraira from 9pm. The Tropicana Bar was the first venue to book them in this area. For more info on 2 Tone phone: 647 149 849 or facebook: 2tonebenidorm.

The Shamrockers: Celtic rock band The ShamRockers plus special guest, Fiddler and Caller extraordinaire Aileen Lightfoot, will be providing the music and dances for a very special Barn Dance in Alcalali on Friday 25th September in Los Amigos Restaurant.

There is a three course dinner (including bread, wine etc) for 22 euros and places can be booked by contacting; Headliners Costa Blanca:email: bookings@headlinerscb.com. or phone 96 684 1131 or by ringing Los Amigos Restaurant at 96 648 2270.

Places are limited, come and join in for a great night!

The ShamRockers will also be bringing their unique blend of Celtic and Rock n’Roll music to Javea on Sunday 13th September when they will be playing at Bar Quo Vadis. They are renowned for their high energy live performances which always includes plenty of authentic jigs and reels, and Rock and Pop classics. The gig kicks off at 6 pm.

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Gestational Diabetes: Part 2

In our last article we looked at signs, symptoms and diagnosis of gestational diabetes. Here we will look at management: Management For many women gestational diabetes can be controlled with diet and exercise. Patients should be referred to a dietician who specialises in nutrition in pregnancy and will explain a special diet to the patient.

Physical activity lowers the blood glucose level, so regular exercise can be an effective way to treat gestational diabetes.

A Midwife or G.P. will give advice on the safest form of exercise during pregnancy.

Monitoring Blood Glucose Your midwife or G.P. will tell you how to test your blood glucose level and explain what level you should be aiming for. This may include a target for: fasting blood glucose (usually taken in the morning after fasting for 8hrs) postprandial blood glucose (one or two hours after eating) blood glucose at other times (for instance, if you feel unwell or have been having episodes of hypoglycaemia – low blood glucose) You will be advised when and how often you need to test your blood glucose. You may need to test your fasting blood glucose and your blood glucose after every meal throughout your pregnancy.

Medication If diet and exercise have not effectively controlled your gestational diabetes after one to two weeks, you may be prescribed medication. Depending on your glucose levels this

may be in tablet form (Metformin) or injections (Insulin).

Pregnancy and Birth Management Once gestational diabetes is diagnosed, your Midwife and doctor will see you regularly to monitor your progress. As long as your blood sugars are within normal limits, ultra sound scans show normal growth and development and there are no other problems with your pregnancy you may be able to await spontaneous labour.

However, if there are concerns your labour may be induced, usually after 38 weeks. You may be able to progress to a vaginal delivery but if your baby is large Caesarean Section may be recommended.

Whatever the mode of delivery, all patients with gestational diabetes should be delivered in a Consultant Obstetric Unit where the woman can be monitored very closely throughout labour and there is Consultant Peadiatric care for the baby.

Post Natal Management ‘A close eye’ will be kept on both the mother’s and baby’s blood glucose after delivery. Any medication you were on to control your blood glucose will usually be stopped immediately. Your blood glucose level will be tested about 612 weeks after delivery, to make sure it has returned to normal.

Depending on your glucose levels at diagnosis, you will either have a repeat oral glucose tolerance test (GTT) or your GP will arrange a HbA1c test (a marker of your average blood sugar over the preceding 3 months) at 12 weeks. An HbA1c will then be measured at least once a year to check whether or not you have developed type 2 diabetes as this is more common in those who have had gestational diabetes.

Complications of gestational diabetes The good news is that most women with gestational

diabetes go on to have normal pregnancies with healthy babies. The risk of complications is reduced if gestational diabetes is diagnosed and managed properly throughout your pregnancy. However, if gestational diabetes is not managed properly, or goes undetected, it could cause a range of serious complications for both you and your baby, including: your baby being large (4kg or more). This increases the need to induce labour and may lead to birth problems such as shoulder dystocia (obstructed labour) or a caesarean delivery your baby having health problems immediately after birth such as a low blood sugar premature birth miscarriage stillbirth Future pregnancies After having gestational diabetes, you are at increased risk of having gestational diabetes in any future pregnancies. It’s very important to speak to your Midwife or GP if you are planning another pregnancy. They may arrange for you to monitor your own blood glucose from the early stages.

