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01-07 NOV 2013

Schools strike against Wert Law

More than 500 protest about educational cuts in Torrevieja with hundreds of thousands protesting nationally

by Keith Nicol THROUGHOUT SPAIN secondary schools staged a three-day strike to protest against the Wert Law, which has caused major upset over the past few years. Although the Torrevieja Town Hall does not have a say in the educational decisions set down

by National or Regional governments, school buildings, staffing or budgets, Town Halls took the brunt of protests throughout the country. In Torrevieja, more than 500 parents, students, teachers and opposition politicians made their presence felt with a peaceful demonstration, in what is fast becoming one of the most unpopular actions being pushed through by the Na-

tional PP Government and which ultimately could see the PP losing power in 2015.

The Spanish education system has been slowly sliding down the European league tables in recent years and earlier this month, the Plataforma Estatal por la Escuela Pública (State Platform for Public Education), an umbrella group of trade unions and civil society organisations, called for this general education strike. The main points of contention about the Wert Law is over an increase in pupil-teacher ratios, working hours, job losses, lack of temporary cover plus what they term “savage budget cuts” in such essential areas as teacher training. These are just a few of the grievances cited.

Over the last three academic years, Spain has seen cuts to school and university budgets of over 6.4 billion euros with public spending only accounting for 3.9 percent of the 20122013 budget spent on education based on Spain’s GNP. Student failure rates in Valencia schools now stand at an atrocious 30% with some schools having a failure rate of more than 60%. This puts additional pressure on the educational system as a ‘year’ is forced to repeat primarily due to poor teaching training, lack of established and agreed marking standards, lack of technology in the classroom and especially a shortage of coverage should teachers be absent, for whatever reason.

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October weather as good as the summer ACCORDING TO Torrevieja’s weather research ‘Mastral Project’ team, October has normally been one of Torrevieja’s wettest months, with a record of over forty standard litres per square meters falling in 2012.

October has experienced summer like temperatures and hardly any rain in 2013

by Keith Nicol However, in the year 2013, apart from last Tuesday evening, the month has been devoid of rainfall.

October has been pegged as the driest month of the year, better even than August, which saw three days when rain fell. October has also seen temperatures almost as hot as those during the summer, with the highest showing a reading of 29.6 degrees Celsius with temperatures last week being above 25c all week long.

The hot weather has also keep sea temperatures above the 20c mark, with the area’s beaches also being busy during morning

hours and expected to be packed again over the long holiday ‘bridge’ weekend, when Torrevieja will expect more than 50,000 people to visit the city to enjoy their holiday homes.

Winds over October have been mainly from the west and southwest providing almost total calm at sea on many days, encouraged many people to head back into the water.

The situation, apart from cooler overnight temperatures is not expected to change much over the next week and as we enter November, although some cloud coverage is predicted for mid week, it looks like the ‘Indian Summer’ will continue for the time being along the Southern Costa Blanca Coast.

Torrevieja’s new baby CONGRATULATIONS HAVE been flooding in for Torrevieja Mayor Eduardo Dolon and his wife, Conchi Ballester on the birth of their first daughter. ‘Rocio’ was born on Friday eveneing weighing 2.777 kg at Torrevieja Hospital ‘Dr. Manuel Garcia Gea’.

It so happens that the newcomer, apart from being the eldest daughter of the mayor, is the first grandchild for both families. Congratulations to the parents, grandparents and family of the baby Rocio from all of us at RTN to Eduardo and Conchi.

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Pensioners reassured over health

by Jack Troughton THE DEPARTMENT of Health has issued reassurances to expat state pensioners living in Spain that their access to healthcare will not be affected by proposed changes in a Government Green Paper.

As reported in last week’s RTN, the paper looks at migrant access to the NHS and includes possible changes for early retirees and a reduction of 5% of the average annual payment for state pensioners’ healthcare in Spain.

However, the Department of Health maintains: “The proposals being put forward will not have an effect on state pensioners’ access to healthcare in Spain.

“The proposals would in fact widen access to NHS healthcare by allowing British state pensioners in Spain to return to the UK for planned treatment without the need to seek prior authorisation from the Spanish authorities.

“If this proposal is accepted it would mean that the UK will save 5% of the average annual cost that it pays to Spain, without affecting how state pensioners access services or the care they are entitled to.”

The department also underlined the proposed changes to the S1 European Health Form would only affect future early-retirees, currently allowed up to 30 months cover depending on National Insurance contributions under the ‘residual’ S1 document – and not the S1 form issued to state pensioners.

“Removing this form of access (for earlyretirees) would simply bring the Department of Health into line with the rest of Europe. Until now this form of cover has been over and above the department’s obligations under the European regulations. Any changes would not affect current holders of the of the residual S1 form.”

And the department dismissed allegations there was a lack of consultation over the proposed changes. It maintained the

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contents of the Green Paper were widely distributed through the British Consulate network’s healthcare team.

The information was sent to a number of expat groups – including charities working for expats in Spain and posted on the British Embassy’s Twitter and Facebook pages – and a focus group meeting in the Consulate in Alicante was attended by a number of groups including the Royal British Legion, HELP, MABS, and the British Expats Association.

Martyn Standing, representative of the Healthcare Team based at the British Consulate in Alicante said: “We have engaged widely with the British expatriate population and were thorough in feeding back our findings to the Department of Health.”

He said the consultation document was also available online via www.gov.uk from July in line with all such document.

And he added: “If adopted, the proposals will not affect state pensioners accessing healthcare in Spain, and will make the process for returning to the UK for treatment easier and more straightforward. The Department of Health will be publishing its response to consultation shortly.”

Farewell to a great summer AFTER A long, hot summer that has extended well past its official ending on 21st September, the Met Office finally predicts that this week will see the end of stifling temperatures and the start of a cold spell with the arrival of a maritime polar air stream. Temperatures are to fall at least 10º across the Costa Blanca and heavy rain is expected throughout ten provinces with all of the north and east of Spain affected, particularly coastal regions.

O’Leary on a charm offensive

CUSTOMERS OF budget airline Ryanair will be pleased to know that airport check-in charges for baggage and the re-issuing of boarding cards are being scratched in an effort to promote goodwill with passengers. So-called ‘quiet flights’ are to have fewer in-flight announcements.

And a ‘grace’ period is to be introduced for making free booking changes as Ryanair enters a new era featuring a novel humanitarian approach to customer service. CEO Michael O’Leary admitted via Twitter this week that Ryanair was looking at softening its image after the bitter criticism the airline received when Dublin surgeon Muhammad Taufiq al Sattar was cruelly charged £188 to change his flights in order to get home after his entire family was killed in a house fire. Ryanair has been underperforming on the Irish stock exchange.

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Torrevieja prepare residents to vote

by Keith Nicol ALONG WITH many other municipalities on the Costa Blanca, Torrvieja is preparing itself for a talk on resident voting rights for both the European Elections of 2014 and municipal elections of 2015.

On Monday, representatives from Town Hall gave a brief talk to members of Torrevieja’s largest Club, the U3A to encourage them to attend a meeting dealing with the Padron and citizen voting rights. Rosario Martínez Chazarra, Councillor for Citizenship, Education and Youth, Inma Montesinos Pérez, Councillor for the Elderly, Third Age, Statistics and Census along with the Manager of Torrevieja’s Padron office, Felix Martos, addressed the meeting to talk about the importance of registering on the Padron, whether resident or not.

In essence, Town Halls receive funding for specific departments based upon their official pardon numbers and so all municipalities would like to encourage everyone to check that they are in fact on the Padron. Over the last couple of years, and indeed from municipality to municipality, much confusion and urban myths and legends have become bar and forum talk and gossip about the correct procedures, and namely, ‘what’s in it for me’.

To have all your questions answered, be you a resident of any Spanish town or just a visitor, all your questions regarding the pardon and how to ensure that you have the legal right to vote in the European Elections of 25th may 2014, and the municipal election in May 2015, will be answered.

Rosario said; “A special conference is going to be held

at the C.M.O. Building in Torrevieja (near Las Habaneras) on 5th November at 11.00 am. It’s all about the Municipal Register and the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections.

The talk will be in English and everyone is welcome to attend.”

Felix went on to say that with only your passport and a utility bill, property deeds or rental agreement, you are entitled to be on the Padron, if you only spend three months a year in Spain. He said, that in Torrevieja you do not need to first become a resident. At the pardon you can also check if you have told them you would like to be entitled to your vote and that once on the pardon, there is no requirement to keep registering every couple of years, as is being promoted in some other municipalities.

To get all the facts, make your way down to the CMO on November 5th and exercise your right to vote, while living in Spain.

Cleaning Alicante’s beaches THANKS TO the forward thinking of teachers at ‘King’s College British School of Alicante’ and Santa Pola Dive Academy, some of Alicante’s beaches are now both cleaner and safer. The beach clean-up was a great success and they ended up collecting 27 large bin bags full of rubbish on Wednesday 23rd October. The Dive Academy met with 50 students down on San Gabriel Beach in Alicante with a load of gloves, bags and alcohol cleanser. This beach clean-up was the first of many for new owner of Dive Academy Gary and Wayne Fleet and they plan on doing this several times a year as it really helps to keep the local coast lines clear of litter and Wayne added; “for us is absolutely great to see children being educated in the importance of such a subject. It also ties in wonderfully with the schools climate change education week.”

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Dear Senor Clegg...

by Jack Troughton DEPUTY PRIME Minister Nick Clegg is being asked - in Spanish - why all British expats do not enjoy a vote in UK General Elections.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats has responsibility for elections, electoral reform, and voting. A member of the growing global campaign for expats to have a voice in Parliament is demanding answers.

Mr Clegg’s wife Miriam is Spanish. It is hoped by writing in her native language the letter will side step the politician’s Whitehall entourage and he will actually get to read it.

The four paragraphs are penned by Margaret Hale MBE, a relative of Emmeline Pankhurst who fought for votes for women 100 years ago and a member of the protest group Votes For Expat Brits.

Currently British citizens emigrating from the UK have the right to vote in elections for 15 years. The Cabinet Office says the cut off comes “because it was thought over time their connection with the UK is likely to diminish”.

However, many expats continue to pay taxes in the UK and have at least part of their lives governed by Westminster policies.

DEBATE Margaret, who lives in Benitachell, says in her correspondence: “I am writing this to you in Spanish in the hope that your staff will actually pass this on to you, that you will read it and, maybe, reply. The replies that have been received up to now have been inadequate. Curiously, although my previous letter to you was quoted in a Parliamentary debate, I have never received a reply by email or letter.”

Margaret explains she lives in Spain, she is a British citizen who has paid her taxes and National Insurance contributions, married a British magistrate, raising three British children, and now enjoying a British state pension and a British university pension.

“I am proud to be British and have never knowingly caused Her Majesty or her Government any cause for concern.”

She adds: “I understand your wife is Spanish. She similarly, despite living with you and your family in England, retains familial, cultural and economic ties with her Mother Country. Her Government returns the compliment by granting her a vote in National Spanish Elections in perpetuity.

“Britain does not so honour me. Why? How are we different?”

To find out more about the protest visit www.votes-for-expat-brits.com an electronic petition at http://epetitions. direct.gov.uk/petitions/55085 calls for expat representation.

Cristina likely to face new charges

THE COURTS are to take another look at the financial activities of King Juan Carlos’ daughter the Infanta Cristina when it emerged that she had rented her luxury home in Barcelona, which she shared with her husband the Duke of Palma, to herself for 60,000€ over a five year contract, effectively diverting cash from the Nóos Institute into her own pocket. The Infanta has only escaped prosecution along with her husband in the Nóos corruption scandal as she was thought to be merely a partner rather than an administrator in the company. Now Judge Castro will make a decision whether the Infanta Cristina should be charged with fraud.

The Barcelona/London commute

IT’S OFFICIAL – London rents are now so high it is cheaper to commute from Barcelona than to rent in London’s Zone 2. Sick of paying London’s city prices, commuter Sam Cookney examined alternatives and found that a four-day commute (with one day spent at home) from say, Barcelona, would save him £339 monthly. 30-year-old Social Media Manager Sam works near Liverpool Street station - he found that due to the saving on council charges and rent, it would be cheaper to live in Barcelona and fly back and forth for four days of the week provided he could work the fifth day at home. He said: “I could walk to my desk by 9:30am, with time for a Pret coffee and bacon and cheese croissant en route: Sorted!”

Caritas and the Red Cross to the rescue again CARITAS AND the Red Cross are doing a sovereign job at the height of the economic downturn, now coming to the rescue of children whose families cannot afford school dinners.

by Jan Gamm The charities are paying 6€ per month for each scholarship student without means, to Kids ensure they receive the school dinners that are vital to kids without proper nourishment tucking at home. A Caritas spokesman said: “Scholarship kids need only find 48€ per year to pay in thanks for school dinners but the situation of needy families is such that they cannot even find to Caritas this amount. Some children never eat meat due to the cost, whereas in the school canand the teen they receive a balanced meal.”

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Spain dares to hope for economic recovery THE GOVERNOR of the Bank of Spain, Luis Maria Linde, has announced with caution that “with some prudence” the latest macroeconomic data suggests that Spain is showing signs of the beginnings of economic recovery. Linde made ​​his comments during his speech at the Sixteenth National Congress of Family Business, highlighting reforms of importance that have been carried out by the Government, including within the labour market, “…that are beginning to have positive effects.”

Hospitals now alarmed against personal attack on staff

HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT the Valencian community have installed alarms on computers to guard against personal attacks on staff. Each computer now features an alarm button which when pressed call security staff to the aid of a staff member with a potentially aggressive incident to deal with. The warning appears on screens as a ‘floatshaped’ icon at selected terminals in the event of an aggressive situation where a staff member requires assistance. In Alicante the system is being implemented in 47 health centres, hospitals and clinics.

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Journalists from around the world meet in Torrevieja

by Keith Nicol A GROUP of journalists from ACPE, the Association of Foreign Press Correspondents visited Torrevieja on Sunday as part of a fam trip to conclude their conference that was taking place in San Juan de Alicante. The event was organised by the Department of Tourism by the Provincial Office of Costa BlancaTourism. 26 foreign journalists took part in the weekend event and from them journalists from Argentina, Cuba, United States, Japan, Uruguay, Peru, France and Mexico travelled to Torrevieja, and for most of them, it was the first time visiting the City of Salt.

The group was greeted by Deputy Provincial Tourism, Joaquín Albaladejo, Councillor for Tourism, Luis Maria Pizana and president of the chosen venue for their visit, Real Club

Nautico Torrevieja, Germán Soler.

During their visit, the group took time out to visit some of the city’s museums and beauty sports, including Dique de Levante and the Paseo Juan Aparicio, on a sunny summer afternoon, when temperatures rose above 28 degrees, filling the beaches as they had been all summer long.

Accompanying the group was Torrevejense Jose Bañuls, president of the European Press (Fondo Europeo de Prensa), as well as manager of Torrevieja’s Tourism Office, Juan Manuel Minguez. The president of the association of correspondents, Ramón Darío Molinary, welcomed the opportunity to learn more about Torrevieja and noted his surprise at “the power of the city in terms of its range of sailing and water sports, with more than 2,800 boat moorings on offer, despite the crisis.”

Continued from front page This week, the Government backtracked a little and the Minister of Education, José Ignacio Wert accepted, in the Senate, that they would review the schedule for implementation of educational reform, after the regional directors pointed out the impossibility, due to both time and cost factors, to now start the changes in two years from next year. Whether or not the PP will still be in power at this time will remain to be seen. Wert made the announcement at the meeting of the General Committee of the Autonomous Communities (CCAA), first convened in this term, which aims to check whether a bill, in this case the Improvement of Educational Quality (Lomce) invades or circumnavigates competition. The law would mean a reduction of over 80,000 teaching and support staff posts, as well as pay cuts and an increase in teachers’ workload. Unions have long been complaining that curricula and textbooks will have to be prepared in a very short space of time and with fewer resources, staff and budgets, they say it’s just not possible within the present timeframe. However, those that are suffering the most from the Wert Law are those that it is designed to benefit; Spain’s youth; who are failing at the appalling rate of a national 30% while unemployment for those under 26 stands at more than 50%.

Members of the foreign Spanish Press Correspondents visited Torrevieja

Camps will remain Adopted Son of Torrevieja ONE OF the most ardent supporters of former Torrevieja Mayor, Pedro Hernandez Mateo, was the former President of the Valencian Community, Francisco Camps. Mateo formed a close friendship with Camps and Torrevieja benefited with regular visits to open civic schemes and buildings, as the City of Salt grew from a small fishing village with a few foreign residents in the 1980’s to Valencia’s fifth largest city today. Last Friday, the Green party launched their third unsuccessful attempt to have Francisco Camps stripped of the honour of being an Honorary Citizen and adopted son of the city of Torrevieja. The motion was rejected by the PP council of the PP with the Popular Alternative Party abstaining and only the Greens, PSOE and LV voting in favour. So, the former President of the Valencian Community, remains an adopted son of the city.

Ambassador to build on human relationships

by Jack Troughton NEW BRITISH Ambassador in Madrid, Simon Manley has pledged to build on the “extraordinary human relationship” between the United Kingdom and Spain.

Mr Manley CMG took over the helm at the British Embassy on Monday, replacing Giles Paxman as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador to Andorra.

It is the 46-year-old diplomat’s first posting as an ambassador and on arrival he said he was “delighted” to be in Spain.

He said: “We have an extraordinary human relationship between the UK and Spain. There are 13 or 14 million Brits who spend their holidays here each year and some 800,000 people live here for all or part of the year.

“And, of course, there are increasing numbers of Spanish who work in the UK and increasing numbers of Spanish who are learning English.”

He said he was impressed with how the British Consulates across the country worked with Spanish partners to do an “excellent job assisting British nationals”.

“I want to insure we make the best consulate service available to British nationals here in Spain,” added Mr Manley.

“And that we make the most of that human relationship and the people to people links that are created every day out there.”

WEDDING The Ambassador is married with three daughters. His wife Maria Isabel was born in Barcelona and is an international lawyer.

He revealed: “I first came here in 1996 to buy some cava for our wedding.”

Mr Manley said he hoped co-operation between Britain and Spain would flourish for years to come and he looked forward to strengthening “our broad and deep bilateral relationship” – saying Spain was a key ally within the European union and NATO and one of the UK’s most important trading partners.

“I think the most important priority has to be prosperity, the search for jobs and growth in both our countries.”

Some 400 Spanish companies are registered in the UK, making Spain the sixth largest investor in Britain – worth some £40 billion by the end of 2011.

British companies exported 9.7 billion Euros of goods and services to Spain, the UK’s eighth largest export market.

And Mr Manley said the common efforts of the two countries would help create a genuine single market in the EU – and together secure a free trade deal with the United States “to insure that the EU is at the forefront of moves to free up world trade.”

Before his posting in Madrid, Mr Manley was Director Europe at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2011 to 2013, responsible for policy towards the EU, the UK’s bilateral relations with its European partners, and the FCO’s network of 57 European posts and more than 2,000 staff.

He previously served as the FCO’s Director Defence and Strategic Threats between 2008 and 2011 leading the Government’s efforts to combat terrorism and the narcotics trade and organised crime. He was head of Counter-Terrorism Policy between 2006 and 2008 and was head of the EU Economic, Central Europe and Ireland Department between 2002 and 2006.

Mr Manley, who read Modern history at Magdalen College, Oxford and International Relations at Yale University, was made Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2009 and a Commander of the Polish Order of Merit in 2004.

Watch and find out more about the new Ambassador at www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKcpjR4cPEM. Follow Mr Manley on his Twitter account @SimonManleyFCO

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ONLY THE best for the little beast… We were in a supermarket yesterday and happened to walk down the aisle where the pet supplies were. I could not believe what I saw! On the shelf was an assortment of dog shampoos. Yes, you read correctly, there was an assortment of dog shampoos including one that was peach scented. And the weirdest thing was the price. A small bottle of dog shampoo was 9€! That is not, and I repeat not, a typing mistake.

Neither my spouse nor I would dream of spending 9€ on ourselves for a small bottle of hair shampoo. Since some people are so enamoured with their dogs, spending such a shocking amount for scented shampoo, how about we go even further… How about hair dye and highlights for the dear dog?

And why are there not dog diapers available as well? Dog diaper manufacturers could even have colourful Mickey Mouse or nice Sponge Bob cartoons put on the dog nappies and charge double the price.

One has to wonder what else we will see on shelves for our beloved dogs? Will we see Calvin Klein dog cologne, and dog toe nail polish? Will we see people competing with their neighbours to see who can buy the most expensive clothes labels such as POLO, LaCoste, Burberry or Jaeger, for their precious pets? How about dog jewellery? 18 karat gold necklaces; matching earrings; ankle bracelets...

How about colour-coordinated Denby stoneware bowls and dishes for our cherished mutts? No seconds mind you - only the best for our beloved little beasts…

Geraldine Lander, Albir

Highly recommended I WAS recently taken by my nephew and his dad to play a round of ‘mini golf’ on the 18-hole course of Golf Delux, just outside Los Alcazares.

I am not a golfer but, although fairly challenging, the course was well within my capabilities and indeed I won. Adjacent to this course is a smaller ‘crazy golf’ course which I did not try. The set-up is beautifully maintained and was great fun. The staff were very helpful and the food available on the menu varied and reasonable in price.

This was a try out for me and I enjoyed it so much I will return, especially when we get our next visitors. It will provide a good afternoon out culminating with a nice cool beer in or outside the café: very highly recommended.

Arthur Blenkinsop

Killing two birds with one stone

HOW SAD it is to see the Spanish people destroying the beautiful La Cala Finestrat Villajoyosa with a beautiful beach and many nice bars and restaurants which attract many holiday makers year after year.

It is very sad to see that the Spanish people just do not seem to care. Many, many dog owners walk their dogs and do not pick up after them. It is disgusting!

Wherever you walk you will find people walking dogs and leaving it for others to tread on, it’s a mine field!

Markets are also held every Tuesday and Saturday. I take my hat off to the cleaners who do a good job at the end – however, on a windy day many plastic bags end up in the sea! How about a number of skips lined up the street whilst the market is on? I imagine the Spanish could kill two birds with one stone.

Recycle and earn money, save on cleaning costs - simple!

Are we still in a crisis? Why does the town hall not allow music, singing and Bingo in the bars? Can they not see that this would attract many more holiday makers? A little imagination and a slight bending of these stupid rules would bring a small fortune into the area and also help struggling bar owners.

Alan Clark

Happy motoring FOR THE benefit of Nathan Dale, I would like to point out that if when leaving Alicante Airport he was to continue around the roundabout to the next exit and follow the road at the end of this slip road he would very soon come to the motorway A70/AP7 which swings in a right hand loop and by following this road and the very useful road signs would end up in Torrevieja. This would pass Los Montesinos so saving him the problems of the N332 he so fears.

Oh and by the way, the N332 is no longer two lane after just north of Guadarmar - this is now a two-lane dual carriage way.

If he looked at the topography of the N332 from Alicante he would see the difficulty and the inevitable cost of doing this, especially in a period of recession. So, Nathan, invest in a map book to find alternate routes is my only suggestion.

Happy motoring…!

Graham E Johnson, Benidorm

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Dene and Bruce are already singing out for Christmas BENIDORM’S VERY own Dene Michael, of Black Lace fame, is all set to release his new Christmas single with that colourful bounder from Corrie, Les Battersbey.

Yes folks, Coronation Street star Bruce Jones is joining our Dene and hoping to head up the charts to this Christmas’s No.1 slot. The pair have just released a brand new Christmas party anthem called, “Sing Out for Christmas”. Now look, I don’t want to boast (much) but the song first aired on my local radio show this week in Sussex – it surely is my very own fifteen minutes of fame!

Fresh from his appearance on Channel 5’s Celebrity Big Brother, Bruce is hoping to get the UK rocking all over the festive season. He says, “Great party songs get people dancing and singing along – and this is a Christmas cracker! After a year like this we all deserve to kick off our shoes and have some fun!”

The song was written and produced by Dene Michael. To those not in the know Dene was the man behind the massive party hits of Black Lace (not ‘choo’ mention the trainline ads on telly last year) and “Sing out for Christmas” is a feel-good sing-a-long song that will surely be packing the dance floors from Brighton

to Benidorm this Christmas-time.

As well as having penned some of those great party songs, Dene co-owned a bar with Bruce back in his Benidorm days. Bruce says, “Me and Dene have been mates for years. He’s a smashing guy and knows everything there is to know about getting people up and having fun.”

Although, Bruce is known primarily for his acting skills, not many people realise that he also has a great singing voice and has performed on stage with many stars including Diana Ross and Queen’s Brian May. Hmmm, a bit like dear ole Jack Duckworth, I hear you say. In fact one or two of the Corrie stars, down the years, have been accomplished singers.

“Singing is great for the soul” Bruce tells me, “And at Christmas we should be surrounded by friends and family, singing our hearts out, dancing and having fun.” Yes, Brucie boy, amen to that. I wondered what he was up to at the moment. He laughs, “We’re just putting the finishing touches to the video and then we’re ready to top the charts!” Hopefully, they’ll be filming down there in Albir again...

Sing Out for Christmas, is set to be a festive clas-

sic; so folks, get ready to choo, choo, choo and do the Christmas conga. After all, with the clocks now back Yuletide merriment is only a few more sleeps away.

Well, at least that’s what my little granddaughter is telling me.

Watts in Britain, pushing pineapples and shaking trees...

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November: a busy time in Spanish gardens by

Dick Handscombe Active gardener and author

WHAT A wonderfully long, hot Indian summer we have had. It has been a month for continuing to enjoy sunbathes, outdoor siestas and outdoor entertaining rather than doing much gardening.

With temperatures now about to drop there will be much work although varying from region to region. In Madrid and the high central provinces cold nights preceding November frosts will mean that most plants stop flowering and if deciduous lose their leaves. At this point a major garden cut back and clean up is due and the stumps and roots of perennials benefit from a protective covering of leaves or peat substitute.

Tender subtropical plants such as bougainvillea and hibiscus, cacti and succulents – all often grown in pots for ease of manoeuvrability- need to be moved into a frost-free conservatory or sunny window for the winter.

If living in an apartment, summer annuals and geraniums need to be removed from pots and window boxes to be replaced by hardy winter annuals such as pansies and wallflowers or heathers, and azaleas.

Along the coastal Mediterranean plains and in nearby inland valleys the situation is somewhat different. The more benign climate means that many plants including

Bougainvillea, Bignonias, Roses, Lantanas, Poinsettias, Plumbagos and succulents can be in flower for Christmas and the New Year. It is therefore wise, if you will be resident at those times, to only do light prunings now, to stimulate new flowering shoots and delay the major annual cut back and clean up until January and February.

The stronger prunings can be potted up to propagate new plants for planting out in the spring. Plantings of hardy flowering and fruiting shrubs and trees can be made now provided there has been some rain. But delay the planting of subtropicals until after the last Spring frosts.

Now is the time to make garden plantings of spring bulbs.

The serious growing of vegetables is restricted in areas of heavy frosts but in most coastal areas below 400 or 500 metres it is possible to grow a diversity of vegetables throughout the year. We harvest 365 days a year and last sowings and plantings can be made during early November. If you like fresh ecological/organic vegetables that can be harvested the day you want to eat them, in the quantities you want, and without the possibility of surface residues from chemical sprays think about making at least a small start now. You will be surprised by what can be grown in an old bath tub or meter square raised bed

filled with a rich well draining compost/ manure mix. The experience of growing vegetables during the winter with long dry sunny spells will be of benefit when you come round to coping with the drought and heat of next summer.

If you have fruit trees clean up all fallen fruit and leaves and give the trees an autumn insecticide and fungal spray.

Being organic we use Neem and horsetail sprays. In the soft fruit garden raspberry and strawberry runners can be separated and planted to increase next year’s crops. Other vegetable garden tasks include turning composts heaps, mulching the asparagus bed with compost and seaweed, and a good tidy up of summer peppers, tomatoes and beans stop fruiting and die back.

November is also a good month to start to lay out a new garden or make changes in an existing garden. In both cases do nothing seriously until you have clarified the type of lifestyle you have or plan to have in Spain and the type of garden that would best support or enable that lifestyle.

The book ‘Your Garden in Spain – From Planning to Planting and Maintenance’ provides ideas for a wide range of gardens and also plantings for apartments/ penthouses. The other books in our quartet of gardening books follow on.

The Handscombe’s books can be most conveniently purchased from Amazon Books, Santana Books website or 95 248 5838, The Book Depository or The Royal Horticultural Society Bookshop. ©Dick Handscombe www.gardenspain.com

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David Stewart

International Financial Adviser

WOULD YOU like to invest in a product that guarantees you an annual income no matter if the financial markets go up or down? Then read on.

STRUCTURED NOTES offer a number of investments options: fixed income over a set period, capital protection, capital protection barriers etc. A structured note is an IOU from an investment bank or company that pays out if certain criteria are met.

TYPICAL EXAMPLE: Current one year 10% fixed income Note One year investment, with a return of 10% pa, paid quarterly irrespective of what’s happening in the market, 50% Capital protection barrier.

From this example, the investment is linked to the performance of Pharmaceutical companies: it provides an annual return of 10% no matter what happens in the market. The protection is a 50% barrier, so if all the stocks close above the 50% barrier at Final Valuation Date, then capital is returned. If the protection barrier has been breached before the Final Valuation Date, your investment will be returned on the Redemption

Date reduced on a one for one basis in line with the percentage decline in the worst performing stock value.