This article was written by the Family Medical Centre, Albir. Please call 96 686 5072 for more information or to make an appointment.

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More than just a workout with Vista Gym

VISTA GYM, a new fully equipped gym and social experience for all the family, run by a family, invites you to their grand opening on Saturday19th September 2015.

THE OFFICIAL opening will take place at 2pm with an opportunity for all to meet and have their pictures taken with the European light middleweight boxing champion Robert Santos and ex world boxing champion Shea Neary.

There will be a BBQ and bouncy castle for the children as well as an opportunity to try some of the classes for free.

At 2.45pm until 3.30pm you can try Spinning on our outside terrace followed by Baileactivo with Santos between 4pm and 5pm.

The fully equipped gym offers daily classes including vista spin, gap, pilates, crossfit, zumba, vista pump and many more with fully qualified staff ready to help you and ensure that all the equipment is used in a safe and comfortable environment.

Boxing MMA and Muay Thai classes every week.

Also starting in October are childrens boxing classes for ages to 8 to 14.

Gym membership is flexible and can be either for a

month – 35€ for gym and classes, 90€ for three months or 150€ for 6 months.

They are located on the CV70 between Benidorm and La Nucia at rotunda 3, opposite the BP petrol station and behind the old Labels and Tables building.

The opening hours will be Monday to Friday 8am until 10pm and Saturday 9am until 2pm.

Full details of our classes are posted on our facebook page “Vista Gym” or you can call us on 865 60 04 94 for further information.

The staff at Vista Gym look forward to meeting you on Saturday and showing you around the new premises.

▲ Robert Santos ◄ Classes

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Walking Football returns to Los Montesinos Los Amigos Golf Society (LAGS) Mazarrón

THE MONTE MENTALS are back at it.

by Keith Nicol

Yes, the Full Monte Walking football section return to action, with their slow motion version of the beautiful game on Tuesday September 15th, with a 9am session behind the football stadium in Los Montesinos, and everyone over the A few of the age of 50, both ladies and gents are welcome to attend. The team are one of Monte Mentals a slowing growing number of teams in the region which include Playa Flamenca other side. This restriction, together with and Daya Vieja among others. a ban on slide tackles, is aimed both Walking football is a variant of at avoiding injuries and facilitating the association football that is aimed at playing of the sport by those who are keeping people aged over 50 involved physically disadvantaged. In Montesinos, with football if, due to a lack of mobility they added the rule of not kicking the or for other reason, they are not able ball above a metre high as many players to play the traditional game. Walking need to wear glasses and it stops a football was devised, during 2011, by dangers aspect of the game. the Chesterfield F.C. Community Trust In walking football the game was and TV coverage of a session on Sky originally played without goalkeepers Sports News led to several other clubs (though goalkeepers now play in some taking up this version of the game. It has variations) and, crucially, the ball must since become a current craze. never be kicked above hip height.

Though based on association football, Different footballs are used in the indoor the key difference in the rules, from and the outdoor variations of the sport. standard football, is that if a player runs When played indoors, a size 4 futsal then they concede a free kick to the ball is used. Outdoor games involve a

traditional football. The size of the pitch can vary to suit different locations. The length should be from 20 to 40 yards and the width between 15 and 30 yards.

The sport came to wider public attention in July 2014, when Barclays Bank aired a television advertisement featuring Bury FC Community scheme’s walking football to promote their services. The game is quickly catching on on the Southern Costa Blanca with English teams enthusiastic about visiting the region with the most proactive local team being the Monte Mentals, an offshoot of the Full Monte, the CD Montesinos supporters club. For more information please contact Stan Dibble by e-mail: montestan@gmail.com.