Structured notes tend to be between one to six year investments.

This type of investment suits you if you fall into the following categories: If you want to diversify your portfolio with balanced risk products that protect their capital and still offer the opportunity to realise higher rewards than a standard deposit If you want a guaranteed income no matter what happens in the markets If you have the required minimum investment – usually £10,000 if to go within an existing wrapper - otherwise £20,000 If you accept that there is a risk, like with any other investment that you may receive back less than the initial investment if the protection barrier is breached.

You understand that whilst these types of investment

offer certain guarantees, returns can fluctuate and you may get back less than you invested.

Investment companies regularly launch new structured products that take advantage of current market conditions. This ensures that structured notes available are always competitive and provide you with the opportunity to benefit from a changing market.

These structured notes can be included as part of your pension planning, i.e. within a QROPS or as part of your wealth management strategy. At Blacktower financial management we will work with you to ensure that your exposure to these products suits your financial goals and would only recommend them as a part of a diversified portfolio.

If you would like to discuss the above and see what products are available that would suit you and your financial goals then contact David Stewart on 671 659 715 or email david.stewart@blacktowerfm.com

The above information was correct at the time of preparation and does not constitute investment advice and you should seek advice from a professional adviser before embarking on any financial planning activity.

Blacktower Financial Management Ltd is licenced by the UK by the Financial Services 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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Spanish family law by

Carlos Baos

of White & Baos Abogados

English & Spanish Solicitors

DO YOU need to get your divorce court order recognized and fulfilled in Spain?

I GOT divorced in England by consent, and according to the divorce Court Order and the agreement reached, we must split the Spanish properties between us, but my wife does not want to collaborate. How I can transfer the properties? What is the fastest and cheapest way to do it?

Thank you for your email.

First of all, if you are getting divorced in another country, and part of the assets are in Spain, normally real estate properties, it is essential to get the advice of a Spanish Lawyer. It is important to be advised about how the foreign divorce agreement or court order needs to be worded, in order to simplify its recognition and implementation later on in Spain.

Unfortunately, sometimes these agreements or court orders implemented outside of Spain do not included some important details such as the Spanish

property Land Registry number, etc., which would make the process more difficult in Spain.

Once you have the court order, as in your case, there are different options to enforce it and transfer the properties in Spain: 1. By consent, if the parties are in agreement: Officially the cheapest, fastest and best way, this could be done simply by going to the notary, both of you ( directly or represented by means of a Power of Attorney) and transferring the shares between you, by means of what is called in Spain a division of the common ownership, where the taxes to be paid are Stamp Duty ( about 1.5%). There would be no transfer tax, currently 10% in the community of Valencia.

Also, by consent, there is an option to try to register the English court order directly in the competent Land Registry where the property is registered, but not all Land Registers have the same criteria and agree with it. If this is accepted, and the division of

assets is 50/50, no taxes or notary fees, will need to be paid.

2. Contentious: If it is not possible to do it by mutual agreement because one party refuses to collaborate, you can ask for the formal recognition of the English Court Order in Spain, normally as per the COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2201/2003, of 27 November 2003, concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility.

It is possible that to enforce the economic agreement like the transfer of the properties, we will need to do it by means of a process called exequatur.

If you need or will, or need to implement a family law ( divorce, separation, etc.) court order in Spain, we can help you.

You can follow the Spanish Legal Issues that affect you by following us on facebook: https://www. facebook.com/WhiteBaosAbogadosLawyers

Carlos Baos (Lawyer) © White & Baos Abogados 2012 - All rights reserved. C/Diana 19, 2º-D, 03700 Dénia (located 1 minute away from the La Via underground car park). Tel: 966 426 185.

Send your questions to spanishlawyer@roundtownnews.com or info@white-baos.com. This article is available in English and Spanish at www.white-baos.com.

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

Visit our blog at http://www.white-baos.com/blog/ and Facebook (White-Baos-Abogados-Solicitors)

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Its results that count MILTON EXPRESS, the originators of the arbitrage scheme, which has consistently paid clients a monthly return of over 2%, actually market a sports advisory service that pays significantly higher returns – but with a degree of volatility.

“Win, lose or draw,” says Milton Express director John Murray, “we’re more than happy to illustrate how effective following our sports betting advices can be.” Winning Express will be advertising its monthly results locally on radio stations.

We always, always stress that the sports betting advices pay in the longer term – they’re by definition volatile, unlike our arbitrage facility but will definitely outperform that return over any sensible protracted period.”

Results certainly seem to justify the company’s confidence as Mr Murray explained that since January 2011, anyone following the sports betting advices, placing the bets themselves and adhering to the carefully crafted staking plan would have seen their original capital increase by almost 300%.

“Sticking to the staking plan is crucial”, adds Mr Murray,

“our advices are proofed to the national UK press and a firm of chartered accountants, so we advocate transparency but those results and returns are all intrinsically linked to the staking plan explained to everyone that joins Winning Express”.

Winning Express exists to provide its members with tax free returns, along with an earnings opportunity, and a sense of enjoyment in simply belonging to a club that’s dedicated to our mutual success.

TRY ALL OUR SERVICES: VIEW THE EARNINGS POTENTIAL Members will not only benefit from the services themselves, Winning Express offers an outstanding double-edged business opportunity; earn generous commissions and build a substantial income by recommending the services to others.

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For details on all our promotions and competitions Get on Board @ www.winningexpress.com Milton Express, 1st floor, Edif. 2 Centro Zenia, Avda. De Villamartin, s/n Urb. La Zenia, Orihuela Costa: Tel 96 599 4815: find us off the N332 at La Zenia roundabout, above Alejandros.All administration duties for Milton Express are carried out by Admin Solutions (UK) Ltd, Velocity House, Tenter Street, Sheffield S1 4DE.

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HiFX - Currency exchange specialists When transferring currency, what are the main things you look for?

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Security?

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HiFX offers all of the above with a level of service that is key to the success and strength of the company.

Annually, HiFX transfer in excess of £9 billion for over 75,000 clients and 5,000 businesses, as well as providing the foreign exchange service for the Royal Mail’s International currency exchange service.

A team of experts on the Costa Blanca consists of Chris Wakeling, Julia Hardy, Clive Smith and Natasha Bennett. Between them they have over 12 years’ experience in assisting clients with their foreign exchange requirements. They also have an in depth knowledge of the Spanish banking system, and through HiFX’s Spanish banking

partners are able to offer solutions and benefits for all clients, whether buying or selling property, or living here in Spain.

With HiFX you can make one-off transfers from £50, or £150 for regular transfers, and there is no maximum transfer limit for either service. HiFX’s excellent rates of exchange, combined with the ability to either eliminate or drastically reduce Spanish banking fees, provides a service that clearly benefits the needs of all their clients.

The team at HiFX is dedicated to delivering a service that is unrivalled by all of it’s competitors.

They provide the highest standards of customer care, seven days a week, so that their clients always have someone to contact to answer any questions that they might have.

A one on one service is offered throughout your transfer operations, with a system that enables you to retain full control of your funds at all times, and the ability to track and monitor payments 24/7.

The company ensures you get the best value for your money by offering the most competitive rates

of exchange in a simple, stress free process. How simple is it? Well, if you can move funds through your bank, then you can move funds through HiFX, except HiFX ensures that you receive more for your money.

Regulated by both the FCA and HMRC, and licensed by the bank of Spain, HiFX is most certainly a company that you can trust to deliver.

Check out what HiFX clients think about its services by visiting the website and clicking on the ‘trust Pilot’ link, an independent organisation that allows clients to place their own opinion on service. There are currently over 4,000 reviews with an excellent overall satisfaction rating of 9.5/10 - proving that HiFX delivers a service second to none.

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How not to notify a non-resident by

Suzanne O’Connell Customer Care at Ábaco

IT’S AROUND 12pm on a weekday. The sound of a scooter punctures the peace and quiet that usually characterises our little calle. It happens every day around this time and is followed by the appearance of our young post woman on her bright yellow scooter.

She doesn’t usually have much to bring us and thankfully nothing like the horrendous pile of junk mail we used to receive in the UK. Even so, we always expectantly watch her progress between the houses in the hope she might have something good to deliver.

Generally speaking, we have found the postal service in Spain to be much better than we expected. So much so that we no longer keep the PO Box (apartado de correos) that we opened when we first arrived here. By and large the post sent from the UK does get to us, with the exception of those mysteriously lost Birthday and Mother’s Day cards.

The reliability of the postal service is helped by the fact that there is usually one of us at home to receive it. If you are a non-resident then it’s a totally different matter.

THE NON-RESIDENT POSTAL DILEMMA As a non-resident you are not going to be there to receive the post for the majority of the year. Irrespective of this, the Spanish Tax Authority sends letters alerting non-residents of outstanding tax in just the same way as they would a resident. It goes to an address in Spain.

The yellow scooter will bring your official letter, be unable to find a signature for it and return it to where it came from. But don’t worry - you can still expect to be informed about your tax debts in the BOE. THE WONDERS OF THE BOE The BOE (Boletín Official del Estado) is perhaps the best system possible for ensuring that notifications do not actually notify anyone. It is a very long list of names of people who have transgressed.

Perhaps they haven’t paid a traffic fine or they have missed a social security payment. Or, perhaps they are a non-resident living abroad who is being notified that they owe the Spanish Tax Authority money.

For the non-resident, non-Spanish speaker it is

an almost impossible expectation that they would trawl through this list on a daily basis just in case they received a mention.

And yet, this is the evidence that the Tax Authority will use that you have been informed. Having not responded, your bank account is then under threat of being embargoed with all the associated inconvenience.

SO, WHAT’S THE SOLUTION? You can ask a neighbour to pick up your mail and sign for any deliveries. Alternatively, you can employ a fiscal representative. A fiscal representative should prevent any issues from arising in the first place. However, if something should go awry they are in a position to receive notification from the Spanish Tax Authority and can help you.

We are still waiting for the day when important, official letters for non-residents will be routinely sent to your UK home address.

In the meantime, a fiscal representative can save you having to make that daily trawl through the BOE.

Ábaco provide fiscal representation to non-resident and resident Spanish property owners. You can contact us for free advice and information by calling our helpline 96 670 3748 or visiting our website www.abacoadvisers.com

Life Happy customers for Másmóvil DID YOU know that 95% of Másmóvil’s clients would recommend them to friends and family? I bet you not every mobile phone and Internet operator can make a claim like that!

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With the all-new ‘Plan Zero’, there is no excuse not to join Másmóvil! Plan Zero can be adapted to suit your pocket - for just 3€ *per month it lets you make domestic calls to mobiles and landlines for 0 cts/ minute for the first 5 minutes of every call and just 3 cts/min* thereafter. The call set-up charge is just 15 cts.* You could also add an Internet Bundle to suit your needs so you can choose calls and Internet (500MB, 1 GB, 2GB or 5GB) from just 5 Euros* per month. And remember, Másmóvil doesn’t believe in permanence clauses, so you may leave whenever you want. That is how confident they are with the service they offer!

Másmóvil’s friendly customer service team in Madrid are just a free phone call away and can help you with any questions you may have, in your own language, be it English, German, Spanish, Russian, Finnish or Scandinavian. You could also pop into one of the many stores all over mainland Spain, Canary Islands and The Balearics.

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Life Showbiz Goss

Bake us a pastie…

Mr. Nasty!

ALTHOUGH THE Great British Bake Off has a laid back style, is filmed in the countryside and contains the baking of foodstuffs we remember from times of yore, it’s produced a few worrying situations and this, in my opinion, is entirely down to the two judges, Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. I recall relating a piece a couple of months ago about seriously sharp knives and tomato ketchup all over the place, and this time the story is still about cutting, but more the remark than the physical kind.

I found Mary Berry irritating in the first two series, but have noticed a bit of a drop in her level of distain for what are essentially regular folks like you and me. That said, Paul Hollywood has taken over her mantle and some, and this bad behaviour has manifested itself to some degree.

After the show ended, a whole tirade of exchanges between Hollywood and losing finalist Ruby Tandoh were posted on Twitter, words that have no right to be there in the scheme of things. Ruby was a losing finalist and could therefore be accused of being a bad loser, but somehow or other I don’t think so. But no matter what, the highly paid Paul Hollywood has fallen a long way short of the mark in his television presenting skills.

It was clear from show one that Ruby was of an emotional nature, and likewise the other contestants … they all had their ways. It should then become the responsibility of the presenters of the show to make themselves aware of these traits and act accordingly … not stand toe to toe with one of them … in public! Have we made it okay for Paul Hollywood to say: “What are ‘female tears’, anyway? Are they more fragile and delicate than male tears? Do they wear pink?” … Seems like we have made it okay.

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by

Peter Taylor

Writer and Broadcaster

Celebrity clips ITS FINALLY been announced that the biopic ‘Rocketman’ about the life and times of Elton John will be going ahead, and that Londoner Tom Hardy will play the great man. 36-year-old Hardy has previously played brawny characters in Warrior, Lawless and Bronson and with Elton and his civil partner David Furnish as producers, he might need a bit of that muscle. Filming begins next year.

Katy Perry is interested in making films, but made it clear it comes with a proviso. “I want to act, and if you want to start shooting at 11am then I’m your girl, otherwise, I’m not interested,” Katy explained to W magazine. She then clarified her statement by adding “But if Ridley Scott wants to hire me for Blade Runner 2 to play Rachael, I am absolutely available.” … Katy!!

I watched a music show called ‘Freshly Squeezed’ on Ch4 about five years ago and recall seeing Nick Grimshaw acting like a complete t****r throughout. I also recall being amazed that he got the top job on Radio 1. Some peeps have got it and some haven’t, and with Grimshaw’s R1 breakfast show having lost 1.2 million listeners since it started … got it he ain’t.

Talking about losing peeps, the word is that Simon C is not best pleased with the drop in ratings with the X Factory. ‘Strictly’ has got two million more people tuning in and an insider said: “Simon and the rest of the producers will not rest until the Saturday show is performing better.” Could this be the moment in time when the X Factory starts to take the long walk?

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Life TV

1st November - 7th November

FRIDAY 1st November BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 The Sheriffs Are Coming 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Britain’s Empty Homes 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 Keeping Up Appearances 15:45 Keeping Up Appearances 16:15 Perfection 17:00 Escape to the Country 17:30 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 A Question of Sport 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Room 101 22:00 Have I Got News for You 22:30 Citizen Khan 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News and Weather 23:35 The Graham Norton Show 24:20 Bluestone 42

07:00 Homes Under the Hammer 08:00 Saints and Scroungers 08:45 Britain’s Empty Homes 09:15 The A to Z of TV Cooking 10:00 Flog It! Trade Secrets 11:00 Question Time 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Cash in the Attic 14:45 Great British Menu 15:45 Floyd on Britain and Ireland 16:15 Are You Being Served?

16:45 ‘Allo ‘Allo!

17:10 Cagney & Lacey 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Great British Bake Off 21:00 Gardeners’ World 21:30 Autumnwatch 2013 22:30 Autumnwatch Unsprung 23:00 QI 23:30 Newsnight 24:00 Weather 24:05 Later with Jools Holland

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point: Lucky Stars 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Off the Beaten Track 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 TT3D: Closer to the Edge

07:00 The Treacle People 07:10 The Hoobs 08:05 According to Jim 08:25 Will & Grace 08:55 Frasier 10:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 11:00 The Big Bang Theory 11:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:00 Undercover Boss USA 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking 13:30 SuperScrimpers 13:35 The Quiet Man 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:30 Unreported World 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Embarrassing Bodies 22:00 8 Out of 10 Cats 22:30 Man Down 23:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 24:05 Stand Up for the Week 24:55 Was It Something I Said?

07:00 Childrens TV 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Construction Squad: Operation Homefront 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 The Mentalist 16:15 Committed 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Chris Tarrant Goes Fishing 21:00 Criminals: Caught on Camera 22:00 Britain’s Funniest Comedy Characters 24:55 Inside Hollywood

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Emmerdale 07:55 You’ve Been Framed!

08:25 You’ve Been Framed!

08:55 Jeremy Kyle Show USA 09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:35 The Real Housewives of Orange County 12:30 Big Rich Texas 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Emmerdale 14:30 You’ve Been Framed!

15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 The Real Housewives of Orange County 18:05 Big Rich Texas 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 Paranormal Activity 23:50 House of Wax

ITV2

E4

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 Suburgatory 11:30 Suburgatory 12:00 Rules of Engagement 12:30 Charmed 13:30 Hollyoaks 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 Suburgatory 16:30 Suburgatory 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Big Bang Theory 21:30 How I Met Your Mother 22:00 Aliens

SATURDAY 2nd November BBC1

BBC2

ITV1

CHANNEL 4

CHANNEL 5

ITV2

E4

07:00 Breakfast 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Live 12:30 Paul Hollywood’s Bread 13:00 Football Focus 13:45 Sportsday 14:00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 14:15 Bargain Hunt 15:00 Live Rugby League World Cup 17:30 Final Score 18:10 Formula 1 19:15 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing 21:15 Atlantis 22:05 The National Lottery Live 22:15 Casualty 23:05 BBC News; Weather 23:25 Match of the Day 24:55 The Football League Show

07:00 This Is BBC Two 08:10 Second Chorus 09:35 Stage Struck 11:10 Reel History of Britain 11:40 The Life of Birds 12:30 Fred Dibnah’s Industrial Age 13:00 The A to Z of TV Cooking 13:45 Talking Pictures 14:25 Becket 16:50 Bitter Victory 18:30 The House That £100K Built 19:30 Flog It! 20:30 Natural World 21:30 Dad’s Army 22:00 Live from the National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage 24:15 The Sarah Millican Slightly Longer Television Programme 24:55 A Cock and Bull Story

07:10 Matt Hatter Chronicles 07:35 Dino Dan 07:50 Dino Dan 08:00 Canimals 08:25 Sooty 08:35 Horrid Henry 08:50 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 09:15 Bottom Knocker Street 09:30 Munch Box 10:25 Saturday Cookbook 11:20 Murder, She Wrote 12:15 ITV News and Weather 12:25 Surprise Surprise 13:25 All Star Family Fortunes 14:10 Doc Martin 15:15 Catchphrase 16:00 Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 18:35 ITV News Central 18:45 ITV News and Weather 19:00 New You’ve Been Framed!

19:30 Fool Britannia 20:00 The Chase 21:00 The X Factor 22:50 Jonathan Ross Show 23:55 ITV News and Weather 24:10 Take Me Out

07:15 The Hoobs 07:40 The Hoobs 08:05 Volleyball 09:00 The Morning Line 10:00 American Football Show 11:00 Frasier 11:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 12:00 The Big Bang Theory 12:30 The Big Bang Theory 12:55 The Simpsons 13:25 Heston’s Feast 14:30 Channel 4 Racing 17:00 Come Dine with Me 17:25 Come Dine with Me 17:55 Come Dine with Me 18:25 Come Dine with Me 19:00 Come Dine with Me 19:30 Channel 4 News 20:00 Double Your House for Half the Money 21:00 Grand Designs 22:00 The Eagle 24:15 From Dusk till Dawn

07:00 Childrens TV 10:10 Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:25 Roary the Racing Car 10:40 Jelly Jamm 10:55 The Mr Men Show 11:10 Power Rangers: Megaforce 11:45 Slugterra 12:10 Inside Hollywood 12:15 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic 13:15 Columbo: Blueprint for Murder 14:50 Objective, Burma!

17:35 The Colditz Story 19:30 Lost Heroes of World War One 20:00 The Great Escape: Revealed 21:00 War Hero in My Family 21:55 5 News Weekend 22:00 Collateral Damage 24:15 Alien Hunter

07:00 Coronation Street 09:15 Emmerdale 12:05 The X Factor USA 14:00 The X Factor USA 15:00 The Hot Desk 15:15 Peter Andre: My Life 16:15 You’ve Been Framed!

16:40 You’ve Been Framed!

17:15 You’ve Been Framed!

17:45 You’ve Been Framed!

18:15 Casper 20:10 The Perfect Storm 22:50 The Xtra Factor 23:50 Celebrity Juice 24:40 Release the Hounds

07:00 Switched 07:25 Charmed 08:10 Glee 09:00 90210 10:00 Rules of Engagement 10:30 Rules of Engagement 11:00 Rules of Engagement 11:30 Rules of Engagement 12:00 Rules of Engagement 12:30 Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel 14:20 The Mindy Project 14:50 The Big Bang Theory 15:25 The Big Bang Theory 15:50 Made in Chelsea 16:55 Rules of Engagement 17:25 Rules of Engagement 17:55 How I Met Your Mother 18:25 How I Met Your Mother 18:55 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 How I Met Your Mother 20:30 Suburgatory 21:00 New Girl 21:30 New Girl 22:00 Shooter 24:35 Good Luck Chuck

SUNDAY 3rd November

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07:00 Breakfast 08:25 Match of the Day 10:00 The Andrew Marr Show 11:00 Sunday Morning Live 12:00 Sunday Politics 13:15 MOTD2 Extra 14:00 BBC News 14:15 The Story of the Swastika 14:45 Bargain Hunt 15:40 Escape to the Country 16:40 Points of View 16:55 Songs of Praise 17:30 Formula 1 19:00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 19:20 Countryfile 20:20 Strictly Come Dancing 21:00 The Paradise 22:00 Richard Hammond Builds a Planet 23:00 BBC News; Regional News and Weather 23:25 Match of the Day 2 24:30 Rugby League World Cup

07:00 This Is BBC Two 08:10 The Bride Walks Out 09:30 Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets 10:30 Gardeners’ World 11:00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites 12:30 EastEnders 14:20 Rugby Union 15:20 Live Cycling 18:30 Inspire: The Olympic Journey 19:00 Flog It! 19:30 The Ginge, the Geordie and the Geek 20:00 How to Build 21:00 Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains 22:00 Great Continental Railway Journeys 23:00 The Wrong Mans 23:30 QI XL 24:15 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 24:45 The Invisible

07:10 Matt Hatter Chronicles 07:35 Dino Dan 08:00 Canimals 08:25 Sooty 08:35 Horrid Henry 08:50 Big Time Rush 09:15 Bottom Knocker Street 09:30 Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge 10:25 ITV News 10:30 Storage Hoarders 11:30 Sunday Side Up 12:30 Sunday Scoop 13:30 ITV News 13:35 Inside the National Trust 14:35 Fool Britannia 15:05 The X Factor 16:55 Downton Abbey 18:00 You’ve Been Framed!

18:30 Prize Island 19:35 ITV News Central 19:45 ITV News 20:00 Surprise Surprise 21:00 The X Factor 22:00 Downton Abbey 23:05 ITV News 23:20 OCD Ward 24:20 Premiership Rugby Union

07:10 American Football Show 08:05 Yorkshire Marathon 09:00 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:30 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 10:30 Sunday Brunch 13:30 The Big Bang Theory 13:55 The Big Bang Theory 14:25 The Big Bang Theory 14:50 The Simpsons 15:20 The Simpsons 15:50 The Simpsons 16:20 Star Trek V: the Final Frontier 18:25 Channel 4 News 18:50 Grease 21:00 Bigfoot Files 22:00 Homeland 23:00 Was It Something I Said?

23:25 Toast of London 23:50 No Fire Zone 24:45 Alan Carr: Chatty Man

07:00 Childrens TV 09:25 Angelina Ballerina 09:45 Hana’s Helpline 10:00 Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom 10:10 Milkshake! Monkey 10:15 Toby’s Travelling Circus 10:30 Roary the Racing Car 10:45 Jelly Jamm 11:00 Power Rangers: Super Samurai 11:35 Slugterra 12:00 Cowboy Builders 13:00 Police Interceptors 14:00 Ghost Busters 16:00 Baby Boom 18:10 The Fox and the Hound 19:50 5 News Weekend 19:55 U-571 22:00 2012

07:00 The Hot Desk 07:10 Emmerdale 09:40 Coronation Street 12:10 The X Factor 14:05 The Xtra Factor 15:05 You’ve Been Framed!

15:35 You’ve Been Framed!

16:10 The Borrowers 17:55 Rumor Has It..

19:55 DragonHeart 22:00 The Xtra Factor 23:00 The Only Way Is Essex 23:50 Freshers 24:50 Tricked

07:00 Switched 07:20 Make It or Break It 08:05 Ugly Betty 08:50 Charmed 09:50 How I Met Your Mother 10:20 How I Met Your Mother 10:50 Hollyoaks 13:25 Made in Chelsea 14:30 Rules of Engagement 15:00 Rules of Engagement 15:30 The Mindy Project 16:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:30 The Big Bang Theory 17:00 How I Met Your Mother 17:30 How I Met Your Mother 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 Rules of Engagement 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:30 The Big Bang Theory 21:00 The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising 23:00 Drifters 23:30 Drifters 24:00 Channel 4’s Comedy Gala 24:55 Misfits

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monday 4th November BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Remembrance Week 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Escape to the Country 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Indian Doctor 16:00 Pressure Pad 16:45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 Caught Red Handed 21:00 EastEnders 21:30 Panorama 22:00 Ripper Street 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 Have I Got a Bit More News for You 24:20 Citizen Khan

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:05 Homes Under the Hammer 08:05 Saints and Scroungers 08:50 Britain’s Empty Homes 09:20 Real Rescues 10:05 Watchdog 11:05 James Martin’s Food Map of Britain 11:35 Click 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Rugby League World Cup 15:00 Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00 University Challenge 21:30 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 The Choir: Sing While You Work 23:00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Africa 2013: Countdown to the Rains

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green 21:30 Coronation Street 22:00 A Mother’s Son 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 The Agenda 24:05 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories

07:10 The Hoobs 07:35 The Hoobs 08:00 According to Jim 08:25 Will & Grace 08:50 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:25 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 10:30 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking 13:35 River Cottage Bites 13:55 Hombre 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Dispatches 21:30 Health Freaks 22:00 999: What’s Your Emergency?

23:00 Fresh Meat 23:50 Cardinal Burns 24:25 True Stories

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:10 Peppa Pig 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 War Hero in My Family 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 The Mentalist 16:15 Deadliest Sea 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Construction Squad: Operation Homefront 21:00 The Gadget Show 22:00 The Woman with 40 Cats - and Other Pet Hoarders 23:00 Under the Dome 24:00 Judge Dredd

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 Coronation Street 08:25 Up All Night 08:50 Ben and Kate 09:10 You’ve Been Framed!

09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:35 The Real Housewives of Orange County 12:30 Big Rich Texas 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Coronation Street 14:30 Coronation Street 15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 The Real Housewives of Orange County 18:05 Big Rich Texas 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 Peter Andre: My Life 23:00 2 Fast 2 Furious

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 New Girl 11:30 Suburgatory 12:00 Rules of Engagement 12:30 Charmed 13:30 Hollyoaks 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 New Girl 16:30 Suburgatory 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 New Girl 21:30 New Girl 22:00 90210 23:00 Made in Chelsea 24:00 Drifters 24:35 Drifters

tuesday 5th November BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Remembrance Week 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Escape to the Country 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Indian Doctor 16:00 Pressure Pad 16:45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Holby City 22:00 The Escape Artist 23:00 BBC News 23:35 Imagine 24:50 The Men Who Stare at Goats

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07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:35 Homes Under the Hammer 08:35 Saints and Scroungers 09:20 Real Rescues 10:05 Antiques Roadshow 11:05 James Martin’s Food Map of Britain 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Squash 15:00 Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet 23:00 Later Live - with Jools Holland 23:30 Newsnight

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Live UEFA Champions League 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time 24:35 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA

wednesday 6th November BBC1

07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Remembrance Week 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Escape to the Country 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Indian Doctor 16:00 Pressure Pad 16:45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 21:00 Watchdog 22:00 Britain on the Fiddle 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News 23:35 A Question of Sport 24:05 Film 2013

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07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:30 Homes Under the Hammer 08:30 Saints and Scroungers 09:15 Real Rescues 10:00 The Wonder of Dogs 11:00 Plan It, Build It 11:30 See Hear 12:00 BBC News 12:30 Daily Politics 14:00 Animal Park 15:00 Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 Ambassadors 23:00 The Culture Show 23:30 Newsnight 24:20 Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet

ITV1

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Coronation Street 21:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 Newsflash - Stories That Stopped the World 24:35 James Nesbitt’s Ireland

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itv2 07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 08:25 Up All Night 08:50 Ben and Kate 09:10 You’ve Been Framed!

09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:35 The Real Housewives of Orange County 12:30 Big Rich Texas 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Coronation Street 14:30 Coronation Street 15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 The Real Housewives of Orange County 18:05 Big Rich Texas 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Peter Andre: My Life 22:00 The Vampire Diaries 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Tricked 24:50 Freshers

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07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 New Girl 11:30 Suburgatory 12:00 Rules of Engagement 12:30 Charmed 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 New Girl 16:30 Suburgatory 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 How I Met Your Mother 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 Rules of Engagement 22:30 Happy Endings 23:00 The IT Crowd 24:00 The Big Bang Theory

07:00 The Treacle People 07:10 The Hoobs 08:00 According to Jim 08:25 Will & Grace 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking 13:35 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 14:10 River Cottage Bites 14:20 Ten Tall Men 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners 22:00 Embarrassing Bodies 23:00 Masters of Sex

07:00 Childrens TV 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:20 Summer House 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Jungle Babies: Tarsier Tails 20:30 The Dog Rescuers 21:00 Cowboy Builders 22:00 The Mentalist 23:00 Castle 24:00 Body of Proof

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07:00 The Treacle People 07:10 The Hoobs 08:00 According to Jim 08:25 Will & Grace 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 09:55 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking 13:35 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 14:10 River Cottage Bites 14:20 Carry On Doctor 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 River Cottage to the Core 22:00 Grand Designs 23:00 Gogglebox 23:45 The Cruel Cut

07:00 Childrens TV 09:30 Bert and Ernie’s Great Adventures 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Cowboy Builders 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 NCIS 16:15 Impact 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 21:00 Ben Fogle’s Animal Clinic 22:00 Too Fat to Fly 23:00 Step Brothers

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 08:25 Up All Night 08:50 Ben and Kate 09:10 You’ve Been Framed!