Over the course of the last 7 years and thanks to the generosity of the society’s sponsors (Luz del Sol, Kia, Euronics, Alpha Pools ets), LAGS have raised in excess of €18, 000, a level unparalleled in the region. The main recipient has been the Aspadem School in Mazarron; a school for children and young adults with disabilities and LAGS have been able to provide financial support enabling the school to purchase badly needed equipment and services to enhance the development of their pupils.

LAGS have also supported, MAD (to purchase school books for disadvantaged children in Mazarron), Murcia Dance, Escuela de Futbol de Mazarron, Camposol Children (to help fund the development of a playground and sports facilities), ‘Kids from Camposol’ and many others.

On Monday 5th October at Hacienda Del Alamo Golf Club, LAGS are holding their 2015 Charity Day. The event format is a Texas Scramble for teams of 4 players and there are chances to win BIG prizes. On one of the par 3’s and thanks to the generosity of one of our key sponsors Kia, there is a chance to win a Kia car for a hole in one!!!!

Additionally there are team prizes for the first 3 teams and nearest the pin prizes on all of the par 3’s.

If you want to enter a team or if you would like to become one of our fantastic sponsors please get in touch through our website below, you will all be most welcome.

For further information about the society, it’s fundraising, 2015 Charity Day and future events please go to www.losamigosgolfsociety.es.

Costa Cobras RFC continue training on the beach DUE TO the fiestas in Daya Vieja training there has been postponed until after they have finished in the middle of the month. In the meantime the Cobras will continue to train on the beach regardless of the weather. The club will be training on Guardamar beach on Monday and Wednesday at 8.00pm.

Over the summer the team has attracted a number of new junior players join in the training and become members of the club from U10’s to U16’s; a good result for the club, so anybody who wants to come along and take part is more than welcome. The club now has its CIF number and is part of the Valencian Rugby Federation, so they can continue to move forward and develop as a club and are starting to look for sponsors for playing gear etc for the club.

The club is continuing to look for a more permanent base to train and play on as well as hold tournaments there, so if anybody knows of any town halls in the area of Guardamar to Cuidad Quesada or around the area, that want to have a rugby club based there, please contact them on 692 767 242. All ages, gender and nationalities are welcome, from beginners to experienced players, the more the merrier, as they are based on the true traditional ethics of the sport. So come along and join the newest rugby club on the Costa Blanca. Also team bonding after training in the nearest bar for a drink and chat, just how rugby should be.

Training still takes place on Monday and Wednesday from 8.00pm – 9.30pm at Guardamar beach in front of the restaurants.

For more information about the club contact, Dutch, on 692 767 242. You can also meet him in person any training night or at Zoco market on Sunday from 09.00am to 1.30pm, to find more out about the club and rugby in the area. With the Rugby World cup just around the corner, Dutch has a full range for all of your rugby branded clothing and gear including Canterbury casuals and Cotton Traders shirts.

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Junior Golf sponsored by Campbell Lamont THE KIDS initiative - it needs your support!

By Tony Myles DESPITE THE protestations of those who don’t want to face the truth, there is very clear evidence that the sport of Golf is slowly losing participants.

Over the last ten years there has been a steady decline in the number of youngsters entering the game. For the iPhone and PlayStation generation, golf can appear slow and less dynamic than their favourite modern video device.

There is a real risk that as the older generation retire from the game, the diminishing supply of youngsters will be insufficient to sustain the sport at its current level and shortly thereafter it could become a fringe activity played on a few exclusive courses.

For this reason it is gratifying to see a new project based on a regular golf format and exclusively for young players.

IT IS CAMPBELL LAMONT’S JUNIOR GOLF LEAGUES Credit must go to two senior golf

executives in the Valencian region.

Javier Camuñas from Manises Golf Club and Manuel Dutor from Foressos Golf Club recognised the problem and have taken some positive steps to address it. With the support of Campbell Lamont they have created a Junior Golf League for the younger players giving them the chance to compete and improve during the year.