09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:35 The Real Housewives of Orange County 12:30 Big Rich Texas 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! 15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 The Real Housewives of Orange County 18:05 Big Rich Texas 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 Rumor Has It..

23:00 The Only Way Is Essex 23:50 Paranormal Activity

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 New Girl 11:30 Suburgatory 12:00 Rules of Engagement 12:30 Charmed 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 New Girl 16:30 Suburgatory 17:00 Rules of Engagement 17:30 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 18:30 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 19:30 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 The Day the Earth Stood Still 23:00 Misfits 24:05 Made in Chelsea

THURSDAY 7th November BBC1

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07:00 Breakfast 10:15 Remembrance Week 11:00 Homes Under the Hammer 12:00 Saints and Scroungers 12:45 Escape to the Country 13:15 Bargain Hunt 14:00 BBC News; Weather 14:30 Regional News and Weather 14:45 Doctors 15:15 The Indian Doctor 16:00 Pressure Pad 16:45 Paul Hollywood’s Pies & Puds 17:30 Antiques Road Trip 18:15 Pointless 19:00 BBC News 19:30 BBC London News 20:00 The One Show 20:30 EastEnders 21:00 Waterloo Road 22:00 Truckers 23:00 BBC News 23:25 Regional News and Weather 23:35 Question Time 24:35 This Week

07:00 This Is BBC Two 07:35 Homes Under the Hammer 08:35 Saints and Scroungers 09:20 Real Rescues 10:05 The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors 11:05 Plan It, Build It 11:35 HARDtalk 12:00 BBC News 12:30 BBC World News 13:00 Daily Politics 14:00 Animal Park 15:00 Live Tennis: ATP World Tour Finals 18:00 Flog It! 19:00 Eggheads 19:30 Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two 20:00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip 21:00 MasterChef: The Professionals 22:00 This World 23:00 Mock the Week - Again 23:30 Newsnight

07:00 Daybreak 09:30 Lorraine 10:25 Jeremy Kyle Show 11:30 This Morning 13:30 Loose Women 14:30 ITV News 14:55 ITV News Central 15:00 Dickinson’s Real Deal 16:00 Alan Titchmarsh Show 16:59 ITV Central Weather 17:00 Tipping Point 18:00 The Chase 19:00 ITV News Central 19:30 ITV News 20:00 Emmerdale 20:30 Tonight 21:00 Emmerdale 21:30 Britain’s Secret Treasures 22:00 Breathless 23:00 ITV News at Ten 23:30 ITV News Central 23:35 Jonathan Ross Show 24:40 Wild Britain with Ray Mears

07:00 The Treacle People 07:10 The Hoobs 08:00 According to Jim 08:25 Will & Grace 08:55 Everybody Loves Raymond 10:00 Frasier 11:00 Undercover Boss USA 12:00 Beat My Build 13:00 Channel 4 News 13:05 Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking 13:40 Jamie’s 15 Minute Meals 14:15 That Touch of Mink 16:10 Countdown 17:00 Deal or No Deal 18:00 Four in a Bed 18:30 Come Dine with Me 19:00 The Simpsons 19:30 Hollyoaks 20:00 Channel 4 News 20:55 4thought.tv 21:00 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 22:00 Bedlam 23:00 Bouncers 24:05 999: What’s Your Emergency?

07:00 Childrens TV 09:00 Fifi and the Flowertots 09:15 Peppa Pig 09:25 Peppa Pig 09:30 Milkshake! Monkey 09:35 Toby’s Travelling Circus 09:50 Bananas in Pyjamas 10:00 Tickety Toc 10:15 The Wright Stuff 12:10 The Hotel Inspector 13:10 5 News Lunchtime 13:15 Robson’s Extreme Fishing Challenge 14:15 Home and Away 14:45 Neighbours 15:20 The Mentalist 16:15 Impact 18:00 5 News 18:30 Neighbours 19:00 Home and Away 19:30 NewsTalk Live 20:00 Police Interceptors 21:00 Benidorm ER 22:00 Countdown to Murder 23:00 Person of Interest 24:00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent

07:00 Emmerdale 07:25 Coronation Street 07:55 You’ve Been Framed!

08:25 Up All Night 08:50 Ben and Kate 09:10 You’ve Been Framed!

09:40 Dinner Date 10:40 The Real Housewives of New York City 11:35 The Real Housewives of Orange County 12:30 Big Rich Texas 13:30 Emmerdale 14:00 Coronation Street 14:30 You’ve Been Framed!

15:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show 16:05 The Jeremy Kyle Show 17:10 The Real Housewives of Orange County 18:05 Big Rich Texas 19:00 Dinner Date 20:00 You’ve Been Framed!

20:30 You’ve Been Framed!

21:00 You’ve Been Framed!

22:00 Tricked 23:00 Celebrity Juice 23:50 Quantum of Solace

07:00 Switched 07:25 90210 08:10 Ugly Betty 09:00 Charmed 10:00 Glee 11:00 New Girl 11:30 Suburgatory 12:00 Rules of Engagement 12:30 Charmed 13:30 Hollyoaks 14:00 How I Met Your Mother 15:00 The Big Bang Theory 16:00 New Girl 16:30 Suburgatory 17:00 Rules of Engagement 18:00 How I Met Your Mother 19:00 The Big Bang Theory 20:00 Hollyoaks 20:30 How I Met Your Mother 21:00 Suburgatory 21:30 The Big Bang Theory 22:00 2 Broke Girls 22:30 Drifters 23:00 Educating Essex 24:05 How I Met Your Mother

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Life spanish

Basic Spanish for everyday needs

by Jane Cronin

Step by Step Spanish -55 Conditions THERE ARE a lot of “ifs” and “buts” in real life and these have to be reflected in language, along with everything else. Sometimes we want to say that something with occur “if” something else creates the right condition.

These kinds of sentences are called “conditional” sentences.

We’ll start off with examples in English first: “If he studies he will pass the exam”.

This sentence is divided into two parts – the condition “if he studies” and what will occur as a result “he will pass the exam”. If you look at the sentence more closely you will notice that the “if” part is in the present tense (even though the studying might be in the future) whereas the effect of his studying is expressed in the future tense “he will pass the exam”.

Let’s get this over to Spanish now “Si estudia, aprobará el examen”. As you can see, the tenses work in the same way – the “if” or “si” clause being in the present tense

“estudia” and the effect part being in the future tense “aprobará”.

The overall sense of this sentence is that there is some likelihood that he will study and in that case, he will certainly pass the exam. We call this kind of sentence a “first conditional” sentence and it expresses a measure of probability.

Now let’s change it slightly. “If he worked hard, he would pass the exam”. Here we have the same person and the same exam but there is a different implication. We are casting some doubt onto whether he will study; in fact we are implying that he probably won’t study, but that in the unlikely event of his changing his mind, he would then pass the exam. In other words he’s bright but lazy, and we all know a few of those. Let’s go back and look at our sentence again – this time the conditional or “if” clause is in the past tense in English (if he worked hard) even though we are talking

about a theoretical future. The second part of the sentence is in what we call the “conditional tense” (he would pass).

Over to Spanish again – “Si estudiara, aprobaría el examen”. You may have just jumped to the wrong conclusion about the “if” clause. It is not in the future tense as there is no accent on the final letter. It is in the imperfect subjunctive that we learnt about a few months ago. In fact, we touched on this very subject when we were learning that verb form. We call this kind of sentence a “second conditional”, it consists of the “if” clause in the imperfect subjunctive and the “effect” clause in the conditional tense (aprobaría). Here are three of the examples we used before: “Si tuviéramos más tiempo, haríamos mucho más.” “Si pudieran ayudar, estoy segura que lo harían.” “Si yo ganara la lotería, viajaría alrededor del mundo.” If you don’t hear from me again, the last one will have come true.

Poppy concert

Members of Torrevieja’s RBL selling poppies and theatre tickets

AS PART of the fundraising efforts of the Torrevieja Branch of the Royal British Legion, they are staging a variety show at the Municipal Theatre, Torrevieja, on Wednesday 6th November at 7.30pm.

The packed programme of entertainment includes the very popular Cantemos! Children’s Choir and the Orihuela Costa Male Voice Choir, Ladies barbershop group, the Velvetones will sing several numbers from their successful popular repertoire, whilst the Torrevieja Pipes & Drums will set the hairs tingling with their own brand of inspirational music plus Janelle Gaskell and Rebecca Holt.

Tickets for this exciting evening’s entertainment are priced at only 5€, and can be obtained from the Torrevieja Box Office at the usual times or, space permitting, from 5.30pm on the night of the show.

Life books

Danny Collins - copydjp@gmail.com

Costa Blanca mountains 1:40,000 scale map AS AUTUMN approaches and a walk up a hill doesn’t mean losing five kilos in sweat, I see more and more of my fellow expats pulling on rucksacks and waving large tree branches as they head for the hills. Autumn means trek, I guess. Not for me but if it turns you on why not? So I thought I’d pull out this past review of a walker’s map.

Can one review a map? Yes, why not?

It’s a publication after all, and this is a good one, covering a double sided 77cm x 60cm at a scale of 1:40,000. (You do the maths).

It covers from beyond Benimassot in the west to Alcalalí in the east and from the coast of Santa Ana in the north then south to Puig Campana and Relleu, and in doing so it includes all walking routes on the way.

A brilliant piece of kit for all those who wear hob-nailed boots at weekends and go clomping over mountains.

You won’t get lost with this. It’s legend includes roads, tracks, and trails, walking routes in both red and green, and UTM Map Grid Datum WGS84. (If you walk, you’ll probably know what that is. I don’t). It also includes viewpoints, springs, caves, and picnic areas, camping sites, all sorts of monuments and ruins, and bars. You’ll find me giving Copyright: David Brown Publisher: Discovery Walking Guides Ltd Price: 12.15€ ISBN: 1904946844

Suduko Answer cheery waves from the windows of the latter.

I don’t walk up mountains. The fact that they’re there doesn’t bother me in the least.

They’ll all be there tomorrow but I’m not sure if I would if I attempted to walk up one. But good luck and all my best wishes for those hardy souls who do. I have a daughter and son-in-law who do and I’ll be sending them this map so that they can stand on peaks and halloo across valleys.I’m sure the views are wonderful and they have cameras so I won’t miss anything except the wind in my face and the crunch of gravel under my boots.

I can forego that (really I can) but can you?

If you’re a trekker of the Costa Blanca, this is the bargain of the year. If you’re not, I’ll see you in the bar.

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Life horoscopes

Kenny corris www.kennycorris.net Mobile: 686 361 594 Telephone: 965 878 424

Butterflies

Uranus lends more than just a helping hand to you this week, but a corner develops when Mercury inconjuncts that could make things a little uncomfortable. The full extent of your actions is still not known or valued by others and this would be a chance to square things nicely before someone really does get hold of the wrong end of the stick.

I WAS lucky enough to get tickets to visit an exhibition of Damien Venus flirts and takes on Sagittarius, bringing some wisdom to settle old scores and a brief to take things to a new level. Transparency is the only way forward, as others have embellished things somewhat. Whilst all around you seem to be losing it this week; keep your temper as it’s a chance to show you’re not to be messed with!

Multiple actions of enduring Mercury point you in the right direction this week. There is a sextile with both Mars and Pluto which bring things to the surface, followed by an inconjunction with mighty Uranus bringing resolve to a delicate situation. You will have the feeling you are being manipulated, but it’s for the best in the long run for sure.

Jupiter retrogrades in your second house, at the end of the week, and you can expect a bit of a bumpy ride, particularly as you don’t get your way in a pressing matter.

Undaunted, this will inspire you to take the alternative route that will bring you a surprise result, helping you to achieve something you thought was out of your league.

Saturn is playing games and trying to confuse you utterly on an affair of the heart just now. There is conflict amid the intensity of your emotions and you are not thinking straight or looking at all this the right way. With time and experience counting for everything right now, make your move because, for sure, the coast really is clear!

You can be so stubborn sometimes and on this occasion your heart is ruling your head. For once dutiful Mars by your side helps you see the intensity of your good intention, but allows you to hold back and just calmly run things by with a view to clearance and making a fresh start. Wait and see and surety and commitment will come around.

The scales are left hovering as you take steps to make things balance once again. You were right to investigate further, and though you didn’t want to be proved right, you were and there is no going back now. Walking away is the best thing you have ever done, it should have happened some time ago, but you chose your moment.

The Total Solar Eclipse this week is a great time for you to finish off all the things you have started. There comes a process of elimination that sweeps away the past and allows you to resolutely focus on the future and all that it will bring. You are capable and motivated by hard work, and this is your escape route and your salvation too.

The Jupiter retrograde in Cancer begs you to reconsider something you very well may live to regret. It is unusual for you to be so cut and dried, but you have your reasons, and it is time that everyone had a shot of being happy; but are you cutting off your nose to spite your face? Take stock and make an inventory, things can be different.

Pluto is sextiled by Mercury, and this ends a very static period in your life. You may very well have good reason for stalling right now, but it isn’t obvious to others who look to you for advice and counselling. It is clear you have objectives and that you have had time to make up your mind, but someone is going to get badly hurt in the process.

Uranus is ensconced in Arian energies and may just be blocking something that could really get in the way. You are attracting all the right people around you right now, but take what they say with a pinch of salt because you have so much up your sleeve; and know better where you are. You are biding your time and you know it!

Cosmic energies are working on your behalf to make subtle changes and to give you the freedom to choose and to move on. Neptune opposes Mars removing conflict and confrontation, and is backing you to the hilt. Someone has a priority right now, and it should be you, but then the needs of others open your heart and balance your soul.

Hirst in London. I knew about the disembowelled cows in acetate, the dead flies, overflowing ashtrays and medical supply cabinets, and was prepared. Question whether this is art or not, and you are getting old, but to me art is an expression, and whilst I found it hard to appreciate it all, I could see the talent and the specific view through shock tactics, that this artist projected.

I was amazed at one room in which there seemed to be a wondrous and colourful living art on show. The room that housed it had two sets of double doors and the soaring temperature of a sauna. There were pockets of white canvas on the walls closely resembling oversized shoe holders. Poking out from some of them were larvae, and from some were emerging several exotic butterflies of every imaginable hue. Amidst wooden tables and benches, no doubt representing science and man, there were literally hundreds of butterflies flying around the large room and bowls of ripe fruit for them to eat. Supervised by peevish museum staff brandishing butterfly nets whilst simultaneously scrutinising the safety of the constantly moving exhibits, and the crowd; butterflies blissfully unaware, were flying in all directions.

One beautiful blue butterfly skimmed my head, a couple rested on my shoulder whilst others climbed my legs. I suddenly realised that I was part of a living art show, and that the beauty of nature had converted a colourless drab and windowless room into a wonderland of beautiful creatures. Gazing at the walls I could watch while a yellow butterfly made a grand effort to squeeze a determined entry into the World then and there in the Tate Modern. As I left the exhibit I was called back by a member of staff, and several white butterflies were carefully removed from the back of my jeans.

This exhibit got me thinking of everything spiritual, from our

Kennys diary Readings in Albir: Mini readings available Monday November 4h and Wednesday November 6th at: Bistro Something Else (formerly The Maya Bistro) from 16.30. Bookings 966 868 213.

The Spiritual Café welcomes all to come and meet at the Costa Blanca’s original Spiritual location.

An Audience with Kenny Corris: Thursday November 14th at 15.30 at: Moli Canyar Restaurant, Carrer Gandia 7, Potries.

In aid of: PEPA animal charities. Admission 20EUR. Light refreshments available. Details and bookings from the PEPA website on: www.pepaspain.com or telephone: 96 280 8287 for any further information. Look for promotions shortly available on Facebook, through radio and local press.

This show will include a demonstration of Clairvoyance, and Healing will be available throughout the performance.

In addition there will be some stalls selling a variety of goods in support of this noble charity on the day. A good chance to start your Christmas shopping!

If it’s your birthday this week

struggle into the World to our exit from it. It heralded beauty and nature, the need for survival, mans attitude to thrive and so too, from an artistic and aesthetic angle, it showed how a drab, overheated room could be brought to life by living energy of such creatures of beauty. We make our entrance into this World, fly high, meet people and establish good times together and we are aided by guardians until one day we move on. There is a rich pattern in our life and we must keep track of it if we are to be a part of the process. I was only sorry that these beautiful butterflies had such a short time to enjoy life, and that they would die for art. After dormancy, cocooned, they struggle to show their absolute and undisputed beauty to the World, but they actually live for a mere 36 hours, or less, and seldom more.

Life is given to us and there are times when we thrive and other times when we forget where we are going and what brought us safely to just where we are now. The symbol of the short lived butterfly is one of frenetic energy with a healthy spot of pollination thrown in for good measure in the flutter of a busy working life.

We are born on this Earth with no knowledge of how we will grow and be nurtured, no fear of how long we have to exist and where we will travel to. We do not know how our work will change, who we will meet, and what skills we will develop in this the scheme of things. All we know is that we all have much to give and hopefully some years to achieve what we will, come what may.

In the pressures of life and on days when I feel things aren’t going the way I hoped, and we have all been there, then my mind takes me back to the butterflies and their invincible and noble struggle to be a part of the process of life and all it brings. Nature can inspire better than anyone can, and to be able to recharge energies amidst the natural World is a joy that maybe you haven’t experienced, and you should. Spirit is always just around the corner, and waiting for your responses and your love with a sincere need to share the good and the bad times each and every colourful walk of our life brings to this wonderful World, before we ourselves fly away!

Love & Light... Kenny Corris

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Email your letters to me at: kennycorris@roundtownnews.com

KENNY, YOU said that my brother in Spirit has to move on.

You must think I am selfish but I had hoped that he would wait for me to pass over to take care of me the way he did here on Earth. Rose A. Hi Rose. I cannot say that your love for your brother is selfish, but holding him back when he needs to make his way in Spirit would be very unfair. Your brother has made his transition to the Spirit World, and this has left him free to make the decisions he wants to make. He must therefore move on to what he wants to do, and this does not mean that he can’t come to be with you when the time comes. I know how close you both are. He does have choices open to him and whatever he chooses he will do so in love, light and freedom. His love for you is such that I have no doubt you will be together one day, however you have much time here on Earth yet, and he will have to be patient!

Listen to your own still calm voice inside and reject the advice of others who seem to want to manipulate you right now. You are blessed with charm and tact and these focus you when the time comes to make your move!

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Sudoku

Quick Crossword

Cryptic Crossword ACROSS 1. Chooses a different spot (4) 8. Ruffle a sea-expert perhaps (10) 9. It shows intelligence!

(4-4) 10. Country in AsiaMinor (4) 12. Wanders away from the street lights (6) 14. Not a good mark to get (6) 15. Manage to show the way (6) 17. They’re laid down by our betters (6) 18. This preposition is involved in the end (4) 19. Shows part of a book on insects (8) 21. One may have to pick one’s way here (10) 22. Has scattered snow (4)

Last weeks crossword answers can be found on page 51.

Word Ladders

DOWN 2. Not very exciting for one lacking drive (10) 3. Looks up and down (4) 4. They may be cut and pickled (6) 5. Upsets to make light of (6) 6. Nudists dislike this sauce (8) 7. Some light or heavy timber (4) 11. One may be lost in it (10) 13. The porter of this house is often drunk (8) 16. They start to perspire - from over-drinking? (6) 17. The home of the brave (6) 18. Chin out - but not far (4) 20. Too wrapped up in local society (4)

The key rule is that you must only change one letter at a time as you move from one rung to another, and the word you make must be a proper word! Therefore you may move from BATH --> BATS but not from BATH --> CASH because that changes two letters in one go which is not allowed.

ACROSS 1. Barrel (4) 8. Impracticable (10) 9. Conclusive (8) 10. Every (4) 12. Take risks (6) 14. Revolt (6) 15. Expand (6) 17. Ignoble (6) 18. At one time (4) 19. Shrink (8) 21. Valued too low (10) 22. Pitcher (4)

DOWN 2. Change (10) 3. N. Zealand bird (4) 4. Elf (6) 5. Regard (6) 6. Manager (8) 7. Network (4) 11. Appropriate (10) 13. Bangle (8) 16. Accompany (6) 17. Reason (6) 18. Responsibility (4) 20. Offensive (4)

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Life health

Hearing aids improve quality of life A SCIENTIFIC review of a large number of surveys shows that the use of hearing aids significantly improves the quality of life in hearing impaired people. The results of all studies reviewed are remarkably consistent.

THE REVIEW is published in the scientific report ‘Evaluation of the Social and Economic Costs of Hearing Impairment’. The report presents the results of a comprehensive study of almost all scientific research on social and economic impacts of hearing loss in Europe, Australia and the United States.

stronger self-image and better communicative functioning, resulting in overall higher self-esteem, than those without aids.

Hearing aids help to reduce deterioration in psychological functioning as a result of hearing impairment.

Hearing aids can reverse social, emotional and communication dysfunctions caused by hearing impairment.

Hearing aid users are more likely than non-users to engage in activities involving other people.

Hearing aids improve most aspects of emotional life and hearing aid users have greater warmth and less negativity in personal relationships than non-users.

Source: ‘Evaluation of the Social and Economic Costs of Hearing Impairment’. October 2006, Hear-it AISBL

Key points about the impact of the use of hearing aids on quality of life include: Hearing aids improve overall quality of life for most users.

Hearing aid users enjoy better overall health than non-users.

Hearing aid users are perceived by their families to have better cognitive functioning than non-users and to be less introverted.

The most beneficial effects of hearing aids are found in the users’ social lives, taking part in group activities, and family relationships.

Hearing impaired people with hearing aids have greater self-confidence,

If you have a concern about your hearing then call Richard G Sykes, RHAD FSHAA of Premier Hearing Services on 659 644 106 (premierhearing@hotmail.co.uk / www.premierhearingaids.es) for professional and personal advice. Richard covers all of the Costa Blanca area, and offers a free Hearing Test.

The latest digital hearing aids are available and Richard is able to offer 50% off UK prices. Call now – you have nothing to lose and your hearing to gain!

Algorfa Chiropractic Clinic Dr Xavier Dutey-Harispe D.C Carretera Almoradi, No.18 Bajo.

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Why Chiropractic care?

The primary reason why a person would consult with a chiropractor, is for back related problems, such as sciatica, herniated discs, lumbago and problems in the cervical (neck area) Having visited, the patient then realises that Chiropractic covers a far wider range of problems, such as, migraine headaches, vertigo, asthma, digestive problems etc.

Spinal vertebrae that are misaligned cause irritation to the beginning of the nerve at that level. The fact that irritation is present causes dysfunction, that dysfunction can be back pain, neck pain, numbness or tingling in the arms, legs, feet, joint pain anywhere in the body. Correcting misalignments results in the patient no longer experiencing pain and equally important, the nervous system is free of interference resulting in optimal health. The Algorfa Chiropractic Clinic treats patients of all ages and has recently treated primary and secondary school children as well as patients who have sustained injury through sports related activities.

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Life travel

Canals - A town with a modern and historical mixture CANALS, THE second town of importance in the area known as La Costera, is a pleasantly busy little town, a mixture of modern and historical and, as you wander the streets of the old town, look out for the tiled plaques high on the walls depicting avocations to the saints.

The town has two main claims to fame. It is the birthplace of the Borja Pope Calixto III and is in the Guinness Book of Records as having the biggest foguera (bonfire) in Spain. In the early hours of the Día de la Inmaculada (8th January) a single pine trunk is erected in front of the the Plaza Mayor

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nical bonfire

and in the days leading up to the Día de la Foguera (16th January), a huge and perfectly tapered conical bonfire is built with a circular base eleven metres in diameter.

They say 1,200 cubic metres of wood are used in its construction and its exterior is covered in green pine bows, the whole celebration dedicated to San Antonio Abad. Grand it may be, but it almost completely fills the square and when the whole thing goes up in flames no-one is allowed anywhere near it so the best you can see is the flames rising over thousands of people’s heads. Heaven only knows what

Borja Tower

the insurance premiums the town hall hast to cover the houses and bars on the Plaza!

At other than hoguera times, the sweep of Carrer el Salvador as it widens into the Plaza Mayor to accommodate the parish church was obviously designed by someone who had an eye for ecclesiastical power.

The street has hardly been touched by the hand of reformation and there are some beautiful examples of Modernista architecture. At street-level the church is stunning and in a perfect setting, but no-one seems to have noticed the anomaly of building some appalling apartment blocks nearby of exactly the same height at the church, so that as you approach Canals from the motorway what should be a wonderful feature of the town’s skyline is totally overwhelmed.

The main shopping street is the Avinguda Vicent Ferri, with its fountain at the bottom, almost opposite it which is the rear entrance of the Casino Gran. The ‘posher’ front entrance is on the Plaça Mercat. The Casino, a stylish modernista building, was erected in 1930 and was funded by a big win on the lottery. In its great open interior, murals line the walls depicting scenes from town life, including the building of the foguera.

The town is also proud of the huge sycamore called La Lloca that has provided shade for generations of townsfolk as they chatted in the Plaza Pont del Riu. To visit the Borja Tower that once formed part of the Borja palace, in which Alfonso de Borja, later Pope Calixto III, was born on the last day of December 1378 you need to follow the follow the green Torre Borja signs on the road to Montessa. The 19-metre high tower has been heavily restored and unfortunately it is closed to the public.

This article is taken from Inland Trips from the Costa Blanca, a series of five ebooks, each of four excursions that cover the whole of the Valencian region. For further information and immediate download from Amazon.co.uk, visit www.spainuncovered.net

01-07 NOV 2013

Life recipe

Roasted carrot and pumpkin soup THE FUTURE’S bright, the future’s orange. You can tell it’s autumn when the pumpkins arrive in the markets. This cheerful, warming soup is so bright that you’ll need to wear your sunglasses when you eat it! I roasted all the ingredients first, which really intensifies their flavour and gives the soup a natural sweetness.

• 500g fresh pumpkin • 300g medium carrots • A medium onion • Olive oil • Salt and black pepper • 300ml hot chicken or vegetable stock • Thick cream (optional) • Shredded orange peel (optional) 1. Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees C. 2. Cut the pumpkin into 2.5cm wedges, removing the seeds but leaving the skin in tact. Peel the carrots and cut in half lengthways.

Peel the onion and cut into wedges. Place the vegetables in a medium sized roasting tin and drizzle with a good slug of olive oil.

Get your hands in and swirl everything around so all the vegetables have an even coating of oil. Adjust the pumpkin wedges so that only the skin is in contact with the bottom of the pan. Season

generously with salt and pepper then place in the oven for 35 – 45 minutes until the vegetables are soft and begin to blacken at the edges.

3. Remove the vegetables from the oven and, when the pumpkin wedges are cool enough to handle, peel away the skin and discard.

Next you need to liquidize everything using a food processor or a hand held blender. To do this, place all the roasted ingredients together with the hot stock and whiz until smooth. Add a little more stock if the soup seems too thick and pass through a fine sieve if you want a smoother texture 4. Pour the soup into a pan and reheat when ready to serve. Finish the soup with a blob of thick cream and a few shreds of orange rind.

Serves 2 Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 45 minutes

If you have a recipe you would like to share with RTN Readers, email your recipe and if possible a photo to rtnmailroundtownnews.com

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Ruta de la Tapa coming back soon ONE REGULAR event that is proving more and more popular is Torrevieja’s Tapas Route. The Winter Ruta de la Tapa 2013 will be held for two weeks, from 21st to 24th November and from November 28th to December 1st, Thursday through Sunday from noon to 4:30pm and from 7:30pm until 11:00pm.

The main objective is to promote and publicise the values of Torrevieja and the gastronomic delights that can be discovered in the region. The winter edition will afford visitors and residents of Torrevieja a perfect opportunity to discover some new locations for food and drinks throughout the city. Past editions have seen more than 200,000 tapas served with many participants making an event of it, and enjoying a night or three on the town visiting the different hostilely establishments on the route. Any of bars and restaurants interested in participating, can find information on registration deadlines at the Office of Tourism To encourage even more people to participate, there are prizes for both the establishment serving the tapas and those enjoying them, as each participant is given an opportunity to cast their vote for their favourite tapas. The price, a meagre two euros for a drink and tapa, which is very hard to beat!

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Life tech Renaming downloads

HI AUNTY: Hope all is well in your camp. I always find it difficult to find a new download so that I can rename it. Any help please? Meri.

Aunty says: New downloads will download to the folder that you have told the PC to download to. The default place is in the ‘download’ folder, or in My Documents. But if you change this then they will go to the folder you have specified. But also, when the download has finished, you may have the option to ‘open the location of the download’.