Every Federated Junior player is welcome to play and at a very competitive price of 10€ if they belong to any of the clubs taking part in the competition or 25€ if they are a visitor to the venue. This concept has already become a reality and this year Junior competitions are being played in La Sella Golf, Foressos, Manises, Costa Azahar and Masia de las Estrellas.

A GRAND FINAL AND PRIZE GIVING These Junior events will be well publicised at each of the clubs involved and it is hoped that this will quickly

spread, so that within a short period every club in Spain is hosting a series of Junior League events. The competitions will be divided into several categories with the young golfers competing for prizes in each one.

There will be a Grand Final scheduled for La Sella on 20th December and it is hoped that a senior event can be held for the supporting parents.

Thereafter the prize giving will take place at the Campbell Lamont Golf

Store in Ondara.

Now here is where you come in - if you are a member of a club that is not yet hosting these events, do be sure to raise the subject with the General Manager and suggest a call to Campbell or an email to info@clgolf.es.

The game urgently needs a conveyor belt of new players and we can all help create that. This is one initiative that deserves everyone’s support.

head 2 head Tony M - Are you an advocate of advertising?

Campbell - I think that there are times when it is essential and I am certain that when you are new into a market you must tell as many people as possible.

Tony M - I can see that it has worked for CL Golf. I have heard that you are the number one golf retailer in Spain.

Campbell - I am not going to argue but it hasn’t been easy to get there. Anyway why do you ask?

Tony M - I was recently asked in a survey to comment on a campaign for an airline. I had to tell them I didn’t like their punchline.

Campbell - Really - what was it?

Tony M - They had their name and then “You will love our inflatable slides!”

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Tim Saunders Independent unbiased car reviewer

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Kia Picanto

THERE IS a common thread in literature, art and design. That is that ideas are borrowed and then reinvented, sculpted into a new and unique offering.

ARTISTS ARE a good example of this.

Take Robert E. Wells and David Farren, for instance. They both paint landscapes, cityscapes and street scenes in a similar impressionistic style.

Their work draws inspiration from the great French painters like Monet and Renoir, who introduced this approach in the 19th Century. Clearly, the actress Felicity Kendal appreciates this style because pictures by both Wells and Farren can be found in her private collection. So it goes to show that just because that genre already existed it is perfectly acceptable to revisit and craft it into something equally, if not, more appealing.

This approach is popular in car design, too.

Look at the side of the new Kia Picanto, city car. What do you see? It’s an Alfa Romeo, surely. The whole design

reminds me of the Alfa 147. Chrome door handles favoured by the Italian manufacturer further add to this opinion.

As with my thoughts about art, this is no bad thing. The Alfa 147 was an attractive little car but it was a temperamental Italian. It was calling out to be rediscovered and enhanced. This observation goes to show how far Kia has come in the space of a decade.

Consider that this Korean car maker produced the bland and characterless Kia Pride between 1986 and 2000 with hardly a change in its styling (if you can call it that) during that long period and it is surprising and welcoming to see the change that has taken place.

The tiny Picanto is up against tough competition from the Smart Car and the Renault Twingo. In this sector though, it’s all about the money and Kia blows the competition away with its OTR price, which includes air conditioning, electrically operated windows and wing mirrors as you can see in the

video at testdrives.biz.

The piece de resistance is a seven year 100,000 mile warranty: you only get four years with a more expensive Renault.

An attractive vehicle, the Picanto is sure to melt even the coldest heart. Distinctive alloy wheels, again reminiscent of designs favoured by Alfa Romeo, set it off, adding to the sense that there is something a little different about this car.

Alfas have always liked their juice and so Kia drivers will be pleased to know that not only can they enjoy its attractive looks but the Picanto returns around 50mpg. Its five speed manual gearbox is pleasant enough and the one litre engine doesn’t complain when driven hard, which is necessary if a decent pace is required.

Price: 12,112€ 0-60mph: 13.9secs Top speed: 95mph Power: 68bhp Urban economy: 52.3mpg 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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2009 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.3 DiD 20.000 km silver (timing belt done)

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