Otherwise, if you know what the file is currently called, use Windows ‘search’ facility...Click start and type in the file name.

with Aunty Virus

Email auntyvirus@roundtownnews.com

Wifi driving me nuts DEAR AUNTY Virus: I have a new iPad and the wifi worked perfectly all summer in the UK. Since returning the wifi keeps dropping out all the time, driving me nuts! Simply have no idea where to go for help now! I have rebooted the router and keep restarting the wifi. It works for about 5 minutes then drops out again. I begin to wonder if it is a faulty iPad? I would so much appreciate help. Una. Aunty says: A few other things to try: Renew IP Address: (especially if you are dropping internet connection) Launch Settings app Tap on Wi-Fi Tap on the blue arrow of the Wi-Fi network that you connect to from the list In the window that opens, tap on the Renew Lease button And: Go back to the Settings app and under the General tab Tap Reset then Reset Network Settings You will lose all of your Wi-Fi passwords by doing this. Once the process is complete, reboot your iPad and connect to your Wi-Fi network again.

Response: I did what you suggested and the wifi has stayed in! Well, you are simply a genius!

Printing problems HI AUNTY: I have a laptop with Windows 7, I bought a new printer - an Epson XP 405 Wi-Fi, I put the disk in and set it up, it prints fine but every time I turn on my laptop I get a message that says ‘could not reconnect all network drives’ - when I click on it I get an error ‘while reconnecting Z to Epson C901E4 memory card network path was not found’.

I am not too great with computers, can you help me please? Vic. Aunty says: It sounds like the laptop is trying to connect to the memory card slot on the printer, but the printer may not be switched on / powered up, or there is no memory card in the slot. If you want to turn this ‘autoconnect’ off then you can try: Within Windows Explorer, bring the menu up by clicking the Alt key. Choose Tools, Map Network Drive. Select the mapping you want and uncheck, Reconnect at Logon.

Using Windows 7 Home edition DEAR AUNTY: My operating system is Windows 7 Home Edition. 32. I use the Google Chrome browser. When I click on Windows Explorer in Accessories the following message appears: ‘X This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action..

Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the Default Programs control panel’.

Could you please help me? Leslie Aunty says: If the program ‘exploer.exe’ is in the Windows folder, then it is not deleted. It is simply that Windows does not know how to run this. There are a number of fixes...all ‘claim’ that they work.

Hopefully this will fix the problem: Download ‘http://www.winhelponline. com/fileasso/folder_fix_w7.zip’, which is a folder association fix. Unzip and run the

REG file. And then you should be able to start Windows Explorer correctly!

Response: Thanks a lot. That has done the trick and now I can open Windows explorer without any problem. Muchas gracias! Leslie.

01-07 NOV 2013

Gadget Inspector Investigates:

Bosch Tassimo Hot Beverage Machine

THIS WEEK the Inspector takes a look at the Bosch TAS2002GB Tassimo T20 Hot Beverage Machine.

Things have come a long way since the ubiquitous filter coffee makers, once thought of as the height of sophisticated hot drinks – no Hyacinth Bucket would be seen without one! But then again fondue sets were once very fashionable but we won’t go there... But in these days of barista style being the standard what are we to do when we want a triple latte skinny cappuccino made with dolphin milk and topped with free-trade cocoa powder and the best Sri Lankan cinnamon?

The Bosch Tassimo goes some way to providing an easy and convenient solution to different styles of coffee, tea and hot chocolate in your home. A number of drinks varieties are available including filter coffee, Caffe Crema, Cappuccino, Latte Macchiato, Espresso, Hot Chocolate and Tea. And it couldn’t be easier to operate – choose your drink, pop the drink disc into the machine, place your cup in the holder and press the button! The cup holder is adjustable for different sizes of cup and the machine has a removable 2-litre water tank so you won’t be filling it every five minutes.

You can also adjust the strength of your drink to get that perfect cuppa. It won’t take an age to prepare either as the Bosch Tassimo uses an innovative flow heater to minimise the time the water takes to reach the required temperature – so vital for that early morning caffeine hit.

There’s no problem either if you need to prepare two different styles of drink one after another. The machine steam purges after every preparation so there is no flavour transfer between cups. It also requires virtually no cleaning thanks to dishwasher safe parts and an automatic de-scaling programme.

The Inspectors Verdict: The Bosch TAS2002GB Tassimo T20 Hot Beverage Machine is a flexible, fast and convenient hot drinks maker. Now the only problem is to make sure you don´t run out of your favourite drink flavours!

Please note the following is for information and is not intended as an advertisement - visit www.gadget-hound.co.uk/ bosch-tassimo to purchase the Bosch TAS2002GB Tassimo T20 Hot Beverage Machine for 80€. Please note the machine is fitted with a UK style 3-pin plug which will require a Spanish 2-pin adapter. Price quoted includes delivery to Spain and is subject to availability (Euro cost subject to exchange rate at time of purchase).

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Crossword Solutions for 732 CRYPTIC SOLUTIONS Across: 7 Extra; 8 Theseus; 9 Rookery; 10 Plump; 12 Open secret; 15 In good part; 18 Droop; 19 Teacher; 21 Concern; 22 Three.

Down: 1 Bear in mind; 2 Stool; 3 Take; 4 Stay on; 5 Leap year; 6 Require; 11 Put in order; 13 Prompter; 14 Aground; 16 Patent; 17 Sharp; 20 Alto.

QUICK SOLUTIONS Across: 7 Torch; 8 Illness; 9 Tearful; 10 Deter; 12 Settlement; 15 Adolescent; 18 Tenon; 19 Uniform; 21 Excuses; 22 Often.

Down: 1 Statecraft; 2 Great; 3 Chef; 4 Billet; 5 Bludgeon; 6 Heathen; 11 Retirement; 13 Evenness; 14 Cornice; 16 Cruise; 17 Worth ; 20 Idol.

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talkin’ balls with Andrew James Sponsored by “The Three Lions” (Carrer de Manuel de Falla, Albir) The Best Footy Bar on the Costa Blanca; Showing Every Game, Every Week!

In a kompany of one!

MAN CITY slipped to an agonising 2-1 defeat at the hands of Chelsea last week and Fernando Torres’ late winner has been the talk of the media ever since.

For those of you who missed it, a comedic (unless you’re a City fan) misunderstanding between Joe Hart and Matija Nastasic, where neither man took real responsibility for a rather aimless long ball, allowed Torres to pounce, slot home, propel Chelsea up to 2nd in the table and leave City six points off the pace down in 7th.

Now most of the blame for the blunder seems to have fallen at Joe Hart’s door, probably because he’s the senior of the two and, by rights, he should’ve stayed on his line (there’s also the wider story in the media at the moment that Hart shouldn’t be England’s Nº1 at the World Cup next summer, and those flames needed some fanning) but, in my opinion, the man most responsible for such a sloppy, and potentially costly goal wasn’t even on the field at the time.

Everything that Man City have done well over the past three or four seasons, has been built on the most solid of foundations; Vincent Kompany. When the Belgian isn’t in the starting-XI, City are a completely different animal. I won’t bore you with stats but they don’t make happy reading and even when City win with without him, they’re not nearly as convincing.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing of course but while Manuel Pellegrini was spending £100million on forwardthinking talent over summer, I thought that the back-line could do with a few quid throwing their way. Maybe the manager had his targets and, for whatever reasons, none of them arrived but he surely has to strengthen that area in January because, at the moment, City’s chances of success this season hinge solely on the fitness of the man they called Vinny.

This Week in “The Lions”: Sat 2nd Nov: Newcastle v Chelsea (1.45pm) Rugby - England v Australia (3.30pm)

Fulham v Man United (4pm) Man City v Norwich (4pm)

Arsenal v Liverpool (6.30pm) Sun 3rd Oct: Everton v Spurs (2.30pm)

Cardiff v Swansea (5pm) 5th/6th/7th Oct: Champions & Europa League Plus action from Spain, Germany & The Aviva Premiership!

FC Torry news

TORRY ENTERTAINED Novelda last Sunday with both teams having records to preserve. Torry hadn’t lost a game or conceded a goal yet this season on home soil and Novelda were on an unbeaten run of 5 games with no goals conceded in their last 4. Would something give. It didn’t after an intense and competitive affair, played in a good spirit, ended goal-less. It was a fair result with both keepers making some fine saves and both sets of central defenders generally coming out on top. Torry travel to Cullera this weekend to face a side which has a very good home record of 4 wins and 1 draw. It won’t be easy for Torry.

Stealing: surely not?

Noel’s world of golf

By Noel Eastwell Teaching Professional Alicante Golf 639 730 891

GOLF IN our part of Spain is played on some beautiful golf courses with many ponds and lakes as hazards and water storage areas. It is inevitable therefore that many golf balls end up in these areas.

Every single one of us goes to get our golf ball out of the water when we hit it in there and if we see another we almost always take that out as well.

This week, one of our readers contacted me to say that when he was playing a local golf course in the south of our region he was told that if he continued to remove golf balls from the lakes on the course he would be asked to leave and not return as the club did not appreciate him stealing their golf balls. Imagine what a shock that must have been!

So what is the answer now if your golf ball goes into the water and you take it out? Are you stealing or not? I certainly think that if you remove a number of balls that are not yours then that could be the case but surely not if you are just recovering your own?

Nowadays the recovery and resale of used golf balls is a big business and in hard times clubs do see this as a way of increasing revenue without much, if any, outlay so they won’t want people eating into their profits by removing the balls for their own use. So I guess it may be time to think before you remove golf balls from ponds and lakes: with things as they are you could even end up being interviewed by the police or worse!

Tour Talk GONZALO FERNANDEZ Castano won the BMW Masters in Shanghai after a late wobble on the last hole where he took a double bogey six. Thankfully the Spaniard had enough in hand to win by one from the consistent Francisco Molinari.

The stays in Shanghai this week for the year’s final WGC event, The WGC Champions, which if

Title 7 on tour for Fernandez Castano

won by Henrik Stenson will guarantee him top spot on The Race to Dubai. A strong field will compete to win this event and many will fancy their chances to pick up a big cheque. The one exception to the game’s top players attending is Tiger Woods who will play next week in Turkey instead, where he will no doubt collect a serious amount in appearance fees.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 5th November RTN monthly league match at Alicante Golf 12th November RTN Weekly golf meeting at Alicante Golf 19th November RTN weekly golf meeting at Alicante Golf 26th November RTN Weekly golf meeting at Alicante Golf

Any questions you have for Noel should be sent to golf@roundtownnews.com - Free golf lesson for all new RTN Golf members! Sign up now, limited offer

Fishing Maggots End

THE MATCH this week was the 7th round of the Winter Championship, the venue being the Eden canal stretch of the Rio Segura. As can be seen from Terry’s report, we fished the venue the day before, so it was a bit of an unknown as to how it would fish. Well not anymore - overall it fished badly with only the noted pegs producing (same as the day before) and everybody else struggling for a few kilos.

The water is still well up and with some pace: where this water has come from is a mystery as millions of litres are just flowing into the sea!

TOP RODS ON THE DAY 1st Doug (The Welsh Goldminer) Hornblow, fishing the pole using pellet with 20.34 kilos 2nd Lenny (ExCultural Attache) Bolton, fishing the pole using bread and pellet with 15.88 kilos 3rd Ian (The Irish Wizard) Dalzell, fishing the pole using pellet with 15.44 kilos PLEASE NOTE - The club has some

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vacancies at present: if you are interested in joining please contact Derek Swann on 96 672 9293 or 603 535 771.

ABBEY ANGLING RESULTS: Supplied by Terry Screen The 8th round of the Winter League was fished this week on 22nd October on the Eden Stretch.

The Clubs are doing a good job with the upkeep of the pegs, and this should be made a lot easier once the cutter has been through, although no sign of them yet. The water is still exceptionally high for the time of year, and still has a horrible creamy colour to it. The pegs behind the cottages are still producing the winning weights with three of the top four weights coming from this area, with fish being taken on numerous baits, bread corn and paste being the most popular 1st Dave (The Sweetie Man) Hutchinson with 13.600kg fishing the pole using pellet and paste

2nd Dave (Yours Truly) Hoare with 13.070kg fishing the pole using bread punch 3rd Doug (The Welsh gold miner) Hornblow with 7.930kg fishing the pole using pellet and corn The Xmas Contest is due to be fished on 19th November, and any members interested should please contact me, or Mick Hill, for entry on the list. All details are available at www.abbeyangling.com or from the Match Secretary Terry Screen on 96 532 8368.

Anglers Together THE OBJECTIVE of Anglers Together was to introduce anglers to each other, who otherwise had no one to fish with or didn’t know where to fish.

It was successful in bringing together many anglers who established friendships and which continue to this day.

No meetings are held now but information is still available through anglerstogether@hotmail.co.uk.

01-07 NOV 2013

Life cars Self-drive removals with J Hire Limited J HIRE LIMITED has been providing quality one-way van hire to and from Spain for a number of years in the Costa Blanca.

In the UK the company is based near Southampton, with good access to Portsmouth ferry terminals and the Isle of Wight.

Alternatively there is a collection and delivery service from any point throughout the UK, France, Portugal and Spain, and all charged at a realistic and all inclusive price.

Built from 45 years in the European transport and haulage business the staff at J Hire can easily advise you on your journey, including providing routes and costings, welcoming appointments for vehicle viewings and also to discuss your requirements face to face.

Making a booking is simple, fast and efficient with no deposits required to reserve a vehicle.

All vehicles come with full hire and reward insurance, fully equipped for international travel and also covered by full European breakdown cover.

J Hire runs a modern fleet of vehicles with a strict maintenance schedule: all vehicles are fully safety checked after each hire and fully serviced every 15,000 miles. And with four different van sizes, they have the vehicle to suit your needs.

J Hire Limited is also part of United Rentals Group, Britain’s largest vehicle hire group, furnishing J Hire with access to more than 30,000 hire vehicles in the UK, making them a reliable bet when planning your journey to or from Spain.

For more information, view www.j-hire.co.uk

NEW CARS available to view in our showroom in CALPE 2009 MODEL,RENAULT CLIO 1.2 EMOTION Eco 2, (50mpg) 5 dr, aqua blue met, with grey trim, a/c, c/d, cruise, high spec, low kms

2004 NEW MODEL RENAULT LAGUNA 2.0 AUTOMATIC priviledge. white with grey half leather trim, alloys, xenons, c/d, 1 owner 5995€ 2002 TOYOTA CELICA 1.8 VVTI COUPE,silver with grey sports trim,a/c, c/ d, alloys,very low km,s, as new, 5995€

2005 CHEVROLET LACETTI 1.4 SE

6995€

2011 BMW 320D AUTO X-DRIVE-4x4 LTD EDITION Smoke silver met with cream Dakota leather, nav, clima, PDF. full spec, too much to list.

25,950€ 2009 FIAT 500 1.2 LOUNGE,SPECIAL,pearl white metallic with contrasting trim,alloys,panoramic glass roof,a/c c/d,ONLY 5k, as new 9,995€ 2009 MODEL, RENAULT CLIO 1.2 EMOTION Eco 2, (50mpg) 5 dr, aqua blue met, with grey trim, a/c, c/d, cruise, high spec, low kms 6995€

5dr.silver with grey velour trim,a/c c/d,low km,s.

3995€ 2006 SEAT LEON 1.6 5 dr, black with contrasting trim, alloys, climate c/d, 4995€ 2003 SEAT IBIZA1.4 AUTOMATIC 5 dr, white with grey trim, a/c. c/d, remote locking, low kms 4995€

2003 SMART FOR-TWO PURE, SEMI AUTO- TIPTRONIC

2004 OPEL ZAFIRA 2.0DTI DIESEL

Black with grey trim, c/d a/c,p/ex to clear

7 seater, gunmetal metallic with grey trim, alloys, a/c, c/d

5995€

2001 MERCEDES CLK 55 AMG. AUTOMATIC. disengo blue metallic with 2 tone napa leather, navigation,full spec, every extra fitted 5995€

2002 TOYOTA CELICA 1.8 VVTI COUPE silver with grey sports trim,a/c, c/ d, alloys,very low km,s, as new

5995€

2012 RENAULT TWIZY Only 6 months old, fully electric car, pearl white met, gull wing doors 5995€ 2004 OPEL ZAFIRA 2.0DTI DIESEL 7 seater gunmetal metallic with grey trim, alloys, a/c, c/d 5995€

3495€

2005 CHEVROLET LACETTI 1.4 SE 5dr.silver with grey velour trim,a/c c/d,low km,s.

3995€ 2005 MAZDA 6 TS2 2.0, 5 door hatch, blue met, with black trim, climate, alloys, cruise, BOSE hi-fi WAS 5,995€ NOW 3995€ 2005 FORD KA 70. silver with contrasting trim, a/c, radio c/d, electric windows, low km,s 3895€ 2003 SMART FOR-TWO PURE, SEMI AUTO- TIPTRONIC, Black with grey trim, c/d a/c,p/ex to clear 3495€ 2000 MODEL RENAULT MEGANE 1.4 RXE 5 dr emerald met with grey trim. Alloys, a/c, low kms p/ex to clear 1495€

UK RIGHT HAND DRIVE

2004 MAZDA MX5 CABRIO magenta mica met,with black trim, c/d, hi-fi, alloys, FSH, immaculate!

4695€

MOTORCYCLES 2007 PIAGGIO MP3 3 WHEEL SCOOTER

CASH FOR YOUR CAR

2495€

Tel: 965 876 030

Mob: 699 034 138

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2011 CITROEN DS4 1.6Hdi 115 CMP AUTOMATIC “Chic” Climate Cruise SATNAV 18” alloys Parking sensores HPC POA 2010 CITROEN C1 Audace 1.0i AUTOMATIC CMP 5 door A/A CD Radio Silver metallic paintwork very economical GZB

8,500 € 2009 CITROEN C4 Picasso 2.0Hdi AUTOMATIC CMP with climate control Cd radio Cruise control 43,000,clean car GCW 11,800 € 2009 CITROEN C4 Picasso 1.6Hdi AUTOMATIC CMP Aircon cd radio Cruise control in Black paintwork 79,000kms GPN 9,800 € 2007 CITROEN C4 GRAND picasso 2.0 Hdi AUTOMATIC cmp SX+ Cruise climate 17¨alloys in Nociola 58,000kms FPN 9,000 € 2008 CITROEN C3 1.4 Hdi Collection 70HP in arctic white paintwork Aircon CD radio nice clean car GPN

6,400 € 2005 CITROEN C4 2.0 Hdi EXCLUSIVE in blue metallic Climate control cd radio park sensors 132,000kms DGM

5,400 € 2005 CITROEN C4 COUPE 1.6Hdi In Gold Metallic paintwork Cd radio Climate control with 120,000Kms DJL

6,000 € 2005 CITROEN XSARA PICASSO 1.6 Hdi SX+ with 113,000 kms Climate control cd radio new paintwork 5DFL

5,800 € 2005 CITROEN XSARA PICASSO 1.6Hdi SX+ with 130,000 kms CD radio Climate in Biege metallic 4DFL

6,000 € 2001 CITROEN SAXO 1.1i SX Saffron metallic paintwork in lovely condition Perfect holiday home car A/C BJJ 2,500 € 1987 CITROEN 2CV in cream paintwork just been restored in immaculate condition one for the collectors FGK 6,900 € 2005 RENAULT KANGOO 1.5Dci privledge 80 in Immaculate Silver paintwork with aircon electric windows DPY 5,800 € 2009 RENAULT Scenic 1.6i AUTOMATIC Expression model with only 29,000 KMS one owner finished in Gold Met GLT

9,500 € 2006 FORD FOCUS SALOON 1.8Tdci Ghia in silver metallic, like new with only39,900 kms one owner from new FFJ * 6,800 € 2000 OPEL FRONTERA 2.2DTI Sport model 3 door lovely condition with 113,000kms Roof bars and towbar Nice 4x4 GFR 3,000 € * With Guarantee for 6 or 12 months

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01-07 NOV 2013 door-to-door journeys between the Costa Blanca and the UK.Our aim is to provide a professional, caring service for your pets.Boarding facilities for Cats and Dogs. This may be for an overnight stay or of longer durations.Tel:600-552-030/ 965-960-658 www.trans-pet.co.uk

ESTRELLA IS A 2 YEAR OLD BORDER COLLIE X who was rescued after she was found living under a car. She is a very friendly medium sized dog, who wants to play with everyone and loves being the centre of attention. If you would like to visit Estrella in the APAH kennels, please contact Yvonne on 630 422 563 PET TRAVEL UK family pet transporters Spain/UK. Travel with your pets for free. All air conditioned vehicles (no vans) www.pettraveluk.co.uk UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537 APAD (ANIMAL) CHARITY SHOP Calle San Antonio 1, Jalon. Open 9.30/1.00 Mon- Sat.

PET TRANSPORT we treat your pet as if they belong to us and that is our promise. Van fully air conditioned we believe we have the best rates so give Joe a call on 966 074 576 or 650 341 087 for a chat or e mail pawspetttransport@gmail.com

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - COSTA BLANCA Confidential Helpline, South 625 912 078, North 648 169 045. www.aa-costablanca.org.

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

misc. For more info. Tel: Jane 680717118 ALSTRAYS TRANSPORT SERVICES Monthly cat and dog transports between Spain,

YOUR BLINDS IN SPAIN Family run business supplying the best quality products at rock bottom prices. Rose Fabrics, Railux designer Roller blinds, Awnings & Canopies, Venetian Blinds, Pleated Blinds, PVC Blackout fabrics, Rainforest Fabrics, Mosquito Screens. Contact us now for a free no obligation quotation or visit us at Zoco Market every Sunday. Tel: 965 701 984 / 658 338 123. Website: www.yourblindsinspain.com Email: info@yourblindsinspain.com

France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and the UK. DEFA certifi-

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PROTECTAPET Spains leading pet insurance provider. www.protectapet.eu tel: 965 756 371 SMALL DOGS CARED FOR IN OUR OWN HOME So if you need to go away on holiday but don’t want your dog to go into kennels then we will look after them. References available. Tel: 965843781 Mob: 622514980 (Altea area - Costa Blanca North) TRANS-PET We do regular,

GENERAL BUILDING, PLASTERING, TILING Maintenance/ New Build. www.jrconstruction. com Benidorm and surrounding area. Tel: 634 617 771/ 966 877 757

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MCIOB. CAAT. Property buyer’s surveys and expert defects diagnosis.

962807247 - 653733066 www.surveyorscostablanca.com

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BAR CLEARANCE

LA BAMBA’S - BALLROOM / LATIN / SEQUENCE DANCING Los Rosales Restaurant, Guardamar CV895 [near Lemon Tree Sunday Market] Monday - Social Dance 8.30pm - 10.30pm [Sequence class 7.30pm - 8.30pm] Friday - Social Dance 7.30pm - 10.30pm Wednesday - New Beginners Class starting 4th September 2pm -3pm Improvers Class 3pm - 4pm Intermediate Class 4pm - 5pm For more information contact Andrea and Brian 616 478 157 FUNKY FREESTYLE DANCE with Louise, every Saturday morning at Villamar Campsite in Albir/Benidorm, come and learn all the moves and routines to your pop idols! Call Louise on 655-781-068 for more information!

MR FIXIT For all your electrical, Plumbing, General & Appliance & Boiler repairs. No call out charge. 698 320 434 REPAIRS Washing machines, Dishwashers & Dryers. Also Boilers and any electrical problems. 24hours. Cheap prices Tel 626 805 709

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PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CLEANING SERVICE for your home or business at a fair price. References available.

(Altea area) Tel: 965843781 or 622514980

SALES STAFF REQUIRED for fabulous glossy magazine and radio sales combined. Must have experience in sales and have own vehicle. Spanish speaking an advantage. Good commissions and telephone provided. Contact 965 997 222 for interview.

AVON NEED DISTRIBUTORS Earn extra for Christmas, work hours to suit you, call for info...

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HOUSE CLEARANCE 669 723 709 MICHAELS AT MICHAEL´S Several very high quality coffee tables, large & small. See more than 600 photos: www.michaelsjavea.com AT MICHAEL’S Fantastic black recliner / massage chair with built in soothing music.

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ALEXANDERS ANTIQUE JEWELLERS pay Top London prices, Est. 2003. Open MonSat, 10am - 2pm. Javea Port seafront. Tel: 965 792 595 / 667 270 969

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Qualified technician. Systems custom built. Whatever your problem call: 965-312-006 or 606-127-424

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AWNING 3X3M Extra Sun Lounge.Under Guarantee. As new. 900€ To view Tel.626561538

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

Tax returns for non residents. Prompt, reliable and affordable. Call 966868146 or 722260055 NIE & RESIDENCIA translation services, tax advice and much more. Contact PMR the Property Management Specialists on 966 260 877 ADVICE WITH THE SPANISH SYSTEM Whatever you need to integrate into the spanish system, we can help you. NIE,

residencia, empadronamiento, car import transfer, driving license transfer, schools, doctors, social security.(Benidorm and surrounding areas) Tel: 619 269 408 email: pammcmurchie@hotmail.com ADVISORY SERVICE Need advice on making a will, buying or selling property, tax, resident or non resident, starting a business in spain, we can talk you through and give you the best advice and help you settle in spain. (Benidorm and surrounding areas) Tel: 610 634 506

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Must be seen. 6,000€ Benidorm Tel 671051853 VW GOLF 1.9 TDI 5 DOOR HATCHBACK November 2005, Only 21,000kms, 1 owner, FSH, AC, PAS, ABS, CD, Electric windows/mirrors, remote locking, rear head restraints, Metallic silver. 8,250€. Tel Frank 600726221/965687976 www.fwreurocars.com

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2BED 2BATH DELIGHTFUL VILLA Large lounge, large kitchen /diner, 9x5 pool, mature gardens, Central heating, Car port, Solarium.155,000Euros.

Tel. 651067357 JAVEA PRIVATE SALE. 6 BEDROOM LUXURY VILLA. 6 beds, 3 baths, modern villa, immaculate condition, spectacular views, beautiful garden and pool area. Was 875.000 Euros reduced to 575.000 Euros. Please call 609 631 254 for more details.

FOR SALE 3 BEDROOM TOWN HOUSE Air Cond.&Heating. Communal Pool. Secure. Off road Parking.

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FULLY LICENCED, ESTABLISHED, GUEST HOUSE for sale, only 4km from Iznajar lake, 45 minutes north of Malaga, 250,000 euros ono. 952728231 / 690217055 SUPERB RESTORED FINCA in stunning mountain location. www.fincawithlandforsale.moonfruit.com Tel: 626897041 FOR SALE LARGE 3/4 BED DETACHED VILLA with Private Pool in Eagles Nest. Fully Modernised. Viewing Essential.

270,000€. TEL 672468672.

MOBILE/PARK HOME 2 bedrooms en-suite fully fitted.

Camping Pueblo San Javier 22,000€. Carol 96 819 24 25 Mob 626 055 622.

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LOOKING FOR A CAR? Good selection of automatics, cabriolets and 7 seaters in stock. We have over 75 LHD and RHD vehicles in stock for sale or exchange. We have a good selection of vehicles to clear from only 800€ Tel Frank 600726221/965687976 www.fwreurocars.com

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Fast service. Low prices. Free Quotes. Call Terry: 966 845 414 / 625 995 470

Licenced elderly house in alicante city

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY CERTIFICATES Contact PMR to arrange your EEC at just 175€ plus IVA. Telephone 966 260 877 FOR SALE Two bedroom bungalow. La Siesta close to everything. 50,000 o.n.o. Tel. 698228168.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY CERTIFICATES Contact PMR to arrange your EEC at just 175€ plus IVA. Telephone 966 260 877

Quiet area 1.500 sqm with 2 houses 1.- 6 bedrooms half refurbished 2 baths 2 saloons 200 sqm aprox.

2.- 2 bed. Guest house with pool, garaje, terrace and store room 110 sqm aprox 380.000 euros, down payment of 160.000 Morgage available for the balance

Tel 629310746 wasap Rorotag@hotmail.com

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01-07 NOV 2013 PARK HOMES 2 BEDROOMS Both en-suite fully fitted. Camping Pueblo San Javier. Carol Tel 96 819 24 25 Mob. 626 055 6622 Email.

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www.mobilehomesmarmenorspain.com GREAT VALUE IN JACARILLA Large 3 bedroom apartment, fantastic views, 20mins from the beach and golf courses in the lovely Spanish village of Jacarrila. Price €295 per month. Please call Michael UK 00447831123631

SPANISH MOVES Small removals and deliveries. Spain/UK Budget prices. Last minute jobs undertaken. www.spanishmoves.net. Telephone UK 0800 612 4922 or Spain 960130537

2 OR 3 BED / 2 BATH APARTMENTS in San Miguel. Lift, communal rooftop pool & SELLING YOUR HOUSE? Sold your house? Moving funds back to the UK? Don’t let your Spanish Bank take up to 1% of your sale price, Talk to MoneyCorp now about how to save up to 4,500€* Moneycorp’s repatriation service can help you drastically reduce or even eliminate Spanish bank fees when sending your property sale proceeds back to the UK. Call Moneycorp +34 902 887 243 and quote RTN to get more out of your money.

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LUXURY 2 BEDROOMED APARTMENT for long let, Benitachell/Moriara, f/furnished, C/Heating, Sky TV, Internet, ample private Parking. 2 mins from Supermarkets and shops. Available from 1st November ,450€ per month plus bills. No Pets.

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